This week has been a tough test for Hamburg.

They will face their first double weekly game since the start of the Bundesliga season.

After facing Borussia Mönchengladbach away on 26 September, Hamburg will return to the People's Park Stadium to face Hannover 96 on 29 September.

Not only is the season tight, but the opponents are very strong.

Borussia Mönchengladbach themselves are a traditional powerhouse with five Bundesliga titles, and more importantly, both teams have been in good form this season and are now fourth and fifth in the table.

In other words, Hamburg will have to play two top-five teams in a row over the course of three days!

But since the schedule is like this, Pan Yi can only see the move.

He now has to take advantage of the aftermath of the victory over the reigning Bundesliga champions, and prepare to gnaw on the hard bone of Borussia Mönchengladbach and see how the players recover after the game.

With the current situation of Hamburg's squad, it makes no sense to plan too many games, and the slightest surprise will disrupt all deployments.

Borussia Mönchengladbach won Hoffenheim and Fortuna Dusseldorf in the first four rounds and drew with Bayer Leverkusen, but lost 2-3 at home to Nuremberg.

This also shows that Nuremberg are really a difficult opponent, and they will lose to Hamburg by three goals, largely due to the consequences of the first round of defeat.

After getting rid of the incompetent and troublesome assistant Rahman, Nuremberg is back on the right track, with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, and the results cannot be said to be too bad.

For Mönchenchen, the current 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss are in the fourth position with 7 points, which is also in the past.

It would have been even more desirable to have taken down Hamburg, who was one place ahead of them, in Round 5 and replaced them.

In addition, this Menxing is fighting at home again, so it is naturally inevitable!

……

'Borussia Mönchen's manager, Lucien Favre, is an old-school coach and his 442 parallel position at Borussia Mönchen is also an old-fashioned one.

At the coaching meeting, Pan Yi was analyzing the opponent's situation with the coaching staff.

"In the last century, 442 used to be the most popular formation in the world, but now why are fewer and fewer people using it? It's because they have fatal flaws. Pan Yi tapped on the blank space on the tactical board.

All the instructors listened with bated breath, like a group of schoolchildren who were listening carefully.

After just a few games, these people have already admired Pan Yi.

Not only do they know all the coaches and all the tactical systems in the world, but they also have a clear view of which formations, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and how to deal with them.

The coaches wondered if Pan Yi had a supercomputer in his head to process this vast amount of tactical information.

And what is even more fortunate for them is that a manager who is so awesome is now on their team.

So every week, they can listen to Pan Yi's "course" to acquire the world's most advanced tactical knowledge and concepts.

And such an awesome course, don't 998, don't 98, it's all free!

The "price" is simply to digest it quickly after listening to it, and then convey it to the players' heads in training.

So every time Pan Yi explained the tactics, everyone's faces were full of dissatisfaction, lest they miss any details.

Pan Yi is naturally very satisfied with the attitude of the coaches.

He needs such serious and responsible subordinates!

"Modern football is more tempo and more minimalist. Most teams don't use cumbersome means to get through the midfield, but get the ball in the middle of the field and go straight to their wide players with a kick. ”

"In order to shorten the direct distance between the wide players and the goal, more wingers or full-backs are no longer blindly under-crossing, but instead attacking the ribs, cutting inside to break through the pass or even shoot. – just like our team is asking for now. ”

It was this tactical change that made the defensive pressure on 442, who only had two central midfielders, suddenly increase in midfield. Not only to face the impact of the opponent's three midfielders, but also to deal with the inward cutting of the two wingers, the midfielders under the 442 formation could not bear it at all. ”

Pan Yi said, and pointed to the top two chess pieces on the tactical board:

'Just said about their midfield, now about the strikers. Although the two-centre-forward strategy allows the 442 to appear to be adequately numbered up front, a key issue is that it is difficult to move the ball up front when the midfield is unable to carry it. ”

"Although the two central midfielders in 442 have different positions, the basic composition is still an offensive and defensive configuration, and there is only one point of the ball."

"So, as long as the 442 midfielder is stared at to death, then they can only focus on the offensive and defensive focus on the wings, so it is much easier to deal with. You can't get the ball up front, what's the use of having 2 strikers in front? It's just an ornament. ”

"So a lot of modern formations have a single centre-forward, and then two more deft wingers are used to attack the opponent's ribs. The centre-forward is no longer a pillar in the box, they often pull out of the box to play the ball and support the midfield. ”

"In this way, the old 442 meets the new 433, 4231 or 3-back system, and it will be completely inferior in the midfield competition."

At this time, Nagelsmann raised his hand and said: "So, there are so many shortcomings of the 442 formation, why do some teams still use it now?" For example, the Borussia Mönchen we are about to face? ”

Pan Yi nodded appreciatively at Nagelsmann and replied, "The reason is simple, staffing. ”

'Borussia Mönchenchen's squad lacks a good midfielder like Kevin De Bruyne, and after Reus was sold, there was also a lack of a winger who was fast and capable of breaking through.

"Correspondingly, they have wing-backs like Arango who are good at passing and footwork, who are well-rounded at both ends of the pitch, and central midfielders like Xhaka who are good at intercepting in midfield and are more aggressive in running. Including excellent center forwards, they are also more numerous. ”

"That leads to the fact that if they play 433 or 4231, it's a bit of a play to the shortcomings."

"Other than that, the 442 formation is certainly not useless. Its biggest feature is that the central and backfield players are evenly arranged and neatly arranged, and the formation occupies the space on the field to the greatest extent, which is conducive to the team's zone defense. ”

"On the premise of solid defense, and then use the pass on the side to create opportunities for the front line, this is actually a kind of defensive counter-attacking routine. This is also the reason why Borussia Mönchen was able to use this set of 442 to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga. ”

"Borussia Mönchen's current style of play is a bit like Manchester United more than a decade ago. Two tall and strong center forwards were in front, and it was the wing-backs on both sides who fed them shells. ”

"If I had played Borussia Mönchenchen's full-back Alan Goby as Beckham, and Luc de Jong and Hankor in front of him as Jock and Cole, would that have been understood instantly?"

The coaches all nodded.

"Then, now that you understand the problem with their ancient formation, the way to defeat them is very simple, in fact, I have already talked about it just now."

In the end, Pan Yi slammed his fist into the chess piece in the middle of the tactical board:

"It's just jamming their midfield and making them completely out of touch with the forward line!"

(End of chapter)