Some people have certain things, and they are engraved in their bones.

No matter how many times I try again, the result is still the same.

Why are the tactics submitted by Guardiola and Southgate slower than Simeone?

That's because Chen Ran's recruiting strategy originally focused on defense, with a lot of defensive players.

But even so, Guardiola still designed a passing and controlling style of play.

Can you imagine?

The style of play designed by Guardiola:

During the attack, the two full-backs Chiellini and Maicon pressed into the full-midfield position, while the two wingers Ronaldo and Ribery went directly into the penalty area to grab points with Toni.

Only Southgate and Cech were left in the backcourt, and the other central defender Vidic moved to the midfielder position to cooperate with Simeone to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

Guardiola himself presses forward to the penalty area, cooperates with Modric to organize the attack, or directly shoots from long range.

Once the ball is lost, players are required to immediately counterattack on the spot, and must stifle the opponent's counterattack without committing a foul.

Imagine this scene. Under this tactical play, Crystal Palace has only two people behind the halfway line, and the others have to suppress the opponent within the opponent's half.

If the attack is carried out well, the mercury will pour down from the ground, one wave after another.

But if the opponent successfully picks the ball out, it will be a loss.

How exciting and crazy this is!

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Compared to Guardiola's style of play, Simeone's defensive counterattack is at the other extreme.

With him, Ronaldo and Ribery are no longer wingers, but have become full midfielders.

Usually they stay in their own half to help defend, but once their team gets the ball, they must move forward along the side at high speed to open up a passing space for possible counterattack opportunities.

When defending, only center Toni is left in the opponent's half, while Modric, as the attacking midfielder, stays near the center circle and waits for opportunities.

Once the team gets the ball, Guardiola or Simeone will directly pass the ball from the backcourt to Toni, or Ronaldo and Ribery will move forward.

Toni serves as the bridgehead. If the ball reaches him, he will immediately pass to Cristiano Ronaldo or Ribery who are advancing forward on both sides, and then turn back and rush straight into the penalty area to grab the point.

If there is no chance to separate the sides, pass the ball back to Modric behind him, who then passes it to Ronaldo and Ribery.

In short, in a quick counterattack, only Toni, Modric, Ronaldo and Ribery were involved from beginning to end, while the others stayed in the backcourt to guard against the opponent's counterattack.

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How is it? Are they two extremes?

Looking at these two sets of tactics, Chen Ran thought of the name of an American TV series - A Song of Ice and Fire.

Compared with Guardiola and Simeone, the tactics designed by Southgate appear to be somewhat satisfactory.

Typical British style 442, no attacking midfielder, only midfielder.

The focus is on breakthroughs and crosses from the wing, with Tony and Crouch in the middle responsible for grabbing points.

It's unremarkable, yet simple and practical.

Chen Ran called Guardiola, Simeone and Southgate together and asked them to review each other's tactics.

Seeing the changing expressions of the three people's faces, Chen Ran almost laughed out loud.

Especially the expressions of Simeone and Guardiola when they saw each other's tactics, that kind of surprise, confusion, and disdain, were particularly vivid.

"How about you evaluate each other's tactics?" Chen Ran came up with an idea.

"Diego's tactics are too conservative."

"Josep's style of play is too aggressive."

Guardiola and Simeone blurted out instantly, then looked at each other and said at the same time:

"Gareth's is too ordinary."

"That's right, nothing new."

"..."

Southgate cursed in his heart, "Don't you two look in the mirror to see what you look like?"

One goes all out to attack, the other goes all out to defend.

I know this is called offensive and defensive balance!

"Boss, Diego and Josep's tactics are too extreme. I think my style of play is more balanced offensively and defensively."

Southgate did not abandon Guardiola and Simeone at all, and expressed his views to Chen Ran with a serious face.

"Ahem, let me tell you, the tactics designed by the three of you have their own characteristics, but each also has its own shortcomings. Why not combine them?"

After watching the show, Chen Ran expressed his own opinions.

"Comprehensive? How to synthesize?"

"Boss, Diego and Josep's tactics are basically two extremes. There's no way to combine them, right?"

"Yes, boss. If I and Diego's tactics are forcibly implemented together, the players' physical strength will not be able to sustain for 90 minutes. It is estimated that they will collapse in 60-70 minutes at most."

"I don't mean to implement them together. What I mean is to adopt different tactics according to different opponents. Do you know the revolver? To deal with enemies with different characteristics, switch to the corresponding bullets, and then kill the opponent."

"For example, if we encounter a team that is stronger than us, it would be too risky to use Josep's tactics. At this time, we can use Diego's defensive counterattack style."

"If we encounter a team that is weaker than us, then we can use Josep's style of play to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop."

"If we encounter an opponent of similar strength to us, we will use Gareth's tactics to deal with it. Then after taking the lead, we can change to Diego's tactics. If we are unable to open up the situation or fall behind, we will change to Josep's tactics.

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"What do you think of my idea?"

She said her mouth was a bit dry, so Chen Ran picked up some coffee to moisten her throat.

"Well...Boss, your idea is good. But it requires the players to master three sets of tactics at the same time and be able to switch at any time during the game. Is this too demanding?"

The three of them looked at each other, but they didn't expect that our young boss really had something in his stomach.

It seems that his UEFA A-level coaching certificate was indeed obtained by himself.

"The demands must be high. Have you forgotten my goal of acquiring Crystal Palace?"

"You mean building a football dynasty?"

"Yes. After this period of observation, I believe you have also seen that every player I introduced this time is quite talented. Mastering three sets of tactics at the same time and switching at any time may not be possible for ordinary players. However, I

I believe these players will be fine."

"Besides, I didn't ask them to master these three tactics now."

"My plan is: You first train them to master Diego's defensive counterattack tactics. Our goal this season is to rush to the Premier League. In the long league, it is important to concede less or no goals."

"After mastering Diego's tactics, we will start training Gareth's tactics. The key to Gareth's tactics depends on whether the two wingers can form effective breakthrough crosses, which depends more on the players' personal abilities."

"Finally, and the most difficult thing to achieve, is Josep's style of play, because it requires too much of the players' passing and cutting coordination capabilities. In my judgment, this may take an entire season to get used to."
Chapter completed!