After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 240 No more number 10!

Unknowingly, De Bruyne has been in Hamburg for almost a year and a half.

Sometimes, he would still think of the scene when he first met Pan Yi.

At that time, the 21-year-old De Bruyne stared wide-eyed. Hearing this young head coach who was not a few years older than him but already famous was talking about his future, to be honest, he still had some doubts in his heart.

But after Pan Yi fully and clearly told himself about the team's future plans and guaranteed his core position in the team, De Bruyne was still moved, and followed the Dragon Country coach to Germany and Hamburg.

And no matter how optimistic he looked at this transfer, he couldn't have imagined that he would become the Bundesliga's assist leader in a year, and won the Bundesliga runner-up with Hamburg.

It can be said that this is the fastest progress in De Bruyne's career, and it can even be called a year of rapid progress.

Who would have thought that before this year, De Bruyne was just a teenager who couldn't play at Chelsea and was rented out?

And all of this is obviously thanks to the head coach Pan Yi.

At the awards ceremony at the end of last season, De Bruyne said in an interview:
"Our boss has really helped me a lot. He knows my characteristics, what position I am suitable for, and what kind of help I can provide to my teammates."

"He is a very special football coach! He has a pair of unique eyes, as if he can see the difference in every player."

"He can also discover the potential and strengths of each player and combine them into a complete set of reasonable tactics. I am happier than ever in Hamburg because under the guidance of Boss Pan Yi, I performed well. Bring out your best self."

De Bruyne is definitely not blowing the coach's rainbow fart, this is really what he said from the bottom of his heart.

When he came to the team, Pan Yi tailored a 4231 formation for him, and placed De Bruyne in the front midfielder position in the middle of the midfield, as the core of the team to deliver shells to the front.

It's his favorite position, and the one he's best at.

He also gave his own answer to Pan Yi's trust in him: 16 assists in the season, won the title of assist king!
Then, in the second season in Hamburg, after more reinforcements joined the team, Pan Yi decided to change to 433 and let De Bruyne start to play the position on the right of the center of the three midfielders.

De Bruyne was a little uncomfortable at first, and he didn't quite understand it.

We played well in 4231 and achieved good results. Why did we change to 433?

In response to the doubts of De Bruyne and many other players, Pan Yi also held a special meeting to answer questions.

Under Pan Yi's explanation, everyone slowly understood and accepted it.

First of all, Pan Yi wants everyone to confirm the team's positioning this season, that is, Hamburg is now a strong team!

The 4231 formation is a formation that maximizes the role of the front midfielder on the basis of ensuring defensive strength. However, with the deepening of everyone's understanding of space theory in today's football, the offensive methods in the frontcourt are more diversified. New roles such as the waist are more popular, and they all squeeze the living space of the single midfielder.

As a result, although 4231 is still widely used in mid-range teams and low-level leagues, its usage rate among wealthy teams has been declining.

the reason is simple:
Under the space theory, when attacking, it is necessary to expand the formation to increase the space on the court. The most direct embodiment is the use of side space.

The task of widening the width was initially given to offensive players such as wingers or full-backs, but the offensive players of strong teams are often talented, and it would be a bit "wasteful" to only let them hug the side to pass.

In order to allow offensive players to display their talents more, the "simple" task of holding the sides to widen the formation width is left to the full-backs.

It's a bit like Bayern's Robben, or Salah in Hamburg's current team. Their talent is definitely not just a winger who hugs the side. Players like them tend to retract towards the center when attacking, occupying rib space. Leave the wide space for the full-backs who are inserted in the back row.

If this adduction is not tightened, the room for movement in the front waist will be squeezed out.Think about the active position of the traditional attacking midfielder and Robben's in-cut line, the two overlap in space.

Therefore, the team often chooses to remove the midfielder and increase the midfielder or forward to occupy more court space, so that the offensive court is larger and has more space.

And the front midfielder gradually disappeared, and 4231, which relied on the front midfielder, naturally gradually became less popular-this is why Kaka sighed in an interview after retiring: "The classical front midfielder has completely disappeared, and there will be no more players from now on." Number 10!"

Pan Yi made this judgment and decision based on his perception of the future football development trend and the characteristics of Hamburg's current lineup.

Behind every reverse-footed winger there will be a full-back with strong assisting ability to take on the task of widening the width of the formation when attacking.

Now in the Hamburg formation, Sun Xingmin has Robertson behind him, and Salah has Carvajal behind him.

