Chapter 250: Castle in the Sky

After the European Super Cup, due to the arrival of the International Football Match Day, the Premier League also entered a two-week intermission.
As the biggest and most influential football player in China today, Yang Feng had the opportunity to play on behalf of the national team last season. However, due to the initial recruitment of the national team, only some of them were very tasteless. For the Chelsea team, which was aiming for the championship at the time, Hiddink did not hesitate to refuse the call-up request of the national football team, and Yang Feng was also for this kind of flying half the earth, to play a weaker team. No interest in Asian fish belly.
However, Yang Feng and Chelsea’s double face-slap behavior is said to have caused some "Pig Association" leaders to feel that their faces are dull, and then began to use administrative power to privately prohibit the national team from recruiting Yang Feng to participate in official national football matches.
While fans all over the country are eagerly looking forward to Yang Feng, a central defender who has proven his strength in the European League, can change the weak defense of the national football team, they always see that the national team joins new players, which will affect the team’s tacit understanding. The team’s inherent tactics did not help much in the World Cup qualifiers and refused to recruit Yang Feng.
Even though many fans resent the leadership of the National Football Team, there is no better and more direct way except for verbal abuse and condemnation on the Internet.
As expected, the national football team did not bring any surprises to the majority of Chinese football fans. After a magical operation, the national football team, with tacit training and proper tactics, was unfavorable and unable to defend. It successfully took the lead in the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup. Going home to the theater...
And Yang Feng himself did not participate in the off-field activities of the national football team in the public or other channels. Yang Feng knows that these years have been the darkest period of domestic football. It can be said that some people think they can cover the sky in the football field. . But for the desire of heaven to perish, it must first make it crazy.
These football moths, who are already mad enough, will be completely destroyed by stronger administrative forces in the future, and Yang Feng knows that the darkness of domestic football will be completely dissipated in the next few years. As for Yang Feng himself, it is good to develop himself in the club with peace of mind, and make his own contribution to Chinese football when the official attaches more importance to football in the future!
On the national team match day, as a rare break time, Yang Feng still appeared at the Chelsea training base as always, with some teammates who were not recruited by the national team, and many youth training players who were transferred to train to maintain the game state. .
In the two weeks with sufficient time to train alone, with the help of the defensive coach, Yang Feng's focus is still on the ability to head the ball. The next game is also a big test for Yang Feng's central defender position, because Chelsea are going to challenge Stoke City away!
In terms of strength, Stoke City may be a mid-range team mixed in the Premier League, but in terms of the characteristics of the team, it is definitely the most "rough" among the many "rough" teams in the Premier League. That team!
Team coach Tony Pulis has coached Stoke City for nearly 10 years. Since the Second Entry Palace took charge of Stoke City's coach in 2006, he has played against Stoke City, which was still in the Championship. Comprehensive tactical reform.
Under the coaching of Tony Pulis, Stoke City has returned to the most primitive way of football. They don’t need to control the ball, and they don’t need any complicated tactics. The long pass is the most fundamental core of Stoke City. Tactics!
Equipped with sideline who can throw "grenades" into the penalty area. When you watch Stoke City games, their footballs are always flying in the sky. After that, the reputation of "Sky City" is also Belongs to Stoke City!
Although other teams also have high centers, but they are generally equipped with a fast and flexible second forward, Stoke City's striker has always been a representative of high and strong!
Tony Pulis's picking vision is very simple, that is, to find those strong and tall forwards in the transfer market. Equipped with a traditional British full-back who is strong and fast enough, and in the midfielder and central back position, there are still some players who are tall and strong!
Anyway, for the Stoke City players, except for some players with very obvious characteristics, most players are definitely physically strong, and confrontational ability is the priority.
The second is a player who is tall enough to open the opponent's goal for the team!
So when playing against Stoke City, Chelsea's height advantage when facing most teams no longer exists. Instead, be careful of Stoke City's high-altitude bombing!
