Coaching career started as a college team coach

Some time ago, the consensus of the Wolves coaching staff was that they must strive to win against Manchester United. After all, the opportunity to play against strong teams is rare, and victory is always the best.

Wei Le thought so at first, but in the Europa League game that just ended, Wei Le suddenly realized something. So he asked the coaching staff a question-

"Do we really have to win against Manchester United?"

This question is very interesting. Aren't football games played to win? If not to win, what is the meaning of the existence of the two teams in a football game?

Really, there is nothing wrong with this concept.

But now Wolves are playing in the league, and the ultimate goal of the league is not the gains and losses of a game, but to get a higher and more satisfactory ranking after the end of the entire season, or even to win the championship.

Just like in CS: GO games, winning every round should be the goal of the players, but in times of economic downturn, teams choose ECO, that is, to buy some cheaper guns or not buy guns at all before the start to save money. This is also very common.

There is a high probability that they will lose badly in this round, but they will have more money to buy guns and props in the next round.

The ultimate goal is to win the whole game, not the gains and losses of the moment.

Wolves need to complete many changes in concepts, one of which is to plan the game more wisely. In the English Championship, Wolves are invincible and don't have to think about whether to win the game.

After all, as a championship team, the points of competitors are very tight, and they can't lose a game. Only by winning and getting points can they maintain their leading advantage.

But Wolves now need to realize that they are not the weakest teams in the Premier League, but at the same time, they are not yet a strong contender for the championship.

Therefore, Wolves will definitely lose, and even lose many games. The rule of league points is that you get 3 points for winning, 1 point for drawing, and no points for losing.

Then why can't Wolves directly send substitutes to play in some games that are absolutely impossible to win, and directly give up this game, in exchange for better physical fitness of the main players, and focus on the games that may be won?

Of course you can!

In order to win more games in the future, why not let go of the game in front of you?

Wolves need to face not only failure, but also draws.

Therefore, there is no doubt that when facing a team with a higher ranking or stronger strength, 1 point is of course a better result than no points.

This is different from the total number of goals in two games in various cup competitions. At the end of the cup competition, there is no draw. But in the league, a draw can also be the result of the game.

Back to Manchester United's question.

If Wolves' initial plan for the game is to win, then they must take the initiative to attack. The final result is likely to be that the opponent scores more goals than Wolves, Wolves lose more goals, lose the game, do not score, and the opponent gets three points.

But if Wolves strive for a draw from the beginning, that is, Wolves do not take victory as a goal at the beginning, then Wolves can completely bring up a set of tactics that are completely different from winning.

The tactical play of the game is determined by the game goal, and the game goal is determined by the season goal.

Similarly, if we stand in Manchester United's perspective, their goal this season is undoubtedly to compete for the championship, the more championships the better, naturally including the Premier League championship.

Mourinho's team will definitely take the initiative against Wolves, and they will even hope that Wolves will play against them, so that they can find opportunities behind Wolves.

As a giant team like Manchester United, there is no option to defend at the beginning in their tactical board. They are like Wolves last season, dominating the league.

So, do you really want to win?

No.

Wolves came to Old Trafford again. The last time they came here, Wolves lost to Manchester United with a score of 1-2, but won the League Cup semi-finals with a total score of 3-2 and advanced to the final.

Therefore, the Wolves players generally seemed to be more relaxed and did not feel the urgency of facing important games.

On the other hand, Wei Le also greeted the players before the game and communicated with them. It took a few days for everyone to adapt to a new set of tactics based on comprehensive defensive counterattacks.

Of course, Wei Le didn't want the players to compete with themselves, so he explained his expectations for the game to the players very early. The Wolves players wanted to win, but they were not unreasonable. They understood that the coaching staff needed to consider the overall situation, and the players had no reason to refuse.

Instead, the Manchester United players seemed a little serious.

This was not a seriousZhang, after all, the opponent is only Wolves.

But such a team seems to be a typical representative of strength over fame. Usually, they are not very prominent. If you open their player list, you will find that there are few familiar faces.

But they broke the record and were promoted last season. At the beginning of this season, they defeated Stoke City, which ranked in the middle of the last season, and directly entered the Europa League as a newly promoted team!

How could Manchester United players underestimate Wolves?

Mourinho was sitting in his office in the stadium. Now the starting lineup of Wolves has been delivered to him. Mourinho opened the cover and saw the unusual formation of Wolves.

"Damn it." Mourinho frowned.

The thing he least wanted to see before the game still happened, that is, Wolves really didn't seem to plan to win.

Mourinho was ready to attack Wolves. Seeing the characteristics of Wolves who are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers, he also firmly believed that Wolves would definitely strive for victory in this game and get back what they lost at Old Trafford last season.

But now, he can only say that Wei Le, the young head coach, is really calm.

However, Manchester United was supposed to take the initiative to attack in this game, so Mourinho would not change his tactics, nor did he need to do so.

Manchester United had previously defeated West Ham United in the first round of the league, and their lineup in this game was basically the same as that game, which was Mourinho's usual 4-2-3-1 at Manchester United.

Due to the continuous injury at Manchester United's left back position, Manchester United had to send Blind to play in this game, and Antonio Valencia was the right back.

At the center back position, Phil Jones and Bailly played together, and the new player Lindelof sat on the bench.

At the defensive midfielder position, the new player Matic and Pogba played together, and the frontcourt was the left forward Rashford, the right forward Juan Mata, and the attacking midfielder Mkhitaryan.

The center forward is Lukaku, and the goalkeeper is De Gea.