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Chapter 192 Colleague Killer Nagelsman ([-])

Schroeder watched the team gradually shift from midfield suppression and Schalke 04's attacking tactics to an active defense and a defensive counterattack with double midfielders. Schroeder was a little puzzled by his partner Nagelsmann's arrangement. Mann will choose to allow the team to counterattack in some important games this season.But he knew that this was Nagelsmann's compromise on the team's current staffing that he was not satisfied with, allowing the team to choose more cost-effective and more practical defensive counterattacks to face some strong teams, and use the excellent defensive system brought by the three central defenders to maximize the defensive ability of the backcourt.

As the saying goes, "Hedong for 30 years, Hexi for 30 years", this sentence is also applicable in the football world. Players have a low period and a peak period, and formations and tactics also have periods of popularity and decline. This season can be described as a season of "three central defenders".The three-center back system was very popular in the 80s and 90s. Whether it was Cruyff's total defense 343, West Germany's "free man" three-center back, or Italy's defensive three-center back, they all created a three-center back whirlwind in international football.However, after entering the new century, the three central defenders were gradually replaced by the four-back system. The last highlight of the three-backs was the Brazilian team in the 02 World Cup. After that, the 442 and 4231 formations almost swept the football trend for nearly 15 years.However, the current formation related to the three central defenders is being updated and upgraded. Combined with the situation in the past two years, this trend is by no means a flash in the pan, but a tactical revolution and revival in the new era.The tactical rationale for the revival of the three-back system.

In terms of tactics, the revival of the three central defenders is ultimately a way to maximize the efficiency of players.So how do the three central defenders maximize the use of players?This goes back to the trend of coaches in recent years on how to allocate the proportion of wing attack and center attack.

After 2010, the new position of "side midfielder" gradually emerged. At that time, 4231 was the most popular formation. Many head coaches would let the two full-backs move closer to the center instead of purely on the side. The team's offensive proportion in the center would increase, and the space on the side would be reserved for the full-back to display his assist ability. Therefore, Ferguson's two-wing tactics are becoming less and less in the current football world, because many coaches do not want to spend a total of 4 players on the side to complete the attack. Defense, after all, compared with two players to complete the offense and defense on the side, it must be that the former situation is less efficient.

However, in a four-back formation, if all the wing attack space is reserved for the full-backs, there will be a problem of emptiness in the defense. After all the full-backs assist, there are only two central defenders left in the defense. Once the opponent counterattacks, this will put a lot of pressure on the team's defense.But if it is a three-back system, when two wing backs are attacking, there will be three defensive players behind, which is more stable than a four-back system.In addition, in positional defense and offense, when defending, the two wing backs become the side backs, and the three center backs are five backs. Obviously, five backs leave less room for the opponent than four backs. When attacking, the two wing backs change to the side avant-garde or winger.

Moreover, the three central defenders can accommodate more characteristics of central defenders, and it is not necessary for each central defender to have the ability to play their own role. Once the team faces the opponent's center forward because of their speed, height or other shortcomings, they are personally broken by the opponent.Just like the three central defenders in Hoffenheim now, the trio of Jule, Vogt and Huebner, in terms of personal strength, only Jule has a very good personal ability, whether it is physical fitness, defensive awareness, blocking ability and high-altitude aerial attributes.No, although Jule is indeed very talented, but if it is so simple to complete the transformation from a young and immature central defender to a mature and prudent central defender, the phenomenon that modern good central defenders are hard to find all over the world will not be so obvious.That's because there are Vogt and Xubner around him, and the abilities of each of the three central defenders complement each other. Vogt's ball and defense, and Xubner's speed advantage, allow each of the three central defenders to make some small mistakes. There are teammates around to help.

This is also the reason why Nagelsmann advocated building a three-back system this season and emphasized the tacit training of the starting three.But Schroeder also knows which offensive enthusiast Nagelsmann is still in his heart. Even if he is constantly building a three-central defender system, it is still built to strengthen the team's offense. It is not like Brazil, Italy, and Chelsea head coach Conte who recently became popular in the Premier League.

In this case, why did Nagelsman make such a substitution?If it's for new aid to run the team and make counter-position substitutions, wouldn't it be good to replace Amiri?Wouldn't changing Demibel for Geiger directly give up the team's midfield initiative to the opponent?Or is it that Nagelsmann has denied the significance of Chen's midfield organization, or does he think that Chen's position as a defensive midfielder is more suitable for him?
Schroeder still couldn't figure it out, but Schroeder didn't bother to figure it out by himself. After Chen Feng blocked the pass from Schalke 04's Calijuri again, Schroeder went directly to ask his partner Nagelsmann.

(End of this chapter)