Coaching career started as a college team coach

"Is Manchester United strong?" Wei Le asked, pointing to his predicted Manchester United lineup chart while standing in front of the players.

The players nodded involuntarily.

"I admit they are strong too." Wei Le spread his hands, "That's very simple, we just need to pull them to our level! Let them get into a melee and prevent them from dominating!"

Wei Le admitted that pulling the opponent to a level similar to his own was the best way he could think of. The current Wolves are almost at the level of Premier League teams, but the general ability of the players is still slightly inferior to Manchester United.

To close the gap between the two teams, Wei Le proposed a word.

Space.

Space is a topic that must be mentioned on the football field. A player needs space to control the ball, and space to pass and swing his legs. If the space is reduced, the player will feel like he is being strangled by the neck and cannot breathe well, and will definitely be restricted in his actions.

Wei Le hopes that the distance between the team's back line and midfield line will be reduced as much as possible, and the strikers should not be too far away from the midfielders. The distance between the three lines will be reduced, first of all, making it difficult for the opponent's offensive organization to launch through short passes.

In any case, Wei Le felt that he had no shortage of high-speed central defenders, but he was indeed worried about whether the opponent would attack the space behind him.

The solution is to start pressing from the encounter line, that is, the forward. In order to oppress the opponent, the forward can return to the position synchronized with the defensive midfielder, while the midfielder can move flexibly and make timely forward insertions to fill the space vacated by the forward.

Wei Le essentially moved the team's pressing focus from the midfield to the frontcourt.

Pressing is not as simple as clicking the "more pressing" button.

Solving the problems of "whether to press" and "where to press", the next question is "who to press". Wei Le highlighted the position of Fellaini or Pogba here.

Focus on the fact that the two central defenders do not have the ability to launch an attack directly with long passes, and focus on defending the passing routes of the two central defenders to the defensive midfielder. These two players are over 190 cm tall, tall and strong, and it is not easy to take advantage of one person.

Wei Le did not directly ask the players to interfere with these two people, but directly asked the players to confront them and try to steal them, which is difficult to reap the sweetness.

How to do it?

Isolate them.

Stand a person between Fellaini and Pogba to intercept their passing route. Stand a person in the space between the two central defenders and them to intercept the forward passing route.

Stand someone behind the two people, forcing them to receive the ball with their backs and handle the ball with their non-dominant feet.

For this reason, Wei Le arranged special tactical training. He sent Joao Teixeira to play Pogba and Bass to play Fellaini to train the players to stand properly in the game.

Bass also specially found a pompadour wig, with a straight face and staring eyes, striving to be "lifelike".

Joao Teixeira couldn't paint his face black on the spot, so he ran around on the court wearing a black hood, like a gangster who broke into the training base.

Wei Le jokingly said that the two of them looked like the "Wolves' Double Devils". The players couldn't help laughing at the image of the brothers, and the club has had a lot of jokes since then.

For example, Jota came up with a story that it was late at night and the child was crying and didn't sleep. The mother had no idea, and she happened to be a Wolves fan. So the mother had an idea and scared the child and said-

"If you don't sleep, Bass with hair and Joao Teixeira will come to eat you!"

So the child immediately shut up and went to sleep.

In any case, this targeted training is effective.

Wei Le chose these two people to play Fellaini, not only because they may not start in the next game, but also because these two people reflect the characteristics of Pogba and Fellaini.

First of all, they are both strong.

Secondly, Fellaini and Pogba's positions are not parallel. Generally speaking, Fellaini is in the backcourt, standing in front and behind Pogba. They often switch positions left and right, and often cross or rotate with the third midfielder, whether it is Mata or Herrera.

However, Pogba rarely retreats to a very deep place to receive the ball. The radar map of the stadium also shows the coverage area of ​​Pogba, which is basically in the middle and front court.

Pogba is not consistent with other traditional "dark and hard" players. He certainly has strong defensive ability, but the reason why he can stand out among many midfielders is that he is better at organizing and connecting the offense.

Therefore, Pogba's position is relatively forward, while Fellaini is behind.

A major feature of the 4-2-3-1 formation is that the team often has a very large number of advantages in the front court, but at the same time it also means that the team does not have many receiving points at the back midfielder position.

Therefore, Wei Le can assert that Fellaini is the "eye of the formation" of Mourinho's team. "Strangling" Fellaini has become the key factor for Wolves to gain an advantage at home and even defeat Manchester United in one fell swoop!

While focusing on the game against Manchester United, Wolves cannot forget their main job - the league.

On December 31, the last day of 2016, Wolves will go to Sheffield to challenge Sheffield Wednesday. In this game, Wolves will send all their main players.

"Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and we will probably live outside tonight. But I believe that our family and friends will not forget us, and they will definitely sit in front of the screen to watch our game."

"There are other supporters of ours, some of whom have come here from afar just to cheer us up. We use a victory as the end of this year, and it is also the best New Year's gift for all those who love us and those we love!"

"Good!" The players shouted together.

Walking out of the player tunnel, Wei Le couldn't help shivering - it was too cold. He wrapped his down jacket tightly, looked around, and saw the brightest yellow in the stadium.

Those were the fans of the Wolves.

"Sing harder! You won't feel cold if you sing!" Todd beat the drums and turned his head to shout. The weather was cold, but Todd was wearing thin clothes, perhaps because he was tall and strong, and very cold-resistant.

Standing in the stands, Todd kept waving his drumsticks, and even sweated on his arms!

In the cold weather, people could see that Todd was "smoky".

"Todd, you're smoking!" a fan laughed.

Todd seemed very proud, "That's because I worked hard! You guys should also be active! Let's have some passion for the game one day before the New Year!"

Under his call, the fans who went to the away game jumped and sang continuously. Their liveliness formed a sharp contrast with the sporadic cheers of the home fans.

Not only Wei Le, but other players also noticed them.

"They really worked hard." Jota was stunned.

Edwards nodded, his face serious, "We have the best fans, we can't let them down."

"Of course, we can't let ourselves down, and the boss." Bowen came up and smiled, "Otherwise, the surprise we prepared will be in vain!"