Star Coach

The fans were quiet when they saw the team's starting lineup. Is this a mistake? They even forgot to cheer, just waiting for the team to announce that the player was on the wrong set.

Uncle Mateo roared, "I have been watching football for 50 years. This is the first time I have seen such a starting lineup. Where are the frontcourt players?"

"Jiangshan is crazy, he must be crazy. Isn't there anyone in the team who can use it?"

"I have already seen the result of the game. We are going to lose. Wow... the poor German Cup has been abandoned by Jiangshan."

"It's so frustrating. We just defeated Bayern in the last game, and now we have to give up the victory." Fans lamented.

Bochum's head coach Roy Lu believes that he has followed many Hoffenheim games and has a certain understanding of Hoffenheim's formation. Although Jiangshan occasionally makes dangerous moves of 352, most of the time it is 433. Switching with 4321 will not mess up.

But what happened today? Jiangshan's formation has changed again. Not surprisingly, it is a 442 formation, and even less surprising, it is a quite traditional formation.

But what's going on with the personnel arrangements? Oh my God!

"I can't see through it. What is this guy thinking about? Why are there so many defenders on the field?"

Hoffenheim's player arrangement is very special. In the 442 formation, half of the players are defenders.

The defense line was lined up, Kai, Hunter, Instrom and Staval, the midfield quartet, the two wingers turned out to be Pander and Lahm, they are two full-backs!

The two players in the middle of the midfield are Larne and Hitzlsperger. On the forward line, Jiangshan has arranged a central defender. The young Huth actually started the game, a crazy move.

Huth and Kuranyi, what does Jiangshan want to do?

Seven defenders? Does Hoffenheim have a surplus of defenders? Even if they set up a seven-guard formation, they still have the luxury of leaving captain Dorante and winger Didik on the bench. The absolute coolness is intentional.

Ruo Yilu took the initiative to shake hands with Jiang Shan, "I really can't understand your formation. You should be focusing on the league, right?"

"When the game is over, you will understand my arrangement." Jiang Shan smiled, like meeting old friends.

The fourth round of the German Cup officially begins.

The Bochum team took the initiative to attack, but unexpectedly, the pass in the middle was difficult to penetrate this lineup. They could not reach the edge of Hoffenheim's penalty area at all, and could only frequently turn the ball to the wing.

But the winger is not fun either. Bochum's two speedy wingers have also encountered their opponents, Hoffenheim's two speedy wingers, no, full-backs. Even if they break through, there are still two defenders behind them!

How to play?

Not long after the opening, Bochum's offense was immediately contained, and the situation was gradually controlled by Hoffenheim.

Jiang Shan looked at Tuchel and praised, "You have trained well these days, and all my ideas came out."

Tuchel rolled his eyes at him, "Please, can you lead the team training by yourself these days? Who knows what you want to do?"

"Then you still don't take the initiative to compliment me? Do you even want me to teach you such a thing? How will you lead a team in the future?" Jiang Shan teased, "You just don't know how to communicate with the boss, and you will be fired one day."

"If I had such strong communication skills as you, I would have done it on my own a long time ago. Humph! But now I have also stolen this trick from you."

"Young man, you still have a lot to learn!"

Tuchel touched his half-bald head, who is young? You are young. The soul is weak.

On the court, Hoffenheim's defenders were fully spread out, covering the court. The distance between the two players was maintained very well, as measured, and the defenders moved up and down almost on a horizontal line.

The distance between the defense line and the midfield is very tight, no more than 25 meters, and it is as if it was specially measured. If Jiangshan didn't usually draw a line on the field, the players would not be able to maintain such a good sense of distance.

The center is compact and the players are relatively concentrated. It is almost impossible for Bochum to break through from the center. There is no space for them to break through. There is no Maradona in their team, and there is no Messi, so it is impossible to have the domineering power to break into Longtan alone.

The Bochum team is depressed! I originally thought of attacking Kai's weakness, but I didn't expect that Jiangshan hid him and couldn't hit him. He penetrated from the middle and was directly intercepted.

Facing Hoffenheim's counterattack, their defense couldn't hold on.

Going wide, that's the only option.

Jiang Shan looked at the situation on the court and kept thinking, "The team has made full use of the space, but it has not been able to press high. Otherwise, this lineup would be enough to hit the middle of the Bundesliga."

"Mr. Sacchi's football philosophy really has quite strong characteristics. Now Mourinho should start to think about this tactic, right?" Jiangshan is thinking very far. In the future, he will definitely join the top leagues with Mourinho and Mourinho. Ancelotti met.

What does he rely on? Player? Or is it a tactical feature?

The pressing style of play not only presses the opponent in defense, but also presses in offense.

Hoffenheim's attack was slow and gradually moved up, like a tide, coming together and unable to stop it.

The ball moved to Bochum's half, and Hoffenheim's defense actually appeared near the center line. The backcourt was empty. Wiese followed suit and walked out of the penalty area, watching his teammates in the frontcourt.

Wiese stood alone in his own half, with an unreal feeling, "Is this our seven-back lineup? What a terrible pressure."

The media at the scene were even more crazy. It was the first time they had seen such a game. Forget about the personnel arrangements before the game, Jiangshan arranged seven defenders, which was regarded as a desperate defense.

But what the hell is going on now? Everyone is in the opponent's half? Look at Wiese, it's really pitiful.

Snap, snap... The reporters kept pressing the shutter, and Wiese enjoyed the treatment of a superstar. He was the only focus of the entire backcourt.

Jiangshan was still not satisfied. Now just having the ball without threat is the same as not having the ball. The ball possession rate is not the winning rate, it must be converted into goals.

"The players are not capable enough, and there is no way to suddenly change the rhythm of the game. The sudden change of rhythm is the key to scoring."

Ram failed to break through and moved to the left. The ball fell to Pander's feet. Pander went to the bottom, did not pass the ball, and circled into the penalty area. He actually changed the rhythm on the field, and even the defensive players' positions were messed up by him.

This is the opportunity.

Pander did not choose to shoot, but picked up the ball and looked for the square face of the implementation. It was too easy to recognize.

Huth met the ball and shot into the goal.

In the 17th minute, Hoffenheim suddenly changed the rhythm and changed the score.

1:0. Hoffenheim is leading.

Noylu's eyes widened, seemingly forgetting the lag, with only shock in his heart, "The rhythm change under pressure is simply magical."

"I seem to have only seen this feeling in Milan in the early 1990s. Could it be that Jiangshan is the wingman of that three musketeers?" He looked at the calm Jiangshan. It didn't seem like it. Although he looked mature, it was impossible for him to have joined that Milan.