Soccer Super Marksman

The Premier League schedule - it's really breathless.Cui Zhen couldn't imagine that if he played in every game, whether he would be overwhelmed by the schedule.

Just entered December, Manchester United lost.

In the League Cup quarter-finals, Manchester United is a guest at the Emirates Stadium, which is the fourth game in 12 days!

It is conceivable how terrifying the schedule is.Antonio Conte must rotate, and it is also impossible for Manchester United to forcefully send out the main team. Even if it is the quarter-finals of the League Cup, the two teams still tacitly use the substitute lineup to deal with it.

In the end, Manchester United lost 0:1 to Arsenal in the away game, and the League Cup front came to an end.

Losing the League Cup front has not affected Manchester United in any way.

This is the consensus of the giants, and the League Cup is for training.

Then, ushered in the 16th round of the Premier League.

Manchester United played against Birmingham at home. Although Antonio Conte dispatched Cui Zhen to start the game, he did not intend to overdraw his physical fitness, because they will face the league title rival Chelsea.

In the first half, after Cui Zhen, Herrera and Valencia played a devastating fast break from the left, they succeeded in pushing in the penalty area. Before the end of the first half, Mkhitaryan assisted Rooney to score and Manchester United led by two goals.

At the beginning of the second half, Cui Zhen made a long-range shot to make the Birmingham goalkeeper make a save, and Herrera sent the ball into the net with a supplementary shot, and Manchester United sealed the victory.

In less than 60 minutes, Antonio Conte replaced Cui Zhen with Memphis Depay.

After Manchester United won the game 4-0, the points gap between them and Chelsea is still 1 point.

Chelsea also defeated Newcastle United 4-0 at Stamford Bridge this round.

Next, Manchester United will have the Champions League match in the middle of the week. Starting from mid-November, there will be a match every week in the middle of the week, double match a week!It can be called a hellish schedule pressure.

And Cui Zhen has been focusing on training after the game. It seems that he is still in good condition. After all, he played 60 minutes in the league last week.

Antonio Conte's mood looked a bit heavy, with a heavy emphasis on defense in training.

He has to be nervous, and his opponent in the weekend game is Chelsea, who is also in the limelight.

Even with Manchester United's amazing performance this season, Chelsea are only 1 point behind Manchester United in the standings!This is an advantage without any guarantees!

The league weekend is a six-point battle.

If you win, everyone will be happy.

But what if you lose? !If he loses the weekend game, Mourinho can't imagine what a huge negative impact the team's state will suffer.

Home defeat!Overtake the direct competitor points!
The encouragement to Chelsea and the blow to Manchester United have ebbed and flowed. Mourinho can't imagine that once Manchester United loses in the weekend league, it may lose the entire season!So he has to emphasize the team's defense.

Even if you can't win, make sure you don't lose!

The top game of the Premier League, which has attracted the attention of all England, arrived as scheduled at Old Trafford.

Antonio Conte leads a new generation of Chelsea at Old Trafford.

Although Antonio Conte will not take the initiative to find trouble with other teams, especially the quarrel between the coaches or psychological warfare, but the media is not willing to be lonely, they will put sharp questions one after another in front of Antonio Conte , After waiting for Antonio Conte to respond, describe this as Antonio Conte's active provocation.

However, when this Premier League top battle came, Antonio Conte and Mourinho tacitly did not start a tit-for-tat war of words.

Manchester United are under pressure and of course Chelsea are also under pressure.

If Chelsea lose the game at Old Trafford, Chelsea's confidence will be hit very hard!
They were originally chasing Manchester United. If they were defeated in a direct confrontation, the self-confidence that had been raised to the point where they thought they were on par with their opponents might be gone!
Antonio Conte and Mourinho will boast, but neither will make a sure declaration of victory, and that risk is too great.

When the two sides stood in the player channel, the Manchester United generals led by Rooney looked calm, and the Chelsea led by Azpilicueta also looked confident.

Cui Zhen glanced at Chelsea's lineup. To be honest, he was really excited. Ever since he came to the Premier League, he realized that his age may be the youngest, but the age difference between the main players of many wealthy teams and him is five years old. Within!
This moment of competing with geniuses made his blood boil just thinking about it!

"Welcome to the Old Trafford Stadium. The 17th round of the Premier League is about to be staged here. At the same time, this is also a top game. Although Manchester United is outstanding, Chelsea, which is now No. 2 in the standings, is also unacceptable. Look, today they went north from Stamford Bridge to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United. They are only 1 point behind Manchester United. If they can take away the victory from here, they will occupy the top position in the standings and end Manchester United. undefeated!"

The Chelsea created by the Italian coach Antonio Conte is impressive. There are many controversies surrounding the coach. Antonio Conte stole the limelight. At the same time, Chelsea also had an eye-catching performance in the Champions League. The first five rounds won 4 wins and 1. A record of 1 draw and [-] loss.

In the last game, Chelsea lost to Porto. Antonio Conte claimed that the loss was to preserve his strength, so as to prepare for today's top game. This is understandable, and we don't have to be too harsh on Chelsea.

