The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 616 One-sided

Many fans like to say that the Italians have turned football defense into an art.

The art of attacking players on the football field is largely achieved by the player's personal strength on the spot, or the team's pass and reception combined with pass penetration. This art is clear at a glance, but defense is completely different from offense. How did the Italians Turning defense into art, I believe few people can tell why.

As Vialli once said, Latins and Anglo-Saxons have different personalities and thinking. The former are more rational and like to get to the bottom of everything, while the latter are more blind and like to do things according to their own feelings.

The rationality of the Italians obviously extends to the football field, so what they advocate is a rational football tactic. For example, they will cut everything that may happen on the football field, and then seem to be experimenting. in the chamber and placed under a microscope for analysis.

Ye Qiu can even say that modern defensive tactics are almost all established on the basis of Italian defense, including the chain defense back then to Sacchi's high-pressing mixed defense later on. Standing, or the relatively rare regular triangle stance where one person advances and three people drag behind in parallel, etc., are just different uses of it.

The rationality of the Italians makes them take into account all possible situations and changes on the football field, how to defend in any situation, what changes the opponent will make, and what countermeasures we will take. These are all covered by them.

Therefore, discussing Italian defense is actually like discussing a huge and extremely complex structure full of changes. If you have not been immersed in it for many years, it is difficult to fully grasp the mystery.

The art of Italian defense is just like Leonardo da Vinci's paintings or Michelangelo's sculptures. It is described one by one, one by one, without the slightest fancy, and there is no room for you to cut corners.

So some people say that the head coaches from the Netherlands will definitely not be bad in terms of tactics, at least they can be independent, and the head coaches from Italy, you don’t need to worry about their defensive attainments at all, because this is their specialty.

When Ye Qiu met Mauro Tassotti, the two immediately had a spark in tactical thinking. They once had an in-depth discussion on defensive formations, and they had all the common and uncommon defensive formations. have been analyzed.

The advantage of the parallel position is that it is easy to cause offsides, and the positions of the defense line are closely connected. It is suitable for teams with poor mobility, but excellent predictive ability and strong sense of position. The disadvantage is that there is no defensive depth, and it is easy to miss people. After being passed, and encountering the current inward winger, it is very disadvantageous, almost cutting one by one.

The advantage of the shallow dish position is that the side defense is better, especially when encountering an in-cut winger, it is more beneficial to the defense of the ribs, but the problem is not small. The shallow dish position has higher requirements for the wide players. The full-backs and midfielders have a relatively large defensive coverage area, and the physical requirements of the players are relatively high, which requires strong tactical execution.

These two most typical defensive positions actually represent two different ideas, one is Italian tactics, which emphasizes a rigorous sense of position and tactical order; the other represents Dutch football, a large area Overlay, blur location.

Therefore, the defenders cultivated by Italian football are often those with a strong sense of position, excellent tactical awareness, but weak mobility. Even for a player like Cannavaro, it is difficult for him to be like Tottner Like Hotspur's Thiago Silva, a wide range of movement and pressure.

Dutch football basically comes out of attacking defenders, with a weak sense of position, but strong mobility and large area coverage.

Of course, this is only a theoretical statement. Specifically, Italy has produced many defenders with excellent mobility but poor positional sense, and the Netherlands has also produced defenders with excellent positional sense. There is no absolute .

The central defender combination that many teams are adopting now is undoubtedly to grab and fill up, such as Manchester United's Vidic and Ferdinand, Chelsea's former Terriga Cannavaro or Carvalho, Tottenham Hotspur's Thiago Silva plus Kompany is a combination of both types.

The purpose of doing this is to learn from each other's strengths to the greatest extent and take into account two different defensive concepts, that is, fusion.

Ye Qiu has always been emphasizing integration, integrating different tactical ideas and concepts.

Many people think at first, wow, that's awesome, but it's easy to say, but very difficult to do.

It seems that many people say that offense and defense must be balanced, how to balance?By mouth?

Obviously impossible!
The balance of offense and defense is to allocate your personnel reasonably in every attack and every defense.

That's why Ye Qiu often said that the best head coach is actually a master of human resources allocation. Now he himself is reading some human resources books all day long, and that's the reason.

For example, in an offense, if you want to achieve a balance between offense and defense, then you have to make arrangements, how many players attack with all their strength, how many players coordinate the front and rear courts, how many players do their best to defend, what kind of method and what kind of tactics should the full-strength attacking players adopt? What kind of running route, what kind of coordination routine to attack, and what kind of stance the defensive player should adopt to ensure that no matter which angle the opponent launches a quick counterattack, we can deal with it in time.

It's a very tedious, but at the same time very elaborate layout.

In the same way, if you want to integrate different tactical ideas and concepts, then put aside those things in the overall situation, such as individual performance, teamwork, and sense of position, and put them all aside, go directly to the lowest level, and put The most primitive and fundamental things inside were dug out.

