Football’s First Defender

Manchester United's offense was a little loose in the final stage of the game. Even the right-wing full-back O'Shea began to advance properly and participated in the team's offense.

While Yang Feng had to be careful of Rooney's constant movement, he also had to deal with the forward penetration of other Manchester United players, commanding his teammates in the middle to carry out corresponding defense.

"Manchester United's attack, on the left, Gabriel's strong attack!"

"Ivanovic's defensive position is very well chosen. Although Gabriel has space to move forward, he is under Ivan's position and does not have a good passing space."

Although Gabriel broke through to near the bottom line in the end, under Ivan's confrontation, he really didn't have much to do, and went on to attack further.

Young offensive players are like this. It is easy to fall into their own offensive "rhythm" in the game. It seems that they have made a certain degree of progress on the offensive end by relying on their personal ability, but for the team's overall offense, But it didn't help much.

Just like Gabriel, although in terms of statistics, he made a dangerous attack and advanced to the opponent's bottom line, but at this time, apart from a kick back to Evra who came in, there was nothing else at all. Method.

"Evra, coming forward for Gabriel's pass, Lampard comes up and blocks Evra."

Lampard's defense may be the weakest among Chelsea's four midfielders, but you must know that Lampard also undertook a considerable defensive task under Mourinho, so As far as personal defense is concerned, Lampard is not that weak, and even at certain moments, Lampard's performance is not weaker than a defensive midfielder.

"Evra wants to change direction and beat Lampard!"

Evra's speed and body do have an advantage when facing Lampard, but Lampard doesn't care about that, he just hits his body, and it's just a bump. Although Evra can resist somewhat, it is still reasonable Using the rules wisely, he fell to the ground in front of the penalty area and won a free kick in an excellent position for Manchester United.

Carrick stood before the free kick and took the free kick himself.

"Carrick, run up, hit the goal directly!"

"Cech! A side attack!"

"Hold the ball with both hands!"

Carrick's free kick didn't widen the angle of the goal, and it was still a bit positive. Cech didn't have too many surprises when defending the ball, and picked it off with both hands firmly.

Ancelotti also took advantage of a dead ball to make the team's second substitution. Malouda replaced Anelka and played the right midfielder on the right. His main job was to defend and limit Manchester United. The newly replaced Gabriel and Evra's left combination.

For the third substitution at the same time, Ancelotti used Joe Cole, who had just returned from injury, to replace Drogba. The team's defense in the midfield can also use Joe Cole's speed to threaten Manchester United's defense.

Joe Cole also has a lot of fate. This England genius midfielder has suffered from injuries throughout his career. At the beginning of this year, Joe Cole just suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury. Now, Joe Cole, who has been training for nearly ten months, has only resumed training for a month, and he has been evaluated by Chelsea's medical team, thinking that he has recovered to 100%. Otherwise, An Pang would not take the risk of using Joe Cole at this time. .

You know, with Joe Cole's return from injury, Ancelotti has another technical player who can play in the midfield, which also makes the formation of the four midfielders have more combinations. and routines.

Moreover, Joe Cole can sometimes play the winger position, which makes Chelsea's position in the midfield and tactics can undergo greater changes.

This is also when Joe Cole's body is considered to have fully recovered by the medical team. Ancelotti can safely arrange him to play and immediately use the game to find his condition. Even in this game, after the focus of the battle with Manchester United middle.

Anyway, Drogba didn't get involved in the defense much before, and Chelsea didn't need to conduct precise frontcourt coordination at the last moment before looking for offensive opportunities. For personal defensive harassment in the midfield, when the team counterattacks, it is good to run at the forefront to find opportunities, so there is no problem of tacit understanding. Joe Cole only needs to be familiar with the rhythm of the game.

Malouda's presence on the field created an extremely strong barrier in front of Ivanovic. Even if Gabriel and Evra attacked in turn, they were destined not to be able to easily break through Malouda's personality on the left. Defense, even if it takes energy to complete a breakthrough, Ivan and the Chelsea players who came to help defend in the midfield position will make them encounter tighter defenses.

Because of Manchester United's attack on the right, O'Shea also started to move forward. The new Joe Cole's position on the field, according to Manchester United's offensive changes, is more like a left midfielder, but because of O'Shea's attack With limited ability, he only does support work. Joe Cole is next to O'Shea, and he is still Chelsea's top player.

Manchester United's offense only improved for a short period of time. After Chelsea's targeted defense was made, it returned to the previous state of stagnant offense.

Although, relying on the personal ability of the players, Manchester United can still create a few opportunities, but whether it is a high-altitude pass that barely reaches the penalty area, or a pass that wants to go straight into the dangerous area, it will be blocked by Yang Feng in the penalty area. There is also Chelsea's very strong defensive combination in the middle to intercept all of them.

Rooney and Irving had a lot of running positions in the penalty area, but the support given by Manchester United's other offensive players was really not enough.

Rooney, who was a little impatient, also began to try to get out of the penalty area and catch the ball on the side. However, facing Chelsea's defense, Rooney shot two long shots from a small angle, but did not cause Chelsea too much. threaten.

As for Yang Feng, he continued to play his role as the pinnacle in Chelsea's lineup. As Yang Feng spent more time in the team, he became more acquainted with Chelsea players, and more people began to take the initiative to understand Yang Feng. Therefore, when Ancelotti handed over the command of the defense on the field to Yang Feng, and When Terry was only a support, there were not so many people in the Chelsea team who said that Yang Feng's overall view and reaction ability were indeed extremely good, and he was very suitable for dragging the team's defense line to the end to deal with various emergencies. Command the audience.

On several occasions, Manchester United players ran without the ball, and there was barely a trace of space in the penalty area. Yang Feng was at the end of the defense line and had the best visual angle. While helping his teammates to defend, he reminded the players in the middle to make up Defense, and adjust the station appropriately.

Because of the level of tacit understanding, Yang Feng usually calls out his teammates' names and directions, and his teammates can realize which dangerous area Manchester United players appear in, and complete the most appropriate defensive fine-tuning.

Although after 85 minutes, Manchester United, who felt that there was not much time for the game and that there were not many opportunities, started the traditional British style of punching and hanging, but the players in the frontcourt were really limited in height, which limited the restraint on Chelsea's defense. , Many crosses, not only did not cause any threat, but Chelsea's counterattack was very impressive.

Joe Cole's counterattack in the 87th minute almost killed the game completely. It's a pity that although Joe Cole dribbled the ball at full speed and passed O'Shea's defense in the counterattack, the adjustment time left for himself was really too much. Too little. When facing the attacking Van der Sar, Joe Cole forcibly chose to poke and shoot, but did not pass Van der Sar's defense, and was blocked by Van der Sar with his legs.

There were not too many fouls in this game, and 3 minutes of stoppage time was considered quite satisfactory. Manchester United's final onslaught did not pose too much threat to Chelsea. In the end, Chelsea relied on their iron-blooded defense to successfully defeat Stamford Bridge. , defended a victory.

Through this direct dialogue victory, Chelsea overtook Manchester United by 2 points and ascended to the league leader's throne.