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"Sevilla's pressing is very fierce and strategic. When we play the ball in the backcourt, we must pay great attention to actively running and responding, so as not to be forced to death by them. I want you to keep this in mind all the time. .”

In Chelsea's locker room, Pan Yi reminded the players very seriously.

The eleven starting Chelsea players all nodded heavily.

For this Super Bowl game and the important matters that Sevilla, an opponent, needs to pay attention to, Pan Yi has emphasized to them many times in the past few days.

In other words, it is aimed at Emery's tactical characteristics.

The great flexibility of the midfield, unremitting pressing, and efficient counterattack are the biggest characteristics of this Sevilla team.

Since coaching Valencia, Emery has often used this style of play.

Sevilla's typical pressing method is that the players first use accurate positioning to force the opponent to disperse the formation, and then the two wingers penetrate into the narrow space on both sides of the field, thereby restraining the opposing central defender's defensive position, and at the same time forcing the two fullbacks Withdrew sharply.

The striker of the team stays behind in the attacking midfield position, ambushes with the latter in the midfield, and always pays attention to the running positions of any unguarded players in the midfield position and the assisting full-backs. At this time, they will form a team Similar to the "H" shaped station.

At this time, for the opposing goalkeeper, the best choice of ball is to pass the ball to the full-backs on both sides.

And when he did, the three Sevilla players would immediately press forward, forcing errors or losing possession.

Due to the deep pressure of the team, once the team grabs the ball, the Sevilla players can make full use of the space to pass the threatening ball.

If the opponent is strong, such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, or today's Chelsea, the gap with the opponent's strength would make it difficult for them to easily launch an effective attack, but this style of play can successfully stretch the space in the forward pressing process. and create opportunities.

Moreover, the offensive formation will not remain unchanged, and Emery will also make targeted changes according to different opponents.

Therefore, Pan Yi still attaches great importance to this Europa League king who is very good at playing cup games.

In fact, in Pan Yi's previous life, after Emery won the Europa League three consecutive times in Seville, he went to Villarreal and also won the Europa League - and this is also the first in the history of the yellow submarine. Heavyweight trophy.

This also proves that the Europa League may not actually be the "Sevilla Cup", but the "Emery Cup"...

"Sevilla's style of play determines that they don't need possession, so the ball will be more under our ball. This is our opportunity, and it is also their opportunity."

As Pan Yi said, he opened a short video for the players to watch.

This was a moment in the match between Barcelona and Sevilla last season.

I saw in the video that the Sevilla players took a tight defense against Messi who went deep into the midfield to get the ball. Messi was double-teamed by the opponent's left forward and left back.

Even Messi couldn't get rid of this defense. After the ball was intercepted, Sevilla quickly launched a very threatening counterattack and almost caused Barcelona to lose the ball.

"That's their main way of attacking. In this pressing, the defenders, the midfielders and the forwards form a unit."

The difference from the frontcourt press is that the formation at this time is no longer an "H" shape, but more like a peculiar hexagon.

At this time, if the player in the middle of the formation gets the ball, Sevilla can easily get a chance.

Therefore, Messi's choice is to continue to dribble or pass back.

Once the ball is passed back to the midfield or the right back, the Sevilla striker will put pressure on the opponent's defense in an attempt to steal the ball.

If Messi loses the ball, Sevilla's ball-carrying players go deep into the opposition's backcourt, while the forwards, attacking midfielders and far-reaching wingers press forward at the same time, creating opportunities in open spaces.

In both cases, Sevilla's approach to pressing allowed them to secure the ball effectively.

Unlike other teams playing against Barcelona, ​​Sevilla is good at making full use of the space on the field and can carry out effective frontcourt pressing.

However, if too many players participate in the frontcourt press, facing a strong team like Barcelona, ​​if the steal is unsuccessful, the team's defense will be fully exposed to the opponent.

