Known as the "mysterious dark horse" in international football, the North Korean team is not only mysterious as a whole, but even the head coach Jin Zhengxun is shrouded in mystery.
The main media in North Korea never introduced the age, experience and family of the head coach, and the outside world knew nothing about Jin Zhengxun.
All I know is that this seemingly young man, who used to be the head coach of football players, led his team to fight all the way in the Asian preliminaries of the World Cup and finally came to deus ex. After 44 years, he once again brought the North Korean team into the World Cup finals.
It is precisely because of this achievement that Jin Zhengxun was commended by the state in June last year165438+1October and was awarded the title of "People's Sports Worker". This is the highest honor in Korean sports.
Jin Zhengxun is a brain coach. Doo-Ik Pak, who made great contributions to the North Korean quarter-finals in the 1966 World Cup, has been the head coach of the national team for 20 years since his retirement.
He said that North Korea's entry into the World Cup was a victory of "brain warfare".
The team carefully analyzed the experience and lessons of previous World Cup defeats, especially the team's shortcomings and the reasons for not scoring and losing points.
He praised head coach Jin Zhengxun for not only attaching importance to learning, but also being good at drawing up correct battle plans from past experiences and lessons, and building a team that can pose a threat to opponents according to players' specialties and qualities.
He said that in principle, football pays attention to total football, but the tactics must be changed according to the opponents. If the defense is dominant, the defense will be dominant and the attack will be dominant. This requires the wisdom of the head coach.
The North Korean team's principle of "you hit yours, I hit mine" is also called "North Korean tactics".
Pursuing such principles and tactics does not mean ignoring foreign teams, but giving play to their own strengths.
Jin Zhengxun said, of course, foreign teams should be thoroughly studied, but the competition must reflect the strength of their own teams and be conducted according to their own tactics.
The greatest feature of the North Korean team is "strong will and spiritual strength", and all the players have the same belief: "Fight for the honor of the motherland".
He said that such spiritual strength inspires every player to fight hard. With such spiritual support, the whole team can unite as one and produce great cohesion. This is "unmatched" by any country's team.
Although the North Korean team is full of momentum and despises its opponents, it does not mean that it is "foolhardy". Jin Zhengxun has always attached great importance to how to command and arrange matches according to the characteristics of the North Korean team.
He believes that the tactical characteristics of the North Korean team are solid defense and quick counterattack. The head coach should focus on the embodiment of this feature in the game.
In away games, players' abilities are affected by fatigue, time difference, climate and other factors of long-distance travel, so the North Korean team generally adopts defensive counter-attack tactics. At home games, players' abilities are mostly at their peak, so teams should change tactics and adopt offensive tactics.
Jin Zhengxun knows his team and players like the back of his hand.
He said that North Korean players are in good physical condition and can cope with difficult games. At the same time, some players are fast, which makes the team have the conditions of "speed football".
He especially appreciates the two strikers, He Hong, and thinks that they have outstanding ability to break through the blockade.
When the away game is unfavorable, the team often focuses on defense rather than attack, but as long as there is an opportunity, the two strikers will launch a fierce attack and create scoring opportunities.
Facing the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, Jin Zhengxun was very cautious and never revealed his goal directly.
He once told the media that before the World Cup, the North Korean team would play various warm-up matches, including overseas and domestic and foreign teams. The North Korean team will accumulate experience through a series of competitions and formulate "Korean-style tactics".
He believes that through the preliminaries of the Asian World Cup, the North Korean team has strengthened a belief: "The North Korean team is by no means a weak team and is confident to compete with any strong team in the world."