They say trends come in cycles, and the same goes for football.
Ever since the first tactical system of football was created, it was destined that the day would come to an end because there are only so many positions on the field and the changes are endless.
In fact, in the world that Lu Yang lives in, football tactics are coming to an end.
From the earliest enlightenment football, to the emergence of pyramid tactics, to the invincible WM tactics, to the Hungarian center's retreat and the birth of the false nine position, to the emergence and success of defensive football, chain defense, and zone defense in the 1960s, to In the 1970s, Netherlands total offense and total defense tactics and the birth of 433, man-marking tactics, free man tactics, the birth of 442, tiki-taka ultimate pass control, melon style Manchester City, etc.
Until a long time ago, there was no fundamental new thing in football theory, but each head coach was taking the past things and piecing together and combining them at a higher level.
But there are only so many basic things, and combinations will eventually be exhausted.
Where will football tactics go at that time?
In fact, in the era that Lu Yang lives in, he has already come into contact with some of it.
That is dynamic tactics.
Of course, these are still too advanced for this era, where pass-and-control football has not yet fully emerged.
Let's talk back to San Remo.
San Remo's current problem is that there is no playmaker in the midfield, which makes it almost impossible for them to launch any organization and non-counterattack offensive.
And if the target just stays in Serie C, then they can indeed use defensive counterattack tactics, and San Remo will not have any tactical troubles.
But the problem is that their goal this season is to upgrade, they must play more proactively, and defensive counterattack cannot become their main tactic.
So they must have an offensive core to tear apart the opponent's defense.
If the stadium is viewed as an upright rectangular nine-square grid, then the second grid and the eighth grid are the goals of both sides and the area directly in front of the goal.
This is always the most threatening position.
In 2020 European Golden Shoe Lewandowski's shooting position statistics for the whole year, 92% of the shots were concentrated in this area, which is in the center near the penalty area.
So in the early days of football, it was very simple, just focus on these two positions and the person who got this position would win the world.
The people closest to this position are the attacking midfielder and center.
But the center is deeply surrounded by the opponent's defenders, and instead the attacking midfielder between the opponent's back line and midfield line becomes the most threatening person.
In fact, this is indeed the case with the rise of the classical midfielder.
But precisely because of the emphasis on this area, later teams protected this position very well. The attacking midfielder in this position often had to face the attack of multiple opposing defensive players, as well as fierce physical confrontation.
Although most classical attacking midfielders have superb skills, physical confrontation is not their strong point.
In this context, it has become a trend to position the core of the team behind the scenes.
Maniero played as an attacking midfielder when he debuted, and then switched to a midfielder or even a defensive midfielder.
But with the development of the times, more than ten years later, the rear organizational core is gradually less suitable.
On the one hand, the pace of Modern Football is accelerating, and the rear core will miss many fleeting opportunities.
At the same time, although total offense and total defense did not dominate football, the frontcourt pressing tactics it brought made the survival of the back-end core dangerous.
In addition, the improvement of the overall quality of the players and the ball-playing abilities of the central defenders and engineer midfielders have also made the rear core relatively useless.
Finally, the long-term adaptation to the post-core playing style has caused most teams to lose the fear and focus on the attacking midfielder position as they did many years ago.
Therefore, the core-forward playing style also has new possibilities.
Izelet is an adaptor of the times. It came into being and is destined to promote the update of Serie A tactics.
And Lu Yang is just a wave in the wave set off by Izelet.
Of course, this wave may also become a back wave that is stronger than the previous wave. It is not certain.
A training match is taking place on the San Remo training ground.
This is San Remo's closed training before Italian Cup's second round of competition.
It is very dangerous to change the style of play at the last moment. Even the famous football coach Gua Gualong, who is a bald man in English, always suffers from this problem.
Fortunately, the difference between San Remo's new style of play and their original style of play is not that big.
The one who really has to adapt to this change is their core Lu Yang himself.
San Remo's 4213 focuses on two wings.
But unlike those Devil Wings in the future, the wings of San Remo are typical broken wings.
On the left wing, Baizami won't talk about it, it cooperates with the black hole.
The left back is the team's original center back Rondo and the substitute right back.
The right wing is not much better, and may be more stable defensively, but the right winger Fernandez is also unable to fly.
But Soto still chooses this style of play because it doesn't matter whether the wings can fly or not, because what really determines the outcome is the team's midfielder position.
