Coaching career started as a college team coach

Wei Le once knew about the so-called "short board effect". He believes that the sport of football is very consistent with this theorem.

"Simply put, the short board effect means that how much water a wooden barrel can hold depends on the height of the shortest board of the barrel. The longest board of a "barrel" can be very high, carved with patterns, and gilded, but what can it do?"

"The Foreign Courtyard is such a barrel. They have a luxurious offensive line. In the last game, the engineering team was helpless. But their strongest point is also their weakest point."

Wei Le pointed to the tactical board. He used magnetic stickers to set up a 4-3-3 formation, and his finger pointed to Luo Hai, who he thought was the most stable and capable midfielder. This judgment surprised the players. Some of them had played against the Foreign Courtyard before, and Luo Hai's performance in the game impressed them.

"I guess you all want to ask, 'No, he's quite capable, isn't he?'" Wei Le saw the team's confusion, and he continued to explain, "The advantage of the foreign courtyard is undoubtedly their luxurious offensive line, which determines their upper line. But they are a top-heavy team, and their defense is actually not outstanding."

"In the offense, they will also pass through the midfield quickly, especially in Luo Hai's position, he often only chooses to pass directly to the trident in front, and will skip the two central midfielders in front of him. They don't want to waste a second in the midfield."

"But in the offense and defense transition stage, especially the stage when the ball is transferred between the midfield, the two central midfielders can't give much help, Luo Hai can only rely on himself, and he is more accustomed to forming a 1V1 situation by himself."

At this point, Wei Le placed the three purple magnetic buckles in a triangle around the magnetic buckle symbolizing "Luo Hai". Now, there is a barrier between the two central midfielders and Luo Hai, and the back line is also quite a distance away from him.

"We'll hit Luo Hai! We'll separate him from the others!"

Wei Le made a fist gesture. His impassioned words made Zhang Tie, who was leaning on a crutch, excited. He wanted to throw away his crutch and give Luo Hai a flying tackle.

"I know that when facing a strong team, we will inevitably be nervous and uneasy, especially when facing a team like the Foreign Academy that plays with foreign players." Wei Le looked around. He scanned the eyes of each player. He could see that some people's eyes were bright and some were a little confused.

"We are not much worse than them. On the contrary, I think Yang Qi is several levels higher than those foreigners! Zhang Xin, Li Bing, you guys are not polite when tackling Yang Qi in training. Isn't it like cutting melons and vegetables to tack the three of them?"

Wei Le's statement made the players laugh and diluted a lot of anxiety. When the laughter stopped, Wei Le became serious.

"We are the challengers. If we fall here, no one will blame us. But if we defeat them, we will become the focus of everyone's attention! So, don't bring any burdens, don't have any pressure, even if it's the external courtyard, I believe you can beat me!"

In addition to the pressing training that he is still doing, Wei Le also specially prepared special exercises for set pieces. Especially the simulated training of penalty shootouts. Although he doesn't want the game to end in a penalty shootout, he must also let the players be prepared.

Unknowingly, the game day is approaching.

Although he is about to face the final, Wei Le is no longer unable to sleep. He feels that the uneasiness comes from insufficient preparation. On the eve of the game, he knows that he has done everything he can as a coach, so there is no reason to be uneasy. Instead, Han Yang tossed and turned for a while before falling asleep.

The next day, colorful flags were flying.

Those school leaders who never showed up appeared on the rostrum with smiles on their faces. In the previous games, the Law School attracted many supporters for many reasons. In addition to the students of the Law School, the players of the Public Administration Team and the Economic Team, who had fought with the Law School, also came to watch the game.

Xu Peng from the Economic Team squatted on the sidelines, looking around boredly. Ma Tiancai next to him suddenly said, "Oh, I think that person looks familiar?"

"Who is it?" Xu Peng looked in the direction of his finger. It was an old man with gray hair. He carefully identified it and was suddenly surprised, "Why is Gao Hongbo here?"

Others exclaimed when they heard his words, and they all recognized this once glorious figure.

In the 2011 Asian Cup, Gao Hongbo led the national team to defeat the then Gulf Cup champion Kuwait team. Although it has been a long time, many people still remember it. Although later, Gao Hongbo wasDue to physical reasons and poor performance, he was replaced by Camacho, but he was the head coach of the national team after all!

