The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 410 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
For defensive players in the modern football tactical system, there are usually two types of players that are most difficult to defend.

One is a player with a very flexible ability to change the center of gravity, and at the same time has very skilled and delicate skills at the feet, usually a small player, or a superstar like Ronaldinho; Beast-level players with solid basic skills, such as Drogba and Ibrahimovic.

As the football defense system gradually becomes stricter, more and more attention is paid to defense and support, and more and more attention is paid to the ability of defensive players to cooperate with each other. For offensive players, creating opportunities in a narrow range has become a necessary offense. Means, so these two types of players always give defensive players a headache.

Thiago Silva has been teammates with Zlatan Ibramovich for a period of time. He is well aware of the difficulty of such a tall player. He is tall, has fine skills at his feet, and has a large area of ​​control over the incoming ball. , Whether it is a high ball or a ground ball, he can handle it very skillfully.

If it's just like this, then there's nothing wrong with it, but the problem is that while they are catching the ball, they can still keep the pressure on your body. Everyone can imagine that they are being hit by someone who is half a head taller and heavier than you. There is nothing you can do about the feeling of being held up by a meat shield weighing nearly [-] kilograms.

Many people say that Thiago Silva is not good at facing high center forwards, but that depends on who he is facing. Against some other Premier League teams, who have obvious advantages and disadvantages, Thiago Silva is very good at playing against high center forwards. Nice performance, like a Husky.

Sometimes fans are easily led by the media. For example, Thiago Silva just performed poorly against Drogba, or made mistakes in the occasional few times against high center forwards, but in the media Under the excessive hype and interpretation, it was understood by the fans that Thiago Silva would not move when he met a high center forward.

Drogba is a very abnormal center forward with excellent explosive power, very flexible body, solid basic skills at the feet, strong ability to hold and handle the ball, and more importantly, he has an unbelievably strong body confrontation.

Some people may think that the reason you blame Drogba for being strong is that you are not strong enough, but you must know that strength and flexibility are always inversely proportional. If Thiago Silva pursues strength too much, then he must You have to sacrifice your flexibility, explosive power, and even some technical moves.

It's as if someone commented on Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo recently, thinking that he is strong, but his skills have become poor.

Some people say it is concise, but professionals can see that his skills are indeed poor, and this is because his body has become stronger. The muscles of his body have become stronger, especially his legs, so that he can do many things in the past. The technical moves are impossible to do now, and this is the price.

It is impossible for any player in this world to be abnormally strong, have outstanding foot skills, and be very fast. That can only exist in game modifiers forever, and cannot appear in reality.

At the very least, Peter Brandt, director of Tottenham Hotspur's research center, suggested to Thiago Silva that his current physical condition is very reasonable and he should not continue to emphasize strength and exercise his muscles , because this will cause his speed and flexibility to decrease.

Just imagine, when Thiago Silva becomes a shrunken version of Hangeland, does Tottenham still have his place?

Ye Qiu also told him that physical strength is not the only decisive factor on the field. Football, especially modern football, is played more by brain, by creativity and imagination, so he suggested Thiago Silva Should think more, explore more.

But in the process of thinking and exploring, Thiago Silva will inevitably make mistakes, because the opponent will stare at you and play.

When Drogba saw Deco taking the ball, he immediately chose to run towards Thiago Silva. This move made Thiago Silva immediately realize that the crisis was coming. He could not choose to go around quickly. Because once the opponent doesn't move, he goes around first, what if the opponent hits behind?
So he wanted to grab the position with Drogba, but Drogba ran back a step wisely, staggered behind Thiago Silva, stood in his position, and blocked Thiago Silva behind him. At this time, Deco's ball was passed to his feet, and Thiago Silva was powerless at this time, so he could only choose to get close, resist Drogba, and prevent him from turning around.

The more detailed and meticulous the football-targeted tactics are, the less room for you to make choices. In many cases, you even have no choice at all, even if you know what the consequences of doing so will be. Still going to gamble on this one.

Drogba suppressed Thiago Silva, his body was as strong as a mountain, Thiago Silva had to use all his strength to withstand him, which made it impossible for him to do anything Other things, but he is also so strong that it is impossible for Drogba to turn around, so he can only give up himself.

Drogba passed back to Lampard, who crossed directly behind him, and the cooperation between the two happened in the blink of an eye, and at this time Ballack rushed past Thiago Silva. Going up, even if the Brazilian saw it clearly, but when he got rid of Drogba and quickly turned around to chase back, he saw that Ballack had stopped the ball in the penalty area and volleyed directly. The ball went in!
At this moment, Thiago Silva, who was sweating profusely, opened his arms and hugged his head in despair. He didn't know why, no matter how hard he tried, the final result was still the same .

Did Drogba, the elephant from Côte d'Ivoire, really be a nightmare in his career?
All the Chelsea fans in the entire Stamford Bridge stadium were boiling, they were all applauding and cheering for Ballack's calm shot, while Mourinho in front of the coach of the home team on the sidelines was almost crazy He rushed out of the coaching area, waving his arms non-stop along the way, and the rails reached the bottom of the fans' stands on the sidelines.

