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It is a challenge for Van Nistelrooy's physical fitness to let Van Nistelrooy and himself complete two away games within four days and add up to dozens of hours of travel. Identity took part in this long-distance trip with Fan Ni and Chen Zhuo.

Although the transformation and increase of the pink muscle group through nutrition and training is not bad, after all, Van Nistelrooy is 34 years old. As an ordinary person, this age is in the prime of life, but for a professional football player, physical fitness and competition The state is already in the landslide and recession period after the peak, which has to be admitted.

Knowing that it might affect Van Nistelrooy's physical fitness and competitive state, Chen Zhuo still proposed, and Moniz did not object in the end, which means that Chen Zhuo must have a purpose.

In fact, if it wasn't for the impact of the cancellation of European flights, Chen Zhuo would probably have arranged for more players to come to Hoffenheim, because this is not just a Bundesliga match. According to the compiled information, the overall style of Hoffenheim is very similar to that of the Fulham team!Because Hoffenheim's current head coach Ralph Rangnick's coaching philosophy is deeply influenced by the theory of the "English model", that is, Hodgson!

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Among the information collected about Rangnick, there is a short video, which was a famous sports program in Germany in December 1998. Ralph Rangnick, who was teaching in Ulm, Germany, was holding a magnetic tactical board in the short clip , explaining the four-back parallel position and zone defense tactics he adopted.

At that time, for Germany, where most teams were using the sweeper defensive system, Rangnick's England 4-4-2 model was ridiculed as useless, so Rangnick got a mocking nickname "Professor".

In the next few years, Rangnick took his "four-back parallel position and zone defense" tactical system in the Bundesliga Bundesliga ups and downs. During his stay in Stuttgart, he was not bad, and then led Hannover from the Bundesliga Bundesliga. level, and then won two league runner-ups and a cup runner-up in the two seasons of Schalke 04, and is also the coach with the best coaching performance of Schalke, the "Royal Blue Army", with 44 points in 88 games Even surpassed the former coach Heynckes.

In 06, Rangnick accepted Hope's sincere invitation to come to Hoffenheim. At this time, Hoffenheim was still a third-tier team. Created the "Huo Village Miracle" of being promoted to the second division in the 0607 season, promoted to the first division in the 0708 season, and winning the half championship in the first half of the 0809 season!

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People are always used to paying attention to the winners, and to understand and summarize their victories according to their own habitual thinking. For the "Miracle of Huo Village", people are very used to thinking of Chelsea owner Abramovich and the Arab consortium behind Manchester City. Nick's tactical system is rarely talked about.

Hope is different from Abramovich and the Arab consortium. A large part of Hope's investment is used for hardware investment. The construction of two stadiums and Hoffenheim's training facilities alone cost 9000 million euros. 4000 million euros are used for the upgrade of youth training facilities, which allows Hoffenheim to have the hardware facilities second only to Bayern in the Bundesliga.

From taking over in 1990 to being promoted to the first class in 07, the total investment in 17 years was 1.75 million euros, of which 1.3 million was spent on hardware. This investment is completely different from Abramovich and the Arab consortium who spend a lot of money on signings. In terms of signings, Hope only invested 2500 million euros in total, and the remaining 00 million euros in charge of the team's daily expenses are the reserve funds for the team's management team through loans.

Therefore, it is unfair to call Hoffenheim the "Chelsea of ​​the Bundesliga" or "Manchester City of the Bundesliga". The only common surname of the three teams is that they all wear blue jerseys at home.

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For Ralph Rangnick, he is more than ten years younger than Hodgson and Horton. Rangnick was just a low-level league player in the player era. Will's fourth-tier club retired and transferred to Stuttgart's second team to coach.

During Rangnick's tenure as a player, the "England model" of the four-back parallel position and the theory of zone defense has begun to compete with the "scavenger" system in football. At the beginning of Rangnick's coaching, there is no doubt that he will be received as he was then. Zhongtian had a major influence on the AC Milan team with the "Three Musketeers of the Netherlands". At that time, Rangnick would record every Milan game coached by Sacchi for analysis and learning.

While studying the AC Milan game, Rangnick also became very interested in the coaching and tactics of another team, that is, the Italian club Foggia, which had two home and away games against the mighty Mulan in the 1989 season. The first Serie A season.

In 1989, under the leadership of the Czech coach Zeman, the Foggia team jumped twice in two years and was promoted from the Italian C-League to the First Division. Qualifications.

At that time, Eastern European teams and Northern European teams were basically influenced by Horton and Hodgson's theory, and Czech coach Zeman was no exception. Therefore, in Rangnick's later coaching style, Sacchi and Zeman could be revealed from time to time. shadow.

After taking over Hoffenheim in 06, the two-year double jump and the half-time Bundesliga championship in his debut season seem to be a replica of Foggia years ago, or Rangnick also used this method to do to his teacher Zeman. tribute.

(Fives)

After going back to the source, let's analyze Hoffenheim's tactical system, which is very easy to explain.

The tactic of four defenders standing in parallel is more conducive to the defense of the side than the sweeper tactical system. After all, in the sweeper tactical system, there is a central defender who always drags behind the back line. In terms of the distance between them, the opponent can ambush from the two sides to the back of the full-back and get down quickly without offside.

Of course, all tactics have advantages and disadvantages. Parallel positioning tactics have high requirements on the one-on-one defensive ability of the four defenders, because behind them is the goalkeeper, and there is no sweeper behind them to provide support.

