Chapter 185 Beckenbauer in Modern Football

Bai Ran held the USB flash drive in his hand and looked at Zidane with intense eyes.

Zidane, on the other hand, was full of hope for Bai Ran. He nodded, patted Bai Ran on the shoulder and said, "Come on, in the last few rounds, we must lead Real Madrid to victory."

Bai Ran nodded firmly.

"Of course!"

Regarding the next few games of Real Madrid, Bai Ran is very confident. In La Liga, all Real Madrid can do is win every game and wait for Barcelona to reveal its flaws.

However, if Barcelona does not lose or draw, but wins and wins, then Real Madrid has nothing to say. Bai Ran also agrees with this result. After all, their first half of the schedule was too messy.

There are problems in the locker room, conflicts between the club's senior management and the players, as well as the head coach's tactical arrangements and unfair employment.

All of this made Real Madrid's performance in the first half of this season very unsatisfactory.

In other words, Real Madrid actually only played 100% of its strength against Barcelona for half a season.

Even if I got the second place, I have nothing to say.

Nothing to regret.

If this is the case, Bai Ran has full certainty and confidence to regroup and clean up the past in the coming season. In the 16-17 season, he will be able to overtake Barcelona and win the league championship.

As for the Champions League, as Real Madrid has half a foot in the semi-finals, the teams it faces are becoming more and more powerful, and their strength is comparable to Real Madrid.

This still puts a little pressure on Bai Ran.

At the end of the day's training, Bai Ran packed up his things and headed back home.

At home, Bai Ran simply washed up, then sat in front of the computer and inserted the USB flash drive.

The document Zidane gave himself was a collection of top players' highlights of certain specific tactics.

These videos last for dozens of hours, enough for Bai Ran to watch for several days.

The first thing that catches the eye is the ancient god of football - Beckenbauer!

As we all know, Beckenbauer, also known as "Emperor Beckham", was the beginning of free man tactics and one of the pioneers of classical tactics.

The term "free agent" rarely appears in modern football. The increasingly industrialized training of youth players and the coaches' requirements for players are gradually fading this system out of football.

In the eyes of modern football, teams need players with strong physical fitness, because the crushing force can make the entire team indestructible.

In classical football, in the early years everyone thought that the so-called free man had no fixed position and could appear wherever he thought he should appear at will. Later, as everyone understood football more deeply, they gradually understood that the free man In fact, it is a fixed position. Although the degree of freedom is high, it still has its fixed role and responsibilities after all.

Free agent tactics first require that the team's tactical thinking must be highly unified. Except for the free agent players, other players must have fixed positions and coordinate with the free agents to cooperate and fill positions.

Liberos have more freedom on the offensive end than on the defensive end. He can play as a midfielder, winger or even center forward. When the free man appears in the corresponding position, the teammates next to him must also make coordinated movements.

In most cases, the free man controls the ball in the defensive midfielder and front midfielder positions, and serves as the core of the offense to coordinate the team's offense.

This is what Bai Ran did on the court.

Under Zidane's transformation, the defensive end was mainly completed by defenders and Casemiro, and Modric was gradually shaped by Zidane into an engineer role beside him.

Stealing, organizing, receiving, passing...

All the dirty work and odd jobs are done by Modric.

With this master by his side to help Bai Ran "shoot the ball," Bai Ran can fully utilize his offensive talents.

Previously, this role was occupied by old teammate Hermoso.

It seems that Zidane has been trying this system and never given up.

Looking back, in the 1964-65 season in ancient times, Bayern head coach Tchaikovsky began to try to let Beckenbauer try a free agent without marking tasks, and participate in the midfield organization during offense. .

In the following seasons, Beckenbauer got inspiration from Facchetti and tried to dribble the ball in the middle into the opponent's penalty area. This scene appeared repeatedly. Finally, after a few games of running-in, he completely " Freeman” was born.

Beginning in 1971, Beckenbauer began to serve as a free agent in the national team, helping West Germany win two championships, the 1972 European Cup and the 1974 World Cup. Bayern also started the first period of its dynasty, winning 74-76 for three consecutive years. Winning the Champions League championship has written a legendary story.

Unlike Cruyff's "total offense, total defense" tactics that rely on teammates and systems to fight, the "free man" tactics pioneered by Beckenbauer are entirely based on one's superior technical ability and physical fitness.

If you can do it all by yourself, you don't need teammates.

This requires extremely high demands on the player's personal ability. It can even be said that among the current players in football, apart from Zidane, there is no other player who has discovered Bai Ran's ability.

No one can make Zidane think of such a tactical arrangement like Bai Ran.

No one can guarantee the completion of such a heavy workload, and the difficulty is very high!

It seems that Bai Ran is deeply trusted by Zidane!

Zidane is also betting. If that doesn't work, Zidane will probably transform Bai Ran into a passing playmaker like Pirlo.

