Chapter 60: The Amazing Coach

Fantastic, great, miraculous, a series of adjectives seem to be insufficient to describe Dutch tactician Guus Hiddink, because he can make all the impossible possible on the football field. Miracles are definitely not so easy to create. He has led many different countries in succession. The team achieved astonishing success, allowing teams that are not expected to create miracles and history. This is the magic left by the great Guus Hiddink to international football.

Is Hiddink just a moment of good luck?

The answer is no!

Hiddink seems to have been born to create history and miracles. In his life, he created at least six miracles, each of which is thrilling in retrospect.

Hiddink did not achieve any special fame as a player, but he achieved great success as a coach. Since 1986, he has become the head coach of PSV Eindhoven. Under the leadership of Eindhoven, the Eindhoven team achieved the league's three consecutive championships. This is the first three consecutive championships in Eindhoven's team history.

In 1988, Hiddink led the Eindhoven team to win the league championship, the Dutch Cup championship and the European Champions Cup. Under the leadership of Hiddink, the Eindhoven team won the club. , and the only champion of the Champions League. With such a performance, Hiddink shocked the world and became a world-class coach.

Of course, in the process of leading the Eindhoven team, in addition to the record, Hiddink also has a major achievement. He has guided Gullit, Koeman and many other top players in the history of Dutch football. Dutch football has benefited for many years.

Perhaps because of the long history, Hiddink's success in Eindhoven is not well-known, but it has laid a good foundation for him to create subsequent national team miracles.

In 1995, Guus Hiddink commanded the talented Dutch national team. At that time, the Dutch team was out of reach because of the retirement of the "Three Musketeers". However, under the leadership of Hiddink, the Dutch team reached the semi-finals in the 1998 World Cup in France. Under the leadership of Hiddink, the Dutch team created the best result in the World Cup in the past 30 years.

However, some people may say that the success of the French World Cup relied on the strong strength of the Oranje and the achievements of the background, not the credit of Hiddink, but it is undeniable that the Netherlands is more commendable than the results. The unrestrained football played by the team is still considered to be the most beautiful Dutch team in history.

In 2001, Hiddink became the head coach of the South Korean national team. Under his leadership, South Korea, which has never been out of the group stage in the World Cup in history, has reached the final four all the way. This is not only the best record in Korean football history, but also the best record for an Asian team in the World Cup. best record.

In the 1/8 final between the South Korean team and the Italian team, when the South Korean team fell behind, Hiddink replaced three forwards in a row. At that time, the South Korean team had only one defender but five forwards. This became the history of world football. A spectacle. This kind of courage not only allowed the South Korean team to equalize the score, but also made the world marvel at Hiddink's bravery and tenacity.

Some people may think that the referee played a key role in taking care of the hosts. After all, the shamelessness of the Koreans that summer was as famous as their kimchi.

After the 2002 World Cup, Hiddink voluntarily resigned as the coach of the South Korean national team and returned to Eindhoven. In 2003, under the leadership of Hiddink, PSV regained the league championship trophy after three years.

In 2005, Hiddink led the Eindhoven team all the way to the top four of the Champions League. This is also the only time since the new century that the Eredivisie team has reached the top four of the Champions Cup. Eindhoven also reversed the decline suppressed by Ajax and regained the dominance of the Dutch League.

Of course, what is more commendable than the results is that Hiddink once again guided many world-class stars, such as Robben.

In the summer of 2006, Hiddink became the coach of the Australian team. In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Hiddink led the Australian team, which had not been shortlisted for the World Cup finals in 32 years, to reach the top 16. This is the best record in Australia's history since it participated in the World Series.

The Australian team did not go further, because they met the eventual champion Italy ahead of schedule, and the Italian team only eliminated Australia with a magic goal at the end of the game.

In this coaching, Hiddink's classic battle was that when Australia was behind in the score against Japan, they replaced three attackers in a row, Kennedy, Aloisi and Cahill, and scored three consecutive goals in the last eight minutes. The ball reversed and defeated the Japanese team. The performance of this battle also made the world re-understand the spirit and strength of Australia.

