Almighty Coach - Chapter 352
Chapter 336 AFC Champions League Final
The homepage of the news, the news that Dingtian Club advanced to the AFC finals was placed in a very prominent position.
Luo Fen stared at the webpage, frowning.
“Chairman Xiao, there hasn’t been any movement.” Luo Fen murmured to himself.
A few days ago, Luo Fen spread out the fact that Xiao Yunan had a boyfriend. He also hoped that this thing could be passed to Xiao Dingtian’s ears. Luo Fen had already determined in his heart that Xiao Dingtian knew that he would definitely beat mandarin ducks. Many young and promising rich second-generation are difficult to get into the tricks of Xiao Xiao, not to mention Li Dai is just an ordinary coach.
However, a few days later, Xiao Dingtian did nothing, and everything seemed to be safe, which made Luo Fen a little surprised.
At this moment, Luo Fen’s mobile phone vibrated, and a WeChat voice message came.
“It’s Gu Lefeng, isn’t this kid in Singapore recently? Why did you think of contacting me.” Luo Fen hesitated a moment, or clicked on the voice message.
“I heard Xiao Yunan found a boyfriend. Is this news true?”
Luo Fen picked up the phone and answered a voice: “It’s true. Why, do you still miss Xiao Yunan? People can definitely refuse you last time, and her dad has a bad impression of you.”
“Don’t talk about that, is this news accurate? Will it be someone else’s rumor.” WeChat replied.
“The news is very reliable, and I have seen it with my own eyes. The kid accompanied Xiao Yunan to exercise, and then sent her home. Xiao Yunan also admitted that it was her boyfriend.” Luo Fen’s words were slightly frustrated.
“I know, I will go back to China in two days, and I will find you again when the time comes.” The other party’s voice replied.
“I said Gu Lefeng, please don’t mess up.” Luo Fen said immediately.
“I know.” Gu Lefeng replied.
Luo Fen put down his phone, but his expression looked a little unnatural.
“The second ancestor of Gu Lefeng is famous for his masterpieces. And their family also owns shares in Dingtian Club. It seems that this guy will come back this time and have some trouble. I think I have some sympathy for the coach. … ”
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The final of the AFC Champions League will be held in November. The two matches are in the middle and the end of the game. In order not to affect Dingtian’s preparations for the AFC Finals, the Football Association deliberately extended the time of the FA Cup final to December.
Before this, there was a conflict between the time of the FA Cup and the AFC Champions League. At that time, the FA did not consider that the domestic clubs have the strength to enter the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League. It ’s also less conscientious. As a result, it was naturally sprayed by various fans, and even blamed the domestic club for not being able to take it any further.
Now the strength of domestic clubs has been improved to a certain extent, especially the emergence of the Dingtian Football Club, which can impact the AFC Champions League. Whether it is the pressure of public opinion or the actual situation, it has forced the Football Association to work more carefully. Change. The FA Cup has become the norm for the AFC to make way for the AFC Champions League.
In fact, the domestic competition can only be regarded as an appetizer for Dingtian Club. This season, Dingtian is indeed invincible in the country. Dingtian spent a lot of money to hire the Harman team, and also bought world-class players such as Neor and Martintes. These hundreds of millions were spent. Value is also fully reflected at this time.
When Dingtian spent money to buy stars and invited the Harman team to spend money, I don’t know how many people laughed at Dingtian because he was a dumb man with a lot of money, but now, the more rich teams in the Chinese Super League are planning to follow Dingtian. , Open the mode of smashing money. Some teams have even started negotiating in this regard, hoping to introduce big-name stars and well-known coaches to enhance the team’s strength.
But these are things that can be done next season. In this season, Dingtian is still unbeatable by other teams.
The opponent Dingtian faced in the AFC Champions League was UAE powerhouse Al Ain Football Club. Al Ain is a giant of UAE football, and it can even be said to be a giant of West Asian football. The team has a history of nearly 50 years. Although it is incomparable with those centuries-old teams in Europe, it is considered a team with a long history in Asia.
Al Ain has won the AFC Champions League, has also won more than a dozen UAE League titles, and several UAE Cup titles. In terms of staffing, Al Ain and Ye Dingtian have many similarities. There are many “national name” players in the team, and the key positions in the midfield and the frontcourt are also Brazilian players that are imported at a large price.
In fact, in the final stage of the AFC Champions League, there is no very obvious strength gap between the teams. Everyone’s level is half a catty. Sometimes, a little bit of luck may be the key to winning.
Dingtian’s schedule is still the first to the second. Since the league has won the championship in advance, before the first game comes, Dingtian has more than 20 days of preparation time.
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In the tactical discussion, Li Dai sat in the corner without saying a word, completely like a marginal man. In fact, tactical discussion of this kind of thing, Li Dai is indeed unable to intervene. Everyone on Harman ’s team, even team doctor Malaloni, has a better understanding of football tactics than Li Dai.
After all, Harman is the world’s top football coach and has also coached the top European clubs, so the tactical literacy of the entire team is also not picky.
After the discussion, everyone left the meeting room, but Claude stopped Li Dai.
“How about the tactics just described, can you understand?” Claude asked.
“To be honest, it’s not very clear, especially the tactical arrangement on the left.” Li Dai said.
