Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 371 The Wonderful Barb Volley
When people talk about Jose Mourinho, they can't help but label him as a negative football player. Whether he is coaching Porto or Chelsea, both teams are actually very strong, but he always Use passive defensive tactics.

However, don't think that Mourinho is really a conservative, it's just practical.

Even in last season's Portuguese League One, Porto was the team with the most goals, scoring 2 more goals than No.17 Benfica, not to mention this season, now Chelsea have broken the club's single-season scoring record. It is also the team with the most goals scored in a single season in the history of the Premier League.

And now, not only Ancelotti on the pitch, some of their own fans in the stands have also noticed the reason for Chelsea's passive situation. They are using an ancient English tactic-long pass and lob! !
In the 20th century, English football was the most popular era of "long pass, punch and hang". However, as Europe was invaded by the South American football style, the English team also more or less absorbed some styles from other countries, making the team's The strength has increased greatly, and it is already at the world-class level.

From this point of view, the 'long pass and rush' style of play is behind the times.

However, English clubs, even giants, still have some 'long pass and lob' style of play, mainly because English players rely more on physicality than skill.The better the team, the less obvious this style sticks.

This makes the vast majority of fans think that 'long pass and lob' is a backward style of play in football.

In fact, the current long pass has already broken through the limit and has made great progress.
Now, the long pass does not only refer to the 45-degree kick-off from left and right. To a greater extent, the team does not entangle too much in the midfield to get the ball, and patiently obtains offensive opportunities through the midfield pass, but directly The big foot drove to the opponent's half, and the offensive team got the chance to fight. The 45-degree lob to the center of the penalty area is more of a manifestation of the long pass in the frontcourt. The long pass in the middle and backcourt is the main style of play for the long pass.In this way, teams with strong bodies and poor skills can reduce the number of passes, and also reduce the chance of mistakes, especially the danger of losing the ball in the midfield. scrambling for a chance.
In fact, every team cannot always play one style of play. Even some teams that pay attention to short-pass coordination will occasionally make long passes a few times.Moreover, the long passes of the passing masters represented by Beckham are also very entertaining.

But it is undeniable that in European football, the richer the club, the stronger the technical style they have, and the tactics of step by step have already dominated, even for Chelsea.

This time, Mourinho did the opposite, allowing the team to return to England's 20th-century long pass style, which also surprised many people present.

The same goes for Ancelotti.

Before the game, he thought about the tactics that Chelsea would use. AC Milan was not afraid of Chelsea's massive attack, but they chose to defend.However, because he is very confident in the team's defense, Ancelotti believes that no matter what tactics the opponent uses, it will be difficult to break through AC Milan's defense. easy.

However, Chelsea actually gave up the entanglement with AC Milan in the midfield, chose to pass a long pass, and then relied on Wang Li's personal skills to force the goal, which made Ancelotti think of a word --- Shameless! !

Very shameless! !

The Italian style of defense focuses on the area defense of the midfield and the backcourt, so they are not afraid of the step-by-step positional battles. For example, when a Spanish team plays a match with an Italian team, Spanish-style football is very disadvantaged.

And now, when Italian-style defense meets England-style rude football, they have also become disadvantaged.

Your midfield defense is tight! ?I will give up that area and not fight with you. We will directly penetrate the penalty area with a long pass.This is the shamelessness of Mourinho's tactics.

Of course, it's hard to threaten AC Milan's goal just because of this. The main reason for this is that the black-haired kid on the field is too strong! !
A simple tactic like a long pass depends more on the forward's personal ability, and the requirements for the midfielder are not high, as long as they can play a long pass.And Wang Li's personal ability is unquestionable. Although he is only one person, Ancelotti would rather face the combination of Drogbag and Goode Janssen, because the strength of this black-haired boy is really unpredictable, which makes Ann Celotti has the feeling that the game is no longer in his hands.

And now, Graham also knew why Wayne Bridger was able to replace William Gallas in this game, because the former had a passable long pass technique, which was extremely rare among defenders.

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On the court, it seems that AC Milan still has an overwhelming advantage. The football is controlled at their feet most of the time, and waves of attacks make Chelsea defenders overwhelmed.

But as the game time passed, Chelsea players gradually entered the state, so Wang Li gradually became active in the frontcourt. Every time, he could get the ball once, and every time he got the ball, it was against AC Milan. A difficult test of defense.Now, whenever Wang Li has the ball, the Blues fans in the stands will cheer violently, because in their opinion, Chelsea is about to score if this continues.

"Alan finally started to show his power, and his kick threatened AC Milan's goal again. Although it's a pity that he didn't score, but the shot was still very beautiful. Let's applaud and cheer for Chelsea!!" On-site commentator Creed. Pesval is also active, and he stirs up the interest of the fans from time to time.

