Regarding the current predicament of the French team, especially Pogba's predicament, Deschamps standing on the sidelines can certainly see it.
But he hasn't been able to make too many adjustments yet.
Since the start of the European Cup, the French team has basically designed tactics around Pogba. Of course, it is impossible to replace him suddenly, which will definitely make it difficult for the players to adapt.
Moreover, despite Pogba's usual casual appearance, he is an out-and-out leader in the French team's locker room.
It is precisely because of his presence that he suppressed the various forces in the locker room, allowing everyone to unite and move forward for the goal of the championship.
Why is locker room harmony important?
Just look at Belgium.
Well, don’t look at Belgium, just look at France’s own history.
It can be said that the contradictions in the history of the French national team are no weaker than those of famous contradictions such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and the former Yugoslavia.
Starting more recently, during the 2008 European Cup, there was a conflict between Nasri, a newcomer to the national team at the time, because he took Henry's special seat on the bus.
Central defender Gallas couldn't stand the quarrel with Nasri, and some people even reported that the two had a fight.
The French team throughout the European Cup was like a mess, with 3 games, 1 draw and 2 losses and a humiliating exit.
In the 2010 World Cup, the head coach was still Domenech. The French team tied with Uruguay in the first round. In the second round against Mexico, the French team performed poorly in the first half, 0-0 against Mexico.
During halftime Domenech criticized Anelka's performance, and Anelka directly called him a "son of a bitch."
Domenech communicated with the Football Association and expelled Anelka from the national team, and the French team also lost 0-2 to Mexico in the end of that game.
This is not over yet.
Later, during training before the third round of the group stage, French captain Evra and fitness coach Duverna had a quarrel and even started fighting.
Then all the players of the French team walked onto the bus on the sidelines and directly announced that they would stop training. This scene was directly photographed by reporters on the sidelines.
The French team still lost to South Africa in the last round, and the conflicts between the French team further escalated.
After the French team suffered a humiliating exit in three games with 1 draw and 2 losses, Henry, Evra, Abidal and others all stated that they would fully disclose the truth about the internal strife that occurred during the World Cup.
This incident also shocked the French political circles. French President Sarkozy even assigned the Minister of Sports to go to South Africa for public relations.
In the end, the internal strife ended with many big bosses sealing the deal and Domenech being dismissed from get out of class.
Then, there is the more famous "Benzema incident".
In 2015, Valbuena was blackmailed due to the "videotape incident" and Benzema was considered an accessory. Both of them were expelled from the national team.
Even though Benzema was quickly released and has not been found guilty so far, he has never entered the national team again.
It is a strange thing in itself that Real Madrid's leading center forward cannot play for the country, but Deschamps has no choice but to make this choice for the sake of the atmosphere in the locker room. After all, there is Giroud, right?
Because of this, Deschamps will not touch Pogba's leadership position in the locker room and core position on the court unless absolutely necessary.
If it leads to disunity and the French team becomes the contradictory French team again, it might as well just raise the white flag - they are familiar with it anyway.
"Our biggest problem now is that we can't get the ball forward quickly. Whether it's Pogba or Griezmann, they are all restricted. They always have 4-5 people coming to attack. We are too passive. "
Assistant coach Guy, standing next to Deschamps, also frowned.
"The main reason is that our tactical flexibility is far inferior to Pan Yi." Deschamps shook his head and sighed.
There is no shame in admitting that he is weaker than Pan Yi, and Deschamps does not hide it in front of his most trusted assistant.
He knows that the French team is now overly dependent on Pogba, which is a very serious problem, and Pan Yi arranges tactics precisely around this point.
The benefits of having a core are obvious, because as long as you liberate the core and provide space for the core to perform, he will be able to lead the team to perform smooth offense and defense;
But the disadvantages of having a core are also very obvious. Once your core is contained, your team as a whole will also be affected.
This is called making one wrong move and losing the whole game!
Why can't France advance the ball faster? Just because of this, Pogba was strangled to death!
However, if France changes its focus to the wings at this time, it will be equivalent to giving up space in the center to its opponents. Pogba's situation may be even more embarrassing than now.
More importantly, the Swedish team did not send anyone to mark Pogba throughout the game, but used a rotation method. Sometimes it was Wenblum who was facing him, sometimes it was Isak who was retreating, and sometimes it was Isak who was retreating. It's Larsson who moves into the midfield again.
This resulted in Pogba being unable to hide, and Sweden did not even have to pay the price of "losing his son" for this.
"Otherwise, why don't we add an extra midfielder?" Guy suggested. "Or just let Griezmann stay in the midfield position, change the formation to 4-4-2, and fight them in the midfield."
