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JULY 2013
CONTENTS
5 Letter from the Editor: Michael Francis Pollin introduces Issue 65
COVER
STORY
6 Cover Story:
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Leonid Slutsky
Coaching is a Craft
14 Article from Holland
Anton Janssen; Head Coach FC Oss
The basis of a successful team ethic is democracy to building team foundation
ARTICLE FROM RUSSIA
24 Article from Macedonia
Boban Babunski – Macedonia U21s National Team coach
“Hard work for more ball possession and more creative football”
34 Article from Brazil
Zé Maria, Brazilian Football Coach with Flair;
Talks of Italian coaching education, Jose Mourinho and dreams of coaching at the top in Brazil
LEONID SLUTSKY
COACHING IS A CRAFT
41 Brazilian Zone Universidade do Futebol; with the latest news from Brazil
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LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR Dear SoccerCoachingInternational Community,
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Football action all around the world continues
the women’s game now owes much to the likes
to enthral us, with a thrilling and very intriguing
of Sue Lopez, as her passion for what she believes
Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil again
in and contributes to the game remains undimin-
realising the prominence of the world footballing
ished.
powers in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Uruguay, whilst
This Issue’s Cover story features Leonid Slutsky of
also giving us a glimpse of possible football-
CSKA Moscow, as a young and up-coming Russian
ing presences of tomorrow in Tahiti. Then we
coach, he aims to consolidate the strong position
have witnessed how much the women’s game
of the club in domestic and European competi-
has grown and developed with the Women’s
tion. Whilst sending the signal out that Russian
Euros2013 Finals in Sweden. Considering that in
national players, especially those developed
some quarters (that included England) women
through CSKA’s academies, are a real strength
were banned from using footballing facilities for
and force to be reckoned with.
large chunks of time during the 20th century, it
From Macedonia, we get an insight into the
was the likes of Sue Lopez MBE (Southampton &
detailed coaching world of Boban Babunski, cur-
England player) and a few others, that follow-
rently Head Coach of Macedonia U21s National
ing England’s World Cup victory in 1966, were
team. Through his experiences, he has developed
the instigators and pioneers of the women’s
a system and framework for ‘perfect’ preparation
modern game. I frequently chat to Sue about
for the game.
the good and bad within both the women’s and
From Brazil, we tell the story of Ze Maria, the
men’s games, and also of coaching and playing
experienced and well-travelled Brazilian player
aspects. It is without doubt that the presence of
turned coach. He talks about his influences, mo-
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tivations and philosophies that have transferred from playing to delivering world-class coaching. Also, we have our regular Brazilian Corner from the Universidade do Futebol, with news of Jadson, Cruzeiro and Santos from the hosts of the World Cup 2014. As a note about the advertised article ‘Phases of Play; Continuity’ that was due to be published in this issue; due to research protocols this article has been delayed and will now be published in issue 66. We sincerely trust that you will enjoy reading Issue 65 of Soccer Coaching International, and will put some of the ideas and notions to good use in your coaching. Regards Michael Francis Pollin Managing Editor michael@sportfacilities.com @SCIMFP
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Interview by Evgeny Shevelev Edited by Michael Francis Pollin
ARTICLE FROM RUSSIA
LEONID SLUTSKY:
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Leonid Slutsky of CSKA Moscow has emerged as one of the most promising Russian coaches of this day and age. Within Russian football, he is relatively young to be coaching and managing, but there is real evidence of his ability to, not just to cope, but to lead whilst exhibiting a conscious awareness of the importance and dynamics of every opportunity for learning and developing (himself and those around him). He even recognised the interview with Soccer Coaching Russia, as an opportunity to possibly learn something new. It is only with these attributes that he is able to manage the pressures of orchestrating the playing and learning with the PRFL champions.
Defining Themes At the beginning of the interview, we decided to define all of the topics for discussion, and then formed an agenda of aspects and issues to cover. Nobody can argue with the extraordinariness of Slutsky’s rise through the ranks within Russian football. He has advanced from the lower leagues with Olympia Volgograd (1993-2001) to one of the top jobs with CSKA Moscow from 2009 onwards. Of this meteoric rise, we wanted to ask Leonid; how did he deal with such a vast transition, and what were his strategies to cope with the responsibilities, expectations and pressures? Then also, how did all this impact upon his personal and professional character? “There is no special formula. I have not really changed as a person, well I do not think so, but I have had to adapt vastly as a coach. It was quite daunting at the start of my coaching career, but whilst taking things steady in the beginning, I www.soccercoachinginternational.com
looked to others to learn from and that has stood me in better stead to deal with the demands I face today. Now I consider that I take risks, whilst staying calmer than before,” Leonid said.
