green winger

Chapter 296 Counterattack
To be able to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League, every club has an all-round positioning for itself, not only the players but also the coaches. Every coach is very familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents and themselves. What a low-level mistake.Therefore, when Ballack took the ball, most of the Leeds United players immediately retreated to their own half according to O'Reilly's pre-match arrangement, leaving only a few offensive players.

They are very aware of their weaknesses. Compared with the skilled Basturk and others at their feet, Bowyer and others on Leeds United's side are indeed inferior, so Leeds United can't afford to take advantage of their weaknesses. Compete with Leverkusen's strengths.They relied on the Dacourt trio as the core to lay out three lines of defense, and defended Ballack in the same way as they surrounded Totti in the previous game.

After all, Ballack's role in Leverkusen is obvious, not to mention that Kenny also specially emphasized Ballack's body before the game, so Bowyer and Alan Smith also paid special attention.But what the Leeds United players didn't expect was that even so, Ballack still made a breakthrough. After several fights, the two were surprised to find that although Ballack's foot skills were not as superb as he thought, they could even be said to be The level of an ordinary first-class player, but his basic skills are extremely solid, his ability to protect the ball is excellent, and he can make full use of his strong body to make Bowyer and the two return without success.

What's more deadly is that during the period after the opening, Ballack's range of activities is particularly large, from the free man behind the veteran Kirsten, to the initiator of the attack in the midfield, and even the sweeper in the backcourt. , which also made Bowyer feel very tricky.Who in Europe doesn't know that there is a midfielder in Germany whose forward scoring ability is particularly abnormal. Long shots, grab points, and headers are all his strength to score goals. If he is not careful, he will cause big trouble.

"Michael Ballack took the ball, and like Lucio, he was not in a hurry to advance. Now Leverkusen's offense is very clear, that is to use the single point of Neuville and Basturk to break through, from Attacking Leeds United in a positional battle. At the same time, Berbatov, with the help of Beinlich, was tearing up the wing. Of course, this approach did not have the desired effect."

"Leverkusen relied on home court advantage to firmly control the ball with multiple passes on the attacking line in the frontcourt, while Leeds United on the other side did not intend to grab it. It is obvious that O'Reilly Putting the focus of the team's formation on the backcourt, he simply gave up the midfield organization under the strong dominance of Ballack, Basturk, and Beinlich. Woodgate + Ferdinand + Dacourt three The combination of people concentrates on defense. The team's counterattack relies on center Viduka's back to guide the two wingers Kenny and Keane to hit the ribs."

"However, it must be pointed out that although Dakot's three-person defensive combination can guarantee defensive capabilities, the weak athletic ability and weak foot skills of all three are easy to be used by opponents in the transition from defense to offense! Knowing that if you make a mistake and lose the ball just after the transition from defense to offense, it will be the most fatal blow!"

"Under such circumstances, the existence of Bowyer and Alan Smith is particularly important. If the ball can be successfully passed to their feet, it will be able to drive the entire formation forward. After all, their running ability and offense The ability is also very strong! But this configuration is indeed a double-edged sword! They are responsible for defending Barack, but in a sense, why is it that Barack is also defending them? Therefore, they You have to get past Barak when advancing."

But sometimes the trouble goes both ways, because while Ballack brought huge troubles to Leeds United, Kenny also restored his nature, allowing Leverkusen fans to see the once familiar scene again.

It was already the No.18 minute of the game, and the singing that resounded throughout the Bayer Arena was still echoing in the field. Looking at these fanatical fans and the singing, Kenny was in a daze.The players on both sides are so familiar, and the person who is facing him at the moment is the German international who seems to never finish talking, Neuville, who can't speak German.

Just 1 minute ago, Leverkusen player Basturk was intercepted by Ferdinand when he tried to pass the ball in the frontcourt. Although Basturk fell to the ground, the halftime referee did not proceed. Any whistling, which also reminded the Leverkusen fans in the stands of the sparse boos.However, the Leverkusen players on the field did not waste time looking for the referee to make meaningless theories. The moment Ferdinand successfully intercepted his teammate Basturk and fell to the ground, Ballack rushed up to take advantage of Ferdinand's foothold. Steady fast ball change hands.

