461 Three consecutive wins
In the battle with Augsburg, Wolfsburg fully proved that they are definitely not a team that anyone can compete with as people think. The update is so fast. Augsburg's belief that he could win by taking advantage of the possibility of fighting on two fronts in Wolfsburg and not being able to exert his full strength proved to be nothing more than a delusion. In a 3-0 game, Wolfsburg won easily in the league and easily won all three points again.
This victory did not come as a surprise. The second-place team in the Bundesliga was not surprising to beat eighth in the Bundesliga after a week's break. They were much stronger than their opponents, and victory was a matter of course. Compared to this victory, for Wolfsburg, their challenge has just begun, because just after this game, they still have two league games to play in the following week.
As the season draws to a close, the pace of the Bundesliga race is picking up. There was no European competition this week, so Wolfsburg naturally ushered in a week of double fixtures. Compared to the match against Augsburg, these two games were not easy.
The opponents of these two games, whether it is Werder Bremen or Eintracht Frankfurt, are relegation teams, and as a relegation team, they are different from teams like Augsburg who fantasize about fighting for some points, when facing strong opponents, they have a better mentality and can correct their position, compared to those teams, they will not rush to attack, which makes it more troublesome for strong teams to deal with them.
And for Wolfsburg, the last thing they want now is a troublesome game. It's always more difficult to get a win against an opponent who is stubbornly defending. ←→ x79 novels and in the game against Werder Bremen, they also verified this, this game, Wolfsburg played quite hard.
In the game, Werder Bremen unsurprisingly chose to defend to the death, and even so, Wolfsburg can be said to have no shortage of opportunities. Not long after the opening, Gao Shunyao received a long pass from Turan, and a beautiful 'chest' stopped the ball. He kicked the ball towards the far 'goal' post, and bombarded the opponent's big 'goal' with a beautiful 'shot' and 'goal'.
But it's a pity that Gao Shunyao's kick 'shot' and 'goal'. It slammed into the 'goal' post, and Wolfsburg's first attack ended with a single hit on the 'goal' post. And what is even more depressing is that it was not long ago, after a Perisic cut inside along the bottom line. He used a kick back pass to 'hand' the ball to Gao Shunyao again, and this time, Gao Shunyao's 'shot' 'shot' 'goal' once again knocked on the 'goal' post, and missed the ball 'goal' by a millimeter.
Kicking out two 'goal' posts in one game, even Gao Shunyao himself felt that he was really unlucky - this kind of play also made him realize that in the face of a team like Bremen that clearly wants to defend to the death, even Wolfsburg has the upper hand. It is also difficult to break through the opponent's stubborn defense. Defensive counter-attacks are indeed a great weapon to close the gap between the two sides in many cases, and everyone has to admit this.
In the face of this tactic, Wolfsburg really has to think of a way.
Bremen's defense is really good, which makes Wolfsburg a little anxious. Fortunately, as a relegation team, they are still weaker after all. Although they had no problem fighting for 45 minutes against Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg broke the deadlock with a quick flank break as soon as the second half kick-off.
At the start of the second half, Wolfsburg took a very different attacking approach. This time. Rong quickly 'plugged' the ball to Turan, and Turan quickly cut inside after taking the ball, and when the opponent came around, he passed the ball to Gao Shunyao in the middle. And Gao Shunyao stopped the ball at his feet. Right at the edge of the penalty area, he immediately wanted to get up and 'shoot' the goal.
His action made Bremen's defenders no longer hesitate, and directly slid a tackle and kicked it in his direction: Gao Shunyao's long-range 'shot' is now quite famous. Bremen's defenders are not prepared to give him the chance to shoot and 'shoot' at will.
Faced with such a ferocious defense, Gao Shunyao could only pull the ball back in one step. Then, instead of looking for any more opportunities, he directly passed the ball to Shaheen, who was 'inserted' behind him. After getting his pass, Shaheen directly stuffed the ball through the ball, allowing the football to bypass Gao Shunyao and rush towards the box, where Perisic had already taken advantage of the opponent's defender's fall to 'insert' through the gap.
Just in front of the penalty area, Perisic got the football, and he was there, with a beautiful push 'shot' that made it 1-0 for Wolfsburg.
It's just that, it's a pity that this goal also became the last goal in this game for Wolfsburg. Gao Shunyao kicked the 'goal' post twice in one game, but did not score in the end.