Philosophy Leonid Slutsky holds two main aspects high in his coaching philosophy. The first is his management of people; ensuring that all the staff reflect that same work ethic, stay on task and that there is an equilibrium and happiness in the job. The second is the football aspect; within the philosophy and methodology of coaching and playing. Of these two, it is a little surprising that Leonid holds the first point in higher regard and of more importance saying; “Getting the management of people right is so important, as it is the foundation for all the detail to build on top of. This is reflected within the pressures of taking charge of 15 (plus) international players; each player is focused only on his own professional growth and performance, and not 7
stranger, that at FC Moscow many players didn’t even know the name ‘Oleg Blokhin,’ absolutely legend of Soviet football, who won 7 USSR national championships with Dinamo Kiev, 3 European cups and was awarded The Golden Ball in 1975.”
Coaching “My main task with training session organisation; is to make each player think that the training is individual to him, that each exercise or coaching aspect is personal to ‘his own development.’ Such a situation is hard to create, but other variants just don’t work.”
really that interested in the coach apart from; what can you give him, what can you teach him and how he can make his performance better. In a way, this simplifies my task as I instil discipline and make players do what I require for the team. I have become more cynical as a coach at this level; more demanding and explaining less about decisions. This simple framework maintains relationships between the players and myself, and that is more important for me than their attitude alone.” This responsibility and task is complicated more when dealing with the younger players. “Recently, Oleg Veretennikov (former Russian striker and the nation’s top all-time goal-scorer with 257 goals) came to us for an internship, and whilst he was there I asked some of my players if they recognized him. None did! Even when I told them the name, they were still wondering, ‘who is it?’ It is even 8
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“It’s very important to determine traits of players that can be improved. I’m currently concentrating on improving players’ strengths, but not on excluding weaknesses. If the 23 year old player is not able to performance (to a level) with the weaker foot, I won’t teach him how to. The maximum result of my efforts will be 10% of progress, not worth the high percentage of input that I would need to invest in such a small increment of development.” “We always pay special attention to the opponent’s individual and team indifferences; where are the strengths, where are the weaknesses, what areas of the game and in which zones. We use this analysis to build the preparation in coaching and in developing the game strategy; this perspective is a valuable tool.” “When I first came to CSKA, I identified the players that could really control the ball in numerous situations without losing it and then able to able to dis-
tribute with quality. To start with I would say there were only five such players, and now there are at least eight, so progress has been made there. At CSKA, We don’t try to make players be completely independent, but they certainly should know their roles and responsibilities; both offensively and defensively, no matter what position they play in. It is also about the decision-making of dealing with those aspects; when to press, intercept, mark, cover or drop, then when to pass, retain, or run with the ball, when to move and where to, support and when to play imaginatively.” www.soccercoachinginternational.com
Coaching Slutsky is rather critical, when he talks about any coaching curriculums, as he sees it as a standardisation of coaching. “It’s especially strange, when a coach from Western Europe comes to Russia and offers universal methods and syllabus for all clubs, as all teams from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok can’t use the same training cycles and organisation. It’s also strange that in Russia coaches surprisingly take their influence from the Dutch, because there are more specialists from former Yugoslavia, than from the Netherlands.” 9
“I don’t have that much influence over CSKA academy. It not within my jurisdiction or philosophy to dictate what the coaches there do, but I can give my perspective on things, and if they need or want more details I always have an open door. Coaching is a craft, and it is evolving all the time in what you do. We are open to reflect and change what we already do (as the situations, environment and circumstances influence) and also to be innovative and creative upon a blank canvas.” “Recently we discovered at the CSKA academy, that within the younger (age) group there were 10
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more players getting into the first eleven who came from outside of Moscow. But quite frequently, by the age of 16 or 17 the numbers of these decrease with Muscovites in the ascendency. The main reason for this is that, those from outside are in boarding facilities for accommodation and education (along with the football), whereas the guys from Moscow are brought up within their families so are afforded a greater level of pastoral care and support. That is not to say that those from outside do not receive such care, because they do. There is something to be said about having sound support of a family when growing up.”
Leonid Slutsky himself continues his own Education “When I worked with Olimpia, I watched football 24/7, but now I rarely do that , but can easily name the starting line-up and reserve of any club within European leagues. And in RFPL I know everything about everybody; performance stats, individual and team strengths and weaknesses….” “In my opinion, there are five clubs, who are the most forward thinking in the offensive football sense; Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. I try to watch every match which features these teams and follow all news from them. I also read all interviews with their players and coaches.” “Meeting with Mourinho influenced me a lot. We talked for about an hour, but those were possibly the most influential 60 minutes on my coaching perspective and philosophy– then I talked for almost 3 hours with his assistant, which was also very interesting. Sir Alex Ferguwww.soccercoachinginternational.com
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son was not revolutionary or ground-breaking. He was just fantastic at managing a team of stars, and making the quite ordinary function very well within that team. Luciano Spalletti impressed me also, even when he was working at AS Roma. I remember we had a training camp in Rome and worked on AS Roma’s pitch which was a very unique and rewarding experience.”
