Section 93 Chain Defense
(a)
In fact, this arrangement of the Hamburg team has nothing to do with underestimating the enemy or the big one, but an arrangement based on the actual situation of their own season, which is nothing more than a gimmick with a little eye-catching commercial elements.
Europa League 16 into 8 second leg, Hamburg's home match against Anderlecht is on March 19, there is only one day in between, March 21 is the home against Schalke 04 team in the league, this game is all substitute lineup, is the inevitable result of the 6:1 away victory, the only difference is that the executive coach will be Chen Zhuo, this is Labadia's whim, but also has the support of the top management, especially the owner Hoffman.
Giving Chen Zhuo more opportunities is exactly what Hoffman wants to do at this time, and now he has received two offers for Chen Zhuo, one from Bayer Leverkusen, a tentative offer of 1.5 million euros, Hoffman did not ignore it, but directly added a zero in the back and threw it back, which is also Spenwitz's suggestion.
Another offer comes from Anderlecht, all of whom have been rivals, Anderlecht has won the Belgian First Division this season, according to the rules of the Champions League, the Belgian First Division champion, ranked 8th in Europe, can directly enter the Champions League group stage, so Anderlecht has automatically qualified for the Champions League next season, trying to get rid of the "civil war insider, foreign war outsider" Anderlecht after the last game believes that Chen Zhuo is a player who can help them in European competition, So an offer was sent.
Anderlecht's offer is equally tentative, €1 million.
Regarding Anderlecht's offer, Hoffman did not reply to Leverkusen, he wanted to exchange Chen Zhuo for the 16-year-old black big Lukaku, even if he added some money, he would make this deal, but Anderlecht would not be happy.
Therefore, for Labadia's "wonderful idea" of letting Chen Zhuo serve as the executive coach, Hoffman thinks it is very interesting, if Chen Zhuo can bring surprises again, then even if he can't get a big black man, it can make the other party recognize Chen Zhuo's value even more.
(b)
The above things, for the time being, Chen Zhuo does not know, what he knows is that in the face of the same opponent, this time the cards in his hand are worse than last time, and the starting 11 people are also determined by the club's research, Best is Hannover 96 fancy and offered, with the experience of the league and European competition, it is possible to sell more than 100 hundreds of thousands of euros.
As for Son Heung-min's play, the reason is similar, and the South Koreans' attention to the Bundesliga is traditional.
There is no love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason, this is the business behavior of the commercial society, and everything has an effect and must have a cause.
It is a rare opportunity for Baist and Son Heung-min to make an appearance, and for Chen Zhuo, who has just landed in the Bundesliga for a month and has been trusted by the club's senior management and coaching staff, which is not something that all players can do.
For Chen Zhuo, who is almost 29 years old, he also clearly knows that as a player, he will retire one day, and whether he will be a coach or do other professions in the next days, sooner or later, he will have to consider that the opportunity to get the "executive coach" now is really rare for Chen Zhuo, not to mention that the league is also the 8th league in Europe, and the 4th substitute in the Bundesliga against the main brother of the first brother in the first division can test Chen Zhuo's skills.
The main lineup is determined, the starting list is confirmed, and the "execution" left for Chen Zhuo is actually very limited.
(c)
Limited, that is, there is, even if it is better than nothing, it is much better than nothing, not to mention that it is not so cramped.
Chen Zhuo's adjustment in the details is not too fancy, that is, the starting 11 in the first half is certain, Chen Zhuo himself can only play in the second half, so for the sake of safety, the first half must be a solid defense first, and strive not to concede goals or as few goals as possible.
Anderlecht will definitely want to score more goals and score early, and Moroccan midfielder Bousufa, who was injured and unable to play in the last game, started the game and regained the full attacking power of the Trident in the first division.
Compared to the last time they faced Anderlecht, Schulz and Rincón have not changed, and Ogo and Mathieson are also in between, but the 19-year-old Czech teenager Spanek is far inferior to Janssen in terms of personal ability and experience. In terms of details, Chen Zhuo made a fine-tuning, focusing on practicing the diamond-shaped stance of the four guards that is different from the parallel standing habits of the Hamburg team in the past, and ......
(iv)
"Is this a chain defense?" Soon after the game began, Hamburg TV commentator Karl Heinz asked in surprise: "Two full-backs give up assists, similar to the use of full-backs, two central defenders stand one in front of the other, and one player drags behind three defenders as a scavenger, this tactic is almost never officially used by the Hamburg team, that means that this time Patton spent two days to familiarize the players with this tactical ......" "Chain defense!" They're really playing chain defense! Two assistant coaches from Schalke 04's coaching staff were also watching the game, and two days later on March 21 they will be a guest at Hamburg, although various sources indicate that Hamburg will play the second leg of the Europa League today and the starting line-up two days later, Magath still sent two assistants to watch the game. Not only did he send an assistant to watch the game, but Magath was also watching the live broadcast, and he also felt strange about the Hamburg team's use of "chain defense" tactics.
(5)
What does the "chain" of chain defense mean, the chain is a continuous chain, like the chain of a bicycle, at first glance everywhere is empty, but there are countless small pieces of iron connected, operating the whole machine, supporting the human body that is many times heavier than itself. The chain defense system has two chains. If the player is the point, then the space is like a line, when the line is under pressure, the point will naturally converge to the place where the pressure comes from, forming a "chain" of mutual protection. The purpose of the chain defense is to make it almost impossible for the opponent to break through each defender head-on, so it is like the battlefield needs "depth", the general chain defense is a "double chain", the avant-garde line is generally composed of 3 people to form a chain, the guard line is composed of 4 people, the vacancy of the avant-garde chain is just the defender to make up the point, the avant-garde line players to wrap the opponent, and the defender sees the opportunity to kick. Chain defense has high requirements for defensive formation, as long as the formation is chaotic, the chain defense no longer exists, and even if the formation is always maintained well, it does not rule out the possibility that the opponent's superstar can break through head-on, so the supreme realm of chain defense must have a strong defensive ability of the "scavenger" to command the defensive line, and be able to cruise between the two chains to defend the opponent's core players, this chain defense system is completed. Double chain, formation, running coordination, scavenger, these four factors are indispensable, otherwise, the so-called "chain defense" is a pot of raw rice! Not really! The two defensive chains cost at least seven or eight players, and the full-backs' assists are almost completely limited, with only two or three players in attack.
(f)
Magath is also very curious, there should be no problem with the idea, but whether it can form a connection, I really don't know! For example, if it was Chen Zhuo himself, it would be good to say, but now from the standing, the "scavenger" position of the Hamburg team is actually ...... Schultz! Ogo is more accustomed to the position of left-back and midfielder, and this time he used Ogo as a central defender because compared with the Czech teenager Spanek, Ogo is more reassuring.
In the first few minutes, Anderlecht launched an attack, the Hamburg team advanced chain pressing, the back line filled, Schultz roamed left and right to clear the danger, and the chain defense also played well.