From the Country Team To the Rich

The next day, Boots came to Hoffenheim's training base early.

The training base at this time was a bit cold. In the entire training base, only some youth players were still undergoing basic training, but others could not see it.

But Boots didn't care about these things. There were fewer people, but it was quieter, which allowed him to concentrate on training better.

Yesterday, he got in touch with Hoffenheim's goalkeeper coach, and they will conduct one-on-one adaptation training.

The two agreed at eight o'clock in the morning, but Boots arrived at the training center at seven o'clock and began to warm up.

He didn't want these trivial things to delay the training, and hoped that he could directly enter the training course.

Soon, he saw the goalkeeper coach.

But to his surprise, it wasn't the goalkeeper coach alone, there was another one beside him.

Taking a closer look, he was surprised to find that this is Steven, the head coach of Hoffenheim!

Why is this one here?

But no matter what, Boots hurried forward to say hello.

"gentlemen!"

Boots yelled respectfully.

Steven waved his hand and said, "You practice yours, I'm here to teach you some tactical things."

After speaking, Steven went straight to the sidelines and sat on the ground, as if he had no intention of intervening in training at all.

But for Boots, Steven's appearance was a surprise.

After all, this person showed up to teach tactics in person, which meant that this person valued himself very much.

And so it is.

Hoffenheim's defense is already good, but if you want to go further, what you need is no longer a defender, but an excellent goalkeeper.

As Yuta Fukuoka said before, he can only be called ordinary, not excellent.

Therefore, Steven is full of expectations for the arrival of Boots.

He feels that the arrival of Boots will make Hoffenheim let go to a higher level.

Steven seemed to really have no intention of getting involved in general training.

Throughout the morning, Boots and the goalkeeper coach were conducting basic training.

Boots is tall and has a slender wingspan. Most importantly, this guy has agility and flexibility that don't match his height.

The dynamic vision is also very good, and the prediction of the shooting point is also extremely accurate.

The quality of talent these goalkeepers need is evident in him.

It can be said that this is a heavenly goalkeeper embryo.

It's easy to teach a genius, and the two of them completed a lot of training content in a whole morning.

But Boots is still excited at this time.

Because, the morning is ordinary training, and the afternoon is the highlight.

Boots' lunch is at the training center, and although the players are on vacation, the staff are still there, so the cafeteria is still open.

Hoffenheim's diet is extremely strict, saying that it is delicious, but it can absorb enough nutrients.

In this regard, Boots also gobbled it up. At this time, his head was full of afternoon training.

After eating and resting for a while, I came to the training ground at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the head coach Steven was already waiting there early.

Boots couldn't help but hurried over.

When he got closer, he realized that Steven had already pulled out the tactical board, with a notebook under his arm.

"gentlemen!"

Boots yelped.

Steven nodded slightly, handed over the note in his armpit, and said, "Take it and read it."

Boots took the notes, and the two sat on the floor.

Boots was flipping through it carefully, and Steven didn't rush.

Boots took it seriously, these are some key things in Hoffenheim's tactics.

But what puzzled him was that these were the tactical arrangements of other players, and there was no tactical reminder about the goalkeeper.

For this reason, Boots looked up suspiciously.

Steven also saw the other party's gaze, and said with a smile: "Are you puzzled, why is there no tactical guidance on the goalkeeper?"

Boots nodded quickly.

Steven said: "Hoffenheim's tactics are pass-and-control. Our tactical philosophy is to attack from the back line. I can tell you seriously that everyone in Hoffenheim has the ability to assist. All the time Habbr was on the ball, but when Habpur lost his voice, everyone else stepped up."

"We will not limit the attack frequency of the defensive players. As long as they think it is necessary, they can go forward, but at the same time, those who stay need to fill up the space!"

Boots nodded slightly.

This point, he is very clear.

In the match between Hoffenheim and Munich 1900, they also focused on taking care of Habbr.

But it didn't help at all.

Harble lost his voice, as did Ranie.

Ranier was lost and Alfred.

There are also cases where full-backs take the initiative to break through and assist.

Therefore, Hoffenheim's offensive starting points are diverse, which is hard to guard against.

At this time, Steven said: "Many people know that Hoffenheim's offense starts from the back line, but they don't know what the back line specifically refers to."

Here, Steven paused, observing Boots' reaction.

Sure enough, the other party also showed a puzzled look, and said, "Didn't the defender start?"

Steven showed a sly smile and said, "No!"

He pointed his index finger at Boots and said, "Attack! Start with the goalkeeper! This is the real content of our system!"

"Goalkeeper? Offensive?" Boots said in astonishment.

Steven spread his hands and said, "Why not? Hoffenheim is a tactic that evolved from absorbing the Dutch Total Defense system."

"The core is total defense, don't you feel like you are part of the team?"

"No, no, no! I'm just!" Boots was a little confused, mainly because this idea was too bold.

"Don't think too much, you will slowly accept this matter, and if you have the chance, you will also become the initiator of that attack!"

"This..." Boots smiled wryly; "I don't know what to do."

Steven stood up with a smile, patted his buttocks, and said; "That's why I'm here, there is still a month until the second half of the season, and you don't have much time."

Hearing this, Boots was shocked and got up to start training.

This kind of tactical training is boring and often requires a lot of round-trip running and tactical imaginary training.

This is not only physically exhausting, but also mentally exhausting.

Anyway, after a day's game, Boots's head was buzzing.

After training, he took a lot of notes and was going to review it again when he got home.

Boots is trying.

And with his efforts, he was also making quick jokes about what Steven was instilling.

Before I knew it, half a month had passed.

By this time Boots had slightly altered some of his goalkeeping traits.

The most obvious change is that the scope of Boots' control has become larger.

Sometimes even take the initiative to attack, give up the goal, and go directly outside the penalty area.

And this change made Steven a little confused, he felt that Boots had misinterpreted his meaning.

What he said is that the attack starts from the goalkeeper, not that you let yourself go!