Coaching career started as a college team coach

(It's really hard to check the data of Atlanta's team. QAQ)

In terms of contact with young players, he is obviously defeated by Wei Le. He knows what the "generation gap" is, and he can hardly understand what the players chat about. He also finds it difficult to understand why Wei Le is willing to "condescend" to the players and sit among them to play games.

When he learned that Wei Le could enter the players' exclusive lounge, he thought it was Wei Le's own arrangement, but he soon learned that it was the players who invited him in!

This is not unusual.

The Wolves are now very united, although they are facing some minor problems and are still adapting to the Premier League environment. Although the level of Wolves' current training courses still needs to be improved, some projects can be improved in his opinion.

But when it comes to creating a team atmosphere and personnel management, Gianluca Conte has come to an astonishing conclusion-Wei Le may not lose to Antonio Conte, and may even surpass him in getting along with young players!

Gianluca Conte does not seem to be here to help the poor with technology. Although he brought advanced training content and commendable football concepts, the team that can tie Manchester United in the league must have its own set of tactics.

Gianluca also discovered Wei Le's talent, that is, he is very familiar with the characteristics of the opponent's team, very keen on its tactical play, and often draws some amazing conclusions that even Antonio Conte cannot draw.

For example, in the case of Otamendi, after the start of the 2017/2018 season, Manchester City has upgraded its play, and Wei Le independently discovered their loopholes just by observing their limited game performance.

What is this? This is the potential of a famous coach!

On Wei Le's side, although Gianluca Conte carries the name of Conte, he still has a lot to learn.

"What about Atalanta?" Gianluca Conte raised his hand to ask.

"You don't have to raise your hand next time." Wei Le smiled at Gianluca, "Regarding Atalanta, I think there are some similarities between our basic style of play and Manchester City's."

"Should we also use pressing to defeat pressing like we did against Manchester City?" Gianluca Conte asked.

Wei Le did not answer directly, but dragged a chair to sit in the middle and asked the coaching team in front of him, "What do you think?"

Gianluca did not answer, but set-piece coach Nicolas Jowell spoke first.

"I think it's not okay to use the same set of tactics. The two games are only three days apart. If all the main players play in both games, there may be problems in the second game or the third game after the Manchester City game."

"Indeed." Physical trainer, Mark Hercus, sat next to Sergio Perez. He and Perez discussed in a low voice for a while and responded, "But with the current physical reserve of the Wolves, as long as there is a little rotation, it should be no big problem to hold on."

Wei Le gave the two of them an encouraging look, "We don't need to consider the subsequent league schedule now."

"If we choose to play in both games, it won't be good either." Qiao Weier continued Said, "The tactics played by Atalanta are always different from those played by Manchester City."

"There are indeed differences, but the general style of play is offensive." Gianluca retorted, "Here is a piece of data. Atalanta's shots and shots on target are second in Serie A, the ability to create more than 110 opportunities, and the average number of key passes per game is more than 13, which are all at the forefront of Serie A."

"Such data is similar to our level in the Championship." Celars looked at the data from the data analysis team and said, "But it's different in the Premier League."

"This also shows how strong they are in Serie A." Celars concluded.

Wei Le has not spoken all the time, just listening attentively to the discussions of his assistants and writing down some aspects he didn't think of in his notebook.

Data.

This word has been mentioned by more and more football practitioners, and in the 2010s, data has gradually become more and more intertwined with the traditional sport of football.

When preparing for a game, the opponent's data is often more telling than a complete game video.

Sometimes, the data itself is the answer.

For example, when it comes to how to defend shots, Wolves found that Alejandro Gomez of Atlanta fired an astonishing 117 shots in the just-concluded 2016/2017 season, averaging 3.2 shots per game; 59 of them were from outside the penalty area and 55 were from inside the penalty area.

This data itself does not mean anything.

But looking atIn the data of other players, there is a gap in shooting. Andrea Petagna ranks second in the number of shots, but as a center forward, he only took 68 shots, an average of 2 shots per game.

What can we analyze from this?

First of all, Alekjandro Gomez is a left forward and left winger. The theoretical range of activity should be near the penalty area, but more than half of his shots are outside the penalty area.

This shows that Alekjandro is the focus of Atlanta's offense, and he is more inclined to try outside the penalty area.

Furthermore, we can know that Zhang Feng Andrea Petagna is more inclined to play the role of a fulcrum center forward. This is very useful for defensive shooting, and what needs to be defended is Alekjandro Gomez's long shots.

In addition to him, the shots of other offensive players, regardless of their positions, are more likely to appear in the penalty area, which requires players to pay attention to the potential insertion of midfielders and come to the penalty area to shoot.

Wei Le was able to recognize the flaws of Otamendi in Manchester City because the data in the game told him that Otamendi basically would not pass the ball to the left, and his passing success rate was much lower than Stones.

With the data, everything seems to have become a little simpler, but why did Gianluca Conte still see the potential of a famous coach in Wei Le? That's because he seems to be better at extracting the information behind the data.

The same data, how to make the data useful, this reflects the difference. And the same two sets of data, how to compare the most useful results, this is even more of a gap. And most importantly, with the results, how to use them in a targeted manner? How to turn his ideas into the performance of the players on the field?

This is the role of the head coach and his team.

So how to play against Atlanta?

The final discussion result of the coaching staff is similar to Wei Le's original idea.

That is, the team should adopt a completely different style of play from the game against Manchester City.