Chapter 4 Uncle, you are one step late
Gadiani's defensive tactics have not only aroused the interest of the media, but also many of the coaches of Group C B.
Because everyone knows that although Pavia is an old club, their strength is not strong, and choking Descartes is equivalent to choking most of their offensive line.
So every coach in Serie C B wants to know what Gadiani's trick is to be able to claim in the media that he has the means to freeze Descartes completely.
If you can learn a trick and a half from him, won't you be able to draw a scoop according to the gourd when you meet Pavia in the future?
Among the coaches of these teams, the head coach of the Novara team, Artilio. Tesel is one of the most enthusiastic.
Novara Club was formed in 1908 by a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old high school students in Novara, who later joined forces with other local clubs to eventually develop into a professional football club.
Although this club has a history of almost 100 years, they, like Pavia, have never won any decent honors, so they are not a famous team in Italian football.
But in fact, the Novara club is about to change hands next year, and the local private hospital group De. The Salvo family has already negotiated a price with the team's managers, and it is only time for the season to be completed. The Salvo family will take over Novara and make a big deal of money to finance the club.
In such a situation, the head coach of the club, Mr. Tessell, has a very strong sense of crisis, you know, although he has been with Novara for many years, but the new personnel have a new style, no one knows whether the new owner will be satisfied with himself, if you want to keep your position, you must show a little decent results.
So naturally, Mr Tesel has set his team's sights on the Carabao Cup this year.
After four rounds of fierce competition, Novara successfully reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup, and their next opponent is the Pavia club he is eyeing.
As a result, Mr. Tesel is now very concerned about any news about the Pavia club.
Suddenly a Gadiani came out and claimed that he had a knack for dealing with Pavia FC and their key player, Descartes, how could Mr. Tesel not pay attention to such news?
So on the day of the match between the Pavia Club and the Lancian Club, Mr. Tesel specially dressed up and secretly went to the Municipal Stadium in Pavia to watch the game.
In the first half, Pavia's Descartes didn't play as usual, so Mr. Tesel didn't get the message he wanted, but he still took a closer look at the other players at the Pavia club, and he couldn't have focused all his attention on Descartes just in case.
By the start of the second half, Mr Tesel had finally picked up his spirits and found that after the Pavia club had been replaced by Descartes, Lancien also appeared to have an older player on his side. Could this be the Lancian Club's secret weapon against Descartes?
But after only five minutes of viewing, Mr. Tesel was disappointed, and he held his forehead speechlessly, and said disdainfully: "So this is what you call 'method', how great do I think it is?" ”
It turns out that the method of "freezing" Descartes that Gadiani and Paguera talked about is actually very simple, that is, to leave his feet.
"Don't pin his foot" does not refer to pinning Descartes with his foot, but is a common tactic used by defensive players, which is to try to force the position of the opponent's player's habitual foot, so that the opposing player can use the foot he is not used to touch, control, and even pass the ball.
There are many players who play with one foot and often fail to meet such a defense, because they always receive and control the ball in a very uncomfortable environment, and whenever they want to adjust to their habitual feet, they are either destroyed by the opponent or intercepted by the opponent who stands in advance of the position, which makes them always feel powerful but unable to use it.
Of course, to use such a trick, three conditions must be met, that is:
First, the opposing player must play with one foot, and if the opposing player is equally nimble on his left and right feet, then you must not use such a move, otherwise you will play on the left or on the right? Is it simply looking for death?
Second, man-to-man tactics must be used. Quite simply, if you don't have a player to mark the whole time, then the opponent only needs to be a few steps away from your defenders, and you can still catch and dribble the ball, and you can't ask every defender closest to the opponent to take the opponent's position first, right?
Thirdly, there must be experienced defensive players. Needless to say, a novice is definitely not qualified for this kind of work, don't stop the opponent's habitual feet, although it is simple, but it requires a very accurate judgment of the ball and a very familiar with the various technical actions of the opposing player, without more than ten years of defensive skills, the average player who has such experience?
