Section 265 The more frustrated you are, the more courageous you are
After losing the league, having national team games in the middle of it is a good thing for the team itself, it can give them a reprieve for a while, but it is not necessarily good for the reputation of the team, because it also allows the media to find a lot of opportunities to blame the team. With the dream of the novel?,.com-Uncle haha-copy the URL to visit
Wolfsburg's previous defeat to Borussia Dort' 'Monde' had a lot of negative comments in the media. In that game, they were beaten by Dort 'Monter' all over the court, and in the end they lost and made extremely disdainful foul moves, which also put Wolfsburg under a lot of pressure during this time.
Magath's team has never been very popular in Germany. A while ago, Wolfsburg rose very quickly, and even reached the second place in the league in a short period of time, which also made the media a rumor. However, with their defeat, the media also seems to have seen their weakening, and many media believe that maybe the strength shown by Wolfsburg is just a flash in the pan, and compared with the real strong team, it is not at the same level, and this loss may be a turning point in their fate.
Maybe the part of the media about strength is right, compared to Dort 'Monde', Wolfsburg is indeed still far behind. However, it cannot be ignored that Wolfsburg still has a big advantage against other Bundesliga teams. Especially when Wolfsburg is playing at home, their advantage is very big, which no one can deny.
In the 13th round of the league, Wolfsburg did not let the media nonsense continue, and they did not sink in the game after proving that they lost with their performances.
At home to Mainz, Wolfsburg won very beautifully. In the opening 23 minutes, Wolfsburg relied on a mandzukic after pulling the side, so that Salihamidzic entered the box. He rushed into the penalty area along the baseline, relying on Gao Shunyao to hit the ball 'goal' on the other side, so as to find an opportunity in the back line, and a close-range 'shot' opened the scoring for Wolfsburg.
And after one goal, the soon-to-be veteran continued to prove his strength with a remarkable performance. In a foul committed by an opponent. After winning the set-piece, he used a free kick of nearly 30 meters to 'shoot' the 'goal' directly, and blasted the opponent's big 'goal' twice.
Since the beginning of this season, this is the first time that a free kick has directly broken the 'goal', and this goal has also made people see that the morale of Wolfsburg has definitely not declined, and they still maintain a strong morale. You can also kick a good ball.
Mainz, opposite them, did not think of fighting back. And their counterattack. It did work, and before half-time, Mainz also pulled a goal back with a quick counter-attacking 'goal'. It's a pity that their efforts, in the second half, were quickly broken again.
Shortly after the start of the second half, when Salihamidzic got the ball again, he relied on his performance that he had already scored two goals. It has attracted the attention of many opponents. And after attracting the attention of the opponent, the veteran player also made a beautiful pass: he sent the ball directly to the other side of the penalty area with a long pass, giving Gao Shunyao a chance to attack the 'goal'.
Gao Shunyao did not live up to this pass, he didn't even stop the ball and 'shoot' again, but directly rushed to the top with a beautiful header and blasted the ball into the 'goal'. The score became 3-1 with his goal. It also proves that Wolfsburg is not just a Salihamidzic but also a fighting **.
The 3-1 score made Mainz have no idea of coming back, but became a comprehensive tightening of defense, but this did not make their situation much better. In the final stages of the game, 'Bo' Lak, who came on as a substitute, also scored a goal. With a 4-1, it was announced that the morale of Wolfsburg had not fallen.
This victory gave people a glimpse of the combat effectiveness and morale that still existed in Wolf Castle. However, people are also more focused on their next game at this time.
Everyone knows that Wolfsburg's problem is not at home, but away. They played away to Augsburg. is the object of people's attention.
As a promoted polo team, Augsburg is certainly not a particularly strong enemy. They have just been promoted, and they are not outstanding in strength.
However, after the match with Dort's 'Monde', Wolfsburg also has its own new perspective on playing away. What they are pursuing is no longer simply to win, but how to better consolidate their defense in away games: relying on the attack, they can defeat teams like Hamburg and Augsburg, but no matter how many such victories there are, as long as they can't win in the face of Bayern, Dort 'Monde' and other strong teams, their victory is after all a mirror 'flower' like empty talk, can not last, in contrast, how to steadily improve their defensive ability, is what Wolfsburg needs to care about.
The players in the Wolfsburg backline still have some strengths of their own. First of all, their midfield strangulation ability is very strong, and the two midfielders can withstand the midfield pressure of strong teams very well, which is an advantage that is difficult for other teams to achieve. It's just that their backline is relatively weak.