"Hmm... wait a minute, let's wait and see after the first half." Deschamps thought about it for a while, but rejected it first.
If Pogba is France's engine, then Griezmann is the lubricant in the frontcourt. His importance is not much less than Pogba's.
He moved around as a forward, attacking midfielder, winger, and midfielder, connecting all the French offensive personnel in the midfield and frontcourt.
His free and agile movement, skillful ball control and decisive shooting can be said to have improved the French team's offensive power by more than one level.
So, in the eyes of some people, why does Griezmann, who has relatively average technical characteristics, no absolute speed, no gorgeous passing skills, and no tough physique, occupy such an important position in the star-studded French team?
The answer is his super high golf IQ and extremely stable technical ability in high-speed running.
When playing for Atletico Madrid, Griezmann was the team's unwavering offensive core and the first starting point for the team's counterattack.
While in the national team, next to Giroud, he demonstrated his excellent ability to connect, organize, cooperate and play ball in a small area.
Coupled with abundant physical fitness, excellent tactical execution, and tireless running, Griezmann has become the favorite of coaches such as Simeone and Deschamps.
Therefore, if Griezmann's position is fixed and he is so deep in the midfield, he may not be able to fully play his role.
Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of France's offense, Deschamps decided not to make any adjustments to the players on the field for the time being.
After all, the situation is still balanced now...
Well, Sweden seems to be in control now, but at least the score hasn't changed, right? ——
On the other side, Pan Yi was also chatting with his assistants.
After experiencing some chaos at the beginning, the Swedish team quickly entered the state and reflected the effects of the secret training in the past few days on the court.
In particular, the switch from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 and the targeted defense of the French midfielder were done very well. Counterattacks and offensive coordination also created a lot of threats.
This also surprised Arteta and Scaloni.
"To be honest, boss, when you said you wanted to play a 3-4-3 formation, I thought you were crazy, because it seems that there is no soil for this tactic in the Swedish team." Arteta shook his head. .
Scaloni also said: "Yeah, I think so too. Especially letting Larsson play as a right back... I won't do it even if I play a hundred games. After all, there have been two outstanding performances before. Right back."
Arteta kept shaking his head: "But the boss just created such an effective three-center-back system from the Swedish team, which itself is relatively lacking in talent... I can only say that I feel that I I will never be able to keep up with the leader’s way of thinking for the rest of my life.”
Pan Yi listened to them boasting about himself, but he just smiled and said nothing.
For basic exercises, don’t sit down.
What he is thinking more about now is how Deschamps will adjust.
With the current situation in France, there is only one choice available, and that is to regain balance with the Swedish team in the midfield.
This requires them to invest at least one more force in the midfield, either from the front line or from the back line.
The Swedish team has a wide range of movement in the frontcourt. Isaac and Guidetti take turns posing threats to the wing. At this time, it is obviously impossible to pull a player from the back line. The risk is too great. !
But if one needs to be withdrawn from the front line, who should be withdrawn?
Giroud himself is a relatively forward center, so it is unrealistic for him to retreat first.
In addition, the current Swedish team's defense, especially the two central defenders, are very aware of Giroud's limitations, and they are afraid of Giroud's fulcrum role and his shooting skills that are comparable to Ibrahimovic.
If Giroud is really allowed to retreat, Sweden's defense will be liberated and it will give more support to the midfield. Wouldn't it be self-defeating?
Paye? It was a choice for him.
He is a player who can play as a left winger, right winger, and attacking midfielder, and his technical characteristics are more in passing and shooting after breaking through with the ball.
Griezmann? Seems better.
After all, his abilities are more comprehensive and he can perform to a certain level in the central midfielder position and even as a defensive midfielder.
But the problem is that whether Payet or Griezmann is removed, France's offense will be severely weakened, and Deschamps cannot accept this yet.
Because he also knows very well that just one goal can completely change the current situation, so he wants to continue to support and continue to play around Pogba.
Deschamps once wanted to use the space created by Augustin to create an issue, allowing Payet to hit behind him;
However, Swedish midfielder Wenblum is getting more and more into the state. After Augustinsson assists, he can often firmly block the left side, freezing the threat of Payet, so that the latter has never been able to create a killing opportunity.
In addition, Pan Yi himself is also very aware of the risks of full-backs pushing forward, so he exclusively plays on the left.
Larsson on the right, his main task is to move in to the midfielder position to assist the midfielder, basically not pushing forward.
Occasionally participates in attacks, that is, through balls and diagonal passes in the midfield position, and rarely advances to the frontcourt.
In this way, the Swedish team's defense ensures that there is one more man than France's offensive personnel at all times.
There is one more player in the midfield and one more player in the backcourt. In this way, the Swedish team's advantage will naturally be obvious, and the defense will naturally become stronger.
