Soccer Super Marksman

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but the atmosphere of the game remained unchanged. The two teams were playing a non-aggressive offense and impeccable defense.

"It's almost a replica of last season's second leg of the league! Can Antonio Conte's side accept a point away from Manchester United at home? But Chelsea seem to lack courage, they have willpower and are a team. Predator, but Chelsea's opponents showed their lack of adventure when they defended against them with a solid defense!
Chelsea were too steady, to the point where they felt helpless without a chance to fight back.Don't Antonio Conte's teams practice positional attacks?They have so many good players.But he has been on the road of defensive counterattack.If Manchester United can take away the draw away, Mourinho will definitely be very happy. "

Manchester United are more creative than Chelsea.But under the premise of playing less and more and no space, only four players are invested in the offense. It is also very difficult to shake Chelsea's defensive line with at least 7 people after compressing the defensive space.

In the 61st minute of the game, striker Morata cut into the inside line from the right. In the fast-paced dribbling, he made an emergency stop and changed direction. He got rid of Pogba's defense horizontally, but Lingard, who came out in the next step, intercepted the ball. success!
In this game, Lingard felt a little easier than playing against Newcastle United. He didn't need to run back and forth to expose the defensive space behind him, and because Chelsea didn't invest a lot in offensive players, the pressure was less. Keep calm, and you can do your own defensive work well without losing the chain at critical times.

Forward Morata reluctantly signaled to his teammates to attack. Not only could he not find a point of contact, but he also had no teammates to help him cover. This made his breakthrough line clear at a glance, making it easier for opponents to predict and intercept.

After stealing the ball, Lingard decisively instigated a counterattack forward.Cui Zhen strode forward and ran to the left of the midfield. The midfielder Drinkwater immediately followed. Lingard's pass was for Cui Zhen. He sent a half-high ball and the ball was very fast. .

Cui Zhen ran to the outside. When the football flew towards him, it was on the right side of his body. Midfielder Drinkwater followed him like a shadow.

In the instant of lightning, Cui Zhen raised his right foot in the direction of the football while running, lightly pad the ball on the outside of his right foot, controlled the strength to the extreme, and unloaded the football perfectly!

And such a perfect stop made Chelsea midfielder Drinkwater a little astonished. Cui Chen's connection to the next movement will be very smooth. Drinkwater was blocked because he planned to intercept Cui Zhen's stop movement. Cui Zhen broke through!
Because he unloaded the ball very freely, and when the football fell to his feet, he immediately accelerated and exploded. The football had just been moved forward by Cui Zhen, and the foot intercepted by Drinkwater fell to the ground, empty!

After passing Drinkwater, Cui Zhen dribbled a step to the inside and blocked Drinkwater behind him. Fabregas rushed from the side to intercept. After observing the situation, Cui Zhen decisively sent a through pass ball.

Cui Zhen rubbed the outer instep of his right foot into an outer arc, and the captain Azpilicueta drew back relatively deep. The ball flew obliquely from two meters in front of Azpilicueta to the penalty area, and the half-high flight trajectory of the football It shows that the ball is likely to bypass defender Gary Cahill, and then between Gary Cahill and Rudiger, Manchester United's striker is galloping to kill!
Lukaku!
The hearts of the Blues fans are about to jump out.

But at the critical moment, before the football passed behind Gary Cahill, someone poked the ball towards Chelsea's baseline.

Kanter!

There was an uproar.

Kanter made a clearance, but he shoveled the ball towards his own goal!

Goalkeeper Courtois hastily fell to the ground and blocked the ball with his left foot. The football changed direction and rolled out of the baseline from the side of the goal post!

All Chelsea fans are relieved, this ball is too thrilling!
If Kanter doesn't make a clearance, Lukaku and Cui Zhen will probably stage another tacit pass and shoot cooperation.

Kanter's desperate clearance almost caused an own goal, which really shocked all Chelsea people into a cold sweat.

Cui Zhenfa glanced at Chelsea's formation, and understood a fact in his heart: even if it is to catch a counterattack and play a fast break, it is difficult to destroy Chelsea's defense!

Chelsea's defense is very tight, and the supplementary defense has already formed its own system.

This game is too difficult.

In terms of the counterattack effect alone, Manchester United must play better than Chelsea. There are two factors that determine the general situation of the game. Manchester United is psychologically prepared to fight counterattacks, but Chelsea is not.

Chelsea thought that Manchester United was still the team living in the dream. They could use anti-counterattack to ravage the Gunners at Stamford Bridge. Another factor is that Manchester United's creativity and players' individual performance are better in counterattacks. Chelsea did not counterattack. It was very uncomfortable to play in space, and I didn't adapt well.

This is easy to understand, even if the two teams fight back, they still face the opponent's tight defense.

But Manchester United played a lot of games that broke the dense defense at least last season. Even if it is not a good counterattack opportunity, they can just play it as a fast break, while Chelsea's offense based on a wide space, when the environment is not suitable , their performance has declined.

Cui Zhen realized the difficulty of Manchester United breaking the wasteland, and Antonio Conte also realized Chelsea's inability to adapt to this game.

As for the dangerous situation just now, if Chelsea slightly increases their offensive investment, it may give Manchester United a better chance to fast break, and if they fail to secure the goal, they will declare a loss.This is the key reason why he hesitated to order the team to strengthen the offensive.

Chelsea began to create threats in other ways. From the 65th to 70th minutes of the game, Diego Costa took three consecutive kicks from the wing to find Diego Costa. Diego Costa only scrambled once, and the header went wide. , and the remaining two times were cleared by Bailey and Bailey with headers.

