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"What do you think of us playing the 4312 formation?"

In the hotel room, Lutten discussed with his assistant coach Buskens.

Buskens is a legendary place for Schalke 04. He has been coaching the youth team before. This season, he was promoted to become assistant coach of Lutten, responsible for the daily training of the first team.

Hearing Lütten's words, Buskens couldn't help but stunned, and immediately fell into contemplation.

"What do you mean, hitting the back three?"

Combined with the team's current staffing, Buskens probably understood Rutten's meaning.

"Yes, I also had a sudden whimsy." Lu Teng said excitedly: "Ye Feng's arrival gave me inspiration. His excellent defense can not only bring defensive scope and strength to the midfield, but importantly, his Long shots can be the team's killer."

"Jones, Engelal and Ye Feng are lined up in the backline, and their defensive coverage is enough to establish a defensive iron gate in the midfield."

"In front of the three people, Rakitic, who organized the attack, we need to entrust him with a heavy responsibility!"

"Kurani is at the top, and Farfan is more inclined to be a free man in the frontcourt. He can usually move freely on the two sides, or he can ambush in the middle of the road behind Kuranyi."

"Don't look at this, there is no traditional side attack. There are three backs to protect. Our two full-backs can boldly plug in and create threats on the side."

"And once the middle and the side can't open the situation, then there is Ye Feng's long shot as a deep attack."

"This set of tactics has no fatal weakness!"

As Lütten laid out his tactical design and outs, Buskens couldn't help but shine.

Indeed, as Lutten said, this set of tactical arrangements focuses on midfield defense and interception, but it also has rich levels of offense, and offense and defense have their own characteristics.

"Engral definitely has no problem playing the midfielder. Jones is defensively stable, but I am worried that Ye Feng, a little guy, is unstable. If he can't complete the task well, then the power of this set of tactics will be greatly reduced. "Buskens said a little worried.

Indeed, among the three midfielders selected, the most likely problem is the position of Ye Feng.

Jones’ defense is as steady as ever. Engral is a Dutch international. Even if he is from the wing, he can change his back to play. Not only is he tough, but his offense is also excellent. Even with his horrible height of 196 cm, he can also rush in. Headed in the penalty area.

Well, the only thing to worry about is Ye Feng's play.

If Ye Feng can do defensive work and provide long-range firepower, then this set of tactics is truly successful.

And once Ye Feng can't play the expected defensive strength, then the three-person interception will lose the effect, not to mention the subsequent tactical effect.

"I have faith in that kid!"

When speaking, the picture that appeared in Lu Teng's mind was actually Ye Feng's throwing a strong ball from outside, and couldn't help but smile.

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In the next training, Lutten and Buskens really started to focus on training this set of tactics.

At the beginning, it was the overall coverage interception of the midfielder trio. The three midfielder was the basis of the entire set of tactics. If the goal of the first step could not be achieved, then everything was empty talk.

Initially, Lüten placed Engelar's position in the middle, Ye Feng was on the left, and Jones was on the right, so that Ye Feng could contribute a long shot even in the left position, and Englel is more suitable because of its ability to prevent. On the middle road.

However, after a training session, Luteng swapped the positions of Ye Feng and Engelar, with Ye Feng at the center and Engelar at the left.

Luteng and Buskens found that only in this way could Ye Feng maximize his long-range ability.

Once Ye Feng was plugged in, Engelal and Jones immediately closed in and joined together to make up for the gap left by Ye Feng's pre-insertion to further make up for the loopholes in the overall tactics. That is to say, whenever Schalke 04's midfield defense is Is unbreakable.

With the determination of the position of the three midfielders, Rakitic and the two players on the front line also adapted to this tactic and built an offensive system.

Obviously, overthrowing the team’s overall play in the middle of the league was a risky decision, but Lutten knew that if he wanted to make a qualitative change in Schalke 04, it would be impossible not to overthrow it.

Since there is not much possibility to compete for the championship this season, then why not simply?

Therefore, Schalke 04 decisively became the first Bundesliga team to start preparing for the 09-10 season.

Of course, this does not mean that they really gave up this season. Lutten believes that after a period of adaptation, the new tactical system of Schalke 04 will take shape at the end of the season.

At that time, once the sprint started, other teams may not be able to stop it.

I dare not say that I can get the qualification for the Champions League. It is still promising to get the qualification for the European War.

Don’t forget that Schalke is now ranked ninth in the standings.

Moreover, Rutten's radical decision was supported by Schalke 04 sports director Helt, so tactical reform did not encounter any obstacles.

Before the end of the training in Spain, Schalke 04 played a warm-up match with a local West Division B team.

In the first half of the game, Lu Teng directly revealed his new tactics.

Ye Feng appeared in the lower back position, playing the first half of the game.

However, in fact, Ye Feng's performance on both ends of the offense and defense is actually not so dazzling.

The reason is very simple. He and the two teammates around him are still not good enough.

Engelal is a wing player. Even if he is now playing in the lower back, he always has a forward heart, especially in the offensive. He always moves forward and even often stands in front of Rakitic. .

And another midfielder Jones, after the team changed to three midfielders, also saw the dawn of transformation, after all, who was not an all-round midfielder when he was young?

So, Jones also rushed forward.

There is no way, Ye Feng can only be dragged in the back, can not easily go forward, so that his fort will lose its deterrent.

Conversely, in defense, a bad tacit understanding also caused the iron gate, which should theoretically not leak, to collapse again and again.

If the line of midfield is divided into three, each of them has its own defense zone. In this case, if the opponent's midfield hits the individual front defense zone, the three players still do a good job.

But once the opponent hits the junction between the three, the problem comes.

For example, just now, Englar gave Ye Feng a look, meaning "you come!";

However, in Ye Feng's eyes, this expression completely means "reassure, leave it to me!";

Then, the opponent's offensive player was in the empty space between Engelar and Ye Feng, swaying the ball away, leaving Ye Feng and Engelar looking at each other.

This is how to do?