Football’s First Defender

Chapter 253: Lightly take "white 0 go"

After achieving their first victory in the Champions League group stage, Chelsea continued to sit at their home stadium at Stamford Bridge on the weekend to face their city rivals, Tottenham Hotspur.

The general manager of Tottenham, known as a trading genius, sold his main striker Keane at a high price last season to Liverpool, who needs reinforcements. However, only in the past half season, Tottenham will once again be in Liverpool’s unacceptable base. Well, buy it at a low price and use it again. Moreover, Keane was in a brave state as soon as he came back. He helped Tottenham, who was at risk of relegation at the beginning of last season, successfully completed a counterattack in the second half of the schedule and almost entered the European theater. The key is to "loan" Liverpool for half the season. Tens of millions of pounds...

In the new season, Tottenham continue to pair Keane and Defoe in the double forwards, which is in line with most of the football tactics today, the combination of double forwards, one high and one fast.

In order to cope with Defoe's speed, when Chelsea's defensive arrangement before the game was marking the man, Defoe will be Yang Feng's key defensive target, and Keane handed it to Terry, who has a wealth of match-up experience against Keane. Defense.

Today's Tottenham, under the guidance of Redknapp, has performed extremely well at the beginning of the season. The 442 formation has the courage to let go of its hands and feet on the offensive end, and the team has both traditional British fast-paced games. Style, but there is no lack of delicate pass and control play.

Tottenham scored four consecutive victories in the opening stage of the Premier League, tied with Chelsea for the top spot, and even in the first round of the league, they beat Liverpool, one of the four giants, in the opening game.

No matter who the opponent is, this Spurs game style dares to attack, dare to pursue possession, dare to dominate the rhythm of the game.

It’s just that for the neutral fans and Tottenham fans, some have arrived. Unfortunately, Chelsea’s face against Tottenham in this game is not destined to be a month ago. The team that played in White Hart Lane had a lot of trouble, and Liverpool A team that fights against each other but doesn't fall behind.

In the fourth round of the league, Spurs defeated Birmingham 2-1 at home. With a two-goal lead, Tottenham lost the absolute core of their midfielder, the Croatian Modric at the end of the second half of the game. .

In Redknapp’s tactical system, Modric is the player with the most touches in the midfield of Tottenham. He is the absolute core of Tottenham’s offensive end and plays the role of midfielder commander. Threatening offenses must be planned and passed by Modric.

After the loss of Modric, although Tottenham’s overall tactical style has not changed, the players can also rely on running to get enough ball possession. The two crosses are still sharp, but in this position in the middle, After the two sides separated a certain amount of space, the ball was finally delivered after receiving the ball in the center, but it became no longer threatening.

In the last round of the league's home game against Manchester United, Tottenham still held high the banner of attack. Although the team's passing threat was less than half after Modric, but in the game, Defoe still relied on his own speed. Forced to score a goal for Tottenham by personal ability.

It's just that Spurs can't be perfect on the defensive end. Due to the large number of people invested on the offensive end, the defensive system of Spurs is just to support the appearance. In other words, it would be nice to score more goals than the opponent.

Only in the fifth round of the league, it was not easy for Tottenham to score a goal without Modric. The loopholes in the defense were directly seen by the veteran Ferguson. Manchester United poured 3 goals at home, directly 1 to 3. The score tasted the first defeat of the season at White Hart Lane.

And then, Tottenham came to Stamford Bridge and once again faced Chelsea, one of the four giants. It can only be said that Tottenham’s early stage of the new season is a devilish schedule, and the first six rounds will encounter three giants.

Regarding Tottenham’s persistent 442 formation and the style of playing the first offense no matter who they face, Ancelotti has no plans to fight against Tottenham. Chelsea’s stated goal is if Tottenham does not play. For the bus, let them attack, and Chelsea can finally hit their best defensive counterattack.

However, Ancelotti, even though he just finished the Champions League game 4 days ago, because Tottenham’s strength is still strong, this game did not choose to rest the players, but still chose the same as the previous one. The starting lineup.

Ancelotti's original intention is that the players get tired when they get tired. After playing the game with Tottenham, the players can breathe a sigh of relief in the next two weeks.

