Coaching career started as a college team coach

[Wei: Your ideas really surprised me. You saw a lot of things that my coaching staff and I didn't see. If you're willing, how about we talk about the next upcoming game? ]

A message was sent and a reply was received almost immediately.

[Thiago Motta: OK! ]

The two finally decided to call and talk in detail.

This was the first time Wei Le really heard Thiago Motta's voice. Well, how should I put it... It was a bit different from what I imagined. Looking at Motta's face, I might think that Motta's voice must be very mature and steady.

But when Motta spoke, Wei Le could still feel that Motta's voice was actually very young, full of vitality and drive. Wei Le smiled and greeted Motta.

Wei Le didn't know if Motta could speak English before, but at least they were communicating in English now. English is certainly not Motta's native language, and of course it is not Wei Le's native language. Sometimes the two of them can't understand each other's meaning, but they can understand roughly by guessing and gesturing.

After all, football is a universal language.

After the greetings, the two got straight to the point.

Speaking of football, Motta's voice sounded a lot more serious.

"Wei, this game will probably be difficult to play. I think they will definitely defend and counterattack." Motta said.

"They are ahead in the score, and you are behind. You will definitely attack at home, and you must attack. At this time, I am afraid that things will be difficult to handle. I think Inzaghi will still send out a 5-3-2 formation, or even a 5-4-1 formation to defend and seek a counterattack."

"I think so too." Wei Le nodded.

"Therefore, the balance of offense and defense is particularly important." Motta said, "How to create a local advantage in numbers and maintain a balance of offense and defense, this... I haven't thought about it yet."

Wei Le smiled. This is the problem he is worried and entangled with now.

"If you were asked to lead the team, how would you arrange it?" Wei Le asked.

Motta thought for a while, "I can't say, but maybe I will directly send out a 4-1-2-1-2, or 4-4-2. In short, there will be two center forwards, one of whom is tall, and the rest will follow the method of breaking dense defense."

Wei Le frowned, but did not say anything rashly, nor did he interrupt, but let Motta continue.

"But I think the biggest factor hindering the Wolves now is not tactics, but psychology." Motta said here, and he felt that he had said too much, but seeing Wei Le responded encouragingly, as if asking him to continue, he said it boldly.

"The Wolves players may still not find the right way to face important games. When they get to the game, everyone only wants to do what they are familiar with. For example, Jota may start to dribble the ball. What they are familiar with is not what the team needs."

Wei Le smiled, "You think so too."

"Eh, too?" Motta noticed the key.

"I think so too. The main reason why we didn't win the last game was that everyone didn't know how to play football on the field and had forgotten the tactical arrangements off the field. This led to confusion and then to the loss of the ball."

"I still think that the technical and tactical level of football is important, but whether it can be played on the field depends on what the players think." Wei Le smiled bitterly, "I thought I had done enough. But now it seems that I haven't done enough."

Wei Le told Motta in detail about his views on the psychology of Wolves players.

Including arranging players to give lectures when he just took office to cultivate the players' understanding of the team's tactical play; including holding various small competitions to make the team atmosphere very good; including finding his position after consecutive losses.

But now it seems that there is still a part missing, that is, how to calm down when facing major games or pressure situations.

At the beginning, it was mainly Wei Le who was talking and Motta was listening. After Motta really understood what Wolves were doing, he was surprised and admired. Later, he also told Wei Le about some of the experiences he had accumulated in his career.

"You are really a psychologist. Even if you don't play football, you can probably make a lot of money as a psychologist." Motta said sincerely, "I also hope that I can get along so well with players when I become a coach in the future."

"I just learned some basics by myself." Wei Le shook his head, "People who study psychology don't study this."

Wei Le told Motta that he had a classmate who studied psychology before. When he was doing experiments in college, Wei Le went to see him. At that time, looking at thatMy buddy stayed with a group of lively little mice all day.

Wei Le asked him what he was studying. Wei Le would never forget the weird look in his buddy's eyes. He told Wei Le, "I'm studying how long it takes to turn off the lights before mice become depressed."

Wei Le:?

Wei Le's story made Motta laugh. As the two chatted, they felt like they had known each other for a long time. Wei Le thought that this might be because they were both good at thinking and were passionate about coaching.

While Motta was chatting, he also thought of what his wife had said to him before. He and Wei Le actually had some different opinions, but Wei Le told him that there is a saying in China called "seek common ground while reserving differences."

"It means to find common ground and keep different opinions." Wei Le explained, "You and I are different people. It is normal to have different ideas. I respect your ideas, you respect my ideas, and at the same time we cherish the same ideas as each other, so that we can become friends."

Motta felt that what Guardiola said was right.

Wei Le is really a wise man. Although he is only in his early twenties, he feels that he is much more mature than he looks.

After hearing that Wei Le is now very anxious about the team's mentality, Motta is actually a little worried.

"In fact, it is difficult to say about important games. Some people are good at playing in big games, and some people are not good at it." Motta thought for a while and said, "For example, I have seen that Guardiola is good at playing in big games, and the more big games he plays, the more stable he is. Some people who are not good at playing in big games tremble in the player channel before they even play."

After listening to Motta's words, Wei Le was stunned for a moment. However, he then said, "As a coach, you can definitely understand the individual differences of the players, but the purpose of the coach's existence is to allow the players to play their strengths as much as possible, and let the team learn to face major games. It is a necessary process to gain honors."

He knew that Motta didn't want him to be too stressed and get stuck in a dead end, but he still believed that it was the head coach's job to guide the players to think rationally. At least, this is his job.

He basically does not interfere with the training. Conte's work is done by Conte, and Celars' work is done by Celars. Generally speaking, he just stands by and watches. This is mainly because he himself has no talent in this area. He wants to design specific training courses, but it is still a little bit short of it.

He always remembers his advantage, which is the reason why he can gain the trust of players and coaches under the old coach Kenny Jackett, that is, he is very young and can get along well with the players. He can understand the needs of the players, and the players can also understand what he thinks.

Therefore, his coaching team has clear division of labor. The job of technical coaches is to improve the technical level of the team, and his job is to study appropriate tactical play, and more importantly, to get the players together.

"Well, yes." Motta also understood Wei Le's meaning, which made him admire Wei Le, a young man who is a dozen years younger than him, even more. At least in the face of difficulties, Wei Le is willing to find a way to solve it instead of avoiding it.