berlin light

Chapter 173 Arrogance is the original sin of mankind
Fuck it!
I'm really afraid of what will happen. Before that, Edward felt that Mourinho's attitude was about to overturn, but he didn't expect that the opponent would actually let the opponent score first.

Celtic's tactics are very cautious today, Mourinho and the children of Union Berlin are still careless.

Although Union Berlin is in control of the situation on the field, Keltjeen relies on excellent defensive ability and sharp counterattacks to threaten Union Berlin. This goal was created through counterattack opportunities.

Mourinho finally let go of the contempt in his heart. Sure enough, there are two brushes to reach the semi-finals. Today's opponent is much more difficult to deal with than he imagined. The reinforced concrete defense and the counterattack are not much slower than Union Berlin. These add up to a headache, and Union Berlin suffered a loss in the hands of their opponents today.

The Celtics' defense is very layered, not like a team in the British Isles at all.

Chain defense!

Mourinho has been able to determine that the opponent is using a chain defense.

Chain defense has two chains.The whole point of defensive thinking is to make it almost impossible for the opponent to break through each defender head-on.Linkage is used for the space between players. If the player is a point, then the space is like a line. When the point is under pressure, the line will naturally converge to the place where the pressure comes from.If there is only one chain, it is easy to be broken. Italy generally builds a line in the forward line, and then adds the back line to form two chains, so that there is deep protection.The avant-garde line is generally composed of 3 people in a chain, and the back line is composed of 4 people. The gaps in the avant-garde chain are filled by defenders. Generally, the Italian defense that everyone sees is that the avant-garde linemen double-team the opponent, and the defenders see the right time to play.However, the chain defense has high requirements for the defensive formation. As long as the formation is in chaos, the chain defense will cease to exist, and even if the formation is always maintained well, the possibility of the opponent's superstar being able to break through is not ruled out. Therefore, The highest level of chain defense requires a defender with strong defensive ability to swim between the two chains to defend the opponent's core players.In this way, the system of chain defense is completed.

Defense alone cannot win the game, but chain defense has already consumed 8-9 players, and only 2-3 players can really attack. Therefore, chain defense generally waits for the opponent's forces to overwhelm the ball and quickly pass through the center. On the field, hand it over to the 2-3 players in front to take advantage of the opponent's unsteady foothold to counterattack

What a beeping dog, obviously he was the coach of Northern Ireland, and he also learned the Italian way.

Even the Italian team does not have such a strong tactical execution ability now. The Celtics' defensive system is definitely not formed in a day or two, but when watching the opponent's game video, why didn't they find this problem?

Is he careless or is the other party consciously hiding the truth?

After being scored a goal, Mourinho fell into another extreme. He always felt that Martin O'Neill's tactics were specially prepared for him and Union Berlin. His situation is simply persecution paranoia.

In any case, the Celtics do have two brushes, and Edward's previous reminder is not alarmist. Today's game is a tough battle.

Mourinho waved his hand, allowing the team to stabilize and slowly organize, based on defense and counterattack.

Union Berlin's defensive counterattack is completely different from what the Celtics are using now. Union Berlin's defense is a high press.

This tactic is based on the premise of the entire defense line. The center and front field are organized to encircle and siege, forcing the opponent to rush the ball, and destroying the opponent's attack from the backcourt. A football strategy.

There are a lot of high-position presses. The first is to destroy the opponent’s offensive system, improve the ball possession rate and counterattack. The deadliest and fastest, keeping the opponent's threatening attacks away from your own goal.

But it is not without disadvantages. First of all, the tactics are complex. Because a highly unified football action is required to achieve high-position and oppressive steals, this requires the participation of forwards, midfielders, and goalkeepers. It is actually a very complicated tactic. There is no problem at all for the United. Since Mourinho coached Union Berlin, Union Berlin has been playing like this.

There is also abnormal physical fitness requirements, especially the physical fitness of midfielders and frontcourt players is difficult to guarantee 90 minutes of high pressure. This point is also being strengthened in a targeted manner, especially after the new training base is put into use, the physical fitness of the players has reached A dire point.

