Chapter 416： Su Dong VS Captain Tsubasa

Taking advantage of the two-week national team competition, Su Dong took the time to go to Germany to participate in a business event for Hugo Boss.

This time, he still appointed Wang Chuqing as his German translator.

It's not that Wang Chuqing's German translation is so professional, but because Su Dong trusted her.

There is nothing to say about the event itself. The basic process is just going through the scene. Su Dong just showed up and said a few nice words. Most of the rest of the time was also answering questions from the media and fans.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Chuqing has successfully obtained his driver's license, but he is still very embarrassed when driving the car.

Of course, Su Dong has no say in this matter, because so far, he has not even taken a driver's license.

"Oh my God, what are you doing so busy?" Wang Chuqing felt very interesting.

Su Dong made up his mind again, no matter what, he must spare time to take a test.

Not for anything else, just to prove that his driving skills are definitely better than a certain woman.

When he returned to Barcelona's airport from Munich, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar figure.

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"Hey, Louis?"

Su Dong hurried to catch up and caught up with the middle-aged man in front of him.

Hearing the voice, looking back, it was the famous Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal.

"Why are you here?" Su Dong was very surprised.

Van Gaal was wearing a blue shirt, with a big belly and a middle-aged look, with a suitcase in his hand. He was obviously coming to Barcelona for something and was about to return to the Netherlands.

When he saw Su Dong, he was obviously stunned and didn't recognize him for a while.

Su Dong saw that no one was around, and immediately took off his sunglasses and hat, "It's me, Louis."

"Su!" Van Gaal was also very surprised.

The two shook hands vigorously, but they didn't expect to encounter each other at the airport.

They found an empty corner, and the two sat down and chatted.

As the former coach of Barcelona, ​​Van Gaal rarely came to this place that made him sad, because it was here that his career fell to the bottom and he never got up.

After leaving the coaching position in Barcelona, ​​he went to Ajax as the technical director, but unfortunately, his relationship with Ronald Koeman was not good, and his relationship with players such as Ibrahimovic is also It was so bad that he retired not long after he did it.

This summer, he served as the head coach of the Eredivisie team Alkmaar.

"Your team did a great job this season. I've heard a lot of people mention it." Su Dong smiled and praised.

Van Gaal always looked cold when he was coaching, but in private, he is a very kind middle-aged man who looks far less distant and arrogant than on the pitch, especially when it comes to his football.

Alkmaar did very well this season, beating Sparta Rotterdam 3-0 at home in the first round, then defeating Utrecht 2-1 at the away game, and beating Waiters 5-0 in the third round. He is currently occupied. The Eredivisie tops the list.

The reason why Sudong understands is mainly because of reports in the Catalan media.

This is Van Gaal's first season after coming back from the coaching position of Barcelona.

More importantly, Van Gaal once again played an impressive football on Alkmaar.

And Su Dong also admired Van Gaal very much.

This kind of appreciation has a long history. From the time he coached Ajax to the Champions League and later coached Barcelona, ​​it can be said that Van Gaal's football philosophy has always been the most appreciated by Su Dong.

As for his experience in coaching Barcelona twice, what should I say about this?

There are always many accidents and uncontrollable risks in coaching a team by the head coach. Even in many cases, the head coach is like a man who has to bear a lot of responsibilities that he shouldn’t have to bear.

A failed coaching experience cannot be said that the head coach himself has no problems, but it is inappropriate to blame it all on the head coach. Let alone Van Gaal’s influence on Barcelona’s football style in recent years. One cannot ignore.

Even Su Dong has heard people say more than once that Spain’s goalkeeper training and even the teaching materials were written by Frans Hawke of Van Gaal’s coaching staff. It was first practiced in Barcelona and then spread to the whole of Spain.

It's a pity that Van Gaal and Cruyff are at odds with each other. They are enemies and cannot get together.

This time, Van Gaal went to Barcelona to attend a seminar organized by the Spanish Football Association.

But I didn't expect that I ran into Su Dong at the airport.

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"In recent years, I haven't heard people mention you less often. They told me at first that you look a lot like Kluivert, but I watched your games and I don't think you are like him at all."

As long as Van Gaal mentions football, he is talkative and talkative.

"There is still a little bit, in fact, I have studied Kluivert's game and playing style." Su Dong said modestly.

Van Gaal nodded, "I can see that it is normal, but I think you are more comprehensive and better than him."

"Thank you." Su Dong felt very honored to be recognized by Van Gaal.

