Chapter 358: Pseudo-Zhongwei + Pseudo-Wingback

By the time Pan Yi came to the home team's locker room, everyone was already waiting for him.

'Everyone did well in the first half and we didn't score, but I'm very happy with each and every one of you.

Pan Yi's words made every player present feel relieved, and a big stone fell to the ground.

Today, in the second half of the first half, Pan Yi asked everyone to use a "pseudo-central defender + pseudo-fullback" tactic, with the intention of targeting Manchester City's left-hand overload tactics.

This is similar to what Carragher analyzed in the live broadcast room, that is, to recycle the more attacking Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta into the defensive line, forming a position somewhat similar to the previous "four wing-backs" formation, and then attacking Manchester City from the left;

Correspondingly, the more defensively capable John Terry and Gary Cahill were concentrated on the right to fend off City's attacking firepower.

This adjustment has obviously had a significant effect.

However, because such misplaced tactics are not used very often, especially on the right side of John Terry and Gary Cahill, their combination with the attackers in front of them is a little jerky, which also leads to the failure to make substantial progress – that is, goals.

'However, there are some problems with our team, Bernardo.

"Boss." Seat B, who was named, immediately stood up.

Seat B performed well in the first half and worked hard, which Pan Yi knew very well, but he was a little unlucky and failed to score.

Of course, this may have something to do with the running position of the B seat, which has caused him to be unable to get a shot in a comfortable position.

"I've noticed that you often lean into the middle, which is not a good sign. They were dense in the middle today, and on the contrary, the desire to attack on the left wing-back Klich today led to a bit of a long distance between him and Vincent Kompany, so you should take advantage of that. ”

Seat B nodded in agreement.

He understood what Pan Yi meant.

Today, Manchester City's main attack direction is their own left side, which is Chelsea's right side, and it is also the direction where the B seat is located.

It will put more pressure on Chelsea's defence on this side, but it will also give them more chances.

After all, no matter what team, it is difficult to ensure that the defense is 100% solid when attacking in a big way!

"Hanhan." Pan Yi looked at Lukaku again.

He is also very satisfied with the performance of the Belgian center forward, and his attitude is so sincere that he has nothing to say.

With Lukaku's tonnage, he can still maintain that speed and movement on the court, and Pan Yi really can't ask for more from him.

'You've done a good job, but you should have had more of a combination with Eden Hazard and B, like ......'

Behind Pan Yi, Scaloni had already laid out the tactical board, and on top of it were many chess pieces representing the player's number.

Pan Yi walked over and explained the changes and routines of the team's attack after this adjustment in the front of the penalty area that represented Manchester City's half.

As the saying goes, all changes are inseparable, and although this tactical change is relatively large, many things are the same.

It's just that the right wing now lacks the support of wing-backs, and the front-end players need to run and support on a larger scale.

And a player like Lukaku, after accepting so many strange requests from Pan Yi, is not surprised by this.

Therefore, under Pan Yitou's explanation, Lukaku also nodded frequently, indicating that he understood.

As for Hazard......

"I have only one request for you, Hazard." Pan Yi feels Burger King has been Chelsea's best performer and the most crucial player this season, but he believes Hazard should be able to do better.

"Boss, you say." Hazard nodded.

'I want you to be more aggressive, even in front of the penalty area, and if you're sure, I'll allow you to hit the ball whenever you want. Sometimes you don't have to pass the ball, you know what I mean? ”

After hearing this, Hazard nodded heavily, "Understood." ”

He felt Pan Yi's value and trust in him.

After Pan Yi nodded affirmatively at Hazard, he looked around at the players around, "Okay, guys." ”

All the players immediately looked at the manager in unison.

"I'm still saying that we have to win all the games, even if the championship is already in hand, not to mention that we haven't won a title yet!"

'In the first half, we did a fantastic job and I hope the second half as well.

"Don't give Manchester City any chance, use our attack, use our passing advantage to break them, do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" The players responded in unison.

——

At half-time, neither side made any substitutions, and there were not many changes in tactics.

But sitting in the coach's box, Pellegrini was always a little uneasy.

In fact, from the second half of the first half, he sensed something was wrong.

He could see Pan Yi's change of formation, and he could also see the Chelsea players' positions that looked a little "awkward".

He felt that Pan Yi should have some special thoughts, but he couldn't say what the specific thoughts were, it was just a feeling.