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Looking Forward “Club politics influence what we do a lot, even down to our style in a direct way. We know which positions in the team should be occupied by Russian players, and as all new players will be young we have to consider when each of the players will leave the team, so we are preparing to change the
game style, as promoting and selling a player to a stronger club is also one of our tasks. Players are important for team’s game style, and within football the personality and character of individual players continues to grow. And accommodating that growing and developing of personality is as important as the football.” CSKA is known for players’ selection for the national Russian squad, but Leonid Slutsky is concerned by the absence of Russian coaches in his country. “I got to the first team by accident really. I won all the possible titles in lower leagues with Olimpia Volgograd and was waiting for offers; which did not come at first. Then I went to Krasnodar region, where I’d coached youngsters in one of local villages. Soon after, Uralan Elista were promoted to a higher league and they were in a hurry to strengthen the team; searching through the reserve teams when Sergei Pavlov, their head coach, offered our team to become their reserves; and the reason was not in my previous successes in Olimpia Volgograd, but we had a good understanding relationship and then (almost accidently) I became the head coach.” “I’m not a youth coach now, and I cannot underestimate a youth coach’s work in the modern day. We need a selection of coaches in Russia from the vastness of the talented people we have, train and develop them and give them a chance to learn and to work on the high level. Thus, this will transfer to players”. www.soccercoachinginternational.com
LEONID SLUTSKY Biography
COACHING CAREER 1993-2001
Olimpia Volgograd
2001-2003
Uralan Elista (reserves)
2003-2005
Uralan Elista
2005-2007 FC Moskva • Russian cup; 2nd place • Russian Premier League; 4th place 2007-2009 2009-
Krylya Sovetov Samara CSKA Moscow
• Russian Cup winners; 2011, 2013 • Russian Premier League 2010; 2nd, 2011/2012; 3rd, 2012/2013; winners
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ARTICLE FROM HOLLAND
ANTON JANSSEN: HEAD COACH FC OSS
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As a player, Anton Janssen played more than 500 league matches between 1982 and 2001. Now, at 49 years old, he has returned to the professional football arena, as a coach with FC Oss. “I am always considerate and thoughtful about the team’s interests, and always have an eye for the individual.”
The climax in his career was on the 25th May in 1988, when he had a major role in Dutch football history. In the Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (Germany) PSV Eindhoven played Benfica in the final of the European Cup. After full-time and extra-time it was still 0-0, then came penalties. Both teams managed to score their first 5 penalties, then Janssen was the 6th player to take for PSV….. and he scored! After that amazing strike, PSV’s goalkeeper Hans www.soccercoachinginternational.com
van Breukelen stopped Veloso’s penalty. PSV had won the Cup, and by doing so crowned a legendary season, in which, PSV won the national cup and the league as well. Janssen stated, “but I also enjoyed moving up to Eredivisie with N.E.C. in the play-offs, as it was just like previous years when we have visited clubs in Eredivisie because of winning the play-offs.”
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“THE BASIS OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM ETHIC IS DEMOCRACY AS A RECIPROCAL ACCEPTANCE FROM PLAYERS” He stopped as a player whilst at Nijmegen when he was 38. “It was over. I got an ankle injury and the recovery process (from that and other injuries) was getting more and more problematic. I could still play, but I couldn’t produce that something extra anymore.” Janssen was, as a player always looking further than his own responsibilities. “I talked about what I should do with my colleagues (players) and with the coaches. I was told I could go into coaching, although I never really saw myself as a coach.” The chance for Anton to start training as a coach came when the former midfield player started a coach education course at the KNVB, the Dutch football association. He appeared to be a natural talent. “I noticed that I really enjoyed being a coach and realised that I would like to specialise in it.” When he quit playing football, he was combining working within with being a coach at the academy of N.E.C. “I started with Under 13s, and I realised I had a lot to learn.”
Improving N.E.C. was the right place at the right time for Anton. He started with the Under 13s and after a couple of years he was makings steps towards taking 16
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control of the Under 19s. “At N.E.C. the team were thinking about the ways you can improve players, which they realised could be a very complex process. They were doing research in a number of areas and a group of trainers were discussing it all the time. The team were, and still are, working on the perfect way to develop and improve players.” Previously, Anton had never thought about making that transition into coaching, but after experience in different age groups and going through coach education, in 2006 he moved up to the Under 21 squad of PSV Eindhoven.
Creating the right conditions
At PSV’s complex in Eindhoven, De Herdgang, Janssen worked with a group of players including Donny Gorter, Dirk Marcellis (both are AZ Alkmaar players nowadays) and Rens van Eijden (N.E.C. player) as his fourth and last season in which PSV U21s won the Under 21 Eredivisie title. “It was an environment in which learning was everywhere, but after all I think 4 years is long enough to train an Under 21 squad.” In 2010 his contract expired, and despite the club and the coach negotiating, they couldn’t come to an agreement. Janssen decided to follow the Pro licence coach education course for professional footballers. He completed the initial stages at N.E.C. with head coach Wiljan Vloet and (later as assistant of Alex Pastoor). “The realisation came during that course. I decided that it was logical for me to return to the game as a coach.” Besides being assistant at N.E.C. he was also the person mainly responsible for Gemert playing at the highest amateur level in the Netherlands. “We had a great season (2010), in which we won the title and the cup.”
