Chapter 267: Ways to Deal with Glory (7000)
In the 11th round of the league, Glory scored again.
This time his opponent was Eintracht Frankfurt. Werder Bremen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 at home to score their second goal.
Eintracht Frankfurt had just equalised when Glory took the lead again with a long-range shot.
Glory's performance made the entire Weser Stadium go crazy.
In the twelfth round, Werder Bremen swept Hannover 96 5:1 away, and Werder scored a goal again.
In the thirteenth round of the league, Werder Bremen defeated Bochum 3:1 at home, although Rongguang did not score, he used his breakthrough to disrupt Bochum's back line many times and helped Werder Bremen beat Bochum at home.
In the 14th round of the league, Werder Bremen challenged Hamburg away, and the two sides ended up in a 2:2 draw.
Glory scored twice in this game. It was his second brace of the season.
Two of his goals saved Werder Bremen from defeat.
"This is Werder Bremen's smartest signing of the season! Not only have we strengthened ourselves, but we have also weakened our rival Bayern Munich! Bayern Munich was forced to draw 2:2 at home by Cologne in this round of the league, and Heathfield has already felt the threat of dismissal! And we're at the top of the list! β
After the game, Bremen's local media Waiser Courier reported the match in such a cheerful tone, and the praise for the glory was overflowing.
Why did the local media in Bremen specifically mention Bayern Munich?
Because the next round of the league is Werder Bremen's home Bayern Munich game.
Although Bayern Munich's current ranking is not ideal, Bremen still does not dare to take it lightly, after all, Bayern Munich is the hegemon of the Bundesliga, and the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the residual power still exists. Werder Bremen did not dare to hold on at home.
Looking at the current standings, Werder Bremen are top of the table with 35 points, but their top spot is not safe.
Because second-placed Stuttgart also has 34 points, just one point less than Werder Bremen.
If they lose at home to Bayern Munich, or are held to a draw by Bayern Munich, then the top spot in the league could not be guaranteed.
Schaaf is looking to win the winter title.
Because in the history of the Bundesliga, 80% of the teams that can win the winter championship have gone on to become league champions.
Winning the winter championship means winning the league championship.
This **** makes Schaaf attach great importance to every game before the winter break.
Playing Bayern Munich at home, this is the best time to beat Bayern Munich.
The defeat to Bayern Munich has a very important symbolic significance.
Bayern Munich has long been the hegemon of the Bundesliga, and for other Bundesliga teams, it is almost like a giant.
If we can beat a team like Bayern Munich, it will be a very significant morale boost for Werder Bremen, and it can also greatly boost the confidence of the players, which will be much better for the next games.
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At the same time, Bayern Munich also took this game very seriously.
In the 14th round of the league, after Bayern Munich was forced to draw by Cologne at home, Heathfield was under great pressure.
So far, Bayern Munich are fourth in the league with 28 points, a full seven points away from league leaders Werder Bremen.
This embarrassed the defending champions.
The next direct dialogue with Werder Bremen will be the best time for them to close the gap between the two sides.
Meanwhile, for some personal reasons, Heathfield is also keen to beat Werder Bremen away from home.
For this reason, it is no longer a matter of a day or two for him to study Werder Bremen.
In fact, he has been preparing for this contest since he drew a circle on December 6 on the calendar.
He studied Werder Bremen, with a greater focus on glory.
He had to put away his dislike for Glory, study Glory carefully and carefully, why would he behave so well after he went to Werder Bremen, slapping himself in the face game after game.
In order to be able to defeat Glory and Werder Bremen, Heathfield didn't even want face.
But it's ironic β if he had done it earlier, perhaps he wouldn't have had to gnash his teeth at this point, and would have in turn given Bayern Munich's opponents a headache for glory.
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In Bayern Munich's tactical class today, Heathfield showed the players a video of the game of Werder Bremen, and unlike usual, the protagonist of today's game video is only one person, not a team.
That's glory.
"I'm sure you're no stranger to him, but you certainly don't know him well enough. In fact, I don't know him well enough......" Heathfield laughed to himself, but didn't provoke laughter.
Bayern Munich's players are not fools either, and everyone knows how much headache their former team-mate has given the manager, and he can laugh at himself, but he will never be happy that others will laugh at him......
So no one laughed.
Besides, it's not funny.
It was their teammate, but now they have become their opponent, and they are still a very threatening opponent.
Glory's performance in the Bundesliga this season is enough to blind many people's eyes, making many Bayern Munich players ashamed of themselves, the reason why they can stay in Bayern Munich is just that they are older, in terms of performance, it is really not as good as Glory.
Glory's performance embarrassed many Bayern Munich players.
ββ¦β¦ The main reason why Werder Bremen have been able to rank first this season is because of their strong attack. "Heathfield, after laughing at himself, began to give tactics lessons to his disciples." In 14 league games, they have scored 42 goals, the most in the league. And the reason why they have such a performance is inseparable from Rong's outburst. β
With that, Heathfield began to play a clip of the glorious game.
This is all sorted out by the video coach, which gathers all kinds of performances of Glory in the game, cuts them in a targeted manner, and then shows them to the players.
With the coach's explanation, the players can easily understand Glory's playing habits, his strengths and weaknesses, so as to find a way to deal with him in the game.
Such a close study of a Bayern Munich player who has been loaned out is really rare for the Bayern Munich players themselves.
