Chapter 13: Getting coaching addiction ()

In the end, until the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, Betis still failed to organize a decent counterattack. The score of 0-2 was maintained until the break.

Lopera Stadium home team locker room!

The players sat silently in their seats to rest and recover their energy, or drink sports drinks to replenish their energy.

Hiddink was discussing the tactics of the second half with his assistants.

Tang Feng also sat in his position and thought silently what to do if he was the head coach.

This quiet situation makes the atmosphere in the locker room look very depressing.

Obviously, the situation of falling behind Barcelona in the first half has made most of the team give up this game. It is ready to usher in the eighth consecutive game since Hiddink took over the team.

Hiddink and his assistants, who were discussing this tactic, also frowned at this time. It seemed that they had not thought of a way to deal with Barcelona.

Indeed, Barcelona in this era is very powerful. This can be seen from their almost All-Star lineup.

Judging from the performance in the first half, Betis seems to be difficult for him to tear open Barcelona's defense.

At this time, Hiddink couldn't help but look at Tang Feng.

In the game, when the team was in trouble and was about to give up, Tang Feng came over and gave him a suggestion. This suggestion allowed his team to almost equalize the score at the last moment.

This time, did he think of a way to deal with Barcelona again?

Tang Feng also noticed Hiddink looking at him, but he did not respond.

Before, he kindly reminded Hiddink, but was ridiculed by his assistant, and he did not stand up to speak for him.

I won’t touch your cold butts anymore! Tang Feng whispered.

Seeing that Tang Feng had no response, Hiddink couldn't tell him that there was no way, or there was a way to not say it.

Seeing that the already short time of the halftime break passed by minute by minute, Hiddink knew that he could not drag on like this anymore.

So he took the initiative to ask, "Tang, do you have any ideas?"

"Mr. Hiddink, as Mr. Pim said, I am just a small translator and an outsider with no coaching experience. I should not be smarter." Tang Feng spread his hands and said seriously.

Originally, when Hiddink asked the translator Tang Feng's opinion at this time, Pim felt his face was dull. After hearing Tang Feng's words, his face immediately turned as if he had been constipated for several days!

Hiddink naturally knew that Tang Feng was still worried about what happened in the locker room before the game. He was not angry, but squeezed out a smile and said, "Haha, I remember you passed the International Coach Certificate, which proves that you have a certain amount of professional knowledge. And the last time you played against Valencia, the advice you gave me was very good. Come on, tell me your thoughts!"

In his opinion, the reason why Tang Feng said this means that he must have ideas. Otherwise, he would have said directly that he would not know.

In fact, Tang Feng really has some of his own ideas. But he doesn't dare to guarantee that his ideas will work. Now, Hiddink asked him to say it. Even if it doesn't work, he can't blame him.

Before saying that, Tang Feng did not forget to look at Pim with a slight face provocatively. He seemed to be saying, "Have you heard it?"

Pim avoided Tang Feng's eyes awkwardly.

"I think the pressure we put on the opponent in the middle in the first half was too small. Our midfielder was equipped with a double midfielder of four and four. Denilson and George were both active on the wing. Miroslav and Alexis focused more on defense. In this way, the opponent's defense would be more targeted. Just do a good job of repairing the defense on the wing. Because we rarely attack the front of their penalty area." Tang Feng did not continue to stutter, but quickly expressed his thoughts.

After hearing Tang Feng's words, Hiddink couldn't help but nod. In the last game, the team used the cross-border tactic to achieve miraculous results, which made him start to believe in this game. So he directly sent high center forward Oli to the starting lineup and removed the front midfielder Pablonno. However, today Barcelona's air defense ability is much better than Valencia. At the same time, the lack of midfield organizers also made the team's offense single. Barcelona naturally defended easily.

"I mean, in the second half, we should strengthen the attack in the middle. Remove a midfielder and replace it with a front midfielder. In the past, Barcelona's midfielder was guarded by their captain Guardiola. There is no doubt that he is one of the few midfielders in European football who can combine midfield interception and offensive organization with one's own strength. Today, Xavi, as his substitute, also has excellent organizational skills. However, he is far inferior to Guardiola in defense. Therefore, we can focus on this."

