Although Chen Fei successfully implanted Chinese medicine into the top and bottom of the Atlanta club, the main purpose of Chen Fei's work in the club is not as an ambassador of Chinese medicine, but also for the recovery and maintenance of the players, after all, he is the head coach. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info his core task, still to make the team more successful.

On November 7, 1993, at the Arena Blue in Bergamo, the 11th round of the league was played at the home stadium of Atalanta. The opponents were not traditional giants, but a team from Puglia - Foggia. Although the team itself is not well known, their manager is more famous than the club itself. He is Zdenek Zeman, the Czech head coach who has been working in Italy for many years.

Speaking of Zeman, fans who may be new to Italian football will have a little impression of him taking Pescara to upgrade and cultivate a new star like Verratti; Fans with a little seniority may remember more of the "Little Pepper" Lecce who set off a storm in the new millennium; But in fact, Zeman's history in Italy began in the 90s, and it was at Foggia that Zeman introduced the tactic he became famous for, 4-3-3. Due to the aggressive 4-3-3 tactics and the dense firepower of the frontcourt, compared with the chain defense that the Italian team generally valued at the time, Zeman's team often played games with big scores, and often lost by big scores, and it is precisely because of this that Zeman was called the "Czech madman" in Italy.

As for Chen Fei, as a young coach who has just left school, he is 27 years old and even younger than many players, and he is still from an oriental country thousands of miles away. Such a young man from what can be described as a "football desert" actually became the head coach of the recognized "Little World Cup" Serie A, and in the first press conference after taking office, he actually made an open bet with media reporters, also known as "Chinese madman". Therefore, this Serie A, which should have been an ordinary league, has attracted great attention from all sides.

The Italian domestic media focused on the "Chinese madman" VS "Czech madman" before the game, believing that the two foreign coaches did not like to play according to the routine, and there were often surprises, and the match against Foggia was Chen Fei's first game as Atalanta head coach, and it was also the first game of the ten-game bet with the reporter of "Roma Sport".

Therefore, including the gambling party Roma Sports Newspaper, Lecce Sports Newspaper who is not afraid of big things, etc., have used a special page, released a preview, and even Lecce Sports Newspaper also publicly launched a poll, that is, what do you think is the result of the first contest between the Chinese madman and the Czech madman, the result is that 45% of the fans think that the experienced Zeman will win, 40% of the fans think that the two "madmen" pinch each other, no one can please anyone, it may be a draw, And the fans who really supported Chen Fei's debut win only accounted for 15%. In fact, this is not surprising to Chen Fei, after all, he has been based in Serie A for a short time, and he has not been able to make the Italians show enough strength to pay attention to him, and it is expected to be despised like this.

And China, thousands of miles away, as the debut game of the Chinese coach in the Serie A league, the whole country is paying attention to this game. Although the TV ownership rate in China at that time was not high, it did not affect the enthusiasm of Chinese fans for the Serie A league at all. And not only fans, but also many ordinary people who usually don't pay much attention to football have also begun to pay attention to this game because of a Chinese coach in Italy, thousands of miles away. Everyone wants to see what this Chinese can do in Europe. Therefore, this live broadcast of the Italian Football Serie A has also become the focus of attention thousands of miles away.

What's more, since these two teams are not giants in the traditional sense, this game is not very popular in Italy, so the game time was coincidentally scheduled to kick off at 15:00, that is, 22:00 Beijing time, which means that domestic fans thousands of miles away do not have to wait until late at night in order to wait for this game.

As the only media in China that has the broadcasting rights of the Italian Football League, CCTV also attaches great importance to Chen Fei's debut. Not only did the live broadcast arrangement compare with the annual Spring Festival Gala, arranging 1 set and 2 sets, but also 4 sets of synchronous parallel live broadcasts that had just been broadcast for more than a year (started in October 1992) (P.S: 5 sets of sports channels were launched in 1995, and there was no C5 that is now quite popular), and also specially sent a front working group headed by Zhang Huide to Bergamo 3 days before the start of the game, preparing to follow up and report on Chen Fei in the front.

Of course, there is a young face in that working group, that is a little chubby and very serious little anchor who has only been doing live broadcasts for more than a year since the Barcelona Olympics, and it is precisely because of this business trip that he and Chen Fei have become very good friends. Two days before the game, Chen Fei met Zhang Huide and his party: "Teacher Zhang, are you here to give me an interview in advance?" “

"Hehe, you kid, I'd better leave the interview until after the winter break, this time it's this kid pestering me, I have to try to do an interview for others. He is an important emerging force in our station, and Director Jiang (Jiang Heping) admires him very much! Zhang Huide's reply attracted Chen Fei's attention behind him. Chen Fei fixed his eyes and saw that it was him! Then he blurted out: "Shatong? ”

At this time, Zhang Huide and Sha Tong were dumbfounded: "Xiao Chen (Coach Chen): How do you know him (me)?" ”

Chen Fei forgot about this stubble, it's hard to say that he came through time! had to prevaricate: "My dad still likes to watch sports, haven't you done a live broadcast in Barcelona?" He noticed you and told me when he called me. "Of course, Zhang and Sha will not verify the authenticity of these words, and this matter can be regarded as exposed." However, if you want to give me an interview, you can wait until after the game. Now is a critical period of preparation, and we still have a lot to do. You can come to shoot the training on the morning of the game, but you can only shoot for 10 minutes, and the rest of the content needs to be kept confidential, please understand. ”

"This is natural, then we won't bother you Xiao Chen, we'll come to see you when we step on the field to train." Let's shoot some customs in Bergamo first, and then after stepping on the field to train, we have to shoot a film for domestic sports news, just interview you a few words. After all, Zhang Huide knows more about Italian football, knows that the pre-match preparation period is more sensitive to European clubs, and also expressed full understanding and support for Chen Fei's requirements.

