Football’s First Defender

In this game, Chelsea was at their home court, seeking to gain the initiative in possession of the ball as soon as they came up!

Although Barcelona kicked off first, and as the best team in football today, even if Barcelona intends to show weakness in the away game, they still want to control the ball at their feet, play their own rhythm, and wear down the will of Chelsea players!

This also made the two sides directly enter the shopping stage where the bayonets are red from the opening stage when the whistle sounded!

"At the beginning, Barcelona planned to control the rhythm by passing the ball in the midfield! But Chelsea's players pressed all of them directly and launched a high-position press in the frontcourt!"

Barcelona's personnel changes have actually been great in the past few seasons. Although they have maintained the top level of strength in Europe these years, as far as Barcelona's own transmission and control system is concerned, the current Barcelona can only be said to be a little impure!

It's not that Barcelona is not strong enough, it's just that the pursuit of transmission and control is not pure enough!

Take the starting lineup of this game as an example, Yaya Toure, Keita, Abidal and others are indeed extremely good players, and they can also be integrated into the Barcelona system to a limited extent, but I want them to be like Kazakhstan. Like Wei, Iniesta, Busquets, and Messi, it is a bit difficult to play like a fish in water in the pass control system!

It's just that these people's strong personal abilities and their own playing style are an extremely effective supplement to Barcelona's tactics!

Guardiola does advocate pass control, but admiration does not mean that he only uses pass control!

Gua Shuai also understands that in today's football, it is almost impossible to rely on one tactic to win the world, so the team's Yaya Toure and Henry, players who are not from the Barcelona youth training system, can play in this game. Seasons get reused!

It's just that the overall transmission and control system is not perfect, which will naturally cause the ability to crack the opponent's high-position press, which is not so good!

Amid the cheers of the fans, the Chelsea players tried their best. In Barcelona's backcourt, they directly launched a frenzied press. They're all just watching the show, and now they're all attacking Barcelona's defenders like engineers for the victory of the game!

Under the great pressure of holding the ball, in the end, Barcelona's pass and control have not spread many feet. When the ball is passed to Abidal's feet, Abidal can only choose safely in the face of Anelka's rapid approach. Clear the ball into Chelsea's half!

The ball was returned to Chelsea!

Chelsea invested a lot on the offensive end in this game. At their home court, they are confident to play their best strength. While maintaining the pressure on the offensive end and using limited players, they can also perform well on the defensive end!

Chelsea's players never thought they were weaker than Barcelona. The first leg away game was just a tactical retreat. Back at Stamford Bridge, they all held their breath and wanted to solve the game within 90 minutes and prove their strength!

"Anelka's position is more inclined to the right. It should be the right winger. A striker, just like the press just now, also undertakes certain defensive tasks!"

"Malouda on the left! Try to break through with the ball! After defeating Alves directly without confidence, he chose to pass the ball back to Ashley Cole who was plugging in!"

"The return of Ashley Cole in this game has significantly improved the assist ability on the left!"

"And correspondingly, returning to the most familiar right back, Bosingwa can also play with his feet and create greater threats for the team on the right!"

On the offensive end of Chelsea, not only the two full-backs dare to step in for support, but even the single midfielder Essien will pass the midfield and effectively participate in the offensive tactics!

Yang Feng and Terry may be the only ones who really devote themselves to defense wholeheartedly. However, with Chelsea's full-scale attack, Barcelona must first do their own defense when they are playing away. As for how to use Chelsea The huge space in the half court is to defend and then go to the targeted arrangement!

"Ashley Cole, pass the ball straight across to Lampard!"

"Lampard directly hit the goal with a long-range shot. Although he missed the goal frame, this shot also announced that Chelsea will invest more in the offensive end today!"

Regardless of Barcelona's defensive lineup, Hiddink has been emphasizing before the game that Chelsea's players must stick to their own style of play. On the offensive end, Chelsea is going to play against Lampard and Drogba. Be strong!

