The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 577 The only failure

After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur continued to maintain its offensive advantage over Chelsea amid the shouts of more than 3 fans at White Hart Lane, but the players were also following Ye Qiu's adjustments at halftime and appropriately To reduce the pressure on Chelsea is to firmly grasp the rhythm and initiative of the game.

Ye Qiu has been standing on the sidelines directing the game, and he is also constantly making appropriate adjustments on some small details, for example, he will let Fabregas move forward a little later, and let him go back a little later, or It is some very subtle local adjustments to let Ribery stay in the middle.

This is spot command!
Ye Qiu compared this to driving. The effect of tactics on the overall situation is equivalent to the destination you want to go to. In the process of driving, your direction is the foundation, but when driving on the road On the road, you have to hold the steering wheel firmly and keep making some small adjustments.

Anyone who has ever driven a car must know that when driving on the road, even if you hold the steering wheel tightly with both hands and try to fix the steering wheel, the driving direction of the car will still change slightly. Change, and if you don't make a quick adjustment to the steering wheel, it will eventually turn into an accident for you.

The same is true in football games. Your tactics cannot be reflected on the field unchanged. The opponent will adjust your tactics, making your tactics just like driving a car. Follow up with adjustments, don't follow up with changes, and you'll have accidents and lose the game.

And when everyone is driving on the road, he will not want to turn the car around or make a right-angle turn because of such a small change. More often, his hands are left or right, slightly shaking, and the steering wheel is driven. fine-tuning.

Ye Qiu was like this, and so was Ancelotti. Both sides were waiting for their opponents to make moves.

"He seems to be a little restless!" Ye Qiu has been paying attention to Ancelotti, and said to Mauro Tassotti with a smile. Sitting in the coaching bench of the away team, but now he has come out.

Mauro Tassotti was Ancelotti's teammate when he was a player, and later he was Ancelotti's assistant when he was coaching AC Milan. He knew Ancelotti very well, at least he knew Ancelotti's cautious character .

Many people think that Ancelotti has always insisted on attacking football. In fact, he only turned to offensive technical football after he came to AC Milan, but that was also caused by the players of AC Milan at the time. Who owned Seedorf, Outstanding technical players such as Pirlo, Kaka, Rui Costa and Rivaldo, it is really difficult to play conservative football.

Ancelotti has always looked at the food, tailoring clothes to suit the individual needs. After coming to Chelsea, he also organized tactics according to the lineup of this team, regardless of whether Ancelotti coached Juventus or before that, his football Has always been known to be conservative.

Therefore, Ancelotti looks very smooth and knows how to adapt, but in fact he is very cautious, sometimes even cautious to the point of hesitation, and this is a bit like driving.

All old drivers know one thing, when you drive through a fork in the road and cross with the oncoming car, you either just step on the brakes and let him pass first, or simply express your attitude, I will pass first, and wait for him Let you, but generally there will be room for the latter, but no matter how you choose, it will not be the kind of hesitation, sticking out your head and then not daring to pass, but not daring to pass and then thinking about it, which will more easily lead to accidents happened.

Therefore, many times many people feel very puzzled, why does Ancelotti make some mistakes in some games?
That may be the actual reason.

It seems that this game has been going on until now, No.603 minutes in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur still maintains the advantage, Chelsea is still very passive, but the situation between the two sides is still stalemate, Tottenham Hotspur still failed Breaking through Chelsea's goal, the two sides attacked and defended, and the stalemate confronted each other, as if a certain balance had been reached.

Generally speaking, the manager is the most difficult choice in this situation, because your adjustment is to upset this balance, and when the balance is broken, the risk is very high, either you turn the situation or the opponent turns it situation.

Ye Qiu hadn't seen any thought of substituting in this match so far, and even if he planned to do so, because the initiative was in his hands, the question he was thinking about was still how to play a more threatening attack.

If Ancelotti just wanted to strengthen his defense, then there would be no problem with his adjustments, and there was no need to hesitate, but as Ye Qiu guessed, if he wanted to attack, he had to use some brains, and in the end he In No.60's eighth, he made a substitution that even Ye Qiu found incomprehensible. He replaced Barak with Arshavin.

As Arshavin replaced Ballack, Chelsea's tactics became 442, Malouda returned to the left of the midfield, Arshavin played on the right, Lampard and Essien occupied the center of the midfield, Ancelotti obviously It is to use Arshavin's ability to take the ball, break through and penetrate horizontally to connect Chelsea's midfield attack.

When Ye Qiu saw this substitution on the sidelines, he felt a little unbelievable, because he didn't understand, "Really replacing Ballack?" He felt that it was more like a pie that fell from the sky and hit him. The melon seeds in my head are still dizzy now.

"It is indeed replacing Barack!" Mauro Tassotti also felt that this substitution was a bit strange.

