Football’s First Defender

At the beginning of the new season, the Manchester United team, which is equivalent to being forced to make a big change, did not fall directly into a disadvantage in the game as imagined!

One reason is that, after all, the season has just started now, and after the commercial activities of the two teams in the summer, the game state has not been adjusted to the best state yet! And when the competitive state of both sides is not so good, Chelsea's stable advantage in the lineup is of course not so obvious!

The second reason is that the coaching ability that Ferguson once again demonstrated in this game is not in vain. Sir Ferguson's red empire was also built bit by bit by relying on his own talent! Based on the current lineup, Sir Alex Ferguson has chosen the most suitable tactical play for his team, the tactical system that is most suitable for these starters today!

This is the role of an old coach with rich experience. He has enough mature tactical options in his hands. He can choose the most suitable tactics according to the composition of his players, to polish the players, and to exert the strength of the players!

In this Community Shield match, which is equivalent to the Super Cup of the Premier League, Manchester United and Chelsea met for the first time after the Champions League final at the end of last season, and the game started at Wembley Stadium on time!

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United's posture was very low. Although it was still a 4-4-2 tactic, in this game, Manchester United took the initiative to become a defensive side. Starting from defense, they did not give Chelsea too many opportunities. !

You know, in the original Champions League final, Manchester United occupied a considerable initiative most of the time. The strength on the offensive end made Manchester United dare to control the ball and oppress Chelsea's defense, but now, the offense and defense are reversed!

As far as Manchester United's overall defensive effect is concerned, after losing most of the main players and incorporating many new aids, the purely defensive system must have dropped a lot from the previous Champions League final. However, it has to be What is admitted is that under Ferguson's constant emphasis, on the defensive end of this team that has no superstars, all members have contributed enough defensive strength!

The Manchester United players on the field, from the beginning of the game, have been running with all their strength to make up for the lack of the team's defensive system.

In particular, the new aid Valencia transferred from Xia Chuang played very active defensively on the right.

This Ecuadorian player, who cost Ferguson 17 million pounds and was introduced from Wigan Athletic, used himself to run actively on the field, and also had excellent coverage and interception ability, and built the first solid line for Manchester United's right-sided defense. barrier!

On the left side, because last season Manchester United had a lot of talents in the frontcourt, the Portuguese winger Nani, who rarely got a chance to play, with the departure of Ronaldo, Tevez and others, can be regarded as an ugly daughter-in-law. Mother-in-law, you can become Manchester United's first choice player on the left with a high probability!

However, among the giants like Manchester United, the most indispensable are talented players, so Nani still maintains a strong sense of crisis when he has not secured a starting position. In this game involving the championship award, Nani also wants to prove his ability and game attitude to Ferguson!

On the offensive end of Chelsea, because the overall personnel of the team has not changed in any way, with the current players, facing Manchester United, which is also a strong team, it is impossible to implement a dimensionality reduction attack like that against a weak team. In fact, the offensive tactics are that simple. How many!

The left side relies on Malouda and Ashley Cole's double turn, while the right wing attack can only rely on the right back Bosingwa who plugs in to attack, and Anelka who came to the right side!

However, under the hard defense of Nani and Valencia, because the speed and flexibility of Manchester United's two full-backs are extremely strong, so for Chelsea's wing attack, facing these two The first line of defense formed by the two flanks is really not so easy to pass!

And even after passing the first line of defense, the left-back Evra and right-back Fabio's defense capabilities are also very good.

Valencia and Nani are running hard, desperately trying to interfere with Chelsea's conduction of the ball on the wing. For many offensive players, most of the time, they don't spend all their physical energy on defense, and they should do whatever position they want. It's just because Manchester United itself is at a disadvantage in the lineup, and Ferguson is still playing. Specially emphasized the full defense at the beginning of the game, so Valencia and Nani, the two players, naturally have to work hard to prove themselves, even if all their physical strength is exhausted in such an empty run, the two of them will fight for it. There will be no complaints about the position competition in the team in the new season!

As for Chelsea's two wings, under the hard defense of Manchester United players, they really couldn't create too many opportunities for a while, because the players' bodies have not recovered to their best condition. In this abnormal state of play, the players' instant explosive power and overall speed will be greatly affected. Chelsea is on the wing and cannot rely on the players' personal ability to forcibly open the gap!

