September 8th, the fourth round of the Portuguese Super League.
The much-watched Sporting Lisbon and Leiria drew 2-2.
Four rounds without victory!
No matter how stupid you are, you can tell that something is wrong with the five-time champion.
This is very different from the fans' expectations of them.
Everyone is expecting the five-time champion to block and kill the gods this season!
As a result, we are now firmly in the relegation zone. This...shouldn't it bring Sporting Lisbon into the Portuguese Liga?
What is this operation?
Could it be that Sporting Lisbon has encountered a collective rookie wall?
It's possible, but... isn't Deng Kai a future superstar comparable to Cruyff?
It can’t even be brought to the Portuguese Super League, so maybe it’s not a parallel import, right?
Many teams have played five or six games this season.
For those who have new players join them, you can basically see the level of the new players.
Several superstars did not perform as expected and were classified as "suspected parallel imports".
Among them are two sky-high-priced transfer players.
Veron, the white wizard who moved from Lazio to Manchester United.
The best midfielder in Europe, Dieta, joins Lazio from Valencia.
Now, the MVP is the key player, and the next moment Cruyff and six-time champion Deng Kai have also entered this list.
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Sporting Lisbon has also held frequent tactical meetings internally recently.
As a participant, Guardiola knows very well what happened within the team during this period.
Before the start of this season, under Deng Kai's urging, the team chose 433 as the regular formation.
However, after many rounds of competition, this formation is considered not suitable for Sporting Lisbon at the moment.
This formation requires two very top wingers, and they must be extremely capable of cutting inside.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho meet the requirements.
Even though Ronaldinho's play on the right is not the smoothest, he still meets the standard and his personal ability is extremely outstanding.
This formation also requires a very capable center.
In this regard, Drogba actually fell short of the standard.
Through training last season, Drogba's functionality and offensive qualities have already been developed.
But it's not enough.
He still needs to grow.
In the 433 formation, the two wingers and the midfielder are sometimes very far apart, which requires Drogba to have the ability to solve problems alone.
Therefore, Drogba's failure to meet the standards directly lowered the team's lower limit and failed to provide the team with stable damage.
After switching to Ibrahimovic, the problem of killing can be solved, but the rhythm of the frontcourt will be seriously reduced.
Under the stimulation of Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic was basically the center version of Ronaldinho. In the end, Ronaldo's dribbling addiction was even brought out, causing zombies and electric shock bicycles to appear frequently.
433 has very high requirements for midfielders to run. Deng Kai and Kaka have no problem in this aspect. Kaká is very good in terms of attitude.
You can ask him to play b2b.
But Guardiola could not meet the formation and tactical requirements in the defensive midfielder position.
Maybe it can be done in the system of Cruyff and Van Gaal, but not in the system of Deng Kai and the future Guardiola.
This formation requires a player who is very good on the defensive end.
In this team, only Lothar Matthäus at his peak can do the job. Even Lothar Matthäus at the end of his second time at Bayern can do the job.
But now this Matthäus, who was dug out of retirement by Deng Kai, cannot do it.
It's possible that Pepe will be able to do it in two or three years, but now he's still not up to par.
Others are even worse.
Finally, this tactic places too high demands on the two full-backs.
The two full-backs are required to have strong offensive type, insertion ability, speed, dribbling and passing.
Among them, Maicon fits almost perfectly.
Evra is far behind.
But even Maicon has a fatal flaw, that is, there is a problem with timing.
This is not a defect, it is normal.
Only when you have seen more and gained experience can you better grasp timing issues.
So this problem has no solution.
Without two qualified full-backs, the strength of the two wingers will be wasted, and the problem in the midfield will be exposed.
One link after another.
"Since the two full-backs cannot meet the standard in the short term, we can only 'change the call'." Deng Kai gestured to Maxa to play a new ppt. On the screen, a 3232 formation was displayed.
This is relatively close to Sporting Lisbon's formation last season.
There is one less winger and one more attacking midfielder.
But structurally, the difference is actually very big.
"Cristiano Ronaldo and Drogba serve as the double forwards, Ibrahimovic is the regular substitute, and Wu Xudong serves as the supplementary striker."
"Ronaldo, me, Kaka, three attacking midfielders."
"We piled five people in the frontcourt with only one purpose: to kill the opponent or be beaten to death by the opponent!"
"If Ronaldinho and Kaka are physically fit enough, they can play the role of full midfielders and widen the tactical width. But in this way, it will be difficult for them to have the physical strength to participate in defense."
"So we need two strong midfielders. In the early stage, I suggested that Matthäus should be paired with Guardiola, and Yaya Toure and Veloso can serve as the main rotation."
"If you want to attack, go to Yaya Toure. If you want to defend, go to Veloso. If you want to concede the ball, go to Deschamps."
Deschamps:???
Deng Kai made a joke: "Of course, all the players in our defensive midfielder can theoretically try to serve as substitute midfielders, so we will not be short of players in the midfield. This will be our greatest advantage."
"With the three central defenders, I suggest Pepe, Vidic, Barzagli, Evra, Fonte, Maicon, Wu Xudong and others as substitutes."
Subsequently, the conference approved Deng Kai's proposal by a show of hands.
Only Matthäus had objections. He didn't want to. He was too tired and felt a little exhausted.
After all, he had just broken up with Ma Lin and found a supermodel girlfriend in Portugal.
You know that the early stages of a relationship consume a lot of physical energy.
Considering that Matthäus is also a dog, if he disagrees, he is likely to retire where he is.
Deng Kai could only take a step back and leave Mateus' position to Yaya Toure, Deschamps, Pepe and others to find the best lineup.
Fonte, the water pourer at the meeting, secretly laughed.
He is very supportive of Pepe becoming a defensive midfielder.
Because in this way, he will become one of the three central defenders.
Hahaha!
The excited Pepe even poured an extra cup of tea for Matthäus, who voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
Matthäus: "I think Maicon can be trained more. Don't you still want to play as a double defender? Maicon is very fast...ah, hot..."
Font deliberately poured boiling water onto Matthäus's crotch, performing a show called "Pants Have Gravity."
However, the things discussed at this conference are difficult to directly apply in the next game.
The team just changed the training formation, but it won't be used in the short term.
It's not that the players are unfamiliar with the tactics or don't adapt, it's that the players are actually more suited to this style of play, which is very similar to what they did last season.
The reason why we can't play is because the next game is the Champions League group stage.
No matter how powerful I am, I won't be able to appear this time.