Football’s First Defender

After the European Super Cup, due to the arrival of the international football match day, the Premier League has also entered a 2-week break.

As the biggest and most influential football player in China, Yang Feng had the chance to represent the national team last season. For the Chelsea team that was aiming for the championship at the time, Hiddink refused the call-up request of the national football team without hesitation, and Yang Feng also flew halfway around the world to play against a weak team that could not be weaker. The Asian fish belly was of little interest.

However, Yang Feng and Chelsea's double slap in the face is said to have made some leaders of the "Pig Association" feel ashamed, and then began to use administrative power to privately prohibit the national team from recruiting Yang Feng to play in official national football matches.

Fans across the country are eagerly looking forward to Yang Feng, a central defender who has proven his strength in the European League, who can change the weak defense line of the national football team as always, but they always see new players joining the national team, which will affect the tacit understanding of the team. The team's inherent tactics did not help much in the World Cup qualifiers and refused to recruit Yang Feng.

Even though many fans resent the leadership of the national football team, there is no better and more direct way to denounce it on the Internet other than cursing.

As for the national football team, it really did not bring any surprises to the vast number of Chinese football fans. After some miraculous operations, the national football team, with tacit training and proper tactics, failed to attack and could not defend. It succeeded in taking the lead in the World Cup Asian qualifiers Go home and watch a play...

And Yang Feng himself did not engage in any off-court activities for himself to join the national football in the public or other channels. Yang Feng knew that the past few years were the darkest time for domestic football. It can be said that some people thought that they could cover the sky in the football field. . However, if the sky wants to destroy it, it must first make it crazy.

Yang Feng knew that these football moths, who were already a little crazy, would be completely destroyed by stronger administrative forces in the future. The darkness in domestic football would completely dissipate a lot in the next few years. As for Yang Feng himself, now it is good to develop himself in the club with peace of mind, and make his own contribution to Chinese football when the official pays more attention to football in the future!

On the national team match day, as a rare rest time, Yang Feng still showed up at Chelsea's training base as always, and trained with some teammates who were not recruited by the national team, as well as many youth players who were transferred to keep the game .

During these two weeks of sufficient individual training time, with the help of the defensive coach, Yang Feng still focused on the ability to compete for the header. The next game will also be a big test for Yang Feng's central defender position, because Chelsea is going to challenge Stoke City away!

In terms of pure strength, Stoke City may be a mid-range team mixed in the Premier League, but in terms of the characteristics of the team, it is definitely the most "rough" among the many "rough" teams in the Premier League That team!

The team coach Tony Pulis has coached Stoke City for nearly 10 years. Since he took charge of Stoke City for the second time in 2006, he has made great efforts to Stoke City, which was still in the British Championship at that time. Comprehensive tactical reform.

Under the coaching of Tony Pulis, Stoke City has returned to the most primitive way of playing football. They don't need to control the ball, and they don't need any complicated tactics. The long pass is the most fundamental core of Stoke City. tactics!

Equipped with ruthless people who can throw "grenades" into the penalty area with sideline balls, when you watch Stoke City's games, their footballs are always flying around in the sky. After that, the reputation of "Sky City" Belonging to Stoke City!

Although other teams also have high center forwards, they are generally equipped with a fast and flexible second forward, but Stoke City's striker has always been a representative of tall and strong!

Tony Pulis' vision for picking people is very simple, that is, he is looking for forwards who are strong and tall enough in the transfer market. Equipped with a strong, fast traditional British winger, and a central defender in the midfielder, there are still some players who are tall and strong enough!

Anyway, for the players of Stoke City, except for some players with very obvious characteristics, most of the players must be physically strong, and the confrontation ability is the priority.

The second is a player who is tall enough to open the opponent's goal for the team!

So when playing against Stoke City, Chelsea's height advantage against most teams no longer exists. Instead, beware of Stoke City's high-altitude bombing!

