Captain Football System

Chapter 100 How about letting him play forward

The members of the Bochum coaching staff are watching the last few rounds of the Hoffenheim League. Each of them is holding a pen and a piece of paper, and is recording something while watching.

The attention of the coaching staff watching the game is different from that of the audience watching the game. When the audience watches the game, the angle of view moves with the ball, so the attention generally only stays on the football and a few players nearby.

When the coaching staff studies the game, according to the division of labor, each person will focus on observing one or several players on the field throughout the process.

Neuluerer is observing several goal points of Hoffenheim at this time.

The three forwards who often play in their team, one is the top scorer in their team, No. 23 player Salihovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina; the other is No. 18 Joselu from Spain;

In addition, there are two relatively strong scoring points in their team. One is the No. 20 midfielder Firmino from Brazil, who scored a total of 5 goals;

Therefore, although there are not many capable scoring points in the Hoffenheim team, the overall situation is that there are more points blooming, which makes it relatively difficult for Bochum to defend.

"Mr. Coach, if we still use a single midfielder strategy when we play for Hoffenheim, it may be more difficult. After all, apart from Shen Peng, the strength of other players in our team can only be regarded as mid-range in the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim is a team that has worked hard for a season in the Bundesliga. If we are not careful, I am afraid we will lose."

"Yes, they have five scoring points, and when I watch their defense, they are also very deep. With the few forwards in the team alone, even if Shen Peng has a strong assist ability, it may be difficult for him to score goals."

Neuluerer pondered, this game is different from the previous German Cup.

They just participated in the German Cup with the attitude that it is good to win, and they are not angry if they cannot win. They did not study their opponents; and the opponents are all teams in the middle and upper reaches of the Bundesliga, and they will not waste time and effort to study a Bundesliga team.

But it's different now, the league is over, and the promotion to the play-offs is also related to who can play in the Bundesliga in the end. Hoffenheim will definitely study Shen Peng carefully and make targeted arrangements.

With Shen Peng playing as a single midfielder, Hoffenheim may bypass him and attack from two flanks. Judging from the video, their two flanks are not weak in ability and have strong assist ability, so this is a kind of play they are likely to adopt.

"That said, it's really troublesome. Do you have any suggestions?" Neuluerer asked. He usually asks this question, and he will find some inspiration from the ideas of other members.

"I think we can use double midfielders, which can effectively protect the two sides."

"I don't think so. Except for Shen Peng, the other players in the team who can play as a midfielder are all average. This can easily become a breakthrough point for Hoffenheim."

"Then, how about adopting a lineup of five backs, with four players in a diamond-shaped position in the midfield, and Shen Peng playing as a midfielder. With Shen Peng, you can rest assured in the middle, and you can put two of the five backs on each side to curb their side attacks."

"According to what you said, in this way, there will only be one striker in the frontcourt? Originally, these strikers in the team are not strong in personal ability. What goals will we score then? Do you want us to play two zero-to-zero games? In other words, we can start practicing penalty kicks now."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say?"

"Let me see, how about we just play defensive counterattacks? Set up a bus, wait for them to fight, and then use Shen Peng's long shots and assists to score goals."

"What you can think of, Hoffenheim must have thought of it too. Seeing us defending and counterattacking, they will not be so stupid as to attack us. They will definitely pay attention to Shen Peng and keep people on defense."

At this time, the assistant coach Hobert, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "I think the defensive counterattack is good, but...we can let Shen Peng play forward."

As soon as these words came out, the others all stared and asked Shen Peng to play forward?
But Neulurel's eyes lit up.

Bochum's current offensive striker is not good, let Shen Peng play the striker!

If they play a defensive counterattack, most of the players will defend in the backcourt. There is only one single forward in the frontcourt, and the midfielder and backcourt cannot provide effective support to the forward. Therefore, the personal ability of the forward is very important.

Although Shen Peng has been playing as a defensive midfielder, in terms of ability, he is actually not inferior to the few forwards in the team. More importantly, because Shen Peng has been playing as a defensive midfielder, two characteristics have been ignored, that is, his speed and physical fitness.

His speed has never had a chance to play, but his physical fitness is obvious to all: Shen Peng has never shown a tired look after a game. In Neuluerer's view, Shen Peng can play another 10 minutes.

But now, playing a defensive counterattack, if Shen Peng keeps using his speed to attack the opponent's defense line, it can also consume the physical strength of the opponent's defenders.

In addition, before Shen Peng came, Bochum played defensive counterattacks, so if they defended, they would be fine even without Shen Peng. Now with Shen Peng in the frontcourt, the defensive pressure will be less.

"Okay! That's the decision. We will play defensive counterattacks, and the single forward will be Shen Peng. Now, let's study the layout of the backcourt and carry out targeted defense on these five scoring points in their team."

Neuluerer immediately decided that the only thing needed now was to tell the players the news and prepare them for practice. After all, there were no regular forwards in these two games, and Shen Peng also needed to practice how to handle the ball when facing defenders.

"Then do we need to study their backcourt defense?"

"No need." Neulurel showed a confident smile, "Believe in Shen Peng, we just need to ensure that we don't concede the ball now. As for how many goals, it depends on his ability."

At the same time, the coaching staff of Hoffenheim also watched the video of Bochum repeatedly. They focused on the game between Bochum and Freiburg in the German Cup. They thought that game was more valuable for reference.

After discussing with the coaching staff, the head coach Guisdor came to a conclusion: "They may play defensive counterattacks at our home court. Their defense will be more stable with Shen Peng, so we can't worry. We should also pay attention to Shen Peng's long-range shots and assists in the backcourt. Their main forward Dedic has not returned yet, so for their forward, we just need to find someone to mark him dead."

(End of this chapter)