Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 643 Carry out the defense to the end

March 07th at 30:[-], Stade Gerland, Lyon.

The stadium, which can accommodate 4 people, was full of seats. [-] Lyon fans and [-] Newcastle fans crowded all the stands. Before the game started, the singing and noise of fans from both sides filled the entire stadium.

Although the Newcastle fans only occupied four stands, their aura was extremely powerful. In this respect, French fans have no advantage over English fans. The French, who are naturally romantic, are not as crazy as the English. .

Just outside the stadium, the same number of Newcastle fans occupied the square outside the Gerland Stadium-more than [-] Newcastle fans came to France this time, but less than half of them were able to enter the stadium. Dissatisfaction quickly accumulated. If Lyon hadn't erected a huge live broadcast screen in this square and provided enough seats, I am afraid that these fans would have become agitated.

No wonder the fans of Newcastle are so enthusiastic. This is the first time for them to participate in the away game of the Champions League knockout round. The transportation in Europe is convenient. Basically, anyone with a little money followed the team to Lyon. So many fans flocked to Lyon to support the local area. The economy, especially the sales of alcohol, has brought a huge transaction volume, but it has also brought a lot of trouble to the Lyon city government.

In order to prevent the notorious English football hooligans from causing trouble, the Lyon city government urgently dispatched hundreds of police officers to station around the Gerland Stadium. It's hard to deal with fans who can turn into thugs in the blink of an eye.

The Lyon police chief is very contradictory. If Newcastle wins, these fans probably won't cause trouble. If they are eliminated, these guys will probably cause quite a lot of chaos-but he himself doesn't want the Lyon team to be eliminated...

So under a certain hint, there are a lot fewer hawkers selling alcohol around the square, but there are a lot more hawkers selling mineral water...

When it arrived at 07:30 in the evening, there was a huge cheer from the whole stadium, and players from both sides came out.

Compared with the previous game, Lyon's starting lineup has not changed in any way. Goalkeeper Coupe, four defenders Defland, Kakapa, Edmilson and Delmott, midfielder double midfielder Essien, Dylan. Yala, left winger Malouda, right winger Govo, midfielder Juninho, single forward Elber.Newcastle's lineup is goalkeeper Given, defenders Kufuor, Woodgate, Lucio and Bernard, midfielder Makelele and Janus in the middle, Stewart on the left, Nie Fei on the right, both Forward Ibrahimovic and Viduka, Shearer felt a little tired after the League Cup match, and Viduka was the hero of the first round goal, so he replaced Shearer's position.

In the second half of the league, Mark Viduka appeared more and more in the main position. After all, Shearer was old. Although he performed exceptionally well in the first half of the season, the nineteenth round He scored sixteen goals, but after the start of the second half of the season, his state declined significantly. In these eight rounds of the league, he only scored two goals, and one of them was a penalty kick.

So Viduka became Mourinho's first choice in the game. The Australian is physically strong and has excellent header ability. Play the role of Shearer on the field.

More importantly, the experienced Viduka has never spared his physical fitness on the court, and often returns to the midfield to help defend, which is also in line with Mourinho's tactics in this game.

Mourinho's tactic in this game is defensive counterattack, away game, and has the advantage of one goal. Defense is the only choice. With a speed player like Stewart in the frontcourt, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Nie Fei can hold the ball. As a player, Mourinho has sufficient confidence.

Although Newcastle used offensive tactics to tear apart the opponent's defense most of the time this season, Mourinho has never stopped improving the defense. His ultimate goal is that all players on the field must participate in the defense. When defending, form one after another insurmountable barriers from the goal to the midfield range, let the opponent's offense fall into the quagmire, and then tear the opponent's defense line through one quick counterattack after another. This is his ultimate goal. Target.

Mourinho is a victory-oriented head coach, but he is not a head coach who does not know how to adapt. When he accepted Newcastle, Newcastle had more than enough offense and poor defense. The difference still has to change slowly, at least now Newcastle has begun to become more and more offensive and defensive, which was unimaginable in the past few years.

