In addition to the team being undefeated and winning the championship with the highest score in history, another thing that can prove Hamburg's outstanding performance this season is:
They also topped the rankings in various statistics and selections during the season!
There is no doubt that the best head coach this season is Pan Yi, who was elected without any suspense.
The top scorer is Hamburg center Vardy.
Although Pan Yi often uses rotation lineups this season, Vardy, who only played 27 times, still scored 23 goals and won the Bundesliga Golden Boot!
Ranked second is Dortmund's Lewandowski, who scored 20 goals.
The third place is Bayern Munich's Mandzukic, whose goal account is 18.
In fact, the data gap between the following players is not very big.
Fourth is Nuremberg's Drmic, with 17 goals.
The fifth place is Hoffenheim's Firmino, Hertha Berlin's Adrian Ramos, and Dortmund's Reuss, all of whom scored 16 goals.
In addition to Vardy, those who have scored more goals in the Hamburg team are Salah, Sun Xingmin, Mitrovic and Wu Lei.
Worth mentioning is Wu Lei.
He still scored 10 goals in his second Bundesliga season, which also allowed him to score 20 goals, breaking the scoring record for Dragon Kingdom players in the five major leagues held by his senior Yang Chen!
Yang Chen spent three seasons in the Bundesliga and scored 16 goals.
It only took Wu Lei two seasons to exceed this number, and he played most of the season as a rotation player, but he still seized the opportunity and created history for Dragon Kingdom players!
At the same time, Wu Lei is also following Hamburg in the Champions League. With every step forward and every goal scored, he is constantly writing the history of Dragon Country football!
In this regard, the Dragon Kingdom media and fans certainly know that the greatest contribution lies with Pan Yi.
Without Pan Yi's discerning eye and careful training, Wu Lei would probably still be hanging out with those Dragon Country players in China who are willing to be ordinary. How could he be as high as he is today?
Wu Lei's success in the Bundesliga is also stimulating some younger players to go overseas.
For example, the 19-year-old forward Wei Hao went to the Boavista team of the Portuguese Super League under the operation of a professional agency.
There are also some potential new stars who have also gone to second-level leagues in Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries to train.
Longguo Media believes that under the leadership of Pan Yi and Wu Lei, Longguo football is on the right path.
They even began to look forward to the 2018 World Cup in Russia...
Well, the Dragon Country team is indeed the first team in the world to prepare for the 2018 World Cup!
Having said that.
In addition to Vardy becoming the top scorer in the Bundesliga, the assists leader was also won by a Hamburg player.
And for the second time in a row, De Bruyne won the title!
This time his data was even more exaggerated, reaching 18 assists!
You know, Royce, who ranks second in the assists list, only has 11 assists.
In third place, Ribery only had 8 times.
This also shows how outstanding Hamburg’s offense is this season.
It’s simply a gaping lead!
With this terrifying data, De Bruyne also won the title of the best player in the Bundesliga voted by more than a thousand representatives of the Professional Players Association.
He received 35.7% of the votes!
Then his teammate Vardy received 28.6% of the votes, followed by Royce with 20.3%.
Among the selected best lineups, 11 players are all from the championship, second and third place teams this season, including 7 players from Hamburg!
Bayern and Dortmund each have two people selected.
The best lineup is a 442.
Forward: Lewandowski, Vardy.
Midfielder: Reigns, Kante, Casemiro, De Bruyne.
Defenders: Robertson, Van Dijk, Rudiger, Lahm.
Goalkeeper: Neuer.
For Pan Yi, this best lineup is somewhat like "watching football in excel".
In fact, in terms of forward role, the performance of Salah or Sun Xingmin is no worse than that of Lewandowski.
But because the absolute number of goals scored is indeed less than that of Laiwan, this puts them at a disadvantage in this selection.
Of course, Laiwandowski's performance this season is also quite outstanding. It is said that Bayern has negotiated a contract with him, and Laiwandowski will wear a Bayern jersey starting next season!
Of course, Pan Yi doesn't care about this very much.
Sometimes this kind of selection also depends on some human accidents. For example, Lahm, the double captain of Germany and Bayern, squeezed out Carvajal, which somewhat means cheering for the German team that is about to compete in the World Cup.
Hamburg can't take all the best 11 players, this is too much.
7 is 7. It’s a blessing to suffer a loss.
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After the last round of the Bundesliga, Pan Yi gave the players two days of vacation after allowing the team to conduct restorative training.
The German Cup final is on May 18, which is more than a week away from the last round of the Bundesliga, so Pan Yi and Hamburg have enough time to adjust slowly.
