Super Marshal

"This is the player's passing and receiving data that we collected during training over the past week."

After the day's training session, Gao Han held a meeting with the coaching staff in the room to summarize the day's training and the gains and losses of the warm-up match that just passed.

He was new here, so he didn't make too many adjustments in the first warm-up match. He still continued Hitzfield's style of play, but he also discovered a lot of things, the most serious of which was that Bayern Munich lacked midfield organization.

At the beginning of the game, Gao Han asked Modric to partner with Van Bommel. The two people's cooperation on the field was relatively unfamiliar. Facing amateur opponents, they were well organized on both offense and defense, but they still failed to achieve what Gao Han wanted. The control you want.

According to Gao Han's idea, he still plays a four-three-three formation, mainly in control, and takes advantage of the personal abilities of the front three.

If a 4,2,3,1 play is used, the frontcourt will be too bloated, which is not conducive to the players' personal performance, and is not as flexible as 4,33. Therefore, Gao Han still prefers to use 4,33.

Ribery plays on the left, and Robben moves to the right. Both players are of the type with superior personal abilities and will be very lethal.

As for the central forwards, Klose, Podolski and Aguero belong to three different types of forwards. They can form different combination effects with Robben and Ribery and target different defensive types.

But the problem lies in the midfield.

Gao Han needs a player who can pass the ball steadily to serve as the organizing midfielder. This is also the mainstream trend in European football.

Xabi Alonso during the Atletico Madrid period, Makelele during the Chelsea period, and Cambiasso during the Inter Milan period. The organizational midfielder has become an indispensable and important link in the alpine tactical system.

Not only Gaohan, but looking at the entire European football world, mainstream strong teams are grasping this link.

Ferguson introduced Carrick, Ancelotti promoted Pirlo, Wenger cultivated Cesc Fabregas...

Even Rijkaard's Barcelona does not have an outstanding midfielder, but Rijkaard is still trying hard to employ people in this position.

It can be seen that this has become the mainstream trend in European football.

But in this position, Bayern Munich does not have a player worthy of trust.

Gao Han was originally inspecting Van Bommel. This player is both offensive and defensive, has high execution ability on the field, and has an excellent positioning rate. But the problem is that his passing and ball play cannot satisfy Gao Han, and his overall view and organization are also poor. All are lacking.

Modric reassured Gao Han in all aspects, but he was deficient in defense.

Another player Gao Han is very optimistic about is young player Toni Kroos.

This player was born as a midfielder. He is a traditional No. 10 player and can play multiple positions in the frontcourt. However, Gao Han feels that he should not play in the frontcourt, but should retreat, just like Pirlo, and push to the midfielder position.

This is also the reason why he did not introduce an organizational midfielder.

But Toni Kroos is still relatively young, so Gao Han needs to find another one.

I took the statistical report from Sergio Garcia, took a quick look at it, and found that it was similar to my own observations, so I handed it over to Tuchel.

In this data analysis, Bayern Munich's player with the highest passing success rate and the most stable rate is Toni Kroos, followed by Modric, and then there are three people, Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Hummel. Sri Lanka.

It should be said that Hummels surprised Gao Han because he is a central defender.

"I heard that Hummels once played as a defensive midfielder for a while. He has good footwork and excellent passing skills." Tuchel explained.

Gao Han also read Hummels' information, "He is suitable for playing as a central defender. Van Buyten, Lucio and Demichelis are all brave but insufficiently stable. Lucio, in particular, is famous. A knife-wielding defender.”

When he first inspected Hummels with a keen eye, Gao Han was particularly impressed by the player's passing ability. He felt that he was very similar to Pique, who he had discovered when he was at Chelsea. Both central defenders have excellent passing abilities. control ability.

Both Gao Han and Guardiola admire this type of player very much, so as soon as the latter coached Barcelona, ​​he immediately followed Gao Han's recommendation, introduced Pique, and planned to entrust him with important tasks.

Now Gao Han wants to reuse Hummels, but not as a midfielder, but as a central defender.

"Lahm is a very interesting player."

Gao Han's simple words attracted the attention of everyone present.

"My first impression of him came from the opening game of the World Cup in Germany. I still remember his shot. After I decided to coach Bayern Munich, I went to study a lot of Lahm's game videos. I found this to be a very smart player.”

Except for Tuchel, all the coaches present have worked with Gao Han for many years. Naturally, they understand that being able to receive such a high evaluation from Gao Han, Lahm has a high status in Gao Han's mind.

"I have no doubt that if you let him play on the left, he can cut inside, and if he plays on the right, he can cross. Judging from his passing data now, maybe if you let him play as a deep-lying midfielder, he can also be very good. Good and competent.”

Smart players often have such a characteristic, that is, they can understand the coach's intentions anytime and anywhere, and adapt to their different role needs on the court.

Judging from Ram's resume, he is indeed able to play on both sides with ease, but when it comes to playing as a midfielder...

"Is your body a little thinner?" Cantarero asked worriedly.