He has always been confident in his instincts, which he has gained over many years of coaching experience.

But the problem is that if he just feels it, there is no way for him to make any changes to Pan Yi's change formation.

Besides, I haven't conceded a goal yet. There is no score on the field, and if you make blind adjustments, there may be a negative effect.

So Pei Gong decided to take a look at the situation first.

However, the situation on the pitch continued in the first half, with Chelsea continuing to dominate the pitch.

In the 48th minute, Manchester City's side organized an attack at the back.

When Vincent Kompany picked up the ball in the middle and the two centre-backs were on either side of the six-yard box ready to receive the ball, a number of Chelsea attacking players rushed up to block Kompany's possible routes.

And when Vincent Kompany used his good footwork to find David Silva on the left, Chelsea's 'pseudo-right wing-back' Cahill began to follow him closely.

In Cahill's vicinity, Terry is also ready to make up for the leaks.

Under duress, David Silva made a mistake in the dribble, Chelsea broke the ball in front, and Hazard, who was already on the front line, cut forward into the box, but unfortunately the shot was blocked by Joe Hart.

If Pellegrini had looked at the real-time tactical board at this time, he could see that for the rough 4-3-3 formation when Manchester City played the ball, Pan Yi adjusted the structure of the pressing structure to 3-3-4, ensuring that the overall situation was almost man-to-man.

As for David Silva, the left winger who is given a relatively high degree of freedom in Manchester City's tactical system, Pan Yi also chose to release the nominal right wing-back Cahill accordingly, so that he can focus on David Silva in defense and cut off the connection between him and Aguero in due course.

In fact, this can also be understood as a kind of "redemption" tactic.

Using your own defensive players and exchanging them with the most dangerous players allows you to defend solidly while allowing your side more space to attack on the other front.

In the 53rd minute, Chelsea's advance and attack further reflected Pan Yi's tactical ingenuity.

In Chelsea's possession of the ball, Alonso boldly pressed from the left centre-back position in the face of City's not-so-strong high press, and drew on the opposition Zabaleta defence, thus creating space for Hazard to break through.

However, this time Hazard crossed after the breakaway, and Lukaku's shot was not on target, and it was confiscated by Joe Hart again.

From this attack, it can be seen that Alonso is not actually fixed in the position of left central defender, this position is more like a special blank, and someone will fill it when necessary.

For example, Cesar Azpilicueta, such as David Luiz, and even central midfielder N'Golo Kante could be transformed into a left-sided centre-back.

Sometimes, in order to further open up space at the back, John Terry will also go back, so that a back four is formed.

As a midfielder, Nemanja Matic will follow the usual routine and then retreat to help the ball out at the back.

After breaking City's high press, Chelsea sometimes formed a diamond position of four in midfield during the advance, with Lukaku's drop-back making him more of a no.10.

Overall, the back three system that Chelsea are using today will not change to a back five, as is often the case this season, but will revert to a back four and switch between 4-4-2 and 4-2-4.

The biggest significance of this dynamic transformation of this formation is to limit the play of Manchester City on the left side in defence, and find ways to disrupt City's 5-4-1 defensive system in their own attack, so that Hazard or B can get one-on-one opportunities on the wing.

It also gave Chelsea plenty of shots on goal.

However, since Pellegrini himself is not too familiar with the 3-4-3 formation he used to change the formation today, he is even more unfamiliar with the targeted formation used by Pan Yi, and he really can't come up with any countermeasures.

Then, the difference between the two sides at the tactical level was finally implemented in the score.

In the 60th minute, a Manchester City attack from the left was blocked again, David Silva was caught by John Terry and Cahill, and the ball was lost, David Luiz stepped in to get the ball and passed it directly to the right with a big foot.

Bench B, which was ready to start, was like a bolt of lightning, quickly inserting it from behind and chasing the ball.

Chelsea fans in the stadium stands stood up, while Manchester City fans exclaimed.

Manchester City's wing-back Klich was in front of the attack, and although he was chasing back quickly after losing possession, he was some distance behind seat B.

In other words, now the front court is two against two!

B seat + Lukaku, VS Kompany + Demichelis!

At this time, the B seat was up very fast, and was ready to enter the penalty area with the ball.

