The tactical option : “Place Tielemans as a transmission belt towards De Bruyne and only play with one real number 6”
“I think Monday’s experience is sufficiently eloquent not to repeat the same mistake. Faced with opponents who refuse the game and therefore operate with a double curtain positioned quite low, it is not useful to have two sweepers. Onana alone is enough, but on condition that he does not dezone by projecting himself forward. This role must be assigned to Tielemans who has the volume and especially the ball control to bring the action from the defense to De Bruyne. The Aston Villa player must have carte blanche to play in an area between 20 m on either side of the halfway line. His return, which involves the sacrifice of Mangala, will lighten De Bruyne’s task or at least clarify his situation.
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On the flanks, there is no point saturating the brains of Doku and Carrasco with a bunch of instructions. Facing Romania, we should ask them to play on their qualities and not bombard them with instructions on constant defensive withdrawal. The Belgian flanks must project forward to put pressure on the opposing defense. Which, naturally, will prevent him from going out. As for Castagne, I agree with the coach’s idea, against Slovakia: in possession, he must position himself a notch higher than the other three defenders to be able to run as quickly as possible in direct support of Doku or to the entire flank, it’s up to Cityzen to get back into the game.”
In the eye of the viewfinder
“De Bruyne is not there to recover 10 balls but to give 3 assists”
“Against Slovakia, we saw the captain in two different roles: first in direct support of Lukaku, then, in the second half, further back to collect the balls. But, you may not have noticed it because it did not appear systematically in the image, it often betrayed signs of irritation. Either because the balloons didn’t arrive at all, far away, or because he couldn’t be found right away when he went down to look for them. Personally, I find it pointless to ask De Bruyne to come and play firefighter: he is not there to recover 10 balls per match, but to deliver 3 assists. If Tedesco manages to place her in the conditions to achieve this, he will make De Bruyne a happy man. And a hyper productive player. In his register. »
My question to Tedesco
“When will you fall back on the certainties of your core? »
By losing against Slovakia, Tedesco and his Devils blew their joker from the start. No more room for error, then. Looking at the situation head on, I think we can no longer say that everything is fine and act as if nothing had happened on Monday in Frankfurt. The Coué method has its limits. If Belgium is beaten by the 48e world nation, it didn’t work out too well for her. Or, she has nothing to do in the Top 5 of the Fifa ranking. Two questions in one for the coach: are you going to play again with Carrasco in his favorite place, on the left flank or at the very least on the opposite flank? Are you going to stick to the sure values of your core and reinject them as quickly as possible into your starting team, even if it means taking a calculated risk concerning their lack of rhythm or a possible relapse? No more experiments and room for certainties: Was Meinen Sie/What do you think, Herr Tedesco?