"Chelsea lacks effective means of positional warfare. Facing Manchester United's tight defense, they have very few long-range shots from the outside. Manchester United can also use long-range shots in front of the penalty area to threaten Chelsea's goal."

Cui Zhen started to slow down.It doesn't make much sense to hit fast.The opponent's defense line tends to be static. If it is fast, it will easily mess up its own rhythm.

His eyes were always calm and calm, and his thoughts were running fast.Break Chelsea's dense defense, individual breakthroughs, set kicks, long shots.Ninety-nine out of ten Chuanqie can't play a threat, and Chelsea's defensive line cutting is still very successful.I have to admit that Antonio Conte is a defensive master.

What about personal breakthroughs?The effect is not good. Cui Zhen can break through the midfielder Drinkwater once, but it does not mean that he can succeed every time. It needs a specific environment, and breaking through the midfield line does not mean that he can destroy the back line. Chelsea's back line Adjustment is also easy and orderly.

Set ball?There are almost no chances of set kicks. Manchester United has a small number of people attacking, and there is not much pressure on Chelsea. They only need to compress the space to encircle.It will be able to end Manchester United's offense, and it is not worth taking the risk of giving Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt.

Then only the long shot remains.In fact, the Manchester United generals also know this.So in the second half, there are more opportunities to take long-range shots, but the quality is not high, and long-range shots that can hit the goal will be easily resolved by goalkeeper Courtois.

After Cui Zhen thought about it, he still had to work hard on the long shot.

For a long-range shot to be a threat, the basic requirement is to hit the goal. The premise of hitting the goal is not to be blocked by the opponent's player. On this basis, the opponent's goalkeeper must be unable to catch it!

In the 76th minute of the game, Herrera received a pass from Lingard on the left side of the midfield and then dribbled in the middle. He consciously created opportunities for Cui Zhen, so it is necessary to liberate Cui Zhen and screen for him.

Herrera's dribbling can attract Fabregas' attention. Anyway, Chelsea's midfielder can't let Herrera dribble the ball.

Fabregas just arrived near Herrera, Herrera passed the ball to Cui Zhen, and then he quickly advanced forward, and then interspersed with running positions to divert the midfielder Drinkwater's defensive attention.

Cui Zhen observed the distance between Fabregas and himself. For a while, Fabregas was unable to defend himself, while the midfielder Drinkwater was restrained by Herrera. Dribble for some distance.

When dribbling forward, Cui Zhen's observation point is not limited to Chelsea's back line, but directly to see the position of goalkeeper Courtois.

When Manchester United and Chelsea's offensive and defensive players moved and moved, Cui Zhen's eyes suddenly became sharp.

He was on the right side of the front field, about 35 yards from the goal. Kanter made sure that Drinkwater could mark Herrera, and then moved to this side, moving laterally, waiting for Cui Zhen to come to the ball. He will look for the right moment to grab the interception.

Lukaku is waiting for an opportunity behind Kante, ready to turn offside at any time, and Gary Cahill is close to Lukaku.

Cui Zhen, I can't see the goalkeeper Courtois!

Lukaku, Gary Cahill, Kanter, the three of them staggered to block the parallel vision, which happened to block Cui Zhen and the football at his feet from the vision connection with the goalkeeper Courtois.

Cui Zhen secretly said in his heart: It's now!
boom!Cui Zhen kicked the football out with his right foot!

Goalkeeper Courtois has always maintained a high degree of concentration. The most threatening point for Manchester United on the front line must be Lukaku, so his position in front of the goal must also be fine-tuned according to Lukaku's position.

This time, Courtois was standing slightly to the right of the goal. He was afraid that Cui Zhen would accidentally send a through ball, allowing Lukaku to form an attack, and Courtois would be able to abandon the goal faster. To block.

But at this moment, Courtois suddenly couldn't see Cui Zhen who was holding the ball further ahead, nor could he see the football.

His vision was blocked by Lukaku, Gary Cahill and Kanter together.

This feeling made Courtois very uneasy, he didn't know what was going to happen!
Suddenly, Courtois seemed to see that the picture stopped. Lukaku, Gary Cahill, and Kanter all tended to turn around. Captain Azpilicueta was shrinking towards the middle, and looked like Nervous, the movements are all subconscious. Captain Azpilicueta is moving horizontally, and then leaps horizontally, trying to block it with his body!

In the end what happened? !The uneasiness of goalkeeper Courtois reached its peak in an instant!

When he saw the football, he seemed to see a meteor piercing the sky!

Courtois quickly predicted the direction of captain Azpilicueta's movement, and then moved to the left of the goal.

Cui Zhen's long-range shot was a one-and-a-half-foot high ball. The captain Azpilicueta had already reacted quickly. He directly planned to use his body to block Cui Zhen's long-range shot. Unfortunately, after he jumped, the football rubbed against him. His scalp suddenly ran over!

Courtois can only subconsciously follow the direction of seeing the football flying, and then make the best horizontal attack!There is not much time left for him to react!
But at the moment when he flew out, Courtois opened his eyes and was shocked!

WTF!Bounce the earth!

The goalkeeper Courtois' palm has been stretched out, and in order to ensure the flying distance, the center of gravity of his body is lower. His palm can block the football in a three-dimensional straight line!

Unfortunately, the football fell after entering the penalty area. The football, which was originally a half-high ball, bounced off the line of the small penalty area. After bouncing again, it just flew over the top of the goalkeeper Courtois' palm, less than 20 centimeters away!
It was almost scraping the inside of the left post of the goal.Courtois fell on the goal line, he didn't turn his head to look back, he knew the goal had been declared lost!

Stamford Bridge was instantly dead silent!