Chapter Ninety-Eight: Wonderful Adjustments, Activating Zhihao [Second Update]
At this moment at the Stadium de Gelredom, Fellaini dominated the crowd and became the focus of all the shots, and Wen Zhihao unfortunately became the background emperor for the first time at home.
Also for the first time, Wen Zhihao even had a trace of despair. His mental qualities in the game have always been extremely strong. The presence of such emotions also proves how bad Vitesse's performance is.
Not to mention the strength to fight back, it is the ability to parry, Vitesse is almost exhausted.
Some of the fans who are not firm have begun to leave, and even the most determined fans have been shaken in their hearts. After conceding two goals in the opening half hour, no one expected Vitesse to recover his decline, and it was already a high incense not to be abused too badly.
Fraser constantly beckoned the players to pay attention to the distance between each other on the sidelines, strengthening the protection and compression of space.
With a two-goal lead away from home, Mourinho's team can already face the game at leisure, anyway, the possession and the initiative in midfield are in their own hands, and they have enough confidence in their hearts.
Captain Wayne Rooney and Jose Mourinho had a clear idea and took the initiative to slow down the pace of the game at this time. Although Wen Zhihao's pre-match provocation made them want to breathe a bad breath, at the end of the day, Vitesse was not their main opponent in the group, and both the manager and the manager had a sense of the big picture and set their sights on the tougher games ahead.
Manchester United took the initiative to reduce the attack, and the pressure on Vitesse was much less. Without waiting for the head coach to give an order, Wen Zhihao took the initiative to press his position forward and pushed it near the arc of the center circle. It's still a long way from the opponent's goal, but it's better than being beaten in your own box.
In the home team's dugout, Jorgen suggested to Frasser: "Genk, can you consider the formation in the second half? ”
"Huh?" Fraser turned to look at his assistant and motioned for him to continue.
"Anyway, it's already two goals down, and if you continue to hold on, you'll only concede more goals, there's no point," Jorgen said. It's the first time for these players to play at this level, and if you lose too much in the first game, it's not good for the rest of the game, and I'm worried that their mentality will be affected. Look at Wen's expression after losing the ball, is it still the Wen we are familiar with? Genk, it's time to fight, we need to score! ”
Fraser stared at the field, his eyes narrowing slightly, and he had a bold plan in mind.
In the last ten minutes of the first half, Vitesse, who had eased up a little, began to try to drive to the front line to find Fan Xiaowolf, but Mourinho fully estimated the fulcrum role of Fan Xiaowolf before the game, and among the three central defenders, the strong Smolin and Bailly were entrusted with the important task of strangling Fan Xiaowolf, and Pogba who was withdrawn from the back position and Blind Jr., who played as a guest central defender, strengthened the control of the ground ball on the second point. It means that as long as Vitesse plays big, he basically returns the ball to Manchester United.
When Busaka blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Fraser was the first to turn his head and walk towards the dressing room passage, whether he could make a difference in the second half depends on whether everyone in midfield can digest his tactical ideas in the fifteen minutes.
The on-site director cut the camera to Wen Zhihao, who was walking towards the players' tunnel, and deliberately gave a close-up shot.
Walking with his teammates, Wen Zhihao didn't talk for the first time, his head was lowered, and he couldn't see his expression, but anyone could guess his sadness and helplessness.
In the Beijing studio, He Wei was a little distressed, and comforted Wen Zhihao through the air: "It's the first time I've seen Wen Zhihao's expression." It's okay Chi Ho, cheer up! Overcome the psychological gap and you will become stronger! ”
In the locker room, Fraser swept the players in front of him, and seeing everyone's expressions, Fraser was very dissatisfied and roared loudly: "Remember what I told you? Prove to everyone that there's still half a half, you can do a lot! ”
This voice had no effect, the frustrated were still depressed, and the drooping head still did not raise their heads.
Fraser no longer motivates the players, it is useless to just feed the soul chicken soup, and tangible tactical changes can bring about a turnaround.
'We didn't need a fulcrum in the second half. Wen, your position is on the top! If you don't have a striker position, you just need to keep it at about three meters with the midfielder! ”
All the team members were stunned for a while. What kind of tactic is this?
Wen Zhihao was the first to react, first startled, and then his eyes lit up slightly.
4-6-0!
No Front!
The pinnacle of today's strikerless formation in football is the Matador Spain at Euro 2012. Cesc Fabregas was the sharpest man in Bosque's forwardless formation.
But the midfield control of that golden generation of Spain is cosmic. Wen Zhihao really didn't expect Fraser to make such a strange move under full passivity.
"Boss, this ......" Wen Zhihao wanted to speak, and Joergen was also next to him trying to persuade him. Such an extreme style of play is indeed contrary to common sense.
Fraser reached out and pulled Jorgen, motioned for him not to speak, and then said to everyone: "In the second half, try to send as many ground balls as possible to Wen with a advance amount." Lukewarm! When attacking, you have to rush with all your might, and defensively recycle the midfield and protect the space. ”
"Play to your strengths, your speed, is the advantage!"
Fraser did not forget to emphasize to Wen Zhihao in the end.
At the start of the second half, Fraser replaced Van Wolf with England youngster Louis Baker. Wen Zhihao's position was at the front, and Baker replaced Wen Zhihao in the midfield position.
This change caused Calus to exclaim, "God! What is Henk Fraser going to do? From the standing, Wen's position is at the front! And Ricky Van Wolfswinkel was actually replaced! It's ......"
"That's right! No Front! I really didn't expect Vitesse to change like this. Even Jose Mourinho didn't expect that, right? But...... The effect will be to be seen, and the Vitesse players may not be familiar with this tactic as well. ”
Mourinho was a bit surprised, but there was a lot of room left for him now, and he had enough capital to adapt to change, so it was only a little bit of a surprise.
In the rematch, Manchester United's three central defenders did not press high, and Wen Zhihao had a lot more room to move than in the first half. However, the ground through ball is not the specialty of these midfielders, and several passes were too heavy, and Blind Jr. stepped forward to cut off the ball.
Seeing that the team's tactical intentions were undermined by himself, Rashka felt guilty, and Wen Zhihao walked over and pointed to Manchester United's black centre-back Eric Bailly and said: "Milot, do you see where he is?" The next pass will be given to his side, as much as you can give, and I'll take care of the rest! ”
Lashka looked at Wen Zhihao in a bit of confusion, and after a while, he met Wen Zhihao's eyes, came back to his senses and nodded: "Okay!" ”
Although he didn't know why Wen Zhihao said this, he fully trusted his brother who got along with him day and night.
Two minutes later, Lashka found his way and sent a cross over the top straight between the midfielder and the defenders, and sent a knife ball to Wen Zhihao and Eric Bailly that had a one-in-two chance each......