The "Sky City" will always play at two extremes when facing a giant team. Either it will be held by an iron bucket and seized the opportunity to set the ball, and to pass all kinds of high-altitude ball opportunities. The big team that can smash is also confused.
Of course, it may also be that the team made a defensive mistake. Later, in order to fill the hole, it will be because after the player has attacked, some of the tall and strong players will not return to the defense quickly, and there will be huge defensive loopholes. The opponent will counterattack, and constantly Expand the score.
In the second round of the league, when Stoke City challenged Liverpool, one of the top four powerhouses, in an away game, they lost miserably in a contest between high and fast.
After Liverpool withstood the constant header bombardment of Stoke City in the opening game, they used their frontcourt players to directly tear open the inflexible Stoke City defense line and scored directly!
After that, the attacked Stoke City was dizzy by Liverpool's counterattack, and directly surrendered. Liverpool, who opened the door, directly declared that their strength was still strong with a 4-0 bloodbath in the second round!
Because of the off-season on the national team match day, the Chelsea team can have enough time to make targeted arrangements for Stoke City. Just wait for most of the team’s main players to fly back to the club, and the coaching staff will focus on it. The emphasis.
In the fifth round of the Premier League, 7 Premier League games started at the same time, and for Chinese fans, Chelsea's game is naturally the first choice.
At the Britannia Stadium in Stoke, the Chelsea team, most of the starters, came to challenge the "City of the Sky" in a slightly exhausted state.
For the giants of each league, if statistics are taken, after participating in the Champions League or the Europa League, and after the national team match day, the out-of-win rate of the major teams must be more obvious than usual. increase.
In the football field, which is increasingly striving for excellence, those who eat this bowl of youthful rice and those who can gain a foothold in the five major leagues must have two brushes.
In fact, for players who play for giants, in the case of similar technical movements, many players may have better physical fitness, which can ensure that they have more effective playing time and achieve more help to the team.
However, the players of the general wealthy teams are also the players of the major national teams. After two consecutive games on the national team match day and continuous long-distance flights, when the players fly back to the club, they are not injured. Everything is fine, and the state still needs the team's logistics team to slowly help recover.
In this game, although Stoke City is an opponent that should not be underestimated, Chelsea still carried out a small rotation due to the status of the players.
Anelka, Bosingwa and Essien, who have experienced two hard fights on the national team’s match day, all had time to rest in this game. With the team’s 442 formation unchanged, Kalu, Mikel, Iraq Vanovic replaced them in the starting field.
And Ivanovic’s appearance can be regarded as an increase in Chelsea’s defense line and can withstand some "bombing" threats from "Sky City".
Stoke at home is still in the 532 formation when facing a strong team.
Five defenders and a black and hard midfielder are used to stabilize the defense. The two strong and fast British full-backs on the left and right have completely abandoned the midfield organizer!
The top double forwards are Duff Kitson at 1.91 meters and James Beatty at 1.85 meters.
The double-high combination is to give Chelsea the greatest pressure in the air when counterattacking or positioning the ball.
But as far as Yang Feng is concerned, he has a sufficient understanding of these two strikers in Stoke City.
James Beatty is a 32-year-old veteran, while Duff Kitson is 1.91 meters tall, but his weight is not as good as Yang Feng. Their confrontation ability is not very strong because of their weight. For Yang Feng, the threat to Stoke is not from these two forwards, but from the excellent physical fitness of the opposing defenders when they set the ball.
After the start of the game, Stoke City retired as always, and even the two high center forwards retreated to their own half, using their long legs to interfere with Chelsea's passing line.
And Chelsea did not have the idea of ​​speeding up the rhythm of the game. My family knows their own affairs. If the rhythm of the game is normal, the wealthy teams are willing to speed up the rhythm of the game and increase the net time of the game to ensure that their players can have more room to play. There is still time.
