Three consecutive rounds of league games without a striker, is it a burst of confidence, or is it a trick?

The Garden Stadium, which has made Bayern Muni Black surrender this season, really doesn't fall into Rehhagel's eyes?

The veteran hunter who has made the team suffer so much, will this time miss the opportunity to rewrite the myth of the Red Devils?

No one knows the real answer.

Because, the initiator, Rehhagel, also does not know the answer!

Since you don't know the answer, why don't you take your opponent as a real thing?

The reason for the qiē can be traced back to the conversation between the two in the head coach's office after the end of the 22nd round of the league.

"It seems that it is also necessary to find the most threatening attack methods in the midst of chance."

Rehhagel quietly watched the video of the game for a moment, shaking his head slightly.

On the screen, Kuka's disappointing pass was transformed into a magical creation and became one of the top 10 goals of the season.

"Routine attacks?" Lu Wei sat beside him, his face was also not relaxed, as if he had completed a long intelligence test.

"If you are too freewheeling, everyone in the attack needs to have the ability and awareness to create a threat. At the same time, you need to turn opportunities into a strong belief in scoring. Rehhagel was noncommittal and pulled the video back to 70 minutes.

"Mean, at the moment, there are guys in the team who can't meet this kind of requirement?" Lu Wei exhaled lightly, his face flushed.

"Rachinho, Balak, Kuka, you, Mo, Sforza, outside of the six, Klistov is the only substitute, Booker, Leahy, and Suggett are not qualified." Rehhagel paused for a moment. His face was also a little lighter. "Seemingly, it's enough to deal with an opponent like Stuttgart."

"What's next? Let capable guys play their own game? Lu Wei smiled at the corner of his mouth, turned his gaze back from the screen, and looked at the old man.

"Huh?" The remote control in Rehhagel's hand stopped in mid-air.

"Or, get all the guys involved and turn high-end gameplay into a mass project?" Lu Wei had no intention of whetting his appetite. Talking to himself, he said his opinion.

"Well, you're right. The sharpness of the lineup, the collision of sparks based on individual ability, if you want to maintain enough sharpness, the margin for error of the lineup will become very low, and for us at the moment, it is a fragile luxury. Rehhagel nodded slightly, a smile blooming in the corner of his eye.

didn't wait for Lu Wei to speak. I sighed again.

"Like, I'm a little more impatient than you."

"There is no bottom to what kind of height we can reach. It's like the feeling of impatience after the lottery is drawn, the one in your hand, the first number is all hit, and the last digit has not been scratched out. ”

"yes, it's a 10 million prize. It's still a 100,000 consolation prize, it's really worrying! ”

"Then let's look forward to it with our opponents."

There is no striker. Stevens' team won't have any heartbeats.

In their eyes, every team that visits the Garden Stadium is a guest who needs to be warmly entertained. If you don't put all your energy into the cold, the neglected guests will look down on the host.

After the last leg of the meeting between the two teams, the result that was ordinary in the eyes of outsiders shocked this team a lot.

Use your opponent's strengths to make a fuss. Step by step* to lure the opponent to make mistakes, and finally, use the opponent's already established thinking to let the opponent fall into the pit!

To be able to deal with experienced opponents in this way is clearly a team with maturity and composure from top to bottom. If only to describe them in terms of magic. Inevitably killed by curiosity.

I am the main player, patient, calm, circulating, always maintaining a high degree of concentration, and treating my opponent as a group of cunning and ferocious wolves.

These requirements, without Stevens saying, the Schalke 04 players who have watched the game video over and over again will also know it.

Now, it's time to test who's more patient!

The players are mentally ready, but what about the manager?

Stevens was clearly not fascinated by the pre-match media buzz and, like Loew, was fascinated by the magical changes of his opponents after the first leg of the two teams, and his attention was not as focused as the young manager, but he did not spend less time on it in his spare time.

In the pre-match preparation, whether to repeatedly study the video of the first leg or previous meetings between the two sides, or carefully analyze the video of the opponent's recent rounds of matches, is a matter of opinion.

Of the two options, the former is often separated by a long time, and if the opponent changes a lot in a short period of time, there is a big question mark over whether the results of the study can be used in the game.

The latter is more immediate, but the tactical play of mature teams is often not static, especially when facing opponents with different styles, the differences in the table in the game may be far beyond imagination.

Analyse the way your opponent plays against other teams, and study the tactics they might use against yourself from your opponent's point of view. This kind of psychological derivation is the daily work of the head coaches. As for whether the final result is completely guessed or far behind, it is a direct expression of the level of the individual.

