Volume 1 Chapter 243 Death Desperate Situation
Warning: You are close to death, evacuate, evacuate
This scene should appear in Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters, as the male protagonist Piret is as thorny as ever, he doesn't believe that there will be a desperate situation of death in this world, so he decided to be a lonely hero and be the superman who saves the world.
But just when he was about to cut in diagonally from the left side of the court, he suddenly found that he was really in a desperate situation, and it was a desperate situation, surrounded by alien monsters.
Before he could react, Makelle immediately clinged to him and wrapped around him, the French teammate had a surprising sense of judgment, and as soon as he got close, Piret was so entangled that he had to slow down his sprint.
He began to regret his trust, he began to regret that he had entered this desperate situation alone, and he began to look for helpers.
With just a glance, he noticed something that made him completely desperate, and that was that all around him, there were blue jerseys.
Deco, Lampard, Davies, McConn, Terry...... The Chelsea players are back in place, but their defence is not shrunk back, but still in the middle of the line and back a little bit, with a large gap behind them, big and big.
To Pire, it was like the runway of London Heathrow, and Henry was a plane ready to strike
As long as I pass the ball out, as long as I can kick it behind their defence, to hell with me
This became Pire's belief and the will to continue to persevere, but it was only a split second that Makelele's involvement made him completely forget about it, because he had to find out with grief that once he entered the Chelsea midfield encirclement, the only thing on his mind was not passing, but protecting the ball.
Pire couldn't help but think of Wenger's words before the game, play Chelsea, try to make the ball move quickly, don't stick, it's easy to get into trouble if it's sticky, especially not to let the opposing player get close, and tear apart Chelsea's defense with quick interspersed changes.
But in fact?
Chelsea's protection of the front of their defence is very good, Makelele is almost sitting in front of the defence, Davies and Frank Lampard are running everywhere, as soon as Henry pulls to the left, McCone is the first to follow, plus a Deco, and the central defensive combination of John Terry and Cannavaro, Arsenal's attack is simply not able to penetrate effectively.
From the beginning to the present, Arsenal has organized many attacks, hoping to break through Chelsea's defensive formation, but they have all returned again and again, which has annoyed Arsenal and has a sense of weakness.
Obviously, Ye Qiu made a targeted arrangement specifically for Arsenal's attack.
Ashley Cole on the left side of the front, with Pire, Henry to form an attacking iron triangle, Bergkamp's retreat, and Pire and Ljungberg's sprint to the ribs after insertion, these Chelsea have made special arrangements, especially Ye Qiu put a Makelele in the most critical position, which is very obvious to Arsenal's tactical limitations.
According to Wenger's pre-match arrangement, Chelsea's 43L tactics are a weakness for the protection of the wings, but Ye Qiu has been adjusted in this game, and the back line has basically not moved much, but midfielder Ronaldinho returned to China to participate in the national team game, and he did not start this game.
The midfield combination became that Claude Makelele dragged behind, with Davies, Frank Lampard and Deco lined up, with Davies and Deco positioned significantly closer to the wings, with a strong emphasis on helping to defend on the wings, while Gudjohnsen and Drogba were up front, one in front and one behind them specifically to strangle Arsenal's defence.
But it would be a mistake to think Chelsea were going to be on the counter-attack, as they started the game against Arsenal and launched a fierce assault on Arsenal at Highbury Stadium, first in the previous minute, Patrice Evra cut forward twice down the left and then crossed the ball, and Drogba and Frank Lampard had chances to shoot in the Arsenal box.
In the 4th minute, Davies' long-range shot almost pierced Arsenal's goal, which made everyone in the entire Highbury Stadium break out in a cold sweat, and even Wenger, who has always been calm, walked to the sidelines and kept reminding the players to be careful.
But in the ninth minute, Chelsea finally caught it once, Drogba pulled back to win the ball and carried Campbell with his body, knocked back to Frank Lampard, and the Blues vice-captain got the ball and got straight to the top right corner of the goal, and there was nothing Lehmann could do about it.
Falling behind 0l made Arsenal panic from top to bottom, and they all launched a fierce counterattack against Chelsea almost like crazy.
However, Chelsea have rigidly limited Arsenal's attacking line, whether it is going wide or in the middle, they have to face Chelsea's iron wall that can suffocate any opponent, and they have returned again and again.
Including Pire, Vieira, Henry and others, they all had to helplessly find that the fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions they were best at before could not play the same time difference when facing other Premier League teams in the face of Chelsea's faster offensive and defensive transitions than them, and once they lost this time difference, they had to face Chelsea's defensive position again and again.
Positional warfare has never been Arsenal's specialty.
So, Pire clearly saw that there was a big gap behind Terry and Cannavaro, but he couldn't catch it at all, because now it was very difficult for him to be able to protect the ball while Makelele was close to him, try to pass?
