Section 446 The Closure of the Iron Wall
U8 Update Fastest Reading Network When Zhao Yaning's passing action just now attracted the attention of tens of thousands of spectators in the audience, what Benitez did was to stare closely at the running of the opposing midfielder. He wants to see how the opponent's counterattack is prepared through the first running reaction after winning the ball when the opponent's defense is played.
However, the opponent's running position was completely contracted, and there was no sign of wanting to press it up at all. Then Cech saved the ball and when it came time to kick off again, the Chelsea players were still running unhurriedly.
This also made Benitez understand that these guys didn't even think about counterattacking - what they wanted to do was to defend the whole field and defend with all their strength, so that Liverpool's game would be fruitless!
Mourinho's calculation made Benitez feel that he was a little seriously deceived: he considered the opponent's possible attack and defense from a tactical point of view, but the opponent did not consider Liverpool's attack at all, but was ready to survive this game and then beat Liverpool away!
Mourinho still has a deep contempt for Benitez. What he chose was not to rely on tactics to defeat Benitez, but to rely on such tricks to keep Benitez back. And he did succeed, using Rafael Benitez's overthinking and tactical primacy to buy more than 30 minutes of free time for the Chelsea defence.
With this time as a buffer, Chelsea don't have to worry about a lack of fitness. There are less than 60 minutes left for Liverpool, and Liverpool has wasted time.
Relying on psychological warfare to win this advantage for the team, Mourinho has indeed done not easy - but the problem is that Liverpool cannot always react, and there is still a chance to attack now.
And with Benitez's tactical changes, Milito, Gerrard, and Garcia all plugged in, which also made fans on both sides start to get excited.
"Liverpool are finally on the offensive now! Thank God, at least one of them must be trying to attack! ”
Martin Taylor couldn't help but speak. Liverpool and Chelsea had been on hold for half an hour, with neither of them attacking. Half an hour has passed, the shèmen of both sides have added up to less than five times, and there are no more than three players in the half of the attack on both sides. The relegation team doesn't play like this when it comes to league titles.
Although everyone knows in their hearts that the most important thing in a game is to win rather than look good, especially in this kind of competition, the victory or defeat is extremely important. People have always said that there is no good game in the big game, that is, because the victory or defeat is too important, it is often very conservative and not good enough to play - but the problem is, there must be a limit if it is not good-looking, defensive counterattack, there is also a defensive counterattack, but the two sides shrink together to defend, a football can make people drowsy, both sides are unable to defend it, what else is there to watch in this game?
And as the game progressed, Liverpool began to slowly press through the half. At this time, Chelsea did not choose to hedge against Liverpool, but began to shrink and shrink the lineup to the front of the penalty area. From the very beginning, this was their plan, and since they were inferior in personnel, they chose to shrink completely and not to do the temptation in case of hard work.
However, Liverpool's attack, although it could easily advance to the front of the opponent's big penalty area, could no longer be carried out in this place. Chelsea's formation was flattened, but Liverpool's side did not dare to have too many people pressed on it after all, four or five people against the opponent's personal defense, which was very difficult in itself, and the opponent's formation was shrunk to the front of their own penalty area, everyone's distance was very small, and the supplementary defense became easier.
After all, like Zhao Yaning just now, there are really not many times when the guards can break through in the face of three people at the same time. But even so, Zhao Yaningha City tried to raid in order to create an opportunity for Liverpool.
When Zhao Yaning got the ball again, he was basically targeted. Makelele was the first to get in his way, while Thiago and Carvalho also got in the way. Zhao Yaning first turned around and half-turned, and when he lured Thiago to grab, a croquette action threw him aside, and then hooked the ball behind his right leg with his left foot, and when he shook Makellele, he suddenly pushed it and dodged away from Makelele.
Carvalho immediately thought that Zhao Yaning shoveled over, but when he shoveled over, Zhao Yaning picked the ball with his ankle, and jumped at the same time and picked it off his foot.
Then, with a one-kick of the ball, he gave the ball to Garcia and then ran forward himself, who shook it past Gara and sent it into the box.
Terry was guarding Zhao Yaning, but the ball was attacked by Cech, although the ball had a strong spin, Cech was afraid to take it out of his hand, but he still knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.
Gerrard grabbed the first drop and hit the goal with a powerful shot. However, Terry turned his back and used his back to block the ball out of the box. Zhao Yaning received the ball, but he didn't make any moves, and Thiago also pulled him to the ground.
Thiago received a yellow card, but Liverpool's attack could only be temporarily stopped.
'Chelsea's defence was very good and hardworking. Martin Taylor listened to the applause of Stamford Bridge for Terry's defence, and couldn't help but speak, "After they drop back now, almost everyone can make up for each other quickly. And Chelsea's focus on physicality means that Liverpool will hardly have more than a second of uncontested time when they get the ball up front. Such a fierce confrontation made Liverpool in the frontcourt, almost only Zhao Yaning could successfully take the ball and complete the passing action, but even so, because there was not too much time and space, his several passes and shè door were not very ......"
Under the high confrontation, the various performances of the players will be greatly affected. Liverpool players will be scrambled when they are fighting in the front, not to mention the impact of confrontation, and because of Chelsea's dense positioning, each of them has very little room to move, so in this case, it is naturally difficult to make any sè attacks.
This style of play can be said to be completely different from the usual thinking of the Premier League. In addition to the high confrontation in the Premier League, the biggest feature of the Premier League is the fast pace. Now, however, Chelsea's approach to the penalty area has been kept to a minimum, not quite as fast as they usually had with Robben. This style of play is closer to Italy's defensive style, and it has extremely high requirements for players' ability to pass and react in the first time, which also makes it extremely difficult for Liverpool, which is also a Premier League team, to find their flaws.
"That's a good idea, too." Andy Gray commented: "It's nice for Chelsea to stick to that without Robben Duff. At least at this pace, it will be difficult for opponents to break through their gates. ”
"Yes, if even Zhao Yaning can't pose enough threat to Chelsea's door in this situation, then no one in the entire Premier League can threaten Chelsea......"
Zhao Yaning's level, in the eyes of Premier League football experts, is already recognized as the same level as Henry. It's just that the difference between him and Henry is that Henry's style of play is wide open, and when he has enough acceleration space and counterattack speed, he can play the most perfect football, and his personal rhythm of playing football can be said to be incomparably consistent with the overall rhythm of the Premier League, and it is precisely because of this that he can be said to be unstoppable when he kicks in the Premier League. Not to mention, he also has the best teammates and coaches to build a squad around him, and he can also have someone like Bergkamp who has won the Ballon d'Or in the top three do it for him. This has given him more than 24 goals and more than 10 assists every season, an ability that only he can do in the Premier League.
The difference between Zhao Yaning and Henry is that he can adapt to more tactics, more rhythms, and is completely fearless of all kinds of play. Whether it is relying on speed to fight back, or relying on body kicks to fight, or relying on rigid defense to defend in the backcourt, Zhao Yaning is not afraid at all. After all, he has a physical and technical advantage, no matter which style of play, he doesn't care. But in line with the Premier League as a whole, he is not as good as Thierry Henry.
This is also the reason why Henry's data in the European competition has dropped sharply, while Zhao Yaning has risen slightly: when it comes to the European competition, the rhythm is not as monotonous as the Premier League, and Henry will inevitably play a little worse. But Zhao Yaning's skills and body are excellent after all, and when it comes to the European competition, he also has enough ways to deal with the opponent's rhythm changes and defensive play, and the opponent does not know enough about him, sometimes, maybe he will suffer more. - The technical training in Monaco showed the results slowly.
However, this is also what surprised Martin Taylor: Chelsea's post-retirement defence formed an extremely solid copper wall, which also made it difficult for Liverpool to penetrate their defence. And if even Zhao Yaning's pass is difficult to break through Chelsea's defense, then who else can break through Chelsea's defense?
Could it be that Chelsea's ultimate model is not to rely on the wings to rush to the next level, Drogba to do it back, and Frank Lampard to go far away, but to say that it should rely on their steel backline, obscene defense, and look for opportunities?
Such a thought made Martin Taylor shake his head again and again. Not to mention that Chelsea's backfield does not have the ability to directly launch long balls to attack the opponent's backfield, and does not have the talent of Liverpool's Alonso, even if they have this ability, but who at Chelsea can seize the opportunity? Drogba? His shè skills are so poor that he really doesn't have the material to do this job.
That's why Mourinho didn't choose to use him as a counter-arrow! After all, relying on Drogba's counterattack to seize opportunities is too unreliable. This big black guy can do anything, but it's just a mess of shèmen's ability.
Until half-time, neither side could find any chances. Liverpool's attacks have hit Chelsea's wall on several occasions and Chelsea have shown little desire to counter-attack. Although Chelsea's Frank Lampard was also booked late, the game was still 0-0.
"The game is now going into halftime. Let's see if they will do anything bigger in the second half. ”ω· u(8) Update the fastest reading network