Chapter 45 The First League

Two days after Jiang Mu coached Alkmaar's first team, the first league match with Zwolle began.

According to the special competition system of the Dutch League, the Eerste Divisie has only one direct promotion place. Alkmaar, who is 12 points behind the first place with only seven games left, should actually be the easiest. They have won the first place in a stage before. No matter how bad they play in the back, they will have the opportunity to participate in the extra after the end of the league. The game can completely nourish the spirit for the play-offs.

But now Alkmaar is equally nervous, even more nervous than Zwolle, who is competing for the first place in the last stage, because their new head coach Jiang Mu has told the media that he will win all the remaining games, and then expects a miracle.

Whether Jiang Mu shouts slogans or really wants to do so, he will win the game for the sake of face and consolidate his authority.

And Zwolle has never won the first place in any stage before. They must now fight for the place in the play-offs. This is the second game of the last stage. They have won one game before and are trying to take advantage of the fire to win Alkmaar, who is strong but in poor condition.

This is the advantage of the Dutch League. Although the competition system is complex and cumbersome, even in the final stage, each team has its own goals. Even the last place has the hope of advancing to the Dutch League. There will never be other leagues without efforts and perfunctory games.

This game was held at the Dehout Stadium in Alkmaar. This is the only favorable condition for Alkmaar and Jiang Mu, who has just taken office, because before the game, the media revealed that Alkmaar had a locker room conflict again because of the starting problem.

"Martens will not start. There is something wrong with his physical fitness, but he may play as a substitute at some time." Before playing against Zwolle, Jiang Mu said this at the pre-match press conference.

However, according to the Dutch "International Football", Martens, the absolute main force of the original team, claimed that he had no physical problems. He was just angry. He couldn't understand why the head coach used such a lame reason to make himself a substitute. Martens thought that he let the 17-year-old Kuit start and make himself a substitute. This is a humiliation for him. He would rather go to the second team than play as a substitute.

However, then the team's manager Sheringer refuted the rumor on Dutch Chinese International TV, saying that Mattens was not to bombard the head coach Jiang Mu. He just wanted to start. The team was in trouble, and he wanted to do his best for the team.

Everyone knows that refuting rumors is mostly tantamount to being honest. With the Dutch's lazy and free personality, Martens can absolutely say that. Generally speaking, the head coach will pretend to be deaf and dumb, so as not to affect the morale of the team. After the game, he will settle accounts with the players, but Jiang Mu completely ignores this and immediately Hold a press conference to delegate Martens directly to the second team and promote a second team player to the first team as a substitute.

Alkmaar's trouble in the locker room naturally made the Zwolle happy. Their head coach Fernando said before the game that he did not want to talk about Alkmaar's locker room infighting, nor did he think that this infighting could have much impact on the results of the game. It was the strength on paper that determines the outcome. But as soon as the conversation turned, Fernando said that Zwolle's locker room was very united. It was this unity that made them defeat the powerful Cambuur in the last game. Now they are fighting for a play-off place, and winning Alkmaar is a necessary task.

On the morning of the game, the atmosphere at Dehout Stadium was very depressing. After Jiang Mu took office for only two days, he drove away the old captain Maher, delegation of the absolute main force Martens, and put four second team players in the starting lineup. This behavior made the old players very dissatisfied and announced that there was no Maher, who is on a limited vacation, called Jiang Mu's practice "children's nonsense".

However, Jiang Mu does not think that his iron fist governing the army is nonsense. He plays the league two days after taking office and wants to win. If he wants to implement his tactics and ideas as soon as possible, it is impossible to convince people with virtue. He must stand up in a short time, so that the players have to obey completely.

The morning training is mainly based on group confrontation, with the starting main force as a group, and the substitutes and other players as a group. Jiang Mu did not do any small means such as number exchange. The strength of the players in his hand is higher than that of his opponents, and the technical and tactical playing methods are not understood by the opponent. He can completely defeat Z with his current tactics. Waller team.

Kuyt, who will enter the professional league for the first time, was very excited. He was so excited that he didn't sleep well in the middle of the night last night. He fell asleep by counting sheep and taking sleeping pills. He also performed extremely actively in today's training match, running back and forth, fighting for it. A striker diligently made his defender a little jealous.

Altidiore, who has just been transferred back from the second team, is not only the captain, but also the core of the midfielder who controls the rhythm of the team's offensive and defense. He has always been a player of the first team, and his skills are also the best one in Alkmaar. The new and old players are more convinced of him. He has become the bond of cooperation and understanding between new and old players on the court, as well as the conductor and executor of Jiang Mu's tactics.

