[Football] I'm just a defender

"1/8 finals..." Swedish head coach Lagerbeck scratched his hair, looked at the list of Group F in his hand, wondering if he should laugh at this situation.

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been held until now, and the group stage has finally come to an end on this day, and the qualifying list of some groups has been determined long ago.For example, in Group E where the Netherlands and Sweden are located, both teams advanced with a record of 2 wins and 1 draw, and the Netherlands occupied the first position with a goal difference advantage.And the second position in this group, in Lagerbeck's view, is a bit of an advantage.

The qualifying list of Group F was also determined early. I don’t know if it was an upset. The Italian team was eliminated with 2 draws and 1 loss at the bottom of the group. Maybe many people couldn’t believe that this was the World Cup champion four years ago. , but for insiders who follow the Italian national team, it does not seem to be unexpected.

Although Inter Milan seems to be the biggest winner in Europe this season, this honor cannot be equivalent to Serie A or even Italy.Not to mention that Mourinho was rejected by almost all the Italian media in Italy, but only to say that in the Italian lineup of this World Cup, there is no player from Inter Milan.It can't be said that the head coach Lippi doesn't want to see Inter Milan. Materazzi was a member of the last World Cup champion team, but now he is 37 years old.At the same time, although Balotelli has the strength and talent to be selected for the national team, it is understandable that Lippi is unwilling to take the risk of calling this perverse, unstable and inexperienced rookie into the team.

This embarrassing "fault" phenomenon not only reflects the reality that Inter Milan, an international team, lacks Italian players and talents, but also directly reflects that in a high-level Serie A top team like Inter Milan, it is possible to take the lead and have hope to take risks. There are very few local players in their early years.

The Italian youth training system used to be an existence that Lagerbeck envied. He spent a lot of time and energy on researching it, and wanted to absorb its essence and transform it into Sweden's domestic youth training.But now that the promotion of youth training has entered a bottleneck, how can it be limited to the Italian team?

"Italy's problems have been exposed so clearly. In the final analysis, the previous generation of stars appeared too much together. They matured together and matured together. Of course, their status declined together." Fran played with the pen in his hand. The notebook in front of him was full of random Graffiti, Lagerbeck guessed that he himself did not understand what it meant.Seeing his vice-captain's rare and serious trance, the other two people who had a small meeting - Ragbeck and Ibrahimovic looked at each other, and it was rare that no one interrupted him tacitly.

"It's not just the national team's problem. Why do the upstream teams in Serie A mostly sign in, but the mid-stream and downstream teams like Sampdoria have international players like Pacini and Palombo? Neglect of local players and rookie training In fact, it is precisely because of the lack of players in good clubs that local players lack opportunities to improve in competitions such as the Champions League, and these giants cannot provide excellent local talents for the Italian national team, which is also one of the reasons that led to Italy's exit." Under 'Italy', Fran wrote 'Spain', 'Netherlands' and 'Germany' line by line, and finally considered adding 'Brazil' and 'Belgium'.

Lagerback looked at the names of several countries written by Fran, and sighed silently in his heart, "But this is exactly the problem. The status quo is that young people have to play for the middle and lower reaches of the team, and then transfer with honors. Get into the top team. What is gold dollar football, what is the top team? The more championships, the more attention, that is the top team. But what team administrator will believe that a kid in his early twenties can carry a family Top club, which top club's fans can tolerate young people squandering low-hanging opportunities over and over again? Can you imagine a 20-year-old Ronaldo with the ball he has now in Real Madrid, but how can he if he doesn't have so many balls? How about feeding a Ronaldo?"

Seeing that Ibrahimovic wanted to refute, Fran smacked his lips and said, "Messi is a special case." Although Ibrahimovic was blocked back, his eyes were obviously dissatisfied, as if he was asking, 'What about you? '

Fran pointed at himself exaggeratedly, staring at Ibrahimovic and then turned to Ragbeck who was also looking at him, "Please, you always think that I just made my debut as if I have established myself in Real Madrid. How many years have I been lingering in the second division, and I was pressed on the bench by a certain head coach for half a season... Reasonable, I should have been a player with Harvey and Igor."

"He should have been in the same group as Harvey and Iker Casillas", Fran himself may have said it as a simple fact, but this sentence was a bit sad in Ragbeck's ears.He was not as lucky as Iker Casillas to catch up with Real Madrid's last glory when he first entered La Liga. He met Barcelona, ​​who was like a giant, and was suppressed for many years since then.He has played for Real Madrid for many years, and reports occasionally mention his high salary. He is the number one defender by default, but so what? Five years and three Champions Leagues for Silas?

Seeing that the head coach fell into love for Fran, Ibrahimovic shrugged his shoulders and acted very disapprovingly. Who didn't toss and turn to get to this point?He took out the notebook in Ragbeck's hand and looked at those world-famous youth training countries.

'Youth training country', Ibrahimovic has seen the Netherlands, Lagerbeck has paid attention to Italy, and Fran himself was trained by the Spanish youth training.Now, they are all sighing.

