I Want to Be the King of Football

On the training ground, Manchester City's players were divided into two groups for internal matches.

One of the groups adopted a four-three-three formation. This is the iconic tactic of Manchester City. With Aguero as the center, Di Maria and Sanchez team up on the two wings. This is also the standard configuration of Manchester City, but Aguero replaced Sudong. .

The other group uses a three-four-three formation. The back line is Harvey Martinez, Pepe and David Luiz are on both sides, and the frontcourt is a combination of Hazard, Dzeko and Douglas Costa. , The midfielder is supplemented by David Silva.

Because it is an internal match, Guardiola only arranged two different tactics to make his mind clear and let the players play freely on the court, which greatly enhanced the players' enthusiasm.

The two groups of players played very unrestrainedly on the court and played very openly on the scene. No one meant to keep their hands.

Everyone can see that this is a test for them by coach Guardiola.

Regardless of whether it is a new player or an old player, they are all working hard. If you want to leave a deep impression on the head coach in this game, it is best to establish your main position during the summer training camp. Got to play off the bench during the season.

It is with this mindset that the players of the two groups are playing extremely hard.

Every player is doing his best to show himself.

Needless to say, the players in the frontcourt basically try their best to give play to their advantages as long as they get the ball.

This also made the games on the field very beautiful, and frequently won warm applause from the sidelines.

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Su Dong did not participate in the game today, but stood on the sidelines and stood with the coaching staff.

This also shows Su Dong's unique and detached position in Manchester City.

For the players on the court, Sudong and Guardiola are already very familiar, the real target of investigation is the newly joined players, such as Harvey Martinez.

Before he joined Manchester City, Guardiola had already talked to him on the phone and even met in Spain, so Harvey Martinez understood Guardiola’s positioning and plans for him very well, and he wanted it too. Try to change your style of play. After all, with his current characteristics, he can't play the core of the team.

But if he can be kicked out in the defense, as Guardiola planned, he is the core of the team's defense, and his weight and status will also be greatly improved. This point he can clearly distinguish.

Since it has been known for a long time, Harvey Martinez seems to be able to play as a central defender after being delayed, and his own technical characteristics are suitable, so he is able to play easily, but there is still obvious lack of tacit understanding, and it takes more time. Polished.

In the frontcourt, Aguero played the role of a scorer in the four-three-three formation, and he performed well. Several threatening shots and goals are very characteristic. It can be seen that he is a player regardless of his personal ability or goal. A forward with a very keen sense of smell.

I believe his joining can greatly improve Manchester City's scoring ability, especially when Su Dong is absent.

With Aguero's stable substitute, I believe that Su Dong's competition pressure in the new season will be much reduced.

For example, in some games that are not very important, or in multi-line combat, Aguero can play his own role to avoid continuous combat between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, which will affect the state.

It was Eden Hazard and Douglas Costa that really caught the attention of Sudong and Guardiola.

The latter is actually not too much to say, it is sticky ball, a typical Brazilian breakthrough player.

Instead, it was Hazard.

"He really looks like Messi." Su Dong only looked at him for a short while to see his way.

Short head, low center of gravity, very agile, stop and move quickly, change gears to superb, used to adjust with small steps, coupled with excellent foot technology, these all give Hazard a very good ability to dribble and break through.

Especially in a narrow range, he is able to stand out from the frequency band.

It's as if on the court at this moment, every time Hazard takes the ball, he can break through continuously, disturbing the opponent's defense line.

"But there is still a clear gap between him and Messi." Su Dong quickly said again.

Su Dong has played with Messi for many years. He knows the characteristics of Messi very well. After watching Hazard’s play, he clearly knows the difference between the two, especially Hazard and Messi. The gap between.

"The most important thing is to shoot and pass." Guardiola said in a word.

"Yeah." Su Dong nodded.

Messi is a very special person, just like Cristiano Ronaldo.

Don't think that this is the so-called pedigree theory, or other statements, but facts.

Messi grew up in Argentina. When he was young, he received the same set of youth training education in Argentina. This gave him delicate foot skills and outstanding combination of man and ball. He knows how to give play to his own characteristics and advantages. .

After arriving in Europe, Messi accepted the most formal youth training in Europe, constantly improving the various deficiencies of the Argentine youth training, such as instability, and Messi's passing ability is also the world's top.

This is always underestimated by many people.

