Three days later, as the last member of Simon King's coaching team, Zhang Qiang arrived at the Vizela Stadium with another Argentine named Riquelme.

Simon Kim warmly received them and immediately gathered all the coaches together for a meeting to refine the tactical play.

"The bus is to control the opponent."

"High pressing, it's about forcing mistakes and using them to get the ball."

"The short pass counterattack is a siege in the near ball area and an interception in the far ball area."

"The fusion of three different ideas forms a containment in the near ball area, forcing the reserved route in the opposite direction to pass, so as to form a local counterattack after interception in the far ball area."

After explaining the above ideas, Simon King began to ask.

"When we get the ball up front, I want the players in the close area to be able to run in two directions, front and back, to provide a forward or backward connection point for the ball carrier. But this brings up the problem that when the ball is in the middle, we have fewer points of contact, so what should we do? ”

Armando said: "We can use a midfielder, from a midfield position, run forward to receive the ball, so that he can form a double connection with the centre-forward. ”

George said: "And behind him, you can use the in-cutting full-back that you introduced earlier. But it's very difficult to play on the left side because your left winger is actually a striker who is on the wing, so it's very difficult for the left-back to cut in. ”

Riquelme laughed: "I'll interrupt you. ”

Simon King looked at him with anticipation in his eyes.

"What you're saying is fine, but can we add a single detail?"

With that, Riquelme walked up to the podium and said as he drawn: "Passer, can you answer first, and then cut forward?" ”

Looking at the pen in his hand, and the graphics on the blackboard, everyone fell into thought.

Simon King thought for a moment and said: "Your figure is that after the passer sends the ball, he runs backwards first, so as to help the person being passed to pull out a backward space, and then the passer chooses to receive the ball or cut forward according to the situation." Is that what it means? ”

"yes, remember Barcelona? In their short passes, many times the passer receives the ball backwards, and then when the passer passes the ball back, they choose to hit each other forward and cooperate with each other. So this kind of running backwards is actually just to get out of the air. ”

"There is some truth, but you can't just let these two people participate in the backward run, it should be three people."

Almando said as he picked up his pen and drew a zigzag three-person standing position on the blackboard.

"The ball goes backwards, the passer runs backwards, but at this point, the other person, from the receiver's side, runs forward. When the receiver gets the ball, don't stop the ball and pass it directly to the person running forward. At this time, the passer, who had already run backwards, re-inserted it at high speed to catch the ball of the second receiver. ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and Simon Kim also praised: "There's nothing wrong with our vertical dense short pass, which is to rely on short-term direct passes, or short-term diagonal straight passes to tear apart the opponent's formation." After this adjustment, not only the pull of the through pass is retained, but also the core of our drag-behind organization can be used to fight for enough space to play the ball, which is a very good suggestion. ”

Hearing the appreciation, Riquelme and Armando glanced at each other and both smiled appreciatively.

I heard George, who had been silent, suddenly say: "The front court only allows forward direct passes and back direct passes, which I think is very good." But at the back, I recommend adding crosses. Also, I recommend that when we get the ball on the wing, our midfielders should be able to run towards the far end of the centre. ”

"What do you mean?" Simon King asked.

George said: "Let's start with the switch, because our winger has already moved forward on this side, if the forward is also inserted forward on this side, there will be duplication in the position, and if the center is close to the ball player, let the forward midfielder insert on the other side of the center forward, then the space of the center forward will also be better." ”

"Good idea." Simon King nodded and asked again, "What about the backcourt crossing?" ”

"As a defensive coach, from my opponent's point of view, if you don't have a cross, then it's easy for our people to be targeted and the tempo of the attack slows down.

George's words were spoken slowly, but every word he said caught Simon King's attention.

Zhang Qiang said: "I agree with Mr. George. Of course, if our players, every one of them, has De Bruyne's passing skills, that won't be a problem. ”

"It's a pity we don't." Del Dow.

Simon King couldn't help but think of what his predecessor Evangelista said: "The most effective counterattack is never a long pass!" Because the purpose of the long pass is too strong, it is impossible to pose a threat when facing a well-trained opponent. ”

So he decisively accepted George's suggestion and said: "Blindly seeking speed in the backfield may really be self-defeating." Then I would like to ask you, can we use a similar approach to the ball in the back court as in the front court? For example, after pulling out the gap through a short direct pass, go directly to the far end of the opponent with a long pass? ”

Armando said: "You can only do it on the right side where the core of the organization is located, the left side doesn't work, Marco Paul doesn't have that ability, and the left-back is not Kiki. ”

Eventually, after six hours of discussion, Simon King's style of play was completely settled.

But he didn't immediately give the system an order to improve his own play, after all, he still had time to practice again.

"Alright. That's the basic tactics, and then it's going to be hard work, and of course I'll help. ”

Everyone looked at Simon King and said, "It's not hard, it's our job." ”

Simon King nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "I plan to divide the focus of the next training into four parts. ”

"First, the front-court passing and receiving training and the backcourt passing and receiving training are just according to what we just discussed, but we need to increase the training of one-foot passing, after all, our tactics are a fast word."

"Second, running training. Uncle Ben Yedder, the fence training you used in the youth training evaluation, I think you can use it here. ”

'Thirdly, the responsibilities and the overall awareness, it's important because the players have to know what they're doing. Of course, this part of the information will be given to you after I finish it. ”

"Fourth, rest when you have the ball. From a tactical point of view, whether we are attacking or defending, we are actually running, so the players don't have time to walk and rest at all. So, I'm going to let the players recover from possession in the 20th to 30th minute of each half. ”

Armando said: "Do you want to attack and defend in sections? ”

"Nope." Simon King shook his head and said, "Only control the ball, don't attack." ”

Del said: "Then what should the other party do if they grab it?" ”

Simon King smiled: "If you have to come up and grab it, and the whole team comes to grab it, then you can only get one or two of him." ”

Amid the happy laughter of the crowd, Ben Yedder said: "I will take the lead in the fourth item you mentioned, but I still need your help in the specific design." ”

"No problem."

"No problem."

"Willing to help."

Although they have not been together for a long time, Ben Yedder has already won the respect of all coaches with his excellent ability.

At this time, Zhang Qiang suddenly proposed: "Can you let me open an additional training set-piece after training?" ”

Simon King nodded, "Yes." And I think there should be 15 minutes of set-piece training after every training session. ”

"In addition......"

Simon King looked at Armando again and said, "Sir, you still need to pay more attention to the tactical system you talked about last time, that is, the design of constants and variables. ”

"What constants, variables?" All the coaches came to the spirit.

Armando laughed, "That's my father's tactical thinking, how ...... it is"