"Let's start at the beginning."

In the far east, the Jiangsu team is preparing for an ordinary warm-up match against Portsmouth. Okuka was explaining tactics to his Chinese disciples, and the interpreter was on standby, and although he studied seriously, the old man knew only a little Chinese.

In China, the fans here are enthusiastic, but the level of football is backward, Chinese players do not understand what is running without the ball, let alone high-level tactics, sometimes the most basic professionalism is somewhat lacking, so the former Yugoslavia coach from afar can only teach from scratch, teach some of the most useful, Dragan emphasizes offensive football, but not conservative after leading, the pursuit of victory over every opponent, he has experienced war, war taught the old man calm and face, experienced the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and NATO bombing, has seen the gains and losses of lifeThe gains and losses of the game were insignificant, and the war made him more willing to take some risks than other coaches, a philosophy that has been carried through throughout his career.

"Speed is the key to success in football, understanding this is the most important prerequisite for being a smart player, don't ask why, fast is better than slow, that's why. My tactic is to get you to do what you can already do, and make them do it faster. ”

The old man smiled and shuttled back and forth among the training players, and the Chinese players and foreign players in traditional blue training uniforms were passing the ball back and forth for basic training, "Do you know why coaches all over the world want their players to develop the habit of kicking the ball?" ”

He asked himself: "All else being equal, if I can pass from point A to point B with one touch, then it's much better than passing with two touches, why?" Because one touch is faster than two touches, and fast is better than slow, yes, I know there are exceptions, and people always enforce exceptions as rules, but I would advise you that you don't do it twice if you can do it with one touch, and don't do it three times if you can do it twice. The more touches you have on the ball, the slower you will be able to complete the task, and the challenge for a really smart player is to efficiently complete the task that can come up at any time by touching the ball as little as possible. ”

Dragan patted his disciple's arm and instructed the players to play football, the Chinese players are not not serious, nor are they bad at playing. China's media has shouted about the lack of youth training for more than ten years, but where is it missing? From the perspective of a foreign coach, he thinks that China may be the lack of good youth coaches, and local coaches have made many players grow up to play the wrong football, because what they have been taught since childhood is wrong. Dragan once asked a disciple to demonstrate the sliding tackle, from the norms to the standard of the action are textbook level, but only the timing of the tackle is always wrong, the disciple's youth training head teaches according to the book, but does not know that the technical action of the sliding shovel can not be used when the opposing player is fully in control of the ball, this tackle habit has been practiced from small to large, and really to the professional field of the Chinese Super League, the first team, the work faced by high-quality foreign coaches is generally a large number of corrections, re-instilling the right things.

These are supposed to be the jobs of youth coaches, but they have to be done by professional coaches.

But I had to do it!

Dragan did a great job, his team reached fourth in the Chinese Super League last season, creating the highest ranking in the team's history, and this year he polished the back line in the Chinese Super League and set a record of 643 minutes without conceding a goal, Erelson who was born in the Brazilian C League and was hailed as the god of war by fans in Jiangsu, and the low-cost golden twin guns Dana Lach and Jevtic from Eastern Europe are also killing all sides in the Super League, you must know that these people are not high-priced foreign aids. Not to mention the Brazilian central defender who was born in wild football, Dana Lach, who is invincible alone, is just a nobody who fights overseas before playing in the middle league.

"Guys, you all know my style, you know, slow is the enemy of the kicker, slow makes your opponent calm and organized, slow leads to mistakes, slow makes you lose the game. Of course, I'm not talking about chasing a fast passing tempo, but using simple and fast passes to speed up the ball, and if you only choose a quick pass after you've exhausted all means, then don't blame me for cursing. When the ball comes to your feet, you often feel that you have a responsibility to send a lethal enough pass to try and win the game in that moment, but remember that the time to give the enemy a fatal blow will not come at the right time, so you are always hesitant to handle the ball during the game, which will slow down the attack speed of the whole team and cause the team to die in an orderly slow manner! Dragan raised his tone, "There's no need to make every pass a fatal pass, there's no need to score a direct point with every touch, I just have to let you give the ball to your teammates, that's enough, speed up the ball, remember what I said, it's better to pass quickly than slowly!" ”

Dragan stopped and continued to correct the mistakes of the players, because the pass was too fast, which caused a young player of the team to make a mistake of knocking the ball away, he did not care, and encouraged him not to be afraid of mistakes, in the summer, the Jiangsu team of three high-intensity exercises a day in the hot summer everyone was sweating, and what is more commendable is that the foreign aid actually practiced harder than everyone, you must know the stove weather in Nanjing, because it is not adaptable, a few hundred meters away from here, tomorrow's warm-up opponent Portsmouth has given up the afternoon training because of the hot weather, and rested in the hotel.

The former Yugoslav coach was also flushed, sweat slid down his neck and back, but his resolute eyes made the players daunting.

"Have you ever seen Barcelona play?" Dragan asked, but no one answered, only a heavy gasp.

"Barça players never deliver a lethal pass or a blow every time they touch the ball, even the top scorer Messi, I often feel that the Barça players are so patient with the ball that they forget that there is a goal on the pitch, it seems that they pass the ball for the sake of passing, and the way they win by crushing the opponent with the ball is called a thousand passes to death! But I think that even with the patience to see the big picture, Barcelona will pass and receive the ball very quickly with the least number of touches, so the team as a whole looks very slow or unhurried, but the local instant movement is amazingly fast, and the speed and patience are surprisingly harmonious. ”

Today's first three sentences of the coach are not separated from Barcelona, which shows the influence of the Cosmos team, and Ward is often like this, but Dragan is shallow and continues his teaching, "I don't know if your youth coach has taught you, I'm saying it again, I hope you keep it in mind......... The slowest speed on the pitch is to dribble sideways and feint, the slowest is to run forward with the ball, the faster is the player's off-ball run, and the fastest, the ball moves! ”

"Nobody on the pitch is faster than football, you are a professional and you must have your own experience, I share my experience with you, if you want to improve your skills, don't lock yourself in the room and train your muscles, but keep reading, go back to the games you played, think about if you go back to the last game, can you do all your tasks during the game with fewer passes? When you figure it out, you should know how to improve. ”

Dragan looked at his watch and felt that the time was almost blowing the whistle for the pause, "Tomorrow we have a game, all the teams in the Chinese Super League know that I am good at fast attack, but I don't know that fast break is not accidental, everyone, the game against Portsmouth, please follow the usual, consciously speed up, consciously limit the number of touches you have, and show the training things one by one." ”

"When you are determined to make this mission happen, it will happen."

There was silence on the training ground for a moment.