The coach of Tuzla Sloboda is a seasoned Bosnian coach.
He has a wealth of experience and match command, but recently, with the outstanding performance of Mostar Zrinjski, the tactics of foreign coach Van Styaak have sparked heated discussions in Bosnian football circles.
Many people believe that they should introduce more foreign coaches to enrich the monotonous Bosnian football system.
But this is a huge impact on Bosnian coaches. Old Mostert does not allow this to happen, so he is ready to give this Dutchman a hard lesson in his own way.
Mostar Zrinjski has two sets of tactics.
This has made them invincible in recent games.
When one lineup encounters problems, they immediately switch to another lineup. The vastly different styles of play often catch opponents off guard.
But back to the root of the problem, it is still a matter of defensive positioning.
This is a very simple game of catching ghosts. It is important to hit the opponent's pain points.
The most important role in the two systems is the center forward, which is also the only point of change.
Suk and Kosopech lead different tactics.
It is very important to adopt different defensive methods for different tactics.
To this end, Old Mostert specifically set up a man-marking role.
The purpose is to completely block Suk every time he retreats when he plays.
As long as he doesn't receive the ball and can't open up space, he won't be able to solve the problem of Modrić being restricted, and he won't be able to organize the attack.
Now, he can't wait to see Van Styaak's frustrated look.
During halftime, in the locker room.
"In the second half, be sure to pay attention to the opponent's number 99. He will disrupt our defense line."
Old Mostert turned his head and said, "Manja Tucci, you know what to do, right?"
Manja Tucci, a young man of about 175 centimeters, but very strong, nodded and said, "Understood, I will stick to Suk."
Old Mostert nodded and clapped his hands, saying: "Okay, strive to score goals in counterattacks in the second half."
On the other side, in the locker room of Mostar Zrinjski, Van Styaak also said to Suk: "Substitute directly in the second half. I will give you enough time to adapt, but I need you to help the team sort out the attack in the frontcourt, understand?"
Suk immediately nodded: "Understood!"
At this time, Modrić also nodded to Suk: "The attack is up to you."
Suk grinned. He was already excited.
Kosopech also patted Suk on the shoulder; "Come on!"
In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight.
When Mostar Zrinjski walked out of the player tunnel, Old Mostert saw Suk take the lead, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"As expected!"
Kosopech has no effect, the Dutchman is ready to change his formation.
But he was prepared!
Old Mostert was confident, but soon his eyes widened.
He saw Kosopech walk directly onto the field wearing the captain's armband.
"No substitution?"
Old Mostert looked astonished.
Did he change the wrong person?
Old Mostert watched Suk and Kosopech walk onto the field, covering their mouths and communicating, his eyes full of puzzlement.
It shouldn't be!
That's not right!
This... is very wrong!
Suk is on the field, why is Kosopech still on the field?
These two should be rotated!
But what is the situation now?
Not only Old Mostert, but even Manja Tucci, who was responsible for marking Suk in the field, looked at Suk blankly as he walked straight to the wing.
Then he stopped at the winger position.
"Winger?"
Old Mostert was so shocked that he shouted out.
Suk playing as a winger?
This...
On the other side, Van Styaak turned his head to look at Old Mostert, with a hint of playfulness in his eyes.
There was an uproar in the stands.
Mostar Zrinjski fans, it was the first time they saw Suk and Kosopech play at the same time.
Is there a possibility for these two to coexist?
Who will play as the center forward?
What's going on?
Then, they saw Suk come to the winger position, and a lot of question marks floated in their minds.
Suk playing as a winger?
"Can Suk play as a winger?" Bakic asked puzzled.
Mlinar said ambiguously; "It should be possible, the winger requires speed and forward insertion ability. Suk has advantages in both of these aspects, but... is it a bit of a waste?"
At this stage, the understanding of wingers is generally similar to that of center forwards, both of which are attacking players who insert forward.
But in this case, wouldn't Suk's ability to organize passes be wasted?
They don't understand what Van Styaak is selling in his gourd. What is the meaning of this position?
Let Suk attack the front line on the wing?
With such a monotonous function, Suk's performance will be greatly reduced.
"Suk playing as a winger? Can he play?"
"It should be possible, right?"
"What is this doing?"
"Play according to the previous tactics!"
"Has a new tactic been developed?"
"Suk and Kosopech cooperate, I don't know the specific effect, but I'm a little Expectations."
Not only the fans, but also Basodachi in the commentary booth was shocked.
"Suk playing as a winger?"
"Suk is very fast. He does have the ability to attack the defense line on the wing. With Modrić's passing, he forms a trend of forward insertion on the wing."
Basodachi pursed his lips: "But it is Kosopech who is restricted! Even if the breakthrough is completed and the cross is made, if Kosopech cannot score, the tactic will be ineffective."
Even Basodachi was a little unclear.
However, he noticed a detail.
That is Modrić's position.
