It's been a long time since the game ended, but the civil unrest on the side of Madrid continues, and every day there are all kinds of news that make it impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake.

One thing is true, though, and that is that Florentino is unhappy with winning constantly.

A few days after returning to Madrid, his voice was heard.

The president of Real Madrid FC spoke to reporters about the first round of the league.

He didn't talk about the gains and losses of Zidanega's policy, he was just very unconvinced by the heavy defeat in this game.

"Football matches are always made up of accidents, and sometimes a single accident can make a completely different outcome of a game...... In that game, we didn't let Zidane play for various reasons. But I don't think it would have been like this if he had played......"

The implication is that Valencia, don't be complacent, you have the ability to wait for Lao Tzu! After my Zidane adapts to La Liga, I must slap this revenge!

These words reached Chang Sheng's ears through the media, and what did he think of the threat of Real Madrid's nakedness?

Chang Sheng responded very strongly: "Okay, okay, then let's fight again in the second half of the season!" By then, hopefully your Zidane has adapted to La Liga. Otherwise, you'll have to make excuses again......"

Then Florentino seemed to find himself unable to fight the Chinese in lip service, and he remained silent.

And Chang Sheng didn't chase and fight, he still had a lot of things to do every day, how could he have so much spare time to fight with others.

After taking charge of Valencia, he experienced more pressure.

The new tactics have not been fully implemented, the team has serious injuries again, the training plan needs to be revised, and many things need to be decided by him.

Even if there is Rudy. Gonzalez helps himself. He's also busy.

And even more unfortunate is that it was just when his team needed to get together and run in. It's international breakday.

Two national team games in seven days can not only cause injuries to players, but also increase the fatigue of players and delay their training......

As a club manager, Chang Sheng naturally hates the game of the national team, which is a conflict of interest and has nothing to do with philosophy.

Sacrificing his own interests for the sake of the national team, he often wins this thing. Is there anything about the Chinese national team...... The hat of unpatriotism could not be buttoned on his head.

Because it was a national team break, he had to release him......

When he was Getafe manager before, he didn't get a deep understanding of the national team break. Because there are not many countries in the Getafe team. Very little, little effect on him. Even if he goes one or two internationals, his team is still intact and does not delay normal training.

But Valencia is different.

There is no shortage of international players in this strong team.

Canizares is a regular for the Spanish national team and he will certainly not be absent. Unless he's injured.

Ayala is an Argentine international, and although he is only 28 years old, he has already played for the Argentine national team 72 times.

Aimar went back to Argentina with him.

Vicente, despite his youth, also has three national team experiences.

If it weren't for this injury, Baraja would have been selected for the national team.

However, his injury left his team-mates waiting for the opportunity to play for his country, and Albelda, Baraja's partner in the midfield position, was recruited for the first time in Sess's Spanish national team.

Although Kalou is young, he has already been selected for the Norwegian national pair at the age of seventeen. I will definitely not be absent this time.

Ibrahimovic became an international for the Swedish national team at a young age and played against Real Madrid in his last game. He performed so well, how could the head coach of the Swedish national team ignore him?

This basically dismantled his main lineup.

The remaining ones are either too old to be looked down upon by the national team, or they are too young for the national team to know what they are capable of.

However, Chang Sheng believes that it will not be long before more Valencia players are drawn from the national team......

That's right. The situation is probably even more terrifying.

Now he's still able to get the bench and Team B together for training.

When I arrive, I'm afraid I'll really have to herd sheep.

Now, in fact, there is no way to conduct any tactical training.

Even training skills, often winning, are reluctant to use, especially competition skills - pure waste.

Therefore, during this time, the team's training arrangement is relatively relaxed, that is, physical training is the mainstay, and then the players are allowed to do some special training.

These do not require training skills, they are just normal training schedules.

Because the training is easy, Chang Sheng doesn't have to hold a whistle and yell at the players all day long.

In between trainings, he even approached Pep Guardiola and pulled him to sit down and chat.

Why does Chang Sheng have to poach Guardiola? On the one hand, he naturally took a fancy to his ability as a player. On the other hand, because Chang Sheng's tactics are now copycats from Barcelona's tktk, but he is not from Barcelona after all, even if he has two lifetimes of experience, he doesn't know much about the real Barcelona tktk.

So he needs someone who is familiar with this aspect so that he can get more information from him and use it for himself.

