The next focus of the coaching staff is to study the tactics of the new season with Zhang Yang.

Tactics are a catch-all term.

Zhang Yang has done the basic work of tactical planning, such as some fixed formations, the players' individual tactics have been sorted out, and the rest of the detailed work of planning is not carried out, and it is also necessary to use the 'word and spirit calculation' to continue to analyze in the same way, and other coaches will not be able to help.

In terms of tactical planning, the main job of the coaching staff is to give a concept and definition for the overall style of play of the team, that is, to improve the core style of play.

This is actually because there are too many changes in players.

There are changes in each position, they are either stronger, or they have adjusted their positions, or there are new players joining, and the individual will affect the whole, and the individual changes are too large, then the whole is equivalent to overturning and redoing.

Millwall is not the team that was 'technically poor', 'players are weak', and 'squad strength is not ranked' last season.

Although the overall strength is still not comparable to top teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea, it is enough to be comparable to Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Everton and other teams.

This is still the basic strength of the team.

Zhang Yang is considering the most suitable tactic, that is, it will allow the team to continue to improve, and when the time comes, it cannot be said that it will sweep Europe, and it will be enough to be regarded as a top team.

But only if the problem is solved.

The current team's tactical planning, the problem faced is to formulate the general direction, is to formulate the core tactical play, he can't solve it by thinking hard alone, I hope the coaching staff can provide some suggestions.

Wise, Frederick and others were involved, and they found a lot of tactical information, including historical tactical data, as well as analysis of the current tactical play of various giant teams.

Among them: Manchester United, AC Milan, Barcelona and Arsenal.

Barcelona are a team that excels in the Western style of play, and their fluidity can dazzle people to watch, and in many games, the football is passed to the goal before the opponent realizes the threat, which also shows the aggressiveness of Barcelona football.

Arsenal, which also focuses on attack, emphasizes one word - fast.

Arsenal's 'fast' is extremely penetrating, often an attack, more than ten seconds, is enough to send the ball into the opponent's goal.

The Champions League final between the two teams is also a collision of two attacking styles.

AC Milan is the 'Italian style of play', Italy's chain defense is played to the fullest, Italian football pays attention to the flexibility of the midfield position, just like Gattuso, Pirlo and other players, regardless of technical strength, the activity area of the back players is relatively large, many Italian teams use the 'three backs', and the back waist even squeezes out the position of the winger.

Therefore, in Italian football, the presence of wingers is often not strong, perhaps this is the reason why Italy rarely has good wingers, their wingers are almost like strikers, they can shoot in the penalty area.

Manchester United, on the other hand, have taken the balance of attack and defence to the extreme.

Manchester United's football, it is difficult to say whether it is offensive or defensive, they can play the diversity of attack and defense, which means that Manchester United's football is more flexible in the choice between attack and defense.

This may also be a disadvantage.

Few fans will have an impression of Manchester United's style of football, only that they are a strong team with many stars, and the style of football is not clear. In fact, Ferguson's football is based on the original 'English style of play', with a strong technical touch.

Manchester United's players are strong and skilled, and the 'English football' they play has become very flexible, but there are still some hints of 'English tradition' football.

For example, the side lane.

Manchester United put a lot of emphasis on the wings, and they have the best wingers: David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc.

It's the same with the front line.

In the 2000 'Treble' era, Manchester United was led by the 'Black Wind Twins', and then it became the world of Dutch goalscorer Ruud van Nistelrooy, and in the middle of the game, Manchester United did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to bring in Everton talent Wayne Rooney.

For example, Spanish teams have little interest in Rooney, but Rooney's ability to be active at Manchester United is enough to see that Manchester United's football still has an English tradition.

The coaching staff analysed the styles of some of Europe's top clubs and quickly identified one problem – Manchester United is the easiest to 'learn'.

Millwall's style of the new season is closer to Manchester United, they don't even have to do anything, just let the team do tactical training normally, improve normally.

But Zhang Yang was not satisfied.

He knows that United's style is not the best fit for the team.

In his spare time to study tactics, Zhang Yang will also go to the stadium to watch training, always bored in the room, and he may not be able to think of things.

