Coaching career started as a college team coach

///I have been updating once recently. Today I will write 3,000 words, so I will round it up to 2 updates. I will see if I can resume the 2-update mode tomorrow. ///

After Motta finished speaking, he waited anxiously for Wei Le's reply.

He knew that whether he could come to Wolves to learn depended on Wei Le's consent. Wei Le had the final say when appointing the first-team coach, so as long as he agreed, there would be no problem.

So, Motta was very worried about whether his tactical concept could be recognized by Wei Le.

This was not the first time he proposed this tactical concept to others. He had also talked about his ideas with other players in Paris Saint-Germain and some coaches of Paris Saint-Germain before.

But everyone's reaction was surprisingly consistent.

Everyone was surprised at his wild ideas, but most criticized him for being unrealistic and told him not to think too much.

He had not yet made his ideas public, but some old players of Paris Saint-Germain advised him not to do so. The media's ability to interpret was amazing.

With the purpose of "finding topics" and "finding controversy", the media can be said to have done everything they can. They don't care about Motta's historical status. They are afraid that they will laugh at Motta and his tactics.

Over time, Motta actually began to doubt himself. Is his idea feasible?

If his tactical concept that supports him to be a coach is itself unrealistic and difficult to achieve, then should he still be a coach? Motta and Guardiola did not talk about his tactical concept, and on the one hand, he was also worried about being criticized.

But after getting familiar with Wei Le, Motta still plucked up the courage to express his ideas to Wei Le.

"Good idea." Wei Le said with a smile.

Motta's eyes widened. Wei Le's first sentence was "good idea", which was praise! Instead of laughing directly and saying that he was unrealistic! Thiago Motta asked uncertainly, "What?"

"I said, your idea is feasible." Wei Le said seriously.

Wei Le really thought so.

Thiago Motta looks at the game differently from most head coaches, Wei Le, and others. He looks at it horizontally. For example, 4-4-2, from a traditional perspective, is a formation of four defenders, four midfielders and two forwards.

But Thiago Motta has a completely different idea.

He named his formation 2-7-2.

What does it mean?

2 players on the left, 7 players in the middle, and 2 players on the right.

That's a total of 11 people.

The current mature formations are generally named after the goalkeeper, because the position of the goalkeeper will never change. Whose goalkeeper runs forward to attack?

I'm afraid it's only Zhao Xiangqian.

Since the birth of football, goalkeepers have been in a position with a lower tactical status than frontcourt players. After all, the penalty area is equivalent to a "tightening curse", forcing the goalkeeper, the only character on the field who can legally touch the ball with his hands, to move more in the penalty area.

They are protected in the penalty area.

But at the same time, the penalty area is also a restriction on them. They are no different from other players when they leave their own penalty area.

Before the 21st century, goalkeeper training was basically independent of other players. Head coaches believed that goalkeepers only needed to do the most basic catching and saving the ball. Passing the ball? They just need to pass the ball to the person closest to them.

Until Guardiola's Dream Three Dynasty, goalkeepers played an important role in Barcelona's tactical system for the first time "noticeably". Goalkeeper Valdés often walked out of the penalty area to receive and pass the ball.

Later, the emergence of "sweeper goalkeepers" led by Neuer gave the position of goalkeepers more meaning.

Nowadays, more and more head coaches attach importance to the tactical role of goalkeepers. For example, in Liverpool's training, goalkeepers participate in the team's tactical training. Only one or two days before the game, they will follow the goalkeeper coach to train alone; for example, the Wolves of Wei Le are also the same. Martinez's saves are not the focus of training, but passing the ball is. Wei Le also requires Martinez to participate in tactical training.

Despite this, many teams still train goalkeepers separately from other positions. In general, the role of goalkeepers is not taken seriously.

Motta's idea is to let the goalkeeper participate in the ball directly in the backcourt pass stage, which also creates more receiving points for the midfielder to pass back.

