The next day, all Hamburg players returned to the training center.
The first-team players were divided into two groups. The first group did not make the squad for the away game against Milan, so they continued regular training;
The other group played at the San Siro Stadium last night and started recovery training under the leadership of Pintus.
this is very important.
Correct and timely restorative training can well stimulate the player's body and speed up recovery, so it has huge benefits for maintaining the player's condition and improving his ability.
Especially this season, Hamburg is fighting on the third front and often faces a high-intensity schedule, which is particularly important.
On September 21, two days later, Hamburg will face Werder Bremen in the sixth round of the Bundesliga.
Pan Yi wants the players to recover as soon as possible, and then select a suitable roster and starting lineup based on the players' physical condition.
Now that Pan Yi has so many strong players, he is indeed much more comfortable in arranging his troops, but it is not like playing FM games, with two completely different lineups taking turns to play.
It still depends on the status of the players and the matching of personnel under the premise of meeting the tactical configuration requirements.
Let’s talk about state, which includes competitive state and physical state.
Some players will get tired immediately after playing two games in a week, but others will just act like nothing happens.
Take Barcelona veteran Pedri as an example. When he was 18 years old, he played 74 games of various types as the main player in a year, averaging one game every four or five days.
Considering that many matches are played once a week, you can know how many of them are high-intensity double matches a week.
In the game, this is a proper "Physique 20".
In the current Hamburg formation, there are actually such people.
For example, Paulinho, in Pan Yi's previous life, played more than 100 consecutive games in a year and a half when he was with Hengtai and Barcelona around 2018!
It can be said that he is an absolute iron man.
Therefore, the rotation must be based on the actual recovery situation. This is the importance of having advanced instruments and scientific data.
It would be too simple and unscientific to just replace all the personnel in every game.
There is no guarantee of the competitive status of the participants, and it may also lead to a situation where some people are not full and others are overwhelmed.
In addition to physical recovery, Pan Yi still attaches great importance to the post-game summary and analysis meeting as always.
Even in a three-goal victory over Milan, Hamburg's coaching staff and players still had to meet together to summarize and analyze.
This is a way to quickly improve a player's abilities.
If you ask a fan, how to make a young player grow up quickly? The answer must be to let him play more games.
But the problem is that if he just plays games and plays many, many games without summarizing the gains and losses in each game and no one helps him correct his mistakes in the game, then he may make many detours.
And if every game a player plays, a report will be formed after the game, pointing out the mistakes the players made in the game, how to avoid such mistakes, and putting these out for everyone to discuss, wouldn't that be true? Will it have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort?
It is no exaggeration to say that the players who played fiercely with their eyes closed may not have made as much progress in 50 games as the players who played 100 games with their eyes closed - unless you are the kind of talented player with super understanding. But that’s one in a million.
It's a bit like a student exam.
After you finish the exam, your score will come down. It may be 80 points or 90 points.
But after the test is over, the test is over. If you didn’t even look at the wrong questions, there is still a high chance that you will make a mistake again next time.
And if the teacher analyzes the wrong questions with the students after grading the paper, and then corrects them, then he will be less likely to make mistakes next time he encounters such a question.
Therefore, the coaching staff headed by Pan Yi is the "teacher". After each game, they will carefully grade all students' test papers, and then discuss with the students, and finally improve the students' problem-solving abilities. .
This is why many players in Hamburg give people a new look every once in a while.
The players have improved!
The ability value has increased from 150 to 160, which means another world-class star has been born!
Of course, the players agree and support Pan Yi's approach.
Live and learn. Even if it is a big victory in the game, everyone's performance cannot be flawless, so there is always nothing wrong with striving for excellence, and it is better to make more progress!
For example, in the second half of Milan's game, when the opponent Mane retreated to get the ball and broke through, the Hamburg players did not react in time to restrict him, especially the midfielder.
This resulted in Mane creating space several times, causing some trouble for Hamburg's defense; it also led to Salah having to often recover to defend Mane, which invisibly weakened Hamburg's wing attack. threats.
If Allegri hadn't replaced Mane politely, Salah might still have been restrained, and the third goal might not have come.
In response to this, De Bruyne and Paulinho mentioned this in their post-match analysis reports.