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"Oh! Newcastle launched a very threatening attack at the beginning of the game!" The ESPN commentator yelled fiercely. Newcastle made a very beautiful attack at the beginning of the game. Obtaining the opponent's defensive attention, Nie Fei sent the ball to Ibrahimovic's feet beautifully. Ibrahimovic did not stop the ball and went straight into the penalty area. Stewart rushed from between the two central defenders of Lyon like the wind, facing The goalkeeper kicked the far corner, but unfortunately the ball missed slightly.

"Damn it! A good opportunity..." Mourinho waved his hand regretfully. If he can score a goal at the beginning of the game, then the next game will be quite beneficial to Newcastle. Lyon must score three The ball is guaranteed to qualify, but today's luck seems to be not so good.

"What are you doing!" Le Guin jumped up violently. He emphasized before the game that in addition to offense, the defense must also be strengthened. After all, if the opponent scores one more goal, he will score two. Got a single pole!

But no one thought that this attack at the beginning of the game was actually the only bright spot in the entire first half.

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"Juninho tries a long shot from outside the penalty area! The ball hits the opposing defender and goes out of the baseline... This is Lyon's fifth shot in the first half! It's a pity that all of them failed to cause any threat to Newcastle's goalkeeper Given. , Newcastle's defense is too dense, Lyon can't get into the penalty area at all!"

There was a trace of regret in the ESPN commentator's voice. He really didn't expect that the game would be like this.

Siege, defend to death, besiege again, defend to death again... This is the only melody in the first half till now.

Stewart's shot was the only dissonant note in the melody. For the rest of the time, it was Lyon who bombarded Newcastle's gate, but it was just thunder and rain.

If the defense that Italy is good at is concrete defense, Newcastle is now putting on a steel defense. The defender will never press up and never cause offside. Internally, a small situation is formed in which more players fight less.Require the entire team to defend and compress the opponent's offensive space - this is the defensive formation Newcastle uses now. Except for Ibrahimovic and Nie Fei who take turns to go forward, all other players retreat to defend, as long as the opponent enters 30 Within a meter area, you will immediately taste the taste of fierce shoveling.

Even if you pass back and forth, it doesn't do anything. The Newcastle players ignore you and just keep their defensive formation, but if you keep going, two or three people will immediately double-team you I can't move an inch.

It can be seen that Le Guin is also very afraid of Newcastle's quick counterattack. No one will forget that when Newcastle faced Real Madrid in the group stage, their punctuality was like a thick wall, and their attack was like a swift gale. They rarely stepped forward to assist, and the central defenders basically did not cross the center line, but precisely because of this, their offense seemed to lack layers and follow-up, and they were helpless in front of Newcastle's integrated defense.

Essien, Juninho and others took turns to take long shots, but it was very difficult for the ball to pass through the dense crowd in the penalty area, let alone a steady Shay, while Malouda and Gewu's breakthrough from the wing also didn't have a very good effect. They didn't have a center forward with excellent header ability and impact on the field. The defenders are all close to 1.9 meters tall, and they are definitely not slow to turn around, and they judge the placement very well. Elber himself is not good at headers and impact, and he cannot shake the gate of Newcastle.

The Lyon fans are obviously very dissatisfied with Newcastle's practice of defending the one-goal advantage. Their boos have never stopped since the start of the game, but as soon as their boos are uttered, they will immediately be greeted by Newcastle fans in uniform. The singing was suppressed.

Newcastle fans don't care how ugly the team is playing - they are not fussy Spanish fans, as long as they can win and get a chance to advance, they don't care how you score goals - from this point of view, they are more purely.

Le Guin gritted his teeth and glanced at Mourinho over there. Mourinho was sitting on the coach's bench with his hands folded, his face unchanged.

Le Guin looked back, since you want to defend to the end, then try it, you know we have a super free kicker like Juninho, as long as you can give him a chance, then the situation will change An earth-shaking reversal has taken place!

Mourinho also sneered in his heart. The rhythm of the game was completely within his expectations. Obviously, even Real Madrid was helpless in the face of such a defense, not to mention that although it was technically streamlined, its offense was better than Real Madrid is still a bit behind Lyon.

Carry out the defense to the end, this is what Mourinho told the players before the game started.

(End of this chapter)