The full-back, the same position role on the football field, gave different understandings in different football environments.

In Europe, the birthplace of modern football, including England, France, Germany, Italy and other countries, their understanding of full-backs is more important in depth, that is, in depth defense.

This has something to do with the 44 formation in England that changed the modern football tactical system. Many people say that 44 is the most balanced tactical framework in the world. It can even be said that a lot of modern tactics later were derived from the deformation of 44. So how did 44 come about?

In the ancient divine formation tactics mentioned by many fans, the two defenders were forced to give up their middle lane in order to make room for the retreating midfielder. But at the same time, the left midfielder retreated to participate in the defense because he had to deal with the opponent's right impact and became the left back, thus forming a four-back defense line, which is the beginning of the 44 tactic.

From this very simple historical overview, you can actually understand a lot of complex and profound meanings. For example, the attack on the right is usually better because the attacker on the right is easy to find, and the right foot will be everywhere on the street. Relatively speaking, it is difficult to find the left foot. This is a problem that has existed in history.

But this leads to another problem, that is, former Chelsea head coach Janluca Viali once said that right-back is usually the worst role in a team. The reason is very simple. If the right-back has certain defensive ability and good height, he will usually develop in the middle, and if his skills are good and faster, he will usually be pushed forward and play in the midfield.

In other words, players who usually play right back are players who are not good enough, have poor defense, and are not as good as high as low, so this position is usually the weakness of a team, and the left foot will be different, because the left foot will be difficult to find, so the left foot will generally be cultivated with greater attention.

Of course, what we talk about here is Europe, and it is the environment of European football in the past.

In some Spanish-speaking countries, such as Spain, Portugal and Brazil, and some South American countries, their understanding of full-backs is significantly different from those of countries such as Britain, France and Italy, and their concept of this term is width.

If you ask any professional coach in Brazil what the full-back can bring to the team, nine out of ten will tell you that one can bring the team's offensive width, and the remaining one will definitely fail the exam.

In Eden-Hamilton's [a completely different game], Arsenal's full-back Laurickett once said that in the 1949 Arsenal went to Brazil to play the Tour defeat of Fluminense, he encountered a situation where suddenly someone rushed up from behind and almost scored a goal, which scared them all.

But when they tried every means to find the shot, they still couldn't find it. Finally, they found out that it was their full-back who rushed up to play. Arsenal was almost stunned by this situation at that time, but Brazilian players seemed to be accustomed to it and it was no wonder.

At that time, Brazil was far from the football kingdom of the present. They only had two Copa America in hand and could not be called a giant team. In the key match of the Brazil World Cup held in 1950, the reason why Brazil lost to Uruguay and lost to his opponent in an upset manner was precisely because the left-back Bigod, who loved assisting, was defeated.

Of course, Brazil later reflected on this and adjusted some tactics. While fully leveraging the threat of full-backs inserting assists, it also minimized the hidden dangers left by full-backs inserting. Brazil also gradually reached the peak of history in this adjustment.

But looking at the peak of every Brazilian dynasty, the figure of great full-backs is inseparable.

Whether it is a full-back under the mainstream concept of depth in Europe or a mainstream tactical width-type full-back in Spanish-speaking countries, it is actually telling everyone a truth: If a team reaches a balance on a tactical level, the wing is crucial, but wing players are often more difficult to find and more troublesome than the middle players.

The full-back is a very special position in the overall tactical formation. In offensive state, his offensive space is often the largest in the team, which means that he can play a huge tactical role in offense; but in defensive state, his position is usually the target that the opponent considers the first to attack.

It is difficult to find first-class full-backs, and it is even more difficult to find top-level full-backs with both offense and defense.

In the modern tactical system, heavy troops are often stocked up in the middle, so offensive players often like to go to the wings to find space, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, such as Henry in the early years, etc. They like to be on the wings, not only because there is a wider space on the wings, but more suitable to play their tactical characteristics.

Also because on the wing, you only need to deal with defensive players on one side, because the other side is outside the court, which makes it easier for them to concentrate and at the same time play out their tactical features.

Because of this, in the modern tactical system, full-backs actually play a crucial tactical role for a team, but at the same time, they are the most likely position to be attacked by the opponent and lead to mistakes.

Ye Qiu has always said that running a club and coaching a team is not as simple as many fans take for granted. You have to consider many aspects, such as cost.

If Ye Qiu looks at it from a fan's perspective, the easiest way for Tottenham Hotspur is to introduce a large number of stars and pile them up to form two powerful lineups, one to play leagues and the other to play cups, and the final result is a Grand Slam.

