extraordinary coach

Chapter 78
Although many people were surprised that Dong Fangzhuo could come back, it did not allow him to return to the national team.Lippi's name was not included in the first training list announced later.

Dong Fangzhuo didn't think much of it either.He also knows his own affairs, and he hasn't thought much about returning to the national team.At least he hasn't thought about it yet.He is already very happy to be able to return to the field to play football.

In this game against Monaco, Dong Fangzhuo's performance is also remarkable.But the state he showed is actually not up to the level of the game.

Both the coaching staff and Sun Yi think so.

Therefore, in another Ligue [-] game that is about to start, the coaching staff did not use him as the official selection.Instead, a substitute striker named Lebihan was chosen.

Although Lebihan has the strength of C+, his potential is only A-.Such a player is just a spare tire for Sun Yi.If it wasn't for lack of money, it would have been cleaned up early in the morning.

After discussing with Dior and the others, Sun Yi had no choice but to choose Lebihan as the starter for the next game.However, Sun Yi still put Dong Fangzhuo in the competition squad.

A few days later, Sun Yi led the Nice team on an expedition to northern France and ushered in the seventh round of Ligue [-].

This time the Nice team is played by the Nancy team.A newly promoted team from Ligue [-] last season.The strength is relatively average.From the beginning of the season to the present, their performance has been ups and downs, and their record is not very good.

It is undoubtedly a good thing that the first opponent after Balotelli's absence is a weak team like Nancy.

The pressure on Sun Yi to complete the mission of the tenth company is not so great.

Although the opponent is not strong, it is an away game after all, and Sun Yi dare not be careless.In order to deal with the Nancy team, he also spent a lot of time studying countermeasures with the coaching staff.The team tactics without Balotelli were also adjusted accordingly.

Against the Nancy team, Sun Yi did not let the Nice team play any defensive counterattacks, but focused on offense.

With his and the coaching staff's points, the opponent Nancy team is more likely to adopt defensive counterattack tactics.

When it came time for the game, the Nancy team did indeed adopt a defensive and counterattack tactic as Sun Yi thought.And it's still the kind of iron barrel formation with five defenders.

When Sun Yi saw Nancy's formation, he felt his head was big.Breaking the iron barrel has always been a big problem in football.

Before, Sun Yi had never encountered an opponent who adopted this tactic.This is the first time the Nice team has faced such a situation this season.

Sun Yi doesn't know if the Nice team can win smoothly, he can only put his hope on the strongest Salah.

However, the Nancy team also obviously studied the last game. Like the Monaco team, they used multiple teams to double-team Salah.Moreover, since they are shrinking in their own backcourt, they have sufficient troops to call.

Although the individual players of the Nancy team are not as strong as the players of the Nice team, they rely on dense positioning, which prevents the Nice team from taking advantage of the ground coordination and breakthrough.

Even Salah's scalp was numb when facing dense opponents.He can hold the ball, he can dribble, and he can even break through with little difficulty.But one after another, it feels like it can't be finished.This is fatal.

Salah can pass the ball too.But the space is too small, and it is difficult for him to send deadly passes to his teammates.After other people get the ball, it is difficult to get into the penalty area under the close guard of the opponent.

This situation also made Salah helpless.

"Hit more high balls!" Seeing that the ground could not be penetrated, Sun Yi could only ask the Nice team to change to high-altitude bombing.

After many high-altitude balls, the Nice team did have more chances to hit the Nancy team's penalty area.The Cornish team has no advantage in the high-altitude ball.

Lebihan, who replaced Balotelli in the starting lineup, has a height of 1.8 meters [-], but his header ability is relatively average.There is also no advantage when competing with opponent defenders for high-altitude balls.

"Hey, if only Balotelli hadn't been injured."

Seeing that the Nice team played high balls into the penalty area many times without any threat, Dior couldn't help but slapped his thigh hard.

Sun Yi agreed with Dior's words.If Balotelli is there, with the addition of "Hammer Slamming the Door", it will definitely be a sharp weapon to crack the tortoise shell of the Nancy team.

Now, Sun Yi can only watch helplessly as his players have nothing to do with their opponents.He's gone too.

High ball, set ball tactics, long shots, this is the way to deal with the iron barrel formation.However, there is no absolute certainty in these methods.It can only rely on luck or have a crushing advantage in strength.

The overall strength of the Nice team has an advantage over the Upper Nancy team, but it is far from being crushing.Therefore, Sun Yi can only see the luck of the Nice team now.

However, the Nice team's luck does not seem to be very good.Obviously has the absolute advantage in ball possession and offense, but there are not many offenses that are really threatening.

The result was a tie in the first half.

A draw is a good result for the Nancy team.

But for the current Nice team, it is a bit unsatisfactory.

For Sun Yi personally, this is directly fatal.If this is the case in the second half, then he is finished.

So, he needs to change.

Just how to change it?
Sun Yi looked around among the players, and finally set his sights on Dong Fangzhuo.

Dong Fangzhuo is about the same height as Lebihan, so he has no advantage.However, in Sun Yi's view, he has an advantage that others do not have.That is, he has the skill of "Back to the Door".

Although judging from the previous game, the probability of Dong Fangzhuo using it is not high, but once it is used, it is very threatening.

In today's situation, perhaps this ability will play a key role.

So, at the beginning of the second half, Sun Yi replaced the Lebihan with Dong Fangzhuo.

Dior has reservations about Sun Yi's choice.He didn't think Dong Fangzhuo would be more useful than Le Bihan in this situation.But Sun Yi insisted on changing, and he couldn't help it.

Dong Fangzhuo's appearance had no effect on either side.Everyone knows what kind of situation he is, so the Nancy team has no specific measures for his playing.

After the start of the second half, Dior was surprised very soon.

"Hey, Dong's high-altitude ability seems to be pretty good."

After Dong Fangzhuo played, an unexpected effect appeared.He obviously has an advantage over Lebihan in the high-altitude ball.Although he is still somewhat inferior in terms of other abilities, he can jump high.This makes Nice a more dangerous team from high altitude and set pieces.

"Yes. I forgot." Only then did Sun Yi remember.Dong Fangzhuo's jumping ability is very good.

Many old fans may know a story.It is said that Dong Fangzhuo was taken to Manchester United directly after Ferguson saw Dong Fangzhuo jumping and dunking on the spot with a football.

This is a crooked attack!
Sun Yi couldn't help but feel happy for his decision.

After replacing Dong Fangzhuo, the threat of the Nice team has indeed increased.It's just that he doesn't have Balotelli's "Hammer Slamming the Door" skill.The finishing ability of the header is still somewhat lacking.

That allowed him to score a header but fail to score.

"Hey, if only that skill didn't directly become Balotelli's own ability." Seeing that Dong Fangzhuo missed the header, Sun Yi couldn't help muttering.

As the game progressed, when everyone was amazed by Dong Fangzhuo's ability to control the air, he brought surprises with his feet.

(End of this chapter)