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Hodgson looked serious, but the Wolves were already jubilant.

From the beginning to the end of this goal, there were no more than 10 passes in total, but each pass was purposeful.

"Look, this is the change I mentioned about Wei Le." Coach Zhang Lu pointed to the game replay on the screen, "We saw that when the Wolves attacked, his formation changed."

"From the original traditional 4 defenders, two defenders advancing, it became a full-back retracting, forming... a side midfielder!"

"It's actually different from Manchester City's full-back retracting. The Wolves' way of dealing with it is to give the right to pass the ball to the right back Kounde in the midfielder position. Guardiola only requires the full-back to retract and act as a receiving point."

"This side midfielder's play is quite novel." Zhang Lu blinked and praised with a smile.

"And Kounde's performance today is really eye-catching. This pass is particularly penetrating. It completely crossed the two lines of defense and found Bowen behind the defense line." Zhan Jun took over the conversation.

Hodgson carefully recalled everything that had just happened, and he also noticed the unusual Kounde.

It seems that the decision to replace Doherty with Kounde was not only because of Doherty's poor physical fitness, but more out of tactical considerations.

It seems that he underestimated him. Hodgson turned his head and looked at Wei Le who was celebrating with his colleagues, and fell into deep thought.

How to make changes?

In fact, there is no need to make any changes.

The Wolves' ball distribution system has changed from an unstable 2-4 to a more stable 3-2. The change is still the tactical play from defense to offense. For this part, Crystal Palace originally had no high-pressure arrangement.

Even if they changed, what would happen?

Hodgson touched his chin. Instead, he thought that after Kounde went up, the space left behind him could be used. He asked Zaha to move on the left to find opportunities.

Zaha took the order and left.

The score became 1-0 in the 15th minute, and this change was actually expected.

No matter how bad the Wolves' state was, it had only changed from an upper-level team to a mid-level team, and was not on the same level as Crystal Palace.

After scoring this goal, Hodgson became more realistic - don't always think about how to win, think about how to equalize first.

"But in fact, the side back is a style of play with both risks and benefits." Zhang Lu thought for a while and said, "If it is used well, it means there is one more person in the midfield. If it is not used well, there is also the risk of being hit behind."

Zhang Lu's judgment was very accurate, because soon, Crystal Palace almost made a counterattack. This counterattack was played out in the space behind Kounde after passing the ball.

Kounde passed the ball to De Paul, but De Paul quickly lost the ball under the double-teaming of multiple people.

Before Kounde had time to return to his position, Zaha, who was on the left wing, got the ball.

At this time, Ruben Dias's role came into play.

"I'll do it!" Ruben Dias stretched out his hand to signal Maguire to hold the middle, and he went to defend Zaha alone. Zaha wanted to use his speed to get to Ruben, but although Ruben Dias was tall, he was very flexible and caught up with Zaha with a turn.

In the end, Zaha's hasty cross was shoveled out of the baseline by Ruben Dias's flying tackle.

This threatening attack ended with a corner kick.

"Thank you!" Kounde ran back and high-fived Ruben Dias. He was really afraid that there would be problems behind him.

"It doesn't matter, this is what we should do." Ruben Dias smiled, and he pointed to the outside of the penalty area, signaling Kounde to protect the top of the arc.

Kounde hurried over.

Fortunately, the corner kick did not pose a threat.

"The main problem for Kounde, a young player, is that he has played relatively few games, and he still needs further training in his mentality." This is how Wei Le evaluated Kounde.

"I want to put him in this position, the only thing missing is his mentality." He said to Celars, "I'm really not worried about his ability, he should be playing in the defensive midfielder position."

"I'm just worried that his mentality will explode."

Just now, after losing the ball, Kounde subconsciously began to hold his head to express his annoyance. When people make mistakes, their usual body movements are to protect their heads and try to make themselves look smaller to others.

This is why those who miss penalties will try to bury their heads in their arms, or squat down and cover their heads in their jerseys.

This is an innate behavioral habit.

Others do this, Wei Le can't control it, but Kounde does this, he thinks it's not okay. Because what he needs Kounde to do is to return immediatelyGo and press, instead of standing there and feeling upset!

He is a defensive midfielder. If he stands there and feels upset, it is equivalent to the team losing a defensive player.

Why is he upset? In the final analysis, it is because he feels that he should not make mistakes. He feels that by doing this, his teammates can forgive him and feel his regret.

But do his teammates care about this? They don't care at all, because everyone makes mistakes.

It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, just get it back.

This concept has been imprinted in the minds of most Wolves players.

But new players like Kounde who lack experience are prone to various problems. For example, their mentality explodes during the game.

"It's okay, just play more." Celars comforted, "After all, we have Ruben."

Wei Le swapped the positions of the two central defenders, in fact, to allow Ruben Dias to better fill Kounde's space. To put it bluntly, that is to let him help Kounde clean up his ass.

This kind of defense is not something that ordinary people can do. He requires this player to have a very strong ability to observe the situation on the field and the progress of the game, as well as a strong sense of position.

That's why other teams don't have such tactical play - because they don't have Ruben Dias!

Ruben Dias's steals are at the top of the Premier League, which is basically consistent with Wolves' fifth place ranking. But don't forget that he was a player in the Championship the year before!

Such growth is really gratifying.

Some people say that Ruben Dias can play for a top club at this level.

This is true. Many Wolves players have been rumored to be with top clubs, and there are rumors that Wolves will be emptied out within two transfer windows.

Including Liverpool, many Premier League teams have expressed interest in Ruben, either explicitly or implicitly. But they must be disappointed, because Ruben Dias himself doesn't want to leave at all!

///You can pay attention to the "Author's Words" in the game chapter. I noticed that the "Author's Words" seems to be difficult to notice on the mobile terminal. I put some pictures in it, which basically supplement the plot, either the starting lineup, or some tactical diagrams or other explanations. For example, in the last chapter, I put the starting lineup of the Wolves in this game. In this chapter, I will post the changes in the Wolves' tactics. If you are interested, you can open it and take a look. ///

///Tomorrow I will go to the E-level coach training again, and the weekend update may still be unstable. Please understand. ///