Chapter 327 514 pokes!

Although even Gary Neville, who has always been tough-talking, felt a little guilty after Chelsea's consecutive victories in adversity, Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal will not be easily restrained.

He has always been a tough guy!

When he was interviewed by reporters before the game and was asked about the upcoming league opponent Chelsea, Van Gaal stated in a high-profile manner that the team would continue to stick to its own style of play at Old Trafford and then defeat Chelsea.

"I know Chelsea are doing well in the Premier League this season and doing well in the Champions League, but that has nothing to do with me."

"I have developed a suitable tactic for Manchester United, and I also believe that this tactic can restrain Chelsea's formation and ultimately win."

"You say Pan Yi is a master tactician? Haha, when others said that to me, he was probably still in kindergarten, right?..."

Van Gaal's remarks quickly spread throughout European football, and of course also reached Pan Yi's ears.

"Haha, Van Gaal is indeed an old hooligan."

When Scaloni handed the newspaper with this report to Pan Yi, Pan Yi smiled instead of getting angry.

To say that Van Gaal is a "hooligan" is not nonsense.

His always open and forthright speeches always surprise many people, and he is even called the joke coach.

For example, he once said that Huth's action of pulling Fellaini's hair was like "X abuse", and another example is that he encouraged players to play football with high morale like "X hunger".

During the World Cup interview, he even "drove" in public and said to his wife who came to visit the training ground: "You can come to the hotel or my room and we will have sex."

The female reporters on the side were embarrassed, but Van Gaal didn't care at all and went back to direct the team's training with a smirk on his face.

Therefore, for Pan Yi, who knows Van Gaal well, it is nothing to make a fuss about him expressing his confidence before the game and belittling his opponent.

But Scaloni was a little angry. He said to Pan Yi: "Boss, should you respond? Lest anyone think we are afraid of Manchester United."

Pan Yi waved his hand and was about to walk away, but suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to Scaloni:

"Just find a good reporter to respond to me and say that I respect Van Gaal's position in European football very much, but it is really shameful for him to attack a junior like me like this."

"Perhaps it's because Manchester United's recent poor record puts Van Gaal under tremendous pressure, so he wants to find someone to vent to."

"But it doesn't matter. If you have the ability, we'll see you on the court. Let's see who's tactics are better!"

Scaloni laughed as he remembered.

The boss is the boss after all!

I don't usually like to get into verbal fights, but if I do, I'm not afraid of anyone coming!

And Pan Yi naturally had his own purpose in responding like this.

Van Gaal's tactics at Manchester United have evolved in many ways, which will actually cause certain uncertainty in Chelsea's pre-match preparations.

Pan Yi wants to use his verbal war with Van Gaal to make Van Gaal use his best and most reliable tactics to stabilize this uncertain factor.

In this way, Pan Yi is more confident to use targeted tactics to defeat Van Gaal!

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"Are you stressed because of poor performance? Haha, only a kid can talk like that, right?"

"I have been a professional coach for more than 20 years. I have been to big clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern, and I have also served as the head coach of the Dutch national team. What kind of battles have I not seen?"

"I have won championships and lost often. These pressures are nothing to me."

"I just want to tell Pan Yi now that if he wants to be called the 'Master Tactics', he must defeat me with tactics in the game."

"But one thing I am very sure of is that Chelsea may be able to win by relying on the players' personal abilities, but Pan Yi definitely cannot give me a refreshing feeling at the tactical level!"

"In my opinion, his 343 and 70-minute substitutions are all my leftovers..."

"Of course, it is impossible for them to win at Old Trafford. In our territory, we will not give him even the slightest chance!"

"Against Chelsea, we only have one goal, and that is three points."

"At Old Trafford, we will strive to gain the initiative from the first minute of the game and maintain it until the end. We will make our opponents leave Manchester with a nightmare."

"Pan Yi is a very young coach, and I am an old coach. I don't mind giving him some of my life experience, that is -"

"Sometimes, for young people, failure is more rewarding than victory."

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Pan Yi did not respond to Van Gaal's counterattack.

There is no more meaning in the repeated back-and-forth. Who is stronger and who is weaker still has to see the truth on the court.

Soon Pan Yi held a meeting with the coaching staff to prepare for the weekend league.

Although Manchester United's recent situation is not good, they are Manchester United after all!

The team still has many stars who can change the game with their own flashes of inspiration.

Moreover, Van Gaal is indeed ranked among the top tacticians in the history of world football and must not be underestimated.

Therefore, Pan Yi also did his homework and shared it with everyone at the meeting——

If football coaches were simply divided into three types, they would probably be the following:

The first is to select players based on the formation you want to use.

