Ye Qiu and Mauro? Tassotti travelled to South America to watch Brazil's first game against Venezuela in action, but it was clear that Sandro did not bring him good luck, and even though the Brazilian midfielder has recently attracted media attention for his return to Tottenham Hotspur, Menezes did not give him even a minute of playing time.

In the end, Brazil drew 0-0 with Venezuela, who showed a European defensive system that was not common in South American teams in the past, which has indeed characterized some South American teams in recent years.

As Ye Qiu said, the Premier League is integrating the tactical system and style of the European continent, and the teams in South America are also integrating the tactical style of the European continent, while in some places in Europe, such as Spain and Portugal, it seems to be integrating more Latin American football play, which is a fusion.

On the basis of the original advantages, further integrate the advantages and specialties of the other party, and then evolve into a new style and type, and improve their own strength, which is a kind of progress and the pursuit of countless head coaches.

Throughout the 100-year history of football, in 1912, the Englishman Jimmy? Hogan crossed the English Channel to the Netherlands, bringing modern football concepts to continental Europe, and following his later footsteps in countries such as Hungary, Germany and Austria, he brought modern football concepts to Central Europe, including Hungarian international Kushner.

Jimmy at the time? Hogan's philosophy is to keep the ball, whether it's long or short, these are not the point, he believes that the most important thing in possession is to handle the ball at the right time and the moment of receiving the ball, which is his core philosophy, and these are actually still influencing football tactics on the continent even now.

For example, the effective ball possession rate that Ye Qiu said was actually born from this.

Kushner inherited Jimmy? Hogan's approach, the Hungarian football coach who didn't even speak Portuguese, brought the European WM formation to Brazil and innovated the WM tactics, starting to emphasise diagonal attacks, which was seen as an important innovation in the emergence of Brazilian wide talent.

There was another very good manager in England at that time, Peter? McWilliam, who created the so-called pass-and-catch tactics at Newcastle, inspired England players to work together, and later came to Tottenham Hotspur to produce three successors, including Arthur, one of the greatest managers in Tottenham Hotspur's history? Rowe, and later Bill? Nicholson inherited his philosophy and ideas and carried them forward.

Mike? Willian's other successor is the very famous football master Bobby? Robson was the one who brought the concept of passing and running to the Netherlands and Spain on the European continent, and Nicolson also coached at Barcelona.

But whether it's Jimmy? Hogan was still McWilliam, or the successor of those who popularized their football philosophy to the rest of the world, at a time when football tactics were still very primitive, and attacking players tended to have a lot of space and a lot of time on the ball, so it was a golden age that all offensive players could only dream of.

It wasn't until the late sixties that Maslov, the decorated coach from Dynamo Kyiv, pioneered a pressing style of play, which made football more intense and exciting. The all-attacking and all-defensive philosophy of the likes of Reynolds, Beckenbauer, Michels and Cruyff has also matured on Dutch and German soil, with amazing success.

If you look at it from the perspective of modern football tactics, it is not difficult to find that the mainstream tactics of modern Europe are Maslov's pressing style of play, which is a fusion of all-offensive and all-defensive play, the difference is that different people have different understandings of football, some tend to be more pressing, and some tend to have more offensive runs.

Sacchi is another great manager who combines these two tactical philosophies, and he plays with a pressing style, but his team's style of play is never ugly, because he also advocates an all-attack and all-defence approach, and he is one of the best managers in terms of blending the two.

Now, whether it is Pep Guardiola of Barcelona, or Ye Qiu, or Arsene Wenger, or even Ferguson, Van Gaal, Mourinho, etc., almost all the tactics of the manager are born from the achievements of their predecessors, and they are just innovating and improving under the ideas of their predecessors.

Judging from the history of football in the past 100 years, tactical theories have always been in the same vein, and the most basic theories of football have been inherited from their predecessors over the past 100 years.

So what makes so many differences?

In a word, different people will have different views on the same thing, and even the same person will have different views on the same thing, in different times, places, and different environments, and when this view is amplified, it may even be understood by outsiders as two different extremes.

But its most essential thing is actually that thing.

Among the current managers, there is another person who has to be mentioned, that is, Marcelo? Bielsa, the former head coach of the Chilean national team, has struggled all his life to combine crazy pressing and flashy attacking football, and he is trying to do so.

Bielsa once said, "The Menotti era was about creativity in the big picture, while Bilardo was careful about every detail, and my philosophy is to go the third way, chasing creativity in the big picture while paying careful attention to every detail." ”

Bielsa also refuted his unsatisfactory coaching results, saying that if the players can execute according to his tactical arrangement, they can win every game, and the reason why they fail is because the players lack consistent and stable performance, and sometimes there are even big ups and downs in a game.

