flstandardbreds Chapter 108: Fighting battle! (page 12)
Chapter 108: Fighting battle! (page 12)
The draw ceremony for the German Cup semi-finals has ended, and Wolfsburg, who drew the German third-division team Bielefeld, has a greater choice.
There is a big gap in the overall strength of the two teams. One is at the top of the Bundesliga and the other is at the top of the Bundesliga. There is a difference between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga.
However, Bielefeld, which fell from the Bundesliga 9 to the Bundesliga last season, is at the top of the list this season, leading by as many as points.
They have some room for maneuver and can temporarily focus on the German Cup semi-finals.
It’s just that the overall strength of the two teams is too great after all. Except for some die-hard Bielefield fans who have illusions, the vast majority of media and fans around the world do not believe that they will be upset again.
The German Cup semi-finals will not be held until the end of April, and Wolfsburg will shift its focus to preparations for the league and Europa League quarter-finals.
The league kick-off times for Bayern and Wolfsburg, which have European war missions next week, are scheduled to be early games.
At 4 pm local time in Germany on April 11, four Bundesliga games started at the same time.
Bayern VS Frankfurt, Hamburg VS Wolfsburg, Schalke 04 VS Freiburg, Borussia Monchengladbach VS Dortmund.
In addition to the draw between Schalke 04 and Freiburg, the other three games in the four league games all had a winner.
Bayern defeated Frankfurt 3:0 at home, while Hamburg lost 0:2 to league leader Wolfsburg.
Borussia Mönchengladbach, which suffered an upset loss in the German Cup semi-finals in midweek, returned to beat Borussia Dortmund 3:1 at home.
Wolfsburg and Bayern both won, and their points reached 69 and 67 points respectively. The point difference and ranking remained unchanged.
Next, both teams will focus on preparing for the European war.
The difference is that Bayern plays first as a guest and then as a guest, while Wolfsburg plays first as a guest and then as a guest.
According to statistics from authoritative football organizations, teams that play first before home have a greater chance of advancing.
However, Wolfsburg has performed very well at home and away this season, so the German media is quite optimistic that Wolfsburg will eliminate Naples and advance to the Europa League semi-finals!
The whole team returned to Wolfsburg and resumed training and physical therapy as soon as possible.
The task of the coaching staff is to allow the main players to regain their physical fitness as soon as possible and prepare for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.
Head coach Heijing is in a very good mood recently, the team is in excellent overall shape and the atmosphere within the team is good.
Leading Bayern by two points and ranking first in the league, Bielefeld was drawn in the German Cup semi-finals...
Naples, which had just defeated Fiorentina 3-0 at home in the league, also quickly adjusted its preparation focus and came to the Europa League quarter-finals.
Head coach Benitez even went to the Volkspark Stadium in Hamburg to watch Wolfsburg's game. When he returned to the training base, he immediately arranged for the team to resume training and make tactical adjustments.
Wolfsburg's tactical play can be said to be simple or complex.
If you want to retreat in the away game or even win the game, you must complete counterattacks at both ends of Wolfsburg's offense and defense.
Suppressing the home team's offense while creating scoring opportunities and seizing opportunities.
As a former Champions League champion coach, Benitez has his own mature tactical philosophy.
However, with his paranoid personality, he lacks correct understanding of the updated tactical concepts.
To put it simply, it cannot keep up with the trend of the times.
Martin did not choose to join Naples, which had something to do with Benitez's coaching.
But then again, Benitez still has merit, but sometimes he wants to prove himself too much.
Tuesday night, the Champions League match day arrives.
The first two quarter-finals to kick off are Juventus VS Monaco and Atletico Madrid VS Real Madrid.
One of the four teams fully instilled defensive concepts in both games, which resulted in the two Champions League quarter-finals lacking enough interest.
Juventus beat Monaco 1:0, and Atletico Madrid drew with Real Madrid 0:0.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the entire Naples team came to Wolfsburg to prepare for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals at eight o'clock the next day.
The day before the game, the away team participated in the usual pre-match stomping ground and regular press conference.
Benitez attended with captain Hamsik.
When interviewed by media reporters, the two answered differently from many visiting team coaches and players who visited the Volkswagen Arena.
Head coach Benitez said bluntly: "When we came here, we came here with the idea of winning."
In an instant, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the German media and the local media in Lower Saxony.
Which of the coaches and players who came here this season is not low-key and humble?
What they didn't expect was that Benitez also mentioned that the main theme of the game at the Volkswagen Arena is offense!
Use offense instead of defense!
Captain Hamsik faced the doubts from the German media. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled mischievously in a social image: "Our offense is very good. There is no reason to do things we are not good at in the away game."
The local media in Germany were very unhappy, but Heijin who heard this said another meaning.
smoke bomb!
After 30 rounds of league play, Naples ranks second only to Juventus and Lazio in terms of goals scored, but its defensive ability ranks among the top ten in the league.
Heijing began to study Naples' usual tactics as early as the end of the league.
Compared with traditional Serie A teams, Naples' performance on both offense and defense is very extreme.
The offensive system led by Higuain can score many goals, but the defensive system led by Albiol and Coulibaly can also concede goals.
He claimed to hold high the banner of attack when visiting the Volkswagen Arena. In his opinion, it was most likely to confuse himself.
Under normal circumstances, it is really possible to be bluffed.
After all, Naples is indeed strong in offense and weak in defense, so it makes sense to use offense instead of defense.
But the performance of the team he is in charge of this season is also strong in offense and weak in defense. It is impossible for master tactician Benitez not to know this.
Then he hopes to solidly defend at home first, and then drive the offense.
If they really defend first at home, they will fall into the trap carefully prepared by Benitez.
Facing a top team like Bayern, it is no problem to defend first, but Naples' defense is poor. To defend first is to hand over the initiative to Naples.
When the time comes for Naples to find a accustomed offensive routine, the possibility of conceding goals will be very high.
Conceding the goal first at home will have a huge impact on the two-round knockout round.
If the mentality is unbalanced, more goals will be conceded.
After clearing his mind, Heijing decided to change his tactics the day before the game and attack with all his strength in the Europa League quarter-finals tomorrow night!
Beat Naples' poor defensive system to the point of collapse!
That night, Heijin called the team members for a tactical meeting as usual.
While deepening players' understanding of tactics, it also adds tactical supplements after checking for deficiencies and filling them in.
Regarding the all-out attack advocated by head coach Heijing, the players were ecstatic after a brief period of shock.
Professional football players are all competitive people. No one is born to like defense. Attack is the main theme, just like men always like to take the initiative when doing so.
Many times the choice to defend is a roundabout compromise that has to be made in order to win.