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Chapter 702 The Tactical Seminar of the Crooked Building
Carrington Base.

In the video room, Mike Phelan held the remote control and kept pausing and replaying the video of Schneiderlin's last game, focusing on the loopholes in the position selection of this aggressive defensive midfielder.

"Its ability to carry out Nedrin's sweeping ability is very strong, but its ability to assist defense is very average." Sun Wu added: "The key is that after the opponent's attack bypasses him, it is difficult for him to make up for the loopholes in the defense line in a fluid state. .”

"But starting from January 1st, Schneiderlin's steals per game ranked second in the Premier League, second only to Matic." Miguel retorted unconvinced.

"I didn't deny his contribution, but just pointed out his flaws." Sun Wu shrugged. Will face the back line.

It is difficult for Motta, Giggs, and Cleverley to even chase back, but Carrick is late because of his position, but his frontal defensive ability is weak, and his position is far behind. The organization's offensive impact is not small. "

Sun Wu's eloquent narration made colleagues fall into deep thought.

"In terms of judging the timing of the grab, Nedrin has done a good job, but he can't just make a deal." Sun Wu felt that his translation was not right, "that is to say, he can't go all the time. Go up, high press should go up, the opponent counterattacks should go up or retreat depending on the situation, and the opponent's positional warfare is more important to stay in position."

Mike Phelan turned off the TV and turned on the lights, pushed the tactical board to the front, and poked it hard, "The key is still the left side."

The following members of the coaching staff nodded in agreement. Neither Januzaj nor Giggs can continue to create threats on this side, so the left midfielder needs to shorten the distance between the frontcourt players. Lively and Motta will gradually press forward.

In this case, Schneiderlin is actually weak in defense. Once the attack is passed, it is very likely that the opponent will face the central defender.

In fact, even the presence of Fletcher can't change that.

Sun Wu got up and walked to the other side of the tactical board, raised his index finger and said: "First, if Klose starts and Griezmann retreats, it will be relieved.

Second, Pogba's appearance can bring about changes. He may not be able to help much in defense, at most it is just assisting defense, but it can bring great changes in offense.

Third, Thomas Muller plays the second striker, allowing Valencia to assume the position or use Ashley Young. Although Thomas' breakthrough ability is not strong, his off-the-ball running can pose a great threat. "

Pochettino leaned back on the chair and meditated, while Jesús and Miguel walked to the tactical board with great interest, and began to attack various positioning designs with Mike Phelan and Sun Wu.

Pogba was the main force at the beginning of the season, but his performance was very average. Later, he lost his position as the main force after consecutive injuries. Although Sun Wu and Pochettino valued it very much, it is hard to say when he will be able to start the game. Although Pogba has recovered from injury To the first team.

Sun Wu had already considered Thomas Muller as the second forward. It would be too wasteful to limit the running range of this "space reader" to the right half of the frontcourt. Sun Wu also tried to let him Get closer to yourself and Griezmann.

Sitting there, Pochettino felt a little irritated, starting from Schneiderlin's mistake in the tackle, all the way to talking about the unfavorable attack on the left, and then to the position change of the offensive combination in the frontcourt...Although it sounds reasonable, but this Did the meeting go wrong?

This almost disintegrated the offensive combination Pochettino had built, and he had to get up and walk over to participate.

At the beginning of the season, although Thomas Muller had no breakthrough ability, he used his running and efficient scoring rate to secure his main position. At that time, Griezmann was still playing as a winger or a second forward. Klose, who is in good form, has Sun Wu constantly providing shells behind him. Although Manchester United's defense was a mess at that time, their offense was very smooth.

But as Motta's weakness was thoroughly figured out by the opponent, Klose began to be injured due to physical strength and injuries, and Griezmann was positioned in the middle, which made Manchester United's wing breakthrough cross only allow two full backs to come. Responsible.

That's why Pochettino bought Schneiderlin and reclaimed Januzaj. The success rate of the latter's breakthrough cannot be compared with that of the first half of the season. The former played well but also revealed his fatal weakness.

Pochettino is a bit regretful. He regrets not listening to Sun Wu's suggestion to buy a winger in the winter transfer window, which puts his formation in the second half of the season in trouble. He didn't expect Klose's physical reserves to be so poor , I didn’t expect Hernandez to be injured for such a long time, which directly led to the shattering of his idea of ​​wanting Griezmann to retreat a little to take on the assault mission...

After two hours of discussion, the second lineup appeared on the tactical board. Pochettino rubbed his chin and gave Sun Wu a questioning look. The latter shrugged and indicated that this was already the best choice.

In the first lineup, Schneiderlin and Fletcher form a double defensive midfielder. Sun Wu is in front of them. Valencia is the right winger. Thomas Muller is on the left rib but has a wide range of activities. Griez Manding is at the forefront.

In the second lineup, Schneiderlin has a single midfielder, and Pogba stands slightly forward to undertake the task of advancing assists and even breakthroughs, but it also needs to retreat to help defend and check for gaps. Sun Wu stands in the midfielder position , Thomas Muller played the nominal right winger, Giggs or Januzaj, Welbeck served as the left winger, and Griezmann was still at the top.

"There are many changes in the second lineup." Mike Phelan moved the pieces, "Griezmann can retreat and let Klose or Hernandez be at the top."

"Or let Pogba retreat, Welbeck pulls to the side, Thomas Muller pulls to the center, and Sun Wu can lean slightly to the right." Miguel nodded, "But if this is the case, there is still a problem with the flank suppression Yes, Pogba is needed to supplement Schneiderlin's defense."

Today's tactical meeting is not only to discuss the issue of Schneiderlin, nor the issue of formation changes and player positioning, but also about the starting lineup of the Manchester Derby two days later.

Pochettino thought for a long time in front of the tactical board, and finally pointed to the first lineup... Sun Wu was a little disappointed. He hoped that Pogba could grow rapidly in the game, and he really needed a very good assistant.

Driving out of the parking lot, Sun Wu rolled down the window and signed autographs for two Chinese fans who came from afar. The reporter on the side reminded Sun Wu with a smile that just 20 minutes ago, the League Cup final was over, and Aguero played the hat Magic, Manchester City beat Sunderland 3 to 1 to win the first title of the season.

Sun Wu chuckled, "I've been to Manchester City's room of honor, it was empty, but now it's better, and finally added a championship trophy...although the gold content is a bit low."

The reporter rolled his eyes, leaned over and said, "Guardiola thinks the FA's schedule is too much for Manchester City..."

More than a month ago, after Manchester City entered the League Cup final, they applied to the FA for the postponement of the Manchester Derby, but the FA rejected the decision to play as scheduled, which annoyed Guardiola...

曼城在3月1号打完联赛杯决赛，然后3月3号就要打曼市德比，3月8号打下轮英超，3月12号打欧冠淘汰赛第二回合，12天4场比赛，平均3天一赛……

When Sun Wu got home, he heard from Christine that Patrick was also very annoyed... It deserves it, who made you insist on winning the League Cup final.

In fact, Manchester City has already successfully applied for a postponement of one game. Their FA Cup quarter-final match against Wigan Athletic on March 3 is really too late.

Facing such a team destined to be physically and mentally tired of Manchester City, Sun Wu may not have the confidence to beat them, but he is confident to score points, at least he cannot lose to Guardiola!
(End of this chapter)