But their opponent in the German Cup, Klopp, did not dare to neglect.
He needs to figure out a way to beat Burger right away!
This season, Dortmund once again ranked third in the Bundesliga, and also lost to Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The overall results were even worse than last season.
Therefore, the German Cup final is Klopp’s last chance.
He doesn't want to spend another fruitless season!
But obviously, it is not easy to beat Pan Yi's burger.
Not to mention that Hamburg's ranking has always been higher than Dortmund's in the past two seasons. Even in the four head-to-head confrontations between the two teams, Hamburg has had an absolute advantage.
Three wins and one draw are the results of Hamburg's victory over Dortmund, and it also includes big wins like 4:1 and 3:0.
Klopp knows that after Pan Yi coached Hamburg for two seasons, he has created a very mature tactical system for this team.
Moreover, the technical abilities of this group of players have also been greatly improved, including physical strength and physical fitness.
In addition, Hamburg's entire coaching team works together to provide the best help to the team.
Various factors come together to form Hamburg's current strength.
"It can be said that with his performance in these two seasons, Pan Yi has truly become one of the world's top coaches."
This is Klopp’s evaluation of Pan Yi.
When Pan Yi first entered the Bundesliga, Klopp never thought highly of this young man from the Dragon Kingdom.
But now, he is finally convinced by Pan Yi.
So he would say that Pan Yi is a "world-class coach".
So, what about himself?
Is Jurgen Klopp now a world-class coach?
He didn't even dare to confirm it himself.
Two years ago, he led the Dortmund youth team to knock Bayern Munich off the throne of the Bundesliga. He became famous because of this. At this time, some people said that he was a world-class football coach.
But what about these two years?
Not to mention Bayern's recovery, Pan Yi suddenly appeared in the Bundesliga, which can be said to have stolen all the limelight from Klopp.
This "grabbing" is all-round!
First of all, Pan Yi's results are better than Klopp.
Although Klopp has led Dortmund to win the Bundesliga championship, both in terms of points and game progress, they are not as dominant as Hamburg.
After all, Hamburg is undefeated and won the championship with the highest points in history!
In the Champions League, Klopp has been competing for several years and has only won the runner-up once.
On the other hand, Pan Yi led a team to participate in the Champions League for the first time and reached the final. This is not counting the championship he won when he was an assistant coach in Milan.
Secondly, Pan Yi has led the development of advanced football tactics in recent years.
The extensive use of inside forwards, the innovation of tucked-in full-backs, the use of pseudo-wingers, and the improvement of the 4-3-3 formation...
There are even enhanced versions of the traditional column center, dynamic versions of defensive counterattacks, etc.
Klopp thinks he has some experience in tactical research. For example, the offensive system he built in Dortmund is what he is proud of.
But the problem is that compared with Pan Yi, they are not on the same level at all!
Countless coaches around the world are learning Pan Yi's tactics, including Guardiola and Simeone...
In fact, the same goes for Klopp. He has already started to use the 433 formation, and he has also implemented some of Pan Yi's tactical ideas.
For example, while letting Lewandowski serve as the bridgehead during the game, he also played a certain role in retreat support, such as trying to let Gundogan play as a pseudo-winger.
Third, Pan Yi is younger than Klopp.
Klopp is 47 years old this year, a full 20 years older than Pan Yi!
Being young means there is endless room for improvement.
Pan Yi is so amazing now, but in 10 or 20 years it will be amazing! Wouldn’t it be even more amazing!
Fourth, and very important point.
Pan Yi is so handsome!
Do you think this is irritating?
Klopp feels that God is really unfair.
God opened a door and a window for Pan Yi...
But now, Klopp just wants to think of a way to get God to close all the doors and windows of Pan Yi's house!
"In this game, I will try to change my style of play and continue to pick up our 4231 formation against Hamburg."
Klopp said to the coaches at the tactical meeting.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the conference room felt a little surprised.
That's because, starting from the second half of this season, Klopp began to use a 433 formation somewhat similar to Hamburg in the Dortmund team, and it also achieved good results.
Not long ago, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 3:0 using the 433 formation, and the tactical play was highly consistent with Pan Yi's victory over Bayern.
So, with such a good tactic, why don’t you just say you don’t need it?
Of course Klopp knew the coaches' doubts, so he shook his head with a wry smile and explained:
"Pan Yi is very proficient in the 433 formation. Of course he will also know clearly where the weaknesses of this formation are. If we use the same formation to fight against it, we may not get any good results."
"In the second half of the season, although we defeated Bayern by 433, we lost to Hamburg by the same score."
