Lusardi's metaphor is really a bit sad.

Zhang Yang is not an "old professor".

He is still very young and has a long way to go in the future; he does not have the knowledge of the old professors, but fortunately he also has the "abilities" that other old professors do not understand, and he can barely be considered the upper level of the professional football pyramid that he has entered.

Lusardi continued, "That's how it is. You don't have to spend time on basic courses. However, the FA is strict in the management of coaching qualifications. You still have to take the exam, but most of them are in textbooks. In addition, practical exams are also very important. For example, in our course, you need to arrange a training course for some teenagers. The whole process is very simple. You can ask your assistant coach how to do it."

"As long as you take the exam normally and your grades are not bad, considering that you are the head coach of a professional club, the Football Association department will give you 'PASS'."

"If you want to get a certificate of level 2 or above, that is, a professional coaching certificate of B or A issued by UEFA, it will be more difficult. It requires many expensive courses and a lot of practice. Even if you can always be the head coach of a professional league, it will take two years, three years, or even longer."

"According to the rules set by the FA, you need to obtain at least a B-level professional coaching certificate to be eligible to be the head coach of a professional league team. The Premier League requires higher requirements and a PRO certificate issued by UEFA."

"But it's very interesting." Lusaldi's voice was a bit sarcastic. "Some people can get the top certificate. Even if they get the certificate, most of them can only barely find a job as a football coach, and most of the real head coaches go to work without a license."

After Lusardi's explanation, Zhang Yang almost understood.

The coaching training of the FA and the coaching training of UEFA are really good, and the coaching certificate is also valuable. However, the course is just a course. Even if you get the certificate, it is difficult to find a professional coaching job. The more you get the top, the more you are. It is difficult for people who get the top coaching qualification certificate to find the corresponding head coaching job, because professional clubs will only consider hiring experienced and capable people, rather than "certified" people to take on important coaching jobs.

"So you've reached the end of all courses - you've found a professional head coach." Lusaldi said. "I think your energy should be on leading the team. As long as you can lead the team with good results, you can easily find the next head coach job even without a certificate."

"Thank you for your reminder, that was very helpful to me."

Lusardi's explanation of coaching certificate gave Zhang Yang a deep understanding of the professional development of European regular football coaches.

That's about the same as a student.

From going to elementary school, junior high school, high school, and then to college, after graduating from college, you can choose to continue studying or develop a career, but no matter how you choose, the ultimate goal is to have a better job or have a better career.

And he already has a good job and a good career.

What he is important now is to do this job well and develop his career well, rather than to study in a basic ‘primary school’.

Even if you haven't read the basic content, there is no need to start from scratch. He can choose to learn some useful things, such as relying on the "reissued" second-level coaching certificate to directly learn the B-level certificate course offered by UEFA. There is no need to start from the bottom.

However, Zhang Yang thought about it and planned to read the basic courses of coach training. Even if he didn't go to class, he had to find the textbook and understand the contents.

This may be helpful to the work.

I have signed up for the first-level coaching certificate course and I have to complete the normal process. Anyway, it only takes a few days. It is okay to take a few days out of my busy work.

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In the next two days, Millwall resumed normal training.

Zhang Yang does not participate in training.

When he was conducting regular training in the first team, he was mostly just a spectator on the court, looking at Frederick and Alders with a learning look and assigned training work to the players.

He was not ashamed of this.

If he doesn't understand something, he will take the initiative to ask.

Frederick kept complaining, "He doesn't know anything, I really don't know how the club would let him be the head coach."

Every time Alders just smiles.

Zhang Yang didn't care at all. The whole club knew that he didn't know how to train and had nothing to hide. He was the head coach who was supported and able to lead the team to win. "Leading the team to achieve good results" was his focus.

Zhang Yang's approach has been recognized by many players.

They found Zhang Yang very friendly, not as arrogant as other head coaches. They could chat with Zhang Yang like friends.

Everyone is young.

Zhang Yang can understand them from many perspectives.

In the ordinary training life, time passes quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is the match day.

January 1.

On the first day of 2005, on New Year's Day in China, Millwall rushed to West Watford to challenge home team Watford away.

Watford is a relegation team.

So far, Watford ranks 19th in the league and has been deeply trapped in the relegation quagmire, and the team always has bad rumors.

For example, it is reported that several of their main players are going to leave immediately.

This kind of news hurts morale a lot.

Millwall's situation is slightly better. Although it is reported that some main players are about to leave, the team has just won five consecutive victories, and the good news is always more than bad news.

In this game, Millwall's starting lineup was evaluated as "four stars" in "Shi Yan divination", and fortunately "bad".

This is the best lineup that Zhang Yang calculated in more than three hours.

This is the first time Zhang Yang encountered this situation. No matter how he changed the lineup, the luck of "Yingling Divination" was that he did not increase, and he had never even had a "Ji" appearance.

"Maybe Watford is lucky!"

When the two teams face each other, the outside world is certainly optimistic about Mirwall, but Zhang Yang is slightly worried.

When it came to the game, his worries came true.

The game only ended in the eighth minute. Zhang Yang used the "prediction" to determine that Watford would score. He specifically reminded Joey Healy to pay attention to defending the back side and not to allow the opponent to pass the ball easily at the bottom line.

Joey Healy did that, but the goal still happened.

In the "predictive" picture, Watford uses the bottom corner of the wing to pass the ball, and keeps up in the middle to score with a header.

After Joey Healy retreated, Watford used the continuous passes and cooperation from the wing to the middle, and the midfielder finally shot from outside the penalty area and broke through Millwall's goal.

The moment the football flew into the goal, the crazy cheers of the home team fans broke out on the Pastor Road Stadium.

Millwall was silent.

Zhang Yang pondered in the cheers.

‘Predictions’ are definitely effective. If no adjustments are made, the competition will be carried out according to the picture. However, temporary adjustments are made, but it does not necessarily mean that it is effective. The changes he makes cause a butterfly effect, but the result is not necessarily good.

He had similar considerations before.

This is the first time I have encountered such a problem. I feel a little worried, but my mood has improved a lot.
Chapter completed!