Chapter 215: Don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath
The predicament that Li Liang is facing at the moment, Da Xiong can see it very clearly in the forbidden area, and he is even more anxious about Li Liang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He realized that this is Li Liang's biggest "weakness" at present, but the opponent in front of him successfully found this "weakness" through personnel and tactical adjustments in the midfield, and used strict defense to find this "weakness", which was multiplied in front of everyone.
Although they also have no experience in European professional leagues, Big Bear has been playing in the top domestic arena for 10 years and has a wealth of experience in international competitions. He could see at a glance that the opponent used the overall tactics of marking and area mixed defense to reduce Li Liang's fiery state to the freezing point in time.
He had seen such a scene before, and the attackers with outstanding individual ability in the midfield of the national team all turned off after encountering a similar midfield strangulation by the opponent when they arrived on the international stage.
Not only these good brothers of Da Xiong, but also Da Xiong himself is puzzled: why are those players whose personal ability is mediocre, and some players in the Chinese Super League who can't even compete with domestic players, can hold down these talented midfielders of the Chinese team after being combined together?
When Da Xiong asked his world-renowned manager at the club, he only told him that the Chinese players lacked "creativity".
But as long as these "old irons" of Big Bear return to the domestic arena, they will immediately become the dragon and phoenix among the powerful people, scoring goals, assists, and their performance is simply explosive.
Seeing that Li Liang was also embarrassed and fell into the same predicament, Da Xiong couldn't help but think, what the hell is this "creativity"?
Li Liang's 10,000-man stadium in Haicheng, the academy stadium at Manchester City's base, and the Etihad Stadium have all demonstrated the ability to create exciting opportunities, why did this creativity fail at Stamford Bridge?
New York City, which continued to insist on defensive counterattacks, used Elora, a "wonder soldier", to firmly control Traore's retreat.
De Skrude used running and physical toughness to counter Boga and Moses' back-to-back attacks, and his central combination with Ilora effectively disrupted the Blues' attacking organisation
In one-on-one attack, without the help of his team-mates, Pasalic was no match for Frank Lampard and the Blues' midfield could not keep pressing.
As a result, Falcao and Kennedy could not be supported in the front court, and had to retreat frequently to get the ball, and the forces of both sides were all concentrated in the midfield, and the situation on the field appeared a delicate balance.
Latanzio finally couldn't help it, and he said to Vieira: "Sure enough...... It's hard for Lee to play to his full potential with a more high-intensity overall defense, Patrick, you're overestimating him a bit. ”
Vieira replied helplessly: "I may have been overly optimistic, but what shocked me the most in the previous games was Lee's ability to create space for his own activities, and he always came up with ways to deal with it to achieve his plan.
It seems that the intensity of today's game is a boundary, and Lee's ceiling is determined by the strength and importance of the opponent. ”
Latanzio asked in a whisper, "Then do you still want to sign him?" ”
Vieira replied, "I didn't think I could keep him." Give him time, and through systematic training, I still believe that he will be able to establish himself in the major leagues in the future. ”
'Okay, but I think it's time to let him down and rest, our midfield needs to be adjusted. ”
Vieira was noncommittal, and Latanzio got up to tell the other midfielder on the bench that American Connor Brandt immediately began to warm up.
Li Liang was indeed placed under a magnifying glass by Avis at the moment, not only could he not play his offensive characteristics, but on the contrary, the weakness of insufficient defensive and physical confrontation ability had also begun to appear.
This is also the main reason why the sharp-eyed Mendes asserts that although the free-kick footwork is good, this No. 37 is just a "waste wood".
Fortunately, there are two gates behind him, Ilora and Discrud, and Li Liang's several defensive mistakes did not cause a big disaster.
In the middle of the game, Frank Lampard and Villa both came running up and told Li Liang that he could not go back in such a stalemate situation. Otherwise, the opponent will gain more and more space in front of him, and the defensive formation in the midfield will be compressed by the opponent again, so that he will have to press up again.
Li Liang was thinking hard about countermeasures, and he didn't realize that after he fell into a comprehensive passivity, it would make many people's views of himself change dramatically.
He understands that in order to play according to Vieira's arrangement, he has to find a way to break through the limitations of No. 5 (Mizga).
Through confrontation and careful observation, Li Liang found that this No. 5 is simply a defensive expert. Even though his movements had begun to slow down in his eyes, he was still not completely sure to break through him.
But Li Liang's observations were not without gains.
He first noticed that Mizga was almost completely half-time. Even when his teammates needed support from close range, Mizga had no intention of stepping forward to get involved.
If it's a deliberate arrangement by the coach, it's a bit puzzling. In this situation, if Mizga can boldly press the assist, it is easy to break the balance locally.
At least Li Liang himself is not sure that he can grab Mizga's ball in one-on-one defense.
There was also an important finding: Mizga hadn't made a single tackle in the roughly 10 minutes since he came on as a substitute. Even after being completely freed by Lampard on one occasion after being leaned on by his body, Mizga still reached out and pulled someone for a foul when he could have tackled.
This is the same as Li Liang himself. But Li Liang is purely because he has not practiced this technique, and it is even more incomprehensible that a professional player like Mizga can do the same in defense.
Li Liang immediately speculated that, first, Mizga's offensive mentality (workrates) is probably at a very low level, and the awareness and desire to attack are greatly lacking.
Second, there must be some degree of flaw in his tackling skills, so it's either a coach's request or his own decision - judging by the reaction of the opposing coach on the sidelines, it must have been a special arrangement before going on the pitch.
In other words, the opposing coach believes that Mizga can completely limit himself with regular defensive moves, even if he sacrifices part of the team's overall attacking power.
Li Liang's observations and speculations did partially hit the nail on the head.
Mizga was recommended to Mourinho by scouts for his outstanding performances with the New York Red Bulls last season.
However, half a year has passed, and he is still mainly training and playing in the reserve team, which is indeed related to the problems observed by Li Liang.
Although he had not yet found an effective countermeasure, Li Liang had become more and more angry, and he felt that he had been greatly slighted.
The opponent actually sent a player who was also unwilling to tackle to defend himself, if Pirlo played his position, would they dare to let this number 5 defend him?
Thinking of this, Li Liang couldn't stop being angry: "No! He thought to himself: "If you don't steam (fight) for steamed buns, you have to steam (fight)!"
No. 5, even if I don't do anything today, I'm going to fight you to the end! Be sure to win you once! ”