It is precisely because of this tactic that Union Berlin is invincible in the Bundesliga, but there is a problem, that is, it is difficult for the opponent to huddle and press high. Even if the forward grabs the ball, there is no way to deal with so many people in the penalty area. The long-range shooting ability of Ned and Harvey Alonso, combined with Berlin Union's unique set-piece tactics, even if the opponent uses the Tietong array, it is difficult to completely block the Berlin Union's attack.

But Sneijder didn't start today, and Union Berlin's long-range shooting ability has been crippled by half. In addition, the winger does not have the previous breakthrough ability. If the Celtics really want to stick to it, they really have a chance.

Martin O'Neill was also aware of the problem, and the Celtics quickly started to pull back under his command.

He found a problem, that is, Union Berlin will play very aggressively when they are behind. These young people can’t bear to be behind for a long time, so they will start to take risks when they are behind. This is very good news for other opponents. , It's a pity that those previous opponents couldn't hold on, and fell under the stormy attack of Union Berlin, but he came prepared.

Mourinho guessed a lot. His usual tactics are the essence he learned from the Italian defense. He never used the specially practiced chain defense, just waiting to deal with a strong offensive team like Berlin Union.

As long as his team defends the opponent for a few waves of attack, Union Berlin's position will become higher and higher, and they will have the opportunity to find an opportunity to counterattack again. If they can score another goal, they will have two away goals in hand. After arriving at the home court, you can fully grasp the initiative.

Their home court can cause great psychological pressure on away players, and almost no one can perform normally on their home court.

Mourinho didn't take the opponent seriously. The opponent started preparing to deal with Union Berlin very early. Even before the semi-finals were drawn, Martin O'Neill began to prepare because he felt that even if he entered the final, his opponent would be Berlin. United, Union Berlin cannot be eliminated before the final, how could it not work if you have mental calculations but don't care.

Moreover, the Celtic players also added some small moves when defending. They will not foul, but they have been teasing the sensitive nerves of the Union Berlin players, making them more and more impatient. Even Pepe, who has begun to reform himself, because of Retaliatory foul received a yellow card.

Edward couldn't see it. Union Berlin has been training about these small moves on the field and resistance training. Unexpectedly, the players still fell down, and their mentality was not corrected today.

Started to despise the opponent, felt insulted immediately after being scored, and hoped to equalize the score as soon as possible. This impatience was completely taken advantage of by the opponent. The opponent even fouled in the frontcourt to prevent Union Berlin from counterattacking. very smart.

The two forwards of the Celtics did not recover. They existed specifically to destroy the Berlin United offense. This has the advantage that when the Celtics find an opportunity, there will be no one in the frontcourt.

What a formidable opponent!

With more and more time involved in football, Edward has been able to see a lot of things. Let him coach him, but the situation on the field is basically sure.

Now I can only hope that Mourinho and the team will put themselves in the right position so that they can find a chance to equalize the score.

Mourinho turned his head to look at the opposing coach's bench. Martin O'Neill was only a little older than him. Mourinho always thought he was a genius. In today's football, anyone under the age of 45 can be considered a young coach. , There are very few people like him who started coaching the first team in his early 30s. Now he is only 40 years old. He thinks that he will soon be able to hit the highest honor, the European Champions Cup, but today he finally discovered that apart from those old men, there are still talents in Europe The young commander who competed with him really underestimated the heroes of the world.

The Celtics were also shocked by the strength of Union Berlin. The contempt of the opponent made them very unhappy, but Union Berlin has rotated half of the players, and they are still staring at the huge pressure. If the main lineup would be to what extent?

They didn't think of a complete team. The main lineup of Union Berlin is very offensive, but the relative defense is much worse than it is now. After all, Alves and Robben's defense on the right is completely based on running and teammates. Two is almost two wingers.

Harvey Alonso also felt very tricky. Today, the opposing forwards were very smart when they harassed him. They would not follow the ball, but stare at him. In the past, they often encountered man-to-man tactics, but they all Defensive players, but today the opponent used two offensive players to limit him, and used numbers to make up for their lack of defensive ability. The effect is not bad.