This astonishing celebration showed the excitement Mourinho was in at the moment, and it couldn't have been better than a 17th-minute knock on Tottenham's goal at home. Safe start?
The entire Stamford Bridge Stadium was completely turned into a sea of ​​celebration, and the noise made by all the Chelsea fans swept and swallowed everyone present like a huge wave.

Everyone in Tottenham Hotspur was very disappointed, because judging from this goal, Tottenham Hotspur's defense was indeed smashed by the opponent, but everyone knew very well, It cannot be said whose problem it is, even if it is Thiago Silva, he has already done his best.

Before the start of the game, he told his teammates that he wanted to try to break the shadow that Drogba gave him in this game, but the two were obviously not in the same weight class, and Drogba, a cunning opponent, was obviously Looking for Thiago Silva's side again and again as a breakthrough.

"We just received the news that Liverpool is temporarily ahead of Reading 1-0 in the away game, while Manchester United is still 0-0 against Portsmouth, and Arsenal and West Ham are still 0-0. In other words, we are the leaders of the league!"

The broadcast at the Stamford Bridge Stadium obviously has the mentality of boosting the morale of the home team players and damaging the fighting spirit of Tottenham Hotspur. It announced the current score results of several other teams. The sheep should be Chelsea, while Liverpool's ranking has risen to third and Tottenham has slipped to fourth.

However, there is only one point gap between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. If Arsenal beat West Ham United, then Tottenham Hotspur will be completely eliminated from the UEFA Champions League qualification zone, so it is now for Tottenham. For Tenham Hotspur, the pressure is very high, very high, infinite, because after losing this goal, the situation was completely reversed.

Ye Qiu also had no way to think about whether this was a conspiracy from the home team. After hearing the broadcast from the on-site commentator, he immediately walked to the sidelines, shouting loudly and reminding his players to keep calm.

"Thiago!" Ye Qiu slapped his palms vigorously, "Don't stress, concentrate and continue the game!"

"David! Cesc!" Ye Qiu looked at Beckham and Cesc Fabregas, "Don't rush to attack, stay steady, understand? Hold your ground, don't follow them to play fast, our rhythm was too fast just now , slow down, hold the ball!"

At the same time, Ye Qiu asked Friss Hawke to tell Petr Cech to stop throwing forwards in a hurry, and stop blindly kicking, help the team to control the ball more, and at the same time, take the ball more in the midfield.

Whether at Ajax, at Chelsea, or now at Tottenham Hotspur, in Ye Qiu's entire tactical system, the goalkeeper has always been an important part of the team's tactical system, even Ye Qiu Every time the team is arranged to hit the wall, the goalkeeper is arranged to be the wall to further refine the goalkeeper's skills and integrate him into the team's tactical system.

One of the biggest problems for Tottenham Hotspur now is that the ball from midfield is suppressed, and at the same time, they blindly speed up the rhythm and play with Chelsea's rhythm. This is undoubtedly Chelsea's favorite rhythm, because it is beneficial to them. Because it will soon increase Tottenham Hotspur's passing and receiving mistakes, while Chelsea does not have this problem.

This is also an important factor for Mourinho to attack after the opening.

"He's trying to use his physical strength to drag us to death!" Mauro Tassotti said worriedly.

Purely from the perspective of physical fitness, Tottenham Hotspur is not as good as Chelsea, and the gap between the two sides is not small.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Beckham are all veterans, and Fabregas, Ribery, Messi and others are not physical players, so once they are drawn by the opponent in a physical exhaustion battle, Tottenham Hotspur will have nothing at all. odds.

"He's dreaming!" Of course, Ye Qiu could see what Mourinho was thinking, and went directly to the midfield of the meat grinder. Isn't this a physical consumption war?And this is why Ye Qiu appealed to the players to stabilize the situation. Just now, when they got hot-headed, they followed the opponent's rhythm, but they were scored by the opponent. Now they must quickly stabilize their situation and find their own rhythm.

Two sides in a football match are like two boxers in a boxing ring. The hotheaded side is doomed to fail, and the side that is pulled into the opponent's rhythm and unable to jump out is also doomed to failure. If you can keep calm and stalemate with the opponent, That was a stalemate, and no one could overwhelm the other in a short time.

After the re-kick-off, Tottenham began to consciously slow down the tempo under Ye Qiu's command and adjustment, and began to adopt more ball control and inversions in the midfield. With the ball, let Chelsea press out and grab it.

Chelsea just got a ball in hand, their morale is high, and they are trying to crush Tottenham Hotspur in one go, so when they see Tottenham Hotspur can't find an attacking opportunity, they will immediately pass back to the midfielder, and I feel very happy. I was full of anger and had no place to vent, so I gradually pressed up and began to enter more midfield presses.

Ye Qiu kept urging the players on the sidelines, trying to use the pass and catch coordination to pull the opponent and let the Chelsea players run.

Mascherano must be mentioned here. Many fans have the impression of Mascherano as defensive, god-like defense, but they don't have much impression of his ball handling, passing and skills. You will feel that he is very average in these aspects.

