After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 370 xjbt tactics
The evening of March 2015, 4.

Before the game, it rained heavily in Turin all day, from morning till night.

Although the drainage system of the Juventus Arena is perfect, the venue is still very slippery.

What is going on tonight in the heavy rain is the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals knockout match. The focus of Juventus vs. Chelsea.

In fact, neither team likes such water battles very much.

Needless to say, Chelsea, they are good at passing and controlling, which will greatly reduce the power of their ground ball attack.

As for Juventus, it is mainly the influence on the midfielder's brain Pirlo.

He hates playing in this kind of weather, the ball is wet and slippery and hard to control.

As the team's metronome, he still appeared in the middle of Juventus' three midfielders today, and beside him are two strong guys, Pogba and Vidal.

On the outside are two wingbacks, Evra on the left and Lichtsteiner on the right.

In front of Pirlo, there are two strikers, Carlos Tevez and Morata.

Behind him is the classic BBC combination - Bonucci, Barzagli, and Chiellini.

At the end of the team, of course, is the teenager Buffon.

This is almost the strongest lineup of Juventus now, and every player in the starting lineup is a famous figure in the world.

On the bench, Juventus still has many good players, such as Marchisio, Asamoah, Obonna, Koeman, Matri, Llorente and so on.

So this is definitely a tough battle for Chelsea!
Pan Yi is also doing his best.

Courtois in goal, Terry, David Luiz, Gary Cahill in defense, Kante, Matic in midfield, Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta on the wings .

The front trident is a combination of Hazard, Lukaku, and B seats.

Chelsea has a strong army and has won seven rounds of the Premier League championship ahead of schedule. They have no future troubles and their morale is strong. Therefore, although Juventus is playing at home today, they still focus on stability.

In other words, the old woman under Allegri basically focuses on stability when encountering any opponent...

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, even though it was still raining heavily, Chelsea took the lead in launching the offensive.

Hazard received the ball from the left, faced Lichtsteiner, and tried to knock the ball over with his heel. As a result, the field was wet and slippery. Belgian Yang Kun's performance directly knocked the ball to Lichtsteiner .

Lichtsteiner immediately sent the ball to Pirlo's feet.

This is one of the most important styles of play for Juventus now, which is to let the metronome Pirlo control the offensive and defensive rhythm of the entire team.

If slowing down, Pirlo will use his possession and movement of the ball to avoid the opponent's pressing;

If you want to counterattack quickly, Pirlo will use his famous stunt-a long pass across more than half of the court, accurately find two forwards, and give the opponent a fatal blow!
This is also an important reason why Allegri mainly uses 3-5-2 tactics now, which can maximize the role of Pirlo!

In the midfield, the two all-round midfielders Pogba and Vidal can play their own roles on both ends of the offense and defense, and can also help Pirlo block attacks from opponents.

In the front, the presence of the two centers Tevez and Morata will not be alone like a single forward formation, and it will also allow Pirlo to have more and better choices when making long passes.

However, it is obvious that Pan Yi has also carefully studied Pirlo's role in Juventus now-even reviewed it with Valentina at Allegri's home that night!
Therefore, when Pirlo just got the ball, Chelsea's wide-coverage midfielder Kanter had already bullied him, preventing him from having more reaction time.

This surprised Pirlo, and quickly passed the ball back to the defense.

In this way, Juventus' fast break could not be played, and it turned into a positional battle.

As for Juventus' positional warfare ability, to be honest, it is still a bit urgent.

What are the offensive routines of Allegri's 352 and positional warfare?
Pan Yi also made a summary:

1. Pirlo makes a long pass behind the opponent's central defender, and Vidal, Pogba or Marchisio get in;

2. Pirlo made a long pass behind the opponent's full-back, and Lichtsteiner on the right inserted into the penalty area;
3. Break through with the ball from the left.However, due to the limited ability of the left wingback Asamoah, the other veteran Evra is also old, and his physical ability has declined greatly. In actual operation, he basically swayed twice on the sidewalk, and then passed to the penalty spot. Vidal, Pogba or Marchisio inserted nearby;

4. Bonucci made a direct long pass to Lichtsteiner in the backcourt;

Huh, I don't seem to see the striker's name here?
That's it.

Before the arrival of Tevez and Llorente, Vidal was the top scorer in the team, followed by three or four people tied for second shooter...

But after the arrival of Tevez and Llorente, Allegri unlocked several new postures:
5. Llorente's big center tactics, carry people back and do it, Vidal, Pogba or Marchisio plug in and hit the goal;

6. Everyone rushed up to stir up shit to attract defensive troops, and then Carlos Tevez took care of it by himself!
This is almost all the skills of Juventus' current offensive routines.

