Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Manot is crazy to play 541 with a central defender.

The commentator of the live broadcast said that he couldn't understand the substitution of the head coach Mano, and said frankly that it was a crime to put the 1.78-meter-tall Wang Pei in the central defender defense line of all 1.9+ meters.

I don't understand, I really don't understand.

Even many fans of the Benfica team were confused and puzzled.

Is this surrender? People can't help but ask such questions.

Now we are behind, you Mano should have played forward, strengthened the offense, and tried to equalize the score in a short time. On the contrary, such substitutions and changes of positions give people a signal to strengthen defense and give up the game.

The formation is 541 when defending and 352 when attacking.

The three central defenders always standing on the back line are the biggest limitation for the opponent's high-altitude balls.

At the moment of chasing points, if someone scores another goal, then it will be completely in the abyss. First, build a fence to plan for the later stage.

Gomez went to the middle and Wang Bo pushed to the front line, which was Mano's adjustment in offense.

This was an unconventional routine, and it was also a routine that had never been practiced. Now that the offensive situation could not be opened, Mano decided to take a gamble.

Throughout the game, Gomez, who was rooted in the opponent's penalty area, did not take advantage of the two tall and strong central defenders, and the chances of shooting were even less than satisfactory.

The key factor here was that too many high-altitude balls in this game made them at a loss. The offensive formation was spread out in the front court of the Guimaraes team only a few times, and it was naturally difficult to have a threatening attack.

Facing the distinctive and unreasonable breakthroughs of Guimaraes' two wingers, Benfica was completely restricted.

The so-called best defense is offense. The explosive points of the opponent's wing completely suppressed the two wingers of Benfica.

The wing attack could not be opened, and Gomez, who was struggling to support, could not get support. The defenders could double-team and target him unscrupulously, so naturally there was no way to score.

In this case, changing the offensive method and rhythm may lead to unexpected results.

Wang Pei has had experience in playing as a center forward, which was arranged by the Eagles coach Blue. However, it was the U16 league at that time. Now it is a cup competition with higher standards and higher intensity. It is incomparable. No one can guarantee the effect.

The first defensive round of substitute appearance is here.

Three central defenders stand in the penalty area, two central defenders greet the opponent's center forward Bali, and one central defender takes care of Helen who can be inserted at any time outside the penalty area.

The whole defense immediately looks three-dimensional, although Bali still gets the ball.

But he was sandwiched by two central defenders, and he was uncomfortable. He could not form an attack in the first time, and could only choose to pass the ball back to Helen who was inserted in the back row.

This is their most common offensive routine.

Simple, clear, and clear, but it is impossible to defend.

Now, Mano's purpose of adding a central defender is to win by numbers.

The central defender who took care of the perimeter of the penalty area cleverly blocked Helen's route to the back row, looked back at the moon, and sent Bali's pass to the side.

Gomez, who retreated to the middle, made the handover between the Guimares midfielder and the central defender a little messy, and appeared in a short moment of no defense.

Gomez quickly responded, and after getting the ball, he looked up and saw Wang Bo, who was pressing on the front line, had already started. He understood and used a defender's footwork to pass the ball with the instep.

The ball drew a beautiful arc in the sky above the Guangming Stadium and hit directly between the Guimares defense line and the goalkeeper.

As the old saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger, and an inch shorter is an inch more dangerous.

The tall and strong central defender of Guimares is very good at high-altitude balls, power confrontations and frontal defense, but speed is exactly the Achilles' heel of this big central defender.

If the tall central defender is compared to a tank, then the small and fast forward is a supercar.

The ball came from behind, Wang Po accelerated, and the two central defenders could only eat dust behind him. The two full-backs of Guimaraes had to frequently overlap because they had to cooperate with the wingers to break through. This time, Benfica's attack was to switch from defense to offense. The two full-backs of Guimaraes were still in Benfica's half and could not come back at all.

After Wang Po caught up with the ball, it was a smooth journey. Entering the penalty area, it was a one-on-one between him and the goalkeeper of Guimaraes. The latter tried to interfere with the direction of the shot with his footsteps, but Wang Po was not fooled. With a flick of his ankle, he broke through the goal that Guimaraes had defended for 80 minutes with a powerful lob shot.

It was tied.

"Yes!"

Mano clenched his fist to celebrate. He made the right bet.

Wang Po's teammates were boiling. After being constantly ravaged by the opponent with high-altitude balls for almost the entire game, they were all out of temper and had no place to vent their anger. Now, this equalizing goal gave them the opportunity to completely release themselves.

Also released were more than 60,000 Benfica fans at the Dragon Stadium.

When Mano fell behind and played with five defenders, and withdrew the striker Gomez to the midfield, I don't know how many people were desperate.

Many people even thought that Mano had completely given up the cup and surrendered.

The feeling of going from hell to heaven really tests the endurance of the heart.

Wang Pu himself was very calm, and did not celebrate too much to take up the game time, but ran into the opponent's goal and picked up the ball and ran to the center line.

There is still time, try to score a game-killing goal before the opponent's defense line reacts, and resolve the battle in regular time.

After the score was tied, the anxious mentality of the Benfica players calmed down.

As a championship team in the league, Benfica's hard power is there. In addition, after a whole game, the opponent will have those three axes, and they have adapted to the rhythm and made targeted deployments on defense. The high-altitude balls of the Guimaraes team are not as smooth as before. Even if they can hit the penalty area, the three central defenders are in charge, which reduces the threat of the offense to the goal.

The fence is tight, and that's the beginning of the offensive performance.

It is extremely difficult for Gomez to carry two 1.9+ meter central defenders of the opponent alone, but he still has a great advantage against a 1.88 meter midfielder.

With his big body leaning against Helen, Gomez got the ball and let the opponent confront him. He was like a bulldozer, hanging on Helen and moving forward. When another Guimaraes midfielder was pinching and grabbing, he scored a point and handed it to Wang Po in the frontcourt.

In the case of receiving the ball with his back to the goalkeeper, Wang Po took a step forward and let the ball pass. He suddenly turned around. The central defender who was defending closely behind him was paying full attention to the attacking player and did not notice the ball at all. When he reacted, the ball was already behind him, and Wang Po had already started to accelerate.

He could not pass. If Wang Po rushed forward, the back line would not be able to catch up. The central defender Guimares, who had suffered a loss, stretched out his hand and pulled him to the ground.

"Beep"

The referee blew the whistle, foul, yellow card, Benfica got a free kick opportunity 35 meters to the right of the goal.