Mandzukic's unexpected injury can be said to have added a shadow to Wolfsburg's journey this season. As the main center and the boss of the front line, Mandzukic's role in the team is self-evident. At the critical moment, he was injured, and how Wolfsburg will develop this season has also made people worried.

The scariest thing for a team is not that they have a strong opponent, but that they have internal problems. Whether it's infighting or injuries, these issues are more worrying than facing strong opponents. Wolves maintained a very good squad last season, and after a season, except for a few people, there were basically no injuries. But at the beginning of this season, Gao Shunyao was not in good shape, Mandzukic was directly injured, and encountered this kind of problem, which also made people unable to see the future of Wolfsburg for a while.

Of course, the upper echelons of the Wolfsburg team will not allow themselves to be looked down upon, and after Mandzukic's injury, they also said for the first time that their team will not be affected too much. In an interview, Magath directly said that his team will still try to play better in the Champions League. They're going to have to give Mandzukic a better game to play when he returns from injury. He swore by this, and even used his reputation to guarantee that Wolfsburg would still achieve good results in the Champions League.

It's a pity that the media basically doesn't believe this at all.

'Mandzukic's injury is a big loss for Wolfsburg. In Magath's tactics, Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic formed a double striker, and the two wings moved forward together. is the tactic that forms the core of their team's offense, right now. A striker is injured, so Gao Shunyao alone. It's hard to stick to this tactic, and where Wolfsburg will go this season is also a big question. ”

The analysis of the media pointed out the problem of Wolfsburg. For a long time, Wolfsburg's tactics have been a two-centre-forward tactic. Both of their centre-forwards can attack and both can play shafts, and with the support of two strong wings, they can create chances for each other or try to find the back of the net themselves. Two high strikers take turns attacking the opposition's defence. This is the core part of Wolfsburg's tactics, and now, one of their high school strikers has fallen, and only one Gao Shunyao is left, this set of tactics has been broken, even if Gao Shunyao is back in shape, how can he score?

Single striker and double striker are two different styles of play. One striker was injured and only one main center remained. Wolfsburg will inevitably need to change their tactics, but if they change tactics in a hurry, no one will believe that their new tactics will work very well.

"Maybe Wolfsburg this season. You really need to think about what your goals are for the season. The injury problem of the players should not be underestimated, and it is worth thinking carefully about Wolfsburg. In the case of Wolfsburg's lineup, maybe a one-line battle. It is more suitable for their situation, and a top-three table in the league is more in line with their team needs. The road must be taken step by step. Wolfsburg don't have to be chasing too good results this season and making rational plans. Maybe it's better for them. ”

The media is full of doubts about Magat's words. However, fears have largely vanished with the weekend's Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen games. At the beginning of this game, Wolfsburg used its own strength to tell people that the strength of its team was still there.

This game has attracted a lot of people's attention, and how Wolfsburg should come out of the shadows after suffering an injury has become the biggest question for people.

In the game, what surprised people was that Wolfsburg did not change tactics to adapt to their injury problems as people imagined, although the loss of Mandzukic was indeed a big problem, but they did not think about changing the formation, this game, they still used the 442 style of play, and their forward line, instead of Mandzukic did the start, it was the Croatian veteran Olic who started.

Wolfsburg does have such a substitute, and Olic is still playing here. Many media outlets have almost forgotten about this incident, but the Wolfsburg team has clearly not forgotten. At this time, they let Olic take Mandzukic's place.

This change makes people somewhat unsure of what to say: Olich is certainly still able to play, and everyone knows that. But to say that Olic can replace Mandzukic's role, it is basically no one believes in it.

For no other reason, Olic is too old, old to the point where people don't think he can play the main team. He is 34 years old and has not been able to play at Bayern two years ago. And after arriving at Wolfsburg, he has always played mostly as a substitute player, such a veteran who has been a substitute for several years, many people don't think that he still has the ability to play the main team, let him replace Mandzukic, people have not thought of this possibility.

However, if you think about it, this is a good idea, because Mandzukic's injury came suddenly, and in a hurry, Wolfsburg was only able to put Olic in his vacancy. After all, the game is imminent, and even if Wolfsburg really wants to make any more changes, they will have to wait until later, and at this time, they can only let Olic target the vacancy.

