I don't know when Real Madrid began to come to Austria for a training trip to prepare for the summer season.

The central and western parts of Austria are considered highlands, and when the whole of southern Europe is immersed in the scorching summer, the temperature here is more like autumn, and if it is in the morning, it can even be said to be winter.

Low temperatures, high altitudes, thin air and little oxygen are typical of highland regions.

Before Yang Cheng came to Austria, he had already made all the preparations for altitude sickness, and even the medical equipment and instruments he moved from Valdebebas were more than the players' luggage, and all the team doctors poured out of the nest and followed the team to Ildenin, Austria.

The temperature dropped by more than ten degrees all of a sudden, and the players had to be careful in keeping warm, Chris had warned before that it was difficult to catch a cold in the plateau, so the team also changed from the usual three practices a day to two practices a day, and the first training session was also put at 11 o'clock, but the players had to start coming to the training ground from half past 0 and doing all the warm-up movements.

No one wants to get sick before the season, and that would make the whole pre-season preparation completely wasted, so they are all meticulous in completing the tasks assigned by the coaching staff.

In the first three days of arriving in Yirdenin, Yang Cheng did not dare to arrange high-intensity training, for fear that the players' bodies would not be able to adapt and could not move, which would easily lead to injury.

Among them, games such as grabbing circles can play a huge role at this time, because this kind of game-like movement, but in fact, it moves to every part of the body, which can relax muscles, promote blood circulation, and increase the tacit understanding of players.

In the afternoon, Yang Cheng arranges more training with the ball, but basically it is some passing and receiving in fast running, changing speed to dribble, and players forming a triangle to pass and receive the ball.

In the last half hour, Yang Cheng will arrange group confrontation on a small field, but in order to prevent players from getting injured, he will appropriately expand the size of the field, so that the intensity of the confrontation will not be so big and the pace will not be so fast.

After three days of careful maintenance, the team began to play in large quantities.

Coming to the plateau to prepare for the game is for better physical reserves, so although Yang Cheng still pursues a double practice day, the intensity of the two training sessions is comparable to a formal football game, whether it is the physical reserve training in the morning or the intensity of the team's technical and tactical training in the afternoon

In the evening, Yang Cheng will hold an internal meeting every two days to instill his tactical ideas to the players.

No matter how clever the football tactical ideas, they must rely on the players on the football field to embody, and the more complex the tactics, the more it takes a long time to accumulate, any set of clever tactical concepts is not a sword, or even a year or two can be completed that is simply impossible.

Yang Cheng had suffered as early as Inter Milan, so he began to slowly explore some of his own methods, that is, he would teach the players some of the most basic things at the beginning, so that they could use some of the simplest and most effective tactics well, and then slowly improve and improve.

As all managers recognise, the factor that affects the success of a football game is really to see who makes a mistake in the details and is caught by the opponent, and often all goals come from this way, and the more complex the tactic, the easier it is to make mistakes, and the more careful you have to be.

Football tactics are actually simply divided into three parts, defense, offense, and offense and defense!

Yang Cheng is very direct and clear requirements, in any case, the three lines must be kept compact, must be closely linked to maintain sufficient tactical depth, not like the previous Real Madrid, the overall formation is loose, the offense is more dependent on individual ability, lack of orderly offensive level, and the defense does not have enough tactical depth.

When defending, Yang Cheng requires all players to devote themselves to the formation of the defensive system, and the three lines maintain cooperation, so as not to let the opponent easily pass the ball into the 32-meter area, which is also a major sign of testing the defensive system. …,

Real Madrid's current defense is based on Cannavaro and Thuram as the core, Ramos and Arbeloa work together to build the entire backline, of which Ramos and Arbeloa are separated from the left and right wings, Ramos attacks better, and the defense is more frizzy, but the right midfielder is Beckham, which will create enough offensive opportunities for Ramos, just like the combination of Beckham and Gary Neville back then.

Arbeloa on the left side is stronger defensively and attacking well, but with the likes of Juan Mata and David = Silva in front, he is more responsible for defending, and his contribution in attack is more in response and support.

In the offensive state, Yang Cheng emphasized the most is the pull and level, he has repeatedly said that the offense is not a hammer deal, you need to have enough patience, players should run more, pull more, open more gaps, let the players who plug in the back to take advantage, which will be more demanding of Villa and Raul.

But one of the things that is very important in Yang Cheng's attack is to keep the ball moving quickly and looking for opportunities in the pass.

If there is no accident, the two forwards in the new season will be Villa and Raul, both of which take the route of one forward insertion and one retreat, and the specific situation has two forwards arranged by themselves according to the situation, but Yang Cheng is trying the offensive routine of Negredo, Soldado and Aguero when they play forwards.

However, Yang Cheng emphasized the most in the transition between offense and defense.

