Football’s First Defender

"Keep the momentum of the first half, keep our pressure, control the ball, and the last 45 minutes, I believe you can..."

During the half-time break, Hiddink didn't have too many requirements and emphasis on tactics. He believed that his players could stick to the tactical system he had honed for a long time, so he just kept encouraging the Chelsea players. Qi, at this time, the mental strength of the players is more valuable than any tactics!

With a score advantage of 1 to 0, playing at home, they still firmly grasp the initiative on the field. Chelsea's probability of advancing to the final has exceeded 70%. For the rest of the game, it depends on whether they can defend Barcelona's final 45 points. Counterattack in minutes!

Of course, if Chelsea can score another goal by relying on a counterattack in addition to doing a good job of defense to expand the lead in the score, then a 2-0 lead can almost declare Barcelona's death sentence!

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Hiddink and Guardiola did not perform personnel changes!

Although Guardiola was very dissatisfied with his team's offense in the first half, Guardiola still wanted to rely on the current lineup to try to continue attacking for a while. In fact, the current lineup, in the case of double midfielder defense, the defensive line It turned out that the rumors were still jittery, and Guardiola was also afraid. After replacing a midfielder with a frontcourt player, if Chelsea scored another goal, it would be nothing!

Now there is only one goal behind, just need to keep the score from being pulled away, then only need to score one goal, Barcelona will be able to turn around!

Guardiola emphatically emphasized that in the second half, Messi and Iniesta can be the main players, using the excellent breakthrough ability of the two, and relying on personal ability, to try to tear open the opening of Chelsea's defense!

However, in this game, Barcelona's offensive performance is really limited!

With the blessing of the home buff, the Chelsea players continued to perform strongly in the first half. Not only did they perform well individually, but the overall defensive formation was also kept very neat!

Barcelona's attack from any direction did not have much chance. Instead, they kept trying to pass the ball. After being cut off by Chelsea players, they directly hit Barcelona's counterattack, causing even greater damage to Barcelona's defense. pressure!

"Barack! After receiving the pass from Yang Feng in the backcourt, he made a long pass forward and looked for Malouda, who quickly advanced from the left!"

Barcelona's choice of central defender in this game is Yaya Toure and Pique. Compared with Malouda in terms of absolute speed, the two are definitely not outstanding!

So this time, because Alves stepped forward to participate in Barcelona's attack, although Yaya Toure helped to guard the huge space behind him, Yaya Toure's options are really limited in the face of the forward Malouda !

"Balack's long pass is very skillful, and it directly finds the deep position of Barcelona's backcourt. Yaya Toure and Malouda will have a sprint competition with a distance of about 30 meters!"

"Malouda caught up with the football first, keep going!"

Fortunately, the passing position of this ball was close to the left sideline. Although Yaya Toure and the back midfielder Keita couldn't catch up with Malouda in the first place, they occupied a position closer to the penalty area, but they also It can be guaranteed that when Malouda cuts to the penalty area, they can still rush to the defensive position!

"Malouda, if you want to go to the penalty area, you have to face the double defense formed by Keita and Yaya Toure!"

"Try to break through?"

"A direct pass!"

"Malouda passed the ball through the gap between Keita and Yaya Toure!"

"Anelka, came in from the back, got the ball directly, and went to the penalty area!"

When counterattacking, the so-called offensive position of the players is actually blurred. The vast world allows the players to choose. Anelka, relying on his sixth sense as a forward, came from the right to the penalty area on the left of the middle. Outside the position, he successfully received a pass from Malouda!

"Pique! Facing Anelka, who is accelerating and dribbling diagonally, he can only interfere from his side, and cannot directly stop him!"

"Abidal! Break out from the defense zone on the right!"

Pique and Abidal, seeing Yaya Toure running to Chelsea's left side to attack and defend, naturally can't expose Barcelona's central defense line, they can only guard the center at the same time!

When Anelka received the ball, Pique was standing near the penalty area line. Pique subconsciously chose to go up to block Anelka, but Anelka directly dialed the ball to the right and then accelerated. Almost passed by directly!

Although Pique managed to keep his balance, he could only stay on the left side of Anelka, chasing the interference desperately, but he couldn't make a substantial stop to Anelka's dribbling forward! I can't hold back even if I want to foul!

At this time, Abidal on Anelka's forward route! I also have to give up my defensive area and shoot directly from the side, hoping to use my surprise to intercept the football with a sliding tackle, or bring down Anelka, after all, Anelka is now away from the penalty area There are still 2 steps away!

Pique just missed the best foul time because his first choice was to steal the ball, so now he can't even commit a foul, otherwise he would have fouled already!

"Anelka! Passed the ball!"

"Pass to Drogba who pulls down on the right!"

Drogba was one step ahead of the penalty area line, and it was empty!

A quasi-single-handed opportunity is a huge test for Valdes!

At this time, Pique's mind was full of thoughts that he must stop Drogba's kick!

Taking the last step vigorously, Pique, with the speed of catching up with Anelka, ran directly to Drogba who was about to hit the goal not far away, threw his whole body, and flew away with a sliding shovel. Ke wants to block Drogba's kick with his body!

"Drogba! With a dunk of his right foot, he avoided Pique's block!"

"Hit the door with your left foot!"

The 1v1 duel between the striker and the goalkeeper, but although Drogba used his calm handling to completely sway Pique away, the time for this spike also gave Valdes more time to rush forward , even if this time can only allow Valdes to advance 2 or 3 meters, but the closer to the position where Drogba hits the goal, the smaller the angle of Drogba's shot will be sealed!

"Valdes!"

"A meritorious service! The moment Drogba hit the goal, Valdes changed from squatting forward to sitting directly on the ground, and with his outstretched right leg, he directly blocked Drogba's kick!"

"Follow up Essien! No chance!"

For this ball, Drogba's left leg was still full of strength in an instant, so after the ball was blocked by Valdez, it flew out of the penalty area in a high parabola, making the same fast forward in front of the goal. Essien, ran empty, the ball flew high above Essien's head!

"Outside the penalty area! Lampard! The follow-up is a volley!"

"Busquets! Block Lampard's kick with his body!"

"Malouda in the restricted area!"

"Following up is another kick!"

"It hit the side net directly!"

Chelsea instantly aimed at the empty goal left by Valdez after he fell to the ground, and completed two consecutive supplementary shots. It's just a pity, Barcelona's luck is really great!

Lampard should hit the target volley, but Busquets, who was chasing Essien, blocked it with his body in the penalty area!

The ball rebounded to a position not far from the penalty area, and was picked up by Malouda who followed from the left. However, when there was almost no interference from the defenders, Malouda also volleyed in pursuit of timing. He hit the goal, but he still couldn't control it perfectly. The ball barely hit the side net, and he was just a little short of a goal!