Chelsea’s main players face the enemy with exhausted bodies fighting in succession, but fortunately, they are the main defensive counterattack. For defense, Chelsea's systematic and tight defense does not consume as much physical energy for players as other teams.

Use the most reasonable running, covering, and blocking to create the largest defensive area, which also makes the same defensive effect. Because of the tacit understanding between the players, Chelsea's players do not have to run as frequently as other teams and are as tired on the defensive end. .

And due to the lack of Modric's scheduling in the midfield, Tottenham's passing accuracy in the center has been significantly reduced, and Tottenham, who plays the two wings, will directly face Chelsea's pre-prepared dense defense.

For Lao Lei, before playing Manchester United and Chelsea, he actually did not think that he wanted to put up an iron barrel to do a good job of defense, so that Defoe can fight back with peace of mind.

But as far as the defensive formation is concerned, a team doesn't want to put in an iron bucket, it can put it out.

Tottenham’s overall tactics, throughout the pre-season preparation period, is to work overtime to conduct offensive training in a hurry, so that all players can have enough offensive tacit understanding at the beginning of the season to deal with most games.

As for training on the defensive end, Lao Lei knows the truth about greed and can't chew. He knows that it takes enough time for the players to adapt and penetrate the offensive tactics. On the defensive end, Lao Lei doesn't want the team to be clean, as long as it can pass.

So for Spurs, firstly, there are not so many outstanding defensive players. Secondly, the players can play their best on the offensive end, but they rashly choose to play an iron bucket that the players are not familiar with. When weakening offensive power, Lao Lei can't guarantee whether he can show enough defensive effect.

So, for Tottenham, it's better to attack directly. If you can score a goal in the game, then it may not be impossible to end Chelsea's winning streak in one go.

If Chelsea wins by strength at home, then Tottenham will say "stand to death". Anyway, Tottenham’s league goal is not the Premier League championship. If you lose, you lose. With good-looking football, it will attract more fans. Attention is the way for Tottenham to develop.

Throughout the new season, as the Champions League champion of the previous season, Chelsea’s opponents no matter who they are, Chelsea have a greater advantage in strength and psychology. The opponent’s weakness naturally allows Chelsea to directly gain possession of the ball. Power, and more active offensive opportunities.

In this game, from the beginning of the game, Tottenham showed that they wanted to fight for possession and take the initiative to attack.

Tottenham’s frenzied pressing in the center and frontcourt robbed Chelsea of ​​the “three axes” prepared by Chelsea abruptly. Tottenham started directly but suppressed Chelsea’s offense.

The main attack points are the two wings. For Tottenham, their team now needs to rely on the breakthrough crosses of two full-backs to do their best to open a breakthrough on the wings.

The mid lane can respond and shoot long distances, but it is difficult for these England "rough guys" to make the pass from the center pass before Modric's accuracy.

Chelsea’s defensive lineup is on the two wing sides, and the defense has been reduced in a targeted manner. Since Tottenham’s offensive pressure in the center is not so great, Ballack and Essien will also attack the wing after doing their own defensive work. For greater assistance in defense, although Spurs control the ball, the real offensive threat is not that great. Even under Chelsea’s iron-and-blood defense, Spurs wants to create a long-range shot opportunity. It's not that easy, let alone want to easily penetrate Chelsea's wing.

When Chelsea's top European defensive lineup was placed in front of Tottenham as a touchstone, in recent times, relying on a gorgeous offense, Tottenham, who has attracted countless fans, encountered the biggest test.

Although the tempo of the game was quickly promoted by Tottenham players, every attack attempt at the opening stage was almost completely destroyed by Chelsea in the process of dribbling or passing the ball, and did not pose a threat to Tottenham. Opportunity.

Occasionally, Tottenham’s successful breakthrough on the wing and the pass that passed into the penalty area were also destroyed by the joint defense of Yang Feng and Terry.

In the scene of the spear and shield duel, it was obvious that the shield was thicker and resistant to grass, and the spear had begun to bend a little.

Tottenham's offense did not achieve much effect, and Chelsea's counterattack also began to show off after a period of time in the game.

Unlike other teams, they always use more defensive players, relying on cooperation to limit the card position, or directly double-teaming to limit the activity area of ​​Drogba and Anelka. Tottenham’s defensive players cooperate with each other. The tacit understanding is not strong. In many cases, the defense will slow down by half a beat, which gives Drogba or Anelka every opportunity to break.

