Array football

Chapter 72 Weakness of Formation

Peacefully resolving the issue of Samaras and Patton not only stabilized the turbulent morale of the team and pacified the emotions of the core players, but more importantly, Duncan completed the system task of [Dissatisfaction between Patton and Samaras].

System task [Patton and Samaras' dissatisfaction]: Patton and Samaras are dissatisfied with their status and must be completed within two weeks.Task reward: Grandmaster level two dragons out of the water array!

Grandmaster level?It sounds awesome!

Duncan quickly turned on the array sunglasses and checked his attributes.

Name: Steuben Duncan

Occupation: Manchester City manager
Reputation: Unknown

Hostility: none
Friendly: Ferguson, Moyes
Formation Level: Level 4

Possessed array: two dragons out of water array (advanced), four elephant array (intermediate)

Tactical bits: 2
Number of players: 35

How can this be reasonable, the reputation is actually unknown?Now the whole European football world is talking about my [-]-game winning streak, okay?The person who led Manchester City to rise like a comet and erupt like a volcano is actually just an unknown level?

If you go to the street and grab someone randomly, he may not know who the chairman of Manchester City is or who the captain of Manchester City is, but he must know that the head coach of Manchester City is Steben Duncan!In terms of popularity, Duncan is still very confident!
Duncan is not a person who likes fame and fortune very much, but the obviously unfair data attribute of the system makes Duncan more or less resentful.

But if you think about it carefully, after more than two months of companionship, although this formation system will be cheating, it will not make mistakes.If you say you are unknown, there must be a reason for your obscurity!
Duncan quickly calmed down and carefully checked the changes in the system.

Sure enough, as Duncan focused on "obscurity," a small panel floated out.

Prestige criteria: number of champions, winning percentage, longest winning streak, longest losing streak.

Number of champions: 0
Coaching sessions: 11, 11 wins, 0 losses, 100% winning rate.

Longest winning streak: 11
Longest losing streak: 0
On the small panel, the content is very simple, with only four items of data.One of the most important data, in terms of the number of championships, Duncan's data is an embarrassing "0".

"That's right, no matter how many games you win or how brilliant your record is, you can only be judged by the number of champions. Champions are the most authoritative standard for judging a head coach!"

Mourinho won the Triple Crown before he became known to the world; Benitez won two La Liga titles in Valencia before he was known to the world...

I have never heard of a coach who is remembered because of his many wins and news.

Now Manchester City has won [-] consecutive victories and performed well. Duncan is known to the world.But once Manchester City loses, who will pay attention to Manchester City?Who will pay attention to Duncan?

Duncan's current "fame".Not based on being a football manager, but on him coming as a news personality.If the news loses its hype value, then Duncan will be beaten back to his original shape.

Who can be convinced of a head coach without a championship trophy?
Behind the red empire built by Ferguson are golden and heavy trophies!
"Looking at it this way, obscurity is indeed the most normal explanation." After figuring this out, Duncan felt relieved.

The "obscurity" page has been uncovered, and Duncan found that the level of the formation has been raised to level 4 without knowing it.Looking at the experience bar, it's even more than half gone.

This paroxysm level, is there a shrimp for it?
It's been two months, and Duncan still hasn't figured out what the role of this so-called "array level" is.Both winning and scoring can provide experience points, which can improve the formation level.The more important the game, the more experience points you get.

So far, the only time it has involved the "array level" is the task received in the game against Liverpool: keep a clean sheet in the first half of the game, and reward the four-element formation.

In the task requirements, the activation condition of the four-element formation is that the formation system is level 3.

Is the formation level a necessary condition to trigger a new formation?
The authenticity of this speculation can only be confirmed when the new formation appears next time.

With two tactical positions, Duncan can use two formations at the same time in the same game.

The four-person team in the frontcourt uses the intermediate four-element formation, and the double center back in the backcourt uses the advanced two-dragon formation.

Using these two formations at the same time, although the team has a good record, the offense is sharp and the defense is solid.But the problem is almost exposed.

First of all, the formation only changes a certain mental attribute of the players, and has no effect on the physical attributes. Manchester City's lineup itself is at the lower level of the league, and it is at a disadvantage in terms of physical confrontation; Show the emaciated Vassell to death.

Secondly, the two formations are, after all, two systems.Although the players all play together, the formations are difficult to fit together; the gap between the two formations has become a fatal injury to Manchester City.In the last game against Manchester United, Ferguson has actually touched the fate of Manchester City.But at the critical moment, Duncan's four-element formation was promoted to the intermediate level, and he was able to defeat Manchester United.

This still accounted for the surprise, and it was only because of Van der Sar's advantage that Manchester City barely won.The things on the score are not a reflection of the true strength of the two teams.

How can the old and spicy Ferguson be so easy to beat?
In this game against Everton, Moyes originally wanted to concoct according to the law, letting Cahill retreat and play the space between Manchester City's midfielder and defender.In fact, this had some effect in the first half, when Everton's shot from outside the penalty area made Manchester City very uncomfortable.

But Everton's team is a civilian team, and the strength of the players is very average.Although Moyes found Manchester City's weakness, his team did not have a player who was good enough to give Manchester City a fatal blow.

Opportunities are seen and created, but opportunities are not seized.What could be more painful than this?

At the same time, Duncan is not stupid.The team's weakness was discovered, so he simply added two more players between the two formations, advancing the four-element formation.

Although simple and crude, it works.The double backs composed of Haman and Sibierski not only protected the two dragons out of the water formation behind them, but also relieved the worries of the four elephant formations in front of them.

In short, this line of defense between the two defensive midfielders lay between the two formations and acted as a buffer.

In this way, the use of the two formations is actually more pure.One of the two formations is completely offensive and the other is completely defensive. Although the formation on the field was split, it played a role in curbing Everton's offense.

But if there is only such a small change, it will definitely not have a big effect.Duncan believes that since Ferguson has identified a weakness of Manchester City, then Tottenham will always gain something by following the vine.

There must be a little change!

(End of this chapter)