It can be said that Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti adopted a method similar to the way the Italians elevated defense to an art, dissecting the team's offensive and defensive system into a set of sets Offensive and defensive coordination routines.

Many people say that Tottenham Hotspur's offense represents free play, art and flamboyance, and imagination, but they may not even know that Tottenham Hotspur's most simple wing attack , the simplest left winger takes the ball, and can use different players to cooperate, and play at least twelve different coordination routines on the left side of the penalty area.

If you count the transfer of the ball to the center, the change of the coordination route will be twice as many. If you count the addition of players from the right and the final score, then there are dozens of different ways in total. Cooperate with the routine.

So, do you think these routines are useless and rigid?

Wrong, because the design of these routines is not to say that it is designed according to the cross from the left winger and the header from the center forward.

All the designs of the routine are based on the reactions of the defensive players, and then carry out targeted designs.

Perhaps it is difficult to tell clearly no matter how much it is said, let's take Tottenham Hotspur's attack at the Emirates Stadium as an example.

When the opposition's three midfielders put pressure on Fabregas and David Silva, the two central midfielders dropped back, pulled back and passed the ball to Thiago Silva, the Brazilian central defender crossed. Passed to Kompany, who crossed diagonally to find Ribery on the left.

Because David Silva and Fabregas both pulled back just now, the space between Ribery and Messi came out. Whether to pass to Messi or to Ribery depends on the backcourt Players make judgments based on the situation on the field.

Franck Ribery took the ball and faced Sarnia. He made a gesture to force a breakthrough between Sarnia and Squillage. After attracting the attention of the two players, he moved to the left and saw Marcelo Quickly rushing forward, the Brazilian full-back had no defense in front of him, and he easily received the ball and passed it in.

In the middle of the penalty area, Cavani blocked Koscielny with his body, but at this time Koscielny was between him and the goal. He had no chance to score. What should we do?
The header was ferried, so Cavani rubbed his scalp against the net of the ball, and rubbed it to the back point.

Messi faced the left side, his chest stopped facing Cavani's ferry, and Clichy went up immediately, blocking the gap between Messi and the goal.

In this case, the left foot catches Messi on the right side of the penalty area. The most likely time to do it is to cut in and then hit the goal with the left foot. Clichy alone can't stop it at all, so Kos Czerny immediately chose to leave Cavani's area slightly to help defend Clichy.

And Cavani also made a decision in an instant, retreating, retreating to the top of the penalty area, turning around, and facing the goal.

This time is very interesting. Alexander Song and other midfielders who were supposed to protect the penalty area were pulled back by Fabregas and David Silva just now. They are still on the way back to defend the penalty area. Kava As soon as Ni pulled it out, there was no obstacle between him and the goal, because Alexander Song was blocked behind him.

Squillac and Sagna were on Ribery's side, and Koscielny and Clichy went to watch Messi.

In words, the whole process is very long and complicated, but in fact, on the court, the unguarded state that appeared on Cavani may have taken less than a second.

Messi chose to pass the ball back to Cavani, but instead of passing to the top of the penalty area, it passed to the area between Cavani and the goal, near the penalty spot, and then Cavani blocked the return. Alexander Song, who was defending, rushed forward, and volleyed directly near the penalty spot. The ball went into the lower right corner, and Fabianski couldn't defend it at all!
The whole attacking combination is the result of the iconic Tottenham Hotspur pass and catch combination, which may seem complicated, but if Arsenal's defensive ability is better, Tottenham Hotspur's combination can be OK more complicated.

For example, when Cavani retreated and Squillac realized that the threat was coming, Messi would choose to pass a diagonal pass with his left foot to find Ribery behind Squillac, and if Sagna was good Some, even Ribery is blocked, then Messi will pass and then insert Fabregas, because Fabregas also followed Alexander Song and others into the 30-meter zone of Arsenal, and then Fabregas Bregas then went to find Cavani, who had already rushed to the goal, or Ribery according to the situation.

Of course, there are many assumptions, but all contingencies are aimed at the weakness and loopholes of Arsenal's defense.

You can have no weaknesses and no loopholes. I pull and keep pulling to help you pull out the loopholes, because as long as your players move, there will definitely be loopholes.

The entire offensive and defensive system of Tottenham Hotspur is actually composed of fine tactical coordination lines. to use and even change.

The same is true on the offensive end, and the same is true on the defensive end.

When the game resumed, Arsenal wanted to fight back after losing the ball, but soon the ball fell into the hands of Tottenham Hotspur, because they found that when they worked so hard to get rid of the front midfielder After entanglement, the ball entered Tottenham's half, or it was lost in the 30-meter area.

Tottenham Hotspur's central and frontcourt players have a clear division of labor and cooperation. Many people realize that Messi and Ribery seldom entangle in defense. The end investment, and their main responsibility is to delay and cut off the opponent's offensive passing line.