However, Ferdinand will eventually become a man of God sooner or later. After a second of resistance, he cleverly dunked the ball to Hart on the wing with his heel.

Immediately afterwards, Hart did not dribble the ball but directly passed it to the front. No one rushed to dribble too much near his penalty area. At this time, most of Leverkusen's troops were in their own half. But they are all good opportunities to attack.But it was also because of Ballack's attack that the Leverkusen players behind him had time to return to defense.

So Kenny ushered in his first attacking opportunity back at the Bayer Arena.

In fact, before the game, there were quite a few media hypes about the topic of Kenny's battle with his former owner, but they didn't get much response. After all, although Kenny also played many games for Leverkusen last season , but in fact everyone knows that he does not belong here, so when Kenny left, most fans gave him blessings.And when Kenny returned to his hometown this time, many Leverkusen fans also gave warm applause to this player who had overcome all difficulties for them.

But at this moment when Kenny took the ball for his master, no matter how much Leverkusen fans liked this player, they couldn't help but get nervous, because compared to others, the first to shout the lightning slogan Leverkusen fans know Kenny's strength better than anyone.

"Loris Kenny is fully fired, are you trembling! Loris Kenny is on fire, your defense line is afraid! Loris Kenny is the most powerful shooter, are you afraid! La la la, are you afraid!" At the moment, the Leeds United fans couldn't care less, when Kenny took the ball, they sang this well-known song loudly, this Loris Kay Full firepower has almost become Kenny's theme song. This song will always appear in the fans' stands every time Leeds United games. Unique landscape.

Facing the completion of the return to defend Neuville, Kenny did not look ready to go all out. He knew Leverkusen's defensive system much better than the average person, but it was precisely because of this that Kenny knew that it was not a A good opportunity to make big progress.Who told Ballack's kick to grab directly destroyed Leeds United's offensive rhythm, and the kick back gave Leverkusen many chances to return to defense.

So after blinking at Neuville, Kenny gave the ball directly to Bowyer, and then he went deep into Leverkusen's half. Seeing this scene, Neuville naturally dared not Slack, immediately follow closely.

In this attack, Leeds United, which has center Australian star Viduka as the battering ram, staged two completely different styles of two-wing offensives to increase the difficulty of Leverkusen's defense.Oles is aware of the weaknesses of his disciples. In order to avoid unnecessary kicks and inefficient ball control, he arranges for his players to pass through the midfield quickly through long passes, and at the same time use short passes to weave passes in a small area from time to time. control network.

Bowyer was also behind Barberto, who relied on long oblique passes to attack Leverkusen after the opening. After all, who told another Iron Gate Emerson to leave.

Today's Basturk is indeed strong, but he has not yet developed a balance between offense and defense. Therefore, Barberto's responsibilities and pressure on Leverkusen's defense are not small.Therefore, when Bowyer deliberately increased the number of vertical transmissions while hitting the ball behind him with a long pass, and ensured the stability of the midfield transportation line through the retreat and cruising of himself and Alan Smith, Leverkusen was almost at a loss for a while. Was given a chance to score by Leeds United.

I saw Bowyer suddenly speeding up after taking the ball, and Beinlich on the other side wanted to block him, but the sudden acceleration completely caught him off guard, so he could only pin his hopes on Barberto behind him.But Beinlich didn't think about how dare Barberto move at this time?On the other side, there are Alan Smith, Keane and others!
So faced with this situation, Bowyer's long pass to Keane forced Lucio and Schneider to quickly recover and protect the middle, because Keane will definitely penetrate the middle in the next step, but in Leverkusen While fully contracting to protect the penalty area, the Leeds United players directly left the side channel to the two full-backs Hart and Gary Kelly, and then let Viduka, Kenny and two attacking midfielders Bob Yeah, Alan Smith concentrated on the front of the goal using the ribs and the top of the arc to attack.

Keane, who got the ball at the same time, was constantly trying to break through on the wing with the cooperation of Gary Kelly, which made Leverkusen's defenders feel a bit overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)