What ball king, call me ball god

On August 8, the second round of the Premier League officially began.

Like the first round, the second round of the Premier League also had a strong dialogue, that is, last season's league leader Manchester City faced last season's league fifth, Tottenham Hotspur who missed the Champions League by one point.

So why so many people like to watch the Premier League.

In the final analysis, it is still good-looking, lively and exciting.

Just like this round of the Premier League, there is a game between Brighton and West Ham United. If you don’t have any tendencies, the excitement of this game must be higher than that between the La Liga teams in the same ranking. of the game.

This is the problem of style. Among the Premier League teams, many teams play open and close games. Money, the relegation team can earn nearly [-] million euros.So the Premier League has familiar faces in the eyes of many fans.

Therefore, if you are a fan with more time, it is quite pleasant to watch the Premier League if you have nothing to do.

In this round of the league, Manchester United's game is the last one.

Manchester United will go to Wolverhampton to challenge Wolves.

The full name of the Wolves is actually Wolverhampton Wanderers, nicknamed Wolves, but now on many official displays of the Premier League, this team is directly displayed as Wolves.

The Wolves also have a special honor. They are the only team in England that has won championships in five different leagues.

This team is a Chinese-funded team. It was acquired by the Chinese-funded group Fosun Group in 2016. The price at that time was not high, and it was acquired for 4500 million pounds. English crown.

As for the Wolves team, there is another very interesting point. There are many Portuguese players in his team.

If you play Football Manager and start with Wolves, one of the requirements of the board of directors is: try to buy players with Portuguese nationality.

Of course, there will be no such clause in reality, but it can also be seen that the relationship between the Wolves and Portugal.

The parent company of the Wolves is the Fosun Group, which has many connections with the famous European agent Mendes, so it has shaped the basic business model of the Wolves: tap potential stocks from Portugal, and then put them in Europe after buying them. They practiced in other leagues, then returned to the Premier League for gilding, and finally sold at a high price.The Wolves started a game with seven or eight Portuguese players playing, which looked like the second team of the Portuguese national team.

For example, in the game against Manchester United, Wolves had 11 Portuguese players among the 6 starting players, and all of them had passed halfway.

The goalkeeper is Portuguese national goalkeeper Patricio.

The three central defenders in the back line are two from England and one from Côte d'Ivoire.

The right wing back is also a Portuguese player Vinagre.

Two of the three players in the midfield are Portuguese players, Neves and Moutinho.

The double forwards are Portugal's forward partners, Jota and Neto.

Among them, Jota, Neto, Neves, Moutinho and Patricio were selected for the Portuguese national team.

Basically a small Portugal national team.

However, the overall strength of the Wolves team is not strong, and the most valuable player in the team is Jota.

Ruota is a player who can play both sides and goals, but the overall tactics of the Wolves are double forwards, which does not fully utilize Jota's strength. The formation that is more suitable for Jota is actually a 433 overall offensive formation, and the Wolves Obviously not the main offensive team, they play 352, and the overall tendency is more defensive and counterattack.

The head coach of the Wolves is also the Portuguese Nuno.

Before this game, when Ten Hag held a meeting with the coaching staff, he made a clear idea. The two main tactics this season are 433 single midfielders running wildly, and 4231 pairs of midfielders controlling and suppressing.

Of course, the core background is all high-pressure pressing. For Ten Hag, this is no longer a tactic, but a problem of execution.

In this game, the opponent is not strong, so Ten Hag wants to try the tactic of 4231 double midfielders.

This point, in fact, most members of the coaching staff are puzzled.

"Eric, we didn't practice the tactics of 4231 pairs of midfielders in the preseason, let alone who we use for the midfielder? This issue needs to be considered!"

"Yes, Eric, we used 433 very well in the first game, and we won a big victory in the end. Why do we need 4231?"

On the contrary, Mitchell knew Ten Hag very well, he glanced at Ten Hag, and then said.

"We did win the last game, but it was based on the fact that we suppressed our opponents as a whole. In the last game, Chelsea didn't have many quick counterattacks. Matic's performance can still be seen, but Matic's Physical fitness is a problem. Double defensive midfielders can protect our backcourt, increase the offensive ability of the frontcourt, and make our offense more three-dimensional. That is, Eric, like them, who do you plan to choose for the midfielder position? ?”