The team's training is going on steadily.

Three days have passed since the gathering and preparation, and three days is almost enough time for the players to put away their thoughts on vacation, gradually regain the feeling of training, and the atmosphere on the pitch has also improved, few players talk about the holiday anymore, and their topics have become 'what the coaching staff is studying', 'when will our tactical training start', or some 'gossip' inside and outside the club, and in international football.

These topics are normal.

While watching the players train, Zhang Yang also paid close attention to the changes in the team.

During the summer transfer period, the team's forward line has not changed, and some players have been added to the midfield, but despite the addition of Zambrotta, Barragan and others, the team as a whole is stronger in the front than in the back, whether it is technical strength or players can drive, but to say that the overall technicality, compared with the top teams, there is still a gap.

In the frontcourt, the players on the wings and in the front line have better speed, skill and flexibility, while the middle of the midfield is a bit of a drag.

It's not that the midfielders are bad, it's the technical style of the players.

For example, Josh Simpson and Darren Bent, plus Quaresma and Pire, are all players who are fast and have excellent skills.

Jody Morris in the middle of the midfield has good overall strength, but in terms of technical style, the speed is a little slow, the passing ability is not strong, and the ball control ability is relatively weak.

The same goes for Smitchell.

Plus a technical ...... Ahem, David Livermore, who 'can't talk about technique', slows down the tempo in the middle of the midfield and becomes a serious problem.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is a matter of player ability.

If Millwall had Ronaldinho, Patrick Vieira and, no, even a full-fledged Cesc Fabregas, everything would have been solved.

Jody Morris, still not enough!

This is actually a helpless place.

The core midfielder is hard to buy, and world-class strikers such as Ronaldinho and Kaka are definitely not something that can be smashed for pounds.

When it was found that other coaches were difficult to give constructive advice, Zhang Yang simply pulled all the players with good tactical awareness over.

In the afternoon of the second day, the team had a tactical lesson.

Other players can move freely and can also choose to sit in on the sidelines, but Josh Morris, Pire, Smitchell, Zambrotta and others must be involved, as the saying goes, 'three stinkers, top one Zhuge Liang', a group of players with good tactical awareness, analyze and discuss a problem together, maybe you can get a good result.

It also gives the new players a lot of knowledge.

"Zhang Yang...... No, the boss wants to discuss the tactics of the new season with us? Need our opinion? ”

Zambrotta was quite surprised to hear the news.

"That's right, that's what he said." "He also called us by name, and listened to Vladimir say that he thinks we have better tactical awareness than others." ”

"Anyone who has played football for more than ten years will have good tactical awareness." Zambrotta complained slightly, but he was very interested in it.

It's almost impossible for that to happen in other teams.

The manager will be alone and meditate on what tactical issues he is, at most he will ask for help from other members of the coaching staff, and no matter what the point is, he will not think about the players.

One, it's not a player's job.

Second, most importantly, it may affect the majesty of the team.

Millwall...... No, this young Chinese coach is really a little special!

Although a few players complained slightly about the flamboyant approach, it did not affect the enthusiasm for participation, everyone will be interested in new things, and it is an achievement to be able to participate in the formulation of team tactics and give some opinions to the head coach.

In addition, it is also a good opportunity for new players to get acquainted with the team.

They get early access to tactics, discuss with the coaches and with other team-mates, and in the process they will definitely become familiar and integrate into the atmosphere of the team.

Zhang Yang didn't expect that discussing with the players could have a collateral effect, but organizing the players to discuss together did not produce the desired effect, and it was equivalent to a tactical lesson in the afternoon, because the players had no understanding of the new tactics at all.

If you want them to give their opinions, you must first let them have a detailed understanding.

This will take more than three days.

Three days?

Tactical training is about to begin!

Of course, the basic tactics have been formulated, even if there is no core play, the team's performance will not be affected much, in terms of strength evaluation, the current tactics have allowed the team to play about eight stars.

This strength is not a big problem to compete in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Zhang Yang still hopes to be perfect, so that the team can play unique core tactics, which will definitely directly improve the evaluation star, which is equivalent to improving the strength.