[football] walk side by side

At this time, Cyril was standing not far from him, and seemed to be observing his movements in a rare silence. This is not surprising. A distance of two to three meters is the best distance for defense. When a player is defending, Both too far and too close can easily lose the opponent.

But in this moment of thinking, Cristiano did not slow down, he took a deep breath, and the corner of his eye told him that there were no teammates around him who could let him pass the ball-maybe even if there were, he would not Happy to pass on, Cristiano, who was tricked by Cyril twice, was full of dissatisfaction. He had to beat his friend once to be happy.

The distance between the two is getting closer.

Watching the two getting closer, Cristiano suddenly thought of a way to surpass others - let's try this way!

When Cristiano touched the ball with the outside of his instep, Cyril, who thought he had judged the direction of Cristiano's breakthrough, subconsciously shifted his focus, but Cristiano's speed was too fast, and even though Cyril had already started training defensively , but the actual operation is not very proficient, even though he was thinking about shifting the center of gravity in his mind, he couldn't keep up with the movements.

In other words, Cyril tried to shift his focus to defend Cristiano, but failed.

But Cyril, who was standing there, was surprised to find that the moment Cristiano touched the ball with the outer instep, he knocked the ball out with the inner instep!

This is... an ox with an extraordinary tail?

Cyril was a little taken aback.

It’s no surprise that Cristiano has a oxtail. There are always many kinds of tricks at his feet. The point is, the method of oxtail is that at the moment of touching the ball, through the touch of the outer instep and the inner instep, confusing The opponent sweeps the ball outward at the same time. The meaning is that the opposing player loses his center of gravity through fake moves, thus completing the dribble.

But the problem is... Cyril didn't react at all.

In other words, Cyril was not deceived by Cristiano at all!

This is not the point.

The point is that while Cyril's center of gravity did not move, he also moved forward a little distance while defending, and Cristiano's oxtail surreptitious not only failed to pass Cyril, but because of the inertia of his movements, he swept out The ball was thrown out directly, and because he couldn't stop for a moment, he slammed straight into Cyril!

Cristiano was also a little taken aback.

Seeing that the two were about to fall to the ground, in desperation, in order to reduce the pressure when the two collided, Cristiano simply opened his arms, and at the moment the two collided, he gave Cyril a big blow. bear hug.

Cyrillic:"……"

Cristiano: "..."

Only the commentator over there is still talking: "Oh, oh, it seems that C-Ronaldo seems to be planning to use a handsome oxtail to get rid of Slade, but unfortunately, our Slade was not caught by him at all." Lied to the center of gravity! Did he think he could easily pass Slade? No, he was wrong, Slade had already seen through his movements!"

Cyril who didn't see through anything at all: "..."

Cristiano, who turned into a bull-tailed bear with a ox tail, said: "..."

The scene was very embarrassing.

And this...isn't even more embarrassing.

What's even more embarrassing is that the ball thrown by Cristiano was caught by Lampard who happened to catch up.

And the scene in front of me, replaced by a video in the eyes of the fans, is that Cristiano, who was trying to break through with the ball a second ago, suddenly passed the ball to Chelsea's Lampard inexplicably, and then gave Cyril a big one. hug.

Manchester United fans: ? ? ?A traitor among us?

At this moment in the Stamford Stadium, whether it is the Chelsea players who have regained the initiative, or the Manchester United players who have inexplicably lost their offensive opportunities, or the fans of both sides who were still quarreling in the stands, and now they are silent, everyone is in disbelief. Confused.

What?What happened?How did Cristiano pass the ball to Lampard?How did Slade and C-Ronaldo hug each other?Came out on the spot during a game?What the hell is this?

The head coaches of both sides who have been paying attention to the stadium, Ferguson and Mourinho looked at each other silently, and then turned back silently.

Ferguson was a little startled: I haven't seen you for a while, but I didn't expect Slade's defense to improve a lot. This kind of learning speed is really...

Mourinho has no expression on his face: the movement is so much slower than the thinking speed, such a simple ox tail pass, but he didn't react from the beginning to the end, did the defense I taught him feed the dog?

Ferguson didn't know enough about Cyril, so he mistakenly thought that Cyril had really seen through Cristiano's actions, but Mourinho was too familiar with his disciples, how much did Cyril have? Isn't it clear?

In all fairness, Cristiano's oxtail brute was not bad, but why didn't he succeed in getting past Cyril?

