Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Simply put, when a star player needs to step up in the midfield to solve the team's difficulty in passing the ball forward.

With Manchester City's staffing, there can be three players. If the opponent adopts a double-teaming tactic, the other two can be completely freed and create killing opportunities.

And the only one who really possesses the core ability in Dortmund is Wang Po.

Although Gundogan has talent in offense, he is not stable, and it is too difficult for him to take the lead.

Although Mkhitaryan also has the ability to organize offense, this player's wing attributes are too heavy, and he is more like a wing midfielder.

In Pellegrini's view, Dortmund's so-called luxury midfield is nothing more than a paper tiger. If Wang Po is strangled, the Hornets' offense will be ended.

This point has been demonstrated by Naples in the last round of knockout matches. It's a pity that their restrictions on Wang Po are far from enough, but instead stimulated his potential.

In this round of knockout matches, facing the strong defense of Yaya Toure, Nasri, and Fernandinho, Wang Po was greatly restricted.

"We need to change and try a style of play we have never had before." In the locker room, Wang Po stood up and looked at Tuchel and said.

All his teammates were confused, with bewilderment in their eyes.

After coming down from the court, Wang Po has been thinking about this problem. As long as he can hit the ball into the dangerous area, the opponent will not dare to double-team so blatantly, and the restrictions on Wang Po will be broken.

"Double-teaming means loopholes. We must make full use of the moment when they double-team me..."

The tactics were not rehearsed before the game, and they could only use some simple tricks and secret codes at the last minute.

These methods are actually very common in the youth team and are not complicated. It is similar to the fact that Wang Po faced double-teaming defense at the beginning, and after getting rid of it, he made a long pass to Jim.

"Conduction and transfer." Wang Po said the core point of the offensive change in the second half.

In the first half, even if Wang Po passed the ball to his teammates at the first time, his lack of creativity killed the offense.

In the team, only Wang Po has the ability to kill in an instant.

Therefore, this last pass still needs to be undertaken by Wang Po.

This requires more support from teammates, and through the transmission of the ball, Wang Po can find the opportunity to attack. It may take one or two passes, or more passes.

Tuchel, who was standing next to him, looked at Wang Po in front of the tactical board. He was not annoyed at all because his disciple crossed the gap. On the contrary, he listened with relish, with clear ideas and clear expressions, and his ideas coincided with his own.

After Wang Po talked freely, there was warm applause in the locker room of the Dortmund team.

This tactical change attracted the approval of all teammates, sweeping away the haze of being suppressed in the first half, and it was Tuchel who led the applause.

"Per, it seems that your talent is not limited to the court. A person like you is simply a genius." Tuchel put his arm around Wang Po's shoulders and walked out of the locker room without hesitation. "Fortunately, your career has just begun. Otherwise, if you enter our coaching industry, we old guys will have no food to eat. I hope you can give me an assistant coach position at that time."

Wang Po was amused by Tuchel's humor. "No, just some tricks."

The second half begins.

The Dortmund players who came out of the locker room looked a little different.

Unlike the first half, Dortmund's formation on the field also changed, from 442 in the first half to 351.

Only Aubameyang was in the center position on the front line, and the rest were all back in the midfield.

When seeing such a position on the field, many people questioned the head coach Tuchel's deployment.

The score was already behind on the field, and they had to choose an extremely conservative formation. What's the matter?

This is at home, under the eyes of more than 60,000 Dortmund diehards, so, is it surrendering?

The reason for the tight formation is the conduction mentioned by Wang Po during the halftime break.

More people approaching and more support can help Wang Po get out of the quagmire of double-teaming defense.

This trick worked right away.

The double-teaming team led by Yaya Toure only surrounded Wang Po, but it was useless. The ball was not at his feet. Through the mutual approach of five people, the ball was passed faster and the Manchester City midfield trio was constantly dispatched.

Use the number of people to make up for the disadvantage of insufficient personal ability, and create space and time for Wang Po to get rid of defense and run without the ball.

Mkhitaryan passed the ball through the back waistline of Manchester City and accurately found Wang Po.

Wang Po got the control of the ball between the back line and the back waistline of Manchester City. With his ability, the narrow vacuum zone can create a killing opportunity.

Here it comes.

Aubameyang pressed the two central defenders of the opponent for Wang Po and dared not rush forward.

Wang Po pushed the ball forward, and after entering the shooting range, he raised his leg without any hesitation.

This was Wang Po's first shot in this game.

A piercing arrow, thousands of troops came to meet.

The ball rushed into the goal like a cannonball, and the ball went in.

1 to 1.

Wang Po equalized the score for Dortmund.

The shot was brilliant, the pass was brilliant, and what was even more amazing was the series of passes and controls that Wang Po initiated without any delay.

Manchester City's luxurious midfield trio, facing Dortmund's numerically superior midfield, could only watch the ball bounce back and forth, and finally penetrate their three-man defense.

To break it down, a total of 17 passes were completed for this goal. The first and last kick were both completed by Wang Po. There is no doubt that he is a well-deserved core-level figure.

Heavy work and light defense is the style of Chilean engineer Pellegrini's team. After the midfield was broken, Wang Po holding the ball was like a dragon in the sea, turning clouds and rain, even though the world's top central defender Kompany guarded the back line. , However, Wang Po's attack was still unable to be stopped.

Perfect copy, the second goal came.

Thirteen minutes later, Dortmund once again used skillful midfield passing to break down Manchester City's midfield.

The Manchester City defender, who had learned from the past, did not dare to take it lightly. Kompany stepped forward, without saying a word, and faced Wang Po's body with his strong and generous body.

The body of the world's top central defender was like a wall. Wang Po only felt a dull pain in his shoulder blades, and his body staggered a little. Fortunately, football not only competes with dead strength, but also core strength. He was about to be defeated. The opponent was stuck in the main position, with quick eyes and quick feet, and passed the ball to Aubameyang who was waiting on the front line.

After catching the ball, he took a step across the field to get rid of the defending center defender, swung his legs, and shot.

2 to 1.

Dortmund completed the comeback in the second half.

The Wisdom Stadium was completely boiling. The only drawback was that it gave Manchester City an away goal, which can be described as an unsettling factor in the two-round knockout round.