Such an unfortunate thing made Gao Shunyao's play become the talk of many football 'fans' after the game. But compared with Gao Shunyao's play, what the media is paying more attention to at the moment is the change in the playing style of Wolfsburg in these two games. Individual performance is important for a team, but what the media pays more attention to than that is the tactical changes at Wolfsburg.
"Compared to before, Wolfsburg seems to pay more attention to the middle straight plug and the anti-offside 'plug'. In the games between Wolfsburg and Augsburg and Bremen, their usual best tactics of wide crosses were much less, and the attacking tactics in the middle were much more. ”
After the game, the media was very keenly aware of the biggest change in Wolfsburg in these games. And their opinion is not wrong, in recent days, Wolfsburg has indeed put more emphasis on counterattacking behind the back, as well as the significance of penetration in the middle.
In the game, Gao Shunyao's two 'goal' posts seemed to prove the unreliability of Wolfsburg's side cross tactics, and the anti-offside goals in these two games also seemed to illustrate Wolfsburg's solution to this. They did this, naturally, in preparation for the battle against Chelsea. Perhaps they are already well aware that they have some new 'tricks' to do in the upcoming game against Chelsea.
The media all know very well that Wolfsburg has always relied on their own wings to play football and have strong headers. They have a top-class wide and a central striker, which is what they stand for. But with such characteristics, it's good to say that it's okay to meet other teams, but it's really not a big threat to meet Chelsea, and they have to have something new to win.
Chelsea are Premier League teams and have a big advantage in defending on the wings and heading balls. And they are not Arsenal's weird people who don't like to defend, nor are they attacking upstarts like Manchester City, this team has a good attitude, even a little lewd, which will further strengthen their defense. In the face of the upcoming game, Wolfsburg will lose badly if the previous offensive methods are not adjusted, so it is not a bad thing to try a new style of play with three games before the game.
It's just that before this kind of competition, I remembered to practice skills like cramming, is it really useful?
The media are skeptical about this, but anyway, for Wolfsburg, it doesn't matter if they win or lose these games, and even if they can't practice good ground penetration in three games, a little bit of technology in this area is better than nothing. What's more, emphasizing the attack in the middle is indeed of great benefit to Wolfsburg. They confirmed that in the upcoming league game against Eintracht Frankfurt.
In fact, before the arrival of this game, Eintracht Frankfurt had some hopes for whether their team could keep one point in front of Wolfsburg: Wolfsburg has not performed very well on two fronts since the second half of the season. Prior to their two matches against Manchester City, they had failed to pick up a league win. And this time, their match against Chelsea is also about to take place, which also makes Eintracht Frankfurt feel that maybe this time, their own team can also get a draw from Wolfsburg.
After all, if Wolfsburg really chooses to save stamina in the game, then they shouldn't have too rampant attacks.
Frankfurt's prediction cannot be said to be completely wrong: at least after the start of this game, Wolfsburg did not attack Frankfurt with their ferocious impact as usual, but in this game, Wolfsburg once again used the 451 formation, behind the starting Olich, Turan, Shahin, De Bruyne formed the Wolfsburg offensive line, but it did not make Frankfurt much better.
In this game, Wolfsburg did not let the football fly in the sky for the whole game, and they deliberately emphasized the cooperation of the ground ball during the game, always thinking about how to control the midfield. This kind of play made Wolfsburg's attacking tempo a lot slower, but in the game, they were much more stable.
Compared with the previous games, before facing the Champions League, they did not dare to spend physical impact, and as a result, their games were not played well.
It's just a pity that in this game, Wolfsburg was not able to penetrate the goal on the ground in the end, on the contrary, in a corner kick opportunity, De Bruyne's corner kick was directly passed to Kjaer's position, Kjaer shook his head and attacked the 'goal' and successfully broke the opponent's big 'goal'.
As it turns out, ground penetration is not what Wolfsburg is good at after all, and although it can take advantage, it is difficult to score. Playing technical football, it still seems that it is difficult for them to win, and this style of play is still very problematic. Compared to these, they are still better at heading, and the tactical effect they want has not been fully achieved.
But in any case, Wolfsburg still got 9 points in a row in these three games, and their attempt is not completely meaningless. Moreover, when they came to London and stood on the pitch and watched the opposing team's lineup, both the media and the Wolfsburg players also felt very sincerely: the ground ball cooperation is definitely a better choice.