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"What do you think, how about we play a 4312 formation?"

In the hotel room, Rutten discussed it with his assistant coach Buskens.

Buskens is a legend of Schalke 04. He has been coaching the youth team before. This season, he was promoted to Rutten's assistant coach, responsible for the daily training of the first team.

Hearing Rutten's words, Buskens couldn't help being taken aback, and then fell into deep thought.

"You mean, hit the third midfielder?"

Combined with the team's current staffing, Buskens probably understood Rutten's meaning.

"Yes, I also had a whim." Lu Teng said excitedly: "The arrival of Ye Feng gave me inspiration. His excellent defense can not only bring defensive range and strength to the midfield, but more importantly, his Long-range shots can be the killer feature of the team."

"Jones, Englar and Ye Feng are lined up on the midfielder. Their defensive coverage is enough to establish a defensive iron gate in the midfield."

"In front of the three is Rakitic who organizes the offense. We need to entrust him with important responsibilities!"

"Kuranyi is at the front, and Farfan is more inclined to be a free player in the frontcourt. He can move freely on the two sides or go to the middle to ambush behind Kuranyi."

"Don't look at the fact that there is no traditional side attack in this way. With three defensive midfielders as protection, our two full-backs can boldly insert and create threats on the side."

"And once neither the center nor the side can open the situation, then there is still Ye Feng's long-range shot as a deep-level attack."

"This set of tactics has no fatal weakness!"

As Rutten revealed his tactical design, Buskens couldn't help but shine.

Indeed, as Rutten said, this set of tactical arrangements focuses on midfield defense and interception, but it also has rich levels of offense, and both offense and defense have their own characteristics.

"Engelal is definitely no problem playing as a defensive midfielder. Jones has a solid defense, but I am worried that the little guy Ye Feng will not play well. If he can't complete the task well, then the power of this set of tactics will be greatly reduced. "Buskens said a little worried.

Indeed, the position most likely to cause problems among the three defensive midfielders is Ye Feng's position.

Jones' defense is as stable as ever. Engelal is a Dutch international. Even though he is from the wing, he can play as a midfielder. Not only is his defense tough, but his offense is also excellent. Even with his terrifying height of 196 cm, he can also rush in if needed. A header in the penalty area.

Then, the only thing to worry about is Ye Feng's performance.

If Ye Feng can do a good job of defense and provide long-range firepower at the same time, then this set of tactics will be truly successful.

And once Ye Feng can't play the expected defensive strength, then the three interception will lose its effect, not to mention the follow-up tactical effect.

"I have faith in that kid!"

When he was speaking, the image that appeared in Lu Teng's mind was actually the image of Ye Feng throwing the ball vigorously, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

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In the next training, Rutten and Buskens really began to focus on training this set of tactics.

At the beginning, it was the overall coverage and interception of the three midfielders. The three midfielders are the basis of the whole set of tactics. If the goal of the first step cannot be achieved, then everything in the follow-up is empty talk.

At first, Rutten placed Engelal in the middle, Ye Feng was on the left, and Jones was on the right, so that Ye Feng could contribute long shots even if he was on the left, and Engelal was more suitable because of his blocking ability. In the middle.

However, after a training session, Rutten switched positions between Ye Feng and Engelal, with Ye Feng in the center and Engelal on the left.

Rutten and Buskens discovered that only in this way can Ye Feng's long-range shooting ability be maximized.

Once Ye Feng plugged in, Englar and Jones immediately retracted and joined forces to fill the gap left by Ye Feng's forward thrust.

To further make up for the loopholes in the overall tactics, that is to say, at any time, Schalke 04's midfield defense is unbreakable.

With the determination of the positions of the three defensive midfielders, Rakitic and the two players on the front line also adapted to tactics on this basis to create an offensive system.

Obviously, it is a very risky decision to overthrow the team's overall style of play in the middle of the league, but Rutten knows that if you want to make a qualitative change in Schalke 04, you can't do it without overthrowing it.

Now that there is little chance of competing for the championship this season, why not simply do it?

As a result, Schalke 04 decisively became the first Bundesliga team to start preparing for the 2009-10 season.

Of course, this does not mean that they really gave up this season. Rutten believes that after a period of adaptation and running-in at the end of the season, Schalke 04's new tactical system will take shape.

At that time, once the sprint started, other teams might not be able to stop it.

I dare not say that I will definitely be able to qualify for the Champions League, but there is still great hope for qualifying for the European War.

Don't forget, now Schalke 04 is only ranked ninth in the standings.

Moreover, Rutten's somewhat radical decision was supported by Schalke 04 sports director Heert, so the tactical reform did not encounter any obstacles.

Before the end of the training camp in Spain, Schalke 04 played a warm-up match with a local West Second team.

In the first half of the game, Rutten directly showed his new tactics.

Ye Feng started in the defensive midfielder position and played the entire first half of the game.

However, in fact, Ye Feng's performance on both ends of the offense and defense is actually not so impressive.

The reason is simple - he and the two teammates around him don't have a tacit understanding.

Engelal was born as a wide player. Even if he is now playing as a midfielder, he always has a forward heart, especially in the offense, he often moves forward, and often even stands in front of Rakitic, the midfielder. .

And another midfielder, Jones, also saw the dawn of transformation after the team switched to playing three midfielders. After all, who wasn't an all-around midfielder when he was young?

So Jones also rushed forward.

There is no way, Ye Feng can only be dragged to the back, and cannot easily go forward. In this way, his fort will lose its due deterrent power.

Conversely, in defense, the poor tacit understanding also caused the iron gates that should theoretically be leak-proof to collapse again and again.

If the midfield line is divided into three parts, and each of the three has its own defense zone, then if the opponent's midfielder attacks the personal frontal defense zone, the three people will still do a good job.

But once the opponent hits the joint between the three, the problem will come.

For example, just now, Englar gave Ye Feng a look, which means "you come!";

But in Ye Feng's eyes, this look completely means "don't worry, leave it to me!";

Then, the opponent's offensive player swaggered away with the ball in the space between Engelal and Ye Feng, leaving Ye Feng and Engelal looking at each other.

This is how to do?

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