Chapter 443 Self-Redemption - Retro Tactics

The team only lost 2 games, and Mansour decided to change the manager, a decision that seemed to be too quick and hasty.

However, if you dig deeper into Mansour's inner activities, it is not difficult for you to find that in fact, it is a long time too late for Mansour to change the head coach now!

Originally...... Forget it, don't talk about the beginning, say it's good now!

In fact, Mansour really doesn't mind much about the absolute powerhouse in Europe against Real Madrid, and the team loses. What's more, in this game, Crystal Palace lost not too ugly, but was beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid away, not by the opponent's bloodbath.

So what was it that prompted Mansour to make a firm decision to remove Friedman? The fundamental reason lies in the team's tactics on the field.

But anyone with eyes can see that in this game, the crux of Crystal Palace's disadvantage in the first half is that it is incompatible with Yaya Toure and Modric.

As a pure fan who doesn't know much about techniques and tactics, Mansour can see it, and he doesn't believe that as a professional coach, Friedman can't see it1

In the end, Friedman's substitution in the second half fully proved that he had known this problem for a long time.

Well, speaking of which, I believe it is not difficult for everyone to understand why Mansour replaced Friedman!

Because, in the face of such a situation, as a capable manager, he will quickly make Yaya Toure and Modric compatible through his own means, and if it is a bold coach, when facing such a situation, he will resolutely use only one between the two of them until the two are compatible!

Unfortunately, after today's game, Friedman confirmed to the world that he is neither a capable manager nor a bold manager, so his departure is a matter of course, isn't it? ――

In other words, Mansour's side is already preparing to replace himself in the near future, and today he finally figured out how to deal with the compatibility between Yaya Toure and Modric, and Friedman, who is very happy, still doesn't know at all.

After calling Li Yi separately and consulting Li Yi about the content of the conversation with Yaya Toure and Modric in the previous game against Liverpool, combined with his recent study of a book on coaching tactics for some years, Friedman believes that he has found a very clear direction for the current Crystal Palace.

This tactic is what Friedman calls the "retro scavenger tactic".

Anything, with the precipitation of the years, must be more and more advanced, in football, technical and tactical things, obviously.

Otherwise, you can't explain why most people in the world will selectively ignore a tactic that has been used until now.

Then, Friedman went back more and more, and did not hesitate to use the kind of ancient tactics that are more rubbish than the tactics used by Crystal Palace now, so that the team can quickly lose in a row and strive to leave the class as soon as possible?

How can it be! If that were the case, Friedman wouldn't have had to stay that long.

But if it weren't, Friedman's retro-style tactics wouldn't have worked on the pitch?

Well, the fundamental reason why Friedman is happy and proud is that although a complete retro tactic is definitely not advisable, Friedman firmly believes that after his own adjustments, the improved retro tactics he is about to promote in the whole team will definitely make the team's actual combat ability to a higher level!

So, what exactly is Friedman's so-called retro-style tactics?

To put it simply, the core of the new tactics that Friedman came up with is to make the free man who has gradually died out, to some extent, be reborn!

Of course, this rebirth is certainly not a simple copy of the tactics of the original free man, but a reverse retro.

Before specifying Friedman's so-called free man rebirth tactics, first of all, I have to mention what this so-called free man is.

Freeman, in football terminology, is synonymous with scavenger, the former is translated from the Italian word "libero", and the scavenger is translated from the English word "sweeper". The earliest origins of this tactic can be traced back to the 20s and 30s of the last century, and its position, between the goalkeeper's backline, was used to "sweep" the defensive mistakes of teammates and the opponent's attack.

The first great libero was Ivano Brassen, who joined Inter Milan in 1950, and the first team to take the libero to life was also Inter. Herrera's "Age of the Great International", the free man is Pizzi. Compared to Brassen, he is no longer a mere defensive scavenger, with the Italian media praising him for "never passing the ball at random, with a great vision", but in fact he is a defensive-turned-attacking commander, and when Jair and Fachetti are flying on the wings, Pizzi's passes always find them.

The spring of the free man began in the 70s, and the star represented was Beckenbauer. The "Emperor of Football" is not satisfied with the function of a classical scavenger, he believes that "I am at the end of all the players, I have the broadest vision, I see the big picture that they can't see, and if I assist the forward, the route I choose will be able to surprise". As a result, when attacking from behind the centre-back, he scurried the ball forward, disrupted the opposition's defence, or directed his team's attack with a pass, defining the "modern libero" - also known as the "attacking sweeper".

Led by Emperor Pei, the free man has been popular all over the world since the 70s, with famous players such as Traiso, Sirea, and Brown emerging, and even the Netherlands, which is fully offensive and defensive, has Kroll. How popular is it? In the 1973 Champions League final, Ajax and Juventus each had a libero, the former was Schulschoff and the latter was captain Salvadorre. It wasn't until the 90s that the freedmen gradually died down, and Summerer was considered "the last great freeman". In the following European Championships and World Cups, there were still sporadic teams using libero, but it is dying as a trend.

After talking about the primitive free man tactics, next, it's time for the point!

That is, what is the free man [reverse retro] in Friedman's tactical core?

The free man is "punctual in the back, forward when attacking", and the reverse retro is just the opposite, "retreat when attacking, and punctual in front". Specifically, the single back is in front of the defensive line when defending, performing the original duty, and this has not changed; In the transition from defence to attack, the two centre-backs pull out to the left and right, and he retreats and embeds himself in between, much like the modern libero: using open vision to feed the attackers up front and the wide players on the wings. Put it on a football field, it's the equivalent of a quarterback.

This kind of reverse retro began to emerge a few years ago. Tactical historian Jonathan Wilson points out that in the Pep Guardiola era, Yaya Toure and Sergio Busquets played that role. In addition, Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2007-2008 season, Polish defender Lewandowski (non-Dort striker) was also the same

Well, speaking of which, I believe everyone already understands why Friedman was able to develop such a super tactic that is obviously inconsistent with his abilities!

That's right, it was after considering that Yaya Toure, Modric, and Sneijder were just similar to the Barcelona midfielders Yaya Toure, Iniesta, and Xavi during the Guardiola period, and Friedman fired Guagua's tactics.

Of course, it is correct to say here that Friedman copied Pep Guardiola's tactics, but it is not entirely correct, because, after studying the Barcelona game for several days and nights, Friedman still incorporated some new ideas of his own.