knife guard

Chapter 538
When the league and the Champions League were tense, Hoffenheim's substitute players and the motley crew of youth teams also received good news. In the second round of the German Cup, Hoffenheim went through a brutal penalty shootout. Eliminated the same state rival Freiburg, advanced to the third round, the third round of the draw ceremony will be held after the Champions League with Inter Milan.The competition will start at the end of January 2009.

However, the current German Cup can no longer stimulate the appetite of Hoffenheim. In this derby, Hoffenheim will only use substitute players. Their main goals are the league and the Champions League. The German Cup is only used to keep substitute players. The state of the game, it's just a matter of adjusting the new lineup.

After the game against Bremen, Hoffenheim only had three days to prepare to go to Milan, Italy to challenge Mourinho's Nerazzurri.With a 9-goal victory in the first round, Hoffenheim intends to take the lead in the group, so they must score points in this game.With the strength of Inter Milan, it is impossible for them to lose points against Panathinaikos and Anosisos.Whoever takes the first place in the group basically depends on the confrontation between the two teams.

Hoffenheim had a good life in the league. They became the opponent's devil in the devil's schedule in September. In the Super Cup, Champions League, German Cup, and seven games in the league, Hoffenheim had six wins and one loss. Leading No.2 by four points in the middle, almost leaving.

However, Inter Milan is struggling. In the first four rounds of the league, they had two wins, one loss and one draw, ranking fourth. In the just-concluded derby, they lost 0:1 to AC Milan, and two people were sent off. Let the madman Mourinho bear a lot of pressure.

For Hoffenheim, this is actually not good news. The forced Inter Milan will definitely take it out on them at home, and they will inevitably be under greater pressure at the Meazza Stadium.Although some media think that Inter Milan has always been a layman in foreign wars and an expert in domestic wars, Rangnick does not think so. The Inter Milan that the media said is the former Inter Milan. The current Inter Milan is Mourinho’s Inter Milan. This Portuguese is definitely a wizard in the coaching world. , His team has never been weak, the players are all aggressive, and the team is extremely resilient. No matter who wants to beat Mourinho, he will have to pay a high price.

Although Inter Milan lost to the derby rival AC Milan in the last game, the two players who were sent off just showed how strong and unwilling Inter Milan was in the game.

What worries Inter Milan the most is of course the head coach Mourinho, but what really disturbs him is Inter Milan's strong right wing. Maicon is a defender with a knife comparable to Li Huan. The gap between Li Huan and Li Huan is obvious. The Brazilian is not weaker than Li Huan in both offense and defense. Before Li Huan's rise, he was already known as the best right back in the world. his backup.

In front of Maicon, there is Mancini Jr. who has a strong breakthrough ability. In the quarter-finals between Rome and Lyon in 07, Mancini Jr. eliminated the Ligue [-] squad with a series of crazy bicycles. Huo Can Finnheim's left-back Ibezberg hold off the power of these two?This draws a big question mark.If Ibezberg on the left cannot stop Inter Milan's attack, then Hoffenheim's most powerful attack on the right will be able to maintain a tie.

In the competition for other positions, Hoffenheim is obviously at a disadvantage. On the front line, Inter Milan has four centers, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is in full swing, and Adriano, who has turned his back. Balotelli, and Cruz, who is far more powerful than the famous, the winger and the second bidder Quaresma who transferred this season.

Compared with Inter Milan's luxurious striker line, Hoffenheim's gorgeous striker line in the Bundesliga is a bit shabby. Ibisevic is inferior to Ibrahimovic in terms of fame and strength. It is difficult for Brazil to match Quaresma. Saviola is at most at the same level as the current Adriano. If Adriano is in a better state, Saviola will be halfway behind.

Compared with the midfielders of the two teams, Inter Milan has more defensive players, while Hoffenheim's offense is sharper. However, since Arshavin has just joined and the cooperation with his teammates is not tacit, can he and Eduardo break through? The Great Wall of Steel built by Vieri, Muntari, Cambiasso, Stankovic and others is hard to say.

In short, from the perspective of the overall strength of the team, Hoffenheim is at a disadvantage, and this is an encounter. Rangnick thinks that he is slightly inferior to Mourinho in the art of on-the-spot commanding. Neither is Lannick's strong suit.

After playing against Bremen and Dortmund, Rangnick and his coaching staff began to study the Champions League against Inter Milan.

