Array football

Chapter 144 Eight-door golden lock array!
For a tactical master like him, he cares more about tactical initiative than scoring goals.

In the first half, Benitez arranged for Torres to strengthen the breakthrough, in order to frighten Duncan.

In fact, Torres performed so well in the first half, Benitez thought he would enter the locker room with an advantage of one or two goals, but he didn't expect a Joe Hart to turn out.High-resistance resistance, make several magic attacks!

Fortunately, the progress of the game was still within the range he expected.

The line of defense is under great pressure, so it will naturally shrink the line of defense and build a defensive embankment.

So Duncan's tactical arrangement was just under Benitez's expectations.

In other words, Master Bei created the game situation, created difficulties for Duncan, and asked Duncan to make tactical arrangements according to Master Bei's ideas.

Thus falling into the trap dug by Benitez.

Benitez raised his mouth and smiled triumphantly, the game has always been within his control!

And "predicted" in advance that Duncan would shrink his defense, and Benitez made corresponding tactical arrangements during the intermission!
Duncan didn't know that the "tactical arrangement" he made inadvertently happened to be "predicted and guessed" by Benitez.If he knew, he would definitely laugh.

Because Manchester City's "formation" has never been a formation in the true sense, it is more of a surface.But the actual core of this formation is the "array".

Therefore, the operation mode of Duncan's "442" is obviously different from the real 442.

During the intermission, Benitez made a bold prediction about the tactical arrangements that Manchester City can make.When they saw that Manchester City on the opposite side had indeed changed their formation and strengthened their defense, the Liverpool players all showed admiration.

Manchester City really defended!
Then, let's play according to the coach's arrangement!

In the second half of the game, Liverpool followed Manchester City and also changed their formation.Captain Gerrard's position was advanced and became the shadow forward behind Torres. Benayoun played on the wing and replaced the veteran Dirk.

The defensive pressure of Mascherano and Harvey Alonso is reduced for the double defensive midfielder in the midfield, so Harvey Alonso's position is also advanced, and he goes to the frontcourt to organize the attack.

Before the back line, only Mascherano was left as a single midfielder.

Because Manchester City adjusted the original highly aggressive 3232 formation, Benitez believes that with Mascherano's world-class defensive ability, it can suppress Manchester City's weakened offensive line.

Moreover, after strengthening the offense, Liverpool can seize more of Manchester City's space to play.

Is this really the case?
Torres takes the ball. Normally speaking, Liverpool's offensive number has increased, and his delivery points have increased. He should feel more comfortable.

However, this is not the case!

Torres suddenly found that the surrounding Manchester City players, as well as the Manchester City players further away, had faintly woven into an airtight net, blocking all his passing routes and breakthrough routes.

Even with a lot of teammates in the frontcourt, Torres didn't find a suitable route for the ball.

Hargreaves came up to entangle, Torres used good technique to control the ball at his feet, but also lost the starting speed.

With no other choice, Torres could only pass Gerrard back, and then ran to the wing by himself, throwing off Hargreaves.

As the best all-round midfielder in England, Gerrard's personal ability is also good, he advances with the ball.

Just 30 meters into the front field, Gerrard's expression froze.

No passing lanes!

No breakthrough direction!

Unlike Torres, Gerrard, who has a more overall view, sensitively feels that the surrounding space is locked by Manchester City players through flexible positioning and running without the ball!

locked?How can this be?

But the fact is that, slightly absent-minded, Ljungberg ran over from the side and rear, went around and broke Gerrard's football, and then directly made a long pass to Shevchenko.

Fortunately, Mascherano was in the right position and blocked the passing route in advance.

"You also feel that there is no space and no route, you can only pass back, don't you?" Torres walked up to Gerrard, put his hand over his mouth, and said.

"It's a strange feeling," Gerrard frowned, and also covered his mouth with his hand: "It's obviously a 442 formation in parallel positions, how can the defense be so tight?"

"It's too easy to be double-teamed in the middle, I'll go to the side to try." Then Torres ran to the side and changed positions with Benayoun.

Gerrard glanced at Duncan on the bench, and the intuition of a midfield commander told him that this had something to do with Duncan's change of formation.

Duncan waved at Gerald, who turned his head away.

"Gerrard seems to realize something?" Jim - Cassell Road.

"He is indeed one of the best midfielders on the planet. His overall view and insight are better than most people." Duncan nodded.

"Will the tactics be seen through?" Jim Cassell worried.

"No matter how strong Gerrard's overall view is, can he be better than Ferguson?" Duncan took a moment to relax.

Jim Cassell thought about it, and it seemed to be true.

How could a formation that Ferguson couldn't break through be seen through by Gerrard alone?
On the pitch, Liverpool are still trying to attack.

Gerrard tried a few more times in the middle, found no results, and passed the ball to Torres on the wing, and Torres faced Heinze.

For a "macho" defender like Heinze, Torres is confident that he can easily beat him with his own skills.

All it takes is a feint!

This is not only from the pride of the Spaniard, but also from the targeted tactics before the game.Before the game, Torres got a stack of videos of Manchester City's defensive players and watched them for days.

Now regarding the defensive habits of Manchester City's defensive players, Torres can replay them in his mind with his eyes closed.

For Heinze, in Torres' mind, this is a player who relies on momentum and fierce moves. As long as he is not intimidated, he can easily be passed by himself with his excellent little skills.

This is why Torres decided to switch sides.

Persimmons are looking for soft ones!
But is this really the case?

Torres took the ball and deliberately made a few expensive moves to provoke Heinze.

Facing Torres' provocation, Heinze's eyes lit up, subconsciously as if rushing forward to decide the outcome.

But he seemed to think of something, quickly suppressed his impulse, and then took a step back.

Torres' wishful thinking has come to nothing!

Duncan nodded. During the intermission, he had a private communication with Heinze, asking him not to rush up easily, and occupying the position is the first priority.

Torres had no choice but to hand the ball to Gerrard again.

In the end, this attack ended with a forced long shot from Gerrard.

Of course, this long-range shot didn't even enter the penalty area, and it was blocked by Joel Luka's thigh.

Subsequently, Liverpool's offense was still very smooth in the midfield, but when it reached 30 meters in the front field, it seemed to be locked, without any chance.

It seems that Manchester City is besieged by Liverpool, but in fact, there are very few opportunities to enter the penalty area.

Even the sharpest Torres only contributed two turnovers.

Joe Hart became busy in the first half, and yawned boredly in the second half.

For more than ten minutes in the second half, the entire Liverpool team became headless chickens.

Benitez finally noticed the abnormality, picked up the small notebook, looked at the field again, and twisted his brows into a figure eight.

Obviously Benayoun had already inserted into the penalty area, and Torres took away the defensive player, but Gerrard refused to pass and hesitated for a long time before choosing to pass back.

Is this the fifth or sixth passback?
Taking advantage of a dead ball, Benitez pulled him down and called him to his side.

"What's going on? You guys forgot to cooperate when you got to the frontcourt?"

"It's not like this!" Gerrard said with a bitter face, "I don't know why, every time I advance to the first 30 meters, I always feel like I'm being chained by invisible shackles. Although no one came up Pressing, but their positioning and movement, they locked the space and the route of my pass."

Fearing that Benitez would not believe it, he paused, and Gerrard added: "It's not just me, Fernando is the same."

Benitez frowned. He had never experienced this kind of situation, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

Duncan on the other side nodded slightly.

The players seem to adapt very quickly to the new "eight-door golden lock array"!

(End of this chapter)