After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 60 Trapped oppression

"Pan Yi, tell me, is our team's bench depth not enough? Is Dong Chuang going to consider signings?"

Unexpectedly, Allegri first called Pan Yi into the office to discuss.

It seemed that he was even more anxious than Pan Yi.

Pan Yi looked up at Allegri.

indeed.

Not only anxious, but now Allegri's eyes are bloodshot, and his face is not very good. It is obvious that he has not slept well for several nights.

The head coach is still under a lot of pressure.

No matter how good the previous record is, as long as you can't perform well for a period of time, you will be criticized by the media and fans immediately.

Pan Yi shook his head slightly: "Our bench depth is indeed average, and we may indeed need signings, but this is not the crux of the problem."

In fact, what Pan Yi wants to say is that the problem lies with Allegri himself.

He is too rigid in the use of tactics. Once he has identified which tactic is easy to use, or even which lineup is easy to use, he can't wait to use it to death.

And once the key screws are missing in this tactical lineup, Allegri is a little bit unable to screw it.

In other words, Allegri doesn't know how to teach students according to their aptitude, and doesn't change tactics according to the players' own characteristics. Instead, they often let the players passively and helplessly adapt to the inappropriate tactics he arranged.

The most typical one is Inzaghi. A dexterous striker like him is used by Allegri as a standing center. Can it be effective?
Pan Yi doubts that if young players like Salah and Mane were used independently by Allegri at the beginning, would they grow into pure crossing wingers, who would only use their speed to go down and sweep in front of the door.

Of course, now Pan Yi will consider Allegri's feelings when speaking, and will not speak too directly.

Hearing what Pan Yi said, Allegri also sighed: "I know, what you are talking about is my refusal to change the 442 formation. It is my lack of consideration. Then your suggestion is still to put us Will the formation be changed to 442 in the future?"

Allegri is not angry now.

He originally thought that the season would start with a winning streak, and the team's morale was good, even if it lacked a few players, it should be able to cope with it.

And at this time, relying on him to make adjustments, wouldn't it be more indicative that his head coach level is higher than others?
But the record of 2 draws and 2 losses severely woke up Allegri.

Facts have proved that in the case of shortage of personnel, he still can't play with this set of 433.

In other words, he may not really understand the usage of Pan Yi's set of 433, and he cannot make adjustments and changes flexibly.

So Allegri decided to lower his profile and ask Pan Yi for advice.

In fact, he had already relied on Pan Yi a lot before. The team's main tactics and main lineup were basically formulated by Pan Yi for him.

It's just that as soon as he left Pan Yi for a while, he couldn't win the ball. This made Allegri have to admit it, and felt that he had to trust this young assistant more.

As for Allegri's attitude, Pan Yi saw and heard it.

Pan Yi also has the confidence to solve the current predicament.

He just recently watched part of the system tutorial about Klopp solving a similar dilemma.

Since many core players in the team are African players, Klopp will often encounter situations where players are absent from the Africa Cup of Nations, so he must have an alternative plan to get through this period of difficulty.

Forward Salah, Mane, and midfielder Keita have been absent for more than a month. How is it similar to Milan's current situation?

Pan Yi said: "In fact, it is not necessary to change the formation. It is not a problem to still play 433, but some play styles need to be changed."

Allegri frowned: "Don't change the formation? Hmm... just like the first time you played Barcelona, ​​let the players change some tactical instructions?"

Pan Yi nodded: "The reasoning is similar. Of course, the opponents we will face in the future are not too strong, so the tactics should still focus on breaking the defense, instead of counter-attacking like we did against Barcelona."

"Tell me more specifically." Allegri is now like a well-behaved student, ready to listen to Teacher Pan Yi's lecture.

This is why Allegri only consulted Pan Yi alone this time.

Although Pan Yi, a young man, would never take credit for these team tactics he designed, but if Allegri is asked to put on a student's posture in front of others, he still can't hold back this face.

Without any hesitation, Pan Yi immediately walked to the tactical board and said:

"When I was playing Lecce, I mentioned a concept called defending the side, which is to use our striker's oppression and midfield interception ability to force the opponent to play on the side, and then form a strong side of oppression, and then attack. "

"But now we lack Ibrahimovic and Salah in the front line, and Kante in the midfield, it is difficult to execute this tactic perfectly."

"So, I suggest doing the opposite now, which is called locking the edge and putting it in the middle, and using a trap-like oppression."

Allegri opened his mouth wide: "Put the lock in the middle? Trap oppression?"

He found that Pan Yi, a kid, had a set of various professional terms, which he, the so-called champion coach, had never heard of.

Pan Yi nodded: "The so-called locking the side and putting it in the center means to let our three forwards cut off the opponent's passing line to the side, regardless of the opponent's player holding the ball, guide the opponent's central defender to advance with the ball, or pass it to the side. lower back."

"Once the opponent does this, they enter our pocket formation. Our central midfielder will quickly step forward to press and interfere, and at the same time, the three forwards will quickly approach the player with the ball while cutting off the return pass. siege."

"Because the central midfielder needs to cover the frontcourt more, we don't have to use the original defensive midfielder. The three central midfielders can stand in parallel, which avoids the weakness of lacking Kanter."

Allegri thought for a while, and asked: "However, if we play like this and don't steal the opponent's player with the ball, wouldn't our midfield be empty?"

Pan Yi smiled and nodded, expressing his agreement with Allegri.

After all, Allegri is also a famous coach, and he can still see the hidden dangers of this style of play.

But Pan Yi immediately explained: "Yes, this mode is not effective when facing the opponent's talented midfielders, so it will be used more cautiously. For example, I would not suggest this when playing against Barcelona and Juventus. Kick."

"And even if I face a weak team, I will also require the defense line to maintain a close distance from the midfield line and cooperate with the overall pressure."

"This style of play also requires a high level of mobility for the defender. Fortunately, we have top central defenders like Van Dijk and Silva, and the two full-backs have good forward ability, which can meet this demand. "

Allegri has a sense of enlightenment.

"Then..." He thought for a while and said, "You mean, we can just change our style of play with this lineup, and we don't need to sign in during the winter window, right?"

Pan Yi shook his head, and pointed to a pawn on the tactical board:
"No. We still need to sign in. Because of this style of play, the weakness of this position is exposed..."

(End of this chapter)