They can hug the side to assist and retract to defend. If you don't make good use of their abilities, it will be a waste of money!
Facts have also proved that Pan Yi's decision is correct.

Hamburg has played unbelievably beautiful football this season, almost invincible and invincible!
At that time, although De Bruyne understood why Pan Yi wanted to switch from 4231 to 433 tactical ideas, he was still not very clear about his new position.

So Pan Yi gave De Bruyne a little trouble, and gave him a brand new term: "false winger"!
False winger, Mezzala.

The word comes from Italian and is actually a combination of two words, Mezza half and Ala winger, which means half winger.

This type of midfielder often appears in a three-midfield system with a single midfielder. Their role is to go deep between the opponent's back line and the midfield defense line, occupying half of the area to connect the team's frontcourt .

In Pan Yi's 433 formation, when attacking, De Bruyne and another midfielder (Paulinho or Kanter, they are not necessarily pseudo-wingers) will step forward to catch the ball in the ribs. A winger opens up the space on the wing, and the two full-backs will step forward and become a midfielder.

The result of this is that such a triangular passing route will be formed in any part of the midfield, so that any opponent's marking player becomes isolated.

At the same time, if the player's running ability is very strong, the wing back, wing midfielder and winger close to the wing can also switch positions to get rid of the opponent.

Therefore, the false winger needs to have certain abilities in the three aspects of offense, organization, and defense, and of course organization is the main thing.And this is the biggest feature of De Bruyne.

Moreover, not only isolating the opponent's midfielder, passing the ball from the side of the ribs allows the player to pass the ball at a smaller angle;
But compared to the frontal pass, when you stand sideways to catch the ball, you can pass the ball without much adjustment, and the teammate who passes it will catch it better.This is also one of the advantages of the role of false winger.

In fact, in the world of football, the position of false winger is the best. Apart from Iniesta, Harvey, and David Silva of Spain's golden generation, the most representative is Pan Yi's previous life in Manchester City. It's time for De Bruyne.

In other words, Pan Yi has arranged the most suitable position for De Bruyne in the future a few years in advance!
Therefore, when De Bruyne cleared his inner doubts and followed Pan Yi's guidance to familiarize himself with this position during training, he immediately felt great!
Compared with being squeezed by two wide players at any time in the midfielder position, he is more comfortable playing in the position of pseudo winger.

He can lean in the middle of the midfield, continue to take on the organizational function of the original midfielder, and send a through pass to the forward;

He can also slip in and play as a winger or full-back to make a cross;

He can retreat to his side's ribs, launch long-range guidance from the backcourt, and make a long pass to the opponent's penalty area to pose a threat;

He can also insert in the back row of the center and directly attack the opponent's goal with a sharp long shot!
In this way, De Bruyne discovered that his talents were truly fully released!

For Pan Yi, he just used his experience of watching football in his previous life, combined with systematic tactical knowledge, to use De Bruyne in advance according to the way Guardiola used it in the Manchester City era;

But for De Bruyne, he has found the biggest world that belongs to him!

He knew very well that it was all due to Pan Yi, this amazing head coach is really amazing!

Not only De Bruyne, but all the players in the team seem to be moving towards the road of stardom under Pan Yi's careful sculpting.

With their greatly improved performance, they have gradually gained fame in European football, and have even attracted the attention of many wealthy teams.

This was unimaginable before.

De Bruyne is really grateful to Pan Yi for his trust and cultivation!
In return for the head coach, De Bruyne always does his best in every game.

Every opportunity, De Bruyne will go forward bravely, and he never discounts any tactical arrangements of the head coach!
……

"Pass the ball over here!"

People's Park Stadium, Hamburg's match against Ajax has reached the 15th minute, and De Bruyne shouted at Vardy in front of him.

10 seconds ago, De Bruyne was still standing at the back end of the center circle arc, that is, the upper position of Hamburg's backcourt, and a long pass was passed to Salah on the right.

Then he saw Salah walking towards the penalty area with the ball, and when Vardy was already pressing the opponent's central defender in the middle, he realized the opportunity and moved forward without hesitation.

This is his task!One of the duties of a false winger!

After Salah took a step horizontally, he kicked the ball a half-high ball, just over the head of a defender, and arrived at Vardy's side.

Vardy blocked the opponent's central defender with his body, stopped the ball with his chest, and tried to turn around and hit the goal.

But the opponent had already prepared, so Vardy immediately protected the ball.

At this moment, De Bruyne had already moved forward quickly and called Vardy.

