Chapter 1028: Can it be compared?

When Fang Wei was mobilizing all the club's executives in Beijing to convey Yang Huan's intentions, the real owner, Young Master Huan, appeared in Milan, Italy.

As the operation and management of several clubs became increasingly formalized, Yang Huan had to intervene less and less.

This is normal because he is the boss. If he always interferes beyond his authority, how can his employees deal with it?

Therefore, he basically just needs to convey his ideas now. His subordinates will naturally help him with the specific steps, and he only needs to review the results.

Because of this, Young Master Huan has quite a lot of free time. He wanders around everywhere whenever he has time and lives a very carefree life.

But while walking around, he did not forget his business.

Just now, after watching the Milan derby in Milan and witnessing Inter Milan's 3-0 away win over AC Milan and their 16th consecutive victory, Yang was grinning from ear to ear and happily rewarded the players in the locker room.

After the game, Master Huan took Beijing Guo'en team's technical director Bielsa to the luxurious box on the third floor of Tingyuxuan in the Nerazzurri City and welcomed his long-awaited guest.

"Hello, Mauricio!"

When the slightly plump middle-aged man wearing a thick down jacket walked into the box under the guidance of the waiter, Yang Huan and Bielsa stood up at the same time. Master Huan immediately greeted him with a smile and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Young Master Huan!" The visitor was somewhat flattered and quickly stretched out his hands to hold Young Master Huan's right hand.

"It's really nice to meet you, Mauricio. You know, Marcelo has always told me that you are the best player he has ever trained and will definitely become the best head coach. I have full confidence in his vision!" Yang said with a smile.

After hearing this, Mauricio Pochettino immediately looked at his mentor Bielsa who was standing next to Master Huan. His eyes were filled with gratitude, but he said nothing. He just walked over and gave Bielsa an intimate and warm hug.

Seeing the two of them like this, Yang Huan deeply felt the friendship between them, but for some reason, his mind couldn't help but think of another thing, a shameful past event about Pochettino.

9styletxt;It is said that when Bielsa was coaching Newell's Old Boys, he wanted to sign Pochettino, so he ran to Pochettino's house at night, but Pochettino's mother said that her son was already asleep and still sleeping, and Bielsa said, sleeping is good, it's a good opportunity to check on his physical condition.

So Bielsa pushed the door open, walked into the room, lifted the quilt, exclaimed repeatedly, and said that he was in great shape!

Well, Yang Huan felt that this might be a fabrication by the news media in order to make big news, but it clearly reflected the friendship between Bielsa and Pochettino.

In fact, Pochettino later joined the Argentina national team, also because of the promotion of his mentor Bielsa.

The friendship between the two can be said to be very deep. During Bielsa's coaching of Southampton, Pochettino also came to the UK many times to seek advice.

If you really want to count, Pochettino can be regarded as Bielsa's most direct disciple after Martino.

Of course, because he was deeply influenced by European professional leagues, Pochettino's football philosophy is somewhat different from Bielsa's. He should be considered more rational and pays more attention to balance, but his pursuit in his bones is exactly the same.

All along, from Inter Milan to Hamburg to Monaco, Pochettino has always been one of Yang Huan's candidates for coaching, and Bielsa also highly praises him.

Yang Huan remembered that when he traveled through time in his previous life, Pochettino was doing very well in the Premier League.

But now, perhaps because Yang Huan's arrival changed history, the trip to Southampton, which should have brought a career turning point for Pochettino, did not happen at all. So after Pochettino was sacked from Espanyol, although he also coached other teams, they were all short-lived and the results were not ideal.

But this does not hinder Yang Huan and his team from appreciating Pochettino.

If you are an ordinary fan, you will definitely think that Pochettino has no coaching skills at all, and has even fallen to the point where no one cares about him. How could such a head coach be favored by Yang Huan?

But in the eyes of Master Huan, the problem should not be viewed in this way.

The success of a team depends on the combined effect of many factors. The head coach is only a part of it, but not all.

It’s just like Pochettino coaching Espanyol. He was very successful at the beginning, but then it didn’t work out. Why?

Because the club sold several players and cashed out but failed to successfully fill the vacancies, there is very little the head coach can do at this time. Being fired because of poor performance is more like taking the blame.

Furthermore, for a head coach like Pochettino who emphasizes passing and controlling the ball to coach a powerful team composed of big and strong black players, isn't this just asking for trouble?

Therefore, many times, the success or failure of a head coach is not as simple as what ordinary fans see.

If we really only judge heroes by their success or failure, then who has not failed?

After looking through Pochettino's resume and his coaching experience, Yang Huan can basically be sure that there is no problem with the head coach's ability. In fact, in the past many years of coaching career, he has been constantly improving his football philosophy. He also has rich coaching experience and can always find a series of safe and reliable solutions when encountering problems.

All he lacks is the opportunity!

But for a head coach like him who has been working for mid- and lower-level teams for a long time, it is really very difficult to get a stable and relaxed coaching environment and at the same time meet a team that fits his tactical ideas.

