Champion’s Heart

Tuchel studied Dortmund, and Yebara naturally also studied Mainz.

Compared with last season's Mainz this season, it is almost like a reborn.

Last season, Mainz finished fifth in the Southern Division of the U19 League and missed the playoffs.

But this season they ranked second, squeezing the youth training team Bayern Munich behind, and qualified for the playoffs.

What are they relying on?

Very simple, one person.

Last summer, the Mainz club invited a youth training coach named Thomas Tuchel.

This is not an unknown person, he is still well-known in the German youth training circle.

Tuchel had coached in the youth teams of two clubs before coming to Mainz. When he first started in Stuttgart, he learned from Rangnick, who is now leading this small village team in Hoffenheim to create a miracle in the half of the Bundesliga. Tuchel led the Stuttgart U19s to the national championship in 2005.

Later, he went to the U19 youth team of the Augsburg club where the player morale once played. It was not until 2008, that is, last summer, that he came to Mainz to coach the Mainz U19.

In just one season, he led the team to the playoffs of the U19 National League, and his ability to train the team is indeed extraordinary.

So what is he relying on?

attack.

Mainz is a fairly good defensive team. This season, they conceded 26 goals in the 26 rounds of the Southern League. The team with the fewest goals conceded.

In the southern division last season, although Mainz ranked fifth, they conceded only 27 goals, still the team with the fewest conceded goals in the southern division.

It can be said that Mainz's defense has a fine tradition.

But defense alone won't take this team from fifth to second.

After Tuchel came to this team, he injected this team with offensive passion.

Li only scored 43 goals in the 26 league rounds of Mainz last season. This number of goals is very mediocre.

But what about this season?

Sixty-one goals!

Mainz are second only to Freiburg who create an average of 11 scoring chances per game, and Freiburg only have 68 more than them.

Tuchel activated Schurrle, and Schurrle led the team's offense.

In the Southern Division, Schurrle scored 22 times at home and scored 16 goals, making him the team's top scorer. This is his best season in the three years he played for the Mainz U19s.

So Yebara believes that Mainz is a team that is good at attacking and dares to attack.

And Dortmund likes to play this kind of team that is willing to attack, because if the two sides play against each other, it means that there will be a lot of space on the court, which is very beneficial for Dortmund who play fast pass and fast run tactics.

Now this Dortmund team dares to play against any team after having the trident.

Whether it's Schalke 04 or Freiburg.

Therefore, Yebara has always asked Dortmund to confront Mainz head-on during the preparations, to attack and attack again, and not to be afraid of making mistakes.

But when the game started, Yebara quickly discovered something was wrong-this quick didn't even last a minute.

Because when Dortmund was attacking with the ball, he found that Mainz retreated very, very quickly...

It's as fast as if you didn't plan to attack at all, just focused on defending.

Here, Dortmund passed the football to the back line, and the Mainz players all retracted to the front of their own penalty area, and there was only one person at the front-their arrow figure Schurrle.

This is not the attitude of Mainz, who plays offensive football...

How Mainz played in normal times, how they ran after the opponent kicked off, Yebara has studied it, and it is naturally clear that it is definitely not what it is right now.

This sudden abnormal situation made Yebala a little suspicious, but also a little... vigilant.

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When Dortmund was attacking forward, they passed through the midfield very quickly. Zhou Yi, Gotze, and Mark passed through the midfield with two or three passes and hit the front of the 30-meter area of ​​Mainz.

Sitting on the coach's bench, Tuchel adjusted his sitting posture and waited to see Dortmund, who was attacking like a turbulent wave hitting the shore, slammed on the breakwater of Mainz, and then broke into countless water droplets, flying all over the sky and being blown away by the wind .

When Mainz steals the ball, the backcourt players will directly hand the football to Schurrle in the frontcourt, and he will counterattack.

At this time, Yebara, who had been thinking about Mainz's abnormal behavior, suddenly had a bright eye.

Oops... he blurted out.

The assistant coach next to him asked strangely: What's the matter, Peter?

Mainz didn't plan to fight us! Yebara said anxiously.

Wanting to understand, he knew too well what Mainz was going to do.

This could be fatal for the unsuspecting Dortmund!

Just like Freiburg didn't expect Dortmund to play fast pass and fast run tactics with them, they were caught off guard in the German Cup final.

