The Ball at Your Feet

The game at Stamford Bridge finally started.

After Liverpool's two unbeaten rounds, this game can be regarded as the main force. Reina, Riise, Hypia, Carragher, Maicon, Sissoko, Alonso, Zhao Yaning, Gerrard, Figo, Milito-these eleven men are the absolute main team of Liverpool Up.

The Chelsea side also came up with the strongest lineup, but the strongest lineup they came up at this time has already suffered a loss.

Cech, Galla, Terry, Carvalho, Del Horno, Makelele, Essien, Lampard, Joe Cole, Robben, and Crespo on the front line.

The biggest change in Chelsea's squad this season is that Del Horno replaced Ferreira last season as the starter: it's not that Ferreira did not perform well, but that he was injured.

And Joe Cole has performed very well this season. When Duff suffered consecutive injuries and poor performance, he has replaced Duff as Chelsea's starter.

On the forward line, the original main player Drogba is now back to Africa to play in the Africa Cup, and his position is naturally given up. And this season, Crespo's scoring efficiency reached 0.5 goals per game, which is better than Goodjohnson. Therefore, he was also regarded as a Chelsea starter.

But although he can be regarded as a starter, and the goal efficiency is not bad, but when it comes to tactical effects, compared with Drogba, it is really not a grade.

With the whistle, after the start of the game, the two sides immediately began the midfield competition.

"I have to say that now without Drogba, Chelsea's offensive power has dropped a lot." Watching the game, Martin Taylor couldn't help but speak, "When he was there, we all cursed him for not scoring a goal. , Calling him a parallel importer, saying that he is useless, it is better to change into a striker who can score. But once he left, Chelsea now plays really badly."

"It's like a lion with no teeth. It can't bite anyone." People's opinions are the same.

"Not only did he lose his teeth, but he also seemed to have broken his claws."

Is Chelsea without Drogba a toothless lion? No, obviously not the case. Without Drogba, Chelsea, the lion, not only has no teeth, but also his claws have also deteriorated.

Robben Drogba Lampard, the attack line that was originally excellent at Chelsea, now lacks the most important intermediate link. Robben can still pass long, but now his long pass is for Crespo, and Crespo has no time to get the ball back. For a killer, scoring is instinct.

All of a sudden, it was equivalent to letting Lampard disappear for the most part-without Lampard, who had inserted a threat, it would be difficult for him to play his full role in the game.

And Robben didn't like to pass the ball to Crespo, because it was too much trouble. Drogba’s position is always very simple. He is in the frontcourt, but he has never avoided anything. Where the ball is passed, where he ran to fight for the top, he is keen to fight against his opponents, and he is not afraid of all kinds of things. Challenging. But Crespo is different. He relies heavily on his own running position, always relying on constant running position to attract opponents and create opportunities for himself, but this also has a great impact on Robben passing the ball: move Targets are much harder to hit than fixed targets. This is common sense. Passing to Drogba, driving a big foot to the penalty area may be able to form an opportunity, passing the ball to Crespo, but you have to seize the opportunity to feed him.

Robben doesn't like this way of playing, so in order to make up for this problem, Robben's approach is to constantly cut inside and shoot himself.

This is also a good way to supplement Drogba's departure. His shooting ability is still quite good. However, this way of playing is tantamount to further squeezing Lampard's space, causing Lampard's running to also become a problem.

And again, a big problem is that there are more ways to deal with Crespo and Liverpool than to deal with Drobado.

Drogba's sense of smell and position as a forward can only be regarded as average. When he plays, his style of play has always been simple and rude: he relies on head-to-head with defenders to win. He knows his shortcomings and his strengths very well. This is his biggest advantage in playing football.

However, what Crespo likes is not to rely on his body to be hard. He prefers to walk in the back line and get opportunities by relying on his anti-offside ability. But this also makes Liverpool's defense daring to be more advanced-although Chelsea is very strong, this kind of anti-offside running method cannot be played at Chelsea. For a long time, Chelsea’s midfield has relied on Lampard to do regular sorting work, while Robben and Duff disrupt the opponent’s defense. After Essien is introduced this year, Essien can also complete some raids. However, there is not a very good organizer in the Chelsea team, and Crespo, as a forward, is not as willing to confront and compete for a half goal like Drogba. Therefore, in this system, he also It's really impossible to play a big role.

It actually made Liverpool's defense forward a lot, pressing Chelsea's midfield further back, further squeezing Lampard's space and making his performance worse.

In this game, Lampard's role on the offensive end was completely wiped out. The impact of a Drogba on Chelsea is obviously not a quantitative change, but a qualitative change. Lampard's poor performance is also the key to Chelsea's difficulty in winning these games.

