The midfield king of football life

Chapter 100 Chapter 101
In the 2011-2012 season, in the 17th round of the Eredivisie League, Feyenoord will play against Twente at home. This game is also the last league game before the winter break of this season.The management of the major clubs are busy reinforcing the lineup for the second half of the schedule, and the players are looking forward to the arrival of the winter break and relaxing with their families on vacation.

The winter break period of the major European leagues is an offseason policy introduced to adjust the lineup for the second half of the game.The European League is divided into two signing windows, winter and summer. Summer signings are relatively more intensive, because summer is the opening season of the five major European leagues, so the strongest and newest lineups are generally in summer, and it is also the season with the most frequent player transfers.During the winter break, it is an opportunity for the major clubs to reverse the situation for the second half of the schedule.Sprint champions need to strengthen the lineup, and clubs that want to relegation also need to adjust the lineup.

Of course, most players still mainly take vacations during the winter break, except for a few players.

In the last round of the game, Feyenoord unexpectedly drew with Utrecht in the away game, which turned their 3 points into 1 point, and their league ranking dropped from the previous 5th to 7th in the league. The form of the championship is very serious for them.And this game is against Twente, who is third in the league, this is destined to be another hard battle.

Twente is a football club located in Enschede in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It was founded in 1965 when two small football clubs in Enschede merged.

Among the Eredivisie football clubs, Twente is not always considered a traditional strong team, but in recent seasons, Twente has returned strongly. In the 2006-2007 season, Twente achieved the fourth place in the league. In the 4-2007 season, it also maintained the fourth place in the league. In the 2008-4 season, Twente achieved the second place in the league.Twente also won the Eredivisie championship once in 2008, but at that time it was still named Enschede SC Football Club before the merger, so this is not its real championship.

Last season, Twente lost to Ajax in the last game by only 2 points and missed two consecutive Eredivisie games.And so far this season, Twente ranks third in the league, and its strength can be imagined.

The day before the game against Twente, Feyenoord tactical training room.

Coach Koeman explained to the players tomorrow's tactical arrangement against Twente in the tactical room as usual.

"Twente has performed very well in the past few seasons. This season they have done very well on both ends of the offense and defense, especially their top scorer Luke de Jong. He has scored 15 goals so far, almost reaching the level of one goal per game. So tomorrow, our defensive players must pay special attention to Twente's No. 9-Luke de Jong." Coach Koeman said slowly.

Sitting below, Lildam and Indi looked at each other, eyes full of firm determination.

It is said that Twente's talented forward Luke De Jong and Ajax's talented midfielder Sime De Jong are true brothers.Luke de Jong entered the Graf Sharp youth training camp at the age of 11, while his brother Sim de Jong was selected by Ajax.Luke De Jong only transferred from Graf Sharp to Twente in 09, when he was only 19 years old.Entering the first team of the Eredivisie at the age of 19, he can be regarded as a talented player.

Last season, Luke De Jong performed very well, scoring goals in the league and the Champions League.So this season, it was reported that Eindhoven made an offer of tens of millions to buy Luke De Jong. No one knows whether this news will come true in the end.

Back in the Feyenoord tactical training room, coach Koeman was fiddling with the positions of the players on both sides on the super-large tactical board, and he kept explaining.

"Twente has always used the 532 formation, a typical defensive counterattack formation. From their results this season, we can see that they have done a good job defensively. In addition, there is Luke De Jong, an excellent talented striker in the team, and their attack power is also very sharp when counterattacking." Coach Koeman said slowly.

Klassie said to Li Feng in a low voice: "Old man Koman always makes others want to destroy our own prestige. He always scares us before the game, for fear that we will not play well."

Li Feng gave Klassey a look: "I'm afraid I didn't scare us this time. Twente has been really strong in the past few seasons, and Luke De Jong is indeed a very good striker. I watched the video of his game yesterday. His ability to assist and capture opportunities is very strong."

Hearing what Li Feng said so seriously, Klassey had no choice but to obediently listen to Coman continue to talk about tactical analysis, and he himself became serious.

"Our advantage lies in our flexible offense. Set-piece corner kick tactics can be fully utilized in tomorrow's match. What we have to do tomorrow is to break the deadlock as quickly as possible and score as many goals as possible. The longer we drag to the end, we will be very passive." Coach Koeman said solemnly.

"Whether our offense can open up tomorrow will determine whether we can win or not. Tomorrow is the last game before the winter break. We have now slipped to seventh in the league. If everyone wants to compete for the championship, then we must win tomorrow's game. We have no way out now, understand?"

When everyone was still immersed in the fantasy of the winter break, Coach Koeman quickly brought everyone back to reality.The reality is that if this game is lost, Feyenoord will basically declare that they have lost their qualifications for the championship.

Coach Koeman continued: "Finally, I would like to emphasize one more point. Our offense will face a huge challenge tomorrow. Whether we can quickly open up the situation is crucial. If we can't open up the situation, Li Feng, Bicevas or Bakar must go to the frontcourt in time to replenish firepower."

After listening to Coach Koeman, Li Feng fell into deep thought. He was thinking about how he would break Twente's defense tomorrow.

If the general team has a 532 formation, he is not worried at all. If he controls the ball well and plays oppressively, he will always have a chance to break through the opponent's gate.But Twente is different. If the offense is defended by the opponent, it will face a counterattack like a storm. Therefore, the offense in the general sense is difficult to be effective, and there are even risks.This is what Li Feng is worried about.

Regarding this issue, Coach Koeman did not talk too much in the tactical explanation just now. Coach Koeman is more to let them strengthen the offensive firepower, but they did not think that if there are too many people in the front, once the offense is not smooth and Twente counterattacks, it will be fatal.

At the end of the game, Coach Koeman did not mention this issue. Li Feng thought maybe Coach Koeman would talk to them again during the game.

Li Feng didn't think much about it.After the end, Li Feng gave the few tickets he applied for to Bilal and Petty as usual, which is his habit all the time.

Dreams need to be witnessed and shared!

(End of this chapter)