As a midfielder, you must always pay attention to the opponent's player who is retreating from the front line to receive the ball. You must assist your winger to defend, so as to avoid the opponent's frequent one-on-one situations and nip the danger in the cradle. middle.
This is a problem analysis down to every responsibility and every person.
This is an important reason why Hamburg is getting stronger and stronger this season!
…
By the afternoon.
There is news from Milan about Allegri.
he……
get out of class is not over!
Milan club director Galliani expressed his support for the coach in an interview with reporters, saying that he will continue to believe that Allegri can bring the team out of the trough and get back on the right track.
This news is actually quite surprising.
Judging from the angry atmosphere expressed by Milan fans last night, it feels like Allegri's dismissal is inevitable, and it has reached the point where it is not enough for the public to be angry if he does not dismiss the get out of class.
But "Gazzetta dello Sport" also pointed out that perhaps it was the current economic predicament of the Milan club that forced Galliani to make such a compromise.
After all, firing a head coach requires a large termination fee!
It is said that there is a clause in Allegri's contract that will not take effect until this year's winter break. At that time, you can terminate the contract without paying additional termination fees.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Allegri was given the chance to live longer.
"Corriere dello Sport" said that in addition to economic reasons, perhaps the Milan club's senior management has no hope for the Champions League results this season. It is also an important reason, so losing a group match is not the end of the world.
In Serie A, which they regard as their basic base, Milan has one win, one draw and one loss after three rounds. It is indeed not good, but it is not completely bad.
After all, it’s only three rounds.
Last season, Milan started with two consecutive losses, but didn't it slowly recover in the end and squeeze into the Champions League group stage this season?
So it makes sense that Galliani decided to give Allegri another chance.
"Turin Sports" mentioned the follow-up issues if Allegri is fired.
Now that the league has just started, most of the famous and capable coaches have their own plans.
Now that Allegri is fired, where can you find a head coach who can take over this position immediately and has the ability to produce results?
Only Pan Yi is the most ideal candidate, but it seems that this option is impossible at present, otherwise Galliani would have taken action long ago.
And if it is halfway through the season, close to the winter break, there may be some coaching changes at that time, and it will be easier for Milan to find a new coach.
There are also rumors that Galliani is already contacting some famous Milan players.
The names here include Seedorf, Gattuso, etc., as well as Inzaghi in Hamburg.
These people have just started coaching (Seedorf has not even officially retired) and have no independent coaching experience, but Galliani believes that they have the DNA of Milan and can integrate into the team faster and play out of Milan. Everyone loves football.
What prevents them from immediately joining Milan is their coaching qualifications.
So it takes some time, so Allegri is given more time.
…
In the head coach's office, Inzaghi did not leave immediately after reporting today's work to Pan Yi, but sat down.
"What, is something wrong?" Pan Yi looked up at Inzaghi.
"I want to spend more time taking the professional coaching certificate." Inzaghi's expression was a little serious, "Because it may slightly affect some daily work, so I have to report it to you."
Pan Yi laughed.
In Inzaghi's career, it can be said that he is an out-and-out genius.
In the absence of absolute strength, height, speed and other physical indicators, and even his dribbling, passing and other technical indicators are very average, but Pippo relies on his keen insight and astute movement to become a leader in world football. Earned a place in the altar.
This also makes it possible that any similar players who appear in the future will be called "Inzaghi-type forwards" - although such players are already rare.
This also shows that he is a player who really relies on his brain to play football.
In theory, such a player will not have any big problems as a head coach and will achieve good success.
However, Inzaghi does not seem to have the talent to be a problem solver. He always falls a little short in the theoretical examination of coaching courses, resulting in his failure to obtain the highest level coaching certificate certified by UEFA.
Originally, he was not very anxious about this. Anyway, he was now working as an assistant coach under Pan Yi, and an A-level certificate was enough.
But today I came to Pan Yi specifically to talk about seizing the time to get the certificate, so I must have other ideas.
Of course, Pan Yi could guess what the specific idea was.
"Is it because of Milan?" Pan Yi got straight to the point, "I have told you and Nagelsmann before that when you one day feel that you can coach a team independently, I will never stop you. "
Pan Yi said this, which is equivalent to agreeing to Inzaghi's request.
In fact, in Pan Yi's previous life, Inzaghi really took over the coaching staff of AC Milan after Seedorf.
