Dad was a Genius - Chapter 7
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 007
“Why are we gathered here today?”
“Yeah. I brought in the coaches, players, and even the front office.”
“What kind of explosive statement are you going to make this time… … .”
It was natural for the atmosphere within the team to change when a new manager took office.
But this time it felt a lot different.
Anyone can see that he is a director who came in by parachute.
The players’ morale was higher than ever when the manager made the shocking announcement of doubling their salaries.
“What good is having high morale? There are still no clear guidelines on how to train.”
The problem is that the coach did not mention how he would train the players or in what direction he would run the team.
Because of that, for three days now, the players have only been doing basic training and not doing anything special.
“I heard that the reason we all gathered here today was to explain the tactical content and future training direction.”
“who?”
“The captain.”
The coaches met with the managers one by one for about 5 to 10 minutes and finished their interviews.
Because it was a short time, we didn’t really discuss anything or talk about training.
That kind of person gathers people together like this and suddenly discusses tactics… … .
“It’s great that he raised the team’s morale to this level, but does he really know what soccer tactics are?”
This was the question the coaches were asking.
Coach Cha Seong has no experience as a coach other than a brief stint with elementary school students and an adult team. He also has only basic qualifications and has never received proper coaching training.
Can such a person really be said to know soccer tactics well?
“I really don’t know how to put this together.”
Coaches don’t expect to be paid more than twice as much as players.
This is because they were grateful that Cha Seong-eun did not change the coaching staff.
But I was worried about what to do when he insisted on a soccer tactic and training direction that was obviously a mess.
“I still trust the coach. He’s not the type of person to run a team without thinking.”
“Scout Kim Soo-han has been praising the director a lot since last time.”
“What on earth were you two talking about back then?”
Scout Kim Soo-han said, coughing in vain.
“Why don’t you guys stop being suspicious and trust the director for once? He’s not someone else, he’s our director.”
“We know that too. But it’s not like we can just blindly believe it.”
“Our coach hasn’t received any proper training, and his playing career is very short, and he has almost no experience as a coach. How can you trust him?”
“… … .”
It was exactly right, so there was no way to refute it.
Aren’t these even formally trained coaches?
But somehow, when scout Kim Soo-han, who wanted to take the director’s side, was about to open his mouth,
Squeak-.
The auditorium door opened, and Cha Seong-i stood on the podium, dressed in a stylish suit, as usual.
After that the screen came down.
“Nice to meet you. The reason I have invited you here today is to explain the future tactics and training direction as a coach.”
The coaches looked at Cha Seong-eun with indifferent faces.
It seemed as if he was just going to see what kind of nonsense he would pull.
“Everyone. If I asked you to pick the strongest team in the world right now, which team would you pick?”
“… … .”
There was a brief moment of quiet silence,
“Bar, Barcelona?”
Cha Seong nodded at someone’s answer.
“That’s right. Barcelona, in the Spanish league, La Liga, is currently the best team. Do you know what tactics they use?”
This time, many people answered at the same time.
“Tiki-taka.”
At those words, Cha Seong-eun pressed a button on the remote control he was holding.
Then a picture of the Barcelona club and its tactics appeared on the screen.
“Probably anyone who plays soccer knows about tiki-taka. Tiki-taka is a Spanish word that means passing a ping-pong ball back and forth, and that’s exactly what Barcelona does. They pass the ball back and forth like they’re playing ping-pong with short passes.”
The screen showed an animation of the stones taking positions on the field, passing the pieces to each other, and eventually shaking the goal.
“We call this tactic tiki-taka, but the correct term is possession football. This tactic means that our team will have as much possession of the ball as possible. And as the coaches here know, possession football is currently popular in our K-League.”
Barcelona became the world’s best team with a new tactic called possession football.
Naturally, everyone tried to emulate Barcelona’s tiki-taka football and ended up adopting possession football tactics.
The K-League was no different.
“Last season’s winner, FC Seoul, also used possession-based tactics, and other teams are doing the same. And possession-based tactics are expected to be the trend this season as well.”
Then one coach raised his hand.
It was Jae-Deok Lee, who was the tactical coach for the Cheonan team.
When Cha Seong-i pointed with his hand, he said:
“So this time too, will Cheonan be basing its tactics on possession football? In fact, last season, Cheonan played possession football.”
Cheonan, too, could not avoid the trend and so, like other teams, adopted possession football tactics.
Are you going to use the same tactics this time too?
“no.”
But Cha Seong-eun shook his head.
“Do we really need to follow the same tactics that everyone else is following?”
“… … ?”
“We know that our opponents play possession football, so we just have to use our spears to break their shields.”
A spear that shatters shields?
