Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 230 Triangle Encirclement Tactics
England, Middlesbrough, Riverside Stadium.

Now, the game on the court has been carried on to the 30th minute of the first half, Middlesbrough leads 2:0, this score is something no one expected before the game, maybe the media and fans who support Chelsea can take this as a It's just a mistake. After so many games, it's normal to have an unstable performance once in a while, especially the newly transferred Thiago Mendes this year. His performance is really not satisfactory enough.

Although this kind of thinking is reasonable, it cannot conceal the strong strength of Middlesbrough and the tactical use ability of Steve McClaren, a newly emerging young coach in England in the early 21st century.

In this regard, Wang Li on the field already has a deep understanding.

With the outstanding performance of Wang Li's Chelsea team, more teams will do some key research on him before the game, such a player who scores more than 2 goals in a game and is almost like a scoring machine, if let If it plays at will, then the game is almost doomed to failure.In the previous games, many teams chose to let 1 or 2 players closely guard Wang Li——
Facts have proved that this kind of close marking is not worth the candle!

First of all, if two players were sent to defend Wang Li close to him, it would be considered a solid defense, but the team has become 9v10 from the beginning, and it seems that there is one less player participating.As a quasi-rich team, Chelsea, all three fronts are star players, plus a tactical master coach Mourinho, it is not easy to win with one less player! ?
What's more, after so many games, although one or two players defended closely in each game, in fact, Wang Li's scoring efficiency has not decreased at all. This result seems to indicate that the tactics of close defense have not improved at all. The role of children.

If you study Southampton's tactics, you can find that this newly promoted team did not conduct too much research on Wang Li at all, but they only conceded two goals by relying on strict man-pile tactics. It can be said that this is the beginning of the season. In the future, the team with the most successful defense against Chelsea.

And now, Stephen. McLaren has re-enacted a tactic, let's call it --- triangle encirclement defensive tactic.

This tactic is very simple to say, it relies on one player to snatch the ball close to Wang Li, while the other two players defend at a slightly farther position, but do not step forward, just to prevent Wang Li from making a sudden breakthrough , and can block its passing route.

These three defensive players are not fixed, so they are not full-court man-marking. Only when Wang Li got the football, the three players near Middlesbrough formed this three-surrounding-one encirclement independently.

In this way, after Wang Li gets the ball, if he chooses to forcibly break through the defensive player, the other two players who are supplementing the defense will easily detect and intercept the ball, and if he chooses to pass the ball, he will be blocked by the other two players Most of the passing routes are blocked, coupled with the constant harassment of close defensive players, it is not easy to make a difference.

This tactic is very simple to say, but looking at the tacit understanding of the Middlesbrough players, we know that they have at least practiced this tactic for a long time.Maybe it was Wang Li who gave Mr. McLaren too much 'pain' last season. This time it was his tactic specially formulated for Wang Li, and now, this tactic has achieved good results!

Yes, because of this tactic, Wang Li has encountered a lot of trouble from the beginning to the present. Middlesbrough did not restrict his receiving the ball, but when he got the ball, he tentatively attacked twice. But they all ended in failure, so that now, when Wang Li got the ball, he had no choice but to choose to pass back. This kind of triangle defense made him annoyed, and he had to admire the ability of the opposing coach.

On the sidelines, the head coach, Mourinho, of course also noticed Wang Li's dilemma. Regarding Middlesbrough's tactics against Wang Li, he did not think of any good solution for the time being.In fact, using such a tactic to target and defend a player is indeed a bit of a big deal. Even a world-class superstar player will receive two players' close defense treatment in a game.

However, Wang Li got the key target of the opponent's coach and arranged a tough strategy——
This may also be something to be proud of! ! ?

However, although Mourinho can't think of any way to change Wang Li's situation for the time being, he can use tactical adjustments to make Chelsea's offense more threatening: every time Wang Li gets the ball, he will be double-teamed by three opponents. This shows that in McLaren's tactics, the right side is the key defensive area! !

Mourinho chewed gum, walked to the side of the court, called Frank Lampard, the center of the offense on the court, and whispered instructions to him, and then, the situation on the court changed immediately.

Chelsea made adjustments to attack the left side instead, and used Joe Cole and Gremi's footwork to continuously pass long balls to the penalty area, creating opportunities for Drogba in the penalty area!
From this moment on, Joe Cole frequently sought a breakthrough from the left. Middlesbrough's left back Zenden had no way at all, and left back Southgate followed the instructions of the head coach, but he had to go to the left frequently. Supports the defense in the middle, which leaves a very empty left.

