The Pinetina base is actually located on the outskirts of the small town of Gentilla, and it is so secluded that visitors who are not familiar with the area often find the place.

The east side is a golf course, which occupies a large green meadow, and to the west is a luxury villa area, which is a halfway up the mountain where many nearby rich people live, and there is a sentry post at the foot of the mountain, and the environment is very beautiful.

Inter Milan bought a plot of land from the golf course last season, and the land needed for the Pinettina base was really inconspicuous compared to the huge golf course, so it was easy for the two sides to settle the agreement.

In the new season, the Inter Milan academy will start to share a training base with the first team, but it will be separated, with the Inter Milan base occupying a more northern area, while the Pinetina base is located in the south, close to the main road, separated by a row of buildings, which are not accessible to vehicles and can only be walked.

Yang Cheng is very satisfied with the new layout of the Pinettina base, because it means that the young players in the academy will have more opportunities to train with the players of the first team in the future, which will be of great help to the young players in the academy.

The Big Three of Inter Milan went to the academy in person, and Yang Cheng put forward some of his own suggestions, such as the living facilities of the players, some problems with home coaching, the importance of cultural classes, etc., which are all memories of his past life and experience in this life.

Facchetti promised that the club would pay attention to these aspects.

In the past, the Interrello base and the Pinettina base were far apart, and Yang Cheng could be said to be beyond the reach of the whip, although the academy belonged to him, but he did not have much time to intervene, except for Moniz and Mulenstin who used to teach, he himself did not go often.

But now the situation is different, moving to the Pinettina base, which is under the nose of Yang Cheng, who will hold a meeting of the academy coaching staff in the new season to say what he wants.

Just as the Big Three were about to walk back after inspecting the Academy's work, the trio passed by a man dressed in the club's employee uniforms as they passed through the passage of the row of buildings between the first team and the youth team.

"Hello, Caesar, Mr. Moratti, Mr. Facchetti!" The man turned to the side and said hello.

The three of them nodded in unison, "Hello! ”

It's normal to meet staff at the Pinetina base because there are so many people here.

But just after going over, Yang Cheng turned his head in confusion, he always felt that this person was very familiar.

I've seen it several times, but each time it's not very real.

He was so busy doing things before that he didn't have time to take care of it, but when he met it again today, he glanced at it just now, as if he knew it.

"You go first, I'll go back and see!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Moratti was strange that they had all made an appointment to eat together.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "It's okay, you go to the office and wait for me first!" ”

After saying that, he walked over quickly.

"This guy is always so mysterious!" Moratti laughed and shook his head.

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Benitez walked back to his office in Interrelo, where the academy's training building was still under construction, so it was temporarily located on the first floor of the academy's living quarters.

"What's wrong?" Benitez walked in and saw that the director of the academy, Osiglio, and the director Giuseppe Baresi, were discussing some questions enthusiastically, and looked energetic, so he walked over and asked.

"Rafa, you're back!" Baresi looked at the chubby Spaniard with a smile.

I don't know if it's because I came to Italy to eat and dress well, or something else, Benitez is getting fatter and fatter, and his big belly is bulging, but in proportion to his fatness, his coaching performance is also very good, last season he led the youth team to win the 2002 Italian Vialejo Cup to win the championship, the team includes Martins, who is very favored by experts, this is a very fast player, and he admires Ronaldo of the first team the most.

"Caesar and the Chairman both came over just now, and Caesar decided to stay!" Osirio said with a smile.

"That's a good thing!" Benitez laughed.

He heard that Yang Cheng was leaving, and he was still thinking about whether to leave with him, but now it seems that there is no need to go. "Caesar, the chairman and the general manager all came to inspect just now, and Caesar gave us the latest task, which is how we will spend this money if we increase the investment in the team's academy!" Baresi looked excited. ,

At present, Inter Milan spend about 2 million euros a year on the academy, which is still increased by Yang Cheng after taking office, and they can share a scouting network with the first team, which allows the Inter Milan academy to always tap some talent.

However, judging from Yang Cheng's words just now, he is considering increasing the investment in youth training to 4 million euros per year, but in the case of increasing investment, he hopes to get a detailed investment plan.

"With this money, a lot of projects can be launched!" Benitez was also excited.

He has been coming to Inter Milan for more than two years, he is very aware of the situation of this academy, to say that the strength of the training players is definitely not weak, and it is second to none in Serie A, especially after Yang Cheng took charge of the team, he implemented the tactical unity from top to bottom, and generally attached great importance to technology, which made Inter Milan's academy results very good.

"I was just discussing with Giuseppe that the coaching squad should be expanded, and after the new season, Moniz and Muhrensteen will take over the coaching and player training of the academy in an all-round way, and the physical experts and goalkeeper coaches will also be expanded, which is not a small cost."

Benitez understands that coaches are the foundation of an academy system.

