Chapter 263: Manchester United's weak defense

"Manchester United's left-back Evra jumped into the attack and dribbled the ball over half the court. Before the Chelsea players completed the defense, they chose to pass directly into the penalty area at 45 degrees."
"Anderson, suddenly came in from the back in midfield, the ball arrived, and a header was made."
In the process of Manchester United's attack this time, Chelsea’s players have not recovered from the previous offensive state because of the rapid conversion of the ball. Although Yang Feng still has Terry, he has carried out extensive protection of the penalty area and the like. But after all, you can't just rely on two people to complete the task of marking all the restricted areas.
Anderson, who quickly moved forward from outside the penalty area, although Yang Feng and Terry had their eyes on them, at that time, they were also weak and unable to come over to complete the defense.
Anderson’s position should have been defended by midfielders, but after Gerrard got in to attract Essien’s attention, Ballack also went to the right to help the wing to help defend, staying in the middle area. Deco, this time, did not follow Anderson's position closely and let Anderson slip past.
"Cech, the reaction was extremely fast, he made a side move, stretched his body, and opened his arms. But at the last moment, Cech chose to retract his outstretched hand and did not choose to block the football. The ball flew directly out of the bottom line. ."
As a world-class goalkeeper, Cech still has a very good sense of the position of the goal behind him. When Cech took off to reach the position, Cech saw that the ball could not be blocked by his own hands. It must not be within the range of the goal frame. With this header, it is impossible to have too much arc of rotation. Cech directly chose to release the ball to the bottom line, instead of barely blocking the ball himself and leaving the opponent with a supplementary shot. opportunity.
Turning around, this is another wave of Chelsea's reorganization!
In the case of the fourth midfielder holding the ball in the center but being forced by Manchester United, Chelsea did not rely on the center to move forward, but directly handed the ball to the two full-backs Ivanovic and Ashlik The two of you advance on the sidewalk.
The four midfielders, which should have played the main role in advancing, are now more responsible for the response. Ballack and Lampard can also take a cameo as a winger to complete the response to the wing teammates.
Due to Manchester United's pressing, the impact on the wing is not great. Chelsea's offense can finally pass through the midfield fairly smoothly, exerting certain offensive pressure on Manchester United.
Ivanovic's attack on the right. After receiving a wide-range transfer ball from Ashley Cole on the left, he walked the ball two steps forward. When Manchester United's defense caught up, Ivanovic directly swung his leg and wanted a 45-degree high ball. The pass, and Giggs, who rushed over, raised his leg directly, trying to complete the block.
Ivanovic made a sudden spike.
"Fake, Ivanovic's pass just now was a fake!"
"Smash the ball directly, Ivanovic takes the ball laterally to the center."
Manchester United's defense line was disrupted by Ivanovic's sudden smash cut this time, and the solid defense line was somewhat chaotic.
Fletcher, who was guarding the center, directly supplemented the defense, trying to block Ivan's dribbling route.
But Ivanovich himself did not greedy merit at this time. Before Fletcher arrived, Ivan chose to pass the ball directly instead of hitting the goal with a long shot himself.
"Ivanovic made a cross!"
"Barack! Received this cross pass."
Ballack also did not hesitate when receiving the ball. For a team of Manchester United's level, its defensive system is also one-by-one, and will not leave the opponent's offensive players with too much room for reaction and thinking. , Especially in such a core area.
Before catching the ball, Ballack had decided what to do next through his observation of the game scene, which would be more helpful to the team.
"Pass the ball with one kick, and push the ball diagonally forward!"
Ballack passed the ball without wasting time.
"Lampard!"
"Suddenly and quickly inserted directly, from outside the large restricted area on the left, and quickly inserted into the restricted area!"
"It hit the door!"
"Lampard!"
Without any excessive adjustments or even stopping the ball, Lampard rushed to the passing position and volleyed the goal!