This is what led to his wandering and frustration over the past few years.

Therefore, when Pochettino received the call from Master Huan and with the strong recommendation from his mentor Bielsa, he knew that this was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

As long as he can coach well in China, he will definitely have the opportunity to return to the European league and coach a strong team.

Southampton, Monaco, Hamburg, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, these are the leaders of the five major leagues now, and they are all Master Huan's teams. Coaching any of them can help Pochettino become famous and even establish the title of first-line coach in one fell swoop.

That's why Pochettino was willing to accept Master Huan's invitation to coach in China.

"Master Huan, this is a plan I have carefully prepared over the past month."

Pochettino took out two documents from his briefcase and handed them to Yang Huan and Bielsa respectively.

The former is the boss and the chief examiner, while the latter is the technical director of Jingcheng Guoen and is considered the head coach's immediate superior.

Yang Huan took it, opened it and found that all the training and management details were listed very clearly and meticulously.

For example, during the pre-season training, Pochettino admitted that his tactics were very physically demanding, so he needed to increase the intensity of training. During the training in Spain, he will resolutely adopt three training sessions a day, and each training session will be ninety minutes.

But if that were all, it would be fine. He even planned out the content of the training camp and every training schedule.

For example, based on his own tactical characteristics and past coaching experience, he felt that a long-distance run before the end of each training session would help improve the players' physical condition, so he decided to arrange such a training.

Of course, this is just a training camp before the season. Once the league starts, there will definitely be some adjustments.

At that time, he will reduce the amount of training appropriately according to the schedule, but he will not relax the requirements for the players' physical reserves.

In this plan, he also expressed the hope to introduce Southampton's training equipment, including a complete set of team video and analysis systems.

Yang Huan was not surprised by this, because the whole set was a treasure and everyone who had used it said it was good.

Not to mention anything else, there is no need to talk about Bielsa. He came to Beijing Guoan to work as a technical director, but he can't forget the Saints' system. Tuchel, Simeone, Klopp, Ronald Koeman, this group of guys, once they get used to it, once they leave, I guarantee that they will all find it difficult to adapt.

After closing the plan, Yang Huan glanced at Bielsa, who had also finished reading it and nodded.

Master and apprentice are master and apprentice, and Bielsa is the technical director and he also has to consider his own career.

Besides, he has an equally close relationship with Young Master Huan. The cooperation and trust they have built up over the years is no joke, especially Young Master Huan's kindness to him.

"Ok, Mauricio, I agree with your training plan, especially the intensity of the training, but what I want to say is that there are several veterans in the team, so you have to analyze the specific situation at that time."

Pochettino nodded to show that he understood.

Every team has its own special circumstances, and as the head coach, he can only accommodate them.

Moreover, in the current situation, after the team's renewal, it is very necessary to have veteran players including Xu Yunlong and Zhou Ting to help the new coach and the new management to stabilize the morale of the team.

If Pochettino can't even handle such a small matter, then he might as well quit.

Yang Huan thinks that high-intensity training may not be a bad thing.

Many people think that the level of domestic football is not high because the players are not strong enough, but is it really so?

If you want to compare them with big stars like Messi, then of course, there is only one Messi and one Ibrahimovic in the world. How can they be compared?

But if we compare them with the mainstream professional players in the five major European leagues, it’s not that the players are not strong enough.

What is the reason?

The players' overall awareness is not enough!

To give a simple example, if in Europe, a team of eleven people can play the effect of eleven people or even more people on the court through reasonable tactics and team cooperation, then in China, because of the looseness in this aspect, let alone the effect of eleven people, even the effect of eight people may not be played out.

Looking at the history of Chinese players studying abroad, almost all the failure cases were not due to the players’ lack of personal ability, but because they could not cooperate with the team, could not integrate into the collective operations, and could not become part of the team.

In this situation, European coaches would rather choose a player with weaker personal abilities but who can integrate into the team as a whole, rather than letting this player destroy the integrity of the team.

Therefore, many fans think that the biggest problem for Chinese players studying abroad is their lack of personal ability, but this is actually wrong.

The real problem lies in the players' lack of tactical awareness and teamwork awareness.

Yang Huan strongly supports Pochettino's proposal to increase the intensity of daily training.

The overall combat capability of a team often depends on the accumulation of regular training.

One of the important reasons why he chose Pochettino and Bielsa is that they are in line with the most advanced tactical development trends. They firmly implement holistic football and insist on teamwork.

As for what to say, can domestic players understand the head coach's tactical philosophy?

Yang Huan wasn't worried at all.

Truly capable people are often able to explain some very profound theories in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Therefore, whether the players can understand it or not is not the problem. The problem is whether you, as the head coach, have the real knowledge?

Yang Huan believes that Bielsa has enough practical knowledge and Pochettino is not bad either.

"Master Huan, I wonder if I can make a suggestion?" Pochettino looked at Yang Huan with stubbornness in his eyes.