Chapter Eighty-Eight: The First Day of the National Team
Juventus' fourth penalty was scored by Jugovic, the Yugoslav player who was solid and easily slotted the ball into the back of the net. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the end, Juventus defeated Ajax 4-2 on penalties and 5-3 to win the 1995-1996 European Champions Cup.
"It's really unstoppable now" Although Fan Shang's expression did not change, he sighed in his heart. Before Juventus won the championship, Vincent still had the heart to stop Zidane, and now he is completely desperate, and the temptation of the European Champions Cup should not be able to be resisted.
Looking at Juventus' celebration after winning the championship, Fan Shang silently cheered himself up in his heart, "What's the spirit, Lao Tzu will also have a day to win the championship!" ”
After watching the game, several people discussed the performance of the internationals in this game, and then dispersed.
After a busy day, Fan Shang could finally rest, he took a shower and threw himself into bed, and it was not until the alarm clock rang the next day that Fan Shang opened his eyes.
Today should be the first time Fan Shang "worked" in the national team, so Fan Shang bounced up from the bed after the alarm went off, quickly washed up, ran to the restaurant early to finish breakfast, and then went to the training ground to wait for the team to train.
After waiting for a while, someone finally came, and Fan Shang turned his head to look after hearing the footsteps. "Huh? How is this product? With doubts in his heart, Fan Shang was still ready to greet the visitor.
"Hello, Roger"
"Hello"
The man replied very simply, and then went to the other side without looking at Fan Shang.
"Damn Fat Guy !!" Fan Shang scolded in his heart, "I'm surprised, I should be the first time with him, where did I get such a big hatred?" ”
In fact, Fan Shang didn't know that Le Maire was promoted by Jacques from Lens, and he was also Jacquet's cronies in the national team, and with the style of the French Football Association, Lemaire stayed up for a few more years and when Jacques retired from the position of head coach of the national team, he would be on the throne as a matter of course. But now there is a Fan Shang, although he is young and has a short coaching time, but his results are leveraged, and Jacques cared for Fan Shang yesterday, so Le Maire has regarded Fan Shang as the number one obstacle to his position as the head coach of the French national team, which can give him a good look!
Of course, Fan Shang would not talk to Le Fat Man in a boring way, and the two of them waited silently for the arrival of others. It didn't take long for Jacques and several assistant coaches to arrive at the training ground.
"Fan Shang, Roger, you're early, you're here early." Jacques saw that Vincent and Lemaire were already on the training ground, and spoke
"Hello, Aimee." The two replied
Fan Shang walked up to Yakai and whispered to Yakai: "Aimee, I told you before I came that I won't lead the team to train, what do you think I'm doing today?" Fan Shang originally wanted to move the equipment in the morning like when he was an assistant coach in Bordeaux, but now his identity is different, and the winning coach of the UEFA Cup went to move the training equipment without doing anything during the first training session of the national team, which made others laugh when they heard it.
"You just follow me, and your role here is to help me develop a targeted defense for the game and give me some advice on how to react on the spot during the game." Jacques laughed
"Yes, sir!" Fan Shang gave an American GI military salute, which made several people around him cry and laugh.
Then the players also came to the pitch, among which Bordeaux had two men, Zinedine Zidane and Dugarry. Although both of them are going to transfer, Fan Shang, as the head coach of the two, will certainly not snub them. Fan Shang greeted the two enthusiastically, but did not mention the transfer at all.
In fact, Bordeaux's captain Lizarazu was also selected for the national team's training list, because he still has some minor injuries, so he can only report to the national team in a few days.
For the other players of the national team, Fan Shang is not so familiar, he has only coached in Ligue 1 for half a season, and those who can be selected for the national team should be regarded as the pillars of each team, and Fan Shang is not even a nodding friend with them. But this did not prevent Fan Shang from being courteous, Fan Shang shook hands with these players one by one, and finally always said, "Are you interested in playing in Bordeaux?" ”
At first, the players were a little disgusted with Fan Shang's behavior of playing in the corner of the wall publicly, but Fan Shang said this to everyone, and these international players were relieved, this is a kind word from Fan Shang, and it is definitely not a public digging of the wall.
Fan Shang's words are pure politeness, for these current international players, Fan Shang can really not see much, and it is impossible to come to Bordeaux in a big club, so this can only be polite.
After doing this, Fan Shang became invisible, and he followed Jacques behind Jacques for the entire training session, barely saying a word. On the other hand, Le Fat Man is on the training ground from time to time with two back throats to prove his presence.
After a training session, Fan Shang felt that the training volume of the national team was not as large as Bordeaux, how could such a training volume ensure that it was impossible to focus on defense, but Fan Shang was embarrassed to say it publicly on the first day.
At the end of the day, in the evening, Fan Shang knocked on the door of Yakai's room.
"Aimee, I want to tell you something. Are you free? ”
"Sit down, Fan Shang, just say anything." Jacques asked Fan Shang to sit down
"Aimee, although I participated in training on the first day, and I don't know how to lead the team in training, but I have some thoughts on today's training, I don't know if you want to hear it?"
"Just say it," Jacques looked at Fan Shang with a smile
"Before I do, let me ask you a question, Amee. What do you think about the tactics of the national team, defensive or offensive? Fan Shang asked Yakai
"What do you think?"
"I think it's still a solid defense. If we attack, we don't have strong strikers like Germany's Jurgen Klinsmann and England's Shearer, and even the top two scorers in Ligue 1 this year are not France's, and if we don't have capable strikers, if we rely on midfielders such as Zinedin and Youri, the threat to the opponent's goal will be greatly reduced, so I think it's better to defend solidly and then try to counterattack. Our backline is world-class, Marcel, Laurent, Lilian, Vicente and so on, and I'm sure they are not airtight, they are indestructible. Fan Shang said what he thought, and then stared at Yakai, trying to see what he meant from his expression.
After a while, Yakai suddenly laughed, "Very good, very good, Fan Shang!" That's why I want you to help me, your tactics are pragmatic and stable. I would love to bring that consistency to the national team. ”
Fan Shang looked at Yakai who was laughing, and there was nothing to say for a while.
"Your thinking is the same as mine, but our team's heart is still not aligned, although I have used some means, and there are some results, but now you let them defend and counterattack, I guess they won't do it." Jacques spoke of these things, and some disappointment was revealed.
"Aimee, don't think like that, although we can't let them defend and counterattack, but what if we let them counterattack with the ball?" Fan Shang comforted Yakai
"What do you mean, you can be clear, Fan Shang." Jacques didn't understand what it meant
"We can't let the players shrink to the back and defend, so can we increase the possession of our own team and reduce the opposition's attack in that direction. I want the midfielders to keep pouring the ball and they won't be right. "Vincent means to emulate the future Pep Guardiola and win with possession.
In fact, there is no way to do it, and if you want to score without a strong striker, you have to rely on set-pieces and the like. If you want to score goals in sports battles, you can only keep reversing the ball to tear apart the opponent's defense.
Like in the '98 World Cup, although France won the championship, most of their goals came from set-pieces, including Zinedine Zidane's two headers in the final.
France's biggest weakness relative to other European football powers is that it does not have its own style. Italy has a concrete defence, Spain has delicate technology, Germany has iron will and will, while France does not have its own clear style. Fan Shang felt that he had no way to change this weakness, so he could only "teach students according to their aptitude" and "adapt measures to local conditions", and use the existing cards to make the best optimal combination.