Chapter 737 Surgical-like pass

Gary Cahill switched from Bolton to Chelsea during the winter break last year. It was then that fans around the world remembered his name. He was also called Cahill before, but Tim Cahill is undoubtedly more famous.

Cahill is not a typical British central defender. Although he has the body of a very standard British central defender, as long as you watch him play, it is easy to find that he is very different from other British central defenders. That is, he rarely engages in direct physical confrontation. He looks more like a deep-lying central defender.

When he was at Bolton, he had very little physical confrontation. After arriving at Chelsea, the same was true. Compared with the British central defender's attack, he preferred to drag behind his teammates to defend. He was very good at passing opponents when attacking players. He took a shot and cut off the ball directly. This is his strength.

In other words, this is a team player, and one-on-one ability is not his strong point.

In this game, Mourinho arranged for Gary Cahill and Terry to play together. From the perspective of the combination of central defenders, the two complement each other. Gary Cahill is the kind of player who can complement traditional British central defenders. They are centre-back types, with Gary Cahill on the right and Terry on the left. This is also particular.

Ivanovic focuses on defense. Cahill approaches him and encounters an impact from the opponent's left. Ivanovic defends the first point and Cahill delays. This makes it easier for Gary Cahill to play. Your strengths and cover up your shortcomings.

When Hazard tried to break through from the left several times before, the effect was not obvious, and Tottenham Hotspur's analysis team quickly noticed one thing, that is, when Hazard took the ball and hit the left wing, the effect was not obvious. Sometimes, Gary Cahill is always between Ivanovic and goalkeeper Cesar. This is his defensive habit to ensure that the goal is not missed.

But this also caused another result. When Hazard hit Ivanovic's point just now, the Belgian winger suddenly stopped and cut inside. At this time, Gary Cahill realized that Hazard The ball stopped a little too big. He wanted to go up and steal the ball, but the distance between him and the ball was more than ten meters.

Hazard reacted very quickly, and his speed and explosive power were also very fast. He was also very smart. He rushed forward with his left foot first on the left side of the ball, blocking Gary Cahill's shot. The latter did not dare to foul easily. After all, this is the edge of the penalty area, and then Hazard took advantage of the trend with his right foot and controlled the ball.

The Belgian reacted quickly and made a mistake, but quickly stabilized his position. However, the disadvantage was that the team missed the opportunity to attack quickly. After all, after Gary Cahill came up, Terry quickly returned to the center of the defense, and Ashley Cole also retracted into the penalty area, and Chelsea's entire defense began to focus on the right wing, which is Tottenham Hotspur's left wing.

At the same time, Ramires and Mikel are also back. Together with Lampard, Chelsea's three midfielders have all positioned themselves at the front of the penalty area to protect the defense. Tottenham Hotspur's This time the offense hit the wall again.

If it were Franck Ribery, perhaps this sudden sudden stop and cut-in process could be handled well, but Hazard is still a little immature after all. In terms of handling some details, there is still a slight gap between him and the top superstars. , but just such a small distance has caused him to miss the top superstars so far.

But Ye Qiu had told him more than once that he should maintain his patience and the momentum of progress, observe more, and learn more. After a period of accumulation, his entire technical style would undergo a transformation, and this slight difference would also be reflected in his mind. Make up for it unconsciously.

Hazard saw that Chelsea's defense was in position and knew that there was no chance to attack. As soon as he passed Gary Cahill, he immediately kicked the ball back diagonally without looking for Ramsey or Ramsey. Vidal, because they were all surrounded by Chelsea's defense, went directly to Pirlo who came up from the back row.

The Italian received Hazard's pass about 25 meters away. Lampard and Mikel rushed towards him at the same time. Mourinho said before the game to be careful with Pirlo, so they did not dare to be careless. .

Pirlo turned sideways, faced to the right, used his body to block Lampard who was approaching, and kicked a half-high ball with his right foot to the right. Messi was just outside the right corner of the penalty area, in a helpless position. Man-marking status.

Messi grabbed the ball in the right corner of the penalty area. Ashley Cole immediately rushed to defend him. Oscar, who rushed back from the front, also wanted to double-team Messi with his teammates, but even if it was one-on-one, Messi still carried the ball calmly, not nervous at all, as if he was not afraid of losing the ball at all.

Mourinho saw this scene on the sidelines, but he quickly realized the danger because he saw Kyle Walker wearing a white jersey on the right rushing forward at an extremely fast speed, so he immediately shouted Shout, "Watch out for Kyle Walker!"

As soon as he shouted out, Kyle Walker had already passed Messi. The Argentinian passed the ball straight to the bottom line under the nose of Ashley Cole, and Kyle Walker quickly caught up with him. , even though Ashley Cole immediately gave up on Messi after hearing Mourinho's shouting and followed Kyle Walker, but the latter still got the chance to cross in front of the baseline. Ashley Cole raised his foot to steal the ball, but it was too late.

At this moment, Chelsea has many white players and red players in the penalty area. Among them, Vidal is in the front, Cavani is in the middle, Ramsey is in the back, Ribery is slightly behind, and Pirlo is Rushing to the penalty spot, the entire Tottenham Hotspur offensive formation has rushed into Chelsea's penalty area.

