Although the pressure of the Champions League is great, even Gao Shunyao, who came back from China, also felt the momentum of the team's Zhongshan rain and the wind full of buildings - compared to the league, the Champions League game has won too much in terms of reputation and honor, and it can be said that this game is the most eye-catching one of the club honors that players can strive for.

The same is true for Gao Shunyao, on the way back by plane, he couldn't suppress his excitement. Although there is still a week to go in the Champions League, it still arouses a lot of reverie for him.

Gao Shunyao is 23 years old, but he has never played in the Champions League. He's been playing football for five years, and at his age, the real talents have already picked up the Ballon d'Or and he's only getting his first taste of the Champions League. He knows very well that such a high-level competition in the Champions League is an unattainable event for himself who is not a genius, and because of this, he is also very much looking forward to this event.

He couldn't wait to play in the Champions League, and he didn't even care much about the league game in between: the Bundesliga still took good care of Wolfsburg. After the victory over Augsburg in the second round, Wolfsburg's third round match is also to play against Fürth. Compared to those strong teams, Fürth is undoubtedly a very weak opponent, as a promoted horse in the league, they are also relatively weak. Gao Shunyao didn't look down on them, but in his opinion, Wolf Castle's victory over Fürth seemed to be a matter of course.

However, when he returned to the team, he found that it was also a new challenge for Wolfsburg: because of the Champions League in midweek, Wolfsburg also made some changes in this round of the league. Wanting to concentrate on the Champions League.

But it was this adjustment that made the media's attention focus again.

Magath as a coach. There are some issues that have been criticized all the time. In addition to the fact that he buys people to pay attention to quantity like FM, and training focuses on strength like abuse and torture. In terms of personnel arrangement, one of his big problems is that he is keen on all kinds of meaningless rotations. There are times when Magath's rotation can cause a lot of problems for the team, and that's nothing new.

And in this game, Wolfsburg also made a lot of adjustments. Mandzukic did not play as a regular player, while in midfield, Perisic and Makoto Hasebe also made substitutes. Shaheen still started the game and Nemanja Matic was tasked with sweeping him up and attacking. Almost all of them were pressed on Gao Shunyao, Turan and Olic who came on in rotation.

Mandzukic and Perisic both opted to rest – their national teams played the same games in September, and Croatia played two more games. Although Gao Shunyao is also very tired, in comparison, his condition is slightly better.

It's just that Gao Shunyao, who is in better shape, also has a heavier task, playing with a group of substitutes and Shahin and others who are not fully integrated. It's not easy.

What's more, Magath has made more than that. In the defensive line of this game, Wolfsburg also replaced Kjaer. However, unlike the substitution in the front court, which is to preserve the strength, Wolfsburg has the purpose of adjusting the backcourt. I wanted to try to use different defences to deal with European competitions - European competitions are different rhythms than Bundesliga games, and although Naldo is good at playing in the Bundesliga, he is in European competition. Magath also wants to try Kjaer, who came from Serie A, to see if it will work better. And for the sake of his ideas. He also made such adjustments.

Although this adjustment still retains the general skeleton of the team as a whole, it has undergone such adjustments. The strength of the team will inevitably be affected to a certain extent. After Wolfsburg has undergone adjustments, whether it can play well is also a matter of concern.

Gao Shunyao was also a little worried about this problem. The team has made a lot of adjustments, he is not a very adaptable player, he has changed team-mates suddenly, he is also afraid that he will make mistakes on the pitch, Magath has rotated too much, and he has also recognized some problems. However, even so, he still wants to win, and losing points in the face of promoted horses is a big loss for Wolf Castle, and Gao Shunyao doesn't want to encounter such a thing.

Fortunately, Wolfsburg did not make such a low-level mistake. However, the biggest contributor to their ability to win this game was not Gao Shunyao, but Olich.

Olich, who started in the game, was more composed than Gao Shunyao. Although he was on the court in rotation, his performance on the court was much better than Gao Shunyao.

After kick-off, Wolfsburg didn't play particularly well. Because Shaheen was on the field, the work of controlling the rhythm on the court was naturally handed over to Shahin. However, Shaheen on the court still did not change his problem of being too anxious, and blindly wanted to speed up the pace of the game. And Gao Shunyao in the front court couldn't change his approach, just ran with him.

