July 28, Hamburg.

The 2013 German Super Cup will be played at the People's Park Stadium.

This is an unwritten rule of the Super Cup, which is that this is a winner-or-lose match, which is usually played at the home of the "weaker" side.

If it's a league winner vs. a cup winner, it's the cup winner who is playing at home. And if it is the league champion against the runner-up, it is naturally played at the home of the runner-up.

This is also a positive for the Hamburg team.

After all, playing at home is a bonus to the morale of the players, and Hamburg's home results have always been very good.

They even went unbeaten at home last season!

Judging from the situation of the last two Super Cups, Schalke 04 in 2011 and Bayern in 2012 were both won by the home team.

Of course, based on the world's apart performances in pre-season this year, the vast majority of media and fans still believe that the suspense of the Super Cup does not exist.

Bayern, a super strong team led by super coach Guagua, will easily crush Pan Yi's hamburger and defend the Super Cup!

……

The race is about to begin.

The players of both sides are still making final preparations in the dressing room, and the coaches on both sides have already obtained the starting line-up of the other side.

Pep Guardiola really discharged the 4231 he had been practicing in pre-season.

Center: Mandzukic.

Front: Robben, Muller, Shaqiri.

Defenders: Kroos, Thiago.

Defenders: Alaba, Van Bitten, Boateng, Lahm.

Goalkeeper: Stark.

That's pretty much the strongest lineup he's got right now.

The only surprise was that he used the Belgian international in central defence, with veteran Van Bitten partnering Boateng Jr., instead of using last season's absolute mainstay, Brazilian Dante.

In fact, it also includes Bayern's double back combination, Hama + Piggy was replaced by Kroos + Thiago.

It's just that this new combination has been often used by Pep Guardiola in pre-season, and it is also a testament to Guardiola's intention to create a new attacking routine this season, which is no surprise to everyone.

This set of starting lineups is basically expected by Pan Yi.

The only thing that worries him a little is that Van Bitten, the Belgian defender, is 196 tall and has a physical advantage.

Although he is not so reassuring in terms of defense, Guardiola sent him to play the starting lineup today, it won't be because he guessed Pan Yi's high-school forward fulcrum tactics, right?

Specifically want to use a high school guard to restrain the high school striker here? Is Gua Shuai really so godly?

……

Meanwhile, in the visitors' dressing room, Pep Guardiola was shocked when he saw Hamburg's starting line-up.

"Hey, what the hell does Pan Yi want to do today?"

This is a standard 433.

Forwards: Son Heung-min, Mitrovic, Salah.

Midfielders: N'Golo Kante, Casemiro, De Bruyne.

Defenders: Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Carvajal.

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas.

Regarding Pan Yi's arrangement, in fact, most of Guardiola has guessed it.

For example, he will use the attack-oriented tactic of 433, for example, he will use the combination of Kante + Casemiro + De Bruyne in the midfield.

But what Guardiola didn't expect was that Pan Yi would arrange Mitrovic to replace Vardy as the main center.

This surprised him, but also gave him some bad premonitions.

Aleksandar Mitrovic was just a young man playing in Serbia and Guardiola didn't know much about him.

And now that he is actually starting, Guardiola subconsciously feels that Pan Yi must be planning something.

Wouldn't it be preparing to engage in a traditional British rush and smash our penalty area with a big center?

It can't be such a 433 formation, why do you have to make a formation with two full-backs.

Pep Guardiola really can't figure out what Pan Yi wants to do.

The only thing Pep Guardiola feels a little fortunate about is that he started the game with Van Bitten instead of Dante.

In fact, the reason why he chose Van Bitten is because the tall defender has great attacking ability at the same time!

Van Bitten has scored several goals a season, and even once scored eight goals in a season.

So Guardiola wants to fire up in this Super Cup and let Pan Yi know what a real attack is.

Unexpectedly, the crooked play is right, the high school defender is against the high school forward, Van Bitten can play his role as a high-altitude barrier and limit the young center on the opposite side.

……

When Pan Yi walked out of the players' tunnel, two completely different voices rang out in the entire People's Park stadium.

On one side there were deafening cheers, and on the other there were piercing boos.

Obviously, some of these voices were made by Hamburg fans, while others were sent by Bayern fans.

Tournaments such as the Super Cup are different from the usual leagues, and although the "weak teams" have the advantage of playing at home, the distribution of tickets is still roughly proportional to the neutral stadium.

So the number of Bayern fans who came to the stadium will not be small.

Nagelsmann, who was walking behind Pan Yi, followed two steps closely, came up and smiled at Pan Yi: "It seems that not only the Hamburg fans love you, but even the Bayern fans love you so deeply." ”

Pan Yi pursed his lips.

