Section 475 Purpose
For some teams around the world, league games are basically the most important games they can scrutinize. The update is so fast. Many weak teams in the big leagues, at the beginning of the season, their goal is relegation, before the start of each game, they are repeatedly thinking, which game they can win, which game they can keep the draw, which game they have to give up, these problems, for those weak teams, is all the problems worth considering, in addition to these, their league has no more purpose.
For underdogs, winning the league is what the game is all about. But unlike those underdogs, Wolfsburg is not their team. A top team like Wolfsburg, when they meet a lot of teams, they don't necessarily have only one idea. Sometimes a league game is about the overall situation of the league for them, and sometimes the league is about making them play better in the Champions League. So what is the purpose of the strong teams facing the league competition? Sometimes, you need to decipher it to understand.
Looking at the Wolfsburg football on the field, Simon at this time had a deep suspicion that these players in Wolfsburg were really just thinking about perfunctory things and saving physical strength by losing, or whether they had another purpose, and wanted to exercise their team strength in the game, this question, he couldn't get his opinion for a while.
He has such an idea because Wolfsburg has abnormally used a main central axis, and also because Wolfsburg has indeed had this kind of history in the past. It's just that he himself knows very well that it seems a bit too stupid to say that Wolfsburg wants to win, or wants to practice some tactics.
After all, Wolfsburg has basically changed half of the team, and it doesn't look like a tactical exercise. On the field, although the Dort 'Monde' players are lazy, they have always '' and controlled the overall situation. Wolfsburg's substitutes were tastefully powerless to resist, and such a situation did not look like they were exercising tactics at all. As a commentator, Simon has also watched a lot of games. But what was the purpose of this game against Wolfsburg, he never understood.
Could it be that Wolfsburg wants to exercise some secret weapon? In this regard, Simon is also a little skeptical. After all, Wolfsburg doesn't have any other ideas. He really didn't believe that he would let his central axis play on the field, so he stared closely at the game, bent on finding out what the purpose of Wolfsburg was.
He was extremely interested in this, and he wanted to know what the purpose of Wolfsburg was.
However, Wolfsburg's secret weapon, he never saw it, but after the second half of the game. Dort 'Monde' scored a goal first. After 50 minutes of play, Wolfsburg's defense was repeatedly suppressed by Dort 'Monde', and they were unable to resist their opponents after all. After receiving a pass, Reuss made a quick break into the penalty area and scored a 'shot' to break through the big 'goal' of Wolfsburg to make it 1-0.
The secret weapon seems to be that Simon himself thinks too much, and Wolfsburg does not show it at all in the game. However, it was also when Wolfsburg conceded the goal. Simon also suddenly understood something: perhaps, the purpose of Wolf Castle has always been under his nose, but he has not seen it.
Their purpose is not to train some new secret weapon. It's about letting their players learn how to maintain a better mentality in defense. That's why they only use players in the middle and not on the wings: because what they need to hone is the middle.
A team, especially one like Wolfsburg, which is very dependent on two wings. If you want to have more options to attack in battle, then the best way is to strengthen the wings and open the width in order to get more opportunities and let your team have more opportunities. And blindly emphasizing the central axis and not focusing on the wings is obviously not for the purpose of enhancing the attack.
And their purpose is now to train defense.
In football, it's always easier to open up the game in the middle than on the wings. Because they are closer to the 'goal' and have more routes to pass the ball, the battle in the middle is more decisive than the victory on the wing. If a team wants to win in the strong dialogue, attacking on the flanks is certainly one of the best ways to make itself stronger, but the confrontation in the middle is often more decisive. Even if a team doesn't advocate attacking in the middle, it has to defend well in the middle no matter what, otherwise it will be difficult to play well.
If Wolves want to go back to home and play against Chelsea, they will certainly not continue to work on their central axis. And the reason why they did this in this game, their purpose is obvious. Before the tournament, Wolfsburg did not think about how to enhance the attack, but continued to think about how to emphasize defense, which seems to be a bit conservative, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually easy to understand Wolfsburg's thoughts.
