Coaching career started as a college team coach

"This winter transfer window is over for Wolves. Is it a pity?"

"No, not a pity." Wei Le shook his head in response to the reporters' questions, "Not at all."

Seeing that Wei Le's expression was not fake, the reporters were a little confused, "But, Wolves only sold a young central defender and didn't buy anyone. Is this trading period a little too dull?"

Wei Le smiled helplessly when he heard this, "You can't compare us with those oil guys. To be honest, there's nothing wrong with the way Wolves are."

"Big teams have their own management methods. You must admit that we are definitely not a big team in our current state, right?" Wei Le asked. The reporters thought about it and had to nod in agreement. Wei Le shrugged and continued, "So we can't measure Wolves by the standards of the giants."

"Wolves still have a long way to go to become a giant."

The reporters knew that there was nothing else to ask about this question, so they began to ask about Wolves' injuries.

"Okay, here we go again..." Wei Le sighed helplessly, and everyone laughed kindly. Injury is a topic that every head coach is reluctant to mention.

"Unfortunately, there is one more person on the Wolves' injury list now." Wei Le spread his hands and said, "Dendoncker will be able to resume training in more than a week. Can he catch up with the game against Salzburg Red Bull? It's basically impossible."

"Almiron's situation is better than Dendoncker, but as you can see, he still couldn't play in the two league games. Regarding whether he can play in the Europa League, the team doctor's opinion advised me not to take risks, and I will definitely listen to them."

"Today, no, just an hour ago." Wei Le said , "Guess what?"

"Kieran (Tierney) fell on the training ground. It is currently diagnosed as a sprained ankle. The team doctor said it might be serious, so if you come early, you should be able to see an ambulance driving out from the parking lot."

"Yes, it's Tierney inside." Wei Le's mentality was about to explode. Tierney's injury was really not caused by someone shoveling or hitting him. When he walked from the second floor to the first floor of the training building, he had to jump down from the second to last staircase, and somehow he fell.

He was embarrassed to tell the reporters that Tierney was injured because he missed a step on the stairs.

"Is it broken?" A local reporter in Wolverhampton asked anxiously.

"There is definitely no fracture, but further questions require scanning."

The reporters looked at each other. At the current 1/16 finals, Wolves' injury list has added another person. Now Wolves only have Alphonso Davies as the left back.

Alphonso Davies is definitely good at attacking, but sometimes he is not as stable as Tierney in defense. Tierney's injury at this time must have made Wei Le very passive.

It seems that Wei Le is not in a very high mood. This routine press conference did not ask any more questions and ended quickly.

The information from the press conference of the Wolves was almost immediately conveyed to Salzburg.

Marco Rose frowned and said, "Is it possible that this is actually a psychological warfare?"

Assistant coach Zickler shook his head when he heard this, "It is unlikely, Marco, don't be too suspicious."

"Well, that's right." Marco Rose sighed. It was true. With such advanced information now, everyone knows what kind of injury a player has suffered and whether it is serious or not, even before the official press conference. It was reported that Tierney was taken away by an ambulance in the middle of training. Now it seems to be true.

"Then this is a good thing for us." Although he said so, Marco Rose just couldn't be happy. He looked at the starting lineup of Wolves in the match against Dortmund displayed on the laptop in front of him.

"It's so strange, so strange." Marco Rose shook his head repeatedly, "It's really wrong."

Zickler knew what Marco Rose's doubts were. The starting lineup of Wolves in the last game was very unusual. Not only did they change the central defender combination they had used for half a season, but they also arranged a very aggressive inverted triangle lineup in the midfield.

In the game, De Paul retreated frequently, sometimes almost at the same level as Rodri, and sometimes he was even further forward than Van der Beck.

This confusing deployment actually intercepted many passes to Reus, making Gotze uncomfortable. This deployment has never appeared before.

Marco Rose wanted to know whether Wei Le did it on purpose.means, or is it just a plan that has to be taken because of Dendoncker's injury.

If it is the latter, it is easy to deal with. After all, De Paul is still a front midfielder in mentality. It must be difficult for him to adapt to the position of defensive midfielder when he suddenly retreats. At that time, as long as he is pressed, he will easily make mistakes.

But what Marco Rose fears most is, what if it is the former?

What if Wei Le has been training for a long time to make De Paul transform? What if De Paul was originally arranged to play as an all-around midfielder?

If he is still playing on this side at that time, it will probably be worse than Dortmund.

But Zickler still thinks that Rose is too suspicious. De Paul forced to play as a defensive midfielder in the last game, purely because Dendoncker was injured and there was no other suitable midfielder.

After all, after Coady tried to play a few games as a defensive midfielder some time ago, his weakness of being a bit bulky and not flexible enough in turning was exposed again. Later, he basically played as a substitute for the central defender.

It is unlikely that he will play in the important second round match of Dortmund, so the only midfielder who can play in a comprehensive way is probably De Paul.

Zickler thinks this is actually a good thing, because it proves that the Wolves' bench is too thin and can't stand the trouble of injuries. Zickler thinks that De Paul's excellent performance in this game can be explained by luck.

"Maybe De Paul really has the hope of being transformed into a ball-grabbing machine, but you must know, Marco, that technical midfielder and ball-grabbing machine are two completely different positions. He may be able to adapt to this position in one game, but not necessarily in the second or third game."

Moreover, Zickler does not think that De Paul can really cover the defensive and offensive areas alone. Regarding the frequent forward insertions in Dortmund games, Zickler believes that this is only because De Paul does not quite understand how to play as a ball-grabbing machine, but sometimes he is too aggressive and can't help running up.

Although he feels that there is always something wrong, Marco Rose thinks that what Zickler said actually makes sense.

"You have a point." Marco Rose closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. "Maybe I am under too much pressure."