"That Mr. Steel Rikawa looks very gentle and like a scholar, but I didn't expect that he could say such passionate words."
"It's a bit exaggerated, but I think it's pretty good. It feels like a cartoon character. Hey, by the way, this guy named Muller from Bayern is very powerful. He has a very keen sense of offense."
"where?"
"Come and watch the videotape that the coach gave you."
Yokohama Prince Hotel, Room 1307, Chen Mo sat cross-legged on the bed watching the game video. Messi, who had just washed his hair, came over. He glanced at the TV and asked, "Is this the game video of the Bayern youth training team?"
"Well, our first game was against Bayern. I went to coach Zach and asked for the video. But this guy looks so young."
Chen Mo was a little confused. Messi said: "The age limit for this competition is 12 to 15 years old, but there is no strict limit. By the way, the best player on their team should be Bastian Schweinsteiger. He is this year." When he was around sixteen years old, he was already somewhat famous in Germany."
"No, isn't it time for everyone at this age to play for the B team?"
Chen Mo's eyes widened, and then Pique's voice came from behind the wall: "Chen Mo, it seems you haven't figured out Nike's intention of organizing this competition. What they want is popularity, you know! This competition is said to be from U12 to U15. , but in fact many teams have brought U16 players. If Iniesta had not played, the coach would have brought Iniesta to the competition this time."
"..." Chen Mo was speechless: "Are you eavesdropping?!"
"That's not the point, okay! What's more, your voices are so loud, it would be weird if you can't hear me! By the way, we are playing against Bayern tomorrow, do we want to talk?"
"Okay, come here."
A few minutes later, the four little ones sat cross-legged in a circle on the bed.
Fabregas buttoned his nose and dropped a smiling photo in the center like a killer: "First of all, Thomas Muller, who is twelve years old this year. Even though he is one year younger than us, he has already started to follow us. U14 teams play games, which are characterized by an extremely keen sense of attack. They can change their positions on the field and can play in many positions such as attacking midfielders, forwards, wingers, etc. However, generally speaking, they play more as attacking midfielders and like to play between the opponent's defenders and The area between the midfield, Pique, you have to keep an eye on it."
"no problem."
"The next one is Bastian Schweinsteiger, born in 1984, 16 years old, German, nearly 180 centimeters tall. This guy is much more difficult to deal with than Muller. His strength is not weak and his feet are delicate. , top-notch organizational skills, few people can steal the ball from his feet, and he is also a good player in defense, and can be said to be a very perfect all-round midfielder. The disadvantage is that he is not very fast and has average flexibility. We can play behind him if we get a chance.”
"This is a solution, but there is still a problem."
Chen Mo pushed up another photo: "This guy - Mats Hummels, twelve years old, nearly 1.8 meters tall, can play center back and defensive midfielder. His father is a football coach. He has been exposed to football and is now the most dazzling defender in Bayern's youth training. I just watched his game video. His interception ability is very good, his judgment of the ball path is accurate, his range of movement is also very large, and he is very tall. At the same time, the speed is not slow. If he plays as a defensive midfielder, it will be difficult for us to get past the midfield defense line formed by him and Schweinsteiger."
"I can drop back to respond. As long as the three of us can connect, they can't guard us."
Messi was gesticulating while talking. Chen Mo frowned and said: "The intensity of this game is completely different from the previous one. Are you sure you can keep up with your physical fitness by frequently retreating to the midfield? You are the sharpest knife on our front line. If When you lose your energy when attacking, it will be difficult for us.”
"I'll give it a try, there should be no problem."
"That's okay, but we'd better go to Mr. Zach to discuss it again. Maybe we haven't thought enough..."
"Not perfect enough? You guys can do it, but you don't call me coach when discussing tactics? Do you think I'm old and useless?"
"coach?!"
Chen Mo looked back in surprise and saw the elderly Zach leaning on the door and looking at them with a smile, playing with the key card in his hand.
Zach smiled and sat on the edge of the bed, picked up an apple and gnawed on it while pointing at the photo and said: "I heard everything you just discussed. The idea is not bad. You can try it, but there are still problems with defense. You just have to look at it. When Thomas Muller arrived, he didn't see this guy - Sandro Wagner. As a fulcrum forward, although he seems to have little effect on the court and looks like a blue collar, he is actually an important pillar of Bayern's frontcourt. , if you don’t deal with him, you won’t be able to contain Bayern’s offense, and he is 188 centimeters tall and good at heading the ball. The tallest of our defenders is Pique, who is half a head shorter than him.”
Having said this, Zach looked at Chen Mo: "I'm going to let you play as a defensive midfielder tomorrow, how about it?"
"Back waist?"
Chen Mo was embarrassed, and Zach smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of box-to-box?"
box-to-box?
Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, then a joy appeared on his face. Box-to-box is the so-called b2b, where box represents the penalty area, and box-to-box means from one's own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area. To put it simply, it means the entire field!
The b2b midfielder is generally played by a player with outstanding athletic ability, good offensive and defensive skills, who can not only rush into the opponent's penalty area to shoot and grab points, but also return to his own penalty area to defend, and can link up with teammates to organize attacks.
He is a super versatile midfielder.
But thinking of this, Chen Mo's face turned bitter: "Coach, my physical fitness is fine, but my speed is not fast enough and my defensive ability is not enough."
Zach smiled and said: "Let's try it first. Your speed is indeed not fast enough, but Schweinsteiger and Muller are not fast players. As for defensive ability... you are not tall and not strong." , but you have advantages that many defensive players do not have. Your judgment of the ball path is very accurate, and this is one of the important characteristics of being a b2b midfielder, because most of the time you will not actually fight with the opponent's players at all, and even more Most of them are cutting off passing lanes and intercepting."
"..But I am always being played by Xiaomei, and Xavi and Iniesta are always ravaging me in two-on-three in the small penalty area." Chen Mo is a little bit pained. He never feels that his talent is worse than anyone else's in terms of offense and organization. , it goes without saying that he is definitely the best in the world, but defense...
Zach smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Guardiola and the others have acted too hard, which has caused some shadows on you. Don't worry, it's just like a child who doesn't have his height measured for a year and won't feel that he has grown taller. He can only watch as a bystander." Only those who know how much progress you have made in this month will know that your defensive ability is now the best among your peers! You also don’t think about it, if you have no talent in defense, how can Mr. Guardiola do it every night? Taking time out to train with you? He is a world-class top defensive midfielder!"
