Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 702

Give up midfield?

The Monaco players who heard Didier Deschamps clearly looked at each other in blank dismay—boss, we are a Ligue 1.7 team, and Monaco, which is famous for its technique and cooperation, you asked us to give up the midfield, are you going to play a long pass?Just relying on Saviola's height of less than 1.8 meters?Or is it based on the height of less than [-] meters between Chevanton and Caron?
Deschamps didn't explain, but looked at a big black guy sitting in the corner: "Emmanuel, you play in the second half."

The eyes of all Monaco players fell on the 20-year-old black striker. The striker himself seemed a little surprised, looked at Deschamps hesitantly, and wondered who he would replace, Chevanton or Caron, Or is it Saviola?

"You replace Blasi." As soon as Deschamps said this, the players in Monaco thought that the head coach was out of his mind with anger - Blasi is the midfielder, Emmanuel Adeba Yue is a striker. Originally there were only three players in the midfield. Isn't it only two people who are replaced now?Four two four?God, what an ancient formation.

"Emmanuel, your position after playing is a center forward. Use your body to fight against the two central defenders of Newcastle. After the defender gets the ball in the backcourt, don't organize slowly. Give me a big foot forward When the field starts, hang yourself on Emmanuel's head. Emmanuel, your task is to control the ball passed from the backcourt. Whether it is a direct shot or a ferry to your teammates, it is up to you to choose, Savio La is responsible for the second spot. If you have a chance, you can do it yourself. If you don’t have a chance, you can split to both sides. After the bottom, you can find Emmanuel. Caron goes to the left, and Chevanton goes to the right. We must step up to prevent their two full-backs from stepping forward to assist, and we may still have a chance if we play like this.”

Deschamps waved his arm fiercely: "Let's play the long pass that the English team is best at, and use their tactics to solve them! Aren't their midfielders stealing fiercely? Then we will bypass them, Hit directly in front of their penalty area! Make their two defensive midfielders useless on the field! At that time, our chance will come!"

The Monaco players began to understand what the coach meant, which was to avoid the opponent's strongest point, and simply give up the midfield when they could not improve the midfield. They used high-altitude balls and quick counterattacks to deal with their opponents. In the first half, Monaco There are few counterattacks because the opponent's two defensive midfielders are frantically sweeping the midfield. Either the ball is intercepted or the speed of the counterattack is delayed, so that the opponent can return to the defense in time. Now that they are so big, at least they will not attack consecutively like in the first half. There are so few opportunities.

After realizing that the head coach did not resort to stupid tricks because of his brain, the hearts of the Monaco players were raised again. The head coach is the soul of a team. If the head coach is not in chaos, the team will not be in chaos.

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"It's not right, why did Monaco play a long pass and rush away, and now it seems that the effect is not bad." After 10 minutes in the second half, even Pei Wei could see that something was wrong.

Carver was no longer in the mood of ridiculing just now, because Monaco's seemingly crazy move worked very well.

The backcourt defenders began to clear the siege cleanly. In the first half, the defenders of Monaco had to find the midfielder to pass the ball after stealing. This gave Essien and Makelele a chance to increase their stealing data. But now Monaco's defenders drive forward after getting the ball, and they don't have any entanglements with Newcastle in the midfield, let alone in their own backcourt.

Since Nie Fei and Ribery are more focused on offense, and they take turns to attack in the middle, they really have no spare power to help defend. If the two midfielders cannot return to the defense in time, then Newcastle is equivalent to four defenders. Dealing with the opponent's four forwards is quite unfavorable for the defensive side.

After all, you can't rely on man-to-man defense to deal with one by one. Defense is always passive, especially in the field of professional football. One against four, as long as the opponent's striker drags back and forth, the defender will be in a dilemma-whether to defend his position or follow the players, there may be problems in either way.

"Don't worry." Mourinho, who was sitting on the coach's bench, said lightly: "The situation is not that bad-have you noticed? A little thin, and he's young, Dawson can't lose to him."

Adebayor is 1.9 meters tall, but weighs only 75 kilograms, which is obviously a bit thin for a big man. Dawson is the same height as him, both are 1.9 meters, although Dawson, who weighs 79 kilograms, also Not too strong, but compared with Adebayor, the extra four kilograms is a real deal. An extra four kilograms means that he can have a certain advantage in the confrontation.