And the center, as Chelsea's main attack direction, also needs to face the strong resistance of Scholes and Fletcher, two midfielders directly related to Ferguson!

Because Rooney in this lineup will also return to a relatively back position, and the front striker Berbatov, although still "chic" near the midfield, but through his height and long legs, for Chelsea's organization of the ball at the back end of the lineup can also pose a certain threat. When defending, Manchester United, which is almost 451 positions, including Wayne Rooney's three midfielders defending, can indeed ensure that Chelsea cannot easily pass the ball to penetrate!

As the game was going on, Chelsea's main way of hitting the goal was the direct long-range shot after properly opening the angle in the middle, crossing from the wing, and various through balls in the middle, all of which could not play a threat. Performed extremely well!

This is why in the Chelsea lineup, the offensive firepower is not as strong as imagined. In the strong confrontation, in addition to the threat of set kicks, Chelsea's ability to create opportunities is not as good as facing the strict defense of the same giants. Excellent!

However, in the hands of Ancelotti, there is not much to do in terms of offensive players. If Manchester United maintains such a defensive position, they can only follow the old path of Chelsea and forcefully rely on the excellent long-range shots of several midfielders. Ability to create opportunities for long-range shots, or use set pieces to pry open the opponent's goal!

However, now that Chelsea is on the bench, there is also an excellent walking player Zhirkov, so Ancelotti, naturally, after giving unlimited fire rights to the center, for the wing attack, the focus is on the left!

Whether it is Malouda or Ashley Cole, there is no need to be stingy with their physical fitness. Now on the bench, there is an excellent reserve force to ensure that Chelsea deliberately maintains the fierce offensive on the left side of the whole game!

Chelsea's ball possession rate is improving a little bit, but Manchester United turns a blind eye to these. Manchester United only needs to do their own defense well, and occasionally counterattacks a few times, which also poses a great threat to Chelsea!

Regarding the preview of the Community Shield this time, at the end of the Champions League final, I thought it would be Manchester United who wanted to complete the battle of revenge, but now, Manchester United, who is short of major generals, was beaten violently by their old opponents in the game... …

The entire first half of the game was really boring for the audience!

Chelsea has gained a lot of control, but in terms of organizing offense, there are not many excellent offensive tactics to speak of. When the team's offense cannot be fully opened, Manchester United's defense line shrinks and shrinks, and the more they defend, the more confident they are!

Chelsea made 13 shots at the end of the half, 11 of which were direct long-range shots from the outside, but except for the 3 shots that threatened Ben Foster, the rest of the shots either missed or hit the dense defenders in the penalty area Bounce out!

The central and frontcourt players can still control the ball and try to find opportunities, while the central defenders of Yang Feng and Terry are a bit boring staying behind. Due to Manchester United's several counterattacks, Yang Feng was the first to react, catch up to the position, and complete the defense of the siege. On the other side, Terry wanted to compete with Yang Feng for a chance to defend, but he was at an absolute disadvantage. The whole person stood in the middle. Near the field, the body is almost rusted. Half-time running distance, apart from the goalkeeper, Chelsea is Terry's "laziest"!

Due to the format of the Community Shield, there is no overtime for a tie, and it goes directly to the penalty shootout!

So Chelsea, who obviously have an absolute advantage on the scene, don't want Manchester United to drag the score of 0 to 0 and go to a penalty shootout!

Ancelotti has no intention of substituting at the beginning of the second half, but for Malouda on the left, Ancelotti also gave enough tactical requirements, allowing Malouda to play as much as possible within 20 minutes of the second half. Galloping freely on the left, regardless of whether there will be mistakes, it must be with the cooperation of Ashley Cole and Chelsea's other midfielders to pose a big enough threat and consumption to Manchester United's right defense! Accumulate a large enough physical advantage for Zhirkov to play in the future!

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Chelsea began to attack on the left side, and even though Manchester United's defense line had moved to the right as a whole, Chelsea was "reckless" and fell to the bottom, regardless of the certain space that was released on the right side. The road continues to launch an offensive!

