At present, the Czech Football League has just finished its winter break. There are only 18 teams in the league. The winter break lasts for almost a month. The advantage of such a long winter break is that the players can get a good rest. The disadvantage is that it may be a long period.

Time has not yet fully adapted to the rhythm of the game. This first leg of the Europa League is the first game after Sparta Prague's winter break.

Crystal Palace fielded a 4-4-2 formation as usual in this game. Of course, the goalkeeper position is still Speroni, and the defense is Mark Johnson, Benatia, McCarthy, Hills, and midfielders Scannell and Mertens.

, Kanter, Stroman, Vardy and Klose partnered on the striker.

Changing 442 is one of the ways Wen Sheng has thought up in the past two days to deal with the lack of midfielders, and Prague can just test it.

442 is more like 424. Wen Sheng does not intend to be conservative in the away game. He must use a proactive offensive attitude to solve the battle as much as possible. Of course, with the existence of both wingers, the responsibilities assigned to the full-backs are mainly defense, and they do not need to be too aggressive in offense.

To press for support, just cooperate to put pressure on the opponent, and avoid bottoming out as much as possible.

With the two forwards, Klose was given heavier responsibilities. Wen Sheng specifically explained his requirements to Klose. Without an all-around attacking midfielder like De Bruyne, Klose had to be as versatile as possible.

, he may not be able to be that good, but at the moment he is definitely more suitable for Wen Sheng's requirements for No. 9 and a half than Vardy.

Prague's head coach Josef Hovanec was a former Sparta Prague player and was teammates with Nedved and others. He had previously coached the national team. In 2005, he took over Sparta Prague again and has always won.

It seems that he has done a pretty good job and is an experienced head coach.

Wen Sheng originally thought that since Sparta Prague was at home, they would attack harder and try to defeat Crystal Palace.

But he didn't expect that Hovanec was simply setting up his game and resolutely playing defensive counterattack.

"You know they never do well against our English team!" Hawkins shook his head and said.

Sparta Prague has indeed always had a poor record against English teams. In the hands of Hovanec, he also had several games against English teams and lost them all.

The reason Hawkins said is just one of them. The more important reason is that Sparta Prague really wants to advance, and Hovanec must be more careful.

There are a lot of teams in England like Crystal Palace. Many teams do not value the economic benefits that the Europa League brings to them. Those economic benefits are not as good as working hard in the league, but these Eastern European teams

It's different. Sparta Prague can only be regarded as a third-rate team. Their operating costs are relatively low. The Europa League is an important source of income and must be cherished.

It's just that their strength has indeed fallen far behind the mainstream league teams in recent years. What's more, Crystal Palace, a newly promoted team, is very strong. The head coach Wen Sheng is very famous in Europe. Speaking of coaching in the top league at this age,

There is no second coach with a good performance in the team, and it is difficult to become famous. Czech media have reported on Wen Sheng many times.

Especially after the Crystal Palace was drawn in the draw last December, the Czech media paid close attention to the situation of Crystal Palace and Wensheng.

A big tree attracts wind. Of course, Horvanec has studied the Crystal Palace team carefully. Crystal Palace’s counterattacks have always been sharp. How could Horvanec not know?! So to be on the safe side, he chose to be cautious and put up his own fence first.

Tie it tight before talking.

Wen Sheng had no choice but to fight hard. With Klose, he could use crosses. The old comrade's header skills were still there, but his jump might not be as arrogant as before.

Hovanec did not expect that Crystal Palace would adopt the 442 tactic in this game. He was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning, which gave Crystal Palace many opportunities. Unfortunately, the Crystal Palace players did not grasp it, which made Wen Sheng feel very regretful.

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The players of Sparta Prague adapted for more than ten or twenty minutes and their performance was much more stable. They ran actively and tirelessly. Their formation was deep, which made Crystal Palace gradually blind. Crystal Palace got several set-piece opportunities, but it was a pity that the threat was

Not very sexual.

The lackluster 0:0 first half made Wen Sheng worried.

During midfield, he pulled Klose and explained carefully what he couldn't do properly.

The veteran was given important responsibilities today, but he has not played such an important role in many years. Bayern Munich's midfielder is very creative, so Klose naturally does not have to bear so many responsibilities. The situation in Crystal Palace is different now.

It still takes some getting used to.

He didn't do a good job in the first half, and it was easy for him to get too carried away.

"Mino, you need to retreat deeper when receiving the ball. Their defense is too far back, and you can't follow them!"

"Dris, Sean, you should pay more attention to personal breakthroughs in the second half and cut into their penalty area, understand? Don't worry about making mistakes!"

"Their defensive organization is very tight. We can't penetrate them through penetration, so at this time you must strengthen your personal breakthroughs and tear apart their defense!"

There are many ways to deal with Bus, including individual breakthroughs, strong team penetration, set pieces, and long-range shots, which can all be ways to win. However, Crystal Palace is not good at penetration and lacks De Bruyne. Others really can't pass that kind of ball.

, Needless to say, set-pieces have always been Crystal Palace's weakness. Not only are their offensive efficiency from set-pieces poor, but their defensive set-pieces are also barely average.

As for the long shot, who can?!

Stroman can, but Kanter can't.

Wen Sheng feels a little guilty about Kanter this season. Kanter is being used more and more as an engineer, and his offensive role is not as good as last season. Wen Sheng doesn't want him to be like this, but now the team doesn't need Kanter too much.

Te's contribution in this aspect is that as one of the two defensive midfielders, he is more responsible for defensive duties. It is enough to provide certain support on offense. He does not need to hold the ball more, but needs his direction without the ball.

It's just oppression.

After all the calculations, personal breakthrough should be a more feasible solution, so Wen Sheng hoped that the two wings would strengthen their personal breakthrough to create problems for them while suppressing their opponents.

After the start of the second half, Sparta Prague still defended. Wen Sheng guessed that Hovanec should be thinking about not conceding a goal at home, and when it comes to Selhurst Park, his team can invest in the counterattack.

More troops to fight for goals.

Now he can't care so much and can only wait patiently.

It has to be said that Crystal Palace's tactical adjustments still brought a lot of trouble to their opponents. After all, Sparta Prague's players' personal abilities were limited, which caused many dangers in front of their goal. Their goalkeeper Blazek began to perform in the goal again.

The forward high pass blocked the ball, but Crystal Palace couldn't score the goal.

Their luck was overwhelming, but in the 89th minute of the game, Crystal Palace still scored.

One of the tactics used to break the bus is the set kick. Crystal Palace relied on the set kick on the left, and Benatia successfully scored the winning goal!

Wen Sheng wiped the sweat from his head.

It was too hard. He used all the wingers he could use, but what worked was the set piece, which seemed to be a tactic that his team could not use very well.

After the game, Wen Sheng highly praised Sparta Prague goalkeeper Blazek.

"We performed very well and created a lot of opportunities! But they had Blazek standing in front of the goal today, and his performance was really amazing! They also performed very well. If this was a draw, I think I would

It’s acceptable, they deserve a draw!”
Chapter completed!