More than a year of cooperation has made these two people very familiar with each other and have a tacit understanding. Vardy didn't think too much at all, and immediately pushed the ball lightly and kicked it back to the right side of the top of the arc.

De Bruyne rushed to slap on the horse, and before the opponent's central defender Dunswell rushed to block, he shot without stopping the ball!

Vardy's pass was very comfortable, and De Bruyne's shot was also in place.

The ball flew out quickly like a cannonball and hit the right side of Ajax's goal directly.

This is a classic Hamburg-style cooperation, and it is also a concentrated expression of De Bruyne's dominant role in the false winger position.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Hamburg opened the scoring! They led 1-0 at home!"

"Valdy made a return in the penalty area and assisted teammate De Bruyne to score a long shot."

"It was a beautiful shot! De Bruyne made a very good start for Hamburg."

After scoring the goal, De Bruyne excitedly rushed to Pan Yi to celebrate, and Pan Yi also hugged his most proud disciple with a smile on his face.

Leading at home, this game is much easier to play.

And to break the deadlock as soon as possible, this is also what Pan Yi asked the players before the game.

Obviously, the Hamburg players did not keep their manager waiting too long.

……

This Ajax team is actually not very easy to play.

Under the leadership of Frank De Boer, they defend tenaciously, run actively and have excellent overall combat ability.

They were able to almost win AC Milan at home, and they also fought with Hamburg until the 90th minute, which can prove this.

But the defense-oriented team is afraid of one thing: being scored by the opponent first.

In the above two games, Ajax scored first and then continued to shrink the defense and fight back with a stable mentality, so that there will be a better process and result.

So to deal with them, it is very important to be able to score a goal first.

And now, Hamburg has done it after returning home.

So, it's Ajax's turn to have a headache.

Moreover, Pan Yi is not going to give De Boer too much time to think.

After celebrating the goal, Pan Yi waved to the players, signaling them to keep pressing their opponents and press the front line tighter.

Now comparing the strengths of the two sides, Hamburg obviously has an advantage.

And today Hamburg is playing at home again, and now they are leading by one goal. Naturally, Pan Yi hopes that the team can beat their opponents in one go!

……

And De Boer's team quickly made changes.

As Pan Yi expected, Hamburg's first goal disrupted De Boer's pre-match deployment, and he could only press out and attack.

After three rounds of the group stage, Ajax only accumulated 1 point, and if they continue to lose this round and Barcelona wins Milan at home, then they will basically bid farewell to the top 16 two rounds in advance.

Therefore, defense has no meaning.

Thus, the two teams began a fierce confrontational battle.

But as I said just now, Hamburg's strength is dominant, especially the midfield led by De Bruyne, which firmly controls the rhythm of the game.

Ajax looked fierce, but they never got a foothold, and they never managed to control the ball and rhythm.

The game has always been under the control of Hamburg.

Therefore, Ajax's offense is often thunderous and rainy, and it is difficult to form a truly effective shot.

But burgers are different.

Their offense is always well-organized, the frontcourt organization is orderly, the three lines are closely integrated, and they cooperate tacitly. Of course, they can play a threat.

In the 24th minute, Hamburg once again pressed the defense across the midfield, Kanter and De Bruyne have both pressed into the 30-meter area.

After receiving a pass from Casemiro, Kanter made a straight pass from the left side of the midfield to the front. After Sun Xingmin broke into the penalty area with his left rib, he kicked the goal from the sideways.

But this time the shot was too straight and was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.

But the burger quickly made a comeback.

In just 1 minute, the midfielder of Hamburg successfully intercepted the ball, and the ball developed to the right of the midfielder.

After receiving the pass from his teammate, De Bruyne controlled the rhythm a little, and then sent a pass to the right side of the front of the penalty area.

Salah ran inside and volleyed with his left foot after stopping the ball, hitting a curve ball.

Ajax goalkeeper Cillessen fought hard to save the ball and blocked it.

But the ball didn't fly too far. It happened to be headed by Vardy who was standing in the middle and was about to grab a point. Pi flew into Ajax's goal again.

2: 0!

The entire People's Park stadium is boiling up!

In less than 25 minutes, Hamburg scored two goals in a row!
……

Frank DeBoer is having a hard time right now.

As a player, he was a well-known defender who won many championships on behalf of Ajax and Barcelona, ​​and also represented the Dutch national team with more than 100 appearances.

But people's memories of Frank De Boer probably come from the semi-finals of the 2000 European Championship and Italy.