As the only Bundesliga manager to beat Bayern last season, and as the manager who has declared that he wants to overthrow Bayern Munich and win the Bundesliga title this season, it is certainly normal for him to be hostile to Bayern fans.

But this also proves that the current Pan Yi is no longer the kind of person who has no sense of existence in the minds of Bayern fans.

On the contrary, Pan Yi is full of threats to them!

And only when you treat a threatening person, the other party will hate you and hate you.

Just imagine, if it were the head coach of a team like Braunschweig or Fürth, Bayern fans would not be too lazy to bird you.

The same applies to players.

When Messi and Ronaldo are at their most competitive, extreme fans on both sides will do their best to dig into each other's black material to attack, and anything the two players do on and off the pitch will be magnified by a magnifying glass to study and compare.

But who would compare Messi to Zaha?

No one will compare Kiessling's goal stats to Cristiano Ronaldo.

So, spraying you and scolding you proves that you have a high status in the other party's mind.

Black fans are also fans, and the attention to black goals is sometimes even higher than that of normal fans, which is also the reason.

So, Pan Yi smiled at Nagelsmann: "I accept the love of Hamburg fans." And the love of Bayern fans, I don't want it. You will take this love away when you have the opportunity in the future. ”

This is actually implicated in another timeline, the reality of Nagelsmann finally becoming the head coach of Bayern.

Bayern fans also love and hate Nashuai, and the controversy has not been less.

But now Nagelsmann, of course, doesn't know why, he scratched his head, and he could only follow Pan Yi into the venue.

……

"See you again, Pan Yi!"

As soon as Pan Yi turned his head, he found that there was a sun in front of him.

That's Gua Shuai's bald head.

In the light of the sun, Guardiola's hand reached out to him.

"Hello, Mr. Guardiola." Pan Yi also smiled and shook hands with him.

The two have not seen each other since the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage.

But it is clear that Guardiola, who admired Pan Yi at the time, has always been thinking about discussing tactical issues with him.

"I feel like your 433 today is different from the 433 you did in Milan. Can you tell me why you love 433? Or why did you deprecate last season's 4231? ”

Pan Yi was slightly stunned.

This Gua Shuai, this is before the game between the two teams, is it appropriate to ask tactical questions so directly?

But Pan Yi also knew that this was not Gua Shuai trying to spy on any intelligence, he just had a problem in his heart and couldn't help it!

Sure enough, there were "martial idiots" in the past, and now there are "ball idiots".

"Don't you like to use 433 at Barcelona?" Pan Yi smiled, "We all use it for similar reasons." Thanks to its overall good layout, there are more passing points, which is conducive to passing coordination. ”

Pan Yi was right.

If we connect each player in the 433 formation with a line, we can find that in the 433 formation, any player can form a triangle position between the two players next to him.

So what is the use of forming a triangular position in a realistic game?

Players are in a triangular network, and after receiving the ball, there are many passing points to choose from, including at least two points for each player to pass the ball from the plane formation diagram.

The routes of the ball are more abundant, and the passing coordination between the players is more flexible.

Therefore, for some teams with strong strength or a penchant to dominate the game, a 433 formation is perfectly suitable.

This is also the reason why Pan Yi decided to focus on 433 this season.

Last season, Hamburg's squad was thin, the players did not run in enough, and there were many defensive counterattacks, and a panacea formation like 4231 was more suitable.

And this season, the overall strength of the team is stronger, and the bench thickness is also deeper, so you can play well offensively!

"As for the difference between my current set of 433 and Milan," Pan Yi smiled slyly, "then wait until you find out in the game when you stay for a while." ”

Guardiola also laughed and said: "Then don't you wonder why I use 4231 at Bayern instead?" ”

"Maybe it's because you like to work hard." Pan Yi said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

That's true.

Pep Guardiola is notoriously obsessed with tactics and studies all sorts of odd ways of playing.

However, while this has led to many revolutionary tactical improvements, it can sometimes backfire.

In Pan Yi's previous life, Guardiola's most famous incident was in the 2021 Champions League final.

In the duel between Manchester City and Chelsea, Guardiola actually discharged a rare waistless + strikerless lineup!

Neither Rodri nor Fernandinho started the game, while Ilkay Gundogan, Bench B, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez were all named in the starting line-up.

This starting line-up directly led to City's huge disadvantage in the first half, and Kai Havertz's goal was due to the wide opening of the door in Manchester City's midfield, and the shortcomings of the lack of a straight back were exposed.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea's counter-attacks were on target, and if Timo Werner had been in better form, perhaps Chelsea would have been able to end the battle in the first half.

The waistless formation made Manchester City stretched thin on the defensive end, and also made Gundogan, B and others play very uncomfortable, and Manchester City is tantamount to messing up its own position.

