blogombal Chapter 15 Advanced Tactics Lesson
Chapter 15 Advanced Tactics Lesson
At this point on the field, both teams had finished their final warm-up and returned to the locker room.
Milutinovic walked side by side with Ye Xian. Milutinovic patted Ye Xian's shoulder and laughed, "Ye, you guessed right again. They really did use a 3-5-2 formation."
Ye Xian smiled and nodded slightly at Milu.
Turkey's starting lineup was basically the same as they had predicted before the match.
This is, of course, also due to Ye Xian's research and understanding of Türkiye's recent matches.
From the World Cup qualifiers to the group stage of this World Cup, their head coach Güneš has actually followed a pattern in his choice of starting lineup.
在面对强队时，他往往会使用比较保守一些的阵型，就比如4-5-1或5-4-1，主打防守反击；
而如果对手实力跟自己差不多，那土耳其则会变阵为4-4-2或4-2-3-1这样比较均衡的阵型。
When the opponent is relatively weak and Türkiye feels it can control the game and launch a sustained attack, it will use a 3-5-2 formation.
obviously.
In the eyes of the Turks, the current Chinese team is an absolute weak team.
Turkey needs to win today to advance, and they also need a better goal difference.
Otherwise, even if Costa Rica loses the other match, they may still advance by surpassing Türkiye in goal difference!
Under these circumstances, choosing the 3-5-2 formation, which has stronger attacking power and better ability to break through on the flanks, is the best option.
After careful consideration, Ye Xian believes that Türkiye will most likely use a 3-5-2 formation, and he has also predicted the starting lineup.
Now it seems Ye Xian guessed right!
Even the starting lineup is pretty much the same.
This is very important.
On the surface, every match is just a test of the players' skills, physical condition, and willpower.
In fact, the tactical battles between the coaches behind the scenes have largely determined the course of this match.
Some say that football is actually a battle of wits, but it just needs players with both physical strength and skill to carry it out.
Ye Xian deeply agreed.
That's why he makes such meticulous preparations before each match, and then targets his opponents relentlessly.
Your opponent's moves are all out in the open and have already been countered, while you have many unexpected moves ready to be used, so of course your chances of winning are much greater!
"Impressive, Ye Xian. No wonder Coach Milutinovic trusts you so much." Jin Zhiyang's voice rang out from behind.
"Yeah, young people are really bold, haha," Chi Shangbin added.
When the coaching staff discussed tactics for the match, both assistant coaches, like Milutinovic, felt that they should use the same tactics they used against Brazil.
The key is to first establish a strong defense, and then seize the opportunity to launch a counter-attack.
This doesn't mean they only want a draw, but rather that they believe this tactic can still score – didn't they also have two goals against Brazil?
However, Ye Xian rejected his own tactic and proposed using a 4-3-3 attack formation instead.
This completely baffled them.
Soon, Ye Xian gave the coaching staff a detailed account of his tactical research on Turkey.
In Güneš's three-center-back system, they generally adopted a man-marking defense strategy on the defensive end.
The two pressing center-backs are responsible for marking the opposing striker closely, while the sweeper center-back is responsible for guarding the area in front of the penalty box and is ready to cover the flanks at any time.
In midfield, Yunsar and Emre, the two central midfielders, provided cover for Bastürk, allowing the technically gifted Bayer Leverkusen midfielder to use his strong dribbling and passing abilities to revitalize Turkey's attack.
The forwards are basically a combination of Hakan Sukr and Hassan al-Sass, who can perform various tasks such as dropping back to organize play, aerial duels, and counter-attacking shots.
Of course, there are also two wing-backs. Güneš is quite flexible in his personnel choices here, sometimes using full-backs and sometimes wingers.
When the two wing-backs attack forward, it becomes a 3-5-2 formation; when they retreat, it becomes a 5-3-2 formation, which is very flexible.
If the Chinese team continues to play defensively like they did against Brazil when facing this formation, they will be surrounded by as many as 6 or 7 opponents.
More importantly, Turkey has a tall striker like Hakan Suker, whom Brazil doesn't have, and his crosses from the wings are very decisive.
This would allow the opponent to attack at a much higher frequency than the Brazilian team, and greatly increase the probability of conceding a goal.
"So, I want to do the opposite and launch an attack to catch them off guard!" That's what Ye Xian said at the time.
随后，他就开始针对土耳其的这套3-5-2阵型，来解说了一下他会如何使用4-3-3阵型来破解。
"I need to set up a tall center forward as a pivot in the front line, and the other two wingers are fast wingers to support him."
"Türkiye's three-man defense can't fully cover all positions in the backfield, so I need more forwards to expand the attacking options and make them overwhelmed."
"The main methods of attack are as follows."
"Firstly, let the center forward draw the opponent's defensive attention, and then pass the ball to the wings in time, allowing the wingers to cross from the byline to try and get a header, or to find teammates at the far post to make runs and create opportunities."
"Secondly, wingers can use their speed and agility to create space in the flanks, either through balls or shots. In these situations, they don't need to cross, but rather to pose a more direct threat to the goal."
"Thirdly, the border guards can move inward when necessary..."
"And in midfield, we need to assign someone to mark their key player, Bastürk..."
As Ye Xian spoke more and more, and in greater and greater detail, Milu realized that he seemed to have attended a very advanced tactical lesson!
He even felt that this was a course that didn't belong to this era.
Like Ye Xian said, something like "the winger cuts inside with his reverse foot" and "the full-back tucks in to support the defensive midfielder"...
That sounds so novel! I've never heard of that before!
For Ye Xian, this was just a tactic that became very common in world football more than 20 years later. Guardiola and Klopp popularized this 4-3-3 formation!
"Young people are still the best; they're innovative and willing to take risks." Milutinovic closed his eyes and pondered for a few minutes before making his decision.
This is not difficult.
What else can we do but choose to continue believing in Ye Xian?
So for the next few days, the Chinese team conducted semi-closed training according to Ye Xian's tactics to thoroughly understand them!
Now, Milutinovic naturally admires Ye Xian's judgment even more.
Everything was exactly what he expected!
It wasn't just Milutinovic and the coaching staff who were happy.
When the players sat down in the locker room and listened to Ye Xian give his final tactical instructions, everyone was very excited.
Looking at Turkey's starting lineup, which was exactly as the coach had predicted before the match, they knew that they had won another tactical advantage.
In addition, this match was a do-or-die game that determined whether they could advance, so the players didn't even need much pre-match pep talk.
Finally, Milu still had Ye Xian give a final pep talk:
"I don't want to say too much today; you all know the significance of this match."
"Like I said, we don't want a draw, we only want victory!"
"If we beat Türkiye, we'll have a very good chance of advancing. I'd bet you ten dollars that Brazil can beat Costa Rica by a large margin!"
Ye Xian finally raised his arms and said:
"Go, go and get those damn three points back!"
The players all nodded vigorously and roared in anger!
This is a response to Ye Xian's reprimand.
At the same time, it also expresses confidence in victory!