Source: Shangguan News By: for ice
With the coaching staff acting as the "engine" and the club playing the "helm", can more precise countermeasures be applied when the team is in trouble?
In the fifth round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) on June 19, the momentum-rich Wuhan Sanzhen team continued to occupy the top of the table after defeating Shanghai Seaport 2-1 in Dalian. For the first time, the defeated Harbor team's manager Leko confessed, "The road to the championship is getting bumpier and bumpier, and we cannot reach the top level of the Chinese Super League at the moment."
With only 5 of the 34 rounds of league matches played, why did Leko concede defeat so early? Harbour team strengthened their squad last year on the basis of the Double Asia Championship, but now the whole team is in a slump, is it just due to the epidemic in Shanghai? The coaching staff is the "engine" and the club is the "helmsman", can more targeted measures be taken in the face of difficulties?
Outside backers face off in inevitable Harbour defeat
Harbor lost, although the score was only 1-2 with only one goal conceded, the difference in strength between the two teams was obvious from the course of the game. Throughout the game, the Harbor team was out-shot 6 to 22 and out-aimed 3 to 11. The loss was expected.
In terms of possession, Harbor led their opponents' 35% with 65%, and their pass success rate was 84% ahead of Tri-Town's 72%, but it was an ineffective advantage - Harbor's possession areas were all in their own midfield and backfield, unable to create a substantial attacking threat; and their passes were only back-and-forth crosses by their own backfield of three defenders, making it difficult for them to go forward to launch an effective The offense was difficult to launch an effective attack forward.
Unlike previous defeats, Harbour skipper Leko was convinced after the match, and even had a sense of growing on others. He said: "The better side won the game, we only conceded one goal, but could have conceded four. The players and coaches were not in form in the first half, and we are still a long way from the top teams in the Super League."
Harbour improved their performance in the second half, relying on substitute wide man Ndiaye to pull a point back. According to Leko, "We had more possession in the second half but I don't think we were better, we didn't really create threatening chances and our opponents could have scored all four of our goals in the first half."
The Chinese Super League relies on foreigners. Wuhan Sanzhen had five foreigners and started with four, with the front three firing on all cylinders, especially senior midfielder Malcolm Malcolm who turned the Harbour's back line upside down with his powerful header that set the tone for the win. In contrast, only Paulinho Jr. started for Harbour, and N'Diaye, who came on as a substitute, was not sharp enough due to unsystematic training.
Foreign aid dependence, test of coach's coaching skills
In the absence of core foreign aid, Shanghai Seaports exposed the stubborn problem that it is difficult to win without Oscar, which is certainly related to the laws of the Chinese Super League, which generally rely on foreign aid, but also exposed the shortcomings of the coaching staff in terms of offensive deployment, tactical literacy, overall collaboration and timely response.
All along, the Chinese Super League, dominated by the golden dollar soccer, has formed a simplistic tactical framework in which the super foreign aid trident dominates the offense and the rest of the local players are responsible for the defense. Whether it is the former Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai seaport or today's Wuhan three towns, super foreign aid is an indispensable tactical core, the local players are mainly responsible for doing the dirty work of defense, or even break the ball to the foreign aid "tool man".
Now, with the super foreign aid due to salary restrictions and other factors to leave, the core of the Hong Kong team Oscar due to the epidemic and other reasons for the delay in the return of many teams were beaten back to the original shape, the seaport team's "Oscar dependence" more and more obvious. Without Oscar, the harbor team's attack is very raw, basically difficult to create a killing machine, if not the club's introduction of internal aid Feng Jin a flower alone, the rest of the local players are trapped in the physical reserves, physical fatigue, tactical configurations and other factors, the performance of the weak procrastination, obviously not in the best state, it is difficult to shoulder the responsibility of scoring goals.
Can Chinese players play a relatively exciting offense without foreign aid? This season, Xie Hui coaches the all-Chinese team Dalian Ren team performance is very good, the team temporarily with 1 win and 3 draws to remain undefeated, especially in the absence of a foreign aid can rely on the premise of the team's high pressure kicking sound, very lifting the spirit.
