Section 232 The Coach's Favor
Standing on the sidelines of the training ground, listening to the wailing of the players on the field, the corners of Magat's mouth hung a contemptuous sneer: It is really not a surprise that these guys have become relegation teams. ≦ Suimeng Xiaoxiao, .com-", the training system he established here two years ago has all been shelved, and the usual training of these guys is a mess, no wonder they will become the relegation team this season.
It has been almost a month since he took over the team, and Magath, who has gradually resumed team training, is also becoming more and more dissatisfied with these players.
It's not because they can't win. In fact, they won the battle with Frankfurt. However, in the battle with Frankfurt, Wolfsburg won not easily. In 90 minutes of play, 66% possession, 27 shots and goals, only to reverse the score and play a 2-1 game, such a game cannot be fully accepted in Magath's eyes.
The momentum is scoreless, the game looks 'good', but it just can't score goals, and this kind of game also makes Magath unsatisfied. After returning to Wolfsburg, he has complained more than once, after Wolfsburg left him, the two years of 'mixing' are really not good, and in them, there is no longer a shadow of the team he coached back then.
Dzeko is gone, and Misimovic has been looking depressed and out of shape. Grafeth really wanted to play, but his form was really declining. Two years ago, Wolf Castle, which was full of vigor, is now a dead silence. Their own brutal training did not destroy them. But after they were gone, they destroyed them by their own relaxation of themselves.
These players, basically, there is no possibility of revitalizing the 'sex'. Looking at the training, although now Magath still uses them as the main force of the iron fight. But in the bottom of my heart, I also secretly thought that I would change people after the season.
Now Wolfsburg. It's time for a big change – sometimes looking at the rest of the Wolfsburg players, Magath has that in his mind. During these days. He's not just thinking about relegation, he's also thinking about how to build a new team. And many players in the team also make him quite like.
For example, Gao Shunyao is such a player.
The name Gao Shunyao, Magath knew earlier than everyone else in Wolf Castle. He was the first German coach to look at Gao Shunyao and the first to think he could try his hand at the Bundesliga. It's just that at that time, he and Schalke's management were not very happy, and this 'transaction' did not take shape, and Gao Shunyao came to Wolfsburg. And unexpectedly. After going around and around, they still cooperated.
This player is one of Magath's most satisfying players since returning to Wolfsburg. Litbarski recommended him to him, and he soon discovered that he was one of the few players in his training who could keep up immediately and never complain. The former is okay to say, and the latter one, few people can do it, which also makes Magath to him. Gao glanced at it.
He hated it when the players complained – he hated it when Bayern said he was leaving a team and the team had a party to celebrate. He believes that really good players. It's not going to complain about training. How can training be a nuisance for players?
It's good that Gao Shunyao doesn't complain. Keeping up with the training, executing the tactics. Don't complain about hard work, don't resist substitutions. Magath likes people like that. In his opinion, the player can run. Being able to rush and being in good health is the first step to success. Those who complain that training is too tiring are obviously not qualified to succeed.
Gao Shunyao is qualified in this regard, which is already very good, and he is not only qualified in this aspect, he is also very 'outstanding' in other aspects, such as consciousness.
He played a big role in both goals against Eintracht Frankfurt. Although Magath also knows in his heart that if he has better skills, it may be two goals, not just a role, but for a young man from Asia, he doesn't want to be too demanding. What's more, technology can be practiced, and some of Gao Shunyao's advantages can't be practiced, these things are more important than technology.
These things were even more evident in the following games: in the 29th round, in the away game against Bremen, Gao Shunyao played some other advantages.
In this game, Wolfsburg are playing away from home, and their opponents Bremen are stronger than Eintracht Frankfurt, which also puts them under a lot of pressure. However, in this game, Wolfsburg's luck was quite good, and in 20 minutes, they relied on this 'chaos' battle to score a goal and confirm the lead early.
Since you are ahead, the rest of the matter is naturally to hold on. For the next 70 minutes, this is what Wolfsburg kept doing. From the front to the back, everyone at Wolfsburg is trying to defend as hard as they can. It is precisely because they have been trying to defend that their two strikers, Mandzukic and Grafit, have both received yellow cards.
Magath will be hoping to protect Grafitte from suspension for the remainder of the game. Therefore, this time, he also used Gao Shunyao again. And what makes him happy is that Gao Shunyao also knows very well what he wants. He didn't think about attacking anymore, but kept rushing forward and backward to defend - although he himself received a yellow card, but after 90 minutes, Bremen did not score a single goal.
