After Bremen took the lead, the two sides engaged in a new round of competition.
Amid the excited shouts of the home fans, the Bremen players were full of energy and began to launch a fierce attack on the Hamburg position.
And Werder Bremen's opening goal also made Schaff feel that this Hamburg team did not seem to be as strong as he imagined. Maybe the 3:0 in the first round was just because Nuremberg underestimated the opponent.
As a result, the two teams started a back-and-forth attack with a fast pace that made the audience excited.
But soon, Hamburg began to conduct a rehearsed attack on Bremen's inverted triangle midfield arrangement in the 433 formation.
Bremen's three midfielders actually do not have a true defensive midfielder role. They are all involved in offense and defense.
In the center of this triangle is Austrian international Yunuzovic.
He has excellent skills, strong attack, and is good at the role of organizational midfielder, but this also means that he is relatively weak defensively.
Therefore, De Bruyne, who is facing him, often works with forward Vardy to press him, making it difficult for him to pass the ball as he wants, and it is also difficult for him to quickly pass through the midfield and reach the forward's feet.
At the same time, the "diagonal transfer" that Pan Yi had been emphasizing before the game also began to exert its power, constantly stretching the defensive space of Bremen's three midfielders, and also consuming their energy and physical strength.
In the 32nd minute, Yunuzovic got the ball in the middle and Vardy immediately forced him over.
Yunuzovic turned around to protect the ball and wanted to pass it to Honte on the other side, but De Bruyne was already standing between the two, blocking the passing line.
Yunuzovic hesitated for a moment and then prepared to pass the ball back to his own center back.
But it was already too late. When Casemiro saw the two teammates starting to press, he rushed forward with a tacit understanding and intercepted the ball with one move.
After intercepting the ball, Casemiro did not immediately launch a counterattack because the opponent's defense was still relatively complete.
So, the Brazilian midfielder instead passed the ball back to the right back Carvajal.
The Bremen players all thought that Carvajal was going to dribble the ball forward, or pass the ball to De Bruyne directly in front to organize the attack, so they came to block it one after another.
But what I didn't expect was that the Spanish defender just took two steps forward, and then directly passed the ball with a long kick!
The ball crossed the center line, crossed a large area of the court, and landed directly at the edge of Bremen's penalty area.
I saw that there, Son Heung-min and Vardy were already shooting forward with both arrows!
The Bremen player closest to them was only full-back Selassie, and he was five or six meters away!
This is the "strong offensive side" that Pan Yi has been asking for before the game and has now created!
I saw Son Heung-min getting this long pass from Carvajal. He also had an advantage in the speed competition with Selassie, and he left his opponent behind with just one acceleration.
At this time, the cooperation between Vardy and Son Heung-min was also very tacit. When he saw Son Heung-min going to the left, he started running towards the top of the penalty area.
This makes it a bit difficult for Werder Bremen center back Papastathopoulos to make a decision.
Should he follow Vardy or guard Son Heung-min?
No matter what he does, he will lose sight of the other.
But in the flash of lightning, he could no longer think so much. After all, Son Heung-min had already dribbled the ball from near the baseline into the penalty area and was about to reach the small penalty area.
If he doesn't stop his advance, the Korean forward will directly face his goalkeeper!
So, Papastathopoulos bit the bullet and ran to the wing, blocking the position, which was the direction in which Son Heung-min was heading.
At this point, something predictable happened.
Sun Xingmin had already observed Vardy's movement. When Papastathopoulos came over, there was no one beside Vardy!
So he pushed lightly with his left foot, and an inverted triangle cross came.
Vardy was still standing at the top of the penalty area, but the moment Son Heung-min passed the ball, the England forward immediately accelerated, caught up with Son Heung-min's pass near the penalty spot, and fired directly!
A bang was heard at the scene, and Vardy's instep hit the ball directly.
Vardy’s feet are not generally hard!
The ball flew quickly towards Bremen's goal like a bolt of lightning.
Poor Bremen goalkeeper Militz was unable to react at all. He was so stunned that he could only stand there and feel the vibration of the net behind him.
"Goallllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
"Hamburg, playing away from home, also scored against Werder Bremen and tied the score at 1:1!"
"This is a powerful volley from center Vardy near the penalty spot! Left winger Son Heung-min sent a precise cross, and Vardy's shot was also beautiful."
"Following the first round match, Vardy scored his second career Bundesliga goal."
"Having scored goals in two consecutive rounds, Vardy's performance left a deep impression on people."
"I have to say that this England center, who was still in doubt before the start of the season, is not only fast and strong, but his shooting skills are also very impressive!"
"He responded to the doubts from the outside world with two goals in two games and repaid head coach Pan Yi's trust in him!"
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On the sidelines, Pan Yi clenched his fists excitedly after seeing Vardy score.
He has been waiting for this goal because he has confidence in his own tactical play and also has enough confidence in this team's offense.
Sure enough, this goal perfectly executed Pan Yi's tactics.
From the pressure on the Bremen midfielder in the frontcourt, to the player's choice of passing the ball, to the pulling of the opponent's defense, to the final goal, the whole process was perfect and could be written into a textbook!
The name of the book is very simple, it is "Pan Yi teaches you to crack the 433 midfield system".
Now, after Pan Yi high-fived his assistants and substitute players one by one to celebrate the goal, he turned around again, continued to look at the court, and waved frequently.
The intention is obviously to ask the players to take advantage of the victory, actively press forward, and continue to exert pressure on Bremen.
On the side, Bremen coach Schaff frowned and thought for a while.
After all, he is also an experienced old coach, and it only took a short time to figure out how to solve the current problem.
Schaaf began to call the players on the sidelines and whispered: "You must pay attention to blocking the pass from their right back later, and remember to keep an eye on the left winger Son Heung-min. As long as you pay attention to these two points, this time
It’s useless if you recruit us right!”
When the Hamburg players on the court finished celebrating and walked back to the court, Pan Yi shouted to them loudly:
"Keep up the good work and pay attention to playing football with your brain!"
The players nodded to show their understanding.
What does it mean to play football with your brain?
Even though a certain tactic is easy to use, it cannot be used all the time, otherwise it will definitely be studied and cracked by the opponent.
After losing the ball, Schaff specially asked the players to point out the problem. He must have already had some countermeasures.
Our opponents have changed, so of course we also need to change, so as not to fall into a passive situation.
At this time, the role of coach Pan Yi in formulating various tactics before the game can be reflected.
Now that Pan Yi is shouting like this, the players will naturally understand.
Obviously, this is the rhythm to execute plan B...