It's just that this time Van der Sar's performance is extremely good. Relying on his old experience, he has made a certain predictive save based on Lampard's position on the goal and the way of his kick.
"Blocked! Van der Sar's save, after taking off sideways, he lifted the ball out of the baseline with a single palm!"
"Chelsea's corner kick chance!"
Due to the injury problem of Manchester United's defense, the Manchester United defense at this time is at an absolute disadvantage for defensive set-pieces.
I think that in the Champions League final last season, Vidic and Ferdinand had to form a central defender. They had to be tall and tall, physical confrontation, physical confrontation, stable performance, and excellent defensive awareness.
In this game, for Manchester United, the two central defenders, Wes Brown and Jonathan Evans, did not have the European top defensive ability of the central defender combination last season.
Although Wes Brown, after experiencing many serious injuries, relies on a strong force and excellent grabbing ability, he is still a good central defender, but the difference in height is also a flaw. As far as air defense is concerned, there is no advantage.
And Evans, this young Manchester United central defender, although he has performed very well in the youth training team and the reserve team, but as a young central defender, he lacks professional experience and is his biggest. Drawbacks.
In the few games that were rare to start this season due to Manchester United's injuries, Evans did not have too amazing game performance, but made many mistakes.
Although Wes Brown helped him resolve some of his mistakes, many of the previous Manchester United's losses in the league are still caused by Evans' mistakes.
You know, after all, not every young player is Yang Feng. At such a young age, he can rely on talent to make up for his lack of experience.
In fact, the position of central defender has always been a player who needs to be older and more demon. Although the increase in age may make the player's body not optimal, the corresponding increase in game experience can also make the player, In terms of overall performance, even better.
Manchester United's current pair of central defenders may be able to rely on Evans' talent in sports battles, as well as Wes Brown's front grab to complete most defensive tasks.
However, Evans's lack of experience in positioning the ball, as well as Wes Brown's height disadvantage, are extremely fatal.
"Deco takes a corner kick."
Chelsea’s corner kick tactics have always been practiced on the training ground. As the
legacy
left by Mourinho’s era, set kicks are indeed a great weapon for Chelsea on the offensive end, especially on the back line,
reverse
. With countless players, they can serve as a supplement to the team's offense.
"Yang Feng!"
"Snatch the spot in the middle and head the goal!"
In fact, Yang Feng has always been Chelsea’s first choice to compete for the first point. After all, Yang Feng’s reaction ability, predictive ability, and his close to perfect control of the body, in the front point position with extremely short reaction time, Can maximize their advantages.
However, with Yang Feng fixed at the front point, many defensive players of the team also knew that they could not grab Yang Feng and could not find the spot first.
Therefore, when facing Yang Feng, the defensive team did not pay much attention to where they fell. Instead, they "defended" Yang Feng.
Stuck in position, constantly pushing and pushing to prevent Yang Feng from moving, and defending Yang Feng with physical confrontation. Most of the players at the previous point are strong players in the opposing lineup. They may not be tall, but relying on their bodies can also stop Yang Feng from doing moves.
In response to this kind of defensive method that restricts Yang Feng, Chelsea no longer ignorantly put Yang Feng on the front, but use more complex positioning tactics to try to give each player a different position in the game. Dedicated tactical options.
This time, Yang Feng suddenly came to the mid lane, just to use his height to get a better take-off space under the defense of Wes Brown while having more reactions and actions.
Wes Brown's height disadvantage was not enough to make up for his small advantage in physical confrontation. Yang Feng still grabbed this point, overwhelming Wes Brown, and completed the header.
"Yang Feng's header was thrown to the left of the goal! Van der Sar couldn't make a save!"
"Get out!"
"That's a little bit short! Yang Feng's header slipped out, almost using the header to break Manchester United's goal for Chelsea."
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Although Manchester United made a large-scale push in the midfield from the opening stage, it caused enough trouble for Chelsea's four midfielders.
