"Rhythm, this is a very empty concept, many people don't understand it, thinking that rhythm is how fast or slow the players on the field run, and controlling the rhythm is to direct the players to run, which is wrong."

After the training, Redondo's commentary on the sidelines of the youth team training attracted many players from the club, including Michael Johnson, Essien, De Rossi and others, and even Juninho Jr. joined, and many coaches from the club also participated, who seemed to be a student at this time.

"There are many people who have been trained by professional coaches on the field and know that the definition of rhythm is the feeling that the ball gives people in motion, it is a feeling, so it is very empty, and the speed of the rhythm depends on the speed of the ball, not the person."

Redondo is like a learned mentor, and his audience is like a student, especially players like Michael Johnson, who adores him.

'Tempo is very important in both attack and defence, and with a single tempo in the game, the opponent will quickly become familiar with your movement and speed with the ball, and get it in place quickly, so that the movement of the ball is no longer effective, and that requires us to change the tempo."

At this, Redondo laughed.

"Some people may wonder, is it better to have a fast pace of play? I don't think so, even if you can be as fast as possible, but so what? Football is a 90-minute game, can you find 11 supermen who can stay up to speed forever in a 90-minute game? Even if there is, so good, when the ball is running fast, how do you find the opponent's gap and pass it into place? ”

'It takes technique, it takes vision, it requires a lot of reading and the more tempo you have, the more you need to do that, and to keep the tempo high for 90 minutes, all I can say is that it's impossible, and that's the problem with a lot of teams in England, and even the national team, that they don't have control over the pace of the game.

"Looking at England, I think the player who has the most experience in controlling the tempo is Beckham, but whether it is Keegan or Eriksen, they have put Beckham in the middle, expecting him to control the tempo of the team and slow down the tempo, but they have failed, why?"

"Isn't it something you can do alone?" De Rossi is a little thorough.

"That's right!" Redondo glanced at De Rossi appreciatively, this young man is very smart, "The rhythm is never a one-person thing, 10 of the 11 players on the field are transitioning in a fast pace, how can the remaining one be slow?" He had to be forced to get up and down to fit in with the team, and that's England's biggest problem! ”

Xiao Yu, who was standing on the sidelines, was shocked to hear it, and I have to say that as a traverser, he thinks that Redondo's statement is very to the point, because when many professionals in later generations commented on England, they all thought that they lacked a core, a core to control the rhythm, which is not just a matter of double virtue, nor is it another problem, but rhythm.

Who will control the tempo of England?

"Running without the ball is very crucial, but it has to be based on rhythm, and according to my personal understanding, with the development of modern football, possession of the ball up front is a failure, because all teams pay more and more attention to defense, so the possession area is retreated to the middle line and biased towards the side of the side, that is, the position of the midfield, which can be attacked, and retreated can be defended."

"A lot of people think that why the midfielder, a lot of teams like to use full-backs to assist to suddenly change the rhythm, it's also a tactic, it's sudden, but you can't stick to the whole game, because you can't have two full-backs take turns to move forward, and the full-backs have their limitations, and the midfielders are the most ideal area to control the tempo, both in terms of position on the pitch and in terms of role."

Redondo smiled appreciatively, "For example, why is Barcelona's midfield tactics successful? It's because after the metronome that controls the rhythm is posterior, it can shorten the time of offensive and defensive transitions and improve efficiency, and controlling the rhythm is the same person as controlling the offensive and defensive transitions, what do you say is more efficient than this? ”

"And the approach of the back as the core has an advantage, that is, it can spread the opponent's defensive area, increase the offensive space left for the front court, and the retracted fist is more powerful, and at the moment when the fist is played, the back waist, including the team, should have a clear direction, that is, the opponent's defensive holes, and then suddenly change the rhythm, with the fastest and most efficient way, grasp the opponent's loopholes, and give a fatal blow."

"But when the midfielder is attacking, it's near the halfway line, so wouldn't it be necessary to add a player in front of him to match him?" Michael Johnson also quickly understood what Redondo meant.

Redondo admired the Englishman very much, and felt that this little guy had good physical fitness, simple and simple technique, and his passing was very characteristic, and with a little carving, he would be an excellent metronome.