But one problem is that in less than a year, your team will be heavily in debt due to poor financial conditions, and will eventually be punished by the Premier League or even UEFA because it is a bottomless pit. Even if Abramovich only supports Shevchenko and Barack, it will not be able to bear it. If you want to maintain two powerful stars, how much does it cost? How much does it cost to lose every year to support these stars? How much tax does it have to pay?

Ye Qiu knew that his left side was a weakness. After leaving Vargas, Marcelo was always strong in offense and weak in defense, but Ye Qiu always believed in Marcelo. The left side he introduced was also a semi-finished product of Coentrane, rather than a powerful star like Ram, Ashley or Cole. Why?

Still cost

First of all, how much does it cost to introduce these players? How high is the salary you pay? How much tax?

After doing it, Ye Qiu initially estimated that a contract period of four years would cost at least 70 million euros.

This must be because no one in the transfer market competes with you. If someone competes, I'm sorry, you can hardly consider the so-called cost and cost-effectiveness, but keep spending money, and you have to consider the style adaptation issues after introduction.

If you don't consider introducing stars like Ram and Ashley or Cole who have proved their strength, what's the difference between introducing other players and reusing Marcelo? And Ye Qiu has always believed that helping players improve their shortcomings is far more cost-effective than directly enhancing a certain position through signings.

Of course, the premise is that it depends on whether you, a player, is worthy of your doing so.

You should know that the world of football is relative, and offense and defense are also relative, with one rising and the other falling, and there is no absolute existence. In other words, good or bad defense, besides players, the support of the entire tactical system and the strength of the opponent are also crucial.

Just like Ye Qiu was in Real Madrid in his previous life, and Marcelo was also Marcelo, Mourinho's defense was much more stable, but under the command of other head coaches, Marcelo's defense was very bad. Is it just the improvement of the players? Is there no Mourinho's tactical support?

One-on-one, anyone defends superstars like Messi, Robben, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery. You can choose whatever you want in the world. No one can guarantee that he can hold on, or even more. He only needs to achieve a 50 success rate. No defensive player can guarantee

So for Ye Qiu, he could sell Van Persie, Gareth or Bale, or even Messi, but he did not consider selling Alves, nor did he consider selling Marcelo. He even gave Alves the first-class salary, and Marcelo was also a very good salary, just to keep them.

Because in Ye Qiu's plan, creating a pair of powerful left and right wings that are both offensive and defensive is crucial for Tottenham Hotspur. In his opinion, Alves on the right and Marcelo on the left are undoubtedly the most suitable and cheapest choices now.

Kyle O Walker and another English young player Luke O Shaw, who is currently in the youth team, are being trained in a key way, especially Kyle O Walker, who has entered the first team, who receives special guidance in almost every training class.

In Ye Qiu's view, the biggest difference between Kyle O Walker and Alves is in the choice of timing. The former is hard power, and the coaching staff can help him improve and provide professional guidance, but the latter is soft power, and Kyle O Walker needs to learn the reason by himself and understand the reasons.

It was as if in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final match between Tottenham Hotspur and the second leg of the Champions League semi-final match, Alves started and was threatened by Manchester United's pressing throughout the game, as well as the suppression of Rooney who hit the right in the frontcourt trident. He did not do anything except defense within half an hour of the opening game, and he made no contribution to the offensive end.

Did you say that Alves would wither like this?

It's wrong. This is not because he is not capable enough, but because he knows that the team is now dealing with Manchester United's attack and frontcourt suppression. He cannot leave his position because once he leaves, he will definitely be exploited by Manchester United behind him, which is too risky.

But as long as he has the chance, he will press on without hesitation.

It seemed as if it happened in the 37th minute. Yaya Toure defended Sneid in the middle and intercepted the ball, protected the ball and passed it back to Thiago Silva. Rooney and Benzema rushed to Thiago Silva at the first time, but the Brazilian quickly passed the ball in front of Alves.

There was no one in front of at least 60 meters, so Alves rushed forward quickly, took a big step forward after receiving the ball, crossing the center line, but he still did not slow down at all, and still sprinted forward along the right side, rushing directly into Manchester United's 30-meter area, forming a fast counterattack.

Tottenham Hotspur's front trident also rushed very quickly. Cavani was in the front and disturbed Manchester United's defense line, Ribery was on the left, while Messi was running in an empty run to create space for Alves' back.

The Brazilian's sprinting speed was too fast, and Evra did not dare to step forward at all because he was an offensive full-back. He knew very well that as long as he stepped forward and approached, Alves would directly score the ball alone, and he could easily pass him. So he chose to block the inside line, prevent Alves from cutting inward, and let the Brazilian cross it.

