Volume 6 Chapter 64 Super Mario
At the end of June, the weather in Ukraine was at its best, with daily temperatures in the teens and temperatures, neither hot nor cold, extremely cool, just slightly dry.
People who are not professionals may not know that dry turf is very unsuitable for ground attack, and the ball rolling on the turf is not smooth and obscure, which will affect the performance of the ground attack team.
This is also the reason why most of the strong teams have to spray turf at halftime, because most of the strong teams are mainly attacking on the ground.
"Pass it up, control the second drop", at this time, one day before the semi-finals of the European Championship, England are in full swing at the training base of Dynamo Kyiv for the match against Portugal.
Capello was a rare player on the sidelines to personally direct an intra-squad match, and his success against Spain gave him a deeper understanding of the team, not just on the counter-attack, but on Mack's compatibility with the traditional English style.
Previously, Mackin relied on his own style to transform England strongly, establishing him as the absolute core of England and a unique soul.
But this style of control doesn't work all the time, and as Capello and Mackin said, there is only one Mackin in England.
When they meet a team like Spain, South Africa, they show their disadvantage, and the most critical problem is that the overall style of possession will greatly weaken Mackqin's control ability, and Macqin's teammates cannot play the same ball control as him all at once.
Against a normal team, they can play a dozen, but in front of a team like Spain, their passing skills are really a bit lacking.
South Africa was able to beat Spain by relying on the collision-type play in the second half, which was the flash of Mackqin, and this time it was able to beat Spain by defense and Mackqin's key blow.
This blow can be a pass, like to Rooney, or a direct shot.
It was through this game that Capello discovered a wider space, a space for Mackin to integrate with the whole English team, and the whole team used to be absolutely compatible with Mackchen.
But sometimes, using an impactful style of play and incorporating Mack's accurate judgment of landing and space can also make the team more efficient and solid defensively.
It seems that there are only two possibilities, but the changes that can be derived from it are enough to make their offense unguardable, and Capello is even a little excited in his own heart.
He believes that one day, England will be able to crush all teams, as long as Mackin has maintained this level, as long as the other players in England are not superstars, but can keep up with Mackin's rhythm.
England will always be a strong team because Mack's ability is unique.
Therefore, considering the characteristics of Portugal, Germany, and Italy, they all have excellent defense and are good at confrontation, and it is really difficult to penetrate the general pass control, and sometimes it needs to be more direct, and he can't wait to start practicing this tactical idea in training.
The so-called tactics are to let the players on the field encounter a specific situation when there is no communication in the game, and they can reach a consensus and know how to play.
That's what a mature team is.
MR and Gerrard and Carroll had a general idea of Capello's intentions as soon as they heard about Capello at the meeting, and for them, a new tacit understanding was needed on the court.
For example, when the defenders can make long passes to the front, when to give Makqin and Frank Lampard their slow organization, although it sounds like a change, but when it comes to the field, every moment the players will face several different choices, and if you don't get it right, it's easy to disagree.
It was just Frank Lampard's long pass early, and when Carroll took it, Rooney Gerard, Mackin didn't go up, and as a result, he was surrounded and conceded the ball.
Capello pinched his chin and was also thinking about these problems encountered in the past two days of training, Mackin is still the absolute core of the team, but they used to find Mackin for the first time when they received the ball.
Now, at some moments, it is necessary to play to the front court first, and then rely on Makqin to quickly follow up and control the second landing point, and then quickly organize a penetrating attack.
This degree is difficult to grasp and often makes mistakes.
"Toot ......", Capello immediately stopped the game, then walked to the field and said directly, "When we pass the ball in the midfield, we need to think a little more now"
"Mark", he waved his hand and called Mark Qin over, "You tell me what you think first, after all, the whole team has to cooperate with you to exercise, now that we are integrating this new style of play, what do you think in the past two days?"
"Okay", Ma Qin waited for his teammates to gather over, and said directly, "I think the difference from the previous one is the efficiency of our advancement"
"Since we won the World Cup, many teams have treated us as a strong team, most of them have played counter-attacks against us, and there are very few people like Spain who dare to come out and let us play counter-attacks"
"Hah......", his teammates laughed, but it was also true.
"So we have a problem", he continued, "and it's hard for us to find a lot of gaps up front like we used to, and that shows against Sweden and Ukraine"
"Well......", everyone nodded in agreement, this group stage is indeed more tired than the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa, but many people don't think much about it, and when Mark Qin brought it up, he naturally felt the same way.