At the start of 2012 different pro teams became interested in Janssen, but it was to be FC Oss that would be his preferred challenge. The club wanted to improve on last year’s 14th place ranking and Anton relished the challenge, “it is also important to develop the club, the team and the players; development and performance, and the challenges that are to be solved to achieve that is attractive to me.”
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At Gemert, Janssen had his first experience as a coach of an amateur squad. “Mostly, I saw a lot of similarities. You create the right conditions to accommodate and develop performance and perspective. As a coach you have to be able to accept the differences between pros and amateurs, in that amateurs may not always be able to train because of working or educational commitments. You have to be more flexible about these aspects, but once there the football conditions should be the same as for pros.”
Progress Three years ago FC Oss were relegated from the first division, but within a year they were back again. “A great performance I think, and from there we only want to make progress with the club.” What Janssen has to deal with is a small budget as he works mainly with semi-professionals. “We’re offering training once a day because the players have to work or study. There is a good combination, because players are developing their social skills as they grow as well, and their all-round development is important as not every player will make it pro. I 17
don’t see it as a disadvantage that we’re only training ( a maximum of) once a day, because how many times are first division teams training compared to us? Not much more.” “We train in our stadium throughout the whole season, and within our budget and resources we are lucky to be collaborating with N.E.C. as an important platform for the progress of FC Oss. “Of course we can’t copy that of N.E.C. exactly, but we can look to the real possibilities and potential that are within our sights.” Nowadays FC Oss has player/performance analysis systems and there is a sports psychology team helping the technical staff of the club as well. “We have really made some progress towards professionalization at the club in recent years.” 18
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Different ways of working As a player Janssen learnt a lot from Guus Hiddink. “The way he works with his players and his staff is fantastic. He was way ahead of his time because he was a real ‘people’s manager’ (that he showed) in 1988.” As coach of the Under 21s PSV squad, this is when he first met Fred Rutten and his assistant Erik ten Hag. He learned from them in two ways. “I saw some good things about them, but there were some things that I thought ‘I wouldn’t do it that way!’ During that period I learned that there were different ways to succeed. There’s not only one way that works well. You don’t have to be a Louis van Gaal or a Guus Hiddink, and every coach has his own way of doing thing, with the intention of succeeding.”
Janssen mainly thinks in the ‘living in the now feeling.’ That’s what he believes in. “I welcome it if players are being part of the thinking process and when they are coming up with their own ideas. That’s what I want to see: being pro-active instead of just reacting to a stimulus/instruction/direction. You always have some players who are thinking more about the game than others; I give them that opportunity. There are some players who only want to do what they’re good at and nothing more and you have to treat every player in a different way to be able to deal with that.”
Acceptance “Players have to feel appreciated and trusted for football qualities, and also as a person. Then he’ll do well, feeling a sense of achievement; individually and also within a team. I want to form a team whereby there’s freedom for the individual, which is better for their creativity. I’m stimulating players to be alert and to solve problems themselves. The whole way I’m working is based on that. My routine doesn’t always have to be the same each week, power training doesn’t have to be on Monday every week; we can do that on Tuesday instead. I’m improving the group progress daily in the training and in matches, but I’m always thinking about what’s the best for the team overall; and that which might do some good for the individuals.” The basis of a successful team ethic is democracy as a reciprocal acceptance from players,” Janssen states. “It’s the quality of a coach to let players recognise what the reciprocal qualities are and to accept each other, to be democratic and understanding despite differences. Doing a job to your own values and acceptwww.soccercoachinginternational.com
ing the values of others are the basis and foundation to build a successful team.” It’s hard for a coach to keep his players satisfied sometimes. Janssen works with 20 outfield players and 3 goalkeepers, and he aims to show them all what their part in the development of the club and the team is. “We’re trying to help every player in his own development. Unfortunately that’s hard to do all the time. During the training sessions we’re busy with the players who are in the starting lineup up for the next match. We’ll place emphasize on those players and those are the ones I’m coaching during that particular session. The others get maybe less feedback. Another disadvantage is that not all the players who haven’t play the match on Friday are able to play a match with the under 21 squad of N.E.C. /FC Oss on Monday. The ones, who aren’t playing at all are getting less football playing and practice development time. Because we delegate tasks well amongst the staff and the fact that we’re filming the 11 v 11 sessions, we can discuss the details with those other players that may require extra input.”