Youth training, the Dutchman said he was the second in the world, turned his head and looked at the German who was still sitting modestly and honestly, the Spaniard was about to stand up, and suddenly remembered that Cruyff, who created the youth training for Spain, was Dutch and Italian Dazed, he is still calculating to train a player A, how many youth training fees he has suppressed by clubs, the Walloons and Flemish people at the Belgian table have already fought, and the Japanese look at Brazil There was no movement at the table, and the steps that were just about to be taken were also put down. When the Americans squinted their eyes and wondered how much money they could spend to buy the entire Dutch youth training system, the Chinese had already placed an order on Taobao: Dutch football training materials.

And now?

"Germany's youth training has always been the most stable. It may be difficult for them to train a Messi, but they can train a group of Aguero in their respective positions. The Germans are like this, and there is nothing wrong with strict standardization. Belgium is in Accumulate the state, and there will be a stage for them to perform in the future." Fran stretched his waist, thought for a while, and dragged the notebook over, tore off the piece of paper with the name of the country on it and rolled it into a ball. At most there is a scale, how to evaluate other people's problems? "Italy has a problem, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, it depends on which one has a problem first, and which one has a bigger problem."

The three of them chose to be silent at the same time. After a long while, Ibrahimovic scratched his hair, "I remember we are going to discuss about the next 1/8 opponent, Paraguay?" Lagerbeck slapped his palm on his face and rubbed it. "Yes, yes, we should be talking about Paraguay seriously."

Group F qualified Paraguay with 1 win and 2 draws, and Slovakia with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Compared with the Dutch opponent and the sudden emergence of dark horse Slovakia, Lagerbeck felt that it might be the same for Sweden to play against Paraguay. a good thing.He took out the tactical board that had been scribbled many times before and placed it in front of the captain and deputy captain. Paraguayan coach Martino didn't have many choices. Pilar was a Paraguayan team. Benitez, Santa Cruz and Barrios Formed Paraguay's stable striker, Alcaraz and Da Silva joined hands in defense.

"I have enough patience," Fran pushed the tactical board to Ibrahimovic, leaning on the back of the swivel chair and tilting his head to look at the two people, "but I don't like penalty shootouts." Seeing that Ibrahimovic directly pulled the tactical board Going over, I was full of desire to score goals, and the one next to me seemed to be able to fall asleep in the blink of an eye.Lagerbeck is also used to the completely different personalities of the two aces in his hands. Two years ago, he dreamed that these two people could neutralize their personalities, but now he has long since given up any extravagant hopes.Lagerbeck did not blame Fran for his sloppiness, and his words made Ibrahimovic feel a bit of preference, "If it really drags into a penalty shootout, I will let you be the first to kick your letter." Do not believe?"

"Leave me alone!" Fran stretched his arms forward jokingly and completely lay on the table. Lagerbeck shrugged and stood up while supporting the table, saying that he would call the assistant coach and the rest of the players over, and let the two of them simply Exchange.Seeing the head coach leave, Ibrahimovic looked at the clear offensive lines on the tactical board, patted Fran's back with his right hand, and signaled him to sit down and come over, "You are not just on a defensive mission this time." Resting his chin lazily on the table, he opened his eyes obediently and listened to what Ibrahimovic said that he basically understood, and nodded in agreement.

Ibrahimovic's talk became more and more intense, and when Frandu started to slowly applaud the sea lion, Ragbeck finally went back and forth with a large team.

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"Paraguay's starting lineup is not unexpected, and Lagerbeck's Swedish team is as safe as ever."

Paraguay's opening attack was swift and fierce. In less than 1 minute, Paraguay had already completed a shot.Afterwards, Santa Cruz made a pass from the right, and Benitez took the header to attack the goal, but he was still far away from the goal and rushed out of the bottom line.

The Swedish national team will always be under pressure in the first ten minutes of the game. Fran is not alarmed by the current scene, especially when Paraguay frequently wastes opportunities and becomes more anxious.The rhythm of the game initially controlled by the Paraguayan team was dragged away a little bit, and entered a stalemate stage. The high-spirited Ibrahimovic rushed to the front line, but the rhythm was still as Forlan said, "enough patience."

When the two aces of the Swedish team gradually climbed to the top of their game skills, the Swedish team's fixed routine also became more perfect at the same time.The first impression this national team leaves on the opponent is not that strong. Although it is not as underestimating as abuse, it will never take it as seriously as the first echelon national team.However, the facts generally prove that when it is used as an opponent, people will immediately know that it is far from being as easy to deal with as imagined.

Many people think that Fran and Lagerbeck do not conflict in defense, but Ibrahimovic is a bit out of touch with his own style.But this 'disconnect' doesn't exist, or at least doesn't manifest itself for the time being.

This national team seems to be wearing a shell like the defense general Fran who is used to lowering the enemy's vigilance, but in the bones is the determination to grind teeth and suck blood like Ibrahimovic.

Sharp spears and strong shields.

"In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Swedish team successfully advanced to the quarter-finals. Their next opponent will be the European Cup champion Spain in 1."

The author has something to say: The words about youth training in the first half of this chapter are all my blood and tears.

The next game against Spain... I'm going to think about it.