Chapter 15: Meeting

Lin Sen met with the first member of his coaching team in his office.

"Hey, Antonio. You've come just in time, and I'm having a headache about how to arrange the team's pre-season training plan, and what about the warm-up games? Oh, and by the way, do you have a date list for the players to return? Damn Livermore actually said he didn't know...... Well, then again, don't you have half a month left on your vacation? ”

Tapia, who had just pushed open the door of Lin Sen's office, was messy on the spot, this coach who was a little too young, just glanced up at him after he came in, and was actually surprised, and then stepped forward with a burst of old friends reuniting with all kinds of unceremonies, not only called his name when he entered the door, it seems, he actually planned to pat himself on the shoulder? Before coming, Tapia thought about 10,000 ways to meet, but this, the program seems a little wrong?

'The pre-season fitness plan looks like we'll have to wait for Ruiz to come back, so here's my draft training plan, so you can take a look and see if there's anything missing.

Before Tapia could come to his senses, one hand had already grasped his hand, and by the way, he already had something more in his hand.

Until he walked out of Lin Sen's office, Tapia didn't say more than ten sentences, and more of them were just echoes like mmmmmmmm

After Tapia left the office, the smile on Lin Sen's face was still there, but the meaning that seemed heartless to Tapia disappeared in an instant.

"It's okay, it's not difficult to get along with." Lin Sen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Tapia has thought of 10,000 ways to meet Lin Sen, and Lin Sen doesn't have it, for Tapia, he only needs to face Lin Sen's fresh face, but Lin Sen has to face a lot of fresh faces. Of course, Tapia is special because he is an assistant coach and the most important right-hand man of the manager. For Lin Sen, who hates trouble and is used to being lazy, this role is even more important.

For Tapia, Lin Sen didn't have much impression before, and he didn't remember hearing of what big teams he would coach in the future, but judging from his resume, Tapia is obviously a typical football-oriented coach. The coach took over from the then head coach of Málaga Manzano four years ago, leaving briefly after the class, but then returned to Malaga, this time in charge of Málaga's second team. Such a return method, let alone others, Lin Sen can't do it by asking himself. But the facts have proved that Tapia's return is by no means a wagging tail and begging for mercy, no matter how you look at it, it is more like lying on a salary and tasting courage. Because if it weren't for Linson, Tapia would almost certainly be the manager of Malaga this season.

The age is there, the qualifications are there, Lin Sen suddenly thought of Betis's old coach Chaparro, this old fox who always laughed gave him a defeat at that time, if it was changed to usual, for people who were too much older than himself with the same age, Lin Sen had only one way to communicate, that is, listening. Think of yourself as a dumb person, so that you can be easy on yourself and show respect for the other person. But now, it doesn't work, because he's the manager, and he needs to listen to someone else, and he needs someone else to listen.

Therefore, Lin Sen's method was simple and direct, but he did not have the intention of testing Tapia's character.

Outcome? Alleluia!

While it's not certain whether Tapia is unhappy with his position as head coach, he is sure that Tapia doesn't have any problem with him personally, because he took the plan he gave him, and he didn't say much.

Relationships are like eating a hundred family meals, you can't expect all the flavors to satisfy you, but as long as you can fill your stomach, most people will still eat it. Lin Sen asked himself if his mouth was not too tricky, as long as it was not José's kind of deliberately put rat poison, Lin Sen felt that he could eat a little bit of it. When he came to Malaga, Lin Sen was destined to taste all the flavors here, if he could, pinch his nose and make some stomach trouble, he was not willing to knock over other people's rice bowls, just to finish the meal in front of him smoothly.

Tapia at least smelled and shouldn't be poisonous.

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Lin Sen has always believed that the number of people in a perfect football team should be twenty-three. With the exception of the three standard goalkeeper positions, there are two options for each position. As long as the character is not bad and there are no unlucky injuries, basically such a lineup is enough to cope with the whole season, so that everyone can get enough playing opportunities, and at the same time can ensure everyone's physical fitness.

There are two goalkeepers, six defenders, nine midfielders, and two forwards, this is the current Malaga in Linsen's hands, a total of nineteen players, which is four different from the number of "twenty-three" in Linsen's mind, considering the reserve nature of the third goalkeeper, in fact, the real weak link is the defensive line, although the front line of only two people seems a little less, but in fact, it is not, because Linsen does not count the winger at all, in his eyes, the winger is actually an attacking midfielder.