Such an impatient attack did not do much to break the opponent's door. Although Fürth was not strong and was unable to seize the loopholes of Wolfsburg, because Wolfsburg was too urgent, the offensive was not delicate, and it was slow to break through their defense.

Gao Shunyao ran back and forth, unable to shoulder the core function, but at this time, Olic relied on his own skills and awareness to carry out tandem on the court. After each possession of the ball, he began to try to slow down the pace of his team, began to consciously control the ball and do some slow-down back and forth, which allowed Wolfsburg to gradually stabilize their position.

The experience of the old players is indeed much better than that of the youngsters, and the problem of the team's squad rotation is basically not shown by Olich's efforts, and his calmness has eliminated the team's problems, and Fürth is not a very strong team, and after Wolfsburg stabilizes, they can't stand it.

Under Olich's constant involvement and running, Gao Shunyao also kicked better and better. And seized the opportunity of an opponent's mistake. After a quick turn at the edge of the penalty area, Gao Shunyao stabbed the ball towards the goal. His shot flew into the back of the net just right against the turf to give Wolfsburg a valuable three points.

Gao Shunyao's goal won the game for Wolfsburg, although there were some problems with Magath's rotation, but relying on his good players, Wolfsburg solved the problem. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to have one or two veteran players in the team, they can provide a lot of experience in the team, and this valuable wealth of experience can provide a lot of consistency for the team.

And it is precisely with this stability that Wolfsburg can show stronger strength in other games. With this game saving energy, they can also cope with the next games.

Their first game was to host Shakhtar Donetsk at home.

Shakhtar Donetsk are the only team in the group that is not from the top five leagues, and it stands to reason that they should be the worst of the four. But even so, Wolfsburg does not dare to take this team that often plays in the Champions League with the slightest contempt. Although it was a home battle against a strong enemy, they still gave great caution and wanted to slowly figure it out at home, not daring to attack rampantly.

Sadly, Wolfsburg's caution didn't seem to do much, and once the game started, Wolfsburg conceded goals sooner and earlier than they thought.

The game had just begun, and before the Wolfsburg players were fully in shape, Shakhtar Donetsk's attack had already arrived. On a Wolfsburg pass in midfield, Fenaldinho cut off Hasebe's pass to Perisic with a kick and he immediately launched a counter-attack.

His pass was very quick, and as soon as he split the ball to Willian, the team's counter-attack was immediately launched. Although Wolfsburg's defenders also returned to defend quickly, William passed the ball back to Srna behind him, and Srna directly over-gave the ball to Mkhitaryan, making Shakhtar Donetsk's counterattack from the original one-point counterattack to a multi-point counterattack, and the lineup of counterattacks was formed as quickly as possible.

Compared to the league, the Champions League teams are significantly more efficient and they are more attack-oriented. The more layered, multi-headed counterattack made the interception of Wolfsburg come to naught.

And Mkhitaryan's speed turned this counterattack into a nightmare for Wolfsburg - Wolfsburg also like to play counter-attacks, but their players are known for their skill and have never seen such perverted speed. However, Mkhitaryan's excellent speed caused Wolfsburg to suffer a big loss. His quick swoop cut through Nemanja Matic's defence and headed for the Wolfsburg backline, and just as the Wolfsburg defenders wanted to intercept, Mkhitaryan slid the ball straight into the feet of Luis Adriano.

The through ball allowed Adriano to seize the opportunity, and he had already formed a one-on-one chance after receiving the ball. In the face of the attacking goalkeeper, Adriano was very skillful and seized the opportunity and scored the ball with a shot.

Within five minutes of the opening kick-off, Wolfsburg conceded their first goal. The veteran teams of the Champions League, in front of Wolfsburg, showed their strength.

This conceded goal also made Gao Shunyao realize that compared to the Bundesliga game, the European competition is indeed another game. The higher-speed confrontation, the more intense battle situation, the more detailed division of labor among the players, and the counterattack composed of different tasks for each person made Gao Shunyao's eyes open. And at this time, he suddenly remembered the question that Olich had said to him a few days ago.

He needs to determine a development direction for himself in order to be able to improve further - think about Olich's performance in the game with Fürth a few days ago, and looking at the way the players in the Shakhtar Donetsk team play, Gao Shunyao suddenly felt that he knew what he should do. (To be continued.) )