May 15th.

In the 15-16 season, in the 34th round of the German Second Division, Freiburg challenged Union Berlin away.

It's just a game where both sides don't want anything, Freiburg has already got everything two rounds in advance, Union Berlin is in 7th place, there is no hope of promotion and relegation, and there are no grudges between the two sides, it is a rare pure game.

The atmosphere in Freiburg is also too relaxed, and it would have been more appealing if it weren't for the fact that the game would be a test of the new formation, the new style of play, the discussion of where to go on holiday, where it is more fun, and so on.

The only people who are more focused on this game are the coach, as well as Sunset and Abrahi.

Sunset's position is more closely tied to the forward line after the premise, and it's not all about the assists and scoring opportunities he wants. When he arrives at the front, the intensity of his defense has increased exponentially, and the normal defense has the wing-backs, the central defenders to help him defend, and sometimes the midfielders and midfielders have to join. In the past, although he may have to deal with several players for a breakthrough, most of the time it is echeloned, and it takes a chance to adjust and breathe before facing the next defender, and there are not many times when several players block at the same time.

Now everything is reversed, most of the time you need to deal with more than two pinched defenses, and occasionally there is a chance to break through one-on-one.

What's more, his premise makes him lose space, start, speed up, and get out of space. Sunset isn't a very good player on the spot, and he needs space or distance to break through and get out.

Now he is limited by the baseline as soon as he sprints, and he needs to make more technical moves in less space and time to break through and get rid of defenders, which is difficult for him.

These problems were evident in training, but his breakthrough attracted a lot of defensive energy, which was a good thing for Niedelechner and Petersen, as well as for attacking from the middle and left. At the same time, because of the high quality of Sunset's last pass, once the breakthrough successfully passes the ball, it is almost a must-score opportunity. The coach believes that having ten or twenty such opportunities in a season in the Bundesliga is the performance of a top player, and with the contribution of attracting the defense, the goal and meaning of Sunset's premise have been achieved, and this is a successful tactical adjustment.

Sunset didn't want to be an assist winger who relied on his speed to fight hand-to-hand with a group of strong defenders, not only because of his small size, but also because he couldn't keep an impact on the game and the situation.

But Vahiri felt that it was better to make recommendations after a few actual battles, and Lucas's data analysis and derivation were not so strong, and more actual combat data was also needed to come up with a more comprehensive and detailed analysis report.

Now Sunset is the only one to deal with the upcoming match.

The focus and excitement for Abrazi is that he will be a playmaker in the new tactics, which give him more freedom and possession of the ball. Even if it doesn't have the core position of the whole team, if it plays well, it will be the core of the midfield and have more room to play.

This makes Abrahi a little nervous, and he and Sunset have been discussing how to divide the ball more reasonably, timing and so on. He also took the initiative to participate in the personal training of Sunset, Stenzel, Follenbach, Gu Shuo, and Wang Yifan, which just filled the personnel vacancy after Niu Xinqi went to Stuttgart.

The attention of the coaching staff, Sunset, and Abrahi affected a few of their friends at most, and most of the players were still a little absent-minded, no matter how serious they were.

In addition to vacations, fringe players are also worried about next season's schedule, and in short, they are not too focused on the game.

Both sides played tepidly after the opening kick-off, making everyone think it was an expected game.

Sunset will have to face Union Berlin right-back Kessel, a veteran of Kaiserslautern's academy who is physically tall and experienced.

Sunset wouldn't have had a headache with Cercel if he didn't have a premise for the position, and Cercer's slow speed and slow turnaround are his favorite guards, but the current arrangement completely brings out the best in Certle.

The tall and athletic Quessel's strategy against Sunset is to defend rather than mark, and when Freiburg pushes the ball to the front, Cerle will get Sunset stuck behind him in time, and the height of 191 completely envelops Sunset's thin small body and blocks it tightly.

Passing in this situation is a great test of the tacit understanding between the two men, and after two unsuccessful attempts, Abrahi began to choose the right and central sides with more space and chances.

The Union Berlin players weren't very committed, and there were plenty of opportunities elsewhere, and Sunset told Abrahi that the opportunity was good, but he was completely shooting himself in the foot, making his first half very mediocre. Even though Sunset started running after a dozen minutes and didn't give Quessel a chance to block him, he didn't get more balls other than attracting more defensive force and creating more gaps for his teammates in the middle and right.

At halftime, Streich criticized the players for their slackness, and praised Sunset for pulling out a lot of empty crotch through active running, saying that Sunset was the only one of the team's normal performances and did not seem to plan to make adjustments to the current tactics.

Another normal performance is Ablahi, who has a lot of passing and control tasks in the Albanian national team, so there is basically nothing uncomfortable, and he has done a good job in sorting out the backfield and distributing the ball.

Even Sky Sports' Schmitz thinks so, saying in a half-time commentary:

"It's clear that Freiburg has entered the Bundesliga preparation period ahead of schedule, and Streich has moved forward a lot of the remaining positions. Although there were no more assists and goals, we should see that his movement was always in the second choice of the ball carrier, attracting most of Union Berlin's defence and pulling out a lot of open crotch. If this arrangement is obviously a bit wasteful in the Bundesliga, but once it reaches the Bundesliga, the rest of the diversion can be reflected in value..."

Sunset isn't a very egoistic player who prioritizes his performance over the team's interests, but his inactivity in the first half left him a little frustrated, especially when containment didn't show value through teammates' goals.

The only benefit of pressing in the front court is that Sunset's stamina is much less exertional. Although they also had to run up and down according to the rhythm of the whole team, they also needed to participate in the frontcourt interception against Union Berlin for the first time, and they also needed to take on some defensive tasks, but they had a lot fewer opportunities for high-intensity long-distance sprints than before, and they were not too tired after playing half the court. It's also the only benefit of tactical adjustments.