Malouda, and Ashley Cole took turns attacking Manchester United's flank defense. Malouda, in particular, tirelessly accelerated on the left, and then accelerated again, causing great physical exhaustion to Valencia and Fabio on the Manchester United side!

As for Chelsea's thoughts, how could Ferguson, who has been working hard in the Premier League for many years and has completely evolved into an "old fox", not notice it?

However, for Chelsea's offense, Ferguson may not really have many corresponding cards in his hand, which can effectively maintain the defensive strength on the right!

The countermeasure Ferguson thought of was very simple, that is, you play yours and I play mine. You must know that Manchester United is still an offensive team after all. The defense in the first half of the game is due to the temporary strength of the team lineup. When the best choice! But in the final stage of the game, Manchester United did not necessarily have to hold a tie.

It's just a Community Shield champion, it doesn't make Manchester United so embarrassed!

Chelsea's attack on the left has not yet reached the final stage. Manchester United took the lead in making substitutions and adjustments in 55 minutes. Giggs went into battle and replaced Nani, who performed well on the defensive end. !

After that, Manchester United completed the switch between the offensive and defensive ends in an instant, began to actively press high positions, passed the ball more boldly, and began to invest more people on the offensive end to complete the team's offensive cooperation in the frontcourt!

For a while, the two teams began to fight each other, and Chelsea's defense line also began to be beaten into several dangerous attacks by Manchester United!

Yang Feng and Terry suddenly became busy, especially Berbatov and Rooney. They began to press at the same time. Manchester United's formation began to change to the team's normal offensive formation!

Rooney and Berbatov's double striker is good at heading the ball, but neither of them is the kind of striker who relies solely on his body. Although both have good physical confrontation ability, they rely more Running position, relying on technology, relying on one's own excellent ability to hit the goal!

So when the two, with the passing cooperation of other Manchester United teammates, started to switch positions frequently, it really put a lot of pressure on Yang Feng and Terry!

Although this kind of pressure is not as heavy as that brought by Ronaldo in the Champions League final, whether it is Ronaldo or Tevez who will play later, when playing the forward position, his personal ability is strong and his physique is real. Strong, but both of them are the kind of players who are willing to end directly in the forward position!

Today Rooney and Berbatov may be due to the retention of their previous playing habits. Although both of them have superb shooting skills, they are better than Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez in sharing the ball selflessly. Do better!

The sharing of the ball between the two forwards caused even greater difficulties for Yang Feng in defense!

In some specific positions for receiving the ball, Yang Feng needs to judge for himself whether to block the shooting angle or the possible passing angle...

Fortunately, Chelsea's defensive line was built with real knives and guns. They have won the Champions League and seen blood!

Years of cooperation, after a short period of adjustments, Chelsea's defense has shown its strength! Even though Manchester United began to attack aggressively, Chelsea still maintained the strength of their defense while ensuring their own offense and the threat of a counterattack!

When Valencia was unable to support too many attacks on the right due to previous defensive consumption, Ryan Giggs and Evra on the left became Manchester United's main attack direction.

In the initial line of defense, after being scrambled by Manchester United's sudden counterattack, Chelsea began to focus on containing Manchester United's left attack!

The offense and defense of the two sides went back and forth very quickly, and there was an attitude of deciding the outcome of the game within 90 minutes!

On Chelsea's side, the first substitution was the new aid Zhirkov, who replaced Malouda to continue to strengthen Chelsea's offensive vitality on the left!

Facts have proved that Ancelotti's substitution choice was very timely, and the entire tactical goal was successfully achieved in the end!

In the 74th minute of the game, it was Zhirkov's forced breakthrough on the left, wading through Valencia's defense and creating an excellent left cross opportunity!

Inside the Manchester United penalty area, Drogba inserted from the back, overwhelmed O'Shea, and directly shook his head to attack the goal, giving Chelsea the lead!

After taking the lead, Chelsea, in the following games, directly switched to the defensive and started to do their old job, defense!

As for the offensive strength, Manchester United, which has fallen by more than one level, faced Chelsea's impregnable walls. There is really not much to do this time. A miracle happened!

In the end, with Drogba's goal, Chelsea won the first championship of the new season with a score of 1-0!

The Chelsea team won the Community Shield, and after that, they will officially start a new journey in the Premier League!