Everyone's breathing paused at this moment, and they saw the ball drawing an arc in mid-air. It did not look for Vidal, who was stuck in the front point, nor did it look for the back point, but landed accurately. In front of Cavani in the middle, the Uruguayan seized a favorable position when competing with Terry, jumped high, and headed the ball into the far corner.

The ball more than rubbed Cavani's head, turned in one direction, and went into the upper left corner of the goal.

Cesar stood in the middle of the goal. There was nothing he could do about such a goal. He could only turn his head sideways and watch the ball go into the goal, 1:0!

"Hey, the ball went in!!!"

"In the 34th minute of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur finally scored!!!"

"Kyle Walker's accurate cross from the right was assisted by Cavani's header in the penalty area, 1:0!!"

When the on-site commentator shouted, all Tottenham Hotspur players had already rushed out of the stadium, and each one rushed to the area where Tottenham Hotspur fans were ecstatically celebrating the goal.

Mourinho on the sidelines shook his hands in anger. He did not blame the players, but was disappointed that the team made such a mistake, because the team played from the left like Tottenham Hotspur. There are still flaws in the transition and pulling from the right wing, which also reflects the team's tacit understanding of movement and lack of misjudgment of the situation.

"Tottenham Hotspur did seem to have found a way to deal with the Chelsea bus. They began to use this kind of pulling back and forth, forcing Chelsea's entire defense to move left and right, and then in this left and right movement. , looking for gaps in the defense.”

"This can also be said to be a very typical feature of Tottenham Hotspur's offense. They frequently cross and change positions and pull back and forth. These are characteristics that make defensive players have a headache for Tottenham Hotspur's offense."

Not long after the on-site commentator finished speaking, after the game restarted, Chelsea quickly lost the ball again after the restart. Tottenham Hotspur once again took control of the ball and launched another wave of offensive.

Pirlo passed the ball to Ramsey near the left. Tottenham looked like they were going to play on the left. Marcelo pressed high, and Hazard simply cut into the penalty area. After Musai got the ball, he did not pass it to the left. Instead, he directly passed the ball diagonally. On the right, Kyle Walker came in again. After receiving the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he grabbed the ball. Before Ashley Cole, he kicked the ball into the penalty area.

I saw Messi, who had already cut into the penalty area, holding the ball with his back to Terry. He made a very flexible fake move to turn around and cut in. After tricking Terry into reacting, he suddenly started and went straight for the ball. , pulled out a position, raised his right foot, and directly volleyed hard, but this time he didn't control his right foot well, and the ball missed the left post and went out of the baseline.

"A very smart attack, the Tottenham players were very smart when attacking."

"Ramsey took the ball and saw Chelsea guarding my side. I moved directly to the right side and caught you off guard. Kyle Walker's intervention was very decisive and sudden, because Marcel Luo went up. Normally, Kyle Walker would come back, but he suddenly stepped in. It was obvious that he had a tacit understanding with his teammates. "

"Messi's kick was a pity. If it had been left-footed, the goal would have been scored again!"

"Now Tottenham Hotspur's offense is very targeted. Mourinho's Chelsea are in a bit of a dilemma, especially their defense. It is very dangerous now because Tottenham Hotspur has already threatened. If this continues, if we don't find a suitable and effective containment method, we will probably still have to score. "

But Mourinho is not a fuel-saving lamp. He quickly made adjustments and began to consciously pull the three midfielders closer to the defense line to maintain the rigor of defense, especially Mikel, and the two full-backs It can extend the penalty area, which looks a bit similar to the five-back two-midfielder style of play.

At halftime, Mourinho simply won the Oscar and replaced him with David Luiz. He really adopted a five-back style of play. The three midfielders in the midfield remained unchanged and the formation became In the 532 tactic, the two forwards of Torres and Sturridge are left in front.

Not to mention, after changing formations and players, the defense became much more stable and counterattacks became more effective.

Especially what happened in the 64th minute, when Lampard passed the ball, Torres took the ball during a counterattack and hit Tottenham Hotspur's defense head-on. After attracting the attention of the two central defenders, he passed the ball to Sturridge. , the latter cut into the penalty area from the right, took the ball in the right rib and suddenly kicked the goal.

This shot was very dangerous. Cech flew up and made a save, blocking the ball out of the goal with a single fist. He was able to defuse Chelsea's most threatening attack in the game, and this time the thrill also made Tottenham The danger was felt throughout the club.

But it was this shot that made Ye Qiu shake his head as he watched from the sidelines, because he discovered that after the team took the lead, the players lost contact with the left and right wings due to Chelsea's conscious interception and blocking.

You know, the smartest thing about Chelsea is that they allow you to play on a certain wing, but don't let you cut inside easily, because if you play on the wing, you can only cross the ball, but if you cut inside, you can find another player on the wing to cooperate, which is very dangerous, and Tottenham Hotspur is best at cutting inside.

"Cavani scored a goal in this game, but it's not exciting enough." Ye Qiu shook his head and said.

