Yang Cheng has always been opposed to the national team organizing such a warm-up match before the start of the new season, because he knows better than anyone how important pre-season preparation is to any club.

But the Football Association and the national team also have their own considerations, because from the end of the European Championship to the World Cup qualifiers in September, there is no match between the national team, so it is indeed necessary to arrange such a warm-up match in August.

Therefore, in the end, Yang Cheng chose to compromise, in this warm-up game, he did not call in Klose, Ozil and other players, but called in more young rookies and fringe internationals, the most eye-catching of which is naturally Leverkusen, a 18-year-old youth striker who has not appeared in the Bundesliga, Samed? Yehir.

Perhaps this player has attracted the attention of many fans in Germany, but now he has been directly recruited into the team by Yang Cheng, which immediately made the whole world begin to pay attention to this name, because everyone has the same interpretation of this striker, genius!

When announcing this list, Yang Cheng clarified that he had summoned Samed? Jehir's intentions.

"I didn't rush him into the national team because I was worried that he would be poached by people from other countries, but because I wanted to find a player who could help the national team in the 2014 World Cup, and I wanted Samed? Jehir would be the player I wanted! ”

Obviously, Yang Cheng's intention to recruit the players was just to investigate, and there were no other superfluous ingredients in it.

And other things like Gotze, Royce, Lars? Young internationals such as Bender and Schurrle have also been included in this list once again. Also, like Julien, who did well last season at Schalke 04? Draxler was also shortlisted for this training camp.

When everyone saw this list, they knew very well that Yang Cheng's training camp was basically to run in and practice the team's skills and tactics, and at the same time to inspect the newcomers within the team, so there was no significance in the slightest.

In order to take care of the interests of the club and the players, Yang Cheng's training camp this time took a hurried approach. From the training camp to the game to the disbandment, it was only 3 days in total, so each club also cooperated as much as possible.

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August 13th. The weather was fine.

When Yang Cheng led the coaching staff through the lush boulevards, bypassing the Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena from the Linald Hotel, to the training base behind the arena. The scene has gathered a lot of reporters who have heard the news.

As soon as the reporters saw Yang Cheng walking into the training ground with a relaxed smile on his face, there was a commotion around the training ground.

Yang Cheng waved his hand to the reporters to express his gratitude, but also declined all interviews, walked into the training ground with the coaching staff, and then began to set up the scene.

As always, Yang Cheng arranged around this training ground, standing in the middle of it, and then divided the surrounding area into four pieces, one of which was dedicated to Di Palma's goalkeeper training. The other three are different training contents, and it can be seen that the first training session this morning will be a comprehensive training session with no material.

Yang Cheng's coaching staff are all experienced and very professional, and the staff of the coaching staff of the German national team have also cooperated with Yang Cheng for many years. As long as he says a word, everyone knows what to do.

In this coaching staff, in addition to Yang Cheng, the most eye-catching is the former captain of the German national team, Ballack, but the former captain now seems to have integrated into his new identity and is easily arranged on the training ground. …,

The time entered 9 o'clock steadily. One by one, the players began to change into their training clothes and walked into the training ground.

This group of international players has basically been selected for the national team many times, and they are already familiar with Yang Cheng's requirements, so as soon as they walked into the training ground, they didn't need to be said by the coaching staff, and then they started their own warm-up activities.

Samed joining the team for the first time? Yehir and Draxler also knew the rules from their teammates, and they followed their teammates throughout the process, but on the surface, they were still relatively cautious, for fear of breaking the rules if they were not careful.

"Julian, I heard you were injured a little bit before, how are you feeling now?" Yang Cheng, who was originally standing in the middle of the training ground and watching, left his position and walked directly to Draxler's side.

"It's basically good, thank you for your concern!" Draxler immediately stopped pressing his leg and quickly replied.

Yang Cheng nodded, "It's better to be careful, wait a minute, before training, you go to the medical room first, let Professor Vorfath show you, if necessary, you will have recovery training on the sidelines in the morning." ”

After a pause, Yang Cheng was still worried that Draxler was thinking nonsense, and added, "You can participate in the afternoon drill tactics and group confrontation training, and then give full play to your strength!" ”

Draxler immediately nodded in agreement.

After talking to the Schalke 04 youngster for a few words, Yang Cheng walked to the nearby Samed? Yehir.

As soon as the young player, who has dual nationality of Germany and Turkey, saw Yang Cheng coming over, he immediately stopped his movements and stood there straight, as if a student who had made a mistake was listening to the teacher's admonition, and his expression was very interesting.

