Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 324 Magic Birds Enter the Palace Three Times?

En Zuo, who was frustrated continuously, did not give up. With all his knowledge and understanding of Chen Xiaoliang, coupled with the greatest determination, he resolutely carried out the task of defending Chen Xiaoliang.

In fact, he also remembered that during the half a year with Chen Xiaoliang, this well-balanced Hong countryman has been improving at a rapid speed, but this time he was separated for 3 months, which made him feel very good about Chen Xiaoliang. The impression stayed 3 months ago.

The two teams each had a shot that hit the goal frame, which brought the mentality of both sides back to caution again.

In the 17th minute, Kovacic made a long-distance diagonal pass from the left side of the backcourt to Havertz outside the penalty area. The German center did not wait for Wijnaldum to step forward with a long-range shot with his left foot. Patricia Austrian side fell down and hugged the ball.

Later, Roma attacked the frontcourt, and Dybala responded with a left-footed shot from outside Chelsea's penalty area, and the ball went slightly wide of the left post.

After 20 minutes of the game, Chelsea's double midfielder gradually changed from parallel left and right to one in front and one behind. Kovacic, who is of average defensive ability, became the main organizer, while Enzo, who was lagging behind, put a lot of Focus on defending Chen Xiaoliang.

Felix and Sterling did not hold on to the wing in front. They often switched to the center to attack, and the wing was more often used by two wingbacks to take on the offensive responsibility.

After playing for 20 minutes, Chen Xiaoliang understood why Chelsea played like this this season. The frontcourt lacked explosive points, the striker's shooting percentage was low, the penalty area was untenable, the midfielder was weak, and the frontal interception Poor defensive ability, can't come back after going to the side, and once the three central defenders pull to the side, they can't stop the center.

This is also the reason why Burleigh is willing to spend 1.2 million on Enzo. There are too few young waists available in the world.

However, under the 3-4-2-1 formation, the configuration of only two midfielders requires that the two must be both offensive and defensive. In addition to being able to retreat to protect the front of the penalty area, they must also be able to insert the ball in the offense. , organize, and directly participate in the attack.

After Enzo came to Chelsea full of confidence, he also found that the reason why he was able to play as a midfielder in Roma was because Chen Xiaoliang was always in front of him as a central midfielder to help him, regardless of the system of three central defenders or four defenders. Lost a considerable part of the threat, but at Chelsea, Felix and Sterling in front of him are only responsible for offense and do not contribute much to defense, which makes him always directly exposed as a defensive midfielder Under the attack of the center.

Another point is that in the Premier League where physical confrontation and crossing are very common, Enzo of 178 and Kovacic of 177 are not only limited in height, but also not good at aerial work. Even if they retreat to the penalty area, it will not have much effect on the team's air defense.

There is no perfect tactic, only the right players.

Seeing Kanter sitting on the bench, suffering from knee joint problems, hamstring injuries, and hamstring injuries since June 22, who has been sidelined for more than 6 days, not only the Chelsea fans sighed, but even the Chelsea fans sighed. Chen Xiaoliang regrets not being able to compete head-on with such an active top defensive midfielder.

Goals come quickly.

In the 28th minute, Chen Xiaoliang caught the ball from the right and attacked. Dybala passed the ball back to him and went straight forward without the ball. Chilwell didn't dare to miss anyone. He followed Dybala and ran backwards to avoid Chen Xiaoliang's direct challenge. Pass behind.

Chen Xiaoliang kicked a cross from the right, Cesko took the initiative to retreat, forced Kovacic to stop the ball with his chest, and then passed it to the left to Kova, who had already smelled the opportunity.

Kwa received the ball and went forward, as if Chen Xiaoliang possessed him. The defensive right center back Fofana immediately turned around, but Kwa, who started one step earlier, just used his speed to eat Fofana and dribbled the ball towards the small penalty area!
Coulibaly in the middle is still looking at Cesko, and Cucurella on the side is about to block the rushing Dybala. Fofana's loss of position makes the defense of the three central defenders suddenly fall!
2 meters away from the corner of the small penalty area on the left, Kewa stretched out his right foot!

