Football’s First Defender

"Attack! Attack! Keep attacking!"

The situation on the court is constantly changing, and it is extremely necessary to test the head coach's on-site adaptability.

Regarding the situation after the team lost the ball, Ancelotti's thoughts when conducting tactical drills before the game, Inter Milan will definitely find a way to keep their lead, and just play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind.

But as the game progressed, Ancelotti found that he was wrong. In this game, Mourinho changed his conservative style in the past, but invested more power in the frontcourt. , to ensure that the team has always maintained pressure on Chelsea's backcourt. Not only did they not carry out defensive counterattack tactics, but they even had a posture of directly attacking Chelsea without using all their strength in defense.

Although the two sides strangled in the midfield, no matter who gets the ball, they will directly play the ball forward, which will create a good offensive opportunity.

It’s just that, compared to Chelsea’s attack, Inter Milan’s attack was mostly resolved by Chelsea defender Yang Feng. In the whole scene, except for Inter Milan’s opening goal, at other times, Chelsea’s The offensive is obviously more effective, and as the game progresses, the advantage on the scene is constantly expanding.

However, Inter Milan, which sits at home, chose to continue to be tough in the midfield instead of retreating to defend.

Mourinho may also know that for Chelsea, which has reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years and just won the Champions League last year, if they can't win Chelsea at home, then in the second round, they will go to Stamford Bridge with their own ball. The team will definitely suffer more.

If you want to take the initiative to advance, if you don't take advantage of the San Siro to expand your lead, start defending now. Then counting the second round, no matter how much Inter Milan's defense improves, it is very likely that they will not be able to stop it. Live Chelsea's indiscriminate bombing.

Therefore, Inter Milan uncharacteristically invested more troops on the offensive end, hoping to continue to expand their lead and strive to score another goal.

Although his own defense line will be greatly threatened by Inter Milan, Ancelotti continues to ask the team to increase their investment in the offensive end at this time.

Regarding the defense of the back line, Ancelotti chooses to believe that the defense line composed of Yang Feng and Terry can resolve most of the dangers. After all, how to say, my team is now behind in the score, and I must take advantage of the fact that Inter Milan has not retracted to defend during this period, and seize the time to attack and try to equalize the score.

Inter Milan is now leaving such a large offensive space for themselves. Ancelotti does not think that Mourinho will always be so generous. Maybe at some point, Mourinho will put out a bus again and focus on defense. At that time, it would definitely be detrimental to Chelsea's offensive development in the frontcourt.

Ancelotti chose to attack very decisively, and must take the lead in attacking to equalize the score.

After Ivan and Malouda received further instructions from An Pang, on the offensive end, the range and frequency of forward thrusts increased, which strengthened Chelsea's offensive strength on the wing, making Chelsea's overall offensive posture, and Offensive threat, taken to the next level.

With Chelsea's two full-backs both stepping forward and crossing the half-court, Inter Milan's wide defenders did not dare to be careless, nor did they dare to take too much space.

This allows Chelsea's breakthrough in the middle to play better without the restriction of so many Inter Milan defensive forces.

Especially Kalou and Anelka, with Malouda and Ivan participating in the attack behind them, the two wingers suddenly moved laterally to the middle, and in an instant they were even able to attack Inter Milan's midfielder in the middle. Create a situation of overplaying and underplaying.

And it is this kind of frequent transposition interspersed, combined with the timely delivery of the ball in the middle or the side, will always make Chelsea's offense burst in the middle.

Ivan received the pass from Lampard on the right and chose to pass it to Anelka who retreated in the middle.

After Anelka stopped the ball and turned around, he chose to make a direct pass and found Kalou who slipped from the left again.

Under the interference of Mota's physical confrontation, Kalou did not choose to stop the ball. Instead, he took the ball directly during the running process and stuffed the ball to Drogba who retreated to the front of the penalty area.

