Chapter 123: Hoffenheim's New Tactics (Subscription Requested!) )
Dhornitez is just one of the teams in the German regional league, and even this match has no fans other than some Zonitez fans, and although the first official match of the new season was not broadcast on any television, the Hoffenheim players didn't care.
Xiao Qing and his teammates were very excited, although they also participated in some warm-up matches before the official start of this season, although there were also two Bundesliga teams among the opponents in the warm-up matches, but after all, it was only a warm-up game, and everyone was not too serious. And now although they are facing opponents two levels lower than themselves, the Hoffenheim players are also quite excited, because this is their first official opponent after being promoted to the Bundesliga!
Zonnitez are a very difficult opponent to pose a threat to Hoffenheim, it's not that the Hoffenheim are too careless, and it's true that they won't have any challenges at all here. It's also embarrassing to say, because according to the rules of the German Cup, when a high-division team faces a lower-division team, the home stadium of the lower-division team is chosen; Although Tronitez's home stadium is not famous, it is also a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 people.
Hoffenheim, on the other hand, although now they have finally gone from having only 5,000 people to Dimat. Hope Field moved out, but now Carl. Mercedes Stadium, which is only their home stadium on temporary loan; As for their new home, the Rhein-Neckar Arena, although it is a high-quality stadium, is still under construction, and it will not be opened until at least January 2009, which means that Hoffenheim will have to loan other stadiums for the first half of the season as a temporary home stadium. When all told, there really isn't a more shabby top-flight team than Hoffenheim.
Although it is indeed shabby, because there are no teams in the top flight at home; But the difficulties are temporary. As long as Hoffenheim can do well. Then everything can become a reality. For the team, strength is fundamental, as long as there are enough excellent players, as long as there are enough excellent records, then the team will get better and better!
The current Hoffenheim head coach Rangnick has a bit of a headache, Hoffenheim's transfer moves this summer are amazingly fast, and when the transfer market just opened, they basically completed all the team's transfer tasks, and they bought everything they should buy. What should be cleaned up has also been cleaned up, and Hoffenheim has even announced that the transfer is over even when other teams are still discussing transfer candidates.
And now what is left for Rangnick is such a deck of cards in his hand, Rangnick also knows that the owner Hope has invested enough in the team, and now Hoffenheim has gone to the top league, so they also have a certain foundation. If Hoffenheim want to be a competitive team, then they need to continue to explore the potential of the team, and they can't just rely on Hope's investment, otherwise Hoffenheim is destined to be a flash in the pan.
Ralph. Rangnick, a well-known German tactician, is also a crazy 'professor'. 1998 Ralph. Rangnick. The Bundesliga leaders Ulm boss came on with an attractive tactical board. Explain the "parallel four back and zone defense" adopted by his team. At that time, in addition to Borussia Mönchengladbach, the top teams including Germany and the Bundesliga still held various derivative systems of scavenger tactics, and the back three were as uniform as the popular back four today.
Rangnick brought the little-known Ulm to the Bundesliga and went on to coach the likes of Stuttgart, Hannover 96 and Schalke 04. At Schalke, where his side came close to knocking Bayern Munich out in the 2004-05 season, his advocacy of 4-3-3 attacking football was also talked about by pundits and fans at the time. Since he is a "professor", he will be a little different, and there are various legends about him, such as he used spray paint to stimulate the morale of the players in the locker room, and even hypnotized the players.
Rangnick is Schalke 04's all-time best league record manager. However, this did not save him, due to disagreements with the owner Asholl and the team's "ball tyrant", Rangnick left half a year before the contract expired. Before Asaull could sack him, the "Professor" was already waving goodbye to the fans during the game.
The professor is crazy, and he is always able to make choices that people don't expect. In 2006, Hope invited him to Hoffenheim as a country team in the third division. Although Hoffenheim at that time was indeed rich, the team was indeed only in the lower leagues, and Rangnick was also a well-known head coach who had no shortage of next home.
