(a)

The "England model" of the central defender is different from the "German academy" scavenger liberty, which is one of the most obvious differences between the two sets of tactics.

The two central defenders stand in parallel, mainly to assist in defense, and take turns to insert according to the situation on the field.

It's not just the parallel position that makes everything good! There are three conditions for the two centre-backs to take turns in attacking positions.

The first condition is that the goalkeeper is all-round and worthy of the responsibility. Fulham's 1.96m-tall 38-year-old Australian international Mark Schwarzer is performing steadily, and the veteran goalkeeper who has been with Middlesbrough for 12 seasons has not only not declined, but is in his second golden period.

At this point, Hodgson succeeded at Fulham, and Houghton did not find a goalkeeper in the Chinese Olympic team who could reassure him and be worthy of the task, one of the basic conditions was not met.

(b)

The second condition, the height, speed, physical fitness and other innate conditions of the double central defenders must be outstanding.

At this point, Fulham's 1.95m Smalling and 1.94m Smalling are eyed by Manchester United and Arsenal, also because of their basic qualities. With Smalling absent for this game, Hamellaan will be partnered by another 1.85m centre-back, Northern Ireland captain Chris Baird.

The two central defenders of the Chinese Olympic team at that time were Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi, and the alternative was Shu Chang, who was frankly the strongest that China could pick.

Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi, and Smalling and Hamellaen, who are favored by Manchester United and Arsenal, He Ru, don't talk about football skills, just talk about physical fitness. Then, Shu Chang and the captain of the Northern Ireland national team compared, what is it?

Don't forget, Fulham in this combination is only a mid-table team in the Premier League.

(c)

The third condition, the formation of the parallel position of the two central defenders, the requirements for the two fullbacks will be particularly high, requiring them to attack, retreat and defend, plug in at high speed, and return to defense in time, without letting the central defenders put too much energy into making up for their leaks and leaks.

At this point, Fulham's current two full-backs are slightly different, especially the left-back, which has always been Fulham's weakest link, and Hodgson's trust in the dilemma Konchesky in this position has also made fans complain.

Left-back Koncheski's fame is more due to his appearance in the competitive film "One Goal to Fame", as a left-back he was a fringe figure during Charlton Athletic and West Ham United, but at Fulham he was trusted by Hodgson, Koncheski's wide crossing and long passes were very accurate, but Konchesky's speed was slow and often assisted and then the opponent seized the opportunity to tear the hole from the area he defended.

Right-back Aaron Hughes and Conchesky are the opposite, his running and steals on the defensive end are very solid, but there is almost no data on assists, but when the central defender inserts assists, the 1.83-meter Aaron Hughes often goes to make up for the position left by the central defender, especially when he plays with his teammate Baird of the Northern Ireland national team, the cooperation is more tacit, and the mouth of Conchesky on the left side is often Baird used to make up for the defense, and the gap he left is defended by Aaron Hughes.

Besides, the National Olympic team at that time, Sun Jihai really played later, and several other players like Tao Wei, Liu Junwei, Ma Yongkang, and Zhang Yonghai had a certain gap compared with Sun Jihai.

(iv)

In fact, in addition to the three basic conditions, the most important thing is training.

Hodgson's requirements in central and backfield defence, like Houghton's, are also to require his players to adopt "pressing, zone-marking and counter-attacking through passes", and this tactical requirement can only be achieved through a lot of training.

In the Coach's Handbook, which influenced Hodgson and Houghton, Allen Wade argues that practice needs to be relevant to a specific situation in the game to be most effective, so it is necessary to develop a coaching theory that is based on a specific game situation.

"If you're a tennis player, you spend hours on the court practicing your serve, and if you play golf, you have to go to a particular club and spend hours practicing a particular swing," Hodgson once said. Football needs that kind of culture, and it doesn't make sense to spend 10 minutes doing something and then play in a five-a-side game. ”

Hodgson and Horton's training idea is Chen Zhuo's agreement, he and Vanney's joint training, some players may also feel boring, but Chen Zhuo and Vanney will not, they have also had theoretical cognitive agreement in training, what is the role of training? The role of training is to allow players to react directly to the nervous inertia memory brought about by training when they encounter a situation during the game.

This repetition, repetition and repetition was described by the Swedish media as "they have established a set of principles that can be used in a series of combinations to make the team an organic whole." Every moment of the game is theorized, and in this style, every minute and second of the game can be explained in theory, can be used as an example of visual teaching in training, and can be seen as part of the game as a whole. ”

There are also many objections to this systematic training, such as Lars Arnessen, who was the director of the Swedish team Jishu, who thinks that the British system is "anti-human" and feels that such mechanical training turns the players into "robots".

However, the effect is still obvious, Houghton and Hodgson actually delved into this theory of "systematic training" and "tactical discipline" in the mid-to-late 70s, and in the subsequent cooperation of the two, Malmo won five league titles in six seasons, and after the separation in 1985, Hodgson won two league championships and two cup titles in four years, and Houghton used this system in 1985 and 1986 to help the head coach of Saudi Itiyad win the league championship and enter the final of the Confederations Cup and the Saudi King's Cup. After returning to Sweden in 1987, Houghton took charge of Gothenburg and played a "two-man tussle" with Hodgson's Malmo in Sweden, and his two contemporaries, former England manager Swede Eriksen, admitted that he had been influenced by Houghton and Hodgson.

