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In ancient times, there was no such thing as a formation in football.

When attacking, everyone swarmed to the opponent's half, until later there was a "offside" rule, followed by the tactics of creating the opponent's "offside", which made the existence of defenders necessary, so "reluctantly" added two defenders, forming a 2-3-5 that is, the most popular "pyramid" formation in ancient times. 235, the duty of the two defenders is to defend the two wingers of the opposing side, because the focus of football attack at that time was on the wingers, and on the other hand, the fullbacks had the heaviest defensive task and basically did not attack.

In 1925, FIFA changed the offside rule.

The reason is that in the previous seasons of the English League, the English League One teams represented by Huddersfield and Newcastle frantically adopted the "offside tactic" and won the league championship successively. Huddersfield won the 1923-1924, 1924-1925 and 1925-1926 League One titles, becoming the first team in the English top flight to complete three consecutive titles. (Does the team's name sound familiar?) (Or is it very unfamiliar?) At the time of this chapter, the Premier League this season is topped by Manchester United, who have won three in a row, and Huddersfield ^_^ Town is worth mentioning, with the ancient giants playing in the Premier League for the first time. ）

The success of Huddersfield, Newcastle and other teams led to other teams to follow suit, and the teams that indulged in offside tactics led to the fact that the number of goals in League One became very low at that time, and the attack inevitably led to offside. In an attempt to reverse the situation, FIFA amended the offside rule on the initiative of the FA. Originally, there were 2 players left offside before the goalkeeper, and the new offside rule is that there is 1 player left offside, which is basically the modern offside rule. If you look at modern football, you will see how annoying the "offside" thing is, as long as the attacking player is slightly more than the opposing defender, it is useless no matter how beautiful the attacking team's coordination and how accurate the shot is. If the emergence of the three-point line laid the foundation and playing style of modern basketball, then with the emergence of the modern offside rule, football began to become an elegant, intelligent and most charming sport, rather than simply "people grabbing the ball".

Then you can only choose to attack. Before the new rules were implemented, League One champions Huddersfield Town scored 60 and 69 goals respectively, but immediately after the new rules were implemented, the number of goals soared to 92. By the heyday of the five-year quadruple Arsenal period, they had scored more than 110 goals in four seasons (Dark Arsenal) and 127 in the 30/31 season. It can be said that the new offside rule makes ancient football, which is obviously a fierce attack, no longer so "conservative".

The up-and-down offside tactics used by most teams are no longer applicable under the stricter offside rules. It is very risky to continue to defend with high posts and offsides. However, there are policies and countermeasures, and in response to the new rules, there are still people with insight who have created new tactics and pushed his team to the position of national hegemon.

This person is Lu Zhuhu.

Oh, no, no! That man was Sir Chapman of Arsenal. Chapman shifted the center of gravity of Arsenal's defensive formation backwards, turning the midfield retreat in the original 2-3-5 formation into a third defender, and the main tactic was changed to defensive counterattack, because this formation was connected to the line, like a "W" at the top and an "M" at the bottom, which formed the "WM formation", which has been popular for more than 20 years.

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Although Chapman did not create the WM formation to create offsides, but to make a team more offensive and defensive, and integral, it has to be said that if there is a clever and cunning central defender in the team, it can still be miraculous against a less intelligent enemy.

After the players of the Westman United team were blown offside for the fifth time, they were inevitably a little angry!

So, they turned their anger on—

Own......

"What are you doing in such a hurry! It just takes — wait a little bit — "Baucelli, the Westerners' most active left-sided midfielder, complained to the center who was offside three times.

"Do you blame me! It's clear that William passed the ball late! Huo He retreated outside the box as he pointed to left winger William Walter.

Walter spread his hands and wanted to defend something-

At this point, they forgot that the game was still going on, and it was not time to reflect on their tactics.

Fudan goalkeeper No. 1 kicks off——

Because the opponent's attacking players were basically gathered in their own half, and they were still slowly retreating at the time of kick-off, the Fudan goalkeeper drove the ball to the midfield line with a big kick without thinking!

No. 10 left inside striker slaps the ball down!

Winger No. 7 and center forward No. 9 take the lead, with guns in front!

The counterattack is coming!

The Westers United haven't even reacted yet, and the defenders haven't settled down yet! At this moment, only the two defenders who basically didn't run much in the field were in the backfield, and they were so shocked that they forgot what to do when they saw the three students rushing over with bayonets, and at this moment, Fudan No. 10 made a long diagonal pass and passed the ball to the feet of the No. 7 winger! Only then did the two guards of the Westerners hurriedly meet the No. 7 who was rushing towards Fudan, trying to twist the ball off his feet-

It's close! It's close!

All the Fudan teachers and students in the audience have stood up!

No. 7 faces the opposing defender, flicks the outside of his foot, and quickly moves the ball towards No. 9 - continue to run forward by himself! No. 9 did not hesitate to return the ball to No. 7 with one kick!

Hit the wall to match!

In a flash of light, the two Fudan players have completely gotten rid of the opposing two defenders!

Leave No. 7 to face the Westerner goalkeeper!

"Goal!"

"Goal!" The teachers and students in the audience shouted.

Fudan No. 7 was not in a hurry, watching the goalkeeper rush out of the penalty area and shoot lightly and dexterously!

Pick the Westman goalkeeper and the ball falls lightly into the goal!

1 to 1!

The westerner goalkeeper will be ** and sit on the ground!

The audience fell into a boiling for a moment! Lu Zhuhu also jumped up on the sidelines and shook his fist - more delighted than many goals he himself had scored in the past!

Leaving the Westers United with a few offensive players who still haven't run back to their own half, stunned.

"Hey, I said-" Center Huo He wanted to say something.

William Walter, a left-sided midfielder from the Scooter Cup England team, who had just been complained about by him, came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Needless to say. I met a master today - I am afraid that there are people in the opponent's formation who have been to Britain. You see, aren't they using the 'WM formation' of the domestic Arsenal team now? ”

"How so?" Huo He was still a little unconvinced.

Walter nodded, "We're in trouble." ”

The Westerner team that also uses the "2-3-5 formation" in ancient times, although its personal ability is much higher than these rookie students, but in the face of the "WM3-2-2-3 formation", which is now the most "fashionable and fashionable" under the careful guidance of Lu Zhuhu, there is indeed trouble-

Because compared to the 2-3-5 pyramid formation, the defense line of the WM formation team is more adequate, and the midfield also maintains the thickness, the tactics are no longer blindly pressed, and the offensive and defensive transition can be more flexible-

The battle formation that stole from the Arsenal of the Four Champions Arsenal really lives up to its name!