The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 268

Those who have not experienced it will never understand how much pressure it is to remain undefeated for a long time.

Everyone, no matter who he is, good or bad, open-minded or introverted, there is a complex in everyone's heart that he does not want to disappoint those who support and affirm him, and this complex often occurs in the The game is transformed into an invisible pressure.

As a professional player and professional coach, the moment you step into a professional arena, you are under such pressure, because you are thinking about it all the time, thousands of fans are watching you, and the media and fans all over the world are watching you. Watching you, you can't let them down, you have to give your best to win the game.

That kind of pressure is so great that many players who were geniuses in the youth team in the amateur league collapsed in the professional arena.

When you win one game, the fans want you to win the second, when you win the second they want you to win the third, and so on, and over time, the pressure builds and when you can Keep unbeaten for a season, then every time you step on the court, the biggest enemy is no longer your opponent, but the pressure you bear.

Ye Qiu understood this very well. As Chelsea's unbeaten record continued, the lineup of psychologists on the coaching staff quickly expanded from the original 2 to 5, and the number of physiotherapists and masseurs even expanded to 10. Personally, this is almost very rare in the entire Premier League and even European leagues.

Ye Qiu uses such a large professional team to maintain the psychological and physical qualities of Chelsea's first-team players, because he knows very well that for Chelsea, there is no need to doubt the strength of the team, and they can remain unbeaten so far. , who dares to say that Chelsea is not good enough.

For Chelsea now, the biggest enemy is psychological pressure and physical fitness.

Every morning and evening, Ye Qiu will receive reports from the team led by Peter Brandt in terms of medical treatment, physical therapy and psychology as soon as possible. There will be very detailed analysis and analysis of each player's psychological and physical fitness. Evaluation, and then Ye Qiu used it as a reference to arrange the team's training and match roster.

With the advent of the intensive schedule in the second half of the league, daily training is no longer important for the team, including Lampard, Ronaldinho and many other players. The most important thing is physical recovery and state adjustment, so Well, after playing Wolves, Chelsea got a week of rest, and Ye Qiu directly gave them two days off.

After the main lineup returned to the team, the training programs conducted were mainly recovery and adjustment.

In the middle of the week, the news came that Arsenal lost 0:1 at home to Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final. The pressure and the intensive schedule caused their psychological problems.

This is like a person's temper. When you are rational, you tell yourself not to get angry, then you can control your anger, but when you are angry, can you still stay sober and rational?

On the second day of the FA Cup semi-final, when everyone returned to the locker room after training, they all noticed a list posted on the door of the locker room. Ye Qiu announced in advance that Saturday's away game against Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur's big list, and several players including Ronaldinho, Davis, Deco, Cannavaro, etc. did not appear in this big list.

This more or less allows the players to feel the tension of the approaching battle.

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When I was in Amsterdam, after the training session in the evening, I walked in De Tokmorst, and I was sure to see Chairman Michael van Prager. He said that he liked walking in De Tokmost without people. .

Perhaps it was because he had been at Ajax for four years and got used to it all, so many times when Ye Qiu was walking at the Harrington training base, he was thinking of Van Prague and Bobby Ha James, but in fact, Ajax has become farther and farther away from him, many things have passed by, and there is no going back.

Although it's only been a year since he left Ajax, with Ye Qiu's current status, there is no reason to go back to Ajax. This is not only because of his influence, but also because of his jaw-dropping high salary. , but also because the Netherlands did not have what he was after.

Everyone lives for a purpose, and living aimlessly is a waste of life.

When he was a football fan before, Ye Qiu’s views on football stars were obviously different from what he has now. He used to think that anyone who was famous would be awesome and powerful, and he always hoped to be number one in the world. If you are a star, you only need to pay attention to his football.

To be honest, as a head coach, he has a deep understanding of the various problems brought about by the high degree of informatization. Excessive commercialization is also constantly affecting football. Superstars, this honor is constantly flooding, as if As a person, if he performs better, he can be dubbed a superstar by the media.

This is the reality, Ye Qiu can't change it, he can only accept and get used to it, but he has his own scale.

No matter if it is a player or a coach, they can always conquer the fans only by their performance on the court. Just like Beckham in his previous life, Ye Qiu believes that many, many fans doubted him before, but after watching him play in Cardiff. After Perot's performance in the season he coached Real Madrid, he completely changed his opinion.

He still remembers that in his previous life, many fans liked to compare Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and many times the two groups would even quarrel because of this topic, but no matter how much evidence they gave each other, it was still Unable to convince the other party, the reason is very simple, because there is no comparison.

