Chapter 185: Before the game
Jones: After a period of easy days, the ninth round of the league is about to begin, Chelsea are still top of the table, and their ferocious momentum has not diminished in the slightest, and the game is now just getting up and far from the end.
It's not easy for a team to get on when it's good, and it's not so easy to turn around when a team is in a bad situation, but luckily Chelsea's momentum has not diminished so far this season.
"On October 21, in the 9th round of the Premier League, Chelsea hosted Watford, Chelsea is still the first in the league, look at the team behind them, Manchester United who are competing for second place with Manchester City, poor Manchester City is unbeaten this season and meets Chelsea, who are doing better this season, but they have not won the first place."
Chelsea fans are also something to be proud of right now, with their team winning on several fronts, first of all, the recent schedule has been intensive, playing five games in more than half a month, and Chelsea's main squad has not been changed at all.
Jones's performance on the court in the inner game made Kodic's eyes shine, and when the team played, Jones mainly focused on individual dribbling, supplemented by passing, because he knew that he was very capable of scoring goals, so now he mainly exercises his ball control ability.
After breaking through with the ball, passing the ball to the team is more effective, when his own attack is in trouble, passing to Hazard and Costa, using the pass to drive the overall offensive tactics, which makes Jones break through a lot less than before, but for the whole team, the offensive effect is better.
In this game, Kodic is ready to let Jones use this offensive method, dribble the ball more, use his breakthrough to disrupt the opponent's defense and then pass the ball, although the team's offensive strength has decreased a lot because of this.
However, the number of goals scored by a few offensive players will increase a lot, but if Jones is not in good form, the number of goals will be reduced, but this will provide Kodic with a new tactical idea.
On the night of the game, Kordic approached Jones, and he was ready to talk to Jones about tactical issues.
Cordic has long noticed that Jones is well-rounded on the pitch and a player who is willing to use his brains, not only playing on the court, but also observing, constantly thinking about ways to make the team better.
"I found that I overlooked some things before, fast passing is not the only way to keep the team's rhythm uninterrupted, individual breakthroughs are also useful, just breaking through, it is easy to be stare to death by the opponent with multiple people, light passing, it is also easy to be cut off by the opponent, only the choice of passing or breaking through the situation, can make the opponent's defense more difficult."
Kodic said directly to Jones that after all, he has not been the manager of the Premier League first team for a long time, and there is no inexplicable superiority, on the contrary, he can always find his own shortcomings and then learn from them, Jones is also such a person.
"Yes, I also understand this, I felt it in our team before, and I can play more with our team if I use breakthrough passes." Jones naturally felt it.
He found that he had completely used to break through before, if he was not in good shape, it was not so easy to score, Jones found that the pass was better for the team, Jones just passed the ball and did not break through much, so that after the opponent ignored himself, he could also break through the goal, so if he used it flexibly, it was good for himself and the team.
Kodic put a defensive formation on the table with a tea bowl: "As long as you are in a good position, it is difficult to break through a line with a sufficient number of people, because everyone is in their position, and in the face of such a line, it is impossible to tear the defense through with passes.
However, on the football field, it is impossible to defend a place like foosball, the players are athletic, and when the players are in motion, they may make up for the flaws, or they may show the flaws, and the charm of football lies in this, there are eleven players on both sides.
When the player's personal ability is dominant, he can break through the point to break the surface, and if the player's personal ability is not dominant, he can also find a way to break the deadlock by forming a local advantage.
"Well, if I get the ball at this point, then I have three forward passes, and one of them is the best pass, but if a defender stops here, it's very difficult for me to pass the ball, so I have to go back or cross, just like in the last game."
He then moved his teacup forward a few times: "If I get rid of the opposing defender at this point, then I will have more passing routes because I am closer to the box and I will have more options. ”
'I was able to keep breaking through, and if my team-mates started running around, there would definitely be enough gaps for me to take advantage of, and the more people they sent to flank me, the weaker the defense against other people, and that's when the pass was a more appropriate time.'
Kodic moved the teacup a few times, and the defensive formation immediately became a mess, and then he stopped and looked at Jones with a smile.
"That's what it means, Jones!"
Kodic breathed a sigh of satisfaction: "When eleven people are neatly in front of the goal, no one can score, but this is not the case in football, in addition to the ability of the players, the way of attacking is also very important. ”
'Even though every player I have has the ability to break through one or two players and they can score, we don't have more possession, so if you have players with that ability, it will make a bigger difference.
Jones nodded, he has this confidence now, because he not only has ability, there is no perfect tactic and formation in the world, there is always a place to restrain the opponent.
Kodic laughed: "That's right! All kinds of tactics, there are always tactics that will be restrained, but no matter what method the opponent uses to deal with our tactics, we can always find a way to restrain it, and the charm of football is at this point! ”
Jones nodded: "There is no undefeated tactic, there is no undefeated team, but we can work hard to make ourselves better, not only for Chelsea, but also for ourselves!" ”
"In the next game, let's test it, a variety of offensive methods, there is always no harm."
Kodic continued: "Next, let's see if our new formation can be successful against Watford! ”