"Yes, this can still be done. By the way, you guys don't have anything to eat here, I know a good Chinese restaurant in Milan, this is the address, you can go back to Milan to eat after the shoot in Bergamo, the owner is a good friend of mine and helped me a lot. I'll let him know, you're guests from afar, I'm in for this meal! Don't push and procrastinate, it must be me please. But I still have to do video analysis of the opponent in the evening, so I can't accompany you personally, sorry, I'll have dinner with you after the game. "It's a pleasure to have friends from afar. Chen Fei was not stingy at all in the face of this team that deliberately went to a foreign country to report his situation, and left the address of Boss Lin's hotel to the working group, and very boldly took everyone's meal money.

"Then we're welcome, it's really rare to have a Chinese meal, then you go and get busy with yours, see you later!" In this way, Chen Fei sent Zhang Huide and his party away.

In the rear of Beijing, the other two veterans of Serie A, Zhang Lu and Song Shixiong, are in charge. With such a luxurious team and such a grand pomp, it can be seen that Chen Fei's debut battle has a great impact in China. Of course, for Chen Fei, these things will not really give him more chances of winning against Fuggia next, he can only deal with Fuggia's opponent step by step according to the normal preparation mode, and hope that the players will have a performance that meets his expectations.

In fact, Chen Fei, who came from later generations, is familiar with the usual routines of a famous coach like Zeman, not to mention that when Zeman was in Foggia in the early to mid-90s, the 4-3-3 set has not developed as maturely as in later generations, and the level of Fuggia's players has also declined because of the departure of core players like Signoli, so it is often found by experienced managers like Capello to find flaws and win with one blow. For these, Chen Fei can't be unclear, he also has his own set of solutions in the face of Zeman's 4-3-3. However, the squad of Foggia's team is still not to be underestimated, after all, the likes of Chamot and Di Biagio are still in the team, and Dutch striker Brian Roy has completely taken over the responsibility of attacking the city after Signoli's departure. In his debut battle, he encountered Fugia, who was not short of fierce generals on three lines and had a sharp attack, and Chen Fei, as a rookie coach, was actually not easy at all。。。。。。

On the morning of the matchday, the players regrouped for a simple training session. After the stamping, the coaching staff had a small meeting to discuss tactics related to the afternoon game. Chen Fei informed the coaching staff of his preliminary starting list, and the coaching staff, except for Adrio, who had a good relationship with Prandelli, knew how bold Chen Fei was, everyone else was stunned by Chen Fei's boldness: "What?? How long have we been practicing this thing? Dare to play in the league? ”

"I know you're surprised, but I think it makes sense, you might as well listen to me, and if you really think it's wrong, we can discuss it fairly, I'm not Mussolini!"

Chen Fei had the intention to joke with the coaching staff, but many members of the coaching staff were a little unexpected. It is said that Chen Fei is so young, and it is the first time to coach such a large-scale competition, not only is he not nervous, but he also has the heart to joke, and this psychological quality is really strong enough. Let's hear what the new "crazy" head coach thinks.

"Why did I want to go straight to 4-2-3-1 for this game? I know we're still training for a short time and maybe the players won't be able to fully grasp the core of the tactic, but the reason I'm taking the risk is because of this opponent. You all know their manager, and you call him crazy, just like some people might say the same about me. Chen Fei's self-deprecation caused the coaching staff to laugh again, "However, I think this 4-2-3-1 is a good way to restrain Zeman's 4-3-3." Why? Let's take a look. ”

"The core of 4-3-3 is the local numerical advantage when attacking, and the strong finishing ability in our defensive second and third zones, but that doesn't mean he doesn't pay attention to defense, in fact, this 4-3-3 is surprisingly consistent with our thinking, which is to keep the defensive pressure away from their own doorstep when defending. You're probably thinking that since they're going with us, we're not going to have the upper hand, right? Not to mention, there were really a few people below who nodded slightly, even including the physical trainer Pitch.

"I think I can understand your thoughts, why let him do it when he has analyzed his opponent's intentions, right? But in fact, we are doing this now, and it is even more difficult for him to get his wish. Because, everyone is playing 4-4-2 defensively, Zeman is not a fool, he must know it, and he has a good win rate against some teams that are not very solid defensively. And in fact, why do we want to keep our defence away from our own goal? Because the closer you are to your own goal, the more pressure there will be on the defenders, and the lower the margin for error, and I'm sure Zeman must have thought the same. Chen Fei continued his analysis.

"But there's a big weakness in the 4-3-3 style of play, which is the midfield. The small number of players in the midfield makes the three people in the midfield bear a lot of offensive and defensive pressure. Then what we need to do is to make a fuss here. Chen Fei finally said his true intentions, "We can completely limit the opponent's ball space through the box theory we trained before, cut off the opponent's line to send the ball to the three forwards, and let the three people in front of us bear too much off-ball running, so as to reduce the pressure on our own defense of the second and third zones." At the same time, we need to make more fuss about the combination of the opponent's defensive zone 2 and 3, that is, the area about 30 meters from the goal, and try to cause some problems in this area. “

"I'm sure Zeman doesn't know enough about me to think that I've devised such a new tactic, and we're playing a surprise! Again, the barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, we are crazy, and strive to achieve unexpected results! Chen Fei is still so enthusiastic

The fighting spirit of the members of the coaching staff was also ignited by Chen Fei's enthusiasm, but since they got on Chen Fei's "thief ship", there was no reason to go down. But what will happen next? After all, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and the result can only be seen on the field.