Ozil vs Silva. Is this Germany vs Spain?

When Henry speaks, we listen. Do not always agree with Carragher, but i do this time. Do you think the differences between this two amazing players can also be the difference between this two great nations of today Football?

Is Spain all about mobility and being everywhere and involved in the game, and Germany, also with great positional offensive capacity, but more with this quarterback style of creating goal chances?

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Ozil - Assist King

"He sees things that no one else can see"

"He is special"

Yes, he is, and yes, he can. But Ozil (and many others) are still Humans, like you and me. There is not any supernatural thing going on, no x-files, no magic, no nothing of that sort.

What makes the difference, and what makes Ozil special, is the understanding of the game. Its the intelligence he shows on every decision.

Knowing his teammates, knowing the opponent, and having so much experience, helps predicting what is going to happen next. He is able to predict what is going to happen and act accordingly to his predictions.

Its 3534535358723057897230985725 hours of not being trapped with rules that castrate this kind of options. Being free to pass to whoever he wants, to touch the ball as many times as he wants, to explore the game without being afraid to make mistakes.

Is making lots of mistakes, but being aware of them, and learning from them. I
ts trying again, but just a little bit different.. just to see if this time he can do it.

Its having the relationship with the ball so good, that he is able to interact with the game and turning into actions what he feels he should do at that moment. Its being able to put intentions into practice.

He does not even realize it, and may call it instinct .. but its avaluating the game and interacting with it based on that avaluation.

Game model - Step by step

From Klopp,

"Maybe we could have done better so far, but it is OK. We are not even halfway into the season. We have not had a long time together," Klopp said.

"I think we are giving the players as much information as we can. Every day, if I tell them all things I know, for sure it would be too much. It is all about timing. The right amount of information is very important.

"We don't want them going on to the pitch with their papers thinking, 'What is point three?' We are just looking for the next step.

Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/klopp-cant-forget-fing-palace-loss#BsVeBCESTgVCt5gf.99

It does not matter if you are teaching grown ups, or children. Coaching is always a challenge, you know so much things, you imagine your players playing in a high level and.. we tend to try to give them as much information as fast as possible. 

That is usually one of the mistakes a young coach has. He is so eager to teach, that he "throw" the entire information and hopes that they (players) can manage it. Then, what it happens is... coaches and players frustrated. Because from one side... they are now doing/learning everything you are teaching... and from the other side, they realize that they are not living up to your expectations.

Keep it simple, baby steps. 

Liverpool changed so much in just a few weeks, but at the same time... Klopp only changed the "big things" first. 

"the force is strong with this one", so you can expect that the complexity in Liverpool's game to get to higher levels in time, when the players show that they are ready for more. 

The process is something like: New information - process+experiment+make mistakes+experiment some more+start do do it right+experiment some more+start to consolidate+being able to perform correctly. And then they start to be ready for something more. 

This is one of the aspects Mourinho helped to change the football way of approaching training. Practice what you play. Start with major principles, and then go for sub-principles, sub-sub-principles. One thing at a time, because they cannot take it all at once.

Klopp - Between the lines

Coaches interviews tell us a lot about how they want their teams to play. If the right questions are asked... and if the coach is open enough about it.

Klopp, after the Chelsea win, showed what he wants Liverpool to do when they have the ball and are trying to build up and create chances.

When you pass the ball between the lines of the opponent, you can *remove* players of the play, and a 10v10+ GK transforms into something way more simple.

Here are some examples of what we are trying to say.

It almost looks easy, right?

What is happening Wenger?

Not in any case this post must undermine the brilliant win of Sheffield Wednesday yesterday. 

What is happening (or not happening) that is causing so many injuries?

Is it the off training behaviour of the players? Not enough rest, unwise choices in nutrition?

Or does it has something to do with training?

Most of this injuries are not caused by trauma, tackles or high impact contact. The reason has to be something related to what is happening in the training grounds. 

What is up Wenger?

Liverpool Challenge! What would you do?

Liverpool is in need, and you are the one they choose to lead.

What would you do? Keep in mind that we are not looking for a "Football Manager challenge", so the system of play is not that important, the same way that the starting eleven also does not make that much of a difference.

We are looking for game philosofy, what to do in Offensive Organization, Transition from attack to defence, Defensive Organization and Transition from defense to attack.

What would you do in the training grounds to acchieve those goals, what would be your priorities, what kind of players would take advantage and what would you tell the scouts to look for in the transfer market in January.

Wanna coach? Positioning

While in a training session, one thing you really must pay attention is "where do i stand, during this task?"

How many players does the coach see in this picture?

And in this one? 

See the difference? Coaches, no matter what age, must see everyone.

If you are helping the players to solve a problem (through questioning hopefully) and you can not see 1 player, he will either thing you do not care about him, or he is doing everything right and he has nothing to learn.

How can you tell if someone is paying attention if you can not see them?

Just by positioning correctly you can solve a bunch of problems in practice.

• As you can see everyone in the pitch, everyone feels engaged in the task. 
• When you speak, you speak to all of them, because the error that just happened is a team thing, not an individual one.
• If you are training little kids and your positioning is perfect, parents will not say "the coach likes your son better, and thats why he always plays", plus.. security wise, if you see everyone, is less likely that they misbehave.
• In practice, if you have your back towards something, without knowing, you are telling that "that something" is not important. Can be a player, can be a goal for them to reach (this happens a lot during ball possession tasks).

Think about it

Build up: Attract to create space ahead

More and more teams (or coaches) are losing their fear of building up with security, short passes using the goalkeeper as a sweeper, but few have the guts to really use the goalie to attract an oponent to create a 2v1 situation and build from there.

In this video, see how many times the opponents are drawn to the ball, compelled to pressure higher and leaving space in their back.

Ter Stegen vs Leverkusen

Goalkeeper Evolution!

Ter Stegen from Football Hunting on Vimeo.

It already begun. The future is here.

Some had tried in the past, but Victor Valdez, Neuer and Stegen are the recent ones.

How can we work during training to "produce" more goalkeepers like this?