World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 146
The team is on holiday, and there are not many people in the club. In addition, it is the weekend, and there are not many administrative staff.The huge club base was deserted, and there was not even a bird in the library, and Gao Yuan opened the door with his own key.

After Gao Yuan sat down, he found a monograph on football tactics theory and began to study it.

He studied and recorded.Completely immersed in the book, completely forgetting the whole world.

After an unknown period of time, he felt that there seemed to be someone beside him. When he looked up, the sky outside the window had already darkened, and someone turned on the lights in the library.A person stood beside him, looking at him with a smile.

This person is Taishan team coach Li Xiaopeng.

"Director Li, why are you here?" Gao Yuan hurriedly stood up.

"You (you) found me (me), and I wondered when I would realize that there was a silver (person) standing here," Li Xiaopeng said cheerfully.

"I'm sorry, I was too absorbed in watching." Gao Yuan quickly explained.

Li Xiaopeng waved his hand, indicating that it's okay.He casually flipped through Gao Yuan's book, only to find that it was "Football management and leadership" by Bobby Horton.

Bobby Horton is the former coach of the Chinese men's football team and the Olympic team, as well as a senior lecturer of FIFA and a theoretical expert.When he led the Chinese team back then, he was hailed by the national football players as "the enlightenment teacher who opened the window to the world". Through his tactical explanations, Chinese talents really know how football is played in this way.It's just that his era is very long ago, and the 442 midfield parallel formation he advocated is now obviously behind the world.

"This book is a bit old." Li Xiaopeng sighed.

Gao Yuan explained with a smile: "The ruler is short and the inch is long. Take what is good and discard what is short."

Li Xiaopeng nodded, his thoughts seemed to drift back to his player days, and he said slowly with memories:
"When I was playing football, as a member of the national training team, I received short-term guidance from Mr. Horton. His football theory was very advanced at the time. At that time, everyone played football relying entirely on their body and experience. They played three tricks back and forth, kicking in a swarm, whoever grabbed the ball, and the whole? It didn't exist at all! One-on-one was a master, but the tactical level was very low, and the formation only existed for a few seconds in the opening. After Mr. Horton came, the big guys realized what it means to be indifferent. The ball is running, what is roundabout outflanking. It can be said that qualifying for the 2002 World Cup is also the basis of the tactical theory he laid in that year, and Milu's success is standing on Horton's shoulders."

"However, he failed in the end." Gao Yuan said.

"It's still the same sentence. There is (no) any head coach who doesn't dismiss get out of class. The key is to see what he brings to the team. Horton is a theorist. The practice of leading the team is indeed poor, and the results are not good. No wonder the fans call for get out of get out of class everywhere and put up big-character posters. However, these are just passing by.

Gao Yuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Xiaopeng to speak such a profound truth in authentic Ludong Mandarin.It feels like a shirtless man chewing pancakes and scallions commenting on coffee in a western restaurant.

Gao Yuan thought for a while and replied: "I think Horton's dismissal is mainly due to his theory being divorced from practice. Theory is only the foundation, the foundation that supports the superstructure. Whether the house is built well or not, it still depends on the test of practice."

"Hehe, you don't need to flatter me in a different way." Li Xiaopeng laughed, "Now people are scolding me outside, saying that Li Xiaopeng knows nothing, and he has no culture, so he will make connections. The so-called tactics are defensive counterattacks, opening up Dajue (foot), giving me the nicknames Li Dajue (foot), Li Taishou, and Li Guanxi. Haha, isn't it just that I have lost my theoretical knowledge?"

"Those keyboard warriors know nothing!" Hearing this, Gao Yuan was furious. "There are so many big and tall players in our team. If you don't play high balls, how can you play Barcelona's pass control? What kind of food can you cook? Defensive counterattack, fast advancement, flying with both wings, and blooming in the middle, these tactics are the most suitable for our team. The reality and the status quo.

Besides, our defensive counterattack is not blindly passive to be beaten, but a flexible strategy and tactics. Looking at the technical statistics of the Chinese Super League, high-intensity sprints, net game time, and the number of times of scoring the opponent's 30-meter area are among the best in the Chinese Super League!They are all selectively blind.

There is a saying that you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.For this group of trolls who are black for black's sake, no matter how well we play, they will turn a blind eye!Even if we win 5:1, they will not say how wonderful these 5 goals are, they will just bite to death and say that one should not be conceded! "

Li Xiaopeng smiled and waved his hands and said: "The extreme people are a minority, and most of the fans are rational. The fans are our parents, and they are upset, so they can just scold them a few words. Although some words are harsh, there is a certain reason. My tactics are indeed not gorgeous, conservative, and sometimes I am too cautious in the formation of troops. These are the flaws in my character.

In addition, I have been a coach since the players retired first, and my education level is not high, and my theoretical knowledge reserve is insufficient. These are my shortcomings, and they are also common problems of our generation of domestic coaches.The outside world said that I am a young coach, but now I am 45 or 6, and it is not so easy to learn new things. If Chinese football wants to really change, it depends not only on the players but also on the coaches. The hope is not on us, but on young people like you. "

Gao Yuan did not expect that Li Xiaopeng would be so devoted to him. He not only confessed his own shortcomings and shortcomings, but also clearly expressed his high expectations for his message.He hurriedly said modestly: "Director Li, I'm not professional."

"Hehe, to be honest, in the eyes of our professional people, no one is professional! After so many years of Chinese football, players, coaches, including many officials (members) of the Football Association, are they not all professional? What's the use? So many professional people have been working on it for so many years, but Chinese football is Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year—every year is not as good as it is! A great cause requires great feelings.

Li Xiaopeng's words gave Gao Yuan a sense of mission, and he said seriously, "Director Li, I will work hard."

Li Xiaopeng nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Why are you so serious? If you talk about it, you will get far away. I saw the lights in the library, so I came over to have a look. I happened to see Yee reading a book here, so I chatted with you. Don't take it too seriously, haha."

He paused for a moment, and then said: "By the way, there is something that I wanted to announce after the week (week) vacation is over. It just happened to meet you, so I will talk to you first. I am going to let you be the assistant coach of the team."

The team's coaching staff is a huge team. Although they are all called XX coaches in name, in fact, most of them are specialized staff such as team affairs and data analysts. Only a few people in the core circle of the coaching team can really be called assistants.For example, Fabio, Hao Wei, Pep, and others including Han Peng and others cannot be counted as assistant coaches in the true sense.Now Li Xiaopeng has promoted Gao Yuan as an assistant coach, which is actually allowing Gao Yuan to enter the core management of the coaching staff.

Faced with this sudden appointment, Gao Yuan was a little surprised, but instead of deliberately being modest, he replied firmly: "Thank you Director Li for your trust, I will try my best to do a good job."

Li Xiaopeng patted Gao Yuan on the shoulder, and said in an elder tone: "The future of Chinese football depends on you, come on!"

After speaking, he left the library.

(End of this chapter)