The Ball at Your Feet

The CD was stuffed into the drawer by Zhao Yaning and never taken out again. He doesn't like listening to songs, no matter who it is, it is the same. He didn't mention this matter to others, and as soon as he woke up, he left the matter behind and devoted himself to training.

With the advent of July, the team also began to prepare for the new season's physical reserves. The French competition system is quite different from other countries, because there are two cups to play in the French Cup and the French League Cup, and the winter break is the longest three weeks in the five major leagues. Therefore, the French league is also the first to start. of. The Ligue 1 league generally starts at the beginning of August, and the French second division is held earlier at the end of July.

But before the start of the real league, Ajaccio also prepared a friendly match for the team.

"We are playing a friendly match with the Lyon team this year." Kubis was slightly excited when he said the name. "This is a strong team. Let me learn from it."

Zhao Yaning had heard of the Lyon team. Lyon is the third largest city in France, but the team is not considered outstanding. Although their boss Olas bought the Lyon team in 1987, the investment has been very large, but the results have been unable to come out. Although their strength is good, they have always performed well in the European arena, and even defeated the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich, but in the league, they are still fighting for the team's first league championship.

Because the league only won the second place in the previous year, Lyon's coach Lacombe resigned and became the team's special adviser. Lyon’s technical director Santini served as the head coach, but in the French Ligue 1, they only got second in the league. Although they had better luck last season and won the French League Cup, this tasteless trophy is nothing extraordinary at all. Although it has consolidated Santini's handsome position, it cannot satisfy Lyon.

And this summer, after a large-scale signings, they are said to have greatly increased their strength. Carrière was the core figure of the Ligue 1 champions last season, and the joining of the Brazilian Junior Junjuno is also a blockbuster news. Lyon's lineup can be said to be a lot thicker.

However, it seems that Lyon still does not have the confidence and confidence that a champion team should have, otherwise, they would not find a second-tier team like Ajaccio to play the warm-up match.

It was not until the day before facing Lyon that the head coach began to explain the new tactics to them.

"Our strategy is very simple, stand firm on the defensive line, and then consider offense."

Don't you just say that the defensive counterattack is over? Zhao Yaning sneered.

Most teams in the French second division are mainly offensive. One of the characteristics of French football is the low age of the team, and most of the younger, low-level teams do not have the capital to play defensive football.

However, Ajaccio has vigorously promoted defensive football since Kubis took office. He does not have the good luck of Bastia next door. He can find talented players like Michael Essien from Ghana to support the team, but he has the task of leading the team to upgrade and enter Ligue 1. Therefore, his The method is to shrink back and fight ugly defensive counterattacks rather than give the opponent a chance.

"Joy, you play two wingers with Gregory."

Kubis arranged the task of the game.

"Should I be the starter?" Zhao Yaning was a little surprised, "I thought I was on the bench."

"You are seventeen years old. Joey, you have to understand that we are not a big team. We don't have enough depth. Everyone has to come in handy. That's our purpose. We got you here. Is it for you to play the main force, starting from the bench and slowly training? We don't have that time."

Kubis answered his words, and then drew a clear route on the tactical board to show him, "Your mission. When attacking, rush in on the wing. Eric will be responsible for clearing the ball, no matter which one is given to you. One, speed up and run forward. Your speed is very fast. This is your advantage. If you make good use of it, a quick raid will cause great trouble to your opponent."

"In the process of advancing, if someone stops you, don't get too entangled. If you can change direction and accelerate or pass the ball, you can pass the opponent at the fastest speed. Other ways to pass, pull the ball, Picking the ball, or other technical tasks, may cause mistakes or slow speed, don’t think about it! If your opponent is in trouble, just pass the ball to another sideline for me, so, your other one The task is also very clear: when the teammate on the other wing accelerates forward, you must also quickly follow up, and be ready to take the pass from your hand at any time."

"But, head, our long pass is not very good. Will it be a problem to pass to the other side?"

Gregory Lacombe asked his own question.

