The fifth round of the League Cup is a league game between two matches, and it is not a double match, the second leg is played every other week.

So when Pavia met Novara again, it had been two weeks since the two sides had last met.

And for this reason, the head coach of the Pavia team, Mr. Donatoni, has also made careful preparations.

What to prepare? Mr. Donatoni is well aware that if you want to talk about tactical quality, Novara's head coach Mr. Tesel can at least throw him off the street, which can be seen from the league rankings of the two sides, Pavia is now fifth in Serie B group, while Novara is at the top of Group A, maybe they can eat in Serie B next season.

The gap between the two sides is definitely very obvious.

The only thing that Mr. Donatoni can rely on is that he has the trump card of Descartes in his hand, and it is clear from the last game that Descartes's level has definitely surpassed the level of the third league, and even higher than Serie B, that is, he can already be regarded as a player at the Serie A level.

Although the opponent also has a Ventola in his hand, Ventola is already an outdated player after all, and his injury has made him unable to play in Serie A, and even Atalanta in Serie B this year is willing to loan him, which shows how much his level has declined.

This is the only player in Pavia's entire squad that can make Mr. Tesel jealous.

In the last game, Mr. Tesel took advantage of the time difference between Descartes and caught Pavia off guard, scoring two goals in three minutes, and then using a solid defense to hold on to the end and snatch a victory at Pavia's home stadium.

No one knows what tricks he'll play on his home turf again.

Mr. Donatony understands very well that he is no match at all when he fights wits with Tessell.

So he put together a special lineup for this game.

When the two teams took to the pitch again, Novara's head coach Tesel frowned.

433, he saw Pavia out of 433's formation.

There is no doubt that this is a signal for a big attack, it shows the determination of the Pavia club and their manager, Mr. Donatoni, if it doesn't work, it will be a success!

It's really a heavy evil spirit, do you think that you will be scared like this?

A sneer appeared in Mr. Tesel's heart, in fact, he had also made some careful planning for this game, and the formation he discharged was 442.

This is a common formation in the Novara Club League.

At first, he thought that Pavia had only two options, either to continue to shrink the defense as before, then he could let the team properly press the attack, because after all, this is his home field, if he still "defends" with the opponent like in the Pavia Municipal Sports Center, then this time I am afraid that he will be booed by himself.

And the other option of the opponent is nothing more than thinking that they can defend and release Descartes in the first half, so that their formation of 4 defenders and 4 midfielders is enough to deal with them.

As long as it lasts 45 minutes, after Descartes' physical strength drops, the opponent's offensive will naturally cease to follow.

Mr. Tesel had carefully studied the footage of Descartes' matches and found that Descartes' excellence was based on his tireless running, and given his physical fitness and medical history, it was obviously very physically exhausting to play in this way, no wonder he usually only played 45 minutes.

So now Tesel is not worried that Descartes will start, with his physical strength, he can't be tireless throughout the game, and if Pavia forces him to play the whole game, it should hurt his body a lot.

If Tesel had been Pavia's manager, he would never have made such a choice.

Therefore, he chose this 442 formation with a balanced attack and defense, and whether Pavia's head coach Donatoni chooses to attack or defend, he has plenty of space to maneuver with the opponent.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Pavia's head coach Donatoni actually chose a desperate posture.

433 is definitely not a formation that can be easily controlled, before Barcelona's "Dream II Team" dominated Europe, only a few famous coaches such as Zeman in the entire European football world have been insisting on this formation.

Even the Dutch team, which is known for its all-out attack and defense, often uses a balanced formation of 442 in major games, and rarely uses a strong offensive lineup like 433.

It wasn't until Rijkaard instilled the concept of "high defence" into Barcelona's 433 formation that it really started to catch on.

The so-called "high defense" is actually very simple to understand, that is, from the front court, the whole team can attack and defend.

And it wasn't until Pep Guardiola's "Dream Three" that this whole set of tactics was finally perfected and fixed.

It is precisely by relying on this kind of football, which is similar to "all-attack and all-defense", that Guardiola and his "Dream Three" can sweep across Europe, making Uncle Bird hateful to be blocked out of the Champions League final several times.

Speaking of which, I am reminded of many people saying that Barcelona's success in recent years is due to their tiki-taka, in fact, I don't think this is necessarily the case, tiki-taka is just a tactic of possession of the ball after all, everyone knows that possession in football is not the same as victory, scoring goals is.

Therefore, I think Barcelona's success in recent years is more due to their reinterpretation of the player's function and position, and the most direct manifestation of this interpretation is their "high defense".

Before the "Dream II", we can still clearly remember that the responsibilities of players on the field are very clear, strikers attack, defenders defend, midfielders attack and defend, as long as a striker can score goals, he is a good striker, players such as Ronaldo, Shevchenko, etc., it is impossible for a coach to ask them to defend.

