Chapter 138 Dealing with Mainz's Strange Formation
(one)
Mainz faced Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Schalke 04 in the last four rounds.
In the current standings, these four teams are ranked very close to each other, ranking fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth respectively. Stuttgart is fourth with 54 points, Dortmund is fifth with 53 points, and Bremen is fifth.
They both have 52 points with Hamburg. Hamburg is ranked seventh with 2 goal differences. Frankfurt is even worse, with 42 points, 10 points behind Hamburg.
Ranked eighth is the previous champion Wolfsburg, with 46 points, 6 points behind Werder Bremen and Hamburg.
For the five teams of Stuttgart, Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, and Wolfsburg, they have basically withdrawn from the competition for the top three and become contenders for the three Europa League places.
Let’s take a look at the last three games of these five teams to get a clearer picture:
Stuttgart's opponents in the last four rounds are: Leverkusen, Bochum, Mainz, Hoffenheim;
Dortmund's opponents in the last four rounds are: Hoffenheim, Nuremberg, Wolfsburg, Freiburg;
Bremen's opponents in the last four rounds are: Wolfsburg, Cologne, Schalke 04, Hamburg;
Hamburg's opponents in the last four rounds are: Mainz, Hoffenheim, Nuremberg, Werder Bremen;
Wolfsburg's opponents in the last four rounds are: Werder Bremen, Freiburg, Dortmund, and Frankfurt.
From the perspective of the entire schedule, the most unfavorable one should be Bremen. Two of the four games are "life and death battles" against opponents from the same competitive group, and the other one is against Bayern in the championship at a critical moment.
Schalke 04, who are grabbing points from all over the place, will be squeezed out if they are not careful.
The second unfavorable situation should be Wolfsburg. Two of the four games are "life and death battles" against opponents from the same competitive group. The other two games are against Freiburg away from home, which may be the final round.
There is no longer any meaning of victory or defeat.
In this state, the three teams of Mainz, Hoffenheim and Nuremberg are particularly important. Fortunately for Nuremberg, they are in a critical period of relegation and cannot relax at all, but for "no desire, no desire"
For Mainz and Hoffenheim, who are asking for help, they can choose to send in all the main players and try their best to block, or they can send in all substitutes to train new players. This is not a match-fixing, but an arrangement within the scope of the rules.
Bremen Club must have had contact with these teams in private. It is correct to ask a team to try its best to defeat its opponent. It does not fall into the scope of match-fixing. Asking a team to deliberately lose is a violation!
The same is true for teams like Mainz and Hoffenheim. They all play as "mercenaries" for other clubs. This is "respecting the spirit of competitive sports", but if they deliberately lose the game, it is match-fixing.
, to be cleaned up.
In the same way, Stuttgart can inspire Cologne to block Werder Bremen, and they can inspire Nuremberg to block Dortmund and Hamburg, but they cannot let Bochum, Mainz and Hoffenheim deliberately lose to them.
It is not clear whether Mainz is a mercenary from Dortmund, Stuttgart or Bremen in this game, but from the fact that Mainz played with all its strength, we can know that the incentive fee should be quite a lot, and according to the "hidden rules", this kind of attitude
The incentive is 30%, paid before the game, and the result is 70%, paid after the game. Of course, there are also higher proportions paid before the game.
In a dangerous situation, or at least a difficult situation, facing a highly motivated "mercenary army", this is the situation Hamburg faces.
(two)
Mainz was second in the German second division last season. After entering the Bundesliga, the team also introduced many main players on three lines.
There are two players on the forward line. One is Mainz's top scorer this season. He was also the second top scorer in the German Bundesliga last season. He was one of the contributors to Mainz's promotion to the first division. This
The African striker is 1.90 meters tall and is a Burkina Faso compatriot of Hamburg's braided forward Pietroipa.
There is also a forward who is the Hungarian forward Adam Sauloi, who is on loan from the Real Madrid second team. The Hungarian forward is 1.93 meters tall, forming a "double-height" forward configuration with Bonsai.
Mainz's more playing style this season is 4-3-1-2. The shadow forward behind the "double high" is the German local teenager Andre Schürrle, nicknamed the "German Flying Wing". This "two high"
"High school and fast" is also an important prerequisite for Mainz to achieve a good record this year. This is a player who was selected from Mainz's second team to the first team this season.
The three midfielders, except for the attacking midfielder Czech player Simak who transferred from Stuttgart on a free transfer this season, the other two midfielders are all on loan this season, and one is on loan from Panathinaikos of Austria.
