Chapter 205 The pre-match training is all about revenge
On January 27, Hamburg defeated Werder Bremen 3:2 at home.
In this game, Bremen coach Schaff obviously learned the lesson from the defeat in the first game.
He abandoned his 433 system and instead used 4231 to deal with Pan Yi's "diagonal transfer" play style.
Yunuzovic and Fritz sat in the defensive midfield and competed fiercely with Hamburg's midfield.
This tactic has also paid off.
When the game reached the 80th minute, the score on the field was still 2:2.
For Hamburg, Son Heung-min and Vardy scored one goal each, while for Bremen, Lukimya and Papastathopoulos scored one goal each.
But when the game entered the last ten minutes, the fierce fighting had already increased the fatigue of Bremen players.
At this time, Hamburg seized the opportunity of a corner kick and took advantage of Bremen's loose marking. Kjaer scored a header.
In the end, Hamburg won the goal battle and took all three points!
In the end, Shaf failed to fulfill his wish to revenge Pan Yi.
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The victory over Werder Bremen was just the beginning.
In the next three rounds, Hamburg will face a devilish schedule.
They will face Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund and Monchengladbach consecutively.
After 19 rounds of the Bundesliga, these three teams are ranked fifth, fourth, and seventh in the standings respectively.
In other words, every battle is a tough battle!
Especially the first two games were a severe test for Hamburg.
In the first half of the season, Hamburg lost to Frankfurt and ushered in Pan Yi's first Bundesliga defeat.
As for Dortmund, Hamburg only won by one goal at home. This time it is the away game, and the pressure will definitely be greater.
But no matter what, we have to eat one bite at a time and fight one battle at a time.
At least these three games don't have special circumstances like double matches in a week, and Pan Yi doesn't need to make any special arrangements, just do it!
The first is the first home game against Frankfurt.
The main reason for the last defeat was that Wu Lei and Casemiro were injured during the international match and could not play, which affected the tactical deployment.
Now that Hamburg is fully staffed and has added two strong reinforcements, Paulinho and Robertson, who else are you afraid of?
So Pan Yi gave a speech before the game:
"Since we lost to Frankfurt last time, I know that your desire for revenge has grown stronger. You must still remember that day. The anger and loss are unforgettable."
"Frankfurt is a very strong team, and the process of this game will definitely be difficult. But we have to believe in ourselves and strive to give the best of ourselves in this game."
"Because we are stronger! They are ranked fifth, but we are still ahead of them, we are second!"
"Facing a team that has beaten us before, I hope everyone will instinctively evoke that emotion of wanting to prove themselves in front of the enemy during the game, and that unforgettable anger at that time. I think for me
, and it’s the same for our fans, we have to go all out!”
Well, it turned out that it was very useful to click on the "revenge" option in the pre-game preparation meeting. After hearing this, the boys rushed out of the locker room screaming!
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When the game started, when Frankfurt forward Rakic kicked the ball to his teammate Meyer, the opposing Hamburg players launched a fierce attack on Frankfurt's position at the same time, approaching the opponent's defense line.
This made Frankfurt a little confused and unable to adapt.
The starting lineup they arranged today is almost exactly the same as the last time they faced Hamburg. They just replaced the original starting center Okern with the new winter window signing, center Serdan Rakic from Croatia.
Winning teams don't need changes, and Frankfurt's head coach Amin Fei firmly believes in this truth.
He just wanted to use basically the same lineup to defeat Hamburg again, so that the sullenness in his heart could be relieved a little more.
Yes, for Amin Fei, kicking the hamburger is also a kind of revenge.
He was actually the head coach of Hamburg two seasons ago, but after being defeated by Bayern with a score of 6:0 in March 2011, he was ordered to sack.
This meritorious coach who once led Stuttgart to win the Bundesliga championship in the 2006-2007 season was certainly not happy inside.
He felt that Hamburg should give him more time.
Later, Eintracht Frankfurt, which was in the second division, offered him an olive branch, so Aminfei went to lead the team. After a year, he returned to the Bundesliga. Then he performed well this season and was completely out of touch with the relegation zone.
After defeating Hamburg in the third round, Aminfei was certainly happy. He felt that Hamburg's senior management had realized that it was wrong to fire him.
But once you taste the taste of revenge and a slap in the face, you naturally want to taste it again.
Therefore, he is determined to defeat Hamburg in this away game and have a home and away double play, so that he can truly prove his worth!
It's just that the life-and-death oppressive situation that Hamburg has displayed since the beginning of today's game feels a bit difficult to deal with, right?
The pace of the game was suddenly full, which is not a good thing for Frankfurt, which is not good at physical strength and fighting.
