For the current plight of the French team, especially Pogba's plight, Deschamps, who is standing on the sidelines, can certainly see it.

But he hasn't been able to make much of a difference just yet.

Since the start of the European Championship, the French team has basically designed their tactics around Pogba, and of course it is impossible to change them all of a sudden, which will definitely make it difficult for the players to adapt.

Moreover, don't look at Pogba's usual appearance, but he is an out-and-out leader-level figure in the dressing room of the French team.

It is because of his presence that the various forces in the locker room are suppressed, so that everyone can unite and move forward for the goal of the championship.

Why is locker room harmony important?

Just look at Belgium.

Well, don't look at Belgium, just look at France's own history.

It can be said that the contradictions of the French national team in history are not weaker than the existence of famous contradictions such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and the former Yugoslavia.

More recently, at Euro 2008, there was a clash between Nasri, a newcomer to the national team at the time, because he sat in Thierry Henry's seat on the bus.

Central defender Gara couldn't see a verbal altercation with Nasri, and some people even broke the news that the two had a big fight at one point.

And the entire European Championship French team is like a piece of loose sand, with 3 games, 1 draw and 2 losses out of the game.

In the 2010 World Cup, when the head coach was still Domenech, France drew with Uruguay in the first round, and in the second round against Mexico, the French team did not perform well in the first half, 0-0 Mexico.

At half-time, Domenech criticised Anelka's performance, and Anelka directly scolded him as "bitch-raised".

Domenech communicated with the Football Association to expel Anelka from the national team, and France lost 2-0 to Mexico in that game.

And that's not all.

Later, during the training before the third round of the group stage, French captain Evra and physical coach Duvena had a verbal altercation, and even went straight to the ground.

Then all the players of the French team walked to the bus on the sidelines and directly announced the strike, which was directly filmed by reporters on the sidelines.

In the last round, the French team still lost to South Africa, and the conflict of the French team further escalated.

After the humiliating exit of the French team with three games, one draw and two losses, Henry, Evra and Abidal all said that they would completely disclose the truth about the infighting that occurred during the World Cup.

This incident also shocked French politics, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy even assigned the sports minister to South Africa for public relations.

In the end, the infighting ended with a number of bigwigs sealing up and Domenech getting out of class.

Then, there is the more famous "Benzema incident".

In 2015, Valbuena was blackmailed for the "video tape incident", and Benzema was considered an accomplice, and both were expelled from the national team.

Even though Benzema was released soon and has not been found guilty so far, he has not been in the national team since.

Real Madrid's central striker, but unable to play for the country, is a very strange thing in itself, but Deschamps can only choose this way for the atmosphere in the dressing room, anyway, there is Giroud, isn't it?

Because of this, Deschamps will not move Pogba's leadership position in the dressing room and his central position on the field unless it is absolutely necessary.

If it leads to distraction and reverts to the contradictory French team, it would be better to just raise the white flag - they are familiar with it anyway.

"Our biggest problem right now is not being able to get the ball forward quickly. Whether it's Paul Pogba or Antoine Griezmann, they're all restricted, they always have four or five men to surround and we're too passive. ”

Guy the assistant coach standing next to Deschamps also frowned.

"The main thing is that we are far inferior to Pan Yi in terms of tactical flexibility." Deschamps shook his head and sighed.

There is no shame in admitting that he is weaker than Pan Yi, and Deschamps is even more unabashed in front of his most trusted assistant coach.

He knows that the French team is now overly dependent on Pogba, which is a very serious dead knot, and Pan Yi is precisely around this point to arrange his tactics.

The benefits of having a core are obvious, because as long as you free up the core and provide the space for the core to play, then he can lead the team to show smooth offense and defense;

But the downside of having a core is also very obvious, once your core is contained, then the whole of your team will also be affected.

This is called a mistake, and the whole game is lost!

Why can't France advance the ball faster? Just because Pogba was choked to death!

However, if France switch their focus to the flanks at this time, it will be tantamount to giving up space in the middle to their opponents, and Pogba's situation may be even more embarrassing than it is now.

What's more, the Swedes did not send men to guard Pogba all the time, but instead used a rotational approach, sometimes opposite Wayne Bloom, sometimes Isak retreating, and sometimes Larsson receiving inside the midfield.

As a result, Pogba couldn't hide, and Sweden didn't even pay the price for it.

"Or we have an extra midfielder?" "Or just keep Antoine Griezmann in midfield, change the formation to 4-4-2 and fight them in midfield. ”

"Hmm...... Wait, wait until the first half is over. Deschamps thought about it for a while, but first denied it.

