amazing coach

Chapter 36 My football philosophy is victory

Nielsen gave Jiang Mu and Zhao Guangming a three-day holiday and asked them to arrange their work, residence and other matters. After becoming professional coaches, their original jobs were no longer necessary and there was no time to do them anymore. Jiang Mu and Zhao Guangming both resigned.

After quitting their jobs, they moved their family to the quiet and beautiful small town of Alkmaar, where Alkmaar Club had already rented a house for them.

On the fourth day, Jiang Mu and Zhao Guangming met Lin Nazhou and reported to Alkmaar Club together.

In Nielsen's office, Jiang Mu met Alkmaar head coach Van Dijk. Schlinja was also there, and there was a strange Dutch man. When Jiang Mu and the other three came in, Schlinja and Van Dijk seemed to be arguing about something.

, seeing Jiang Mu come in, both of them shut up at the same time.

Nelson stood up and said: "Jiang, Zhao, Bruce (Linner Zhou's Dutch name), you are here, sit down for a while and wait for coach Reimer to take you to meet the players."

Van Dijk gave Jiang Mu and the others a cold look, turned around and left the manager's office without saying hello to anyone.

"Manager Nelson, training time is almost here, and it's time for us to meet the players."

Jiang Mu doesn't want to get involved in the club's power struggle. He is just a newcomer and a coach of the youth team. Even if he has a good relationship with Shlinja, it is very dangerous to get involved in the whirlpool of the club's power struggle.

Yes, the best policy is to protect yourself wisely.

"Oh, Coach Reimer, take Coach Jiang to meet the players. Jiang, if you have any questions, you can come to me directly. Of course, you can also contact Manager Schlinja." Nelson looked at his watch and asked

Lei Mo and Jiang Muchao.

"Got it. Goodbye Manager Nelson and Director Schlinja."

Jiang Mu and Remo shook hands, and the four of them left the manager's office and walked toward the stadium.

AZ Alkmaar's youth training base is next to the Dehoot Stadium. It is the smallest club in the Dutch second division and is relatively old. However, compared with the Oriental Dragons' stadium, it is like Manchester United's Theater of Dreams.

Six fields of different sizes are connected together. The two fields on the east side belong to the first team, and the four fields on the west side belong to youth teams of various levels. It is also the home ground for the youth team to play in the reserve league.

The news that Jiang Mu will coach the Alkmaar youth team has long been spread. When Jiang Mu and his party walked into the stadium, all the first-team players who were training turned their heads and gave Jiang Mu a "look at you". Of course, this look

None of them were well-intentioned. Jiang Mu ruined all their dignity and dignity at that time. If it weren't for Cambour and Ajax later on, Alkmaar would have become the laughing stock of the entire football world.

Jiang Mu ignored the hostile looks from the Alkmaar players and instead waved to them cheerfully.

As Jiang Mu's personally selected assistants, Zhao Guangming and Lin Nazhou naturally had to follow Jiang Mu in waving flags and shouting. They also waved along with Jiang Mu, making it look like the head of state was reviewing the guard of honor.

In the eyes of Alkmaar's players, this was a demonstration and a provocation. They were all young and energetic young people. They could not hold back their anger and booed Jiang Mu and the other four. Some of them even cursed rudely.

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Van Dijk had been watching silently and didn't say anything. When Jiang Mu passed by the first team's stadium, he coldly scolded the players: "What are you yelling about? Isn't it just that you lost a game because of your carelessness? You lost a game.

You can't lose the ball for a lifetime, and winning a game is not a lifetime glory? Give me good training, and you will be a hero if you reach the Eredivisie."

"It's so sour! There's so much resentment, but if you lose a game, you'll be embarrassed for the rest of your life." Zhao Guangming covered his nose as if he couldn't smell it.

Everyone could tell that Van Dijk was making insinuations to ridicule Jiang Mu. In order to maintain his grace, Jiang Mu did not bother to fight back against his defeated opponent, so Zhao Guangming opened his mouth and fought back.

"Stop talking about it. On the first day of work, leave a good impression on the team members."

Jiang Mu stopped Zhao Guangming, who was still trying to fight back, and pulled him towards the youth team field.

"Welcome, Coach Jiang."

"Hello, Coach Jiang."

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Bang bang bang! Warm applause rang out, and the players of the youth team all shouted enthusiastically for Coach Jiang, just like welcoming an international star. Jiang Mu himself wondered how he could have such good popularity in Alkmaar.

Although the youth team and the first team are both players from the same club, the relationship between them is more of a competitive relationship. After Van Dijk took office, in order to ensure results, he rarely implemented a rotation system and would rather buy players than promote them.

The players and coaches of the youth team were very dissatisfied with their own players in the youth team. The previous coach of the second team resigned in anger because of this.

Jiang Mu led the amateur team to defeat Alkmaar, a team built by Van Dijk with a lot of money, which made the youth team players feel bad. He also eliminated Eredivisie teams like Cambre. The youth team players almost regarded him as an idol.

Three days ago, club manager Nelson announced that Jiang Mu would join the youth team. These players had been eagerly waiting for Jiang Mu's arrival.

