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"If you have been watching Wolves since the Championship, you will feel a sense of familiarity when watching this game."

"Because Wolves' lineup, tactics and decision-making in the game are actually very similar to those of Wolves in the Championship. This is also a very good opportunity to see Wolves' progress from the Championship to the Premier League and now the Europa League."

Han Yang was lying on a narrow bed, holding up his phone to watch the video of "Islington Tactical Room". The second round of the last match between Wolves and Red Bull Salzburg kicked off at 4:05 am Beijing time. For a social animal who has already devoted himself to work, staying up until four o'clock to watch the game is definitely not a good idea.

Only after get off work the next afternoon did he have the opportunity to search for replays and highlights on the Internet.

Then he saw that the up master he had been following, "Islington Tactical Room", had been updated. Strangely enough, "Islington Tactical Room" looks more like "Wolverhampton Tactical Room", and it updates more Wolves' tactical videos than Arsenal's tactical videos.

In fact, old viewers who have been following this account for a while know that the operator of this account is the young Chinese coach Cai Huiqiang, who is also a good friend of Wei Le. Making videos related to Wolves is not a waste of time, but analyzing Wolves is considered a "main job".

Less than a day after the end of this game, the new video was made. Han Yang had to praise the efficiency of the "Islington Tactical Room".

The final result of the game was that Salzburg Red Bull lost to Wolves 1-2 at home, and was eliminated with a total score of 1-3. Wolves successfully entered the quarter-finals.

"Marco Rose's team seems to have made some changes. Although it is still a 4-4-2 formation, it looks a little different from the last game."

"The biggest difference is actually the width. Takumi Minamino did not start this game. Amadou Haidara partnered with left winger Valon Berisha, and the other positions did not change."

"Minamino Takumi is a right-footed player, and the level of his left foot is inferior to his right foot. He basically cuts inside on the left side. Although Berisha's dominant foot is his right foot, his left foot is also excellent, so he can cross the ball from the bottom of the wing. Create more diverse offensive opportunities. "

"25-year-old Valon Berisha is in his golden age. The 2016 and 2017 Kosovo Footballer of the Year has performed very well this season and has basically become a key figure for Salzburg Red Bull. He also played well in this game. The first goal in the first half was created by him. "

In the picture, after Berisha got the ball, he rushed all the way on the left side, drew Kounde's attention, and passed the ball diagonally to Huang Xican in the middle. This time, the latter shook off De Paul and passed it to Dabr who was advancing, and the latter completed the goal.

"Beautiful." Han Yang couldn't help but sighed in a low voice.

"It is true that Wolves' defense had problems. They were scored in the 10th minute of the first half. So Wei Le made adjustments as soon as possible and put De Paul back to the defensive midfielder position, returning to the usual 4-2-3-1 style of play. Once this change was made, the midfield control was much stronger, and the game was back under the control of Wolves."

"Why is it very similar to the Championship?"

In the video, two pictures were released, both of which were screenshots from the live broadcast, and one of the jerseys looked like the version of last season.

"These are two pictures, one of which is the running of Wolves in the off-ball phase of the Championship in the late last season, and the other in the off-ball phase of the 20th minute of this game."

It can be seen that although some players have changed, the general defensive thinking has not changed. The center position is stuck between the opponent's defender and midfielder, and the positions of the wingers on both sides are very inside, basically standing on the passing line of the Salzburg Red Bull players from the midfield to the two sides.

And the Wolves midfielder in the picture actively runs towards the ball-holding player and is pressing them.

"In this season's league, when facing strong teams, Wolves will have to defend in a relatively low position, but when facing relatively weak teams, they will aggressively adopt a high-pressure pressing style."

"And this relatively compromised mid-pressure pressing seems to have been abandoned? Not really, in several games in the Europa League, the mid-pressure pressing arrangement was used."

Speaking of this, the Wolves' attack is about to begin.

In the 27th minute, Wolves intercepted the defender's long pass near the midfield, Rodri passed the ball to De Paul, De Paul passed it horizontally to Alphonso Davies at the far end, and then Alphonso Davies began to charge forward.

"Pause, Alphonso· Davis was still breaking forward along the wing, Jota was back in the middle at this time, basically on the same line with the attacking midfielder Van de Beek, while Kounde on the other side stayed in the backcourt, and Bowen was pulled to the sideline on the other side of the court. ”

“We can find a feature, that is, the Wolves' attack width is very wide, basically covering both sides of the entire court, which caused the Salzburg defense line to also open up the width to effectively defend the threatening Wolves players. ”

“And the space was created at this time, and at this time Yaleta Carr had to defend to the left, and it was now difficult for him to defend Jota in the middle. So now is the best opportunity! ”

Alfonso Davies seemed to have heard Cai Huiqiang's explanation and passed the ball to Jota in the middle. Jota had already observed that he was in an advantageous position, so he did not intend to pass the ball at all, but continued to dribble forward quickly, intending to rush into the penalty area!

"Carl's defense was too reckless. He thought he could take Jota down, but in the end he didn't take anything and only got a yellow card. "

Carl tripped Jota in the penalty area! The referee pointed to the penalty spot without hesitation!

Fortunately, Carl was not the last player, otherwise he would have been sent off directly for destroying a very likely goal opportunity.

The team's first penalty taker Jovic took the penalty and scored without suspense. Wolves equalized the score.

"This counterattack is actually the concept that was "widely circulated" at the end of last year, which is a typical "Wolves-style counterattack". After they got the ball in the midfield and backcourt, they did not delay at all, quickly sent the ball to the feet of the threatening players in the frontcourt, and quickly completed the attack. ”

“The whole process lasted no more than thirty seconds, but it was very efficient.”

After the equalizer, Wolves scored an away goal, and the aggregate score was 1-2, with Wolves leading. Due to the principle of away goal advantage, Salzburg Red Bull needed to score two more goals to win the two-round match.

The situation has now developed in a direction that is favorable to Wolves.