Coaching career started as a college team coach

What can a game prove?

Sometimes, people use this sentence to ask those who believe in "one game theory", who usually hastily label teams and players directly based on the results and performance of a game.

But this does not mean that a game can prove nothing.

Quantitative change is the basis of qualitative change.

As mentioned above, Wolves' away game ended with Wolves' victory. Ruzomberok's players often made some unforced errors, which shows that their ability is definitely not as strong as Wolves.

After Wolves adjusted their mentality in the second half, their offensive was unstoppable.

First, Van de Beek assisted Bowen with a cross from the side, and then Trossard broke through from the left side and caused the opponent to foul. In the area about 20 meters away from the goal, Trossard scored a direct free kick and surpassed the score.

The Wolves ended the Europa League qualifying match with a score of 8-1, and entered the next stage of the Europa League without any waves. Next, they only need to defeat another qualifying winner in the two rounds of the Europa League play-offs to enter the Europa League finals.

The result of the game is really not important. Even if Wolves lose this game, Wei Le will not be too disappointed, as long as they don't lose 6 goals.

Wei Le is more concerned about what happens after this.

How to play the league tactics?

In this game, Wei Le's instructions to the players are actually "free play", and the players will of course adopt the oppressive style of play that everyone is familiar with last season.

Based on the central defense, oppress the opponent's midfield space and pass the ball to the wing. A fast counterattack style. Depending on the specific situation, the pressing defense line can also be advanced and directly press high.

But that was in the Championship, and next, they will play in the Premier League! This is different from the Championship. There are already too many precedents for Wolves to refer to. Even if they kill in the Championship, they may be killed in the Premier League.

Can this set of tactics work? Can the existing tactical play gain a foothold in the Premier League?

The answer must be yes.

Because football is a sport where "as long as you score one more goal than the opponent, you can win." Such an oppressive style of play can certainly gain a foothold in the Premier League, and even at the beginning of the league, Wolves should be able to achieve a good ranking.

Such a style of play will catch many unprepared teams off guard.

But that's it. Because this set of tactics is still too simple, too direct, and too lacking in changes.

Soon, those Premier League coaches will find that Wolves are very poor in limiting the opponent's counterattack stage, and will specifically limit Rodri's position.

When the Wolves' tactical routines are thoroughly studied, continuous failures will declare this set of tactics ultimately ineffective. Then Wolves' ranking will plummet again, and whether they will be relegated in the end depends on whether Wei Le can lead Wolves to find new tactics.

Many stories of newly promoted teams are like this. Wei Le does not want Wolves' future to be just a "lift", stuck between the Premier League and the Championship, neither high nor low.

The main problem with this direct offensive style of play is defense. When the front line is pressing forward, the backfield often lacks protection. The midfield often forms an inverted triangle shape, which does not serve as a defensive barrier at all.

These problems have been exposed in various places by the Wolves, and this away game against Ruzomberok exposed these problems even more.

"There is a lack of effective counterattacks when attacking, and the ability to create threatening opportunities is insufficient. When defending, there seems to be no chance to stop the opponent's quick counterattack, especially when the full-backs can't get down from the attack, and the midfield hysteresis effect is insufficient."

"It's easy to get anxious when the situation is not right, and when you get anxious, you don't know how to play. If you don't know how to play, you start to cross at 45 degrees."

Wei Le spread his hands, counted the various problems of the players, and asked, "Anything else to add?"

"For this game, that should be it." Sailars replied.

This is a coaching meeting, and the Wolves are summarizing the game after the game.

"There is a lack of substitutes for the forwards and rotation in the midfield. There are enough defenders, but Kilman is not able to play in the Premier League yet, so we should rent him out. But overall it's okay, Bass can be a substitute."

"Jovic is here." Celars reminded.

"Then the forward is solved, but I don't know if Jovic can adapt to the center forward's retreat tactics. Other positions are still lacking."

Wei Le scratched his head, and the matter was indeed not easy to handle.

"It's mainly a psychological problem for the players. I suggest that we hire a special coach to train the players' psychological endurance."

Ser, the physical coachGio Perez's suggestion was affirmed by Wei Le. Even if a special coach is not needed, several psychological counselors can be recruited.

Wei Le has always attached great importance to the spiritual attribute construction of players, but this is not a matter of one day or one night. How to make players have a big heart is a problem that all teams are trying to solve.

In this game, when the attack was not smooth in the middle of the game, Wolves had already fallen into chaos and began to blindly cross the ball to find the high point in the middle. Rodri, who has always been calm, failed to slow down.

When facing the opponent's attack in the 4-2-3-1 formation system, the three players in the midfield play a vital role. The two defensive midfielders in the right triangle position can assist the full-backs to defend the opponent's wingers, and can also work together to limit the opponent's front midfielders.

This can easily form a number advantage in the backcourt.

(The tactical board diagram is placed in this chapter)

But if it becomes a single defensive midfielder in the offensive phase, the inverted triangle formation, the defensive midfielder left behind will seem a little overwhelmed when facing the opponent's inward wingers and front midfielders.

They are often missed by the opponent's quick pass, and then let the opponent face the back line directly. The back line composed of Maguire and Ruben Dias will not have a particularly big problem, but if it is the combination of Coady and Godfrey, it may not be.

In addition, no matter how solid the defense is, it will be broken.

How to keep the overall structure of 4-2-3-1 unchanged during the offensive rotation phase is also a problem that needs to be considered.

"For the left back, if Tierney can't come, we need to make other plans." Wei Le added, "But it's best to be Tierney."

Tierney is more comprehensive than Alphonso Davies. The most notable feature is that he can attack and defend well, and has a good sense of position when defending, but in terms of physical fitness, Tierney is of course stronger.

"Chilwell is really too expensive." Sellars sighed.

"Yes." Wei Le certainly knows this, "but we can't play alone as a full-back for the entire season like last season, right?"

"Seriously, why don't you give Tierney another call?" Celars suddenly asked, "Now is the best time, we really need him."