One inside and one outside, both of them were given unlimited fire rights by Hiddink!

Especially Lampard's long-range shot is considered by Hiddink to be the most likely weapon to break the deadlock! Looking for the feeling in the opening kick, it turns out that Lampard's kick is not bad today!

Facing Chelsea's extremely offensive formation, Guardiola also changed his formation. Through Alves' message on the wing, the team's formation was changed accordingly!

Messi's position was slightly withdrawn by Guardiola, and Iniesta was closer to the left. Both of them were given more defensive tasks by Guardiola. They had to assist Barcelona's full-backs. Restrain the side attack!

Correspondingly, Barcelona's formation has also changed to 4231, with only Eto'o standing in front, and often running back to the midfield to interfere with Essien's possession of the ball!

However, no matter how good Barcelona's defense is, it is also a team known for its offense. Chelsea's offense can always find opportunities to create threats and hit the goal. Correspondingly, Barcelona will seize the opportunity to complete the defense and directly counterattack. A great threat to the space left behind when Chelsea attack.

Fortunately, Yang Feng was in the defense. In the 6th minute of the game, Yang Feng passed the pass to Eto'o who was offside and entered Chelsea's half.

The game scene between the two teams, in the state where Chelsea took the initiative to attack, was somewhat open and closed, and the pace of the game was very fast!

"Barcelona's counterattack was once again directly blocked by Yang Feng. When he turned around, it was Chelsea's attacking opportunity!"

"The ball went to Malouda on the left!"

The left side is Chelsea's main attack point, and Anelka on the right side can not only catch the ball and transfer the ball in a wide range, but when trying to attack on the left side, he can also cruise to the rear point of the penalty area and prepare to hit the goal. So you can give full play to your true qualities as a shooter!

"Malouda tried to test Alves with fake moves repeatedly, but Alves was unmoved!"

"Try to suddenly speed up the inside and want to enter the penalty area. After not having a good chance, Malouda passed the ball to Lampard who came over!"

After Lampard received the ball, there was no way to face Busquets standing in front of him. After all, there was still Yaya Toure behind Busquets. Pad forte!

"Lampard throws the ball back to Ashley Cole who pops in!"

"There are no defenders nearby, Busquets can only step forward to defend himself!"

As a defensive midfielder, Busquets, it is impossible to allow Ashley Cole, a full-back with an assisting attribute, to go deep into the dangerous area of ​​​​Barcelona's penalty area without anyone letting go. Seeing Iniesta's position It was almost time to help him defend Lampard, and Busquets stepped forward directly to stop Ashley Cole!

But an offensive player is an offensive player. You can let Iniesta participate in the defense according to the tactics, but for the understanding of defense, Iniesta must not be compared with many full-time defensive players!

For example, Lampard has sneaked into the penalty area, but Iniesta has not kept up with Lampard's rhythm!

"Ashley Cole, a pass, a direct pass, and the ball was re-passed to Lampard!"

"Lampard! After receiving the ball, he half-turned and shot!"

"Yaya Toure! Appeared in a key defensive position, jumped up sideways, and blocked Lampard's kick!"

"The ball bounces to the center!"

"Essien's long shot!"

"GOAL!!!"

"The ball went in! My God! Essien kicked the world wave! It pierced the goal guarded by Valdes!"

"Essien! This goal is really wonderful!"

Yaya Toure did block Lampard's shot, and blocked Lampard's shot with his hip sideways!

It's just that after the ball was unloaded, a parabolic bounce directly appeared, bouncing from the middle on the left side of the court to the center!

Coincidentally, the landing point of the parabola was in front of Essien's running direction. Essien naturally accelerated with all his strength, and volleyed directly!

Although Essien was hitting the goal, there was Keita in front of him who was defending back. Keita also wanted to jump over and push the football with his head first to complete the block, but facing Essien, he was already swung up and ready to shoot Keita's final forward jumping action, but he still fell to the side at the end to avoid being directly kicked by Essien!