Although Mourinho has just coached Inter Milan, there are not many games for them to study, but from these games, we can fully see the huge difference between Mourinho coaching Inter Milan and Mancini.

First of all, in terms of formation, Mourinho bought Quaresma and Jr. Mancini just to replicate Chelsea's success in Inter Milan, turning Mancini's 442 into Mourinho's 433, but from the previous few games Judging from it, Inter Milan's transformation has not exerted the great power of Mourinho when he was at Chelsea.

In terms of tactics, Mourinho is still their steady defense and counterattack tactics. In addition to falling behind, the first thing Mourinho has to do is to stabilize the defense. In the words of an Italian reporter, Mourinho is conservative. Serie A has carried forward the conservative.After taking a one- or two-goal lead, Inter retreated to the cringe of a half-court defense.Of course, this is not because the Inter Milan players do not have the ability to attack, but the embodiment of Mourinho's conservative football philosophy on the field. This is the case with Panathinaikos.If Inter Milan is as aggressive as Hoffenheim, Panathinaikos will definitely not lose only two goals.

In addition, the biggest difference between Mourinho's Inter Milan and Mancini is that Mourinho's team is strictly disciplined, and the entire team is a whole, like an army.In the late period when Mancini was in charge of Inter Milan, he had lost his prestige in the team. Even Ibrahimovic, who was very respected, dared to say that "Mancini and I must leave one", but under Mourinho In the current Inter Milan, there are no different voices. In the locker room, the complaints of the substitute players against the Portuguese cannot be heard. Materazzi and Vieira are by no means ordinary people, but they are silently accepted by Mourinho. as a substitute.

Inter Milan and Hoffenheim also have one thing in common, that is, the defense starts from the front line, and the striker must organize a counterattack from the moment the ball is lost.

For Hoffenheim, a not-so-famous team, the striker's counterattack is nothing, but it is not easy for a striker like Ibrahimovic to quickly launch a counterattack after losing the ball in the frontcourt.It can also be seen from this that if you want to break through the defense of Inter Milan
How difficult is it.

However, Mourinho's Inter Milan is not without some weaknesses. Mourinho has just coached, and the players who are used to playing 442 can't adapt to Mourinho's 433 for a while. Quares, who just transferred this season Ma and Mancini played more alone on the wing, and they were not well connected with the team as a whole.

Mourinho's team also has a very important shortcoming. In the case of not playing defensive counterattacks, Mourinho's team lacks creativity, especially when the opponent is defending tightly, they cannot find a way to break through the opponent's defense. A good way, which is also a common problem of disciplined teams.

Rangnick and the players of the coaching staff believe through research that if Hoffenheim wants to score points at the Meazza Stadium, they must not allow Mourinho's team to take the lead. For Mourinho, the game is only It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, no matter what method you use to win, it doesn't matter how many goals you win, as long as you win.Rangnick fully believes that if Inter Milan takes the lead in the game, Mourinho will definitely line up a bucket line at his own goal.Then hit Hoffenheim's counterattack.

Faced with such a highly utilitarian coach, Rangnick did not insist on playing offensive football. Even Barcelona and Mourinho's Chelsea in their heyday did not take advantage of offensive football, let alone Hoffenheim. , Rangnick is not arrogant enough to attack more powerfully than Barcelona.Although their goal numbers in the last few games are very high.

It is also a good result to hold on to the counterattack and deal with Inter Milan slowly. Getting a point is also a good result.This is the tactical plan formulated by the Hoffenheim coaching staff.Hoffenheim's defensive ability this season is much more stable than last season, and Hoffenheim has the capital to play a defensive counterattack in some important games.

If this game against Inter Milan can score one point, Hoffenheim believes that the pressure of the next game will definitely be on Inter Milan's side. That wild victory is something that cannot be met. If Inter Milan wants to take the first place in the group, they must attack.Then Hoffenheim will have a chance. Li Huan, Arshavin and Eduardo are all masters in the counterattack.

For the left defense that Lannick is most worried about, the coaching staff has no better way after discussion. They can only let Ibezberg try not to assist and complete the task of defense.In addition, Sarihović and midfielder Gustavo pay attention to the protection of the wing to prevent Maicon from shooting after breaking through. The Brazilian defender's small-angle shots and in-cut shots are very threatening.If Maicon and Mancini can't be defended in this way, Rangnick can't think about it. No matter how good a tactic is, it must be executed by people. If the player's personal ability is too far behind, no tactic will work. .

(End of this chapter)