The game is about to start, and the lineups of both sides have been displayed in the center of the screen.
Both sides formed a 4231 formation.
Away team Nuremberg:
Center: Bolt.
Frontcourt: Franz, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Eswein.
Midfielder: Simmons, Balic.
Defenders: Pinola, Nelson, Tim Klose, Chandler.
Goalkeeper: Schaefer.
Home team Hamburg:
Center: Vardy.
Frontcourt: Sun Xingmin, De Bruyne, Wu Lei.
Midfielder: Casemiro, Makoto Hasebe.
Defenders: Ogo, Rudiger, Kjaer, Carvajal.
Goalkeeper: Navas.
And this lineup of Hamburg is the real main force in Pan Yi’s mind!
Among these 11 players, except for left winger Sun Xingmin and left back Ogo, who were originally in Hamburg's team, the other 9 players were all just bought by Pan Yi in the summer window.
Of course, Pan Yi has considered candidates for the left back position.
In fact, winger Janssen and center back captain Westerman could all play this position, but in the end Pan Yi decided to let Ogo play the main role.
This 25-year-old guy who was once selected for the German national team to participate in the 2010 World Cup is also a marginal figure in the national team.
In the third and fourth place finals of the World Cup in South Africa, the German team defeated Uruguay 3-2 to win the third place in the World Cup. Ogo only got the chance to come on as a substitute in the 86th minute of the second half and made his World Cup debut.
And this was also Ogo's only appearance in the World Cup.
Compared with Janssen and Westerman, Ogo's speed, crossing and passing skills are better. Of course, he is also younger, which is what Pan Yi values.
Although in Pan Yi's 4231 formation, the burden of backcourt offense falls more on the right back Carvajal, the left wing cannot pull too much.
Once Carvajal comes in and Ogo needs to be recycled with Rudiger and Kjaer to form a three-back formation, his good flexibility and defensive ability can also add insurance to Hamburg's defense. p>
Needless to say about other locations.
Not to mention that all of them will be famous players in the future, even today, most of their players are capable enough to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga!
After nearly two months of training and running-in, and becoming familiar with the advanced tactical concepts taught by Pan Yi, Pan Yi is certainly confident that they will win Nuremberg at home today!
“The lineups of both sides today are a bit interesting,” Duan Xuan said with a smile. “Nuremberg’s lineup includes Japanese international Kiyoshi Hiroshi, who has just transferred from Osaka Sakura, while Hamburg’s team has Hasebe Makoto, Son Xingmin, and of course
With our young player Wu Lei and Hamburg head coach Pan Yi, this Bundesliga match is simply an East Asian derby."
Zhang Lu sighed: "Yes. But this kind of East Asian derby, even Japanese derby, and Korean derby are actually very common in the Bundesliga. There are too many Japanese and Korean players here. This is also the key to improving the level of their national team.
Fortunately, we saw Pan Yi in the Bundesliga this season, and we also saw the Wu Lei he brought from China. I hope they can gain a firm foothold in the Bundesliga and inspire more domestic coaches and players to come forward! Only
Only when they all come out can Longguo football have hope..."
Duan Xuan: "I hope so. We also noticed that compared to the lineup compiled by coach Pan Yi this time, compared with the one in the German Cup, there is not even the same player. What do you think of this kind of operation, Director Zhang?"
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Zhang Lu said with a smile: "This seems to be Pan Yi's routine operation. He did this when Milan played against Inter Milan last season. The difference is that last time he played against Inter Milan, he had a full substitute lineup. This time,
I think the ones he plays today are the main players in his mind."
Duan Xuan: "What Coach Zhang means is that Hamburg played a full bench against Karlsruhe. In fact, coach Pan Yi is not prepared to do anything in the German Cup?"
Zhang Lu: "Yes,
He may have considered the pressure of two-front operations on the team, so the strategy gave up the German Cup and focused all on the league. This also confirms our conjecture just now, that is, they did not care about the defeat in the German Cup at all.
, league results are what they value most..."
While the two were talking, the game had already begun.
In the first ten or twenty minutes after the opening, the game was very stalemate.
The Nuremberg team played away from home. They did not rush to attack at the beginning, but first defended well and tested Hamburg's strength.
Nuremberg's defense is still good.
Their double midfielders Simmons and Balic are experienced veterans. Under their command combination, Nuremberg's four lines are kept very tight, with very little space for leakage.
In terms of offense, they rely on the dispatch of Japanese international Kiyoshi Hiroshi to provide support for forward center Bolt.
However, the main reason for the stalemate in the game actually lies with Hamburg.
First of all, Hamburg’s defense also did a good job.
In the defensive midfielder position, Makoto Hasebe is also a veteran of the Bundesliga, and his defense is solid and his ball production is reasonable.
Although Casemiro is new here, he has played in the Brazilian League for two years and is mature and has no stage fright.
The four players on the back line, except for Rudiger who is a little green, the other players already have a tacit understanding with each other. Coupled with the goalkeeper Navas who often performs wonderfully, this makes it difficult for Nuremberg to break through them.
line of defense.
However, although Hamburg did not allow Nuremberg to play a smooth offense, its own offensive coordination was not good either.
The frontcourt players are still a little nervous!
Although Pan Yi asked the players to relax before the game, it was still a completely different feeling to actually go on the field and play in the roar of tens of thousands of fans.
Especially Vardy and Wu Lei.
Although both of them have played football for several years, they have never played in the top league.
It's a Bundesliga-level offense and defense, and the atmosphere is difficult to adapt to at the moment.
In situations of psychological stress, technical movements are often not done properly, so it is natural that mistakes in coordination lead to a failure to attack.-
But after 20 minutes of the game, the situation began to slowly improve.
On the one hand, as time goes by, young players have gradually become accustomed to this rhythm.
On the other hand, Pan Yi also kept reminding them on the sidelines, reminding them of how they felt during training and warm-up, and then quickly regained their form.
As a result, Hamburg's offensive gradually began, and Nuremberg suddenly felt the pressure, and the situation was a bit tilted toward Hamburg.
Nuremberg coach Wiesinger stood on the sidelines without knowing it.
He found that when these young people from Hamburg started running, this high-position pressure was simply a bit suffocating!
As soon as the ball is lost, he fights back, and as soon as he catches the ball, he counterattacks, playing at a fast pace.
Under such a fast pace, his players seemed a little uncomfortable and frequently lost the ball.
Weisinger couldn't help but glance at the assistant coach Rahman next to him.
Before the game, Rahman slapped his chest and said that Hamburg was under control, but he didn’t seem to hear him say that the opponent’s pace was so fast?
At this time, Rahman was sitting quietly on the bench, thinking, pretending not to see Weisinger's eyes - could he tell the head coach that in fact, he had not watched Hamburg's training seriously?
Kicked off the team?
It didn't take long before Nuremberg's passive situation on the field began to have negative consequences.
In the 28th minute, Hamburg took the lead in breaking through Nuremberg’s goal!
Right winger Wu Lei made a pass and used his speed to break through the defense of Nuremberg left back Pinola. He rushed to the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball to the goal.
Vardy, who followed up in time in the middle, took the lead and got ahead of the opponent's central defender and sent the ball into the goal guarded by Schaefer.