All the personnel and running positions of the offensive routines are all according to the script. A high-frequency CPU like Pirlo to command.

And if you don't move too much in the back, then this 352 system becomes simpler, that is, 8 players stand still, and then the two players in the front court participate in the offense and run.

This is the xjbt tactic that many media and fans complain about.

In fact, no professional head coach will fail to see through such tactics, and Juventus can rule the roost in Serie A because of their proficiency and players' personal abilities that are much higher than others.

In the current Serie A, which team has a lineup as good as Juventus?
It's just that such tactics are not difficult for Pan Yi to deal with at all.

That's high pressure and pressing, plus quick attacks.

As long as the Juventus midfielder is robbed so that they cannot easily pass or press the ball, then this "running at both ends" tactic will be greatly reduced.
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The rain was heavy and the line of sight was greatly hindered.

Everyone in the stadium, including the referee, has already been drenched in water.

Pirlo wiped the rain off his face, and watched the flickering figure in front of him, feeling very unreal.

And his experience today is also very unreal.

The ball hardly stayed at his feet for more than a second!

Chelsea watched him too closely.

And it wasn't just him.

Now all the teams know that Juventus' offensive brain is Pirlo, and of course they will send someone to specifically mark him.

But in this Chelsea team, it seems that even Pogba and Vidal have been taken care of, and the connection between the three midfielders has become fragmented, making it difficult to form a whole.

And once the midfielder loses contact, there will inevitably be problems with the operation of the entire team.

I saw that at this time, Chelsea, who had grabbed the ball again, launched an offensive again, and still passed it to Hazard on the left.

This time, after receiving the ball, Matic kicked a mid-to-long distance through ball and passed the ball directly behind the Juventus defense.

Hazard quickly slashed behind him, crossed Barzagli, received the ball and shot low directly.

I don't know if it was affected by the heavy rain, but Hazard's single-handed kick missed the goal and slipped out of the far post.

But this time, it still caused a large number of fans in the Juventus Arena to exclaim.

It's too easy for Chelsea to get this kind of single-handed ball opportunity!

"Hey, brothers, cheer up." Pirlo shouted to everyone.

At the same time, he also gestured to Pogba and Vidal, signaling them not to get too close and pay attention to protecting the defense.

He can see that Chelsea's opening tactics are very smart, not blindly pursuing pass control, but attack and efficiency.

In this kind of weather, they chose to use the simplest and most direct way to send the ball into the dangerous area as much as possible, and then rely on the players' personal abilities to create threats.

Therefore, he must remind his teammates.

Although the captain on the field is Buffon, Pirlo, as a world-renowned midfielder and the core of Italy's midfielder who won the 06 World Cup, will naturally take on the important task of commanding his teammates on the field, and Juventus players Will listen to him too.

Both Pogba and Vidal nodded to Pirlo, and then stood back a little.

Pirlo wiped his face and looked to the sidelines again.

In the haze, he saw a head coach, Pan Yi, who was still standing on the sidelines and directing the game, wearing a transparent raincoat.

For this Pan Yi, Pirlo certainly admires him very much.

As early as when Pan Yi was still working as an assistant coach in Milan, he had heard of this name.

Later, Milan played against Juventus. Milan defeated Juventus through a cunning attack on Pirlo. Sleepy also heard that this tactic also came from Pan Yi.

Later, Pan Yi went to Hamburg and Chelsea, and became famous. Pirlo didn't have much chance to play against him again, but in fact, he really wanted to get to know him.

After all, as the midfield brain of a team, he also wants to become a head coach after retiring, just like old teammates like Seedorf and Inzaghi.

Especially Inzaghi, after two years in Hamburg with Pan Yi, he is really impressive now, and he has coached quite well in Milan.

Of course Pirlo also wants to learn from him if he has the opportunity!

As for why not find the current head coach Allegri?

Ha ha……

beep!
Just as he was thinking, in the heavy rain, the referee's whistle came from the left.

Pirlo looked up, passed through the rain curtain, and saw the B seat lying on the ground, and Juventus left wingback Evra was explaining something to the referee.

It seems that Evra fouled the B seat.

Chelsea's offensive players are all active at their feet, which is really a bit difficult to defend, so Juventus players can only often use fouls to solve them.

Evra, who is 34 years old this year, can't keep up with the pace of seat B, and fouls are inevitable.

Fortunately, this time the referee did not give the card, but only gave a verbal warning.

Chelsea's attacking free kick.

"Damn, watch out for their free-kicks!" Buffon shouted. "Andrea!"