Of course, the so-called "more" does not mean that the Swedish team can play more than 11 players, but it is caused by running.
Just like Isaac and Guidetti, their positions are on the wing, hovering around Ibrahimovic.
Once the Swedish team launches an attack and counterattack, any one of them can advance to the front line and then cooperate with Ibrahimovic. Especially when Isak moves forward, he can directly become a double forward.
When defending, the two wingers would often retreat to the midfield position and join several brothers in harassing Pogba.
Players' positions on the court are not fixed, but they are constantly moving and running.
This is the characteristic of modern football. Whoever is better at flowing according to the situation and creating a numerical advantage in a local area will be able to control a game!
Now, Sweden is controlling the tempo of the game.
Since Deschamps must be thinking about how to disrupt Sweden's rhythm by scoring first, this will also force the French to press out in the first half.
But if the French team really presses out, then Sweden's counterattack will come.
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If the Swedish team relies on Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt and Forsberg in the midfield, then Lindelof relies on Lindelof in the backcourt.
What Pan Yi is most satisfied with about him is not his increasing defensive stability and sophistication, but his increasingly excellent positioning sense and off-the-ball coordination ability, and of course his special skill-playing the ball. ability.
It can be said that from the European Cup to the present, the Swedish team has continued to improve, and Lindelof is the representative figure.
In the concept of modern football, even the goalkeeper is often responsible for delivering the ball, let alone a defender?
If even the defender can't play the ball, then when the opponent's forward presses, won't he have to give up the ball, or simply have the ball intercepted and score a goal?
In this Swedish team, since Isaksson is a traditional goalkeeper and Granqvist is a traditional central defender, and both of them are in their thirties, there is no room for plasticity;
Under such a premise, how important it is to have Lindelof, who is not yet 22 years old, who can play the ball stably!
Now he has received personal guidance from Pan Yi and has grown rapidly during the European Cup.
Whether it is sending shells directly forward on the back line, passing the ball to both sides when playing in the central defender position, or responding to teammates when they get the ball on the wing, they are all done very well.
This also means that he is one step closer to the world's top ball-playing central defender!
Just like this time on the court, the game has reached the 40th minute, five minutes before the end of the first half.
Weinblum was watched tightly by Kanter and there was no place for the ball.
Because whether it is Forsberg or Lukusevski, these two passing routes are restricted, and even Larsson, who is coming in, is being restrained by Payet.
If it cannot be divided to the left, then Weinblum can only pass back.
But the return pass represents reorganization and the opportunity for France's defense to reorganize.
At this moment, Lindelof raised his hand and ran forward, running out of a space.
Upon seeing this, Weinblum quickly distributed the ball, and the ball came to Lindelof just in time. After receiving the ball, the latter began to advance along the right wing.
When the ball approached the right, Guidetti also moved over immediately, attracting Evra's attention.
This immediately caused France's entire defense to tilt to the right. After all, the Swedish team now made it clear that they wanted to play on their right. If their defense did not shift accordingly, they would be easily defeated by the Swedish team.
But when France's overall defensive center of gravity tilted towards Evra's side, Lindelof noticed that on his left side, Lukusevski had already run into an unguarded area.
This was a reverse diagonal pass. Lukusevski, who was originally standing in the midfield position on the right, quietly ran to the left!
This should have been Sania's control area, but now the whole area is tilted to the right, and Sania did not notice a yellow figure appearing in the large open space on the left.
Lindelof immediately made a long diagonal pass and directly transferred the ball from the right to the left.
Where the curve ball passed, many French players looked up and were surprised for the first time because they realized that Lukusevski appeared on the left, and no one was there to defend it.
He saw Lukusevski stopping the ball in front of him, then accelerating to catch up, and with a powerful move, he quickly launched an attack from the left, and soon arrived at the front of France's penalty area.
Isaac quickly came over to respond, and Matuidi quickly followed him and ran to the left.
But Isaac just made an emergency stop, turned around and ran along the front of the penalty area.
Matuidi saw that Lukusevski had already brought the ball over, so he could only leave Isaac behind and defend Lukusevski.
This can be regarded as wiping the butt of Sagna who is out of position.
But Lukusevski didn't wait for Matuidi to come over, and directly passed the ball to Isaac's feet.
After the young Swedish forward received a pass from Lukusevski, he penetrated into the penalty area. The direction of his cut was directly facing the goal, facing Lloris!
At this time, French central defender Umtiti had also run back. Seeing that Isaac seemed to be about to shoot, he was shocked and rushed forward, preparing to block the shot.
But Isaac flicked his ankle and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic, who had been waiting for a long time on the right side.