But this game, after all, is the home of Chelsea, Manchester United is fighting at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea, who enjoyed the home buff, performed extremely well in the cheering of the Blues fans.
Even if only relying on two full-backs to help the team move forward on the offensive end, Chelsea's offensive organization can achieve good results.
The initiative of the game is still in the hands of the home team Chelsea. In addition to the opening of the game, Manchester United used the full court to press and beat Chelsea to an unstable foothold. The game progressed to the middle of the first half, or inevitably fell into the defensive position.
It is Chelsea's offensive opportunity in the frontcourt again.
Although Chelsea’s current lineup does not have orthodox full-backs and four midfielders, although it is not like Ancelotti’s
four tens
when Ancelotti was in AC Milan, today’s An Fat four midfielder, But there is a development trend toward the "four waists".
Although all three people except Essien have good offensive methods, the defense of the four people in the midfield is equally good.
The strong defensive power of the center can naturally help the side to assist in defense when there is a wealth of defensive power, and indirectly liberate the defensive pressure of Chelsea's two full-backs.
There is no excellent full-back who can open up space on the wing, so on the offensive end, let Chelsea's two full-backs plug in to open up the space on the court.
And Chelsea’s Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, and even Bosingwa, who is now recovering from injury, have already proved in previous games that they have excellent offensive capabilities while completing defensive tasks. You can completely play the role of a winger on the court.
Use full-backs to make up on the offensive end, and then use four midfielders to strengthen the ball control and defensive strength, organize some offenses, and make some long shots. This is how Chelsea play in active offense.
If Chelsea can take the lead, in many cases, An Fat, who values ​​the results of the game, is still willing to change into the solid defensive lineup in the past to fight back.
"Don't let Chelsea take the lead!" This is the consensus of all teams when facing Chelsea, an iron rule that began in the Mourinho era.
After all, under normal circumstances, it is not easy to break through Chelsea's defense. It is even more wishful thinking to break through the iron bucket that Chelsea put out when focusing on defense.
"Ashley Cole on the left is also very active today."
"Manchester United's Valencia on the right, wanting to defend Ashley Cole alone is not an easy task!"
"Ashley Cole, forcibly accelerate directly on the wing!"
"It's just that Valencia's speed is also a strong point. This time Valencia directly took advantage of Ashley Cole's dribbling time to get a little bigger~EbookFREE.me~ a'sweeping leg' from his side, Kicked the ball directly out of the boundary"
As the first to kick the ball, although Valencia's additional action brought down Ashley Cole, it was indeed a good goal.
As for Ashley Cole, instead of lying on the ground, chirping, he got up quickly, grabbed the ball on the boundary, and sent a throw-in to find his teammate.
"Ashley Cole, threw the out-of-bounds ball directly to Ballack who came over."
"Barack stopped the ball in his chest and protected the ball under his feet with his back."
"Fletcher's defense is very strict and doesn't give Barack too much room to turn around."
"Barack directly chose to pass back to Deco, and Manchester United's defense was on the whole."
For Chelsea's pass in the middle, Manchester United is madly pressing.
However, this time Deco was already prepared to deal with it, and Anderson's grab action was also slow.
Deco directly faced Ballack's pass, which was an oblique pass, and aimed directly at the Manchester United midfielder, which showed a slightly empty penalty area.
"Deco's pass!"
"Passed to the right side of the Manchester United penalty area."
"Drogba caught Wes Brown, jumped up and grabbed the drop point directly, and gave it to Anelka beside him."
"Evans! At the critical moment of defending Anelka, the soles of his feet slipped a bit and almost fell."
"Anelka, easily unloaded Drogba's pass. Only O'Shea who came from the right side could interfere, but it was too late!"
"I hit the goal! After stopping the ball, I just volleyed it all in one go!"
"GOAL!!!"
"Goal scored! Anelka!"
"The ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal! Van der Sar's save was too late to touch the ball. Anelka opened the scoring for Chelsea..."