Dybala is pushing in, and Cesko also rushed back to the back of the penalty spot. The two points are already in place, and they are waiting for Kwa to make the final deal!

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa did not block all the near posts. At 186, he is not tall among goalkeepers, but he has always been known for his reaction. He chose to keep a distance of less than 2 meters from the near corner. A positioning strategy that uses reaction speed to make up for it.

Kwa hits the goal with his right foot!

Low ball!
Kepa fell to the ground immediately!

The left hand caught the ball!

The ball bounced, but still flew towards the goal!

Zhan Jun: "This goal...is still scored!"

"Kepa's reaction speed is already very fast, but his left hand did not fully touch the ball, the ball did not block the outside, but bounced and flew into the goal!"

Zhang Lu: "This ball exposed Chelsea's defensive problems. Reece James didn't come back. Kewa didn't go left and went to the left rib. The position of the rib should be the defensive midfielder first, the rear The midfielder can't defend, and the defender is behind the midfielder to make up defense."

"What about the defensive midfielder? Kovacic received Xiaoliang's long pass from Sesco outside the retracement penalty area, because he played three central defenders. If Koulibaly followed Cesco out of the penalty area, then Kepa There is no central defender in front of him and in the entire middle, which is absolutely impossible, so Kovacic has no problem."

"But he's short, how can he compete with Cesko for high-altitude balls with this body, so the problem lies in the other midfielder. What about Enzo? Where did Enzo go?"

Zhan Jun: "Enzo is defending Xiao Liang today, and Xiao Liang, who is set to the right, is on the other side to block him from advancing."

Zhang Lu: "So why do you say that Mourinho's trick is so slippery? He has used it many times this season. Once the opponent double-teams Xiao Liang in the middle, Xiao Liang will run to the side. Your middle man Follow or not?"

"If you don't follow, let Xiaoliang one-on-one full-backs or wing-backs. He can pass suddenly, and even now he can dribble the ball into the penalty area and shoot."

"You follow? Nakva, Dybala, and Sesco, the three offensive players, all shrink to the middle, play more and less, and wait for Xiaoliang to pass the ball over."

"Of these three people, one is tall, one is strong in breakthrough, and the other is good at footwork. If you let the single midfielder protect the gourd top, how can you prevent it?"

"Not counting the goalkeeper with a fixed position, football is 10 people against 10 people, using space and pulling space. When one player can attract more than two opponents to defend, then he can break the balance of space occupied by both offensive and defensive sides. It will cause the defender to defend more with less in localized areas."

Zhan Jun: "So in the final analysis, the ace in Mourinho's hands is also a treasure that all European giants flock to, which proves that the liquidated damages of 1.5 million euros is really not expensive at all!"

Taking the lead in the away game almost without bloodshed did not cause too much fluctuation between the two sides.

First, the time is still early, and three-quarters of the game has not yet been played. Second, with Chelsea's current embarrassing situation of only ranking 10th in the Premier League, it is not surprising that Roma has an advantage on the field.

After losing the ball, Kovacic spread his hands to Coulibaly. Coulibaly shook his head and looked at Fofana. Can look up to the sky and sigh.

Haverts kicks off and the game continues.

Seeing that there were no tricks in the middle, Chelsea began to play hard on the two sides.

The reality that they were already behind made them relieved of the psychological burden. They started to attack, and they also improved under the impact of a group of young people in the frontcourt.

In the 34th minute, Reece James made a pass from the right rib and was ejected by Gwadiol. Kovacic received the ball from the center and then divided the ball to the left. Chilwell got the ball from the left and made a direct pass from the left. .

Smalling fell from the top at the previous point. This time, not only the Roma players did not expect it, but Haverts behind Smalling did not expect it. A close header hits high over the crossbar!

Smalling quickly raised his hand to signal his teammates, and took the initiative to take the blame. Patricio came over and patted his back hard, as if to wake him up.

On Chelsea's side, many people shook their heads in regret.

