Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 344 Chelsea-style offense (2)

London, England, Fulham area, Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea VS Manchester United match has just begun.

Just now Drogba's shot was cleared out of the bottom line by Manchester United defender Ferdinand, and Chelsea won a corner kick.

Alkin Robben walked towards the corner flagpole. Under the signal of the referee, he calmly took the corner kick. However, the pass from the penalty area was a bit low. The experienced American goalkeeper Howard directly took the initiative and used Hit the ball out of the penalty area with both hands, and then Fletcher, who was guarding near the penalty area line, cleared the ball out of the sideline.

This time the corner kick failed to pose a threat to Manchester United's goal, which disappointed the entire Blues fans.

Wang Li was also at the top of the restricted area, but even if he has excellent strides, he must have room to display them. The restricted area is crowded with people, and no matter how exquisite his footwork is, he cannot wear "human flesh". However, the place where the football fell was really far away from him.Seeing the football flying out, he immediately turned around and ran backwards, preparing to let his teammates take the free throw to catch up and continue the attack.

Winger Damien Duff threw the ball with both hands on the touchline to Lampard, who stopped the ball with his chest. With Manchester United defending beside him, Lampard kicked Duff. After turning away from the defensive player, he just received a return pass from Duff, which put him in a relatively safe position, then he raised his head to look for his teammates, and just in time saw Wang Li running back from the front .

There was no need for Wang Li to signal at all. After more than half a season of cooperation, Lampard already knew who should pass the ball to in this situation. He kicked Wang Li without hesitation and passed the ball. Finally, Lampard did not choose to plug in, but slowly moved backwards, following behind Wang Li, ready to respond at any time.

At this time, Manchester United's defensive players saw Wang Li get the ball. In order to prevent him from making a sudden cold shot or kicking a threatening pass, Scholes and captain Roy Keane immediately forced Come over, and the other players also consciously moved the battle line forward, trying to create a gap to cause offside, and prevent Wang Li from suddenly threatening to pass the ball.

This is a tactic that Ferguson formulated before the game. On the one hand, he strengthened the blockade of the backcourt; play.

At this time, due to the forward pull of the front line, there is a large gap between Manchester United's back line and the goal. In this way, Drogba's position can only be moved back, and Wang Li will change when he wants to pass the ball. Difficult, because if not careful, Drogba will be offside.

This approach is indeed effective, at least, Ivory Coast Warcraft feels a lot more difficult to play, he has never been a dexterity striker, nor is he a speed player.

At this time, Wang Li dribbled the ball and directly faced the defense of Roy Keane and Scholes. These two players are experienced veterans. They have fought on the court for more than ten years. Although Maybe their personal strength is much different from Wang Li's, but their experience is not comparable to Wang Li's. They didn't choose to grab the ball directly, but slowly moved closer to Wang Li's side, blocking Wang Lihe directly between their positions. The passing route on the right, and even behind him, there is Manchester United striker Saha's supplementary defense-seeing that Wang Li is about to be caught by three sides.

However, facing this situation, Wang Li did not panic. He just lowered his head slightly and walked forward. But if you look carefully, his peripheral vision has been scanning the left and right roads. There is no doubt that if there is a chance, he will Will pass the ball to teammates to get out of this trouble.

Sure enough, when Scholes and Roy Keane couldn't help but close the door and make a steal, Wang Li saw a gap on the left from the corner of his eye. He passed it without hesitation, and immediately With Lingbo microsteps, he rushed towards Manchester United's penalty area.

On the left, Alkin Robben ran two steps forward and just received the pass. Manchester United's double-team attempt also failed. After receiving the ball, Arjen Robben quickly took two steps forward, Without hesitation, he chose the lob penalty area, and then Wang Li arrived in time, followed by jumping up from behind Manchester United defender Brown, and directly rushed to the top. The football hit Wang Li's forehead and rushed straight towards the Manchester United goal in disguise. Fortunately, Howard did not make a mistake this time. After he jumped up, he lifted the ball out of the baseline.

"Beautiful! In the 4th minute, Chelsea had another chance. Wang used a header to complete the shot. Unfortunately, the ball was lifted off the crossbar by the opponent's goalkeeper. It's really a pity." The player finally saw the excitement of the game, and he started to comment again: "In just 4 minutes, Chelsea has completed two threatening shots. Does this indicate that the game will be completely controlled by Chelsea? Director Zhang, what do you think?"

The director Zhang next to him also moved his eyes back from the screen, and began to comment from a professional football perspective: "From the two attacks of Chelsea, it can be found that they are completely attacking around Wang Li. Initiated by Wang Li, the two attacks were high-altitude balls passed by Robben. From this we can see that the cooperation between Wang Li and Robben is very tacit..."

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No matter what the two from the imperial court said, the game on the court was still going on. After Chelsea missed another corner kick, Manchester United finally played a wonderful fast break.

