Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti personally went to South America to Argentina to watch Brazil's first game against Venezuela, but it obviously did not bring good luck to Sandro. Even though the Brazilian midfielder has attracted much attention from the media recently for his return to Tottenham Hotspur, Meneses did not give him even one minute of playing time.

In the end, Brazil 00 drew with Venezuela, which showed the Europeanized defensive tactic system that was not common to South American teams in the past, which is indeed the characteristic of some South American teams in recent years.

As Ye Qiu said, the Premier League is integrating the tactical system and style of the European continent, and the South American teams are also integrating the tactical style of the European continent. In some parts of Europe, such as Spain and Portugal, it seems that they are integrating more Latin American football play styles, which is a kind of fusion.

Based on the original advantages, further integrating the opponent's advantages and specialties, and then evolving into a brand new style and type to improve one's own strength is a kind of progress and the pursuit of countless head coaches.

Looking at the past century of football, in 19 years, Englishman Jimmy Hogan crossed the English Channel to the Netherlands, bringing modern football concepts to the European continent. With his later footprints in Hungary, Germany, and Austria, he brought modern football concepts to Central Europe, and his disciples include Hungarian international Kushner.

At that time, Jimmy Hogan's philosophy was to control the ball. Whether it was a long pass or a short pass, these were not the key points. He believed that the most important thing in controlling the ball was to deal with the ball at the right time and the moment of receiving the ball. This was his core philosophy, and these actually influenced the football tactics of the continent even now.

For example, the effective ball possession rate mentioned by Ye Qiu is actually derived from this.

Kushner inherited Jimmy Hogan's idea. This football coach from Hungary and who can't even speak Portuguese brought the European formation to Brazil and reformed the tactics. He began to emphasize diagonal offense, which was seen as an important innovation that continued to emerge in Brazil's sideline players.

At that time, there was another very outstanding head coach in the UK. He created the so-called pass-and-receive tactic at Newcastle. He inspired how English players cooperate. Later, he went to Tottenham Hotspur to train three successors, including Arthur Rowe, one of the greatest head coaches in Tottenham Hotspur history, and later Bill Nicholson, who inherited his concepts and ideas and carried forward them.

Another successor of Mike William is the very famous football master Bobby Robson, who brought the concept of passing and running to the Netherlands and Spain on the European continent. In addition, Nicholson also coached in Barcelona.

But whether it was Jimmy Hogan, McWilliam, or the successors who promoted their football philosophy to the world, the football tactics were still very primitive at that time, and offensive players often easily gained a lot of space and a lot of ball holding time, so that was the golden age that all offensive players dreamed of.

Until the late 1960s, Maslov, a meritorious coach from Dynamo Kiev, pioneered the oppressive style, which made football more intense and exciting. The concept of full attack and defense that Jack Reynolds, Beckenbauer, Michels and Cruyff, matured on the land of the Netherlands and Germany and achieved amazing achievements.

If we look at it from the perspective of modern football tactics, it is not difficult to find that in modern European mainstream tactics, Maslov's oppression is a fusion of playing styles and a full-attack and all-defense style. The difference is that different people have different understandings of football. Some tend to have more oppressive styles, while others tend to have more offensive running positions.

Sakchi is another great head coach who combines these two tactical concepts. He adopts a high-pressure style of play, but his team's style of play is never ugly, because he also advocates attacking with the concept of full attack and defense. He is one of the best head coaches in the integration between the two.

Now, whether it is Guardiola, Ye Qiu, Wenger in Barcelona, ​​or even Ferguson, Van Gaal, Mourinho, etc., almost all the coaches' tactics are derived from the achievements made by their predecessors, and they are just innovating and improving under the concepts of their predecessors.

Judging from the past 100 years of football history, tactical theory has always been in line with each other. To this day, the most basic theory of football is the most consistent with Ye Qiu, Ferguson, Van Gaal, Guardiola or Mourinho. It is all the set passed down by his predecessors over the past century.

So why does it cause so many differences?

In a word, different people will have different views on the same thing, and even the same person will have different views on the same thing, at different times, places and environments. When this view is amplified, it may even be understood by outsiders as two different extremes.

But its most essential thing is actually that thing.

Among the active head coaches, there is another person that has to be mentioned, that is Marcelo Bielsa, former head coach of the Chilean national team. Although his coaching results are not ideal, he has been desperately trying to integrate crazy oppression and pressing with gorgeous and smooth offensive football all his life, and he is also trying hard to do this.

Bielsa once said, "Menotti's era advocates creativity in the overall situation, while Bilardo is paying attention to every detail carefully. My philosophy is to take the third path, while pursuing creativity in the overall situation, he is paying attention to every detail carefully."