However, seeing this, Chen Zhuo also probably understood that Weishenme Horton would fail in China, the National Olympic team is an intermittent training camp, and there is no time for Horton to slowly adjust and help players get rid of bad problems as in the club, and the Chinese audience is a "only the result" way of thinking, and they choose to automatically ignore the process of "training".

Later, Shanghai Pudong, Sichuan Quanxing, Zhejiang Greentown and Shenyang Jinde, coached by Houghton, are all teams without championship and championship background!

The most important thing is that the owners of those teams are all buying lottery tickets and gambling, "two yuan to open a free kick, one kick to score five million", are waiting for a miracle with such a mentality.

Even if Lippi accepts the above teams, he will walk away in the same gloomy! Fortunately, the boss of Evergrande ...... Should Lao Xu be regarded as a "local tyrant" or a "tycoon"? It's hard to say yet.

(5)

Regardless of whether it is a tyrant or a tycoon or something, let's talk about Hodgson and Houghton's classic 4-4-2 or.

When the full-backs take the ball and provide the assists, the functions of the two full-backs will be more defensive, so as to achieve a balance between attack and defence.

Chen Zhuo has also tried to play left wing-back with Elia's speed, and then use Spannel as a firewall in front of the left wing-back in the wing-back position to achieve a balance between attack and defence.

Former Liverpool midfielder, 9-time selection for the England national team, Danny Murphy, who has been in Liverpool for 7 years, is also Liverpool's first penalty taker, and the penalty kick hit rate 100% in 7 seasons.

In addition to the penalty shooter, Danny Murphy also has a record, "Manchester United nemesis", in the 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2003/04 seasons, when Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford, the goal was scored by Danny Murphy, who rarely scored in the Plain, and in the 3-0 upset win over Manchester United at home this season, it was Danny Murphy who scored the first goal.

According to conventional analysis, in front of Konchesky, who is weak in defense, there should be a full-back with strong defensive ability, even if the assist and offensive ability are almost no problem, but Fulham's starting left midfielder's ability is many times higher than this basic requirement!

The left is one of the important attacking points of Fulham this season, the left wing-back is Duff, who has just transferred this season, and the Irish player Damien Antony Duff, who was known as the "golden wing" in Chelsea's 4-3-3 formation with left winger Arjen Robben during the Jose Mourinho season, has both attack and defense.

The only drawback is that the 31-year-old Duff has passed the peak of his career, since the debut of Blackburn's youth army, Duff has spent 15 seasons in the Premier League, and Robben, Terry, and Lampard have blown a "blue storm" at Chelsea to win the Premier League title, which was 4 years ago, and the years are not forgiving.

Fulham's back two are Simon Davies and Etuhu. Simon Davies is also a Premier League veteran, the former Everton No.10 is also 31 years old, in addition to the back he can also play right midfielder and right winger, but now Hodgson is more of a Simon Davies defensive experience, allowing the Wales international to partner another Premier League veteran, 28-year-old Nigerian international Etuhu, in midfield.

Like Simon Davis, Etuhu is also an attacking and defensive midfielder, with the youngest of the four midfielders being 28 years old, and the oldest Daniel Murphy being 33 years old.

Seeing this midfielder, looking back and thinking about the midfielders of the National Olympic team during Houghton's coaching, the starting four are mostly Zhao Junzhe, Li Tie, Sui Dongliang, Huang Yong, and the three substitutes are Min Jin, Zhang Xiaorui, and Zhang Ran. At that time, the biggest question of Chinese fans and media about Horton was that Horton did not use Zhang Xiaorui, on the grounds that Zhang Xiaorui's defense was weak and not suitable for the entire tactical system, so it attracted more doubts, thinking that Horton should not formulate a tactical system first and then select people, but should formulate a tactical system according to the players, etc., in short, the head is the way.

It's just that they ignore one point, Zhang Xiaorui is obviously not the core player of this set of tactics, according to the players to develop tactics, that means that the tactics should adapt to and the characteristics of the core players, and other players should fully develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses according to the tactics.

Forget it, in the minds of the media, they themselves are the core, they only scold people and vent, and as for the formulation and implementation of the plan, they are not responsible.

(f)

Zuihou said that the two arrows of 4-4-2 are Fulham's two strikers, 31-year-old Hungarian striker Zoltangra and 29-year-old England homegrown striker Bobby Zamora, both recruited by Hodgson after taking charge of Fulham, both with mediocre qualifications, and Hodgson is more likely to use their years of experience in the Premier League.

In Hodgson's entire tactical system, it is more dependent on the whole, in Fulham's 36 goals so far this season, the team's top scorer Zamora has only scored six, Hungary Gra has only four goals, and Murphy who scored four penalties is the team's second scorer, and the rest of the midfield defenders and substitutes have scored a total of 10 goals this season.

Or it could be said that in the Fulham team, there is no position other than Hodgson that is indispensable.

Luckily for Houghton, Hodgson has many times more power in the Premier League than Houghton in China, and there are many times more media people in England who know the ball than in China.