Although Demichelis is not as fast as B and not as flexible as B, he is stuck in the inside of the penalty area, not giving B a chance to cut inside, and wants to force B to the bottom line and wing.

But Bench B made a sudden stop and stopped the ball.

Demichelis was also prepared, and he also made a quick stop and quickly stabilized his body.

But as soon as he stopped, seat B suddenly started again and walked to the bottom line with the ball.

In the middle of this stop, Seat B relied on his excellent starting speed, forced a little distance from Demichelis, and passed the ball to the small penalty area with a low flat ball with his right foot.

At this time, Lukaku arrived from behind, and used his body to firmly block his countryman Kompany on the left side, facing the ball from the right, not even jumping, and heading the ball directly.

It was also at this moment that everyone suddenly realized that seat B suddenly stopped just now, and it turned out that he was waiting for Lukaku to rush up!

But, it's too late!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!”

'Chelsea scored!!!

'A header from Romelu Lukaku, a very powerful header!'

'In the 60th minute, Chelsea broke the deadlock! After connecting missed chances, they finally scored! ”

'It was a quick counter-attack, B was very quick to counter-attack with the ball and more importantly, he was very calm and had good timing.

'We can see from the slow motion that he seems to have known that Lukaku will follow, and the subsequent cross is also very beautiful, so to speak, the whole goal B is a great credit!"

After the goal, Lukaku rushed out of the small penalty area in ecstasy, rushed all the way to the right, and excitedly picked up the B seat.

Soon, teammates also swarmed up, knocking them all to the ground, hugging them all in various ways.

The goal couldn't have come at a better time.

Sometimes the game is like this, you have the advantage but you don't score, then the player will always have a stone hanging in his heart, always thinking that Lady Luck will not be on his side today.

And the opponent may just make an inconspicuous attack, but instead score a goal.

That's probably what the "Systems Bureau" is.

But now it's finally a goal!

As long as this layer of film is pierced, it will be much more comfortable to do it later.

There will be no psychological burden for Chelsea players!

Sure enough, after the restart, Chelsea's morale was booming!

They continued to use high-intensity pressing tactics, taking advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of City's conceded goal, and frantically attacking towards their goal.

In the 65th minute, Hazard won the ball on the left flank, shook off a defender and cut inside to pass the ball to Lukaku's feet.

The Belgian centre-forward, under the trap of Vincent Kompany, Demichelis and Mangala, pressed his opponent with his strong body, defended the ball in a flash, and passed it back to Eden Hazard, who had already run out of space outside the box.

After receiving Pan Yi's clear instructions, Hazard appeared more resolute, directly with a right-footed volley, and hit a curling ball, which hung directly in the upper right corner of the goal.

In the face of this world wave, goalkeeper Joe Hart is powerless.

2:0!

In just five minutes, Chelsea scored twice in quick succession.

This stunned the Manchester City players, as well as the fans in the stands of the visiting team, and even Manuel Pellegrini in the dugout.

In just a few minutes, it went from 0:0 to 0:2, which was simply unacceptable to Manchester City.

But the Chelsea fans were dancing and cheering!

The players on the bench also high-fived each other, and after sitting down, Gnabry turned his head to Lingard, who was sitting next to him, and said:

'Eden Hazard was too good in this game. Just now, when he took the ball on the left side, it was very sudden, and he caught Manchester City off guard, and then the cooperation with Lukaku was also quite good. I don't really have much to say about him as a substitute. ”

Lingard squinted his eyes and said, "Look at your little bit of breath...... Didn't you notice that Bernardo Silva was the best player today? It's hard for me to be in this position! ”

"Hehe, have you considered my feelings?" Bamford, who was sitting next to Lingard, sneered, "The key to the two goals just now was Lukaku, right?" This guy's physical fitness is too perverted, he has height and weight to explode, and he still has work under his feet, which is a nightmare for all central defenders. ”

The atmosphere in the Chelsea squad is very good at the moment and the competition is good.

Therefore, the players often joke about this kind of main substitution.

Everyone knows that Coach Pan Yi selects players based on ability, state, and tactical requirements, and nothing is as useful as performing in training.

Moreover, even if they are all young and young, and some of them have just arrived, Pan Yi will still give them the opportunity to perform on the field.

For example...... Right now.

At this time, Pan Yi's voice suddenly sounded in their ears:

"What are you talking about so happy? Hurry up and warm up, it's almost 70 minutes, it's time for you to perform! ”

——

84 minutes.

