295. Shortcomings and remedies
The box is full of hidden little movements, everyone's body is doing a game of getting rid of and entanglement, Terry and Stam are the two hardest, they have to keep an eye on their respective defenders, but also take care of Pirlo's free throws to fight for the first place in the box.
However, the coaches on both sides of Jiang Qi and Ancelotti were not at all more relaxed than Terry, and the rookie coach's palms in the pockets of his trousers were covered with sweat, and Lord An Fat could not hide the nervousness on his face.
Andrea Pirlo stood on the side of the corner flag on Chelsea's left and raised his hand to make a 'three' that hung towards the near post.
Sergio Ramos was the first to start, and the Spaniard was explosive, sprinting for the front post and Frank Lampard scurrying to follow, but the ball was just above the two players who jumped up for the front post before turning just outside the box.
Lucio, who was ambushed in the middle, ran out of position, but Terry, who was pestering him, didn't let him go easily, and the Brazilian had to rub the ball slightly over his head. At the same time, Ambrosini suddenly stepped in front of the goal, and Stam was attracted by the Milan captain, and his footsteps subconsciously followed him a few steps.
In such a dense defensive state, it is a paradox to want to take care of the ball at the same time, just when the Dutchman was led by Ambrosini, Lucio rubbed the ball towards the edge of the penalty area, and a big man who was ignored by many people, with the help of the cover of many white-clad teammates, had swam to the outermost layer of the crowd, just grasped this landing point, he used the outside of his instep to slash, the ball rebounded to the ground and accelerated into the goal.
It looked like it was a goal-grabbing shot in the middle of a mess, but Ramos was on target. Ambrosini was in the middle and Drogba was at the back post. All three of these were pulling Chelsea's defensive system at the same time, and Lucio's extremely reluctant header was the fulcrum that changed the result. This set of corner kick tactics Jiang Qi has been practicing for many days behind closed doors.
After delineating Stam as the breakthrough point, Jiang Qi repeatedly carved offensive tactics for this point, and later he found that the reality was different from what he imagined, and the memory of Stam in the Apennines, facing the impact of the attack environment is far less than the current England, and it may not work to break through the Dutch defense in the usual way. So, after calling up a large number of Chelsea game videos, Lao Jiang focused on the set-piece attack, and he could take out too many good headers in his hands. The tactics used to design a second, or even third, attack can be described as easy.
The initiative was taken at the beginning, and the tactical arrangement was successfully completed on the first set-piece, and the score was rewritten, all of which came so smoothly that there was an exclamation of "dream start" from the broadcast booth.
Sky Sports' commentators were visibly heavy, and as supporters of the island team, they naturally didn't want to see such a start, but the Blues, who represent London's working class, still have the impression of resilience in their memories.
But you only have to look closely at the slightly stiff face of the defensive leader, John Terry. You will understand that things are not as simple as you think.
The European title represents a lot of anticipation and desire for the Chelsea players, for their owners who have dropped a lot of rubles less than two years after they took over, and for Carlo Ancelotti, who faces his old club and young successor. This kind of swing between gains and losses, no one can easily deal with it.
After a brief silence, the game resumed.
Rivaldo and Mutu began to drop back frequently to get the ball. That allowed the Blues' midfield to stabilize the situation and only face the AC Milan defence. They can only patiently look for opportunities. Sheva has considerable individual combat ability, and at the same time can also be the fulcrum of the frontcourt. And Mutu and Rivaldo are the kind of forwards who can pull out space with long-range shots and can also send penetrating passes, that is, both attacking power and creativity, Ancelotti originally valued this before giving up Joe? Cole's Englishman is often able to do unbelievable tricks in tight spaces, but confrontation and creativity are not enough to satisfy Anshuai.
Finding opportunities in control was Ancelotti's ethos, but the Milan were too well prepared and a set-piece took the dominance of the pitch.
At the other end, the Milanese narrowed the space in the midfield and backfield, and all attacks were launched decisively from both sides, with the aim of suppressing the two wings of the Blues, while maximizing the deterrence of their two center forwards, and Jiang Qi also designed a second set of attacking routines against Stam at this point.
For example, in the 17th minute, Lahm rushed forward from the left with the ball, did not try Duff's blockade, and crossed directly at a 45-degree angle, Milan's header attack group attacked all the lines again, Toni and Drogba were already eyeing Chelsea's two iron guards around them, and at the same time Ambrosini stepped forward, but Ram's pass did not go to the first three players who ran to different positions, but passed to the empty area between the three points, and there was a fourth white figure inserted in the header!
Kaka used his speed to shake off Claude Makelele and step into the defensive blind spot first, his long frame showing his strength, flicking the ball beautifully into the far corner of the net, barely allowing any Chelsea players to interfere with him throughout.
This tactic is actually the same as the set-piece routine, which is to use their own advantages to pull out the attacking space, especially taking advantage of the weakness of Stam's slow movement at his feet, and finally complete the attack.
The so-called injury of his ten fingers is better than cutting off one of his fingers, this is also an adjustment of Jiang Qi in the preparation period of the Champions League final, entering the infinitesimal theater gave him a revelation, in the Chelsea team, the current Stam is irreplaceable, so around this breakthrough point with all his strength is his final decision.
The score was 2-0 and more importantly the clock had only passed twenty minutes, which was a pretty bad situation for Carlo Ancelotti and his Chelsea.
It's a tangled choice in front of him right now, Milan's dominance in the air is simply overwhelming, and if they don't add a high point to the confrontation, Chelsea could concede more goals in the games ahead, but now the Blues need more to open up the situation in attack.
Moreover, there is not much time left for him to think about it......
Five minutes later, Carlo Ancelotti replaced Makelele with the German defender Hout, who was the best defender in the middle of the ball, which was a rather dangerous substitution, Chelsea also changed the formation to 3-5-2, Hutter came on as a central defender, and Evra and Duff decisively pressed up to become wings, so that the space in the box was effectively blocked, but the midfield lacked the barrier of Makelele, Lampard had to become the hub of the midfield tandem, and Alonso looked very, very thin.
Undoubtedly, one of the Blues' biggest loopholes has been plugged, and the whole Chelsea team is like a spring that has been compressed, and it can bounce back with huge energy at any time! (To be continued......)