Ballack is very important in Chelsea's defense on the right. Without Ballack, Ferreira would have been eaten by Ribery, but now Ancelotti wants to replace Ballack instead of Ferreira, what kind of reasoning is this?

During the intermission, Ye Qiu was still telling David Silva to pull Barack away, but the effect was not very good, but now it's better, you don't have to worry about it, he took the initiative to replace him.

Perhaps Ancelotti has the idea of ​​substituting offense for defense, hoping to give full play to Asavin's offensive threat and curb Tottenham Hotspur's left attack, but the question is, who has the advantage and initiative now?
When Ye Qiu saw Chelsea making a substitution, he immediately walked to the sidelines and waved at the players, especially Ribery, Marcelo, David Silva and Falcao, demanding that Tottenham Hotspur The offense immediately leaned left, because Arshavin had no way to give Ferreira the kind of defensive protection similar to Ballack's, and his interception ability was not good.

In other words, the previous balance of offense and defense has changed because of Ballack's departure and Arshavin's entry. After the break, Chelsea failed to find an effective way to contain Tottenham Hotspur's left attack.

Of course, there is another possibility that Ancelotti deliberately lured Tottenham Hotspur to attack his right flank. This is a trap, but this trap is tantamount to harming himself first and then the enemy. How much power can he exert? Woolen cloth?
In the same situation, with the same choice, Ye Qiu may choose another way, which is to continue to trust Ballack, let him play the midfielder, Essien will play the right back, take down Ferreira, and let Arshavin come up to play the right back. road.

Of course, no one knows exactly what Ancelotti chose for. It may be that Ballack's physical fitness is failing, or he was injured, but in short, Ye Qiu can be [-]% sure, He will regret taking Ballack.

In a football game, the players are always the ones who have the deepest and most direct experience of the game situation, even more than the head coach.

In the eyes of Fabregas, the most painful thing in a football game is stalemate, because in the stalemate, you have no confidence at all, you can only keep working hard, keep running, and keep fighting , Everything you do is to be able to win more and more chips for yourself.

In this process of constantly striving and never knowing when it will end, your physical energy is constantly being consumed, your body will become more and more tired, and you will even have a feeling of war weariness, which requires you To overcome their emotions well.

The dialogue between strong teams is always accompanied by this kind of stalemate confrontation, always accompanied by this kind of war of attrition, and as Tottenham Hotspur, in the past few seasons, they have experienced countless storms. The players in the team have already adapted to the pressure and psychological factors in this kind of strong dialogue.

And with Ballack off the field, the entire stalemate has been broken. I believe that at this moment, all Tottenham Hotspur players will feel a burst of relief.

Perhaps many people who don't know the reason will find it strange that only one person ends up, how can everyone feel relaxed?

Just like Cesc Fabregas, because of Ballack's end, Chelsea's right-sided defense has become a problem, so Tottenham Hotspur's offense has always played its own left, using Marcelo and Ribery, And the support of midfielder David Silva, constantly attacking Chelsea's right.

Under such a strong offensive pressure, when Tottenham Hotspur kept creating threatening offensive opportunities, Chelsea had to choose to strengthen the defense, and Essien had to frequently pull to the right to cover for Ferreira, because Tottenham Hotspur often made Ribery challenge Ferreira one-on-one, and Essien had to protect Ferreira.

In other words, what Ballack did before, now has to be done by Essien.

So here comes the problem, Essien is on the right side. In order to maintain the distance between him and Essien, and at the same time fill the protection loopholes when Essien left the defense, he must pull his position to the middle, or even The area to the right of the middle road.

This is called, attracting defensive attention.

Cesc Fabregas is still standing on the right side of the midfield, that is, the left side of Chelsea's midfield. The distance between Lampard and him is not as close as in the first half, so he feels relaxed for a while. He believes that May The pressure on West must have been much lighter, but because Messi is Tottenham Hotspur's most important scorer, Chelsea dare not be careless to him.

Fabregas noticed the change in the situation, and he also noticed that now is a critical moment, because after Chelsea won Ballack, there are advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that if the right side can withstand Tottenham's attack and force If the goal is kept clean, Arshavin's presence can enhance the team's offensive power.

But the downside is that once the goal is scored by Tottenham Hotspur, Arshavin's appearance will become a failure.

So Cesc Fabregas and his teammates are attacking hard because they want to take their chances.

Ribery began to be very active on the left, creating opportunities frequently. In less than 5 minutes, he created at least three threatening opportunities for Messi and Falcao, but failed to score. , but the attack on the left has attracted Chelsea's defensive attention.

So, when Ribery got the ball on the left and noticed Essien approaching, he immediately chose to knock back. Marcelo crossed David Silva, with his back to the Chelsea goal, and dropped back to get the ball David Silva knocked again and gave it to Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard stopped the ball and faced the goal.