The players who have been loaned out in the past are not needed by the team, and the team does not need him because there are better players than him in the same position in the team.
But Glory is the exception.
"Through the video, we can see that Rong's style of play and habits, his speed is fast, so he prefers to break through in a straight line. This kind of breakthrough is basically unsolvable when there is enough space. β
Pictured here is Glory's first game for Werder Bremen, where he scored his first goal against Borussia Dortmund.
A beautiful 360-degree turn, then a straight acceleration, completely shaking off all the Dortmund players and hitting the ball into the goal.
Everyone is no stranger to this person, so there is no exclamation in the house.
After that game, Glory's goal was broadcast many times on German television, and he had already made a name for himself throughout Germany.
The next few glorious goals and successful dribbles have the shadow of this straight line breakthrough in them.
Even if the route is not exactly a straight line, but there are some twists and turns, the general direction is a vertical breakthrough, unlike some players who like to dribble horizontally to find space. Glory's personal style is very strong.
'He rarely passes the ball, as soon as the ball is at his feet, it's basically a belt. Of course, Werder Bremen don't need him to pass the ball, they have Miku in midfield. At present, Werder Bremen's attack mainly relies on the front trident, that is, Miku, Krasnic and Young. The three have a clear division of labor, and Miku is responsible for organizing the attack and delivering various passes. KrasniΔ is more versatile, with height and speed, can shoot, can protect the ball, he is the fulcrum of the attack in the frontcourt, and at the same time captures the fighter to shoot and score. In Bremen's tactics, Young's role is simple, it is to break through and shoot - shoot yourself if you can, break through the opponent's defense when you can't, and then either shoot or divide the ball. Note that the ball is his last resort, a choice made out of necessity. β
Glory plays a bit of a game, partly for his personal reasons β he only has a big prize money when he scores, so he prefers to shoot himself.
This can be seen from his technical statistics.
He played in ten league games and scored eight goals with just one assist.
So in Heathfield's view, Glory is definitely not the kind of player who likes to assist his teammates, he is more "selfish".
Another reason is Shaf's tactical arrangement, Shaaf obviously also discovered Glory's selfish side, so he did not force him to have to be legendary to his teammates in the tactics, but encouraged him to play on his own and shoot whenever he can. This seemingly doting approach has been rewarded with unexpected good results.
Glory Athletic is in excellent form, and this indulgent tactics have allowed him to play an amazing game, scoring eight goals, and he is already the top scorer in the Werder Bremen team.
"Rong's straight-line breakthrough and speed are his greatest surprises, relying on this to disrupt the opponent's defense. Even if he can't score, his breakthrough can attract the attention of the opposition's defense, because it is difficult for one person to defend against him in a frontal defense. This requires more defensive builds, so that there are fewer defenders in other positions and much looser defence against the other Werder Bremen players......
"So in this game, the most important thing for us is not to give Rong the space and time to play freely. Be sure to limit his ability to move around the edge of the box and in the box. Wolfsburg's German Cup match against Werder Bremen can give us some references. Although they eventually lost the game, their first twenty minutes of restraint on Rong were very successful. And the goal they conceded showed that they didn't strictly follow their own tactics. First of all, look at the goal ......"
On the projection screen, a shot of the ball that shines into Wolfsburg appears.
Borowski passed the football to Rongguang, who took the initiative to meet the ball and did not choose to wait where he was.
Glory then stumbled on his feet, but with a beautiful turn he got past Calhan, who was defending him.
Heathfield pressed the pause button.
He uses a laser pointer to draw circles on the screen.
"Here, notice that there is only one Karhan defending Rong. It is difficult for a Wolfsburg player to stop the agile and fast Rong. In previous matches, Rong always had at least two players on his side, but this time, there was only one man. So Calhan was broken through. Next ......"
The pause ends, and the recording resumes.
Glory passed Hans Sappe with a stop-and-go change of direction.
Pause again.
"Look, it's still a man, a Wolfsburg player coming up to defend Rong."
Continue playing.
Calhan catches up from behind to tackle.
"Still alone."
Ponce, Schnoor and Ned Zippi then surrounded Glory, but they still let Glory run out of the encirclement and score.
"It doesn't matter anymore. If we had allowed him to break through like this, but the three of them had already failed to surround him at the edge of the penalty area. Why did this happen? Rong used various breakthroughs to get past one Wolfsburg player after another, thus disrupting the Wolfsburg defence, leaving their defense completely in disarray. It's not far from conceding a goal. For what Rong will be able to break each one? Because Wolfsburg gave him too much space. β
A floor plan of the course appears on the screen with a red dot near the center circle.
"This was where Rong received the ball for the first time, and there was a distance of about forty meters to his final shot. Forty meters of space is simply for Rong to run openly. Because of his speed, Wolfsburg's players couldn't catch up with him at all, and they could only come up one by one and be broken by him. If Calhan had been quicker when he was chasing back, things would have been different. But it's a pity that his speed is too slow...... Therefore, when we meet Rong, we will never be able to give him such an opportunity. No matter where he is, there must be at least two men to defend him. β
Heathfield doesn't care about glorious passing. There is only one assist, which shows that Rongguang is very selfish, and he will not pass the ball until he has to. Especially when he is very close to goal, he will not pass the ball, he would definitely rather shoot than pass the ball to his teammates.
In this way, it is much easier to defend, as long as his space is completely sealed, he will have no way.