The future of football, all in this?

?“ What do you mean? Klopp's brow furrowed, and a glimmer of inspiration flashed in his mind, but he didn't catch it.

"yes, Marcelo, what do you mean?" Simeone is also aware of it and takes it seriously.

Tuchel didn't ask, but he looked thoughtful.

The trio's first reaction was Southampton's artificial genius program, which had been widely publicized by the media.

Could it be that this is also part of the artificial genius plan?

Bielsa looked at the three people in front of him for a long time, and said politely that the three of them were his juniors.

But these three are all great people who have an extraordinary understanding of football, so he is very interested in talking to them, because communication can help each other improve.

"From ancient times to the present, football tactics is a game, a game between attack and defense, a game between the wing and the middle, a game of rigorous positioning and smooth running, a game of controlling the ball and controlling the space......"

"As we all know, from the birth of modern football to the present, the development of football tactics has always adopted a spiral approach, and many people think that the driving force behind the spiral of football tactics is the mutual restraint of tactics, but in fact it is not!"

"Let's not talk about the far away, let's just say that in the nineties, the pace was slow, but the technical forward with super ball control ability was popular, but later, with the advent of the so-called new era of football, the classical forward gradually lost its position, and was replaced by a modern forward of the type of Kaka."

"Then I want to ask, what is football in the new era? How to evaluate the football of the new era and the football of the 90s? What is the relationship between the two? ”

Bielsa's question made the three people on the other side frown, and they all fell into thought.

"They say, holism, but you know, football has always had the concept of holism, from the moment there were football tactics, there has always been holism, and it is not something that is new to now."

Simeone was the first to nod heavily, and he was personally very skeptical.

Because he used to be a world-class defender, he knows very well that if it was really holistic, then this holism would have been around for a long time, even in the 90s, why is it so important now?

Bielsa quickly solved the puzzle, "because the players' running ability has improved!" ”

Just this simple sentence made Simone, Klopp and others suddenly light up, as if they had cleared the fog that had been hidden in front of them for many years, and completely saw the scene in front of them clearly, and also saw the distant future.

"With the advancement of science and the entry of more and more high-tech into football, the players who have been trained are getting better and better in terms of physical fitness and running ability than they were in the 90s."

"Before, you Zidane got the ball in front of my big penalty area, I couldn't guard you, but now, I can't defend myself, I play two, what? Will there be a loss of position? It's okay, I can run! ”

"In the past, I was afraid of losing my position because I was worried that the players would consume too much, but now that my players are more physically fit and there are more and more players who can run, what am I afraid of? I can't get one enough for two, two is not enough for me to go to three, I'll kill you! ”

Isn't that the case in reality?

At the beginning of the new century, the so-called beast waist represented by Essien, Gattuso, Makelele, etc., became popular, and to put it bluntly, it was to curb the play of technical players with running ability.

Because no matter how good the technique is, it is impossible to perform well in the face of intensive oppression.

Even if Zidane was born now, there is nothing he can do in the face of such a dense defense.

It can even be said that if Zidane had been born now, he would not have been able to become Zidane!

'Rehhagel's Greece, Jose Mourinho's Porto and Chelsea, Rafael Benitez's Liverpool, Carlo Ancelotti's AC Milan, so Kaka can replace Rui Costa as the main player and Gattuso is indispensable.

"It is precisely because of the improvement of running ability that more rigorous tactics are needed to standardize the players and distribute the on-field responsibilities of the players, so it seems that it is the integration of tactics, but in fact, what is behind it is the improvement of the players' running ability."

When Simeone and the others heard this, they couldn't stop nodding.

Besa's words are indeed thought-provoking and insightful.

The improvement of a player's ability to run is indeed too crucial and too important.

Just imagine, if the average running of players in the 90s was 9 kilometers per game, then in a new era, with the promotion of scientific training, with the improvement of players' physical fitness, players ran an average of 10,000 kilometers per game.

Any idea what this concept is?

This means that when two teams are playing, the team that runs more can have almost one more person than the team that runs less, which is equivalent to twelve people playing eleven people!

It even goes beyond a red card!

What's more, this kind of active running not only changes the technical characteristics of the players, but even more, it completely overturns the whole set of tactical theories that used to be used to run an average of 9,000 kilometers per game.

The reason is simple, this kilometer improvement means that the team's running coverage is greater and the space can be controlled.

Many tactics and routines that were previously unimaginable when running an average of nine kilometers per game are now completely imaginable, even used.

What is Revolution?

This is the revolution!

A revolution that takes place on the football field, quietly, and not taken seriously by everyone!

