Football is a team sport, and in any team sport, the better side always has a greater advantage, which is a very simple and straightforward thing. -79- After the start of the match with Chelsea, Gao Shunyao has always felt full of confidence that as an attacking player of Wolfsburg, he has more advantages than Hazard, that is, because Wolfsburg has better cooperation. However, as the game progressed, Gao Shunyao soon realized that maybe his idea was not necessarily so correct, and in front of Chelsea's defense, Wolfsburg's coordination effect seemed to be very different from usual.

It's a little different from the usual game – not that they misjudged the opponent's tactics, of course. In that regard, they were right, Chelsea did play defensively, from the start of the game they were always at the back, and the attack was always Wolfsburg.

However, the attack on Wolfsburg ran into great trouble. Also, they don't have a lot of problems when they play like they did against Bayern, on the contrary, they don't have any problems in the process, but when the players get to the edge of the box, the attack is hindered.

Chelsea's defensive strength is almost all squatting at the edge of the penalty area, and this kind of defense also makes Wolfsburg's attack a little difficult to use.

It took Wolfsburg the first threatening shot to finish in the opening ten minutes. In this attack, Rong quickly 'plugged' the ball from the right flank, but in front of him was Chelsea's extremely strict backline. Chelsea's defence is very different from that of many other teams, with Cesar Azpilicueta and Nemanja Matic guarding Turan tightly, and their positions tightened and they essentially locked the flanks leading to the ribs of the box. They didn't opt to keep an eye on the dribbling, but the Chelsea defenders locked up almost all of Yung's short passing lines from their position, allowing him to dribble down the flanks freely, but wanted to work with his team-mates to develop a more 'fine' and small-scale coordination. But it can't be done at all.

This is an unusual situation for Wolfsburg: generally speaking, Wolfsburg like to 'plug' their two wide players quickly, but they never let their full-backs go alone. The full-back 'plugged in'. In the past, full-backs cooperated with full-backs, and even forwards pulled out and cooperated with players in the ribs of the penalty area, which has always been the main routine for Wolfsburg to attack. Against the vast majority of teams. They were very successful in this way, but this time against Chelsea, they couldn't do it.

Chelsea's defence completely locked the full-back's possible 'sex' on the ball. And their defensive line has shrunk so much that the role of the center has been avoided. Rong 'plugged' the ball, but because of Chelsea's defense, if he cut inside, then the Wolfsburg players would also be crowded together. There is no way to pass and cut the cooperation, and the surprise attack is carried out through technology in a small area, and there is no room for this routine.

Chelsea's defense did not stop the Wolfsburg players from advancing in a layer-by-layer, close-knit and interconnected manner like Bayern. For Wolfsburg players to push forward, they don't mark tightly. However, their defense has its own characteristics, in the vicinity of the penalty area. Chelsea's players have laid a net to deny Wolfsburg players any chance to get close to the goal. Obviously, they also knew very well that Turan's technology was a big reliance on Wolfsburg. They have also made arrangements for how to block the defense of Wolfsburg.

Against them, it was easy for the Wolves players to gain the upper hand on the pitch, but it was not easy to score.

Looking at the other party's formation, although Rong was not 'forced' to rob, he was also at a loss. There is no room to pass the ball. With the support of his teammates, he didn't dare to rashly 'insert' the ball - after all, behind him, is Chelsea's counter-attacking core Eden Hazard, if he acts rashly, making the backfield empty, and Chelsea's counterattack is successful, then this is definitely not worth the loss.

In desperation, he could only choose to kick the ball into the penalty area with a long pass, wanting to see if his high ball could create any miracles. He himself knows that there is little hope of passing the ball like this, because the Chelsea defenders have strong air defense, they are not afraid of high balls, especially when the contraction is very strong, such an attack is not effective. This was already the last choice for him, and if it wasn't for the impossible, he wouldn't have done it.

However, it now seemed that it was his best option - after all, there was no other way for him to do it.

Rong kicked a high ball, he himself knew that there was no hope, and Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic in the penalty area also knew it. But even so, they still try to rush forward, trying to make a miracle. In the penalty area, Mandzukic and Cahill jumped together in the face of the flying football, and they fought hard, trying to get the football first.

