Section 480 Advancing at all levels
In football, in the face of the opponent's stubborn defense, a very common way is to use the wings to open the width, attract the defense, and then use a wide range of transfer balls to directly attack the opponent's soft underbelly. ○ This style of play, compared to the ground ball with the technical level required is worse, compared to the high-altitude ball brute, the possibility of success is greater, in many teams when facing the defense, they will use this mode to try, and Wolfsburg is no exception, in the second leg against Chelsea, they on the field, with the most standard wide range of transfers, hit Chelsea fiercely.
This kind of play, Wolfsburg has been thinking about since the end of the last game: Chelsea is a difficult opponent, in the last game, they suffered a lot, and how to break the opponent's turtle shell, they also thought for a long time. Wolfsburg's players don't have great footwork, but their Saheen has good long-pass skills, which gives Wolfsburg the preferred tactics for this game.
Dribbling the ball on the right flank, drawing attention and then playing a long ball straight into the goal in order to break down the opposition – a tactic that Wolfsburg had been thinking about for a long time before the game began. Originally, Wolfsburg was intended to be used on Ruiz, who was slightly frizzy, but now, when it was used on Frank Lampard, whose physical strength had dropped significantly, this tactic seemed to work just as well.
Shahin's pass was not very good, his ball was actually a very simple choice of a pass to the left front, which simply avoided Matic's defensive range. It's just that this pass is simple. But for Chelsea, it was the most troublesome attack. Frank Lampard, who was already a little tired because of the distance of Shahin's pass. There was no way to keep up in time, which also made their defense mistakes.
Sometimes, passing doesn't have to be a bad pass, as long as you can get your teammates on the ball faster than your opponent, it's okay to be crooked.
Perisic on the left is already in the middle of the road. In the middle, he barely encountered any obstacles and received the ball. Frank Lampard was still two metres away from him. And he already got the football in the middle. Wolfsburg's tactic of mobilizing all the players up front into the attack was undoubtedly very successful, relying on two flanks, they successfully widened the width of the attack, making their attack appear more comfortable.
The interception by the Chelsea midfielder was also denied by Wolfsburg.
It's just that Chelsea's defense is not so easy to deal with after all, and Perisic has not yet secured the ball. Frank Lampard had already rushed at him. Although he is not young and has a big problem with his running speed, his defensive will has not declined at all. Even Perisic has already got the ball. He is also not prepared to give Perisic time to take it in stride, he wants to counter-attack as soon as possible and take possession of the ball again.
The defense at the back is no longer good. But in any case, Perisic can't be allowed to cause any more problems for the defenders. Lampard's idea is very simple. It was also carried out very thoroughly.
The move didn't surprise Perisic, just the pace of the opposition. It still seems a little faster.
Perisic, who got the ball on the edge of the box, was going to send the ball straight into the box. This is also the best way to do this in Wolfsburg's tactical design: Chelsea's crouching defence is so high that it is unrealistic to rely on the quality of Wolfsburg's centre-forwards to eat them alone. Therefore, after passing the ball to the front of the penalty area, relying on more people to form an impact, so as to find a way to adjust the opponent's defense, this is also the offensive idea chosen by Wolfsburg.
However, because Lampard pounced so fast, Perisic didn't have time to break through with the ball and find holes in the opposition's defence. In desperation, looking at his teammates, Perisic could only choose the simplest way to pass the ball: he picked up a pass and sent the ball to Mandzukic in the penalty area.
Pick-and-pick passes are not the first choice for Wolves: in the last game, Wolves attacked with a lot of headers, but throughout the game, from start to finish, they were never able to break through the opponent's goal with their headers. Chelsea's defences are excellent, with John Terry and Gary Cahill both having great ability to receive the ball, which has been proven and it is definitely not a good option to pass the ball like that.
However, this pass was different from the previous one after all: Wolfsburg made adjustments to the attack in this attack, including the problem of headers.
Unlike the last game, this time when Perisic picked up the ball, Mandzukic, like Gao Shunyao, did not wait for an opportunity in the penalty area, but chose to storm the penalty area at the same time, wanting to receive this pass while running.