Thinking about attacking when you have an advantage, and dedicating yourself to defending when you don't have an advantage - this attitude is more rare than skill.
The two consecutive victories are quite difficult, and it also makes Magath extremely satisfied with Gao Shunyao: the technique can be practiced, but the attitude is his own, and it is more pleasing to have such a good attitude than good technique.
Perhaps, such a player can be used as an important player to retain when the team is built in the future. It's just that he and Mandzukic's skills are a bit conflicting, and they should think about what to do. In the summer, reinforcements should be brought in to ensure that they play ......
Thinking of this, Magath shook his head again. Those are all summer things, and I have to make the season go before I change blood.
For Wolfsburg, relegation remains a daunting task. Although Magath took over, the results seem to have improved a little, but. It's not so easy to catch up with someone left behind in front of you.
For example. After winning the match against Bremen, in the match against St. Pauli. Wolfsburg didn't take it down. In this game, they played a 2-2 draw, although they got a point, but the result of the game was more thrilling than the previous one.
In this game, Mandzukic scored the first goal for the team at the end of the first half, but, frustratingly, the team was not able to take advantage of the victory. Instead, in the second half, the opponent pulled back two goals in a row.
This time at home, the situation is worse than the last home game, although the last time against Frankfurt was also unable to score goals, but at least the home advantage is still dominant. But this time, it was obviously a home game, and against the bottom team, there was no advantage at all, and the opponent was not only on par with Wolfsburg on the field. In terms of the number of 'shots' and 'goals', it is even better than Wolfsburg.
Being pressed and kicked by the relegation team on their home turf is a shame in such a game.
Of course. Speaking of which, Magath also has to admit that he has his own responsibility: after seeing that Gao Shunyao's substitutions have worked well in two consecutive games, he also wants to try to use more newcomers. This game. He brought on both Goo Zi-cheol and 'Bo' Lak, and Misimovic was replaced by him. He had to admit afterwards that it was a huge mistake.
It turns out. Not everyone has the self-awareness of Gao Shunyao's 'color', especially the midfielders have higher requirements for the control of the field, and the 'random' substitution is to find their own death. Gu Zizhe, who was substituted in this game, was able to contribute nothing but a yellow card, and the whole game, he just proved that he really has not adapted to the game. And his performance almost killed the team, at the important juncture of relegation, he couldn't play at the level, which was going to be a big deal.
The only thing that made Magath happy was that in the final stages of the game, 'Bo' Lac proved that Magath's substitutions were not all wrong. At the front of the penalty area, after receiving Mandzukic's return ball, he pulled the ball horizontally, and relied on Gao Shunyao's horizontal pull at the same time to find a 'shot' and 'goal' position. In the 89th minute, he equalized the score for the team with a 'shot' and 'goal', and did not let the team get a point at the critical moment of relegation.
After two consecutive wins, Wolfsburg still ate a draw. Fortunately, after this game, Wolfsburg temporarily 'sexually' returned to the 14th place in the league - since taking over the team, two wins and two draws, the team temporarily 'sexually' escaped the relegation zone.
However, Magath doesn't think it's safe at all: with four games to go, just four points clear of 16th, it's still possible for them to fall back into the relegation zone, with the league game not in the end, and it's too optimistic to think it's safe now.
The remaining four opponents are not particularly good, and Hoffenheim has no 'desire' and will not be too serious, but in the other three games, Kaiserslautern is 1 point higher than Wolfsburg, Cologne is 2 points higher than Wolfsburg, everyone is a team that is likely to be relegated, after meeting, it is difficult not to fight to the death.
These teams are tough opponents – and it's not them who hate them the most, but the team they're going to face this weekend.
In the 31st round of the league, it was the match between Wolfsburg and Schalke 04. This encounter is of extraordinary significance to Magat.
A month ago, he was the coach of Schalke 04, and now he is an enemy of Schalke 04. That team fired him, and none of them had a proper reason. The crime they convicted themselves of was that the transfer of more than 300,000 yuan was not approved by the team - in this world, which coach still needs the team's consent to 'spend' 300,000 to sell himself?
To Schalke 04, Magath was full of resentment. What annoyed him was that they beat Inter Milan to reach the last four of the Champions League. It should have been an honour for itself, but Schalke's damn management denied him the chance to lead the team to the semi-finals. Thinking that they fired themselves and led the team to relegation here, but they were going to compete with Manchester United for a place in the final, Magath was also furious.
In this match, he definitely does not accept defeat. In any case, he will also prove that