The training time during the winter break is very precious, and it can be said to be racing against time.

On the second day after arriving at Marbella, Gao Han not only continued to craft the team's defense during training, but also directly brought the players into two sets of lineups in the group match, namely 433 and 343.

Among them, Gao Han is most interested in the three, four and three formations, and he has arranged a set of half main lineups.

Goalkeeper Neuer, the three defenders are Badstuber on the left, Hummels is in the center, and Jerome Boateng is on the right.

The midfield is parallel, from left to right, Marcelo, Schweinsteiger, Modric and Ram.

The frontcourt tridents are Ribery, Kloze and Robben.

But after playing for half a game with this lineup, Gao Han changed to another style of play.

The defense line remains unchanged, the midfield adopts a small diamond position, and the two wing forwards take in, becoming Schweinsteiger drags back, Tony Cross and Modric form a double forward, and Thomas Muller is in front.

And on the forward line, Cloze became Aguero.

All the players guessed the head coach's intention, which was debugging the team's formation style.

The final result did not surprise Gao Han.

"Using a parallel midfield position, our midfield will be relatively weak, but our wing offense will be very strong."

The internal confrontation on the court continued, Gao Han and the coaching staff squatted on the sidelines, watching the game and studying the gains.

The advantage of the midfield parallel positioning style is that there are three players on both sides, which not only ensures that the wing has an advantage in the number of players, but also the players' strength advantages, Bayern Munich's offense and defense on both sides will be quite sharp.

Ribery, Marcelo and Badstuber on the left, and Robben, Ram and Jerome Boateng on the right.

With three lines in front, middle and back, the players' distance is kept very tight and the connection is very frequent. In addition to the personal strength advantages, it is completely foreseeable that these two sides will be crushing against other teams in the Bundesliga.

But the flaw is also quite obvious, that is, the middle lane is relatively weak.

If it were the small diamond position in the midfield, the midfield control would be even better. Tony Kroos and Modric were both players with strong ability to take the ball, and with Schweinsteiger, they could ensure Bayern Munich's midfield control.

Thomas Mueller plays as a midfielder, but the range of activities is large. Pulling and running will be the target of headaches for one side of the defense. As long as he forms a good interaction with Aguero, Ribery and Robben, Bayern Munich's frontcourt offense will be quite threatening.

It can even be said that the attack firepower will be very large.

But the weakness is also obvious. The two wingers in the frontcourt have a heavy attack and light defense. Although the two center backs on the left and right can pull the edges, the defense pressure is very high, especially the distance between them is too long, which makes the team's wings easily exploited by the opponent.

"Can you use a large diamond position in the midfield?" Sergio Garcia asked with concern.

Before Gao Han could answer, Tuchel shook his head and said, "No, the midfielder will become very weak, it will be difficult to gain an advantage in the middle and wings, and it will increase the players' running range. This is definitely not a good thing."

This answer won Tuchel's praise from Gao Han.

"That's right, the three, four and three formations emphasize running. According to my preliminary estimate, the overall running distance of players is more than four, three and three. I even think that judging from our current physical conditions, this style of playing may be difficult to last."

The tactical formation that consumes too much is definitely not available for a long time. Even if Gao Han is good at rotation, he cannot ensure that the team's physical reserves can cope with such high-intensity consumption.

So, for the time being, this set of tactical styles is destined to be a substitute plan.

For example, a certain important player is absent.

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Two weeks after Marbella's training camp, Bayern Munich returned to Germany and went to the away game to play a warm-up match with Dusseldorf, but ended up defeating his opponent 2-1 away.

After the warm-up match, the Bundesliga giants returned to the Seberna training base in Munich and focused on preparing for the second half of the game.

But just like the first half, the second half still kicked off with a German Cup.

This time his opponent is Mainz, who is temporarily ranked second in the standings in the Bundesliga.

Mainz's head coach is a young coach who has risen in German football in recent years. Jurgen Klopp, who is only 40 years old. He was once a striker in Mainz and has served as the team's head coach after retiring in 2001.

After coaching Mainz, Klopp brought the mid-range team in the Bundesliga into the Bundesliga and once qualified for the UEFA Cup through a fair competition, but was defeated by Sevilla in the first round of the knockout round.

Last season, Mainz was relegated from the Bundesliga and Klopp announced his retention, intending to bring the team back to the Bundesliga.

Mainz's performance this season has not disappointed him. He is second in the Bundesliga and has the best defensive ability. Currently, he is only behind in the standings and is also relegated, and is determined to return to the Bundesliga.

Although there is a significant gap in strength between the two teams, Klopp's team still left a deep impression on Gao Han in the game with his tough playing style, active pressing and oppressing, and tenacious defense.

Especially the 19-year-old Serbian young player Subotic, who is in charge of the central defender, has caused a lot of trouble for Bayern Munich's offense, and even made the Bundesliga giants come back in vain for most of the game.

