Although they lost, Hamburg and Pan Yi did not receive much criticism from the outside world.
After all, it is an away game, after all, the opponent is Frankfurt, who is gaining momentum, after all, Pan Yi is short of major generals...
Moreover, Hamburg actually played well in this game, but due to Casemiro's absence, there were some problems in the connection between the midfield and the backcourt, and the opponent seized the opportunity.
The most important thing is that the Hamburg media also realize that Hamburg is just a young team after all, just a team that was still fighting for relegation last season;
It would be too unrealistic to ask such a team to suddenly become a legend this season and become undefeated in the next season.
Even strong teams like Bayern or Dortmund don’t dare to pat their chests and say they can do it!
In fact, in the history of the five major leagues, there are only a handful of teams that can truly achieve an undefeated season.
Milan are unbeaten in 58 games and Arsenal are unbeaten in 49 games, which have been written into their glorious history.
However, for Pan Yi, he is still a little regretful.
That is, the handling of Casemiro's absence is still not perfect.
When choosing a replacement midfielder, Pan Yi considered Sala and Teshe, and finally chose Shelbrae, but always ignored captain Westerman.
Subconsciously, Pan Yi always felt that Westermann was the first substitute in the defense and could play all positions of both fullbacks and central defenders.
But he forgot that Westerman's defensive ability can also be used in the defensive midfielder position.
Although his passing, receiving and dribbling skills are average, he is physically strong, strong in the air, has good steals, and is aggressive, so he can be used as half Casemiro.
Under his protection, letting another midfielder Makoto Hasebe take on the responsibility of organizing the ball washing will be very effective.
The situation in the second half proved this.
The cooperation between them is a bit unfamiliar, but their complementarity is still very effective.
But Shelbrae is different.
This Norwegian midfielder is actually somewhat similar to Makoto Hasebe in terms of characteristics, and is even more inclined towards offensive attributes.
The body is not strong enough, the tackling ability is average, and the ability to predict is weak...
When the two of them moved towards the back, it was like putting two leaky fences in front of the back line.
Shelbrae's performance in the first half was also disastrous, and the two goals conceded were directly related to him.
It's not that Shelbrae's personal abilities are ridiculously poor, it's just that he is not suitable to play the defensive midfielder position as a partner with Makoto Hasebe.
If Westerman could have been used earlier, maybe the two goals conceded in the first half could have been avoided, and this goal battle with Frankfurt might have achieved a better result.
But it’s over anyway, Pan Yi can only learn from this lesson to prepare for the next game!
People continue to make progress by making mistakes and correcting them, and this is especially true for Pan Yi.
Of course, at this time he also received a (two?) good news: Casemiro and Wu Lei have returned from injury and can play in the next round of the league!
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After the third round, the losing Hamburg suddenly dropped from first place to sixth place.
The top two are still Bayern Munich and Frankfurt, who have won all three games.
However, because Frankfurt only narrowly defeated Hamburg by one goal, Bayern, which defeated Mainz 3:1 in the third round, overtook and occupied the top spot.
Ranked 2-5 respectively are Hannover 96, Schalke 04 and Dortmund, who also achieved 2 wins and 1 draw and accumulated 7 points.
In the fourth round, the opponent Hamburg will face is Dortmund!
The Hornets, who aim to defend their title, are actually in good shape this season. In addition to being tied 1:1 by Nuremberg in the second round, they defeated Werder Bremen in the first round and also defeated Werder Bremen with a big score of 3:0 in the third round.
Leverkusen remains unbeaten since the start of the season.
For Pan Yi, facing Dortmund actually has a special place.
That is the current head coach of Dortmund, the scumbag Jurgen Klopp!
In other words, the main tactics Pan Yi used when he was in Milan last season were made by this master tactician.
Klopp played for Mainz for a long time as a player. After retiring, he was directly appointed as the head coach of Mainz, leading the team out of the relegation circle and successfully avoiding relegation.
In the 2003-04 season, Klopp led Mainz to the Bundesliga for the first time in history and has maintained good results, which has also attracted the attention of other strong teams.
In May 2008, Klopp became the head coach of Dortmund in the Bundesliga. In the 2010-11 season, he led the team to regain the Bundesliga championship after 9 years, breaking Bayern Munich's monopoly, and won the German Coach of the Year.
Last season, the 2011-12 season, he led Dortmund to win the first double crown in team history and set a record for the highest points in Bundesliga history.
Five wins against Bayern in two seasons! Klopp won the honor of Germany's Coach of the Year for the second time.
After that, he led the team to the Champions League final, but lost to Bayern in the final and finished second. However, he still won the best coach of the Champions League, which shows that everyone recognizes him.
In October 2015, Klopp became the head coach of Liverpool in the Premier League and began to lead this traditional Premier League giant on the road to revival.
The Premier League championship, the Champions League championship, and the best coach in the Premier League are all honors Klopp has won in the Premier League.
And the 433 high-position pressing tactic he has always advocated, whether in Dortmund or Liverpool, has been killing everyone in the European arena, making people fearful.
Pan Yi will face Klopp this time, facing the head coach who does the most extreme high-position pressing in the world today. Of course, he must study it carefully.
Different from the 433 against Bremen in the first round, Dortmund's lineup is much more luxurious and will naturally be more difficult to deal with!
Whether it is Lewandowski, Perisic, Gotze, Reus in the frontcourt, or Schmelzer, Hummels in the backcourt... it can be said that all of them are world-famous stars.
Using the same tactic, players of different levels will of course perform at different levels.
Therefore, Pan Yi also needs to study and analyze the characteristics of Dortmund players in more detail, and then conduct personal targeting based on tactical targeting.
Therefore, before the start of the next round of competition, Pan Yi often opened the system tutorial and reviewed "Uncle Klopp: The Farmer's Three Punches Kind of Hurt" over and over again, which he had watched several times before and was already familiar with.
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In addition, he also studied relevant tutorials of Guardiola and Ancelotti, hoping to find more cracking methods.
After all, Ancelotti has used classic defensive counterattacks to defeat Klopp's teams many times when he was coaching various teams;
Guardiola, on the other hand, fought with Klopp all the way from the Bundesliga to the Premier League, and also had many wonderful duels.
After chewing on these tutorials repeatedly, Pan Yi's heart gradually became clear...