Manchester United is the team with the most goals so far this season. Their offensive power is at the top level in Europe, while Chelsea's goals are also good, but their defense is obviously stronger, especially at Stamford Bridge. Conceded 3 goals in a game, amazing defensive strength.Although the number of goals conceded in the away game is slightly more.But Chelsea are still the best defensive team in the Premier League.Will this be a contest of spear and shield?Enough for us to look forward to.

Manchester United's starting lineup today is 4231, which is the main formation system determined by Mourinho in the new season.

Goalkeeper: De Gea.

Defenders: Phil Jones, Valencia, Bailey, Bailly.

Midfielders: Pogba, Cui Zhen, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Schneiderlin.

Forward: Rooney.

Chelsea started 433, Antonio Conte brought a new football philosophy to the Premier League.

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Kurt Zouma.

Midfield: Fabregas, Kante, Eden Hazard.

Forwards: Diego Costa, Micha Batshuayi, Willian.

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of Manchester United and Chelsea fans, the battle for the top spot kicked off.

This is a game in which it was announced from the beginning that both teams are very defensive, which can be regarded as setting a big tone for the overall trend.

As Manchester United's attacking midfielder, Cui Zhen retreated to the midfield for offensive organization, and was not in a hurry to instigate the attack forward, but even if he retreated, he still suffered a lot of defensive pressure.

There is midfielder Cesc Fabregas on the front and striker Micha Batshuayi behind him. Both of these guys are guys with super physical confrontation ability.

Since Chelsea's main defensive counterattack tactics, Mourinho does not want the battle at Old Trafford to be driven by Manchester United, otherwise in the fast rhythm, the game is very easy to lose control, giving Chelsea more opportunities.

Simply put, if Manchester United is actively attacking, then the distance between Manchester United's third line will be widened, and the distance between the front and rear of the formation as a whole will become longer. The offensive space is more open.

Using a spring as a metaphor for the team's overall elasticity, Manchester United's front line is stretched, and the probability of the third line breaking in a fast-paced game is significantly higher than Chelsea's.

Even if Mourinho scoffed at Chelsea's utilitarian tactics in front of the media, but when things came to a head-to-head confrontation with Chelsea, Mourinho really didn't dare to let the team suppress Chelsea frantically.

That is absolutely unrealistic!

Among the four giants of the Premier League, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United.

No one can crush the overall strength gap between them, the gap is very subtle.

Don't look at Manchester United leading Arsenal and Liverpool by many points in the standings, Chelsea also leads both, but in key games, the Big Four will fight each other, who dares to win?Who dares to say what kind of result is an upset?
There are no upsets in the match between the Big Four.It will not be surprising who wins and who loses. If Liverpool, which ranks bottom of the four giants in the league standings, defeats Manchester United, will it be an upset result?Won't!

Because there is no obvious difference in the strength of everyone, so in terms of posture, the role of on-the-spot tactical restraint will play a huge role.

Mourinho knows what Antonio Conte wants, so he must not give it to him!
The same reason, the players on the court also understand.

Cui Zhen fell into the embarrassing situation of "unable to pass the ball forward" from the beginning. Antonio Conte is not the only one who will put up a three midfielder formation.

But perhaps he is one of the few top coaches who can make the defense impeccable and make the offensive organizers helpless in static defense.

Eden Hazard and Kanter are double midfielders. When there is no counterattack opportunity, midfielder Fabregas will of course participate in the defense.

There are three passing points for Cui Zhen, Herrera on the left, Rooney on the center, and Mkhitaryan on the right.

On the premise that he does not try to break through rashly, no matter how the front three teammates move, they will be cut off by Chelsea's defenders from passing the ball to Cui Zhen.

The key point is never how many players are in the defensive zone, but what kind of role the defenders are playing.

Just like PSV Eindhoven even put up 3 midfielders participating in the defense, but their positions will have flaws, which will allow Cui Zhen to find the passing line. Even if the pass is extremely difficult, Cui Zhen can still catch the ball. to the opportunity.

Today was so difficult that Cui Zhen felt a breath of despair spreading in his heart.

When Antonio Conte stood on the sidelines from the start and yelled at forwards Diego Costa and William, commanding them to participate in the defense of the midfield with a stern expression, some fans may think that Antonio Conte is making a fuss over a molehill, Showing off on purpose.

But if you think about it one more level, how can such Chelsea's defense not be strong!

Herrera and Mkhitaryan were pinched back and forth. Forwards Diego Costa and Willian don’t need to press them close. They just need to stand around them and cut off the passing line between Cui Zhen and them. Can make enough defensive contributions.

And if the two wide players move closer to the center, they will fall into Chelsea's defensive circle.

Cui Zhen couldn't find the point of the ball, so he passed the ball directly to Rooney?That's almost impossible, unless the opponent makes a major marking error.

Chelsea was very confident and steady in this game. Cui Zhen could see that he was making formulaic passes in the midfield and kept telling himself to be patient and see if the situation would change over time.