A Chelsea attack was cleared and City cleared the ball wide and into the middle.

It was David Luiz who got the ball in the middle.

After a slight adjustment, he didn't wait for the opponent's Aguero to come up and press, so he directly made a long pass and passed the ball to the penalty area again.

The pass was fast and accurate, and it landed directly over the head of Bamford in the box.

Yes, in the 72nd minute, Bamford was replaced by Pan Yi along with Gnabry and Lingard.

At this time, Kompany, who was behind Bamford, leaned over and tried to eat the England centre-forward.

Bamford is not as physically as good as Vincent Kompany and certainly not as good as Romelu Lukaku, but he is also comparatively more dexterous.

I saw him protect the ball on his left side with one side, and then without waiting for Kompany to stretch his legs, he picked up the ball with his left foot and immediately picked the ball up the left side.

After Gnabry ran over to catch the ball, Demichelis followed him indefatigably, preventing him from getting down, and Mangaard threw off Hemford as soon as possible and pounced on Gnabry.

But at this moment, Gnabry rubbed his right foot lightly.

The ball went over the heads of City's defence and down a diagonal line and fell behind Kompany.

At this time, Lingard, who was still wandering on the right side of the penalty area, suddenly rushed out from behind like a vigorous cheetah, slanted into the big penalty area, and chased after him.

He didn't wait for the ball to land, he just pulled out his leg and shot angrily!

It's a long process, but it actually happens in the blink of an eye.

By the time the Stamford Bridge fans reacted, Jesse Lingard had blasted the ball into Joe Hart's goal.

Another world wave!

It wasn't until then that the audience burst into cheers.

Chelsea fans can start celebrating their goals again!

And the three young players who came on as substitutes hugged each other excitedly, jumping and shouting.

"I mean, actually, we're not much worse than them, are we?"

"Shhhh

"Let's talk, I'll go celebrate first!"

Lingard shook off Gnabry and Bamford in an instant and rushed to the North Stand, also known as the Matthew Harding Stand, where Chelsea's die-hard fans are located – named in honour of the club's vice-president, Matthew Harding, who died in a plane crash in 1996.

Lingard then began the celebration of his own creation – playing the flute!

At this time, his teammates also joined in, some "playing guitar", some "beating drums", and formed a band with Lingard to celebrate.

Your Lin Huang, the Blue Army Dance King!

The cheers at Stamford Bridge were louder.

And Pan Yi on the sidelines was also very happy.

These kids are really good at playing!

And at this time in the game, Lingard's goal basically pronounced Manchester City's death sentence.

3:0!

'It was another big win for Chelsea today.'

Lineker lamented:

"And Pan Yi once again taught us a unique tactical lesson in today's game."

'Whether it's the competition for key areas or the development of individual players, Pan Yi has the upper hand, which is why Chelsea can beat Manchester City today.

"Because modern football tactics are becoming more and more holistic, after all, only the whole can allocate resources most effectively and rationally, capture as many local areas as possible, and then gain an advantage on the field."

"But to really win the game, it's not enough to just do that. Coaches have to get the right players in the right positions, and then use their individual abilities to create an advantage in a local area, and then change the game with a single point of view. ”

"Undoubtedly, Pan Yi is the best I have seen so far, combining the whole and the part."

"Of course, Pan Yi's timely change in on-the-spot command is also breathtaking."

"City were not unprepared for today's game, and they even used a move they had never used before to surprise the winner. Who would have thought that Manuel Pellegrini would suddenly use a 3-4-3 formation that Pan Yi is most familiar with? This also gave Manchester City an advantage on the field. ”

"But only 20 minutes later, only 20 minutes later, Pan Yi had already understood the other party's routine, and immediately offered countermeasures."

"And he's got a new trick. Pseudo-centre-back, pseudo-full-back, or even without a fixed centre-back position, or that everybody is a centre-back...... IMHO, only Pan Yi can come up with such a whole tactic. ”

"The course and the result of the game also showed us that he made the right choice. Chelsea completely reined in City's overload on the left and made the most of their versatility. ”

'When Chelsea went into the final stages of the game with a 2-0 scoreline, the suspense of the game was gone. Sure enough, they scored another goal. ”

"And the result of today's game is also officially announced, this season's Premier League champion can only be Chelsea!"