Bielsa also refuted his unsatisfactory coaching performance. He said that if the player can execute according to his tactical arrangement, he can win every game. The reason for his failure is that the players lack continuous and stable performance, and sometimes there are many ups and downs in a game.

Bielsa's philosophy is also a fusion

Over the past few years, many people have said that Bielsa is very stubborn and always sticks to his persistence, but they have never seen that his coaching philosophy has changed. He has become more concerned about change and more focused on efficiency, rather than just emphasizing aggressiveness like in the past, blindly trying to suppress his opponents for a long time.

In fact, Bielsa once said in an interview with the media that compared to Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​he prefers Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur. Even though many elements of the former are in line with his taste, he believes that Barcelona's concept of long-term ball control to suppress opponents is the same as in his early years, lacking durability because players are not machines.

On the contrary, Ye Qiu's offensive football that emphasizes technology, changes and efficiency made him feel very interesting. However, when he coached the Chilean national team, he criticized that Tottenham lost his spirit after achieving many successes and glory. This was shown on the court, Tottenham lacked impact.

"The appearance of Gareth Bale did make everyone's eyes shine, but his skills and handling balls are different from Tottenham's overall pursuit, so he was sent to Real Madrid by Ye Qiu for a certain reason, but it also makes people feel regretful and regretful, because the impact of the latter left a very deep impression on people."

It is obvious that in Bielsa's view, football tactics are no longer just offense and defense, nor are they just high-intensity compression and smooth ball control, but more of a fusion.

The unpredictable rhythm changes, the high-speed and simple passes maintain a stable success rate and exquisite cooperation, and at the same time reflect a high-level creativity. Players complete excellent running and replacement positions in high-speed offense and defense, thereby achieving the purpose of oppression and attack. This is what he wants to pursue.

It can be said that this is a fusion of the tactical concepts of predecessors.

Almost the world has given high praise to the Chilean team that Bielsa has worked hard to build in the 10-year South Africa World Cup, because the Chilean team, which is composed of mid- and lower-level teams from the four major European leagues, or the unfamous players from the second-rate league, played the most gorgeous offensive football on the South African World Cup, and Bielsa has once again become the focus of attention of fans around the world.

The reason is very simple. Coaching a wealthy team and leading a group of outstanding top players to play a refreshing offensive football. This is not a great skill, but leading a team that is not famous and plays an offensive football full of artistic and charm that impresses everyone. This is the ability.

There must also be a misunderstanding that many fans have, that is, technology.

As Michels and Cruyff advocated, they believed that technology does not need to be cultivated, and tactical awareness is the key. This is not to say that they despise technology, but to believe that technology can be improved through repeated training, so the so-called saying that they can throw the ball to him and he will know it by himself is the reason.

Gulfren's scientific training emphasizes that delicate foot skills can be cultivated through acquired training, mainly by cultivating a ball sense to improve the players' foot skills.

Of course, at first glance, it seems that the two are completely different and completely opposite, but in fact they are all expounding one point of view, that is, whether the player's skills are delicate has a lot to do with his training.

As many people think, why does Gattuso seem to be in the technical school in the later stage of his career?

Or you may feel that many players, such as Gerald, Lampard, Scholes, Vieira, etc., have suddenly improved their skills at a certain period. Why didn’t they feel like this before?

It seems like Cristiano Ronaldo, everyone will be surprised to say that when he first entered the Premier League, his skills were very delicate and very good, just like juggling, but now it seems that his skills are very practical, but it gives people a very rough feeling that he plays football entirely with a strong body. What's going on?

These are related to the players' training and their positioning.

Gattuso, Gerard, Lampard, Scholes and others were very active when they were young. They could play football with their bodies, but when they reached a certain age, they would find that their bodies could not keep up with their consciousness. At this time, they needed to transform, change their technical style, and change their playing style that their bodies could accept.

Cristiano Ronaldo is another type. After he entered the Premier League, Ferguson began to try to use him, find out his strengths and weaknesses, and finally fell in love with his sprint speed, so he began to shape him and let him strengthen this training in a targeted manner.

Everyone knows that with the height of Cristiano Ronaldo, if he improves his legs and upper body strength, his physical flexibility will decrease, especially the strengthening of ankle strength, because many technical players will be violated, and protective training of ankle is very important.

The decline in flexibility, especially the flexibility of the feet, has made many foot techniques that can be used in young age, and now it is impossible to play. In addition, the lack of training in this area has led to Cristiano Ronaldo's transformation into what it is now.

If you pay more attention to the media, it is not difficult to find that Cristiano Ronaldo is more training in the gym, and even his home has a well-equipped gym for training on his own. It can be seen that he is positioning himself like this, so the decline in his feet's skills is not surprising.

