The 4132 formation is actually a variation of the 442 formation.

However, compared with the relatively old 442 midfield parallel position, the 4132 formation of 4 midfielders is no longer parallel to the position, but 3 people rush forward and 1 person lags behind.

Among them, there is a core of the front three, who can not only hold the ball, protect the ball, but also pass the threat ball and insert the attack. In the Borussia Dortmund squad, that man is, of course, Reuss.

The other two can be called wingers, they can either cut inside in the middle or break through on the wing, plus two of the back four, they are more sharp in attack than the traditional 442.

This formation has another advantage over 442, that is, it can change the means of attack more, and at the same time, it can also increase the pressure on the opponent in the frontcourt.

But its disadvantages are also more obvious.

This formation is highly demanding defensively, especially the player who plays as a single midfielder, who needs to have a lot of physical fitness and strong defensive ability, as well as a long ball and a long shot.

The team with the best formation, or the most iconic team, would have been Spain at Euro 2008.

In that team, the back four from left to right, Capdevilla, Marchena, Puyol, Ramos, single midfielder Senna, the front three from left to right, David Silva, Xavi, Iniesta, double striker Torres and Villa.

Xavi's ability to be the best player in this European Championship has nothing to do with the fact that this formation has higher requirements for the middle of the three midfielders, because he takes on more attacking and organisational tasks.

In addition, although Senna did not become the MVP, his performance in the European Championship is obvious to all.

At that time, he was still the captain of Villarreal, although he was not very famous, but his role was quite crucial.

Not only can he intercept and defend in midfield, but he can also be responsible for the ball, so much so that Liverpool's Marcos Alonso was squeezed into the bench by him.

It is precisely because of this role that Senna has become the only player Aragonés who does not dare to replace on the field, which can also show his importance to this formation.

On the whole, this formation is more offensive, but in terms of defense, there is also more pressure on the four defenders and the single back.

Therefore, generally weak teams will not use this formation, and if the offensive and defensive balance is required in the game or more defensive, such a formation will not be used.

But now Dortmund are just lagging behind.

Jurgen Klopp will focus on practicing and using this formation in the summer training, hoping to use sharp attacks to play again in the Bundesliga in the new season.

But after losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the first round, Klopp, who was beaten at the start of the game, doubted his own idea and whether his players were capable of executing this attacking tactic.

After all, Dortmund does not have as many talented teenagers in the Spanish team as they did at the beginning!

That's why he changed his formation from the second round onwards and ended up using a more balanced 4231 formation, including today's game.

And now, this formation has only been on top for 20 minutes before conceding a goal.

Then, under the premise that the score is behind and it is difficult to make substitutions, he can only sacrifice this offensive formation and use double strikers + three attacking midfielders to fight Chelsea.

As a result, after Dortmund's change of formation, the offensive of both sides on the field became more intense.

After all, whether it is Dortmund or Chelsea, there are a lot of troops in the attack!

Dortmund's 4132 formation has as many as five people who regularly participate in the attack, which is one more than the four people in 4231.

And Chelsea's 343 formation, three forwards + two wingbacks are almost nailed in the opponent's half, coupled with the double back and central defenders inserted from time to time, the offensive is even more stormy.

So in the next long period of time, the two sides went back and forth, and the wonderful scenes continued, which also made the fans on the scene and in front of the TV addicted.

"It was a beautiful game and that's the real football."

In the Sky Sports studio, Lineker sighed.

"That's why I like coaches like Pan Yi and Jurgen Klopp." Carragher smiled, "It's a pity that we in Liverpool can't afford to hire Pan Yi's high salary." Otherwise, the higher-ups will consider it, and it is better to settle for the next best thing and invite Klopp to Liverpool. ”

Alan Shearer shook his head and smiled: "You say that, are you worthy of the current head coach Rodgers?" To be honest, his current coaching style at Liverpool is already a bit like Dortmund's. ”

"And although Liverpool lost the title at the last minute last season, the league runners-up are already very good, so you want to unload the mill and kill the donkey?" Lineker also smiled, "Plus Rodgers is no worse than Klopp in terms of young player development. Don't forget, he developed Henderson into an all-round midfielder. ”

Carragher nodded, "That's right." Now Henderson is confident, determined and tactically aware on the pitch. After Steven Gerrard left the team, I felt he could become the new captain of the Reds. ”

"Let's get back to this game, why do you keep talking about Liverpool?" Gary Neville snorted and said, "Now I see that Dortmund's attack is not weaker than Chelsea's, I think they still have a chance to equalize or even overtake." ”

Gianfranco Zola suddenly regained his spirits, stood up and said: "I still think Chelsea have a big chance of winning. Why don't we gamble again? ”

Gary Neville hurriedly waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm just saying, why take it so seriously?" It's enough that we have the previous seven-game unbeaten run against Chelsea...... You don't really want me to take my pants off, do you? ”

Everyone burst out laughing.

