Football’s First Defender

Chapter 268: Chelsea

Manchester United's offense was somewhat let go in the final stage of the game. Even the full-back O'Shea on the right began to move forward appropriately to participate in the team's offense.

Yang Feng has to be careful of Rooney's continuous running position, while also dealing with the forward penetration of other Manchester United players, directing his teammates in the middle to carry out corresponding defenses.

"Manchester United's attack, on the left, Gabriel's strong attack!"

"Ivanovic's defensive position was chosen very well. Although Gabriel has room to move forward, but under Ivan's position, there is not much room to pass the ball."

Although Gabriel finally broke through to near the bottom line, under Ivan's confrontation, he really didn't have much to do to further attack.

This is the case for young offensive players. It is easy to fall into their own offensive "tempo" during the game. They seem to rely on personal ability on the offensive end and have made a certain degree of progress, but for the overall offense of the team, It didn't help much.

Just like Gabriel, although in terms of data, he made a dangerous offense and advanced near the opponent's bottom line, but at this time, except for a pass back to Evra, there was nothing else. Method.

"Evra, get in front of Gabriel's pass, Lampard comes over to grab and block Evra."

Lampard’s defense may be the weakest among Chelsea’s four midfielders, but you should know that under Mourinho’s command, Lampard also assumed a very heavy defensive task, so As far as personal defense is concerned, Lampard is not that weak, and even at certain moments, Lampard's performance is not weaker than a defensive midfielder.

"Evra wants to change direction to break through Lampard!"

Evra’s speed and body do have the advantage when facing Lampard, but Lampard doesn’t care about that, and it’s just a collision. Although Evra can resist it, it is still reasonable. Applying the rules to the ground, fell to the ground in front of the big penalty area and won a free kick in an excellent position for Manchester United.

Carrick stood before the free kick and personally took the free kick.

"Carrick, run up, hit the door!"

"Cech! A side flutter!"

"Hold the ball with both hands!"

Carrick's free kick did not open the goal angle, but it was still a bit positive. Cech didn't have any major accidents when defending, and he took the ball steadily with both hands.

Ancelotti later took advantage of a dead ball to make the team's second substitution. Malouda replaced Anelka and played right midfielder on the right. The main role was defense, limiting Manchester United. The newly replaced Gabriel and Evra left combination.

In the third substitution at the same time, Ancelotti used Joe Cole, who has just returned from injury, to replace Drogba on the field, which can take advantage of Joe Cole's midfield attributes and take one step closer to securing the ball. The team's defense in the midfield can also use Joe Cole's speed to threaten Manchester United's defense.

Joe Cole is also ill-fated. This England genius midfielder has suffered from injuries throughout his career. At the beginning of this year, Joe Cole had just suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury. Now, Joe Cole, who has been training for nearly ten months, only resumed training for one month. It can be regarded as a constant evaluation by the Chelsea medical team that he has recovered to 100%. Otherwise, An Fat will not risk using Joe Cole at this time. .

You know, with Joe Cole's return from injury, Ancelotti has another technical player who can play midfield, which also allows the formation of four midfielders to have more combinations. And routines.

And Joe Cole can sometimes play the position of a winger, making Chelsea's position and tactics in the center and front field more changes.

This is also when Joe Cole’s body has been completely recovered by the medical team, Ancelotti can safely play on his own and immediately use the game to find his status, even in this game, the focus of the battle with Manchester United in.

Anyway, Drogba was not very involved in the defense before. Chelsea did not need to make precise frontcourt cooperation and look for offensive opportunities at the last moment. Everything was kept simple, just playing defensive counterattacks with peace of mind, Joe Cole only needed to do Personal defensive harassment in the middle and front court, when the team counterattacks, it is good to run in the forefront to find opportunities, so there is no problem of tacit understanding, Joe Cole only needs to be familiar with the rhythm of the game.

Malouda's presence gave Ivanovic an extremely strong barrier. Even if Gabriel and Evra attacked in turn, they were destined to be unable to easily break through Malouda's individual on the left. Defensively, even if it consumes energy and completes a breakthrough, Ivan and the Chelsea players who come to help defend in the midfield position will make them encounter a more tight defense.

Due to Manchester United's attack on the right, O'Shea also started to move forward. The new Joe Cole's position on the field, according to Manchester United's offensive changes, is more like a left midfielder, but because of O'Shea's attack The ability is limited, only doing support work, Joe Cole next to O'Shea, is still Chelsea's top player.

Manchester United's offense only improved for a short period of time. After Chelsea's targeted defense was made, it returned to its previous offensive stagnation.

Although, relying on the player's personal ability, Manchester United can still create a few opportunities, but whether it is a high-altitude ball that barely passes into the penalty area or a pass that wants to go straight into the dangerous area, it will be Yang Feng in the penalty area. And Chelsea's very strong mid-lane defensive combination gives all interceptions.

Rooney and Irving did not run less in the penalty area, but the support given by other offensive players from Manchester United was not enough.

Some anxious Wayne Rooney also began to try to get out of the penalty area and catch the ball from the side. But in the face of Chelsea's defense, Rooney shot two long shots from a very small angle, but it did not cause Chelsea too much. Threatened.

And Yang Feng continued to play his role in the Chelsea lineup. As Yang Feng has spent more time in the team, he has become more familiar with Chelsea players, and more people have begun to take the initiative to understand Yang Feng. Therefore, when Ancelotti, he gave Yang Feng the command of the defense on the field. When Terry was just a support ~lightnovelpub.net~Chelsea team did not say so much. Yang Feng's overall view and reaction ability are indeed extremely good. It is very suitable to be dragged at the end of the team's defense and deal with each other. Kind of emergencies and command the audience.

On several occasions, Manchester United players ran without the ball and barely had a little space in the penalty area. Yang Feng was at the end of the defensive line and had the best visual angle. While helping his teammates to defend, he reminded the players in the middle to make up. Prevent, and adjust the position appropriately.

Because of the degree of tacit understanding, Yang Feng usually shouts out the names of his teammates and calls out his position, so that his teammates will be aware of the danger zone in which Manchester United players appear and complete the most appropriate defensive fine-tuning.

Although after 85 minutes, Manchester United, who felt that there was not much time for the game and not many opportunities, began the traditional British style of punching and hanging, but the frontcourt players were helpless in their height and limited the containment of Chelsea's defense. , Many times in the cross, not only did not cause any threat, but Chelsea's counterattack was very impressive.

Joe Cole's counterattack in the 87th minute almost completely killed the game, but unfortunately, although Joe Cole drove the ball at full speed and missed O'Shea's defense in the counterattack, the time left for him to adjust is really Too little, in the face of Van der Sar, Joe Cole forced a shot, but did not go beyond Van der Sar’s defense and was blocked by Van der Sar with his leg.

The fouls in this game were not too many, and the injury time of 3 minutes was considered satisfactory. Manchester United's last onslaught did not pose too much threat to Chelsea. In the end, Chelsea relied on its iron and blood defense and succeeded at Stamford Bridge. , Defending a victory.

Through the victory of this direct dialogue, Chelsea surpassed Manchester United by 2 points and became the league leader.