It was another attack from AC Milan. After passing between Seedorf and Pirlo, the football broke through the center line and passed directly to Kaka's feet.

I have to say that Kaka is indeed a football genius!
This time, Kaka did not pass the ball on the right side of the center, but quickly dribbled the ball forward 30 meters, but at this time, what he had to face was the flank attack of three defenders. With a flash of inspiration, a light flick on the outside of the right foot from a small angle, the football flew over the heads of two Chelsea defenders and flew into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Shevchenko didn't react at all, and John Terry next to him Headed the ball directly out of the penalty area.

Damien Duff has the ball just outside the box and it's Chelsea's turn to counter.

At this time, many AC Milan forwards hadn't come back to defend, so Duff was not in a hurry, he just moved forward quickly, and after crossing the center line, he met Gattuso and passed the ball to the center Lampard on.

"Pass it over here!!"

There was a shout from the frontcourt, and Lampard, who had just received the ball, raised his head slightly and saw that Wang Li had thrown off two defenders on the penalty area line and was running from right to left.

The moment he reacted, Lampard kicked the ball directly to the penalty area.

While running back and forth, Wang Li turned his head to look at the trajectory of the football, and slowly moved towards the penalty area, but the ball was passed too far forward, which made Wang Li suddenly jump into the ball with all his strength. After being in the air, there was no time to adjust, so he could only rub the top of his head symbolically. The ball turned at a small angle and flew out of the crossbar, causing the audience to sigh with regret.

"Sorry! I kicked him just now." Taking advantage of AC Milan's chance to kick-off, Lampard stepped forward with a smile and said bitterly.

Wang Li shook his head indifferently, patted Lampard on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The pass was good, I made a mistake."

After thinking about it, Wang Li said again: "Tell them, the point of passing the ball should be a little later. You know, I prefer to shoot with my feet rather than heading."

"Haha..., OK!"

"Now we are the one behind, so we have to quickly equalize the score." Wang Li looked at the 0:1 on the scoreboard and said a little depressed.

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However, Ancelotti will not let the situation of the game tilt in the direction of Chelsea.

After the game passed for a while, the Italian couldn't help getting up and walked to the sidelines, commanding the team to shrink the defensive line and slow down the offensive intensity, and let the two main central defenders, Nesta and Stam, to defend Wang Li .

In this way, it is very difficult for Wang Li to become active in the backcourt.

Ancelotti's tactics are obviously aimed at Chelsea. Chelsea now only has Wang Li as a single center forward. On the two wings, Robben and Duff will not attack too far forward, so AC Milan only needs to defend Wang Li. That's enough, plus the shrinking of the defensive line, this gave Chelsea space for long-range passes, but at the same time, the space for short-range passes has been greatly compressed, so that the accuracy of the pass will definitely drop sharply. reduce.

Although the offensive strength has naturally weakened after shrinking the defensive line, AC Milan is now leading 1:0. For the away game, this score is enough.

An away goal plus a win, what could be better! ?
Ancelotti is content.

But Mourinho obviously won't be satisfied. If Chelsea can't score at Stamford Bridge, then the next round of the game will definitely be difficult to play, and there will be more media criticizing him for tactical mistakes. Mourinho Ao is a proud man and he will not allow this to happen.

Just 5 minutes after Carlo Ancelotti set up his tactics, seeing that Chelsea's offense was really not improving, the fourth official raised his substitution card: Scott Parker off, Didier Drogba on.

After replacing a midfielder and a center forward, comparing Chelsea's tactical arrangements in this game, Mourinho's intentions are clearly revealed.

Ivory Coast Warcraft came on the field just to score! !

However, Ancelotti has nothing to do with Mourinho's arrangement. The Portuguese's tactics are all conspiracy. Even the fans in the audience know what he is doing, but if you want to crack this Such a conspiracy is very difficult, and it can even be said that there is no way.

Drogba's playing greatly relieved Wang Li's pressure of fighting alone in the frontcourt, so that after he got the ball, he could choose to pass or shoot himself.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Chelsea's repeated long passes finally paid off.

Taking advantage of a throw-in, Duff tossed the ball with both hands to Lampard, who in turn passed to Bridget who was running in.

After AC Milan's shrinking defense, the pressure on Chelsea's players in the midfield has been greatly reduced. Bridge, who has been acting as a defender in the previous games, also has a gap to help the team attack.

After receiving the ball, Chelsea played a very beautiful pass and catch match near the center line. Lampard, Bridget, and Duff passed the ball consecutively, allowing Gattuso, Seedorf, and Maldini to play together. People are exhausted, and let the fans in the audience and all the media see that Chelsea can not only play "shameless" long pass tactics, even this kind of small-scale cooperation and positional warfare can also play very well.