In the past, Modrić was closer to the front, but this time he stood in the back waist line position.
Modrić playing as a defensive midfielder?
Suk playing as a winger?
Baso Dacic shook his head, "Let's see the effect first."
In the second half, Mostar Zrinjski started the kickoff.
After Koso Pejic kicked off, the ball was passed to the defense line, and then slowly passed forward.
Modric passed the ball in his own half.
Since it was his own half, there were more teammates around, and Modric was less restricted.
He wasn't in a hurry to pass the ball, but was looking for an opportunity.
At this time, Suker contracted towards the inside, and at the same time, Biljal on the other side also moved inward.
With the two wingers moving inward, Modric passed the ball towards Biljal, guiding the opponent's defense to the wing.
Biljal passed it back directly, Modric received the ball, and passed it to Suker again.
Suker also passed it back with one touch.
Two consecutive passes attracted the defense to both sides, and at the same time, Modric's position moved slightly forward, instantly opening up a gap to move forward.
Seeing this, Old Mostar frowned slightly.
He felt very uneasy.
Modric continued to dribble forward smoothly, without rushing to pass the ball.
But when he dribbled to the opponent's half, he was immediately met with fierce pressing.
Modric passed the ball horizontally to Suker, Suker passed it back to the advancing full-back Kerkez, while also moving past the defending player to the space behind.
Kerkez passed forward again along the wing, a simple one-two pass got past the opponent's defense.
After Suker got the ball, he immediately turned around and started to attack the opponent's full-back. After several feint breakthroughs failed, Suker made a sudden stop, and then passed the ball to the midfield, to the advancing Modric.
Modric completed the transfer again.
Mostar Zrinjski's passing and advancing were very patient and very steady.
But Tuzla Sloboda felt very bad about it.
Their pressing was easily resolved by the opponent. Even in their own half, they were being played like monkeys, jumping up and down.
Mostar Zrinjski was still patiently passing the ball.
After an unsuccessful attack, Biljal passed it back by a large margin.
At the same time, Suker and Modric also retreated significantly.
Modric retreated directly to his own half to organize, while Suker also retreated to the midfield line, even half of his body crossed the midfield line to his own half.
"Retreating too deep, right?"
Old Mostar frowned, this style of play doesn't look like a winger!
There is no such impact, but the part of coordinating and organizing the attack is more.
Mostar Zrinjski passed back, and Tuzla Sloboda also began to try to move the attack forward as much as possible, intending to put further pressure.
Manya Tuchi was confused.
Because Suker's running position was too erratic.
Suker's lateral movements were numerous.
Sometimes he stood on the wing, sometimes he stood behind the center forward.
Sometimes he approached the full-back, sometimes he retreated to the midfield line.
It can be said that the entire left half was Suker's running area. There were even several times when he chased the ball back, Suker ran to his own full-back's position to cooperate with the pressing.
At first, Manya Tuchi could keep up, but soon, he completely didn't know what to do.
Because he didn't know what Suker was going to do next, what his specific responsibilities were, which made it impossible to predict in advance, let alone limit him.
Suker also relied on constantly running left and right, he pulled out a space, and immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Modric saw this and passed the ball directly.
Suker guided the ball forward sideways, and at the same time, began to quickly cut forward diagonally.
"Here it comes!!"
"Suker is running!"
Baso Dacic shouted loudly.
Manya Tuchi immediately rushed towards Suker, wanting to press him.
But Suker passed the ball forward. Manya Tuchi's gaze followed the ball, he didn't see Suker still running non-stop, rushing forward at high speed.
In front, Koso Pejic suddenly cut in horizontally, leaning back, using his strong body to suppress the opponent's center back.
At the same time, Mostar Zrinjski's full-back also rushed forward at high speed, taking away the opponent's full-back on Suker's side, leaving a gap in the ribs area.
After receiving Suker's pass, Koso Pejic also pushed the ball towards the side ribs area.
Suker, who was cutting in, immediately received the ball, and once again rushed forward with his head down, and directly penetrated the opponent's defense line.
"He's through!!"
Baso Dacic shouted excitedly.
At this time, his head buzzed.
"Side midfielder! Not a winger! Suker is playing as a side midfielder!! And Koso Pejic also retreats to act as a fulcrum, cooperating with Suker's forward insertion, imaginative Vansteajk!"
Under the tactical requirements of this period, football was popular with wingers.
Therefore, commentator Baso Dacic also subconsciously thought in this direction.
But he didn't expect that Suker was actually playing as a side midfielder!
In the match, Suker had already dribbled to the vicinity of the baseline, looked up at the middle, Koso Pejic and Biljal were both cutting in.
Koso Pejic cut straight in, attracting defensive power, after Biljal exchanged glances with Suker, he immediately stopped suddenly and ran horizontally.
Suker also connected with a diagonal back pass.
The ball accurately came to Biljal's feet.
Biljal pushed the ball with the instep of his left foot.
Swish!
The ball went into the net.