But two years later, Hoffenheim shocked German football by completing a triple jump. In the summer of 2008, Rangnick did not bring in many players, with Stuttgart teenager Baker and Brazilian Wellington being the only "big" signings. But the year before, Rangnick's signings had impressed the team. Eduardo, Obasi, Demba. Bajun was the handicraft of the time, and the twin stars of Ibisevic and Salikhovic in Bosnia and Herzegovina were typical cases of "turning waste into treasure". Rangnick gained more trust here, and because Hoffenheim was almost a blank sheet of paper, Rangnick could write his thoughts on this blank sheet of paper at will.
Small space training, forward passing training is the player's jishu and speed, someone can shoot against the goal to improve the player's shooting skills, and a free kick master like Salihovic has his own target, the colorful corners of the goal for shooting practice. Even hockey tactics were introduced by Rangnick during the training camp because he thought it would be useful for wide attacks. It's a bit of a laugh that the Hoffenheim players even learned fencing from the Olympic fencing champion to improve their flexibility.
With the current Hoffenheim squad, Rangnick will have to change the team's tactics, perhaps Hoffenheim had a lot of success in the Bundesliga last season, but it is almost impossible for Hoffenheim to achieve better results this season by relying on such a squad that is not outstanding and the tactics that are gradually becoming familiar to opponents.
Although Rangnick believes that the team will certainly not have to deal with much relegation this season, for this rural team, they want to be better, and he wants to put Hoffenheim on his own brand and a team with his own style.
Rangnick has made adjustments to the team's tactics, and throughout the training period, Rangnick has clearly signaled that the team will start a new tactic in the new season, which is naturally due to the lineup, because Rangnick thinks that Hoffenheim's players can surprise everyone with their crazy tactics.
Hoffenheim's players are young, so they can adapt to a higher intensity of movement, they can use their physical advantage to drag down their opponents, Hoffenheim's new tactics will break some of the Bundesliga's usual tactics, and as in the previous days at Ulm, Rangnick is ready to make a new tactical change.
The current Hoffenheim players have embraced a new tactical theory, simple, fast and pressing attacks, so the main goal of Hoffenheim's players on the pitch is only one, and that is the opponent's goal!
In Rangnick's view, the football team is a complete system, so he requires every player to be where they should be, they don't even need to look at the position to know where they need to be, that's the player's instinct and understanding of the tactics.
Return passes, horizontal passes, this is something that Rangnick hardly allows, because it will reduce the speed of Hoffenheim's attack, and Hoffenheim has to do it quickly, faster than the opponent, so that they can't keep up with Hoffenheim's rhythm at all!
"The foundation of the team's victory is based on the fact that we have more chances to score more goals than our opponents every game!" That's the current Hoffenheim tactical philosophy, and they're going to play attacking football this season!
As for the defense, because the team will be in a 4-3-3 formation, the team is required to carry out all-attack and all-defense tactics, especially in the midfield, and it is even more unscrupulous, which cannot give the opponent more opportunities at all, because their defensive ability is not strong in the first place.
Goalkeeper Ozcan, Baker, Comper, Nelsson, and Ibetsberger lined up from right to left on the back line; midfielders Gustavo, Eduardo, Salihovic; On the forward line, Ibisevic, Xiao Qing, Edu. Hoffenheim set up a 4-3-3 formation. The choice of midfield is an attacker except for Gustavo!
Drogitez were completely stunned by Hoffenheim at home, and although they knew that as a regional league team, there would still be a huge gap between them and Hoffenheim, but they had no chance in this game completely, because they were completely out of breath by Hoffenheim.
As long as the Djanitez players are a little slower in midfield, they will inevitably be caught by Hoffenheim; While Dhonitez's players would like to be quick, their tactical literacy is simply not enough to keep them in good shape. In attack, Zonites had no chances at all, and they could only watch as Hoffenheim's players ran tirelessly like mad dogs.
As for the defensive end, the players of Zronitez are even more depressed, Xiao Qing, Ibisevic and Edu form the front trident, and Hoffenheim's midfield is a steady stream of output; Although Xiao Qing in the center did not have a very good shooting feeling in this game, he was still able to continue to attract the defense and divide the ball in time with his teammates. Ibisevic and Edu both scored, including Eduardo, who followed up in the back row.
Hoffenheim's debut in the new season, a 3-0 victory over Djonnitez under the new tactics, but Dhonitez is not strong enough after all, and Liliang, who wants to test the new tactics, still needs to meet stronger opponents. (To be continued......)