If Pogba is the engine of France, then Griezmann is the lubricant of the front, and he is not much less important than Pogba.

He roamed around the positions of striker, midfielder, winger and midfielder, linking together the attacking personnel of the French midfield.

Its free and agile movement, skillful ball control and decisive shooting can be said to have raised the power of the French team's attack by more than a notch.

So, in the eyes of some, how did Griezmann, who has average technical characteristics, no absolute speed, no flashy skills, and no tough physique, occupy such an important position in the star-studded French team?

The answer is his high ball intelligence and extremely consistent technical ability in high-speed running.

When he played for Atletico Madrid, Griezmann was the team's undisputed attacking core and the first initiator of the team's counter-attack.

And when he was with the national team, he played next to Giroud and showed his excellent ability to link, comb, link and play the ball in a small area.

Coupled with his abundant fitness, excellent tactical execution, and tireless running, Griezmann has become a favorite of coaches such as Simeone and Didier Deschamps.

Therefore, if Griezmann's position is fixed and he receives such a deep midfield, he may not be able to fully play his role.

Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of France's attack, Deschamps decided not to make any adjustments to the players on the field for the time being.

After all, there is still a balance of power on the field......

Well, Sweden seem to be in control of the situation on the field right now, but at least the score hasn't changed, hasn't it? ——

On the other side, Pan Yi was also chatting with his assistants.

After a bit of a chaotic start, Sweden quickly got into shape and showed the effects of the past few days of secret training on the pitch.

In particular, the switch from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3, as well as the targeted defense of the French midfield, were very well done, and the counter-attacking and attacking coordination also created a lot of threat.

It also surprised Mikel Arteta and Scaloni.

"To be honest, when you said you were going to play a 3-4-3 formation, I thought you were crazy because Sweden didn't seem to have the soil to use that tactic." Arteta shook his head.

Scaloni also said: "yes, I think so too. In particular, Larsson played at right-back...... I wouldn't do that for a hundred games, because there were already two very good right-backs. ”

Arteta kept shaking his head: "But the leader is from the Swedish team, which is relatively short of talent, and has made such an effective three-centre-back system...... All I can say is that I feel like I've never been able to keep up with the way of thinking in my life. ”

Pan Yi listened to them blow themselves, but he just smiled and didn't say anything.

Base exercises, don't 6, all sit.

What he thinks more about now is how Deschamps will adjust.

With the current situation in France, there is only one option to make, and that is to regain parity with Sweden in midfield.

This will require them to put at least one more force into midfield, either from the front line or from the back.

Sweden have a lot of running up front, Isak and Guidetti take turns to pose a threat on the wings, and if a player is pulled out of the backline, it is obviously unlikely, the risk is too great!

But if you want to remove one from the front, who must be removed?

Giroud himself is a more attacking centre-forward, so it would be unrealistic for him to drop back in the first place.

In addition, the current Swedish defence, especially the two central defenders, are very aware of Giroud's limitations, that is, they are afraid of Giroud's fulcrum role and his shooting skills comparable to Ibrahimovic.

If Giroud is really allowed to retreat, then the Swedish defence will be liberated and more support will be given to the midfield, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

Paye? He was a choice.

He is a player who can play as a left winger, a right winger, and a midfielder, but his technical characteristics are more in passing and shooting after breaking through with the ball.

Griezmann? Seems better.

After all, he has a more comprehensive ability, and he can play at a certain level in the central midfield position, and even in the midfield.

But the problem is that whether Payet or Griezmann are removed, the French attack will be severely weakened, and Deschamps cannot accept this at the moment.

Because he also knows very well that just one goal can completely change the situation, so he wants to continue to hold on and continue to play around Pogba.

At one point, Deschamps had wanted to take advantage of the gap that Augustinsson had inserted behind him to create an article and let Payet hit him behind;

However, Sweden's midfielder Wayneblum is getting more and more formal, and he can often block the left side after Augustinsson's assist, freezing Payet's threat and preventing the latter from creating a chance.

In addition, Pan Yi himself is also very aware of the risk of fullbacks inserting forward, so he specifically plays on the left side.

Larsson on the right side, his main task is to receive the midfield position to assist the midfielder to disrupt the game, basically not forward.

Occasionally involved in attack, that is, through and diagonal passes in the midfield position, rarely advancing to the front court.

In this way, the Swedish defense has been ensuring one more man than the French attacker at all times.

There is one more in the midfield and one more in the backfield, so that the advantage of the Swedish team is naturally obvious, and the defense is naturally solid.

Of course, the so-called more does not mean that the Swedish team can play more than 11 players, but it is caused by a kind of running.

