I'm 198cm tall. Are you giving me a Maradona template?

Chapter 217 Kanter can’t get through it
Just as everyone expected.

Chelsea, playing away, showed their intention to play a defensive counterattack at Anfield from the beginning of the game.

So, after the game started, Yang Guang entered the penalty area.

As a center forward.

He naturally moves in the penalty area.

But he soon discovered that things were not as simple as he thought.

The main reason is that Liverpool's wing attack failed to advance smoothly.

Since Chelsea sent out five defenders, they could fully expand the width of their defense line when defending on the flanks.

Thus.

Liverpool's transfers on the periphery made it difficult to open up Chelsea's flanks and create crossing opportunities.

Minutes into the game.

Although Liverpool had the advantage in ball possession.

But I didn't get many passes.
In the commentary box.

Sky Sports TV commentator Kolo couldn't help shaking his head: "As everyone expected, this will be a drowsy game."

Although the game was not good.

But it has to be said.

Chelsea's strategy worked.

They cut off the connection between Sunshine and other Liverpool players in the penalty area.

Relying on the numerical advantage in the backcourt.

Established a very suffocating defensive system.

Ten minutes passed.

The sun doesn't have much to offer.

This surprised Klopp a little.

Chelsea tightened their defense, and they also have a tradition of defense. Back then, Chelsea was known as the Iron Blue Army, a team that won the Champions League by relying on defensive counterattacks.

If a team like this is determined to defend, it will be difficult for you to do anything to them in a short time.

Klopp watched for a while.

Sat back in the coach's seat.

Because the sun retreated - breaking through the dense defense only requires a few tricks.

Sunshine retreated, apparently intending to get the ball outside the penalty area and take a long shot.

Facing such dense defense.

In fact, long shots may not necessarily result in a goal.

But it was not meaningless for the Suns to retreat and get the ball.

Because this will stretch Chelsea's defense and make their overall defense shrink towards the middle, which will give Liverpool space to transfer the ball to the wing, and then Sunshine can get into the penalty area to grab the ball.

Through this contraction and penetration.

This will create some space and opportunities.

Yangguang waited in the penalty area for a long time but his teammate did not pass the ball in.

He decided he couldn't wait any longer.

He has to take the initiative to seek change.

So he began to withdraw from the penalty area, and at the same time, let Mane and Salah move from the flanks to the middle rib area.

When Yangguang reached the midfield area, he noticed a shadow next to him. He turned his head and saw a black head.
Look down.

It's Kante.

This French defensive midfielder did not stick as close to the opponent as possible like other defensive midfielders, but kept a distance of about one to two meters.

Just move within a range of one or two meters around yourself.

Yangguang originally thought that the other party did this because he didn't have the confidence to confront his body head-on.

So he didn't take it seriously.

But just as he was about to catch the ball.

A black lightning suddenly rushed out from beside him and poked the ball away before he could react.
"Kante! Beautiful forward defense! Chelsea's counterattack is coming"

Amidst exclamations.

Kante made a steal and Chelsea launched a counterattack, with Hazard cruising to the left to support.

He ran quickly along the left side, dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area, and passed the ball in with his left foot.

The football stayed close to the ground, passed Van Dijk who was defending at the front point, and reached the back point.

"Morata!!"

Amidst exclamations.

Morata raised his foot and shot.

The kick missed.

The ball went out of bounds.

There was an exclamation at Anfield.

Finally, after discovering that the ball had gone out of bounds.

Liverpool fans breathed a sigh of relief.

"Morata missed a great opportunity!"

"Chelsea played the counterattack they wanted, Hazard's pass was very good, but Morata wasted the chance that was right in front of him."

“The ball missed.”

"Eleven minutes into the game, the best chance was created by Chelsea's counterattack"

"This counterattack came from Kante's steal. Let's see. Sunshine was about to receive a through ball from the backcourt. At the moment he was about to receive the ball, Kante, who was defending in front, got the ball away before Sunshine could."