"Frankie!" Ten Hag said firmly.

"De Jong? He played as a defensive midfielder at the beginning, and played as a central midfielder in the last game. Is he going to play as a midfielder now?" Mitchell asked.

Ten Hag sat up straight.

"Frankie, a player, has many advantages. He can hold the ball and complete a breakthrough from the backcourt. He is a very important metronome for the team. At the same time, Frankie likes to play repeatedly in the middle of the midfield in the offense. Forward offense. Covers a large area and can largely share the ball-holding tasks on the side and the frontcourt. At the same time, Frankie's passing and receiving are very stable, and the difference between long and short passes The pass success rate is very high, has excellent vision and ball holding ability, and can complete the team's offensive and defensive conversion tasks very well. His excellent personal skills can complete the ball under the double-team, and his excellent organization and connection Ability and the ability to play the ball with one kick are important to overcome the high pressure on the opposite side. But—”

"But he also has shortcomings. Frankie's biggest problem is the defensive end. It's funny to say that Frankie played as a midfielder from the beginning, but his biggest problem is the defensive end! First of all , Frankie's defensive enthusiasm is not high. In extreme transitions, Frankie often fails to appear in the position he should appear in. Although his steal data is not bad, his defensive presence rate is indeed a big hidden danger. In fact In essence, Frankie's physical confrontation is not bad, but he is not happy to confront offensive players on the defensive end, he prefers to use the ground tackle and precise kick to complete the defensive end task."

"So—" Ten Hag concludes.

"Therefore, there are two ways before us, let Frankie stay in the midfielder position, correct his defensive shortcomings, or magnify his advantages! His advantages can make him the world's top offensive player Midfielder! But his defensive shortcomings will also cause problems for the team. So I changed him to an offensive midfielder as a central midfielder at the beginning. He can also play. If he plays as a midfielder, he can maximize the use of Frankie's ability to cover the pass. His ability in this area is second only to De Bruyne in the Premier League, but he can also catch up! Here's my answer—"

After finishing speaking, Ten Hag picked up the iced Americano on the table and took a sip.

Mitchell nodded while listening to Ten Hag, and was the first to speak after listening.

"Eric, once you explain it like this, we will understand. It is true that De Jong's performance on the team's offensive end is better. As for the midfielder, Matic is one, who is in the other position? McTominay Or Fred? Oh, and Bentancur!"

Ten Hag nodded, and said: "Actually, the most ideal thing is Matic and Fred. One uses body, and the other uses speed and running to make up for Matic's lack of running. But to be honest , In fact, we still have a problem with the use of double midfielders. In the single midfielder, all of our current players are not perfect for the time being, so we use the double midfielder tactic. Of course, in future games, these two tactics will be different. They are used in rotation. But Fred still has a problem, he is a Brazilian midfielder, he likes to stick to the ball when he plays, his small movements of Brazilian players will slow down the pace of the game, he has to correct his Playing habits, in the position of the defensive midfielder, you can't touch the ball three or four times, you only need to deal with it once or twice. This is a problem that he needs to correct. Before he corrects, he can only be a substitute. Mitch Well, you need to tell him this, Shadley, and you need to cooperate with him to develop a training set for him."

Both Mitchell and Shadley nodded.

At this time, Mitchell acted as a fan again.

"Since Fred can't do it. Generally speaking, in the double midfielder tactic, there is often a central midfielder to play the midfielder, enriching tactics, Bentancur? Or are you going to let McTominay come?"

"McTominay is not good, he is not good enough to play the main force at Manchester United." Ten Hag said immediately.

"Then there is no choice but Bentancur."

"Well, Bentancur will start this time. At that time, Guimaraes can be used as a substitute."

"Guimaraes is a bit too fast. He just came from Brazil and has no experience playing in Europe yet."

"He is a very talented midfielder. If he is trained, it is absolutely feasible to play a single midfielder, so I have high expectations for him, so I need to use him more." Ten Hag explained.

The members of the coaching staff all recognized Ten Hag's decision.

Ten Hag is like this. Before he makes a decision, he will explain the reason why he made the decision to the coaching staff from beginning to end.