"At least it has a higher success rate than you play with flowers. I don't want you to become a long pass player like Beckham or Rothen. I just ask you to kick the ball farther and don't get counterattacked. There is no need to pass very accurately. For long passes in the counterattack, errors within five meters are within an acceptable range."

But I'm afraid that we can't control it within no meters. Zhao Yaning said something in his heart, but he dared not say it.

"When you move forward, Rodriguez in the middle will follow. When you get near the penalty area, the off-ball player moves closer to the ribs of the penalty area, and the ball-handler makes a pass to Rodriguez-remember, Don't hesitate, don't think about cutting inside, you must pass the ball."

Kubis was very demanding. The two wingers nodded repeatedly to show that they had remembered this, and then he nodded to express satisfaction.

These two explosive and fast wingers are a necessary condition for him to use defensive counterattack tactics. On the football field, the way to quickly pass the opponent's midfield is either a long pass or a fast horse. Other methods are relatively slow. There are no such good long pass players in the second division, so he can only consider speed players.

There are so many African immigrants in France, it is not difficult to find one or two fast.

But another problem is the technical characteristics. The technical characteristics of the French players are very different, excellent skills, but all shooting skills are average. For the guidance of ankle movements, the French are at the forefront of the world, but they are really not good at shooting. Kubis can't bet that his two players are good alternatives and can practice shooting.

Rodriguez's technical characteristics are closer to that of another legendary French star Papin. He doesn't have any speed or extraordinary skills, but his shooting skills are good. Therefore, his request is to hand the ball to Rodriguez and let Rodriguez take charge of the shot.

As for the winger to cut inside, we must resolutely put an end to it. There are not many good opportunities for teams defending and counterattacking. If a few shots are shot in a game, the head coach can commit suicide.

"You are the only people on the team who are not involved in the defense, so the task of attacking will be heavier than others. Remember, I won't arrange for you too many manpower to help, because other people will be in the backcourt. We. It’s up to you to score goals, win, and upgrade."

Zhao Yaning's blood boiled over Kubis's words, and he nodded quickly in agreement.

Kubis looked at the two people and smiled, "Don't look so nervous, it's just a warm-up match, and your opponent is Lyon, so we don't want to win. Our original purpose is to test whether the defensive system on the back line is complete. Up."

For a team, the defense is the most important point, which Kubis has always believed in.

"Joy, tomorrow is you playing on the left, which is the main breakthrough. Lyon’s left-back is Casapa, and the left-back is Dorasso, one is the Brazil international and the other is the French international. They are all very high-level, Gregorian It’s hard to succeed. On your side, although Lyon’s right-back De Flandre is also an international, it is only the Belgium national team’s international, and the level is slightly worse."

In fact, whether it is Casapa or Dorasso, in the Brazil national team and the French national team can only be regarded as marginal internationals, but De Flandre, the position of the Belgian national team is still a little more stable. However, Brazil and France were the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup. The talents were just at the time of the blowout. In the position of Casapa, there is such a masterful prodigy as Carlos, and Dorazo will have to compete with Pires and Carrière. , Miku, Giuly and others compete for the national team places. Relatively speaking, there are no talents in the Belgian national team. Even if it is the main force, it is much worse than the marginal countries of France and Brazil.

But Zhao Yaning heard another question, "Head, may I ask, who is the midfielder on my side? Will he participate in the defense?"

This question made Kubis shook his head, "Lyon’s right midfielder is Junior Juninho. I just arrived in France this year and I don’t have a lot of information. I only know that he is a Brazilian, he is 26 years old and can Playing shadow forwards, wing midfielders, midfielders, and midfielders in multiple positions. It is said that they have excellent pass control and free kick skills. They are also a marginal international, but I don’t know exactly how."

Zhao Yaning had never heard of the name. Although Brazil's genius has always been famous, when the name Juninho is mentioned, it refers to the Juninho in the Premier League. This little Juninho has no impression.

However, he came to Europe at the age of 26, and he was still in Ligue 1, and his level should not be high, right?

