Handsome appearance and elegant conversation, this is the first impression of Roger Schmidt, if you have a deep conversation with him will have a better understanding of his knowledge, he played football in his youth, but also a high-achieving engineering student, he led Bayer Leverkusen once made the then Barca manager Guardiola marvel, and now in the two years of Guoan, he has let this traditional giant that has not won a championship for many years has regained trophies and confidence. He was passionate on the court, while off the field he was friendly and talkative. Now 52 years old, he is leading Beijing Sinobo Guoan to the third-tier tournament, and regardless of the final result, the German has written his name into the history of the club.
High emotional intelligence is good at listening to the opinions of many parties
I don't know if it is hearsay or inherent prejudice, the impression of the outside world for the German always seems to stay on the two words of "old-fashioned and stubborn", when Schmidt first came to the team, it seems that the impression left on people is also such an impression, but after a month or two of contact, everyone slowly found that he is not only a highly intelligent, highly educated head coach, but also a high emotional intelligence person, on the field he may be more severe, very demanding, but off the field, this German is still very interesting.
He was willing to listen to the voices of the team members and was willing to communicate with the disciples alone. More importantly, he is very good at dealing with the media, which is actually rare in other foreign teachers. I remember that on the day he officially became manager, Schmidt summoned several major media to hold a media communication meeting in the club's conference room, and his opening statement was very simple, that is, what everyone wanted to ask, he knew everything and said everything, to be honest, this open and honest attitude surprised everyone, after all, this scene rarely happened before. In the two seasons that followed, the number of such sit-downs and face-to-face interactions increased unabated, both when the team did well and when the record was low. There may be times when everyone thinks that it is not the best time to communicate, but the German still chooses to sit down and chat with everyone, which closes the distance between him and everyone, and also allows fans and people who care about the club to know more about his different side from other coaches.
In the first match of the Chinese Super League, Schmidt played scolari
In addition to such talks, because of his proficiency in English, Schmidt basically has no obstacles in communicating with the media and even fans, especially when encountering media reporters who know each other, Germans will not only take the initiative to shake hands and greet, but even chat like friends, and when he sees the reporter cut a new hairstyle and wear new sneakers, he will definitely make a joke, and even "pretend" to talk about it. "Seriously, I think your shoes may look better in red and blue, because black is not suitable for you." After saying that, he smiled and patted the back of the acquaintance and left satisfied, this is Schmidt, a head coach with no shelf.
Build the most suitable tactical system
Of course, it's not enough to have emotional intelligence at a club, it's necessary to create a tactical system that works for the team, and the Germans have been doing this for about half a season. The word "approximate" is used because Schmidt still spent some time thinking and making changes. As we all know, Schmidt's "stunt" that became famous in the Bundesliga and Austrian leagues was the tactic of oppression, which would squash the opponent's formation and block the ball line, resulting in mistakes. However, in order to achieve tactical goals, this requires very high physical fitness and tactical execution of midfield players, even for teams such as Bayer Leverkusen and Red Bull Salzburg, it is impossible for everyone to achieve high-intensity pressure and pressing for 90 minutes. Because of this, Schmidt, who came to Guoan, after synthesizing the actual situation, gradually explored a tactic suitable for national security, that is, timely oppression with transmission and control tactics.
Remember that his first game when he came to Guoan was the focus battle at home against Evergrande, when Guoan implemented the "oppression" tactics more thoroughly, but in the second half of the game, there will still be various problems due to the decline in physical fitness, so the next few rounds of competition, while affirming the oppression tactics, the Germans are also slowly adjusting and changing. Such changes have begun to bear fruit since the beginning of the league last season, after the preparation of the winter break, the national security at that time can be described as strong, in addition to the first round of the league against Shandong team, the remaining vast majority of the games, the players will be the most suitable for the team tactical system to the extreme, and this also has the league 17 rounds of unbeaten myth appeared. In terms of the specific platoon arrangement of each game, the German also showed the characteristics of his own brain flexibility and changeability, and the timely switching of the three-center-back and four-back system also allowed the characteristics of the players to be played to the extreme.
Good at discovering young talents
A suitable system for the team is important for the current Guoan, but for the future of the team to discover and cultivate talents should also be the head coach should also do, and in this regard, the Germans have brought their good tradition of coaching in Europe to Guoan, giving many young people the opportunity, whether it is Barton in the first two seasons, Zhang Yu and Guo Quanbo last season and Wang Ziming, who played well this season, the Germans use their unique insight to explore their potential. In particular, it is not surprising that the tall center Wang Ziming, who is humble and studious, has improved so quickly after receiving Schmidt's key cultivation.
Schmidt with Germany international Brandt
German football is rich in young players and "demons", and many well-known stars have been able to play in the Bundesliga team in the 20s, among which Wolfsburg, Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen are clubs with young talents. After becoming bayer Leverkusen in 2014, Schmidt promoted brent, Henrichs and Havertz into the first team, when they were only 18 years old, but under the German account, these young people grew up very fast, they were not only the absolute main force of the German youth team at all levels, Brandt jumped three levels in a row, and became the first Germany international. Although he did not have many opportunities to perform in the World Cup last year, as a young man who just turned 23, if he did not have Schmidt's insight, I am afraid that Brandt would be more likely to work as a company employee.
Wang Ziming is Schmidt's biggest discovery of the season
During this year's winter training, Schmidt promoted a number of young players from the reserve team in one go, and took them to Portugal to prepare and warm up, and this is not counting Xue Mengtao, Wang Xiaole and others who trained with the team at the end of last season, the reason why he did this is to examine the level of the echelon young people, and according to their performance in training, the German also gave these "Guoan Future" the opportunity to play. I believe that with the progress of the season, there will be more "new faces" in Guoan's lineup, and their step-by-step growth is also gratifying and happy. Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong