There is a belief called football

Chapter 188 Stan's Top 10 Strategy
Back in China, Stan blocked all outside interference and locked himself in the office. Regardless of what football commentators and fans think or say, there is a string in his heart that has been tense. Stan knows that it is not easy to qualify!
A football game is like a war. After the game starts, three points are important-players' performance, tactics, and luck.

But the most important thing before the game starts is to develop a strategy.

What is the difference between tactics and strategy?
Tactics determine a game, and strategy is related to the entire event, that is, strategy is a blueprint and a program.

So it is difficult to formulate a strategy. For example, many people know the most famous "Miracle of Berne" in football history.

In the World Cup held in Switzerland in 1954, the favorite to win the championship was the "Hungary" team. They defeated West Germany 8-3 in the group stage, but in the final, West Germany miraculously defeated Hungary 3-2 and won the championship miraculously. This is also the most incredible final in the history of the World Cup so far.

From 3-8 in the group stage to 3-2 in the final, what happened?Is it because the football level of the Germans suddenly improved in just half a month?No, many people think that this is the strategy of the Germans to play hard to get, and in the end the German strategy succeeded.

The Germans lost a battle, but won the whole war strategy was followed by many coaches later.

Now Stan wants to formulate a reasonable strategy for the Chinese team. To put it simply, what is the guiding ideology of the Chinese team in the top 10 competition?What games to lose, what games to win, and what games to draw need to be planned.

But there is no strategy master around Stan, Pekovic is just a loyal subordinate, he can diligently do what Stan asks him to do, just like Zhang Fei under Liu Bei, but if you want to formulate a strategy, then Pekovic can't help much.

So Stan thought of a person—the guide who led Stan to the Chinese national team.

*****
"Hello, Bora",
"Stan",
"Why, it sounds like I'm not welcome," Stan said.

"Hehe, that's because I guess there must be nothing good for you to call," Milu said with a smile.

"Wrong, it's not a good thing for me to find you"?
"Haha, let's just say it, let me hear what you want to do this time"?
Stan doesn't like to be straight to the point with Milou, because he knows that Milou is too smart, so he starts by saying: "Do you know the miracle in Bern in 1954"?
"Of course, but Stan, you don't have to go around, I understand you, and I have something to say",
"An old fox is an old fox," thought Stan,
"Hehe, Borah, I want you to be my advisor," Stan said.

"I'm afraid I will refuse," Milu said.

"why"?
"Because I have a new job soon and I'm going to get busy",
"No, no, you don't need to come over, like this, we can talk on the phone," Stein said.

Milu on the other end of the phone is silent, and Stan also knows that the coach is busy day and night, and Milu's concerns are reasonable. Besides, he still has a family, and he usually spends half of his time with his family, which is different from him.

"Stan you know I'm old and my family wants too.",
Stan didn't finish listening to Milu, so he interrupted Milu's words: "Bola, don't you really want to help me?"

"Hey, Stan, I know a lot of people, if you need a counselor, I can give you a referral, how about it"?
Stan knew that he didn’t want anyone but Milu. There was a story of “talking about soldiers on paper” in Chinese history. Stan understood that many people said good theories, but that was not what he needed.

"Okay, if you know Lippi," Stan said.

Milu laughed, "I don't know him."

"Hehe, don't recommend any messy people to me",
At this point, both sides were silent. It seemed that they had encountered a deadlock. Stan wanted Milu to continue to help the Chinese team, but Milu felt that after recommending Stan, his fate with the Chinese team came to an end for the time being. The purpose of his recommendation of Stan was also for this.

"Then is this good? I promise to only consult you three times. After three times, I won't bother you again, okay?"
Stan's proposal has been greatly compromised, but Milu is still unwilling to agree immediately, so Stan resorted to his trump card,
"Milu, it was you who recommended me to be the head coach of the Chinese team. Now I'm bragging and bragging. If I can't go to Brazil, my career will be over. Then I will work for you. You must take me in."

Facing Stan's "rogue", Milu smiled slightly and said, "Why, you still rely on me"?
"Of course, if it weren't for you, I would be happily working as my head coach in Tianbao, Guangzhou. How could I be under such a great pressure?"
Milu was angry and funny, he thought for a while, and then said: "Yes, but...".