In away games, Wolfsburg's attack can definitely not be said to be useless. The goal from Wolfsburg in the first half was itself the result of the hard work of the players. Gao Shunyao's repeated impact, Perisic's flexible running, coupled with the 'insertion' of the midfield, this was originally an opportunity for the players to exchange their own running, such a goal, Wolfsburg's cooperation is very perfect, and it must not be said to be bad.
Not all offenses have to be a frantic pass at the feet, falling in front of the penalty area 30 times and then passing the ball into the net to be called 'fine' color coordination. Sometimes, the 'colorful' running and unselfish tearing can also reflect a team's attacking ability, which is a better approach for a team like Wolfsburg whose skills are not particularly 'fine'. It was precisely because of their 'color' cooperation in the second half that they were able to score the second goal after 'Lang' spent so many chances.
In fact, Wolfsburg had three weeks before the Chelsea game to hone their attacking prowess, and while that wasn't enough to elevate their attack to the top of the world, it paid off. Against Chelsea, Wolfsburg's long balls were of little use and it was difficult to get in with high balls, but they still scored two goals, which is the best proof of this.
However, although the Wolfsburg attack has improved compared to the previous one, it does not mean that it is good to continue like this. Wolfsburg is not a delicate team after all, and after the first round of games, even if the emphasis is on attack, it is estimated that it will not be easy to improve in a short period of time. Expecting everyone of their players to dribble in front of the box is unrealistic. In a week's time, they will meet Chelsea again, and this time, Wolfsburg's attack will only be difficult to improve.
In contrast, it is a defensive exercise that may be more helpful to Wolfsburg. After all, for Wolfsburg, in the first game, their biggest problem was no longer attacking, but defending.
In this game, if Wolfsburg's offense is not bad on the whole, then their defense can be said to have a big problem. From beginning to end, Wolfsburg conceded twice because of the wrong judgment of the opposing player's player at a critical moment. The latter goal can also be said to be caused by the fact that everyone was too tired in the final stage of the game, and Lampard's 'shooting' skills were too good, but the first goal conceded, because of excessive attention to Hazard, resulted in his panic in front of the 'goal', and finally scored the ball into his own big 'goal', such a mistake is simply undeserved.
Against Chelsea, Wolfsburg's biggest problem was that they couldn't keep their composure in the face of strong opponents, they paid too much attention to the opponent's stars, and even gave them too much care, which ultimately caused them to suffer the consequences. And if Wolfsburg wants to beat Chelsea, then it may be more meaningful to make some adjustments on the defensive side and correct this problem than on the offensive end.
Defensively, Wolfsburg should be no worse than Chelsea, who are not as weak as they think. In fact, Wolfsburg has never been afraid when facing Bayern, which has better staffing for Chelsea, and they have played with Bayern Munich and have never been scared, and there is no reason why they can't play well against Chelsea. It's just that, maybe because they are too close to Bayern and have to play many games every year, they have to play many games every year, which makes Wolfsburg know them too well and can face them calmly, while in the face of Chelsea, because they don't know their opponents enough, they are easy to get nervous, and the Champions League game has a heavier task, and they don't play well under the gains and losses.
This kind of problem is actually the mentality problem of Wolfsburg. Due to lack of experience and not having experienced more Champions League ups and downs, Wolfsburg also needs to grow in the Champions League. And obviously, this game is a game that Wolfsburg uses to exercise its mentality.
In the face of Dort's 'Monde' attack, they must learn not to be arrogant or impatient. They only use a central axis to dominate the opponent's attack, and they should know that it is impossible to defend, but compared to the purpose of completely locking up Dort's 'Monde', perhaps their original idea is to exercise their team's mentality through continuous confrontation and continuous danger.
A team can only grow when it goes through more situations. After the match against Borussia Dort, it is clear that the Wolfsburg players can also grow more, and this growth will also help them in the game against Chelsea.
Since it's not a question of ability in defense, it's more a matter of attitude, so if you can use one game to get the players to adjust their mentality and start focusing on the game, then maybe the next game, the team will have a completely different situation.
In this game, Wolfsburg wants to rest, but also to practice. It is only through this training that they will play better in the next game.