Alan Shearer said: "Having said that, Dortmund are attacking aggressively at the moment, but there are still not too many really dangerous shots. And their defense is a hidden danger. ”

Lineker nodded in agreement: "That's right. Dortmund played out in attack after adjusting to a single midfielder, but the problem is also in this single midfielder. Kyle was good offensively and defensively at a young age, and he was certainly up to the task, but now that he's older, his body is a little less conscious, which makes his defensive coverage a lot smaller. ”

Zola also said: "If I were Pan Yi, I would probably order my own forwards and two waists to focus on the positions on the left and right sides of Kyle, forcing him to fill in the gaps everywhere to drain his energy and stamina." As long as he can't defend here, Dortmund's defence will be under a lot of pressure. ”

"I believe Pan Yi will also think of it, after all, he is the most valuable coach in the world!" Carragher smiled, "Of course, maybe Gary doesn't think the same way as me, he probably thinks that Pan Yi doesn't have that level." ”

As he spoke, Carragher glanced at Gary Neville, who was staring at the TV screen and pretending not to hear Carragher.

Lineker continued to come out to play the round: "So now, let's enjoy this rare and wonderful offensive drama together!" ”

——

The game entered the 40th minute, which was five minutes before the end of the first half.

Both Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund have had a lot of shots on goal these days.

So the busiest on the field, in addition to the attacking players on both sides, there are also goalkeepers.

Both Weidenfeller and Courtois played at a very high level, making high and low blocks to keep the goal open.

Not long after Dortmund's change of formation, Pan Yi actually made targeted deployments.

That is, while continuing the attack on the two wings, it also strengthened the strangulation of the midfield.

Especially when the opposing midfielder Kyle gets the ball, whether it is central striker Lukaku, or two wingers Oscar and Willian, they will immediately press him.

And when Kyle splits the ball to Mkhitaryan or Bender on the flanks, Chelsea's two wing-backs will immediately step forward, plus N'Golo Kante and Ramirez to form a numerical advantage to make tackles.

In this case, Kyle can only move to the side with the ball to help his own wide players.

In this way, there will be an equal number of people in the local area to fight against Chelsea's pressing.

But as a result, Kyle needs to run on both sides frequently, and with the pressure on the central defense, his running distance has also increased rapidly.

It was fine when he was more energetic at the beginning, but at the end of the first half, he was a little overwhelmed.

Due to the decline in Kele's running ability, Dortmund's defense has also started to become less cohesive.

At this time, due to the physical advantage, Chelsea's offensive became more fierce.

Don't forget that Chelsea's two midfielders today are two that can't run to death!

If you judge by the values in a football game, Kante and Ramirez are almost all guys with close to full stamina.

They can just be able to do both offensively and defensively when everyone's fitness has dropped.

As the game enters the 45th minute, it is a time when the players are physically and mentally tired and relaxed.

Chelsea have played wave after wave of attacks!

It started with an attack down the left flank, where Cancelo's cross was blocked by Durm and created a corner.

However, Willian's corner was headed over by Borussia Dortmund and Terry was unable to get the first shot from Papastathopoulos' head.

David Luiz grabbed the second spot and wanted to launch a quick counter-attack, so he passed the ball to N'Golo Kante, who in turn passed it to Oscar.

However, Dortmund's defender stepped back quickly and tangled Oscar directly in front of the halfway line, forcing him to cross to Lukaku, who dropped back to pick up.

Jurgen Klopp's side do have their own unique features when it comes to the second point of protection and quick defensive organisation.

Lukaku received the ball, continued to pull back, retreated deep and passed the ball to Ramirez for him to reorganize.

But Borussia Dortmund are not going back and are looking to strangle Chelsea near the halfway line.

In this area, if you grab the ball, you can create a threat right away.

Chelsea passed back and forth, never finding an effective opportunity to penetrate forward and were forced to drop back to the back.

David Luiz stopped the ball and saw that there were no defenders around, so he continued to dribble forward and spotted a chance to pass the ball to Ramirez in front of him.

Ramires was facing away from the attack, and as soon as he received the ball, Dortmund's defender Kehl pounced.

In order to form a combination with Kehl, Dortmund's left-back Schmelzer also came to the siege and wanted to cut the ball directly from Ramirez's feet.