Reimer looked at these star-chasing young players and said humorously: "It seems that I don't need to introduce Coach Jiang to you. Let me introduce these two coaches. This is Coach Zhao Guangming. Maybe you also have this coach."

I don’t know him, but you will know his name when I mention it, Bruce Lin, Ajax’s No. 9..."

Reimer was interrupted before he finished speaking. The youth team players applauded enthusiastically again. Linnazhou's name is still very influential in the Netherlands and everyone in the football circle knows it.

"...Now let's ask Coach Jiang to tell us a few words."

After Remo finished speaking, he applauded first, and then the players of the youth team also applauded.

Jiang Mu actually didn't want to say anything and hadn't made much preparation in advance, but he had just arrived at the team and it was impossible not to say anything. He stood in front of the team and waved to the players to signal them to be quiet.

Quietly, the players of the youth team immediately stopped applauding and talking, and listened carefully to Jiang Mu's speech.

"We Chinese have an old saying, 'listen to what they say and watch what they do', so I think what I say now is not important. What is important is what I do and how I do it in the future. My coaching philosophy is actually very simple. I used to coach

I played against Alkmaar when I was a member of the Oriental Dragons. Some of you must have seen and heard about it..."

Someone in the youth team immediately laughed, and then many people laughed, because Jiang Mu's obscene style of defeating Alkmaar had long spread throughout the city of Alkmaar, and many people took it as a joke, especially

The scene where the center forward had his shorts taken off was even more popular.

"...Maybe you think it's funny, but if you ask the first-team players, they definitely don't think it's funny, because they are the ones being laughed at. Football is a war, you have to be serious and don't play with a game mentality.

Meet the game or you will definitely be punished.

My football philosophy is victory. As long as you go on the field, you must fight for victory by any means necessary. As long as you go on the training field, you must fight for the game with all your strength.

In addition, I remind you not to believe in the nonsense about artistic football. Art is done on the basis of a full meal. No one will do art when you are hungry. So our football is a winning football, and I only allow it to be done on a winning basis.

Basically do art.

Okay, I’m done with my speech!”

There was no applause, only silence, because Jiang Mu's words had such a huge impact on the youth team players.

Dutch football thinking has always been aesthetic and artistic. No matter how many championships you win, as long as you don’t play well, you will definitely be scolded. It is precisely because of the influence of this football thinking that the technical and tactical level of the Dutch national team has been reduced.

The Netherlands, which has always been among the best in the world and has produced countless superstars, has only won the European Cup once.

Now Jiang Mu directly puts the result before the process and believes that art is not important, but victory and championship are important. How can these young people accept it?

Jiang Mu did not force the players to accept his ideas immediately. He understood that it would take time. After speaking, Jiang Mu asked the players to start training.

In terms of training content, Jiang Mu has not made many changes. Although he comes from thirty years later, he cannot raise the training standards indefinitely. After all, there is still a process of adaptation, and the concepts and techniques of Dutch football have already changed.

Being among the most advanced in the world, as long as we make slight changes on the original basis, it will not only appear innovative, but also allow the players to adapt quickly.

Jiang Mu only changed two things, one is ball control, and the other is high pressing. This is the stunt that Barcelona will dominate the world ten years later. Barcelona learned from Cruyff of the Netherlands and are in the same vein as Dutch football. Players from the Alkmaar youth team

Although it seems strange, it is not unacceptable. Moreover, they are young, in good physical condition, and have endless energy in their bodies. The high-position pressing technology is tailor-made for them.

It's just that young players are not good enough in controlling the ball. Players are too young and impatient. After getting the ball, they want to score the ball into the opponent's goal immediately, instead of patiently kicking back, waiting for the opponent to show a flaw, and then try again.

The sword seals the throat.

However, Jiang Mu is not in a hurry. Tactical concepts are not formed or changed in a day. The youth team does not value results. Playing in the reserve league is just to improve the level. It is neither relegated nor promoted. He has a lot of time and games.

To transform these players, let them understand that victory requires patience when losing, and possession of the ball is the best way to minimize the opponent's chances.

Van Dijk has been watching Jiang Mu's training from a distance. He hates Jiang Mu and is also full of curiosity about Jiang Mu. He really wants to know how Jiang Mu can lead a garbage team like the Oriental Dragons to defeat Alkmaar and Brennan.

With a well-trained professional team like Dan, he knew very well that there was no way he could do it all.

But he observed that there was nothing surprising about Jiang Mu's training, and it was not much different from the basic Dutch football philosophy. When he was coaching the Oriental Dragons, Jiang Mu lined up three defensive players at the front of the penalty area.

Defensive counterattack, but now it is authentic offensive football, without any meaning of shabby defense.

"His training methods are very different from how he plays in games, right?"

Van Dijk's assistant coach Vidok was also paying attention to Jiang Mu's training. Seeing that Jiang Mu didn't put much effort into defense, he couldn't help but said to Van Dijk suspiciously.

Van Dijk sneered and said: "Who knows what tricks he is playing? It's just a matter of dragging his team over. Vidoc, go and tell him that we are going to play a warm-up match with the second team.

Let them prepare."

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Vidoc agreed and walked towards the second team's training ground.