Four minutes later, Chelsea made a comeback from the right. Enzo, who dribbled the ball, passed the ball back to Reece James behind him before Chen Xiaoliang approached him. Haverts won the top fight.

However, Sterling grabbed the second penalty and volleyed his right foot directly from the penalty area line to hit the goal. The ball directly blasted into the stands.

Zhan Jun: "Happy football is back! Chelsea created chaos in the penalty area twice in a row, and all opportunities were wasted!"

Zhang Lu: "It's not surprising at all. One Haverts and one Sterling. Haverts is not as good as Sterling. Sterling at least has a running position. He can always run to a threatening place. Haverts can't even run. No, it often feels like he is playing one less player in the frontcourt than Chelsea."

Zhan Jun: "At that time, they only scored 2 goal in 5 games in February. They were ridiculed by the fans as the best goal of the month and did not need to be selected."

"They only scored 29 goals in the Premier League this season, ranking 13th, which does not match their status as a BIG6 giant."

The two defenses were either over the top at one point or missed at two points. Although the opponent almost missed the ball, Chen Xiaoliang on the field had to be vigilant.

Just finished the away game against Fiorentina, and flew more than 1400 kilometers from Rome to London. The team's condition will indeed be affected by the fatigue of the journey. In addition, it is an away game, and the atmosphere and environment are not conducive to the visiting team, so it is obvious today The condition of the players is not very good.

He stretched out his tactical fingers to the two defensive midfielders and full backs, which means to shrink the defense, let them reduce the frequency of pressing, and pay attention to retracting to protect the penalty area.

This was an order to his teammates, and he himself targeted Kovacic.

The main player of the Croatian national team, in addition to helping his country achieve good results in the World Cup, has played for the three giants of Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea in his club career.

On the field at this time, Enzo's main energy was on defending himself, while Kovacic became the commander of the midfield, and almost all the ball transfers between the two wings were carried out through him.

In the 41st minute, Roma, who gave up a large area of ​​​​the midfielder, took the initiative to retreat. Chelsea automatically pushed up as a whole and continued to create opportunities on the wing.

Reece James was very active today, running back and forth on the right, and Kwa then dropped back, trying to reduce the space for him to get the ball with Wijnaldum.

In the large open area of ​​​​the midfield, there was an interesting scene.

Chen Xiaoliang always moved near Kovacic, but Enzo didn't dare to stay too far away from Chen Xiaoliang, so as to prevent Roma from getting the ball and launching a counterattack, and he had no time to catch up and defend.

Because there are only three central defenders behind him, and they have to guard against Rome's three arrows.

The three of them seemed to be strung together. Wherever Kovacic ran, the other two moved together.

With this move, Kwa and Wijnaldum on the wing dared to double-team boldly. As long as Chelsea's ball possession range is covered, they can't cross, and there is only one way to pass back.

Reece James, who was trapped, didn't believe in evil. He saw that it was useless for Sterling to go forward, and Kovacic ran to him to catch the ball, and sent the ball out with a tiptoe.

Faced with such a free ball, Chen Xiaoliang would not be polite. Although Kovacic bent his knees to catch Chen Xiaoliang behind him with all his strength, the disparity in strength and speed prevented him from getting stuck. Chen Xiaoliang walked around in front of him and stretched his legs to block the ball, and stuck Kovacic behind him.

Chen Xiaoliang sent the ball to Christante on his left, at the back of the field, immediately turned to the right, ran forward, and pointed to the right.

Immediately after receiving the ball, Christante passed the ball long to Dybala, who had already started plugging in on the right.

Dybala adjusted after receiving the ball from the right, turned sideways and drew a long diagonal line with his left foot again, and sent the ball to Chelsea's left side outside the penalty area with a long pass.

Kwa is here!Take off lightly and unload the ball on the outer instep of your right foot!
Reece James, who was supposed to defend him, was chasing Captain Roma with Enzo behind Chen Xiaoliang.

It was the first time for the Englishman to play football with Chen Xiaoliang, and it was also the first time he faced Chen Xiaoliang in this game. While running, he scolded in his heart: "Fake! Too fast! Fake! Why is this man so fast! Fake! Fake! gram!"

