Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 271 Tuchel's Offense and Defense

Guardiola can be said to be one of the most successful head coaches of the 21st century.

For him, Wang Po is not unfamiliar at all. It can also be said that the top management of Manchester City should thank the Dortmund team with Wang Po as the core for being able to join the Manchester City club.

The fate is so wonderful, who would have thought that the two would meet again in the Premier League.

Of course, there is also an old acquaintance of Wang Po's, Gundogan, in the "Blue Moon" team.

Back then, Dortmund sold Gundogan in the off-season. Many people thought it was a way of digging their own grave. However, the Hornets bought a pure defensive midfielder Brighton with a small part of the transfer fee. The introduction of this midfield defender also laid the foundation for Dortmund to win the Triple Crown that season.

The old friends reunited and talked happily.

Of course, no matter how warm it is off the court, it is still tense on the court.

The goal of the single-line Chelsea team this season is the league championship. Such a direct dialogue with competitors will largely determine the ownership of the league championship.

The Etihad Stadium, with the soaring performance of Manchester City in the past few years, the attendance rate has always maintained a very high level, and entering it gives people a modern feeling.

Manchester City fans in blue jerseys made a huge noise, trying to influence Wang Po's state.

"beep!"

A whistle blows to start the game.

Facing the intimidation of the voices of more than 5 Manchester City fans in the audience, Wang Po did not show any timidity, and took the initiative to catch the ball, take the ball, please.

Compared with other Premier League teams, Manchester City under Guardiola is relatively "civilized" and does not pay attention to physical confrontation. On the contrary, the control and scheduling of the ball are world-class, which is also the essence of pass and control tactics.

Because of this, in Tuchel's tactical design, Wang Po needs to use his own personal ability to crack the opponent's passing control. As for the method, it is the method used in the Dortmund team to carry out explosive assaults on the side.

The difference from the Dortmund period is that at Chelsea, Wang Po has many helpers around him.

The super defender Kanter helped him clear up his defensive concerns. The young player Mount also has the ability to organize offenses and blast from the wing, which is a great defensive involvement for Manchester City. In addition, Giroud and Wiener on the front line, a fulcrum with a traditional center forward, as long as they fight in the penalty area, Otamendi and Stones, who are disadvantaged in height, dare not take it lightly.

Although Werner is not stable enough, compared to the happy boy "Sterling", he is still reassuring. His unique ability to stir up also put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's defense.

With two visible threats standing on the front line, how dare Manchester City's defenders move?

Wang Po, who took the ball from the left, threw away Fernandinho after a bicycle, simply fighting for speed and explosive power. Werner pulled out from the penalty area to respond, and made a wall-hit cooperation with Chelsea No. 10.

Looking up, the penalty area is full of people. Manchester City goalkeeper Bravo has already stood at the near corner of the goal, blocking the space and angle of Wang Po's shot, and Manchester City's defensive players have also locked their positions to prevent the ball from slipping into the penalty area.

When the defensive line made a mistake, Manchester City's defensive players used the most correct defensive positions and choices to make up for such a mistake as much as possible.

what to do?This was a test for Wang Po. In the blink of an eye, Wang Po chose a back pass, and a tall Optimus Prime-like player in the crowd suddenly jumped up. At this time, he felt like he stood out from the crowd. It was Chelsea's center forward Giroud, who shook his head and attacked the goal. At close range, Bravo couldn't react in time.

1:0.

Chelsea took the lead away from home.

Guardiola on the sidelines was very helpless. During the whole breakthrough and passing process, Chelsea's cooperation was smooth and smooth, just two words "silky". Not only that, as the core figure of the "Blue Army", the choice of passing and breakthrough during this scoring process was perfect.

Avoiding the truth and pretending to be false, the pick-and-roll of four or two tricks amazed everyone, especially in the Premier League with a "hard and fierce" style.

Manchester City responded quickly after losing the ball. This time the "happy boy" was not happy. B Silval's through ball with a scalpel directly penetrated Chelsea's three defense lines. Sterling was very resolute with the ball without any hesitation. After receiving the ball, he hit it and the ball flew into the net.

1:1.

Manchester City equalized the score, and the Etihad Stadium suddenly boiled after the goal.

The first half ended in a draw between the two sides.

In the replay of the half-time game, except for Sterling's goal, the "Blue Army" on the defensive end did not actually give Manchester City any chance.

A large part of the reason is that when Tuchel arranged the defense before the game, he placed key restrictions on Manchester City's core player De Bruyne, letting go of sudden passes.

It is undeniable that De Bruyne's pass makes people see the shadow of the famous Manchester United star David Beckham. The long pass is comfortable and as accurate as a cruise missile. However, compared with his passing skills, De Bruyne's dribbling skills are a bit rough. In view of this disadvantage of Manchester City's frontcourt core, Tuchel made special requirements.

This is why Manchester City's offensive end was quiet in the first half.

Changing sides to fight again, the second half of the game started, the halftime break, coach Tuchel emphasized the offense, and how the players in the frontcourt moved around Wang Po, the refinement of movement, the fine choice of movement in every situation, especially Mount.

To be honest, in this game, the prince of the Blue Army has the heaviest burden on the players on the field, and both defense and offense must be taken into account.

When defending, he needs to stand on the same level as Kanter, act as a sweeping and covering midfielder, and even because of the height disadvantage of his partner Kanter, he also needs to participate in the competition for high-altitude balls.

When attacking, after the match against Ajax in the European war last season, Tuchel keenly discovered Kanter’s weakness. The single midfielder is too difficult for the Frenchman, and he cannot let him leave his position too far.

This is a huge test for a young player who is 20 years old like Wang Po this year.

Fortunately, according to the observation in the first half, Mount has completed the task required by the coach very well, and the future can be expected.

(End of this chapter)