So although this trick seems simple, it is not suitable for anyone and any place.
It's like fighting left and right, high-end and high-end, but people who don't have talent will never learn.
At first, Tesel thought that Gadiani would come up with some trick like a flying fairy outside the sky, and kill Descartes in seconds as soon as he made a move, but he didn't know that it turned out to be such a trick that was extremely difficult to imitate.
So his face quickly filled with deep disappointment, and he leaned back on the back of the chair behind him tiredly.
However, ten minutes passed, and Tessell's eyes suddenly became brighter, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.
Because he found that Descartes really seemed to be restricted.
With Paguerla's shadow on guard, Descartes seemed to feel unusually awkward.
Paguera's defense is very weird, he is not waiting for Descartes to receive the ball and is pressing, or actively fighting with Descartes physically, he is just like a wandering ghost always around Descartes, whenever his teammates are ready to pass the ball to him, Paguera always takes a step ahead of the right foot in front of and behind the position, so that he does not dare to use his right foot to stop the ball, in desperation, Descartes can only run a few more steps, with his left foot to stop the ball.
Not only that, but whenever Descartes tried to adjust the ball to his right foot, Paguera's defense would strike at the right time, forcing Descartes to move to the left and then clinging to his right side, so that Descartes had to return the ball to his left foot again to avoid being stabbed out by his sudden kick.
As a result, Descartes only felt that he was very awkward in both holding and passing, because he was always unable to touch the ball with his right foot in the first place, which led to a great reduction in his efficiency on the court, and the game had been played for more than ten minutes, and he had not even made a threatening pass, or even invaded the penalty area.
Is this what Mr Wenger calls the trouble of imbalance between the left and right feet?
Descartes now finally understands that Mr. Arsene Wenger was right, that a player who plays with one foot can easily be locked by an experienced defender.
His predicament also fell into the eyes of Tesel in the audience, and the more he watched, the more excited he felt, and the more he watched, the more interesting he felt.
It turns out that no matter how old-fashioned the trick is, as long as it works, it is a good trick!
Tesel watched Descartes continue to entangle with Pagra on the field, never returning to his familiar track, and his mind began to be active, if Paguerra can really defend Descartes like this throughout the game, then can he also follow the cat in the next game?
You know, such a defect can not be made up for in a day or two, even if Descartes finds the problem after the game, he will not be able to practice his left foot in just one or two weeks, and when the next time the two teams meet, Descartes's life is still there, and he only needs to repeat what Gadiani did today, then Descartes will completely lose the threat.
Who should be used to imitate Paguera's position? Lisuzo? No, although this young man has good strength, but he is not experienced enough, I am afraid that he will not be able to be so perfect as Paguera; Piola? No, the veteran was once famous, but he was too old to be retired at the club, and he probably couldn't run the full 45 minutes with a young lad like Descartes......
Who else? Mr. Tesel was a little distracted, and he was no longer focused on the football field, but began to think about which player in his team could completely "freeze" Descartes like Paguera.
But Tesel didn't see it, and just as he was distracted, the situation on the field slowly changed.
The change was that Descartes no longer resisted using his left foot to catch and control the ball.
Gadiani and Paguerra would never have imagined that although Descartes did not understand the importance of the balance of the left and right feet, Mr. Wenger had come all the way to become Lei Feng and had helped him point out the problem.
In fact, Descartes had been working on his left foot all this time.
Although it is impossible for him to practice his left foot as freely as his right foot in just two or three months, there is still a big difference between those who have practiced and those who have not.
At least in terms of basic passing and ball control, Descartes' left foot is not as weak as Gadiani thinks.
The previous struggle can only be said to be because of his discomfort. He was not used to the defensive tactics of "partial goal" used by the opposing player for the first time, and he was not used to suddenly changing from the right foot to the left foot to control the ball, so he had been adjusting and trying for the first ten or twenty minutes.
As the game progressed, Descartes became more accustomed to touching the ball with his left foot, and although this was a big difference from his right foot, it was Paguera's turn to have a headache.