However, Aminfei is a coach who has won the Bundesliga championship after all, so he naturally studied recent Hamburg games before the game.
He knows that sometimes Pan Yi will attack at the beginning to make an early start. If he can score a goal, he will completely control the rhythm of the game in his own hands.
By that time, Frankfurt will be very passive.
And Amin Fei was already prepared.
He asked the two defensive midfielders Rod and Schwegler to recover as much as possible, and the attacking midfielder Meyer also retreated to the midfield to help defend.
In this case, although Frankfurt's players received a violent impact after the opening and were very passive on the scene, they could still retreat steadily and stabilize their position.
"Come on, just press forward, wait until we can guard against your three attacks, and see how I can beat your counterattack!" A Mingfei thought to himself.
Defensive counterattack is the basis for Frankfurt to stay in the Bundesliga this season.
As strong as Dortmund, Frankfurt was not defeated despite their fierce attack, and eventually tied with their opponents.
And some teams that like to play strong attacks but are weaker, such as Werder Bremen and Mainz, are often defeated by Frankfurt's counterattacks and lose by two or three goals.
Therefore, Amin Fei is very confident that Frankfurt can definitely use this same routine to defeat Hamburg again.
This would also allow him to defeat Pan Yi again.
The most well-known period of Amin Fei is when he led Stuttgart to win the championship.
But this season he has led newly promoted teams like Eintracht Frankfurt to remain in the top six of the Bundesliga, which has made him famous again.
If it weren't for the fact that Hamburg, led by Pan Yi, a native of the Dragon Kingdom, had a better record, the number one dark horse this season would definitely be Frankfurt.
Therefore, if Hamburg can be defeated again in tonight's game, then Amin Fei can not only prove that the original decision of Hamburg's top management was wrong, but also prove that he is stronger than Pan Yi!
Wouldn't it be more exciting if the ex beats the current one in the face?
However, as the game progressed minute by minute, Aminfei slowly discovered that Hamburg's offense might not be described as "three axes."
They are four-axe, five-axe, six, seven...
The offensive is one wave after another, without stopping!
A Mingfei gradually began to stop laughing, and the look on his face became more and more solemn.
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After adapting to two official games, Pan Yi fielded what he considered to be Hamburg's strongest main lineup at the moment, and it was also the complete lineup of his ideals:
Center forward Vardy.
Attacking midfielder De Bruyne, left winger Son Heung-min, right winger Wu Lei.
Double defensive midfielder Paulinho + Casemiro.
Left back Robertson, center back Rudiger + Kjaer, right back Carvajal.
Goalkeeper Navas.
Therefore, Pan Yi also began to use his advanced pressing tactics in this game.
This set of tactics was derived from "Crazy" Bielsa's bizarre 3313 formation, and was improved and integrated into this 4231 set.
First of all, 4 people in the frontcourt need to form a diamond-shaped pressing team. When attacking, the 4 people are a center, 2 wingers and a midfielder.
Falling defensively.
Then the two full-backs hug each other, step forward to support the wingers when attacking, suppress the opponent's wing when organizing, and move to the position of full-back or full-back when defending.
This requires two people to run up and down, and one person to hold up a side road.
This is also the biggest reason why Pan Yi introduced Robertson!
Due to his presence, Hamburg's running ability and offensive ability on the left have been greatly enhanced. Now Pan Yi no longer has to use the overload method on the right like he did in the first half of the season.
Moreover, the right-side attack mode has been used. Once Carvajal is restricted, Hamburg's overall advancement will be affected.
Now that Robertson is here, this problem has been solved, and Pan Yi can free up his hands and use a new pressing and offensive system.
Coordinating these two full-backs are one or two "gates" in the middle, namely Paulinho and Casemiro.
They sweep in front of the defense and help the backcourt get the ball out when attacking.
The two center backs concentrate on dealing with the opponent's single center. This way they have a numerical advantage and can be easily defended.
If the opponent has two forwards, then one of the two defensive midfielders, usually Casemiro, who has stronger defensive ability, will be withdrawn a little in front of the two central defenders to guard their two forwards.
Under such a tactical system that is balanced on both sides and up and down, Hamburg's current frontcourt pressing system is also more structured.
When the opponent's central defender holds the ball, his own center forward cuts off the connection between the two central defenders while attacking, while the two wingers cut off the opponent's passing route to the full-backs.
In principle, this is to close the ball carrier while cutting off the opponent's short passing line.
In this era when goalkeepers generally have no ability to play the ball, the destructive power of this kind of four-man frontcourt pressure is huge. The opponent can hardly organize an attack from the ground and has to use big kicks.
