Football’s First Defender

During the intermission, Hiddink did not rush to make large-scale adjustments! It just emphasizes that Essien strengthen the marking of Arshavin, and let Anelka, Kalou and other offensive players warm up after the opening, and get ready to play at any time!

Maybe the 1-0 score at the beginning of the first half was maintained, Hiddink will continue to use defensive counterattack tactics, lead the snake out of the hole, and rely on a solid defense to continuously fight Arsenal's counterattack!

But the score is now tied. Guus Hiddink, who obviously believes that his team is more powerful, does not want to be beaten passively. If Arsenal pretends to be cowardly in the second half, then the game is very likely to evolve into a draw with Arsenal. Time situation!

Chelsea must strive to score in the second half and resolve the battle in 90 minutes! This kind of final battle between powerful players, Hiddink understands, if he is really dragged into overtime, then it is very likely that he will go straight to the brutal penalty shootout!

Perhaps the exciting penalty shootout will make countless neutral fans like it, but for Chelsea, there are no good memories of the penalty shootout. For Chelsea, kicking a penalty kick really has no advantage at all!

Although Hiddink also wants the players to have a real-life penalty kick practice before the Champions League match, to avoid the shadow of Moscow's penalty kick in the Champions League final last year, which affects the players' penalty kicks!

However, the champion of the FA Cup is also a champion! Although the weight of this champion may really be small, don't take bean buns as dry food!

For Hiddink, it is still too early to talk about the Champions League championship. Even if he reaches the semi-finals, it is still full of unknowns, but the FA Cup championship is just around the corner. The thickness of the lineup for the season must not be compared with Chelsea!

Hiddink has already regarded this FA Cup trophy as a consolation prize for his "firefighting" coach in the past six months. As for the Champions League champion, whether he can win the grand prize will be discussed later!

As far as personnel is concerned, Hiddink is not going to make more adjustments at halftime. Even if he wants to replace other offensive players, he will start the normal personnel exchange after about 60 minutes!

But even with the current lineup that is more defensive, Hiddink is ready to change his style of play. In order to achieve greater results in the subsequent comprehensive offensive tactics, Chelsea will directly attack Arsenal at the beginning of the second half. , not only to consume the physical strength of Arsenal's defensive players, but also to kill the opponent's defensive attention and willpower!

Although Chelsea took the initiative to attack, it is possible to directly face Arsenal's offensive frenzy at the beginning of the second half and play a counter-attack effect. So at that time, who can take advantage of the scene depends on the performance of the two teams!

"The second half of the game has begun!"

"Neither team made personnel adjustments at the beginning of the second half, and continued to maintain the current lineup. This offensive and defensive duel may continue for a while in the second half!"

"In the first half, it was obviously still in the Premier League. Chelsea, which ranked even more dominant, took the absolute initiative on the field!"

"Although Arsenal have always wanted to increase the speed of attack and create more opportunities on the offensive end, Chelsea's defense maintained a fairly strong tightness throughout most of the first half!"

"It's just that in the final stage of the half, Chelsea's defense in the middle area has loosened to a certain extent in order to pursue a tighter defense on the right!"

"Although there was only a little space in this defense, Arshavin, relying directly on his strong personal ability, successfully seized the space, completed the goal in a very short time, and successfully scored the goal of Assen. The equalizer goal!"

"Now, look at Chelsea, what changes will be made at this time?"

"Chelsea organizes the attack! We can clearly see that the positions of Chelsea's two full-backs are clearly advanced, but Essien and Mikel are both approaching the wing. Chelsea is using the full-backs to increase their own offense. Thickness, relying on the defense of two defensive midfielders to ensure the defensive depth behind Chelsea's two full-backs!"

"Ashley Cole went deeper because he had Malouda in front of him, a wide player with excellent ability, and with Malouda's cooperation on the wing, Ashley Cole played on the left and assisted. Ability has more room to play!"

"Walcott, obviously the defensive awareness is not that good, he just retreated to his own half area according to the tactical arrangement, and restricted the interference of Ashley Cole's offense!"

