Chapter 201: Attack Again
After the opening, Bordeaux did not retreat, but quickly launched a high press, after a year of running-in this defensive system can already organize defense anywhere, so today Fan Shang is also doing an experiment, so that the overall defensive formation is pressed forward, start defending near the midfield, try to block the ball in the midfield, instead of needing to solve the battle in his own hinterland before. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Not to be outdone today, Metz was originally rushing to attack today, so no matter how Bordeaux changed, they all poured out of the nest and killed Bordeaux's half in one go.
The two groups had an encounter in the midfield, and they started hand-to-hand combat without giving in. However, it was clear that Metz was not prepared for this, and soon retreated under the madness of Claude Makelele and Duckett, and Bordeaux entered Metz's half.
Bordeaux's goal today was clear, which was to cross from the two wings, and the two midfielders, Dacourt and Makelele, would be the first to pass to both wings as soon as they got the ball.
Bordeaux's attack is actually mainly concentrated on the right side, Nedved is constantly cooperating with Sagnor to cross, the Bordeaux veteran Toyes on the left side is still relatively solid in defense, and he is more conservative by nature, he will not follow the pineche, but firmly guard the position where the fullback should appear, so that Lizarazu does not have any good cross opportunities.
In the 7th minute, Nedved passed back to Sagnol who stepped forward to receive after going down on the right side, Sagnol did not stop the ball, and crossed directly, the first point was grabbed by Drogba, who started for the first time today, but Drogba did not shoot directly, but consciously went to Papan, but unfortunately Carstendochy, who had been following Papan, destroyed the ball out of the bottom line in advance.
Although the attack was destroyed, Fan Shang still gave them a thumbs up, which is what Fan Shang wanted to see. Putting Drogba out today is to see the problem of the height of the Metz backline, crosses from both sides let Drogba grab the high point in the middle, but Vincent said to Drogba to try not to shoot, mainly passing. This was the result of the attacking synergy that had just been made, and of course on the premise that Vincent was not worried that Bordeaux would be defended on the flanks like Tenerife last year and had no crosses.
In the 10th minute, Bordeaux made a comeback, Makelele successfully steals the ball at Menieru's feet one-on-one, only to grasp the balance of the body and decisively pass the ball to Nedved, this time Nedved did not go down, but chose to cut inside, after attracting the bag, distributed the ball to Sagnor who was inserted on the wing. At this time, Sagnor's position was his best position of 45-degree diagonal passes, so Sagnor stopped the ball and adjusted it slightly, and got up to hoist the ball into the penalty area.
This time, there were already two people around Drogba in the box, one of the two central defenders was next to Drogba, while the other was not far from them, ready to steal at any time. But when they saw the ball flying into the penalty area, the two central defenders tried to clamp Drogba one after the other, but they ignored the hardness of the monster, Drogba made a force in his legs and waist at the same time, jumped into the air with the unsuspecting two, and his head touched the incoming ball slightly, changing the direction of the ball.
In the penalty area, Maze's danger appeared, because the two went to suppress Drogba, causing Papan to become a vacuum here, and after relying on experience to judge the second landing point, Papan appeared in front of the ball in time. Papin was the top scorer in Ligue 1 last season, how could he let go of this kind of opportunity, he did not hesitate to raise his foot to volley, although the angle was not tricky, but the distance from the ball was fast, and when the goalkeeper was halfway through the action, the ball had bounced back from the net and bounced on the ground a few times.
"Pretty!!" Fan Shang clenched his fists and shouted, although Fan Shang's arrangement wanted this effect, he still didn't expect the goal to come so quickly.
In fact, Bordeaux was caught off guard by Metz today, and from the preparation of the game to the start of the game, Metz was bent on how to break through Bordeaux's bus-like defense. When Bordeaux battled them in midfield after the opening, Metz's players' brains were all in a state of flux, and they only relied on instinct to play for the past 10 minutes, without showing any pre-match arrangements from the coach.
Metz's head coach, Joel Muller, is definitely an experienced coach, and at least he has absolutely mastered Metz. After seeing the goal, the coach did not get angry, but called a player in succession to teach him face-to-face. Of course, this is what Vincent saw before he was pounced, but in fact, Joel Müller called the core of each line to him and made a simple arrangement.
After the restart, Metz quickly stabilized the situation and began to fight Bordeaux in midfield, rather than just trying to get into the box, as they did at the beginning.
"Amazing," Fan Shang thought, "just call one person, and you can stabilize the situation." The longer you lead a team, the more control you have. ”
Joel Muller has been coaching at Metz since 1989 and is now in his eighth year this year, which has transformed Metz from a weak team that has been relegated every year to a Ligue 1 powerhouse that can now participate in European competitions every year. This Joel Müller is definitely the one with two brushes.
The field is now in a scorching midfield offensive and defensive battle, the attack and defense of both teams are basically deployed near the center circle, and the pace of attack and defense switching is very fast, which also shows that the two teams have made a lot of mistakes.
For example, after Makelele made a successful steal, he could divide the ball to the side, but the ball was cut off by the Metz player halfway through, and the Mads player also didn't take a few steps before being tackled by Makelele again.
This high-speed transition between attack and defence is unlikely to last long, and it was Metz who couldn't hold on for long, with several of their midfielders already panting and sweating profusely at the 30-minute mark. It doesn't have much impact on Bordeaux, because Bordeaux contributes the three people who have the longest running distance, Makelele, Dacourt and Nedved, all belong to the people with unlimited physical strength, especially Nedved, it is estimated that there is no one more capable of running in the top football circles now.
Metz began to slowly retreat, and today they went from preparing to attack, to fighting Bordeaux in midfield, to now about to retreat from the defense, this change is really no one expected.
However, this just made Fan Shang's arrangement of the game play the biggest role, which is also Fan Shang's crooked play, he originally only wanted to create some threat in Maze's back line when the two sides attacked, but now it seems that when Metz retreated across the line, Drogba's point turned out to be a big killer move to break the secret.