So the members of the coaching staff are very convinced of him.

The coaching staff meeting is still going on.

The difference between the 4231 and 433 formations is not only the difference in the number of midfielders. In fact, strictly speaking, the two wings in the 4231 formation are full-backs, and they must have certain defensive attributes. online.

The two wingers in the 433 formation are wingers, strikers, and stand with the center forward.

But football tactics have been developed so far. When many teams and many head coaches use the 4231 formation, although the two wingers are standing with the front midfielder, they are full-backs, but in specific games, they still play wingers. .

But there are also situations where there are two wingers, one winger is the dominant winger, and the winger will be used, and the other winger is not the dominant winger, then the winger will be used to strengthen the defense.

For Manchester United, for the two full-backs, Luke Shaw must be more offensive, Feltman tends to defend, but can also attack.

So for Ten Hag, the two sides of 4231 are wingers, playing offense.

The only difference is that the interception and defense capabilities are stronger.

Of course, it is also a helpless move that no one is competent for a single midfielder.

After the coaching staff meeting, Ten Hag spoke to the team later in the day about the starting lineup for the next day's game.

At this time, the whole team was already in the hotel in Wolverhampton.

In the hotel conference room, Ten Hag announced the squad for the next day's game.

When he heard that he had no chance to start, Fred became visibly depressed.

Fred accepted that he couldn't start with a single midfielder, but with both midfielders, he still couldn't start. This is a bit unreasonable.

The more Fred thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, but he didn't dare to show it. After all, what Ten Hag showed to the inside of the team was the Thunder's methods, including Ashley Young. In fact, there were no secrets in the locker room. It's out.

Fred naturally didn't dare to approach Ten Hag directly, so he only dared to sulk himself.

And there is another person who was also angry after hearing that he was not on the starting list, and that was Greenwood.

In fact, he should have known since he didn't get a chance to start in the preseason, and he should have known since Ten Hag decided to sign Perisic.

But now he is still thinking about why he can't start.

Of course, no one cares about him now.

The starting players went back to the house to rest early, and some of the substitute players were full of energy, thinking that if they could come off the bench tomorrow, they would definitely perform well, so that coach Ten Hag could give him a chance.For some, it doesn't matter.

Lin Kedi is naturally the player who chooses to rest early to prepare for the game.

The next day's game will be played at Wolves' home ground.

The game was a bit different from the start, as the game was nothing like what was envisioned.

The predictions of many expert media are that the Wolves will play a defensive counterattack tactic with 3 central defenders even when they face Manchester United at home.

And in this game, although the Wolves still played 3 central defenders, they did not use their usual 352 defensive counterattack tactics, but played 343 offensive tactics. Midfielders Moutinho and Neves both stepped forward.

This is the tactical arrangement and formation arrangement for preparing for a big attack at home.

So from the first minute of the game, the Wolves, who took the lead in the first half, played extremely aggressively.

The team's front line is also pulled up very high, and Manchester United has adopted high-risk oppressive tactics, but the midfielders of the Wolves are all Portuguese plus a Spaniard. In short, they are all good at their feet, and they cooperate well .

Manchester United's high press was not able to grab the ball at the beginning.

Ten Hag could tell at once that the opposite side had done their homework a long time ago, and made a special deployment for Manchester United, and it should be to open the game.

It turns out that Ten Hag was right.

The Wolves quickly hit the frontcourt, burst from the side, and made a direct pass at a 45-degree angle. Ruota in the middle stopped the ball and attacked the goal directly after receiving the ball.

It's just a little bit off the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.

Ten Hag's heart was beating wildly on the sidelines.

If the Wolves scored a goal at the beginning of the game, Ten Hag thought to himself, it is estimated that the Wolves may just defend the whole game.

But Wolves' blitz was unsuccessful.

Soon Manchester United launched a counterattack.

Playing blitz, blitz, Manchester United is also very suitable.

De Gea took the goal kick and made a long pass to find Perisic on the right. Perisic took the ball and broke through with the ball. He originally wanted to pass directly, but Lin Kedi was surrounded by two people at this time, and his position was not very good. good.

Suddenly, Perisic saw that De Jong's position was relatively good, so he knocked the ball horizontally and sent it out.