The coaches looked at Cha Seong-eun with puzzled eyes.
Soon the screen changed.
It said this:
“Gegenpressing. It is a term that combines the German word Gegen, meaning counter, with the word “pressing,” meaning pressure. Translated into Korean, it would be “counterpressing.” With this tactic, we will completely destroy possession football.”
There was a brief commotion in the auditorium.
“Gegenpressing? What is that?”
“I’ve never heard of this tactic before.”
The coaches also tilted their heads as they were hearing about this tactic for the first time.
“Gegenpressing is based on applying strong pressure when the ball is lost to the opponent and winning it back. It involves everyone applying pressure, including the attackers, midfielders, and defensive line.”
An animation appeared on the screen showing six players on either side, in front, and behind one player running at the same time as the ball was stolen.
The idea was to apply pressure as tightly as a net, so that the ball could not be passed anywhere and would be taken away.
“This is called gegenpressing, where you win the ball back and then counterattack to score a goal. It’s the perfect counter to the tiki-taka tactic of moving forward while passing the ball around in short bursts.”
The coaches stared blankly at the screen.
Opposing players passing the ball short.
Then, as players other than the goalkeeper began to apply pressure simultaneously, it became clear that the tiki-taka tactic that had always maintained a similar pattern and rhythm was showing cracks.
Is this what is meant by gegenpressing?
“I’ll explain in more detail. Let’s look at an example first. If we lose the ball in this situation, we… … .”
Cha Seong-eun went into more detail and continued his explanation.
How gegenpressing works, and in what situations should you apply pressure, etc.
Coaches and players couldn’t help but be confused by the sudden influx of information.
“Of course, in order to make this tactic possible, the players’ physical strength is the most important. This is because they have to run at least 1.5 to 2 times more than other teams. Therefore, the training we should focus on in the future is physical strength.”
Even just by watching the simple animation, you could tell how much the players had to run around.
That’s why strong physical strength was essential.
“I have no doubt that if we can master this tactic perfectly, we will be able to defeat all the K-League teams that are armed with possession football. However, it takes hard training to master this tactic.”
“… … .”
“I hope you will persevere, because our goal is-.”
The coaches and players probably thought they would come out with the goal of escaping relegation.
however,
“2013 K-League Championship.”
“… … !?”
The word victory came out of the young manager’s mouth.
“We will run towards our goal of winning the championship in this 2013 season.”
* * *
widely-.
After finishing his tactical explanation, Coach Cha Seong went out of the auditorium first.
The coaches and players who were left behind were still in a daze.
‘Win.’
Should we call it the passion of a young director?
Or should we call him a dreamer who is ignorant of reality?
But it was undeniable that I was overwhelmed by that confident voice and eyes for that brief moment.
And this groundbreaking tactic that Cha Seong-i brought up, Gegenpressing.
Seeing that, the coaches each began to have these thoughts in their heads.
“… … Don’t you think this will work if you do it well?”
This will work.
No. If Cha Sung can master it perfectly as he says, he might be able to chew up all the K-League powerhouses armed with possession football.
“This tactic is really strange. All the lines except the goalkeeper go up and apply pressure.”
“We only saw it in a short animation, but I think the team that experiences this in real life will be really shocked.”
“How on earth does the manager come up with these tactics?”
“So. How did you come up with this?”
The coaches couldn’t help but be surprised.
I never thought such a groundbreaking tactic would come from anyone but Cha Seong-eun.
“What did the coach say earlier about how to apply pressure in this situation?”
“I, I remember well… … .”
“Hey, you guys. Did you all sleep just now? Why can’t you remember anything!”
The coaches became anxious.
Because I became more curious about this tactic.
Then one of the front desk staff came in with a thick stack of documents.
“I… … The director said the coaches might be looking for this, so I brought it.”
“Huh! What is this?”
“It’s what the director showed us earlier.”
The copy was a printout of the PowerPoint presentation I had just used in the lecture.
And there was also a document there explaining Gegenpressing in more detail.
“Hey, give it to me too.”
“me too!”
Before Cha Seong-eun came to the lecture hall, the coaches were worried about what such a youngster would know about tactics.
But now the tables seemed to be turned.
“Ah! Don’t do this. Give each player a piece. This isn’t a tactic that can be used just because our coaches understand it well.”
“That’s right. That shows how incredible this tactic is.”
Scout Kim Su-han, who had been quietly watching the coaches full of passion for the first time in a long while, smiled.
As expected, his eyes were not wrong.
Cha Seong-eun was a person on a different level from any other director I had ever seen.
And he became confident that he would lead this Cheonan team, which had been crawling at the bottom, to a spectacular rise.