Chapter 51: Stuttgart's Frontless Tactics
On Friday, September 15, at around 6pm, the Hoffenheim fans drove to the Dietmar Hope Arena after a hard day's work. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info even, they took off their crisp suits in the car and changed into Hoffenheim's blue and white jerseys!
At 7 o'clock today, Hoffenheim will face the second-ranked Stuttgart II team at home, not to mention losing, if it wins, Hoffenheim will accumulate three more points, and the score with Stuttgart II will be shortened to only one point!
This war is related to whether Hoffenheim can continue the current momentum of the rankings! So, both the players and the fans see it very important!
"Now let's take a look at Hoffenheim's starting line-up for today." The commentator at the scene picked up the starting list that the assistant had just sent over, and he read, "The goalkeeper is Kirschbaum, there is no suspense, the young man has performed well in the first seven rounds, only conceding five goals, but it is second only to Kassel Hesse's four goals!" ”
"Up front, Mr. Rangnick did the same as in the previous two games, with Copado and Marić as a double striker."
"At the end of last month, Copaddo moved from Eintracht Frankfurt and Schendelmaize really made another good deal! In the sixth round, he made his first appearance, although he did not score, but he helped the team to pull out space, Marić scored two goals, and in the seventh round, Copado started for the second time, scored and helped the team open the deadlock! ”
This new player was also highly recommended by Shendel Meize and bought back for 300,000 euros, and Rangnick's initial suspicions were quickly impressed by Copado's heroic performance! At the very least, he changed Hoffenheim's weak form - the 3-1 and 2-0 wins said it all.
"Hopefully today's two-striker line-up with him and Marić will bring good luck to the team as well!"
One by one, the on-site commentary could be on the water for a while, but suddenly, he was shocked: "Beta! Beta? Gentlemen and ladies, I saw Beta's starters! ”
"Maybe there are still some fans who don't know that yesterday morning, our nemesis, the Taunu Stein Regional Newspaper, broke the news that it is said to be from the team's internal players, our No. 6 Beta, a Chinese boy, he is actually a rookie who has never played a professional football game!"
"What's more, the leaker told the other party that Beta's foot skills are very bad, not even as good as our U9 boys!" The on-site commentator said helplessly, "Although I feel very disgusted with the leaker's behavior, judging from the previous data, Beta has barely touched the ball or participated in the team's attack. ”
"And the goal conceded by Karlsruhe II has nothing to do with the success of the ball at Beta's feet. I'm afraid that what this leaker said is true! ”
"I'm sure our opponents will also get the news, and they will definitely attack the weakness of Beta. Mr. Rangnick is still going to put Beta in the starting lineup, didn't he read yesterday's newspaper? I don't think this is a good choice! The on-site commentator said worriedly.
His commentary also made the hearts of many fans hang.
But he wasn't right, not only did Rangnick read the newspaper, but during training yesterday, he was furious and vowed to find out the leaker - but he didn't know that the leaker had already been demoted to the second team......
But is Rangnick going to have to abandon Beta because of the news? That's impossible!
Beta is a vital player in his backline, and even if Beta's weakness is targeted, he can't give up Beta!
At this time, while making the final tactical arrangements with the players in the lounge, Rangnick received a piece of paper from assistant coach Sallinger with the starting lineup of Stuttgart II, and he suddenly frowned.
What the hell is this lineup?
Confirming that Salinger was not wrong, Rangnick was really a little crazy.
In the past, Adrion lined up either 442 or 4231, but no matter what changes, it is inseparable from the word striker! But this time, Adrion didn't even have a striker, four defenders, six midfielders!
Is this going to be a no-striker tactic?
Anyway, a message flashed through Rangnick's head after being mixed in the top league.
The strikerless tactic is a tactic that has only begun to be mentioned and studied in recent years, and the earliest proposal can be traced back to the time of the tactician Benist in Valencia, but it is said that this year's Rome in Serie A has begun a real 460 strikerless formation!
However, even if he knew that it was a strikerless tactic, Rangnick still didn't have any particularly good ideas.
This tactic is not yet mature, and no one has found a way to target it - or does it not need to be targeted yet?
Rangnick frowned, he sensed a strong smell of conspiracy, but he was too late to adjust.
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The game kicked off with the referee's whistle, with Beta still lagging behind. He calmly looked ahead, just like he had before, so quiet that almost no one noticed his presence, but he was really attentively observing his opponent's movements.
Yankel ran over in small steps, he gently patted Beta on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Beta, don't worry, I will pay attention, if you are being robbed, I will come and help you immediately!" ”
Rangnick had already explained before the game that this was his response to the crisis that Beta could be targeted.
"Thank you!" Beta and Yankel clashed fists and smiled briefly.
Yankel has come to the team and has already played two games with him. At first, both sides felt that the other party might form a competitive relationship with them, however, after two games, Beta and Yankel had some sympathy for each other, and the two of them were too comfortable to work together!
Jankel is a good centre-back and Beta doesn't need to worry about him coming out of the basket as often as Gottrich. Although he likes to take this opportunity to show himself, he has made up for a lot of fill-in, and everyone feels tired!
Yankel also felt that Beta's defensive skills were very strong, and with Beta, his defense became simpler.
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The strikerless formation, to put it bluntly, is the product of the fusion of modern football concepts and the tactical concept of all-attack and all-defense.
Don't look at the Stuttgart II team without a striker, their six midfielders are all masters.
When defending, they strangled Hoffenheim's midfielder directly in the midfield, and the football could not be sent to the front line at all, and Rangnick found that having Marić and Copado partner as a double striker could not give Stuttgart II a disadvantage!
On the attack, Stuttgart's second team came up with six men, and even their 19-year-old midfielder, Sammy Khedira, rushed up as if he had a small motor.
It's not that I've never seen a strong attack from the opponent, but for the first time, Hoffenheim's backline has encountered an attacking line composed of six midfielders who can pass and shoot.
All of a sudden, Hoffenheim's backline was in disarray!
(That's right, the Khedira you see is the Khedira of the future Real Madrid!) When Xiao Han checked the information, he was taken aback by him, a small second team, there is still such a big god hidden! However, it seems that Khedira was recruited back to the home team by Stuttgart after playing the next game, which can be regarded as the protagonist's luck! You can play with the master in advance! )