vs 165 Fulham, the all-army assault
(a)
The fifteen-minute half-time break was nothing more than a brief recap of some commercials and presenters for the TV viewers, and even shorter for the players.
Chen Zhuo's explanation is obviously timely, for a veteran coach like Hodgson, for Fulham, a tenacious team that has repeatedly escaped death and achieved turnarounds in the game, the Hamburg team's one-goal lead is not enough to make them collapse for the time being.
It's not clear what Hodgson did at half-time to mobilize and set up, but at the beginning of the second half, Fulham were two teams in the first half! At the beginning, the "blitzkrieg" while the opponent was not firmly on the ground has always been one of Fulham's classic offensive routines, and this one is naturally no exception, and the first attack at the beginning of the second half was resolute and thorough!
Duff and Jonathan switched positions, Duff moved to the left side, which he was more familiar with, and used his speed to serve past Trokhovski and Boateng in succession, and went directly to Chen Zhuo, who was playing as a central defender.
With one man pinning down three Hamburg players and disrupting Hamburg's right defence, Duff looked up, pulled back with his left foot, and passed low with his right foot to his midfield team-mate Etuhu, who came up behind him.
Defending Etuhu against Yarolim, Simon Davis and Ruud van Nistelrooy battled for advantageous positions in positions parallel to Etuhu, Demer and Ogo defended Guerra and Zamora near the penalty line, and Elia at the far end was marking Jonathan.
Apparently having observed his team-mate's position before receiving the ball, there were few chances on the left and right wings or in front of the middle, so Etuhu didn't pause and passed the ball back to centre-back Smalling, who was inserted in the middle.
The central defenders actually ran to the opponent's half in the attack! It's not like a 4-4-2 in a zone defence, it's like an all-out Dutchman, but Fulham's Chris Smalling and Hammerland aren't the Coman of the Dutch Three Musketeers era, and they've never heard of them being super long-range shots......
Indeed, Smalling was only one link in the pass, and he was responsible for distributing Etuhu's return pass to Fulham's right and handing it to the assist-providing right-back Northern Ireland captain Baird......
This ball, Garson does not have such a strong ability to read the game, he is still standing between Aaron Hughes and Duff, without insight into the other party's intentions, it is no wonder, although he has good physical fitness and speed, but the game experience is indeed very little.
The other players played against each other, and Berg recycled and marked Smalling, but Baird's point became an unmarked vacancy!
(b)
This is also one of Fulham's classic offensive tactics, the left and right full-backs Danny Murphy and Duff both have this ability to ride alone, by the two of them break through on the wing to attract the attention of many players on the other side, and the other players run their own positions to pull out the gap for the full-backs on the other side!
In the last game, right midfielder Danny Murphy and left fullback Koncheski were both "framed" by the Hamburg team and were yellow carded, which not only magnified Fulham's wing weakness, but also equivalent to abolishing half of Fulham's offensive routine!
Obviously, Fulham also grasped the shortcomings of the Hamburg team, and the defensive awareness and defensive experience of the post-90s youngster was calculated by Lao Huo in this attack, of course, this is also because of Duff's excellent performance.
Hamburg's right side of the defense was also very fast, Boateng recycled to mark Duff who flanked the middle, Trokhovski resisted Aaron Hughes who came up behind Duff, Chen Zhuo moved to the middle to change the defense of Gera, and Ogo handed over Guerra's defense to Chen Zhuo and went to defend Baird.
The running positions and receptions on the flanks and in the middle were busy, and the Hamburg team remained in order.
Baird, who is dribbling the ball, is observing, for them, how to instigate and launch every attack, it is like measuring haode with a ruler, and there have been repeated exercises in targeted training, Chen Zhuo stared at the Hungarian striker Guerra with his body, and paid attention to observe whether there were any leaks in other positions.
Garthan stood alone near the centre circle, and between him and the Fulham goalkeeper, it was empty! Did the two opposing centre-backs come here? Chen Zhuo quickly found another tall centre-back, Hengailan, who was already eyeing the more threatening high point, and striker Zamora was struggling through the crowd......
Why is Ruud van Nistelrooy and Berg standing with central defender Chris Smalling, corner kick defense tactics and free kick defense tactics in Vanney's marking of Chris Smalling with similar height is a tactical arrangement, and now Vanney and Berg are in duplicate positions, so who is staring at Simon Davies opposite Vanney? At this point, Baird passed the ball......
