Football’s First Defender

With the retraction defense of Inter Milan's players staying in the frontcourt, Chelsea's smooth passing and cutting cooperation in the midfield before has become more and more difficult.

And in order to completely limit all of Chelsea's offensive opportunities in the center and extinguish the offensive momentum that Chelsea has played before, on the two sides, Inter Milan directly gave up the defense and relied entirely on the personal strength of the two full-backs to defend the side. There's nothing wrong with putting some wide crosses in properly, as long as you don't let Chelsea's wide players break into the penalty area.

For the cross ball, although Chelsea have Drogba or Anelka in the open battle, they can compete for the top, but in the penalty area, Inter Milan has a 2-defense and 1-defense against Drogba when they have the upper hand. The strategy can also effectively limit Chelsea's competition for the top.

Eto'o and Sneijder's return to defense is a booster for Inter Milan's defense, especially Sneijder, who began to abandon his position as an attacking midfielder and use his own running. Wherever the replacement goes, he has become a defensive engineer player!

Inter Milan on the field, after firming up their determination to strengthen their defense, seemed to have placed 9 defenders in front of and behind the penalty area. Only Milito still served as the fulcrum of the counterattack, at the forefront, while Eto'o was cruising between the defense and the defense. In the Chelsea midfield area, it can not only help Inter Milan block Chelsea's passing route, but also can be involved in the counterattack at any time, giving Chelsea a fatal blow.

In response to Inter Milan's increasingly stringent defensive system, Chelsea can only invest more power on the offensive end to ensure that the team can maintain the suppression in the frontcourt and create enough threatening offensive opportunities.

With obviously not many offensive opportunities in the middle, Chelsea chose to shift the main attack direction and tentatively shifted to the two sides.

Ivan on the right and Malouda on the left, simply looking at their positions on the field, are definitely not full-backs, but two orthodox full-backs.

When the two were attacking, they were completely pressed, opening up space for Chelsea on the wing, and making proper use of crosses to find teammates in the penalty area.

And Yang Feng, who has developed the ability to pass long passes, also began to participate more in the team's offensive system in sports games.

Although Yang Feng may not be able to perfectly control the direction and strength of the through ball, Yang Feng can still do a good job in the middle circle by transferring the ball to the left and right in a wide range, which is equivalent to helping Lampa in the midfield. Germany and Ballack shared a certain amount of organizational pressure, so that the two could concentrate on the offensive end, further compressing Inter Milan's defensive space.

The duo on the left side of Malouda and Kalu is Chelsea's most powerful attacking combination on the wing. However, facing Inter Milan's tight defense line that is all shrunk within a 30-meter danger zone, the two have little to play against. space for rapid breakthrough.

Both Maicon and Stankovic are guarding the corner of the penalty area, ready for battle, and Cambiasso is nearby ready to support at any time.

Because Lampard and Ballack are in the middle position, they are not the kind of existence with strong breakthrough ability, so with Sneijder's return to defense, it is completely possible for Sneijder to complete the long-range defense against Lampard or Ballack . In turn, Inter Milan's midfield defensive players, such as Cambiasso, can be freed from the simple task of defending Chelsea's midfielder from long-range shots, helping Inter Milan to better complete the blockade of the area.

Even though the number of people on the wing did not fall behind in the confrontation, in order to prevent Kalou and Malouda's pass from entering the penalty area, Inter Milan's defense line was carried out around the large penalty area, and did not choose to rush forward. Pressing on Chelsea's flanks.

However, although Chelsea players have been given a fair amount of crossing space, they still provide a certain amount of defensive pressure by keeping a proper distance.

Inter Milan's defensive strength on the side has always been in a state where you can complete the cross, but there must still be a certain defensive pressure, which will not make the offensive players too comfortable.

The Chelsea players who created countless threatening offenses before, at this time, are actually a little indifferent to this not-so-good passing opportunity. They would rather choose to reorganize and try to create some better offensive opportunities.

Malouda and Kalu passed each other on the wing for several consecutive kicks, but they didn't get a good chance. In the case of being unable to mobilize the Inter Milan defense line, Kalu, who had no chance on the left, had to choose to pass back to the center. Reorganize.

After receiving the ball, Lampard faced Sneijder who was stuck in front of him. In fact, he didn't have a good chance of direct long-range shots. Instead, he chose a curve ball and transferred the ball to Ivan on the right.

Ballack's forward drive on the right attracted Motta away and created a 1v1 opportunity for Ivan and Zanetti on the wing. However, Zanetti, who played as the left back, had a very clear defensive principle in this game. That is, when Ivan takes the ball forward, he keeps retreating and does not give Ivan a chance to break through.

Then get stuck near the penalty area line, within the range where teammates can help in the penalty area, and then go up to grab it. And when Ivan is active outside the penalty area, he is giving Ivan a certain chance to pass the ball, which is exactly the same as Maicon's defensive method on the right. Control the distance and definitely prevent you from breaking through me, and then guarantee to pass to him. When playing the ball, it is good to have a certain amount of defensive pressure.

After some passes, Chelsea had enough offensive players in the penalty area. Ivan did not hesitate too much. After taking the ball forward for a few steps, he suddenly took a step horizontally, and then kicked a pass into the penalty area. .

The ball passed by Ivan had a big arc, and it ran directly to the outside of the goal post, and Anelka was the supporter at the back point.

Drogba's position in front of the middle goal was directly blocked by two Inter Milan defenders with their bodies.

Anelka inserted diagonally from the middle area. Although he seized a fairly favorable offensive position, under Samuel's defensive confrontation, Anelka could not make a too comfortable header. In addition to Ivan's pass, in order to avoid the goalkeeper's control area, the pocket is still too far back. When the angle of the goal becomes smaller, Anelka needs to lean back a little to reach the football!

In the end, although Anelka completed the header this time, the difficult parabolic shot he wanted was still not high enough, and Sussel directly grabbed the football with both hands.

Under the circumstances that the pass-and-cut coordination was almost prevented from going on, Chelsea's offensive method could only be changed to the old way, with the two wingers attacking in turn and the players in the middle hitting the goal with long shots.

Use the pass from the wing, find the strong point of the header in the penalty area, and rely on Drogba's personal performance. In the middle, Lampard and Ballack's excellent long-range shooting ability are used to hit the goal directly and strive for goals.

Secondly, I also hope that Inter Milan's players, taking into account Chelsea's long-range threat, can raise the defense line a little bit, so that Chelsea's pass and cut can cooperate to regain a certain amount of offensive space.

Lampard and Ballack, on the offensive end of Chelsea, were in a stalemate, and they also knew that it was time for them to rely on their personal abilities to play a role.

Also in the case of receiving a pass from a teammate from the wing in the middle, at this time Lampard and Ballack will no longer transfer the ball in a wide range and hand the ball to the weak side to create opportunities, but almost themselves, Look for a chance to take a long shot!

The Inter Milan players tightened behind the 30-meter danger zone line, so Lampard directly tried to attack the goal from a super-long distance by himself at a position of more than 30 meters!

Two consecutive ultra-long-range direct hits, Lampard hit the goal with one kick, and hit the goal with a strong kick, but was blocked by Cesar bravely.

Although this kind of long-distance shot may not be able to get in with 10 kicks, but it is this kind of long-range shot that still poses a certain threat. It is going to test Inter Milan's defense and let Mourinho decide whether to take it or not. Put it up a few meters and interfere with Chelsea's long-range attack.

The tactical game between the two sides may determine the final direction of this game...