Of course, some people will say that the Australians have strength in the first place, but lack of luck, but it cannot be denied that the luck of the Australians was brought by Hiddink.

After the 2006 World Cup, Hiddink signed a two-year contract with the Russian Football Association. Under his leadership, the Russian team, which has never qualified for the group stage in the World Series since independence, even defeated strong teams such as Sweden and the Netherlands and advanced to the European Championship. The semi-finals, creating the best record in Russian history.

This time coaching, Hiddink has created many miracles in a row. In the European Championship qualifiers, he led the team to defeat the powerful England team and eliminated the latter.

In the group stage, the Russian team faced the Swedish team that "a draw can qualify", and won the battle to advance to the quarterfinals. Prior to this, the Swedish team eliminated many world-class giants such as Italy and Argentina under the condition of "a draw can qualify".

Of course, the classic battle of coaching this time was that Russia defeated the Netherlands. During the game, Guus Hiddink made two substitutions, and in the end the cooperation of the two scored the key goal that beat the Netherlands. Guus Hiddink was also the only one who went abroad After coaching, he led other national teams to defeat the Dutch coach of the Netherlands.

The amazing Dutchman defeated the favorite Dutch team. After the victory, Guus Hiddink celebrated with the whole team. He may be one of the few Dutchmen who cheered for Russia that night.

While all Dutch people are plunged into infinite depression and sadness, Hiddink is a proud winner. Because he once again made history, once again accomplished an impossible miracle, and once again shocked the world.

Simple adjectives can no longer describe Hiddink's greatness and magic. Perhaps only God can explain why this Dutchman can make so many miracles. What is certain is that Hiddink and God are not relatives, but he is better at impressing God.

Everyone knows Hiddink is an amazing coach, so where is his god?

Everyone knows Hiddink can make history, so how did he make history?

It is possible for a miracle to happen once, and it may be due to the favor of the goddess of luck if it happens twice, but if a miracle can appear every time, then there must be many mysteries in it. What is this mystery?

That is Hiddink, the master tactician.

This magical Dutch coach has a kind of magical power. He can turn decay into magic and make everything possible. Whenever people question Guus Hiddink and his team, he can always respond in the most direct way .

In the 2008 European Cup, the team led by Hiddink came from the cold Siberia, but they played passionate and sexy football.

When the media criticized Russia and Hiddink after the 1:4 defeat to Spain, the master tactician did not care about people's views, but silently drew a blueprint for the future.

When winning successive victories over Greece and Sweden, people saw the refreshing Russian Legion, an "Orange Corps" wearing white jerseys.

As long as the teams led by Hiddink have some things in common, they all have similar blood, abundant physical fitness, reckless offense and tenacious combat effectiveness.

The super-strength physical training method made the already outstanding physical strength of the South Korean team even more astonishing. It also turned the Australian kangaroo into an immortal superman, and the same Russian players also became physical monsters.

Now it's Chelsea's turn, and this law is still applicable. In the technical statistics of running distance in each round, Chelsea always has a group of people on the list, which is enough to show the abundance of physical fitness.

He took over Chelsea midway, and the Chelsea team doctor had the most say on the intensity of Hiddink's training. When each player quickly lost two kilograms in two weeks, the cruelty and magic of Hiddink's training methods can be seen.

This is Hiddink's magic, he can always make the impossible possible!

When Hiddink came to Stamford Bridge, Scolari had just led the team to a disastrous defeat to the arch-rival Everton. Chelsea, who were not favored and lacked self-confidence, were able to fight back again. The self-confidence that Hiddink instilled in the team was very The essential.

If the players' desire to fight cannot be reawakened, people will never see Chelsea, who has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League today. The highly targeted tactical arrangement reflects Hiddink's sophistication and intelligence. All games can grasp the opponent's lifeline , every game Chelsea desperately attack the opponent's weakness, how can it be invincible?