Bielsa's philosophy is also a fusion!

In the past so many years, many people have said that Bielsa is very stubborn and always insists on his persistence, but they have never seen that his coaching philosophy has changed, he has become more change-oriented, more efficiency-oriented, instead of blindly emphasizing aggression and blindly trying to suppress opponents for a long time as in the past.

In fact, Bielsa once said in an interview with the media that he prefers Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur to Pep Guardiola's Barcelona, even if many elements of the former are very much in line with his taste, he thinks that Barcelona's concept of holding the ball for a long time to suppress opponents is the same as in his early years, lacking persistence, because players are not machines.

On the contrary, it was Ye Qiu's offensive football that emphasized skill, change, and efficiency that made him find it very interesting, but he once criticized it when he was coaching the Chilean national team, thinking that Tottenham Hotspur had lost a sharp spirit after achieving a lot of success and glory, which showed on the pitch that Tottenham Hotspur lacked impact.

"Gareth? Bale's appearance did dazzle everyone's eyes, but his skills and handling the ball deviated from Tottenham Hotspur's overall pursuit, so he was sent to Real Madrid by Ye Qiu, for a certain reason, but it was also regrettable and regretful, because the latter's impact left a very deep impression. ”

It is clear that in Bielsa's view, football tactics are no longer just about attacking and defending, nor are they just about high-intensity pressing and fluid ball control, but more of a fusion.

The unpredictable rhythm changes, the stable success rate and exquisite coordination under the high-speed and concise passing, and the high level of creativity of the players, the players in the high-speed attack and defense, complete excellent running and fill-in, and then achieve the purpose of pressing and attacking, this is what he wants to pursue.

It can be said that this is a kind of fusion of the tactical concepts of predecessors.

For the Chilean team that Bielsa worked hard to build in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, almost the whole world has given high praise, because the Chilean team, which gathers teams from the middle and lower reaches of Europe's four major leagues, or second-rate leagues, or players with little reputation, played the most gorgeous offensive football in the South African World Cup, and Bielsa has once again become the focus of attention of fans in the world.

The reason is simple, coaching a big team and leading a group of outstanding top players to play hearty attacking football is not a great skill, but leading a team with a low reputation and playing offensive football full of art and charm that impresses everyone is the ability.

There is also a misunderstanding that many fans will have here, that is, technical skills.

As Michels and Cruyff admired, they believe that technique does not need to be cultivated, tactical awareness is the key, not that they despise technique, but they believe that technique can be improved through repeated training, so their so-called statement that throwing the ball at him and he will do it himself is this truth.

Gu Furen's scientific training emphasizes that delicate foot skills can be cultivated by acquired training, mainly by cultivating a sense of the ball to improve the player's foot skills.

Of course, at first glance, it seems that the two are completely different and completely opposed, but in fact, they are both expounding a point of view, that is, whether a player's skills are delicate or not has a lot to do with his training.

As many people will think, how did Gattuso seem to follow the genre of art in the latter part of his career?

Or maybe you think that Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes, Vieira and so on, there are many players who have reached a certain period of time when their foot skills seem to have suddenly improved, why didn't they feel this way before?

Like Cristiano again? Ronaldo, everyone will be surprised to say that when he first landed in the Premier League, his skills were very delicate, very good, just like juggling, but now it seems that the skills are very practical, but it gives people a very rough feeling, completely relying on a strong body to play football, what's going on?

It's all about the player's training and how they are positioned.

Gattuso, Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and others were young and vigorous, they could play with their bodies, but when they reached a certain age, they began to find that their bodies could not keep up with their consciousness, and then they needed to transform, they needed to change their technical style, and change to a way of playing that their bodies could accept.

Cristiano? Ronaldo is another type, when he landed in the Premier League, Ferguson began to try to use him, find out his strengths and weaknesses, and finally saw his sprint speed, so he began to stereotype him, let him strengthen this aspect of training in a targeted manner.

Everybody knows the Tao, to Cristiano? Ronaldo's height, if he improves the strength of his legs and the strength of his upper body, his physical flexibility will decrease, especially the strengthening of ankle strength, because many technical players will be violated, and protective training of the ankle is very important.

The decline in flexibility, especially the flexibility of the feet, has made many foot skills that can be used when they were young unable to play now, coupled with the lack of training in this area, which makes Cristiano? Ronaldo has turned into what he is now.

If you pay more attention to the media, it is not difficult to find that Cristiano? Ronaldo trains more in the gym, and even his home has a well-equipped gym for self-training, which shows that he has positioned himself like this, so it is not surprising that his foot skills have declined.

The misunderstanding of many fans lies in the misconception that technique is a craft that will never change once learned, but they ignore the environment, especially the team's tactical environment, which may cause their skills to become more detailed, but it may also make their skills more coarse.