But in fact, as a main defensive midfielder and a young man who came out of Argentina's excellent youth training camp, his technical skills are definitely solid enough, his ability to stop the ball is excellent, and the protection of the ball in the defensive midfielder can be regarded as excellent. The success rate of the ability to throw the ball around 15 meters is very high.

More importantly, Mascherano has a very good advantage as a defensive midfielder, that is, he basically does not go forward.

Anyone who often watches football knows that when the opponent is actively pressing the frontcourt, whether there is a stable contact point at the midfielder position is the key to whether a team can guarantee the possession of the ball in the midfield, because among them When the defender encounters a press and the full-back is threatened by the opponent, in order to avoid being intercepted by the opponent and then counterattacked, they generally can only pass forward with their big feet, and sometimes they have to directly kick the ball out of the field and give it to the opponent. Right and a throw-in.

Because relatively speaking, whether it is giving them the ball or a throw-in, it is less threatening than a counterattack after being intercepted by the opponent, so the two evils are the lesser of two evils.

And all teams with excellent ball-handling ability must have a stable receiving point in the midfielder position, because if there is such a point, then the opponent must be on the back line if they want to invest in an active frontcourt press. If there are four players in the midfielder and midfielder positions, then there will definitely be holes in his midfield and backcourt.

Of course, if you don't want to play so many people, then you can only watch the other party handle the ball.

Therefore, in the entire tactical system of Tottenham Hotspur, Mascherano not only exists as a defensive barrier, but also an important ball-holding fulcrum for the team, as well as a point of release. Of course, with Fabre Unlike Gass and Beckham who used more direct passes, Mascherano still played more on both sides, splitting the ball to the left and right.

And one of the very good characteristics of Mascherano as a defensive midfielder is that he never touches what he is not good at, so he seldom goes directly to Ribery and Messi, because the pass beyond 15 meters With the ball, his accuracy rate is very low.

This is why Ye Qiu trusts and relies on him so much. A player who knows how to make use of his strengths and avoids his weaknesses, and is willing to take on the dirty and tiring work, is even more important and valuable than an excellent striker.

When Tottenham Hotspur intends to stabilize the situation, slow down the tempo, and work hard to control the ball, Chelsea's frontcourt pressing is still dominated by Drogba and Lampard. Drogba is mainly against the two players. centre-back and Lampard against Mascherano but all three kept their distance when Tottenham were in possession, allowing Drogba and Lampard to run back and forth without being able to snatch the ball. To the ball, there is also Essien who followed Beckham's retreat.

"We can see that Tottenham Hotspur played very patiently after losing the ball. During this period of time, they began to consciously slow down the rhythm and stabilize their possession of the ball. This is also Tottenham Hotspur's consistent If you are playing against a weaker team, you will strive for more forward passes, but now you are facing Chelsea, so you have to patiently look for opportunities."

Richard? Ribery and Messi also gradually retreated and pulled out defensive players, I wonder if Mourinho has already seen this?"

Andy Gray nodded, "The situation on the scene looks a little flat now, but both sides are preparing for the next wave of offensives. Although Tottenham Hotspur retreated, they have a high ball possession rate. The formation is a bit like a retracted but tightly clenched fist, ready to throw the most powerful uppercut anytime anywhere!"

"Yes, from the perspective of speed and personal ability, Tottenham's Ribery and Messi have an advantage, especially Ribery on the left, who is almost crushing against Ferreira, and now Chelsea's It may not be a good thing if the defense line is pressed up!"

Andy Gray is a little worried about Mourinho, "We can see clearly now, but Mourinho may not be able to see it from the sidelines, or Mourinho may have some ideas of his own."

At this moment, the commentator on the spot once again broke out a good news that made all the Chelsea fans very happy. Manchester United, who challenged Portsmouth away, had just been pierced by Portsmouth. Now it is 0: 1 behind the home team.

"This is definitely very good news for Chelsea!" Andy Gray was also amazed after hearing this, because if Manchester United loses, then for Chelsea, even if it is a tie, they will be able to win. Get the championship.

"Mourinho and his team should breathe a sigh of relief now, and should play more patiently. After all, the situation is very favorable to Chelsea now, and there is no need to take any more risks!"

Andy Gray saw Mourinho commanding from the sidelines, and seemed to want the team to continue pressing, "Hey, Mourinho seems to be still emphasizing offense, and he seems to be planning to use this momentum , directly kill Tottenham Hotspur!"

Richard Keith laughed after hearing this, "Because Mourinho said that as long as 11 players play against 11 players, and Chelsea play Tottenham Hotspur, it's like playing games. Victory comes after applause." middle!"

Andy Gray also laughed when he heard this. For the current situation, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed becoming more and more unfavorable, especially considering the mentality of the players. If the mentality of the players is messed up, the consequences will be disastrous.

And this is why Ye Qiu has been standing on the sidelines, shouting non-stop, until his throat is a little hoarse.

He also knows very well that the more critical this moment is, the more chaos cannot be allowed!

As long as the team is not chaotic, he believes there must be a chance!
(End of this chapter)