Stan is elated when he hears the word "yes", and everything else is easy to say, money?I give! !

"But three times are too many, I promise to accept one consultation from you",
"Only one time"?
"Yes," Milu said.

From Milu's tone, Stan also understands that there is probably no room for discussion. If he keeps messing around, he probably won't have it once, "Okay."

"Call me when you need it, Stan."

Milu's once is very precious, and Stan wants to save it for a last resort. Now he can only rely on himself and the data at hand.

*****
The national team has been temporarily disbanded, and the next warm-up match will be played on the national team match day a month later. Stan, who has nothing to do, locks himself in the office and frantically watches game videos. Australia, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Stan watched all the videos he could find.

Stan set up a tactical board in the office, and then wrote Australia, and drew a lot of grids under the word Australia. Stan kicked his feet, made the chair back, and moved himself away from the table.

Stan rested his hands on the back of his head, and then quietly began to think.

Australia's style of play is close to that of European teams. Many of their players also play in the Premier League or League One, and their skills and physical fitness are good. It is true that I am not sure about playing against Australia.Stan doesn't want to admit it, but what he has to admit is that his goal in the match against Australia is 2 points, that is, both games are tied. If one draws and one loss is acceptable, but both games cannot be lost.

Stan thought of one of his own advantages, that is, the match between the Chinese team and Australia was the last one. At that time, Australia probably had already qualified ahead of schedule. Would they send a substitute to play against him?That is to say, it will release water.

Of course, Stan will not pin his hopes on this, because Stan knows that even if Australia will, the Koreans and Uzbeks will definitely sue the AFC, and the Australians may have to play seriously in the end.

After much deliberation, Stan felt that there were not many ways to deal with Australia. At that time, he could only make some "harmful moves", such as watering the lawn more or something.

Stan then erased Australia and wrote Uzbekistan.

Re-positioning, Stan began to think, Uzbek players are mostly Caucasian, but the strange thing is that Uzbek has no advantage in physical confrontation. Not only that, Uzbek’s foot skills are also average.

Stan erased Uzbekistan and wrote Lebanon.

Stan knows very little about the opponent, so far all the information comes from the 6 top 20 games in Lebanon that Stan has watched.

Against Lebanon, Stan's goal is to have a goal difference of more than 3 per game. Stan is worried that the goal difference will need to be compared in the end, so not only 3 points are necessary for weak teams, but getting enough goal difference is also one of the goals.

In the end Stan wrote South Korea.

Stan knew very well that whether he could go to Brazil or not, the most important thing was the two games against the Koreans. The Chinese team won all of these two games, so the Chinese team must go to Brazil.

And if both games are lost, or if one loses and one draws, then. .Stan didn't think any further.

Needless to say, the advantages of the Koreans are the most experienced team in the World Cup in Asia, but the disadvantages of the Koreans are also obvious. After the World Cup in South Africa, many veteran players with outstanding achievements in the Korean team retired. Now South Korea is in a period of failure, especially the former Manchester United star Park Ji-sung's withdrawal from the national team has greatly reduced the strength of the Korean team.

Stan stood up, went to the board and wrote, "Either you die, or...", Stan originally wanted to write, "I die", but after thinking about it, Stan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and continued, "You die".

After analysis, Stan basically has an outline of the general form, and strives for a tie against Australia, strives to kill Uzbekistan and Lebanon, and strives to kill the Koreans.

After drawing up a general outline, what Stan has to do is to consider the warm-up match. Stan's request is to find a strong team to warm up, but the current image of the Chinese team is not good, and the strong team is unwilling to warm up with the Chinese team.

This made Stan very headache. He could only try his best to contact the football association of strong teams. On the national team match day on April 4, Stan and the Football Association worked hard to finalize the warm-up match with Uruguay.

But on March 3, Uruguay suddenly changed their minds. They put forward new conditions, which put Stan in a dilemma again.

　I remember watching the qualifiers for the first time in the World Cup in the United States in 94. At that time, my father watched football and I watched "Journey to the West". Later, when some Chinese teams played against West Asian teams, it was too late, and my father would record Westward Journey and show it to me the next day. This was my ignorant experience of watching Chinese football for the first time.

　　
　
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