Chapter 221 Tactics Fanatics and Tactical Geniuses

July 28, Hamburg.

The 2013 German Super Cup will be held at the Volkspark Stadium.

This is an unwritten rule of the Super Cup, that is, the game that determines the outcome will usually be played at the home court of the "weaker" team.

If it is the league champion versus the cup champion, then the cup champion will play at home. And if it is the league champion versus the runner-up, it will naturally be played at the runner-up's home court.

This is also a good thing for Hamburg.

After all, playing at home will boost the morale of the players, and Hamburg's home results have always been very good.

Last season they even remained undefeated at home for the entire season!

Judging from the past two Super Cups, Schalke 04 in 2011 and Bayern in 2012 were both won by the home team.

Of course, based on the vastly different performances of both sides in this year's preseason, most media and fans still believe that the suspense of the Super Cup does not exist.

Bayern, the super team led by super coach Gua Gua, will easily crush Pan Yi's burgers and defend the Super Cup!

…

The game is about to start.

The players on both sides are still making final preparations in the locker room, and the coaches on both sides have already received the opponent's starting lineup.

Guardiola indeed laid out the 4231 set he had been practicing in the preseason.

Center: Mandzukic.

Frontcourt: Robben, Muller, Shaqiri.

Midfielder: Kroos, Thiago.

Defenders: Alaba, Van Buyten, Boateng, Lahm.

Goalkeeper:Stark.

This is almost the strongest lineup he can put together now.

The only thing that is a bit surprising is that he used the Belgian international and veteran Van Buyten to partner with Boateng in the central defender position, instead of using the absolute main force of last season, Brazilian Dante.

In fact, it also includes Bayern's double midfielder combination, Hama + Xiaozhu replaced by Kroos + Thiago.

It's just that this new combination has been frequently used by Guardiola in the preseason. It is also proof that Guardiola intends to create a new offensive routine this season, and everyone is already used to it.

This starting lineup was basically within Pan Yi's expectation.

The only thing that made him slightly worried was that Van Buyten, a Belgian defender, was 1.96cm tall and had outstanding physical advantages.

Although he is not that reassuring in terms of defense, Guardiola sent him to start today. Could it be that he guessed Pan Yi's high center pivot strategy?

Want to use high school defenders to restrain the high center forwards here? Is Guardiola really that good?

…

At the same time, in the visiting team's dressing room, Guardiola was shocked when he saw Hamburg's starting lineup.

"Hey, what else does Pan Yi want to do today?"

This is a standard 433.

Forward: Son Heung-min, Mitrovic, Salah.

Midfielder: Kante, Casemiro, De Bruyne.

Defenders: Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Carvajal.

Goalkeeper: Navas.

Regarding Pan Yi's formation, Guardiola actually guessed most of it.

For example, he will use the offensive-oriented tactic of 433. For example, he will use the combination of Kante + Casemiro + De Bruyne in the midfield.

But what Guardiola didn't expect was that Pan Yi would arrange for Mitrovic to replace Vardy as the main center.

This not only surprised him, but also gave him some bad premonitions.

Mitrovic was just a young man playing in Serbia before, and Guardiola didn't know much about him.

And now that he was actually starting the game, Guardiola subconsciously felt that Pan Yi must be planning something.

Are you planning to engage in a traditional British attack and use a big center to hit our penalty area?

It can't be a 4-3-3 formation like this. We have to have a formation with two full midfielders.

Guardiola really wasn't sure what Pan Yi wanted to do.

The only thing Guardiola feels a little lucky about is that he started this game with Van Buyten instead of Dante.

In fact, the reason why he chose Van Buyten is because this tall defender also has strong offensive ability!

Van Buyten can score several goals every season, and even scored 8 goals in one season.

So Guardiola wants to go all out in this Super Cup and let Pan Yi know what real offense is.

Unexpectedly, in an unexpected situation, with the high school defender facing off against the high center, Van Buyten was able to use his high-altitude barrier to restrict the opposing young center.

…

When Pan Yi walked out of the players' tunnel, two completely different voices sounded throughout the People's Park stadium.

There were deafening cheers on one side, and harsh boos on the other.

Obviously, some of these sounds were made by Hamburg fans, while others were sent by Bayern fans.

Events such as the Super Cup are different from ordinary leagues. Although the "weak team" has the advantage of home court, the distribution of tickets is still roughly based on the proportion of neutral stadiums.

Therefore, the number of Bayern fans present was not small.

Nagelsmann, who was walking two steps behind Pan Yi, came up and smiled at Pan Yi: "It seems that not only the Hamburg fans love you, but also the Bayern fans' love for you is so deep."

ah."

Pan Yi curled his lips.

As the only head coach of a Bundesliga team that defeated Bayern last season, and as a head coach who declared at the beginning of this season that he would overthrow Bayern and win the Bundesliga championship, it is of course normal for him to receive hostility from Bayern fans.

But this also proves that the current Pan Yi is no longer the kind of person who has no sense of existence in the eyes of Bayern fans.

On the contrary, Pan Yi was full of threats to them!

And only when you deal with someone who is a threat, the other person will hate you and hate you.

Just imagine, if you were the head coach of a team like Eintracht Braunschweig or Fürth, Bayern fans wouldn't bother to criticize you.

This phenomenon also applies to players.

When the competition between Messi and Ronaldo is at its fiercest, the extreme fans of both sides will do their best to dig up dirt on each other to attack. Everything the two players do on and off the court will be magnified and studied.

Compare.

But who would compare Messi with Zaha?

No one will compare Kiessling's goal statistics with Ronaldo.

So, spraying you and scolding you proves that you have a high status in the other person's mind.

Black fans are also fans, and the attention paid to black fans is sometimes even higher than that of normal fans. This is also true.

So, Pan Yi smiled at Nagelsmann and said: "I accept the love of Hamburg fans. But I don't want the love of Bayern fans. Take this love away when you have the opportunity in the future."

This is actually connoted in another timeline, the reality that Nagelsmann finally became the head coach of Bayern.

Bayern fans also love and hate Nashuai, and there has been no shortage of controversy.

But of course Nagelsmann was confused now. He scratched his head and could only follow Pan Yi into the venue.

…

"See you again, Pan Yi!"

Pan Yi turned his head and found a sun in front of him.

That's Gua Shuai's bald head.

Under the rays of the sun, Guardiola stretched out his hand towards himself.

"Hello, Mr. Guardiola." Pan Yi also smiled and shook hands with him.

The two have not met since the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2011-2012 season.

But it was obvious that Guardiola, who admired Pan Yi very much at the time, had always wanted to discuss tactical issues with him.

"I feel that your 433 today is different from the 433 you had in Milan. Can you tell me why you like 433? Or why you abandoned last season's 4231?"

Pan Yi was slightly startled.

This Guardiola, this is before the game between the two teams. Is it appropriate to ask tactical questions directly?

But Pan Yi also knows that this is not some information that Gua Shuai wants to spy on, he just has a problem in his heart and can't help it!

Sure enough, there were "martial arts fans" in ancient times, and there are "ball fans" today.
To be continued...