If Messi doesn’t break through and just passes the ball, he will definitely not lose to either Iniesta or Xavi. He will definitely be a world-class passer, with the ball dribbling at high speed. Pass.

And this is something that Hazard does not possess.

The other is shooting. Messi has practiced shooting in the past few years, and Hazard still can't see it.

The two have many things in common. For example, neither body is strong enough, nor fast enough. The dribbling breakthrough relies on variable speed and flexibility, but the problem lies in the passing. Hazard's passing is much worse than Messi.

In other words, after breaking through, Messi can keenly catch the gap and pass the ball out, but Hazard can't.

Sometimes, the media and fans like statistics, such as extraordinary.

But in fact, what the head coach often has to consider is not the number of passes, but what can be brought about by passing?

A pass on the sidewalk is far less important than a pass at the front of the big restricted area.

Ten successful passes, but failed to create a threatening pass after passing, and one successful passing can create a threatening pass. Obviously, the latter has greater tactical significance and is the most important thing the coach pays.

Therefore, mere data is relatively meaningless. What really needs to be considered is the position of the person and the effect after the person.

Obviously, Messi is better.

Regardless of the extraordinary position or the extraordinary effect, Messi is better than Hazard.

"At most, he creates a threat in the ribs, such as the corner of the penalty area, and attracts defensive attention by dribbling the ball. The effect is far less sharp and comprehensive than Messi." Su Dong analyzed.

Hazard looks more like a typical European technical genius, while Messi is the Europeanization of South American technical geniuses, and belongs to the type of one plus one greater than two. Both play very reasonable, but Messi The footwork is more delicate and the ball feels better.

This is actually also due to Messi's experience, which other players cannot learn and copy.

Even if you find some people, like Messi, who received youth training in Argentina or Brazil from a young age, and then came to Europe when he grew up, it would be difficult to train a second Messi.

The same reason also fell to Cristiano Ronaldo.

He is of African descent, has fast-twitch fibers, is very fast, and is very muscular. He is in the Madeira Islands. Everyone knows that this is a transit point for South America, Africa and Europe.

At that time, Maritimo gathered many Brazilian players, such as Pepe.

It was in this environment that Ronnie sculpted out his own skills. As he got older and Ferguson’s sculpting, he found his own set of playing style, which is the current style of play, and reached To the pinnacle.

Don't underestimate Ronnie, thinking he is a powerist, but in fact, his footwork is still very good.

The so-called difference is relative to Messi's technical genius. Compared with other players, Ronnie's skills at the feet are still very good.

However, this wave of goods increasingly prefers to rely on body, speed, and explosive power to solve problems.

No way, who let his African descent give him amazing speed and explosive power?

Su Dong feels that in a few years, with the decline in speed and explosiveness, Ronnie is expected to transform into a scorer.

At least, it is impossible for him to go back to the age of dribbling and fancy.

Personality and achievements are not allowed, nor are the muscles of the body.

Can not go back!

If Messi and Ronnie's unique experiences have allowed them to mix a variety of different advantages, then Hazard is a typical European technical genius, with spirituality, but still looks quite satisfactory.

"What do you think can be achieved?" Guardiola asked.

Su Dong shook his head, "I can't see it, but I guess I guess it is not a problem to deal with the Premier League. The Champions League group stage should be able to handle it, but in the Champions League knockout stage, I am afraid it will be greatly reduced. , The effect will be weaker, using him as the core is still not strong enough!"

Guardiola chuckled, "I think so too."

The so-called strong, in fact, is the kind of strong that can lead a team alone.

Looking at the entire European football scene, there are only a handful of players with such strength.

Su Dong, Ronnie, Messi, are there any more?

I guess it's gone!

The Brazilian genius Neymar, who has been rumored by many people outside, has such potential, even more potential than Hazard, because he has a lot of things that Hazard lacks.

But for the time being, just the three of them!

It’s not that Sudong and Guardiola’s vision is too high, but they have all experienced the Champions League and they all know what kind of defensive strength is in the Champions League knockout.

Not to mention, the coaches who have entered the Champions League knockouts play targeted tactics, which are absolutely life-threatening.

Without absolute tyrannical strength, which one can lead the team to explode the opponent's defense?

You know, on the football field, after all, we still have to rely on strength to speak.

Those imaginary things can't be played on the football field at all.

Therefore, Hazard's positioning in Manchester City was finalized after the first training game.