Tottenham’s visible defensive loopholes make Chelsea’s counterattack very simple. It’s just to find two strikers on the offensive end. Fragmented defense and so many people on the offensive end. Ancelotti believes that Drogba The two world-class forwards and Anelka will definitely be able to seize the opportunity to attack in the game and contribute to Chelsea.

Lao Lei also knows that his team will not have any advantage in a stalemate with these giants. After all, it is on the away field. Amid the cheering cheers of Chelsea fans, the performance of the Tottenham players will also be affected. Impact.

So Tottenham must be the first to score goals at all costs when the game is still in a tie, regardless of defense or Chelsea's counterattack. The primary goal is to keep attacking.

Tottenham’s offense followed the full insertion of the two full-backs, and it hit like a storm. The two full-backs completely used themselves as wingers, and the full-backs in front of them took turns to attack Chelsea’s side defense.

For Bosingwa and Ashley Cole, although both of them have good standards on the defensive end, they are indeed unable to stand up to the opponents, who burst out without thinking, fight their bodies and attack the defense. Up.

Tottenham’s crosses on the wing began to increase, and the passing space in the wing crosses began to increase, and the accuracy began to improve.

However, Tottenham’s players in the penalty area do not have too many opportunities.

Defoe is not a forward who is good at headers. He does not have such a strong body and not enough height. He is facing a wide pass in the penalty area. His biggest role may be to find a second chance to strike. You can pick up the leaks.

It’s just that Yang Feng’s characteristics perfectly limit Defoe. Yang Feng only needs to make sure to follow Defoe and keep it within his line of sight. After that, Yang Feng will not pass the ball in Yang Feng’s defense area. In the event of any mistakes, all steadily pushing out of the bottom line or pushing out of the penalty area, without passing the ball in the Yang Feng area, Yang Feng will immediately increase the strength of Defoe and complete the advance card position.

Although Defoe's body is flexible and responsive, Yang Feng can quickly determine the position of the second point after the first point of scramble. Yang Feng, who has the first opportunity, will always check the position before Defoe reacts, so that Defoe will not have a chance to pass easily.

In the 21st minute of the first half of the game, Spurs once passed a wonderful curve ball on the right side. Terry and Keane were in a five-to-fifth fight for the landing, and both topped football. The ball finally bounced to the right of the penalty spot, where Defoe was at the position. Defoe was originally positioned better than Yang Feng at the time, but Defoe reacted directly to the incoming ball. Sideways volleyed, and Yang Feng, after judging the second landing point for the first time, strode forward~lightnovelpub.net~ Before Defoe hits the door, he stretched out his foot from the side and touched When it came to football, Defoe's leg was only kicked on Yang Feng's leg, and he didn't finish the goal!

Yang Feng used his pain to cause Defoe's foul, which resolved a threatening opportunity for Defoe.

On the offensive end, Tottenham launched a frantic onslaught, but in the end the basket was empty.

Chelsea's defense still proved its defensive strength. After withstanding Tottenham's attack, Chelsea's counterattack finally achieved results in the 31st minute of the game.

Anelka received Lampard’s pass and formed a direct 1v1 dialogue when he counterattacked. When Anelka accelerated, he just made a simple cycling action and shook Tottenham away. The left-behind central defender obtained enough space to hit the goal. Then, before the goalkeeper finished the attack, he accurately pushed the far corner with one kick, opening the record for Chelsea, and completely shattered Tottenham’s tactical plan for attacking.

After Chelsea took the lead, it was natural to fight back with peace of mind. Although Lao Lei understood that with Chelsea's first goal, the game is over, but the Tottenham players still want to try.

Tottenham, who continued to take the initiative to attack, did not achieve any effect on the offensive end. Instead, Chelsea scored a goal in the second half by Ballack and Malouda, and the score was finally set at 3-0!

At the end of the game, Tottenham still had a possession rate of 55 percent. This is also a rare match for Chelsea in which the league possession rate is not dominant. However, the result of the game is very satisfying for Chelsea, the only hidden danger. That is, after a month of continuous combat in the opening game, Ballack suffered a muscle strain in the second half of the game. The injury may become a real problem that Chelsea needs to face on the way forward.