Fernandinho, the main defender, finally came on after 60 minutes of the second half, and City returned to their familiar rhythm in the second half of the game and took control of the game.

Unfortunately, De Bruyne was injured at the time, and there was not enough time left for Manchester City, so they couldn't equalize in the end.

If Pep Guardiola had adjusted earlier, perhaps the game would have taken a bigger turn.

In short, he once again chose to "work hard" in the key battle, but unfortunately this time the work still ended in failure.

Pep Guardiola is undoubtedly the most tactically accomplished manager in football today, but he has not won the Champions League again in the 10 years since he left Barcelona, and there are definitely reasons for him.

In fact, back to the current game, the back-back combination of Thiago + Kroos is not a "waistless formation"?

Neither of them is really a midfielder.

They are all good at attacking combinations, but they lack the hardness of interception in midfield, and to be precise, they don't have a defensive midfielder.

But now Bayern's overall strength is far stronger than many opponents, of course, including opponents in warm-up matches, and this combination has contributed more goals to Bayern.

So this problem has been covered up for the time being, and Gua Shuai also believes that this style of play can still beat the Bundesliga!

But if they meet a stronger opponent, or a tougher midfield opponent, Bayern Munich is likely to be as dizzy as Manchester City in the 2021 Champions League final.

Perhaps, this is the beginning of the whole life after Guardiola left Barcelona?

Of course, such a "secret" must not be told to Guardiola now.

Now they are the most direct competitors, and Pan Yi is still counting on using this kind of work to win Gua Shuai!

So, Pan Yi played haha again, and chatted with Guardiola for a while about the pros and cons between 433 and 4231, especially when they talked about the 433 that both sides loved, they couldn't stop at all.

For example, the two also said that one of the characteristics of 433 is that it has a numerical advantage on the side, which can form an encirclement on the side;

Then, through the unremitting running and switching between several players, they tore through the opponent's defense, waiting for the opportunity to find a gap to complete the breakthrough shot.

In addition, the 433 formation can also make reasonable use of the width of the court and control the speed of the game.

The wing is the key to breaking through the opponent's defense in the 433 formation, but when the opponent's defense is very tight, causing the team to be unable to find a breakthrough for a long time, the team cannot hold on to the side for a long time.

Appropriately moving the midfielder's long pass to the other side is also a good and flexible option......

In fact, the reason why these two coaches are talking so speculatively is because Pan Yi's formation this season is largely based on the 433 style of play used by Guardiola when he coached Manchester City and Bayern in the later stages.

In particular, the Manchester City team under Guardiola is the team that focuses on 433 passes.

At that time, Manchester City used this style of play to take the control of speeding up and slowing down in their own hands.

When the midfielder catches the opponent's weak side of the defence, he increases the speed of the pass and signals his teammates to increase the frequency of running and pulling.

When the team's overall fitness is declining, midfielders need to slow down the speed and frequency of passing, mainly to control the pace of the game.

Doing so will give your teammates a breathing room and drain your opponent's energy.

So many times, Guardi's Manchester City can always play the opponent between the palms and slowly "play" the opponent to death.

Many people think that if it weren't for Gua Shuai, he would love to live in key games...... Forget it.

Having said that, now Guardiola is talking to someone who is proficient in his own tactics or has a deep cultivation of the enhanced version, can he not talk about it?

And this scene made Nagelsmann, Inzaghi and others on the side look confused.

Big brother, are you two going to play a game or go to relatives?

How do you shake hands and talk about it?

And everyone can see that these two coaches are not the kind of hypocritical and perfunctory politeness, but indeed the kind of chat that is very happy and speculative.

Pan Yi shouted every day in front of reporters and players that he wanted to beat Bayern and win the championship, and everyone could see it.

In turn, Gua Shuai must have also been studying Pan Yi and is determined to overturn the hamburger and defend the dignity of King Nan.

Looking at this scene, no one could have imagined that this would actually be the pre-match appearance of a pair of opponents with the most fierce competition in the Bundesliga......

Say good-for-tat, say good fire?

It's like two old friends who have been reunited for a long time shaking hands and greetings, and they chatted for a long time.

Brother, let's stop talking, the game is about to start!

……

As soon as the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Mandzukic in the center circle immediately kicked the ball to Muller and rushed forward quickly.

The entire People's Park stadium erupted in thunderous cheers.

The much-anticipated first match representing the opening of the new season of German football has officially kicked off!

Muller stopped the ball and passed it back to Kroos, who turned and sprinted to the right front, which is the left side of Hamburg.

The move also suggests that Muller, who is playing behind Mandzukic in one of his most preferred shadow strikers or midfield positions, may spend more time on the right flank.