But what no one expected was that Ramirez skillfully dribbled, turned to the left, and seemed to be about to dribble to the left, but suddenly sent a through ball to the right.

This pass was very hidden, not only did Kyle, who was blocked behind Ramirez, not realize it, but even Schmelzer, who had just arrived on the side, did not expect it.

The ball was like a scalpel, cutting through the Dortmund defence and sliding straight to the left side of the Dortmund penalty area, which was the right side of Chelsea's attack.

At this time, everyone saw that William, who was still close to the right just now, did not know when it had been activated, and was diagonally inserting behind Schmelzer as fast as possible.

At this time, Schmelzer was still running to the middle, where could he catch up with William? was left behind directly.

Borussia Dortmund's centre-back Papastathopoulos rushed over to cover Willian, while the other centre-back clung to Chelsea centre-forward Romelu Lukaku to prevent him from scrambling down the middle.

But Willian cut into the Borussia Dortmund penalty area and immediately came a pass that crossed the entire box.

On the other side, another Brazilian, Oscar, had already arrived.

In the face of Weidenfeller, who quickly moved sideways to defend the near corner, Oscar pulled out his leg and shot angrily.

Weidenfeller went to the ground and saved, but Oscar shot faster.

The ball goes into the net!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！ Chelsea score again! The score became 2:0! ”

"Oscar! It was his second goal of the season for Chelsea and the first in the Champions League! ”

'Borussia Dortmund have problems defending in the middle and on the flanks this time. Kyle's fitness seems to have dropped a lot, and he looks a little struggling to defend Ramirez. Schmelzer also lost his position in order to help Kyle defend. ”

'It's a really good advantage for Chelsea players who are good at passing the ball, because they tend to be able to tear apart the defence with just a nice pass. And this time it was the Brazilian player Ramires who passed the ball! ”

"It's worth mentioning that the goal was a link between four Brazilian players. David Luiz passes the ball to Ramirez, Ramirez splits the side to Willian, Willian passes the ball to the other side, Oscar scores! ”

Pan Yi, who was on the sidelines, looked at the players who were celebrating, and couldn't help laughing.

Starting four Brazilian players together worked wonders!

There seems to be an invisible connection between them, so that they can always find each other.

"Divine Kara connects us!"

And now, David Luiz, Ramirez, Oscar, and William are lined up and standing on the sidelines and dancing a cheerful samba dance.

This scene also made the fans at Stamford Bridge happy.

Brazilians who can't dance are not good players!

Some people even criticize Brazilian players for dancing after scoring goals, I really don't know what their brains think.

——

The first half ended with laughter from up and down Chelsea.

Chelsea went into the break with a 2-0 scoreline.

And after the restart of the second half, Klopp couldn't help but make adjustments to the formation and tactics again.

This time he resolutely removed Aubameyang and brought on Gundogan, forming a back three with Bender and Kyle.

This is to solve the problem that Dortmund's midfield was a bit out of shape in the second half of the first half.

But this is actually what the Dortmund coaching staff thought before the game, and the defensive formation needed to be strengthened.

By doing so now, Klopp is basically admitting the failure of his starting tactics.

But there is no way, if he doesn't adjust, he will lose even worse in the second half.

And Pan Yi didn't change his tactics too much.

Dortmund's central defenders are now denser, but the gaps on the flanks have also become relatively larger.

As long as you stick to the idea of holding on to the wings and resolutely play behind the opposing full-backs, the opportunities will still come as scheduled.

With Dortmund stepping up their defence, the second half was certainly not as passionate as the first.

The two sides battled fiercely in midfield, and the scene of people turning their backs was everywhere, but there were obviously fewer effective attacking opportunities.

As time went by, and due to the backwardness of the score, the Dortmund players were also a little impetuous, and the fouls increased, and many players received yellow cards.

Chelsea, on the other hand, are holding their ground and playing around with each other, and are not in a hurry to develop the ball into the final third.

After 80 minutes, the scene turned into a counter-attack for Chelsea.

This is also the result of Pan Yi's instructions.

After all, the big battle with Manchester City is just a few days away, and this Champions League group stage can be won in the most economical way.

But the more such thoughts, the more unexpected the gains.

Because Chelsea's counter-attack is also very sharp!

After a half-time tackle, Nigerian midfielder Mikel, who had been substituted in the 70th minute, played the ball to the left and handed it to Joao Cancelo.

Cancelo suddenly accelerated to dribble past Gundogan, who was defending him, before cutting inside laterally and slotting a cold arrow from the left side of the edge of the box to try to hit the goal.

The Portuguese's shot hit Durm's leg and couldn't fly straight towards goal, but it did change direction and folded into the penalty spot in the penalty area.