"I'm here." Pirlo immediately ran over.

He knew that the captain was calling him to go to the wall.

Chelsea have scored a lot of goals through free kicks this season, and Allegri also urged this before the game.

And this area is not close, but it is not too far away. Whether it is directly hitting the door or cooperating, it can create a threat.

At this time, there were also three Chelsea players standing at the penalty spot, Hazard, David Luiz and Matic.

One left foot, one right foot, one left and right foot, in theory, free kicks can be kicked from any angle.

"Be careful." Pirlo turned his head as if facing an enemy, and shouted at his teammates in the penalty area.

The human wall was set up, the Chelsea players did not hesitate, and the three players started at the same time.

Both David Luiz and Matic made feints, but Hazard didn't shoot directly. Instead, he chose to use his right foot to cross the wall and fall into the penalty area.

It's a tactical free kick!

Since no one of the Juventus players expected that the opponent did not shoot, this tactic also worked.

Marcos Alonso grabbed the first spot in the penalty area, but the ball was too slippery, and the volley directly hit the anti-aircraft gun!

Alonso squatted in the penalty area with his head in remorse, looking very frustrated, but Juventus looked like a survivor.

In just a few minutes, Chelsea has created several very threatening shots.

To be honest, if it weren't for the heavy rain and slippery ground today, the gate guarded by Buffon might have been blasted open long ago.

Sure enough, seeing is believing, Chelsea is really a terrifying team!

Time passed by every minute and every second, but Chelsea's attack continued.

In the 8th minute, Azpilicueta suddenly stepped in and made a curve ball from the right. Lukaku volleyed near the penalty spot, but failed to hit the right position.

Therefore, the ball didn't have any strength, and fell limply into Buffon's arms.

Three minutes later, Hazard made a breakthrough after receiving the ball, trying to take the ball out of the middle between Lichtsteiner and Pogba, but he accidentally slipped and the ball was cut off by Juventus.

At this time, Juventus played the first threatening counterattack of the audience, scoring into the 30-meter zone of Chelsea, but it could only be a hasty long-range shot by Tevez, which went over the crossbar. .

The opening is only ten minutes, but it feels like a long time to Pirlo.

Kanter is like a tough dog's skin plaster!

As soon as Pirlo and Pogba get the ball, he will get close to him immediately. This kid runs vigorously. Although his feet are not dirty, he is very skilled, good at positioning and stealing.

This can't help but remind Pirlo of the fear of being dominated by Kante during the Milan period...

He tried several times to stabilize the rhythm or control the ball, but he failed.

On the contrary, Chelsea, even though it was in the heavy rain, they still frequently cooperated in passing and receiving the ball, and the players' running was also very active. It seemed that the advantage of the entire midfield was obvious.

Juventus failed to play their own rhythm, and the steals and interceptions during defense also failed to exert their power, but Allegri did not consider letting the team shrink the defense, but also counted on the team to gain a firm foothold as soon as possible.

It's dangerous!

Pirlo instinctively sensed the crisis, especially when he saw Pogba and Vidal frequently pressing forward to grab the ball, he felt a little palpitation.

"Don't chase the ball, pay attention to the formation!" Pirlo reminded.

When encountering a team like Chelsea, chasing the ball is a very irrational behavior.

Because even in heavy rain, their passing and possession of the ball can still make it difficult for Juventus's pressing interception to exert its power.

On the contrary, Juventus themselves, once they can't grab it, not to mention exhausting their physical energy, they can easily become overwhelmed and lose their position.

After all, if they pressed up, the protection for Pirlo would no longer exist.

And a lonely Pirlo, everyone knows how fragile it will be.

But now, the game is getting more and more intense, and Pirlo's voice is drowned out in the heavy rain. Pogba and Vidal have not changed at all, and they are still pressing forward.

There is no other way, Pirlo can only move forward with the two midfielders.

If you don't maintain the distance of the three midfielders, it will only make it worse because there will be a lot of disconnection.

Once the midfield is out of touch, Pirlo, the metronome, can't "shoot" anyway.

But at this moment, Chelsea's central defender David Luiz suddenly stopped the ball.

Morata rushed forward to grab the ball at the first time, but David Luiz suddenly kicked the ball forward.

In the heavy rain, the ball crossed an arc and landed on the right side of the top of the penalty area.

Pirlo was slightly taken aback, and immediately turned around and chased back.

At this time, he saw Lukaku blocked Bonucci with his body at the front of the penalty area, and got stuck in the best position.

Facing the ball flying from the backcourt, Lukaku took a quick step forward, rubbed the ball with a header, and rubbed the ball directly to the ground on the right.

