Chapter 614 Controlling the midfield
You are you!
I hope you work hard to improve yourself and find your game style as soon as possible!
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This is what head coach Gao Han said to Schweinsteiger when he was confused and could not find his direction.
The German at that time had just changed his position to the midfielder, and felt very uncomfortable and his performance was a bit unsatisfactory. He himself was also doubting whether he could be competent for the new role of the midfielder.
But after a deep conversation with Gao Han, he saw the direction clearly and regained his confidence.
With the training and accumulation of games over the past period of time, especially after winning the German Cup in the last 9-0, he gradually realized that the midfielder was not as difficult as he had imagined before.
Around him, a group of teammates who have excellent ball-holding and shooting skills gathered.
Hummels, the junior brother of the youth training camp, hadn't noticed it before, and even thought that he might not be able to gain a foothold in the first team and would be loaned to other teams for training. However, after Gao Han took office, he became the most stable main player on the team's defense line.
He played in the midfielder, and his ability to get the ball and take the ball is quite excellent among the central defenders, and he also had a long pass.
Needless to mention Lucio's personal ability, suddenly dribbling the ball is his usual feature, but he is a bit rash.
Ram is a trusted teammate who will appear around you at any time and is a stable contact point.
Marcelo on the left is a young player. Like all Brazilians, he doesn't like defense and loves offense, but his foot skills are not inferior to those wingers in the frontcourt.
But what Schweiingsteiger admired the most was the low-key midfield partner, Luca Modric.
How to say it?
The Croatian is definitely the kind of player who makes people think that he will be the core of the midfield at a glance. No matter what complex situation he faces, no matter what kind of oppression and pressure he faces, he always has a way to resolve it.
No matter how complicated the ball is, when it comes to his feet and comes out again, it often becomes simple.
Because he has pointed you into the direction of the attack.
As for Van Bommel, although the Dutchman is not a tacit understanding with the team in terms of pass control and makes many passes and reception mistakes, whether it is attacking or defending, the Dutch midfielder is stable and reassuring. He is like a balanced shot in the midfield.
A group of outstanding teammates gathered around, and the players gradually became familiar with Gao Han's pass control and running, Schweiingsteiger gradually became ease in the entire tactical system.
Every time, no matter what area he is in, as long as he takes the ball, at least two or three contact points will appear around him. All he needs to do is to catch the ball steadily and then shoot the ball steadily.
He began to play his own characteristics and continuously expand his range of activities, which made him the player with the most passes and receptions in the past few games, and his pass success rate has always been very good.
He began to gain a new understanding and experience of his new role.
He began to understand that helping the team transition the ball steadily was just his most basic requirement for dragging the midfield, but the head coach had obviously more requirements for him and was constantly improving.
For example, Gao Han would ask him to think more, cooperate with Modric more, cooperate with each other, and control the midfield.
How to control it?
That is a nearly metaphysical idea.
To put it simply, fast when it should be fast, slow when it should be slow, always adjust the rhythm of the game to the most comfortable state for yourself but the most uncomfortable ones.
Also, it is to allocate the ball reasonably, avoid the opponent's center of gravity of defense, find out the opponent's weaknesses, and attack.
This seems complicated, but in fact, it doesn't seem difficult.
At least, Schweinsteiger felt that he had gradually reached the threshold.
But that's all?
Just want to be a qualified, or an excellent drag-back midfielder?
Schweinsteiger firmly believed that Gao Han's words "You are you" would definitely not be that simple.
He doesn't want to admit anyone, he wants to be himself.
He wants to play his strengths as he pleases while fulfilling his duties as a qualified midfielder.
When the game reached the 18th minute, Robben dribbled the ball from the right and passed the ball to Klose at the front of the penalty area. Rostock's drag-back midfielder Beinlich had no choice but to foul and was warned by the referee with a yellow card.
This made Beinlich a little reluctant.
Paglesdorf also made an immediate adjustment, and the midfielders, who were from the defenders, moved the position backwards to protect Beinlich's wings, and at the same time wanted to clamp the inward cuts of Bayern Munich's two wingers.
Robben and Ribery are both top wingers in Europe. Their personal abilities are enough to make all defensive players feel a headache, and Rostock has to fight with numbers.
At the 21st minute of the game, Marcelo stepped forward from the left and cooperated with Ribery. Rostock's defensive attention was focused on this side, but a flaw was revealed at the front of the penalty area.
Schweiingsteiger calculated the distance, estimated the time he had been in the way, and whether he could retreat in time. All the trade-offs were brewing in his mind in an instant, and he was very sure.
Looking at his partner Modric not far away, the latter seemed to notice his ambition and actually ran back.
clever!
Schweinsteiger almost laughed out loud, quickly thrust forward, raising his right hand, he believed that Ribery would see it and would definitely be able to bring the ball out.
As it turned out, Ribery saw it and actually brought the ball out.
