green showman

Chapter 382 Tactics and Accidents

The atmosphere in the locker room was a bit depressing. After Sun Wu came to Schalke 04, the team has not had such an embarrassing moment.

In 45 minutes, there was no effective shot, the ball possession rate was only over [-]%, the number of pass errors was almost comparable to the sum of the previous two games, and the opponent was very threatening in almost every attack...

Magath paced back and forth in the middle of the dressing room, and it took him a while to start planning for the second half.

"Push forward and attack out." Magath turned to stare at Sun Wu, "Best, this is your worst 45 minutes in the past two years."

Farfan on the side curled his lips, "What if the opponent is still pressing?"

"High ball." Magath immediately replied: "Recover the formation, play a high ball, and give it to Mario...Mario, you catch the ball and then distribute the ball to both sides. Raul and Farfan should go forward faster... ..."

Sun Wu sat there without saying a word, thinking about Dortmund's full-court pressing tactics in his heart.

With an obvious Barcelona style, Klopp should have studied it for a long time. To be precise, this should be called "high pressing".

Through the meticulous tactics arranged on the training field, the tacit understanding between players, and the ability to understand tactics, a multi-person siege situation quickly formed in the midfield. Counterattack to get a second offensive opportunity.

This has high requirements on the personal abilities of the players, but the effect is also very significant, as evidenced by these 45 minutes.

But no matter what kind of tactics have their own weaknesses, of course there are ways to crack this set of tactics, and there is more than one way.

Since Sun Wu regards defeating Barcelona as a necessary journey in his career, he naturally began to prepare for it long ago. This game is a test.

If even Dortmund's high-position press cannot be resolved, then how to face the high-position press of Messi, Iniesta, Pedro, and Villa...

The first one is to pour the ball out through quick passing and cutting cooperation between players, and do more passing and less dribbling. The speed requirements are high, and there needs to be sufficient tacit understanding between teammates.

Looking at Schalke 04, only Rakitic can complete such cooperation with Sun Wu, and Farfan is a little bit worse in this respect.

The second is to set a high point in the frontcourt, use a long pass to send the ball over, and the teammates in the back row will quickly plug in, but this requires a top high center forward, and the running ability should not be too bad.

Think of how Chelsea beat Barcelona the year they topped Europe, a goal that would have been impossible without Drogba.

Pique was completely unable to fight Drogba.

But Mandzukic against Hummels... Sun Wu shook his head in his heart. This possibility is really unlikely. In a sense, Hummels is a perfect central defender. In a tough confrontation, he is capable of suppressing Mandzukic.

Sun Wu didn't agree with Magath's tactics, but he didn't say a word. Today's Magath is not the same as it was back then. It is not a good idea to challenge his authority in person.

But there are other ways.

The third is that the whole team busts up, and then scores goals through quick counterattacks by three or four players.

This is how Mourinho defeated Guardiola last season. Several players including Sneijder, Eto'o, Pandorf, and Diego Milito quickly advanced to complete the arch in the counterattack.

However, this requires high personal ability and a high degree of tacit understanding. Mandzukic and Raul are both newcomers... Thinking of this, Sun Wu can't help but envy Klopp a bit. Look at Shinji Kagawa. He also just transferred. It fits in seamlessly!

In the end, Sun Wu's eyes fell on Farfan. The entire Schalke 04 team, in terms of personal ability, this "Peru football king" deservedly ranked first, and he has fast speed, outstanding dribbling ability, and excellent passing and shooting. .

This is the easiest and most direct way to break the high press.

A fast attacker quickly appeared behind the opponent's defense line, received a precise pass or used his personal ability to break through and directly threaten the goal.

Barcelona is actually quite afraid of this move. Pique is not fast enough, and the two full-backs are used to going forward. Although Puyol is not slow, he is getting older. Pato blitzed Barcelona in the opening 24 seconds to play this set of tactics. of.

Specifically in Dortmund, Hummels and Subotic, a central defender partner, are not slow in terms of speed, but if Farfan runs wildly, they can be thrown away.

Of course, this requires very precise passing.

Sun Wu decided to buy a few top-quality steaks on the way home after the game to reward Erha. The "God's perspective" fits this tactic perfectly!

After the start of the second half, the Dortmund players were obviously instigated by Klopp in the locker room, and they all rushed forward as if they were full of blood, and started to press high again.

"Aren't you tired?" Sun Wu gave the ball to Neuer and then turned his head to glance at Gotze.

Babyface ignored Sun Wu, and ran with Sun Wu at an even speed, standing between Sun Wu and Pecarik, keeping a reasonable distance.

Barrios rushed into the penalty area to press, Neuer sent forward with a big foot, but Hummels overwhelmed Mandzukic and gave Subotic a header.

"Both sides did not make substitutions, and Dortmund still has the advantage, playing against Schalke 04." Tao Wei commented: "Now it depends on whether Dortmund can score again."

"That's right, if you can't score any more goals, it's hard to say this game." Duan Xuan agrees with this point of view, "This kind of pressing force can't last forever, and the last 10 minutes must be physically unbearable."

But Sun Wu will definitely not agree with this point of view, you must know that this is the Ruhr Derby!

In the Ruhr Derby, the upper limit of the player's physical fitness has increased by 5.00% to [-]%.

Dortmund players maintained a high-intensity high-post press. Schalke 04 made a second long pass from the backcourt to find Mandzukic.

The accident happened at this moment.

In the 62nd minute, Rakitic made a long pass from the backcourt. Mandzukic, who felt ashamed, jumped high and opened his arms.

"Ah ah ah..."

There was a rapid scream, Hummels fell down covering his head, and Mandzukic spread his hands innocently.

Klopp on the sidelines rushed to the fourth official, "That Croatian's elbow is absolutely true, I can see it clearly!"

Sun Wu, who was not too far from the incident, could see clearly that Mandzukic's big elbow hit Hummels on the forehead.

But what the hell Hummels fell to the ground covering his face!
"Mats, stop pretending!" Sun Wu rushed over and yelled at Hummels, and Subotic who was next to him immediately pushed Sun Wu away.

"Here it is again!" Adam Simpson exclaimed, "This is the Ruhr Derby. There is never a shortage of hot scenes. Before this foul, only Best received a yellow card. I thought Schalke 04 and Dortmund have changed their temper!"

After asking the linesman, the referee took out a red card against the boos of the fans.

If I had known it earlier, I would have put up a suggestion in the locker room. Now it's all right. Not only did the tactical routine fail completely, but I was also sent off.

Sun Wu lamented in his heart. In his previous life, he only heard that Mandzukic was not popular, but he didn't hear that he had a bad temper!

Now, the game is difficult to play!

(End of this chapter)