Ice Shooter of the Green Field

Stoke City is known as the city of the sky, the most important reason is that their main lineup is tall and burly, and its representative is the number one star, England international, Peter Crouch, known as the tall guy, with a height of Reaching two meters, but the technique at the feet is extremely superb, and the fairy balls are constantly being shot. He is also known as England Ibrahimovic.

In addition, the two central defenders are tall over 1.9 meters. Shawcross, who was born in the Red Devils Manchester United youth training, is 1.96 meters tall. The German iron guard Huth is 1.91 meters tall. Crouch's striker partner Jones, the one taller and one faster, also reached 1.87 meters tall.

The main full-back Wilkinson is 1.81 meters, Wilson is 1.88 meters, the main midfielder Whitehead is 1.83 meters, Willan is 1.81 meters, the main goalkeeper Begovic is 1.96 meters, and there are only two wingers No more than 1.8 meters, two wingers Knightley and Etherington.

It is indeed rare for a winger to exceed 1.8 meters, because the winger emphasizes speed, and Stoke City, which plays high and high, relies heavily on crosses. If there is a tall and fast player to play as a winger, Stoke City will definitely welcome it.

In contrast, Chelsea pales in comparison, except for goalkeeper Petr Cech who is 1.96 meters tall - of course, after all, goalkeepers are generally taller, otherwise it will be difficult to meet the requirements of modern football. In addition, none of the main lineup exceeds A player of 1.9 meters.

The two main central defenders David Luiz and Terry are both less than 1.9 meters, and only Sturridge is taller on the forward line, reaching 1.88 meters. Torres is only 1.83 meters. Meter 8 is just right, Mata, Marin, and Hazard are all less than 1.8 meters.

Chelsea's frontcourt still pays more attention to speed and quickness, and the actual match against Sky City is also very interesting.

Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Chelsea's home game against Stoke City is about to start, Hiddink's lineup is the pursuit of speed!

The forwards are Zitzer, Sturridge and Hazard.

Torres' speed is not as good as before, especially after following Hiddink's advice to gain weight, Torres' explosive power and speed have continued to decline, but Sturridge is very fast.

Sturridge is not only fast, but also a good dribbler, but sometimes he plays a bit alone, which is not a problem for Chelsea who need speed.

Let Sturridge start because he has the attributes of speed and height. In front of Stoke City, Chelsea must have no advantage in high-altitude balls, but a fast high center forward is not too tall. , Torres, whose speed has also dropped sharply, is better to use.

However, there is also a problem with Sturridge and Zize starting at the same time.

Sturridge will not play the ball like a center forward like Torres,

His own playing habits are not like this. Generally, the ball will always show off twice when the ball reaches his feet. In short, Sturridge always takes the ball forward and rarely goes back.

Of course, Qi Ce is almost the same, but Qi Ce can also pass back when needed. In short, Qi Ce can adapt to most of the team's arrangements.

The game started, and the visiting team Stoke City took the lead.

During the short period of time that Gao Lao Crouch played, it was also when the reputation of Sky City rose to fame. Last year, the 31-year-old Crouch joined Stoke City with a value of 10 million pounds. The most expensive player in the history of Stoke City, and Crouch has also become the core of Stoke City's tactics.

After Stoke City, which has always held high and played high, welcomes Crouch, it is more unscrupulous to take high-altitude balls. Although Crouch's header skills are actually not that good, his height is placed there after all. A pestle is a high-altitude fulcrum.

And Stoke City's offense is indeed, often kicking high balls, looking for Crouch in front, although Crouch's header is not so accurate, but his ability to ferry the header is first-rate.

This may be related to the strength of his waist and abdomen. Because he is too tall but thin, Crouch's physical strength is actually not strong, and the strength of his header is soft.

But this will not affect Crouch ferrying the ball to his teammates.

Heading and heading are two completely different actions. Heading tests the strength of the waist and abdomen and head shaking, while heading the test is the contact position between the ball and the head and the awareness of passing the ball. Usually the header ferry does not require much strength, as long as the pass is accurate.

In the first half of the match between Stoke City and Chelsea, Stoke City's ball possession rate was terribly low, only 26%, while Chelsea controlled nearly 80% of the ball possession rate.

Or because of Stoke City's style of play.

The head coach Tony Pulis has been coaching Stoke City since 2006, and he has established the style of playing high and high. After Crouch came to the team last year, Pulis completely evolved the high and high playing to the extreme. Competitions are no exception.

As soon as Stoke City started to have the ball, whichever side started to control the ball passed the ball into the open space, and once there was space, they drove the ball forward.

Crouch and Jones ran to compete for the top, and their goal is generally very clear, which is the wing.

The direction of attack basically depends entirely on where the big foot in the backcourt kicks the ball, and where the two players in front can ferry the ball. If it is on the left, then Etherington will go up to get the ball, and on the right is Knightley.

After the two wingers get the ball, they break through. Generally, there is no technicality. If they go forward desperately, they usually rely on their speed. fight back.

The effect of this play is actually very good.

Although Stoke City can't get the ball, every time they get the ball, they can always test the psychological endurance of the home fans.

The first twenty minutes.

The number of times Stoke City took the ball was only about six times. The longest time was more than 40 seconds, and the shortest time was only two seconds before conceding the ball. The total was only about four minutes.

But in six chances of possession, Stoke City had two shots and three hits into Chelsea's attacking third.

This is why Stoke City is pursuing this style of play!

Efficiency is everything in football.

If you have one shot in a game and it goes in, and the other side has 20 shots and doesn't score, you're a winner.

Stoke didn't score, but they were much more efficient than the average team!

Half of the six ball possessions were in the final third, and two of them were shots on target, Crouch's limp header was even threatening - although limp, the angle was tricky and cut If He stood a little farther away, the ball might be pushed in slowly by Crouch.

The other shot was also completed by Crouch. Etherington took the ball and made a pass. Crouch hit the goal after stopping the ball with his chest and was blocked by Terry.

And Chelsea.

The forward line composed of Sturridge, Zize and Hazard all have strong personal abilities. Stoke City's defense line is all tall like Optimus Prime. Even the 1.88-meter Stuart Rich couldn't find room to poke his head out on either side of them.

However, the advantages of Hazard and Zize are reflected.

Especially Hazard.

Zize's attack can only be used once in a game, so after getting the ball, Zize will give it to Hazard first, let him break through and see if there is room for running and harvesting, if not, Qi Ce The policy will withdraw from the muscular jungle composed of tall men, and retreat to meet Hazard outside the penalty area.

Or for Sturridge as well.

Sturridge is quite flexible for a tall striker and has good technique with his feet, but he doesn't have much to respond to as he usually doesn't pass the ball back.

Once Sturridge dribbled the ball into the penalty area, there was no one else in his eyes, only the goal!

But the effect is average.

Qi Ce had to get the first record!

In the 31st minute, Zize caught the ball in the penalty area, used a dexterous stop and turned to bypass Huth's fight, and then turned around and shot the ball into the bottom of the net!

This is the eighth goal scored by Zize in the fifth game of the Premier League. This Bundesliga scoring machine is still powerful in the Premier League and continues to maintain a super high scoring efficiency!