This is actually the direction that Muller is used to when he plays as a winger.

This also means that Bayern's main attack direction in this game is likely to be on the right side.

Muller will join Arjen Robben, plus captain Lahm with an assist set-up, to attack the wing guarded by teenager Robertson.

Pan Yi had been prepared for this.

Of Hamburg's three midfielders, with the exception of Kevin De Bruyne who will be slightly to the right, N'Golo Kante and Casemiro will move closer to Robertson's side to assist the wing-backs.

As a result, Bayern's right-leaning tactics cannot achieve a numerical advantage, and it will be difficult to quickly open a gap on this side.

On the field at this time, after Kroos stopped the ball, he did not pass it back, but waited for Lahm to come up, and then quickly passed the ball to the right side.

Lahm cut in to catch the ball and as soon as he got to a stop, N'Golo Kante came running.

The two smallest players on the field on both sides went head-to-head.

But instead of grappling with him, Ram took two steps back and passed it back to Cross.

At this point, Hamburg's centre-forward Aleksandar Mitrovic turned back to press the Bayern midfielder, who quickly passed back to Boateng in the centre-back position.

Boateng and Van Bitten trailed at the back of the line, with the ball back and forth between the two players.

Bayern played patiently today.

After a wave of attacks from the right was blocked, the two centre-backs tried to pull Hamburg's defence back with their backs.

However, Hamburg is just as patient.

Their overall formation is constantly running with Bayern's pass, but they are not in a hurry to press, which makes Bayern's backfield unable to find the opportunity to play for a while.

Finally, after about half a minute, Boateng spotted a chance and passed the ball to the left.

Alaba stopped the ball and before De Bruyne could run over to intercept it, he quickly sent a through ball.

Mandzukic dropped back from the front and received a pass from a teammate near the halfway line.

But Casemiro, who was sitting in the back of Hamburg, grabbed it around and took the ball down!

However, since there were no Hamburg players in front of him at this time, there was no good opportunity for a quick counterattack, so Casemiro passed the ball back to central defender Van Dijk and started to organize the attack again.

And Casemiro's beautiful steal also caused bursts of cheers and applause from the Hamburg players on the field.

Now it's Hamburg's turn to attack.

Almost in the same vein, Hamburg began to pass the ball on the back line and then advanced into the midfield step by step.

But Bayern's defense is also tight.

When N'Golo Kante got the ball and wanted to pass it to Kevin De Bruyne to set up the attack, Shaqiri took the lead and stretched out his leg to cut it off.

And this time, Muller and Mandzukic in front of them both began to rush forward quickly, and Bayern had a chance to counterattack!

But N'Golo Kante clung to Shaqiri after conceding the goal, making it difficult for the Swiss winger to deliver the lethal ball right away.

And the "Swiss Messi" is by no means in vain, he deceived Kante with a feint of turning to the right, and then dribbled the ball to the left, trying to get rid of Kante completely, and then passed the ball.

Kante, despite losing his centre of gravity a bit, reached out and pulled Shaqiri to the ground.

The referee's whistle blows, foul.

Since the game had just started and the ball was only developing in the midfield area, it was not an absolute chance to score in a broad sense, so the referee did not give a card, but only gave Kante a verbal warning.

The Bayern players who missed a good opportunity to counterattack were also helpless, so they could only set the ball up, pass it back, and the game restarted.

Guardiola, who was on the sidelines, watched this scene thoughtfully.

He likes 433 and knows its advantages, and naturally understands its shortcomings.

And teams with a 433 formation usually face the following problems:

When a team is attacking in a positional battle, players will make the most of the depth and width of the pitch and spread the formation as best they can.

This is not only conducive to mining the gap between the opponent's full-back and central defender, but also conducive to the passing cooperation between teammates.

However, if in the process of passing, the opponent steals and is quickly counterattacked by the opponent, then the side will be in a great predicament.

Because at this time, the defenders of this side are scattered all over the field, and it is difficult to quickly return to the defense.

And now the approach of the Hamburg players on the field seems to be able to effectively solve this problem.

That is to be a quick counter-attack within 5 seconds, if you do not grab the ball within 5 seconds to regain possession, the team will not hesitate to end the opponent's counter-attack at the cost of a foul or a yellow card.

The price is definitely worth it, because if this counterattack can go smoothly, the blow to Hamburg in front of the door will be catastrophic.

Guardiola has really considered this way to avoid 433's weaknesses in attack, but he is also a little hesitant whether it will be too easy to eat cards, and it is really not as resolute as Hamburg's execution.

Gua Shuai couldn't help but glance at Pan Yi on the other side again, thinking:

"This guy is a tactical genius. Looks like I'll learn a lot of new things by playing a few more games with him......"

(End of chapter)