The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 737 A Scalpel-like Pass
Gary Cahill switched from Bolton to Chelsea during the winter break last year. It was only at that time that fans all over the world remembered his name. He was also called Cahill before, but Tim Cahill is undoubtedly more famous.

Cahill is not a typical British central defender. Although he has a very standard British central defender's body, as long as you watch him play, you can easily find that he is very different from other British central defenders. That is, he rarely engages in direct physical confrontation, and he looks more like a defensive central defender.

When he was at Bolton, he had very little physical confrontation. After arriving at Chelsea, the same is true. Compared with the British central defender's attack, he prefers to drag behind his teammates to defend. He is very good at passing the opponent by the offensive player. With that one shot, he broke the ball directly, which is his strength.

In other words, this is a team player, and one-on-one ability is not his strong point.

In this game, Mourinho arranged for Gary Cahill and Terry to play a combination. Judging from the combination of central defenders, the two are relatively complementary. Gary Cahill belongs to the kind that can complement traditional British central defenders The type of central defender, while Gary Cahill is on the right and Terry is on the left. This is also particular.

Ivanovic mainly defends. Cahill is close to him. When encountering an impact from the opponent's left, Ivanovic defends the first point and Cahill lags behind. It is easier to play Gary Cahill. To highlight his strengths and cover up his weaknesses.

Hazard's previous attempts to break through the left were ineffective, and Tottenham's analysis team quickly noticed that when Hazard took the ball and hit the left wing Gary? Cahill is always between Ivanovic and goalkeeper Cesar. This is his defensive habit to ensure that the goal is not lost.

But in this way, another result was created. When Hazard hit the point of Ivanovic just now, the Belgian winger suddenly stopped and cut in. At this time, Gary Cahill realized that Hazard The ball stopped a little too big, and he wanted to go up to steal it, but the distance between him and the ball was more than ten meters.

Hazard reacted very quickly, and his speed and explosive power were also very fast, and he was very smart. He rushed forward with his left foot first to block the left side of the ball, blocking Gary Cahill's kick. The latter did not dare to foul easily. After all, this is the front of the penalty area, and then Hazard took advantage of the situation with his right foot and took the ball under control.

The Belgian reacted quickly and made mistakes, but he quickly stabilized his position, but the downside was that the team missed the opportunity to attack quickly. After all, after Gary Cahill came up, Terry quickly returned to the center and Ashley ? Cole also retracted into the penalty area, and Chelsea's entire defense began to focus on the right, which is Tottenham's left.

At the same time, Ramires and Mikel have also returned, plus Lampard, Chelsea's three midfielders have all settled in the front of the penalty area to protect the defense, Tottenham Hotspur's This attack hit the wall again.

If it was Ribery, perhaps this sudden stop and inward cut process could be handled very well, but Hazzard is still a little immature after all, and there is still a little gap with the top superstars in the handling of some details. , but it is such a small distance that has caused him to miss the top superstar so far.

But Ye Qiu told him more than once, keep this momentum of patience and progress, observe more, learn more, after a period of accumulation, his entire technical style will change, and this little gap will also be in the future. Make up for it unconsciously.

Hazzard saw that Chelsea's defense was already in place, and knew that there was no chance to attack. As soon as he passed Gary Cahill, he immediately passed the ball back diagonally, neither looking for Ramsey nor looking for it. Vidal, because they were all in Chelsea's defensive encirclement, went directly to Pirlo who came in from the back row.

The Italian received Hazard's pass from about 25 meters away. Lampard and Mikel rushed towards him at the same time. Mourinho said before the game to be careful of Pirlo, so they dare not be careless.

Pirlo turned sideways, facing the right, blocked an approaching Lampard with his body, and rubbed a half-high ball with his right foot, which was given to the right. Messi was just outside the right corner of the penalty area. man-marked state.

Messi caught the ball in the right corner of the penalty area. Ashley Cole rushed to defend him immediately, and Oscar, who rushed all the way back from the front, also wanted to double-team Messi with his teammates, but even if it was a one-on-two, Messi still took the ball in a calm manner, not nervous at all, as if he was not afraid of losing the ball at all.

Mourinho saw this scene from the sidelines, but he quickly realized the danger, because he saw Kyle Walker in the white jersey on the right was rushing forward at breakneck speed, so he immediately shouted. Shout, "Watch out for Kyle Walker's bottom!"

As soon as he yelled out, Kyle Walker had already brushed shoulders with Messi, and the Argentine passed the ball straight to the baseline under the nose of Ashley Cole, and Kyle Walker quickly caught up , even though Ashley Cole gave up on Messi immediately after hearing Mourinho's call, and kept up with Kyle Walker, the latter still got the chance to cross the ball before the bottom line. Ashley Cole lifts his foot to steal the ball, but it's too late.

At this moment, there are many white players and red players in Chelsea's penalty area. Among them, Vidal is in the front, Cavani is in the middle, Ramsey is in the back, Ribery is slightly behind, and Pirlo is in the back. Rushing to the vicinity of the penalty spot, the entire Tottenham Hotspur offensive formation has rushed into Chelsea's penalty area.