"Yangguang's body is too big. Compared to the agile Kante, his starting speed is definitely far inferior to Kante's."

"Kante made a very smart defensive move, taking full advantage of his position and seizing the best opportunity to steal the ball."

The camera was focused on Kante, who had a simple and honest look on his face.

He saw Yangguang turning his head to look at him.

The French defensive midfielder grinned into the sunshine.

Sunshine turned his head away.

before this.

He didn't take Kante very seriously.

Can this little guy compete with me?
But in the end, he found that he had underestimated the heroes of the world.

When I realized Kante's intention, it was too late to stop him - the commentator was right.

How can a person who is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 98 kilograms compare in terms of starting flexibility with a person who is 1.71 meters tall and weighs 70 kilograms?
Before this, Yangguang saw Kante moving around near him but did not approach him, and thought that the other party did so because he was afraid of physical confrontation with him.

Now it seems.

This is the opponent's strategy!
Use your flexibility and anticipation to defend.

Master!
Yangguang now began to pay attention to this little guy who seemed insignificant before.

Sunlight adds flexibility to your position.

One minute later.

He caught the ball.

If it is an average defensive player.

Now he will definitely stick to me and try his best to stop me from turning around.

But he found that Kanter didn't do that.

Yangguang turned around comfortably, and it was Bakayoko who rushed over to defend him.

Yangguang dribbled the ball with the outside of his foot, preparing to break past Bakayoko and take a long shot.

But just as the football left his feet.

Kante suddenly appeared like a poisonous snake and tackled the ball away.

"Beautiful defense! Kante!"

"There are no insurmountable obstacles in this world, only Kante who is as expected."

People praised Kanter's defense.

Sunshine glanced at Kanter who shoveled the ball out of the sideline.

His expression became more serious than ever before.

He quickly discovered Kanter's defensive strategy.

Don't force your body to level with yourself.

The main thing is to block the passing route, stand firm, assist teammates, and find opportunities to complete the destruction.
have to say.

This method is very effective.

"Kante restricted Sunshine's performance in the midfield!"

"Twenty minutes into the game, Yang Guang has only had one long shot that hit the defender. This is so rare." The commentators were very surprised.

Because the sunlight is limited here.

Liverpool's attack seemed to have lost its direction.

Thirty minutes into the game.

Liverpool lost the ball.

This was Chelsea's third counterattack since the start of the game.

Hazard advanced through the middle and attracted the defense before passing the ball to Morata.

Morata did not waste the opportunity this time, shooting the ball into the goal with his right foot.

0:1
Chelsea, playing away, scored the first goal.

"Morata! Beautiful!! Chelsea scored a goal away from home!"

"Liverpool fell behind at home. Chelsea's counterattacks involved a small number of players, but they were very deadly. They launched three counterattacks, all of which created threats. Morata finally made good use of the opportunity in the third counterattack!"

"Since the start of the game, Liverpool has not found any way to deal with Chelsea's dense defense. Instead, their defense has been penetrated by Chelsea's counterattacks."

"Now the problem lies with Liverpool..."

Throughout Anfield, Liverpool fans were somewhat silent.

The visiting team's fans are cheering like crazy now.

Conte rushed out of the coaching booth with his arms raised.

The Italian coach waved his fist vigorously.

Honestly.

The pressure of being besieged by Liverpool is still very great.

But now, all the pressure is released with the goal.

The pressure is on Liverpool.

And more importantly.
Let’s take a look at this 30-minute game.

Chelsea did find a way to deal with Liverpool and the sun.

How could this not excite Conte?
Conte turned his head and glanced at Klopp, who was frowning.

In a good mood.

He could already imagine it.

With the lead created by this goal.

How Chelsea turned their advantage into victory
It's like a breach in the dam.

The flood blocked by the dam will flow down along the gap.