The fundamental purpose of choosing wing play is to send the football to the frontcourt in the simplest way.
Without Moric's San Remo midfielder, it's not that they lack creativity, they don't even have the ability to organize.
If you have to leave the football to the midfield, it will cause various problems.
Simply when attacking, there is no need for a midfielder, and the ball can be played directly from the wing to the front.
The side faces relatively less defensive pressure, and the football will be passed smoothly.
At this time, Lu Yang, as the attacking midfielder, approaches the side with the ball, catches the ball, and cooperates with the wing to look for opportunities.
Lu Yang When playing left back, the area he likes to most appear is the left rib.
The front midfielder position can completely liberate Lu Yang, giving him the power to launch attacks on the left and right ribs at the same time.
Lu Yang in this position can shoot, pass, and break through. He also has strong physical confrontation ability. He is simply a big killer.
Similarly, the rib area is very threatening even for set kicks. Therefore, the number of violations Lu Yang will encounter is much less than when he was in the midfield and backcourt, which also makes up for his weak ball control ability to a certain extent.
Bang!
In the training match, Lu Yang kicked off the ribs and scored directly.
The players are very excited, because Lu Yang is obviously very adaptable to the new tactical system.
This feels much better than the previous games where I couldn't use my strength.
Maniero is courtside, and he has also appeared on San Remo in recent days.
"Offensively, Lu Yang has been completely activated. He is more threatening near the goal. His shooting is the guarantee of his threatening ability. No one dares to let him fire at will from the midfielder position." Maniero said.
"But if we play like this, the team will be out of touch." Tom said, pointing to the middle of the field.
On the court, when Lu Yang holds the ball, the two full-backs will press forward appropriately and become full-midfielders.
In order to make up for the defensive loopholes caused by the forward pressure of the full-backs, the two defensive midfielders Latuidi and Versace must stay behind to fill in.
From the back midfielder to Lu Yang, the front midfielder, the remaining large area in the middle is empty.
This is almost equivalent to cutting off an arm, which is especially detrimental to the team's offense.
"Isn't this the reason why we chose this style of play?" Maniero laughed. "The way we pass the football forward, we originally ignored our midfield and center. We are giving up the midfield to play offense. This is the price we have to bear during this period without Moric."
Tom said, "Well, there is no midfielder involved in the offense. Relying solely on Lu Yang's star-level performance may be effective. But what about defense? Without the midfielder, our defense will be very dangerous."
At this time, Soto stood up and pointed at Lu Yang on the court and said, "This is the difference between Lu Yang and Izelet. In terms of defense, he can return to our penalty area from the opponent's penalty area."
"He can defend from the left to the right, and his coverage is the entire stadium, the entire stadium!"
"Although I don't know why he has such terrifying running ability at the age of seventeen, there is a saying in the East that diligence can make up for failure. Offense depends on talent, defense depends on attitude. He is the bridge connecting San Remo the frontcourt and the backcourt in defense."
"If the previous core midfielder required Lu Yang to adapt to the tactical system specially created by the team for Moric, then from this moment on, what he has to adapt to is the tactical system specially created by the team for him."
"Everything in this set of tactics exists to allow Lu Yang to better utilize his own strengths!"
Bang!
On the training ground, another goal was born.
This time, Lu Yang attracted the defensive player and then sent an overhead through ball to Soguer.
He enjoys this tactical system very much.
Just like a wild horse running wild, free and easy.
But these changes in San Remo are unknown to the outside world.
As far as the outside world is concerned, what they see is that Lu Yang is lost in the original 433 system.
The media headed by <la Repubblica> once again commented on the performance of Lu Yang.
Especially in the round of the league that just happened, Lu Yang suffered the first draw in his career, which is worthy of special mention by these media.
It wasn't until Serie B's powerful team Brescia arrived in the Sunshine City that the news slowed down a little.
The purpose is not to let go of Lu Yang and San Remo, the purpose is to wait until Brescia defeats San Remo before whipping them!
At the pre-match press conference.
The head coach of Brescia is very stable. He said that the team does not attach importance to the outcome of this game. Their goal this year is to impact Serie A, and Italian Cup is not in their plan.
In this game, they mostly used substitutes to find their form.
This does not mean to look down on San Remo, many teams have the same view on the cup.
If it is less than the top 16, the top eight or even less than the semi-finals, some teams will not take it seriously.