Way of playing Theoretically FC Oss play 4-3-3, with the point on the midfield backwards, but that formation does vary and change. “Formations aren’t everything to me. It’s about the type of players you have and what the duties they are able to perform well (as their qualities). A player has to feel comfortable within his role, so for example, if I have a left winger who wants to move to the centre all the time, I have to have a back player that’s able to fill-in (and 19
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compensate for that).” “When we have the ball we want to play a disciplined, well-positioned game, play well and entertain the fans. We reach those goals by creating more opportunities in the midfield. Our striker does not always succeed, but it’s possible that another player from behind him can go forwards. I like to see a lot of changing positions within a game. From that we want to create changes and make goals. The way of playing is always directed at the qualities of your players. I’m not forcing a defender to go forwards if he doesn’t want to.” Janssen knows that his players won’t play a good game, with perfect positioning and entertaining football every week. “The experience made form this is that it doesn’t have to work that way all the time at all. When it doesn’t work it’s important to give the player good points to improve on. After all it’s pro football and it’s all about the results? I see it as a weakness if a coach is saying after a match: ‘It wasn’t going well, so we lost.’ There are more things than that to win a game, like the organisation, the mentality and the discipline to do your duties.”
Switching over Organisation is everything for a team. That was Janssen’s top priority when he started coaching the team. “After a good start we slipped a bit, and this was (in my opinion) because of Bart van Muyens cruciate ligament injury and because of Anders Nielsens return to Denmark (both players of this team). The centre of our defence was gone so we had to buy new defenders. We now have stability www.soccercoachinginternational.com
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due to good organisation everyone’s doing their job correctly.. When we have the ball, we play well within our positions, with a lot of active players. However we need to bring more depth into the way we play. Between having the ball and losing the ball are two important football aspects: the change-over from behind to forwards and vice versa. Changing-over is nowadays very important in football. That’s why I’m 22
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drilling my team on it a lot on it, so that it will be our way of playing through a more natural feel. When we don’t have the ball, we want to put pressure on the ball from outside a compact situation. It depends on our opponents as to how much pressure we’ll put on them. Putting pressure will always be about winning the ball back as soon as possible, that way we can play our game again.”
ANTON JANSSEN
“ORGANISATION IS EVERYTHING FOR A TEAM” Biography
PLAYING CAREER
COACHING CAREER
1982-1986 N.E.C. 1986-1988 Fortuna Sittard 1988-1989 PSV 1989-1991 KV Kortrijk 1991-1994 Fortuna Sittard 1994-2001 N.E.C.
2001-2005 N.E.C. Under 13 2005-2006 N.E.C. A1 2006-2010 Jong PSV 2007-2008 PSV (interim assistant-coach) 2011-2012 N.E.C. (assistant-coach) 2011-2012 Gemert 2012-Now FC Oss
TITLES
TITLES
1988 European Cup 1988, 1989 Eredivisie 1988, 1989 National Cup 1985 Promotion up to
Eredivisie
2008 2010
the
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National Cup Under 21 Champion of the Under 21 Eredivisie 2012 Champions Hoofdklasse B
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By Dušan Petrović Edited by Michael Francis Pollin
ARTICLE FROM MACEDONIA
BOBAN BABUNSKI – MACEDONIA U21S NATIONAL TEAM COACH
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Boban Babunski had a great career as a player. He played with FC Vardar Skopje (Macedonia), FC CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), FC Lleida (Spain), FC Gamba Osaka (Japan), FC AEK Athens (Greece), FC Logrones (Spain) and FC Chemnitzer (Germany). Then as a Head Coach he has worked with Macedonia U21s National team and Macedonia ‘A’ National team. He also brought his professional touch to one of the best football clubs from Macedonia – FC Rabotnički Skopje. Within this article, we will look at the detailed vision of Boban that he applies to his coaching philosophy, and also the sessions that contribute towards that.
The Vision • High percentage of ‘effective’ ball possession (instead of conceding possession most of the time) • More creative football players in every position(instead of emphasis on defensive principles) • Football with combination play of all dimensions; full-length to shorter through the lines, keeping compact and the associated movement • Consistency and effectiveness in attack and defence, pressure and anticipation for quick transitions “It is vital to communicate and share this football vision with the players and to understand all aspects of the game; offensive, defensive and transitions. Then also all the essential technical, tactical, physical aspects of the game. This is the future of the game, it is going in the direction of perfecting the all-round abilities of the players in every segment of the game. www.soccercoachinginternational.com
It is necessary to have constant communication and understanding with the players and with all of the assistant coaches, the management, media, fans, referees and all of the people that are involved.”
Favorite system “We are playing with a system which is the same as the national strategy and which historically has proven as the most appropriate and effective (for me). It is a coincidence that this system is currently being used by the most successful teams in the world. The 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system is the most successful system for achieving the best results and titles at the moment on an international level. Although, I think that more importantly it is the interpretation and the style of play in which the placing of intelligent and creative players in all 11 positions will achieve successful accomplishment of the more offensive actions; with high level of communication and being able to solve each problem as quick as possible.”