"Also, Giuseppe and I thought about it for a while and decided to come up with your proposal at the next meeting to introduce the Academy age reform plan!" Osilio seems to have a big admiration for Benitez.

Benitez has previously suggested that the selection of talent in the Inter Milan academy is large, but it is chaotic.

For example, there are some young players whose hometown is in southern Italy, and they leave their hometown since childhood, which is very detrimental to his development, and often leads to the fall of talent in the end, so he proposes that under 14 years old, only good children from the Lombardy region are accepted, under 16 years old Italy and some neighboring countries are accepted, and under 18 years old are all over the world.

This advice takes into account the nature of the academy and avoids the waste of resources and the decline of talent in the club.

Baresi couldn't agree more.

"When Cassano came to us for a trial, he asked for a job for his mother, and one of his best friends, and he wanted to introduce him to a job, and I finally decided to turn him down, so when Cassano played in Bari, he hated Inter Milan, but I still think I did the right thing."

Osilio said very firmly, because if Cassano had come to Inter Milan that year, he might not have been able to play.

Besides, Cassano was just a talented teenager at that time, and there were countless football teenagers like him, and if everyone had to introduce jobs to his family, and every one of them had to be responsible for his friends, even the first team of Inter Milan would not be able to support it.

This is a football club, not a social welfare center!

However, having said that, the football schools set up by Inter Milan around the world are more social care programs and do not do business, which makes the maintenance of these football schools need to be supported by the headquarters, which is also a lot of money.

'I've always felt that it's important to develop players in the Academy, but if the first team doesn't have a proper player promotion plan, it's going to be useless to keep the door closed to the youth team. Baresi shook his head.

"It's only temporary!" Benitez defended Yang Cheng with a smile, "You look at the current first team, Ferrari, Pasquale, and Pirlo are all from the academy, and Perrotta and Luca Toney are all youngsters, from this point of view, Caesar attaches great importance to the development of young players." ”

'Batistuta is getting old, he's obviously down a lot, Luca Toney will take over and that's the chance for Martins, and the key is that the players we've developed have to be ready at all times.'

"Well said!" Yang Cheng happened to come to the door, and after hearing it, he opened his mouth and praised.

"Caesar!" The three of them were all surprised.

Thankfully, I didn't say anything bad about him just now!

The three of them looked at each other and thought with a wry smile.

"Professional football is becoming more and more realistic nowadays, and if you want the first team to promote the youth team as much as before, it's simply not possible, because every team has an urgent need for results!"

In the previous life, Arsenal, who later claimed to be the most knowledgeable about cultivating players, now attaches importance to youth training?

No, they are still buying stars in large sums every year, as for the later youth training model, it is just the transformation of Arsenal after the lack of money, but it must be seen that after the transformation of youth training, Arsenal's achievements are declining, and the stars are poached one after another, and they can't keep people at all. ,

The real giants will definitely not be like Arsenal!

"But in the long run, youth training is the solid backing of a team, and for a team to maintain long-term competitiveness, youth players are indispensable, so I will continue to increase youth training funds!" Yang Cheng explained with a smile.

Osilio and Baresi suddenly realized, they also had to agree, from Yang Cheng's position, for the needs of the first team's results, the academy players could not pour into the first team in a large way, which is an inevitability.

"By the way, this is ......" Yang Cheng pointed to Benitez, who actually recognized it.

"Rafa Benitez, your admirer, Caesar!" Baresi introduced with a smile.

Yang Cheng smiled and shook Benitez's hand, "I've seen you several times, but I haven't recognized you, René introduced you to me, and he has a high opinion of you!" ”

René is René Murensteen, Yang Cheng's right-hand man, the world's most famous technical training expert.

'He's the best coach in our Academy and I think you should promote him to the first team!' Osilio smiled and recommended his right-hand man.

Yang Cheng nodded, but looked at Osirio again, "Does it matter if Bergomi and Benitez are gone all at once?" ”

Osilio nodded with a smile, "It's a little affected, but it's okay!" ”

"Alright, Rafa, from now on, you will be in the first team, and your job is ......"

Yang Cheng deliberately paused for a moment before he smiled and said, "Tactical advisor!" ”

"Tactical advisor?" Benitez was stunned. Of course he knows what kind of role this is, the rumor that Yang Cheng is looking for a tactical assistant has long been spread, and everyone knows that this assistant must be one of Yang Cheng's most trusted assistants, and he can be called his right-hand man.

It is precisely because of its importance that Yang Cheng has not decided on the candidate for a long time, and many people have introduced him, but Yang Cheng refused. Provided by Qihang Huolongjun

Unexpectedly, now it fell on him because of a sentence, which made Benitez a little unbelievable and too flattered!

"yes, is there a problem?" Yang Cheng asked rhetorically.