In that game, Frank de Boer missed two consecutive penalty kicks, which eliminated the Dutch team and made the Italian goalkeeper "San Toldo" famous.

In fact, judging from this experience, De Boer's psychological quality is not particularly good.

And now, he was indeed a little panicked.

In the first round of the group stage, Ajax was not so panicked when Barcelona scored four goals at the Nou Camp.

Although they lost at the time, Ajax's performance was not very bad. Barcelona mainly relied on the role of stars. Well, it was Messi's performance that won the game.

But today, Hamburg does not seem to have a world-class superstar like Messi, but it gave De Boer a stronger sense of oppression.

He had never seen such a stormy attack!
And now, his team has been cornered.

If you want to qualify in the group, you must win all the remaining three rounds.

This is very, very difficult for Ajax, but De Boer has no choice.

In the third round of the home game against Hamburg, he was killed by the opponent in the 90th minute. This gave De Boer a little fantasy, thinking that he might have a chance to steal one from the opponent at the People's Park Stadium today.

But what he didn't expect was that from the first minute of the game, Hamburg suppressed Ajax with a crazy offensive.

And now halftime is just over half, and Hamburg is leading by two goals.

How to play this?
And the situation on the field has not changed.

Hamburg is still chasing hard, and they are still creating scoring opportunities.

Vardy shoots, De Bruyne shoots, Salah shoots...

The continuous offensive was like a storm, and Ajax was overwhelmed and felt exhausted.

De Boer stood on the sidelines, unable to give any more instructions.

He knew that this game no longer belonged to him, not to Ajax.

He's losing confidence, and so are the players on the field.

They no longer have enough courage to fight against their opponents at the People's Park Stadium, and they are also unable to break out from this death group.

……

Everyone knows that after Hamburg leads by 2 goals at home, there will basically be no suspense in the second half of the game.

Sure enough, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, Hamburg scored two goals again, ending this one-sided goal battle with a score of 4:0.

In other words, they have achieved a terrifying four-game winning streak in such a death group!
客场3：0胜米兰，主场2：0胜巴萨，主客场以2：1、4：0双杀阿贾克斯……

The Champions League group stage played four rounds, and the whole world was surprised to find that Hamburg became the best performing team in this super death group, and also played passionate offensive football.

In fact, even if all the teams participating in the Champions League this season are compared, Hamburg is one of the best performers.

The other two teams that have won four consecutive victories in the first four rounds are Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid.

拜仁3：0莫斯科中央陆军，3：1曼城，5：0和1：0比尔森胜利。

马竞3：1圣彼得堡泽尼特，2：1波尔图，3：0和4：0奥地利维也纳。

Although they are all victories, compared with their opponents in Hamburg, the difficulty of Bayern and Atletico Madrid is obviously lower.

Therefore, after the game, the media praised Hamburg and Pan Yi for a while, thinking that their strength has really impressed everyone!
In another match in Group H at the same time, Barcelona beat AC Milan 3-1 at home.

In this way, the situation of Group H is very clear.

Hamburg 12 points, Barcelona 7 points, AC Milan 2 points, Ajax 1 point.

Hamburg has secured the right to qualify for the group!
And as long as they score 1-2 points in the next two rounds, they can basically qualify as the first in the group.

AC Milan still has a slight hope of competing for another qualifying place in this group, but they must win all the remaining two rounds, and Barcelona must lose two consecutive games.

This almost announced that Milan has actually been eliminated from the group.

This made many Italian media mourn.

Who would have thought that the champion of the Champions League two years ago would have difficulty qualifying for the group stage?

There is even a possibility that the group will be at the bottom!

Coach Allegri's employment and formation are of course to blame, but why didn't he be replaced earlier?

The media immediately pointed the finger at director Galliani, thinking that his indecision caused today's consequences.

If the coaches were changed after losing to Hamburg in the first round, perhaps it would not be the current situation!
What is even more frustrating is that Milan is not only on the verge of being out of the Champions League, but also lost its position in the league.

In the 11 rounds of Serie A, AC Milan's results are 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses!
Ranked 12th in the standings with only 11 points, in fact, it is just one more victory than the 9 points in the relegation zone.

Gazzetta dello Sport lamented:

"In less than a year and a half, Milan has gone from a triple crown team to a garbage that is almost in the relegation zone."

"And in the past year and a half, Pan Yi's Hamburg has grown into a force that cannot be ignored in European football."

"One drop and one rise here, anyone with a discerning eye can see the key to this change."

"God, can you still give us a new Pan Yi?..."

(End of this chapter)