"Of course, so you can see, who is the metronome in Manchester United's golden four? Roy Keane, but the other three are also playing a tempo role, they show the direction of the team's attack in attack, and that's the terrible thing about Manchester United's midfield, and usually this kind of player is the heart of the attack, which is done by the midfielder or the striker who drops back. ”

This made Xiao Yu think of the configuration of Pierlo plus Kaka at the peak of AC Milan again, Pirlo is the metronome that controls the rhythm, Kaka is the core of the attack, and after the two cooperate tacitly, AC Milan swept a lot of giants.

Looking at the new Manchester United today, the metronome is Juninho Jr., and the attacking core is Kaka, although the former is not as strong as Pirlo, but it is enough for the new Manchester United to sweep the other teams in League One and the UEFA Cup, especially in England, where there is a general lack of control over the pace of the game.

"Football is becoming more and more efficient, shooting is the same, passing is the same, when is it time to pass the ball to the attacking players? It is the moment when they directly face the opponent's defense, this pass, they catch it, and they can directly form a threat, this is the best time to pass, and this kind of pass changes the rhythm of the game in an instant, making people unguardable. ”

"It's basically impossible for someone to pay attention to the ball in the front court as before, that's a very stupid thing, I believe that even the team that pays the most attention to the ball will only put the ball control area behind in the future, so that it can attract the opponent out, spread the offensive space in the front court, and it is not easy to lose control of the ball."

When Xiao Yu heard this, he remembered Barcelona, why many fans think that Barcelona's ball control tactics are very dull and lethargic, but there are also many professionals who respect Barcelona's ball control tactics, because everyone understands that the ball control area must be placed behind the surname, and Barcelona has undoubtedly done this very well.

Of course, this does not mean that Xiao Yu thinks that his team will be like Barcelona, because this tactic will hardly work in England.

Every country has its own unique style of technique and tactics, England's style is fast, Barcelona's tactics don't work, but the concept can be learned.

"To put it simply, the concept of controlling the tempo is very simple, when it should be fast, it should be fast, when it should be slow, slow is to self-adjust, brewing the next wave of attack, and fast is the result of adjustment, brewing explosion."

Xiao Yu heard this last concise sentence on the sidelines, and immediately took the lead in applauding, he felt that as an outstanding defender, Redondo understood the rhythm very thoroughly.

In fact, many professionals understand this principle, but how to do it is a big problem, because it requires the team to have enough tactical awareness, but also need to have enough skills.

Xiao Yu always believes that the reason why the England national team lacks rhythm is because their basic skills are generally rough, which makes them only blindly play fast, and once they slow down, they will expose their shortcomings in technology and football IQ.

And once this team encounters a team with excellent control of the rhythm, once their speed is resolved, then they can only be beaten passively and let the rhythm be led by the nose.

It was also with this in mind that Xiao Yu re-examined Mourinho's 4231 tactics, and he had to admit that this set of tactics has strong control over the game, and the players' running positions on the field are very flexible, and the position is not necessarily as reflected in the formation, but the core concept is the same, that is, the control of the rhythm and the ball and the space.

Once these three realms are reached, the new Manchester United completes the control of a game, reaching the balance that many professionals think are mentioned in the evaluation of the new Manchester United!

It should be said that the team has developed so far, Mourinho's tactics are almost perfect, if you want to go further, it needs to be adjusted in personnel, such as the maturity of the wingers, such as the strengthening of the metronome, Juninho Jr. is a good player, but he is not necessarily world-class in controlling the tempo.

Of course, at this stage, such a configuration is enough for the new Manchester United to run rampant.

No wonder Ferguson also admires this set of tactics of the new Manchester United!

Xiao Yu thought with emotion, the difference between professional and amateur is here, he will only understand when someone breaks it, but Ferguson can see the way at once, he is a real master of tactics.

Sometimes Xiao Yu wonders what would happen if Alex Ferguson's Manchester United met the current Red Rebels. Will he be able to find a way to contain Mourinho?

What Xiao Yu didn't know was that even Ferguson himself was not sure enough when he thought of this problem, and in the end he could only come to one conclusion, depending on the player's on-the-spot performance and the changes in the situation on the field, the probability of winning was at most 5%.

However, Xiao Yu didn't have much time to think, because he saw Professor Fryer coming from a distance, and it was clear that the detailed diagnosis report on Redondo had come out, and I wondered if the Argentine superstar would be able to return to the court?

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