green showman

Chapter 230 Winning streak

On August 8th, Wolfsburg challenged Cologne in an away game. Compared with the previous game, Amin Fei only made one personnel adjustment, replacing last season's main central defender Simnek with Madron.

Simnek's performance in the pre-season warm-up match, German Cup, and Bundesliga opener was very average, and most of the few goals conceded were directly related to him.

Sun Wu knows it well, conceding goals has something to do with Simnek's ability and state, but there are also factors of the team's own tactical system.

Sun Wu's thinking direction was confirmed soon after the start of the game. The Portuguese international Armando Petit, who is good at making quick breakthroughs from the side, took the ball in the middle and started up. It was blocked, but Wolfsburg's weak central defense was unobstructed.

Facing the "goat" Cologne, Wolfsburg has an obvious advantage, but it was the goat who scored the first goal. The scorer was Prince Polti who had just returned to Cologne from Bayern Munich.

In the 31st minute, Cologne launched a counterattack. Petit threw away Sun Wu with speed. Facing the encirclement of Barzagli and Josue, the Portuguese chose to break through forcefully, and the ball was blocked without any suspense.

But the ball just hit Ziani who had just lost the ball and bounced back. Madron passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, but Podolski quickly caught up with the ball and dribbled it past Benario to score an empty goal.

Amin Fei roared angrily on the sidelines, tsk tsk, Ma Delun really didn't let him live up to him.

Although one goal behind, Sun Wu did not panic. This Cologne team ranked sixth from the bottom last season, and the strength gap between the two sides is still obvious.

Sun Wu yelled a few times, stretched out his hand and pressed down, signaling to everyone not to panic.

Cologne's lead lasted less than 5 minutes.

In the 37th minute, Sun Wu suddenly dribbled the ball and broke through after being inverted in the midfield. In the ground pass, Graffit made a point shot to equalize the score.

"This goal came from Little's assist, but the key lies in Best's breakthrough." Adam Simpson said with a smile: "The breakthrough with the ball is Best's shortcoming, but he is always improving."

In the first half, the two sides entered the locker room 1-1. Amin Fei affirmed Ritter's assist ability and reminded Sun Wu and Ziani of the overlap in running positions.

This is a situation that Sun Wu did not encounter last season. Ritter walked on the wing. Although Makoto Hasebe can play in multiple positions, his tactical execution is very strong, and Ziani's running position is very erratic. He often moves in to look for opportunities. He first played as a striker, and later played as a midfielder and winger.

In the second half, neither side made personnel adjustments, and Wolfsburg launched a tide-like offensive as soon as the kick-off kicked off.

In the 55th minute, Sun Wu made a crucial ground ball transfer in the midfield. Gentner from the left made a gesture and entered the penalty area and suddenly poked his toe. Open twice.

"Wolfsburg overtook the score, this is Grafite's third goal in two games!"

"The top scorer of last season is still in hot form, and he will be the number one striker of the Brazil team in the World Cup in South Africa next year!"

Sun Wu hugged Grafite and ran away. After Amin Fei announced that he would not carry out high-intensity physical training a month ago, Grafite was the first among the main players to rely on Amin Fei last season.

In this game, Sun Wu paid more attention to Dzeko. The Bosnian center once again wasted two must-go goals, a header hit the goal post, and a single-handedly swayed the goalkeeper, but was blocked by the blocked defender.

When Dzeko was replaced by Martins again, his face was full of depression and displeasure. What made him even more displeased was that Martins scored the goal with the first touch of the ball.

In the 83rd minute, Gentner made a 45-degree cross from the left. Graffit, who was in the front point, rubbed against him, and Martins, who was in the back point, took a stance and volleyed with his left foot to score the goal.

After the game, Amin Fei, who won two consecutive victories, was full of spirits at the press conference, claiming that this Wolfsburg team will surprise everyone.

Sensitive Sun Wu understood the meaning. Magath won the double title last season. If Amin Fei wanted to stay ahead of others, he had to make a breakthrough in the Champions League. This was in line with Sun Wu's thinking.

The excellent record stabilized Sun Wu's position, but what he didn't expect was that Amin Fei's position was also stabilized. The new coach began to try some new tactical changes.

On August 8, Wolfsburg ushered in the Hamburg team that had just entered the Europa League group stage at home.

In recent years, the strength of the Hamburg team has been worse than that of each year. This summer they watched Olić go to Bayern Munich helplessly. At the press conference before the game, Amin Fei seemed confident, but after only 10 minutes of the game, this guy I can't sit still on the bench.

"M** Petric, it's his second goal of the game!"

The Croatian bald forward celebrated wildly under the stands of the home fans. In the counterattack just now, Petrić's ingenious movement allowed him to find an opportunity to rewrite the score to 2-0 in one stroke after the second point.

"Karim lost the ball again..." Rolf reminded in a low voice.

Ziani tried to pass the Hamburg defender with fancy moves in the middle circle, but was directly intercepted and counterattacked by the opponent. Faced with this counterattack speed, Josue and Sun Wu really had no way to defend.

In this game, Sun Wu was under extremely strict marking. Although Hamburg let go of the villain De Jong, the two defensive midfielders Castelen and Pitruwapa who started this game are unknown, but they are typical. The Germans are tough, stubborn, and tenacious that they will never die until they reach the Yellow River.

Sun Wu's position retreated, and the opponent's two midfielders were completely indifferent. As long as Sun Wu's position was premised, these two midfielders would pounce on him like a wolf.

Even if Sun Wu diverts the ball away, the opponent will take advantage of the situation to push and push. If Sun Wu tries to get rid of others, the opponent will be very ruthless. If Sun Wu successfully escapes, it will be even worse. The opponent will come Remember flying shovel.

In the opening two and 10 minutes, Sun Wu had been kicked on both legs six times, but the referee did not give a single yellow card. The attitude of the referee made the two midfielders a little unscrupulous.

Amin Fei also wants Sun Wu to retreat. Josue's position is precondition, and the result is even worse. The two defensive midfielders are not man-to-man defense, but zone defense. Josue has no medical card, so he will be kicked. The injury was healed on the sidelines, but somehow Pitruwapa got a yellow card.

This is the first time Sun Wu has seen such a purely defensive midfielder partner who has no regard for face.

Turn them off with passes and moves?This idea is correct, but the running ability of this pair of midfielders is very strong, and they seem to be quite physically fit, while Wolfsburg is two goals behind.

At the end of the first half, Wolfsburg trailed by two goals.

In the locker room, Amin Fei was standing in front of the tactical board and talking endlessly, but Sun Wu was thinking about possible changes in the second half. He tried to find examples of double defensive midfielders in his mind.

(End of this chapter)