But game after game gave him hope. Bai Ran's growth rate was frighteningly fast, and his level in all aspects could basically reach the level of a free agent.

I guess you can try this system out!

Although it has been eliminated by the times, Zidane always has a way to strengthen this system, summarize the shortcomings that have been exposed before, and then formulate a new set of free agent tactics.

Of course, this system is aimed at Real Madrid, let alone Bai Ran.

Without Bai Ran, this system would be gone.

From the video, Bai Ran can see that in the game highlights, this tactic requires players to quickly retreat to the middle or even behind the defenders when defending, and rely on observation and reading to gain insight into the opponent's attack strategy and their own defensive loopholes. Only by repairing and cutting off leaks can there be no leakage.

When attacking, you must press forward quickly. Not only must you use precise long and short passes to organize and plan, but if necessary, you must even launch a charge directly from the back line, passing people all the way into the opponent's hinterland to carry out the attack.

Different from Bai Ran's current playing style, Zidane assigned Bai Ran the task of being a free man in the frontcourt, who was mainly responsible for all offensive matters, but he did not need to handle the defense behind him.

Beckenbauer is different. From defense to offense, he can grasp everything.

At the beginning of the development of football tactics, forwards were only responsible for offense and defenders were only responsible for defense. Later, midfielders appeared, and both offense and defense were involved. But now, forwards must participate in defense and defenders must participate in offense. The idea of ​​​​a free man with multiple abilities. It can even be said to be ahead of its time.

Unknowingly, after watching several hours of videos, Bai Ran gained a deeper understanding of football.

Every time Beckenbauer touches and handles the ball, Bai Ran benefits a lot.

On the offensive end, there were so many wonderful moments that Bai Ran felt a little ashamed of himself.

This is the strength of the ancient gods!

Now Bai Ran has personally experienced the free agent's playing style and perspective, and can better understand what Beckenbauer does on the court.

But at this moment, a question also appeared in Bai Ran's mind.

A question that made him think about it for a long time without getting an answer.

These videos have shown the strength and advantages of free men, and also revealed the reasons why this system is not suitable for today's football.

Bai Ran still didn't understand. Since this libero needs to be both offensive and defensive, and serves as the absolute core in both the front and backcourt, all players on the field must move around the libero.

If this is the case, then isn't the "B2B midfielder" in modern football the same?

Because the free man's game is too long ago, I only know that the free man can enter the opponent's penalty area when attacking and retreat to his own penalty area when defending. The same is true for the traditional "box to box" British midfielder.

Modern stars Matthäus, Ballack, Vieira...

There is also Yaya Toure, the most well-known B2B midfielder in today's football, who is the absolute spokesperson for this position.

Even the midfielder Bai Ran faced off against Roma, whom Real Madrid played against in the Champions League quarter-finals some time ago - Nainggolan, they all have the responsibilities of this role.

What is the difference between the two, and what is their evolution?

Bai Ran raised his head and glanced at the time. Unknowingly, it was already one o'clock in the morning. Considering that he would have to train normally tomorrow, Bai Ran kept this question in mind, packed up and got ready to rest.

The next day, Bai Ran went to the Real Madrid base as normal to participate in the team's training camp.

During the training, Bai Ran picked up the small notebook he took notes on last night and came to Zidane's side.

"Coach, I took a look at the information you gave me yesterday."

Zidane saw Bai Ran coming over and showed a happy smile.

"How's it going? Do you feel anything?"

Bai Ran nodded: "But there is a question I don't understand."

Afterwards, Bai Ran opened the book and told Zidane what he couldn't understand yesterday.

Zidane looked at Bai Ran's notebook and frowned slightly.

hiss……

Although it is said that the template of his tactical system was improved and changed from the ancient free men before it evolved into the set of tactics formulated for Bai Ran.

But if you take it out and compare it with the B2B of modern football, what is the difference?

This really stopped Zidane at once.

At this time, Zidane said calmly: "This issue is quite complicated. Let's go to training first."

"I happen to have something to do here."

Bai Ran also accepted it gladly and watched Zidane leave the training ground with his pockets in his pockets, looking thoughtful.

Zidane was walking on the road, feeling a little uneasy. He didn't expect Bai Ran to think so much, and such a question really stumped him.

He came to the side and immediately took out his mobile phone and called Raul.

On the other side of the phone, Raul was also leading Castilla's collective training.

Zidane explained all the questions asked by Bai Ran very thoroughly to Raul, and Raul on the other side of the phone also hesitated.

"Well……"

“I really haven’t studied this too much.”

"To me, both are pretty much the same thing."

"I'm not good at using this system either!"

Raul was unable to do anything, and Zidane hung up the phone.

After thinking about it, Zidane was still at a loss. Finally, he had an idea and thought of someone.