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Preparation (7 day cycle); towards the next game “After the players have recovered from the last match, the beginning of the weekly cycle is marked by the adaptation and preparation for the next opponents who would have been previously analyzed, and also for the tactical preparation for the overall concept of the game. According to that we immediately start the appropriate exercises that will allow the players to put into effect our ideas for countering the opponent, but always keeping our style of playing and in the same time making corrections to 26
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our previous game (e.g. ball possession at the first zone with participation of the goalkeeper and the defensive four with the midfield players). Of course, we could also work the offensive players within a different part of the team and in a different part of the field in order to find the appropriate solutions for winning over the already analyzed opponents. The first 1 or 2 practices of the weekly cycle would be physical adaptation and preparation for the main practices of the week. In the practices there are always present mental and competitive aspects for the players to deal with.�
“In the following practices we are working on transitions with the ball but because of their physical interpretations we are working with them particularly in the third or fourth practices within the weekly cycles. At the same time we do the analyzed TE-TA (Technical - Tactical practice sessions and aspects) according to our model of the game play, as well as finding the solutions and tactics for winning the game.” In the last 1 or 2 practices, all the elements previously analyzed will be included again with the particularly determined TE-TA elements in the physical regimen to develop the speed of the game and the speed of the reaction of the players in order to adequately prepare for the next opponent (e.g. exercise for optimal finalization or exercises for all types of stops like corners, fouls, free kicks).”
Choosing the system for the game “Overall, we always have the same system for the game with the possibility to put some of the different kinds of players in the particular position which modifies the system. For example, if we put a midfield player in the system 1-4-3-3 in the place of the forward wing player we will have a different interpretation of the game system. In that case, instead of the usual side movements of the wing player, we have different qualities of the movements from the midfielder towards the middle of the field, because previously we have analyzed that the opponents have better side defenders, thus the weaker players are in the midfield and the central part of the field. (In our team we have developed this by placing a creative midfield player in the side position for example like Iniesta in Barca’s set up).” www.soccercoachinginternational.com
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Why this chosen system? We chose this system because we have already done the selection and analysis of players that will achieve the optimal effect of each selected position and opponent player who has particular profile for certain positions, and because the selected players possess certain techniques. By mutual agreement and understanding, and from analysis which was done previously, the players can observe the characteristics of the opponent players who they will confront on the field. Each player can predict what exactly has to be done in every particular moment of the match, in all four moments of the play, and in each part of the pitch.” “There are only some exercises which will correspond with the appropriate qualities of each football player within his own particular position; the player should know what his abilities and qualities are and be able to put an accent on them much more than on his weaknesses which he should ignore or hide. For example if there is a player who is having some difficulties in offensive actions 1v1 or with the long pass, he should be thinking faster and he should be passing shorter balls.” www.soccercoachinginternational.com
BOBAN BABUNSKI Biography
PLAYING CAREER 1986-1992
FC Vardar – Skopje, Macedonia Champion of Ex-Yugoslavia 1st league from the years 1986/1987
FC CSKA – Sofia, Bulgaria Winner of the national cup from the years 1992/93 1994-1996 FC Lleida – Lleida, Spain 3rd place in Segunda division, and play off match for promotion. 1996-1998 FC Gamba Panasonic – Osaka, Japan 2nd place with the years 1996/97 in Japan J – league 1998-1999 FC AEK – Athens, Greece 2nd place in the years 1998/99 in Greek 1st league 1999-2000 FC Logrones – Logrono, Spain 2000 FC Rabotnicki Kometal – Skopje, Macedonia 2000-2001 FC Chemnitzer – Chemintz, Germany 1992-1994
EX- YUGOSLAVIA U-17 TO U-21, 25 CAPS. Finalist on the U-21 EURO 1988 – 1990 in Russia MACEDONIA A TEAM, 23 CAPS/ 1 GOL EX-YUGOSLAVIA A TEAM. 3 CAPS
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Team responsibilities “Each of the coaches participate in the everyday evaluation of the characteristics of each football player such as: technical ability, tactical awareness, physical aspects and personality traits (motivation, aggression, determination, responsibility, self-confidence and coachability).”
Psychological aspect of the preparation for the match?
COACHING CAREER 2011 – 2013
sistant to the Head Coach
Macedonian National U21 Team Head Coach 2006 Macedonian National A Team 2002-2006 Macedonian National A Team 1st Assistant to the Head Coach 2008-2009 FC Rabotnicki - Skopje Head Coach 2009 -
Macedonian National A Team 1st As-
Winner of the National Cup in the years 2008/09 2007-Present Macedonian Football Federation, Technical department Youth national teams U-15, U-17 and U-19 2003 - presentMacedonian Football Federation, Center for Coach Education UEFA “B”, “A” and “PRO” Coaching Award
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“We are trying to acknowledge the qualities and abilities of every individual player during the practice and outside the practice. We stress the individual and collective conversations that have a positive impact on the player/s as one of the most important factors of the player’s development. Despite the influence of the environment, we are trying to improve the level of the team in order to achieve the highest possible positive mental condition in each player who would then respond appropriately to the environmental factors.”
