The Ball at Your Feet

Because of two yellow cards, Zhao Yaning was also forced to be suspended in the next Blue Coast Derby against Nice. And this game also made him aware of some of his problems. He found coach Petit and told him about his problems.

"Coach, I want to learn how to defend."

After eating the red card, I remembered that my defensive actions were not standard, and after a stumble, I remembered that I had to work hard, which is a bit embarrassing to say.

But Zhao Yaning still felt that he had to face this reality. His defensive level is indeed not enough. Take the last game as an example. Although a foul was an indispensable card at that time, there was a problem with his action, and it was his problem to push people into the penalty area. If you can knock down the opponent outside the penalty area, even if you have a card, as long as it is not a penalty, your teammates have the hope of winning.

His own defensive movements are not standardized-although Zhao Yaning suspects that it is the ghost of the star card, but those are beyond his control, and his own defensive movements can be improved through his own training. Although they don't blame themselves in Rome, this doesn't mean that he can't blame himself.

As soon as the idea of ​​learning defense came out, Petty nodded again and again, "Yes. Learning to learn defense is not bad for offensive players. I don't let you learn defense early because you are not old enough, lack of physical strength, and strength. It’s not enough. It’s very physically demanding to participate in defense. If you are asked to run back and forth, enter the frontcourt, save from the backcourt, it’s hard to adapt to that kind of play. But since you mentioned it, we can also teach you part of it. Defense. You need to cultivate the consciousness-level things first, and you can learn them slowly later on the technical level."

Having said this, Petit pulled out a picture from his notebook and placed it on the table. That is a schematic diagram of the stadium, densely painted with green lines and red origin.

"Football defense, first learn the card position. In fact, as long as it is a confrontational sport, you have to learn the card position. This technique is better than any defensive skills. Don't look at those tackles, pushes, yes. The feet are eye-catching, but the real good defense depends on the position. If you don't know the position, no matter how much you practice, you will be a reckless man, and you will not have much prospects."

Petit’s words made Zhao Yaning nod his head again and again. He also plays football, so he naturally knows the importance of card position.

"Regular learning card position is too troublesome to play in the youth team at the first level. It depends on the size of the court, the opponent's staffing and the rate of opponents to choose the card position. There is no ten or eight years of Kung Fu learning. If you don’t come out, even the top midfielder will not always get stuck. It’s too difficult for you to learn that level."

Petit's vision is high, and it's not without reason. This is something the whole world knows about the midfielder in the Ligue 1 league. Because the French advocating personal skills and superior ability, in defensive teaching, they do not advocate rough fouls or excessive inculcation of defensive tactics, but are keen to cultivate players' personal defensive capabilities. The ability to select positions is the top priority of personal defensive ability, and it is another unique feature of Ligue 1 coaches besides ankle training. This is different from other leagues. For example, in the Premier League, they pay attention to the ability to plug in the back row, while La Liga pays more attention to the ability to pass the ball, and Petit, who has coached for many years in a league like Ligue 1, has the same criteria for determining a good position. very high.

In his opinion, Zhao Yaning does not have the talent in this area, and Zhao Yaning should not spend too much energy in this area. Defense is also a technical job. Zhao Yaning is nothing more than an offensive player. It's a good thing to participate in defense, but if you put too much energy on defense, it's the end of the game.

"You don't have the time to learn from scratch, because even if you start to practice hard now, you still have to be around thirty if you want to become a talent. Therefore, what I teach you now is to indicate the position of the main offensive and defensive exercises. The football field is not small, but it is not too big. The pivotal position of the real offensive and defensive transition, and the running line to attack, are actually very fixed lines. You are stuck on these lines, they No matter how fast you run, no matter how good it is, you can’t directly rush into the penalty area to face the goalkeeper, it will have no effect. What's more, you still have the help of your teammates, so if you don’t meet a truly outstanding runner , You can just get stuck on these fixed lines. Of course, if you meet a really good player, you can’t blame you as a full-back if you really lose."

Petit pointed to the lines he needed to pay attention to on the schematic diagram, and explained in detail why these lines should be guarded, and how to prevent the other party from changing lines. Zhao Yaning himself played counter-attacks in football last season, and he also knows a lot about the attacking line moves. Now that he hears these things, he can understand them.