"There is no statistics, or is it the transfer fee information?" Racombe asked from the side.

Kubis shook his head, "Although Brazil's Sao Paulo State League is the highest-level league in Brazil, it is only a state-level league after all. FIFA statistics do not recognize it. And Brazil's national league is in a mess. The recurring system is neither, nor is it recognized. There is no data at all. As for the transfer fee... it is signed for free."

This makes Zhao Yaning and Lacombe very interested.

And Kubis is also willing to tell them.

The home team of Junior Junior is Vasco da Gama, which is also a strong team in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1998, he also picked up the Copa Libertadores. In the Toyota Cup competition with Real Madrid, 1 -2 lost to Real Madrid. In that game, Real Madrid scored Raul, and Da Gama scored a goal by Junior Jújuno-there was another goal, Da Gama's own goal by Nassar.

But just after that year, the Dagama team was almost relegated. Although the team has marginal internationals such as Romario, Jurgenjo and Juninho, if it weren’t for another team from the State of São Paulo, the São Paulo team was found to be deducted points because of the player’s age change, they would be demoted. Up.

Since then, the team has also started to decline, no sponsors are willing to give them money, and they owe a lot of money. Last summer, Lyon offered to buy Juninho. Da Gama had already spoken out loudly. Not counting a high transfer fee, Lyon was asked to repay Da Gama's money owed to Atletico Madrid on behalf of them. This made Lyon Chairman, Olas, who is careful to live his life, is very dissatisfied. No, let his business go on.

But in winter, Da Gama can't hold it anymore. The unbearable Romario, Juninho, Jorginho and others took the team to court, on the grounds that Da Gama was in arrears of wages. But the Da Gama team really can’t get the money. Romario’s is only $700,000. Fortunately, but Juninho owes him all the year round, the club owes him as much as $5.4 million in wages. With so much money, Da Gama couldn't get it out even when he died, so he forced the club to go bankrupt.

In the end, the court could only rule that Juninho's contract with the club was terminated, but the salary was gone.

"It's absolutely perfect for Da Gama. As soon as the contract was terminated, Juninho was not allowed to go to the club for training. It was winter, and the winter transfer had just ended. Juninho was still owed wages and he had no money. There is no place to train, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com is really miserable."

"Lyon took the opportunity to get down? So smart." Zhao Yaning exclaimed.

"How easy is it? Juninho was training in the football training school run by Rivaldo to maintain his condition, and he also took the life relief given to him by Rivaldo. It was until this summer before he moved. Lyon."

"That Rivaldo in Barcelona?" Zhao Yaning was a little surprised.

"Well. It is said that Rivaldo originally wanted to recommend him to Barcelona, ​​but Juninho was eager to be the main player in order to catch up with next year's World Cup. He was reluctant to go to Barcelona to compete for the job, but came to Lyon."

Players who can go to Barcelona, ​​have been teammates with Romario, have broken the door of Real Madrid in the Club World Cup, are friends of Rivaldo, are eligible to compete for the seat of the 2002 World Cup Brazil, Zhao Yaning roughly understands what level this is. Of the players.

"He is worse than Doraso?" The only thing Zhao Yaning couldn't believe was this sentence.

"He is a Brazilian, or a Brazilian frontcourt, who has played forwards. Which Brazilian frontcourt have you seen keen to defend?"

This is true. Although the Brazilian frontcourt is full of talents, most of them don't like defense. This Juninho should be the same, right?

"What you need to worry about is not him at all, and even De Flandre may not even play. Maybe it is their young player Kleike playing a friendly match. The main thing you need to worry about is Cameroon’s international midfielder Vivian Fu and another one. The Brazilian national, defender Edmilson’s replenishment. The level of these people is not low, they are the focus."

"It's all a national team." Zhao Yaning murmured.

"A strong team, which is not like this. The stars gather, the masters gather."

Is this the case with the strong teams?

Zhao Yaning didn't say a word.

When can I become a national team?