When Piret used his not delicate, but very practical foot skills, to create a hole in front of Makelele, and wanted to pass the ball with his feet, the French defender did not hesitate to put a tackle, which was neat and just right, as if he had been waiting for Pire to get up.
Man fell on the grass, but the ball was lost.
Immediately afterwards, Chelsea's counter-attack came very quickly, and because of the high post, Chelsea only needed one pass and Deco quickly distributed the ball to Gudjohnsen, who moved forward into Arsenal's 30-metre area and distributed it to Frank Lampard before Vieira could get closer.
Frank Lampard slotted a ball over the top to get Drogba to eat the two Arsenal centre-backs, but Collo Toure took the lead and intercepted the ball when Campbell's body disturbed him.
The Ivory Coast defender passed the ball directly to Lehmann, panting heavily, even though he and Campbell were two people, but he felt extremely hard to deal with that monster that was also from Côte d'Ivoire, this guy was simply a pervert.
Kolo Toure suffered from Ibrahimovic when he was at Ajax, the Swede's height and strength are perverted, and he also has delicate foot skills, which makes it very difficult to defend him, but Drogba is different.
Drogba's body and strength are better than Ibrahimovic's, his foot skills are not as good as Ibrahimovic's, but he is also very good, but the real headache is that his body is very flexible, fast and explosive, coupled with aggressive running, as long as one is not careful, he may cause you some problems.
So, in Kolo Toure's view, defending Drogba is no easier than defending Ibrahimovic.
"The head is also a pervert, where do you always find such a perverted striker, who specializes in torturing our defenders?" Chloe Toure gasped and walked back, but his eyes did not forget to glance at Ye Qiu next to the court.
Even if he now belongs to Arsenal, he calls Wenger the boss and Ye Qiu the head.
Faced with such strong pinching and pressing from Chelsea, even if it is as strong as Arsenal, it feels powerless, let alone the Premier League and other teams, and this is in the absence of Ronaldinho, if the Brazilian who has been eye-catching this season has played, Chelsea's attack will be sharper than it is now, what will it be like then?
No one could have imagined it, because it was the first time they had met Chelsea in such a real way.
If you read too many reports, you will feel fake, but when you really encounter them on the court, they believe it.
Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines, also pondering the question of how to break this control of Chelsea.
"Actually, they don't seem to be that fast" Assistant coach Pat Rice, who was standing next to Arsene Wenger, started from behind, his brows were always locked, and it was only now that he relaxed a little, obviously seeing a little bit of a doorway.
Wenger glanced at his assistant, the corners of his mouth slightly arced, without any expression, "They put chains around our necks and tied us up, so that we couldn't get up at all, which made them seem fast."
The speed on the court is mainly reflected in the moment when the offense and defense are switched, and Ye Qiu's tactics this season have a very bold, but at the same time it is worth thinking about, that is, he did not rely on speed players like Robben and Van der Vaart to reflect the speed of impact play like in the past at Ajax.
Looking at Chelsea's entire squad, almost no one's absolute speed can be said to be very fast, Ronaldinho and Drogba are much inferior to Henry's speed, but what does Chelsea's attack and defense look fast?
This is where Ye Qiu is smart
In defence, the Chelsea players have a very high rate of completion, and from front to back, except for Ronaldinho, almost every player is the first to put into the spot counter-attack, with Drogba, Lampard, Davies, Deco and Makelele and other midfielders, they can completely cover every line of the opponent's ball at the moment of conceding the ball, and harass to slow down the opponent's counterattack.
As soon as the delay was achieved, Chelsea quickly set up a defensive formation that would be almost impossible for anyone to break down because they were very meticulous defensively.
In other words, they show that they are fast in defense by slowing down their opponents.
Many people were surprised, saying that Chelsea's high defense, with such a big gap behind them, why was it not used?
It's very simple, Chelsea's entire midfield is the first time to put into the counter-grab and surround after conceding the ball, as soon as the opponent takes the ball, someone is approaching the counter-robbery at the first time, and the player who takes the ball is not thinking about passing and hitting behind him at all, but to protect the ball.
As long as it is to protect the ball, the advance speed of the offense must be slowed down, and the opportunity is fleeting, and there is no regret.
And what about when it comes to attacking?
Chelsea have a lot of games that look fast and impactful?
A careful analysis of Chelsea's attacking routines shows that it is both simple and complex.
The reason why it's simple is that Chelsea's attack is actually concentrated in three points, Drogba, Ronaldinho and fullbacks, almost all of Chelsea's attacks are launched through these three points, and these three points are reflected in different places, Drogba's frontcourt dominance and the ability to suppress the opponent's central defenders make him the first point of counterattack, and he can also play a role in the battle, and the tactical effect is very huge.