"Easier said than done. You are a winger, and you have to be a bit useful at both offensive and defensive ends. When running these defensive points, you have to return to the attack line and always pay attention to the offensive and defensive transition. In fact, these are Very troublesome. I have another schematic diagram that specifically shows how to quickly perform offensive and defensive transitions, but you don’t need it for the time being."

No need? Zhao Yaning understood after thinking about it. Even if he could get stuck in his position, he couldn't stop the ball. If he couldn't stop the ball, there would be no way to initiate an offensive and defensive transition.

Coach Petit does not want him to practice defensive skills now because he is worried that his physical fitness can't keep up. Another important reason is that the young man is not mature enough, his movements are relatively frizzy, and it is easy to foul and even hurt. After all, Coach Petit is a football coach, and he tried his best to avoid hurting people.

"Your task is mainly to get stuck and prevent the opponent from taking the quickest way to the goal. They have to go around and reduce the opponent's speed. Now if you want to defend further, you can post it, mainly It is a collision that relies on the opponent to lose his balance when he is stepping. You can have some small movements to pull the jersey, but the feet are clean. This is something that must be paid attention to. Generally speaking, don't kick your feet easily. Your defensive level is too poor. It is to hurt people, especially the latter, which is definitely something to be avoided."

"And when it comes to preventing people from passing, there is another problem, that is, how to predict the opponent's actions. This is also a thing that requires an excellent consciousness to complete. But in fact, it is not too difficult to predict. The main thing is to see how you Judge the opponent's movement."

"Anyone's movement is not without signs. It is impossible for the lower body to complete the movement without moving the upper body. Therefore, to judge how a person moves, don't look at his feet, look at his upper body."

"A person who wants to predict the opponent's superiority, the most stupid way is to look at the ball, where the ball is going, which way the person is going. But this kind of defense is also the worst. Why do offensive players train ankle movements? Because the ankle movement is a movement that does not affect your center of gravity, but also allows the ball to shift position, thereby successfully mobilizing the opponent. When you encounter the kind of person who knows to stare at the ball, a few twists of the ankle pass."

"And better defense, look at his ass. No matter how his ankle moves, when he wants to really pass, his thighs have to move. When his thighs move, his hips have to move. As long as you stare at the ass, you can see that a person is I don’t want to excel. But such an excel will be over if you encounter a real guy with fake actions. The thigh moves, but it depends on the waist strength and flexibility, or it depends on the speed of the stride, the size of the step. Alternately walking between, basically sway people past."

"The best way is to look at the chest. When passing people, other things can be faked, but the center of gravity cannot be faked. Therefore, just by looking at the chest, you can tell whether a person is going to pass. Just kick the ball like this, you can’t see your feet. You have to have a deep judgment on the frequency of the opponent’s dribbling, and you have to make sure that just staring at his upper body movement is enough to ensure that you can get out of the foot. You can get stuck in the position where he is stepping. Otherwise, even if you know that your opponent is going to pass, you can't stop him."

At this point, Petit paused, "Don’t learn the skill of staring at the center of gravity, or that sentence, because your defensive skills are not good enough, and you are not sure about your feet. I'm not afraid that you will be overridden. I am afraid that you will temporarily The kick is so hard that you trample on someone. You can just stare at the person's **** to defend. When it comes to meeting such a tough opponent, I will tell you in advance."

"Then how do I prevent the opponent's passing?" Zhao Yaning then asked his own question.

"If you have a long pass, you will be close to your body. If it is too late, you can stretch your feet to block it. The goal is not to block, but to interfere. For short passes, you should try to disrupt the opposing player's coordination position by standing. Normally. Say, if you disrupt your opponent's cooperation, you will be able to complete the task."

"In that case, my task is not too heavy." Zhao Yaning nodded and said.

"The defensive task of offensive players is never heavy. All that needs to be done is to contain and delay. No one will expect you to become an iron gate. All you need is to provide some help to the defensive players." Petty explained. The role of "I know you love to watch Serie A, but don’t learn from those Italians. Offensive players are not defensive, but they take the lead in doing this. All day long, you know what grace, what grace, what nobleman, what knight-to put it plainly One is to be lazy, and the other is to put on airs. Players are players. If you have time to play more football, practice basic skills, what is better than what? You see who they are in those leagues, playing with head shape, playing with tattoos, off the court There is more news than in the field, and a bit of fame is all related to women, something."