However, many Chelsea players are physically weak. Although they have reached the state of the game now, there is a high probability of physical problems in the later stage of the game. At this time, the veteran Chelsea players naturally began to slow down the pace of the game. , To save energy for the second half of the game.
As for Stoke City, no matter how much it is, the game time is actually consumed anyway. For non-rich Premier League teams, it does not matter whether they are ranked fifth or seventeenth. Many teams are the most practical. The goal is to stay in class, and get more points in the early stage, and the earlier you stay in class, the longer you think the "holiday" is.
With the goal of defending a point and waiting for the opportunity to bombard at high altitude, Stoke City is just letting Chelsea brush the ball near the midfield and remain indifferent!
Of course, Chelsea, who came to victory, would naturally not really spend the first half just like that. Some attacks still have to be organized, and they still have to try to create opportunities!
It’s just that the height of Stoke’s defense line makes Chelsea’s cross from the wing hardly have a very good effect. Drogba can resist one, but facing the physique of Stoke’s players, facing two People are at an absolute disadvantage.
And Chelsea's penetration attack, under the condition that Lampard, who is at the current waist position, is not in good condition today, there is no very good progress.
In the end, Chelsea has returned to the old path of continuous long-range attempts, pointing to the opportunity that long-range shots can create.
After several long shots in a row, Chelsea did not create a threatening offense. Instead, it was on the other side. Stoke City, with limited ball possession, just grabbed Chelsea’s wing and hit hard, without any The cooperation of the ball is to pass the simplest pass, and then the wing players rely on their personal ability to create the opportunity to pass the ball on the wing.
In the penalty area, the double high center forwards, whoever catches the opportunity, choose to head directly to the goal, without the slightest cooperation, and the idea of ​​creating a better opportunity.
Although Yang Feng and Terry's center-back combination, facing Stoke City's double forwards, they still have a defensive advantage, but the advantage does not mean that they can completely limit the opponent's shots.
In a counterattack opportunity for Stoke City, as the Premier League teams are now paying attention to the counterattack ball against Chelsea, they should not pass Yang Feng’s defense zone. Therefore, Stoke City’s chance is given to the wide players. Long-distance dribbling impact.
As for Ivanovic’s speed, he suffered a big loss at this time. Although the opponent could not squeeze to finish the cut due to his tall stature, but ~EbookFREE.me~ passed directly, Ivanovic still Unable to effectively interfere!
The home team player's cross made a big arc and found Duff Kitson at the back point.
Duff Kitson’s header competed for the top. Under the interference of Yang Feng’s retreat, he and Yang Feng ran into the football at the same time. In the end, Duff Kitson pushed out and hit Yang Feng’s head and flew out of the bottom line. Chance for a corner kick!
A rare opportunity to set the ball, the "Bombing Team" of the "Sky City" can finally be deployed. A group of defenders with more than 1.85 meters and two high points in the front field are all crowded in Chelsea's. Within the restricted area.
After full-back Collins gave a corner kick, all the big guys in Stoke began to take action. Within the penalty area, it turned into a melee arena for a time. Players from both teams are vigorously grabbing positions!
Because when Chelsea face Stoke, individual contention does not have the advantage in many positions, so when defensive, Ancelotti still chooses the way of regional defense, hoping to rely on the judgment of the ball's landing Instant number advantage, complete effective defense!
Yang Feng judged that the ball had landed in the area near him, and jumped in, trying to complete the battle.
It's just that Yang Feng's judgment is indeed very accurate, but this time the home team players who are waiting for the top team have not bad judgments.
Stoke’s main central defender and the team’s first captain, Abdulaye Faye leaped high in front of Chelsea’s goal and shook his head to attack the goal, whether it was Yang Feng or Ballack on the other side. It was just a step slower, and Faye's header went straight to the upper left corner of the goal, with sufficient preparation and strength, angle and strength!
"GOAL!!!"
"Faya! First of all the prestige of'Sky City'!"
"Chelsea are behind on the road!"