"In modern football, the position of players is no longer fixed. The center forward also has to participate in defense, and the center back can also score goals. This is called industrial football by some people.It is true that the ball has wiped out the talents of some top players and made the role of the classic attacking midfielder gradually disappear. "

"However, this is the future development direction of football, at least for a period of time." Wei Le sighed, "We must obey it."

"A wider range of rotation is the correct answer for football in the next ten years. Central defenders and midfielders alternate, forwards pull to the wing, and wingers enter the middle. Such rotation will create threats to the overall defense to a large extent. "

"So, your tactical direction is fine." Wei Le said seriously.

"Really!" Motta's voice was a little surprised.

"I can still be the head coach for decades, and so can you. We will see how the future will develop." Wei Le smiled.

Motta said with some concern, "It's just that this is not easy to achieve."

"Yes, this is also a problem with your tactics. "Wei Le said frankly, "Wolves may not be able to meet your requirements. For example, although Martinez can participate in the ball, if you let him go out of the penalty area to participate in the backcourt transmission, I am afraid he is still overestimated."

"I tried it, but it didn't work." Wei Le smiled, "It was a warm-up match a year ago. I told him not to return to the penalty area and let others pass the ball to him more. I don't remember how many times he lost that game, anyway, the central defender at that time was out of breath. "

Motta also laughed.

Some head coaches have their own ideas and will try to get the team to integrate his ideas or buy players that suit his ideas. This is a "team-building head coach"; some will adjust their tactics according to the team's personnel configuration. This is an "adaptive head coach".

Guardiola and Klopp are both the former, and Wei Le thinks that Motta is also. However, this distinction is not rigorous. If Guardiola is asked to lead a relegation team, he will definitely change his mind at the beginning to adapt to the situation at the time.

Wei Le hopes to be such a head coach, but when he came to Wolves, the team's state was not good, and he couldn't make too many adjustments.

"You haven't met a team of your own yet, but you will eventually meet it." Wei Le said, "But before that, I think we all need to learn to adapt."

Motta nodded. Wei Le paused and continued, "Be flexible, but you have to be confident. ”

“I may not be qualified to evaluate your career. When you played in the Champions League, I was still a kid playing in the mud. But I think that as a coach, the first thing you need is confidence in your own tactics. As long as this is your idea, don't doubt it. ”

“Being a coach has nothing to do with your body, it only has to do with your mind. "Wei Le said with a hint of meaning.

Motta pursed his lips and nodded.

Motta is not confident.

His weakness is his injury. Because of the injury, he has never been able to fully realize his talent. All commentators will regret that they have never been able to see a healthy Motta.

The injury has worn away his spirit and made him gradually doubt himself. He began to think that this is his ceiling and there is no way to go further.

This also affected his coaching career.

Wei Le saw from the system that Motta's current mental state is "not firm".

Wei Le hopes that Motta will be confident. On the one hand, he hopes that the top player he once "looked up" from the TV in his childhood will have a good development in the coaching position; on the other hand, he knows that he is unlikely to stay in Wolves forever, and Motta is probably the best candidate to take over his position.

Motta doesn't know so much, he only knows that his ideas are recognized by others !

Moreover, he knew that this was not Wei Le's flattery, and Wei Le did not need to flatter or perfunctorily deal with him. Wei Le told him what was good about his idea and where the problem was, which showed that Wei Le listened carefully and took in his ideas.

Guardiola recommended Wei Le as his first teacher. How could this be the first teacher? This was simply a talent scout!

What touched him the most was Wei Le's statement about "confidence".

Coincident with what his wife said to him, Wei Le also hoped that he could have more confidence. Maybe Wei Le didn't know, but he really thought a lot before he made up his mind to become the head coach.

What if he was not recognized?

Some of his former teammates ruined their previous reputations after becoming head coaches. What should he do if he followed in their footsteps?

What if...

But, perhaps as Wei Le said, if this is just a game of ideas, then MottaI thought, why not be more confident?

He nodded and said firmly, "I will continue to work hard!"