Petty's complaint made Zhao Yaning snicker. Petit is a veteran coach, and his views on things are not trendy enough. He can't accept those fancy tattoos, various head shapes, and endless scandals. In his opinion, football is football, and it involves entertainment. What kind of star are players who don’t play football and engage in wicked ways?

So this kind of people can get mixed up in France. In French football, there are many blacks and many Muslims. Muslims who abide by the teachings do not have tattoos. In addition, there are many young people in France, so tattoos are rare. Most of the black players in French football have shaved their heads. Even if Rothen has blond hair, he rarely takes care of them. That kind of braided head that took only an hour to put into Petty's eyes is simply a symbol of a bastard: Is it bad to have that time to train for a while?

"Qi Zu's head is overwhelmed. He is also Qi Zu. As long as he wears your team uniform, what kind of head is worse than that? The French player has no tattoos. Who is the medal less beautiful than that? As a football player, The real greatness does not lie in how fashionable you are, no matter how fashionable you are, you will be outdated. What you need is to train your skills, which is the most important thing for players, and everything else is brought about by skills It’s just an accessory."

Petty's words changed as they spoke, and Zhao Yaning also heard it. This seemed to be aimed at him.

"Coach, didn't you mean me?"

"I don't think it's necessarily. In fact, if you don't find me, I also want to find you. I think we need to talk." What Petty said cannot be rejected. "Your red card is nothing to me. An accident. After you came back, you have been a little restless. It is no coincidence that you have received yellow and red cards consecutively. After returning from Asia, you have been impetuous."

Zhao Yaning wanted to say no. He knew it was his **** card that had a problem, but he couldn't explain it to Coach Petit.

"Actually, I don’t think it’s anything. You should be impetuous. You are still a child under twenty years old. Of course you will be happy after winning the championship. When you are happy, playing football will become a little impatient, which is understandable . If you really feel like stopping water and staying quiet no matter what happens, then it’s a big trouble. I’m not afraid to meet problem teenagers, but I’m afraid to meet children who are too mature. Such children are too smart and can’t do anything smart. Taught." Petty sighed before continuing to speak, "Joey, you are a good boy. I have brought many players, Weah, Henry, Trezeguet, Thuram, Bartez, all of whom I brought Come out. I have seen all kinds of children, so I can guess some of your current thinking. You are a little uncomfortable with the status quo, want to try to be a core player, right?"

Zhao Yaning raised his head. He didn't know how Petit saw through his thoughts at a glance.

But Petty's words really scared him. What Petit said was right. Zhao Yaning, who was once, was always able to maintain basic modesty and caution, but after returning from the Asian Games champion, he was a little proud and complacent. I took a group of Olympic team members to win the championship, but my teammates encountered consecutive draws in the league, which made Zhao Yaning's heart, faintly thought of ‘you can’t play without me’.

Although he said that the champion was worthless, Zhao Yaning still regarded the champion as his proud honor. In his mind, he believes that he can improve the team as soon as possible and regard himself as the savior of the team, which has nothing to do with this gold medal. He himself had never thought that he had a problem, but Petty pointed it out in time and made him realize that he had already begun to be proud before he knew it.

This made him a little bit self-blaming: what happened to him, this is a fart achievement, do you start to be complacent?

"It's normal. It's normal for you to have this idea." Petit comforted him. "I watched you play in Asia. In your state at the time, you didn't regard yourself as Maradona after you came back. It all shows that you are very humble. Because you played well at the time, so when you come back, thinking about being the core, try to lead the team by yourself... This is understandable. But I have to tell you, Joey, not yet By the time."

These words made Zhao Yaning a little wronged.

"You are definitely not convinced, you think you are playing well. Then, let me ask you. In our team, the core player is Jiuli, do you think you can compare to him?"

These words left Zhao Yaning speechless. Jiuli's running, passing, shooting, cohesion, technique, all aspects are top-notch, except for the slightly weaker ball feel and weaker body, he has almost no shortcomings. Although Zhao Yaning was very good in asking himself, he still didn't dare to say that he would be better than the opponent when he said he was better than Julibi.