It can also be seen from this point that in fact, the personal strength of Chelsea players is not inferior to that of AC Milan, and the reason for their passivity is just the restraint of the league style.

After many times of passing and catching the ball, the ball was delivered to Alkin Robben on the left. Facing the defense of the Brazilian national team captain Cafu, the Dutch boy did not show a trace of timidity, but a sudden change. Going to break through, Cafu is old after all, and his speed cannot be compared with Robben at all, which makes this glorious Brazilian captain only follow Robben to eat ashes.

This scene greatly improved the confidence of the Chelsea players, and even Wang Li on the penalty area line gave Robben a thumbs up.

"Fantastic and Holland Kid, he broke Cafu, beautiful!!"

Although, in the eyes of the audience, the Dutchman had a lot of glory, single-handedly dribbling the ball on the left side of AC Milan, but Robben himself knew that he could not stop at this time.Once stopped, AC Milan's defense line will be formed, he does not even have a chance to pass the ball.

Of course the players on the field could see this, and Drogba immediately ran out of the penalty area to respond.

Under the pressure of the opponent, Robben skimmed the court with his right foot skillfully, and suddenly knocked the heel of his left foot, trying to pass the ball to Drogba.

However, Cafu's experience is extremely rich! !
The Brazilian captain knows that the only way for the Dutch kid in front of him to break through the defense is to pass the ball, and the best choice for passing the ball is Drogba, so no matter what action Robben makes at his feet, he doesn't even look at it, just intercepts it. His passing path was fine, so Cafu stretched his foot to block the path of the ball, and the ball veered toward the sideline.

Robben's reaction was quick, and he kicked the ball back in an instant, but the ball was picked up by him, and when it reached Drogba, it was already a half-high ball.

At this time, Drogba was accompanied by Nesta.

The body squeezed Nesta hard, and Drogba had no choice but to stretch his feet on the way the ball fell——
The football bounced off to the penalty area again! !
In AC Milan's penalty area, there is only Wang Li, a Chelsea player, and even Bridget, who is closest, is outside the penalty area! !
Stam and Pirlo closely followed Wang Li's body and stared at the pass. Wang Li was stuck in the middle of the two, and in the eyes of the fans, he had no chance at all.

At this moment, Pirlo was standing in front of Wang Li, waving his feet and preparing to clear the siege.

However, at the next moment, under the inconceivable eyes of everyone in the audience, the black-haired boy on the field used a very simple movement, turned twice between Stam and Pirlo, and appeared in Pirlo in front of.

Yes, very concise! !

Everyone who saw this scene felt this way.

Lingbo Weibu No.17 footwork 'kun' tactic! !
This kind of footwork is completely staggered, that is to say, after taking this kind of footwork, the speed is not fast, but the body shape appears to be erratic, making it difficult for the enemy to seize the gap to attack, and it is used for dodging Brilliant footwork.And this kind of footwork also needs to cooperate with the operation of the body. Every time the word 'Kun' is used, the body must swing three times with the footwork. This is the subtlety of Lingbo Weibu bodywork.

In the eyes of the fans in the auditorium, Wang Li did two simple things, but in fact, his body changed three times.

At this time, Wang Li suddenly appeared in front of Pirlo on the court, which shocked Pirlo. He quickly stopped his feet. Now he is in the penalty area, and if he kicks a player directly, he will be severely punished.

This is the Stamford Bridge Stadium, and Pirlo doesn't think the referee will favor AC Milan.

It was too late to say, but it was so fast at that time. This happened only in a flash. Looking back, the football was almost in front of Wang Li.

But the chance is good, but the height of the ball flight is not very good. The football just landed near Wang Li's waist. It is difficult for him to volley directly. Chance to shoot.

At this moment, Wang Li suddenly remembered the game against Blackburn in Wolverhampton. In that game, he also encountered this kind of ball. At that time, he chose to shoot down the ground!

So now...

In an instant, Wang Li's body was suddenly in rhythm, and he leaned sideways to Pirlo and fell to the ground. Instead, he used a handsome back fall, and his right foot flew into the air, kicking directly at the flying football superior.

The ball was kicked very powerfully. Under the amazed eyes of all AC Milan players, the football instantly crossed the distance between the penalty area and the goal. Internet waves! !

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh ! ! !The ball went in! ! ! "

The next moment, Creed Pesvak uttered the longest cry since the opening——
"Alan!! Alan!! A wonderful barb volley, Prefact!! Perfect shot!! This shot is so wonderful, so beautiful!!"

"Alan helped Chelsea equalize the score!! 1:1!!"

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(End of this chapter)