Although the training camp will start early tomorrow morning, Pinettina still seems quiet at night.

After the renovation workers left, the whole base became quiet, except for a few cars quietly parked in the parking lot, reminding the security guards that he could not sleep yet.

"He's definitely the hardest working manager I've ever met and hopefully he can succeed!" The security guard pursed his lips, and instead of complaining that Yang Cheng couldn't rest early, he was blessing the new head coach.

He's an Inter Milan fan and he wants Yang Cheng to be successful here.

In the living area in the distance, only the restaurant on the first floor was still lit, but it was not eating, but meeting.

The second floor was renovated, and only the restaurant on the first floor had air conditioning, so Yang Cheng simply moved the preparatory meeting here temporarily.

There are round dining tables in the dining room of Nuoda, each table can seat at least 5 old people, all of them are exactly the same, this is according to Yang Cheng's previous requirements, they used to be square small dining tables, but now they are all replaced.

On one of the dining tables, there are layers of straw paper with various routes and shapes drawn on it.

Yang Cheng, Paul, Bayer, Moniz, Shifting Sting, Vincenzo Di Palma, as well as Tim Hank, Chris, Schmidt, and all the members of the entire coaching staff are here.

"The problem of Inter Milan, I believe that after everyone has studied it in the past few days, they should have found that it is not a simple one or two problems, but a lot of problems, plus the competition in Serie A is very fierce, so we must have a unified season Lello."

Yang Cheng's words have been recognized by everyone, Serie A is the most competitive league in today's football, and there is no one.

"The most important thing in pre-season preparation is physical reserves, Tim, Chris, we have plenty of time to prepare, and I hope to be able to further improve the team's physical reserves in the pre-season preparations, because the winter break is only two weeks, and you can't hope for the winter break, so the pre-season physical reserves are very important."

Tim Hank and Chris Schmidt looked at each other and nodded.

"Don't worry, we've been working on this plan a month ago!"

Yang Cheng is still very satisfied with the ability of these two assistants who have cooperated for three years, "The whole set of testing systems can only be carried out after Christmas at the earliest, but the physical testing and data statistics of the players must be completed before the season, so your task will be heavier!" ””

Tim Hank and Chris Schmidt specialise in physiotherapy, fitness and more, so their training is the main part of the pre-season preparation.

"Serie A is a league with a lot of emphasis on defense, and without a good defense, it is impossible to gain a foothold in this league, so I hope that in the next two months, I can "create a solid defensive system for Inter Milan, which is the most important thing, and only after the defensive system is solid, I will think about attacking!" ”

Yang Cheng said very resolutely, because in his opinion, without a good enough defense, he can't gain a foothold in Serie A.

What is the most common tactic in Serie A?

Isn't it just a defensive counterattack?

If you blindly attack and lack a solid defense, it is definitely a tragedy, and a fish can kill you!

"2 months, the task is a bit heavy!" Bao Bubeier said with a smile.

Everyone immediately laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

Yang Cheng immediately took out some diagrams from the round table and spread them in the middle, and everyone immediately came over.

"I've been studying the videos of Juventus and AC Milan lately, and I've also read a lot of books on the defence and I've learned a lot from that, and I've found that starting with Sacchi, and then Capello, Lippi, and even Trapattoni and others, their defense is based on a combination of man-to-man and zone defense."

"A single form of defense is not perfect, there are flaws and loopholes, so the chain defense has been replaced, and now both Capello and Lippi have taken this chain zone defense as the main form of defense, and it is strictly arranged in front of the goal, because the ball can only pose a threat when it enters this area." ,

Yang Cheng listed all of these things he learned from videos and reading books, and he started reading books about defense back when he felt the chain defense from Trapattoni, and now he is just finishing the summary and putting it into practice.

"Defense, it's nothing more than two points, first, to prevent the opponent from scoring, and second, to snatch the ball from the opponent's feet, if you want to do these two things in Serie A, our defensive system in the Bundesliga alone is far from enough."

The most important thing for Yang Cheng's defense in the Bundesliga is to pursue the four principles, delay, placement, concentration and control, these four principles are the core concept of Yang Cheng's defensive system, and the role of delay is reflected in the offensive and defensive conversion, that is, the moment when the overall strength of a team is tested.

Although Yang Cheng's team has always played offensive tactics, the defense has always been excellent, he pursues the most beautiful sharp offensive football, and defends the most unbreakable defensive system, which has been fulfilled in Kaiserslautern, but don't ignore that Kaiserslautern has Bremer, Lutz and Kosch and other transitions in the early stage.

But now Inter Milan's defense is a mess, Yang Cheng must start from scratch, because he cannot continue to follow the same style as Kaiserslautern, but must establish an effective defensive system as soon as possible.

