Coaching career started as a college team coach

Standing at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, the game time was running out. Wei Le stood there, biting his lips tightly, racking his brains to think about what he could do at the last moment.

But he could no longer make any on-the-spot adjustments, and time was running out.

When the referee finally blew three long whistles to end the game, Wei Le smiled with relief. Sierras sat behind him, looking at the Wolves coach in a hoodie in front of him with some worry.

But Wei Le turned his head, and Sierras clearly saw the smile on Wei Le's face.

In the third round of the league held at Stamford Bridge, Wolves finally lost to Chelsea 0-1.

In the fourth round, against Tottenham at home, Wolves lost to Tottenham 1-2. The result of this game was determined in the first half, and no one scored in the second half.

"It's a loss, it's okay." Wei Le forced a smile, first clapped his hands with Celars, then turned to the visiting team bench beside him. Tottenham's head coach Pochettino was already celebrating the victory with his team.

"Congratulations." Although Wei Le was very disappointed, he still shook hands with Pochettino with the friendship of the host.

Pochettino smiled and responded, "You played very well."

But Wei Le really didn't want to say anything more at this time. He thanked Pochettino for his praise and turned away. Pochettino looked at Wei Le's lost back and was also quite touched.

Who didn't come step by step from this time?

Wei Le has done well.

"It's okay, it's a loss."

"Smile, like me."

"This game was played well."

Wei Le stood on the sidelines, smiling and welcoming his players off the court. The players thought they would be greeted by Wei Le's angry face, but it seemed that Wei Le was not angry, which made them less nervous.

But most people knew that Wei Le must be the one who was more disappointed than them. He was the head coach of the team and the first person responsible for the team.

Let's talk about the game against Chelsea first.

The starting lineup of the Wolves was like this. The goalkeeper was Martinez. Among the two full-backs, Tierney on the left had a minor injury of a calf cut. Although it would not affect the player's future development, it would still seriously affect the game state. So Alphonso Davies ushered in the first league start of the season.

The right back is still Doherty.

There is no change in the central defender. It is Ruben Dias on the left and Maguire on the right. Some time ago, Marcos Kilman, the sixth substitute central defender of the Wolves, was loaned out by the Wolves because he might not get a chance to play.

For the rest of the season, Kilman will be in Hull City in the English Championship. This can actually be said to be a personnel exchange. After buying Maguire from Hull City, Hull City was actually looking for a central defender who could play in the Championship.

At this time, the news that Kilman was seeking a loan was immediately responded to by Hull City.

Wolves and Hull City made friends. Hull City did not need to pay for Kilman's loan, but only needed to bear all his wages. This was certainly good news for Hull City, which was financially strapped.

Therefore, the central defender reserve of Wolves now includes Ruben Dias, Coady, Maguire, Bass and Godfrey. In the case of partial rotation, basically all five of them can have a relatively stable playing time.

Of course, if there is another Marcos Kilman, this is uncertain.

In the midfield, it is a combination of Dendoncker, Rodri and Van der Beck, and the forward line is Jota, Almiron and Trossard.

The goal of Wolves in this game is actually like the league against Manchester United, full defense and trying to counterattack.

Conte's 3-4-2-1, or 3-4-3, is a formation based on the purpose of seeking a numerical advantage in the frontcourt. In extreme offensive scenarios, Conte's Chelsea may even form a 2-3-5 shape.

That is to say, the two wingbacks become wingers, supporting the two front midfielders to find opportunities to insert in the ribs, David Luiz comes to the central defensive midfielder position, Fabregas and Kante go forward to replace the midfielder or even the front midfielder.

This is also a tactic to achieve high-pressure pressing in the back line of the defending side.

In the league stage, many teams will choose 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 as their main offensive tactics.

No matter which one, Conte's team can resolve it well. The two side backs Marcos Alonso and Moses have extremely high tactical discipline. They can assist when advancing and retreat when retreating.

And because of the three-back configuration in the backcourt, Chelsea can always have a "spare" (A spareman) to sweep the opponent's midfield or pressure the opponent's creative front players.

With such a tactical system, Conte's team won the Premier League in the 2016/17 season, but soon afterwards, Diego Costa's transfer was finalized and he would move to Atletico Madrid. However, due to Atletico's transfer ban, the deal will actually be completed in 2018.

Costa has left, and the new Morata is trying to adapt to the Premier League.

Fortunately, Hazard was not able to enter the squad in this game. He has just recovered from an injury and it is reported that his recovery is not optimistic.

Wolves' 4-1-4-1 style of play is actually a formation that basically gives up the offense. Since there is only one striker in the frontcourt, it is often 1 vs. 2 or 1 vs. 3 when defending counterattacks.

Now that Wolves put Van de Beek behind the front midfielder, at least 2-3 people can participate in the counterattack at the first time.

Wolves did a good job at the beginning of the game, ensuring that the defense line was not problematic, and the two back midfielders made up for many loopholes in the back line.

But it didn't hold on in the end.

In the 33rd minute, Pedro and Moses on the right attacked Ruben Dias' defense together, pulling Ruben away. Before Dendoncker arrived, Morata bypassed Maguire and entered the penalty area.

William's cross from the left was just in the right position, right between Morata and Martinez. Half a goal is the most unfriendly to the goalkeeper. Morata easily shot with his foot arch, and the football passed Martinez's head and fell into the goal.

Listening to the fierce cheers of the whole stadium and the mocking voices of the home team fans behind him, Wei Le was a little speechless-who the hell said Stamford Bridge is a library? Isn't it a big shout when the goal is scored?

In the second half, Wolves launched several counterattacks, mainly seizing one or two opportunities when Moses ran up and couldn't run down. Alphonso Davies broke through from the left and created a good opportunity.

But David Luiz and Kante reasonably cut off the connection from Van der Beck to Jota.

Wolves had some shots, but the game was very difficult and they were basically suppressed. After the game, we looked back at the player ratings of Wolves. Except for goalkeeper Martinez and Ruben Dias, the ratings of other players were not above 7.0, and most of them were even less than 6.8.

If it weren't for the performance of goalkeeper Martinez and the level of the back line, Wolves would definitely lose more miserably.

The failure of some of Chelsea's main players to play was also the reason why the result of this game was only 1-0.