Two long passes hit the back of the defense line, and the right central defender Fofana had to leave the penalty area to make up for it. The scene of being caught by Kwa's speed just now hadn't passed for a long time. Now he faced the Roma winger head-on and had to pull back. Distance, to avoid being passed by another step.

Kwa took out his signature left-right change of direction, first dribbling the ball on his left foot, and then using the center of gravity change when the defender retreats, he instantly transferred to his right foot and broke through to the right front.

At this time, Cesko was fighting with Coulibaly, and Cucurella came over and directly gave up Dybala who came from the left, and chose to block Chen Xiaoliang.

After Kewa broke through and pulled out of the neutral position, Kepa had to move two steps towards the near post.

Fofana turned around and wanted to stick to Kwa. Kwa passed back to the top of the penalty area, and Chen Xiaoliang was ready to catch the ball!
An alarm sounded in Cucurella's mind. He also saw the door frame shaking after being bombarded by Chen Xiaoliang in the restricted area just now.

What kind of perverted explosive shot can be kicked out by this frankly?
At this time, Chen Xiaoliang was already on the penalty area line. With his strength, as long as he was shot, it was almost the same as a penalty kick.

Thinking of this, Cucurella stretched out his right leg like a split, while tightly protecting his chest with his hands.

Sometimes players are fighting with their lives when they have to.

Back then, Alan Smith of Manchester United sacrificed his life to block Riise's violent long-range shot. The huge force of the ball hitting his calf and the downforce when it landed instantly broke the Englishman's calf in two.

Cucurella faced Chen Xiaoliang, who was equally powerful, so his defense was all he could do.

Chen Xiaoliang swung his right foot back, Cucurella frowned, his eyes narrowed, and his facial features were distorted!
At that moment, he even stopped breathing, and clenched his hands tightly in front of his body, silently praying to God to bless him!

Then after he fell to the ground, there was neither the imaginary explosive sound of hitting the ball, nor the light and shadow of the ball blasting out.

Chen Xiaoliang flicked the outer instep of his right foot to the right, and passed it lightly to the unmarked Dybala.

Faced with a well-timed pass, Dybala volleyed directly into the upper left corner of the goal without stopping the ball with his left foot!

In such a penalty area, there is no defensive player blocking the shot route. Kepa did not make any reaction, and the ball went straight to the net in the upper left corner.

"Yeah!" The Roma fan area of ​​more than 1500 people cheered enthusiastically, and four or five team flags waved back and forth, while the Chelsea fans with less than 40000 people sighed.

Zhan Jun: "Being behind 0 to 2 at home, the positional battle and the counterattack all lost. It seems that this battle of Mourinho's return to his hometown will end with a strong and weak situation as expected before the game!"

Zhang Lu: "Porter is too young, and the on-the-spot command is close. Roma took the initiative to retreat, and Chelsea actually pressed up. The start was pretty good. They shrunk and counterattacked. After falling behind by one goal, they had two good chances and missed. It's like forgetting who I am."

"This ball is exactly the same as the problem just now. Cucurella defends Xiaoliang, then Dybala is empty. Dybala is unguarded in the penalty area. That's not Sterling. Basically give him a chance and he can do it. Score."

"And if Xiao Liang is not guarded, then Xiao Liang is celebrating his score now."

Zhan Jun: "The difference is to celebrate scoring or celebrating an assist."

Zhang Lu: "I can't defend against and still press forward. I really don't know why Burleigh just refuses to change Porter."

Zhan Jun: "Chelsea fans are also sighing, Turge, who got out of class at the beginning of the season, has re-employed in Bayern Munich!"

"Commander Tu's troops have arrived in Munich! Porter's journey to lead Chelsea in the Champions League this season will be over."

"Some fans in the stands held up slogans hoping that Mourinho would return to the Blue Bridge and enter the palace three times. I don't know if Burleigh will see it. Looking at the embarrassment in front of him, will he be tempted?!"

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