The position kept by the old players of the first team is the midfield and backfield. Jiang Mu estimates defense very much. His football idea is from China's grandson: stand invincible first, and then look for a chance to defeat the enemy. The old players have a tacit understanding and rich experience. Jiang Mu doesn't want to take the risk of dispersing the guard line before regrouping.

Although Jiang Mu coached for only two days, the players of the first team were not unfamiliar with Zhang Mu's tactics. When he played the Dutch Cup a year ago, Van Dijk led the team to study Jiang Mu's tactical playing style. Later, Jiang Mu coached the second team of Alkmaar. The players of the first team could see the training of the players of the second team every day. Later There was another warm-up match. It can be said that the first team of players have a better understanding of Jiang Mu's tactics than the second team's players. What they lack is practice.

After the morning training, the players did not go home and had a group meal in the restaurant on the court. This is Jiang Mu's new rule. The night before the game must be spent in the team. The purpose is to make the players familiar with each other and become friends. Many exquisite cooperation on the court comes from tacit understanding, but this tacit understanding Not all of them are obtained from training.

After lunch, Jiang Mu and the coaching staff held the last pre-war team meeting in the conference hall on the second floor. At the meeting, Jiang Mu analyzed the overall play of the Zwolle team in the form of a video, pointed out the most threatening players on their three lines, and analyzed the law enforcement style of referee Bacar.

"Chen'e No. 1" recorded the ten league games of Bacar's law enforcement and came to the analysis and conclusion. There are very detailed descriptions of Bacar's habit of playing red cards and yellow cards, the scale of fouls and physical contact, and what kind of players Bacar likes, which benefited the players a lot, including physical coach Boden and other three people. He was also shocked by Jiang Mu's careful thinking and once again believed that it was no accident that Van Dijk lost to Jiang Mu.

Finally, Jiang Mu emphasized three more points, "... First, reduce mistakes. A team with a error rate of no more than 15 to 18 percentage points is invincible. No matter what level of team you are, you can control the total error rate within 20%, you Able to remain unbeaten in a game.

Second, if there is a physical problem, you should ask for a replacement in time. Never hold on. Physical fitness is the guarantee of all skills and tactics. Without physical fitness, there will be nothing, and the spirit cannot solve all problems.

Third, whether in front of the opponent's goal or in front of your own goal, you should be excited and strong. Don't just like to score goals. In my team, stopping the opponent's goal is equivalent to scoring a goal.

Jiang Mu's tactical concept and game concept are very novel, scientific and humane, and simple and easy to understand. Many old players' speeches in Jiang Mu have changed a lot of prejudices towards Jiang Mu.

The game started at three o'clock in the afternoon. Due to Jiang Mu's previous magical performance, Alkmaar's fans were full of expectations for this game and came to the stadium early. It turned out that Alkmaar had 3,000 or two thousand fans in a game. The Dehout Stadium, which can accommodate 8,000 people, was always empty, but today's De More than 5,000 fans sat in the Hutt Stadium at about two o'clock, and fans were still pouring into the stadium.

At the beginning of the game, the number of fans in Dehout Stadium had reached 6,000. The commentator was very excited: "This is the first time in five years that the number of fans in Dehout Stadium has exceeded 6,000. Jiang Mu's appeal in Alkmaar is unparalleled, and many non-fans come to the scene to watch the game. According to such popularity, if Alkmaar enters the Dutch League, we will have to change to a big new stadium.

When the on-site commentator said this, Alkmaar's boss Dirk also came to the stadium. There was no box at the Dehout Stadium. He sat among the fans with the club manager Nelson and his daughter Shrynja. Listening to the speaker, Dirk smiled and said to Nelson, "If he could make it into the Dutch League. I'll invest in building a beautiful new stadium.

Sherinja looked at Jiang Mu, who was standing on the sidelines, and said, "We will definitely enter the Dutch League. I believe in Jiang Mu."

Nielsen laughed and said, "I also believe him, although he pissed off the old captain Maher."

"He can't control these old players without taking Maher. Dirk looked at the fans who kept shouting for Jiang Mu and the banner-like banners pulled up by Chinese fans and sighed, "This Chinese guy is so popular that even I'm a little jealous."

"This is called an idol coach." Schelinja was very proud of her eyes, and talked about Jiang Mulai with an honored look.

"Quick, look, it's a single knife..."

Nelsen suddenly stood up excitedly and stared at the court.

Sheringa and Dirk also noticed the changes on the court at the same time, focusing on the Alkmaar player running in front of the Zwolle defender on the court.