Golden Greenery

This Wednesday, the Madiburg Youth Team has another qualifier for the German Cup, and they are going to the 'distant' city of Dortmund to play a knockout match with an amateur team.

The preliminaries of the German Cup are played in a single-elimination format in which all teams below the third division participate. 56 teams are selected by pulling the flagpole from the chopsticks, and then mixed with the 36 teams from the second division and third division. In the knockout round, there were 64 teams winning 46 teams and 18 teams in the first division. These 64 teams are the main match of the German Cup, and the home and away elimination system is adopted until the champion is decided.

Fort Maddie Club doesn't pay much attention to this game, it's just an amateur team, strictly counting whether it's in the eighth or ninth level, they are not interested in inquiring about it. The team had to set off early in the morning and arrive at noon, and returned immediately after the game in the afternoon, and it was late at night when they got home. Not only did Zhuoyang not participate with the team because he had classes, most of the main players did not go, coach Klopp only brought Mertesacker to the team, and a group of perennial soy sauce from the youth team, a total of fifteen people went to the game . The others continued their daily practice on the peninsula under the leadership of assistant coach Edwin Woolf.

Stanley Fox, the first-team head coach of Madyburg Club, is an old-school German coach who pays attention to physical confrontation, formation and tactical discipline. This traditional style of play requires players to have a strong impact and fighting ability, as well as super physical fitness and tenacious will. On the contrary, it does not require much technology and ball control, just enough.

A large number of veteran coaches like Stanley Fox are very opposed to the current technical movement in German football. They believe that technical flow is only played by those soft guys in southern Europe, such as Spain, Portugal, and France. And German football has always been synonymous with discipline and efficiency. Before it was technicalized, Germany still won three world championships and three European championships, and still beat the shit out of the southern European countries.

For this reason, Stanley Fox dismissed Jurgen Klopp's technical control style of play in the youth team, and looked coldly at Klopp himself. The young man knows a hammer and has only been a coach for a few days? It will only be fashionable and grandstanding. Stanley Fox didn't even look down on the youth team players, because they were all selected by Klopp, all of them were as weak as little girls and could be used for nothing.

And coaches like Stanley Fox like to choose players who are physically and mentally mature, and think that the age of the team's main lineup is best to be at the age of 27, 8, or even 30 years old. generation. The average age of Maddie's first team is 27 years old, and the main lineup is more than 29 years old.

In fact, the two years from 2002 to 2003 were a watershed for German football coaches. Until then, German football was ruled by old-school traditional coaches. Since then, new young coaches have begun to emerge, and a large number of very young coaching stars such as Klopp, Waller, Klinsmann, Love, etc. have spewed out. They are flexible in thinking, extremely receptive, and have a thorough understanding of advanced football concepts, and quickly eliminated those old antiques who cling to tradition.

Those who hold back and refuse to make progress will sooner or later be eliminated by the wheel of history and reality.

Yesterday morning, the chairman of the club, Mr. Mullen, talked to Stanley Fox. After learning about the situation of the first team, he reminded him to pay attention to the youth team Zhuoyang and several other young players. However, Stanley didn't take it seriously at all. How can a Chinese play football well? However, the chairman of the club still needs to give some face. That's fine, just come and take a turn.

The training in the afternoon is mainly about adjustment, and doing some small-scale coordination exercises. Zhuo Yang still adhered to the principle of not breaking through, and only passed the ball with the pigs to train tacit understanding, and the training was mostly played with jokes. From this point of view, all the training seems to be childish,

Zhuo Yang even annihilated everyone, without any outstanding features.

Coach Stanley Fox watched for a while, snorted coldly, turned and left. "What is it? Free and undisciplined, without headers and confrontation, such a player and such a team can make a name for themselves, unless God is blind." One defeat, while his first team has no wins.

Coach Stanley Fox has gone blind!

And all this, Zhuoyang did not know.

The small team led by coach Klopp went to the away game and won the game 2-0 with ease. Carl Rand made a long shot and Mertesacker made a header. After all, it's an amateur team, so pitiful for the weak.

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On Sunday, November 3, 2002, in the tenth round of the regional league, the Madyburg youth team challenged the Aurich team away.

Zhuoyang still started the game. In the 11th minute of the game, he received a second pass from De Jong. After passing the defender, he scored the first point with a poke shot. The score was 1:0.