Yarolim stepped back and collided with Zamora, who was running, and the two stumbled at the same time, and Etuhu took the opportunity to get rid of it, and Yarolim seemed to have a deliberate pull, and the spot was on the penalty line......
The referee didn't blow the whistle, Baird's pass was safely picked up by Simon Davis, although Yarolim fouled but it was in the attacker's favor!
Vanney reflexively ran to counter-rob Simon Davis, and was disturbed by the unbalanced Etuhu and Zamora, and could only watch as Simon Davis and Humphellan made a one-two!
(c)
Zoltangela squeezed Chen Zhuo with his body, raised his hand to make a gesture of asking for the ball, this ball Chen Zhuo is very difficult to do, Guerra and Hengaylan are four or five meters apart on a parallel line, if you give up marking Guerra to shovel and block, then Davis easily passes to Guerra is a direct dialogue with the goalkeeper, if you don't give up Gra's ......
In the moment of lightning and fire, where can you think clearly and fully! It was Demeer who decisively gave up his marking of Hampellan and quickly pounced on Simon Davis!
Hueniran is a central defender rather than a striker, and the reaction speed of defensive players in the penalty area is always slower than that of strikers and midfielders, Demel's idea is to go up and block Simon Davis's line, forcing Simon Davis to cooperate with Huenellan again, if Simon Davies passes the ball to Huengailland, then Demel is ready to reflexively tackle and destroy directly, praying that Hummellan cannot handle the shooting action as delicately as a striker, relative to letting Chen Zhuo miss the striker, Demer thinks his venture has a better chance of success......
Simon Davies finished halfway through his kick shot, which looked like it was going to be a return pass, and Demel began to prepare for a quick return with experience!
Simon Davis toe-toe...... Not a shot or a pass, Davis picked the ball past Demer! Misjudged and Demel's balance was lost when he stepped back to defend Davis......
Chen Zhuo, who has been restrained by Guerra, flew over at this time, and after Demehl, Davis already had a variety of options, and after Demel lost his balance to the end, it is actually Hangelland, Davis, and Guerra to form a three-on-one, Davis can choose to divide the ball or choose to shoot by himself!
(iv)
This time there was no further complication of things, and Davis grabbed a shot before Chen Zhuo blocked it!
In any case, Chen Zhuo's flying tackle still affected Davis's rhythm, this shot was a little reluctant, not full force, although the angle of the ball was very tricky but the strength was not terrible, Rost flew out sideways, blocking the ball is obviously possible......
The safest way to handle this ball is to hit the threat zone with a double fist or a single punch! Rost didn't know what to think, he actually wanted to catch the ball directly with both hands, this kind of self-confidence, it is not impossible......
Chen Zhuo, who was holding the ground and preparing to get up quickly, sank sharply on his back, and he didn't know who screamed and pressed his head and head on his body, as if he was tripped by Chen Zhuo and fell into the penalty area......
It doesn't matter, Chen Zhuo, who fell to the ground, saw as if watching slow motion that Rost caught the ball firmly with both hands in the air, but when he landed, he fell and actually ...... Get rid of it......
Then Chen Zhuo saw his Hungarian striker Zoltangra easily kick the ball into the goal, and without any celebration, rushed into the goal, picked the ball out, and ran towards the midfield.
(5)
The goal came in the 98th second of the opening half of the second half, less than two minutes into the game, and Fulham attacked all but the goalkeeper, and this time, it was a good display of Duff's personal ability, and it was the tactical intention of the two central defenders to pull the movement and cooperate to achieve it, and it was ......
Chen Zhuo ran to the midfield, grabbed Garthan's shoulder, and told him how to run when defending, and Garson kept nodding. The reason for this time, in Chen Zhuo's view, is not the main reason for Garson's defense. Ogo and Boateng's two "reamers" did not play an effective role, Duff broke through Boateng, Baird did not choose to entangle with Ogo, these are people's tactical intentions have been achieved, and Fulham's attack, in addition to the goalkeeper, all 10 players pressed through the half, as long as the Hamburg team breaks the ball to form an effective counterattack, it will be fatal for Fulham!
But Hodgson chose to take the risk, and it worked......
There was no excitement and no celebration at Hodgson, a 1-1 scoreline, the final result was still Fulham eliminated, what was there to celebrate! He waved his hand for the player to quickly return to his position.