The reason is simple - this is like a professional player taking a penalty kick. If the goalkeeper in charge of the goal is a professional goalkeeper of the same level, if the penalty shooter chooses a penalty kick with a spoon, then the penalty goalkeeper will be very difficult to catch .

But if the goalkeeper is a college student, or even a high school goalkeeper, facing a penalty kick from the scoop, they are likely to make a pounce.

Because the spoon penalty kick has high technical requirements, but the height of the ball is close to the chest of a person. Professional goalkeepers will miss because they consider too many possibilities, but amateur goalkeepers will not think so much. , Most of the time they keep the goal, they just stand quietly in front of the goal and wait for the ball to fly over, and they don't jump up at all.

In the face of a ball near the height of the chest, the amateur goalkeeper who does not move can easily pounce down.

This point is also suitable for Cyril and Cristiano.

Cristiano tried to use the ox's tail to surpass others, but he actually thought too much, because Cyril didn't react at all to his fake moves, so he was self-defeating.And it was precisely because Cyril didn't react that he guarded Cristiano.

But now, that's not the point anymore.

"Chris."

"what?"

Cyril: "How long do you want to hug?"

Cristiano let go of Cyril, and a suspicious red color rose to his ears: "...Oh."

The game continued, and this time the initiative fell into the hands of Chelsea.

At the same time, many fans were still focused on the scene just now, and they hadn't had time to turn their attention back to the game.In the dedicated fans forum of the Premier League, it exploded even more at this time.

A (Manchester United fans): C-Ronaldo passed the ball to the Chelsea players and hired them with the ball.

B (Chelsea fans) Reply A: Hello, I am XX, editor-in-chief of the sports section of The Sun, and I think you have great potential to become an excellent reporter for our newspaper. You are welcome to be one of us, and you will be well paid.As long as you are willing to come, brother, there is no need for interviews, and you can start working directly.

C (Arsenal fan): Hahahahaha, it’s so funny, a bull’s tail can be played like a bull’s tail hits the wall, it’s okay, I won’t accept anyone, but you.

D (Chelsea fans): Can you stop talking jokes at this time, and please shut up the city over there, what does our game against Manchester United have to do with you?Don't laugh, Mo Mi, to be reasonable, Xiao Luo's extraordinary work is not bad, really, I'm not afraid of your pride......…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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The two, who didn't know how this tidbit had been distorted by the fans in the forum, continued to participate in the game.The difference is that Cyril is rarely involved in defense anymore.

Because when he ran across the sideline once, Mourinho, who was caught by anger, said: Didn't you see Chelsea's lack of firepower now?If you don't roll up and attack, I will be replaced!

Then Cyril stopped defending and directly joined the frontcourt players who were focused on attacking.

The last time they played against Manchester United was in the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League not long ago. Compared with that time, Manchester United's lineup has not changed much. At first glance, the defenders are all familiar players. In contrast, they have changed. Most of the team's Chelsea made them even more unfamiliar.

But at this time, Chelsea is also quite lacking in offense. The absence of Robben and Duff makes it difficult for them to gain any advantage in offense. There was only one penalty kick.

Cyril was not very smooth when organizing the attack.

His position is the attacking midfielder, which is the best position to organize the attack for the team playing defensive counterattack, but at the same time, because it is too far forward, it is easy to be marked and frozen by the opponent's players. Not only that, after the last match with Under the contest in Porto, it can be said that Ferguson never underestimated Cyril's role in the formation.

Although in the current Chelsea team, the existence of Cyril seems to be insignificant, and he has not played any special role. People are vigilant, but as long as Ferguson recalls the game with Porto, he can't be completely relieved of him.

Because as early as the Porto period, Cyril was like this-when it didn't work, you would think that this player didn't seem to exist at all, but once he showed his fangs, it was when the opponent lost the ball.

It is also for this reason that Cyril encountered quite strong obstacles in the frontcourt, whether it was organizing an attack or attacking himself.

Ferguson did not deliberately send someone to mark Cyril, but told every Manchester United midfielder: Don't let Cyril get the ball easily, if you can't do it, then at least don't let him get the ball comfortably.

In this regard, Manchester United has indeed done a good job.

Whether Cyril chose to stay in his own half or take the initiative, wherever there are Manchester United players around him, he feels very uncomfortable.

Cyril has been frozen a lot during the game.

But in countless games, there are very few who can freeze Cyril in the audience and make him useless from the beginning to the end.

Because in the usual games, few teams focus on Cyril. In Porto, whether in the Portuguese Super League or in the Champions League, many teams would choose to mark Cyril, but they did not. He will not focus on Cyril. On the other hand, he also feels that such a player is really not worth spending too much effort to defend.