De Jong looked up before taking the ball.

He noticed that there was a space on the left side of Link Kedi. If he sent an overhead ball at that position, Link Kedi would go through that place, and then he could reach the left corner of the penalty area. Just penetrate the Wolves' defense.

It's just that Lin Kedi is now on the right side of the center.

The gap is on the left side, which is a bit far away.

If other players might think that their own ball has passed, can Lin Kedi feel his intention?

Other players will.

But De Jong didn't think about it at all. He passed first. He felt that he and Kedi had a high tacit understanding, and that Kedi could see [-]% of the gaps he could see.

Sure enough, as soon as De Jong's pass arrived, Link's opponent rushed over.

He got the ball in front of the Wolves' big bastard central defender, and then shot with his right foot, without any adjustment at all.

Don't give the Wolves central defender a chance to block at all.

The Portuguese national goalkeeper Patricio was beyond his reach and could only watch the ball fly into the right side of the goal.

Another goal was scored in less than 10 minutes, and it was Lin Kedi's first goal.

This is already the 2th goal in 5 games.

The high scoring efficiency is staggering.

Lin Kedi was very excited after scoring the goal.

So excited that he didn't run to celebrate, but turned and pointed at De Jong.

"Frankie, I knew you would definitely see that point!" Lin Kedi shouted excitedly.

Sometimes on the court, it is really extremely rare to achieve such a tacit understanding with teammates.

It is normal for Lin Kedi to be so happy.

Of course De Jong is also very happy.

Compared with scoring goals, De Jong can feel a second pass, a very beautiful assist, which brings him more excitement than scoring goals, which is why he likes to play in midfield since he was a child.

The Wolves wanted to play a blitzkrieg at the beginning, but they didn't expect that Manchester United scored a goal instead of a goal.

Ten Hahe originally thought that after the Wolves lost a goal, they would definitely want to continue to play blitz to get a goal back.

But what Ten Hag didn't expect was that Nuno would be so conservative. After being scored, he started to defend directly.

Put on the bus, fight with your body, and make a long pass from the backcourt, where you hit it!
Until the 81st minute of the second half, the score was still 1-0, with Manchester United leading away.

But Ten Hag saw that this would not work. 1-0 is the most dangerous score. Don’t look at the Wolves putting on the bus now, but at the last moment of the game, if the Wolves suddenly attack suddenly, That's really hard to say, after all, Manchester United is only 1-0 now.

So Ten Hag began to dispatch troops and generals.

Guimarães came on, replaced Matic, and put on a midfielder with more movement to participate in the attack.

Rashford was replaced by Lingard, who added movement.

Two consecutive substitutions are to increase running.

Ten Hag asked for the last moment, and the Manchester United team ran up and down.

Opportunities are running out.

And this opportunity really ran out.

Lin Kedi was originally cruising on the right side looking for opportunities.

Suddenly he ran to the middle, directly took away a full-back and a wing-back of the Wolves, and then Feltman's long pass was passed to the space where the opponent left.

Just as Lin Kedi was about to run towards the middle, he suddenly turned around and ran back to the neutral position.

Lin Kedi's turn-back run directly dodged the two defensive players of the Wolves.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Kedi flicked his left foot, cut inside and ran towards the penalty area.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, Lin Kedi's actions made the opponent think that he would take a few steps along the penalty area line to the center and then shoot.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Lin Kedi shot directly with his left foot from the lower right corner of the penalty area.

Now the arc drawn by the ball is very exaggerated.

But what is even more exaggerated is that Lin Kedi's seemingly casual shot hit the top left corner of the goal.

2:0.

This score is enough to reassure Ten Hag.

Then until the end of the game, the Wolves failed to pose any threat to Manchester United.

After the game, Lin Kedi was naturally the best player in the game again.

Lin Kedi, who scored twice and scored two goals, accepted the post-match interview of the best player for the second time in a week.

After speaking briefly, Lin Kedi will follow the team back to Manchester.

For Lin Kedi in this game, although he was extremely surrounded and marked, he was still able to break through the tight encirclement and score two goals.

This made Lin Kedi himself feel that his performance today was not bad. (end of this chapter)