Mandzukic's bounce was even better after all, and in front of the goal, he pressed Cahill to jump up and hit a header towards the big goal. However, the angle of his header is not very good, although Cahill failed to compete for the top, he still fought against Mandzukic in the air, Mandzukic, who did not exert his strength, and the angle of the ball was also a little positive, which was not tricky at all.

The football flew towards the middle of the goal. The height itself is average, and the speed is not very fast. In the face of such a ball, Cech also defended effortlessly. He jumped up with ease, and he slapped the ball out with one palm. A header like that doesn't threaten him at all, it doesn't scare him at all.

As a 'goalkeeper', Cech was once called the world's No. 1, although he has experienced a major injury, and after getting older, he has not accepted the past, and even within Chelsea, there is already a voice for the rising star Courtois to replace him, but he is still the world's top 'goalkeeper', which still does not need any doubt. Chelsea's defence has a lot of interference with Wolfsburg, and under the heavy interference, Wolfsburg's attacking standard has dropped greatly, and in this case, it is almost impossible for them to overcome the big 'goal' guarded by Cech.

And even if the Chelsea players do have a hole, it doesn't mean they haven't prepared for anything else, as this time is. Petr Cech sealed the header with a palm, and after the ball fell into the box, Gao Shunyao immediately rushed forward, and he wanted to make up the ball in time in the box to let Wolfsburg break through the opponent's defense.

One of the meanings of the two center forwards in Wolfsburg's tactics is that in many cases, they can rely on secondary attacks to give the team more opportunities. The long-term cooperation has made Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic also have a tacit understanding, and they can always find a lot of opportunities to work together, so as to make better use of some second-time scoring opportunities. Each of them has a lot of such goals, and this time, Gao Shunyao also seized the opportunity very well.

However, on the court, he was clearly not the fastest person to seize this opportunity. Right in front of him, Terry grabbed the edge of the football one step ahead of him, and he kicked it hard and kicked it straight out of the baseline.

Clearing the ball directly out of the baseline is not a particularly good way to deal with it. For modern football, most teams require defenders to be able to take the ball, and even launch a counterattack immediately after getting the ball. However, Terry's approach still made Gao Shunyao helpless for a while: maybe this approach is indeed simpler, but being able to judge the right landing point of the ball in front of him and clear the ball with one kick is already quite impressive to him.

And, what makes him even more frustrating is that Terry's play is also an excellent addition to Chelsea's defence.

In modern football, the emphasis is on the skill of the backline, but for defenders, the most important ability is always to defend rather than attack. A defender who knows how to play the ball and know how to attack is extremely rare, but a defender who can have plenty of experience and judgment at the back is a treasure of a team. And John Terry, the defender, has that meaning for Chelsea.

Although he is very old, his defensive range has dropped so much that it is difficult for Chelsea to cover even half of the pitch and can only move around his own penalty area. However, in the penalty area, he can still provide a lot of experience for the team, with such an old defender on the field, even if Chelsea have a little 'hole' in the defense, he can also rely on his individual ability to complete the complete, so that Chelsea's defense will be filled even the last possible 'hole'.

Compared to David Luiz, John Terry may only have his experience to win now, but it is his experience that can make Chelsea's defensive system really at its best.

Compared with Bayern and Real Madrid, the strength of Chelsea's players should be said to be inferior. Their players are not as good as those two teams, and they are slightly inferior in terms of overall strength. However, under Mourinho's tutelage, their defense still reached a level that was extremely troublesome. Wolfsburg's combined attack was completely unplayable, and they couldn't play their own level in front of Chelsea.

Sticking to the squatting pit is a tactic that Wolfsburg had anticipated before the game, and Chelsea still had something special about being able to design the squatting tactics so tightly. In the Bundesliga, I am used to seeing those weak teams stubbornly defending the pit, and then looking at Chelsea's high-quality squatting tactics, Gao Shunyao also has to admit that Chelsea can become a top team, and there are still certain characteristics.

In terms of squatting tactics, they are indeed quite successful.

With such a defense, it is not easy to defeat them. The usual offensive routines didn't work, and it also brought Wolfsburg's offense to a standstill for a while.

It's just that on the field, Gao Shunyao is also thinking hard about how to attack, and he knows very well that this game, in the final analysis, is whether Wolfsburg can break through Chelsea's defense. And as a striker, he also believes that this is the biggest test for himself.