Everyone's breathing stopped at this moment, and they saw the ball draw an arc in midair. They didn't look for Vidal who was already stuck in the front point, nor did they look for the back point, but landed precisely. In front of Cavani in the middle, the Uruguayan seized a favorable position when he was competing with Terry, jumped high, and headed a far corner.

The ball was more like rubbing Cavani's head, turned in one direction, and got into the upper left corner of the goal.

Cesar was standing in the middle of the goal. There was nothing he could do about such a goal. He could only turn his head sideways and watch the ball go into the goal. 1:0!

"Hey, the ball went in!!!"

"No.304 minutes in the first half, Tottenham Hotspur finally scored!!!"

"A precise cross from Kyle Walker from the right assisted, and Cavani scored with a header in the penalty area, 1:0!!"

When the on-site commentator shouted, all Tottenham Hotspur players had already rushed out of the field, and rushed to the area where the Tottenham Hotspur fans were ecstatically, celebrating the goal.

Mourinho on the sidelines shook his hands angrily. He didn't complain about the players, but was disappointed by the team's mistakes, because the team played from the left side of Tottenham Hotspur. In the change and pull from the road to the right, there are still flaws, which also reflects the tacit understanding of the team in the movement, and the misjudgment of the situation is still lacking.

"Tottenham did seem to have figured out how to deal with the Chelsea bus, and they started to use this back and forth and left and right, forcing Chelsea's entire defense to move left and right, and then in this move left and right. , looking for gaps in the defense line."

"This can also be said to be a very typical feature of Tottenham Hotspur's offense. They frequently cross positions and pull back and forth. These are the characteristics that defensive players feel headaches about Tottenham Hotspur's offense."

Not long after the on-site commentator finished speaking, after the game restarted, Chelsea, who re-kicked off, quickly lost the ball again. Tottenham Hotspur once again took control of the ball and launched another wave of offensive.

Pirlo gave the ball to Ramsey who was close to the left. Tottenham Hotspur looked like they were going to play on the left. Marcelo pressed very high. Hazard simply cut into the penalty area. After Musai got the ball, he didn't pass it to the left, but directly transferred the ball with an oblique pass. When it reached the right, it was Kyle Walker's back, who received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and grabbed Bucket the ball into the box with one kick before Ashley Cole.

I saw Messi, who had already cut into the penalty area, hold the ball with his back to Terry, and made a very flexible fake move to turn around and cut in. After tricking Terry into responding, he suddenly started and went directly to the bottom of the ball. , After pulling out a position, he swung his right foot and volleyed directly, but this time he didn't hold his right foot well, and the ball rubbed against the left post and went out of the baseline.

"A very clever attack, Tottenham players are very clever when attacking."

"Ramsey took the ball and saw that Chelsea was defending my side. I moved directly to the right side and caught you off guard. Kyle Walker's insertion was very resolute and very sudden, because Marseille Luo went up, and under normal circumstances, Kyle Walker would come back, but he suddenly stepped in, obviously there was a tacit understanding between him and his teammates."

"It's a pity that Messi hit the goal with his left foot. If it was with his left foot, he would have scored again with this goal!"

"Now Tottenham Hotspur's offense is very targeted. Mourinho's Chelsea are in a bit of a predicament, especially their defense, which is very dangerous now because Tottenham Hotspur has already played a threat. If this continues, if no suitable and effective containment method is found, it is estimated that the goal will have to be scored."

But Mourinho is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He quickly made adjustments and began to consciously pull the three midfielders closer to the defense line to maintain the meticulousness of the defense, especially Mikel, while the two full-backs It can extend out of the penalty area, which looks a bit similar to the style of play of five defenders and double midfielders.

At halftime, Mourinho simply won the Oscar and replaced him with David Luiz. He really adopted a five-back style of play. The three midfielders in the midfield remained unchanged, and the formation became 532 tactics, only the pair of forwards Torres and Sturridge left in front.

Not to mention, after changing formations and players, the defense has stabilized a lot, and the counterattack has also become effective.

Especially in the No.604 minute, when Lampard passed the ball, Torres took the ball and hit the Tottenham Hotspur defense line in the counterattack. After attracting the attention of the two central defenders, the ball was passed to Sturridge. The latter cut into the penalty area from the right, and suddenly kicked the goal after taking the ball from the right rib.

This shot was very dangerous. Cech flew to make a save and blocked the ball out of the goal with a single punch. Hotspur felt the danger from top to bottom.

But it was also this shot that made Ye Qiu shake his head from the sidelines, because he found that after the team took the lead, the players lost contact with the left and right flanks under Chelsea's conscious interception and blocking.

You know, the smartest thing about Chelsea is that he allows you to play a certain wing, but does not allow you to cut inside easily, because you can only pass in after hitting the bottom, but if you cut inside, you You can find another player on the wing to cooperate, which is very dangerous, and what Tottenham Hotspur is best at is cutting inside.

"Cavani scored in this game, but he wasn't excited enough." Ye Qiu shook his head and said.