"Samed, this is the national team, not the school, there is no need for this!" Yang Cheng patted him on the shoulder with a smile and motioned for him to continue to do his own thing, "I am glad that you can accept the call-up of the national team, which proves that you are indeed willing to play for the German team, and I also hope that you can perform well in the national team!" ”

"I will work hard, Mr. Yang Cheng!" Yehir still had a serious face.

For their group of young generals, Yang Cheng is undoubtedly the king of the high, and they can only look up.

"By the way, I've heard you've been worrying about transfers lately, right?" Yang Cheng asked casually.

Jehir was a little apprehensive. After looking at Yang Cheng, he nodded in affirmation, but did not answer.

"Don't let the transfer affect your performance in the national team, I hope to see you continue to be selected for the national team, don't let me down!" Yang Cheng patted the kid on the shoulder encouragingly, smiled, and turned around to leave.

"Huh. Mr. Yang Cheng! Jehir stopped him just as he was about to turn around.

"Something?" Yang Cheng was slightly stunned and looked at him with a friendly expression.

Yehir hesitated. But he still asked, "What do you think of my transfer?" ”

These words first made Yang Cheng stunned. Then he laughed and shook his head, "I don't have this kind of power, Samed, I'm the head coach of the national team, you should talk to your agent, your family, or the head coach of Bayer Leverkusen about this kind of thing." ”

Jehir hesitated again, "I want to hear what you think, just to hear it!" ”

Look at the anticipation projected in the eyes of this little ghost. Yang Chengcheng had no way to refuse, thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, but I'm just saying my own opinion." Can't speak for you! ”

When Yehir heard this, he smiled happily and nodded in agreement.

'In my opinion, the environment is very important for a young player to develop, and there are a lot of players who are very talented at a young age. It was because of the rapid growth stage that the speed and momentum of progress were suddenly interrupted, which directly led to his failure to show the strength that matched his talent and potential. ”…,

"There are many factors that interrupt the growth and progress of players, such as moving to an unfamiliar environment, for example, because of the blow of some things, it may be psychological, it may also be the style of play and technique, but it is often both, especially the former, there are many young rookies who fall this step."

"Of course, I'm not saying that a transfer will not be successful, because there have been many people who have shone after a transfer, and there have been many people who have not transferred but gradually lost their luster, in short, there are all kinds of things, but from my point of view, staying in a familiar environment is more suitable for the growth and progress of a young player on the premise of being able to guarantee the same training opportunities."

Yang Cheng is just the head coach of the national team, he is neither the head coach of Yehir's club, nor his agent, so he definitely doesn't dare to say how he wants Yehir to be, otherwise, if Yehir plays in the future, it will be better, but if he doesn't play it, he may directly bombard Yang Cheng to give him ideas at that time.

"These are my own opinions, think about it!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

After hearing this, Yehir nodded heavily, "I know, thank you, Mr. Yang Cheng!" ”

Yang Cheng had a good impression of this kid, patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, turned around and walked back to the middle of the training ground.

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The first training session of the German team was mainly based on recovery, but Yang Cheng and the coaching staff are also observing each player through a series of training details, such as their technical situation, physical condition, and their psychological condition, which are all important bases for examining the international players.

The first training session was open to the outside world, but in the second training session in the afternoon, Yang Cheng closed the door and began to practice the team's fan-shaped defensive system and counterattacking routines with all his body and mind.

In Yang Cheng's view, any kind of counterattack cannot be faster and more effective than a long pass, quickly advancing through the midfield, in the shortest possible time, advancing the ball to the opponent's threat area, and forming a cooperation in this area to create a threat, which is actually equivalent to reducing Spain's ball control in front of the opponent's 32-meter area.

In this way, the overall tempo of the team will definitely increase, but once the first counterattack cannot create a threat, then through the high penetration pass, by Ozil and Schweinsteiger, Toney? Klos and other players who cut forward to form a second echelon of organization, creating a threat by pulling and teaming up.

Of course, Yang Cheng himself is very clear that long passes mean a reduced success rate, so his requirements for the team are actually not to blindly play long passes and diagonal attacks, but to complement each other in short and medium lengths, that is, at the moment of getting the ball, if you see a vacancy, you will play a long pass directly, otherwise you will cooperate with the advancement, because the German team also has a good promoter like Lahm.

But the German team's offensive tactics must revolve around the diagonal, so Yang Cheng is in training. In addition to the drill of diagonal offensive routines, the focus was on arranging the players' long pass practice.

Long passing is a technical job, many fans don't know, looking at the long pass in the game, it feels understated, but the effect is awesome and coaxing, and I feel that the long pass is too simple. You will even hear some people say, why doesn't so-and-so player practice long passing?

This is a big mistake!