It's like Isak and Guidetti, who are on the wing, roaming around Ibrahimovic's left and right.

Once the Swedes attack and counter-attack, any of them will be able to move forward to the front line and then form a combination with Ibrahimovic, especially when Isak is forward, and can directly become a double striker.

On the defensive, the two wingers would often drop back into midfield and join a few brothers in harassing Pogba.

The position of the players on the pitch is not fixed, but they are constantly moving and running.

This is the characteristic of modern football, whoever is better at moving according to the situation and creating a numerical advantage in a local area will be able to control a game!

Now, the Swedes are controlling the tempo of the game.

With Didier Deschamps certainly thinking about how to disrupt Sweden's rhythm by scoring first, it will also force the Frenchman to press out in the first half.

But if the French team really presses out, then Sweden's counterattack will come.

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If Sweden relies on Ibrahimovic in the front and Forsberg in the midfield, then Lindelof in the back.

Pan Yi's most satisfying point about him is not his increasingly stable and sophisticated defense, but his increasingly excellent positional sense and ability to play without the ball, and of course, his ability to play the ball.

It can be said that from the European Championship to the present, the Swedish team has been improving, and Lindelof is one of the representatives.

In the concept of modern football, even the goalkeeper has to take on the task of playing the ball many times, let alone a defender?

If even the defender can't get the ball, then when the opponent's striker is pressing, won't he have to give up the ball, or simply be cut off to score?

In this Swedish team, since Isaksson is a traditional goalkeeper and Glenqvist is a traditional central defender, and both are in their thirties, there is no room for plasticity;

Under such a premise, it is important to have a Lindelof who can play the ball consistently, and is not yet 22 years old!

Now he has been personally guided by Pan Yi, and he has also grown rapidly during the European Cup.

Whether it's delivering shells directly forward on the back line, or distributing the ball to both sides in the centre-back position, or responding to teammates when they get the ball on the wing, they are all very well done.

This means that he is one step closer to the world's top centre-back!

Just like this time on the pitch now, the game was already in the 40th minute, five minutes before the end of the first half.

Wayne Bloom was so watched by Kante that there was nowhere to get out of the ball.

Because whether it is Forsberg or Lukusewski, these two passing routes are restricted, and even the adducted Larsson side is pinned down by Payet.

If he can't get to the left, then Wayne Bloom will have to pass back.

A return pass represents a regrouping, a chance for France's defence to be reorganized.

At that moment, Lindelof raised his hand and ran forward, out of a space.

Seeing this, Waynebloom quickly split the ball, and the ball came to Lindelof just right, who received the ball and began to advance down the right flank.

When the ball was close to the right, Guidetti was the first to move over and catch Patrice Evra's attention.

This suddenly made the entire defense of France tilt to the right, after all, the Swedish team is now clearly trying to play their right side, and if their defense is not transferred to it, it will be easy to be blown up by the Swedish team.

However, while France's overall defensive focus was tilted towards Evra's side, Lindelof noticed his left flank, and Lukusewski had run into an undefended area.

This is a reverse diagonal insertion, and Lukusevski, who was originally standing in the right forward position, quietly ran to the left!

This was supposed to belong to Sania's area of control, but now that it was tilting to the right, Sania didn't notice a yellow figure in the large space on the left.

Victor Lindelof immediately made a long diagonal pass that moved the ball directly from the right to the left.

Where the curling ball crossed, many French players looked up and were immediately surprised because they realized that there was a Lukusevski on the left and there was no one to defend.

I saw Lukusewski stop the ball in front of him, then speed up to catch up, and by the way, he quickly launched an attack from the left, and soon came to the front of the French penalty area.

Isaac quickly came to pick him up, and Matuidi quickly followed him to the left.

But Isak only made a quick stop, then turned and ran inside along the edge of the box.

Matuidi saw that Lukusewski had already come with the ball, so he had to leave Isak first to defend Lukusewski.

This can be regarded as wiping the ass of the dislocated Sania.

But Lukusewski didn't wait for Matuidi to post it, and it was just a close cross to the ground that got the ball to Isak's feet.

The young Swedish striker got a pass from Lukusewski and stepped into the box, where he cut straight into the goal, facing Lloris!

At this time, French central defender Umtiti had also run back, and when he saw that Isak seemed to be about to shoot, he quickly pounced in shock, ready to block the shot.

But Isaac shook his ankle and distributed the ball to Ibrahimovic, who had been waiting for a long time on the right.

The next thing Ibrahimovic did was simple, picking up his long legs and firing a clean low shot.

The ball drilled into the goal from Lloris' left side.