But Manchester United is different.

In the last Champions League match, Manchester United suffered a big loss from not paying enough attention to Cyril. This time, Ferguson is determined not to give Cyril a good chance to get the ball, and he is completely treating him as a heavyweight midfielder. to defend.

This made Mourinho a little helpless off the field.

Chelsea's offense is really not good. Not to mention the absence of the two main forwards, Drogba has not yet fully entered the state. Lampard is also in poor form on offense. He let Cyril in this game, too. It means to strengthen the attack.

But when Manchester United did this, it completely defeated his idea.

Ferguson's research on Cyril is very thorough. Although he didn't send players to mark Cyril specifically, in the arrangement of Manchester United's defensive players, they are completely aimed at Cyril. The purpose is to freeze Cyril without special marking. you.

And Manchester United did.

At this moment, Mourinho misses Robben who is still in the hospital like never before. If Robben and Duff are still there, would Manchester United dare to focus on Cyril?Then wait for the wing to fall!

But this is just a hypothesis.

Although Robben and Duff will be able to return to Chelsea in the next game, that is also a matter of the next game. The problem now is that they have neither Robben nor Drogba worthy of the name.

So, does Cyril still have a chance to break through Manchester United's defense, organize an offense or directly attack?

Yes—but the premise is that he can make different moves from usual in this game.

If United study him too thoroughly, chances will only be found if they use what they know to be an entirely different approach.But this is too difficult to do. How can it be so simple to change your many habits of playing football and make your actions and thoughts more imaginative?The so-called making one's breakthrough more imaginative is by no means something that can be done in one game.

Even Mourinho, who had always had confidence in Cyril, felt a little overwhelmed at this moment.

The most important thing is that it is not his habit for Mourinho to put the outcome of a game on the temporary performance of a certain player, and it is also a practice he quite hates.

What should be done to liberate Cyril?

Mourinho stared at the pitch, lost in thought.

Like Mourinho, Cyril on the court at this time is also very entangled.

Foul tactics?In the last game against Porto, after Roy Keane was tricked by himself for a free kick, Manchester United learned a lesson in this game and became more careful when defending. They carefully grasped the size , did not leave Chelsea with any chance of free kicks or penalties.

Chelsea's only advantage is probably that their defense is solid enough, which makes Cyril and others in the frontcourt at least have no worries about the counterattack. They just need to attack wholeheartedly and find Manchester United's loopholes.

Cyril here is still thinking, but Mourinho on the sidelines has already made up his mind.

"Game No. 305 minutes, Mourinho replaced Joe Cole... Well, this is quite a rare scene. In Chelsea's first nine games, because the positions of the two overlapped, Cyril Ryder and Joe Cole have never played together, why is Mourinho changing his mind now? Or is he going to use Joe Cole to release Cyril?"

Cyril turned his head and happened to see Joe Cole stepping onto the field and trotting towards Chelsea's half.

Joe Cole can play two positions, one is a winger and the other is an attacking midfielder. That is to say, the overall nature of this player is offensive, and Mourinho chooses to replace a defensive center at this time. The addition of an attacking midfielder is obviously unwilling to accept a draw.

The commentator said that Mourinho replaced Joe Cole to release Cyril, but Cyril didn't think so.

The outside world thinks that Cyril Slade and Joe Cole have a high degree of overlap, but in fact this is not the case at all-Cyril can use his good offensive ability to replace Joe Cole as an offensive midfielder, but Joe Cole can't replace Cyril, who is also good at organizing offense.

If Mourinho really intends to release Cyril, then he should be replaced by a midfielder who can both attack and organize-of course, there is no second player who can attack on Chelsea's bench Can also organize the midfield.

But now, Mourinho's intention does not seem to be to use Joe Cole to liberate Cyril, but simply to strengthen the offense, increase the number of shots, and launch a strong attack strategy.

The so-called strong attack is the literal meaning of the word: regardless of 21 [-], do not change any style of play, just keep attacking, attacking, and attacking again, if you fail once, try more, even if you only seize one opportunity, Enough to win this game.

The head coach understood what he meant, but Cyril hesitated.

Perhaps because he is a pessimist, Cyril always believes that this kind of pure onslaught is more like a competition of luck between the two teams. As if directly attributing the outcome of the game to luck, it made Cyril feel very insecure.

Because no one can guarantee whether Manchester United will score ahead of them.