Thomas Tuchel studied Dortmund and, of course, Yebara studied Mainz. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Compared to last season, Mainz's this season is like a rebirth.

Last season's Mainz finished fifth in the southern division of the Under-19 League, missing out on the playoffs.

This season, however, they finished second and left academy powerhouse Bayern Munich behind to qualify for the playoffs.

What do they rely on?

Quite simply, alone.

Last summer, Mainz brought in an academy coach named Thomas Tuchel.

This is not a nobody, in the German youth world, it is still a big name.

Tuchel coached in the youth teams of both clubs before coming to Mainz. He started his career in Stuttgart under Rangnick, who now leads the small village team to a half-way miracle in the Bundesliga at Hoffenheim. Tuchel led Stuttgart Under-19s to a national victory in 2005.

He then moved to the Under-19 youth team of FC Augsburg, where he had played for Morale, until 2008, last summer, when he arrived in Mainz to coach the Under-19s.

And in just one season, he led the team to the playoffs of the U19 National League, and his ability to manage the team is truly extraordinary.

So what does he rely on?

Offensive.

Mainz are a decent defensive team, having conceded 26 goals in 26 rounds of the Southern League this season, the fewest goals conceded not only by any team in the entire Southern League, but also by any team in the three divisions.

In last season's southern division, although Mainz ranked fifth, they conceded only 27 goals, which is still the team with the fewest goals conceded in the southern division.

It can be said that Mainz has a fine tradition in defense.

But defense alone won't allow this team to move from fifth to second.

Thomas Tuchel has brought attacking passion to the team when he arrived.

Lee scored only 43 goals in 26 league games in Mainz last season, which is a mediocre goal.

But what about this season?

Sixty-one goals!

Mainz are second only to Freiburg, who create an average of 11 scoring chances per game, and are only 68 more than them.

Tuchel activated Schurrle, who led the team's attack.

In the southern division, Schurrle scored 16 goals at home 22 times and was the team's top scorer. It was his best season in three years at the Under-19s in Mainz.

So Yebarra thinks Mainz is a team that is good at attacking and dares to attack.

And Dortmund likes to play this kind of team that is willing to attack, because if the two sides play against each other, it means that there will be a lot of space on the field, which is very beneficial for Dortmund, who play fast pass and run tactics.

Now this Dortmund team, after having the trident, dares to play against any team.

Whether it's Schalke 04, or Freiburg.

Therefore, Yebara has always asked Dortmund to face Mainz in preparation, to attack and attack, and not to be afraid of making mistakes.

But when the game started, Yebara quickly realized that something was wrong - this "soon" didn't even have a minute.

Because when Dortmund attacked with the ball, he found that Mainz was very, very fast......

It's like you're not ready to attack at all, so you ******** to defend.

It was only then that Dortmund passed the ball to the back line, and the Mainz players retreated to the edge of their own penalty area, with only one man at the top - their arrowhead Schurrle.

This is not the attitude of Mainz, who plays offensive football......

How Mainz plays the ball in normal times, how they run after the opponent's kick-off, Yebala has studied it, and naturally knows that it is definitely not like this.

This sudden anomaly made Yebarah a little suspicious and a little ...... Wary.

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When Dortmund attacked forward, the speed through the midfield was very fast, and two or three passes between Zhou Yi, Gotze and Mark passed through the midfield and hit the front of the 30-meter area of Mainz.

Tuchel, who was sitting in the dugout, adjusted his position and waited to watch Dortmund, which was like a crashing wave, slam against the breakwater in Mainz, then shattered into countless droplets, flying in the sky and scattered by the wind.

When Mainz breaks the ball, the backcourt players will hand the football directly to Schurrle in the front court, and he will counterattack.

And at this time, Yebara, who had been thinking about Mainz's unusual behavior, suddenly brightened up.

"Bad ......," he blurted out.

The assistant coach next to him wondered, "What's wrong, Peter?"

"Mainz isn't going to fight us!" said Yebara.

He knew too well what Mainz was going to do.

This could be fatal for the unsuspecting Dortmund!

Just as Freiburg didn't expect Dortmund to play fast pass and run tactics with them, they were caught off guard in the German Cup final.

And Yebara felt he was caught off guard by Tuchel......