Nine minutes later, the Aurich team got a corner kick. Zhuoyang returned to the penalty area to participate in the defense. He was overwhelmed by the home team's high center forward and scored a goal over his head. The score was 1:1, and the Aurich team equalized the score.

In the 30th minute, Zhuo Yan once again staged a long-distance attack, surpassing three people in a row, and scored the second goal alone. The score was rewritten to 2:1, and the Maddie Youth Team took the lead again.

In the 41st minute, Montolivo intercepted the ball in midfield and passed it back to Zhuoyang. Zhuoyang made a light through ball. With a score of 3:1, the Fort Maddie youth team expanded their score advantage.

In the second half of the game, in the 52nd minute, after Zhuoyang and Xiaozhu played two in a row, they pushed a shot in the penalty area and was saved by the goalkeeper. The reacting pig Schweinsteiger dexterously made a supplementary shot. With a score of 4:1, the overall situation of the game has been decided.

In the 63rd minute, when Zhuoyang competed with the opponent for the high-altitude ball in the midfield, he didn't have a top position. The football was grabbed by the Aurich player for the second point and played a quick counterattack. The right winger took a long shot from outside the penalty area to get back a point, 4:2.

Then Zhuoyang was replaced by Duke Motley.

There was also an unpleasant scene at the end of the field. Zhuoyang stretched out his hand to give Duke a high-five signal, but Duke pretended not to notice and ran straight into the field. Zhuoyang shrugged indifferently, but Klopp frowned when he saw this scene.

After the end, Zhuoyang sat silently without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking. He performed very well today, with two goals and two assists, he is completely star-level, but Zhuoyang is still a little sullen.

After Zhuoyang left the field, the Maddie Youth Team scored two more goals. In the 77th minute, Montolivo volleyed from a small angle and scored. In stoppage time, Scar Ribery received a free kick from Piggy, turned around and volleyed the goal, fixing the score at 6:2.

Another big win.

On the return bus, Zhuoyang was still not in high spirits, and the six gentlemen of the nightclub didn't know why. The little pig leaned over and asked, "Zhuo, why are you so deep? Is it because of that bastard Duke? Why don't I talk to Pell and the others and find an excuse to beat him up when we go back?"

"What's the matter with Duke?" Zhuoyang had already forgotten the unpleasantness of the substitution.

"..." Little Pig was a little confused. "Didn't the grandson show off for you?"

"Hey, what are you talking about!" Zhuoyang remembered that there was another incident.

"Then why are you? Are you not in harmony with Risa? She won't let you go to bed?" Little Pig's lustful gossip ignited.

"I'm on good terms with Ruisa." Zhuoyang immediately became happy when mentioning Ruisakova. "Stop talking, come on, little pig, come and give me a laugh!"

Only Klopp looked at Zhuoyang and smiled thoughtfully, like a magic stick.

In fact, Zhuoyang's dullness was entirely due to the fact that in the game just now, he found that his header skills were too poor, and the team's two conceded goals were all related to his header mistakes. Zhuoyang, who was born in wild football, has never practiced heading, because he can solve all problems with his feet until this game.

Zhuoyang was thinking, it's time to train his header. Looking for professional people for professional things, he decided to ask Klopp for advice after returning.

It's too late today, the team will be disbanded when we go back, let's wait until training resumes tomorrow. Zhuoyang thought so, he is not a person who can't hold his breath.

This week is a week of double matches. The Madyburg youth team will host Barnstorf on Thursday, and then face the Brunswick Red and White youth team at home on Sunday. So this week's training is also messy. There is no holiday on Monday, regular adjustments are made, tactical training on Tuesday and Wednesday, competition on Thursday, rest on Friday, adjustment on Saturday, and then competition on Sunday.

After returning to the dormitory at night, Zhuoyang and Resakova talked on the phone for half an hour. After being full of tenderness and sweetness, they fell asleep sweetly.

The next afternoon, after coming out of the locker room, Zhuoyang went to Klopp first and explained his problem.

"In football, heading is a very important technique." Klopp began a long speech. "There is no professional player who knows nothing about heading, including those top stars who are good at technology. Heading skills include personal skills and spot-grabbing skills. Personal skills are divided into front and side, in-place and run-up , and the point-grabbing technique is divided into judgment and position selection. Zhuo, your jumping power is very good, the jumping height is high, and the ability to stay in the air is also very strong. It’s just because you haven’t specially trained your heading skills, so you haven’t fully utilized your advantages. Play it out."

