Chapter 13: Undefensible Tactics
"Focus a little !!" Viviano got up from the ground and clapped his hands and yelled at his teammates at the back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It took a lot of effort just now for Tony's shot to poke his fingertips out of the line. "Don't let the formation be disrupted! Everyone's zone! He commanded his teammates loudly.
Although Brescia's new tactics have only been practiced for half a month, they can already successfully show the results of more than half a month of training against the U19 youth team, which is a huge gap between their strength and the first team. Under Zhang Shu's irregular running command, the attacking formation of Brescia's first team is constantly changing
At the beginning, the U19 accumulated a lot of troops in the middle, and when the first team attacked, they switched to 352 suitable for wing attacks, Martinez inserted as a full-back, Di Biagio burst forward, and Zhang Shu pulled the side. Relying on a breakthrough on the flanks to create opportunities for Tony.
It didn't take long for the Under-19s to focus their defence on the wings, with their two midfielders leaning towards the wings as they stood, ready to support their wing-backs at all times.
But Zhang Shu taught the Under-19 defenders a lesson with a mid-pitch break in the next attack, and if his through ball hadn't been broken by Viviano's early attack, Baggio would have had a one-on-one chance.
Then, Di Biagio's long-range shot, Zhang Shu's over-the-top through ball, and Baggio's breakthrough goal, the first team continued to test the U19 defense in various ways.
Viviano was the busiest man on the pitch, picking up high and trying to keep every first-team team-mate's shot out of the woodwork.
"This Viviano doesn't look bad." Mazzoni, who was sitting on the sidelines, turned to Igor and said.
Igor nodded, Viviano was signed by him at the Under-17s and he is very familiar with Viviano's characteristics. 'Emiliano's goal-line skills are really good, probably the best in the country at his age, tall but agile and very few in terms of savings. We've been watching him since he was 14 years old, and his weakness is that he relies too much on instinct when he strikes, and sometimes rushes out of the net on impulse. Then there's a lot of ups and downs, sometimes it's great, but sometimes it's a bit of a low-level mistake. At the moment, it seems that he is in good form for this game. ”
"Well, a common problem with young players." Mazzoni pulled out his notebook, picked up his pen and jotted down some key words on it.
"So I think it's safer to put him in the third goalkeeper position for a year or two." In the end, Igor summed it up this way.
Despite Viviano's hard work, the gap between the Under-19s and the first-team team saw them concede their first goal in the 17th minute.
In the process of Zhang Shu's transfer to the middle, Martinez's edge attracted the attention of the U19 midfielder, so Zhang Shu unceremoniously burst into the penalty area from the left rib, and after attracting the attention of most defenders, he passed back to the front of the penalty area, and Di Biagio, who was inserted, distributed the ball to Baggio on the right side of the penalty area and continued to step forward, taking away the last defender in the center of the penalty area. In the end, Baggio passed the ball to Toney, who ran out of space, and scored.
"Good shot!" After the goal, Toney just high-fived his teammates and started running back, but Guardiola, who was standing behind, raised his hands excitedly.
It doesn't matter if you have the lead in training, it's what you think is behind the goal. In this goal, the team's operation already has some charm in Guardiola's imagination. By constantly interspersing the running positions to open up gaps, the opponent will show his flaws in the exhaustion of the run, and finally let the player with the best chance get the opportunity to shoot undisturbed by passing.
It's a tactical advantage and a goal that can be repeated in future matches.
For fans, they prefer to see beautiful goals such as five or six goals from five levels and a world wave from dozens of meters away, but in Guardiola's mind, he prefers this kind of scoring method of strictly following tactical drills and sending football into the goal through exquisite cooperation rather than those goals that are unavoidable.
The goals that can be scored in the top 10 and the goals that are easily scored through the combination are 1 point for the scoreline, so why not choose a safe way to score.
Mazzoni also applauded the team's performance. The coaching staff's strict requirements for the players in the past half month have finally shown a little bit of results, although there are still many shortcomings, but now that the seeds have germinated, will the time to blossom and bear fruit be far away?
It was a goal that also strengthened the confidence of the rest of the first team, as the professional players were not afraid of hard training, they were just afraid that they would put in hard work and not get enough in the end.
If there is a training method in the world where if you work hard enough, you will be able to achieve results, and I believe that all players will rush to it.
Now, Pep Guardiola's tactical vision has proven to work, and the goal has boosted their motivation, after all, as long as they can succeed, compared to money, fame and future, a little bit of boring is nothing.
All the first-team players were happy – except Viviano.
Although he is a member of the first team, as a goalkeeper, no one likes to pick up the ball from the goal.
He kicked the ball towards the halfway line and yelled at his teammates, "I told you everything!" Don't be disrupted! Everyone's zone! ”
Viviano had been training with the first team before, so he knew it would be pointless for his team-mates to make a targeted and focused defense ahead of time. His good friend Zhang Shu will lead the first team around their heavily defended areas and strike a lethal blow from other relatively weak defensive links.
So the best defensive strategy is to have no defensive strategy and maintain the same defensive strength in all areas of the field.
As for Viviano's words, the U19 players still listened to it. Although Viviano is a year or two younger than both of them in terms of age, the others are people who have come down from the first team, and although the game is played together, the status is very different.
Only Luciano, who was sitting on the bench, spat disdainfully.
"Damn, what are you pretending to be..." He scolded in his heart, "Isn't it just that I went to the first team for a walk, and I haven't been returned... ”
He didn't know that Viviano was just playing with the Under-19s, and he thought that the opponent had been "returned" by the first team.
Looking at Viviano, who trained his teammates in the backline well, Luciano's heart was irritated at the thought of living in the shadow of the other party in the future.