Pep Guardiola is a very suitable person.

As Cruyff's No. 4 candidate, he inherited the essence of Barcelona football and can learn about Barcelona football in its purest form from him.

This can also be seen in the success of Pep Guardiola in charge of Barcelona in the future.

Ever since he aspired to become the top manager, he has been full of delving into football.

Now there is a nice person around you to ask, why not?

Some people may feel that it is a shame to be a manager and ask their players for advice. But Chang Sheng doesn't think like that, he's a pragmatist. As long as it is beneficial to him, he will not let it go. As for face...... What's that?

Of course, he can't just say to Pep Guardiola: "Tell me everything you know about Barcelona's tactics. ”

That might have provoked Guardiola's disgust. He would like to ask these questions himself, whether it is for the sake of dealing with Barcelona later.

Although Pep Guardiola is already wearing the Valencia shirt, his heart still belongs to Barcelona.

So Chang Sheng has to use a smarter way to get something useful.

That is to take advantage of chat. Take the initiative to talk about tactics yourself. If you think Guardiola, who is interested in coaching, he will be happy to discuss it with him. After coming and going, everything was discussed.

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"You've been on the team for over a month, how do you feel, Pep?" Chang Sheng, sitting on the turf, asked.

Pep Guardiola thought that the manager was asking about life, so he replied: "Life is quite adaptable, there is no problem......

Then he saw that Chang Sheng was shaking his head constantly.

"No, no, Pep, I don't care about your life. I wonder what you think about what you see and hear in the team? ”

Pep Guardiola understood.

"I see a shadow of Barcelona in your tactics." Guardiola replied.

Chang Sheng snapped his fingers: "That's right, my tactics are inspired by Barcelona's tactics. ”

"But it's different." Pep Guardiola said as he pondered.

"Uh-huh. What's the difference? ”

"You're putting more emphasis on speed and running. It's tougher defensively, and there's more through balls at the end......," Pep Guardiola began to look closer. "That's what Barcelona lacks at the moment. Actually, I've always wondered how you could have thought of tktk all the way to Valencia, they seem to be two completely different styles, Valencia sticks to the Italian style of defensive counter-attack...... And TKTK is incompatible with them......"

In fact, even if Chang Sheng doesn't look for him. Pep Guardiola also wants to reach out to him.

Because he does have a lot of questions.

Chang Sheng smiled: "Barcelona's TKTK and Valencia are incompatible, but it doesn't mean that TKTK is not suitable for Valencia. For me, TKTK is not unique to Barcelona, it's just that Barcelona uses it more, so it's synonymous with Barcelona. I've used TKTK in Getafe as well, you know that, right? ”

Guardiola nodded. The Copa del Rey final, that game was too famous. For the first time, it took only one week to learn the tactics of a team that had never been exposed to TKTK before, and beat Mallorca in the final to win the title.

This game must have become an important case for many coaches to study.

However, no one can understand how Chang Sheng made Getafe practice TKTK in just one week.

"Since Getafe can be used. Why can't Valencia work? That's my point. The key is to have players who are suitable for TKTK tactics, and for this reason I gave up Kalu, who did well last season, and chose to sell Ibrahimovic for eight million. Because the Swede has work at his feet, can hold the ball, has a lot of running range and has a lot of ability. The same goes for Villa. ”

"But you have two backs as far as I know. It is not suitable for tktk. Pep Guardiola was quick to point out the problem.

"Yes, Baraja and Albelda both defend tough midfielders, so it's not going to work for them to organise the attack. On the one hand, that's why I need you, and on the other hand, they don't support the team a lot offensively, but they support the team a lot defensively. My midfield is about control, and defending is also a form of control. Do you know why Barcelona's results have started to decline in recent years? Because Barcelona's midfield lacks a strong defender. Barcelona have stockpiled a lot of eye-catching attacking players in midfield. Louis. Enrique, Giovanni, Overmars, Rivaldo, Gerard...... With so many attacking players, how many midfielders are there? Two, one of which is still an offensive playmaker like Xavi. Kocu is also not a pure defender. It's just a matter of midfield, but also at the back...... Overall, Barcelona's defensive level is declining. This is an indisputable fact. If you don't defend well, no matter how good your offense is, it's useless. I think all offense should come from defense. Do Barcelona still have a defence to speak of? A whole bunch of offensive geniuses didn't bother to defend, and the whole team was torn apart. Why would I ask the players to press up front? Although this can be very physically draining, it works well. Our pressing can make it difficult for the opposition to get the ball at the back and even get through midfield – that's it. You should have seen that in the first league game, right? ”

Pep Guardiola nodded.

