In the first five minutes of the game, Bayer Leverkusen showed a steady performance, after all, they are a defensive team.

However, as the game progressed, Bayer Leverkusen's midfield commander No. 25 Bernd Schneider believed that Mainz was not as strong as rumored, so he used his own actions to direct the whole team forward.

At the intercourse, Wang Zhen immediately communicated with Ben Alpha: "Don't compete with them, we don't counterattack, we play position." ”

You can't necessarily run too much, and your endurance is not necessarily stronger than that of the opponent, so there is no need to attack, and Bayer Leverkusen should have carefully studied the Sevilla game, otherwise they would not have done this kind of formation.

Ben Alpha is indeed young, but he also understands what Wang Zhen means, anyway, Klopp didn't practice rapid attack this week, and the position is positional.

Don't forget, in the whole Bundesliga, the team that can attack the most, except for Bayern, is Mainz!

Ben Alpha figured it out and immediately passed the ball back.

After receiving the ball, Cana was surprised, his side was already a big gap area for Leverkusen, there was no one, what was the pass here?

Seeing Alpha's gesture, Kanna nodded.

According to Klopp's tactics and Mainz's regular tactical system this season, if you attack, the four midfielders will find any opportunity to initiate, and if you control the tempo, you will use Cana as the core to pass between the backfield.

This time it was Leverkusen's turn to figure it out.

Seeing that Mainz actually started to reach the back of the field, you must know that Leverkusen's forwards have withdrawn to the penalty area closer to their own side than the Mainz midfield line.

Bayer Leverkusen can only do what they can and tighten into the penalty area.

With this retreat, Mainz habitually unfolded the usual lineup, with the entire backline standing behind the midfield line and seven men running in front.

With the fast run of seven people, the Leverkusen everyone was pressed backwards.

In this situation, it is unlikely that Leverkusen will want a big counterattack.

"Mainz tried to play a non-nuclear tactic for two months, then the alpha retreated, and Ribery formed a two-winged situation, this lineup is very good at positional warfare, I don't know if Michel Skibe made a special arrangement for Mainz's tactics before the game."

Huang Jianxiang's insight is still so to the point.

That's right, Mainz spread its wings to fight a position.

How to deal with Bayer Leverkusen?

With both wings extended, Ribery and Ben Arfa both capable of scoring, Benjamin Orr and Michael Zach also capable of shooting, and Bayer Leverkusen had to stretch their defence.

"Mainz made perfect use of the width of the pitch and Bayer Leverkusen was led by the nose by Mainz."

Michelle Skibe smiled: "I knew you were going to play this, I don't believe that Wang Zhen's physique is enough to break through Jens Novotny's defense!" ”

Wang Zhen is strong enough, but that's for most players, there will always be a handful of players in football, belonging to the rumored tough guy type.

Novotny is the type of player who is physically strong, has good skills, and has high mental attributes.

Bayer Leverkusen adopted a man-to-man strategy, sending a special central defender to defend Wang Zhen, which is a typical Italian chain defence.

The so-called chain defense also has a name, called zone joint defense.

The principle of operation is to send a defender with excellent defensive ability to mark the opponent's arrow player, and then the other players form two or three defensive chains, lock the defensive area, and use the overall strength against the opponent with superior individual ability.

This defence is not without its weaknesses, and Italy's successive failures in various world competitions seem to have proven the weakness of this tactic.

However, chain defence is always the most consistent tactic that can lead to league results.

Moreover, Bayer Leverkusen is a 442 formation, not a 532 defensive formation in Serie A in the conventional sense, let alone a 541 complete version of the bucket formation.

The defenders at Bayer Leverkusen are all super athletic and physical.

Almost practiced the defense of this formation to the extreme.

One side is seven people to defend and three people to attack, and one side is seven people to attack and three people to defend, and it is really Mars hitting the earth.

However, the balance in the world of football is the most volatile balance.

In the twelfth minute, Ribery moved the ball wide and moved it to the left, where Ben Arfa got his hands on the ball through Misimovic.

Bayer Leverkusen's defensive formation immediately shifted from the right to the left, and the entire line-up moved almost twenty meters to the right.

Ben Alfa picked up the ball, quickly broke down to the left of the penalty area, and leaned on Christopher Prey to make a pass.

"Several attempts at infiltration in a row have failed, look at this time! Ben Alpha, the pass is successful, Benjamin Orr gets the football! ”

Benjamin Orr picked up the ball on the left almost close to the line of the six-yard box and got off to his feet.

"Far Angle? It's a cross! ”

Wang Zhen leaned back to Novotny in the penalty area, opened his hands, tensed his **** muscles, and then straightened his chest and stopped the football.

After stopping a little bigger, Wang Zhen moved a step to the outside of the penalty area before he took control of the football.

Because of this step, Novotny stepped forward and stuck Wang Zhen in his position, almost without a place to turn around.

"Boy, it's uncomfortable."

Wang Zhen stepped on the football: "Really? ”

After speaking, Wang Zhen began to sink his right shoulder and pressed down.

In basketball, a heavy shoulder hit, or a back hit and a heavy shoulder, are actually foul actions, but in football, they are not.

This heavy shoulder made Novotny feel a huge pressure and took a small step back.

Just as he stepped back to make adjustments, the pressure in his chest suddenly disappeared, and Novotny suddenly raised his head: "Fooled!" ”

That's right, Wang Zhen made a feint to turn around with the ball from the right foot, but in fact, it was his left foot that touched the ball, pulled the ball to the left side, and then felt the movement behind him, and pulled half a step with his right foot.

Wang Zhen's whole person was spinning, and the whole person moved a step to the left-hand side, the right side of the penalty area, but still with his back to the goal.

"Marseille maneuver! Failed, how did he turn his back to the goal? ”

The voice fell, Wang Zhen pulled the ball with his right foot, turned half a step to the left, and faced the goal!

Turning around, Wang Zhen watched Novotny take a sliding step towards the right side of the penalty area, and he couldn't stop his feet.

"I knew you could defend against it!"

Huang Jianxiang was very excited: "Wang Zhen did a one-and-a-half-step Marseille maneuver and played Novotny to see what Wang Zhen chooses." ”

What to choose? Wang Zhen did not hesitate to approach the goal with the ball.

The closer you get to the goal, the higher the success rate of your shots, and the role of a center forward is to score goals.

As Wang Zhen advanced, No. 2 central defender Rock Júnior and No. 35 left-back Diego Placente rushed forward without hesitation.

"The Brazilians and Argentines have joined forces at this moment, they want to close the defense and block Wang Zhen's shot angle!"

Wang Zhen faced the two of them, habitually controlled the ball with his right foot, moved a step to the right side slightly, and the two defenders immediately moved to the right side of the penalty area.

Wang Zhen did not hesitate and stepped out with his left foot directly.

The Brazilian's eyes widened: "Passing? ”

Without the slightest hesitation, Diego Plasente took a step to the left.

Wang Zhen's eyes lit up, the opportunity has come!

Then the left foot bypassed the football, stepped on the ground, the right foot hooked the football and swept forward, and when the left and right feet approached, the football was suddenly clamped, and the whole person jumped forward out of thin air!

(To be continued.) )