To put it simply, a longitudinal backfield over the top long pass. This should be the easiest, but if you want to grasp the landing point, strength, and angle well, it is undoubtedly very difficult.

Nowadays, the ball for regular matches is getting lighter and lighter. On the one hand, it means that the long pass is launched, and the requirements for foot strength are reduced, but on the other hand, it is precisely because it is light, so the control of the landing point of the ball and the angle and arc are more demanding. …,

In training, Yang Cheng focused on carving Bad Stuber, Hummels, Schweinsteiger, Tony? Long passes for the likes of Klos, he has a requirement for all players who practice long passes. It's about finding your own footwork.

There is no way to learn this thing, there is no comprehension, consciousness or enlightenment, etc., the skills of the long pass can be learned, and the footwork can also be learned, but how to exert force. How to touch the ball, the length of time to touch the ball, and the strength of the force, these need to be mastered by the players through repeated practice.

How much force to use to get the ball to reach the destination, what kind of parts to kick which position, this needs to be figured out and mastered by the players after constant practice. These are things that others can't teach, and they can only practice on their own.

For example, if Khedira plays a long pass, Bad Stuber must not be able to play, why?

Khedira's feet are strong, his feet are hard, and he is full of strength, he just swings his legs, and the force of the kick is enough to reach the destination, but Bad Stubert must exert more force, so how to exert force, how to exert force, this needs to be practiced and explored repeatedly by himself.

Also, in addition to the power of touching the ball, the pace adjustment before touching the ball is also very important, if you look closely at Beckham, Pirlo and Xavi? It is easy to find that the long passes of Alonso and other long pass masters are as standardized as possible, and almost all of them are the same.

Why is this happening?

Because they have found their own set of long passing tricks and methods through repeated practice, and then after they have standardized them, they have kept practicing repeatedly, and after practicing to perfection, when they get to the court, as soon as the ball comes, they will begin to subconsciously step on the pace, adjust the body, and exert force according to their own practice experience, and almost every long pass is exactly the same standard action.

Some people may say that a lot of improvisation can also achieve the purpose of passing?

However, the point is that improvisation is never as stable as the standard specification action, so those who pursue improvisational long passers will occasionally have wonderful long passes, but there are often bad spoofs that make people cry out and seriously lack stability, but Beckham, Pirlo, Carrick, Xavi? Alonso and others' standardized movements can ensure stability to the greatest extent.

"I still remember that there were many people who suspected that Beckham only had one trick and thought that long passing was not a technique, but now, you should all know that long passing is not only a technique, it is a skill, it can even be said to be an art, and it is the same as countless techniques and the art of kicking on the football field."

"All art requires talent at the same time, but also requires continuous hard work and diligence, so you have to work hard!"

These are the words of Yang Cheng to cheer the players on after they practiced a round of long passes.

In Yang Cheng's coaching staff, Moniz and Mulenstin are both masters of technical tuning, and they constantly give guidance on the players' passing movements and other problems in the long pass practice to help them improve.

Not only the first day and the second day of the training session, Yang Cheng also joined the long pass training course in addition to the tactical drill training, so as to improve the players' awareness of the long pass drill.

After two days of training sessions, everyone can see that Yang Cheng is focusing on polishing the team's new tactics.

In the evening of the same day, Yang Cheng directly announced the list of matches against Argentina the next day.

The goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer, while the backline is Lahm, Bad Stuber, Hummels and Jérôme? Boateng, the three players in the midfield are Schweinsteiger, Sven? Bender, Tony? Cross; The three players up front are Thomas? Müller, Goetze and Royce. …,

This set of tactical formations is somewhat similar to 433, but Yang Cheng prefers to call it 4330, because the top of the entire formation is Thomas? Muller and Reus, two wide players, moved on the left and right flanks, targeting the middle of the opposition full-backs and centre-backs.

Gotze is behind the two wingers and plays in the midfield position, and his role is not only to pass and distribute the ball for the two players, but also to draw the opposing centre-backs with the ball, or to pull the opposition defence on both sides and show the flaws, and then cut in to complete the final blow.

Mesut Ozil is the most suitable position in this position, the German midfielder has always been very good at finding gaps to get the ball, he is good at finding holes between the opposition midfield and the defensive line, and he has excellent awareness and creativity to pass the ball quickly after taking the ball, so this position is the best fit.

However, because Yang Cheng did not call Ozil into the national team this time, he tried to use Gotze to play this position, after all, it is always no harm to prepare for everything.

At the preparation meeting, Yang Cheng also repeatedly emphasized that no matter who it is, running and passing should be based on himself, with the distance and movement direction of his teammates as a reference, so as to focus on me, so that the opponent can adapt to his own tactics in turn, which is also his consistent requirement. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )