Chapter 114: Header Equal? We are not Bayern Munich! [Ask the bigwigs to subscribe~]
Such a wonderful start had to leave Real Madrid fans ecstatic.
However, the vast majority of people thought that Real Madrid would be the first to score, including neutral fans.
But they really didn't expect it to be so early.
This is very beneficial for Real Madrid, as it means that Chelsea's most dangerous counter-attacking push will be difficult to play efficiently.
It's a simple truth, Real Madrid has taken the lead, the coach is still Mourinho, why doesn't he sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and hit your Chelsea counterattack?
At this time, if Mourinho also let Real Madrid press forward sharply, it can only be said that he also wants to live, and his brain is a little unclear.
It's a pity that he didn't give the fans a chance to criticize his tactics, and he made tactical adjustments very calmly on the sidelines.
From Arbeloa, it was conveyed to every Real Madrid player at the back.
When Leon and the others finished celebrating and returned to their own half with a smile on their faces, they happened to meet their teammates who had made tactical adjustments to convey them.
After listening to the tactical instructions made by Mu Shuai, Essien was both happy and sincerely felt uncomfortable.
Happy because Jose Mourinho's knowledge of Chelsea is as familiar as ever.
The discomfort is also because Mourinho is too familiar with Chelsea, so familiar that he does not give Chelsea any space and opportunity to play at all.
He knew that his old buddies would be in a real desperate situation, and this time, he and they were enemies!
"There seems to be a change in the formation on Real Madrid's side, Mourinho's tactical adjustment is very fast, Ronaldo and Di Maria seem to have retreated! Four-two-three-one! Real Madrid's tactical choice is too steady, Mourinho wants to play Chelsea's counterattack! ”
He Wei had just gradually regained his composure from his excitement at this moment.
Regarding the changes in the formation on the field of Real Madrid, He Wei still observed quite carefully, and soon saw Mu Shuai's tactical intentions.
Now Real Madrid's main starting eleven is indeed quite useful.
When playing four-three-three, the Real Madrid midfielder has a very strong ability to scramble and control the ball, and can put pressure on the opponent's defense with the three strikers well.
Switching to 4231, Li Ang retreated, and the double back waist formed by Alonso can protect his own defense well.
Essien also regained his position, Real Madrid's backfield was full of interception and tackle ability, and Alonso could calmly launch a long counterattack after the break.
The two sets of playing styles can be switched at any time, and they are both very familiar to Real Madrid's main players today, and there will be no tactical confusion.
This gives Real Madrid a natural advantage over other teams in terms of tactical adjustments.
For example, this would.
Di Matteo is still urgently discussing with the assistant coach whether to change to play 442 and also take the initiative to attack for a while.
Real Madrid has already put on a posture to defend and counterattack, and what Mu Shuai made is just a tactical instruction.
Fortunately, the veterans at Chelsea know what to do.
After the restart, Frank Lampard took the ball and motioned for the younger and more capable Juan Mata and Ramires to press forward, while he himself voluntarily withdrew to the midfield position to sort out the attack.
Frank Lampard, who is yet to take charge of the game, has shown his excellent ball intelligence on the pitch.
The tactical sacrifice he made on his own initiative freed Ramirez, who had been in great form before.
With more men up front to provide passing support for Drogba, Chelsea have been playing a decent game when they spread out in formation.
But they faced a vigilant Real Madrid defence today.
Drogba's ability to protect the ball from outside the box was indeed strong, but his fulcrum role did not help his team-mates find good opportunities to advance on the wings.
In terms of pace, Marcelo and Arbeloa are both top-notch in football, not to mention that there will be Alonso or Leon on their side at any time to help up the defence.
Whether it's Ramirez or Kalou, the speed can't fight, fight the confrontation, Real Madrid's two big backs are just waiting on the side, and they can't go through the side road.
Real Madrid also has a good protection of the rib area in front of the penalty area, mainly learning the lessons of Barcelona's defeat in the last round of the Champions League semi-finals.
Both Juan Mata and Frank Lampard had the ability to send a straight ball to the ball, and Professor Bu, who was slow at the time, was instantly penetrated by this fast through ball.
Real Madrid's retreating Essien and Leon are not slow, plus a mobile Ramos at the back.
At the very least, the trio won't give Chelsea a chance to break through the defence with a single kick.
From the wing to the middle of the midfield, Real Madrid's defense is very organized, and the division of labor among the players is clear.
And the most important point is that for Chelsea, Real Madrid's players dare not take it lightly at all.
After all, Barcelona, who had previously despised the opportunity to be given, has already gagged, and the bloody example is in front of you.
Even if Mourinho doesn't remind him too much before the game, Real Madrid's players will not be stupid and swell in the game.
I don't dare to inflate the first ball.
In the last round, Barcelona was the first to score, or the first two were gagged!
So this makes Real Madrid's main players constantly remind themselves subconsciously that two goals ahead of Chelsea is not safe at all, you have to be cautious, you must be cautious!
So after the change of formation, Real Madrid was so stable that countless Chelsea fans were anxious.
What about the big fight offense?
Okay, you are forcing us to fight back?
Why did this become our attack constipation, but you are thinking about preventing and stealing chickens!
This TM script is wrong!
Di Matteo felt that it was difficult, and he stood on the sidelines, watching the game and wiping a fine sweat from his forehead from time to time.
Five minutes passed, and he didn't come up with a move, and ten minutes passed, and he still didn't come up with a move.
Looking at Real Madrid's release of Drogba outside the penalty area, and the decisive double in the penalty area to cover Drogba's style of play, Di Matteo also lost the idea of playing cross tactics.
At least that's not the time yet.
Compared with the hard power of the players, it is definitely incomparable, and compared with the tactical target, Mourinho has given an almost perfect answer, that is, not to give him room to drill tactical loopholes.
After thinking about it, Di Matteo felt that there was only one way to go, playing set-piece tactics.
After all, Chelsea are no less headers than Real Madrid.
Only by playing set-pieces can the gap between Chelsea and Real Madrid players quickly close the gap between individual strength.
Thinking of this, Foshuai Di Matteo also made up his mind and directly gave his own tactical adjustments, asking Juan Mata and Carludo to find a way to hold the ball and push forward to make Real Madrid's defensive fouls!
Leon was quick to see Chelsea's tactical intentions on the pitch.
But he could only stare at Mata on the left side first, try to steal cleanly, and not give him a chance to make fouls.
But on the other side, in the face of the constant onslaught of Kalou and the retreating Drogba, Longo had to resort to tactical fouls when necessary.
There weren't many fouls, but they did give Chelsea a chance.
It was no surprise that Jose Mourinho could think of a tactical approach to a set-piece for Di Matteo.
After all, Di Matteo was also the first to play a famous little star in Serie A, and he was influenced by Italian football, so it is inevitable that he will work hard at the tactical research level after changing careers to become a coach.
Well, Mourinho can't say he's familiar with Chelsea's set-piece tactics now, after all, he's been gone for so many years.
But he remains familiar with two of Chelsea's main top contenders.
He had done targeted drills for training before the game, and the threat to Drogba and John Terry's headers was also highlighted many times.
In addition, he also made a special note that his defenders need to pay more attention to Ivanovic.
The right-back with excellent headers and confrontation skills.
So in the deployment of this defensive set-piece, Benzema and Ronaldo in the front of Real Madrid were also called back.
First of all, in terms of the number of defenders, Real Madrid still gave Chelsea enough respect.
Didier Drogba had to be caught in the bag, and the other Chelsea headers were basically one-on-one close to the ball.
Mourinho was still a little worried at first.
He was even prepared to let Albiol warm up if he couldn't hold the ball on set-pieces.
At that time, Albiol will replace Arbeloa and let Ramos go to the right side, so that Real Madrid's ability to defend the high ball will be greatly improved.
However, Real Madrid's defensive performance from set-pieces soon reassured Mourinho of his concerns.
Very positive.
Every Real Madrid player who is fighting for a little bit in defense is quite positive.
Even if they don't win a point in the end, Chelsea's players will struggle to get the ball right in the face of serious distractions.
On two occasions in a row, Real Madrid defended Chelsea's set-piece offensive, which immediately relieved countless Real Madrid fans.
Drogba was helpless.
Now that he is old, he is actually quite strong in impact, but he really can't stand the defense of Ramos and Pepe.
Especially when he thought that this "luxurious" defensive treatment was likely to be formulated by Mourinho himself, Drogba was even more helpless and depressed.
The successive attacking setbacks have actually taken a toll on the confidence of the Chelsea players.
And after they lost the ball in attack, Real Madrid's counter-attacking offensive gradually became sharper.
This will probably all know that Ronaldo will make tactical sacrifices today.
But when Cristiano Ronaldo rushed up with the ball on the counter-attack, the frightened Chelsea defenders really didn't dare to let him break into their own defensive hinterland like this.
Forget about others being tool people, most of them don't have the ability to be the main attacker, and they have to be green leaves.
But Ronaldo, a supergiant who is a green leaf, doesn't send someone to wrap it up, he can instantly turn into the main attacker and stab you hard!
So on the counter-attacking end, Ronaldo repeatedly dribbled the ball to attract the attention of Chelsea's defenders before quickly distributing the ball to the outside.
It was a tried-and-true move, with Benzema and Di Maria each getting another chance to hit the back of the net.
Unfortunately, their close-range effort was saved by Cech and a shot went just wide of the goal.
It's okay to play, but it's a little bit of bad luck.
But with this constant stacking of opportunities, it seems that it will be only a matter of time before Real Madrid's next goal is generated.
Chelsea fans are aggrieved, but why aren't the Chelsea players playing on the pitch?
It wasn't until the 37th minute of the first half that Di Matteo really made up his mind to play Kalou and Drogba as a double striker.
Chelsea made a four-four-two, with Ramires moving on to the left, Juan Mata on the right and Frank Lampard and Mikel Mikel in midfield.
Well, it's another classic one-high-one-fast attacking combination, and four-four-two is also very suitable for Chelsea to play the traditional English rushing set.
But it has to be said that after switching to playing long balls and playing more simply and directly, Chelsea had many more chances than in the first half hour.
Or because of Drogba.
Warcraft's ability to hold the ball on its back is really strong. Leon and Essien's alternate marking could only prevent Drogba from turning smoothly with the ball.
But to grab a little bit with Drogba and prevent him from playing for other Chelsea players would be joking.
Unless foul played.
However, this will Real Madrid try to avoid giving Chelsea set-piece opportunities as much as possible.
Therefore, Leon and Essien can only quickly chase back after each time they force Drogba to divide the ball, and then quickly chase back to force the Chelsea players who are advancing with the ball.
At this point, their defensive efficiency will inevitably be low.
Chelsea also found plenty of opportunities in attack, particularly on the wings.
Previously, you said that there was only one point in the Real Madrid penalty area, Drogba, and no matter how brave he was, he couldn't break the two-man bag.
But now with Kalou, Drogba has the option of heading over, even if he can't fight for a point.
No matter how hard Real Madrid is, they don't dare to let Kalou ambush Drogba and hit the door casually.
Therefore, further recycling the formation has become a tactical choice that Real Madrid has to make at this moment.
In the 45th minute of the first half, after stoppage time, Frank Lampard once again sent a long ball at the back.
But this time instead of Drogba, who was on target, he suddenly hit a long pass to the left and passed it to Ramirez, who pulled the side!
Arbeloa pressed forward for the first time to force the grab, and Brother Long quickly returned to the defense from the middle, but this will Ramirez is Ashley Cole, who has already covered and inserted, to complete the set of edges and bottom!
Don't look at Cole is also old, but the technical foundation is rich, and after the success of the bottom, he gave a dangerous maneuver cross!
Drogba, who was still cruising at the back of the penalty area, didn't know when he pulled out of the penalty area, and after a little run, he suddenly began to move forward decisively!
Ramos will be looking at Kalou and will not have time to pack Drogba with Pepe.
The African Monster ate Pepe, who was younger than himself, raw in a one-on-one situation, and completed a powerful rush to the top of the goal!
But just as he watched in surprise, Casillas burst out with a reaction speed that surprised him!
Both fists blocked the path of the football like a cannonball, Casillas's hands were very steady, even if it hurt, he completely denied Drogba's header!
'Ashley Cole's low cross is headed by Drogba!! Casillas! Oh——!!! Santa Cassie pounced on Drogba's violent headbutt from close range!! Arbeloa kicks the ball out of the box, Alonso! Real Madrid's counter-attacking chances!! ”
He Wei's tone of commentary changed from surprise to passion almost in a second!
Real Madrid is on the rise!
After the captain Casillas made a miraculous save, the other Real Madrid players who played a counterattack started the all-out sprint mode without reservation!
Alonso's long pass found Benzema, who had dropped back in the middle and raised his hand for the ball.
The pot striker will not be soft at all, and he resisted Mikel's defensive interference and gave the ball to Leang, who followed up and inserted forward!
Leon made an acceleration to rush past Mikel's chase pull, and then he decisively stuffed the ball straight to his right front!
Di Maria pressed into the large wing space left by Ashley Cole's forward cut, and Leon's ball was flicked over, and he almost faced the retreating Terry!
At this time, it was stupid to make a hard burst, so Di Maria chose to cross directly with the backfoot!
Ronaldo started at the back of the penalty area, and Cahill's follow-up defense was in place, but what he didn't expect was that Ronaldo did not attack the goal, but chose to adjust his position to return the ball to the middle of the penalty area!
This will be the case with Leon, who has already stormed into the Chelsea penalty area, and has no time to think about it.
He stopped the ball just one step behind the penalty spot, and in the face of Terry, who was moving sideways, he took a deep breath and then burst into action!
The muscle memory from the previous penalty practice helped him a lot in this moment.
Cech was also stunned as he watched Leon shoot at close range.
"How dare he?!"
The fans watching this scene at this moment, whether it is Real Madrid or Chelsea fans, or neutral fans who do not support either side, also have the same thoughts in their brains as Cech.
How dare Leon burst in this position?!
Couldn't he just push a far or near corner to make sure the ball would hit the frame?
Many fans were either exclaimed or complained at this moment.
But Real Madrid's players have a lot of confidence in Leon.
In this position, if Li Ang didn't pull the ball away two months ago, he would definitely score the ball!
The probability of scoring a goal is about 40%.
And today, Li Ang has kicked ten times in a row, and he has a goal rate of at least 80%!
This is the hit rate he practiced every day on penalties!
Leon doesn't have that footwork anywhere else in the box, but near the penalty spot, he can be trusted!
In the midst of everyone's astonished gaze, the ball hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the net in an instant!
In vain, Cech held out his hand.
And Leon has already begun to roar and run along the bottom line at this moment!
Equalized by a header? Are you kidding! We're not Bayern Munich!
We are Real Madrid!
We are the champions of the Champions League!
(End of chapter)