Step by Step to Win

From Mandzukic's injury in the national team game to his comeback again, in fact, it didn't take too long. Although the two months have seen a lot of matches, for the Wolfsburg players who have always been full of games and training, such a long period of time seems to be just a flick of a finger. The UEFA Champions League group stage is not over yet. , Mandzukic has almost recovered from injury when a third of the season has passed, which is a surprise for the players.

Although in September, when he was just injured, the team doctor said that his injury was not serious. After the operation, it takes about two months to recover, but the players are recovering quickly. , Theoretical and practical, after all, are two different issues.

After many players are injured, they say they will be able to return soon, but in the process of recovery from injury, it is easy to cause some unexpected troubles. Not paying attention to restorative training during the recovery period, or caused some old injuries in the recovery training, or the treatment effect is not good enough, these will cause the injury to recover, and the return time will be extended indefinitely.

Such cases are not uncommon in football. There are not a few people who have killed themselves during the recuperation period and have played off themselves. Back then, Kaka was such a person to a certain extent, and the Premier League’s problem is even worse. Some fans of some teams have even complained. Some of their players have not appeared on the court for several years-those People are a typical example of lingering injuries.

therefore. Although it was originally said that he could recover in two months, the players of Wolfsburg really didn't dare to expect him to recover so soon-it was not that they cursed their teammates, but this kind of thing. There are too many negative examples.

Obviously, Mandzukic is not that kind of player, and his recovery speed is a bit surprising. His surgery worked well, and he had no problems during the recovery training. Before the time of November, he had resumed formal training, and before facing the second round of St. Petersburg. The team doctor also made a judgment and thought that he could come back to play the game.

"His physical condition is completely fine. It can be said that he has recovered and is exactly the same as before. Now he can play for the team again, and our main center is back."

When Magath announced the news in the locker room, cheers and whistles came from the locker room: Although they played well during this period, Olic replaced Mandzukic. They can be considered to have played very well, but it is still a good thing to hear that their teammates have returned from injury and the team adds more support.

After all, Olic is 34 years old. A 34-year-old player can support two months under the intensity of double matches a week, but for a longer time, who knows what will go wrong.

Seeing Mandzukic came back, the players were all excited about it. just. Although Mandzukic returned from injury, he was not immediately asked to play by Magath. At least, this time an away game. He was asked to stay at home.

"For Zenit's game, we are still the old lineup, temporarily, we will not make any changes."

Magath's statement has a certain truth. After all, away games are for players who have just recovered from injuries. It's a bit demanding. And places like St. Petersburg are even more places where patients who have just recovered from their injuries should not go. For the sake of Mandzukic's body. He'd better keep it until the next game.

"For our players, I still have to think about how to protect."

Magath explained the question of not allowing Mandzukic to go to the away game. Although he claims to be the coach who likes to toss players the most in the Bundesliga, he has to admit that he has always paid attention to the physical condition of the players. After all, the large amount of training itself is based on the player's tolerance, and he has a very good understanding of this.

But this explanation is difficult for players to accept: these principles are indeed very simple, but... when has Magath been such a compassionate coach for players? This arrangement is nothing like his style.

Perhaps it was a bit depressed by the eyes of the players, and Magath could only wave his hand depressed.

"Moreover, I think, playing again in the game against Dortmund will also have some benefits to the overall combat effectiveness of our team."

Sure enough, Magath's considerations were not so simple. In addition to the physical state of the players, he also considers the progress of the game. He arranged for Mandzukic to appear in the game against Dortmund, not all to protect Mandzukic, but also to allow him to play again in that game.

Magath wanted to make him a surprise player in that game-this explanation made the players understand. Compared with the player status, it is easier for them to believe that Magath is worried about the team's game. After all, this week's game is indeed very important for Wolfsburg.

For Wolfsburg, they have experienced a lot of difficult battles this season, and if it is the most difficult schedule to challenge Manchester United and Bayern in a week, then this week’s game is the most important for them this season. Schedule.

Although Manchester United lost to Wolfsburg at home in the Champions League, they won all other games. Although Moyes has been complained a lot, his biggest problem is actually that it is difficult to win when he leads Manchester United in a head-to-head battle. In the face of a slightly weaker team, the team under his command is still quite good. , Neither St. Petersburg nor Marseille caused much trouble to them.

Therefore, although Wolfsburg's Champions League has won all three games, it is still not so safe to say that it wants to qualify as a safe group first.

If Wolfsburg cannot win the game against St. Petersburg, then in the final round of the home game against Manchester United, they are likely to be overtaken by Manchester United and qualify as second in the group.

This is not impossible.

In the game against Manchester United, only the Wolfsburg players know how difficult it is for their victory to come. Although Moyes's team is not very good offensive, but their defense is quite good. If you don't count Gao Shunyao's goal, then the whole game of Wolfsburg is simply a mess.

And in his home court, he can do everything he can to defend himself, I am afraid that it is not realistic to expect him to attack on the road. And if everyone continues to play like that in the previous game, whether Wolfsburg can score a lucky goal this time is not so sure. After Rooney returns, will Manchester United's frontcourt attack still be so embarrassing? This is also unsure.

Although Rooney is considered by many people to be overestimated, he is still much higher than Welbeck and others. Although his strength is not a top player, he is still enough to show off against Wolfsburg.

And Wolfsburg knows very well that his team is not a strong team like Bayern, and even Bayern is also a team that does not want to encounter too strong prematurely. Compared with those strong teams fighting in the top 16 and qualifying first in the group, it seems more likely to get better results.

Therefore, facing the away game in St. Petersburg, they still need to try their best to win.

And if only this game is crucial, it is not the most important week for Wolfsburg. For them, the reason why this week is very important is that in addition to the match against St. Petersburg, their match with Dortmund also has a very important meaning.

If the match against St. Petersburg is only related to whether they can successfully get a good position in the Champions League, even if they lose, at most it is the possibility of losing the first place in the group. If it has little effect on their qualifying, then the match The Dortmund game is even more meaningful for Wolfsburg. Because the winning or losing of this game is related to Wolfsburg's plan for this season.

In this season's league game, Wolfsburg played far less than last season. Compared with Bayern and Dortmund, this season, they also showed that they are not good at multi-line combat. The thin lineup is, after all, an insurmountable problem. In the long-term race, Wolfsburg has lost the advantage it had last season.

Wolfsburg is now 25 points ~www.ltnovel.com~ and the top Bayern point difference is 4 points, and if they lose another game, their point difference will reach 7 points-7 points after 12 rounds. With such a poor score, Wolfsburg can really say goodbye to the champion in advance.

Of course, among Wolfsburg's goals this season, there is no option for a league championship. They also know that with the strength of Wolfsburg, it is too reluctant to win the league championship for two consecutive years. But even if you don't want a championship, it is still a very happy situation to remain competitive in the league. In any case, it is a very sad thing as the defending champion to admit that he has no hope in the league early-looking at the hapless defending champion of the Premier League, you know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

Both games are very important, which makes Wolfsburg need to play very carefully. Once they do not play well, this week may be a turning point for their league. There was nothing wrong with Magath’s arrangement. From the overall consideration, Wolf Castle also really needs to arrange it.

It's just that although it is a good thing to arrange players to take turns, but this kind of thing requires the team to have sufficient strength as the basis of strength. When a team wants to play like this when it doesn't have enough strength, something will happen.

And it has to be, this season's Wolfsburg, luck seems to have been bad. When facing St. Petersburg, they also had a problem. (To be continued)