He represented Uruguay in the Olympic Games this summer. Although he returned to the team early, his state reserve was somewhat affected. It seems that Kyle Walker's credit for the goal just now will be greater. The cross of the England right back Very standard, quite the true biography of Beckham.

"Let Drogba warm up!" Ye Qiu shouted at Roland without moving his head.

Soon, Roland called Drogba to warm up behind him. After a few casual laps, the Ivorian returned to Ye Qiu's side. He had obviously been preparing to play since the second half. .

"After playing, if the two sides cut in, you will be the wall, if they go to the bottom, you will fight for the top, understand?" Ye Qiu explained very seriously after Drogba approached.

Drogba nodded vigorously, and then ran to the fourth official's side to prepare to play, and at this time there was a burst of cheers on the pitch, even Chelsea fans were cheering for Drogba, although this was after he left Stamford Bridge , Facing his old club for the first time.

After Drogba gave Cavani a high-five, he walked onto the pitch. First he sprinted and then warmed up. By the way, he familiarized himself with the field. When he walked to the front, both Hazard and Messi had already Got a signal from Ye Qiu.

"Didier, pay attention to my gestures!" Messi made a gesture secretly, and Hazard did the same.

In other words, when they make this gesture, they are trying to cut in, otherwise they are going to the bottom.

Drogba walked up to Terry and smiled at his ex-teammates. The two nodded as a greeting, and the game did not stop because of the reunion of their old friends. The kick-off was resumed immediately, but Chelsea still got the ball quickly. Transferred to the hands of Tottenham Hotspur.

Two or three consecutive one-kick passes from the back, avoiding Torres and Sturridge, Marcelo took the ball to the front, but Chelsea's defense was very tight, the Brazilian passed the ball to Pirlo, who then distributed it to Vidal, the Chilean with his back to the attacking direction retreated to take the ball and then turned around, passing the ball to the unguarded Messi on the right.

Messi dribbles the ball close to the right, Ashley Cole and Lampard are both approaching him, but Messi grabs the ball before the two make a siege, a fast pass of at least 15 meters, a straight cut Opened the defense zone of the two and came to the feet of Drogba at the top right corner of the penalty area. After the latter supported Terry with his body, he did not let the ball stay under his feet when facing Messi's incoming ball. It's stretching out the right foot.

The ball seemed to hit Drogba's foot and turned in one direction, and Messi had passed quickly between Ashley Cole and Lampard at this time, and came in front of Drogba, the ball hit After Drogba's foot rebounded, it was right in the running path of Messi.

The Argentine was thwarted by Lampard when he got the ball, but after an emergency stop, he changed to cut in and cut inward along the line of the penalty area.

Chelsea's defense is very flexible. Once Lampard can't defend, Mikel and Ramirez are also immediately moved. Mikel is responsible for restricting Messi with Lampard, and Ramirez is standing in the arc. At the top of the zone, Messi is blocked and continues to cut inward horizontally.

But Messi's dribbling this time attracted the attention of Chelsea's defense. After the Argentine cut inside, he turned sideways to protect the ball. Neither Ramirez nor Mikel had time to react, and passed through the small gap between the two.

This is definitely a very terrible kick, a scalpel-like pass that directly tears through the opponent's tight defense!

I saw Marcelo rushing up from behind quickly. When he received the ball in the upper left corner of the penalty area, there was no player in front to defend him, so he took a step forward and reached the line of the small penalty area, allowing the entire Chelsea defense line, even Including their midfielders were pressed into the small penalty area.

After all, Drogba was in the penalty box and a pass like this was too dangerous.

But Marcelo suddenly kicked the ball to the left of the penalty spot with his left foot, and saw Ramsey plugging in from behind, facing the ball with an angry shot, the ball hit the net again, 2:0!

"That's right!!!!"

"The ball is scored again!!!"

"There are still two sides to make a fuss about, pulling back and forth. This time, Drogba made a wall in front and helped Messi cut in from the right to the center. Messi's pass was too threatening. It was absolutely Deadly, just the right pass between Mikel and Ramirez, very, very deadly!"

"Marcelo is also very smart when he gets the ball. He can choose a high ball to find Drogba, but he is worried about Terry, and if it is a low ball, Chelsea will be full of people in the small box, which is obvious. There is no advantage, so he chooses to take a gamble and find the back to insert, and this area to insert behind is often the scoring area of ​​Ramsey and Vidal!"

"2:0, No. 701 minutes in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored another goal, the game doesn't seem to have much suspense!"

"Mourinho's defensive organization in this game is quite good. He was able to contain Tottenham Hotspur, which has superior offensive capabilities, and did not get many decent scoring opportunities throughout the game. Chelsea's defense is really a success. But it is a pity that they met Tottenham Hotspur, who are super attacking!"

"The head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu!" The live TV camera showed Ye Qiu on the sidelines, "He taught everyone a very good and vivid lesson in this game. He seemed to be We must tell everyone that the iron barrel formation is useless to us, and the best and most effective way to break the iron barrel formation is to fight both left and right sides and maintain close contact."

But just after the on-site commentator finished speaking, Mourinho obviously went all out, replacing two players in one go, fighting hard!
(End of this chapter)