Coaching career started as a college team coach

Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Hefei, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou.

Tokyo, London, Seoul, Moscow, Paris, New York...

All over the world, in different time zones, thousands of Chinese people turned on the live broadcast of the Europa League semi-final at the same time. Some of them secretly turned on their mobile phones in the middle of the night, some turned on the TV in the afternoon, and some looked at the gradually darkening sky in the evening, waiting for the computer web page to load.

But when Wei Le's picture finally appeared in the live broadcast of the game, the Chinese people all smiled knowingly.

This is the purpose of turning on the live broadcast of the game at this time.

Perhaps feeling the eyes from all over the world, Wei Le saw the camera shooting at him, smiled and waved to the camera.

Their head coach, the head coach of China, appeared on the stage of the Europa League semi-final.

Then, the picture was shown in the stands of Marseille, where fans held up cardboards to form a spectacular TIFO. In the picture, red and yellow light surrounded the Europa League trophy in the center, and the words "enfoncez-les" were written on white cardboard.

"Beat them!"

Standing in this stadium, facing a blue wall, no matter who it is, they will feel the pressure. The two sides completed the established procedures, took a group photo, and walked onto the field.

"With the referee's whistle, the game officially began!"

After the game started, the Marseille players wearing the home white jerseys launched an attack.

There was nothing surprising about the starting lineup of Wolves.

The goalkeeper was Martinez.

On the back line, from left to right were Tierney, Ruben Dias, Maguire and Kounde.

In the midfield, Dendoncker was in the middle and behind, and in front of him was the partnership of Rodri and De Paul. This time, Wei Le chose 4-3-3 as the opening formation.

In the frontcourt, Jota was the starting center forward without any surprise, Trossard was the left winger, and Almiron, who had returned from injury, was the right winger.

Marseille's starting lineup today was somewhat different from the previous games, but what remained unchanged was that head coach Rudi Garcia still used 4-2-3-1 as the team's formation.

Among them, Mitroglu was the center forward, Payet was the front midfielder, and Ocampos and Florian Thauvin were on his left and right respectively. The partners in the defensive midfielder position were Sanson and the 20-year-old young player Maxime Lopez.

On the back line, Amavi was the left back, captain Gustavo and Rami were the center backs, and Bouna Sarr was the right back.

John Bailey was the goalkeeper, and his last name was spelled the same as the King of Football Bailey.

The 33-year-old veteran Mandanda suffered an injury and was not able to enter the big list.

In fact, there were no particularly famous players in this starting lineup. Marseille is like this. Maybe some fans who don't pay much attention to the French league, if asked to name one or two players who play in Marseille, they may not be able to name any.

But it is undeniable that Marseille is indeed the fourth in the French Ligue 1 this season, and is expected to get a place in the Champions League next season.

Head coach Rudi Garcia is a very capable head coach. He has integrated this seemingly "not very expensive" team into a whole.

So the players in the team really don't matter how expensive they are, but whether they are suitable for the team's system.

Rudi Garcia, the 54-year-old French head coach, now stands in his position without saying a word, with a serious face. Since taking over the position of Marseille head coach in October 2016, he has made earth-shaking adjustments to the team's personnel.

Marseille's positioning in the French Ligue 1 is actually the fourth, fifth, and sixth level.

In the 2015/2016 season, Marseille unexpectedly fell to 13th place. The poor results caused head coach Frank Passi to resign, and Rudi Garcia took over.

In the 2016/2017 season, they finally finished fifth, 5 points behind Lyon and 16 points behind Nice, which was third. They were in a state of neither high nor low, and finally won the UEFA Cup.

Before 2015, Marseille was basically in the fifth or sixth position, and sometimes they could get a European qualification, and sometimes they could not get anything.

Marseille's finances are not very rich, which means that although they are not stretched when spending money, they can't spend lavishly. This type of team is actually not rare in the leagues of various countries.

Seriously speaking, Wei Le expects that if his transfer budgetIf the current standard is maintained, the Wolves led by him may be in such an awkward position in the next few years.

But everyone has his own way to survive, and so does the team.

Rudi Garcia certainly hopes to go further. He has never been a conservative. Although Wolves are good at attacking, this is Marseille's home court. How could Rudi Garcia let his players shrink and defend? !

In the 13th minute of the opening, the team's right back Bouna Sarr got a chance to cross. As a full-back, his position was very forward, almost standing on the same line with the winger, forming a five-man advantage in the frontcourt during the attack.

At this time, the front midfielder Payet was in the penalty area. He had an idea and actually rushed forward with his upper limbs, raised his right leg, and did a scorpion tail swing!

He did touch the ball, but it was too difficult to score a goal with this action.

The football neither flew to the goal nor passed to his teammates, but seemed to be kicked directly out of the baseline.

"Why is he there?!" Wei Le shouted loudly after a brief surprise, "Come on!"

This position is very dangerous. At the edge of the penalty area, if Payet did not choose such a difficult action, but stopped the ball, he could choose many points to pass the ball. Then the Wolves would be in danger!

It was a pity that Payet missed the ball, but it seemed that Marseille's first "shot" aroused their fighting spirit, and the attack came immediately.

"The French Ligue 1 is not as weak as we thought." After struggling to block the shot of the Marseille player again, Dendoncker's expression was solemn. Rodri nodded, and he was not relaxed either. In this game, Wei Le's three midfielders were almost in parallel positions, and all three had interception capabilities, just to stabilize the defense.

But despite this, the fast-paced attack played by the Marseille players still made the Wolves players exhausted.

15th minute.

Marseille won a free kick on the right side of the penalty area, which was given to the opponent by Dendoncker after he had to knock down Florian Thauvin. This free kick, which is more than 28 meters away from the goal, should not be a big threat in theory.

Wolves' air defense ability is unquestionable.

But when midfielder Payet passed the ball to the front of the goal, the running of the Marseille player in the middle of the penalty area actually diverted the attention of the Wolves players, causing Florian Thauvin, who was originally ambushing in front of the penalty spot, to go around to the back point!

When the ball arrived, the figure of No. 26 jumped high, and the football flew into the goal, but...

"Handball!!!"