Guardiola and Mourinho are the more typical representatives.

The advantage of this is that it allows the players to adapt to the head coach's formation and play style to the greatest extent. If there is someone in the original team who does not meet the requirements, he will be let go.

Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it requires money, more money.

The second type is to set up the formation based on the existing players, that is, to make decisions based on the players.

Obviously, when it comes to this type of coach, many people will immediately think of Ancelotti.

After all, Fatty An is famous for being good at cooking. Whether in Milan, Real Madrid, or later at Everton, he can cook all the "ingredients" he has under his hands to make them delicious.

In fact, Van Gaal is also a good chef. He is not called Chef Van for nothing!

Van Gaal just came to Manchester United this season. From the warm-up match to the beginning of the season, he actually tried several formations, such as the 442 diamond midfielder and the 352 three-back system, but the results were not ideal.

Based on Manchester United's poor midfield control and ball-playing ability, Van Gaal later developed a tactic of leaving the midfield empty and focusing on the wings, which is what people in the world call the "big circle tactic"!

Although everyone talks about "big circle tactics" with a bit of ridicule, in fact this is the best use of Manchester United's limited personnel by Van Gaal, who truly deserves to be a master tactician.

Manchester United this season has limited staffing, poor recruitment, and mixed player characteristics. It is actually difficult to integrate into the same tactical system.

Let’s take a look at Manchester United’s regular main and rotation players this season:

Goalkeeper: De Gea, Lindegaard

Defenders: Rafael, Luke Shaw, Jones, Rojo, Evans, Smalling, Valencia, Blind.

Midfielder: Mata, Januzaj, Carrick, Ashley Young, Herrera, Fletcher, Fellaini.

Forwards: Rooney, Robin van Persie, Di Maria, Falcao.

In the entire lineup, the players who can play the midfield axis position include Mata, Carrick, Herrera, Fletcher, and Fellaini. Blind counts half of them.

But the problem is that Mata's position is more inclined to the wing, Fletcher did not perform well due to various reasons (in fact, he is about to leave the team in the winter window), Fellaini has rough skills, and Herrera's foot skills are not considered good.

As good as he is, Carrick is often missing from the field.

This midfield set really cannot provide Manchester United with strong midfield control.

Not only that, there is a bigger problem with Manchester United's player configuration, that is, the mismatch of player styles.

The Spanish team headed by Mata is better at small-scale triangle cooperation and good at organizing attacks from the ground; while the English team headed by Fellaini is good at playing high and solving problems in the air.

After Van Gaal had a detailed understanding of the characteristics of Manchester United players, he invented this strange-looking large circle tactic.

He gave up almost all midfield positions from the offensive second zone to the offensive third zone, and instead divided the players into two small teams according to their characteristics, living on both sides of the court.

Carrick moved in the middle to make full use of the width of the pitch. The entire formation was like a big circle, surrounding Carrick in the middle.

Therefore, Van Gaal used Carrick as the absolute core, sinking between the two central defenders and responsible for determining the direction of Manchester United's attack.

Rooney frequently dropped back to get the ball, opening up the defense in the penalty area and creating space for goals.

Manchester United's left wing consists of Blind, Ashley Young and Fellaini as a three-man team. They mainly play the British high-flying style of play, which is simple, efficient and fast.

On the right, Valencia, Mata and Herrera form a three-man team, focusing on small-scale cooperation, which is delicate, smooth and gorgeous.

If one side's attack is blocked, the ball will be handed back to Carrick, who will then transfer the ball to the other side.

For both sides, Carrick's way of distributing the ball is different. When going to the left, he prefers to pass the high-altitude ball to Fellaini, while when going to the right, he prefers to directly hand the ball to the horse who is constantly changing positions.

Tower or Herrera, the two of them are responsible for organizing small-scale cooperation.

As a result, Manchester United made full use of the width of the court and made frequent lateral moves to tear apart the opponent's defense.

As the number of fights increases, the opponent's defense gradually exposes its shortcomings, so the phenomenon of more players playing less frequently appears on both sides, creating a large number of scoring opportunities.

There will be a problem here, that is, Rooney pulls out of the penalty area and overuses the two wings, resulting in a lack of personnel in the penalty area.

In this regard, Van Gaal asked players on the non-offensive side to insert themselves into the penalty area appropriately, and even Fellaini would enter the penalty area when holding the ball, in order to increase the offensive manpower in the penalty area.

In addition, as a player with poor mobility, Carrick plays as a defensive midfielder, which inevitably means that the midfield defense is weak.

Therefore, Van Gaal arranged for two midfielders with strong defensive capabilities, Fellaini and Herrera, to assist in the coordination to increase the defensive intensity.
To be continued...