"But man is there, God is not!"

"Ashley Cole, after a sudden stop and change of direction, he passed directly!"

"Walcott's defense is really not flattering!"

"De Nilson, hurry up and make up for the defense!"

"Ashley Cole saw that there was no chance to continue to break through, so he directly chose to pass the ball horizontally!"

"Lampard catches the ball!"

"Facing the defense of other Arsenal players, Lampard didn't make too many adjustments, and just hit the goal with one kick!"

"Lampard's long shot!"

"This ball!"

"Absolutely within the range of the door frame!"

"But Fabianski's performance in this game was very good! A good side save, the ball was blocked from the bottom line, Chelsea's corner kick!"

In fact, with this lineup, even if Chelsea want to play an active offense, they can only follow the offensive tactics of the previous seasons, relying more on the full-backs to attack, and to rely on the breakthrough of the wing to drive the offense in the middle!

Behind the two full-backs, it may have been a defensive problem in the past, but now, because not only Yang Feng, who is extremely capable of defending the opponent's counterattack, but also Mikel and Essien, two world-class defensive players The defensive defensive ability of the defensive midfielder can be said to have minimized Arsenal's counterattack threat!

Even if it is a counterattack, giving Arsenal some opportunities to counterattack quickly, Hiddink's mind is very clear that Arsenal's offensive personnel may not necessarily be able to penetrate Chelsea's defense!

This is the confidence that Chelsea can switch to offensive mode anytime and anywhere now!

"Barack takes the corner!"

"Is it Yang Feng again?"

"Bentner's follow-up defense in the opening stage this time is still very tight! It seems that he didn't give Yang Feng too many opportunities!"

In fact, Barack really wanted to continue looking for Yang Feng at first! Because Yang Feng also told several teammates who took the set ball in the midfield that Bendtner had a problem with his attention when marking himself!

But seeing that this time, Bendtner's defense seems to be quite good. At least Yang Feng made a circle from the outside, and it seemed that there was no sign of being able to shake off Bendtner. Ballack didn't force him to continue looking for Yang Feng!

"This corner kick! Ballack actually sent it out of the penalty area!"

The more superstar you are, the more daring you are to play tricks in the competition! The psychological pressure on superstar players is actually not that great during most of the game! They can play as much as they want for tactical purposes, for some time!

Ballack saw that Arsenal's defensive players almost retreated back into the penalty area to prevent several Chelsea players from competing for the top!

Lampard, who was outside the penalty area, was moving secretly, avoiding the defender's sight, and going to the empty space beside him. Nasri, who was in charge of defending him, was still standing there as if in a daze, and Ballack passed the ball as expected!

The famous work of Manchester United Beckham and Scholes! With the classic corner kick, Ballack also wants to try it boldly!

"Lampard! Hit the goal!"

"Valley directly!"

"Full of power, but also lowered the height! Is the classic reappearing?"

"This ball! It hit Kolo Toure's leg!"

"It flew out of the bottom line again!"

"Kolo Toure, this leg extension saved the Arsenal team and prevented a classic goal from being born!"

"Lampard's kick hit the goal, it was very well controlled, and it was definitely within the range of the goal frame in the replay!"

"Kolo Toure's reaction was extremely fast this time, and the angle of his legs was also very good, otherwise the ball will be refracted in if it is not done properly! It will cause an own goal!"

"Continue with the Chelsea corner!"

This time, all Arsenal players are focused on the defensive end! Ballack observed for a long time, and found that none of his teammates had a good chance, so he could only choose to do things hastily!

Look for the corner pass to Drogba! Although Drogba really wanted to rely on himself to create a goal for the team, but this goal, under the pincer defense of the two, Drogba's take-off was not enough!

In the end, it was still Kolo Toure himself who headed the ball and Denilson received the ball outside the penalty area! Dribble the ball directly, want to push and counterattack, Arsenal's quick counterattack opportunity!

