Li Ang wrote a Spanish term on the tactical board: High press!
"High press!" Li Ang said, "In the game against Vallecano, one of the most important requirements I have for you is high press!"
"You should still remember the first half of the game against Orléans, right?" Li Ang asked.
Everyone nodded.
"In the first half of that game, we used high press to suppress Orléans' space. They couldn't organize an effective attack at all. Why?"
"Because their attack was cut off by us! In the face of our high press, they panicked and were tired to deal with it. "
Everyone nodded. That was indeed the case in that game. In the face of Sporting de Gijón's high press, Orléans could not attack effectively.
Fernandez and Paller looked at each other and nodded. High press could indeed suppress the opponent's attack. If Vallecano was not prepared, it was very likely that he would be entangled by Sporting de Gijón's tactics.
Li Ang seemed to favor high press tactics. When he was at Real Madrid, he used this tactic and successfully restrained Barcelona's 1987 generation, which also restricted Messi to a certain extent.
Therefore, whether it was the players from Sporting de Gijón or Mata, who came over from Real Madrid, they were all familiar with this tactic.
Of course, Li Ang was not the original designer of high press tactics. High press was one of the tactical principles in Dutch football's Total Attack and Total Defense concept, which was to press the height of the entire team's formation to the opponent's half of the field. After losing the ball, they would collectively counterattack from a high position on the spot. They relied on the players' running awareness and physical strength to cut off the opponent's passing route and complete the counterattack of the ball. Using counterattack as defense, they achieved a monopoly of the ball and attacking opportunities.
This tactic had high requirements for the players' ability to execute the tactic. The players had to completely follow the manager's tactical arrangements and press the opponent! They had to run without caring about their physical strength, intercept, and put pressure on the opponent.
Therefore, the high pressing tactic had a high requirement on the players' physical fitness. Without the support of physical fitness, it was easy to spoil things by pressing high up in the air. Some teams also used the tactic of pressing high up in the air. It might work in the beginning and middle stages of the game, but after one o 'clock to seventy minutes, the physical fitness of the players would decline, and the execution of the tactic would not be in place. It was easy for problems to arise, and it was very likely that the opponent would take the opportunity to blow their heads off!
Li Ang had been focusing on physical training during this time. At his request, assistant manager Paller was in charge of the players' physical training.
However, pressing high up in the air was a way to stop the opponent's offense. Overall, it was still a defensive tactic. If it had been in the past, Sporting de Gijón would have used this tactic against a strong opponent like Vallecano. They would have tried to stop the opponent and prevent the opponent from scoring. This tactic was suitable.
However, in this situation, Sporting de Gijón's goal was to win against Vallecano by at least three goals. Not conceding a goal wasn't enough. The main point was to attack!
Only by attacking can you score goals!
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Among the players, there were a few players who had a high ball quotient who also realized this point. Mata was one of them. He looked at the manager.
Li Ang nodded to himself. No wonder he thought highly of the player.
Turning around, Li Ang added another prefix in front of the word 'high position snatch'.
New!
When read together, it was: New high up in the air!
"The opponent's player with the ball is here!" Li Ang drew a circle on the tactical board. The circle represented the opponent's player with the ball.
Li Ang then drew a triangle. The triangle represented the three players on his side.
"Pay attention. I've been emphasizing this point. Against the opponent's player with the ball, we have to use two or three players to press," Li Ang said. "What does this mean?"
"We have a higher chance of successfully intercepting the ball." The one who spoke was Juan Carlos.
Li Ang looked at the kid and secretly praised him. No wonder he was the guy with the high attribute of "Ball Snatching". When it came to pressing, he got excited.
"That's right." Li Ang nodded. "Then what happens after we intercept the ball?"
"Launch a quick counterattack," Javier Blanco said.
"How do we counterattack? How do we advance? How do we attack? "Li Ang asked.
The players shook their heads. They didn't know. This was why the manager was so important. A player's talent and ability were very important to the game. However, an excellent manager, a great coach, would be directing the players to the game and telling them how to play. Only then would they be able to unleash their greatest potential. The manager was the captain, and the players were the crew. This analogy was very apt.
Li Ang pointed to the triangle he drew.
"This is our counterattack weapon!"
"The player who just intercepted the ball is the initiator of the counterattack. Then who are the teammates closest to him? It's the other two! "
Li Ang began to instill his tactics into the players.
He saw that some of the players seemed to understand.
"I don't expect you to fully understand now," Li Ang said. "But everyone, remember, you must do as I say! Just do as I say! "
Everyone nodded.
Some of the smarter ones understood this point. Some of the weaker ones didn't understand why they had to do this. They didn't understand the benefits of the triangle formation.
However, as the coach said, it was fine if they didn't understand. They just had to resolutely execute it!
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Watching Li Ang instill the tactics into the players, his two assistants, Fernandez and Paller, were also deep in thought.
They were coaches. Although their qualifications were mediocre, it was impossible to expect them to formulate tactics and innovate tactics.
However, when Li Ang explained the tactics, they might not have understood at first. However, after thinking about it carefully, they were able to understand.
Moreover, they saw it more clearly than the players. They understood the brilliance of the triangle formation better.
After intercepting the ball and starting the counterattack on the spot, the triangle formation that was used to press the ball could immediately form an offensive triangle formation.
This was wonderful.
"If the player with the ball has a passing triangle around him, it means that he has two receiving players who can pass the ball. If there are more passing triangles, it means that he has more receiving players around him." Fernandez and Paller were discussing. His tone was full of praise for Li Ang.
"Not only that, the triangle can be extended. When a player receives the ball, he needs the other teammates to quickly close in to form another triangle. This way, when the opponent's defensive players press up, there will be no less than one passing option. The possibility of losing the ball is also reduced." Paller added.
Both of their eyes lit up.
This was simply a situation where he could attack or retreat at will!
When counterattacking, the speed of the counterattack would be faster. Not only would the chances of losing the ball be reduced when guarding against the opponent's counterattack, but because there were three of their own players in a narrow area, these two or three players, or even more players, could quickly kill their way into the opponent's hinterland with a few passes and two kicks. Create opportunities to kill, attack, and even score goals.
Looking at the serious and eloquent Li Ang who stood there and explained the tactics to the players.
The two middle-aged coaches sighed with emotion.
This China colleague was indeed very capable.
He was indeed much better than them. They could not help but admire him.
Not only were they full of admiration, but looking at the players' reactions, the players' admiration and respect for the manager also increased. Each of them was extremely serious. It was as if they were elementary school students in class.
Whether it was the players or the two assistant coaches, they did not know how much of an impact the tactics they were hearing and receiving at this time would have on football tactics.
This was a tactic that was ahead of the current football world.
This was a sublimation of existing football tactics to a certain extent.
A tactic that caused a football storm.
In this way, on an ordinary day in 2004, they appeared in the B Team's locker room at the Gijón Mareo training base.
And they were also fortunate to be recorded in history together with the person who proposed and created this new tactic, their manager Li Ang, and this tactic that he proposed and developed!
An ordinary day, destined to be recorded in history in the future.
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