At this time, an all-around defensive midfielder like Paulinho comes into play. He can assist the central defender to control the high ball easily.
In the process of oppression, Pan Yi's "rotation" requirements for oppressors were also more reasonable.
The 6-7 people in the frontcourt will alternately rotate to the first line to press the opponent, and those who retreat to the second line can get a temporary "rest", so that from the team level, the crazy pressure can continue for 90 minutes.
After all, no matter how great Pintus's training level is, humans always have an upper limit to their physical abilities.
No one can run at full speed for more than ten minutes without getting tired, let alone 90 minutes.
And if at this time the opponent drops back a midfielder to assist the ball in the backcourt - just like Frankfurt now asks Meier to recover.
Then Hamburg will immediately add another midfielder to participate in the pressure. This person will usually be the more versatile Paulinho.
This is actually what Pan Yi is happy to see.
The more opponents retreat, the less defensive pressure you will have. If you dare to retreat, I, Pan Yi, dare to go all-in!
Therefore, on the current court, Hamburg only has two central defenders left in the backcourt to deal with the opponent's forwards and the opponent's long passes, and compete for the opponent's big kicks. Everyone else is participating in the pressure in the frontcourt.
This left Frankfurt completely suppressed in their own half, making it difficult to counterattack as they were good at.
And even if by chance an opponent successfully plays the ball in the backcourt, Hamburg players will use various means, such as counterattacks, tactical fouls, etc. to delay the opponent's advancement, and all players will take the opportunity to quickly retreat to defend their position.
This style of play is actually reflected in some teams, such as Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, but Hamburg under Pan Yi is more aggressive in execution.
They will use more forward defense and have a stronger desire to grab the ball!
This is almost unique in today's world football. This kind of inhuman pressure and super aggressiveness leave Frankfurt players at a loss.
After withstanding Hamburg's attacks, they finally couldn't stand it anymore.
Coupled with the cheering buff from more than 50,000 fans in People's Park, Hamburg became more and more courageous as it fought!
During a frontcourt press, Paulinho successfully stole the ball from Mel and quickly passed it to Vardy in front.
Vardy turned his back to the direction of the attack and leaned against Frankfurt's centre-back. After stopping the ball with his back, he took a step back and suddenly passed the ball to the right side of the top area.
There was already someone behind De Bruyne watching closely, but the Belgian did not stop the ball, but gave it a gentle push with the arch of his foot.
This is equivalent to setting up a cannon for the person behind you.
And the man who ran up to fire the cannon was none other than Paulinho!
This is also one of his main characteristics.
He can be defending and stealing the ball one second, and the next second he can come in from the back to help the offense.
This time, he had already raised his thigh and fired an angry kick at the cross pass!
The ball was about thirty meters away from the goal, but Paulinho hit it very hard and the ball went straight to the dead center of the goal!
Frankfurt's young goalkeeper Trapp was a little stunned. He didn't even have time to save when he saw the ball hit the net.
1:0!
Hamburg takes the lead at home!
Paulinho was so excited that he ran throughout the game, cheering to celebrate the goal.
This is his first official game goal since joining Hamburg, and it is also his first goal in the top five leagues!
Pan Yi also jumped up excitedly on the sidelines and continuously pumped his fists in celebration, but soon began to instruct the players to stabilize their mentality, slightly reduce the intensity of the pressure, and pull back a bit.
The game has now gone on for 30 minutes, and the Hamburg players have been fighting for 30 minutes.
When there was no goal, it was true that Pan Yi asked everyone to rush and attack hard, but now that the deadlock has been broken, there is no need to maintain such intensity.
After all, no matter from the perspective of physical consumption or the perspective of avoiding player injuries, the team must be relaxed and relaxed in order to achieve sustainable development in the long season.
As for Hamburg, Frankfurt did not dare to attack immediately.
After all, A Mingfei was also a veteran, and he always felt that there must be some conspiracy behind Pan Yi's actions.
So he told the players to play steadily and wait patiently for opportunities.
In this way, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding.
You seek stability, and so do I. Frankfurt is not in a hurry, and Hamburg is certainly not in a hurry.
So the last 15 minutes of the first half were spent calmly.
But in the second half, Amin Fei discovered that something was wrong!
Why is the hamburger still so slow? It seems that it is ready to defend 1:0 and take three points home?
Now he was anxious.
After all, the lagging side is Frankfurt!
So Aminfei began to direct the players to counterattack.
Of course, he still had to guard against Hamburg's counterattack.
He knows that De Bruyne, who currently ranks first in the Bundesliga assists list, is Hamburg's most important offensive starting point and the core of Hamburg's offense.
Even Paulinho's goal just now was assisted by De Bruyne!
