Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 237 The Decisive Battle at Stamford Bridge
Even though it was the first time to enter Stanford Stadium, the heart of the Blues fans made Wang Po feel warm and feel like going home.

Of course, no matter how warm it is before the game, the game still needs to be played with real knives and guns.

Three points is the primary goal of the Chelsea team at home.

The victory of this game is enough to give Chelsea the opportunity to occupy the top position of the group, and the club is determined to win.

"Toot~!"

The referee blew his whistle, and the fourth round of this season's UEFA Champions League group stage officially began.

As soon as it came up, Chelsea launched a crazy attack.

The team's ball movement and organization were not affected by Jorginho's retreat, and in the central midfielder position, Kanter completed the task very well.

For such an offensive frenzy, the Ajax team has long been psychologically prepared, and the drills of defensive tactics before the game also provided confidence for this young team.

The three lines are kept close, and the teammates cooperate with each other, the defense is changed, and the handover of the defense is like a tight instrument without any mistakes.

On the scene, although Chelsea had an overwhelming advantage, the number of shots was very small, and most of the space was still pouring and passing the ball outside the Ajax team's defense line. There were really penetrating passes, and there were very few murderous intentions.

Throughout the first half, the two sides restrained each other between offense and defense. To be honest, such a scene was not good-looking, even a bit boring, and it made people drowsy.

For the Ajax team, the draw in the first half and the anxious situation are acceptable to them.

Conversely, for the Chelsea team, which aims to win and score three points at home, such scenes and results will only make the team in a state of impatience and anxiety.

"Counterattack, we must pay attention to the quality of the counterattack in the second half." In the locker room, Ten Hag emphasized again and again.

With Chelsea's offensive system and players' personal abilities, it is only a matter of time before the goal is lost, and the blind defense is also consuming the confidence of the players.

Defensive counterattack tactics, defense is important, but counterattack is the core of the core.

Only by putting pressure on the opponent on the offensive end can the opponent be fearful in offense. If they defend and attack unscrupulously, with the personal ability of a player like Chelsea, they will definitely be able to break through Ajax's goal.

As the head coach, Ten Hag deeply understands this truth.

Of course, the Ajax players also understand that the strength of the counterattack depends on Wang Po, who is the engine and booster.

Throughout the first half, No. 29 of the Ajax team did nothing on the offensive end and didn't look excited.

In fact, this is Wang Po and Kanter's battle of wits. He is testing Kanter's defense against him, and he is also trying to consume the defensive energy of the French midfielder as much as possible.

Consuming in the first half and exerting strength in the second half is also one of his personal strategies.

"beep"

The second half of the game began, and it was still the rhythm of Chelsea's main attack.

Hazard's efforts are worthy of the existence of Jian Shisan. There are no three or four people who can't hold the Belgian.

Where is the defensive strategy of the Ajax team, compressing the space, and maximizing the defensive advantage of the number of people in the area.

This kind of particularly "fine" passing and receiving is difficult to create a crisis for Ajax's goal.

If one path does not work, then change another path.

After several fruitless attempts, Chelsea began to simplify their offensive choices, opening and closing, using the high-altitude ball with the center as the axis to hit the Ajax team's goal.

Although the center Morata belongs to the "Six Meridians Excalibur", he is not active at all times, and even has many famous dinner scenes, but being able to move around, such giant clubs as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and Chelsea, is itself a recognition of his strength.

In terms of center forward attributes, it is still top-notch.

Take the high-altitude ball, protect the ball, distribute the ball, transfer, pull the defense...

The existence of such a tall center involved a lot of defensive energy of the Ajax team. For a while, the defense line began to loosen.

William made a pass from the bottom, and Morata, who went forward in place, grabbed a header. Unfortunately, the ball was confiscated by Onana, which attracted a burst of sighs from the home fans.

Five minutes later, Chelsea ushered in the chance to score again, with a 5-degree high ball hanging in the middle. Morata leaned against De Ligt with his back to watch, held the ball firmly under his feet, and returned it to Kanter who was inserted in the back row.

A pity, a pity.

Morata, who regretted missing the chance to score, put his head in his hands and regretted abnormally.

The Ajax team broke out in a cold sweat. The rhythm needed to be changed. Wang Po began to take the initiative to ask for the ball and took over the game.

Kanter, who had been following behind him, also raised his eyes.

Wang Po, who was holding the ball with his back, was not in a hurry to choose to turn around. Instead, he used himself as the axis and dispatched the ball left and right. This method was not to pave the way for the offense, but to slow down the rhythm of the game and disrupt Chelsea's offensive rhythm.

After all, even if they can hold the ball until the end of the game, a draw is an acceptable result for Ajax.

Really anxious or Chelsea.

What they want is three points, and what they want is the initiative to compete for the first place in the group.

In such an anxious mood, the mentality of the Chelsea players became impatient, and the players on the field appeared to be inconsistent in offense and defense. Some players anxiously wanted to press and defend in the frontcourt, while some players thought that retreating was the best choice.

This also caused the gap between Chelsea's three lines to be too large.

Ajax's chance came.

Just when all the Chelsea players thought that Wang Po, who was holding the ball with his back, would choose to dispatch the pass left and right, but for this ball, Ajax No. 29 and his teammate made a two-for-one kick to the wall, turned around and bypassed Kante's defense, and accelerated directly.

In the competition of pure speed, Kanter and Wang Po are at a disadvantage after all.

After getting the ball, Wang Po faced the Spanish full-back Azpilicueta who was filling in from the side. The pendulum swayed and lost Azpilicueta's center of gravity, winning space for himself to break through.

In the dynamic state of holding the ball, Wang Po has already thought about what he should do next. With a quick oxtail, the German central defender sat on the ground with his buttocks back, watching Wang Po dribble the ball from his side into the penalty area with some embarrassment.

At this time, it was too late for Marcos Alonso to make up for another position.

Lifting his leg to hit the goal, the ball king Po chose to push the far corner, but Kepa was unable to stop the ball and the ball scored.

1:0.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Wang Po broke through the Chelsea defense known for its "defense" in a one-stop way in the backcourt.

The iron-blooded blue army is vulnerable at the moment.

The entire Stamford Bridge Stadium fell into an unusually quiet atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)