Soccer Super Marksman

It has to be said that Chelsea's 433 combined with defensive counterattack tactics is simply the nemesis of the traditional mainstream 442 play in the Premier League!
Because in the counterattack, their center attack will have one more person than the opponent!

The 442 in England itself are two players in the middle of the midfield.Then when being hit on a counterattack, most of the time it will be destroyed by Chelsea's forward explosion.Coupled with the powerful winger's personal breakthrough ability, Chelsea's scoring in the middle and lower reaches of the team is like picking something out of a pocket.

It also made the Premier League critics express emotion: Chelsea played so hard that their opponents dare not attack!

Of course, there is a premise for this kind of not daring to attack, that is, Chelsea itself does not take the initiative to attack, they wait for their opponents to move first, and strike later.

Fortunately, under Mourinho's training, Manchester United has already played with double midfielders.

The game was very depressing. Chelsea's stability made Cui Zhen feel great pressure. He couldn't find a point to go forward. Even if his teammates came back to support him, it was still difficult to move forward.

Cui Zhen is a very responsible midfielder commander. He can continue to make risky passes, but that will definitely have a high pass error rate, and mistakes will bring anxiety and confusion!

Chelsea also played steadily, and ended the attack hastily without a good chance to counterattack.There was no space for the winger to attack, so he went directly to Micha Batshuayi with a high-altitude ball.If Micha Batshuayi can play a fulcrum role, then maybe he can get a good offensive opportunity.

However, Manchester United's formation is not high. No matter how powerful Micha Batshuayi is, it is impossible for Schneiderlin, Pogba, Bayi and Bailey to play in the front and back of the four.

The first players who couldn't hold back in this oppressive atmosphere were the Manchester United players.

Defender Valencia! He saw that Chelsea failed to play a threatening attack, and his own attack was obviously at a disadvantage in the frontcourt. When Cui Zhen did not show the ability to pass the ball through the scalpel, he naturally couldn't wait to follow Killed along the sidewalk.

He has a proud heart, why should the Red Devils be afraid of the Blues?

However, Valencia's rash approach almost caused disaster!
When Valencia ran forward, Cui Zhen passed the ball to him immediately. Valencia tried to complete a two-for-one cooperation with Herrera when he passed the midfield, but Herrera failed to catch him. Passing the ball, the extremely decisive defender David-Louis successfully steals the ball!
David Luiz did not hesitate to pass the ball straight to the front of the wing, behind Valencia, where the striker William looked at the football rolling behind him, his expression suddenly changed, his eyes were piercing!

Here comes Chelsea's chance!

He ran along the wing in a flash, dribbling the ball into the United penalty area.

Bailly didn't dare to move, he had to flank Micha Batshuayi with Bailly.

Fabregas rushed forward quickly, Cui Zhen paid attention to Fabregas' running position while returning to defense, and he blocked the outside to cut off the passing line between forward William and Fabregas!

Pogba promised to block Fabregas' forward attack head-on, and Phil Jones moved inside to guard against Diego Costa.

Although Chelsea's counterattack will not invest too much force, especially the two full-backs basically do not participate in assists. This is Antonio Conte's approach to ensure the stability of the defense.

But on the basis of enough attack space, even a small number of troops can still launch a dazzling counterattack storm!
The core element is fast!

Defender Valencia looked beyond his reach in the chase. He watched the defensive gap left by him being used by Chelsea's counterattack, and his heart was about to jump out, especially from his point of view. It's shocking to watch the football go towards the Manchester United penalty area without any hesitation!

An uproar!
Schneiderlin made a fierce shovel outside the penalty area to intercept William successfully!
William lost control of the football and fell to the ground. He didn't want to pass the ball, but Cui Zhen blocked the passing line between him and Cesc Fabregas.

Micha Batshuayi was flanked by Bailey and Bailey again. His footwork could not ensure that he could accurately send the football to Diego Costa on the other side of the field. In the end, he had to go to the penalty area by himself. Schneider Delin just looked at the right time to intercept successfully!

Bailey breathed a sigh of relief. If William dribbles the ball into the penalty area, he must give up Micha Batshuayi to defend William. How will Micha Batshuayi move at that time? No one can guarantee the passing of the passing opportunity.

Defender Valencia returned to the back line with lingering fears. He may then understand why Mourinho emphasized defense when preparing for this game.

Cui Zhen kept recalling Chelsea's threatening counterattack just now in his mind.

Manchester United counterattacked with 6 people defending Chelsea with 4 people!If Valencia is in the defensive position, then four defenders + double midfielders, plus himself is a 7-man defense.

Then the defense must be fine, as long as the opponent is not given a sprint attack space, the defense will not cause too much trouble.

He looked back towards Chelsea's half-court and a thought came to his mind.

After defending Chelsea's frontcourt touchline, Cui Zhen's midfield organization style changed suddenly.

He began to look for the almost non-existent passing line and frequently passed the ball to his teammates.

Go forward!It was the first time to find Mkhitaryan directly in the midfield. Although Mkhitaryan touched the ball first, the defender Kurt Zouma's press made Mkhitaryan lose the ball immediately.

Chelsea did not instigate a better counter-attack, because Manchester United's defense looked solid.

In the 31st minute of the game, Cui Zhen finally succeeded once after three attempts.

Herrera suddenly cut horizontally into the front waistline, allowing Cui Zhen to complete a very tacit pass and run cooperation with him, but was destroyed by Azpilicueta when Herrera wanted to send Rooney a deadly pass.