The one who came over was Ivan Schitz, the German midfielder Polanski who was on loan from Getafe.
Among the four players on the back line, the left back is the German player Fati, who is on loan from Spartak Moscow, and the right back is the German player Gotze, who is on loan from the Borussia Dortmund second team.
This season, Mainz has a total of 14 players transferred in from outside the club or promoted from the second team, and 11 players have been transferred or loaned out. Compared with the Mainz that was in the second division last season, it is actually two teams.
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Among the current starting 11, the heroes who participated in last year's second division promotion, in addition to forward Bonse, there are also goalkeeper Heinz Muller, and two central defenders, Macedonia's Nikos Nowitzki, a native of Germany.
Player Bo Svensson, both central defenders are big men with a height of 1.90 meters.
A quick glance at Mainz's lineup shows that Mainz's average height is much higher than Hamburg's.
Their tactics are also related to the characteristics of the players. During the game, they mostly control the air in the two penalty areas and actively fight and run in the midfield to make up for the players' rough personal skills and short passes.
"The opponent is a strong team. They are the semi-finals of the Europa League this season. They defeated the Dutch League Champions and the Belgian League Champions. They once drew with Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in the league! We are fortunate to compete with strong teams.
As an enemy..." Tuchel is very good at stimulating the emotions of his players, and he spoke highly of the Hamburg team before the game.
In addition to "there must be brave men under heavy rewards", Tuchel is also using this method to arouse the "win-lose mentality" in the players because the opponent is a strong team!
(three)
"Their characteristics are exactly the opposite of those of the Standard Lieutenant. The Standard Lieutenant is weak in air control at the front and rear ends and relies on the speed and cooperation of the whole team to make up for it. Mainz is the air superiority in both enemy and friendly penalty areas.
Strong, especially when setting the ball in the frontcourt, four high points of over 1.90 meters simultaneously pose a threat in the opponent's penalty area..." Moniz and Chen Zhuo were discussing the formulation of tactics.
Moniz's idea is to use Demel and Rozenar as central defenders, put Spannell in front of Schultz on the left, and use Rincon on the right. This way Boateng can serve as a substitute and get a rest.
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But if we do this, what about the rotation? If he starts this game, Rozenar's physical fitness will be very poor in the next home game against Fulham!
"Moniz, that's what I think. Your purpose of arranging Demel and Rozenar is to prevent their header bombing in our penalty area. However, I want to take a risk..." Chen
Zhuo explained his reasons: "Moniz, look at this data, in the first 30 rounds of the game, they
, the away game was 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, but the first half of the away game was 1 win, 5 draws and 9 losses... Moniz, they are a typical 'away bug', only scoring 11 goals in 15 away games.
We have conceded 26 goals, and we have scored 5 goals and conceded 15 goals in the first half of 15 away games..."
"Oh, you mean..." Moniz asked.
Chen Zhuodao: "Start siege and attack in their half from the beginning. It is best to score goals quickly. If you can't score goals quickly, then force them to give up the midfield confrontation and play long passes that give up the midfield."
Fight back.”
Moniz thought for a while and said: "If they compete and consume in the midfield, it will be too much of a physical challenge for our team, so after they adjust, our games can be played in a more energy-saving way and rhythm.
If you take the risk, what are you going to do about it?"
"I continued to guard the goal, and Ruud van Nistelrooy hit the free man who was behind, the real free man..." Chen Zhuo looked at Moniz and said: "To tell you the truth, Moniz, when Ruud van Nistelrooy and I were training together,
We discussed it, maybe if I switch to the goalkeeper role and he switches to the free agent role, we can have unexpected effects!"
Moniz laughed and said: "Then when the ball was set in the frontcourt, the goalkeeper took the penalty and the sweeper scored, hahaha!"
The only one who can allow Ruud Ruud, the king of the small penalty area, to return to his own small penalty area as a sweeper is probably Chen Zhuo. As for Chen Zhuo's decision, Moniz thinks this is good. The so-called risk is even more important.
It's mostly due to luck rather than technical skills. If he fails accidentally, many people will definitely accuse Chen Zhuo of being a fool.
(Four)
Rost and Hessle continue to recover from injuries, Tom Mikel is on the bench, and Chen Zhuo continues to be the goalkeeper.
The "Best Goalkeeper" after the last round of the Bundesliga was Chen Zhuo who performed well. Judging from this situation, it seems that Chen Zhuo has the tendency to officially switch careers as a goalkeeper, haha.