"This Jurgen Klopp is not simple." Gao Han said excitedly.

Players are the foundation of a team. Players have strong personal strength. They can formulate appropriate tactics based on the characteristics of the players and give players relatively free space to play. However, if the players are weak, they have to play the whole and rely on the whole to suppress the opponent.

And Jurgen Klopp has built Mainz into an unbreakable whole, and its defense is even more organized like a solid wall, making Bayern Munich's offense difficult to attack.

Tuchel was also a little surprised by this. From Gao Han's words, he could hear his appreciation for Klopp.

Could it be that he is really that outstanding?

"However, his playing style consumes too much physical energy, especially when facing us, under high-intensity pressure, the consumption is even more amazing." Gao Han said this, smiled faintly, turned his head and looked at the tall and strong German middle-aged man with a beard. "The last thirty minutes were his nightmare."

Facts have proved that Gao Han's judgment is correct at all.

After struggling for 60 minutes, Mainz finally couldn't hold on.

From the 63rd minute, Bayern Munich scored three consecutive goals and finally defeated Mainz 3-0.

Tuchel also noticed that after the whistle rang at the end of the game, there was no surprise on Gao Han's face of winning, as if this game had been expected.

Mainz head coach Jurgen Klopp, who played at home, stepped forward to the visiting team coach's seat and took the initiative to shake hands with Gao Han, congratulating Bayern Munich on his victory. He said that he was convinced of his loss.

"When we return to the Bundesliga and meet again, you won't win so easily." Although we lost the game and lost completely, Klopp was still full of fighting spirit and there was no trace of depression on his face.

Gao Han smiled slightly, "Then you have to think about optimizing your player configuration first."

"oh?"

"We Chinese have an old saying, "It's easy to break even if you're too tough. Your team is very fierce, too aggressive and too much physical energy consumption. Whether it's the ball rights, rhythm, or field space, it's not very good at controlling the ball."

Speaking of this, Gao Han smiled again, "If you want to be tough, you need to inject a hint of softness into it."

A hint of color flashed across Klopp's eyes, as if he had gained something from Gao Han's words, but his tone was still quite large.

"Okay, thank you for your reminder. I will let you taste our awesomeness next time I meet you again."

Gao Han laughed, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Seeing the strong German man with a tiger back and waist turn around and leave without any delay, Gao Han's eyes were full of appreciation.

"His team is just like his people, like his temper, like a hot boxer."

Gao Han was also very happy to meet such a person in a low-level league.

Competing with different types of opponents is a rare excitement for any head coach.

After defeating Mainz, the draw for the German Cup quarterfinals knockout round was also newly released.

This time, Bayern Munich happened to hit the city's arch rival, Munich 1860, and it was still fighting at home.

Therefore, many German media have said that this is a sign-in.

After the German Cup, the team returned to Munich to rest and immediately went away to challenge Rostock on the weekend.

This is the first game in the second half of the league.

Although it was a away game, Bayern Munich's limelight was still very sharp.

At the beginning of the game, the Bundesliga giants launched a fierce attack on Rostock, fighting Rostock's long-prepared opening tactics to the point where they could not be used, and completely incorporated the game into the rhythm they were familiar with.

Ribery scored a goal for Bayern Munich in the 11th minute.

This was an opportunity created by Robben's goal after getting the ball from the right, and suddenly cut inward and passed the left foot diagonally. After the French player penetrated the penalty area, he calmly seized the opportunity and sent the ball into Rostock's goal.

After that, Bayern Munich firmly grasped the situation on the field, and before the first half was over, Modric assisted Klose in the penalty area to win another goal, expanding the score to 2-0.

After the second half of the game changed sides, Rostock, who was fighting at home, launched a counterattack. The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and their actions increased frequently, and the players became more and more angry.

In the 61st minute, Rostock defender Stein fouled Robben, and captain Van Bomel was the first to rush forward to the opponent and was warned by the referee with a yellow card.

But within a few minutes, Rostock defender Rahn made another foul. This time he tackled Lucio who dribbled the ball. As a result, the Brazilian central defender also tripped the man after falling to the ground, and both fell together.

The referees once again played 50 big boards and each gave a yellow card.

Seeing that the situation on the court was a little out of control, Gao Han had to make a substitution immediately. In the 81st minute, Tony Kroos, who came on the bench, inserted and scored a long shot, scoring Bayern Munich's third goal in the game.

In the end, the Bundesliga giants won Rostock three-to-zero and successfully scored another three-pointer.

But it was also after this game that Bayern Munich's two main players, Van Bomel and Lucio, both accumulated yellow cards and suspended the game, which caught Bayern Munich off guard.

In one game, two main players were stopped?

Fan Bommel is not bad, there is also Vidal in this position.

But what about Lucio?

His previous rotation player was Van Biden, but now all the Belgian central defenders have gone to Tottenham Hotspur.

Use Demikelis and Hummels to partner?

This is also a feasible solution.
Chapter completed!