As mentioned before, the use of such a "don't foot" tactic requires timely grabbing and constant pressing, so naturally it is not possible to use a conventional defensive position, in fact, Paguera is biased towards his right when defending Descartes.
In this case, when the ball comes from the right or Descartes tries to control the ball with his right foot, he can quickly approach Descartes and force him to move to the left or use his left foot to control the ball. However, this also leaves a big hole, and if Descartes' left foot can be dexterous, Paguera's entire right flank will be his battlefield.
And when Paguera began to realize that Descartes' left foot was not as inflexible as he had thought, and that it was becoming more and more familiar, he knew that something was wrong.
If he continues to defend like this, he won't have to dance with his left foot when Descartes is fully used to playing with his left foot. Su Ke is so flexible, as long as he has the skill of Su Ke on one toe, he can clean himself up on the left.
When it comes to speed and explosiveness, the 35-year-old himself is no match for the young and vigorous Descartes in any way.
But if the usual defensive methods are used, then why would Gadiani let himself defend against Descartes? The team has young people who can run and jump, and the reason why Gadiani let himself keep an eye on Descartes is that he hopes to use his experience to defend him "specially" and return to his usual position, doesn't it prove that his old friend's previous arrangement is wrong?
Paguera was a little hesitant at this time, he looked at Gadiani on the sidelines, and wanted to tell him his doubts, but unfortunately the football field is not a basketball court, and the players cannot be replaced at any time to discuss with the head coach.
So Paguera finally gritted his teeth and decided to keep going, and he could only gamble now that the time for the game was running out before Descartes became familiar with his left foot.
Unfortunately, Descartes' talent was indeed more amazing than Paghera imagined, although it was the first time that he took the initiative to use his left foot to control the ball, but Descartes had shown better and better flexibility, and finally in the 77th minute of the second half, Descartes used his left foot to complete an assist.
It was an assist of strength and luck. Descartes picked up the ball on the left side of the penalty area, with his back to goal, and Paguera continued to follow Gadiani's strategy, pressing his weak side and forcing him to use his left foot to pass the ball.
When facing away from goal, Paguerra squeezes not the right side of Descartes, but the left half of his body, because this is the only way to force Descartes to turn from the right and then pass the ball with his "unprofessional" left foot.
Descartes did turn from the right as Paguera had hoped, and he also played the ball with his left foot. However, this pass can only be described as a "stroke of genius", the ball slid against the turf in a large arc, sliding past the right side of the body of the first defender, and then sliding over the left foot of the second defender, and the two defenders could not react at the first time, and watched the ball be passed into the penalty area.
Then Pavia FC striker Shakaruga appeared in front of the ball in time and then easily slotted away.
After the goal, Shacaruga excitedly ran to Descartes, picked him up, and kept praising him in his ear for how good the ball was.
Descartes also showed a shy blush on his face, in fact, although this pass was deliberately passed in that direction, but it did have a lot of luck component, if you let him pass another hundred feet, he may not be able to pass such a good ball again.
What Descartes didn't know was that this goal also broke the hearts of the three middle-aged uncles at the same time, Pagra, Gadiani, and Tessell, and the three middle-aged uncles sighed in their hearts at the same time after seeing Descartes' wonderful pass: Today's young people are getting more and more difficult to deal with!
However, Paguera, as the player responsible for defending Descartes on the court, certainly could not give up so easily. After the next kick-off, he pasted Descartes again, but at this time Descartes suddenly turned around and winked at him, and said mischievously: "Uncle, your defense is very good, but unfortunately, you are one step slower." ”
"One step slower?" Paguera was a little confused, was Descartes laughing at his old age?
He never knew that Descartes would say this because of the appearance of Mr. Wenger, "Uncle Lei Feng", so that Descartes has begun to consciously exercise his left foot, so the so-called "loopholes" found by Descartes and the traps he prepared for Descartes in this game have lost their effect.
Thank you, Mr. Arsene Wenger, you can see from your act of betraying the captain that you are really a good person, and I wish you a safe life!