When Hiddink decided to take over Chelsea, some people also raised doubts about it. At that time, Hiddink insisted on serving as Chelsea's temporary firefighter without resigning from the position of head coach of the Russian national team. People were suspicious , because Chelsea was in a complete mess under the leadership of Scolari at that time. The morale of the team was low, there were cliques, and there was no fighting power at all. However, through a series of games, people had to admire, because they You can clearly feel the magic of Hiddink.

After coming to Chelsea, Hiddink formulated tactics based on the actual situation of Chelsea at the time, specifically, fast running and fast passing. Of course, Hiddink is not static. While emphasizing speed, the first thing is to suppress the opponent's attack, control the opponent's speed, deploy heavy troops in the midfield defense, and then break through the opponent's defense line by increasing running to form an advantage in local numbers. Specifically, It is the tactics developed by him that the defender keeps close watch, the midfield presses wildly, and the opponent's weak lane is attacked. In peacetime training, he cultivates the super physical fitness for the players, which can be called the two magic weapons for Chelsea to turn around in the second half of the season.

While clarifying the tactics, Hiddink also tried his best to replace the Brazilian favorite Deco with Joe Cole, who was abandoned by Scolari, completely negating Scolari's signings in the summer and reusing Those veterans who have played for Chelsea for many years, these players are familiar with each other and have a better understanding. After Hiddink took over Chelsea, the Chelsea team can often play sharp and fast cooperation in the game. This is inseparable from the tacit understanding between the players .

Hiddink's first game as Chelsea was against Everton in the FA Cup. Scolari's team had just lost to Everton in the FA Cup. At that time, almost everyone did not believe that Chelsea had just undergone a coaching change. able to defeat this opponent.

But the amazing Hiddink did it. When the game reached the end of the half, Chelsea had already led 2-0. Everton coach Moyes couldn't wait to use up three substitutions, trying to strengthen the offense. However, Hiddink Sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, completely unmoved, it turns out that the Everton team's substitutions not only failed to achieve results, but made Chelsea more and more crazy.

This is even more so in the next match against Liverpool in the league. Liverpool used up three substitutions in the first 60 minutes.

Subsequent games proved that Liverpool's substitutions had the opposite effect. That is to say, although Chelsea did not make substitutions, they actually played better because of the opponent's substitutions.

Many amazing coaches change the game immediately after a substitution. Hiddink's state has become that he can change the game without substitutions. Of course, there is a premise for all of this. He has an accurate judgment on the progress of the game. The player has a deep understanding, which has a great relationship with his adequate preparation before the game, his strong ability to collect data, and his judgment.

Of course, Hiddink has not always remained the same. In the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals, after being tied by Juventus at home in the first game, Hiddink activated Kalou in the second round. The latter sent a fatal assist. After Tus equalized, Hiddink replaced the extremely fast Jr. Wright at the last moment. As a result, after Jr. Wright came on the field, he passed and shot to decide the game.

The most miraculous thing was the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals against Liverpool. Hiddink replaced Kalou and Ballack in the game. He replaced the former and immediately sent three lore goals for the forwards, while the latter, just now. He was the key man who beat Liverpool at the end of the game.

If you don't change it, you can score goals and assists if you change it. This kind of magic has gone beyond the limit of what can be described in words.

In the second round against Liverpool, Guus Hiddink's miraculousness was even more evident. First of all, in the initial stage of the game, after experiencing a cautious start, Chelsea immediately waved the flag to attack and played against Liverpool. , His courage is amazing, and what is even more amazing is that the Liverpool team, which is obviously in better shape, was completely suppressed by Chelsea in the confrontation. Facts have proved that Hiddink's judgment is very correct.

Subsequently, Chelsea took the lead by one goal, and the Netherlands continued to strengthen their offense with substitutions. At this time, facing Liverpool, which is known for its strong attack power, Hiddink once again showed his blood. The man is the midfielder who replaces the midfielder, and the second substitution is a striker. In other words, he simply wants to fight another opponent.