By this time, Chelsea's centre-forward had been replaced by Bamford, and he reacted quickly, rushing in the first place, getting ahead of everyone and shooting again.

But by this time, Weidenfeller had already decisively abandoned the goal, and Dortmund's two central defenders rushed from the side to tackle the ball and block Bamford's shot angle.

Bamford's shot was eventually blocked by Subotic on the right side of the six-yard box.

Dortmund's entire penalty area was in shambles.

Weidenfeller adjusted his center of gravity at the first time, and the whole person quickly rushed towards the right side of the small penalty area, and Schmelzer also ran over to block at the same time.

It all happened in an instant, and as soon as everyone reacted, a blue light flashed and a Chelsea player appeared like a ghost on the right side of the Dortmund penalty area.

It was the "defender with a knife" Ivanovic!

He met the incoming ball and fired a straight shot with his right foot.

Ivan's not afraid, just in case!

He's always going to pop up in the opposition box like a striker and deliver the killer blow!

Weidenfeller pounced sideways, Schmelzer flew to tackle, but both were a step too slow.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！”

'Chelsea scored again! The score is now 3:0! Dortmund doesn't stand a chance! ”

"Ivanovich!! He played into Chelsea's tradition of driving backwards, and at this moment he was once again in the wings! ”

'Chelsea's counter-attack was also very sharp and a lot of force on the counter-attack, with both wing-backs inserting into the Borussia Dortmund box at the same time!'

"That's one of the hallmarks of Chelsea's 343 formation, which is that the wingbacks attack as resolutely as wingers, and their ability to shoot and score can be a shame for many strikers!"

'Borussia Dortmund couldn't stop Chelsea's attack after changing formations many times! They have no power to go back! ”

——

Jurgen Klopp sat in the away dugout all the time, silently watching the game.

Reaching out and grabbing a handful of his chin, he suddenly found that his beard was a little prickly.

The game was lost, indeed lost.

He still can't compare to Pan Yi.

Although he really didn't want to admit it in his heart, he had to admit it.

If you lose a game, as the head coach of the team, whether it is from tactics or execution, he should take this responsibility.

Although he tried his best, the Dortmund midfielder did too poorly to occupy the space tonight.

Chelsea, on the other hand, almost maximized their space and at the same time had enough passing and possession.

Of course, Pan Yi can keenly discover Dortmund's weaknesses after each change of formation, and direct the players to carry out "precision strikes", which is also the most important reason.

"Well, it seems that all I have to think about is how to deal with this cunning guy when I get back home." Klopp suddenly had a little fighting spirit again, "Perhaps, it is the constant fight with such a strong opponent that can really improve yourself." ”

And it does.

There aren't many coaches in the world who can push Jurgen Klopp to this job.

I was helpless to change three sets of formations in one game, but I was poured three goals in a row, which is probably why I was so powerless when facing Pan Yi.

——

The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Pan Yi raised his fists high on the sidelines, and it was not until he was hugged by the assistants behind him that he turned around and hugged his team one by one, and then high-fived and hugged the players running down the court.

Behind him, Chelsea's substitutes rushed onto the pitch in droves.

The entire stadium at Stamford Bridge was filled with cheers from Chelsea fans, with more than 50,000 fans all standing up to give the team the most enthusiastic applause and cheers.

The 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund, and it was a complete victory, was a great start to Chelsea's Champions League journey this season.

You know, Chelsea's top and bottom are the most important thing about this competition!

"Congratulations! You played a beautiful game. At this moment, Klopp's voice came from the side.

Pan Yi turned his head and saw that Klopp didn't know when he had walked to his side, he immediately smiled and stretched out his hand and shook Klopp's hand.

"Thank you."

Pan Yi didn't say the polite words of "you guys played well", it seemed too fake.

Played well and lost three goals? It's tantamount to swearing.

'It's a reminder that we're doing a lot of bad things. Klopp squeezed out a smile and said, "We still have to work hard, especially with five games left in the Champions League group stage and Bayern in the league. ”

"Let's work together." Pan Yi also smiled, "I also have to fight for the Premier League championship!" ”

"Then again, we broke one of your records today." Klopp said suddenly.

"What?" Pan Yi didn't understand it for a while.

What record was broken today? Why didn't he even know?

At this time, Klopp said with a self-deprecating face: "You have scored four goals in every game this season, but today you only scored three ...... for us"

Pan Yi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

How could this scumbag-faced and competitive guy afford such a joke?

Under normal circumstances, when the team loses, the coach is not in a good mood.

It seems that I have really convinced him in the past two or three years......

(End of chapter)