The reason why football is interesting and fascinating is that it has different understandings and preferences for everyone.

Some people like to defend, some like to attack, some like creativity, some like to be steady, some like to be passionate, some like to be chic and elegant, who can compare these?Who can provide a comparison ruler?
In fact, it was only after becoming the head coach that Ye Qiu deeply realized that no matter whether it is a genius with good talent or an ordinary player with poor talent, in fact, they are all doing the same thing on the football field, that is, performance. Self, breakthrough self!

Even more deeply, all competitive events are for this purpose!
Ronaldinho is full of talent, but in the year he came to Chelsea, he trained very hard and was very self-disciplined off the field, because he wanted to use the platform of Chelsea and the Premier League to show his strength and further To break through and follow his dream of becoming a superstar.

Lampard is not as talented as Ronaldinho, but he works just as hard. He is like a perpetual motion machine on the football field, running and chasing non-stop, unable to stop for a moment, because his purpose is also to Express yourself, break through yourself.

In the so-called professional football, money is indeed very important, because without money, players will even have problems in life, but Ye Qiu believes that money is definitely not the most important thing in the heart of any professional player who pursues a purpose, so every year There are so many players who will not hesitate to cut their salaries in order to transfer, or even pay out of their own pockets.

Many things in this world have changed, but many things remain the same, but no one has the patience to discover and excavate them.

Ye Qiu kind of understands why Van Prager likes to walk slowly in De Tokmost, because it can calm his impetuous heart, and calm himself down from the frenzy changed by the world and the media and information Be more rational, become more patient, think of things that I usually can't think of, and see some corners that I usually can't see.

Standing outside the training ground, Ye Qiu noticed that there were three people in the training ground.

The tall and tall Robert Huth was defending the thin and short Messi, Fabregas was responsible for passing the ball behind them, and then the short Argentine teenager received the pass and shouted "Oxtail". , or Marseille roundabout, trying to pass Robert Huth, it's like shouting the nirvana in a video game.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, watching them play with a smile. He felt that although it was playing, it actually had a profound meaning.

It’s as if there are many outside media criticizing Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, thinking that he often flops, sticks too much to the ball, likes to express himself, etc., but there is one thing that cannot be changed, that is, whether it is training or Extra training is one of the most diligent in the Manchester United team.

Perhaps, everyone represents unfairness from birth, but this world will reflect his fairness from various other aspects, but some people believe it, and some people don't believe it.

"Do you know why you use the tail of an ox to pass people, and use the Masai to maneuver, but the effect is not satisfactory?"

When the three of them were tired from playing, Ye Qiu walked into the training ground with a smile on his face, because everyone knew that outside of training and competitions, Ye Qiu was actually a very easy-going person.

"Head!" The three little ghosts became serious.

"Relax, the training is over now, you don't need to treat me as the head coach, but as a friend!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Messi, Fabregas and Robert Huth exchanged glances and nodded.

"Actually, every player has his own characteristics and rhythm!" Ye Qiu said, "Do you know boxing?"

"I know!" Robert Huth seemed to like boxing quite a bit.

Ye Qiu smiled, "As a boxer, what is the most important thing, do you know?"

Obviously, none of the three could answer this question. They were all thinking about it, but there was no answer.

"Rhythm!" Ye Qiu said, "When a boxer steps onto the stage, if he wants to defeat his opponent, the most important thing is not to use all kinds of skills and strength, those are auxiliary means, the most important thing for him is Get your opponent into your rhythm."

"I am faster than you, if you follow me fast, then you will continue to expose flaws; I am slower than you, once you slow down, the threat will be much smaller, and every boxer's pace, habits and other aspects The combination of various factors leads to different rhythms that they are good at, you know what I mean?"

Fabregas seemed to be the most savvy among the group of people, he was the first to react, nodded and said: "Head, what do you mean, don't blindly learn and follow others, the most important thing is to find and cultivate into your own habits and rhythm?"

"Yes!" Ye Qiu praised.

"Then why do you keep asking us to observe and learn other people's playing habits and skills?" Messi didn't quite understand.

Ye Qiu smiled and thought for a while, "Because you are like a blank sheet of paper and don't understand anything, how can you develop your own rhythm and habits? Only when you learn more and get in touch with more , learn a lot, and then extract those things that are applicable to you from various habits and skills, so that you can develop your own habits and rhythm."

"I understand!" Cesc Fabregas suddenly realized, "When we were in Barcelona, ​​the coach often let us watch videos and took us to watch live matches, all in order to increase our knowledge and experience in these areas. .”