What's interesting is that because of Hiddink's substitution to strengthen the offense, Chelsea won many chances to kill the opponent in the subsequent games, but Liverpool's offense lost its power because of looking forward and backward. In a word, Hiddink used the facts Prove that what is offense is the best defense.

Hiddink's magic is not only reflected in the game. When he first arrived at Chelsea, the physical condition of Chelsea, which had experienced chaos for most of the season, was worrying. But it didn't take long for Hiddink to come. The best running team of any Premier League team.

Chelsea seems to have been reborn one by one, becoming immortal, but this is not surprising. No matter which team Hiddink coaches, this team is known for being able to run. This is the case in South Korea, Eindhoven, Australia, Russia, and now Chelsea. I have to admit that Hiddink has his own uniqueness in terms of physical training and state adjustment.

Since Hiddink's arrival, Chelsea's state has been getting better and better, with full stamina. This is obviously due to Hiddink's credit. When he took over, Chelsea's state was extremely poor, which made everyone despise.

But as the season progressed, Chelsea played better and better, and their state was thoroughly stimulated. It has to be admitted that Hiddink has a good way of adjusting the team's state.

In this game, Chelsea faced the menacing Fiorentina. Fiorentina has scored 24 goals in ten games so far in the Champions League this season, which shows their attacking strength.

Before the game, Hiddink boasted that he would play against Fiorentina, but without a solid defense, the team would be hard to go far. Of course, Hiddink knew this. The most threatening Fiorentina team is undoubtedly Degan , Therefore, Hiddink made a clear deployment of his two central defenders, Terry was responsible for sticking to Degan, and Ivanovic was responsible for filling him.

Judging from the first half of the game, the two central defenders performed their tasks well in the game, especially Terry, who defended Degan like a shadow throughout the game, and rarely let Degan face the goal and take the ball. , and many people know that in addition to breaking goals in Florence's offensive system, Degan also has a very important role as a "transmission tower". Knock back to teammates and create opportunities for scoring.

However, under Terry's pressure, it is difficult for Degan to hold the ball comfortably, and it is even more difficult to play the role of a transfer station. Ivanovic's replacement is also just right, and he can often find a second place to put Digan. Gan's pass destruction, such a defensive tactic successfully limited Degan's performance, and in the first half of the game, Fiorentina's offensive system basically collapsed.

Degan is Fiorentina's arrow figure, but controlling Degan can only suppress half of the threat of Fiorentina's attack, because Fiorentina's more terrifying offensive strength is reflected in the ability to score goals in the midfield. They faced Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona before. In the game, Beckham and Modric's goals reflected this.

In response to this characteristic of Fiorentina, Hiddink adopted the tactic of madly pressing the midfielder, successfully cutting off the connection between Modric and Montolivo, making it impossible for Fiorentina to organize an effective attack in the middle. Fiorentina's forwards are always in the situation of fighting alone.

In this game, it can be clearly found that Fiorentina's offense is very awkward, especially Modric and Montolivo's overlapping positions. The two are either too close or too far away.

In fact, this is not their original intention, but Chelsea's defense has played a significant role in controlling them, preventing them from standing in their accustomed positions, always receiving the ball in one-to-many situations, and the proportion of turnovers is naturally high .

And Chelsea's vice-captain Lampard is the key player to implement this tactic. So far in the game, Lampard has covered almost every corner between his penalty area and the opponent's penalty area. When the ball is transferred to the side, they often attack with the full-backs, resulting in Fiorentina's offense always being unable to combine the side and the center. The basic scene is that the center attack is destroyed by the big foot, and the side attack never returns. Hiddink After the success of this tactic, Florence's offense was completely limited.

After successful defensive tactics, Chelsea also need to open up the situation in offense, and this key key is Fiorentina's defensive weakness on the right. This season, because of Abate's transfer and departure, De Sciglio is not yet mature enough. Maggio's position Even more fixed than Frey and Digan. At this point in the season, Macho also felt tired, and he really couldn't run anymore.