Chelsea's backline players are very good at heading the ball, something Wolfsburg saw last time. But at the same time, they also noticed that the speed of these two defenders was not very good. In this case, Wolfsburg also thought of a way to compete for the top: fighting for the top in the midst of the impact is the best idea.
Trying to catch a header on the run is obviously a lot harder than standing still and waiting for a header, but the Wolfsburg players are able to do just that. And their excellent speed and physicality give them an advantage in such a battle for the top, and they will no longer be controlled by Chelsea's stubborn defense.
As he ran, Mandzukic had already jumped. Although Cahill was stuck in position, after running, his jump was obviously much worse than Mandzukic, after Mandzukic jumped, almost a head higher than him, above his head, grabbed the football!
Chelsea's interception at the back was finally breached by Wolfsburg.
The ball was knocked out by Mandzukic and Cahill's interception was not able to stop him. And when Mandzukic's header went out, people were also surprised to find that his header was not rushed to the goal, this header was just a transitional header by Mandzukic, and he pushed the ball to Gao Shunyao!
As the last link of Wolfsburg's offensive line, Wolfsburg's forwards, in addition to dealing with the opposing defenders, need to be careful, as well as the opponent's goalkeeper. Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech also made Wolfsburg suffer enough in the last game, but he was also a formidable enemy. And how to break through Cech's defense is also something that Mandzukic and Gao Shunyao need to consider.
The quality of the saves is too high for this top goalkeeper. Especially with the cooperation of the defenders in front of him, it is almost impossible to see him make mistakes. Therefore, after much deliberation, the two forwards of Wolfsburg can only think of the only way to defeat him with cooperation: one person can't beat him, and two people always have some possibility. Since Cech can block it, let's see how good he can be done.
Mandzukic didn't choose to shoot at the oncoming ball, knowing that even if he headed the goal, he wouldn't necessarily get past the already defended Cech. Compared to attacking himself, he may have a better chance of giving the ball to Gao Shunyao, because Cech has been involved by him on the right side of the goal, and on the left side of the goal, there will be no more trouble like this.
And without the troublesome guy Petr, Gao Shunyao will definitely be able to score the ball.
He pinned his last hope on Gao Shunyao. From back to front, every player in Wolfsburg has worked hard for this goal, from Ramires to Cech, all the efforts of all the people, whether they can get a goal, it all depends on Gao Shunyao.
Gao Shunyao had already quickly plugged in at this time, and he did not disappoint his teammates, he quickly plugged in from behind, and he also chose the easiest way to attack!
Top Ball!
For an assist from Mandzukic's header, Gao Shunyao did not hesitate at all. He cut in from the left side, sped up a step past Terry beside him, and then jumped high and slammed a hammer into the flying soccer ball.
Gao Shunyao's heading skills have always been very good, even if he is an enemy of Wolfsburg, he admits this. And this time, seeing him get a header in front of the goal, the hearts of Wolfsburg fans also rose with extremely hot hope.
They believe that Gao Shunyao's header will definitely be full of threat.
Gao Shunyao did not disappoint his fans, and his header was indeed excellent. His impact was quick, but this header wasn't unadjusted. After rushing forward, when facing the header, Gao Shunyao did not deal with it in a hurry, while jumping, he specially adjusted the angle, the football hit from his front, but he did not choose to directly push the football, relying on his excellent waist and abdominal strength, Gao Shunyao tensed his body in the air, slightly tilted his head, and then, with a head shake action, hit the ball to the lower left corner of the goal.
Gao Shunyao never thought that Cech was a very good goalkeeper to deal with, and he had to be very careful with such opponents. Just now, because Mandzukic stood relatively close to the right post of the goal, which made Cech move a lot to that side, so his shot was to hit the dead corner that Cech couldn't reach, which was also Gao Shunyao's biggest idea.
He tried his best to get the ball out of a good angle. And he did exactly what he wanted, the ball spun and flew into the bottom left corner of the goal, and this time, Cech's outstretched arm was no longer able to stop the goal!
In the 71st minute of the game, Gao Shunyao's header allowed Wolfsburg to equalize again. The win Chelsea wanted didn't come easily, and this time it was their turn to taste an equaliser. (To be continued.) )