There are usually two types of players who are the most difficult to defend against in the modern football tactical system.

One is a player who has a very flexible ability to change the center of gravity, and at the same time has a very skillful and delicate skill at the feet, usually a small player, or a superstar like Ronaldinho; The other type is beast-level players with strong bodies and solid technical fundamentals, such as Didier Drogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

As the football defensive system gradually becomes more and more tight, more and more attention is paid to co-defense and strategy, and the ability of defensive players to cooperate with each other is more and more valued, for offensive players, creating opportunities in a small area has become a necessary offensive means, so these two types of players always make defensive players a headache.

Thiago Silva, who has been a team-mate with Ibramovic for a while, is well aware of the difficulties of this tall player, who is tall, has a fine technique at his feet, and has a large area of control for incoming balls, whether it is high or ground.

If that's all there is to it, then it's nothing, but the problem is that they can keep your body suppressed while receiving the ball, and everyone can imagine the feeling of being held up by a meat shield that is half a head taller than you and nearly fifty pounds heavier than yourself, and you can't do anything about it.

Many people say that Thiago Silva is not good at playing against high school forwards, but it depends on who is right, against some other Premier League teams, high school strikers with obvious advantages and disadvantages, Thiago Silva has a very good performance, such as Hesky.

Sometimes fans are easily guided by the media, for example, Thiago Silva just performed badly against Drogba, or made mistakes against the senior striker on occasional occasions, but under the excessive hype and interpretation of the media, it was understood by the fans that Thiago Silva did not recruit when he met the senior striker.

Didier Drogba is a very perverted centre-forward, with great explosiveness, a very flexible body, a solid foundation of technique at his feet, a strong ability to handle and do the ball, and more importantly, he has an incredibly strong physical confrontation.

Some people may think that the reason you blame Drogba for being strong is that you are not strong enough, but you must know that strength and flexibility are always inversely proportional, and if Thiago Silva pursues strength too much, then he must sacrifice his flexibility, explosiveness, and even some technical moves.

It's as if someone recently commented on Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, who thinks he is strong but his skills have become poor.

Some people say that it is concise, but professionals can see that his skills are indeed poor, and this is because his body is strong, and the muscles of his body have become stronger, especially his legs, so that many of the skills he could do in the past cannot be done now, this is the price.

There is no player in this world who is strong and perverted, has excellent foot skills, and is very fast, and that can only exist in game modifiers, not in reality

At the very least, Peter Brandt, director of Tottenham's research centre, advised Thiago Silva that he was in a very reasonable physical condition and that he should not continue to stress on strength and building his muscles, as this would lead to a decrease in his speed and flexibility.

Just imagine, when Thiago Silva becomes a miniature version of Hangrande, then Tottenham Hotspur still has his place?

Ye Qiu also told him that physical strength is not the only decisive factor on the field, football, especially modern football, is more dependent on the brain, creativity and imagination, so he suggested that Thiago Silva should think more and explore more.

But in the process of thinking and groping, Thiago Silva will inevitably make mistakes, because the other party will stare at you.

Drogba saw Deco get the ball, and immediately chose to run to Thiago Silva, this move made Thiago Silva immediately realize that the crisis was coming, and he couldn't choose to go around quickly, because once the opponent didn't move, he went around the front first, so what if the opponent hit the back?

So he wanted to compete with Drogba for position, but Drogba smartly ran back, staggered Thiago Silva, and stood in the position, blocking Thiago Silva, and at this time, Deco's ball passed to his feet, Thiago Silva was powerless at this time, and could only choose to get close, resist Drogba, and not let him turn.

When football tactics are arranged more carefully and carefully, the less room you have to make a choice, and even many times you don't have a choice at all, even if you know what the consequences of doing so, you still have to gamble on it.

Drogba suppressed Thiago Silva, his body was as strong as a mountain, Thiago Silva had to use all his strength to resist him, which made him have no way to do anything else, but he also resisted Drogba who couldn't turn around, so he had to give up on himself.

Drogba passed back to Lampard, who passed directly behind him diagonally, and the cooperation between the two occurred in the blink of an eye, and at this time Ballack rushed up quickly from Thiago Silva's side, even if the Brazilian saw it in his eyes, it was clear, but when he got rid of Drogba and quickly turned to chase back, he saw that Ballack had stopped the ball in the big penalty area, and directly volleyed, and the ball went in

At this moment, Thiago Silva, who was sweating profusely, opened his arms almost in despair and hugged his head, he didn't know what he was doing, no matter how hard he tried, the final result was still like this

Is Drogba, the elephant from Côte d'Ivoire, really the nightmare of his career?

The entire stadium of Stamford Bridge was in a state of surging Chelsea fans as they applauded and cheered for Ballack's calm shot, while Jose Mourinho in front of the home team's dugout on the sidelines rushed out of the coaching area in a frenzied manner, waving his arms all the way to the side of the fan stands

The astonishing celebration showed the excitement of Mourinho's mood at the moment, knocking on Tottenham Hotspur's goal in the 17th minute at home, and what better and more reassuring start to the game?