"John, tell Michael, let him keep an eye on Adebayor, don't worry about other things, entangle him, so that he can't head the ball comfortably... Also, let him be more fierce in the game , this is our home court, we don’t need to think too much about refereeing.” Mourinho said to Carver.

Carver nodded, and was about to get up, when Mourinho stopped him again: "Also, let Ribery go up to the winger position, and Nie Fei retreated a little bit to play the midfielder to organize the attack... They are not Playing a long pass? Let the French know what a real long pass is."

Obviously Carver was very happy with Mourinho's last words. He nodded with a smile, stood up, took advantage of a chance when the ball went out of bounds, and grabbed Bernard to say a few words. The French boy nodded. , and then quickly communicated the instructions to other players on the field.

Soon, the Monaco players began to realize that the situation that had been gradually regained just now began to tilt towards Newcastle again. Adebayor failed to hit the ball several times, and Dawson clung to him tightly, constantly colliding Facing the opponent, all this made Adebayor feel very uncomfortable. What made him even more unaccustomed was that the referees were indifferent to many actions that could be called fouls in Ligue [-], because collisions of this level are simply unacceptable in the Premier League. It's like a regular meal.

What made them even more uncomfortable was that Newcastle also began to play long passes in a similar manner. Their long passes were much better than Monaco's. There is a response, someone grabs the second point, someone pulls in the penalty area, and someone inserts in the backcourt. The threat is much greater than that of Monaco.

Mourinho nodded in satisfaction, and now the trajectory of the game has fallen into his control. Although Deschamps' tactical change has been done very well, it is only within the scope of conspiracy. If everyone knows it, there won't be too much lethality, and Mourinho's use of conspiracy in this game, purely relying on his own strength to surpass his opponent's, this kind of conspiracy is even more terrifying.

If Monaco could score a goal early in the second half, then their situation might not be too bad. Unfortunately, they did not manage to do so, after Mourinho responded. , It will be difficult for them to reverse the disadvantage.

After 10 minutes in the second half, Newcastle captain Shearer sprained his ankle in a fight in the frontcourt and had to leave the field. Before leaving the field, he handed the captain's armband to Nie Fei-although this season was only Nie Fei's first time in Newcastle. Two seasons, but one of the two qualified captains left the field, the other Ji Wen sat on the bench, and Nie Fei has a good relationship in the team, and everyone knows that he is the favorite of the boss Pei Wei players, so no one has any objections to this.

Shearer's end may be considered good news for Monaco, but soon, they knew that Shearer's end was really not good news for them.

Drogba came on as a substitute for Shearer. He is five centimeters taller than Shearer, and his body is also stronger than Shearer who has begun to decline. With his running and fighting in the frontcourt, Newcastle As long as the long pass in the backcourt is passable, then the other forwards only need to wait for Drogba to fight for the header and hand it over to them.

Drogba messed up Monaco's defense even more after he came on the field. Although he has not yet fully integrated into the entire team, he has Ribery by his side who has played with him for two years and Ibrahimovic's ability to cooperate. After being a very good player, his running ability and impact were fully demonstrated, and Monaco's defenders were not his opponents at all one-on-one.

Under the impact of Drogba, Monaco's defense finally began to collapse. When Ribery passed the ball into the penalty area from the wing, the two defenders of Monaco followed Drog who was running forward. Ba's side, but the ball was passed to Ibrahimovic in the back point. Ibrahimovic made a difficult half-turn volley and scored the ball into the gate guarded by Rome. St. James' Park became a sea of ​​joy. Zero, the Newcastle venue has sealed the victory!

Although there are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game, no one will believe that Monaco still has a chance to win. Deschamps used up three substitutions in the remaining games, but still cannot change the passive situation on the field .

"You won." After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Deschamps stood up helplessly, stretched out his hand to Mourinho who was walking towards him, and said the last thing he wanted to say.

"I win overall." After winning the game, Mourinho's words were not so bitter. To be honest, his pre-match provocation was just to make his opponent lose his cool, but Monaco's tenacity in the game He admired him: "I was surprised by the tactical changes in the second half. It's a pity that you lack players who support your tactics."

Deschamps felt a little more comfortable, and Mourinho is not so hateful: "If you lose, you lose, but we still have a chance at home, and then we will have a showdown."

Let's hope that game isn't a battle of honor.Mourinho thought so, but didn't say it.

It seems that I am still very kind.

Mourinho thought, forgetting how he stimulated his opponent before the game.

(End of this chapter)