"In the first half of the season, when we were still using 4231, we drew with Hamburg. This comparison may show that Pan Yi's understanding of formations other than 433 may be slightly weaker, and we can seize this opportunity..."<
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The assistant coaches all nodded slightly after hearing this, but they still looked worried.
Although what Klopp said makes sense, his fear of Pan Yi was revealed both inside and outside of his words.
This is not like Klopp!
I think back to the time when Uncle Zha won the championship for the first time, with a majestic appearance, round mirrors and pink fists, talking and laughing, Bayern was wiped out.
Has there ever been Hamburg or Pan Yi in his eyes?
But after being suppressed by Hamburg for two consecutive years, his mood seemed to have changed.
Klopp has also changed from a "Bundesliga champion" to a "Pan Yi's challenger" or even a "Pan Yi's student". The two are no longer at the same level!
Students will always be a little afraid and uneasy when facing the teacher, because you learned things from him!
How did Klopp know that Pan Yi's 433 was actually learned from him?
It was just that he got it from the future Klopp of Liverpool in advance in 2011, and then after Pan Yi combined the wisdom of the famous coaches, he was copied by Klopp of Dortmund in 2013. He may still be defeated in the future.
Lopp will take him to Liverpool...
Another closed loop of time belongs to yes.
But in short, after understanding the subtleties of Pan Yi's tactical play, Klopp did have a strong lack of confidence in his own abilities.
This lack of confidence will make him involuntarily abandon what he learned from Pan Yi and return to Dortmund's original tactics.
And the draw between his original set of 4231 and Hamburg also gave him a strong hint: This style of play will definitely work!
He even took the initiative to ignore that in that game, in order to ensure the results of the Champions League group stage, Pan Yi actually fielded a semi-rotation lineup...
"Hamburg's attack power is very strong now, and its control in the midfield is particularly strong. Our 4231 also needs to make some detailed adjustments."
Klopp continued, then walked to the tactical board and started playing with the chess pieces on it:
"The four backs and double midfielders will not change, but the positions of the attacking midfielder and the two wingers will have to move back a bit to assist the defensive midfielders to fight against their three midfielders. You have also seen it, Kante and De Bruyne.
No matter how good Ney and Casemiro are, they were even selected into the Bundesliga's best team at the same time."
"Thank God, De Bruyne cannot participate in this final, but Paulinho, who came on the bench, is also very good and cannot be underestimated. His impact, defensive ability and running ability are even stronger than De Bruyne!" "So I will also make some adjustments in terms of personnel. Yoyinqi and Shaheen will form a double midfielder. In front of them, Grosskreuz, Royce and Mkhitaryan will be used to defend together." "We must fight Hamburg in the midfield with all our strength! Only by guarding the midfield can our defense be stable and have the hope of winning."
"Otherwise, our current defense simply cannot stop Hamburg. The central defender combination of Hummels and Papastathopoulos should have a hard time withstanding Hamburg's multi-level impact..."
Klopp's words were clear and logical, but he still put Dortmund in the weak position intentionally or unintentionally.
Under normal circumstances, Dortmund is a team that focuses on offense. How could Klopp think about defense as soon as he comes up?
Mainly now in his mind, Pan Yi's burger is really too strong!
It’s simply a flawless team. If we don’t take precautions, something will definitely happen!
Although the assistant coaches sounded a little unhappy, they couldn't say anything special.
After all, what Klopp said is indeed true!
Hamburg's midfielder is so strong!
"What should we do with our offense...? Should we use Wandowski or Aubameyang as the center?" asked chief assistant Zeljko Buvac.
This Bosnian coach was also a professional player when he was young, playing as a midfielder.
After retiring, he has been working with Klopp as an assistant. For more than ten years, from Mainz to Dortmund and later to Liverpool, he has always been Klopp's most trusted assistant.
But as experienced as Buvac, he has never seen Klopp be so cautious when facing the enemy.
You know, Klopp has always been famous for his ability to hit like fire and dare to attack!
As a result, today's tactical arrangements have been discussed for a long time, but Buvac only listened to Klopp talking about defense, and not at all about offense.
"This... I'll think about it again."
Klopp suddenly hesitated.
Under normal circumstances, Dortmund's top player is of course Polish center Lewandowski.
He not only has a strong ability to protect the ball, but also has excellent organization and dribbling skills. He is quite accomplished in passing skills, passing vision, and even headers.
Of course, in addition to these, as a forward, he also has excellent shooting skills and can score goals from any position on the field.
Scoring more than 20 goals in a season is proof of this! And he was also selected to the best team of the season.