All the teams that Yang Cheng has coached give people the impression that the transition between offense and defense is fast, whether it is offense or defense, they are outstanding in this regard

For the transition between attack and defense, Yang Cheng emphasized that at the moment of losing the ball, everyone around must be put into the local counter-robbery and wrapping as soon as possible, and everyone must limit the opponent's ball route in the shortest possible time, delay their counterattack, and create buffer time for the teammates behind them.

As for the attack, Yang Cheng mentioned the most continuous passes and a touch of the ball, as well as the long passes of Alonso and Beckham.

This is something that Real Madrid has also practiced repeatedly in training, such as having multiple wide players constantly practice continuous one-touch passing from their own baseline to the opponent's bottom line, and repeated promotion routines in a group of three.

Yang Cheng's tactics at Real Madrid are double midfielders, and when attacking, it looks like 4411, taking the forward route back to midfield, Raul is undoubtedly a very suitable player in this position, his tandem awareness, running off the ball and passing are very good, and his back insertion is also a big attacking weapon.

But if Raul is not in good shape, Aguero, Granero, Guti and others can play in this position.

If the 433 tactics are a test for the team's fullbacks and midfield organizers, then 4411 is relatively balanced, balanced on all fronts, and the players are reasonably distanced from each other, which is very suitable for the current staffing of Real Madrid.

After all, the current staffing of Real Madrid is not suitable for the winger route, let alone like Barcelona, to press the defensive line forward, in front of the opponent's goal 30-40 meters in the area of effective lateral short passing, because the current Real Madrid central defender has limited mobility and cannot do this, but without this kind of horizontal passing, 433 will lose its greatest role.

This is also very consistent with the perception of Real Madrid by all reporters after the first warm-up game, balanced and chaotic!

Real Madrid's first warm-up game was Portsmouth in the Premier League, and Real Madrid's defense has been greatly improved, especially after the purge, Yang Cheng quickly established authority in the team, and the players' tactical execution has been improved.

It should be said that the backline of Arbeloa, Cannavaro, Thuram and Ramos, and the back line of Alonso and Mascherano, have ensured Real Madrid's defense.

But Real Madrid looks very chaotic in the attack, although the defense has been strengthened, but the offensive organization is very chaotic, whether the players are running or passing and receiving the ball, there are many mistakes, to paraphrase the report of the English Sun, if it is not for Portsmouth's counterattack is too poor, it will be Real Madrid who loses the game.

In the end, Real Madrid won the first warm-up game with a corner kick from David Beckham, Cannavaro nodded in front of him, and Raul hit the follow-up shot. …,

"1: Is it bad?" In an interview with the media after the game, when a reporter suggested that Real Madrid's style seemed to have become conservative, Yang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "We are still adjusting and adapting, and I think it is a bit too much to ask of us now." ”

"Yes, we have a lot of big names in the team, but I don't think that's one of the reasons why we should have a good win, on the contrary, I'm very happy with the attitude of the team at the moment, the players are actively engaged in the game, actively running and scrambling, actively pressing the opponents, and I am happy with their attitude!"

But two days later, the team beat Serie A Reggina 1-0, and Villa scored his first goal since joining Real Madrid, and that goal came from Raul on the wing and handed it to David Beckham, who crossed the ball diagonally from the right and went over the head of the defender, Villa cut in and sent the ball into the net in the box.

But like the first warm-up game, most of the other time, Real Madrid's attack is still very chaotic, but after Guti came on as a substitute for Alonso, 14 Ye's several passes are very skillful, which is eye-catching, if it weren't for Raul and David = Silva missing the opportunity respectively, Real Madrid would be 30 in this game!

This also made the outside world widely spread the call that Guti should replace Xavi = Alonso to play the main team, and even many professionals jumped out, thinking that Beckham can also get the function of Xavi = Alonso, and Guti should be replaced to make the lineup more creative.

Yang Cheng didn't hear the call of the outside world, but Guti did perform well after coming off the bench, so in the third warm-up game, against Fulham, he replaced Xavi = Alonso with Guti, and let Xiaobei go to the middle to partner with Mascherano in the back, and he got more self-justification in the front.

But in the end, Real Madrid's organization was still chaotic, and even Ramos was cut off after a bottom down on the right side, and was almost counter-attacked by Fulham, but fortunately Thuram and Cannavaro performed steadily, defused a crisis, and tried to keep the goal in the net.

The final result of the game was 0:0, and Real Madrid was more embarrassed to keep a draw.

After this game, the Spanish media began to fry the pot, and they all believed that after Yang Cheng took office, although Real Madrid's overall tactics tended to be balanced, and the defense was strengthened, especially the addition of Cannavaro, Thuram and Mascherano, which ensured the team's defense, but lost the most famous attack in the Galaxy Battleship period!