Yang Cheng knows Benitez's ability, if he had known that there was such a talent to stay in the academy, he would have dug it out a long time ago, where would he continue to be annihilated?

As a very good head coach in Yang Cheng's previous life, Benitez was best at targeted tactics.

A set of football tactics, from the very basics, is divided into two aspects, first, how to play to their own advantages, and second, how to limit the opponent to play to their advantages.

If it is based on the first, it is offensive football, and the second is a more conservative football tactic, of course, it cannot be generalized, and there is no need to say more, because if it is to continue, it must be written as a football paper.

Yang Cheng's own tactical concept is based on the first one, because he can always figure out the strongest tactics according to the characteristics of the players, and can also introduce the most suitable players according to his own tactical needs, and play the most intensive tactics, he is the best in the first tactics.

And the second point, Mourinho, Capello, Lippi, Heathfield and others are undoubtedly the strongest, and even in this aspect, Yang Cheng is inferior, but he can always use his advantage in the first point to occupy the initiative and suppress the opponent.

But targeted tactics are also very important, especially in some key games, such as the two knockout games against Manchester United last season, Yang Cheng did not do a good job in targeted tactics.

Therefore, Yang Cheng has always wanted to have a tactical adviser, who can be regarded as a staff member to give advice to himself.

Paul Beyer has a lot of tactical knowledge, but he doesn't have the acumen to spot the flaws in the opponent's tactics, so he doesn't play much of a role in this, and what he is best at is building a defensive system under the team, and he is also leading the training.

However, on the second point, Benitez is definitely one of the strongest in Europe in Yang Cheng's memory in his previous life, and even one of them can be removed, he is the master tactician who knows how to limit the opponent's play.

As for why he is always tragic in coaching, a very important reason is his idealist complex, as well as his stubbornness and inflexibility.

When a team goes from weak to strong, their role is also changing from the limiter to the limiter. , the former undoubtedly needs more targeted tactics to limit the opponent, but the latter needs to play its own advantages to break the opponent's restrictions, which is the biggest difference between the middle and lower teams and the giants.

It is also the threshold of countless head coaches.

But all the managers who coach small and medium-sized teams are awesome and the giants are terrible, often fall on this threshold, and Benitez is no exception.

Yang Cheng recruited Benitez because he wanted to add such a tactical advisor to his staff group, specifically to give advice for himself, and then add more elements to his tactics to limit the opponent, so as to achieve a better balance in his tactics.

He's looking forward to what Benitez can do!

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Walking on the way to the first-team training area, Benitez looked at Yang Cheng who was walking in front, and he couldn't believe it.

"That's how I became his tactical advisor?"

This is a position that countless managers dream of, and whoever becomes it is worth a hundred times, which is even more popular than Ferguson's assistant coach, and being made by him like this is like a piece of pie falling from the sky.

"Don't overthink it, Rafa!" Yang Cheng turned his head and said with a smile, "I never look away!" ”

The memories of his past life are there, how can Benitez be there?

"I'm still a little ...... Can't believe it! Benitez smiled wryly.

"What's there to believe? From now on, you're my tactical advisor, and your job is to study the team's tactics, study the opponent's tactics, and report back to me what you've learned, it's as simple as that, you know? ”

Benitez nodded, of course he knew his duty.

Seeing that he still couldn't accept it, Yang Cheng was happy in his heart, the awesome and coaxed Bei fat man in his previous life turned out to be his staff, oh my God, is there anything more awesome than this?

Sometimes he really thinks about whether to get Pep Guardiola over, this guy has been in big trouble lately, and there are really few Spaniards who have succeeded in Serie A, neither Mendieta nor Guardiola.

But soon, he dismissed this idea, because he felt that Guardiola would not retire so early, but with his level, he simply did not have the ability to play at Inter Milan.

"That's right, Rafa!" Yang Cheng suddenly thought of something.

"Huh?" Benitez jerked his head up.

Yang Cheng saw his surprised appearance, smiled and shook his head, "Don't be so nervous, please, I won't eat people!" ”

Benitez nodded awkwardly, of course he knew he was overreacting.

"Go back and get ready, we're going on a business trip next!"

"On a business trip?" Benitez was a little puzzled.

"Yes, on a business trip, I will go to South Korea and Japan to watch the World Cup!" Yang Cheng said with a grin.

Although the World Cup has been going on for a few days, and he can't catch up with the Chinese team's game, for him, it's the same whether he watches it or not, because the result is as tragic as his previous life, and it's better not to watch it, so as to save him from making trouble.

Benitez is a smart man, he just listened to Yang Cheng's voiceover and guessed the purpose of his trip to South Korea and Japan.

One is to inspect the players, and the other is that he should go to talk to Ronaldo, Emerson, Nesta, Van Bommel and other players, after all, they are currently having scandals, and Yang Cheng should stabilize them...... ）