Claude took out the tactical board and drew it gently with a pen: “Actually, this set of tactics is not too complicated. As you can see here, when attacking, the left defender pressed forward, while the two central defenders retired. After that, the other person moves to the left. In this system, the left-back will assume the position of the full-back when attacking, and the player in the lower back position will also be premised. We put Martintes in the lower back position when he When the position moves forward, the opponent will be afraid of his offensive ability. Once the opponent moves the defense in this direction, we can use the opportunity to liberate an offensive player in the frontcourt, thereby creating a chance to score. ”
“There are two key points of this set of tactics. The first one is the left back. He needs to keep moving forward and back to switch his position, so that he can hold down the opponent’s defensive player, and this left center defender needs to Certain organizational skills must have enough enthusiasm, and the ball must be quick and accurate to create opportunities for teammates. ”
Li Dai nodded and said that he understood, and Claude went on to explain: “In fact, with the current strength of our players, we cannot fully meet the requirements of coach Harman, so we are constantly trying to change Formation, 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-3-2-1, even 3-5-2 formation, we also tried. And in a game, we also tried to use two sets , Or three different sets of tactics. Many times, we want to have some more complex tactical cooperation, but the player’s personal ability makes our tactics unable to carry out. ”
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In the next ten days, Claude will frequently explain the tactical system of Harman to Li Dai.
Although Claude is a physical coach, he has followed Harman for ten years. He is naturally well aware of Harman’s tactical system. The so-called famous teachers are highly apprentice. In terms of tactical theory, Claude is definitely comparable to those in Europe. Compared with domestic coaches, the team’s head coach is naturally higher by several grades. Of course, such as on-the-spot command, Claude is not as good as a professional football coach. After all, he is only a physical coach.
Li Dai is also absorbing new knowledge in a frenzy. With the increase of football theoretical knowledge, he is also more handy in football physical training.
In mid-November, the first game of the AFC Champions League final was held at the Caliph International Stadium in the UAE, which is home to Al Ain.
The UAE in November has reached the winter, and the climate here is tropical desert, so in winter, the temperature will often remain between 10 and 20 degrees Celsius, and the climate here feels that there are occasional sandstorms in winter.
So for Dingtian’s players, the climate here is not difficult to adapt, and this dry weather sometimes makes it easier for players to play better. If it is summer, the high temperature of more than 40 degrees in the UAE may make many players unable to eat it.
After several weeks of preparations, both sides were prepared, and there were several more exciting scenes at the beginning of the game.
At home, Al Ain was naturally hoping to score as soon as possible, so the offensive appeared very fierce, but Dingtian did not stabilize the pin first as usual, and then waited for the opportunity to rush to defend and fight back. Fight against.
The two sides have come and gone, and the ball rights have changed. After a few rounds, everyone has understood Dingtian’s tactical intentions.
Dingtian intends to score as many away goals as possible.
The previous game of the club is different from the game between countries. For example, it is the final of the World Cup. It is a set victory. 90-minute draw and overtime. If there is a tie in overtime, a penalty kick will be played. The final of the AFC Champions League is to play two games. After the home and away games, the total score is calculated to determine who is the winner.
If both scores are the same, the side with the most goals scored away will win the final victory. In fact, at the stage of the semifinals of the AFC Champions League, the gap in strength between the teams is not large. The gap between the strengths of the two teams entering the finals is even smaller. Not to mention the two games at home and away.
To say that the two teams in the AFC Finals have the same total score. This is nothing surprising. Many people even think that this is a normal phenomenon. And once the total score is really the same, the away goal becomes the key to winning.
For example, in this game, if Dingtian lost to Al Ain 2-3 on the road and then defeated Al Ain 2-1 at home, the total score of the two sides was 4-4, but due to Dingtian ’s There are 2 goals and Al Ain has only 1 away goal, then Dingtian will win with one more away goal.
Under this system, which team loses more goals at home, the more passive the team.
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The players are fighting **** the field, and the coaches of both sides are fighting wisely.
In the 21st minute, Dingtian took the lead in breaking the deadlock. Foreign aid Neor grabbed the opponent’s defense and suddenly rushed into the penalty area. This is a serious mistake for Al Ain’s defense.
In order to remedy this mistake, Al Ain’s center defender directly put Neor down on the ground, and Neor won a penalty for Dingtian. He then lived up to expectations and made a penalty kick. Dingtian was on the road and took a 1-0 lead.
After losing the ball, Al Ain opened a crazy counterattack mode. In the first half of 44 minutes, he took the opportunity of a free kick to break through the goal of Dingtian.
In the first half, the score was fixed at 1: 1. In the second half, both sides adjusted tactically.
Harman is a world-class tactical master. He used to change three times in a game, and also used three different sets of tactics. Therefore, Dingtian did a thorough job in changing and changing tactics. This sudden change made Al Ain very uncomfortable.
All of a sudden, Al Ain’s back defense became chaotic, players also appeared overlapping positions, or the phenomenon of staring at leakage, Dingtian decisively seized this opportunity, using the opponent’s defense loophole, the second Penetrated Al Ain’s goal and got a 2-1 lead.
Al Ain, who was behind, chose a substitution, but the substitution didn’t work immediately. The game continued until the 75th minute Al Ain still didn’t even the score.
By this time, the physical fitness of Dingtian players began to appear.
The intensity of the AFC Champions League final is much higher than the intensity of the league, and Dingtian chose the offensive tactics in the first half, which also made Dingtian players consume a lot of physical strength.
Al Ain’s newly replaced players took advantage of their physical strength, seized the opportunity that Ding Tian could not support, and madly attacked like crazy, finally scored a goal and equalized the score.
However, Al Ain hopes to get a victory at home, they can not accept the result of the draw, not to mention they still lost two goals at home.
Harman was satisfied with this score. He replaced the defensive player and tried his best to keep the last 15 minutes.
The referee still took care of Al Ain at home. After 90 minutes, they gave them five minutes of stoppage time. However, Al Ain was still unable to break through the defense line. In the end, the two sides scored 2 A score of 2, a handshake and peace.
Dingtian took two away goals and returned to his home court.