Football’s First Defender

As a substitute player, it is necessary to seize the rare playing time and use your outstanding performance on the field to show your strength...

Many stars start from the bench step by step, but most of the famous players, their bench time is very short, they can use their outstanding performance to replace them, become the main force of the team, and further become the core of the team.

Kalou is an excellent forward player. Since the Mourinho era, Kalou, who switched from the Dutch team to Chelsea, is the striker on the Chelsea bench. He has stepped forward from the bench many times to save team experience.

Kalou, who has played for Chelsea for four years, is only 24 years old now, the golden age of a professional player.

At Chelsea, Kalou, who has almost won all the championship honors, is also thinking about whether to leave such a championship team and go to other teams to get a guaranteed starting opportunity.

Drogba is old and strong, and Anelka is in hot form. In fact, Kalou also understands that he can get the starting opportunity in this game simply because of Ashley Cole's injury, which makes him should be on the left side of the midfield. , Malouda, who is both offensive and defensive, had to play left back, and he was just a substitute to make up for Malouda's position and make a greater contribution when he was inclined to attack.

With both Drogba and Anelka on long-term contracts, Kalou knew that if he stayed at Chelsea, he would only be a substitute player forever without injury!

Before the game, Kalu secretly made up his mind that he must do his best in this game. On a big stage like the Champions League, Kalou believes that this game will have the opportunity to fully demonstrate his strength to European football, and use his outstanding performance to create a better game not only for the team, but also for himself. great value.

Chelsea's midfield organized an attack. When Ivan got the ball, he was pressed by Sneijder. Ivan chose to cross the teammate in the middle, but he failed to control his strength. The ball was too slow and was directly grabbed by Milito.

It's just that there are too many Chelsea players in the midfield. Milito got the ball, and before he could take two steps, he was tackled by Mikel from the front and broke the ball. Chelsea reorganized the attack.

Mikel distributed the ball to Kalu on the left, and Malouda also inserted in time at this time, and has already run to Kalu's almost horizontal position.

Cambiasso, together with the team's right back Maicon, marked these two outstanding Chelsea attackers.

Kalu allocated the ball to Malouda, who was closer to the center, looking for a chance to break through Cambiasso, while he directly pulled the side to take away Maicon's defense.

However, in the face of Commander Kan's defense, Malouda was not sure that he could break through the first time. Seeing that Inter Milan's other defensive players in the center were about to retreat, Malouda did not choose to try to break through, but a through ball , gave Kalu on the wing a big lead.

When Kalou started first, he controlled the football before the ball went out of the boundary, and then, facing the handling of the ball, Kalou directly played 1v1 with Maicon on the wing.

In personal defense, Maicon has no way to give full play to his advantages in speed and physical confrontation at this time, so he can only try to maintain his position as much as possible, and does not give Kalu too easy opportunities to attack.

And when Cambiasso came over to assist in the defense appropriately and limited his online space, Kalu didn't take too much into account, and directly forced him in his own way.

First, he directly got rid of the acceleration from the side and chose to go down. Maicon naturally followed closely, and it was impossible to give Kalou an easy chance to cross.

But before approaching the bottom line, Kalu suddenly made another dunk, using his flexibility to change direction in an instant, and got away from Maicon, gaining a certain amount of space.

It's just that Cambiasso's defensive experience is very sophisticated. When Kalu went to the bottom, Commander Cam had already moved to this side to help defend, which is why Maicon was relieved to block.

When Kalu completed the smash and changed direction, Cambiasso just stepped forward, and the two collided with each other. Kalu, who lost further forward space, did not give up the attack, but lost his balance at the moment , with a poke on his toe, kicked the ball back to the side.

Cambiasso's defender, Malouda, has come to the left to respond.

In the absence of interference, Malouda had ample time to adjust and made a very threatening cross.

However, Malouda's footwork in the cross suddenly changed at the end. With a cross pass, the ball flew past Cambiasso's side, and the receiver stood up again and made a run. Kalu.

