"What do you think, how about we play the 4312 formation?"

In the hotel room, Luten and his assistant coach Buskens discussed.

A Schalke 04 legend, Buskens has previously been in charge of the youth team before being promoted to assistant coach in Luten this season, where he is responsible for the day-to-day training of the first team.

Hearing Lu Teng's words, Buskens couldn't help but be stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

"You mean, play three backs?"

Combined with the team's current staffing, Buskens has a rough idea of what Luten means.

"That's right, I had a whim, too." Lu Teng said excitedly: "Ye Feng's arrival has inspired me, his excellent defense can not only bring range and intensity to the midfield, but importantly, his long-range shot can be a killer feature for the team. ”

"Jones, Engal and Ye Feng are lined up on the back line, and their defensive coverage is enough to establish a defensive iron gate in midfield."

"In front of the three, there is Rakitic who organizes the attack, and we need to entrust him with a big responsibility!"

"Kuranyi is up front, while Farfan is more of a free man up front, and can usually move freely on both flanks, or he can go to the middle and ambush behind Kuranyi."

'Don't look at it like there's no traditional wing attack, there are three midfielders to protect it, and our two full-backs can be bold enough to plug in and create a threat on the wings.

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

"This set of tactics has no Achilles heel!"

As Luten laid out his tactical design and lays out his plan, Buskens couldn't help but be amazed.

Indeed, as Lu Teng said, this set of tactical arrangements focuses on midfield defense and interception, but it also has rich offensive layers, and the attack and defense have their own characteristics.

"Engral is definitely no problem playing in the back, Jones has a solid defense, but I'm worried that Ye Feng's little guy is not playing well, if he can't complete the task well, then the power of this set of tactics will be greatly reduced." Buskens said with some concern.

Indeed, among the three back back candidates, the most likely problem is Ye Feng's position.

Jones' defense is as solid as ever, and Engal is a Dutch international, even if he comes from the wing, he can change to a back midfielder, not only is he tough defensively, but he is also excellent in attack, and even with his terrifying height of 196 cm, he needs to be able to rush into the penalty area to fight for a header.

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

If Ye Feng can do a good job of defense and provide long-range firepower at the same time, then this set of tactics can be regarded as a real success.

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

"I have faith in that kid!"

As he spoke, the picture that came to Lu Teng's mind was actually the picture of Ye Feng throwing a strong throw-in, and he couldn't help but smile.

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In the following training, Luten and Buskens really began to focus on training this set of tactics.

At the beginning, it is the overall coverage and interception of the back three, and the three back midfielders are the basis of the whole set of tactics, if the first goal cannot be achieved, then the follow-up is all empty talk.

Initially, Lu Teng put Engelar's position in the middle, Ye Feng on the left, Jones on the right, so that Ye Feng can contribute a long shot even in the left position, and Ngral is more suitable in the middle because of his ability to block.

However, after a training session, Lu Teng swapped the positions of Ye Feng and Engelal, with Ye Feng in the center and Engal on the left.

Lu Teng and Buskens found that only in this way can Ye Feng's long-range shooting ability be maximized.

Once Ye Feng plugged in, Engelar and Jones immediately retracted and joined forces to make up for the gap left by Ye Feng's forward insertion, further making up for the loopholes in the overall tactics, that is, no matter when, Schalke 04's midfield defense is unbreakable.

With the three central midfield positions confirmed, Rakitic and the two players in the front line also adapted to the tactics and built an attacking system on this basis.

Obviously, it was a risky decision to overturn the team's overall style of play in the middle of the league, but Luten knew that if he wanted to make a qualitative change in Schalke 04, he would not be able to overturn it and start over.

Since there's not much chance of competing for the title this season, why not just do it?

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

Of course, this does not mean that they have really given up on this season, and Rüten believes that after a period of adaptation, Schalke 04's new tactical system will take shape in the final sprint to the end of the season.

And at that time, once you sprint, other teams may not be able to stop it.

I don't dare to say that I will definitely qualify for the Champions League, but there is still a lot of hope for European qualification.

Don't forget that Schalke 04 is only now in ninth place in the standings.

Moreover, Rüten's somewhat radical decision was supported by Schalke 04 sporting director Helt, so the tactical reform was not met with any obstacles.

Before finishing the training camp in Spain, Schalke 04 played a warm-up match against a local La Liga team.

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

Ye Feng started in the back position and played the whole first half of the game.

However, in fact, Ye Feng's performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was not so eye-catching.

The reason is simple - he and the two teammates around him are not tacit enough.

Ngral is a wide player, even if he has changed to a midfielder now, he always has a forward heart, especially in attack, often in a forward position, and even often stands in front of Rakitic, a forward midfielder.

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

As a result, Jones also rushed very forward.

There was no way, Ye Feng could only drag it to the back and couldn't easily step forward, so his fort would lose its due deterrent.

On the other hand, in defense, the poor tacit understanding also made the iron gate that should theoretically be leakless collapse again and again.

If the midfield line is divided into three parts, and the three people have their own defense areas, in this way, if the opponent's midfield hits the personal front defense area, the three people still do a good job.

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

For example, just now, Engelar gave Ye Feng a look, which meant "You come!" ”；

However, in Ye Feng's opinion, this look was completely "Don't worry, leave it to me!" ";

Then, the opponent's attacking player swaggered away with the ball in the space between Engal and Ye Feng, leaving Ye Feng and Engal who looked at each other on the ground.

What can I do?

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