But it is a pity that after Allegri dismissed get out of class, Milan fell into the vicious cycle of "cheating famous players". After cheating Seedorf and cheating Inzaghi, they later cheated Brocchi and Gattuso...
It was not until the Pioli era that he gradually regained his strength.
But this life might be different.
At that time, Inzaghi started to become the coach of Milan's first team almost after retiring as the head coach of the youth team for two years. His coaching experience, especially the experience at the five major league levels, was too shallow.
And now Inzaghi learned a lot from Pan Yi when he was a player, and now he has worked in Hamburg for more than a year. Both his tactical knowledge and his experience in motivating players have improved a lot.
So Pan Yi still has confidence in Inzaghi, and even has expectations.
That is, since the current Milan cannot meet Pan Yi's needs, it is difficult for Pan Yi to return to Milan to coach;
But if he can let his "disciple" Inzaghi return to Milan on his behalf to save this team that is gradually falling into the quagmire, it can be regarded as a curve to save the country.
"Do you think I can succeed in Milan?" Inzaghi was not surprised that Pan Yi agreed to his request so readily, because he knew Pan Yi.
Although the relationship is nominally superior and subordinate, Pan Yi has always treated them like friends, and friends will not stop him from accepting greater challenges.
But Inzaghi is still a little uneasy in his heart. After all, he does not have real first-team coaching experience.
Pan Yi looked at him with confidence, which made Inzaghi ask this question out of curiosity.
"You are so smart, as long as you can put yourself in the players' shoes more, you will definitely succeed!" Pan Yi concluded first.
Then he discussed the analysis process of this conclusion with Inzaghi.
For a star of Inzaghi's level, his understanding of football, his tactical literacy, and even his ability to train players basically don't have much of a problem.
The most important thing is to see whether he can look at the problem from the perspective of an ordinary player and not ask players to do things beyond their capabilities.
This also includes changing some of his habits as a player based on the latest tactical ideas to avoid bringing some bad habits to the team he leads.
Professional players have inherent advantages as coaches, but if these two issues are not properly handled, it will be a disadvantage.
Positive examples are Guardiola and Ancelotti, people who have achieved success both as players and as coaches. They can also quickly sort out their thoughts and ideas after the identity change, and finally let the players on the court. Implement the tactics they thought up.
Negative examples are Maradona, Van Basten and others. They are all legendary stars in the history of football. It can be said that their understanding of football is deeper than most people, but because they cannot mentally transfer to the perspective of ordinary players , unable to adjust his role changes in time, and do not know how to teach others to play football.
Pan Yi talked to Inzaghi about this, hoping that when he can coach independently in the future, he will think more about this issue and enter the work as a more pure coach.
Of course, at the end of the conversation, Pan Yi gave Inzaghi a knife:
"Uh... are you confident that you can get the certificate now? The coaching qualification certificate is harder than advanced mathematics!"
…
While Hamburg defeated AC Milan 3-0 in an away game, another pair of opponents in Group H of the Champions League also played a game.
Barcelona showed its strong strength at home and defeated Ajax 4:0.
In this game, top star Messi scored a hat trick, and Brazilian youngster Neymar, who just joined Barcelona this summer, also performed well and provided assists for Messi.
So after the first round of Group H, Barcelona ranked first in the group with a goal difference, while Hamburg ranked second.
And this situation also makes the "super death group" that was hyped by the media before the game seem a bit unworthy of its name.
Mainly due to AC Milan's performance at San Siro, it always makes people feel that it is difficult for them to advance to the knockout rounds.
So now everyone believes that the two teams most likely to qualify in this group are Barcelona and Hamburg, two teams that performed well in the first round. It just depends on who can qualify as the first in the group.
As for the Barcelona game, Pan Yi did not organize everyone to watch it together.
After all, the second round of the Champions League is on October 3, and before that, Hamburg will have two Bundesliga games and a German Cup game. Pan Yi must deal with these games first before he has time to think about it. Barcelona.
Although Pan Yi himself, including the coaching staff, Pintus and others have made relatively thorough preparations, such an intensive schedule will still be a great test for Hamburg.
Fortunately, this Bundesliga game after returning from Milan is a home game, so Hamburg does not have to travel around the European continent.
On September 21, Hamburg faced Werder Bremen at home at the People's Park Stadium.
At this time, Bremen's head coach is no longer Schaff.