And Yebala felt that he was also caught off guard by Tuchel...

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When Dortmund's offense advanced to the frontcourt, the football fell to Zhou Yi's feet. If it was normal, at this time, Zhou Yi should quickly transfer the football to Mark's feet, and then continue to move forward.

In this case, he and Mark will be shot to death on the wall of Mainz even if they dribble the ball.

But he didn't do that. After catching the ball, Zhou Yi turned around and kicked back!

The smile on the face of Tuchel, who was waiting to watch the good show, froze. He didn't see the scene he wanted to see. This turning point surprised him a bit.

After Zhou Yi passed the ball, he looked up at the situation in front of him.

Everyone everyone everyone everyone.

This is what Zhou Yi observed in his eyes.

Except for the Mainz players, it is Dortmund's own players. In short, it is densely packed with people.

So it's not that he doesn't want to pass the football forward, it's that he can't pass it forward.

Mainz built one defense line after another at the front of their penalty area. The two defense lines are not far apart. At the same time, because the entire team shrinks very far back, they do not have to worry about the depth behind them being used by Dortmund with this arrangement.

If he passes forward, it is tantamount to giving up the ball. He is not stupid.

Dortmund's fast pass and fast cut tactics originally had a very low error tolerance rate. Once the football is passed and people run, the speed is very fast, and even the slightest mistake will be magnified, eventually leading to the failure of the attack.

The way Mainz built a wall in front of the penalty area greatly reduced the passing space of Dortmund players, which would increase the turnover of Dortmund players when passing and running.

If you continue to go fast, you will only hand over the football to Mainz needlessly and let the opponent fight back.

So Zhou Yi chose to pass back. At this time, he would rather slow down and give up the fast pass and fast run tactics, but also make sure to hold the ball first.

At this time, don't think about taking risks.

Yebara, who was on the sidelines, was finally relieved when he saw Zhou Yi suddenly choose to pass back. Zhou Yi did not play according to the pre-match arrangement, but suddenly changed the direction of the pass, allowing Dortmund to escape.

He can see it, Mainz is waiting for Dortmund to hit him head-on...

Fortunately, the person who controls the tempo in Dortmund is Zhou Yi, not someone else, otherwise he would really fall into the trap...

Zhou Yi almost hit him head-on. If he didn't have Eagle Eyes, he could still see the floor plan of the stadium during the rapid advance. Through the map, he could understand the position of Mainz's defense line and guessed the position of Mainz. defensive strategy.

In the virtual world, Zhou Yi played against this team many times, and Mainz did indeed play their most commonly used offensive football style of the season, not the tactic of sticking to the penalty area at all.

From the looks of it now, the effects of the simulated matches before the match were cut in half.

This is a test for Zhou Yi.

What is he going to do when he can't familiarize himself with the opponent's tactics through numerous simulations? As a commander, you can't just rely on various plans to respond, right?

An excellent commander always faces various emergencies, so what should he do at this time?

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Zhou Yi's sudden pass back will of course slow down the rhythm of the Dortmund team, so Zhou Yi didn't stand still and pass the ball to his target, motioning him to pass the football again.

And Mark, who was waiting to catch the ball in front, turned around and found that Zhou Yi didn't pass the football back, which is strange.

Why did you send it back? He shouted at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi, who had his back turned to him, waved his hand and had no time to answer him.

On the other hand, Gotze, who was next to him, explained Mark's confusion: Look around you, Mark.

Only then did Mark turn his head and look around suspiciously, and found that there were players from Mainz all around him.

There is no way to pass forward. Gotze understood clearly. They shrink the defense.

Ah... this... Mark felt a little regretful and disappointed.

Didn't it be agreed before the game that it was a confrontation?

Now it is completely different from what we prepared before the game. What should we do?

He set his sights on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi received the ball from his teammates, but he passed the football back without even turning his body, but this time the pass was further back, directly to the feet of central defender Lasse Sobiech.

After passing the ball, Zhou Yi was still followed by a Mainz player. He ran straight back, getting farther and farther away from Mark and the others.

Gotze also ran back, Mark looked left and right, and ran to the midfield with Gotze.

There is a Kinchek left in front.

In this way, Dortmund's rapid attack was stillborn...

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