"What you have to do now is to practice from the very basics, just like training foot skills, starting with head jumping, then ferrying, heading to the top, etc. You have to do it step by step, don't be impatient. You have to train your physical fitness The same, hard training, and then step by step, slowly improve. I believe that heading will become another killer feature of yours in the future."

"In terms of basic training, you can ask Pell to help you. His header skills are very good and very standardized." Mertesacker is a central defender with a professional background, and his header skills have of course been carefully crafted.

"Pell, come here." Klopp called Mertesacker. "You show Zhuo how to bounce a ball with your head."

Ten minutes later, Klopp and Mertesacker looked at Zhuoyang in horror, just like the six soldiers on the playground of the military academy when Zhuoyang was four years old.

Zhuoyang was bouncing the football with his head, and he was using three parts in turn, the forehead, the left side, and the right side. In this way, one position is reversed, and the football is very obedient, jumping non-stop in three positions. Zhuoyang's head swung back and forth, like a skunk looking out.

"Have you... never... never practiced heading?"

Klopp and Mertesacker, who recovered from the shock, made a decisive decision. Mertesacker continued to accompany Zhuoyang to train the basic movements of heading skills and taught him the relevant basic knowledge. Klopp went to look for some game video data of world football stars who are famous for their header ability, and handed it to Zhuoyang for his own thinking.

From this day on, Zhuoyang's extra training has added another content.

The next day, Klopp brought a DVD with information on the three stars. Oliver Bierhoff, Miloslav Klose, Philippe Inzaghi!

Oliver Bierhoff, a former German international, is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 87 kg. Bierhoff once scored the golden goal in the final, and also beat Ronaldo in his heyday.

Miloslav Klose, an active German international, is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 81 kg. In the World Cup in Japan and South Korea that just ended in the summer, Klose scored 5 goals on behalf of the German team, all 5 goals were scored with headers. Are you afraid?

Philip Inzaghi, an Italian international, is 1.81 meters tall and weighs 74 kilograms. He wanders offside and survives on the edge of a razor. In his genes is an unrivaled sense of football's circuit. Inzaghi is a genius in football!

The three stars introduced by Klopp to Zhuoyang represent the pinnacle of the header level of contemporary football offensive players. Bierhoff has the best overhead technique, Inzaghi is the best point grabber, and Klose's figure is closer to Zhuoyang, which is the most reference.

That night, Zhuoyang returned to the dormitory, turned on the computer, and left messages one by one to report that he was safe, then stuffed the DVD in and began to watch carefully.

The most obvious thing about Oliver Bierhoff is domineering. His headers are often powerful and heavy, with a hard bridge and a hard horse. Bierhoff would rise up toughly among a group of defenders, knock his opponent to one side, and then hit a header, which was unstoppable. The whole action is arrogant, brave, and powerful.

I want to claim the top spot in the world, may I ask who will compete with me? ——Bierhoff's Overlord Spear.

Miloslav Klose's header was even more light. He used the early blocking to force the opponent to not be able to take off comfortably, and used his waist and abdomen strength to stay in the air. Klose's header shots often hit the dead corner or bounce the ball off the ground, making it extremely difficult for the goalkeeper to save. His movements are chic, grand, and graceful.

Feather fans and scarves, while talking and laughing, masts and sculls are wiped out in ashes. —— Klose's Longevity Sword.

Philip Inzaghi's head and foot skills are very balanced, and he doesn't score many headers. However, among his few header shots, to describe them in two words, it is 'ghost'. No one can know when and where he will appear. Inzaghi's header is dexterous, ghostly, and elusive.

Lanterns slant into the water without light, cracking the heads of ghosts and burning the marrow of ghosts. ——Inzaghi's farewell hook.

That night, Zhuoyang slept very late, he read it carefully twice, and then fast-forwarded and picked it up from the beginning, until he was sure that every detail of the information was engraved in his brain, and could be dispatched at any time when needed out of memory.

Lying on the bed, Zhuoyang played every scene repeatedly in his mind, and then imagined himself as these three people, using his body and head to handle these balls, imitating every detail. How to run in place, how to get stuck in the position, and then what kind of header technique to use to deal with it. In the process of his thinking and imagining, the muscle tissue also got the memory.

Genius training is that simple. Are you convinced?

In the next day's training, when Zhuoyang showed off his newly learned header technique, everyone was no stranger to it.

Monster, absolute monster!