As for Chelsea’s current attack line, Crespo is useless and Lampard is useless, but Mourinho still believes in Crespo. In fact, he also placed the bet on Joe Cole...

This season, he played the best performance of his career, even replacing Duff as Chelsea's main left winger. Although the English media have always questioned Mourinho’s way of destroying talents, thinking that he put Joe Cole in the position of the winger, it was to wear down Joe Cole’s aura and make him no progress. However, I have to admit that the so-called Joe Cole is better to play the midfielder, after all, it is just a hypothesis, and in the left wing position, he did succeed.

Since this season, Duff has gradually faded out of the main force-although Duff and Robben are equally famous, they have been considered essential for Chelsea last season, but in fact, he is inferior to Robben after all, and 1979 Born in 2015, he is now 27 years old, a speed player, and has suffered serious injuries more than once. At this age, it is not a strange thing to fade out of the main force.

And Joe Cole made up for this position. Although he does not have a speed advantage, he does have very good skills, and his aura is rare among England players. He can often pass some good shots. Sometimes, he can indeed activate Crespo. .

However, the biggest problem with such a player who relies on aura for food is that the aura is not capable of arbitrarily in every game. In fact, there are so many players who are judged to be spiritual, except for one Ronaldinho who has a terrible aura flashing in almost every game at his peak. It is difficult for other players to play aura throughout. Unstable play is a problem that entangles every aura player.

It's just this game, Chelsea's conventional tactics can't be played anyway, so you might as well try this. However, in the confrontation with Maicon, Joe Cole was extremely restricted by Maicon. Up to now, he has not found a chance at all.

Chelsea’s attack can be said to have been abolished, but now, relying on their backcourt, there are excellent defenses by Makelele and Essien, and Terry in the backcourt is also very good at defending Milito, Liverpool’s offensive There was no way to make a contribution in the eagerness, and the two sides were caught in a constant entanglement in the midfield.

However, the current entanglement, Liverpool does have an advantage. This also gave the commentators a weird feeling.

"In the previous game, Liverpool completely suppressed Manchester United on the scene at Old Trafford, but in the end, due to unexpected reasons, they did not win." Martin Taylor said, "This game, no Will it be a repeat of the old trick?"

"Probably not, where are there two focus matches where players have been sent off one after another?"

The commentator didn't know, but the players on both sides knew the importance of this game. This is the battle that determines the direction of the championship this season. Winning this game is tantamount to winning the initiative to win the championship. Both sides understand that at this time, they must never lose again.

"However, looking at Chelsea's current offense, there is really no tactics. Coach Mourinho should consider a strategy of how to win without Drogba, instead of pinning his hopes on Robben and Joe Cole alone. ."

When he said this, Robben relied on a quick inside cut after breaking through Risser, banging the door with his kick, and Renner saved the bottom line. This is not the first time he has done this in this game. In fact, Reina is very good at defending his long shots, but he has been trying so non-stop.

"Drogba's role is too great for Chelsea. If there is really a way to get rid of Drogba and be able to win the opponent, why does Chelsea need a striker who doesn't score?"

There is no way to solve this problem. The team's tactical system is too complete. The entire team is like a precision instrument. The team's performance will naturally be greatly affected. Chelsea is indeed even the way of attacking, almost chaotic. .

At this time, Chelsea had already taken a corner kick, Lampard passed the ball to the forward point, and at the forward point, Terry jumped up. Although Hypia behind him made him have no room to turn around, he still A top ball, push the ball to the back point!

Carragher at the back point, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com was the first to hit the ball, but the ball did not fall far, it was in the penalty area, Gala got the ball, he did not adjust, took a shot and kicked the ball towards the goal. !

The shot was close at hand and rushed towards the goal, but at this time Reina immediately made an emergency save. He jumped up very awkwardly, but successfully took the football into his arms!

Mourinho was already on the sidelines to celebrate, but when he saw this, he covered his head helplessly.

This is something he has planned long ago-Chelsea's attack has been scumbed in these two games, and he naturally understands that it needs to be adjusted. But clever women can't afford to cook without rice, Chelsea only have these people, and he can't change any excellent offensive system.

But fortunately, there are set balls. Relying on Liverpool, and even the contempt of Chelsea's offensive power in the entire Premier League, Mourinho wants to bet once that Chelsea's set-piece can open the situation. A lion is a beast without teeth and cannot be underestimated. It's just a pity that they met Reina's super-level play, and the save of this ball actually boosted Liverpool's morale!

This lion is toothless, and even the traps they set up have been cracked by us. Now, all we need to do is kill them!

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