Because Bendtner wants to return to the penalty area to defend Chelsea's set kick! Arshavin is the offensive player who has always been at the forefront of the Arsenal team!

Arshavin saw Kolo Toure hit the football, so he went straight forward at full speed. Because Yang Feng went to the penalty area to fight for a header, Chelsea's defense did not have absolute defense this time!

However, Chelsea still have an advantage in the number of defensive personnel behind!

The two full-backs even had Ashley Cole, who was close to Arshavin, step forward to mark Arshavin, while Bosingwa continued to retreat, guarding the team's last line of defense!

Since Chelsea's full-line defense paid great attention to speed, and there were counter-attacks in various positions, Denilson's advance did not have enough room for a quick start!

Moreover, at the nearby passing points, because of the interference of Chelsea's chasing players, there is not much chance of passing the ball!

In the end, Denilson chose to make a risky long pass to ensure the absolute threat of this counterattack!

A long pass directly to Arshavin at the front!

"De Nilson! Pass the ball! Find Arshavin who runs deep to the right!"

"Arshavin is in a physical confrontation with Ashley Cole!"

"Arshavin, who comes from the Russian Super League, not only has excellent technical ability, but also has no disadvantages in physical confrontation!"

"Both of them are engaged in fierce physical confrontation! Whoever gets the ball may depend on their own luck!"

"Arshavin, when the ball was about to hit the ground, he turned his back, went around, stretched out his toes, barely touched the ball!"

"Ashley Cole, forcibly hitting the ball but kicking empty, I'm a little staggering!"

"Arshavin, he successfully lifted the ball away, and he directly inserted diagonally to get the ball at a faster speed!"

"Ashley Cole, after being passed by Arshavin, it is a bit difficult to catch up! But Chelsea's defensive discipline also makes Ashley Cole keep chasing after him!"

"This ball, Arsenal's counterattack, was very successful!"

"In front of Arshavin, Bosingwa is the only defensive player left!"

Bosingwa, no one is waiting in the penalty area to defend! As far as defending Arshavin, Chelsea's defensive players knew through their pre-match understanding that Arshavin's long-range shots are also a huge threat! Bosingwa didn't dare to let Arshavin with this ball, there is plenty of room to hit the goal in the range close to the penalty area!

"Bosingwa puts up defense! Trying to stop Arshavin!"

"Arshavin, there is an interception ahead and a chaser afterward!"

"At this time, we can only try to get past Bosingwa while dribbling the ball forward at full speed, and dare not slow down and perform some complicated fake moves!"

"You know, after slowing down, Ashley Cole may go straight back to the defensive position!"

Facing Bosingwa, Arshavin knew that he wanted to use a fake move to completely pass Bosingwa with Ashley Cole chasing him behind him, and get an excellent one-handed goal. It is definitely not an easy task. !

However, Arshavin still thinks he can do it after getting a chance to hit the goal! In this regard, Arshavin still has confidence in himself!

Facing Bosingwa's forward rush, Arshavin, looking at the right time, forcibly dialed the ball outward to change direction and accelerate!

As a defensive player, Bosingwa must firmly defend the position with the best chance of hitting the goal as the first choice of defense at this time. It is absolutely unrealistic for Arshavin to go inside to obtain a larger shooting angle. ! But as expected, if you gain something, you must pay. Bosingwa deliberately defends the inside line, which naturally creates a certain space for the outside line!

"Arshavin dialed the ball outward, accelerated, barely accelerated and passed Bosingwa, but his shooting angle is not much!"

Although the ball is dialed outward, even if it enters the penalty area, the available shooting angle is indeed very small! But for Arshavin, this angle allows him to hit the goal directly, which is considered an opportunity!

"Arshavin! Kick the door forcibly from a small angle!"

"Hit a diagonal and run to the upper left corner of the goal!"

"Cech!"

"Excellent save!"

"Cech didn't fall for the trick this time, and stayed close to the corner!"

"It's about the positioning, fully considering Arshavin's way of hitting the goal!"

"This wonderful kick was hit directly by Petr Cech! Arsenal's corner kick!"