Friedrich is on the older side and hasn't been in great form since last year's serious injury. Ruth has only been in the team for half a year, and his talent itself is relatively limited. Kjaer has skills and fame, but his style of play seems to have always been incompatible with the Bundesliga, while Yung is not like a defensive player, his contribution is more in attack.
Purely in terms of lineup, they really don't have much 'color'. There were a lot of unfortunate mistakes in Wolfsburg's game, and it's not a new thing. Their defensive line is very problematic, especially in the middle, and they have not been able to coordinate well all the time. It is precisely for this reason that Bayern, which mainly plays on the wing, can only play 1-0 in the face of Wolfsburg, while Dort' 'Monde', who attacks in the middle, can only play a 3-1 score.
And if you want to improve the strength of the team, you must first improve your defensive ability, which is also the most important truth that the Wolfsburg players have realized after being completely pierced by Dort's 'Monde' defense.
When facing Mainz, the Wolfsburg players were still thinking about how to adjust their offensive line and play enough morale first, so that the team would not sink away, while in the face of Augsburg, Wolfsburg, which had recovered its morale, was thinking about how to adjust the defense and enhance the overall strength.
"The forward line does more to grab the ball, interfere with the opponent's ball on the penalty line, pay attention to the connection between the back and the back line, don't try to cooperate with each other, don't ignore each other. Attacking and quick transitions, done with long balls and wings, using our height advantage to complete quick transfers......"
As for how to defend, Magath has been channeling during this time. Compared with some time ago, his requirements can be said to be more and more detailed.
How to defend to maximize the advantage, many teams have their own different opinions. In the past two years, the most popular tactical idea in the world is to emphasize the Barcelona-style style of play that emphasizes ball control, emphasizing that as long as the ball is controlled at the feet, the opponent has no chance. This kind of tactic is not no one to learn in the Bundesliga, at least Klopp, who is 'Monteon' of Dort, has always said that he is learning from Barcelona.
However, for this tactic, Magath has little interest in learning. He didn't die because he didn't like to learn, but because his tactical thinking was a little different from Barcelona's. In his defensive philosophy, letting go is by relying on the 'pressing' of the whole field, and all the players work together to complete, starting from Stuttgart, his tactical thinking is that the midfield is an all-round player, and the side opens up space, his tactics will be adjusted, but the mind is difficult to adjust.
Therefore, for the current Wolfsburg, he can only make some more detailed adjustments: for example, Gao Shunyao, who requires more retreat and pulling, interferes with the opponent's ball on the penalty line, asks the wing players in the midfield to participate in the counter-attack, and asks Matic and Kjaer to make more linkage to strengthen the defense at the back, but he will not propose to let the team play a technical 'sex' ball control tactic.
That's not his style, it's not something the Wolfsburg players can do. What they can do is to patch up the seams and revise Magath's tactical thinking.
Since the day he returned to Wolfsburg, he has now managed 30 games at Wolfsburg. And even if it is only this season, counting the friendly matches, Wolfsburg has played more than 20 games, and Magath's many requirements and many internal thoughts, after he mentioned it, the team can quickly understand, which also gives him room to play in the details of his tactics.
For example, if he had spoken to Helmos in the past about interfering with the opponent's ball in front of the penalty area, Helmos would certainly not have been able to do it. But now, Gao Shunyao is in this position, but he can do this tactical arrangement. If Matic hadn't integrated in before, where would he be able to take care of Kjaer? But now, he can also connect before and after the whole game.
It's just that the tactics that have just been adjusted also have a lot of problems when they are actually used. A good team pays attention to the integration of offense and defense, which can achieve a rapid transformation between offense and defense, and at the same time, it must be invincible. However, Wolfsburg is not such a good team, and they can't do it at the same time, so what they are pursuing now can only be one of them.
Against Augsburg, Wolfsburg opted for an aggressive defense throughout the game. They didn't attack much, but took advantage of the fact that Augsburg, a promoted horse, was not too good in attack, and practiced their defensive level on them.
Their experiments can be said to be quite successful. For at least 90 minutes of the game, Augsburg was unable to break down Wolfsburg's big 'goal'. However, Wolfsburg also paid the price, and in the game, they were not able to break the opponent's big 'door'.
But it's all worth it.
'At least in this game, we played away from home and we didn't concede a goal.
For this game, Magath used the most concise sentence to make an evaluation.
Others may not understand the meaning, but the Wolfsburg players understand: Wolfsburg have not won two games away from home this season, and it is very important for them to be able to keep a goal from conceding.
Only when you have a firm foothold can you beat others. With a solid backcourt defense, Wolfsburg can go further in the league.