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Chapter 905 Van Gaal 3-5-2 Formation
In this year's International Champions Cup, the eight teams invited to participate were divided into two groups, and they toured in eight cities in the United States. Manchester United's first opponent was last season's Serie A runner-up Roma.

The opponent is not weak. Before the official start of the season, there can be such a high-level commercial event to test the team's training results in the first stage. There is not much time left in the new season of the Premier League. All the media and reporters who pay attention to Manchester United are concerned With Zhou Tiancheng's debut, this kind of game can often see Van Gaal's tactical thinking.

This is his first coaching debut. As a coach like Van Gaal who has experienced countless major competitions, he does not pay special attention to such a game itself in his heart. He is more concerned about how much his team can absorb his own tactical ideas.

So in the locker room, he repeatedly emphasized the tactics, and his eyes swept over everyone's faces from time to time, with a chilling expression, which made these Manchester United players dare not say a word, but everyone sat on the chair, very uncomfortable Such an atmosphere.

"The tactics just now, I don't think I need to emphasize it a second time, you are all the best players, and you can definitely understand. The last thing I want to say is that from this moment on, each of you must have this belief—— Only champions are worthy of us."

Van Gaal is a very passionate head coach with an ideal tactical style and control over the team. If he goes to the Bundesliga, he may really follow this in Zhou Tiancheng's old club Dortmund. Players' tactical discipline and team attributes are labels that go deep into their bones.But Van Gaal seems to have overlooked that this is England.

It's different from the Bundesliga, different from the Eredivisie and La Liga he's been in.

Apart from Zhou Tiancheng, he thought it was funny sitting there by himself - there was really no one else with his luck.Fortunately, whether it is Magath or Klopp, they like to stimulate players with bloody methods at important moments, and he does not have any discomfort with Van Gaal's style.

So when other Manchester United players were whispering about Van Gaal, Zhou Tiancheng saw Rooney's embarrassed expression.Just now Van Gaal once again emphasized the tactics he requested.

Starting the 3-5-2 formation, Van Gaal highlighted so many times that the requirement is to control the ball, and requires a very fast offensive rhythm.

"Attack can dominate the game! As an offensive player, you need to do two things well: press the opponent's defense, not let the opponent press our defender."

Such an offensive-oriented style of play is very similar to Van Gaal's early total attack and total defense style of coaching Ajax, but for a veteran like Rooney, it is a bit reluctant.

Zhou Tiancheng came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Wayne, don't worry. As long as the ball is under my feet, you can rest assured. Stand on the forward line with confidence, use your strengths, and leave the rest to me. "

Rooney turned his head and stared at him. Zhou Tiancheng looked at him with very confident eyes. He has said this to many strikers, and Rooney is also an opportunist in the striker line. He is very confident to cooperate in place.

Rooney smiled: "Zhou, then I'll rely on you. Also, call me Xiaopang instead of my name. It's more friendly."

Zhou Tiancheng nodded lightly with a smile, and Rooney asked casually, "Zhou, it's very strange. With your current fame, how can no one give you a nickname?"

"I'm not as handsome as you, and I'm not as distinctive as you." Zhou Tiancheng stroked his head, looked at Rooney's bald head, and replied with a smile.

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When the players from both sides stepped onto the pitch, the live broadcast camera immediately found the focus on both sides: Zhou Tiancheng on Manchester United's side, and Roma's "Wolf King" Totti.

Of course, the core selling point is Zhou Tiancheng.

CCTV bought out the exclusive broadcasting rights of the International Champions Cup in China, BJ time was still in the middle of the night, and He Wei's voice reached the ears of every Zhou Tiancheng fan.

It is worth mentioning that this is the last time fans saw Zhou Tiancheng on the CCTV platform.The Premier League broadcasting rights for the new season were exclusively bought out by the largest online new media broadcasting platform in China. If you want to watch Zhou Tiancheng's games in the new season, you can only watch them on the computer.

He Wei was very energetic. He looked at the starting roster and said: "Van Gaal has always been a coach who advocated a gorgeous attack. He has the distinctive characteristics of early Dutch football. As expected, it seems that he intends to transplant his own tactics. Coming to Manchester United - a 3-5-2 formation for the first show, but Van Gaal has placed Zhou Tiancheng so late, what is he planning to do? It's incredible!"

In the official formation map, the starting goalkeeper is still the main force of last season. David de Gea, who has made great progress, has just participated in the World Cup in Brazil with Spain. Xi retired from the national team, and it was only a matter of time before he became the main goalkeeper at the age of 1.

The three central defenders are Evans, Phil Jones and Smalling in turn, and Zhou Tiancheng is in front of them. The three central midfielders, except Zhou Tiancheng, the remaining two are Spanish midfielder Juan Mata and the young player Januzaj, who was promoted to the first team, are both more focused on the attributes of the attacking midfielder. Therefore, it is very obvious that the task of laterally covering the midfield defense will fall on Zhou Tiancheng.

Van Persie's partner Rooney.

Van Gaal's first lineup test was just to take out such a set of formations, there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people.From different perspectives, the explanations naturally have different opinions.

The Chinese commentators and fans who sacrificed their sleep to watch and comment on the weekend are naturally even more dissatisfied.

"It is estimated that Van Gaal wants to fully release his offensive ability, but it is a better choice to put Zhou Tiancheng in the position of Mata or Rooney, closer to the striker! Although Van Gaal's tactics require long pass ability in the midfield, Zhou Tiancheng His abilities are indeed comprehensive, but he is closer to the striker and has entered Zhou Tiancheng's shooting range... Van Gaal is still too...confident, a superstar, isn't it just used to solve complex problems? Is it simplified?"

He Wei was already suppressing his anger, he could hear that he was already very upset, and the fans were even cursing——

"Looking at this starting lineup, I want to scold SB in the middle of the night for speaking inappropriately? Can the World Cup Golden Boot be used like this? Get up!"

"Labor and management did not wake up in the middle of the night to watch Zhou Tiancheng spend most of the time in the backcourt."

"All the bosses upstairs put out the fire. The anger was too much in the middle of the night to hurt the body, but the reality is very skinny. Manchester United's defense line is so poor that even Chef Fan can't believe it. The warm-up match has to be reserved."

At the same time, Marcel Leif, the commentator of German TV [-] broadcasting the International Champions Cup, smiled: "It seems that Zhou's future at Manchester United will not be smooth. Louis van Gaal is really a character. Zhou's The instruction manual is known all over the world—it’s fine to get close to the restricted area, but he has to use another trick, which is interesting, hahahaha!”

PS: The timeline of this volume will not be too long, but the pace will be slowed down appropriately. After all, Zhou Tiancheng does not need to upgrade quickly now, so please be patient. All aspects of top stars must not be too monotonous, right?

(End of this chapter)