WARMING UP
FOOT TENNIS, Squares with ratios of 6:2, 7:2 ,SSG 4:4+3 2-BALL POSSESION 7X7+3+2 GOALKEEPER 3-GAME 5X5+2+2 GOALKEEPER
OBJECTIVE: Improve TE-TA (Technical - Tac-
AREA SIZE: 5m x 5m
PROGRESSION: With this exercise we are
FOOT-TENNIS: 3v3 players on each half of
trying to reach our objective in maintaining possession and fast thinking for the TE-TA realisation of ball possession
pitch (5m x 5m) 6v2, 7v2 10m x 10m area, 4v4+3 20m x 20m area
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tical practice sessions and aspects) elements in preliminary phase of the training and organisation in the model of play with correct positioning in the basic TE-TA action in possession of the ball
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MAIN PART
ORGANISATION: 7 v 7+3+2G FIELD SIZE:
35m x 40m
OBJECTIVE: - Improve organisation that fits with your own model and system of play - To improve the fast technique and correctly positioning of the players for optimal ball possession with the end result of continuous offensive possession 32
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PROGRESSION: Organisation of play for two goals where both teams are trying to keep ball possession as well as trying to keep our model of play with the help of 3 extra players and 2 goalkeepers who actively participate
FINALISATION
ORGANIZATION: 3 teams of 5 players in
OBJECTIVE:
each team (2 teams on the pitch, 1 team outside of the pitch)
- Improve TE-TA (Technical - Tactical practice sessions and aspects) elements in realistic situations - Fast high quality technique and fast finishing
FIELD SIZE: 30m x 30m
PROGRESSIONS: - Organisation of play on 2 goals in shortened space - Accent on fast play, fast reaction with combinations in the game and fast finishing
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By Guilherme Yoshida Translation by Thales Peterson Edited by Michael Francis Pollin
ARTICLE FROM BRAZIL
ZÉ MARIA, BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL COACH WITH FLAIR; TALKS OF ITALIAN COACHING EDUCATION, JOSE MOURINHO AND DREAMS OF COACHING AT THE TOP IN BRAZIL 34
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In many ways, Zé Maria is like many other players who have played professionally in Brazil and then choose to coach after retiring from the playing. However, the former full-back of Inter Milan, Parma, Portuguesa and Brazil national team, differs from most of his peers today, as alongside Leonardo (PSG’s current director), he is the only Brazilian to have full membership affiliation of the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC), the official football coach education institution in Italy. The credential was acquired after completing all three levels of the coach education program offered by the UEFA endorsed body that licences the accredited coach to work with teams from any of 53 countries in Europe and even to coach national teams.
Playing to Coaching “To be a coach, I could not just stop playing football and knock on the door of a club, for me that would show a complete lack of respect for the players and the club. Forcing a director or a president of a club, just because you played there and were an idol, that they have to give you a job. To be a coach, I have to know how all the detail, how a club is run, how this works/that works etc. etc. In Italy, you have the opportunity to have this chance to make that structured transition from being a player to being a coach,” says the ex-number 2 shirt, in an exclusive interview with Universidade do Futbol. www.soccercoachinginternational.com
After studying subjects such as sports psychology, communication, sports medicine, coaching methodologies, technical and tactical aspects, physical training, sports management and First Aid, Zé Maria had an internship at Inter Milan with Jose Mourinho, in 2010, and then at Chelsea with Carlo Ancelotti in the following year (2011). And, despite also quoting Roberto Mancini ( Manchester City till 2013), as one of his reference points and benchmarks in the training, coaching and managing, the rookie coach admits he was impressed with the leadership of the former Real Madrid coach. 35
“Mourinho is a born leader wherever he goes, and what he did at Inter Milan no one else will do. Players such as striker Samuel Eto’o and midfielder Wesley Sneijder, both as renowned players, were abdicated from playing in their preferred positions to do what Mourinho wanted. This was very impressive to me. In his farewell, all the Inter players cried as if they had lost a relative. So, in my view, Mourinho is a great manager, leader and teacher.” 36
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Before returning to Brazil with an infinite knowledge and fresh perspective of coaching, the former Peruggia player coached two Italian teams; Citta Di Castello (playing Serie D), and Catanzaro (playing Serie C at the time). And, despite his best result being in the playoffs (places) with the first team after finishing third, Zé Maria thinks highly in relation to the objectives of his new career. “Just as I have always thought wanting to be the best right back in
the world, I want to be the best coach in the world. I do not put limits on my aims,” he adds.
on the tactical aspect,” he says, “with the knowhow of those who lived, worked and experienced many years abroad.”
Career management “The footballer has to know when to stop playing, I think that is the hardest thing. We even see players that played in the World Cup or the Brazilian National team who have encountered this problem. They do not know the right time to stop, and that is understandable, but does need to be put in perspective. Too often you see professionals who have had a fantastic career as a player and when they carry on for too long, it is embarrassing to watch and ultimately humiliating for them; as the head wants to do but the body can not!” says Zé Maria.