What Ibrahimovic did next was simple, he straightened up his long legs and fired a clean low kick.
The ball went into the goal from Lori's left side.
"...The ball has gone in, Sweden has scored!!!!"
I saw Ibrahimovic standing there with his arms raised while the on-site commentator was shouting.
And his teammates rushed forward excitedly and hugged their God!
The Swedish fans, who did not account for a large proportion of the stadium, finally erupted in an amazing voice. They were all excited for the team's goal!
Of course, among the celebrating crowd, the two monks and Taoist priests stood out...
“In the 42nd minute, the Swedish team had Lukusevski and Isaac forming a cooperation on the left. Isaac penetrated into the penalty area and scored the ball. Finally, Ibrahimovic scored a goal that broke the deadlock on the field. The ball helped Sweden take a 1:0 lead!"
"A very beautiful team goal. From Lindelof's transfer on the right to Lukusevski's rapid advancement on the left, the Swedish team played very actively on the wing, and France's wing defense was once again A fatal mistake was revealed.”
When the TV replayed the entire goal in slow motion, everyone could see that when Lindelof moved to the left to Lukusevski, the radius with Lukusevski as the center was In an area of about 10 meters, no one participated in the defense at all.
Such a large distance allowed Lukusevski to dribble the ball calmly and advance calmly. Then, even when Isaac pulled to the left to respond, the French defense failed to react and make quick adjustments immediately. .
It can be said that Ibrahimovic's goal is inevitable because the loopholes in front are too big.
"It's really inappropriate. This can be said to be a goal lost due to France's own mistakes!" The on-site commentator was full of regret this time. After all, the French team is the host.
And now anyone can see that after being scored by the Swedish team, France had to fight with its last resort.
But facing the team led by Pan Yi, once it enters such a situation, it seems that it will not be so optimistic.
At this time, when the TV broadcast camera showed Pan Yi, who was celebrating with Scaloni and Arteta, high-fiving, the commentator sighed sadly.
"Pan Yi's tactics are as unpredictable as ever, and his strategizing is as frightening as ever, making his opponents fearful."
"At the beginning, we were all puzzled and strange about the starting lineup of the Swedish team. But during the game, we were surprised to find that the position and playing style of every player in the Swedish team were deliberately arranged by Pan Yi .”
"For example, right back Larsson's regular adduction strengthened the midfield defense, Lukusevski's active running opened up more spaces, and of course Lindelof's bold forward penetration, and His final diagonal pass..."
"It can be said that he is tactically ahead of Deschamps again!"
The whistle that ended the first half sounded quickly.
The French players walked off the court, all breathing heavily.
They are all players who play in the top league and have experienced fierce competition in a busy season that has just ended.
After finally waiting until the end of the league, they started intense training again, and then came to participate in the European Cup, which was a major challenge to their physical fitness.
Of course, the bigger challenge now is that the Swedish team is ahead. What should they do in the second half?
As the head coach, Deschamps was of course encouraging his disciples. He stood in the player tunnel, high-fiving them one by one, indicating that he would make corresponding adjustments after they arrived in the locker room!
"Don't be afraid, we will come back in the second half!"
Deschamps tells everyone this.
Then when all the players entered the locker room, Pogba was not seen coming.
Deschamps was a little surprised and waited for a short while, but the halftime break was urgent, so he didn't wait any longer and went into the locker room.
Many players in the locker room were sitting on soft chairs, and some even lay down.
The team's masseurs are taking the time to relax them and massage their muscles, hoping to help them recover more physical fitness as soon as possible in the remaining 15 minutes and continue to participate in the game in the second half.
"Guys!" Deschamps spoke in a high tone as soon as he came in, trying to cheer everyone up.
"I believe you have all seen the situation in the first half. We are temporarily behind 0:1!"
"This is not your responsibility, it is me. I am the reason why the team is lagging behind!" Deschamps sighed deeply, "I..."
But before Deschamps finished speaking, the door to the locker room was opened and Pogba walked in.
"The responsibility is on me," Pogba said, "but I've settled it now."
"????" All the players and coaches in the locker room had black question mark faces.
Pogba did not perform well as the core of the midfield, but the coaching problem should be more responsible.
After all, he did make a miscalculation in the head-to-head confrontation with Pan Yi, hampering the opponent in every way.
However, isn't the coach solving the problem now? As a player, how can you solve the problem at halftime?
"The Swedish team is ahead of us. It must be because the two mages invited by Pan Yi are doing it, and their magic suppresses my wizard."
As he said this, Pogba couldn't hold back his smile and showed his big white teeth:
"But they couldn't do it in the second half, because I already called our stadium management and kicked them both out of the stadium! Haha!" (End of Chapter)