He represented Uruguay in the Olympic Games this summer. Although he returned to the team early, his state reserve was somewhat affected. The goal just now seemed to be more of Kyle Walker's credit. The cross of this English right back was very standard, quite like Beckham's true teachings.

"Let Drogba warm up!" Ye Qiu shouted to Roland without even looking up.

Soon, Roland's shout for Drogba to warm up came from behind. The Ivorian ran a few laps and returned to Ye Qiu's side. He was obviously preparing to play since the second half.

"After you go on the court, if the two sides cut in, you will be the wall. If they go to the bottom, you will go to the header. Do you understand?" Ye Qiu said very seriously after Drogba approached.

Drogba nodded vigorously, then ran to the fourth official to prepare to go on the court. At this time, there was a cheer on the court. Even Chelsea fans were cheering for Drogba, although this was his first time facing his old club after leaving Stamford Bridge.

After high-fiving Cavani, Drogba walked onto the court. He first sprinted directly, then warmed up, and familiarized himself with the field. When he walked to the front, Hazard and Messi had already received the signal from Ye Qiu.

"Didier, pay attention to my gesture!" Messi secretly made a gesture, and so did Hazard.

In other words, when they made this gesture, they had to strive to cut in, otherwise they would go to the bottom.

Drogba walked up to Terry and smiled at his former teammate. The two nodded as a greeting. The game did not stop because of the reunion of their old friends. The ball was immediately restarted, but Chelsea still quickly handed the ball to Tottenham Hotspur.

Two or three consecutive one-touch passes in the backcourt avoided Torres and Sturridge. Marcelo took the ball to the frontcourt, but Chelsea's defense was very tight. The Brazilian passed the ball to Pirlo, who then passed it to Vidal. The Chilean turned his back to the attack direction and retreated to get the ball and turned around to pass it to Messi who was unguarded on the right.

Messi dribbled the ball along the right side. Ashley Cole and Lampard were both approaching him, but Messi rushed before the two of them surrounded him. A quick pass of at least 15 meters straight cut through the two people's defense zone and came to Drogba's feet at the top of the right corner of the penalty area. After the latter held Terry with his body, facing Messi's ball, he did not let the ball stay at his feet, but stretched out his right foot.

The ball seemed to hit Drogba's foot and turned in another direction, while Messi had already passed quickly between Ashley Cole and Lampard and came to Drogba. After the ball hit Drogba's foot and bounced, it was right in Messi's running route.

The Argentine was obstructed by Lampard when he got the ball, but he stopped suddenly and cut inside, cutting horizontally along the penalty area line.

Chelsea's defense was very flexible. As soon as Lampard couldn't defend, Mikel and Ramirez also immediately moved. Mikel was responsible for limiting Messi with Lampard, while Ramirez stood at the top of the arc area to block Messi from continuing to cut inside horizontally.

But Messi's dribbling attracted the attention of Chelsea's defense this time. After the Argentine cut inside, he turned sideways, protected the ball, and spotted an opportunity. He pushed the ball with the inside of his left foot, and the ball passed through the small gap between the two at a speed so fast that even Ramirez and Mikel had no time to react.

This is definitely a deadly pass, a surgical knife-like pass that directly tore through the opponent's tight defense!

Marcelo rushed up quickly from behind. When he received the ball in the upper left corner of the penalty area, there was no player defending in front of him, so he took a step forward and reached the small penalty area line, so that the entire Chelsea defense line, including their midfield, pressed into the small penalty area.

After all, Drogba was in the small penalty area, and a pass like this was too dangerous.

But Marcelo suddenly dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty spot with his left foot, and saw Ramsey coming up from behind and shooting the ball directly. The ball went into the net again, 2:0!

"That's right!!!!"

"The ball went in again!!!!"

"It's still the two sides that are doing the work, pulling back and forth. This time, Drogba is the wall in front, helping Messi cut in from the right to the middle. Messi's pass is too threatening, absolutely fatal, just right between Mikel and Ramirez, very, very deadly!"

"Marcelo also handled the ball very smartly after getting it. He could choose to pass it high to Drogba, but he was worried about Terry. If it was a low pass, Chelsea's small penalty area was full of people, and there was obviously no advantage, so he chose to gamble and find a back-up, and this back-up area is often the scoring area for Ramsey and Vidal!"

"2:0, in the 71st minute of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored another goal, and the game didn't seem to have much suspense!"

"Mourinho's defense in this game was very well organized. He was able to contain the Tottenham team with super offensive capabilities and did not get many decent scoring opportunities throughout the game. Chelsea's defense was really successful, but unfortunately, they faced the Tottenham team with super offensive capabilities!"

"Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Ye Qiu!" The live TV camera gave Ye Qiu on the sidelines, "In this game, he taught everyone a very good and vivid lesson. He seemed to tell everyone that the iron bucket formation is useless to us, and the best and most effective way to break the iron bucket formation is to activate both the left and right flanks and maintain close contact."

But just as the commentator finished speaking, Mourinho obviously gave it his all and replaced two players in one breath, fighting!