Once he dribbled the ball from the left and cut inward horizontally. Ribery failed to break through in the double-team of two opponents, but he passed the ball over. Schweinsteiger did not think so, stopped the ball forward, followed by the trend, and shot with his right foot.
"Schweiinsteiger..."
"The ball is in!!!!"
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh my God, the shot from the right side of the arc top of the penalty area, Schweinsteiger suddenly inserted the shot from behind and pierced through Wester's goal again."
"This time, Bayern Munich's midfielder's insertion was very sudden, and the subsequent shot was also very powerful."
"Of course, Ribery's incisive cut is also quite threatening. Bayern Munich's two attacks were launched from the left."
"2 to zero, Bayern Munich is in great shape now, and Rostock is in danger!"
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Gao Han saw Schweinsteiger's sudden long shot on the sidelines and scored. He laughed out loud and clapped hard with both hands to cheer for Schweinsteiger's wonderful goal.
"I said, this kid is getting more and more like dragging the midfielder."
"Who said no?" Thomas Tuchel also laughed.
Schweinsteiger's performance is better than another, and almost every game is improving. More importantly, Bayern Munich's midfield operation is becoming more and more smooth.
"Did you see it just now? Before Schweiingsteiger fucked forward, he had a gaze with Modric, and the Croatians took the initiative to retreat. This is tacit understanding." Gao Han smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.
Seeing that the two midfielders he trusted can quickly establish a tacit understanding, it makes him happier than scoring a goal.
"Yes, and Van Bommel. When he saw Schweinsteiger stepping forward, the first thing he thought of was to return to defense. His performance was also quite steady, which was reassuring." Tuchel praised.
Gao Han nodded. Although Van Bomel did not meet his requirements, his performance was indeed excellent, and it even made it difficult for him to make up his mind to take him down and let Vidal replace him.
The main reason lies in Van Bommel's wisdom.
Vidal's advantage is that he can continuously put pressure on his opponents. He is like a desperate mahogany, and he is not tall, very flexible, and his feet are solid enough, which is very consistent with Gao Han's requirements.
But when it comes to the wisdom of judging the situation in the game, it is even more tender than Dar.
"The left offense is very open, but Marcelo's defense still needs to be strengthened." Gao Han reminded.
Cantalero, who was beside him, immediately nodded in agreement.
"However, this kid's physical fitness is really good. He seems to have no reaction when he keeps going straight up and down." Gao Han was a little surprised by this, because the full-backs have always been large-scale physical consumption players, especially the four, three, and three full-backs.
Marcelo looks not very physically good, but his physical fitness is surprising.
Could it be that it was trained by Capello?
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With Bayern Munich scoring two goals in a row, the game basically turned to the home team, and Rostock could only be exhausted.
But the Bundesliga giants were not in a hurry. They played more patiently with two goals in their hands.
In the second half, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, Bayern Munich still focused on the pass and control style of pressing and oppressing at high positions, and did not rush to attack, but patiently pulled the opponent's defensive formation through pass and control to further integrate the team.
Using war to support war is also Gao Han’s strategy.
Rostock was able to deal with it at the beginning, but as the game deepened, their physical energy consumption became more and more, and they gradually could not keep up with the pace of Bayern Munich, and problems began to be exposed.
In the 66th minute of the game, Ram and Robben cooperated on the right. Robben made a wonderful pass to Ram break into the penalty area and shot, but was saved by goalkeeper Wester. Klose scored a gap in the penalty area and made a shot, three to zero!
Just five minutes later, Ribery cut inward again on the left rib, attracted the attention of the defensively, and suddenly passed the ball to the right. Robben inserted into the goal and made a left foot shot six meters in front of the goal, making a four-to-zero shot!
With four goals in hand, Bayern Munich is still sure to win, and Gao Han also began to make substitutions and adjust.
In the stands, Bayern Munich senior executives and board members such as Beckenbauer, Rummenigge, and Henes were all excited to see it like more than 60,000 fans at the scene.
In the previous German Cup, the opponent was not strong enough, but in this game, the opponent was a Bundesliga team, and Bayern Munich had completely controlled the situation, led four goals, and played a refreshing offensive football.
"Gao Han is really admirable." Beckenbauer praised with a smile.
Everyone else agreed, with a look of conscience.
"Yes, how could we have thought before that Schweiingsteiger could play like this, as if he was born to play in this position." Heness had to admit that he was misunderstood.
Schweinsteiger had nothing amazing about it before, but looking at these two games, he was so sensible in the midfielder and performed very well, especially the goal just now, and he grabbed the opportunity to jump forward.
"And that Modric is just a treasure, which cost us ten million." Rumenego said this, and his mouth was almost tilted.
As long as this state continues, Modric's value will soar several times, which is not difficult at all.
"Look at Hummels, I couldn't gain a foothold in the first team last season, but now I've squeezed Van Bitten and Demikelis on the bench."
"There are two wingers in the frontcourt..."
Everyone said one by one.
Chapter completed!