Chapter 503 Tactical Deployment

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After a week of national team competition, Sun Wu returned to Gelsenkirchen to prepare for the upcoming first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

In the tactical explanation room of Schalke 04, Rangnick announced the squad list after the last class.

Hewedes and Papadopoulos, who did not participate in the national team competition, have come back and entered the squad, but Westerman has not yet recovered from injury, Matip and Hitzlsperger are on the bench, and Hao Junmin , Uchida Atsuto were all abandoned because they traveled across the ocean and played two consecutive 90-minute games.

"Fly to London tomorrow." Lannick announced the disbandment, glanced at Sun Wu who was a little absent-minded, "Best, you stay."

Everyone didn't take it seriously, and it was common for Sun Wu, who also served as an assistant coach, to be left behind.

"Best?" Rolf frowned and walked over, "What's wrong?"

"En?" Sun Wu looked up at the worried expressions on the faces of the coaching staff, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, it's just that something happened to a friend..."

"Does it matter?" Rannick asked, who was still in front of the tactical board.

Sun Wu shook his head, walked over to look at the tactical board, "Redknapp's ability to train players is not weak, but he is not good at commanding on the spot, and there are many shortages in the second half of the season."

"It's mainly in the midfield... Just like we did some time ago, Huddlestone, Palacios, Kranjca, Letley King, and Woodgate are all recovering from their injuries." Lannick nodded and said: "The defensive players The midfield can only be Sandro."

Sandro Ranieri, Brazil's new young defensive midfielder, the captain of Brazil's U20 national youth team, just joined Tottenham 4 months ago and didn't get a chance to play until a month ago, but he played against Lyon He performed well in the two knockout rounds.

"The advantages and disadvantages are obvious." Sun Wu picked up the white No. 30 chess piece and moved it forward, "Sandro runs actively, covers a wide area, and has a good position, but he is very poor at long passes. He often chooses Go forward with short passes rather than long passes."

"Brazilian players." Slomka shrugged.

No matter what position they are in, Brazilian players always have an attacking heart. Sun Wu's old friend Lucio, and later Luis with a shaggy head are all typical, and Sandro is no exception.

Sun Wu studied Tottenham's game video for a long time during the holiday, and found that Modric's position was different from what he imagined.

Because of the weakness of Tottenham's forward line, Pavlyuchenko and Crouch are not outstanding, and Defoe is not favored by the old Redknapp, so Van der Vaart is very high, and it is difficult to distinguish him from the shadow. The forward is still the attacking midfielder, so far he has scored 16 goals...

Of course, the Dutchman played as a striker at Ajax at the earliest, and then gradually retreated.

Because van der Vaart is in the front position, Gareth Bale and Alan Lennon are pure wingers, which leads to Modric's position in the front position... In other words, Modric now plays more as a midfielder Instead of organizing midfielders and central midfielders.

As a result, Sandro in the defensive midfielder position will take on part of the organizational tasks... This is where Schalke 04 can take advantage.

"The striker should still be Crouch." Rolf was a little worried.

Milito is 1.77 meters, Hewedes is 1.87 meters, starting midfielder Jermaine Jones is 1.84 meters, and Crouch is 2.03 meters, which is even taller than Neuer.

It's not just a little taller, Neuer is only 1.93 meters...

"So, the wing is the key." Slomka said with a smile, "Two traditional English wingers..."

"No." Sun Wu shook his head, "Attack is the key."

"I agree." Lannick nodded and said, "This game...at least for the first 70 minutes, it needs more offense than defense. This will be a very open matchup."

"This also means that there is likely to be a big score." Sun Wu said softly: "We will also play Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich in the league this month.

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There was silence in the conference room, and it took a long time before Lannick clapped his hands, "Best, do you still insist on your opinion?"

"Of course." Sun Wu replied without hesitation: "Gareth Bale's speed is terrible. Van der Vaart can score and assist, but Modric is the key."

Rolf on the side couldn't help but whispered: "However, if you withdraw your position, both counterattack and positional warfare will be greatly affected."

"That's why I said..." Sun Wu turned his head and stared into Rolf's eyes, "Attack is the key!"

Lannick turned his back and bent down hard, "Best's opinion is to play a high-intensity oppressive style of play at the beginning, try to get a two-goal lead in the first half, and even a game will determine the outcome..."

"But in terms of quick offensive and defensive transitions, Premier League teams should be very adaptable..."

Before Slomka finished speaking, Rangnick interrupted, "The pressing style of play does not only mean quick offensive and defensive transitions."

"High press?" Slomka opened his mouth wide.

It is common to press high in a game, but this tactic is used by teams other than Barcelona and is accompanied by a lot of risk.

The reason is simple, the back defense is empty, and an unintentional big foot plus an excellent speed attacking player may penetrate... In fact, this is also Barcelona's weakness, but their excellent ball control ability greatly conceals it. at this point.

The most important thing is that Tottenham Hotspur has two top wingers whose speed can be ranked in Europe, Gareth Bale and Alan Lennon, especially the former.

Gareth Bale has staged many times this season in both the Champions League and the league. He scored a 70-meter goal against Manchester United in the away game. He was three goals behind in the Champions League group stage and staged a big four to overthrow Inter Milan. Maicon, Samuel, Zanetti, Lucio, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Brown are all defeated by him.

The assistant coach had a disagreement. Slomka wanted to slow down the pace to control the game. Schalke 04 has this ability, and Sun Wu wanted to have a confrontation.

The former is considered prudent, after all, it is a two-round match.

The latter, on the other hand, looked at these two games from the perspective of a traveler. In terms of breaking points, Schalke 04 couldn't find a player who could be compared with Gareth Bale. In the end, he might be blocked by a sword , so this should be masked with overall dominance.

Lannick paced back and forth for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Best, I'll give you half an hour."

"High pressing?"

"Well, if there is no goal in half an hour, the formation will be withdrawn and deployed in the midfield to continue the oppressive style of play." Rangnick nodded and sighed: "This is the most difficult part. Both you and Slomka are just making suggestions. If I lost the ball, and the biggest responsibility lies with me..."

Slomka laughed and said, "Of course, you are the head coach!"

"Besides, you have the highest annual salary." Sun Wu also smiled, "Higher than me!"

Rolf laughed for a while before asking, "Some details..."

"Let's end today." Lannick raised his hand and looked at his watch, "Fly to London tomorrow, collect opinions tomorrow night, and then arrange them uniformly for the players."