"Look at Barcelona again, why is this team phenomenal? To dominate European football with such a stunning margin? ”

Speaking of this, Bielsa smiled proudly, because there is a deep shadow of him in this team.

"The trajectory of the spiral development of football tactics has always been the improvement of players' running ability, and the tactics that focus on running have also been improved, and with the promotion of players' running ability, this running tactics have also been rapidly promoted and developed."

"But there is a bottleneck in the development of science, and there will also be a bottleneck in the ability of the players, so gradually, the leaders will catch up with the latecomers, and when most of the top teams in Europe are popularized, everyone is on the same level, what will happen in the end?"

"The answer is that running alone will no longer be able to satisfy these strong teams, so they will want to improve the quality and efficiency of the game while maintaining their existing running ability, so the emphasis on technique and awareness is once again on the agenda of the coaching staff!"

"So, let's look at it the other way around, why is Barcelona great?"

"Because when it is difficult to break through the physical fitness and running ability of the players, they have brought out the skill and awareness of the players, as well as the overall tactics of the team, to the extreme!"

Simeone, Jurgen Klopp and Tuchel all listened in amazement as Bielsa spoke.

Even, they probably have the idea of priing open Bielsa's skull to see what it contains.

And they also deeply appreciated the difference of Bielsa, and finally understood why Guardiola would have a long talk with Bielsa, and immediately after returning to Europe, he immediately implemented his concept of possession tactics in Barcelona.

At the end of the day, he's putting into practice some of the ideas that Bielsa imagined, but didn't have the resources to try!

As professional coaches, they know better than anyone that the real core of Barcelona's entire tactical system is not what ball control, what skills, or even what the so-called youth training, in the final analysis, the key lies in two aspects.

Press & Switch Offense & Defense!

And among them, oppression is the foundation!

What is the oppression?

Isn't it the 11 or 2 kilometers of running data that stars such as Xavi and Iniesta have brushed up one by one?

So, to put it bluntly, the most crucial foundation of Barcelona's tactics is running!

However, what makes them better than other teams is that they use their movement to drive stronger overall pressing, and they use technique to simplify the transition between offense and defense as much as possible.

Even Pep Guardiola has said more than once that the key to the so-called possession tactics of Barcelona and Spain is defensive pressing.

It was only at this moment that the three people present suddenly understood why Yang Huan chose the three of them as the head coaches of Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Hamburg.

Because, all three of them have one thing in common, they value running!

It is precisely because they all attach great importance to running, and they have all been, or are using this advantage, to reach the peak of their careers, so they have a deeper understanding of Bielsa's words.

Especially Simone.

"No wonder Young Master Huan told me that the team must be reorganized and introduce a group of high-level, moldable, and more technically capable players!"

At first, he thought that Young Master Huan's idea was to improve the team's control.

But now it seems that it is not just that, but in order to make Atletico Madrid from the original simple reliance on running pressing, further in the direction of Barcelona, and even beyond the direction of Barcelona.

Just think about the dramatic changes that Illah Ramendi, Koke and Isco, a pair of midfielders, have brought to Atletico Madrid this season is enough to make Simeone convinced of all this.

But there is only one set of midfielders, which is obviously not enough, and it only makes sense to complete such a transformation on all three lines!

Bielsa took in the expressions of all three and smiled slightly, "I believe that everyone should have seen the data reported by the media before, Atletico Madrid's players in the Champions League run an average distance of 11 kilometers per game, La Liga is slightly worse, but it is also more than 10 kilometers." ”

Simeone nodded, this data has been tested internally by Atletico Madrid, and it is very authentic.

'Our average run per game in Southampton in the Champions League is 11.3 kilometres per person, which is pretty much the same in the Premier League, but with the changes to our training system this season and a lot of conceptual improvements, we can even say that from next season onwards ......

Simeone, Jurgen Klopp and Tuchel all looked at Bielsa with wide eyes and listened carefully to his every word.

“…… Our average run per game will likely exceed 12 km! ”

"Twelve kilometers?" Simeone was stunned.

It's one more kilometer more than Atletico Madrid, and if you subtract the goalkeeper and ten players, that's ten kilometers more!

Oh my God, how is this possible?

"Really? Can the players afford it? ”

"Yes, if you just pursue the average number of runs per game, many teams can do it in a short period of time, but the physical consumption of the players and the ......"

Tuchel couldn't go on halfway through the sentence as he immediately realised a crucial link.

That's what Bielsa just said, and the future tactics are all in this plan.

Could it be ......

Simeone and Klopp are also smart people, and they immediately realized it, and they both looked at Bielsa in amazement.

At this moment, the Argentine madman is no longer a person in their eyes.

It's a golden presence that fell from the sky!

Niang Sippy, Southampton, this is going against the sky!