Even Cavani, Fabregas and David Silva are like this, they all play the role of delay and interference.

Suppose, when Arsenal have the ball, they have many, many ways of attacking. When he passes to Arteta, the left central midfielder, the attacking way is lost a lot. At this time, Fabregas If he chooses to block it head-on, Arteta basically has only two choices, two wings or a pass back.

But if Messi and David Silva approach Arteta again at this time, then he has only one safer choice, passing to his left, which is the right of Tottenham Hotspur .

At this time, it depends on his choice. When he chose to pass to Rosicky on the left, Marcelo and Yaya Toure, who had already been ambushing on the side, immediately turned into horns and blocked Rosicky on the side.

Although the Czechs relied on their own ability to pass the ball, Thiago Silva intercepted the ball passed to Chamark halfway, not only completed a defense, but also got a quick counterattack Opportunity.

This kind of defense does not consume much physical energy, but the effect is very obvious.

Of course, there is a prerequisite, that is, the players must have a sufficient understanding of each other and at the same time be familiar enough with the team's routines, otherwise, it will be difficult to act in unison.

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Wenger sat in front of the home team's coaching bench. Wearing a Nike down jacket, he looked calm, but it could also be interpreted as helplessness, because he found that his team had just started the first half, but only 4 minutes into it. In time, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead in knocking the goal.

Looking up again, he found that the Arsenal fans didn't react at all, and even the boos of dissatisfaction were very sparse, which showed that they didn't put much energy on football at all, or Said, they may even be enjoying Tottenham Hotspur's wonderful goal, forgetting that they are Arsenal fans.

How many of the fans who came to the Emirates Stadium are hardcore Arsenal?
This is a doubt that Wenger has always had in recent years.

"Tell Chamark to be careful, don't move too much, and restrain your emotions, Philip Dodd will not be polite!" Wenger said to his assistant coach Pat Rice, who nodded and walked to the field immediately While conveying Wenger's meaning.

Chamark moved too much when he retreated to defend, tripped Yaya Toure, and was shown a yellow card by the referee. In addition, the offensive pressure brought by Tottenham Hotspur was too great. Coupled with conceding the ball first at home, it is obvious that the current Arsenal players are not calm enough.

Wenger himself knew that with the current Arsenal lineup, it would be very difficult to challenge Tottenham Hotspur, which is in full swing, but he never imagined that his team would be in The home game was so bad, in the first ten minutes, it was almost a one-sided situation.

"We should make some adjustments. If we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it!" Pat Rice walked back with a little worry.

Wenger raised his head, glanced at his right-hand man, and then glanced at the bench not far away. His bench for this game was filled with Walcott, Lansbury and other substitute players. From any perspective, they will not do better than the starting lineup on the court, whether it is offense or defense.

It can be said that Wenger's current resources are very limited. Arsenal's bench thickness is among the strongest teams in the Premier League, and it can even be said to be the weakest. This also leads to Arsenal's lack of combat effectiveness.

In the past few seasons, everyone said that Arsenal's performance in the first half of the league does not count, and the real start of the league is after the winter break. This refers to the thickness of Arsenal's bench, because before and after the winter break, The physical fitness and injuries of the players are at the most dangerous time, and Arsenal often begins to decline from this period of time.

For example, there used to be a typical February phobia, which means that Arsenal always performed badly in February.

"Let them retreat to the half court, and stabilize the situation first!" Wenger made the adjustments he could make.

In the case of little change in the existing player structure, the changes he can make are actually very few, because the problem for Arsenal now is midfield and defense, not offense.

As Arsenal retreated, Tottenham Hotspur began to press aggressively, but they played more patiently, while Arsenal's morale was affected, after all, they were pressed by their rivals from the beginning Fat beating, but in the end you dare not beat him back, and you have to hide when you see him. This kind of uselessness is indeed enough to damage morale.

But Wenger’s approach is understandable. He is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, and coupled with the gap in player status and morale, he must ensure that the situation is stabilized. Otherwise, Tottenham will hit a big score in one go. He's really screwed.

Wenger thinks this way because he has enough understanding and familiarity with the strength of his own team and the strength of the opponent, but Ye Qiu is also very familiar with the strength of both the enemy and us. It can even be said that in the Arsenal team Here, he only values ​​three players, the defensive Alexander Song, but he alone can't stop Tottenham Hotspur's mighty army.

Arteta is an organizational player, and it is difficult to support the overall situation. Nasri's personal ability is good, but he is also not a sharp knife that can create threats. As for the Moroccan striker Chamark who was praised for free at the beginning of the season Ye Qiu felt that he might be able to play against weak teams, but when he met strong teams like Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United...

So, when Ye Qiu saw Arsenal retreating, he immediately signaled the team to press forward and continue to strengthen the attack!

(End of this chapter)