"You seem to have the answer." Petit nodded, "You can know it yourself, you don't need to say it. I just want you to know that although your progress is indeed fast, very fast, but you are not enough. Become the core of our team. We are a member of the Ligue 1 championship group. You should understand that there is no championship team in the five major leagues that will use a child under the age of 20 as the core. This is not to say that you are worse than others, but that this age is not enough to be the core of the top five league championship levels."

are not there? Zhao Yaning thought about it carefully for a long time, but had to admit that there was indeed no such thing. Even those world-famous geniuses, Ronaldinho, who won the Golden Globe Award before the age of twenty, had been missing from the league championship when he was in his junior year. Now, he does not have a decent club honor. At the age of twenty, even a genius can be the core of some teams, but these teams still have the league championship competitiveness, but there is almost no one.

"Young players, I don't recommend becoming the core too early." Petty continued to say his own views. "The core means responsibility, and responsibility is too heavy, which is a kind of pressure for the players. If the older players are , Can withstand this kind of pressure, or convert this kind of pressure into motivation. But too young players, it is still difficult to withstand this kind of pressure. Of course, I admit that there are geniuses in this world who can withstand this kind of pressure, but I can’t Take my kid and take a gambling adventure."

"So, what I need to do now is to continue to do my job well?" Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly.

"Not all. I hope you can take a responsibility." Petit turned his head, facing Zhao Yaning with a serious expression, "I hope you will be the team's side attack."

"Vice attack?" Zhao Yaning hesitated.

"Yes. Deputy attack."

The so-called secondary attack, as the name suggests, is the second attack core. This word comes from the sport of volleyball, and there is no such word in football. But as Petit said, sports are all figured out, and the term deputy attacker can also describe the role of some people in the team. Football is a game of eleven people. Any team will encounter some problems, such as the core players being blocked by others and unable to play. At this time, the main core position of the team must be the side attack. And even if the core players can play a role, the secondary attackers are also one of the most sharp attack points with him. Although the tasks and responsibilities are not as big as those of the core players, the ability requirements are not low at all.

It's just that Zhao Yaning was a little reluctant when he heard this. Everyone wants to be the best. No one wants to be the second child of the team. What's more, which good player is not glorious as soon as he debuts, and how many of them serve as secondary offenses?

Petty certainly understood his thoughts.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of doing a secondary attack." Petit patted Zhao Yaning and said, "Pires was a secondary attack, Roten was a secondary attack, Piero was also a secondary attack of Qi Zu, but now, Seedorf is a secondary attack, and even Figo, tactically speaking, is also a secondary attack."

"But what you want to do is not them. You want to be the best, Maradona, Platini, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Zidane... You want to be the best. That one. This is a good thing, I support you. But if you want to do that step, take this step first."

"Everyone wants to be the core of the team, but the question is, how do you become the core. Some people become the core by wooing teammates and becoming locker room leaders. That kind of person is a politician and is not worthy of praise, such as Speaking of Platini, his scheming is too much. Some people rely on outstanding skills to convince people to become the core, but in the strong team ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ that kind of person must be a super star, such as Qi Zu, when he bought Juventus as a side attack, it surpassed Piero and became the core. Of course, there are some people who rely on suppressing dissidents or relying on their good relationship with the coach to be the core. Asshole scum, there is a problem with character."

"You want to be the core now, so the best way is to be a secondary attacker. You have also seen that Rothen is our secondary attacker. When he is absent, the team played a mess. We need to be so good. And if your strength is strong enough to surpass Jiuli, you can naturally become the core. I believe that he is also willing to be a secondary attacker for you. But if you are not strong enough..."

"That also has to work better for the team." Zhao Yaning added, "I understand what you mean, and I will play well."

In fact, there is not much difference between the secondary attacker and the main attacker. Some teams do not even distinguish between these. For example, at the turn of the world, Manchester United, Giggs and Beckham are the number one offensive team. Core, who is the deputy attacker? There is no certain standard.

The deputy attacker has played well, and things that are directly in charge are happening all over the world. Zizou replaced Piero, Belleron replaced De Jamingha, and Juninho replaced Carrière. In all leagues, things that can play well on the top are happening.

What Petit encourages is also this kind of healthy competition of a normal nature.

Although Zhao Yaning wanted to be the core, he thought of his arrogant tendencies that had just been accused by the coach. Therefore, his mind went off. Although it's not a good thing to be a secondary attacker, it's better than just being a harassment in the frontcourt to pin down the wingers in the team.

"Coach, what should I do?" Zhao Yaning raised his head and asked.