The high press and spirit of Xie Hui and the Dalian People are actually reminding Shanghai Harbor that the Chinese Super League is not the only place where betting on foreign aid is a tactic, a mode and a way to live. In contrast, the various helplessness and complaints of Leko nowadays without Oscar also show that the coaching staff can't come up with a solution to the problem.
In fact, as long as the proper organization, the right tactics, unity and cooperation, all Chinese players playing in the Chinese class can also score goals, can also play relatively advanced team soccer - provided that the coaching staff has the pursuit, the players have the ability to execute. In this regard, Leko may still need to use his brain.
Carve the boat and clubs have to improvise too
Xie Hui's coaching of Dalian relies on the all Chinese class to excel, inseparable from his long time in Shanghai Harbor Club as an assistant coach of the accumulation of learning. After assisting Eriksson, Boaz and Pereira, Xie Hui chose to fly solo as a head coach, and he has incorporated the experience of these three champion coaches into his coaching philosophy.
In contrast, Leko as the successor of these three champion coaches, lack of a champion aura, character appears "one-stranded", encountered unexpected difficulties also lack of rapid response. Even the lack of "frustration education" of the young coach, because of their own stubborn stubborn character, so that the team has a "boat for the sword" suspicion.
In the author's view, the Shanghai harbor team affected by the epidemic physical reserve is insufficient, the preparation period is not enough has been irreversible, the face of the team only 14 days to prepare for the "special circumstances", must come up with a targeted "special approach". I learned that the rate of Laike team in Dalian still continue their trademark high-intensity training mode, and even two a day to practice aerobic running, running back and forth to reserve physical fitness.
High-intensity training itself is right, but these training tempo, training mode and preparation concepts are often based on the premise of a normal preparation cycle of about 30 days. Now the harbor team affected by the epidemic, in the background of the preparation cycle is only 15 days, in the league before the continuation of ultra-high-intensity training set in stone is appropriate, to be tested by time.
Meanwhile, the higher intensity of training by the Leko coaching staff has actually exposed flaws last season. Lecco's handpicked defender Mystorovic came to China and suffered two serious injuries ligament ruptures without playing a single Chinese Super League match. Among them, there is certainly an element of bad luck, but many insiders believe that the team's training intensity is also a causal factor. In addition, the Brazilian striker Lopez last year in training ligament rupture, before the basic not injured Oscar last year also suffered serious injuries, which are and Lecco's training intensity is too high, too much emphasis on running, technical and tactical content of the ball is relatively insufficient, have a certain degree of correlation.
Last season, after Lecco's high-intensity training, there was a Brazilian "miracle doctor", Edu, who utilized his professional ability to ensure that the players come back in time. This season, under the high intensity training, seaport team is full of injured soldiers, the domestic medical team has been very hard, but Edu due to the epidemic is still in Brazil has not yet returned to the team, the team has not yet recovered the maximum rehabilitation diagnostic and treatment power. In fact, there is a scientific rule for players to come back from injuries and illnesses, and the growing list of injuries and illnesses in the Seaport team this season also shows that the team's training is yet to be perfected.
"Everyone, including me, needs to reflect and analyze to see what we should do next to get better." After the match, Leko's statement was humble and pragmatic. In the author's opinion, Leko only use to the training and game of the technical and tactical responsibility, more matters actually by the harbor club decision-making manipulation.
Previously, the response to the epidemic when the team management of inaction, lack of response, or early for the Premier League is in trouble buried fuse. Shanghai Shenhua as a comparative object, Shenhua in Kangqiao base although also plagued by the epidemic, but relatively able to guarantee a certain training; Shanghai Harbor Club if you can earlier decision-making, more responsible, timely adjustment of the training site or go to the provinces and cities training, or can avoid the current embarrassment.
A Shanghai epidemic, leading to the normal operation of the club in the past the original experience is completely invalid, but also to further amplify the management of the club, the coaching staff of the strain of the short board. Now, the coaching staff, clubs need to face the epidemic prevention and control of the normalization of the background of the new mode of preparation for the Chinese Super League, this time if you still maintain the original thinking "boat for the sword", the team may not only be unable to get rid of "Oscar dependence", the future may also pay More tuition.