The stadium was transformed into a sea of celebration, and the sound of all the Chelsea fans swept over and swallowed everyone in attendance.

Everyone at Tottenham Hotspur was disappointed, because judging from this goal, Tottenham Hotspur's defense was indeed forced to break away by the opponent, but everyone knew very well that this could not be said to be anyone's problem, even if it was Thiago Silva, he had done his best.

Before the match began, he told his teammates that this match was going to try to break the shadow that Drogba had given him, but the two were clearly not in the same weight class, and Drogba's cunning opponent was obviously looking for Thiago Silva's side as a breakthrough time and time again.

"We have just received the news that Liverpool are now 0 away from Reading, and Manchester United are still 00 Arsenal and West Ham United are still 00, which means we are the league leaders"

The broadcast at Stamford Bridge was clearly a morale boost to the home team's players and a demoralisation to Tottenham Hotspur, announcing the results of the other teams so far, and if we were to follow the live standings, then the league leaders should now be Chelsea, while Liverpool rose to third and Tottenham Hotspur slipped to fourth.

However, there is only one point between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, and if Arsenal beat West Ham United, then Tottenham Hotspur will be completely eliminated from the Champions League qualification zone, so now for Tottenham Hotspur, the pressure is very high, very big, infinite, because after conceding this goal, the situation is completely reversed.

Ye Qiu also had no way to think about whether this was a conspiracy from the home team, after listening to the broadcast of the on-site commentator, he immediately walked to the sidelines, shouting loudly and reminding his players that they must stay calm.

"Thiago" Ye Qiu clapped his hands a few times, "Don't be pressured, concentrate and continue to play."

"David Sesk" Ye Qiu looked at Beckham and Fabregas, "Don't attack in a hurry, hold steady, understand?" Hold your foot, don't play fast with them, we were too fast-paced just now, slow down, keep the ball"

Ye Qiu also asked Fries Hawk to tell Peter Cech not to throw forward in a hurry, and not to blindly kick forward, to help the team control the ball more, and at the same time to receive the ball more in the midfield.

Whether it is in Ajax, or in Chelsea, or now in Tottenham Hotspur, in Ye Qiu's entire tactical system, the goalkeeper has always been an important part of the team's tactical system, and even Ye Qiu arranges the goalkeeper to be the wall every time he arranges the team to hit the wall, further polishing the goalkeeper's skills, and allowing him to integrate into the team's tactical system.

One of Tottenham's biggest problems now is that the midfield is suppressed, and at the same time blindly pulling up the tempo, playing with Chelsea's rhythm, which is undoubtedly Chelsea's favorite rhythm, because fast is in their favor, because fast will increase Tottenham's passing and receiving mistakes, while Chelsea do not have this problem.

This was also an important factor in Mourinho's attacking attack after the opening.

"He's trying to drag us to death with his physical strength," Mauro Tasotti said, not worried.

Purely from the point of view of physical fitness, Tottenham Hotspur is not as good as Chelsea, and the gap between the two sides is not small.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and David Beckham are all veterans, and the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi are not physical players, so once they are drawn closer by the opponent, Tottenham Hotspur has no chance of winning at all.

"He dreamed" Ye Qiu of course could see Mourinho's thoughts, and went directly to the meat grinder midfield, isn't this to fight a war of physical attrition? And this is also the reason why Ye Qiu called on the players to stabilize the situation, just now he was hot-headed and followed the rhythm of the opponent, but he was scored by the opponent, and now he has to quickly stabilize his situation and find his rhythm.

The two sides of a football match are like two boxers in the boxing ring, the hot-headed side is doomed to lose, the side that is pulled into the rhythm of the opponent and cannot jump out is also doomed to failure, and if you can stay calm and stalemate with the opponent, it is a stalemate and no one can eat the opponent in a short time.

After the restart, Tottenham Hotspur, under the command and adjustment of Ye Qiu's sidelines, began to consciously slow down the tempo, began to take more control of the ball in the midfield and inverted feet, and let Chelsea press out and grab through each other's skillful passing and receiving cooperation.

Chelsea just had a goal in hand, morale was high, and they wanted to crush Tottenham Hotspur in one go, so when they saw that Tottenham Hotspur could not find an offensive opportunity, they immediately passed back to the midfield, and they were angry and had no place to vent, so they gradually pressed up and began to enter more midfield pressing.

Ye Qiu kept calling on the players on the sidelines, trying to use the passing and receiving cooperation to pull the opponent and let the Chelsea players run.

Mascherano must be mentioned here, many fans have the impression of Mascherano as a defense, god-like defense, but they don't have much impression of his ball, passing and technique, and may even feel that he is very average in these aspects.