"So I think the plan proposed by the boss is a great addition for us, in the past, maybe because I was good at passing, the whole team cooperated with me to play, but when there was space in the front court and I was in the back, the ball passed under my feet first, which always delayed time."
"But it's too short a time to make this complex tacit understanding, but I have an idea that maybe we can make things easier for the time being."
Capello motioned to Mackin to say it directly, and then he came to consider whether it was feasible, although Mackin was the number one superstar, but the tactical decision must be up to him.
"That's what I think, I'm very good at finding space", Makqin was not modest, and said directly, "If there is a chance in the frontcourt, I will go directly forward to find the fulcrum, whether it is Carroll or Rooney Gerrard, they can be the fulcrum, at this time, it means that our attack can be more direct"
"If I don't get forward, it means that I feel like I need to control the tempo, the opponent's defence is solid, and I need patient transmission to tear it up, and the midfield can simply judge whether our rhythm needs to be controlled directly or biased by the position I am in at this stage."
"This is also how I feel in training in the past two days, so that we may slowly become proficient, we can naturally form a tacit understanding, it may not be me at that time, any frontcourt space, as long as there are our teammates, we can form the first fulcrum, and then the second rapid offensive style of play"
"Papapa......", Capello took the lead in applauding first, and nodded appreciatively at Mack, "Mark said very well, this is also what we want to achieve in the tactical meeting"
"The way all teams treat us is changing, and we have to change with it, Portugal is a defensive team that plays counter-attack, although the strength is limited, it should not be underestimated"
"So our offense should be more three-dimensional, all the offensive initiation points in the past were Mark, now we need to find a good balance between control and directness, Mark's suggestion just now is very good, you don't have to decide whether there is space in the front court according to your own judgment, but look at his position, so that we can reach a preliminary consensus, I think after the tacit understanding, we will become extremely powerful......"
Capello, who has found a solution for the time being, is in a good mood and does not forget to imagine the future of England, a small change that only he knows means.
Not only at the tactical level, but also means that England has expanded the selection of materials!
England internationals, especially Fabio Capello's headache, is the lack of technical players, which can be said to be rare, but Atletico's rapid progress in the past two years shows that it is the technical players who can produce the most power around Mackin.
Look at what happened to Sanchez, Juan Mata and Aguero after they surrounded Mackqin, and they could even compete with Barcelona for control of the scene.
But England can't do it for the time being, the same Mack, but it's not easy for England to come up with a single Mata, let alone three.
Capello once thought evilly that if Macqin joined Spain, it was estimated that Spain would be able to dominate world football for more than ten years, and no one could compete.
It's a match made in heaven!
Now that England's renewal has begun, Capello has been constantly moving young players in and out in recent years, in addition to their respective abilities, that is, to judge who is more suitable to partner with Macken.
That's all that matters.
In the past, Capello's thinking was limited to trying to find technical and fast players, but this kind of player, England is really rare, and he has a lot of worries about this.
This unintentional insertion against Spain not only allowed them to advance smoothly, but also solved the problem of England's selection of materials in one fell swoop, because around Mackqin, not only can be surrounded by technology.
You can also surround the space!
This is simply a breakthrough in strategic thinking, which can turn the English style of play with Mackin as the core in the future.
It can even be said that it has gone beyond the technical level, to the point where it is easy for the opponent to come to him, as long as he finds good parts, how to use the natural way of Mackin's "brain" on the field.
Because his tactical thinking has been mastered by Mark Qin!
This is what he thinks is the most terrifying thing about Mackin, he is the head coach on the field, sometimes even farther than the head coach thinks, and can be implemented on the field.
"That's it", Capello said excitedly at the end, "the day after tomorrow we play Portugal, they will definitely defend and counterattack with all their might, because they have Ronaldo"
"We don't have a lot of space up front, but if they want to win, they don't shrink back normally, and once they attack or press out, our tactics are where we have now."
"At that time, you frontcourt team not only thought about interception, but also needed to observe the space that the opponent could use at any time, and once the ball was broken, ......"
On the training ground at Dynamo Kyiv, the enthusiasm is even higher than before, and there is no one who does not want to be in a strong team, especially when the team is still a national team.
And the England under Capello, or the England of the Mackin era, after two world championships, kept checking and filling in the gaps, a mature three-dimensional style of play with Mackin as the absolute core.
It is gradually taking shape!
This style of play will fully tell the world in the future what an absolute superstar is who combines individual superstars and team superstars, and what kind of existence it is.
Not only can you highlight yourself, but you can also take your teammates to the next level.
Only Mack Qin can do it, he is simply a super Mario on the football field......