In order not to injure himself, Keita didn't make a complete save in his final defensive action, which is understandable, but this level of threatening action did not affect Essien at all, and Essien's hitting action was extremely smooth!

The ball hit the bottom of the crossbar like a cannonball, and bounced like a net. Chelsea took the lead 1-0!

"Essien! In the first half, just 10 minutes into the game, he made a great contribution to Chelsea. Chelsea now leads 1-0 on aggregate and has the initiative to advance to the Champions League final!"

Barcelona's defense focused on Chelsea's front attacking players. No one thought that Essien, who had been behind all the time, could completely break through the defense line organized by Barcelona with a wonderful world wave. !

Falling behind at the beginning, for Barcelona, ​​the only good news may be that there is still enough time in the game, and as long as they can equalize the final score, they will also directly eliminate Chelsea because of the advantage of away goals and advance to the final!

It's just that Chelsea is going to completely beat Barcelona to the ground in this game!

Although Essien scored and Chelsea took the lead, Chelsea's ability to control the scene has not declined in any way!

The team still implements high-position pressing tactics in the frontcourt, and the team still pursues high investment on the offensive end, as well as the control of the ball possession and the rhythm of the game.

control!

Chelsea, showing Hiddink's ability to transform this team! Although they have proved their ability to hold the game in the Nou Camp in the last game, but in this game, they really have to start to show their offensive ability, continue to widen the point difference, and completely kill the game. suspense!

"Barcelona, ​​which is behind, wanted to organize an offense, find its own offensive rhythm, and find a way to recover the score!"

"But Chelsea's defense is full of oppressive force. It is not like the first leg of the game, which is retracted to the dense defense near the penalty area, but has a more layered sense, and there is a regional high press! It is still very difficult for Barcelona to play the ball!"

Harvey! After finally dribbling the ball across the half, under Essien's personal interference, he could only turn his back to protect the ball, and passed the ball to Alves who followed up on the right! It's just that the ball was sent out quickly. Under the interference of Essien's body, Harvey's passing technique was deformed.

"Malouda's interception directly poked the ball forward!"

"Lampard fell directly to the ground and quickly shoveled the ball to Drogba further ahead!"

"After Drogba took the ball sideways, he went straight forward diagonally and ran towards Barcelona's rear air defense, but there were still as many as 3 Barcelona opposing players chasing and intercepting him!"

"After Drogba made an emergency stop, he managed to get a certain space, turned around, and gently moved the ball back!"

"Lampard, he has already got up and chased after him!"

Barcelona's players wanted to rush forward to stop Lampard, but under the blockage of Drogba's body, the speed was still disturbed. Lampard had enough time to pass a precise pass!

"Through the ball! It penetrated Barcelona's defense and passed the ball deep to the left!"

"Malouda is advancing fast! One space ahead of Alves!"

Alves is indeed faster than Malouda in terms of speed, but just now, Alves has to defend Drogba and prepare to defend Lampard, so it is not the best defense for Malouda. s position!

This made Malouda directly occupy the most advantageous position after starting first, and Alves could only follow behind and try to interfere with Malouda!

"Malouda dribbles the ball diagonally into the penalty area! Valdes is ready to attack!"

"Alves! Find a way to fight with your body, and bring interference to Malouda who is running at high speed!"

"Pike! Pique's back defense was fast enough, and he took the lead from the side and blocked Malouda's front!"

With Pique's tall body and Valdés attacking to the near corner, Malouda has almost no angle to hit the goal directly, but the consequence of Pique's coming is that the center of the penalty area is almost empty!

"Malouda passed the ball!"

"It's still Lampard!"

"Follow up and hit the door directly!"

"This ball!"

"Slide the door out!"

"It's a little bit worse! Lampard chose a relatively open goal behind the goal. It's a pity that this time he can only complete the goal with his left foot. The ball spins outward and does not turn into the goal. Chelsea missed an opportunity to extend their lead!"