Without Didier Drogba, there would have been no attacking backs from Ronaldinho, Frank Lampard and Davies.
The wing is to create width, when the opponent's defense is in position, Chelsea actively play on the wing, use the wing attack to pull the opponent's defence, and then complete the transfer through the wide cross, and Chelsea have Drogba, Ronaldinho and Frank Lampard such excellent central contact points, this set of tactics is obvious.
As for the Brazilian, Ronaldinho, once the opposition has completed the defensive formation, established a solid defensive formation, and contained the threat of Drogba and the wings, the ball is handed to the Brazilian, who uses his individual ability to create chances.
With Didier Drogba's rampage in the box, the presence of Frank Lampard and Ronaldinho, the two full-backs stretching out the tactical width, and the destructive power and wide coverage of Davies and Claude Makelele all set up a formidable midfield for Chelsea.
So, what is Deco for? The Portuguese don't seem to have to exist at all?
Even if Wenger had a lot of opinions about Ye Qiu, he had to admit that Ye Qiu calculated very accurately every step.
Deco is there on the one hand to sort out the midfield, but more importantly to distribute the ball.
When to find Drogba, when to find full-back, when to find Ronaldinho, or how to redistribute among the many different attacking routines, these are all responsibilities of Deco, and he is in a good position to make the most effective reallocation of Chelsea's attacking resources.
Moreover, Chelsea play high defending, often only one pass can send the ball into the opponent's 30-meter area, and with the strength of Drogba, Ronaldinho, Lampard and Davies, entering the 30-meter area is equivalent to being able to shoot directly and create a direct threat anytime and anywhere.
Such an opponent is the most formidable threat not only to Arsenal, but to any of Europe's top teams.
Even Wenger has to admit that it is very, very difficult for Ye Qiu to build such a powerful tactical system and lineup for Chelsea in just one summer, and even with this Chelsea, Ye Qiu has completely established his status and qualifications as a European coach, and no one can question this.
Of course, Chelsea are not without their flaws, as any team will have their flaws.
It's important to see how much you rely on players and fitness.
Without Ronaldinho in this game, Chelsea's attack was a bit mechanical, Arsenal was easier to defend, and Arsene Wenger let Campbell and Kolo Toure join forces to strangle Drogba, and Chelsea's attack was weakened by more than half.
There is also the physical fitness of the players, because of Ye Qiu's high-intensity pressing and control style of play in the midfield, the players' running range is very large, which has high requirements for the players' tactical enthusiasm and execution on the one hand, and also has high physical requirements for the players.
Chelsea's performance in this game was a bit of a dip, presumably due to the fact that the players went back and forth during the two-week international break.
If Wenger is not mistaken, this is just a compromise made by Ye Qiu in order to avoid being unfamiliar with the Premier League, because such a tough pressing and controlling style of play is not like Ye Qiu's style, he likes subtle changes and control, and relies too much on players to play tactical effects, which is not what Ye Qiu admires.
Therefore, this is just the 0 version of Chelsea, and I believe that there will be upgraded versions of 0 or even 0 in the future.
Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help but sigh, in his eyes, there was only one opponent in the Premier League, that is, Manchester United's Ferguson, in those years he was really a little eager to have a few more opponents like Ferguson, compete with each other, stimulate each other, which is a good thing for any manager.
But now that Ye Qiu is ushered in, in just a few months, he has already felt the threat from Ye Qiu very deeply, and he even can't help but think that he heard that Ye Qiu boasted about Haikou at the beginning, saying that if he gave him money and time, he would create another wealthy family, and now it seems that he is not exaggerating, because he is doing such a thing.
As Arsene Wenger thought, Chelsea on the pitch were still firmly in the ascendancy, and although Arsenal also counter-attacked, it was difficult to threaten the Chelsea goal, much to the unease of Arsene Wenger's assistant Pat Rice.
"We should make adjustments quickly, and we can't continue to let them fight like this"
This is human nature, the opponent has pushed the defense line to the center circle, continue to let them play like this, what if they lose the ball again? Is it really going to be a home loss?
After Wenger listened, he shook his head, with a confident face, a pair of deeply sunken eyes flashed with the depth of wisdom, "Avoid its edge, first ensure the team's defense, since they want to press up, then we don't mind shrinking, slowly grinding with them, grinding to the second half, when they are not fit, we will slowly settle this account"
Speaking of the most embarrassing, Wenger looked at Ye Qiu with a look in his eyes as if he was a knife, wanting to cut the other party in half.
In fact, after Arsene Wenger decided to retreat, Arsenal's defense stabilized, Chelsea's personnel were not organized, coupled with the back and forth, the players were generally not excited enough, the offensive effect was greatly reduced, and finally failed to break through Arsenal's goal again.
In this way, the two teams went into halftime with a score of 0l.