Chapter 2316 - 589: All Damn Traitors
Is it for real?
If Spain could pick one person to be injured.
Huang Kaiwen wishes it was Xavi or Iniesta.
Both of them are crucial, followed by Alonso.
In short, Spain’s strong midfield is suffocating.
The other positions don’t matter much because Spain has a deep bench.
If Casillas is injured, there’s still Valdes.
Valdes is also not bad.
On the defensive line, with Puyol absent, Ramos’ irreplaceability is stronger.
Although Piqué is excellent, he also has his weaknesses, he’s not a flawless defender, having him on the field is actually good.
But Huang Kaiwen doesn’t care about these things.
Two years later, Spain was crushed by the Netherlands, showing Spain had issues.
Even if there aren’t any issues, he can only think that way.
Otherwise, Spain’s lineup is just too suffocating.
Huang Kaiwen has watched quite a few ancient matches.
Including Hungary of the Golden Arrow era, Pele’s Brazil, the Turin Gods Team, and the Manchester United trio, among others.
Whether they could be as strong as this Spain with modern training, Huang Kaiwen doesn’t know.
Based on the game footage, no team was as strong as this Spain.
Originally, Huang Kaiwen was ready to get up, but then he saw Rijkaard’s statement.
Rijkaard said, "Kevin is favored by the Netherlands because of his status in the football world, not because of his tactics. Kevin’s personality has become like Mourinho’s, after achieving success, he doesn’t want to hear any opposition, and going on like this, it’s inevitable he’ll face a failure."
Huang Kaiwen laughed.
He somewhat suspects Rijkaard is holding a grudge for being sacked by Yellow Ball King.
Otherwise, why keep pursuing it now?
Huang Kaiwen couldn’t be bothered with him, coaching the national team is something for the end of one’s career. Going to coach the Saudi Arabian national team already shows Rijkaard’s level.
Later, Huang Kaiwen had a meeting with the coaching staff.
The main thing was to unify everyone’s thoughts.
With only a few days until the finals, tactics can change, but the chemistry won’t significantly improve.
In the afternoon, Huang Kaiwen appeared by the training ground.
"Aryang, go practice your breakaways!"
Huang Kaiwen shouted, "Let both goalkeepers come out to challenge you."
Robben walked towards the sidelines.
Cocu said, "If someone else said that, he would flip out."
After all, Robben missing a breakaway two years ago almost handed the championship to the Netherlands.
Huang Kaiwen chuckled.
He never does anything he’s not confident about.
Not only did he have Robben practice breakaways, he also had Sneijder practice penalties.
Inzaghi took van Persie and Huntelaar to practice shooting.
At this point, a little improvement in striker efficiency could determine the match’s outcome.
"Dek." Huang Kaiwen said while putting his arm around Kuyt, "Everyone says that kid is the New Beckenbauer, but in the final, you are the key."
"What do you need me to do, coach?"
Kuyt asked.
Huang Kaiwen patted Kuyt on the shoulder with a smile, he liked players who followed orders.
"It’s a very complex tactic."
Huang Kaiwen said, "Spain should still be playing 433, we need to play 541 and 451, I need you to be both the third defensive midfielder and a wing-back, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand,"
Kuyt nodded and said.
Huang Kaiwen handed the tactical analysis and opponent characteristics to Kuyt.
Kuyt looked at the thick binder and felt a bit overwhelmed.
"I believe you can do it,"
Huang Kaiwen said.
Previously he thought of Mourinho’s three defensive midfielders, and Van Gaal’s five defenders.
Huang Kaiwen also recalled Guardiola having Walker play defensive midfielder.
All these coaches have unique tactical insights.
He’d decided to abandon chain defending in favor of zonal defending.
Spain’s midfield’s ball-stealing ability is world-class, even with high pressing, they rarely make mistakes.
To counter Spain’s powerful midfield, it’s necessary to compress the space on the pitch.
Using local numerical superiority to disrupt Spain’s traditional play.
With a few industrious midfielders, keep the Netherlands team constantly with a numerical advantage locally.
Van Bommel has this ability, his game reading skills are strong enough.
But Huang Kaiwen is a bit worried about Van Bommel’s stamina.
This game can’t drag on with the Spaniards for 120 minutes.
You rely on running to gain the upper hand, while they use passing instead of running.
After 90 minutes, each Dutch player has to run a thousand or two thousand meters more than each Spanish player, if it really goes to overtime, the physical gap is evident, there’s no need to play, it’s a sure loss.
Therefore, Huang Kaiwen is now focusing on improving the efficiency of attacking players.
This is a match that must be resolved in 90 minutes.
Robben had just scored a breakaway goal, immediately looking towards the sidelines.
Huang Kaiwen clapped his hands and shouted, "Well done, great improvement!"
Robben’s face was full of smiles.
Nesta was slightly curious and asked, "Did he really improve in such a short time?"
He didn’t notice.
But as Huang Kaiwen is the best attacking player in the world, he might see what he missed.
"Bullshit."
Huang Kaiwen jokingly cursed, "Just giving them some confidence, should I say he played poorly and just like before he’d miss the breakaway in the final?"
Nesta also laughed along.
The football locker room is a particularly simple place.
He thought staying in football as a coach would be the same as before, dealing with whoever he wanted.
But seeing what Huang Kaiwen did these days, Nesta realized coaching is not as simple as he thought.
Before following the Knight’s Table, giving the coach attitude.