Horton's failure in China was also due to the weak one-on-one defensive ability of the Chinese defenders. No matter which of the four defenders made a mistake, it would be a fatal blow.

Using four backs in a parallel position and zone defense to strengthen the defense on the side, in the center is strengthened by double midfielders, in fact, when the two backs take turns to insert assists, it can even be understood as four players in the midfield It is the defender, the two central defenders are double sweepers, and the two full-backs are two fast horses ambushing behind the midfielder. If you understand it this way, you will not say that the midfielder's defensive ability is weaker. question.

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In Hoffenheim's tactics, the shadow of AC Milan in the Sacchi era can also be vaguely seen.

At that time, AC Milan, which was flourishing in the sky, did not stick to the parallel position of the four backs or the three-front and one-back position of the sweeper system. Everything depends on the opponent's wing breakthrough ability. Against a winger with strong winger speed For a fast team, Sacchi will also let the sweeper Baresi and the marking center back Costacurta adopt a parallel zone defense mode.

Hoffenheim's two central defenders are obviously not comparable to Baresi and Costacurta in terms of personal ability. The 31-year-old Croatian central defender Simunić and the 18-year-old Alex form a double central defender. It is an old man with a new man, and he is also a double high defender. Simunić is 1 meters and Alex is 95 meters.

This double-high combination is somewhat similar to Fulham's Hangeland and Smalling double-high, but on Hoffenheim's list, the 18-year-old Alex is on the bench, and the other is on loan from Fiorentina. Marvin Campbell and Simunić partnered.

This combination is very similar to the combination of Hangeland and Baird in the game between Fulham and Hamburg just after the end, controlling the first and second points respectively.

For the Hamburg team and Chen Zhuo's "double free agents", this is also a preview for Fulham. Chen Zhuo and Ruud van Nistelrooy will practice how to break through the last line of defense where the four defenders stand in parallel.

Compared with Fulham's viciousness, Hoffenheim also has this characteristic. Simunić and Marvin Campbell have a high frequency of cards, and Simunić also had a game in the 06 World Cup in Germany because the referee A funny case of negligently receiving three yellow cards.

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Among the shadows of AC Milan, the most indelible are these few, the Dutch Three Musketeers, left back Maldini, left midfielder Ronaldinho, point-grabbing monster Inzaghi, and free kick master Pirlo, these are in Hoffenheim , there are some copycat versions.

Shanzhai Rijkaard is a 1-meter Brazilian midfielder Gustavo. This player born in 87 was loaned by Hoffenheim in a low-level league in Brazil in the 1987 season. Using the priority to sign for 07 million euros, this player has now been favored by Bayern, and the offer has exceeded 08 million euros.

Carlos Eduardo, known as the copycat Ronaldinho in Brazil, is also a Brazilian player. He was recruited by Hoffenheim before the Bundesliga debut season. The transfer fee paid to Gremio in Brazil was 800 million euros. Now Eduardo's worth has risen to 00 million euros.

Known as the copycat Eto'o, Nigerian striker Obasi has the same size and speed as the African cheetah, and adapts well to Hoffenheim's direct pass counterattack system.

Known as the copycat Inzaghi, Bosnian striker Ibisevic, Obasi and Eduardo were introduced to Hoffenheim before the 08 season, and only cost Hoffenheim a transfer fee of 25 euros Ibisevic can be said to be of good quality and low price. In the half-time championship of Huo Cun's miracle, it is inseparable from Ibisevic's high-yield goal scoring of 17 goals in 18 league games.

During the winter break of the 0809 season, Ibisevic suffered a cruciate ligament strain in a warm-up match, and it took more than five months to heal. At the beginning of the 5-0910 season, he scored a hat-trick against Hertha Berlin in the third round. The degree is satisfactory.

By the way, in the warm-up match when Ibisevic was injured, the opponent was the Hamburg team...

At the same price as Ibisevic, the right midfielder Salihovic, who is also a Bosnian player, is already a veteran of Hoffenheim.

He is also currently the only player who has completed the triple jump from the third division with Hoffenheim and has played the main position in the team's three leagues. Hoffenheim improved a lot together.The player who fled the war to Germany at the age of 8 and later joined the Hertha Berlin youth academy, as the captain of Hoffenheim, has no objections.

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Forwards "Counter Eto'o" Obasi and "Counter Inzaghi" Ibisevic both started today, which is a test for the two "hinges" of the Hamburg team, which is dominated by substitutes.

Four midfielders, the left midfielder is "Copy Ronaldinho" Eduardo, the right midfielder is "Bundesliga Assist King" Salihovic, and the double defensive midfielders include "Copy Rijkaard" Gustavo and Tobia Weiss, among the four players, Weiss, who was transferred from Stuttgart, is the main player transferred from the 07 Bundesliga season and is currently in the German national team's squad.

The four guards played today are Marvin Campbell and Simunic, the right back is Andreas Baker, who is currently on the squad for the national team, and the left back is the 32-year-old Brazilian defender Christian, who is also on the field. The oldest player.

The similarity with Fulham's defense is that both the left and right fullbacks are both offensive and defensive. The left back of the two fullbacks is one of the weaknesses, and the combined style of the two central defenders is also very similar. So Chen Zhuo and Van Nistelrooy, the "double free man" combination, took Hoffenheim as a warm-up model, which is really suitable!

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