In this game, Hiddink deliberately changed Kalu, who had been playing on the right in the previous few games, to the left, just to strengthen the attack on Fiorentina's right. In the game, Drogba and Lampard also often pulled to this side. Partially formed a numerical advantage over Florence.

And this tactic has also achieved obvious results. In the first half of the game, almost all of Chelsea's offenses were scored from this side. The exhausted Macho failed to hold the team's right corridor at all, leaving Lan Pad and Kalou made two successful breakthroughs and almost lost the ball.

Because of their excellent physical fitness, Chelsea's offensive players can easily complete the acceleration. Although Macho is in a good position, he is exhausted physically, and his footsteps can no longer keep up with the control of his brain. In front of Chelsea's fast running, his defense is almost impossible. It is useless.

And all the tactics that Hiddink formulated for Chelsea are also based on super physical fitness. If there is no wide-range running, it is impossible to press wildly in the midfield. Without high-speed running, it is impossible to break through Florence's right-sided defense. , It can be said that Hiddink's precise deployment completely defeated Florence's right line of defense.

People expect Chelsea to end Fiorentina's dominance in the European arena, but even more expect Fiorentina to crush Hiddink's magic.

But judging from the current game situation, it may be really difficult for Fiorentina to win this game at Stamford Bridge.

In the locker room!

Degan's face looked gloomy. The first half of the game was too bad for him. He was like a child, completely restrained.

Prandelli was not able to appear in the locker room because of the suspension. Now everyone is focusing on Degan. As the leader and captain of the team, Degan is obliged to help the team solve the current problems.

Chelsea's crazy rush through the midfield made it impossible for Fiorentina to organize an offense through the midfield, and Chelsea, to be precise, the characteristics of the British team are also destined to be unable to find them through long passes like Barcelona. Chance.

It's not that Florence didn't try this in the first half. As a result, Degan was completely watched to death by Terry and Ivanovic.

Throughout the first half, Fiorentina's most threatening offenses came from set kicks. There was no opportunity to find opportunities in open battles. The previous smooth offense could not be played at all today.

Hiddink really has two brushes!

Of course, Digan couldn't admit that it was determined by his personality, but he had to write the word "obedience" to Hiddink in his heart.

Last season, the two matches between Fiorentina and Chelsea were tied by their opponents in the away game, but returning to the home court and winning it was a breeze.

I didn't expect that Hiddink could really change Chelsea in such a short period of time.

Of course, Hiddink is not a god, and he does not have the ability to turn stones into gold. What he does is to make up for Chelsea's shortcomings through training, and at the same time formulate tactics according to the characteristics of Chelsea players.

If Prandelli was here, he would definitely be able to find a way to deal with Chelsea. It's a pity that the old Mr. Prandelli is now in a hurry with the stands because of his talk.

what to do?

The Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon! ? Dog-beating stick method! ? Tiangang Beidou Formation! ?

Digan's mind was in a mess, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he used the same way to give back to him!

Isn't Chelsea madly attacking Fiorentina's wing?

Since they can, why can't Fiorentina learn and use it? The midfield is a meat grinder. Neither side can open the situation in the middle. Even if they break through the defensive chain of the midfield, it is not easy to hit the opponent's central defender. open.

Just like Maggio in Fiorentina has a shortcoming due to physical problems, Chelsea's wing defense is not the same. Ashley Cole and Malouda, who played as a guest full-back in this game, have offensive capabilities, but Defensive ability, at best, is second-rate.

"David! Luka! In the second half, we changed formation. You two don't care about the defense in the middle. Take two more wings. Christian replaces Adrian. Ricardo, you retreat a bit, and Carlos and Christian We are responsible for the defense of the center together."

Digan's words made everyone's eyes light up, that's right! You play wide, we also play wide, and our front line is the most powerful weapon on the football field!