Yang Cheng's previous reputation at Kaiserslautern, Inter Milan and Liverpool is indeed resounding enough, but this cannot be a guarantee of his success at Real Madrid, because there are countless famous coaches who have suffered a lot of losses, Van Gaal is in the ascendant at Ajax, but he is defeated in Barcelona.

There are also a lot of other famous coaches, all of whom have failed after changing jobs.

The same is true of Yang Cheng, after coming to Real Madrid, everything will start again, and his previous fame and prestige will only allow him to get more support and patience from the board and fans for a longer time.

The team's performance in the warm-up game was average, and the outside media bombarded it, but Marca and Ace supported it, and they both felt that it was impossible for a team that had only been formed for less than a month to want them to play a hearty attack in a short period of time.

"Zinedine Zidane will need a six-month adjustment period to join Real Madrid, so why can't we give Caiser more time?"

Real Madrid fans have also left messages on the official website to support Yang Cheng, they believe that the team's frequent changes of coach is an important reason for Real Madrid's decline, and now that they have chosen Yang Cheng, they should give him ample time and power to let him build a team he wants to win.

"If even Caesar can't save Real Madrid, then we don't think there is anyone more suitable in the world than him!"

In addition to the general endorsement from the outside, there is also a general support from the players within the first team.

Raul said in an interview, "We can see from his tactical thinking, he is not a conservative manager, on the contrary, he is very keen on attacking, but we should see that the team's problems are accumulating day by day, very serious, he must get the team to normal as soon as possible, and then pursue good-looking football!" ”…,

"He's instilled a lot of his tactical ideas in us over the years, it's all very simple tactical ideas but it's taken time to get used to, and as you can see, we've worked together more as a team than before, but we don't get along well enough with each other, and it takes longer to build.

Casillas also spoke highly of Yang Cheng, "He is definitely a phenomenal manager, he is the most suitable manager for Real Madrid at the moment, our team is constantly moving towards the good side, we need more time to understand and adapt to the manager's tactics, we believe that the best Real Madrid will come soon." ”

But the media slammed Casillas and Raul's words.

"Casillas said he likes Yang Cheng, that's for sure, in the past few seasons, he has averaged at least 3 shots per game, but now in the warm-up game, the opponent can only form a threat to him with a pitiful 1 shot!"

"In other words, in the future, our San Cassie can stand comfortably in front of the goal line for breakfast, but if you just want to defend firmly, Real Madrid should invite Capello instead of spending so much energy and financial resources to bring in Yang Cheng."

"As for Raul, he can stay in Real Madrid, continue to be his captain, continue to play his main team, instead of being purged to a certain team for retirement, he should really fully support Yang Cheng!"

The Spanish media also seems to like to make waves, and Yang Cheng undoubtedly provided them with good material, because his performance in these three warm-up games was really average, and there was no way to argue with it.

What is surprising is that the management of Real Madrid was collectively silent this time, and no one gave any support to the outside world, which was understood by the media as Florentino was also very dissatisfied with Yang Cheng's warm-up performance.

In fact, this is an agreement between Yang Cheng and Florentino, not only now, but it is difficult to hear them stand up and comment on the team or players in the future.

Ironically, in the fourth warm-up match, Real Madrid played an amateur team in the Ildenin region in Austria, an amateur team composed of bakers and restaurant owners, and in the match against Real Madrid, they were slaughtered by the Galaxy Battleship 14:, which immediately blew up the entire Spanish media.

The Galactic Battleship is back in a gorgeous offensive movement!

Yang Cheng led the Real Mara to sound the offensive football horn!

In short, a lot of praise came to the face, and even one newspaper was even funnier that it directly published Real Madrid's 16 goals in 4 warm-up games, and the attack was more powerful than in the Galaxy Battleship period.

For such praise, Yang Cheng can only smile, at least he can't say, don't boast so much, I feel embarrassed myself, but when I returned to Madrid, Yang Cheng smiled and sarcastically when he was interviewed at the airport.

"In the future, you should report that the new Real Madrid scored an average of 4 goals and conceded 0 goals per game!"

I believe that there will be many reporters at the scene who want to find a hole to drill, because they have indeed overhyped it before.

After returning to Madrid, the team will travel to Salt Lake City on the 8th, where they will play two warm-up games against Washington United and Real Salt Lake City respectively, before returning to Madrid on August 13 and then taking the team to the two traditional competitions of the Carranza Cup and the Bernabeu Cup.

This is an itinerary that has been booked long before Yang Cheng takes over Real Madrid, and Yang Cheng has no way to do it.

But on the same day that Real Madrid arrived in Salt Lake City, Barcelona also traveled north from Mexico to Houston.

The star-studded Barcelona and the Real Madrid, which has been a little depressed in recent years, the two La Liga giants have gathered in the United States, and everyone originally thought that Barcelona should be more popular, at least better than Real Madrid, but who knows, as soon as the Dream II team arrived in Houston, they were greeted by American fans! . ）

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