Especially Gao Hongbo once played for the Beijing Sports Team. Although the Sports Team has gradually faded out of people's sight after football was marketized in recent years, Gao Hongbo himself did not hold an important position in the Football Association, but he is definitely not a stranger to Beijing fans.

What kind of face does Jiaotong University have that they can invite him to a small college game!

Gao Hongbo didn't know that someone had recognized him with sharp eyes. He was still joking with Li Jianjun next to him, "How many goals does your apprentice plan to score in this game?"

Li Jianjun ignored his joke. This former Tenglong teammate was the "Lao Gao" on the other end of his phone. In this game, Li Jianjun came to watch the game with the purpose of watching his apprentice play and observing Wei Le's coaching performance.

He also called Gao Hongbo, hoping that Gao Hongbo would see their performance. It would be even better if these two talented young people were given some help.

The arrival of Gao Hongbo and Li Jianjun was very sudden, but Jiaotong University certainly had no reason not to welcome them. Gao Hongbo directly served as the post-match award presenter. Compared with Gao Hongbo, although Li Jianjun had also played for the Beijing Sports Team, his fame was not as great as Gao Hongbo. In any case, Jiaotong University also arranged a seat for Li Jianjun on the rostrum.

Not only the spectators outside the stadium, but also Yang Qi, who was warming up in the stadium, was surprised to find that his mentor "came uninvited". He warmed up more seriously. Although it was difficult for other players to identify Li Jianjun, most of them recognized Gao Hongbo next to him.

"Is that Gao Hongbo!" Yuan Zhi, the central defender of the Foreign Affairs College, excitedly asked Luo Hai for confirmation, "Do you think I can enter the national team if I play well!"

Midfielder Li Zhong looked longing, "It's a pity that I didn't bring a pen, otherwise I would go up and ask for an autograph."

Looking at the noisy teammates, Luo Hai said in a deep voice, "Train well! The game hasn't started yet!" This made them temporarily calm down.

Tiago, Wintersal and Campbell, who were a little anxious, ran back and forth twice and then pulled the goalkeeper to shoot.

Wei Le looked at the chaos on the other side of the field with some surprise. He thought that during the warm-up training phase, the Foreign Affairs College would be more serious and orderly. You know, during the registration stage, except for the Law School and the Foreign Affairs College, the coach positions of other teams were vacant.

The head coach of the Law School was of course Wei Le, and after the Foreign Affairs College saw that the Law School had filled in the head coach, it hurriedly withdrew the registration form and filled the vacant name in the "head coach" column with an international student whom Wei Le had never heard of. But according to the investigation of his classmates and the current performance on the sidelines, this graduate was probably just here to make up the numbers. He never appeared in training and never showed up in several games.

Gao Hongbo, who was on the rostrum, also saw the chaos of the Foreign Affairs College's pre-match warm-up, and he frowned slightly. But turning around, the players of the Law School team lined up neatly, passing the ball to each other to warm up, and the substitutes were divided into a separate group and were practicing grabbing circles. Near the goal, goalkeepers Jiang Xin and Bian Wenxing were throwing and catching the ball to each other.

"Is this the team of your apprentice?" Gao Hongbo pointed to the Law School team. Such warm-up is at least at a relatively professional level in the same level of competition.

Li Jianjun nodded. This was not the first time he had seen the Law School warm-up. When he visited the training before, the Law School team's orderly warm-up and training had surprised Li Jianjun.

Pre-match warm-up can explain a lot of problems.

From the perspective of the game, Wei Le knows that systematic dynamic warm-up can allow players to enter a high-level game state faster and avoid unnecessary injuries. Especially in the autumn in Beijing, the temperature is low. Hastily doing intense activities when the body is "not warmed up" is like many baseball teams shooting in groups before the game. Not only is it difficult to find the game state at the beginning of the game, but it is also easy to cause "non-combat casualties".

Therefore, as soon as Wei Le took over the team, he first innovated the warm-up method. He even took out a separate training class to teach the players how to do pre-match training.

In addition, Li Jianjun and Gao Hongbo also looked at the problem from the perspective of team organization.

The pre-match warm-up of the law school seemed very orderly. Obviously, this was not the first time they did this. Obviously, they have formed a habit. This also shows that the team coach has a certain degree of control over the team, and the coach himself has a relatively high coaching quality.

"Comparing people is frustrating." Li Jianjun said leisurely. Hearing this, Gao Hongbo smiled knowingly. He has begun to appreciate this young coach whom he has never met.