Jewell was on the training ground that afternoon, instructing the team on how to play the new tactics and trying to see if his ideas could be realized.

"Zhang, all you need to do is find a good position and shoot."

Jewell looked at Zhang Tiehan and said, "I don't ask for anything from you, you don't need a fixed position, the whole stadium is your space to play, your task is to find opportunities and shoot and score, understand?" ”

"Yes, Coach." Zhang Tiehan was excited and eager to try.

He had felt that he was too limited in the game, even against Everton in the last game.

In the team's formation, he is a midfielder on the same level as Riddle, especially when pushing forward, he needs to pay attention to his position, so that the whole team can not leak from all angles, no matter where the ball goes, there will be no one nearby.

He is part of the tactics, and he has to take on the tasks in the tactics.

But at the same time, the opponent will always have players who come to mark themselves, and that kind of half-court marking is very restrictive to him, especially when the opponent also pays attention to restricting teammates from passing the ball to himself, and he can't even receive the ball, let alone any chances.

This new tactic is really tailor-made for yourself!

If you don't limit your position, then the other party will follow you in the future, and you will run all over the field. If the opponent is defending on the left side, he can go to the right side, and if the opponent is in the penalty area, he can run out, so there will definitely be a lot more chances.

Zhang Tiehan couldn't wait.

Over the next two days, the team was adapting to the new tactics, and as Jewell thought, all sorts of problems arose, including Zhang Tiehan's, other players', and the whole team.

Zhang Tiehan's problem is very simple and very troublesome, that is, he is not very adaptable......

After all, he has never played any free man before, and there are few free men in modern football, he has always had a position, and suddenly the position is not fixed, and he doesn't know how to play.

For example, he will duplicate the positions of Ellington, Ridell and even Macarocchi.

For example, his running is very chaotic, and other people are controlling the ball, and suddenly a voice comes over, and he feels very inexplicable, and the kick is a little chaotic.

Wait a minute.

Zhang Tiehan thought very well, but if he really wanted to adapt to the new tactics quickly, he couldn't do it immediately.

There are also problems with other players, which also has something to do with Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan has no position, there is no regularity in running, which is beneficial to him in the game, there is no regularity in running, and it becomes very difficult for the opponent to limit him with a formation, but for other teammates, his irregular running will make the formation chaotic when the team advances.

In training, sometimes the football is still in the middle, and the formation in the front court is chaotic, with three people concentrated in the middle, but no one on the left and right, and sometimes the penalty area is empty, but they are all concentrated at the front of the penalty area.

In short, it's a bit of a mess.

Zhang Tiehan was also very annoyed, he had been trying to adapt, but suddenly there was no position, he didn't know how to run, and when he saw a teammate in a certain position, he didn't know whether he should go over.

Jewell simply asked the others to cooperate with Zhang Tiehan.

"Wherever you go, you will give up your position!" That's what he commanded.

In the team, everyone else has a position, naturally knows how to run, the team is a whole, to give Zhang Tiehan freedom, it is necessary to give more restrictions to others, and now they have another restriction, that is, when Zhang Tiehan runs, they need to pay attention to dodge, and add to the position where there is no one nearby.

This makes it much easier for the team to adapt to the new tactics.

At the beginning, Zhang Tiehan needed to adapt to the position, but he always repeated the position with others, but when attacking, there were at least six or more teammates in the half, and he could see his teammates wherever he ran, so it was natural that he would often repeat the position.

But when everyone else pays attention to dodging, they are equivalent to helping Zhang Tiehan share the pressure, what Zhang Tiehan had to do alone, six people share the burden of doing together, everyone pays more attention, and the thing is done.

The rest of the training went a lot smoother.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't need to adapt, he just needs to observe the opponent's defense and run to a threatening position, without paying attention to whether he repeats the running position with his teammates, and it is much easier to adapt.

But one problem after another arose, such as the team's defensive problems.

The defense is a whole.

Defence is based on formation, covering the entire half of the court and restricting all positions. Therefore, the formation of each team is best reflected in the defense, when the opposing player takes the ball, each player on his side needs to pay attention to the position to prevent the formation from being leaky.

In short, formation is very important for defence.

When Zhang Tiehan goes to be a free man, he will also participate in defense, but in tactical theory, his defense will not be considered, so the team is equivalent to one less person.

