The midfield king of football life

Chapter 95
Feyenoord rose to fifth place in the Eredivisie standings after a 4-0 victory over Vidis last game.This made Feyenoord club chairman Van der Helik rekindled the hope of winning the championship.

In the next game, Feyenoord will face another Eredivisie giant Eindhoven at home. This game will also be the focus of this round of Eredivisie.

The duel between Feyenoord and PSV is no less than the national derby with Ajax.For Feyenoord, the good news is that Eindhoven will fly to Warsaw, Poland on December 12 to participate in the Europa Cup match against the Polish giants Warsaw Legion.Such a schedule is very favorable for Feyenoord.

Eindhoven also attaches great importance to the Europa game, and they must also play the main players, which will cause the players to be very tired when they play against Feyenoord, which is also impossible.

On the 3rd day before the game, Feyenoord training ground.

Coach Koeman still came to the training ground early, waiting for the arrival of the players. After the players arrived, Coach Koeman started his tactical arrangement and training.

"Our game against Eindhoven at home on December 12 is very critical. We now have 1 points, while Eindhoven ranks second in the league with 24 points. If we get 31 points from them, the difference between us and it will be reduced to 3 points. Later, Ajax and Eindhoven have European games to play, and we don't have such a dense schedule. This is our hope for the championship." Coach Koeman said slowly.

All the players listened very seriously. This is related to whether they can win the championship this season, and they care more than anything else.

"So, we will play this game as a championship final. We must get 3 points from Eindhoven. Do you have confidence?" Coach Koeman shouted loudly.

"Yes!!!" All the team members replied in unison.

"Okay! Next, let's go to the tactical training room to study the tactics against Eindhoven."

After all the players came to the tactical training room, various cross-running arrows had been written on the big tactical board, presumably coach Koeman made preparations in advance.

"Eindhoven's offensive firepower is very strong this season. The reason for the emphasis is that they have a very good midfielder. So far, Eindhoven has scored 42 goals and conceded 16 goals. The league record is 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. This shows that they have done very well on both offense and defense."

"Eindhoven's commonly used formation is a 352 formation. The frontcourt veteran Toivonen is partnered with Mertens, and the midfielder is led by Wijnaldum. Strootman, Lens, Hutkinson and Engelal are separated on both sides. Eindhoven's control in the midfield is very strong. Wijnaldum is produced by Feyenoord. It's PSV with a very strong midfield," coach Koeman said.

"If we want to beat Eindhoven, which has a strong midfielder, we must avoid their sharpest part—the midfielder, so our previous formation needs to be slightly changed. Li Feng and Bicevas are still organized in the midfield, but this time you want to lean on both sides and try to go two wings. Svetz and Nerome, you have to pay attention to supporting and supplementing the defense. Because Fernandez's injury is still not good on the front line, Cabral's physical strength may be a problem. You replace Fernandez, but the position has to be recovered." Coach Koeman said while writing the players' positions on the tactical board.

Judging from Coach Koeman's preparation for this game, he attaches great importance to this game.

In the tactical position arranged by coach Koeman, the six players in the center and front field formed an inverted triangle position. Because there is no high point in the center, they can only be retracted.Goodetti and Klassey lined up on both sides of the front line.

"Eindhoven has a three-back formation, so when defending, their two midfielders have to retreat back in time, and this is our opportunity. We don't have to dribble too much in the midfield. We directly hit the space behind the two wings of the midfield with long passes, and then make a fuss near their defense. The triangle area between their two wings is the Achilles' heel of the three defenders. After pulling their defense line apart, the center in front of the penalty area can easily attack. This is the core of our tactics. "Coach Koeman said slowly.

After explaining the tactical layout, Coach Koeman also added pass and control exercises.Coach Koeman said that in the game against Eindhoven, we must use the high tempo to drive them, because another weakness of theirs is physical fitness.

After the passing control training, Klassie sat next to Li Feng and said softly, "This match between you and Wijnaldum is officially staged. I have heard people comparing you with him when I was in the youth training team. Although Wijnaldum became famous earlier than you, I am still more optimistic about you."

After finishing speaking, Klassie smiled and patted Li Feng's head as a sign of encouragement.

Li Feng smiled and said: "I will miss him and learn from him. He played in the Europa League very early. I hope we can also qualify for the UEFA Champions League this year. Therefore, we must win this game."

After Li Feng finished speaking, he looked at Kraxi seriously.

Klassie stretched out his hand and held Li Feng together, everything was said without saying anything.

Tickets for Feyenoord's game against Eindhoven were sold out by fans as early as a week ago.

As usual, Li Feng applied for a few tickets for his family to watch the match from the club.Li Feng sent two to Pilar and Petty, and took two to Chen Shihan, Thomas and his mother.This game is very important to Li Feng. It is a duel between two generations of Feyenoord youth training talents, and it is also related to the subsequent championship situation.

The sports media in the Rotterdam area began to hype the game a week in advance.The title seems to stir up hatred between the two teams,

Say something about Feyenoord's new generation of geniuses crushing the previous generation of rebels, saying that Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven are a battle between the "old king" and the "new king".Then he quoted Li Feng and Wijnaldum's data performance in the league this season for comparison, and made a detailed comparison of Feyenoord's offensive efficiency, worth, pass control, etc.

The fans of Eindhoven dismissed this, because Eindhoven had already jumped out of the Eredivisie and played in the European competition.

However, the fans of Feyenoord also disagree with the fans of Eindhoven, saying that Feyenoord will step on the corpse of Eindhoven to stand on the championship podium, and the good Feyenoord fans have made a very vivid picture of this.

In this way, amidst the media hype and expectations, the match day of the two teams came.

(End of this chapter)