As a veteran, Olic has been working as a substitute since arriving at Wolfsburg. Since last year, he has been on the bench or in rotation on a regular basis, whether it's a center forward or a winger, and when he is needed, he will be replaced. As a veteran, Olic has a lot of experience, he can play in a lot of different positions, whether it's a winger or a central striker, he does a good job, and he has played a big role at Wolfsburg.

And this season, it's clear that now it's going to be a regular at Wolfsburg. Because of Mandzukic's unexpected injury, he also had to take over the position of the main striker. Of course, for a veteran, there are many problems with rushing to play the main team. For example, how his body is is questionable - as a player in 79, Olic is 34 years old, and a player of this age will play the main team, and it is natural that people will be doubted whether he will be in good shape.

On the pitch, though, Olic immediately proved that he was in excellent form. As soon as the game started, he started his full-court run on the field, and he was not inferior to anyone in terms of speed or confrontation.

Immediately after the opening, Olic made a threat. After a Bayer Leverkusen won the ball, trying to send the ball to the side at the back and attack, Olic stared at the carelessness of the opposition's pass and rushed towards the opposition's dribbling centre-back. The defender, who was taken aback by his sudden attack, hurried to pass the ball, but Perisic on the wing also cooperated at this time, broke the ball, he took a few steps inside the middle with the ball, and then fired a long shot towards the goal.

His shot was slightly wide and only caused a false alarm, but Olich's aggressive counter-attack was still impressive.

When it comes to form, Olic is not bad, but he can also be called the best striker at Wolfsburg.

As the main substitute player for Wolves last season, his appearances were not less than those of the main players, but he actually played much less minutes. And, because he retired from the national team last season and no longer played for the national team, he didn't really play much. He hasn't been distracted by fatigue and, as a veteran who has always been known for his dedication, he hasn't relaxed his training, so he's in excellent form this season.

"Maybe Olic is in the form of a team that can really play in the Bundesliga...... But playing the main team in the Bundesliga and playing the main team in Wolfsburg are two different concepts. ”

Watching the game, even the commentator has to admit that Olic is indeed in good shape. But at the same time, he further saw another problem. Olic is indeed in good shape and has not aged, but it seems unlikely that he will be able to fill Mandzukic's lack - if it were really possible, Bayern would not let him go.

As a striker, Olic has always been known for his versatility in the frontcourt. He has a lot of advantages in football, hard work, intelligence, positional change, positive attitude - these characteristics do not normally appear in a top striker, but it is a miracle that Olic has made himself one of the big teams.

However, despite the many advantages of this player, his problems are also very prominent: as a striker, his biggest problem is that his goalscoring ability is not so good. Compared to his national team juniors, this is his biggest problem.

Olic has played in the Bundesliga for seven years, and even at his peak, he scored 14 goals at most in a season, and most of the time, he scored less than 10 goals. Mandzukic has only been in a similar situation in his season as a winger at Wolfsburg, and the goal efficiency of the two men is very different.

The biggest problem with Olic replacing Mandzukic is that he can't replace Mandzukic's goalscoring ability. And the ability to score goals is something that Wolfsburg desperately needs now. There are many kinds of strikers, but what Wolfsburg need now is precisely a striker who can score goals.

The fifth round of the Bundesliga is a match between Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen. Both teams have Champions League in midweek, but they met at this time, and this schedule is also quite frustrating. Because the national team competition has just ended, and there is a game in midweek, the two teams met at this time, and both sides did not dare to do their best. Both sides made some rotations during the game. Even if you don't count the striker positions that people have been talking about, Wolfsburg have Turan and Shaheen replaced on this side, and Moussa and Marin have changed their starting line-up. Because of the team's rotation, Wolfsburg's offense has been weakened a lot, and Olich's goal level has always been poor, which is quite a helpless thing. The current Wolf Castle, it seems that only Gao Shunyao is the only one who can really count on it, but with Gao Shunyao's recent state, can he really break the goal for Wolf Castle?

No one can believe this. People are also waiting to see how Wolfsburg will play out. (To be continued.) )