At this time, Joe Cole was definitely the most dazzling person in the audience. He used his skills to show off his footwork unscrupulously, which angered the fans in the audience, but there was nothing he could do.

During this period of time, Chelsea mainly attacked on the left. Although occasionally the football will pass to Wang Li's feet, but more often, he will still choose to pass it to his teammates, so that there will be more and better opportunities. Therefore, Wang Li was also a little leisurely, and he also frequently inserted into the penalty area to look for opportunities to score.

The opponent's triangle encirclement tactic can indeed cause a lot of trouble for Wang Li in the open area, but it is useless at all when the restricted area is crowded. Space for the ball, the first option to get a football is to shoot!

On the sidelines, McLaren turned his head to look at the figure on the Chelsea bench who was wearing a suit and tie but with disheveled hair and a crooked tie, but a flash of admiration flashed in his heart. After only 30 minutes of the game, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Steve McLaren hadn't figured out a solution yet, but the situation on the field changed drastically!

In the 41st minute of the first half, it was still Joe Cole who dribbled the ball from the wing. He brought the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area. Facing Southgate's defense, he did not choose to break through , but kicked the ball with a back heel to Gremi who kept up.

Gremi got the ball, without even thinking about it, he hoisted it towards the penalty area.

At this time, in the Middlesbrough penalty area, Wang Li was a little behind the line of the big penalty area, while Drogba was surrounded by two-meter players from the opponent and stood on the line of the small penalty area. Between Drogba and Wang Li.

There is also a defensive player next to Wang Li. When the football is about to hit the ground, Drogba and Wang Li have already run here.

In an instant, three players jumped up at the same time! --Drogba, Wang Li, Parnaby!
But obviously, Wang Li is superior in skills. Although the other two have height advantages, the lightness skill "Fei Yao Zhi Shu" of the Xiaoyao School is by no means comparable to the physical advantages of ordinary people.

Wang Li, who was in the air, saw the football flying in his direction, and with a flick of his mouth, he was about to shake his head and directly attack the goal!

He feels very good now. The ball is less than 9 meters away from the goal. At this time, the goalkeeper Schwarzer is standing a little to the right of the goal frame. If the football is placed on the left corner, it will undoubtedly score!

However, things are often not smooth sailing. Middlesbrough defender Riggett reacted in an instant, stretched out his big hand, grabbed Wang Li's waistband, and dragged him to the grass. However, he himself It didn't feel good either. During the fall, Wang Li put one hand on Riggett's shoulder, and after falling on the grass, he directly used the latter as a cushion...

After falling on the grass, Wang Li discovered an embarrassing thing. His upper body was lying on the ground, but his legs were resting on the tall defender. on the opponent's thigh, and the left foot stopped between the opponent's legs——
Those few cold spikes told the people nearby that as long as Wang Li stretched his legs lightly...! ! ?
"Oh, I'm sorry, are you okay!" Wang Li stood up in embarrassment, and stretched out his hand friendly to pull Liget up.

Fortunately, although Riggett also thought of that scene just now, and even subconsciously covered his lower body with his hands, he didn't suffer any harm.After he came to his senses, he was in no mood to lie on the ground again, to win the sympathy of the referee, and quickly stood up holding Wang Li's right hand, "No problem, thank you!"

At this time, Riegert was still terrified.

However, the referee obviously ignored this. He saw the ball very clearly, so he directly showed Liggett a yellow card and awarded Chelsea a penalty.

In fact, this kind of penalty is a bit light. Like Riggett's dangerous action just now, there is no doubt that it should be a red card. Maybe this is a riverside stadium. Of course, the referee must favor the home team a little bit.

No one was vying for the penalty. Frank Lampard, the soul of the team's offense, stood directly in front of the ball. He volleyed the ball and scored it overnight. The football hit the dead corner of the goal and recovered a goal for Chelsea.

At this time, on the Chelsea bench, Mourinho smiled lightly, then turned to Clark and said, "If you recover a goal in the first half, it will be much easier in the second half."

Clark nodded and said, "Yes, sir, there will be a big difference in the mental state of the players if they are behind by one goal or two goals."

"So, how do you say McLaren will respond in the second half?"

Clark thought for a while and said tentatively, "Will he defend with all his strength to keep the one-goal advantage?"

Mourinho smiled and didn't say anything. He stood up, looked up at the field defense, then spit out the chewing gum he still had in his mouth, turned and walked towards the player tunnel.

(End of this chapter)