This kind of continuous harassment made Harvey Alonso feel very tired. His passing rate unconsciously became faster, and Union Berlin's offensive speed also began to speed up.

This kind of feeling was rare before, and it was only when I was in the Royal Society that I felt this kind of powerlessness.

The first half was over with a long-range shot from Kevin Dirk that went wide of the post. The Celtics didn't consume much because they rarely attacked. The four players with a strong defensive awareness did not allow the opponent to find another chance to sneak attack.

The Celtics took a one-ball lead.

Even so, Union fans are optimistic.

"We should be able to equalize pretty quickly."

"Of course, in the second half, Chris and the others will play soon, and then let them know how good we are... We are Union Berlin!"

Back in the locker room, Mourinho admitted his mistake: "I was careless in today's game. The opponent's strength is much stronger than expected, so I will adjust my tactics in the second half... I need to make up for my mistakes. , I hope you can also show your best form, and you must win this game today."

Mourinho seldom said that such a word is necessary, because it is a matter of course for Berlin Union to win the game, but today's opponent is completely different. He feels that if he does not give the players a good reminder, they may lose miserably today.

How to say the Celtics tactics, pragmatic!

Martin O'Neill and him are actually the same kind of person. Mourinho is still surprised that the opponent's main striker Distin is obviously not injured, but Martin O'Neill has sent Darren Brand.It turns out that in order for the forwards to defend, younger forwards who can run are needed.This is a bit similar to the tactics of Union Berlin, but the defense chose a more secure chain defense.

If you lose two goals today, you will not be able to play in the next game. Now Mourinho really wants to slap himself. How many times has it been?He lost first and then won, and he didn't have a long memory. He suddenly regretted his previous decision.

So he decisively made substitution adjustments.Union Berlin's strongest wing combination Ronaldinho and Van Persie made their debut. Their two strong personal abilities will be the sharp knife of Union Berlin. Even if they can't use their personal abilities to equalize the score, they can still create more set-piece opportunities.

Martin O'Neill was more direct. He changed a defensive midfielder to the front line to act as a small B2B midfielder, allowing him to return from in front of Harvey Alonso to his front midfielder.

Coupled with the scheduling of the Hungarian midfielder, the Celtics' counterattack is not completely without threat. Robben and Ronaldinho have some problems in their performance under the mentality of wanting to be the team's heroes.

Personal heroism!Even if this problem is repeatedly emphasized, the two of them have no way to completely change it. Once this kind of confident player will choose himself when his teammates can't open the situation, they believe in themselves more and believe that they can easily change the situation.

Mourinho has eaten their hearts now. Robben was intercepted by the opponent again with the ball and the Celtics fought back. Fortunately, there are not many frontcourt players on the opponent.

In the 70th minute of the second half, Union Berlin still failed to equalize the score, but Celtic soon scored another goal.This time the goal was created on a counter-attack, with Darren Brand crossing from the wide side and Biramos topping the baseline, and this corner kick just helped the opponent rewrite the score.

This goal completely blew Union Berlin's mentality. They have never been behind by 2 goals.Even if Mourinho reminded repeatedly, the players couldn't listen.

Attack must be attacked, and the shame must be washed away with goals.

Mourinho has noticed that although the opponent's defense is still tight, the distance between the two chains has expanded. What do they want to do?
Damn it, Mourinho found that he underestimated the ambition of this colleague, after two goals, he still wants to find another chance to score?While Mourinho was angry with the players, he was also afraid that the opponent would find a chance to score, so he could only keep reminding the players to pay attention to the opponent's counterattack.

But even so, the Celtics rewrote the score again in the 85th minute, counterattacked, a very simple counterattack, the defender stole the ball with a big foot, and found the frontcourt player. At this time, their first chain was already in the middle circle , so there will not be only so few people left in the offense. After a few times of cooperation, they once again opened the goal of Union Berlin.

After this goal, Martin O'Neill replaced two defensive players and kept the 3:0 score.

The moment the whistle blew for the end of the game, there was no sound at the Fusele Stadium.

(End of this chapter)