However, the "Dream II" team is different, we can often see strikers like Eto'o rushing back to their own penalty area to counter-attack, while Xiaobai and Deco have both had goal-line saves. Rijkaard succeeded in getting the whole team involved in the "defense" project, and the only privileged one at that time was Ronaldo.

But a player like Xiao Luo, he will attract at least half of the opponent's attention when he stands on the court, which is already a kind of invisible defense in itself.

This is the reason why everyone thinks that Barcelona has a high possession rate in the game, and Tiki-Taka plays beautifully, because they will actively tackle from the front and place the defense line directly on the opponent's penalty line, so of course their chances of stealing are higher, and the possession of the ball is also rising. Underneath the gorgeous appearance, it is often covered up by more sweat than others.

As I said before, Barcelona has raised the benchmark for distance on the pitch from under 10,000 meters to 12,000 meters, which is not an extra 2,000 meters for nothing.

And Barcelona can rely on a formation like 433 to become the team with the most goals and the fewest goals conceded in the five major leagues in recent seasons, precisely because they have brought the "all-offense and all-defense" concept of Michel and Cruyff's master and apprentice to a new level, so that the players on the field are no longer "experts" in some aspects before, but all have become "all-round warriors", and the whole team can participate in both offense and defense, which is the key.

With Barcelona's global success, the 433 formation has also become popular, just like the Italian national team, and their head coach Mr. Roca is also a fan of this formation.

But not every team is Barcelona, and every coach can control 433 perfectly.

The story of Dong Shi Xiaofeng continues to be staged in the football world, I don't know how many small balls will expect to take advantage of Barcelona's "east wind" to soar into the sky, but they finally found that others can play 433, it does not mean that they can also play, they do not have Messi, no Xavi, no clear ball control tactics, no "full offense and full defense" of the correct concept, in the end can only turn the team into a "four dislikes", become the laughing stock of others.

In Mr. Tercell's eyes, Pavia's head coach, Mr. Donatoni, is undoubtedly classified as such a person.

As an old rival in the third division, Tercel knows Donatoni and his club Pavia very well, a team that has never used the 433 formation in the last decade or more, and in just two weeks, can they become another "Barcelona"?

It's a joke!

According to Mr. Teselle's speculation, Donatoni actually has only one purpose in putting on such a formation, and that is that he is ready to fight hard. The 2-1 defeat at home has pushed his side to the brink of a cliff and they simply won't be able to survive if they can't score at least two goals in this game.

The only thing that makes people wonder is that if Donatoni has chosen to fight hard, why didn't he put Descartes on the field?

His starting striker is ......, who is ......

Mr. Tesel scratched the back of his head, this player he never seemed to have seen before, he looked quite tall, but he didn't look stupid, who was this?

He took the list of players from his assistant and found the profile of the player: Caron. Aigner, born in 1985, 193 cm tall, 101kg in weight, player resume, played for Mogna Regional United in the D League, transferred to Pavia two seasons ago, 5 appearances and 0 starts.

It's just a spare tire!

Tesel finally understood why he didn't have any impression of this guy, he only made a total of 5 substitute appearances in 2 seasons, and he can remember him as a ghost!

But what is Donatony trying to do?

Sending a stupid big guy on the field, is he trying to use high-altitude bombing to break his dense defense?

The idea is good, but this guy has made 5 appearances in 2 seasons and has not scored a single goal, Donatoni actually put all his hopes on him, is he not afraid of being shocked to vomiting blood and internal injuries?

Tesel almost laughed, this Donatoni is so stupid and naïve. As the top team in Group C A, Novara has scored 33 goals this season, ranking first in the league scoring list, does he think that he has eaten himself and does not dare to fight back?

So Mr. Tesel waved his hand, and the whole Novara team pressed up and launched an attack with Pavia without showing weakness.

The world is really wonderful, the last game two teams started to "defend" at the beginning, and this game the two teams started to "attack" at the beginning, it is really not a rivalry.

However, whether it was defensive or offensive, the result was the same, Pavia was always at the bottom.

This is the gap between the mid-table teams in Group B and the top team in Group A, which is a true reflection of the strength of both sides, and there is no trick to play.

And Mr. Donatoni put Caron in the center position. Aigner, at this time, also showed his true level, he stood in the front court and ran back and forth with the ball stupidly, almost completely lacking the ability to cut through the opponent's defense.

Mr. Tesel smiled even more happily now, he was a parallel import, he looked tall and big, but he was very slow, his technique was also very rough, and he was already 30 years old, what could he do if he was put in the front court except to sit there like a telephone pole?

Donatoni must be about to beat his chest and vomit blood with regret now, right?

Hahahaha!