“…… The goal went in and Sweden scored!!! ”

I saw that while the on-site narrator was screaming, Ibu stood in place with his arms raised.

And his teammates rushed up excitedly one by one, hugging their own gods!

The Swedish fans, who do not make up a large proportion of the stadium, finally broke out at this time, and they were all excited about this goal of their team!

Of course, in the celebratory crowd, the two monks and Taoist priests stood out as a standout......

"In the 42nd minute, the Swedish team was combined by Lukusewski and Isak on the left side, Isak probed into the penalty area and split the ball, and finally Ibrahimovic scored a goal to break the deadlock on the field, helping Sweden take a 1-0 lead!"

'It was a beautiful team goal, from Victor Lindelof's move on the right to Lukusevski's quick advance on the left, Sweden played very well on the wing, and once again France's wide defence exposed fatal mistakes.

When the TV replayed the slow motion of the entire goal, everyone could see that when Lindelof moved to the left for Lukusewski, there was no one involved in defending an area with Lukusewski as the center with a radius of about 10 meters.

Such a large distance allowed Lukusewski to calmly dribble the ball and advance calmly, and then even when Isakra came to the left to respond, the French defense could not react and make quick adjustments.

It can be said that Ibrahimovic's goal was inevitable because the hole in front was too big.

"It really shouldn't be, it's a goal conceded by France's own mistakes!" The on-site commentators were full of regret this time, after all, the French team was the host.

And now anyone can see that after being scored by Sweden, France has to fight with their backs.

But in the face of the team led by Pan Yi, once it enters such a situation, it seems that it will not be so optimistic.

At this time, when the TV broadcast camera was just right to Pan Yi, who was high-fiveing and celebrating with Scaloni and Arteta, the commentator sighed with embarrassment.

"Pan Yi's tactical use is really as unpredictable as ever, and his strategy is as terrifying as ever, and it frightens his opponents."

"At the beginning, we were all wondering and wondering about the starting line-up of the Swedish team. But when it came to the game, we were surprised to find that the position and playing style of every player in the Swedish team were deliberately arranged by Pan Yi. ”

'For example, the regular in-play of right-back Larsson cemented the midfield defence, Lukusewski's aggressive running opened up more space and of course Victor Lindelof's bold forward response and his diagonal pass at the end ......

"It can be said that he is once again tactically ahead of Deschamps!"

The whistle at the end of the first half was not long in coming.

The French players stepped off the pitch, gasping for breath one by one.

They are all players who play in the top flight, and they have all experienced a highly competitive league during a busy season that has just ended.

Finally, after the league was over, they started the intense training camp again and then came to the European Championship, which was a major physical challenge for them.

Now, of course, the bigger challenge is that Sweden are ahead, what do they do in the second half?

As the head coach, Deschamps is of course encouraging his disciples, he stands in the players' tunnel, high-fives them one by one, and signals them to make corresponding adjustments when they get to the dressing room!

"Don't be afraid, we'll pull it back in the second half!"

Didier Deschamps said that to everyone.

Then I waited until all the players went into the dressing room and didn't see Pogba coming.

Deschamps, who was a little surprised, waited a little longer, but the time was tight at half-time, so he didn't wait and went into the dressing room.

Many players in the dressing room sat on soft chairs, and some even lay down altogether.

The masseurs in the team are seizing the time to relax and massage their muscles, hoping to help them recover more energy as soon as possible in the remaining 15 minutes, and continue to play in the second half.

"Guys!" As soon as Deschamps came in, he spoke in a high-pitched tone, which was to raise everyone's spirits.

"I'm sure you've all seen the situation in the first half, we're 1-0 down for the time being!"

"It's not your responsibility, it's me, it's me who caused the team to be passively behind!" Deschamps sighed deeply, "I ......"

But before Deschamps could finish his sentence, the door to the dressing room was opened and Pogba walked in.

"It's my responsibility." "But I'm settled now. ”

“？？？？” All the players and coaches in the locker room are black question mark faces.

It's true that Pogba didn't play well as the heart of the midfield, but the responsibility should be more of a coach.

After all, it was indeed a bit of a miscalculation in the head-to-head duel with Pan Yi, and he constrained the other party everywhere.

But isn't the coach working on the problem right now, how can you, as a player, solve the problem at half-time?

"The Swedish team is ahead of us, it must be because the two mages invited by Pan Yi are doing it, and their mana has suppressed my wizard."

As he spoke, Pogba couldn't hold back his smile and showed his big white teeth:

"But in the second half they couldn't do it because I had called our stadium management and kicked both of them off the pitch! Ha ha! (End of chapter)