After receiving the ball, Kalu made a fake long-range shot on the penalty area line, and after deceiving Motta, who was returning to the defense, to raise the center of gravity, he directly pulled the ball horizontally and continued to expand his shooting angle.

With no nearby Inter players to interfere, Kalou was well prepared and shot.

Kalou's shot was very well controlled. On the line of the penalty area, the distance of the shot was just right, and the strength and angle of the shot were very good. However, today's Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar played really well.

Leaping high, throwing one palm sideways, he barely touched Kalou's kick, blocked the ball directly out of bounds, and gave Chelsea a corner kick...

There is one strong point in Chelsea's offensive arrangement that does not move, that is, Drogba in the penalty area, in the middle, and at the front.

Said to be a 433 formation, under Ancelotti's latest instructions, Chelsea's lineup can be split into 4321.

Kalou and Anelka are the "2" behind Drogba. During the attack, Ancelotti gave them more freedom to move, and they don't have to be locked on the side to act as wingers. As a result, Inter Milan's defense had to make special responses, for example, because Kalu and Anelka may be in the middle at any time, increasing Chelsea's offensive power in the middle, Inter Milan's two full-backs, the defenders on their side When Kalou or Anelka leave, they will directly abandon the wing and come to the center to help Cambiasso in defense.

However, this kind of defense usually has no way to return to the position in time when Chelsea passes the ball quickly, but still leaves room for Chelsea to attack.

Ivanovic, when Inter Milan focuses on defending Chelsea's left attack, has sufficient space to carry the ball forward and bring the ball to the frontcourt. He chose to pass to Anelka, who came over, and Anelka took the ball a few steps to the right, and after attracting the attention of Inter Milan's defense, he suddenly chose a direct pass and passed it to the middle area. The person who responded, It was Kalou who suddenly moved from the left to the center.

When Kalou stopped the ball, there was interference from Motta who was back on the defense, but Kalou directly stopped the ball to the front right, accelerated with the momentum, and threw away Motta's defense, and then faced Camby who was blocking in front Yasuo, Kalu's feet were blooming, and he spiked the ball lightly again, and dunked the ball to his left foot, and completed the pass on Cambiasso from the left.

Before Lucio stepped forward to complete the block in the penalty area, Kalou had already blasted the goal with a heavy kick and tried another long shot.

It was another kick that hit the goal within the range of the goal frame, but the ball was rejected by Cesar again...

On Kalu's side, as the game progressed, he became more active and more confident as he played.

The tacit understanding between him and Malouda on the left side is also getting better and better.

Malouda's offensive ability on the left side is excellent. In addition to his physical advantage, Malouda also has a good kicking ability.

When Malouda dribbled the ball across the half, there was Maicon's block in front and Motta's help defense next to him, but before the two men closed, the position of the two could not block all the passing space. At that time, Malouda suddenly kicked the ball forward, the ball passed the feet of Motta, Maicon and Cambiasso accurately, and finally, it stopped at the starting speed and came from the middle. at the foot of Kalu.

Kalu didn't stop the speed. At the moment of receiving the ball, he directly took the ball and chose to dribble forward quickly. It was Lucio who came to defend him, but Kalu was not afraid. He touched the ball with his next kick and directly sent The ball went to the bottom line, and he forcibly accelerated from the outside, overtaking from the outside, and did not give Lucio a chance to physically fight against the defense.

Before the ball went out of the bottom line, Kalu was still in place before Lucio, received the ball, barely stabilized his figure, and made a direct pass.

Anelka in the penalty area overwhelmed Zanetti and completed the header. It's a pity that Zanetti has rich defensive experience. Although he didn't grab the spot, he did enough physical confrontation, which caused Anelka The ball, and there is no way to control his body, and the header went wide!

Although Chelsea's offense has begun to improve, it is always a little bit of luck away from scoring.