This is the best choice he can make. As for what happened after Alves crossed, he could only choose to trust his teammates.

Alves rushed to a position parallel to the penalty area line, and he got a chance and made a cross directly with a big foot.

I have to say that Alves has good defensive ability, and his offensive ability and technical ability are outstanding among the right back, but he also has his own weaknesses and shortcomings. For example, his cross, especially the cross ball at high speed, is very bad, but the cross ball that has been stopped is very good.

Alves originally wanted to find Ribery, who was on the left post, but it passed too much and directly passed to the left side of the penalty area. Fortunately, when he was sprinting just now, Marcelo also rushed up. Seeing Gary Neville being pulled into the penalty area by Ribery, Marcelo rushed forward quickly and got the ball on the left side of the penalty area.

"The ball is still under Tottenham Hotspur's feet. Marcelo took the ball, and Gary Neville went to guard the defense as soon as possible."

"Back back, Ribery pulled out of the penalty area to meet, the ball came to his feet, Ras Diyala defended him in the penalty area, Ribery protected the ball, and he was going to lead the ball horizontally in the middle of the penalty area, but Carrick also came to participate in the defense and wanted to form a double-team."

"Beautiful, Ribery suddenly accelerated and rushed out of the space, breaking the double-team between Ras Diyala and Carrick, and passed to the top of the arc in the front of the penalty area to the right, giving Messi who was unmarked."

"Messi received the ball, kicked the ball directly, and shot the arc shot outside the penalty area."

Just when Messi was seen swinging his left foot and making a volley, all Manchester United fans were heartbroken. Messi calmly shot without anyone defending, and the shooting he took was the upper right corner, which was also Van der Sar's save corner, and he felt that he was quite good at controlling it.

The ball flew out from Messi's feet, drew an arc, and fell quickly. When he heard a bang, he hit the upper right corner of the goal. The ball quickly rebounded to the left and fell quickly. When it landed, it bounced at a little bit inside the goal line, and then rebounded.

But at this moment, Ferdinand suddenly rushed up from behind quickly, and directly cleared the ball with a big foot, kicking the ball out of the goal. An extremely enthusiastic cheer sounded at the scene.

Tottenham Hotspur players were preparing to celebrate the goal, especially Messi and Ribery. Both were already in a group, but soon everyone noticed that the referee did not whistle.

"Hey, Mr. Rossetti, you've scored a goal." Cavani, who was closest to the Italian referee Roberto Rossetti, shouted. He thought the latter had forgotten to blow the whistle?

Gradually, Tottenham Hotspur players also realized the problem and ran towards Roberto Rossetti. The majestic hospital director looked at the lineman, consulting the lineman's opinions, or himself, he did not have enough confidence and confidence in everything that happened just now.

Indeed, after the ball hit the angle, it quickly landed and rebounded. The whole process was indeed very fast. Tottenham quickly moved from the right to the left, and then from the left to the middle, with Messi completing a long shot outside the penalty area. He was a little unfollowed the pace, so now he has to seek the opinions of the linebacker.

"I'm sorry, we all think that the ball didn't hit the goal line," Roberto Rossetti said with regret.

Tottenham Hotspur players were very dissatisfied and chased the Italian referee to make a fuss, while Manchester United players rushed up immediately, roaring at Tottenham Hotspur players like wolves and tigers. The Red Devils fans in the stands also booed at Tottenham Hotspur players, believing that the players of this team were obviously putting pressure on the referee.

"From the slow motion replay, the ball did enter the goal line when it landed." During the slow motion replay, the director even froze at the moment the ball hit the ground. Everyone can see that the ball did fall into the goal line, but if you look at it from a distance, it is really difficult to master.

"The referee's penalty this time was indeed a misjudgment. Tottenham Hotspur's goal was blown away, which is indeed a pity." The commentator on the scene felt helpless about this situation. The replay would not be considered by the referee.

When Manchester United had a verbal conflict with Tottenham Hotspur players, goalkeeper Van der Sar and the team's deputy captain Ferdinand were not involved because they were all people who knew the inside story, especially Ferdinand, but in this situation, it was impossible for them to stand up and say anything.

In the end, under the coordination of the referee, both sides returned to the arena. Tottenham Hotspur's goal was invalid, and the score was still 00, which also made Manchester United fans in the stands cheer like a winner.

You know, being scored by Tottenham Hotspur first would almost force Manchester United to fight to the death, which would put the Red Devils in a very unfavorable position, so this goal almost saved Manchester United, but it hit Tottenham Hotspur's morale heavily.
Chapter completed!