Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Role of football federation


In a lengthy interview in the England, former players and the German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann told about the secret behind the consistency of his national team appearances in various international tournaments.

If we see in terms of consistency, Germany is the most successful country in Europe. Imagine, the country has won three World Cup and European Cup. They were also runner-up four World Cups and three European Cups. This means that Germany has been seven times in the final World Cup and European Cup six. It's not considering the semifinals or quarterfinals. And accomplishments were achieved at times when the quality of players were under another great country in football.

Klinsman stressed that there was no unusual formula about the appearance of Germany. He then refers to his experience as Germany coach for World Cup 2006.

By German Football Federation or Deutsher Fussball Bund (DFB) he was given full authority to determine the pattern of the game to be played by national teams. And after monitoring the player, he was with his assistant, Joachim Loew - now head coach Der Panzer -, decided a game that relies on the concept of  speed of  players blocks permutation. (The details as we seen in the 2006 FIFA World Cup ).

Perhaps - according to Klinsman - the system is not too burdensome game on certain star players. Because after monitoring the player, Klinsman not find one, two or three star players who will be strong enough to lift the team. Not even on Michael Ballack who was selected to captain the team Klinsman.

After determining the concept of the games they want, Klinsman and Loew then bring that concept back to the DFB. The unique one is that, DFB then socializing patterns of the game will be played by national teams to all members of the Bundesliga, as Klinsmann request. 

Not just to socialize, DFB - allegedly affected by Klinsman request - even forced the Bundesliga teams to apply the pattern of the national team at the club. Again according to Klinsman, a member of the Bundesliga DFB obeyed it, though of course with variation because it depends on the character of players and coaches.

Steps that have been taken by  Klinsman has a simple logic background and very understandable. Whoever the players to be called by national team, then they will easily adapt to and familiar with what to do. There was no difference in the pattern of the game at club and national team. Substitution of players like the turn of the screw in an industrial machine.Mechanistic, efficient, and clinical.

Klinsman not directly say that the relationship between national team coach, the DFB and the Bundesliga members always like what he experienced. But it would be very surprising if what he experienced was a special case that does not come from the tradition (of thought and culture) German football.
 
DFB was fully aware that in terms of the game strategy, coach has the authority and the concept. But DFB was the one who has the administrative power to help realize the coach desires. DFB realized their responsibilities as the national football authority not just appoint the coach and complete, but also help as requested by coach to do what is necessary. Included also form the mentality of players.
 
Whether imitating or not, or just a reasonable sequence of logic, the model of relationship between national coach, the DFB and the Bundesliga, is now imitated by countries in Europe. Not exactly the same but with a similar line of policy. 
 
The success of Spain to win Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup backed by the game concept outlined by the national coach for the national team at the request of the Spanish Football Federation or the Real Federacion de Futbol Espanolla (RFEF). From the national team for the youth, under the age of 17, 19 and 21 years of playing the same pattern.   

RFEF ensured that the coach's desired pattern understood by the members of La Liga (Spanish League). Although not as radical as the Bundesliga DFB which forced its members to play a particular game pattern, Spain lucky to have Barcelona and Real Madrid in a certain limit, which is so dominant national players accounted for all age levels. To them the pattern of national team games propped.
 
When France won World Cup 1998 and European Cup in 2000 also had some similarities with the Germany and Spain. The role of their federation were very big. Based on input from the coaches all over France, they formed a football training centers par excellence for gifted teens and formed their mentality and ability to meet the standards of the game that the national team coach desired.

All done by Germany, Spain and France is a holistic approach in forming a strong national team with the national football federation played a central role, and the central role can only be played by a federation of authoritative, trustworthy and have an obvious vision. The problem, run the federation like that is not an easy thing.

suddenly, i remembered of Indonesian Football Federation.

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