"Delaying tactics is a must, and if we don't do a good job at the moment of switching between offense and defense, we will definitely suffer!" Paul, Bayer is very sure that he is the defensive coach of Yang Cheng's coaching staff.

'You can do it in position, focus and control, but it takes time, you need to work well with each other, you have to work well together, and you can't do it overnight.

"That's right, so we're going to change the way we train before the season!" Yang Cheng took out a few more sheets from the pile of straw paper and spread them on the table.

Each piece of grass paper divides the court into many different areas, which is the same as Yang Cheng's previous red and green line training methods, but it is very different, that is, those lines are not aimed at attack, but for assisting defense and responding.

"I've never been a proponent of full-court pressing" as you all know! ”

Everyone present nodded, because Yang Cheng advocated attacking, and the full-court pressing tactics consumed the players' physical energy very much, often pressing in the first half, and the physical collapse in the second half, and they couldn't be put into attack at all.

"So I spread the chain zone defense to the whole field, and divided the whole stadium into a lot of different areas, and each player guarded a certain area in a certain situation, and we divided the work among them, and each area was connected to each other, forming a cup of regional defense."

Bao Bubeier was the first to understand what Yang Cheng meant, but he saw that Yang Cheng's tactical plan was in the middle, but the area in the middle of the midfield was blank, so he couldn't help but wonder, "What about the middle of the midfield?" ”

"That's a good question, I assume a situation where when we get to the opponent's defence and the ball is cut off and our strikers immediately start counter-attacking on the spot, what do you think they will do?"

"Get the ball out quickly, either go back and regroup when you're steady, or you can go straight to the wings and midfield." Moniz replied directly that this should also be the usual tactic of all teams.

"Then our midfield will be surrounded, and the numerical advantage will be formed locally, we will not play the kind of step-by-step pressing tactics that consume physical energy, we will use the numerical advantage formed after the midfield surrounds to play zone control!"

One of the most well-known tactical concepts in football is that when you have one more person than the opponent in a particular area, the advantage is almost overwhelming, assuming that the two sides are close to each other.

Yang Cheng is going to take advantage of this to play the tactic of moving the defensive line forward.

"This kind of area encirclement tactics has an advantage, that is, once the opponent has players with excellent individual ability, after making a local breakthrough, there will definitely be players who can fill the position as soon as possible, but if the filling is not successful, then foul and implement delaying tactics!"

After three years of Kaiserslautern, Yang Cheng found a very interesting phenomenon, that is, why so many top coaches desperately want to press the defense forward, the reason is very simple, it is to press the opponent's midfield.

Speaking of oppression, perhaps it is a bit of an empty point, to give a simple example. ,

If Team A sticks to a normal position, once the ball is lost in midfield, the opponent can send the ball into the 32-metre area that creates a threat with just one pass, and this is usually the most direct defensive counter-attack.

If team A moves the defensive line forward 10 meters, and the ball is still in the opponent's half after losing the ball in the middle of the field, if the opponent wants to launch a quick counterattack, either a long pass, but the success rate is too low, or after two passes, it will take more time than A, and the defender can also get more preparation time.

What happens on the football pitch is instantaneous, and often a single pass and a 10-metre pass can make the difference between an attack and a goal.

Therefore, countless famous coaches, including Benitez, Ferguson, Wenger and others, are thinking about pushing the defense line forward, because if you move forward, it means that the opponent will return to the old rice, and it also means that once the opponent wants to launch a counterattack after grabbing the ball, he needs to overcome the old rice.

And this old rice is often also the decisive old rice!

Yang Cheng's regional encirclement tactics are equivalent to turning the front court into the focus of regional defense, the responsibility of the midfielder is to be responsible for building the encirclement, and the responsibility of the back court is to fill the position, specifically for the players in front of the position, so the back line must be enough forward.

After the defensive line moves forward, as long as the front court can withstand the pressure, the midfield can build an encirclement in time, and ensure that there are players stationed in each area of the midfield, then even if the opponent makes a partial breakthrough, the back can also be made up for the first time, once the fill is not successful, it will be fouled, and the delay tactics will be used, and if it is not even possible to fill the position and foul, it is to face the central defender directly, which is possible to score.

Yang Cheng is to build a defense from Inter Milan's forward line through this layered chain zone defense.

In this set of tactics, the players responsible for filling positions and fouls are very important, and Yang Cheng still needs to observe and see who is more suitable for this position, because he needs to have fast maneuverability, wide range of area control and excellent individual combat ability.

Everyone was surprised when they heard Yang Cheng's words.

This is not to say that Yang Cheng's ideas are new, in fact, many things are just extensions and protections on the basis of professional coaches, and they are still the same set in their bones, what really makes people feel new is Yang Cheng's training method.