Therefore, as long as De Bruyne can be tightly strangled, the power of Hamburg's counterattack may be reduced a lot.
So Aminfei arranged for Rhodes to mark De Bruyne throughout the game.
As for the attacking midfielder, his confrontation ability and running ability will definitely be relatively weak. As long as someone is assigned to defend him, he will definitely not be able to perform well.
But Amin Fee obviously underestimated De Bruyne.
First of all, De Bruyne is not a traditional classical attacking midfielder. He has the running ability to execute pressing tactics, and has an excellent overall view to be the core of the team.
Secondly, in Pan Yi's 4231 system, the offense does not completely rely on De Bruyne alone.
Because Pan Yi knows that when the team's sources of inspiration are all concentrated on one person, the inspiration can easily be cut off.
In the 2002 World Cup, Veron served as the core of the offense, and his sleepwalking performance was an important reason for Argentina's weak offense.
Therefore, Pan Yi asked everyone on the team to get active and take on the offensive task to a greater or lesser extent.
Single core is unreliable, dual core is unreliable, what is needed? Distributed cloud computing!!!
There is no absolute core but everyone can play a core role. This is also an important concept in Bielsa's football philosophy.
Of course, Pan Yi's tactical thinking is different from Bielsa's.
Specific to the current Hamburg, the combat policy can be summarized as follows: if there is an offensive opportunity, try to find De Bruyne. If he is seen dead, all members will attack!
Therefore, when Frankfurt strictly implemented the tactical instructions to target De Bruyne, they discovered that Hamburg began to be full of attack points.
At this time, the Hamburg team seemed to have no clear organizer, but everyone was an organizer;
Everyone has to think, but they don’t rely on anyone’s thinking;
When everyone can become a source of offensive inspiration, opponents cannot limit Hamburg's performance!
In the 70th minute, Hamburg showed a classic teamwork.
They first conducted several seemingly meaningless passes in their own backcourt. When Frankfurt's players' attention was attracted, Carvajal on the right had quietly ambushed to the right side of the opponent's penalty area.
At this time, Rudiger made a long overhead pass and accurately found Carvajal.
After Carvajal stopped the ball, Frankfurt's two defensive players were already in position.
But Carvajal did not force a breakthrough, but continued to pass the ball to the center and passed it to Casemiro, who had already ran over to receive the ball.
Casemiro saw that De Bruyne was surrounded by opposing players, so he continued to pass the ball to Paulinho.
Paulinho made a long pass forward at an angle of 45 degrees!
At this time, left back Robertson had also intervened at high speed.
With just a few passes, Hamburg's offensive focus has instantly shifted from the right to the left.
The flying speed of the ball is always faster than the running speed of people. Frankfurt's defense has no way to keep up with Hamburg's pace at once.
As a result, Robertson suddenly faced a plain.
He took the ball for a few steps and then made a decisive pass. Vardy crossed in the middle and deliberately missed it. There was no one around the right winger Wu Lei to watch.
The Dragon Kingdom striker did not waste this opportunity. He scored with a low shot into Frankfurt's goal.
2:0!
Hamburg leads by two goals!
Almost at the same time that Wu Lei just scored this goal, Pan Yi was preparing to make a substitution.
Rest, give me a rest, I have to prepare for the next round of the game against Dortmund!
Wu Lei, Sun Xingmin and De Bruyne were all replaced and replaced by Lin Zhijian, Westerman and Ogo. Pan Yi actually played a pure defensive formation with five backs, leaving only Vardy in front.
Continue to harass.
Aminfei was helpless about such changes.
Pan Yi did this to tell you that I just want three points. This game is over for me. Do what you like!
Although Hamburg's line moved back after the substitution, the intensity and hardness of the defense did not decline.
As long as Hamburg doesn't make mistakes, patiently shrinks its defense, and maintains appropriate physical confrontation, it will be difficult for Frankfurt to score.
Therefore, facing such an impregnable wall, Frankfurt, who were not good at attacking in the first place, had no choice at all. Although they kept attacking at the last moment of the game, they could not pull off any tricks.
In the end, with the goals of Paulinho and Wu Lei, Hamburg defeated Frankfurt 2:0 at home!
This victory avenged the loss to Frankfurt in the first half of the season, and also allowed Hamburg to win all three games after the winter break!
If you include the first half of the season, Hamburg has maintained an unbeaten streak of 13 games in the Bundesliga!
This result is even better than Bayern Munich.
Then, at this time, more people are turning their attention to the next round of Bundesliga matches.
The previous champion Dortmund will face Hamburg at home.
Many people believe that the Hornets can break Hamburg's unbeaten myth at the Westfalenstadion!