However, the performance of "Sky City" in the face of giant teams is always in two extremes, either after the iron barrel is defended, it seizes the opportunity to set the ball, and various opportunities to pass high-altitude balls. Smashing, the giants that can smash are also dizzy.

Of course, it may also be that the team made a mistake in defense. In order to fill in the hole, after the players attacked, some tall and strong players did not return to the defense quickly enough, resulting in huge defensive loopholes and being counterattacked by the opponent. Expand the score.

In the second round of the league, when Stoke City challenged Liverpool, one of the top four giants, in an away game, they suffered a disastrous defeat in the contest of high and fast.

After Liverpool withstood Stoke City's constant header bombing at the beginning of the game, they used the passing and cutting cooperation of their frontcourt players to directly tear through the inflexible Stoke City defense line and score directly!

Afterwards, Stoke City, who came out of the attack, was dizzy and disoriented by Liverpool's counterattack, and directly surrendered. Liverpool, who opened the door badly, directly declared that their strength was still strong with a 4-0 bloodbath in the second round!

Because of the offseason of the national team match day, the Chelsea team can have enough time to make targeted arrangements for Stoke City. It only needs to wait for most of the team's main players to fly back to the club, and the coaching staff will focus on of emphasis.

In the 5th round of the Premier League, 7 Premier League games started at the same time, and for Chinese fans, Chelsea's game is naturally the first choice.

At the Britannia Stadium in Stoke City, the entire Chelsea team, most of the starting players, came to challenge the "City in the Sky" in a slightly tired state.

For the giant teams in each league, if statistics are used, after participating in the Champions League or Europa League, and after the national team match day, there must be a significant difference in the winning rate of the major giants compared to usual. Increase.

In the field of football that is getting closer to excellence, those who eat this bowl of youthful rice and those who can gain a foothold in the five major leagues must have two brushes.

In fact, for the players who play for giants, in the case of similar technical movements, many players may have better physical fitness, which can ensure that they have more effective play time and achieve more help to the team.

However, the players of the general giants teams are also the first-choice players of the major national teams. After two consecutive games on the national team match day and continuous long-distance flights, when the players fly back to the club, they will not be injured. Everything is fine, and the state still needs the team's logistics team to help slowly recover.

In this game, although Stoke City is an opponent that should not be underestimated, Chelsea still carried out a small rotation due to the status of the players.

Anelka, Bosingwa, and Essien, who experienced two tough games on the national team match day, all got rest time in this game. With the team's 442 formation unchanged, Kalou, Mikel, Iraq Vannovic started in their place.

And Ivanovic's playing can be regarded as adding a big high point to Chelsea's defense, which can withstand some "bombing" threats from "City in the Sky".

Stoke City, which is playing at home, is still in the 532 formation when they face strong teams.

Five defenders plus a black and hard midfielder to stabilize the defense, two strong, fast British full-backs on the left and right, completely abandoned the organizer in the midfield position!

The two forwards at the top are Dave Kitson at 1.91 meters and James Beatty at 1.85 meters.

The double-high combination is to give Chelsea the greatest pressure in the air when counterattacking or setting the ball.

But for Yang Feng, he also has a good understanding of the two strikers of Stoke City.

James Beatty is a 32-year-old veteran, and Dave Kitson is 1.91 meters tall, but his weight is not as good as that of Yang Feng. The confrontation ability of the two is not very strong because of their weight. For Yang Feng, the threat to Stoke City does not come from these two forwards, but from the excellent physical fitness of the opponent's defenders when they set the ball.

After the start of the game, Stoke City retreated as usual. Even the two high center forwards retreated to their own half, using their long legs to interfere with Chelsea's passing line.

And Chelsea has no idea of ​​speeding up the pace of the game. The family knows their own affairs. If it is a normal game rhythm, the rich teams are willing to speed up the pace of the game and increase the net time of the game to ensure that their players can have more room to play. There is still time.