Before Zhang Tiehan came to Wigan Athletic, the team's defense had problems, and now Zhang Tiehan has become a free man, and the team has one less person, and the problem is even more serious, after all, there is no real game, and Jewell is not sure how much role Zhang Tiehan can play in defense, so he must consider comprehensively.

He decided to reduce the front line by one and add one in midfield.

In this way, without considering Zhang Tiehan, the team's formation has become 441, with four players intercepting on the first line, and the defense is much more solid.

……

Adapting to the new tactics, Wigan Athletic ushered in a new round of league games, travelling to Newham, east of London, to take on West Ham United.

Jewell thought about it for a long time and decided to use the same formation against Everton.

After all, the team is not yet used to the new tactics, and West Ham United is by no means a soft persimmon, he is very interested in fighting for a promotion place in the league, so with the team's current results, every game has become very important, and he must think about the victory or defeat.

Many big media are also concerned about the game.

They don't care about the 'focus battle in English League', it doesn't matter at all, they care about the performance of the players, Zhang Tiehan is the focus of attention, and after the game with Everton, there are many big media who care about Zhang Tiehan, they feel that this boy of Oriental descent can bring them news.

For example, when he is not doing well, they can report something about his previous remarks.

For example, if he performs very well, then they can also boast about it, and fans who want to come to Manchester County love to hear the media tout the players in their area.

It's a pity that they were disappointed.

In the game, Zhang Tiehan performed well, but not too well, because he only scored one goal, and his glory was overshadowed by teammate Riddle, who scored a rare brace and scored two.

West Ham also scored twice at home to make it 2-3 and Wigan Athletic secured an away win.

The most disappointing thing is the reporters sent by the big media to interview, they want to find some news, but they can't find anything, a League One player, even if he has attracted the attention of the whole of England before, has scored a goal in League One, there is nothing to report at all.

Riddle is outstanding, but he's twenty-five years old and still plays for Wigan Athletic, and even if he's good, it's not worth the big media's attention.

……

Four days later, Wigan Athletic host Bradford.

Bradford's recent form has not been great, with just four wins over 20 games, placing them in the bottom of League One and the only team to be put on the relegation bench by the media before they reach the halfway point in the league.

Such a weak team, coupled with the home game, Jewell waved his hand and decided to use new tactics.

Although Bradford is a weak team, they also have the mentality of striving for victory, so before the game, head coach Busen had a lot of research on Wigan Athletic, when he saw the opponent's formation and starting list, Busen subconsciously felt that Zhang Tiehan would be a striker, and he also used two players to mark Zhang Tiehan.

It's just that when the game started, the two players who were responsible for defending Zhang Tiehan were directly stunned.

Zhang Tiehan ran back and forth, in the front, back, on the left side, on the right, constantly running around, there was no regularity at all, and it didn't seem to be a regular striker at all...... It should be said that it is not a player in the normal tactical system.

Neither of them knew if they should follow Lu Dao all the time.

Just as they were hesitating, Zhang Tiehan was already at the front end of the penalty area, received a pass from his teammates, and scored the ball unguarded.

This goal made Busen furious!

He stood on the sidelines and scolded his players and told them to defend seriously, but then, the game was still the same, Zhang Tiehan's running was very chaotic, very chaotic, and Bradford's defenders didn't know how to defend.

It is impossible for them to follow Zhang Tiehan all over the field, in that case, let alone whether they can defend or not, their formation will be disrupted by their own people.

The Bradford players were panicked, and there was a loud coach who kept yelling on the sidelines, it was strange that their state could get better, not to mention the offense, even the defense was very messy, Zhang Tiehan ran back and forth, so that the backcourt players didn't know how to defend, but the offense couldn't play.

Their performance can be described as 'a mess'.

Wigan Athletic played impressively.

As a result, after Zhang Tiehan scored, he scored another goal with Ridell and Ellington, and by halftime, the Bradford goal had been poured into four goals.

With four goals at half-time, the game was basically over.

In order to ensure the physical fitness of the players in the dense schedule, and also to win the next game by surprise, so that the opponent does not quickly understand the team's new tactics, Jewell replaced the three goals in turn, especially when Zhang Tiehan came off the field, the Bradford players were obviously relieved.

But Bradford, who was stunned, had no intention of fighting again, and in the second half, Barnes and Holyfield scored two goals with the icing on the cake, and the score was finally fixed at 6:0.

Wigan Athletic has a hearty victory!