The attack was initiated by goalkeeper Howard, who directly picked up the corner kick from Duff with both hands, and then swung the ball with his right hand, and the ball flew directly to Fletcher's feet.

Without Wang Li's hindrance, Fletcher finally displayed his extraordinary skills rarely seen in the Premier League. He used continuous changes of direction and cycling to pass the defense of William Gallas. The whole process was very smooth, although in the C. Ronaldo and Wang Li seem that this extraordinary way is really rough, but it still won the applause of many Red Devils fans.

After passing Gallas, Fletcher was not so arrogant that he wanted to pass Claude Makelele. You must know that this big French man is known as the "Chelsea Butcher". He didn't want to test whether his body was strong enough. Strong, so he passed the ball to C. Ronaldo on the wing without hesitation.

After receiving the ball, Cristiano took two steps forward, and after a two-for-one cooperation with Paul Scholes who was keeping up next to him, he stabbed forward Saha who was inserted into the penalty area.

The French striker, who was dubbed the "glass man" by the English media, put an end to Manchester United's attack with a poor long shot. It is a pity that many giants want to introduce him as the team's main goalkeeper. Thomas Clark's goalkeeping ability is by no means a display. It is impossible for such a poor shot to pass through his fingers.

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In the 11th minute of the first half, Chelsea's attack.

Wang Li, who was standing on the penalty area line, did not stand firm and wait for his teammates to pass the ball. Instead, he ran back with a 'bodyguard'. His running was obviously looking for his teammates to ask for the ball.There was no need for him to wave his hand. Damien Duff passed the ball to him just after receiving the ball. At this time, Wang Li was almost retreating to the center line. The reason why he did this was that It is to reduce the offensive pressure on himself. Now Manchester United has blocked him too tightly at the front of the penalty area. If he stays there, it will be difficult for him to get a pass. Even if he gets a pass, it will be difficult to help Chelsea. He brought the ball from behind, and it was very difficult for Manchester United players to double-team.

After Duff passed the ball to Wang Li, he immediately went towards the Manchester United half
After Wang Li received the ball, he turned around and dribbled the ball in an instant, and immediately threw off the "bodyguard" and went straight to the direction of Manchester United's goal.

This approach made Manchester United's midfielders a little helpless. They couldn't press close to the center line to defend Wang Li. The range was simply too large, and the result would definitely be tragic, so they could only watch Wang Li get the ball. Running with the ball head-on. However, Manchester United's defensive players are very conservative. None of them go to grab the ball head-on alone. After studying Wang Li for half a season at Chelsea, they already knew that they would definitely get nothing if they did that. of.

Their thinking is correct. What Wang Li is most afraid of is that a player comes over and steals directly, which is almost no different from a wooden stake, and double-teaming is the best way to restrict him from continuing to dribble. Facing two Even more experienced defensive players, Wang Li doesn't want to take the risk of passing people, so even after passing, he still has to pass the ball——
There is not much space in the frontcourt, and it is impossible to run unrestricted and get rid of the defensive players. To do so, there are only two defensive players who are watching.

Faced with a double-team by Manchester United, Wang Li slowed down the speed of dribbling the ball, and began to look left and right to find the position of his teammates. Seeing that there was no chance, he immediately passed the ball back and handed it to Lampard behind him.

Lampard is not without Manchester United players, and he is not good at dribbling, so he faced the football, pushed hard with his right foot, and the ball went to Damien Duff's feet on the right, and then Duff slammed it to the right. The fake action of changing direction in the middle deceived C. Ronaldo, and after finding the space, he passed the ball into the penalty area.

At this time, Wang Li was also in the penalty area, but Duff's pass was really a mistake, and the football was directly kicked out of the field by Ferdinand.

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In the 19th minute of the first half, it was Chelsea's attack again.

On the center line, Makelele directly tackled C. Ronaldo who was "juggling" in front of him, ignored the one behind who was lying on the grass and kept humming the Portuguese "dipping king", and passed the ball to William next to him. . Gallas.

As a defender, Gallas' surmounting ability is actually pretty good. After receiving the ball, he accelerated directly to cross the center line, then changed direction and evaded Scholes's counter-robber. The ball was passed to Wang Li who responded later.

At this time, due to Manchester United's offense, many players were near the center line. Wang Li was flanked by three people immediately after receiving the ball. In this case, Wang Li calmly passed the ball to Drogba in front. Instead, he took Lingbo Weibu and instantly threw away the three people who wanted to pinch him.

It is a pity that, as a center forward, Drogba seldom cooperates with Wang Li on a tactical level. He never thought that Wang Li would pass the ball to him. West made the steal. Fortunately, Drogba reacted quickly, and then chased and stretched his foot to poke the ball to the side. Arjen Robben, who inserted in the back, just received the pass, which made Chelsea's counterattack not end like this.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Manchester United players have returned to their positions, but the opportunity for a fast break is gone.