Antonio Conte on the sidelines looked calm. He saw Cui Zhen actively throwing the ball forward, but in fact the success rate was not high.

He said silently in his heart: You guys are starting to mess up!
Huge defensive pressure and eager to play his own role, Antonio Conte can imagine Cui Zhen's mental pressure and mentality changes.

When Cui Zhen dribbled the ball across the half in the 36th minute of the game and tried to send a through ball to Rooney but was cut off by Kanter, Chelsea launched a wave of offensively sharp counterattacks.

Cesc Fabregas started behind Cui Zhen. He responded to Kanter's pass in the frontcourt, and without giving Pogba a chance to get close, he passed the ball to the wing to Diego Costa.

Although Cui Zhen is retreating, the target he is always looking at is Eden Hazard or Kanter. Chelsea's style determines that it is impossible for both midfielders to rush forward and assist. He only needs to beware of one of them. That's fine, whoever moves, whoever crosses halftime, follows whomever!
Diego Costa tried to pass Phil Jones, but Phil Jones always took the defensive goal of tightening the inside line. Diego Costa could only make a cross from the wing and Bailey cleared the ball , The football fell to Pogba's feet.

Pogba was bold and bold. When Cesc Fabregas countered on the spot, he flicked the ball sideways, and then sent a direct pass. The football quickly rolled to the midfield. Cui Zhen turned around and dribbled forward. The speed suddenly increased!

Antonio Conte found that every time he watched Cui Zhen play football, he would find new highlights from Cui Zhen.

But he obviously won't praise Cui Zhen at this time, because Cui Zhen is the opponent's player.

And he exaggeratedly yelled at the disciples in the frontcourt to let them defend, especially Diego Costa.

Antonio Conte is shocked!He guessed Cui Zhen's intention.

This young and precocious midfield commander has never panicked!
He wants to fight Chelsea's counterattack!In fact, Cui Zhen and Cesc Fabregas shouldn’t be playing against each other. Cui Zhen is the attacking midfielder, and Cesc Fabregas should also be the attacking midfielder in theory, but Chelsea’s formation dragged down, and Fabregas retreated. Afterwards, Cui Zhen also retreated, and the two became the illusion of a direct confrontation during the simultaneous retreat.

And when the defensive players in the backcourt are all performing their duties in their own positions, if Cui Zhen follows Fabregas, this will inevitably reduce the threat of Fabregas, but it will bring two disadvantages at the same time. If Den Hazard or Kanter presses up, no one will mark them. The other is that Cui Zhen follows Fabregas, so when turning from defense to offense, he may be entangled by Fabregas turning around and chasing him. live.

Cui Zhen realized that the person he should be marking is Eden Hazard or Kante, and at the same time ensured that he would not face too much defensive pressure when the offense and defense transitioned.

Then when playing Chelsea's counterattack, Manchester United will not be an attacking group facing Chelsea's 7-man three-line defense system with Cesc Fabregas.

Manchester United's teammates also saw the biggest change in the offensive and defensive situation this time, that is, if Manchester United does not delay time, they will have an offensive and defensive situation with 4 players vs 6 players this time.

Much better than before.Rooney, Herrera, and Mkhitaryan began to move, and Manchester United's offensive flexibility and layering began to be reflected.

After Cui Zhen dribbled the ball past halftime, he was about to face Kanter and Eden Hazard's double defensive midfielder.

When there were two meters away from the two of them, Cui Zhen made a change of stepping on a bicycle and pulling the ball to the left.After showing his smooth, natural and skilled dribbling skills, Kanter was slightly surprised.

He expected that Cui Zhen was going to dribble the ball to Eden Hazard, and then beat Hazard with his personal ability!
In terms of defensive one-on-one interception ability, Eden Hazard is obviously not as good as Kanter, which makes Kanter worried about the opponent.

So Kanter took the initiative to move to Eden Hazard's side, trying to put an insurance on Eden Hazard.

What Cui Zhen actually observed during the dribbling was not Eden Hazard, but Kante!

When Kante moves, Chelsea have more space on the other side.At the same time, Mkhitaryan also noticed the change in space and immediately moved towards the middle.

Cui Zhen did not have a one-on-one with Eden Hazard, he decisively passed the ball to the front right in front of the opponent!
Mkhitaryan got the ball there easily, even though Antonio Conte roared at Diego Costa on the sidelines as if waving a whip, causing Diego Costa to quickly return to the defense, but Diego Costa was still far away from Mkhitaryan. Hittarian has a noticeable distance.

Kanter was full of anger!

cheated!Hit the east and the west!

Cui Zhen personally attracted two midfielders, created space for Mkhitaryan to run, and then passed the ball.

After taking the ball, Cui Zhen ran to Mkhitaryan in the direction he passed the ball.

Mkhitaryan dribbled forward, driving the depth of Manchester United's attack, which caused both Eden Hazard and Kante to retreat, while Kanter flew towards Mkhitaryan in an attempt to intercept .

When Mkhitaryan came 35 yards from goal with the ball, he couldn't see a spot where he could make a consistent pass.And his room for action is getting smaller and smaller.

At this moment, he suddenly passed the ball back.Cui Zhen was in the area behind him, forty yards from the goal.

Cui Zhen was in possession of the ball again at this time, the situation was completely different, he stepped into a dangerous zone, and at the same time Chelsea's defensive formation was also moving back and forth, and was torn out of passing gaps.

Cui Zhen's eyes swept across the left front, he saw Rooney, and decisively sent a through knife like a scalpel!