Scottley looked at Li Ang.
Michael Pihra's fate was in Li Ang's hands.
"Inform Michael that I want to see him after the training," Li Ang said.
Hearing this answer, Scottley was slightly disappointed. He did not inform Michael Pihra to come to the training ground. He only asked him to come after the training was over. This seemed to indicate Li Ang's attitude.
Li Ang's task was to lead the team to avoid relegation. This was a difficult task. How could the manager consider the wishes of a lousy veteran at this time? Li Ang had no obligation to do so.
"I know what to do." Scottley nodded.
After the players finished their warm-up, the afternoon training began.
The training plan was discussed by Li Ang and Scottley. The Copa del Rey was over. Now, Li Ang did not let the team practice the simplified version of the triangular tactic. Instead, it was the tactic he used in Team B. This tactic pursued speed and required the whole team to give their all. At the same time, it was more demanding on the team's physical strength.
In fact, if the tactic Li Ang asked the whole team to practice now was studied by someone ten years later, they would find that this tactic was similar to Barcelona's tiki-taka tactic. The working principle of tiki-taka, or the core idea, was to control the ball. Control was achieved through passing the ball, not dribbling. Passing the ball created control and space.
In fact, this was exactly the case. This was a simplified version of the tiki-taka tactic. Why was it a simplified version? It was because the individual ability of the Sporting de Gijón players was there. They could not reach the level of La Masia's star players who had been practicing for more than ten years.
Of course, it was not completely correct to say that it was simplified. Li Ang's tactic had his own ideas. In Barcelona's tiki-taka tactic, there was no real pure defensive defensive midfielder. In Li Ang's tactic, Li Ang emphasized the role of the defensive defensive midfielder. Marcos was a pure defensive midfielder and would not participate in the offense. His task was to defend the last line of defense in front of the team's defenders. At the same time, Juan Carlos's rapid growth also allowed Li Ang to fine-tune the tactic. Carlos would occupy a main position. This was the role of a midfield sweeper!
It could be said that Li Ang put two locks on the team's defensive line. Marcos and Carlos were in the midfield defensive line. This was the tactical configuration used by Team B.
However, at the same time, because of the lack of offensive players on the offensive side, Li Ang needed to improve on the offensive side of the game.
In other words, Li Ang's tactic was a combination of the tiki-taka tactic used by Barcelona and Spain to sweep the continent of Europe, and the Christmas Tree tactic used by AC Milan's manager, Carlo Ancelotti, who was about to rise again. He absorbed the essence of the two tactics and formulated it to target Sporting de Gijón's current relatively average player configuration.
To put it nicely, he absorbed the essence of the two tactics that were famous in Europe. To put it bluntly, it was a hodgepodge. It could not be helped. The strength of Sporting de Gijón's players determined that they could not play a pure tiki-taka tactic. Furthermore, Sporting de Gijón did not have a midfield brain like AC Milan's Andrea Pirlo. He took over the team midway, and these players were not deployed according to his needs. These players were mostly chosen by the original manager, Lacideria. Therefore, he could only tailor a temporary tactic for the team as much as possible. After the team safely avoided relegation and survived this season, Li Ang would be able to reformulate the tactics in the summer transfer market according to his tactical needs.
Li Ang wanted to use the existing players and the tactics that he had carefully created for the team to get through the team's current crisis.
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"The players now have a better understanding of this tactic than before," Scottley said to Li Ang as he watched the team's training.
Li Ang nodded slightly, but in fact, he was shaking his head in his heart. The players' performance was still far from what he wanted. However, no matter what, it was always good to have progress.
"What is the name of this tactic?" Scottley asked. He had already understood that this tactic was completely thought of by Li Ang himself. After experimenting with it in Team B, the results were very good. This also made Scottley admire Li Ang very much. It was very good to be able to think of a brand-new tactic for the team that no one else had used before. If this tactic was tested in the First Team, it would be even better. Li Ang could even be called a "master tactician," which sounded very scary. A manager of a Segunda División B team, a Chinese, a master tactician?
Hearing Scottley ask about the name of the tactic, Li Ang was stunned. Yes, the name.
What was it called?
The Triangle Tactic? It was too common. Moreover, this tactic had been improved again for the First Team, and it could no longer be covered by the Triangle Tactic.
"It's called …" Li Ang paused for a moment. "It's called the Lion Tactic!"
"What tactic?" Scottley asked.
"L-I-O-N!" Li Ang spelled out these words.
"The Lion Tactic!" Scottley was stunned. "Li Ang's Tactic! Well, it's a good name. "
Li Ang was a little embarrassed.
Scottley laughed. "It's really good. You created this tactic yourself, so of course you can use this name. This name is really good."
If you say it's good, then it's good. Li Ang was not arrogant. He just couldn't think of a name, so he thought of using the pronunciation of his own name. After saying it out loud, he thought it was a little arrogant.
Scottley was telling the truth. He didn't think Li Ang was arrogant. In the eyes of Europeans, since you invented it, it was normal to name it after you.
Of course, this was based on the fact that Scottley respected Li Ang very much.
Scottley now admired Li Ang very much. When he didn't understand Li Ang's tactics, he would ask and ponder. Therefore, although it had only been a few days, this honest and mediocre assistant coach already had a relatively deep understanding of this tactic. The more he understood, the more he felt that this tactic was really good and powerful.
From this, it could be seen that Scottley was indeed a very good assistant coach. The most important role of an assistant coach was to understand the tactical intentions of the head coach, and then help the head coach instill the tactical intentions into the players.
Li Ang stood on the sidelines and thought while Scottley directed the team to practice the tactics.
After the game with Aravis and the observation of these days of training, he had a deeper understanding of the team's situation. He also had a more intuitive understanding of the team's problems and some of the team's redeeming qualities.
In his mind, he had a more complete outline of the team's players' characteristics, conditions, and the configuration of the main lineup.
While he was watching the players practice, lost in thought.
In a corner of the training ground, a girl was watching him.
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