amazing coach

Chapter 46 The first league game

Two days after Jiang Mu took charge of Alkmaar's first team, the first league game against Zwolle kicked off.

According to the special competition system of the Dutch League, there is only one direct promotion place in the Dutch second division. AZ Alkmaar, which is 12 points behind the first place with only seven games left, should actually be the easiest. They have won the first place in the stage before.

No matter how poorly we perform later, we will have the opportunity to participate in the play-offs after the league ends, so we can recharge our batteries for the play-offs.

But the current Alkmaar team is equally nervous, even more nervous than Zwolle, who are competing for first place in the final stage, because their new head coach Jiang Mu has already promised the media that he will win all the remaining games, and then

Expect miracles to happen.

Regardless of whether Jiang Mu shouted slogans or really wanted to do so, he still had to win this game for the sake of face and to consolidate his authority.

Zwolle has never won first place in any stage before. They now have to fight for a place in the play-offs. This is the second game of the last stage. They have already won one game before and are trying to take advantage of it.

Take down Alkmaar, who is strong but in poor condition.

This is the advantage of the Dutch League. Although the competition system is complicated and cumbersome, even in the final stage, each team has its own goals. Even the last place has the hope of advancing to the Eredivisie. There will never be other leagues that do not work well.

The phenomenon of exerting effort and perfunctory competition occurs.

This game was held at Alkmaar's Dehout Stadium. For Alkmaar, who was suffering from internal and external problems, and Jiang Mu, who had just taken office, this was the only favorable condition, because before the game, the media broke the news that Alkmaar had a starting problem.

, there was another conflict in the locker room.

"Martens will not start. He has a slight physical problem, but he may come on as a substitute at some point." Jiang Mu said at the pre-match press conference before the game against Zwolle.

However, according to the Dutch "International Football", Martens, the absolute main player of the original team, claimed that he had no physical problems, he was just angry, and he could not understand why the head coach used such a lame reason to make him a substitute.

Si believes that it is humiliating for him to start the 17-year-old Kuyt and make himself a substitute. He would rather go to the second team than play as a substitute.

But then the team's manager Schlinja refuted the rumors on the "Holland Chinese International" TV station, saying that Martens was not criticizing the head coach Jiang Mu. He just hoped to start. The team was in trouble and he wanted to do his best for the team.

One force.

Everyone knows that refuting rumors is mostly equivalent to confirming the truth. With the lazy and free character of the Dutch, Martens can definitely say what he said. Under normal circumstances, the head coach will pretend to be deaf and dumb to avoid affecting the team's morale and playing.

After the game, he would settle accounts with the players, but Jiang Mu completely ignored this. He immediately held a press conference in the evening, directly transferred Martens to the second team, and promoted a second team player to the first team as a substitute.

There was chaos in the locker room at Alkmaar, which naturally made the people of Zwolle happy. Their head coach Fernando said before the game that he did not want to talk about the internal strife in the locker room at Alkmaar, and did not think that this internal strife would have much impact on the outcome of the game.

Influence, it is the strength on paper that determines victory or defeat. But the topic changed, Fernando said that Zwolle's locker room is very united, and it was this unity that allowed them to defeat the powerful Cambuer in the last game.

, now they are fighting for a play-off spot, and winning Alkmaar is a task that must be completed.

On the morning of the game, the atmosphere at Dehout Stadium was very depressing. Jiang Mu had only been in office for two days, but he had driven away the old captain Maher, delegated the absolute main force Martens, and put four second-choice players in the starting lineup.

This behavior made the old players very dissatisfied. Maher, who announced an indefinite leave of absence, called Jiang Mu's behavior "a child's nonsense."

But Jiang Mu doesn't think that his iron-fisted military management is nonsense. He plays a league game two days after taking office and wants to win. If he wants his tactics and ideas to be implemented as soon as possible, it is impossible to convince people with morality. He must

Establish your authority in a short period of time, forcing players to obey completely.

The training in the morning was mainly based on group confrontation. The main starting players were in one group, and the substitutes and other players were in one group. Jiang Mu did not do any small tricks such as number swaps. The players he now has are stronger than his opponents and have better skills.

The opponent's tactics are unknown to him, so he can definitely defeat the Zwolle team with his majestic tactics.

Kuyt is very excited to be playing in the professional league for the first time. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep well in the middle of the night yesterday. He relied on counting sheep and taking sleeping pills to fall asleep. He also performed extremely actively in today's training match, running back and forth and fighting for each other.

In tackling, he is a striker who is so diligent that his defenders are a little jealous.

Altidore, who had just been transferred back from the second team, not only became the captain, but also the core midfielder who controls the team's offensive and defensive rhythm. He has always been a player in the first team, and his skills are also the best in Alkmaar, new and old.