Drogba leaned his back against Lucio, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught Samuel who was coming to this side to defend. He did not choose to turn around, perform 1v2, and try to hit the goal. The ball was swept to the right again.

Anelka's forward drive was very timely. Before Zanetti and Samuel turned to defend this side at the same time, Anelka received the ball in the middle of the two, and it was directly outside the penalty area. Volley, but this kick is too much for the power of the shot, the ball is not covered, it is high...

Chelsea's offense is still going on. Although Inter Milan has been in a passive state recently, Mourinho still has no intention of adjusting.

Perhaps for Mourinho, it is a bet at this time, betting on his team's defense line, being able to defend successfully, and betting on the offensive players left in the midfield, who can seize rare offensive opportunities and expand the score.

At least 180 minutes in the two knockout games, and during the 90 minutes of Inter Milan at home, Mourinho has reason to believe that he can win the bet!

Chelsea's offense is still initiated by the two wingers and terminated by the players in the center.

It's just that this time Malouda attracted a lot of Inter Milan's defensive power on the left side. When he wanted to transfer the ball in a wide range, Stankovic saw it through. The ball hit the top, and it hit the dense defense area of ​​​​the own team.

Four Inter Milan players, even though Drogba was almost surrounded, still made a communication error in explaining the top man. Lucio, who was near Drogba, did not defend Drogba, who was still in the penalty area. , allowing Drogba to stride out of the penalty area and complete the top challenge near the 30-meter area. Neither Cambiasso nor Motta could block Drogba behind him, and Drogba used the run-up to take off. The two successfully fought over their heads, and Drogba headed the ball to the left wing area.

The second point was won by the alert Kalu. Kalu wanted to try to break through to Inter Milan's penalty area, but Maicon saw that the defense in the middle was a bit chaotic, so he directly blocked Kalu with a foul. Give Chelsea a chance for a dangerous free kick.

There are many good free kick players in the Chelsea team, and there are also enough masters to compete for the landing point. In this free kick position that can be passed and played, it is enough to create enough defensive pressure for Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

Two Chelsea players, Didier Drogba and Lampard, stood in front of the free kick.

Since Chelsea still have Anelka, Yang Feng, Ivan and Terry in the penalty area, even if Drogba stands in front of the free kick, he should try to hit the goal directly, but Inter Milan is still not sure. Whether it is a kind of tactical confusion, in the end, Lampard passed the ball and looked for the competition point in the penalty area.

Yang Feng got enough attention from the opponent this time. Mourinho used Stankovic and Cambiasso to mark Ivan and Anelka, but for Yang Feng, he sent an orthodox central defender. Samuel.

After all, for Yang Feng, the ghostly running position and excellent body control ability, Mourinho also got the general idea after watching many Chelsea game videos, so he directly sent Samuel, who is strong in physical confrontation, to Yang Feng pushed out of the dangerous area, which fundamentally restricted Yang Feng's movement.

In the penalty area, the players from both sides had a hand-to-hand fight before kick-off, and in the end, the free kick was kicked out by Drogba after a run-up and hit the goal directly!

The ball flew over the wall like a cannonball and flew directly to the goal. Cesar flew to save, but he was not high enough to touch the football at all!

"Boom!"

"Drogba hit the goal directly! The camera didn't catch up with this kick!"

"Judging from the sound and the direction the ball bounced off, it should have hit the crossbar!"

The ball bounced back to the middle, before Cesar got up, Yang Feng stepped forward and wanted to make a supplementary shot, but Samuel was very experienced, and when his reaction speed was not as fast as Yang Feng, he directly moved his body in front of Yang Feng In a cross, Yang Feng did touch the bouncing football first, but blocked by Samuel's body, he couldn't exert force and swing his legs at all. The ball was only lightly touched by Yang Feng, and it flew softly towards ahead.

And Cesar's second reaction speed was extremely fast. From the fallen position, he directly jumped forward and pressed the slowly forward football under his body. The Inter Milan fans at the scene once again had a false alarm.