After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 197 Predicting Your Prediction

On November 11, Hamburg played against Schalke 28 at home.

From the moment the referee blew his whistle, Pan Yi felt that something was wrong slightly.

Schalke 04's starting lineup is indeed similar to what Pan Yi expected before the game, but he is not conservative in his style of play.

At the People's Park Stadium, they put on a posture of turning away from the guest, and decisively pressed out to attack.

In the center position, the Dutch striker Huntelaar frequently crossed positions with the shadow striker Pukki, while the wingers Obasi and Farfan on the two wings also kept interspersed and ran out of space.

Neustadt and Jermaine Jones sat in the midfielder, and behind them were Fuchs, Hewedes, Papadopoulos and Uchida Atsuto.

In the backcourt, the double defensive midfielders and the two full-backs often come forward to support their teammates, and they are not relatively fixed in their defensive positions as Pan Yi expected.

It seems that the 04-year-old Dutch head coach Hub Stevens of Schalke 59 has some ideas today.

In other words, this old coach has a little similarity with Bayern's Heynckes, that is, he has coached Schalke 04 four times, and he absolutely loves the "miners".

Perhaps he has also studied Pan Yi's tactics and even psychology, and predicted Pan Yi's prediction.

You think we are a defensive-oriented team, so we have formulated offensive tactics; then, I will give you a counter-measure and catch you off guard!
As a result, Schalke 04 even played full-court pressing tactics with Hamburg.

When Hamburg's defense is in possession of the ball, Huntelaar and Pukki, including the two wingers, will immediately form a siege, making it difficult for Hamburg to play the ball in the backcourt.

And Schalke 04's midfield and back line are also gradually pressing up, and there is a fierce battle with Hamburg near the center line.

If they can steal the ball, they will launch a counterattack in the simplest way-the ball will be quickly sent to the feet of several frontcourt attackers and form a shot.

And if the ball is lost, the Schalke 04 players will also invest in counter-attack and defense immediately, building the defense line at the forefront.

This tit-for-tat style of play made the players in Hamburg feel a little uncomfortable.

And this incompatibility soon showed up on the scene and the score.

In the 15th minute, Pukki scored the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Farfan swayed and then volleyed from a small angle. The ball hit the side net.

In the 26th minute, Atsuto Uchida made a pass from the outside of the restricted area, and Huntelaar headed the ball from the middle of the restricted area and missed the bottom line on the left.

In the 32nd minute, Pukki got the ball from the front of the penalty area and broke into the penalty area. After taking two steps, he shot directly, and the ball was hugged by Navas.

In the 40th minute, Schalke 04 scored to break the deadlock!

After Hewedes steals the ball in the middle, he quickly passes it forward to Farfan.

The 28-year-old Peruvian winger made a pass from the bottom. Huntelaar in the middle threw off Kjaer's defense, turned around and shot in his best area of ​​the small penalty area, and opened the scoring for Schalke 04.

0:1, Hamburg is behind at home!
This is also the score at the end of the first half.

And Pan Yi hurried back to the locker room before the referee blew the halftime whistle.

Of course he had seen the problem.

He really underestimated today's opponent a bit.

After all, Schalke 04 is not a weak team, and their coach Stevens is not a rookie.

This method of attacking against attack and using fast to make fast is indeed quite effective for Hamburg, and finally achieved good results.

The tactical competition between coaches is like this. As long as there is a problem in one link, the players will have deviations in execution, and the overall rhythm of the team will go wrong.

Pan Yi's deployment before the game was mainly an offensive drill for Schalke 04's defense, which also made the players lack psychological preparation for today's opponent's sudden frontcourt pressure.

Of course, Pan Yi also thought of a solution.

Now, he wants to use every second to quickly convey the coping method to the brains of all players.

……

When the Hamburg players walked into the locker room, they were obviously in a bad mood.

Who can be happy when the score is behind in front of tens of thousands of fans at home?

So all of them drooped their heads, listlessly, and some people were still cursing when they walked in the aisle.

And Pan Yi stood by the door, hugged the players who came in one by one, and encouraged: "Don't worry, cheer up!"

When everyone was present, Pan Yi opened his mouth and said, "This half-time lag is not your problem, but my responsibility."

All the players looked at Pan Yi.

Everyone knows that Pan Yi is a coach who has the courage to take responsibility and will not blame the players.

If a player did make a mistake, he would point it out;
But if there is a mistake at the tactical level, then he will also bravely take the responsibility on himself.

Now that Pan Yi has said so, it is true that today's game may not have much to do with the performance of the players.

And this also means another thing, and it's a good thing-that is, the head coach already knows it well and has a solution.

Just such a sentence from Pan Yi relieved the psychological burden of the players a lot, and at the same time gave them more confidence in the next half of the game.

"Since they played full-court press with us in the first half, let them rob. This is not the first time we have dealt with such a situation. Isn't Dortmund more aggressive than them?"

Pan Yi's second sentence brought smiles to everyone's faces.

This is the increase in self-confidence brought to the team by defeating a strong team before.

Without that experience, players can sometimes be a little overwhelmed when faced with a situation like today.

But with the experience of defeating similar strong enemies, everyone will have a bottom in their hearts and quickly know how to deal with the next game.

"We still have to take the initiative to shrink the line of defense a little bit and lure them to press out more. In this way, their space in the backcourt will become larger, including the gap in the distance between the two central defenders that I mentioned before the game, and it will be easier to seize. "

"Moreover, Schalke 04's starting lineup is not too young. They simply don't have enough stamina to support such an intense full-court press."

"Once in the second half they're down and they start to press less, then we have our chance."

"We must be resolute in the counterattack. If we can get the ball with one kick, don't take another kick. Give the ball more to De Bruyne and let him handle the last pass as much as possible. He will see the space between their central defenders."

"And when we were attacking, everyone boldly pressed forward! Just take advantage of their exhaustion and beat them hard..."

When the Hamburg players walked out of the locker room again, their mental outlook was completely different from 15 minutes ago.

There is light in their eyes!
That was the light of confidence to change the situation in the second half and win the game!

(End of this chapter)