“Today, I see the difficulty that the Brazilian player has when he goes to play in Europe. For me as a coach, I have to know more than the players that ultimately I will be guiding and instructing, and to
When he started his career as a professional player, aged 17, he can remember the example of Cristovao Borges, who was recently coaching Vasco (now coaching Bahia). He stopped playing at 34 or 35 years of age and Zé Maria took that example as a parameter and ‘hung up his boots’ at exactly the same age. “It was not a planned thing publicly, but inside I had already decided,” he said. In Brazil there is a culture that; as the player retires then there is an immediate career transition (bypassing the need to pursue a specialized coaching course) to coaching. But Ze Maria saw it as a lack of respect for the players, and not appropriate without going through the formal process of gaining qualifications and the relevant licences. To him, Brazil needs to evolve in order to compete tactically and then excel with the technical knowledge and ability. “We Brazilians have a lot to learn www.soccercoachinginternational.com
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show them a practice that they have never seen and to substantiate that. I need to show I really know what I am talking about and to deliver it in a format that is effective. Football nowadays is like a chess game, in which you have to know where to place your pieces to not suffer at the hands (of feet) of your opponents,” he adds.
Brazil v Calcio “What really motivated me to study in Italy was the fact of not finding anything like that here in Brazil. The coaching course here at home, when 38
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I graduated, lasted two weekends, on Saturday, it was the whole day and on Sunday the classes were in the morning. I believe that this way, you do not learn enough. Whilst in Italy, we have three years to learn. We have first aid classes, because in some small clubs, the coach is the first person to attend to an injured player. Also, I have to know how to communicate with my players, my directors, my supporters, the press and all the other different aspects. Another important part is to know about psychology, because I have to get into the head of a squad of 25 players!” says Ze Maria.
Why José Mourinho for an internship? What is so unique about the Portuguese coach? “Alongside Roberto Mancini and Carlo A n c e l ot t i , Jose Mourinho is one of my main reference points and benchmarks in sports training and football coaching/management. I had already retired when he started winning everything at Inter Milan, one of my former clubs, and that prompted me to go to Italy to see what he was doing differently, who he was, and, in short, trying to unravel what made Mourinho the winner he is. Without a doubt, I can say that the big difference is his leadership. Mourinho is a born leader wherever he goes. What he did at Inter Milan no one else will do.”
The Future Goals “Just as I thought of always wanting to be the best right back in the world, I want to be the best coach in the world. I want to be the best coach I can be. Coaching a team of the first division of Brazilian football after coaching a big team in Europe, and so on. If I do not reach that level, I will try to achieve what is closest to it, with a perspective measure of my own success, but to always aim as high as I can.” www.soccercoachinginternational.com
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SHAKHTAR DONETSK PUTS JADSON IN THE HALL OF FAME
One of the most acclaimed players for São Paulo this season has been the midfielder Jadson who was further recognized by Shakhtar Donetsk for his excellent performances. The Ukrainian team put the player in the club’s Hall of Fame, making him the first overseas player to be put on such an illustrious list. He is now among such famous names as the striker Vitaliy Starukhin (1973-1981), the goalkeeper Yuriy Degterev (1961-1983), the midfielder Mikhail Sokolovskiy (1974-1987) and the coaches Mircea Lucescu (2004 - present) and Oleg Oshenko (1960-1969). Jadson played for the Ukrainian club for seven consecutive seasons (2005-2012), as well as playing 272 matches, scoring 64 goals and winning 10 titles, including one Europa League. www.soccercoachinginternational.com
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CRUZEIRO LAUNCHES PROJECTS THAT ARE BASED ON THE INCENTIVE ACT
Looking for new revenue, Cruzeiro has launched project ‘Blue Diamond.’ This program will reveals the stories of three athletes; Rafael, Mayke and Elber. The episodes were produced within their own youth academy with a television company Cruzeiro TV, and will be available to view as a web-based broadcast, showing the daily life of these players. 42
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The initiative aims is to promote two projects supported by the Sports Incentive Act. These projects; ‘Nilapes’ (Sports Performance Integrated Laboratories) and ‘The future begins Here II,’ will potentially generate R$ 5.9 million to the club and they are well sponsored by the Ministry of Sports.
SANTOS SACKS MURICY RAMALHO At the end of May, Santos announced the release of Coach Muricy Ramalho, after the coach had been at Vila Belmiro for 2 years. The disclosure came after a meeting between the board and Marcio Rivellino, the coach’s agent, who dealt with the contract penalty to be paid by the club. Muricy took over at Santos in April 2011, and led the team to the long term goal of top three finish (finishing 3rd) in the South American champi-
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onship, and in that same year, he led the team to win the Paulista championship. However, Muricy Ramalho suffered one of his worst defeats of his career in 2011 with the 4-0 defeat to Barcelona at the Club World Club Cup final in Japan. Despite the great championship wins, and yet again winning the Paulista championship and Recopa Sudamericana, unfortunately winning these competitions was not something that the team could repeat this year.
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