"I see you've been beaten into a sieve today." He cursed silently in his heart, completely forgetting that he was also a member of the U19.
After the resumption of the game, the first team continued to maintain the siege of the Under-19s.
Viviano didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed, and he must have been disappointed at first when he heard that Igor had asked him to play for the Under-19s today. But when the game started, looking at Costtrazzi standing idly at the other end of the pitch, and then at Agliadei who was in a daze on the bench, Viviano suddenly felt that he was being treated much better than them.
At least, judging by the chances of the current first team's three goalkeepers, he had the most chances today.
But there are many chances, you have to seize them, and if he is scored one by one by his first-team team-mates today, then in Mazzoni's mind, his evaluation may not be as good as Castellazzi, who has not touched the ball today.
He burst out of the six-yard box, punched Martinez's cross into the box, then immediately turned and raced back towards the goal-line, then leaped high and slotted Baggio's lob from outside the box with his palm.
"Forget it today, I don't want to play in the Under-19s from now on!" He lay on the ground and swore silently.
Viviano's command of the backline was completely correct in theory. In the face of the changing attacking direction of the first team, the man-to-man defense can easily be disrupted, and the positions of the first team players are not fixed, such as full-backs and full-backs, who theoretically need to pay attention to the opponent's full-backs, but there are no full-backs in the first team.
However, once the wide players are supported in the middle, Martinez, Mattuzalen and Zhang Shu can be seen on the weak side at any time.
Therefore, the U19 can only adopt a strategy of zone defense to ensure that their weaknesses will not be exposed under Zhang Shu's assault.
Viviano had a good idea, but it was only theoretically correct, and with the difference between the Under-19s and the first-team players, the even-split quality of the defence meant that their defence was full of weaknesses.
It was difficult for the Under-19s to provide adequate support to their team-mates when they were holding their own defensive zone, and although they had shrunk their defensive formation, they were unable to prevent the first-team players from breaking through their defence with individual ability.
Soon, they conceded another goal. Zhang Shu passed the ball to Baggio at the back post after three people in a row, and Baggio easily pushed it for the first team to go to the next goal.
Mazzoni clapped his hands, and the goal was also in his and Guardiola's plans.
Regardless of the defensive strategy the opponent chooses, according to their tactical vision, the team has the means to score goals.
Traditional formations and tactics will have a certain amount of mutual restraint, such as short pass penetration is difficult to break through dense defense, three forwards meet three back man marking, two wings fly together against a team with excellent defense and control ability, it is difficult to open up the situation.
But Brescia's new tactics are different.
When opponents no longer focus on marking and adopt a shrinking formation to defend in the area, Zhang Shu and Baggio's breakthrough ability will be the key to breaking the deadlock.
On a wide field, defending everywhere will inevitably lead to the stretching of the defensive line, just as a thick iron plate can only be made into a sheet of iron in order to cover a large enough area. At this time, Zhang Shu and Baggio can tear through the opponent's defense through their personal abilities, they are the sharpest daggers in Brescia, maybe they are not as good as a hammer like Tony against steel plates, but against iron pieces, they can easily break through the opponent's defense and insert into the opponent's heart.
In the past, this job was the exclusive domain of Baggio, and in the face of the chain defense of the Italian team, Brescia was the only one who had the ability to be the game-breaker, either shooting himself or attracting attention and passing the ball to his teammates.
Later, when Zhang Shu arrived, he shared the work of Baggio, who could focus more on organizing the team and lurking in the penalty area to find opportunities, and only when necessary, Baggio needed to expend his little physical strength to charge for the team.
But now the first team is facing the Under-19s, and almost every first team member has the ability to be a game-changer when facing these young players who are still a little immature.
So even though Viviano made the right choice in theory, the U19 defence was finally broken into a sieve by the first team.
Although Viviano made a number of good saves, by the end of the second half, the score had become 4-0.
The Under-19s are already happy with the result and being able to concede under five goals is already a huge success for them.
If it weren't for the fact that the first team was not very familiar with the new tactics, the difference in scores would have been at least double digits, based on previous experience.
But Viviano was not satisfied, picking up the ball from the goal four times in a game, and none of the goalkeepers were happy. Even if he can't blame him for these four goals conceded, and even if it weren't for his wonderful performance today, the number of goals conceded would have at least doubled.
You know, he was still thinking about keeping a zero record in the first team, and let Mazzoni rescue him from the third goalkeeper position in one game.
Now Viviano has only one goal left - not to let Zhang Shu score.
Maybe it's not good luck, Zhang Shu hasn't scored in today's game. In the previous game time, he had to constantly deduce his attacking options in his head, and this constant thinking took so much energy from Zhang Shu that he didn't realize that he hadn't scored today until the end of the game.
Until the last minute of the game, Zhang Shu burst into the penalty area and made a shot, and the defender was in a hurry, directly hugged him and threw him down in the penalty area.
"Beep~~~" Merricini, who acted as the referee, blew the whistle decisively, he ran into the penalty area, pointed to the position of the penalty spot, and showed a yellow card to the fouling player.
In fact, this foul should theoretically be red carded, but seeing that the game is about to end, it was also a training match within the team, and the first team took a big lead, so Mericini showed mercy.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The U19 team members who escaped quickly apologized to Zhang Shu and reached out to pull him up from the ground. He was a little thankful that being sent off in front of the first-team manager wasn't a good thing, but he was lucky today.
But Viviano was not happy at all, seeing that his goal of keeping a clean sheet was about to be achieved, and he was awarded a penalty???
"it..." He cursed inwardly and then stood on the goal line.
"Zhang! I'm not going to let you score! He opened his arms and shouted at Zhang Shu, who was still high-five his teammates. (To be continued.) )