Raul is the current coach of Castilla and he is the coach of Real Madrid. Neither of these two people can understand this problem.

Then why not...

What about Real Madrid’s former coach?

Of course, Benitez is impossible. During the period when he led the team, it can be seen that he had no tactical understanding of his own.

A generation ago, Ancelotti might have had this ability.

Come to think of it, Zidane and Ancelotti also had some personal relationships, so Zidane decisively called Ancelotti.

On the other side, training is still going on as usual, and Real Madrid players are doing stretching exercises on the court.

During this period, they also chatted while Zidane was away.

Marcelo said: "Brothers, how far do you think we can go this season?"

At this stage of the season, Real Madrid is still burdened with the Champions League and the league, and the pressure is still a bit high.

And as we get further back, the competition becomes more intense.

"Just do your best," Casemiro said.

Modric on the side grinned: "Of course he is the champion."

"What nonsense are you talking about? There is no doubt that we are going to win every championship we can."

"What? Are you under too much pressure recently?"

"Do you want me to ask the coach to let you rotate for one game?"

Marcelo shook his head repeatedly: "This is not possible!"

"These games are becoming more and more critical each time, I'm not worried."

“Although it’s very tiring, I’d better do it by myself!”

Obviously, even though Real Madrid's schedule is devilish, the players' physical strength loss is very serious, and everyone is more or less tired, but everyone is very eager to perform and contribute to Real Madrid.

Their spirits are rising and have now reached an unprecedented peak.

The team's morale is also very strong!

Everyone is eager to bring victory to Real Madrid, which is something this team has never been like before Zidane took over.

Bai Ran also smiled happily when he saw everyone's reaction.

These days, he has been constantly trying to find ways to adjust the relationship between the superstars in the locker room. After all, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and it is not easy to adjust so many star players into good teammates and good brothers.

It seems that now, great results have been achieved.

In the early days of this season, Real Madrid was in a state of chaos due to internal and external troubles. This also made Real Madrid players cherish this time even more.

This united Real Madrid is what everyone wants to see.

Especially with Bai Ran's leadership, they were able to reach a higher level.

At this time, Ramos behind him slapped Marcelo on the back of the head: "What are you worried about? We have Bai Ran, and we will definitely not lose next time."

"We must be a double champion this season!"

Marcelo was in pain, but he didn't dare to argue with Ramos. After all, what he said made sense.

"Yes, there is a bug-level character in our team, you have to stay in good condition! Bai Ran!"

"With you here, we are sure of victory!"

"Yeah, you have to perform well, it's up to you whether we can win the championship!"

"Bai Ran, it's okay. You've been doing very well since you came here. You just have to keep it up."

The players around him all expressed their appreciation and belief in Bai Ran.

In these games, Bai Ran has indeed been the key player, constantly bringing victory to Real Madrid.

I believe that with his condition, as long as he maintains it, there will be no problem!

Bai Ran also chuckled and said, "Everything is due to everyone's efforts. We are a whole."

"As long as we are united, there is no opponent in this world who can defeat us."

"come on!"

"come on!"

Real Madrid's generals were united as one, and their roars filled the sky above the base.

At this time, no one noticed that while Cristiano Ronaldo shouted "Come on", his face was a little listless, and it could even be said that he was a little uncomfortable.

The team members all like Bai Ran...

In this Real Madrid team, the Asian seems to have become the object of respect and admiration by everyone.

Bai Ran occupies the absolute core position in the team.

Whether in the locker room or on the court, he was always the brightest star.

Everyone else must play the role of green leaves for him.

In fact, Ronaldo has nothing to be dissatisfied with. After all, Bai Ran's performance conquered everyone, including himself of course.

He can indeed be called the king of the Bernabeu, and this has been proven repeatedly.

But I don't know why, Ronaldo always has a strange feeling in his heart.

His expression seemed a little stiff, although he had a smile on his face and shouted Bai Ran's name in unison with his teammates...

But before that, the player in this position should be Cristiano Ronaldo!

The day's training went on as usual, but in the end Zidane still didn't give Bai Ran an answer. It seemed that Zidane couldn't find the answer to that question.

At this time, they had no time to pay attention to the trivial matters off the court. After all, they were about to usher in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in four days.

This time, Real Madrid is about to take advantage of the home court and start the final decisive battle with Wolfsburg.

The 4-1 lead in the first round made this game a lot less stressful for them, but it doesn't mean they can take it lightly.

There are countless dramatic reversals in history, and Real Madrid does not want this story to appear at the Bernabeu.

They need to be down-to-earth and take the Champions League trophy back to the Bernabeu step by step. This is what they want to see.

Looking ahead to the game, Real Madrid has gone through a substitution rotation in La Liga, and all the main players have been fully rested.

Real Madrid’s generals are ready!