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At the beginning of the second half, the Wolves, who were fighting with 10 players, gradually adapted to the direction of the game after returning to the court. After setting up a formation of 3 defenders, the Wolves made it clear that they wanted to defend, so Lyon no longer hesitated and pressed forward to attack.

The main difference between the three-center-back formation and the two-center-back formation is that there is an additional player in the defender position. The responsibilities of the players in each position are different from those in the case of two center-backs.

But in any case, in the defensive stage, when the two wingbacks retreat to the position of the full-backs, there are five people on the back line.

This made it difficult for Lyon to launch its attack easily.

And Genesio on the sidelines had a serious face, and he did not feel relieved because one of the opponents was sent off in the first half of the game. Because he found that the adjustment made by the Wolves seemed to be not just as simple as replacing the two center-backs with three center-backs.

The Wolves are trying to adopt a tactic that they have not tried before, or it is difficult to achieve, to play the rest of the game.

Genesio couldn't say what kind of play this was, at least he had never seen such a play in the process of watching the Wolves' game video before.

The main performance is that Lyon's pressing is now difficult to easily take the ball from Wolves.

On the contrary, in some offensive opportunities that Wolves could have given to individuals to break through, Wolves actually passed the ball back and began to organize patiently. This style of play troubled Lyon.

If they want to expand the score, they must add some players in the frontcourt to besiege the opponent. At the same time, after the Wolves changed their style of play, they have a more stable passing style, which may threaten their back line at any time.

It only takes one person to break through, but if it is a pass, it is very likely that two or three people will appear in an instant. This is more threatening than the unsystematic offense in the first half.

The Wolves don't seem to care that their team is now behind the opponent, but they are patient in the midfield to pass the ball and mobilize the opponent's defense to organize opportunities.

Although the Wolves don't seem to be suitable for this offensive style of play, there are often passing errors, and the offensive rhythm is not very fast, but for a period of time, Lyon really has a hard time getting the ball.

This leads to a result, that is, the Lyon players are surprisingly tired.

After all, Wolves can use the ball to run for them, while Lyon players can't get the ball. They have to chase the ball with their legs. How can people run faster than the ball?

Starting from the 60th minute, Lyon players have already shown some lack of concentration. Genesio made up his mind to make a substitution.

Lyon obviously had one more player in this game, but they were much more embarrassed than Wolves who had one less player.

"It's time to make a substitution." Head coach Bruno Genesio called Ndombele and Jordan Ferry who were sitting on the bench. They were the first players to be replaced.

They are both midfielders. These two adjustments will be positional substitutions, just to replace Fekir and Houssem Aouar who are out of physical condition.

But when Genesio watched the two people run to warm up, Genesio heard the exclamations of the fans in the stadium. He immediately looked at the court and had an ominous premonition in his heart!

It's going to be bad!

On the field, the Wolves players were in control of the ball. Currently, Dendoncker passed the ball directly to Van der Beck. In the choice of whether to carry the ball himself or pass it to the wingback, he chose option C and passed it horizontally to Rodri who was advancing.

Rodri did not stop the ball and passed it to the right wingback with one foot. This was a diagonal back pass, but fortunately the opponent did not grab the ball. Bowen received the ball at the back of the right side. He strongly suppressed his idea of ​​a long pass and passed it directly to Dendoncker who was running horizontally.

When Dendoncker passed forward again, some of Lyon's players had been left behind! Because they wanted to try to pressure Bowen who was not in a familiar position, but this also resulted in no one where they should have been!

Van der Beck received the ball at the top of the penalty area. He passed the ball to Tierney who was advancing from the left side. The latter glanced at the penalty area and found that there were two or three people surrounding him, and there was a large vacuum in the penalty area!

Tierney didn't take the time to adjust the ball, because he knew that time waits for no one. If he passes the ball now, the three people who are surrounding him will rush over immediately!

Tierney scooped up the ball with his left foot and flew to the other side of the penalty area! Jovic took two steps forward, then used his right foot to cushion the ball-

The football obediently flew into the goal from under the armpit of goalkeeper Anthony Lopez!

Counterattack goal!

Wolves equalized the score!!!

Bruno Genesio's face turned black. He really couldn't understand why at this moment, just when he was about to changeIn this minute in front of people, in this minute when Lyon's back was temporarily empty, a goal was scored! ! !

The result of the game was 1-1.

After scoring this goal, Wolves retreated again, just like they did at the beginning, blocking the back line. Lyon also changed the striker at the last moment, replacing the starting center forward of this game with Cornet.

But all these did not help.

When the game was over, the 10-man Wolves tied with the 11-man Lyon, and they remained unbeaten in the Europa League so far!

The players got a day off, but the coaching staff held a meeting overnight to summarize the game. The unanimous conclusion was that the tactics of the Wolves needed to be changed.

"This is not a psychological problem. I think our mentality is very strong now. Even if we fight with 10 people, we can win the game. We can fully cope with the challenge of any team."

"Okay, but the problem is that we played really badly in the first half." Celars said bluntly. Wei Le nodded.

Gianluca Conte said solemnly, "I think we have been studied."

"At Chelsea, I have roughly studied Wolves, but the research was not detailed at that time, mainly focusing on the characteristics of Wolves' players. But this kind of research will soon involve Wolves' tactics."

"I think it's not just Chelsea. With so many games as samples, many teams can actually understand Wolves' style of play." Wei Le added, and he motioned for Gianluca to continue.

Gianluca Conte nodded, "And the problem is that our current tactical system has become rigid."

Wolves' main style of play is basically 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 based on mid-position pressing and quick counterattacks. This style of play has actually been used since the Championship League. In the Premier League, Wei Le did not make any fundamental adjustments, but was more about refining the details.