Lampard shrugged off David Silva as he saw Essien heading back into the middle, so he pounced on Cesc Fabregas.

But Fabregas did not wait for Lampard to get close, he has been observing the changes ahead, Essien returned to the middle, and Ribery planned to make an air cut to attack the gap between Ferreira and Alex In the area, the position of the Brazilian central defender is a bit outside, obviously deterred by Ribery's previous shocks.

Falcao's movement awareness is very smart. He has been cruising between Alex and Terry, with his back to the goal. After a glance with Cesc Fabregas, the two sparked instantly. , I saw Fabregas grabbing ahead of Lampard, rubbing his right foot with a half-high overhead diagonal pass, and the landing point was just behind Alex.

The smartest thing about the Colombian center is that he ran behind Alex, with his back to the left, facing the right side of the incoming ball, and the position he chose was also very smart, he didn't let the ball stop under his feet, or Instead of grabbing the header, use the chest to stop the ball.

Terry reacted the moment Falcao ran behind Alex, because of the lag of this defense, he had no choice but to block the siege ahead of time, which was very passive, especially When he found that he had just rushed over and got stuck between Falcao and Cesar in front of the goal, blocking Falcao's shot angle, the Colombian chose to stop the ball to the right with his chest and hit the spot. A little bit to the left of the penalty spot.

The whole stop not only just opened the distance between Falcao and Terry, but also allowed him to avoid the interference of Alex. More importantly, after his stop hit the ground, he only needed to go In the previous step, step on the left foot firmly, stand firmly on the center of gravity, and swing the right foot to shoot directly near the penalty spot.

Although because of Terry's position, Falcao couldn't hit the left side of the goal, but he chose to hit the upper right corner of the goal, and he chose a clever shot, and the ball seemed to be controlled by him, so he listened to him very much, from him After kicking out with his feet, he climbed and fell along an arc, and got into the upper right corner of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"My God, No. 708 minutes in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored the first goal, 1:0!"

"Ye Qiu's team maintained the advantage for more than an hour, insisted on attacking for more than an hour, and finally broke through Chelsea's goal. We saw that this was a penalty kick from Colombian center Rodamel Falcao A clever shot, very precise, almost a blind spot in the absolute sense!!!”

Andy Gray has marveled at Falcao's shooting ability for the first time this season, because it is so precise, especially his use of shooting skills, he rarely sees mistakes, and as long as you Give him enough chances and he'll reward you with goals.

"Rodamel Falcao, he is simply a goal machine. This season Tottenham Hotspur's offensive trident, Falcao, Messi and Ribery, three players scored nearly Ninety league goals, very, very amazing attacking quality!"

After scoring the goal, Falcao rushed out of Chelsea's penalty area excitedly, clenched his fists all the way and shouted at the fans in the stands, while the Tottenham Hotspur players also rushed out of the pitch , went to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with Falcao.

1:0, although this score seems very unsafe, but in fact, it has almost sentenced Chelsea to death!

"Early before the game, when I made a prediction, I once said that Ancelotti made mistakes in many key games, playing against Manchester United and Arsenal. On the one hand, Manchester United did not do their best. Arsenal's strength Not good, but Ancelotti made fatal mistakes against Manchester City and Liverpool."

"In the 2:4 game against Manchester City, the media overwhelmingly criticized Ancelotti's starting tactics after the game, but in this game against Tottenham Hotspur, Ancelotti's starting tactics were fine. There was no problem with the on-the-spot command in the first hour, but the real problem, or the controversial point, was his substitution adjustment."

"Of course, Ancelotti's substitution was very brave this time, replacing the defensive Ballack with the offensive Arshavin, but the question is, can such a substitution be effective? Or, is it Isn't there a better choice?"

"We saw that after replacing Ballack, Tottenham Hotspur's left attack was fully activated, and this goal of Tottenham Hotspur was actually the left attack that attracted the defenders. After attention, Fabregas assists with a diagonal pass from the right side of the midfield, and then passes to the left of the penalty area to find Falcao."

"Of course, Cesc Fabregas's pass over the top is very good, the place is excellent, Falcao's movement and anticipation are also very good, and the combination of the two made this goal, but Chelsea's defense really did. There was a mistake, and it was not a small mistake.”

The live TV footage was specially shown on the sidelines. Unlike Ye Qiu's lavish celebration after Falcao's goal, Ancelotti looked very depressed on the sidelines, with a look of regret on his face. Maybe he is doing it for his own sake. Regret the substitution.

No matter what the purpose and starting point of his substitution is, and no matter whether there is any active or passive reason for his substitution, in a word, his substitution caused Chelsea's defense to be broken and Chelsea's loss. ball.

Perhaps Ancelotti did a good job throughout the game, but this substitution was his only failure in this game, the only mistake!
(End of this chapter)