Gao Han nodded, "Definitely, especially when our midfield and frontcourt cannot put enough pressure on the opponent, and the midfield control is insufficient. If Lahm plays as a single defensive midfielder, frontal defense will be a problem, but Schwein Steiger should not have this problem, he is a standard German macho."

Everyone couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

From all aspects, Schweinsteiger is indeed more suitable for the midfielder position than Lahm. At least he has the size, and his passing ability is also excellent, with a high success rate.

"But he has never played in this position." Tuchel raised his doubts.

But after asking this question, Tuchel found that everyone present was staring at him strangely, making him wonder if there was something growing on his face?

"What...what's wrong?" He unconsciously touched his face.

Everyone suddenly burst into laughter.

"It doesn't matter if you haven't played before, as long as it meets our requirements." Gao Han said with a smile.

Tuchel remembered that Gao Han's ability to transform players was not weak at all.

"Now we have many players who are not in the team, especially left back Marcelo and forward Aguero. They are not here, and many of our technical and tactical play drills are problematic, especially our entire left wing."

Currently, Bayern Munich has four left-backs among its players, Vidal, Boateng, Marcelo and Lahm.

Lahm is a right-footed player, and he is quite comfortable playing left-back, but it is difficult for him to expand like a traditional offensive left-back. Instead, he moves inside after reaching the frontcourt, just like his first goal in the World Cup. That way.

According to Gao Han's original idea, the front wings were Ribery and Robben.

Ribery used to play more on the right, but he is also very familiar with the left, and he also takes the route of cutting inside, while Robben is fixed on the right by Gao Han. Therefore, if Ribery partners with Lahm on the left, then There is a bit of a problem with the attack on the left.

Jerome Boateng is also right-footed, but he is also very proficient with his left foot. Overall, he has the same problem as Ram, and Gao Han is more optimistic about him playing as a central defender rather than a full-back.

Vidal went to participate in the World Youth Championship, but he played on the left in the national team. The specific situation remains to be seen.

The reason why Gao Han originally bought Vidal was not that he wanted him to play as a defender, but because he wanted to try to transform him into a midfielder.

Modric definitely occupies one of the positions, and the other two positions. The organizers are temporarily investigating Bastian Schweinsteiger, but the other position requires a player who can continue to pressure the opponent in the midfield and cover a large area. The player plays the role of balancing the midfielder, but at the same time his passing and receiving ability must not be weak.

For the time being, Van Bommel will consider it first, and Vidal is also within Gao Han's choice.

"Before the players who participated in the World Youth Championship returned to the team, we temporarily adopted a more conservative style of play. Franck Ribery went back to play on the right, Robben continued to play on the left, Lahm still served as left back, and as for right back, Gurli Ci, Lyle and Boateng are all capable, and Klose will be the forward."

Gao Han's proposal was also recognized by everyone present. It should be said that this is a relatively safe approach.

"However, during this period, we must get the entire midfield into shape as soon as possible."

No matter how the playing styles of the two wings are adjusted or changed, the thinking of the midfielder will not change.

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Over the next few days, team leader Nellinger noticed a very obvious change.

In the daily group confrontation training, Gao Han first used Lahm as the defensive midfielder. This not only surprised him on the sidelines, but even Lahm himself was confused, but he still followed Gao Han's arrangement.

Interestingly, Ram actually did a good job.

But strangely, Gao Han changed his mind the next day and put Lahm back in the left-back position, switching to Bastian Schweinsteiger as the defensive midfielder, forming a three-midfielder with Van Bommel and Modric. , and has not changed again.

As a versatile midfielder, Schweinsteiger has played almost all positions in the midfield, but has never played as a deep-lying player. Because he has always been an offensive player before, he inevitably has a strong desire to move forward. , which caused him to receive frequent reminders from the cold in training, and even frequently interrupted the game to remind him repeatedly. Sometimes he couldn't help but step forward to demonstrate.

In addition to the midfielder, there has also been a big change in the defense, that is, Hummels has become an unstoppable main force.

Lucio, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Boateng...

The central defender partners took turns, but Hummels was always placed in the main position by Gao Han.

Nellinger is a professional player after all, and he quickly guessed Gao Han's intention, which was Hummels' passing ability.

Soon, the main partner of the central defender was determined, with Hummels partnering Lucio.

In the last three days of his stay in Donauerschengen, Gao Han began to focus on fine-tuning the team's formation and tactics, especially the coordination of passing and receiving in the midfield and backfield. He practiced and warned repeatedly, especially for Bastian Schweinstein. Gerard and Hummels.

Obviously, they are the weak link in the entire midfield and backfield passing and control system.

One has just moved to an unfamiliar position, and the other has just been promoted to the first team as the main central defender.

But Nellinger still saw many differences between Gao Han and his previous Bayern Munich head coach.

For example, in the past, whether it was Hitzfeld or Magath, they would retreat and fight, which was a bit passive counterattack, but now Gao Han requires active pressure, relying on the passing and control of the midfield and backfield to suppress the opponent and tear apart the defense. Go on the offensive.

As for the actual actual combat effect, it still needs to be tested through competition.

The first challenge Gao Han faced was the German League Cup.

The first opponent is Werder Bremen.