Then he fell into deep thought. I have to say that there is some truth in what Chang Sheng said, because of the defense, this is indeed Barcelona's problem.

From this point of view, Valencia's ** type TKTK is a new way......

Defensive......

'Valencia's problem now is not defensive, because we are not in the same situation as Barcelona. Valencia are meant to be counter-attacking and they're very good at that. Our problem is the offense...... To be honest, the fact that we were able to beat Real Madrid 5-0 in the first game was not a reflection of Valencia's true quality. We're opportunistic. Because the other party's flaws are too big. But after this game. Study our opponents will be more. I think we're going to hit a bottleneck very quickly. That's offense. I'd like to hear from you, Pep. With Baraja injured, you have to take on the offensive load of the team. ”

Chang Sheng put on a modest and studious posture to ask without shame. This is a job, and he expressed his true purpose of talking to Guardiola, but because of the previous foreshadowing. So it won't make Guardiola feel awkward.

His attitude is so good that even Guardiola is surprised. A manager who has already achieved certain results, so humbly asking for advice from himself, to be honest, also makes Guardiola quite vain.

He also intends to contribute his part and can't disappoint such an open manager, right?

So he frowned and began to think hard.

He does feel that there are some problems with Valencia's attacking side.

Although the winning crazy running tactics have the shadow of Barcelona TKTK in it, it is not a real TKTK after all.

Barcelona's TKTK is a tactical idea gradually formed after more than ten years of precipitation, and it is not achieved overnight.

In his opinion. Chang Sheng plans to replicate TKTK in Valencia, which is a bit tricky, although it is similar in shape, but not like it, which will definitely become a bottleneck in the development of Valencia in the future.

To be honest, even a real TKTK. Barcelona has also hit a bottleneck......

'I've noticed that Valencia's tactical base is all about passing, relying on passing and running to tear apart the opposition's defence. That's fine, but ...... To be honest, I'll be honest, Chang, I think your tactics just look like Barcelona's tktk, in fact there is a big difference, it's not the characteristics of Valencia's style, but your tactics are not detailed enough, and some details have not been perfect......"

Chang Sheng's eyes lit up - why did he dig Pep Guardiola?

Isn't this the moment I've been waiting for!

Although he learned about Barcelona's tactics from future TV and Internet discussions. But to be honest, Barcelona's tactics are very complicated, and if you don't have the guidance of an insider who really understands it, you can really only follow the cat.

Take a triangle pass, for example, when a player holds the ball, he has teammates around him to form a triangle with him to facilitate the pass.

But every player is particular about where he appears.

Why can Barcelona's players pass the ball without looking? Because they know it's going to be there.

When the player with the ball is on the left side of the pitch, he has to know what team-mates he is around and pass the ball out.

When the player with the ball is in the middle, he also knows which teammates will be around him to facilitate his passing.

These things can't be done just by running crazy.

There must also be a strict tactical arrangement.

Every player has to be in what position at what time. Rather than simply telling the player to "run". Then the players will be confused - how to run? Where to run? I don't know, what tktk to play?

Chang Sheng didn't understand these things, but he knew that some people understood them, and forced him to know more professionally.

That person is Pep Guardiola.

"So Pep, don't you want to be a coach? Remember what I said when I first came to you? Moving to Valencia is a long-term career plan for you. Now, I intend to deliver on that promise. From now on, how about you work part-time as a tactical coach of the team in training? You tell the Valencia players how to move and how to respond in attack. I'm sure you're up to the task. ”

Chang Sheng is like a demon who tempts mortals to sell their souls and sign a contract with themselves, and his voice is unconsciously softer.

Pep Guardiola was silent this time.

It's tempting to be a coach......

And to be able to get the support of the manager, you don't have to do it secretly, it's a rare opportunity.

Thinking of this, he laughed: "Then the club has to give me double salary!" ”

When Chang Sheng heard this answer, he knew that Guardiola had not escaped the temptation of the ideal of a coach in the end.

So he laughed and let out a long breath.

"No problem! Even if the club doesn't give it to you, I'll give it to you out of my own pocket! ”