Step by Step to Win

Mandzukic's accidental injury can be said to have made Wolfsburg's journey this season, suddenly adding a shadow of color. As the main center, the leader of the striker, Mandzukic's role in the team is self-evident. At a critical moment, he was injured and how Wolf Castle will develop this season also makes people start to worry.

For a team, the most terrifying thing is not to meet a strong enemy, but to have internal problems. Whether it is infighting or injury, these problems are more worrying than encountering a strong opponent. Wolfsburg maintained a very good lineup last season. After one season, there were basically no injuries except for some individuals. However, at the beginning of this season, Gao Shunyao was in poor form and Mandzukic suffered a direct injury. He encountered all kinds of problems, and for a while, people couldn't see the future of Wolfsburg.

Of course, the upper echelons of the Wolfsburg team will not allow themselves to be looked down upon. After Mandzukic was injured, they also said for the first time that their team would not be affected too much. In an interview, Magath directly stated that his team will still strive to play better in the Champions League. They want to give Mandzukic a better game to play when he returns from injury. He vowed to this, even with his own reputation as a guarantee that Wolfsburg will still achieve good Champions League results.

It is a pity that the media basically do not believe this at all.

"Mandzukic’s injury is a great loss for Wolfsburg. In Magat’s tactics. Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic form a double forward, and the two wingers move forward together. It constitutes the core tactics of their team’s offense. Now that a forward is injured, it is difficult for Gao Shunyao alone to continue this tactic. Where does Wolfsburg go this season is also a major issue."

The analysis of the media pointedly pointed out the problem with Wolfsburg. For a long time. Wolfsburg’s tactics have always been double-center tactics. Both of their centers can attack and both can be axis. With the support of two powerful side lanes, they can create opportunities for each other, or they can fight for their own goals. Two high center forwards take turns to attack the opponent's defense line, which is the core part of Wolfsburg tactics. And now, one of their high center forwards has fallen, leaving only Gao Shunyao. This tactic has been broken. Even if Gao Shunyao recovers, how can he score?

Single forward and double forward are two different styles of play. A striker was injured and only one main center was left. Wolfsburg must change its tactics. But if you change your tactics in a hurry, no one will believe that their new tactics can have a good effect.

"Maybe Wolfsburg this season. I really need to think about what his season goals are. The player’s injury problem should not be underestimated, and it deserves Wolfsburg’s careful consideration. For the Wolfsburg lineup, perhaps it is more suitable for single line combat Their situation, and the top three rankings in a league are more in line with their team needs. The road has to go step by step, and Wolfsburg does not have to pursue too good results this season. It may be more for them to make a rational plan. benefit."

The media's discourse on Magath. Full of doubts. However, people's worries have basically disappeared with the arrival of the Wolfsburg and Leverkusen games on the weekend. At the beginning of this game, Wolfsburg used his own strength to tell people that his team's strength is still there.

This game attracted the attention of many people. After the injury, how to get out of the shadows of Wolfsburg has become the biggest question for people.

During the game, people were quite surprised that Wolfsburg did not change tactics to adapt to their injuries as people thought. Although the loss of Mandzukic is indeed a big problem, but They did not think about the change. In this game, they still used the 442 style of play, and their forward line, instead of Mandzukic, made the starter, the old Croatian player Olic.

Wolfsburg does have such a substitute, Olic is still playing here. This matter, many media have almost forgotten, but the Wolfsburg team obviously has not forgotten. At this time, they let Olic replace Mandzukic's position.

This change makes people wonder what to say: Of course Olic can still play, and everyone knows that. But to say that Olic can replace Mandzukic's role, basically no one believes this matter.

There is no reason for him, Olic is already too old, so old that people no longer think he can play the main force. He is 34 years old, and two years ago, he could not play a major role in Bayern. After arriving at Wolfsburg, he has always played mostly as a substitute player. Such a veteran who has played on the bench for several years, many people do not think that he still has the ability to play the main force, let him replace Mandzukic, people Never thought of this possibility.

However, if you think about it carefully, this is indeed a good way, because Mandzukic's injury came suddenly, and in a hurry, Wolfsburg can only make Olic cover his vacancy. After all, the game is just around the corner, even if Wolfsburg really wants to make more changes, it will have to wait until later, and at this time, they can only let Olic focus on the vacancy.

