Taras Dmitrik talks about the tactical schemes of Schalke, and why there is no place for the Ukrainian.

"The Bundesliga is more suited to Artem Fedetsky than to me. Here, only five teams play football - they try to play in the pass. Coaches do not look at how you broke through yourself or just scored a goal, and that you made an attack, went back, took the ball, "- this is the words of Konoplyanki in late November 2017. After that, he did not win a single full match, out of 11 meetings in four out at the start.

Zhenya was right - the Bundesliga is really not his championship, but only football here still play, albeit in a very specific.

Germany is not a very diverse championship in terms of opposing coaching styles or football philosophies. There, on the contrary, there is a set of patterns or tactical trends that can be characterized by the entire league. And that's just how they do not fit Linnet by definition.

The main and decisive moment in the Bundesliga is the pressure. Kono just meant it: in German players it's programmed to stop playing the opponent, and only then play yourself. Most teams, even from the top of the table, prefer to give the ball. Their pressure is aimed at squeezing the enemy on the flanks, and then catching them in a pressure-trap.

This is one of the reasons that now the distance between the second and eleventh place is only 10 points. And the rise of such teams as "Eintracht" can also be partially explained by this. Nico Kovacs just very well adapted their guys to the general style of the league, which gave the result. But let's see how these principles are implemented in Tedesco, and how this affects the position of Hemp in the team.

Attacking troika determines the pressure When pressing the most important part - the opponent's build-up. It is important to immediately cover all the zones and not give up quickly to attack. Tedesco prefers two variants of the scheme with three defenders - 3-4-1-2 and 3-4-3.

In the first case, under two strikers, Di Santo plays, performing the functions of the "dozens" almost dead in Germany and playing almost one of the most important roles in the pressure. His task is to close the deep-seated playmaker opponent. Two forward put pressure on the defenders with the ball, and the wincheks rise higher and play zone on the flanks. (Schopf as an example below).

The ZPZs play with those who go deeper to help (for example, Goretska) As you can see, the players of the last line here have a fairly simple role - to exert pressure on the TZ. The main focus is on the Wingbacks and the ZPZ. Note the gearbox below at the position of the laterals of Schopf and Caliguri. They are placed high enough.

Now the scheme is 3-4-3, in which the Linnet plays on the left in the attack. Here on the shoulders of insides lies a double responsibility - they press both the CZ and the players on the half-flanks. They need to constantly switch and be in motion. Yes, on occasion they can be hedged by wingbacks (as in the example below), but only when they do not need to patronize their players.

And we all know very well about the dislike of Hemp to work in defense. Now, even with all his efforts, and he really tries, otherwise he would not play, he does not have enough defensive skills. Formation 3-4-3 is generally more vulnerable to pressure, since it requires a large amount of work from attacking players. Look at the map under this scheme - the wingbanks are lowered below.

Probably, that's why in the last matches against strong "Hoffenheim" and "Bavaria" Tedesco played 4-3-1-2.

A typical mistake Zhenya - a trivial fault. He often loses concentration and the player - the team immediately flies through the flanks.

At the last screenshot, the ZPZ has already taken Zhenya's player on the semi-flank, but the Linnet continues to close the transmission line to it, missing the connection of the fullback.

It is fair to say that the second insider (usually Arith) also regularly admits similar errors. Here it is worth talking about the vulnerability of the model as a whole.

Here is an example of well-coordinated work of the players of the lower lines and attackers: by pulling on the defender, Linnet shows that it is necessary to take care of the player on the semi-flank. - MZ Mayer immediately takes the pressure.

Miscellaneous construction in the attack Remembering about the similarity of the styles of most German teams, it is worth thinking about how this very pressure to destroy. Here, too, with the scheme in the roots of the changing approach. At 3-4-1-2 more casts on margin forwards work more. Here is for comparison cards of riding martial arts. On the first - the scheme 3-4-1-2 in a match against "Hoffe", on the second - 3-4-3 with Konoplyanka against Werder.

And maps of long transfers from the same matches:.

With 3-4-3, the main role falls on the insider, which by their jerks create zones or they themselves occupy.

Often, Arith and Linnet drop back to either free the zone for the ZPZ, or help when all other players are closed with the build-up.

Result The role of Hemp is important and its functions are generally successful. Simply Zhenya found himself in a situation where, due to the style of the team, he can not play from a call to a call. But even with such hands, Tedesco finds his place, then as a joker, then when you need to adjust the style to a specific opponent.