After receiving the ball, Robben saw that there was no chance, so he passed the ball back, and made a few passes with Lampard and Gallas, who was plugged in. Finally, the football was handed over to Wang Li.

As the core of Chelsea's offense, most of the offense is now initiated by Wang Li, and due to the strengthening of the overall situation, he has also done a good job in this regard, and it is the same this time. In the lineup, almost half of the offensive players move around him, so Wang Li has a lot of passing options.

Facing Manchester United's blockade again, Wang Li still chose to pass back.

Due to the first two 10 minutes of the game, Manchester United paid more attention to Chelsea's defense in the middle and the connection between the two sides, which made Wang Li's chances of passing the ball to the side much less.

However, he was not alone in the "battle" in the middle, and the offensive defender William Gallas also stepped in, which relieved Wang Li's offensive pressure a lot.After Lampard received the pass, he made a few passes with Gallas and Wang Li. Then, when Wang Li received the ball again, he finally found an opportunity——
Several passes made the Manchester United players focus on Wang Li, while Gallas became undefended, so Wang Li passed it to Gallas without hesitation and ran forward quickly.

In fact, as a defender, William Gallas has a fast dribbling speed and some dribbling ability, but his passing is not satisfactory. This time, facing this open opportunity, he made a pass He kicked the ball high in the air, but he hit it crookedly. This made Wang Li try his best to run super hard, but he only touched the football lightly with his head.

However, the ball changed its route a little bit during this time, and happened to fall towards the position of Robben who had just inserted into the penalty area.

At this time, Manchester United defender Brown raised his hand to signal that Robben was offside, but the linesman in the distance could see clearly that Robben was still running behind when Wang Li touched the ball on the head, knowing that the football was over When everyone's heads fell to the side, Robben appeared behind the defense line, and it was indeed not offside! !

After Robben received the ball, there was a burst of violent cheers at Stamford Bridge, because seeing this Dutch kid single-handedly! !

"Chance!!!"

At the same time, Stamford Bridge's official commentator Creed Pesvak yelled: "Single-handed!!"

At this time, many Blues fans in the auditorium also stood up at the same time. They stared at Manchester United's goal, as if there was a beautiful girl who took off her clothes to attract attention.

Faced with this opportunity, Robben swung his right foot and hit the goal directly in the rhythm of dribbling——
The football brushed past goalkeeper Howard, then hit the right post, then crashed into the net, and dribbled the ball in a wave that was very beautiful for Blues fans! !

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

"The goal is scored!!! Alkin Robben!!! The shot is so beautiful, from Gallas to Wang Li, and then to Robben, the connection is very tight, which also reflects the Chelsea players The tacit cooperation between them!! However, this ball is more due to Allen's pass. This header pass is really beautiful. It should be said to be very accurate. Although Gallas's lob is a bit crooked, But from the slow-motion replay, we can see that Allen was running very fast, jumped into the sky almost instantly, and completed a wonderful header pass..."

Although the on-site commentator Paisvak exaggerated this attack, in fact, Wang Li, who was celebrating the goal on the court, felt a little blushed. Damn, but after jumping into the air, he realized that the route of the ball was really bad. Of course, he didn't see Robben plugging in at all, he just rubbed his head symbolically.

"Alan, the pass is so beautiful!!!" Alkin Robben, who was so excited after scoring a goal, ran over to give Wang Li a warm hug, and said excitedly at the same time.

"Thank you."

Wang Li didn't say much, but he still raised his head and looked at Gallas, both of them saw the smile hidden in each other's eyes.But in the arena, luck is also part of strength. Although it was entirely luck this time, Chelsea scored a goal, and he himself also scored an assist.

This kind of result is the most important thing. The process will definitely be ignored by the fans. It should be said that it is also ignored by Wang Li now.

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At this time, on the sidelines of the Manchester United coaching bench, Sir Alex Ferguson could not help frowning.

The reason why he has this expression is not because he is worried about the situation on the court. In fact, he has already prepared for the loss at Stamford Bridge before the game.Now, he is puzzled by how Chelsea have played in attack over the past 20 minutes.

In the battle against Chelsea, if you want to win, you must study ways to restrain Wang Li's performance. This is the consensus of all Premier League coaches.

As the head coach of Manchester United, Ferguson of course also did this work, and it took a long time for it. In fact, after three rounds of the league, he has been thinking about this issue.

And before Christmas, he finally decided that he wanted to suppress Wang Li's performance. Only area blocking tactics are the most suitable. No matter what your personal ability is, you must cooperate with your teammates. The ball route, then your risk will definitely be greatly reduced.

However, the first 20 minutes of the game did not show this. Chelsea's offense played very smoothly. As the core of the offense, Wang Li was also very active in every attack. From this, we can see the area of ​​the Manchester United team. The blockade has had very little impact on Wang Li.

"But, why is that?"

(End of this chapter)