There is no doubt about Yang Cheng's defensive system, if successfully implemented, Inter Milan's defensive ability will definitely be able to go up several floors, but this is not a small requirement for players. Time.

What does the former need is Yang Cheng's prestige? The second requirement is that Yang Cheng cleverly adopts the method of dividing regions, so that each player understands that he should control those areas in certain cup realms through repeated training, and then extends to the control of the entire area through each player's control of a single area.

It can be said that as long as the players are more familiar with the area on the field in training and understand more about the area on the field, they can fully meet the initial requirements, which is a bit like Yang Cheng drew the red and green lines in the past to let the players get used to running.

As for the filling and assisting defense, this requires repeated training and drills, and at the same time increasing the experience through actual combat, so that the players can improve the awareness of filling and assisting in defense in various environments, so to speak. The third requirement is to be accumulated by training and competition.

"If I can do that, I will build on this foundation and strengthen my offense, so that every successful defense can become our offensive serve!" Yang Cheng said confidently.

Another advantage of moving forward is that Inter Milan's attack will be closer to the opposition's penalty area, and if they can defend successfully in the midfield, they will be able to ensure that they are as fast as possible? Before the opponent's offensive and defensive transitions can be completely changed, the ball is sent into the opponent's vital position.

That's why Yang Cheng attaches so much importance to defense!

If you look at the progress, it will definitely look conservative in the early stages, because the whole game is defending. But once the players are familiar with and accustomed to the defensive system, the defensive effect will not be lost to the full-court press, but the physical exertion is much less than the full-court press? It can ensure that Inter Milan can put more energy and physical energy into the attacking cup section.

"No wonder you told Moratti and Facchetti that it's hard for the team to guarantee results for at least a year!" Mu Ronstine couldn't help but be convinced. ,

With the accumulation of experience, Yang Cheng has become more and more innovative in his ideas when building a tactical system and arranging tactics, and he has considered all aspects more thoroughly.

"I'm called a villain first and a gentleman later!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

After everyone had a clear goal, they all immediately started a tense and heated discussion, especially for the training plan to start tomorrow, they must be based on Yang Cheng's strategic and tactical ideas? Adjust your training schedule to keep up with Yang Cheng's plan.

For a whole night, everyone studied the next day's training until midnight.

Yang Cheng personally cooked, made some glutinous rice balls, and made a night snack to work everyone, "Then they will go back to rest, and they will come to the training ground an hour early tomorrow morning to arrange."

After sending everyone away, Yang Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief, moved his tired body, and walked out of the training building.

"Are you going back to rest, Mr. Yang Cheng?" The security guard walked out of the security room and was enjoying the cool outside, and when he saw Yang Cheng coming out, he immediately stood up and said hello.

"yes, hard work!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

"It's not hard!" The security guard in his thirties said with a smile.

Seeing Yang Cheng walking towards the parking lot, he suddenly mustered up a surge of courage and asked a question that he had always wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask, "Mr. Yang Cheng!" ”

"Huh?" Yang Cheng stopped and turned his head.

"We can recreate the glory of the big country era, right??"

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, under the dim light on the roof of the security room, the white teeth that appeared in his smile were very dazzling, "What's your name?" ”

"Tommaso!"

"How old are you?"

"37, but I've been an Inter fan for 38 years.

"Why?" Yang Cheng felt strange.

"My relatives registered me as a fan member before I was born, a man named Tommaso and a woman named Sofia, but my sister is only 33 years old now."

Yang Cheng laughed, he thought this family was very interesting.

"Don't worry, you'll be able to watch the championship before you reach the age of 40!" Yang Cheng said very confidently, and then walked to the parking lot.

Leaving Tommaso to chew on Yang Cheng's words repeatedly, he is obviously guaranteeing that he will bring the championship to Inter Milan within 2 years, which is still the least statement, because in Yang Cheng's coaching history, there is no precedent for him not to win the championship except for the season in Chemnitz.

Drove back to the villa on the shore of Lake Como, Sienna was already asleep, Yang Cheng didn't wake him up, and went back to his room directly.

At 5:30 in the morning, Yang Cheng was woken up by the alarm clock on time.

After moving his body tiredly on the bed, he came to the window of his room, looking at the misty Lake Como in the distance, and the whole person was indescribably relaxed, and all the fatigue was swept away.

Today is his first big day at Inter Milan and he has to deal with it mentally at his best.

At the helm of Inter Milan is different from at the helm of Kaiserslautern, in Germany, the players are pulled by him one by one, although they are all superstars in the previous life, but they are not famous, but in this group of players in Inter Milan, there are top superstars such as Ronaldo and Baggio.

Only after convincing them and making them willingly work for themselves and implement the tactics they arranged for them can Yang Cheng be able to lead them to success!

"I'm not going to lose!" Yang Cheng cheered himself up!. ）