Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 656 - 454: C Luo is shocked! Besides Messi and Suarez, is Tang also competing with me for the European Golden Boot?
Chapter 656: Chapter 454: C Luo is shocked! Besides Messi and Suarez, is Tang also competing with me for the European Golden Boot?
Hat-trick in two consecutive rounds!
Since Tang Long transformed from midfielder to striker, his goal-scoring efficiency has shocked the football world!
Even though people have already witnessed Tang Long’s talent in the past two seasons as a young professional player, when this talent is fully unleashed, the effect it presents and the help it provides to the team still leave everyone in awe and curious—
As a striker, how high is his ceiling?
Monday, meeting room of the Manchester City Club, eight in the morning.
The first team coaching staff gathered together to start the analysis of yesterday’s match.
This was a crushing match, Manchester City continued their strong performance since the start of the new season.
After securing a 4-0 victory over the Black Cats Sunderland in the first round, they followed it up with an equally dominant win over Sky City Stoke City, marking a double triumph in both home and away fixtures in the new season!
"Although the lineup and tactics are still in the adjustment period, both new recruits and veteran players have shown excellent adaptability. The players are full of fighting spirit, and coaching such a motivated team makes me, and everyone here, feel honored."
Guardiola’s opening speech was very brief, after which he invited everyone to share their thoughts on the match.
He originally thought they would discuss the overall improvement brought by the new tactics, but the focus of everyone’s discussion was on one player—Tang Long!
The tactical coach Fred, a first-team coach who worked with Manchester City since Pellegrini’s time.
He was very satisfied with Tang Long’s performance, claiming it was he who overwhelmed the opposition.
"Tang’s first goal, although the choice to head was rather hasty, his positioning showed his extraordinary understanding of forward positioning in the penalty area!"
"At the moment Sane passed the ball, he suddenly moved forward, getting in front of Badley, allowing no defensive hindrance to his header attempt!"
"Whether it’s the timing of his start or the route of his movement, he perfectly deceived Badley, this aspect of him is just as strong as Agüero!"
Shooting coach Van Buren, a Dutchman who played in the Premier League for a long time;
His focus was not on Tang Long’s positioning, but his heading technique.
"I think Fred missed the point. Tang’s positioning was indeed elusive, but the skillful use of heading technique is the key to him opening the chance for the team!"
"I don’t even need to watch the replay to remember clearly, Sane’s cross from the flank had a good spot but a bit low in height, aimed towards Tang’s chest. Normally, players would trap the ball with their chest before shooting, but that would be slow, and there’s the chance of defense intercepting."
"But what did Tang do? He crouched, bent, and flicked his head directly!"
"With my understanding of Stoke City goalkeeper Jiwen, he isn’t afraid of such long-distance headers near the penalty area due to his height and long arms."
"Tang’s forced heading looked rushed, but it actually caught Jiwen off guard, the rush was on Jiwen, not Tang!"
"The heading technique was used perfectly, for uncomfortable headers like this, using brute strength is the worst—last season, Bony liked doing this, and once brute force is used, it’s easy to send it flying, only by leveraging power delicately as Tang did can one find the precise balance between strength and angle!"
Tactical coach Fred believed the key to Tang Long’s goal was positioning;
Shooting coach Van Buren believed that the exquisite shooting technique was the key.
Although both were first-team coaches, they had different duties and different perspectives on matters, leading them to argue in front of everyone.
"It’s positioning, without positioning, how could Tang have his shooting?"
"Then let me ask you, even if he positions well, if he can’t shoot, what’s the use?"
Guardiola touched his bald head and smiled while watching the two argue.
He is an open-minded coach, especially encouraging views during post-match reviews, allowing the coaches to discuss without restrictions;
He even highly appreciates creative and odd ideas, sometimes discussing them for more than an hour, even forgetting when the training starts.
Video analyst Adams smiled and stopped the two from quarreling.
"Fred, Van Buren, both of you are right, and both wrong."
Fred and Van Buren turned their heads to Adams, dissatisfied, "Alright then, you tell us, what’s right?"
Adams brought up his laptop, walked onto the stage, and connected it to the projector.
Everyone’s eyes turned to the screen.
Playing, was the assist from Diego to Tang Long.
After a few rounds of seemingly casual yet highly threatening passes, Diego seized the moment, suddenly changed pace, and made a direct pass!
Tang Long darted out from the crowd like an arrow off the bowstring, finding himself surprisingly with no one within three meters, and then chipped the ball into the net!
"Why are both Fred and Van Buren both right and wrong?"
"Because in Tang, I see a player where positioning and shooting skill are highly fused together!"
"This offside break, his position was extremely on edge, his start was almost parallel with the last defender’s hairs. "
"And his chip shot, look carefully!"
The video analyst slowed the playback speed to 0.3 times, then pressed pause, asking his colleagues to focus on Tang Long’s foot.
Only then did the Manchester City coaches clearly see the details they hadn’t noticed during the match!
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