"Of course, we shouldn't just attack the middle lane. After we attacked for a while, Enrique and Koku around Harvey would have to help him defend. In this way, the gap on the side lane came out again. With the personal abilities of Denilson and Finiti, we will definitely be able to create some opportunities on the side lane."

Tang Feng expressed his thoughts at a very fast speed because he knew that there was not much time left. At this time, he just told Hiddink that he would convey it to the players later.

After hearing Tang Feng's words, Hiddink quickly understood what he meant. In fact, what Tang Feng said was a simple combination of edges and middle tactics.

However, he analyzed it based on the actual situation of Barcelona. It is just more targeted.

"How do you know that young man named Harvey is not good at defending? I think he performed well on the defensive end in the first half!" At this moment, a discordant voice sounded.

Tang Feng looked around and found that it was his "old opponent" Pim who raised the objection!

"Just like I knew in the first half that Harvey was very threatening on the offensive end, it was that simple!" Tang Feng retorted without showing any weakness.

Tang Feng's counterattack was very powerful, and Pim could only shut up his mouth hatefully because he did not know Harvey as well as Tang Feng.

Tang Feng does know Xavi better. In fact, no fan who has returned from time to time in 2012 cannot not understand Xavi, the best midfielder in the world football at that time!

It can be said that after he matures, Xavi is more perfect in offensive organization than Guardiola. At the same time, his contribution to the defensive end is far less significant than Guardiola.

After Guardiola left Barcelona, ​​the Barcelona coaches all needed to arrange a special defensive midfielder beside Xavi, so that Xavi would calmly go to the frontcourt to organize offense. It can be said that Guardiola played a role in his heyday that was almost as good as the effect achieved by Xavi and a defensive midfielder.

Seeing that Pim was still relentless at this time, even Hiddink couldn't stand it anymore.

He didn't know what happened to him, an assistant who has always been steady, and why did he always confront this young translator?

However, the halftime break was about to end at this time. So he didn't care about so much. He summarized Tang Feng's thoughts just now, combined with his previous tactics, and began to adjust the tactics in the second half.

"Alexis, you get off the court in the second half. Pablo, you go!" Hiddink was first preparing to replace the old captain Alexis with the front midfielder Pablonino.

Alexis performed very steadily on the defensive end, but the help to the offense was limited. Another midfielder, Miroslav Korhan, was like most Eastern European midfielders, with a very hard head and a good long-range shot.

"In the opening stage of the second half, we attacked the middle! Pablo, I hope you don't get too immersed in personal dribbling. When your teammates have the chance, they will send the ball out. If you have the chance, they will shoot directly! Be decisive and don't drag it out. You are the front midfielder, the organizer of the team, and the rhythm of the team is under your control... Do you know?"

When Hiddink instructed Pablonino, Tang Feng put some private goods into his translation words. The second half of the sentence was his reminder to this technical midfielder. He knew that this guy had very excellent foot skills, but the one thing he had with Denilson was that he was too sticky!

"DNilson, you are the same! Be more decisive, you can try to cut inward in the second half more. Do you know?"

"Miroslav, while doing a good job of defense, you can also come up and show your long shot. Let the Dutch goalkeeper of Barcelona taste how hard your feet are!"

Next, Tang Feng translated Hiddink's words in a passionate way, which also made the players cheer up.

"If the opponent's defense shrinks to the middle, we will move the offense to the wing. Pablo, this requires you to divide the ball into the side in time. Do you know?"

Finally, Hiddink still did not forget to instruct Pablonino.

Pablonino also knew that he was burdened in the second half. So, after listening to Tang Feng's translation, he nodded heavily.

"Okay, guys! Since we are already behind two goals, let us let go and play! Let those guys from Barcelona figure it out, this is our territory! We must also tell the fans through our performance that we have not given up on this game, let alone this season!"

Finally, when the staff came in to urge Betis players to appear, Tang Feng shouted at the top of his voice.

Hiddink looked at Tang Feng with some confusion, because he didn't say anything before Tang Feng said that. Whose words were he translating?

In fact, what Tang Feng "translated" this time was his own words.

Obviously, during this intermission, he had a serious coaching addiction!
Chapter completed!