"That's right!" Ye Qiu felt that the Spanish boy was indeed extremely intelligent, "but we must pay attention to learning and applying it flexibly, rather than memorizing it by rote."

After hearing this, Messi immediately understood that the series of nirvana he yelled just now was actually memorizing by rote.

"It's like Leo, you see Ronaldinho is so smooth playing with the oxtail, but have you ever thought about his height, how long are his legs, how is his muscle strength and his habit of exerting force? And your height And the leg length is obviously different from his, which leads to your stride distance, stride frequency and speed are completely different, so he is suitable for the tail of the cow, you may not, you should learn, but not to learn this skill, but to learn from him The consciousness behind his oxtail is extraordinary!"

"Consciousness?" Messi couldn't understand again.

"Is that a feeling?" Ye Qiu couldn't explain it, "It's as if before you get the ball, you already have a thought in your mind about how to get past the opponent after you get the ball. , I have always felt that the most important thing for you at this stage is to cultivate your own football awareness."

The so-called kicking awareness can actually be seen as an application of kicking skills.

For rookies like Messi, Cesc Fabregas, and even Robert Huth, the kicking skills are solid enough, and there is no problem. The key is how to use them, and what skills to use under what circumstances. , This requires them to develop a kind of thinking, that is, the awareness of playing football.

In football, there is no distinction between amateur and professional, and there is no distinction between South America and Europe. In the final analysis, all kicking skills are the most basic technical movements, no matter how cumbersome the skills are, they are all composed of these movements Yes, but why some people are geniuses and superstars, while others can't play professional league at all?

Also, why do some players become famous early on, while others are late bloomers?
Does it mean that late bloomers are less talented?
You must know that after the age of 13 or 14, it is no longer some basic skills that really determine the progress of players. Those have already been formed and fixed. It is their use of these skills that determines the size of players' achievements.

And the reason why some players are late bloomers, apart from the problem of dislocation on the court, a very important factor is awareness.

In the early years, they failed to find the most suitable method to use these skills, and then with the accumulation of experience, they kept exploring and slowly found their own set of methods, which made them shine. A late bloomer.

From Ye Qiu's point of view, there are many reasons for the late blooming of players. Their own understanding is part of it, but so is their knowledge.

Premature aging is the opposite of late blooming, but what determines both is the use of playing skills.

Ye Qiu is now letting Messi and Fabregas learn more about the playing habits and awareness of Ronaldinho, Deco, Lampard, Davis and others. In fact, he is helping them increase their knowledge and accumulate knowledge. More experience so that they can find their own path in the future.

It's like you are going to a place, there are many different roads, you have to find the one that suits you best, the premise is that you have to be familiar with these roads first, and you have to know how these roads are taken before you can know Which one suits you best.

Of course, you can choose to take a taxi and let the taxi take you to the destination, but the road the taxi driver takes is the road of the taxi driver, which may not be suitable for you. On the contrary, you may take you because of the taxi driver. If you walk once, and then you walk the same path every time, then you will never find the one that suits you best because you are not familiar with other paths.

Ye Qiu said so much to Messi and Cesc Fabregas, in fact, he wanted to tell them a truth, there is no need to limit yourself, limit your logic of thinking, and there is no need to think about who you want to learn from. Instead of imitating someone, you should let go of your arms, observe and learn from the advantages of all people, and understand their shortcomings, so as to take the essence and discard the dross.

Ye Qiu stayed at Ajax for four years, and it was not in vain, especially with Bobby Hames for four years, Ye Qiu learned a lot, at least he is now facing Messi and Fabre For a young rookie like Garth, he can talk freely and can show them a path.

In many cases, what young players need most is not just an opportunity, but also someone who can point them in a direction.

The difference in savvy is really obvious. Ye Qiu patiently said so much, Fabregas is very savvy and obviously understands everything, and Messi's savvy is equally good. Both of them seem to have gained a lot On the contrary, it was Robert Huth from Germany. This tall man still had a frowning look, as if he was listening to a book from heaven.

Ye Qiu asked himself that he had already expressed his thoughts in the most simple and simple language. If he still couldn't understand, then he really had no choice. Could it be that he had to repeat his words in front of Robert Huth every day? Speech a hundred times?

What's more, you have to rely on yourself to comprehend this kind of thing. If you understand it, you understand it. If you don't understand it, you don't understand it. You can't pretend or learn.

After talking so much, it was getting dark, Ye Qiu hurried home to eat, said goodbye to these three little ghosts, and told them to go back early, and before leaving, he did not forget to say to them, It is estimated that they will not be able to sleep tonight.

"Prepare well, you will all start this weekend!"

(End of this chapter)