The players are also quite convinced of him. He has become the link of cooperation and understanding between new and old players on the court, and he is also the conductor and executor of Jiang Mu's tactics.

The veteran players of the first team maintain their positions in the midfield and backfield. Jiang Mu attaches great importance to defense. His football thinking comes from China's Sun Tzu: first be invincible, and then look for opportunities to defeat the enemy. The veteran players cooperate with each other tacitly.

, rich in experience, Jiang Mu did not want to take the risk of breaking up the back line and then regrouping.

Although Jiang Mu has only been coaching for two days, the players in the first team are no strangers to Zhang Mu's tactics. When they played in the Dutch Cup two years ago, Van Dijk led the team to study Jiang Mu's tactics. Later, Jiang Mu

Coaching the second team of Alkmaar, the players of the first team can see the training of the players of the second team every day, and later played a warm-up match. It can be said that the players of the first team have no worse understanding of Jiang Mu’s tactics than the players of the second team. They lack

It's just practice.

After the morning training, the players did not go home and ate together in the restaurant of the stadium. This is Jiang Mu's new rule. The day and night before the game must be spent in the team. The purpose is to let the players get familiar with each other.

Become friends. Many of the exquisite cooperation on the court come from tacit understanding, but this tacit understanding is not all obtained from training.

After lunch, Jiang Mu and the coaching staff held the last team affairs meeting before the war in the conference hall on the second floor. At the meeting, Jiang Mu used video to analyze the Zwolle team's playing style as a whole and pointed out their three lines.

The most threatening player, and also analyzed the referee Bakar's enforcement style.

"Chang'e 1" recorded the ten league games in which Bakar was a law enforcement official and came to an analysis conclusion, including Bakar's habit of giving red cards and yellow cards, the scale of fouls and physical contact, and what kind of players Bakar likes.

The very detailed description benefited the players a lot. Physical coach Boden and three other people were also shocked by Jiang Mu's thoughtful thinking. They once again believed that Van Dijk's loss to Jiang Mu was no accident.

Finally, Jiang Mu emphasized three more points, "... First, reduce mistakes. A team with a mistake rate no higher than 15 to 18 percentage points is invincible. No matter what level of team you are, if you can do

By controlling the total error rate within 20%, you will be able to remain undefeated in a game.

Second, if there is a problem with physical fitness, you must ask for a substitution in time, and never hold on. Physical fitness is the guarantee of all techniques and tactics. Without physical fitness, there is nothing, and the spirit cannot solve all problems.

Third, no matter in front of the opponent's goal or in front of your own goal, you must stay excited and strong, don't just like to score goals, in my team, preventing the opponent from a must-goal is equivalent to scoring a goal."

Jiang Mu's tactical concepts and game concepts are very novel, scientific, humane, and concise and easy to understand. Jiang Mu's speech has changed many old players' prejudices against Jiang Mu.

The game started at three o'clock in the afternoon. Due to Jiang Mu's miraculous performance before, Alkmaar fans were full of expectations for this game and came to the stadium early. It turns out that Alkmaar only has three to two thousand fans per game.

The Dehoot Stadium, which can accommodate 8,000 people, is always empty, but today, around two o'clock, more than 5,000 fans were seated in the Dehoot Stadium, and fans are still pouring into the stadium.

By the time the game started, the number of fans at Dehout Stadium had reached 6,500. The on-site commentator said excitedly: "This is the first time in five years that the number of fans at Dehout Stadium has exceeded 6,000. Jiang Mu is

Alkmaar's appeal is unparalleled, and many non-fans come to watch the game. With this popularity, if Alkmaar reaches the Eredivisie, we will have to find a new, big stadium."

When the on-site commentator said this, Alkmaar's boss Dilk also came to the stadium. There were no boxes at the Dehout Stadium, so he sat among the fans with club manager Nelson and his daughter Schlinja and listened to the explanation.

Regarding the player's words, Dilke said to Nelson with a smile: "If we can enter the Eredivisie, I will invest in building a beautiful new stadium."

Sihelinjia looked at Jiang Mu who was standing on the sidelines directing the game and said: "We will definitely reach the Eredivisie. I believe in Jiang Mu."

Nelson laughed and said: "I believe him too, even though he made the old captain Maher angry and ran away."

"He can't suppress these old players without taking action on Maher. Dilk looked at the fans who kept shouting for Jiang Mu and the banners like banners held up by the Chinese fans. He sighed: "This Chinese guy is so popular.

It’s so prosperous that even I’m a little jealous.”

"This is called an idol-level coach." Sihelinjia was very proud of her vision and looked proud when talking about Jiang Mu.

"Quick, quick, look, it's a single sword..."

Nelson suddenly stood up excitedly and stared at the court.

Schlinja and Dilk also noticed the changes on the court at the same time, and their eyes were fixed on the Alkmaar player running in front of the Zwolle defender.