However, many Chelsea players lack physical fitness. Although they have reached the state of the game now, there is a high probability of physical problems in the later stages of the game. At this time, the seasoned Chelsea players naturally began to slow down the pace of the game. , to save energy for the second half of the game.

As for Stoke City, no matter so much, the game time is actually consumed anyway. For non-rich Premier League teams, it doesn't matter much whether they are ranked fifth or seventeenth. The goal is just to keep relegation, and the more points you get in the early stage, the sooner you can keep relegation, the longer the "holiday" will be.

With the purpose of defending a point and waiting for an opportunity to bomb from high altitude, Stoke City just let Chelsea brush up the possession rate near the midfield without doing anything!

Of course, Chelsea, who came here for the victory, will not really spend the first half like this. Some offenses still need to be organized, and they still need to try to create opportunities!

It's just that the height of Stoke City's defense now makes Chelsea's wide crosses almost ineffective. Drogba can resist one by himself, but facing the physique of Stoke City players, facing two When you are human, you are at an absolute disadvantage.

As for Chelsea's penetrating attack, Lampard, who is acting as the midfielder, is not in a very good state today, and he has not made very good progress.

In the end, Chelsea went back to the old way of constantly trying long-range shots, pointing to long-range shots that can create opportunities.

With several long shots in succession, Chelsea did not create a too threatening attack. On the other hand, Stoke City, with limited possession of the ball, just grabbed Chelsea's wing and slammed into it. The cooperation is the simplest pass, and then the wide players rely on their personal ability to create opportunities to pass the ball from the wide.

In the penalty area, whoever catches the opportunity with two high center forwards will choose to head the goal directly, without the slightest cooperation to create better opportunities.

Although Yang Feng and Terry's central defender combination still have a defensive advantage when facing Stoke City's double forwards, the advantage does not mean that it can completely limit the opponent's shots.

In a Stoke City counterattack opportunity, since all Premier League teams are now paying attention to the counterattack ball not passing through Yang Feng's defense zone when playing against Chelsea, Stoke City's opportunity is given to the wide players. Long-distance dribble impact.

And Ivanovic's speed suffered a great loss at this time. Although due to his tall stature, the opponent could not squeeze over to complete the inside cut, but Ivanovic was still unable to effectively interfere with the direct cross. !

The home team's cross made a big arc and found Dave Kitson in the back position.

Dave Kitson's header competed for the top. Under the interference of Yang Feng's retreat, he and Yang Feng touched the football at the same time, and the ball finally pushed out with strength, hit Yang Feng's head and flew out of the baseline. Chance for a corner kick!

A rare chance to set the ball, the "Bombing Team" of "City in the Sky" can finally be dispatched with all members. A group of big men over 1.85 meters in defense, plus two high points in the frontcourt, all squeezed into Chelsea's within the restricted area.

After the full-back Collins sent a corner kick, all the big guys in Stoke City started to act. The penalty area became a hand-to-hand field for a while, and players from both teams were trying their best to grab their positions!

Because when Chelsea faced Stoke City, personal competition for the top did not occupy many positions. Therefore, when defending, Ancelotti still chose the way of zone defense. Instant advantage in numbers, complete effective defense!

Yang Feng judged that the ball landed in an area near him, so he inserted it, wanting to complete the top fight.

It's just that Yang Feng's judgment is indeed very accurate, but this time the players of the home team who are waiting to compete for the top are not too far behind in their judgment.

Abdoulaye Faye, the main central defender of Stoke City and the team's first captain, leaped high in front of Chelsea's goal and directly shook his head to attack the goal. Whether it was Yang Feng or Ballack on the other side, they all It was only a step slower, but Faye's header, under full preparation and force, had excellent angle and strength, and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

"GOAL!!!"

"Faye! Reappear the prestige of 'Sky City'!"

"Chelsea are behind away!"

After going out to play football for a few hours, it is refreshing to sweat out the body, but it is painful to write code words when I come back. . .

If you have a chance, go out and play football, don't let your body get rusty!