After throwing his plan to Tapia, Lin Sen had actually been waiting for Tapia's second visit, and as expected, the next day, as soon as Lin Sen's ass sat down, Tapia entered his office.

Then, before Lin Sen could say hello, a whole bunch of tactical terms had already erupted from Tapia's mouth like cannonballs.

"Sit down first." Lin Sen smiled and beckoned Tapia to sit down first, then walked aside and poured him a glass of water, and handed it to him before saying, "Have you read my plan?" All? ”

"Yes." Tapia took the water cup, poured it into the sky in a sip unceremoniously, wiped her lips directly with her hand after drinking, nodded and said, "Impressive." ”

Lin Sen didn't return to his seat, just leaned on the side of his desk, and didn't seem to care about Tapia's so-called impressive evaluation, but asked again, "Is it feasible?" ”

"Difficult!" Tapia shook her head.

Lin Sen smiled, but did not speak, as if waiting for Tapia to continue, and Tapia really did not let him wait too long, he continued: "Simply put, the requirements for the players are too high. ”

"So, it's not a matter of tactics?"

"Of course, it's not a matter of tactics, tactics only exist to adapt or not."

"Tell me about it."

As he spoke, Lin Sen took out more than a dozen magnets from the drawer, walked to the front of the tactical board on the side, and then glued them to the tactical board one by one.

Tapia also stood up.

Lin Sen's sticky magnets are arranged according to the main formation of Malaga in his plan for the new season, 4231, and each magnet is also glued with a label with the player's name written on it.

Tapia glanced at the player's name and asked a little surprised, "Is this ...... The main lineup? ”

"The main players need to be determined in the game. But yes, if there are no surprises, this is at least the starting point in my mind. ”

Tapia nodded, quietly watching Lin Sen glue the magnets to the tactical board one by one according to their positions, and only walked to the tactical board when Lin Sen came back after sticking the magnets and leaned on the side of the desk and looked at him.

"First of all, the 4231 counter-attack, according to your plan, the whole team has to be involved in the defense, I agree with this idea, however, I think it may be a bit risky for the team at the moment, last season's Malaga, the reason why they were able to upgrade successfully in the conditions of the defense is not good, the free play of the front three played a very important role, if you force the attacking players to assign defensive tasks, I am afraid it will backfire. Secondly, I have summarized a few key points of the tactics in your plan, concise, high-pressure and fast, and it can be said that no matter which, in addition to physical fitness, there is one aspect that has very high requirements for the players, and that is the ability to execute tactics, and frankly, I don't think that Málaga has any advantage in this regard at the moment. ”

Speaking of this, Tapia paused, and then he used his hand to point out a few points on the tactical board one after another, and said: "Finally, in your four-two-three-one, these points are extremely critical, and it can be said that they are related to the basis of tactics, one is the central defender, one is the core of offensive and defensive conversion, one is the number ten position, and the other is the striker." According to this lineup on the tactical board, I don't think the other guys will be able to complete your tactical requirements 100% in other points, except for Gabi, the core of the offensive and defensive transitions. ”

Should I say that it hit the nail on the head, or is it ruthless?

Looking at Tapia's calm gaze, Lin Sen was surprised and delighted in his heart.

Surprisingly, Tapia almost said in a few words his set of tactics and the most critical run-in point of the current Malaga team, and the joy is that he did not refuse Tapia worried that his assistant coach is really the right choice, Tapia, like many old coaches, has rich experience in leading the team and solid tactical knowledge, and what is even more commendable is that Tapia does not seem to have the common problem that many old coaches have, that is, stubbornness. It can be said that if Tapiaken helps, Lin Sen can save himself a very, very lot of things. The premise, of course, is that Lin Sen must convince Tapia.

"In addition, I must also mention that I am really not optimistic about your starter." Without waiting for Lin Sen to speak, Tapia suddenly added another sentence.

Not optimistic? It's right not to be optimistic.

Lin Sen smiled in his heart, this lineup is for now, it would be good for Malaga fans to recognize it all, not to mention optimistic.

Thinking of this, Lin Sen subconsciously glanced at the tactical board again, and on the tactical board, the eleven names were quietly attached to it.

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PS: I'm sorry, I'm a little weak in the past two days, and I'll have two more tomorrow.