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When Dortmund's attack advanced to the front, the football fell to Zhou Yi's feet, if it was normal, at this time, Zhou Yi should quickly transfer the football to Mark's feet, and then continue to insert it himself.

In this case, he and Mark would have been slapped to death on the wall of Mainz even with the ball.

But he didn't do it, and after receiving the ball, Zhou Yi turned around and passed it back!

The smile on Tuchel's face, who was waiting to see the show, froze and he didn't see the scene he wanted to see, a turn that surprised him a bit.

After Zhou Yi finished passing the ball, he looked up at the situation in front of him.

Everybody, everybody, everybody.

This is what Zhou Yi observed.

In addition to the Mainz players, it is Dortmund's own players, in short, densely packed with people.

So it's not that he doesn't want to pass the football forward, it's that he can't pass it forward.

Mainz have built up one defence after another at the edge of their penalty area, with the two lines not far apart, and with the whole team shrinking deep, they don't have to worry about Dortmund taking advantage of the depth behind them.

If he passes forward, it is equivalent to giving up the ball. He's not stupid.

Dortmund's fast-passing and fast-cutting tactics originally had a very low margin for error, once the football was passed and people ran, the speed was very fast, and the slightest mistake would be magnified, which would eventually lead to the failure of the attack.

The way Mainz built a wall in front of the penalty area greatly compressed the passing space of Dortmund players, which will increase the number of mistakes made by Dortmund players when passing.

If you continue to go fast, you will only be needlessly handing the football to the feet of Mainz and letting the opponent fight back.

So Zhou Yi chose to pass back, at this time he would rather slow down, give up the tactics of passing fast and running fast, and make sure to hold the ball first.

At this time, don't think about any risk.

Yebala, who was on the sidelines, was finally relieved to see Zhou Yi suddenly choose to pass back - Zhou Yi did not play according to the pre-game deployment, but suddenly changed the direction of the pass, allowing Dortmund to escape.

He could see that Mainz was waiting for Dortmund to crash into it......

Fortunately, it was Zhou Yi who controlled the rhythm of Dortmund, not anyone else, otherwise he would have really fallen into the net......

Zhou Yi almost hit his head, if it weren't for his "eagle eye", he would have been able to see the floor plan of the stadium in the rapid advancement, and understand the defensive position of Mainz through the floor plan, and guess the defensive strategy of Mainz at the same time.

In the virtual world, Zhou Yi has played with this team many times, and Mainz is indeed the most commonly used offensive football style of their season, and it is not this tactic of sticking to the penalty area at all.

Now it seems that the role of those simulated matches before the game has suddenly been cut in half.

This is a test for Zhou Yi.

What does he do when he can't familiarize himself with the tactics of his opponent through a lot of simulations? As a commander, you can't just rely on a variety of plans to react, right?

A good commander is always faced with all kinds of unexpected situations, so what should he do at this time?

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Zhou Yi suddenly passed the ball back, of course, it would make the rhythm of the whole Dortmund team stagnate, so Zhou Yi did not stand in place and secretly luck, but quickly ran to his passing target and signaled him to pass the football again.

And Mark, who was waiting to catch the ball in front, turned around and found that Zhou Yi didn't pass the football back, which was strange.

"What's the matter with the transmission?" he shouted at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi, who had his back to him, waved his hand, and didn't have time to answer him.

But Gotze next to him relieved Mark's confusion: "Look around you, Mark. ”

Mark then turned his head around in confusion and found that he was surrounded by Mainz players.

"I can't go any further. Gotze understood. 'They shrink defensively. ”

"Ah...... It's ...... "Mark was a little regretful and a little disappointed.

Didn't you say before the game that it was going to be attacked?

It's completely different from what we prepared before the game, what are we going to do?

He set his sights on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi received the ball from his teammates, but he didn't even turn around, so he passed the football back again, only this time it was passed further back, directly to the feet of central defender Lasse Sobiech.

After passing the ball, Zhou Yi was still followed by a Mainz player, and he ran straight back, getting farther and farther away from Mark.

Gotze also ran back, and Mark looked left and right, and also ran with Gotze to the midfield.

There was a kinchek left in front.

In this way, Dortmund's rapid attack was stillborn......