"I personally think that Rijkaard's tactics have not fully stimulated your abilities and effects. An obvious feature is that you are not fast enough when you switch from defensive to offensive, and your speed is slow. This has not been fully utilized. Given your advantage in speed and explosive power, and Giuli on the right can't cooperate with you, Iniesta is slower again."

Ronaldinho himself is a ball-controlling player. With the addition of Iniesta, the overall rhythm of the ball is slow when the ball reaches the frontcourt. This is also related to the overall tactical philosophy of Barcelona. They prefer to control the ball. .

"Frank hopes that we can control the ball." Su Dong said.

"Of course, many of his thoughts are similar to those of the old man halfway up the mountain, but I don’t think so. If you are equipped with a player on the right with a fast speed and strong personal assault ability, such as Robben or Christie Jarno Ronaldo's type of player, I think you will be more threatening and the effect will be better."

Su Dong smiled. He didn't have a good idea about what Van Gaal said.

But one thing he does feel it is that sometimes, he can obviously get up quickly, but because his teammates take the ball, he has to slow down and adapt to the rhythm of his teammates and the team.

This is also normal. A player needs to be integrated into the team. It is impossible to do whatever he wants.

"Take your time, Barcelona is still very suitable for you now, I believe this season you can go a step further on the basis of last season." Van Gaal encouraged.

After a pause, Van Gaal sighed again, "Rijkaard has caught up with it!"

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Watching Van Gaal board the plane, Su Dong was full of sorrow.

When they first met, Van Gaal overturned Su Dong’s impression of him. He was neither arrogant nor indifferent.

It can be seen that he still bears the blame for the failure of coaching Barcelona.

Su Dong had heard about Van Gaal from people like Harvey, Puyol, and there were so many things that really couldn't completely blame him.

Just like his last sigh full of helplessness, the head coach still has to catch up with good times if he wants to make achievements.

Just like Mourinho, he ran from Porto to Chelsea and won the Premier League title in his first season of coaching.

This is certainly a manifestation of his ability, but his predecessor Ranieri really did so badly?

Conversely, if Ranieri did a good job at Chelsea, how do you explain that he did a mess at Valencia?

So, sometimes, coaching is really more than just a question of ability.

Just like the words on the football field, when the two sides walk into the field, the outcome is often doomed.

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No one can understand why Su Dong admires Van Gaal so much.

It may be because of Kluivert, but it may also be because when he was in contact with football, it was the peak years of Van Gaal, which made him always have a good impression of Van Gaal.

More importantly, whether it was what he heard on weekdays or a short talk with Van Gaal, Su Dong clearly felt that Van Gaal was a very capable person, and at the same time he had his own unique ideas, right. Football has a head coach with a special understanding. He feels that such a head coach will definitely have a chance.

"I believe that he chose Alkmaar not because he did not have the invitation of other strong teams, but because he wanted to use a team that truly belongs to him to prove his coaching strength and philosophy!"

When talking about this encounter with Iniesta and Messi, UU Read Sudong always believed that Van Gaal would definitely succeed.

At least Alkmaar only played three games, but it has attracted considerable attention in the Netherlands. It is said that other coaches have started to drove to learn Van Gaal's training and tactics, and even the media are discussing in Barcelona.

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A rush with Van Gaal did not bring any change to Su Dong.

He still focuses on training and preparation.

Before the second round of La Liga, Su Dong was surprised to find that more Japanese media came to Barcelona.

This makes him feel very strange.

After understanding the situation, he realized that it was Real Mallorca's Japanese genius forward Yoshito Okubo who would start in this game.

Speaking of, this Japanese genius once caused quite a reaction in La Liga.

In the first game at the beginning of 2005, he represented Real Mallorca against Deportivo. It was his debut. As a result, he passed and shot and won a lot of applause. It not only caused a sensation in Asia, but also Spain has also attracted much attention.

But unfortunately, he gradually became a substitute, so that when he later played against Barcelona, ​​he failed to make the big list.

But this summer, Yoshito Okubo won the starting position with his outstanding performance in summer preparations.

Now at the Nou Camp, away to Barcelona, ​​he will partner with Cameroon striker Eto'o.

Because of this, it attracts so many Japanese media and fans to Barcelona.

They all have some expectations and even expectations. They want to know, how far is the gap between them and Su Dong, who Japan regards as a genius young football player?

Is there a chance to break Barcelona's goal at the Nou Camp?