Even in the later stage, due to the pressure from the league championship or Champions League, Europa League, Italian Cup could give up even if it entered the semi-finals.
But that is for the powerful Serie A.
Italian Cup, is a great honor for most of the non-powerful teams in Serie A, let alone the second-tier teams.
So, if possible, Brescia certainly hopes they can go further.
The reason why they let the substitutes play is because they believe that the substitute lineup is enough to defeat San Remo.
It's not like they don't understand San Remo at all, or in other words, because of the conflict between Lu Yang and la Repubblica, almost most of the Italy football world knows what problems San Remo is encountering now.
Core injury retreated.
The new core was extremely unsuitable, and even lost its previous dominance in the game.
The entire team is extremely lacking in offense.
There is nothing better than a team like this to train substitutes and young players and let them find their confidence.
As for San Remo, it was Soto who appeared at the pre-game press conference with Lu Yang.
After Soto announced the lineup of San Remo, reporters at the scene suddenly had the urge to ask questions.
Reporter: "Soto, is this true? San Remo has never played in a 4213 formation before, but you arranged it like this in the face of a strong enemy. Do they know that you have such high demands on your own players?"
Soto said with a dark face, "This lineup is not much different from our previous playing style, and most players can adapt to it."
Reporter: "Are you sure? These are two sets of playing styles centered around different cores. Your previous 433 core was Moric in the middle, but what about now? We can see in the first few games that Lu Yang is not capable of playing with a rear core."
Soto: "So I moved him forward, he is no longer a defensive midfielder, he is the 1 in 4213!"
Reporter: "You must be crazy! He can't feel comfortable playing from behind, and you actually let him go to the front? I can even imagine what kind of disastrous performance he will have next."
Soto: "We'll see. By the way, you are la Repubblica's reporter, right?"
Reporter: "Yes."
Soto: "Security! Didn't Lu Yang say that reporters from la Repubblica will never be welcome at San Remo's press release site! Ask him to leave immediately, and don't let this happen again!"
La Repubblica's reporter left the scene depressed.
Don't talk about martial ethics!
At this time, other reporters asked, "Lu Yang, can you talk about your performance in the past few games? We can see that you performed very tenaciously. You won two wins and a draw for the team in a very unfavorable situation."
"Everyone can see your struggle in the Moric position. How will you handle this game?"
This is a neutral reporter. His questions are sincere and he hits the mark.
Lu Yang said, "San Remo doesn't need a second Moric. In this game, I will use my own way to bring the team a victory."
Reporter: "Victory? Are you sure? Your opponent is the strong team Serie B!"
Lu Yang: "I am extremely sure!"
Reporter: "Okay, I'm looking forward to your performance."
In the team's locker room, Soto is explaining to the players targeted kicking methods against the opponent.
San Remo wants to do something with Italian Cup, so they have specialized research on each opponent in the cup.
It is not difficult to obtain the information of Serie B and Soto.
After all, he also has a good gay friend Maniero who has nothing to do at the moment and his balls hurt, right?
There are rumors that Maniero is likely to accept the position of head coach of the Italy youth team next summer and lead the young players of Italy to compete in European Under-21 Championship.
And if he completes it smoothly, he will likely become the head coach of Italy National Team in the summer of the next year and lead the team to compete in European Championship!
Of course, the premise is that Italy National Team can break out of the European Championship qualifiers.
As one of the candidates for the future head coach of the national youth team and the national team, Maniero should have an in-depth understanding of Italy football, so he has information about almost all Serie A and Serie B teams.
"Brescia's lineup is a traditional 4-4-2 formation, with parallel positions in the midfield. The forward players include the familiar speed player Arnold." Soto said, "Because most of them are substitute players, they are not actually strong, and they are not even as good as us in terms of tacit understanding."
"I ask our defense not to press forward, not to give the opponent a chance to counterattack, and to stabilize the situation before trying to attack."
"Lu Yang, their parallel positioning midfielder cannot prevent the push. As long as you can pass one person, you have passed the entire line of defense. In the early stage of the game, this is our best opportunity, you must seize it!"
In the locker room, the players nodded.
Especially Lu Yang.
All along, Lu Yang has not been a core player, even if his data is far better than that of the core players.
But there is a huge difference between core players and role players.
This is the theoretical basis for most people in the market to underestimate him.
Now, it's time to prove that he lives up to his reputation as Italy's future midfielder duo.
He, Lu Yang, is also a ruthless character who can play the core role!
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