As a veteran, Olic has been working as a substitute since he arrived at Wolfsburg. Since last year, he has regularly made some substitutes or rotations. Whether it is a center or a winger, he will be replaced when he is needed. As a veteran, Olic has a lot of experience, he can be competent in many different positions, whether he is a winger or a center forward, he does well, and he also played a big role in Wolfsburg.

And this season, obviously now it needs to play the main force in Wolfsburg. Because of Mandzukic's accidental injury, he also had to take over the position of the main striker. Of course, for a veteran, hastily kicking the main force is facing a lot of problems. For example, how his body is, it has been questioned-as a player in 1979, Olic is already 34 years old. If a player of this age plays the main force, he will naturally be doubted whether he will be in good condition.

However, on the court, Olic immediately proved that he is in excellent form. After the start of the game, he immediately started his full dash on the court, regardless of speed or confrontation, he was not inferior to anyone at all.

Soon after the opening, Olic immediately made a threat. After Bayer Leverkusen took the ball and wanted to send the ball to the side in the backcourt. When attacking, Olic focused on the opponent's inattentive pass and rushed to the opponent's central defender with the ball. . The defender, who was startled by his sudden push, hurriedly passed the ball, but Perisic on the wing also cooperated and broke the ball. He took the ball and cut a few steps into the center. A long shot kicked the ball towards the goal.

His shot was slightly missed, which only caused a false alarm, but Olic actively countered it, but it was still awe-inspiring.

When it comes to form, Olic is not only not bad, but also the best striker in Wolfsburg.

As Wolfsburg's main substitute player last season, his number of appearances is not less than that of the main players, but in fact, his playing time is much less. Moreover, because he had retired from the national team last season and no longer played for the national team, he didn't really play much. He did not interfere with fatigue problems, and as a veteran who has always been known for his dedication, he did not relax training, so this season, his state is also very good.

"Maybe Olic's state is indeed still the main player in the Bundesliga... but being the main player in the Bundesliga and the main player in the Wolfsburg are two different concepts."

Watching the game, even the commentator had to admit that Olic was indeed in good shape. But at the same time, he also further saw another problem. Olic's condition is indeed quite good, he is not old, but it seems unlikely that he can make up for Mandzukic's deficiency-if it was really possible, Bayern would not let him go.

As a striker, Olic has always been known for his versatility in the frontcourt. He has many advantages in playing football, hard work, smart playing, changeable position, positive attitude-these characteristics generally do not appear in a top striker, but because of these, Olic let himself It can be considered a miracle to be among the richest teams.

However, although this player has many advantages, his problem is also extremely prominent: as a forward, his biggest problem is that his scoring ability is not so good. Compared with his own national team juniors, this is his biggest problem.

Olic has played in the Bundesliga for seven years. Even at his peak, he scored 14 goals at most in a season~www.ltnovel.com~ and most of the time, his number of goals , Are all below 10. In this case, Mandzukic had a similar situation only when he first arrived at Wolfsburg to play as a winger, and the scoring efficiency of the two is worlds apart.

Let Olic replace Mandzukic, the biggest problem is that he can not replace Mandzukic's scoring ability. And the ability to score goals is something that the Wolfsburg now desperately needs. There are many kinds of forwards, but what Wolfsburg needs now is just a forward who can score.

The fifth round of the Bundesliga is a match between Wolfsburg and Leverkusen. Both teams have the Champions League midweek, but they meet at this time. This schedule is also quite helpless. Because the national team game has just ended, and there are still games in the middle of the week, when the two teams meet at this time, both sides dare not go too far. During the game, both sides carried out some rotations. Even if it is not the forward position that people have been paying attention to, Turan and Shaheen have been replaced on Wolfsburg's side, and Moussa and Marin have served as the starting changes. Because of the team's rotation, Wolfsburg's offense itself has been weakened a lot, and Olic's goal level has always been poor, which is another very helpless thing. In the current Wolf Fort, it seems that only Gao Shunyao is left, but with Gao Shunyao's recent state, can he really break the door for the Wolf Fort?

No one can believe this. People are also waiting to see how Wolf Castle will perform. (To be continued)