In Stevens' view, apart from the rare absence of a striker, the opponent's style of play is polarized.

Young people are the main ones, and the blood flows against the attack. The old guy is the main one, and the patience flows the war of attrition.

These two styles may seem contradictory, but they are not.

Each team's on-the-spot command, adaptability, and psychological qualities are different, and in general, the higher the level of the team, the higher the quality of these aspects.

It is not a good deal for a strong team to play a weak team and eat the opponent simply by relying on strength. Rational use of tactics, adding sudden rhythmic changes to the offensive and defensive system, and using personal abilities from time to time to induce the battle, once these means are successfully used, the initiative of the game can be easily grasped, and in the end, it does not need to pay much to defeat the opponent.

Kaiserslautern has repeatedly fought with weaker opponents at the beginning, but in the end he is often able to take down his opponent and steal the three points, and this is exactly why!

This team has only seen one serious injury loss this season, and the reason is no different!

Eating the weak team is obviously not the only factor for them to be at the top of the list.

Usually. In the strong dialogue, each other's high morale determines the investment of both sides in the attack. But they were determined to win the championship, but they never put on a confrontational posture when they were fighting against their direct rivals, making the game open.

This kind of initiative lowers its profile. Focusing on defense, he leads the battle into the unknown while confusing his opponent. In the end, they took advantage of the psychological gap of their opponents and the individual abilities of their star players to achieve one magical victory after another.

It's no surprise that Stevens is not surprised that mid-table teams tend to take advantage of them.

No team can consistently perform at a high level, and no matter how good the players are, the fortuitous elements of the game cannot be completely avoided. Advantages for mid-table teams. It lies in the balance of mentality and adaptability on the basis of strength.

Stay calm, defend firmly when the opponent is up and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, choose the opportunity to move when the opponent recovers, do not blindly press, and even if you get a draw, you will still be calm.

These are the foundation of Schalke 04's life!

Now, go take it to the extreme!

Two games 4:1 passed. It's fashionable to speculate on Kaiserslautern's starting line-up.

Good deeds are counted slightly. The conclusion is drawn.

In twenty-four league rounds, there are seventeen starting lineups!

In the absence of large-scale attrition, there is no one in the five major leagues for this kind of rotation.

I can't find it, let alone maintain an impressive record when the frequency of formation changes is so exaggerated.

If you don't take into account the lack of strikers. Rehhagel's choice for this game was not too unexpected.

Sheri, Yumo, Lu Wei, Rachinho, Barak. Booker, out of the six, only Booker replaced Christov in the starting lineup, which was a little surprising. However, if contacted

With a match that ended just three days ago, this choice makes sense.

In the face of the Schalke 04 team with a strict defensive system, the idea of a quick counterattack can be thrown aside, and among the six, the play of Booker and Sheri was cited as one of the highlights of the game.

Of the two, Booker has been criticized for his lack of outstanding characteristics and lack of explosiveness on the court. Sheri has recently made a series of wonderful appearances and slapped a lot of guys who look down on veterans in the face. It's just that the density of the two games is only three days apart, can the 32-year-old veteran withstand it?

Since it is a highlight, the camera lens during the broadcast of the game will often focus on the two people, or a long shot, or a close-up, or a capture. Anyway, it is unrealistic to expect Schalke 04 to press out to play against the attack, and in the Kaiserslautern team that controls the ball more, the table of the two should play a key role in influencing the game.

Unfortunately, good intentions were once again shattered by reality.

The two's cousins are as diligent as ever, and as always, they lack explosiveness and desire to perform.

Just over halfway through the first half, the balance of the game was quietly broken.

In the past, the Kaiserslautern team, which broke through the sharp on the left side, started to make an article on the right side at the beginning of this game, and Stevens, who felt that he was deceitful, did not move, but shifted the defensive focus slightly, and did not relax the team's right side defense.

Prior to this attack, the Bundesliga Red Devils had not been able to gain absolute dominance on the right flank, and they were only able to take advantage of their numbers and technical superiority to launch waves of attacks.

Schjungberg, Ballack, Lu Wei, Sheri, four people wore flowers and butterflies, appeared in the not wide right half, passed very patiently, reversed feet, small sprints, emergency stops, and got rid of.

Schalke 04's defenders also did not dare to relax lightly.

Booker on the left, Youmo in the middle, and Rachinho behind him were all closely watched, and even if the ball failed to return on the left side several times, they still maintained a high level of vigilance.

As a result, as if after a tacit understanding between the two sides, Schalke 04's left defense line gradually became a scorched earth where wolves were raging. (To be continued......)