For some teams in the world, the league game is basically the most important game they can worry about. At the beginning of the season, the goal of many weak teams in the big leagues is to avoid relegation. Before each game, they are thinking over and over again, which game they can win, which game they can draw, which game they have to give up. For those weak teams, these problems are all worth considering Apart from these problems, they have no purpose.
For the weak team, winning the league is the whole meaning of the game. But unlike the weaker teams, Wolfsburg is not a team like them. For a top team like Wolfsburg, when they meet a lot of teams, they don't have only one idea. Sometimes, a league game for them, need to consider the overall situation of the league, and sometimes, the meaning of the league, is to let them play better in the Champions League. So what is the purpose of the top teams facing the league matches? Sometimes, we need to understand it.
Looking at Wolfsburg playing football on the field, Simon has a deep doubt at this time. These players of Wolfsburg really just want to perfunctorily lose and save energy, or they have another purpose. They want to exercise their team strength in the game. He can't make up his mind about this problem for a moment.
He had such an idea because Wolfsburg used a main axis abnormally, and also because Wolfsburg had such a criminal record in the past. However, he himself is very clear, saying that Wolfsburg want to win, or want to exercise some tactics, seems to be too stupid.
After all, Wolfsburg has basically changed half of the team. It doesn't look like training tactics. On the court, Dortmund players are lazy, but they always control the overall situation. Wolfsburg's substitutes are elegant and have no resistance. In this situation, it doesn't look like they are training tactics. As a commentator, Simon has seen a lot of games, but he never understood the purpose of Wolfsburg.
What secret weapon does Wolfsburg want to exercise? Simon is also skeptical. After all, if Wolfsburg didn't have any other ideas, he didn't believe it. Therefore, he watched the game closely and wanted to find out what Wolfsburg's purpose was.
He was very interested in it and he wanted to know what the purpose of Wolfsburg was.
However, Wolfsburg's secret weapon, he never saw, but in the second half of the game, Dortmund first scored a goal. In the game time into the 50 minutes, Wolfsburg's defense was repeatedly suppressed by Dortmund, left and right of them, after all, there is no way to resist the opponent. After receiving a pass, Royce made a quick breakthrough into the penalty area and scored a goal to break through Wolfsburg's gate, making the score 1-0.
it seems that Simon thought too much and Wolfsburg didn't show it in the game. However, when Wolfsburg lost the ball, Simon suddenly understood something: maybe, Wolfsburg's purpose has always been under his own eyes, but he didn't see it.
Their goal is not to train new secret weapons, but to let their players learn how to keep a better attitude in defense. That's why they only send players from the middle, not from the side: because what they need to sharpen is the middle.
A team, especially Wolfsburg, which is very dependent on the two wings, if you want to choose more attack in the battle, then the best way is to enhance the strength of the two wings, widen the width, in order to have more opportunities, so that your team can have more opportunities. And blindly emphasizing the central axis, not to pay attention to the side, this is obviously the purpose, not to enhance the attack.
And their goal now is to build defense.
In football match, the attack from the middle is always easier than that from the side. Because it's closer to the goal and has more passing routes, it's more important to fight in the middle than to win on the side. If a team wants to win in the strong dialogue, the side attack is certainly one of the best ways to make themselves stronger, but the confrontation in the middle is often more decisive. Even if a team doesn't advocate attacking in the middle, it's hard to play well in the middle anyway.
If Wolfsburg want to go back to their home court and fight against Chelsea, they will not continue to work out their central axis. In this game, the reason why they do it is obvious. Before the big game, Wolfsburg didn't think about how to strengthen the attack, but continued to think about how to emphasize the defense. This behavior seems to be conservative, but if you think about it carefully, it's easy to understand Wolfsburg's idea.
Away game, Wolfsburg's attack can not be said to be nothing. Wolfsburg's goal in the first half was the result of the players' efforts. The repeated impact of Gao shunyao, the flexible movement of pericic and the insertion of midfield are the opportunities for players to trade their own running. Wolfsburg's cooperation is perfect for such a goal, which can't be said to be bad.It's called a crazy 30 pass. It's not a crazy 30 pass. Sometimes, excellent running and unselfish tearing can also reflect the attack cooperation ability of a team. For a team like Wolfsburg, whose technology is not particularly delicate, it is a better way. It was because of their excellent cooperation that they were able to score the second goal after wasting so many chances in the second half.
In fact, before the arrival of the game against Chelsea, Wolfsburg had three weeks to sharpen their offensive ability. Although it was not enough to make their attack to the top of the world, they still received some results. In the game against Chelsea, Wolfsburg's long pass didn't play any role. It was difficult for them to get into the high pass, but they still scored two goals, which is the best evidence.
However, although the attack of Wolfsburg has improved, it doesn't mean that it's good to go on like this. Wolfsburg is not a team with delicate skills after all. After the first round, even if we emphasize attack again, it is estimated that it will not be easy to improve in a short time. It's not realistic to expect all their players to dribble in front of the penalty area. In a week's time, they will meet Chelsea again, but this time, Wolfsburg's attack is difficult to improve.
In contrast, it is to exercise the defensive ability, for Wolfsburg may have a greater help. After all, for Wolfsburg, their biggest problem in the first game was not attack, but defense.
This game, Wolfsburg's attack as a whole, if not bad, then their defense, it can be said that there is a big problem. Wolfsburg's two goals from the beginning to the end are due to the wrong judgment of the other side's players at the critical moment. The latter one was also because everyone was too tired at the end of the game, and Lampard's shooting was too good. But the former one, because of too much attention to Azar, resulted in his confusion and confusion in front of the goal. At last, he scored the ball into his own door. Such a mistake is simply not right.
Against Chelsea, Wolfsburg's biggest problem is that it is difficult to keep calm in the face of a strong opponent. They pay too much attention to the other side's stars, and even give them too much care, which eventually makes them suffer. If Wolfsburg want to win over Chelsea, it may be more meaningful to make some adjustments on the defensive side than on the offensive side.
Under the full defense, Wolfsburg should not be worse than Chelsea, their strength is not as weak as they think. In fact, Wolfsburg have never been afraid when they face Bayern with better staffing of Chelsea. They play with Bayern and are never afraid. There is no reason why they can't play well against Chelsea. However, maybe it is because they are too close to Bayern and play many games every year. On the contrary, Wolfsburg know too much about them and can face them calmly. On the contrary, facing Chelsea, they are easy to be nervous because they don't know enough about their opponents. In addition, they have a heavier task in the Champions League, so they don't play well because they are worried about gains and losses.
Such a problem, in fact, is the mentality of Wolfsburg. Because of the lack of experience and the lack of experience in the Champions League, Wolfsburg also needs to grow in the Champions League. Obviously, this game is the one Wolfsburg used to exercise their mentality.
Facing Dortmund's attack, they must learn not to be arrogant. They only use a central axis to control the opponent's attack, and they should know that it is impossible to defend. However, in order to completely lock Dortmund, perhaps their original idea is to train their team's mind through constant confrontation and continuous danger.
A team can grow only when it experiences more. After the match with Dortmund, Wolfsburg players can obviously get more growth, and this growth will also help them play against Chelsea.
Since it's not about the ability of defense, it's more about the attitude. If we can make use of a game, let the players adjust their mentality and start to focus on the game, then maybe the team will have a completely different situation in the next game.
This game, Wolfsburg is to rest, but also training. Only through this training, they will play better in the next.