Pirlo was shocked, because he saw a blue figure rushing from the left to the center in the heavy rain, and it was Hazard.

Pirlo desperately wanted to make himself faster to catch up, but his speed was so fast.

Why is it said that Pirlo is an elegant midfielder?
In addition to passing the ball accurately and controlling the ball for a leisurely walk, in fact, the so-called "elegant" also has a subtext that is "slow".

Can you imagine calling speed dogs like Bale and Mbappe "masters of elegance" or something?
Therefore, although Pirlo actively returned to the defense, when he chased back to the front of the penalty area, he saw that Hazard had adjusted, swung his right foot, and it was a violent long shot from the front of the penalty area.

Pirlo was quick to think, and wanted to slide the shovel to stop it, but it was too late.

There was only a bang, and the rainwater in the surrounding air seemed to be exploded, and then I saw a round shadow in the majestic heavy rain like lightning from dark clouds, fleeting.

When it reappeared, it was already in the goal behind Buffon.

The ball went in like this!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"Only 15 minutes into the game, only 15 minutes, Chelsea took the lead to break the goal of Juventus!"

"The assist from Lukaku, Hazard's long shot from the front of the penalty area, broke the goal of Juventus!"

"It was a very good and very sudden shot."

"Hazard's shot came so suddenly that Buffon didn't even have time to react."

"Juventus had a bad start and conceded a goal first."

Pirlo was covered in grass clippings and rain, and got up from the ground, his eyes were stingy.

Is this Chelsea?
Is this Chelsea, who won the Premier League title seven rounds ahead of schedule...
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"We were completely suppressed and couldn't play our own level at all."

Allegri sat in the coach's bench, held his chin, and muttered to himself.

Juventus' poor performance in this game is partly due to their own state, but more is due to being suppressed by Chelsea.

The Blues dominated the game from the start!
Under the interference of Kanter and others, Pirlo's long pass lost its threat. Whether it was the forward penetration of Vidal and Pogba, or the offense of the two wings, all routines were contained.

The two forwards Tevez and Morata also performed mediocre under the care of the other three central defenders.

Under Chelsea's level of oppression and pressing, Juventus' technical gap was fully exposed, and there were frequent mistakes in passing and receiving the ball.

In the final analysis, skills are not as good as people.

Although it is said that Allegri's one-handed "drive Pirlo from Milan to Juventus for his own use" has guaranteed Juventus' midfield organization, but defense and interception are still problems.

Judging from this game, Juventus let the opponent pass the midfield too easily. This is a long-standing problem.

Encountering and solving problems is the job of a team coach, but Allegri has never been able to solve this persistent problem of Juventus.

Speaking of which, the personal abilities of Vidal and Pogba are not bad at all, and they can even be said to have reached a world-class level, but in front of Chelsea, it seems that they can only be played around and have no temper at all.

Pan Yi's research on Juventus tactics is really too thorough, and his restraint is too obvious.

Of course, Juventus can't reverse the situation now. In fact, it has a lot to do with the aging of the team.

From Pirlo, to the BBC in the backcourt, to the two wing backs...they are not young.

This also makes it difficult for them to deal with a fast and running team like Chelsea.

Losing power in the midfield is sometimes not just a problem with the midfielders. The coordination and mutual assistance of various lines will affect the control of the midfield by both sides.

Looking at Pan Yi again, he has only been in Chelsea for just one year, but he has already left a deep personal mark on this team.

Chelsea's pass control and quick counterattack style of play, in front of Juventus, the advantage is really obvious!

Allegri is also really envious of these young people in the Chelsea team, they are so energetic!

"How can this kid have so many connections and channels, and can dig out so many treasures?" Allegri was really puzzled.

As early as when he was working together in Milan, Pan Yi brought a lot of good and cheap things to Allegri, such as Kante, Salah, Van Dijk, and Mane;

When it came to Hamburg and Chelsea, he dug out players like Vardy, Casemiro, De Bruyne, Carvajal, Robertson, Cancelo, Seat B, Marcos Alonso, Gnabry ...

Ah, I can't even count them!

To say that he has been in European football for so many years, and Juventus's scouting team is so perfect, he asks himself a little bit of knowledge, but how can he compare with Pan Yi, the difference is so big?

"Otherwise, why don't you have the cheek to ask him to recommend some players for me?" Allegri thought to himself.

After all, I have a different relationship with Pan Yi!
In addition to the old colleague relationship, there is another layer of Valentina's relationship...

Although it didn't work that night, it seems that one day it will!

By then, isn't it really a family?
If it was a bit out of face when I was in Milan before, now we are all a family, so why not be polite!

(End of this chapter)