But in fact, as a main midfielder, and as a teenager from Argentina's excellent youth academy, his technical skills are absolutely solid enough, his ability to stop the ball is very good, and the ball protection is also excellent in the back waist, and his success rate of the ball is very high at about 15 meters.

What's more, Mascherano has a very good advantage as a midfielder, and that is that he basically doesn't get forward.

If people who often watch the ball know that when the opponent launches an active front-court pressing, whether there is a stable contact point in the back position is the key to whether a team can ensure the ball in the midfield and backfield, because the central defender encounters a rush, and the full-back is threatened by the opponent, in order to avoid being counterattacked by the opponent after the ball is broken, he can generally only pass forward with a big foot, and even sometimes have to directly kick the ball out of the field by himself, giving the opponent the ball and a throw-in.

Because relatively speaking, whether it is giving them the ball or a throw-in, it is less threatening than hitting a counterattack after being cut off by the opponent, so the lesser of two evils is chosen.

And all teams with excellent ball control must have a solid receiving point in the midfield position, because if there is such a point, then if the opponent wants to engage in active frontcourt pressing, it must arrange four players in the back line and the back position, then his midfield and back will definitely have flaws

Of course, if you don't want to play that many people, then you can only watch the opponent keep the ball.

Therefore, in Tottenham Hotspur's entire tactical system, Mascherano is not only a defensive barrier, he is also an important possession fulcrum of the team, as well as a point of delivery, of course, unlike Cesc Fabregas and Beckham, who are more through passes, Mascherano is more on both sides, divided into left and right wings.

And one of the characteristics of Mascherano's very good as a midfielder is that he never touches what he is not good at, so he rarely goes directly to Ribery and Messi, because his accuracy is very low when passing beyond about 15 meters.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu trusts and relies on him so much, a player who knows how to play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and is willing to take on dirty work and tiring work, which is even more important and valuable than a good striker.

When Tottenham Hotspur had the intention to stabilize the situation, slow down the tempo and try to keep possession, Chelsea's front line was more dominated by Drogba and Frank Lampard, Drogba mainly played against the two central defenders, and Lampard was against Mascherano, but Tottenham Hotspur kept their distance when they were in possession, allowing Drogba and Frank Lampard to run back and forth, but could not get the ball, as well as Essien, who followed as Beckham retreated.

"We can see that Tottenham Hotspur is still very patient after losing the ball, and this period of time began to consciously slow down the pace and stabilize their possession, which is also the consistent tactical characteristics of Tottenham Hotspur, if it is a weak team, it will strive to pass forward more, but now facing Chelsea, you have to patiently look for opportunities."

Richard Keith also saw it, "Have you noticed, Tottenham Hotspur even Beckham and Cesc Fabregas have consciously shrunk back, and Chelsea's midfielders have also followed, Ribery and Messi have gradually retreated, pulling out defenders, I wonder if Mourinho has seen this."

Andy Gray nodded, "The situation on the field looks a bit flat now, but both sides are brewing the next wave of attacks against each other, Tottenham Hotspur has a high possession rate although it has retreated, and the whole formation is a bit like a retracted but clenched fist, which may give the opponent the strongest and powerful hook anytime and anywhere."

"Yes, in terms of speed and individual ability, Tottenham Hotspur's Ribery and Messi have an advantage, especially Ribery on the left, against Ferreira, it was almost crushing, and now Chelsea's defense is pressing, which is not necessarily a good thing"

Andy Gray is a little worried about Mourinho, "We can see it clearly now, but Mourinho may not be able to see it on the sidelines, or Mourinho may have some ideas of his own. ”

It was then that the on-site commentator once again broke out the good news that all the Chelsea fans in the stadium were delighted, and Manchester United, who were away to Portsmouth, had just been punctured by Portsmouth and were now 0l behind the home team.

"It's definitely very good news for Chelsea," said Andy Gray, who was amazed when he heard it, because if Manchester United lost, then for Chelsea, even if it was a draw, they could win the title.

'Jose Mourinho and his team should breathe a sigh of relief and play a little more patiently, because the situation is very favourable for Chelsea and there is no need to take any more risks'

Andy Gray saw Mourinho directing on the sidelines, and seemed to have the intention of letting the team continue to press, "Eh, Mourinho seems to be still emphasizing attack, and he seems to be planning to take advantage of this momentum to directly kill Tottenham Hotspur"

Richard Keith laughed after hearing this, "Because Mourinho said that as long as it is 11 men against 11 men, and they Chelsea play Tottenham Hotspur, it will be the same as playing, and the victory will be in the applause"

Andy Gray also laughed when he heard it, for the current situation, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed becoming more and more unfavorable, especially considering the mentality of the players, if once the player's mentality is messed up, the consequences will be unimaginable.

And this is also the reason why Ye Qiu has been standing on the sidelines, shouting non-stop, shouting until his throat is a little hoarse.

He also knows very well that the more critical this kind of moment, the more chaos must not be made

As long as the team is not chaotic, he believes that there will be a chance