Many fans’ misunderstanding is that they mistakenly believe that technology is a craft, and they will never change after learning it, but they ignore the environment, especially the team’s tactical environment, which may lead to their skills becoming more detailed, but may also make their skills becoming more rough.

Just like Lucas Oreva, he is a player with both offense and defense in Brazil. When he came to Tottenham Hotspur, he also maintained this style, but when he went to Liverpool, he began to become rougher and highly aggressive midfielder, and his foot skills were obviously deteriorated.

There is also like Sandro. I still remember that Sandro in Ye Qiu's previous life was a player with both offense and defense in Brazil. Later, he went to Tottenham Hotspur and gradually became a slightly bulky beast waist-shaped player. But now, he has been sent to Ajax by Tottenham Hotspur. He basically maintained the style of playing in Brazil, and at the same time made himself both offense and defense, but obviously he still played in a defensive power-shaped style.

Ye Qiu has a complete plan for Sandro. After joining Tottenham Hotspur, he will allow Sandro to further improve his physical flexibility, because no matter how Tottenham Hotspur's overall tactics change, emphasize technology and fast-paced passes and receiving, as well as more flexible interspersive running, all destined to Tottenham Hotspur not wanting such bulky defensive players.

Is this difficult?

No, this is not difficult at all. As long as Peter Rant tailors a set of physical fitness training for him, and after maintaining it for a period of time, he will naturally be able to meet Ye Qiu's requirements.

Another very typical example is that Ye Qiu made a special trip to San Juan, Argentina with Mauro Tassoti to watch the first round of the group stage in Group C of the Copa America, Arturodal.

When this Chilean player joined Leverkusen in the summer of 2007, he was a versatile defender. At that time, he was obviously rough in terms of stopping the ball, especially in his handling of the ball, although he had the ability to dribble that South American players generally possessed.

However, as Leverkusen gradually established himself, Vidal's physical fitness had certain adjustments and changes. He began to no longer focus on physical strength confrontation, but emphasized more flexibility, and also strengthened the technical level, which led him to gradually move forward from the midfield's drag and back defense position and become a very comprehensive central advance.

From Vidal, we can clearly see that the shaping of players is considered based on the team's tactics.

Of course, this also requires seeing whether it is valuable, the difficulty of realization, etc.

Today, Chile still maintains the tactical system left by Bielsa's period. They are indeed higher than all other teams in South America in terms of their ability and awareness of running without the ball.

In this game between Chile and Mexico, the passes of Mexican players often seem to be directly at the feet of Chilean players. This seems to be a pass mistake by a Mexican player, but if the number of times is relatively small, you will believe it, but the problem is, so many pass mistakes?

This is obviously not, but Chilean players consciously move and cut through the overall off-ball running, while oppressing the Mexican players' offensive lines and their own ability to read the game, thereby achieving this seemingly scene effect of the opponent passing the ball to themselves.

This is the same as the goalkeeper. Many fans will complain, when they see the forward shooting, they seem to have a too straight angle, or Yu Qian hits the goalkeeper directly in the arms of the goalkeeper, and they will complain, Oh, why didn't they hit a little wrong?

In fact, it was not that they didn't play well, but that they played well, but the goalkeeper's position was stuck better.

The running ability of this group of players in Chile is indeed excellent. They can maintain a suffocating and fast-paced state of no cold-scenes throughout the game, but they also have strong rapid advancement, skillful matchmaking with one kick and a wall-to-wave cooperation.

The extremely strong desire for offense, wild impact, wild creativity, dazzling team cooperation, and rigorous overall high-intensity compression tactics, and even a genius-like flash of inspiration from time to time. All of this was reflected in Chile, which also made Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti who came to San Juan excitedly.

Although the person who led the team was no longer Bielsa, Ye Qiu still knew very well that this was still Bielsa's team.

"Belsa is indeed a great head coach," Mauro Tasotti said with conscience.

Ye Qiu has seen Chile performing in Bielsa's World Cup in South Africa. Now, watching Chile in the Copa America again is a bit different from that time, or it should be said that Chile is more mature now, especially some players, such as Vidal who played at the time, now playing midfielder, and Alexis Sanchez

Of course, every team has a ceiling. Although the Chilean team is good-looking, it is still limited by the overall strength of the players. If they encounter teams with stronger overall strength or better tactical execution, they may not be sure to win.

As it turned out, Chile drew with Uruguay next. Although it quickly defeated Peru in the third leg of the group and qualified from the group, it was defeated by Venezuela in the knockout round. The latter's style of play in this European Cup is a typical European defensive counterattack tactical style. Peru also pursues this style of play. Both teams have become dark horses of this Copa America and both reached the semi-finals.
Chapter completed!