The Ball at Your Feet

After understanding Chelsea's thoughts, Zhao Yaning also felt some eyebrows how to deal with it. What he fears the most is that he is fully anticipated by the opponent. From the rhythm of the game to the offensive and defensive arrangement, the game that makes people unable to escape the opponent’s arrangement cage, the feeling that how to play is within the opponent’s expectations is what makes him the most Unhappy. And Chelsea’s ‘Let you change in a thousand ways, I’ll just squat in the penalty area’ with a constant playing style. Although Zhao Yaning also finds it difficult to cope, at least it won’t be extremely uncomfortable.

Of course, at this time, how to face the opponent's line of defense is also an extremely severe test.

Chelsea's defense, to put it bluntly, is the tactics of everyone retreating to the third zone of defense. This tactic is seldom praised because it is excessively ugly and excessively negative. Two teams playing football, squatting in the penalty area and waiting for a penalty kick is indeed effective, but because this style of play is not good-looking, passive and conservative, and more importantly, it has no meaning for the development of football. It has always been opposed.

But I have to admit that this is indeed an extremely effective way of playing football. Such a comprehensive retreat is basically equivalent to giving up all attack opportunities, but it is also equivalent to saying that it has strengthened its defense to the greatest extent. It is difficult for any team to get any results in the face of this kind of play. of. The simple reason is that the opponent has accumulated ten people in the restricted area, and the attacker dared to use seven people to attack if he died. Seven dozen ten, how to win? Some people say that football is essentially a mathematical game of how to achieve a local advantage in a small area. This accumulation of manpower is actually a way of taking advantage of the local advantage like ‘I’m going to the frontier of the penalty area’.

How to break through dense defenses has always been a worldwide problem. Although everyone knows that if you use unconventional methods such as headers, set balls, and long shots, you can break dense defenses very effectively, but the reason why unconventional methods are unconventional is because they are not efficient enough. From a tactical point of view, there is no good way to deal with intensive defense effectively. There are people in the penalty area next to people, and you can't kick the ball at people-the Champions League game is not passionate football after all.

And Chelsea is obviously the team that has taken this tactic to the extreme. This kind of extreme counterattack is more deterrent in a strong dialogue than the two wings before them.

The reason is also very simple. Generally speaking, the shortcoming of dense defense is that they lack a sufficiently effective means of scoring in the frontcourt. After all, relying on one or two people to attack is difficult to always be effective. However, Chelsea made up for this problem because they have Drogba.

As a striker, Drogba's role has become more and more prominent this season, in fact, there is a very special reason. This season, Chelsea's attacking methods are increasingly inclined to defensive counterattacks, and the role of the frontcourt fulcrum is more and more reflected. In this link, no one can do better than Drogba. Even Vieri, who had a terrible scoring efficiency a few years ago, surpassed Drogba in scoring, but he was much worse as a fulcrum, and it was incomparable. Drogba naturally became more and more remarkable.

This remarkable is still quite commendable. Although the defensive counterattack-especially Chelsea so simply piled on the backcourt defense, leaving one or two people in the frontcourt to take charge of the offensive style of play is indeed extremely ugly, but I have to admit that this style of play is often very ugly. It is extremely effective. Especially when a strong team is playing against each other, this kind of play is very effective.

In a strong team game, a counterattack that relies on speed is often compromised. After all, the defense of the strong team is better, the retreat speed is fast, and the foul interruption is timely enough, it is very difficult to complete the counterattack relying on speed. However, in such a counterattack, there is a support point in the frontcourt, which can hold the ball, is not afraid of being fouled, and can also launch an attack. This effect is almost irreplaceable.

To put it better, he is a very threatening beast when he advances in the frontcourt. As long as he is standing near the center circle, even if Chelsea's lineup is all piled up in the penalty area, the opponent will not dare to overwhelm it. To be more ugly, he is a top-grade shit-chucking stick in the frontcourt. As long as he is there, he can always pose a threat to the defense.

Such players can never meet, there is only such a monster in the world, and naturally they are the only ones who have used this tactic to the fullest. As long as there is one person holding in front, the opponent will not dare to overpress. They only need one point to counterattack, and they can play the sharpest counterattack football. In this pure counterattack style, only Chelsea and only Germany Roba can play.

"Chelsea's ball possession rate is now less than 30%, while Liverpool has reached 71%. Unlike the previous game against Barcelona, ​​Liverpool had a low ball possession rate in that game, but there were many opportunities. In this game, Liverpool has a high ball possession rate and there are many opportunities, but they can't grasp any of them."

Chelsea's efficient defense is indeed extremely depressing, and what is even more unexpected is that it was Chelsea who first got the perfect opportunity in this seemingly fully suppressed game.