After the end of last season, Bremen finally ranked only 14th in the Bundesliga.
This result, which was only 3 points above the relegation zone, obviously did not satisfy Bremen's top management and fans. Therefore, Thomas Schaff, who had coached Bremen for 14 years, dismissed get out of class and was replaced by Robin Dutt.
The coach, who has coached Hannover 96, Freiburg, Leverkusen and other Bundesliga teams, does not like offensive football like Schaff.
When facing the menacing Hamburg, he pragmatically chose to play defensive counterattack.
Although Dutt put up a 4231 formation, the two defensive midfielders were very close to his own defense line, while the active area of the midfielder Hongte was closer to a central midfielder position.
What he did was to tighten the defense and rely on forward Peterson in front to fight Hamburg's counterattack while establishing a foothold on defense.
This really worked.
The game continued until the 70th minute of the second half, and the score on the scoreboard still showed 0:0.
In this game, Pan Yi gave most of the players who played in the game against Milan a rest, especially Rudiger, De Bruyne, and Carvajal who played in consecutive games.
On the forward line, the trident composed of Vardy, Wu Lei, and Lin Zhijian theoretically has a certain impact, but it does lack methods in the face of Bremen's tight fence.
The main reason is that there is not much room for sprinting, making it difficult for these speedy players to perform.
In the midfield, the combination of Kanter, Makoto Hasebe and Paulinho actually played pretty well and firmly controlled the game.
But perhaps due to the impact of running back and forth in the middle of the week, Paulinho didn't seem very excited and was not very motivated enough to advance forward, resulting in a little less support for the offense.
So at 75 minutes, Pan Yi directly performed a two-person substitution operation.
Mitrovic and Calhanoglu came on, replacing Vardy and Paulinho.
Replacing Mitrovic is very simple at present, just use his siege hammer characteristics to smash Bremen to death with a hammer.
The purpose of replacing Calhanoglu is to see if he can take advantage of pressing the opponent to create more free kick opportunities, and let the king of Calhanoglu use his free kick skills to get one.
Moreover, long-range shots are also one of the tricks to break dense defenses, and Chalhanoglu also happens to have the ability to shoot explosively.
Header + long shot, Pan Yi is equivalent to using two magic weapons, and also let these two players bring his latest tactical thinking to the players on the field.
Then, the strong execution ability of Hamburg players was immediately revealed.
The two wingers Wu Lei and Lin Zhijian began to change sides and made passes with their feet.
The tactic of two full-backs covering the sides, changing positions with the wingers, and then passing the ball was also very resolute.
In the middle, whether it is Kanter, Makoto Hasebe, or Calhanoglu, who has just been replaced, he will shoot when he finds an opportunity and does not try to penetrate Bremen's defense through short passes.
Such a sudden change caused some confusion in Bremen's defense.
Since they had lost control of the midfield, they were unable to stop the constant crosses from both sides of Hamburg. They could only accumulate troops in the middle to fight for landing points and clear the ball out of the danger zone.
But Mitrovic, who just came on the field, played a fulcrum role. He used his strong body to build a wall in the frontcourt, allowing the "gunners" hiding behind the wall to fire as much as they wanted.
In the 82nd minute, when Mitrovic received a pass from his teammate in front of the top of the penalty area, Bremen defender Lukimya behind him was stuck and could not touch the ball. He swept out the ball in desperation. Trovic trips.
Hamburg received a perfectly positioned free kick.
At this time, Kanter walked to the ball and seemed to take the free kick.
But he just flicked the ball sideways.
At this time, everyone saw Calhanoglu, who had just come on as a substitute, rush up from the backcourt and shoot angrily!
The ball hit a steady and hard straight line without turning at all, and went directly into the Bremen goal!
Kanter's move allowed Calhanoglu's shot to avoid Bremen's wall, allowing Calhanoglu to fully demonstrate his explosive shooting skills.
Obviously, this is also a routine often used in training.
Faced with this ultra-fast shot, Bremen goalkeeper Militz could only be described as stunned.
In the last ten minutes, Bremen, who was lagging behind, made continuous substitutions in an attempt to regain the score.
But Hamburg played steadily, and in the end neither team could score again.
With Calhanoglu's goal, Hamburg defeated Werder Bremen 1:0 and took all three points without any danger!
(End of chapter)