But after a few minutes, Tesel couldn't laugh anymore.

Because Donatoni has changed.

Replaced a striker and brought on Descartes.

It's still 433, with Chacaruga on the left, Caron in the center, and Descartes on the right.

He actually made a substitution less than 5 minutes after the game started!

What does he want to make trouble? It's not in order! Is the player who was substituted willing? Isn't he afraid of infighting in the team?

Is he crazy?

Tesel felt that his brain was running out of ideas, and Donatoni's actions were completely unexpected. Even if he is really desperate to equalize, he can either let Descartes start directly, or replace him after ten or twenty minutes, this is just the first 5 minutes of substitution, is he not afraid of the substitution of the player to make a fuss?

How did he know that this substitution was premeditated by Donatoni.

Donatoni has also been thinking hard about dealing with Novara for two weeks, and he knows very well that if nothing else, Pavia's chances of beating Novara are almost zero, and they will lose at home, let alone away?

So he discharged a strange formation like 433, and also sent a 10,000-year substitute Caron. Aigner, in order to disrupt Novara's position in the opening period.

As Tesel thought, Donatoni had to press out to attack in this game, but he was also scared, if Tesel prepared a "bucket formation" for him like in the last game, then he would really cry.

So he used an unfamiliar formation and a striker suspected of being a "parallel import", in order to paralyze Tesel and make him abandon the defensive strategy and attack against Pavia.

If Tesel is not fooled, then he will let the whole team feint for 45 minutes, you read that right, it is a feint, because his idea was originally to let Cuarón stand alone in front of him as a lighthouse, and the other players just smashed the ball on his head, a big man of 1.93 meters, although the work under his feet is a mess, but it is still easy to grab the header. And if Tesel releases the team, well, he will immediately replace Descartes, seize the gap in the opponent's attack, and use Descartes' personal skills to solve the battle.

And the striker who was replaced had already been comforted by Mr. Donatoni, and he had a bottom in his heart.

So Tesel was deceived.

In the last game, he took "no offense" as an offense and put Dona Toni together, and in this game, Dona Toni used his way to govern his body, and "attacked" as not attacked, and he also yin him once.

The difference between the two sides is whose home stadium is and who is under more pressure.

In fact, Donatoni also understands that this is Novara's home stadium, and if Tessell can really shrink back like in the last game, then even if the temporary score between the two sides is 2:1, Tesel will bear the huge boos and pressure from the audience, just like he was booed in the last game.

Fans are not managers, although they care about the outcome of the game, but they are more concerned about the team's momentum and whether the game is good-looking, the team at the top of Group A is pressed and beaten by the middle of Group B, and the fans certainly have reason not to buy it.

So now it's Mr. Tessell's turn to start worrying.

Do you continue to attack, or do you shrink your defense? The stupid big man had poor ball control skills, but he was fighting for the top that was his forte, and now Pavia was clearly using his fight for the first spot, and then using Shakaruga and Descartes to grab the second spot, a simple and crude tactic, but very effective.

It was with this that England did not lose on home soil for 100 years.

And such a tactic is also very weak in the reliance on the midfield, Pavia's three midfielders can completely shrink the defense, but Novara's four midfielders are really scrapped.

It's so insidious, it's so insidious! Tesel kept walking around in front of the bench with a calm face, he wanted to replace a midfielder and add a defender, but now it's only a few minutes into the game, Donatoni can ignore it, but he can't help but take care of the players' emotions.

Who wants to be substituted just a few minutes into the game?

This is simply a naked slap in the face!

Tercel didn't understand how Donatoni persuaded his players, but he asked himself if he didn't have such good words, and if he dared to make substitutions, he would definitely make the players unhappy, and then the internal atmosphere of the team would be damaged, which would definitely have an impact on the team's results this season.

Then we have to wait and see?

Mr. Teselle's eyebrows twisted into a cross, he didn't expect that his self, who had always liked to calculate others, would be so calculated by others, and that Donatony sent Caron, a strange soldier, to the rhythm of vomiting to the point of vomiting blood.

However, the situation on the field can not be thought about now, 4 defenders against 3 strikers, the opponent has an absolute high point, it is impossible not to shrink the defense, Tesel can only run to the sidelines, wave his players to recycle the formation a little, and then use a few midfielders to assist in the defense. Let's stabilize the situation first.

But Tesel still underestimated the destructive power of Pavia's strange lineup, as the so-called one force down ten, although Caron is not a good player, but his fighting for the top is really nothing to say, 1.93 meters tall is not good to look at there, plus Pavia's players are aiming at his head pass, so he has a great advantage in the scramble.

Descartes and Scicaruga are both very good runners, and they are also very good at judging the second place, and in this case, the defenders of Novara are really no match for them.

So in the 15th minute, the goal came as promised.

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