The chain of three already had a better reputation.
It will be a long reminder of the early German EM defeat - in 1860 it could still become socially acceptable.
Variable tactics, flexible players - on the way to the desired promotion, the Lions want to be even more difficult for their opponents to calculate. Now it is nothing fundamentally new that Michael Köllner designs his match plans individually, always keeping an eye on modern training theory. What is new, however, is that the good old back four seems to have had its day - and the 1860 coach is toying with a basic system that has recently fallen into disrepute. Keyword triple chain; inseparable from the last hapless Joachim Löw since the European Championship.
Which raises the question: Does Köllner want to send his lions into the promotion race with the controversial Löw tactic? In the three test games of the preparation so far, he has tried many players, but always relied on a three-way defensive chain. In the 8: 2 against Heimstetten, he chose an offensive 3-1-4-2 system with U 17-moving up Wicht, Belkahia, Salger behind the solo six Dressel. In the 0: 1 against Ried, the basic order was identical and the three-man chain was similarly occupied (Wicht, Lang, Salger). The 2: 1 against Klagenfurt was finally deciphered on the club's website as a 5-3-2 system. Means: Defensive three-way group (Belkahia, Moll, Salger) with two offensive outside. To draw the bow back to the EM: Newcomer Yannick Deichmann has given the Kimmich on the right, Phillipp Steinhart on the left the Gosens.
Comparing systems is always difficult.
But ours is not similar to that of the German national team.
Tactics expert Michael Köllner.
When asked by our newspaper about his tactical plans, Köllner smiles at first: “These questions actually require a 45-minute answer, at least.
It's difficult to reduce such a complex topic to two or three sentences. ”But because tactics is his passion, about which he even writes books, he made the effort anyway.
Köllner's core message: “It is always difficult to compare systems.
But ours is
not
similar to
that of the German national team - if only because of the fact that we usually play with a real nine, sometimes even with two. "
In addition, there is the lion trainer's credo that systems are never something rigid, but primarily serve as an orientation. "A Sascha Mölders interprets the role of the front striker differently than a Kevin Volland, if you want to lead one of our ex-lions as a European Championship participant." every system enough freedom. "
For Köllner, it is therefore nothing revolutionary if Lang, Belkahia and Salger remind of Löw's defensive line with Ginter, Hummels and Rüdiger in the future.
“Last year we mostly played with a back three - in our own possession.
Ultimately, this is just a further development of our style of play.
Nothing dramatic.
On the outside it looks more spectacular than it is. ”Which prompts him to force a basic order with a three-way chain: In Kevin Goden (22, from Nuremberg) and the ex-Lübeck Deichmann, he has got two professionals who because of their athleticism for a system with fast outside are predestined.
And tactics or tactics: In the end it is to be hoped that Köllner's Löwen with the three-way chain will be more fortunate and successful than Löw at his last tournament as national coach.