Under the pressure of Essien, Zhao Yaning chose to make a large-scale transfer. Such passing is a very common way of playing for Liverpool. On the other side, Kuyt immediately ran to meet Zhao Yaning's pass.

When the ball reached the foot, Kuyt greeted him with a kick. Such fast running receiving the ball is not his strong point, but there are always few problems. After all, he himself has enough anti-grab ability to break the ball.

However, this time, he miscalculated. In front of him, Ashley Cole was stuck in position. He broke the ball in a confrontation, and then handed his kick to Ballack beside him.

Ashley Cole intercepted the ball and made a simple pass. Ballack, who received the ball, immediately launched a counterattack.

Ballack's counterattack was very beautiful. After getting the ball from Cole's feet, he didn't even give Kuyt any time for the counterattack, so he kicked the ball forward.

His pass is not to split the ball, nor is it to find someone, but a long pass that directly penetrates the center of Liverpool's defense!

"Barack's pass counterattack! It came beautifully!"

Ballack’s kick pass is quite threatening. Such a long pass has always been a strong point for German players. Ballack’s basic skills are extremely solid and solid. As a leader of German players, Such passing, he has also been tempered thousands of times. The ball is fast, the arc is high, the point is outside the penalty area, and the grasp is also very good. With this pass, Ballack kicked his style.

Kuyt, who made a mistake in stopping the ball, was already a tackle, but Ballack's timely shot made him only able to look back at the ball and sigh.

When Ballack passed the ball, Drogba was already running towards the penalty area. Vidic was originally looking at him, but at this time, Drogba was as dexterous as a leopard, and without giving Vidic any chance to get close, he rushed into the penalty area.

The football fell to Carragher's side, but at this time, Drogba also rushed over. Carragher took a step closer to the ball, but Drogba rushed forward faster and with a strong momentum. The two collided outside the penalty area. Carragher wanted to stop Drogba by this, even if Drogba slowed down a little bit, so that the replacement teammate could catch up. But Drogba also wanted to rely on this to squeeze Carragher away. Obviously, he was more confident in his body. He believed that even if he ran into it, he didn't have to worry about what Carragher could affect him.

Sure enough, when the two people collided, both Drogba and Carragher shook their bodies, but Drogba's body was obviously better. Vidic caught up behind him. Drogba was indeed in a hurry at this time. However, he was able to catch up with the ball, stretched out his foot to rub the ball, changed the direction of the forward ball, turned the ball into a sideways, and avoided the attack of Vidic and Renner. Then, he adjusted his pace, caught up with the football, and dashed into the penalty area.

Although this confrontation has caused some deviation in his forward path, he still rushed into the penalty area. At this time, his shock also made the surrounding fans clamor: Drogba has repeatedly used this shock method to win for Chelsea since this season. They have become accustomed to it. At this time, see The fierce beast showed its minions.

Carragher was behind him, some helplessly chasing after him. Drogba's body is too strong, although he can affect some, but he can't completely stop him. This beast is too tough, and besides being tough, there is such a hint of helpless cunning. Such an opponent is really too difficult to deal with.

At this time, Drogba has already rushed into the small restricted area, but because of his bad attack route, at this time, he entered the top corner of the small restricted area. In this position, his shooting success rate is not very good. However, at the same time, Shepchenko has also cut into the penalty area. He is outside the small penalty area, and Drogba is facing away, and he is also reaching out his hand, looking for Drogba to ask for the ball.

Drogba has the ball at his feet, but Shepchenko's position is better...More importantly, Shepchenko's shooting is excellent, while Drogba's shooting is much worse.

At this time, Shepchenko should be blocked even more?

However, as everyone knows, Drogba and Shepchenko are at odds. At this time, will Drogba really choose to pass the ball instead of shooting himself?

Carragher still chose to target Drogba~www.ltnovel.com~ He and Vidic, both of them, pounced on Drogba together. At this time, he felt that the arrogant guy in front of him would choose a shot.

However, Drogba kicked the ball from between the two at this time and handed it over to Shepchenko!

"Sheva!!! al!!!"

Shepchenko will naturally not let go of such an opportunity. He took a shot and drove the ball towards the goal. Reina threw it out. However, this kick played Shepchenko's style with a tricky angle and full speed. The football went straight into the goal and Chelsea attacked. One city!

"Chelsea scored the goal, leading Liverpool 1-0! Beautiful goal, Drogba assisted Shepchenko and opened the record for Chelsea!"

Drogba rushed up and hugged Shepchenko. The surrounding cheers rang out, and Carragher understood why Drogba did it in applause.

He is already the soul of Chelsea, and now he no longer needs to rely on shooting opportunities to consolidate his position. Now he has a firm foothold and is a Blue Bridge Monster whose status no one can shake.