And after Klopp switched to 433, Lewandowski has an even greater advantage in connecting the team back and forth.
However, that is under normal circumstances.
What if Dortmund starts to stabilize its defense and counterattack?
What if the midfielder cannot provide more support to the forwards?
At this time, Wandowski doesn’t seem to be that useful.
His speed and sensitivity will be slightly worse, and his role in counterattacks does not need to be so prominent.
If this is not easy to understand, just look at Wandowski’s dilemma when he was in the Polish national team.
The Polish team was fine in the qualifying stage, after all, the midfielder could still control the ball.
But when it comes to the World Cup, you will basically be beaten by strong teams.
At this time, Wandowski often found himself in an isolated and helpless situation in the frontcourt. He had no choice but to drop deep to get the ball. Sometimes he even had to run to the wing and participate in the midfield battle. The match between Poland and Argentina in the 2022 World Cup is the epitome of this situation.
And if Dortmund is suppressed by Hamburg, Wandowski will also be of little use.
At this time, another Fast forward Aubameyang in Dortmund can come in handy.
Moreover, Aubameyang himself has also stayed in Milan and is more familiar with the current tactics of Hamburg and some of his teammates, so maybe the effect will be better.
But judging from the state, it would be better to come to Wandowski, which is also the main reason for Klopp's hesitation.
"How about letting the two of them play together? Replace Grosskreutz with Aubameyang to play as a winger, which can also take advantage of his speed."
Buvac saw Klopp's hesitation and suggested.
Klopp shook his head: "Hamburg's wing attack is very sharp. I used Grosskreuz to strengthen the defense of the midfield wing. Aubameyang's attack power is good, but his defensive attitude is actually average.
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What he said is correct.
The two wing combinations of Robertson, Son Heung-min, Carvajal and Salah have caused countless teams to suffer.
No matter which side they are on, they are both offensive and defensive. They can pass the ball into the penalty area through passing and movement, and even directly score goals.
Even if Sun Xingmin's injury may not be cured yet, Pan Yi may not send him on the field, but Wu Lei's speed and impact are still terrifying, as evidenced by ten goals in the season.
Therefore, Klopp's priority is the defensive ability of his own wing players, while offense is secondary.
Only by not allowing Hamburg to score will Dortmund have a chance to win!
Buvac also fell silent.
Insufficient bench depth has always been a long-standing problem for Dortmund.
After all, it just depends on whether Aubameyang can play. After all, there are not many people they can replace.
On the bench, whether it is Friedrich and Kirsch on the defense, Durm in the midfield, or the all-rounder Hoffman, forward Schieber, there is a certain gap between them and the main players.
Why is Dortmund's record ups and downs and never stable enough?
It’s because the lineup is not thick enough.
When their lineup is complete, they can indeed compete with strong teams like Bayern, but once Royce and Mkhitaryan are injured and miss the team, the team's strength will be affected immediately and their performance will decline.
But look at the burgers...
They have even injured absolute main players like De Bruyne and Sun Xingmin, and the players who come up don't seem to be much different.
This is why Pan Yi can often rotate players in the league, and this strategy also ensures Hamburg's physical fitness, allowing them to maintain a good competitive state throughout the long season and remain undefeated until now.<
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What’s even more surprising is that these people in Hamburg were dug out by Pan Yi from all over the world with a limited budget. They were not famous football stars two or three years ago!
So Klopp also has to admire Pan Yi's vision and training ability. He really feels inferior to him!
And next season, stars including Lewandowski will leave the team again, and Klopp really feels like a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.
He doesn't even know what the team should do next.
Signings?
Who to bring in?
What kind of play style should be adopted?
Are there any ideas that can improve the team's combat effectiveness?
All of this, he is a little confused now.
Even if he has any ideas, the management may not agree. After all, Dortmund has a tradition of selling stars.
Perhaps it was this dilemma that made him think of leaving the team and going to the Premier League...
"That's it for today's meeting. I'll think about it later."
Finally, Klopp said helplessly, and then pushed his tired body out of the door.
Everyone looked at each other.
Before the tactics and lineup were fully determined, Klopp ended the meeting hastily. This was the first time.
Klopp, who has always been full of fighting spirit, actually showed such an obvious sense of powerlessness when facing Pan Yi!
Maybe this German Cup final is over before it even begins?
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ps: After the World Cup ends in the evening, check out the extra chapter and celebrate, no matter who wins or loses...
ps2: I am not a fan of France or Argentina, but I can proudly say that the author’s national team’s home team (a strong European team) has not lost a single defeat in this World Cup!