Like Lucas? Rewa, who is an attacking and defensive player in Brazil, has maintained this style when he came to Tottenham Hotspur, but when he went to Liverpool, he began to become a rougher, highly aggressive midfielder, and his skills at the feet degraded significantly.

There are also people like Sandro, who still remembers Ye Qiu's previous life, Sandro was a player with both offense and defense in Brazil, and later went to Tottenham Hotspur and gradually transformed into a slightly bulky beast-waist player, but now, he was sent to Ajax by Tottenham Hotspur, he basically maintained the kind of play style in Brazil, and at the same time made himself both offensive and defensive, but it was obviously still a defensive and heavy style of play.

Ye Qiu has a complete plan for Sandro, and after joining Tottenham Hotspur, he will let Sandro further improve his physical flexibility, because Tottenham Hotspur's overall tactics no matter how they change, emphasizing skill and fast-paced passing and receiving coordination, as well as more flexible interspersed running, are destined Tottenham Hotspur will not want that kind of clumsy defensive player.

Is it hard?

No, it's not difficult at all, just let Peter? Brandt tailored a set of physical fitness training for him, and after maintaining it for a period of time, he would naturally be able to meet Ye Qiu's requirements.

There is also a very typical example, that is, Ye Qiu's special trip with Mauro? Tasotti travelled to San Juan, Argentina, to watch the first round of the Copa America Group C group stage. Vidal.

The Chilean joined Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of '07 as a versatile defender, and at the time he was noticeably rough in terms of stopping the ball, especially with his frizzy handling of the ball, although he had the ability to dribble the ball that is common to South American players.

However, with the gradual finalization of Bayer Leverkusen, Vidal's physical fitness has undergone certain adjustments and changes, and he began to no longer focus on physical strength and strength, but more emphasis on flexibility, and at the same time strengthen the technical level, so that he gradually moved forward from the midfield to the defensive position, and became a very comprehensive central midfielder.

It is clear from Vidal's body that the shaping of the players is based on the needs of the team's tactics.

Of course, this also depends on whether it is valuable or not, and how difficult it is to implement.

Today, Chile still maintain the same tactical system inherited from Bielsa's time, and they are indeed higher than all other teams in South America in terms of ability and awareness without the ball.

In this match between Chile and Mexico, the Mexican player's pass often seems to go directly to the feet of the Chilean player, which seems to be a passing error by the Mexican player, but if the number is relatively small, you will believe it, but the problem is, how many pass errors?

This is obviously not, but the Chilean players consciously move and cut through the overall off-ball running, while pressing the offensive line of the Mexican players, as well as their ability to read the game, so as to achieve the effect of the scene that seems to be the opponent passing the ball to themselves.

It's the same as the goalkeeper, a lot of fans look at the striker's shot, as if the angle is too right, or simply hit the goalkeeper's arms, they will complain, oh, why didn't you hit it a little bit?

It's not that they didn't play well, it's that they played well, but the goalkeeper position was better.

The Chilean group of players were really good at running and were able to stay in a suffocating, non-cold fast-paced state throughout the game, but they also had a strong quick push, skilful kicking and wall-hitting combinations.

Incomparably strong offensive ****, wild impact, unbridled creativity, dazzling teamwork, and rigorous overall high-intensity pressing tactics, and even a little genius flash of inspiration from time to time, all of this has been reflected in Chile, and also made Ye Qiu and Mauro who came to San Juan? The two of them were fascinated by it.

Although the person leading the team is no longer Bielsa, Ye Qiu still knows very well that this is still Bielsa's team.

"Bielsa, a great manager indeed!" Mauro? Tassotti said convincingly.

Ye Qiu has watched Bielsa's Chile's performance in the World Cup in South Africa, and now he looks at the Chile team in the Copa America, which is a little different from that time, or it should be said that Chile is more mature now, especially some players, such as Vidal, who played defender at the time, and now plays midfielder, as well as Alexis? Sanchez.

Of course, every team has a ceiling, and today's Chilean team, although it has a good style of play, is still limited by the overall strength of the players, and when they encounter a team with stronger overall strength or better tactical execution, they may not be sure to win.

As it turned out, Chile drew with Uruguay and soon beat Peru in the third leg of the group to qualify from the group, but were beaten in the knockout rounds by Venezuela, who have followed a typical European counter-attacking style of play at this European Championship, as well as Peru, both of which have become dark horses in this Copa America, reaching the semi-finals.

But these are all afterwords, Ye Qiu and Mauro? Tasotti appeared at the hotel where the Chilean national team was stationed after the 2-1 reversal of Mexico after the game with Vidal's crucial goal in Chile.