Completely smash the Liverpool dam!
Chelsea’s road to defending the title begins now!
Conte waved his fist fiercely and returned to the coaching seat.

The camera locked on Klopp.

He was indeed very regretful when he lost the ball.

But he quickly calmed down.

He kept shouting at his players on the sidelines to remain patient.

Wait until he returns to the coaching booth.

Assistant coach Kravitz suggested playing elsewhere.

"Maybe we can attack Salah and let Yang pass the ball to him?"

Hearing this, Klopp shook his head and rejected this strategy: "Let's finish the first half first."

do not know why.

Klopp always feels that.

Players like Sunshine.

It is impossible to be restricted.

He always finds a way out.

Sunshine now knows the opponent's complete defensive strategy.

"These are all their tricks. There's nothing new!"

While the opponent is celebrating the goal.

Yangguang discussed countermeasures with his teammates.

"So what do we do?" Henderson asked.

"They were hiding from me in the midfield. If the ball was on the ground, that guy called Kante really had an advantage. He's very agile and has a fast start. The key is... his predictions are very accurate!"

Sunshine analyzed.

In the eyes of the media, Yangguang is an arrogant and domineering guy who looks down on everyone.

But in fact, he does not underestimate his opponents.

Kanter is a very strong defender.

Sunshine will not deny this.

Otherwise, the other party would not have limited himself to thirty minutes.

The first step to solving a problem is to acknowledge it.

And the first step to defeating your opponent.

You need to understand your opponent’s advantages first.

If you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

"But he's avoiding me to kick me," Yangguang analyzed, "because he knows that in a physical confrontation, three of him combined are no match for me!"

Sunshine said, pointing at himself.

The teammates nodded.

"What are you going to do?"

"Whatever our opponent is afraid of, we're determined to do it!" Yangguang said, "Doesn't he want to physically confront me? Then I'm going to force him to physically confront me!"

"It's simple, don't pass the ball from the ground, pass the ball from the air!"

Sunshine said, patting his head.

"It's useless no matter how accurate his prediction is, how good his positioning is, or how good his positional sense is."

"Let's give them a little three-dimensional blow!"

Henderson clapped his hands: "Okay! Let's do as you say!"

Chelsea's celebrations were over.

However, the camera did not give much footage to Morata, the scorer.

Instead, he frequently locked onto Kante.

The director seems to know a lot about football.

The fundamental reason why Chelsea can score goals through counterattacks is that Chelsea can defend, and Chelsea can defend because they have a difficult Kante.

"Chelsea used a five-back system to lock down Liverpool's cross from the wing. Sunshine retreated and tried to receive the ball and shoot from long range, but was also blocked by Kante..."

the commentators all said.

In the media box.

Reporters were also talking about it.

"It seems Conte has found a way to deal with the sun"

"Other teams may be able to learn from this approach."

"Reference? Don't be silly, do other teams have Kante?"

"Without Kante, even if they can't do what Kante does, at least 50% of his performance, Liverpool will still be in a very difficult situation."

"If Conte's approach is universal, perhaps Sunshine's future goal rate won't be so exaggerated."

The Chinese reporters in the media seats were somewhat worried.

They are worried that the Suns will be completely restricted by Kanter in the next game.
on the field.

Zappa Costa stood next to Kante and Bakayoko.

Although the most dazzling defender is Kanter.

But Kante definitely can't defend against Sunshine in one-on-one situations.

What can limit the Sunshine is the system formed by three defensive midfielders, forcing the Sunshine to face the defense of Kante and another defensive midfielder in any situation.

"This big guy probably has no other options, right?"

Zappa Costa said.

Bakayoko shook his head repeatedly: "Don't take it lightly, Zappa, he is Yang!"

"We can't give him space at any time!"

As a player who has been teammates with Yang Guang for two seasons.

Bakayoko knows all too well how powerful the sun is.

Even though they appear to be shielded from the sun for thirty minutes.

But there's still an hour left in the game.
(End of this chapter)