Therefore, the positions of Sevilla's two defensive midfielders also put a lot of pressure on the players in the Barcelona midfield area, and the forward pressure also avoided expanding the defensive formation too loosely.

"Defensively, especially against teams like us who defend high up, who usually move the defense forward, Emery usually plays a 4-4-2 at the back.

"At this time, the attacking midfielder in the team's original 4-2-3-1 formation will move forward and become the second striker, cooperating with the team's forwards to put pressure on the opponent's defense."

"Their whole team usually adopts a combination of zone defense and full-court marking. The opponent's midfielder is usually the primary target of special marking, while the wide players are selective marking according to the direction of the dribble."

The video cuts to the next one.

In the picture, due to the interference of two defensive players, it is difficult for Barcelona's Busquets to get the ball in the midfield, but he seems to be able to pass the ball to the two forward full-backs.

From the perspective of Sevilla players, they shifted their defensive focus to the left, thus keeping Barcelona's right forward and right back firmly locked.At this time, Barcelona's left player is only Neymar, but he has been defended closely.

There is a large space in front of the Barcelona left back. Once Busquets passes the ball to the left, it will hit the Sevilla players.

At this time, Sevilla will adopt a corresponding shift of defensive focus, and the defensive pressure on the right can be resolved.

"They like to mark our midfielders, and we have to pay back." Pan Yi continued, "Argentine midfielder Banega is their midfield commander, Gretzka, Matic, your task It’s about staring him down and cutting him off from his teammates.”

Both nodded: "Understood, boss."

The most interesting part of Emery's tactics is the use of three midfielders.

Sevilla In the 2014-15 season, Banega usually played the role of attacking midfielder, with Korehowiak and Ivora occupying the positions behind him.This season Emery began to try the combination of De Heli and Nzonzi, but the effect is the same.

As the game progressed, Banega's position gradually retreated to better pass and receive the ball.At this time, his vacancy was filled by Ivora.

When defending, Banega will also change the way of pressing forward in time while helping the striker to defend.These allow the team to have more offensive diversification in the midfield, and at the same time give the team more options in defense.

Sometimes Banega will even switch to a defensive position, which helps the team to keep the ball.When Korehowiak advanced, Banega continued to defend the midfield position.

At the same time, the left midfielder Vitolo followed the space on the left side in front of Banega, which added a lot of defensive pressure to Sevilla's right, but at the same time it also brought some other positions on the field. advantage in personnel.

When the opponent focuses on Sevilla's under-defended right, the ball will quickly transfer to other open areas.

Rakitic played the role of a "box-to-box" all-round midfielder in Sevilla's final season, and made great contributions to the team's Europa League win; and now, Banega continues the legacy This style of Rakitic.

"Today we have to do a good job defending on the left, because that's where they usually attack."

Today Chelsea's left side can be said to have a certain defensive weakness.

Both Ake and Cancelo are very young, and Cancelo is stronger in offense than defense.

The former Arsenal player Reyes who played against Sevilla has the natural talent and spirituality of Spanish players. He has delicate skills at his feet and a strong breakthrough ability, which is still very threatening.

"You two," Pan Yi pointed to Cancelo and Ake, "you should get closer in this game to avoid too much space between the two. Kanter should also pay attention to returning to defense at any time to make up for them. The space after pressing it up."

All three nodded in agreement.

Pan Yi looked at Cancelo again: "Especially you, the pressure will be greater, you have to focus on defense. Don't step down easily, follow the opponent, maintain communication with your teammates, control their crosses from the side, cut inside Leave it to your teammates."

Cancelo nodded solemnly again.

He is very clear that his side will definitely be the target of the opponent's main attack. If one is not handled well, he may become the number one culprit of the team's loss.

And in such an important European Super Cup, Pan Yi chose to let him start, of course he does not want to be such a sinner.

"That's about it."

When Pan Yi said this, he looked at every player present with an extremely confident look:
"You have to believe me, as long as you play according to the way we arranged and practiced before the game, and don't take the initiative to make mistakes, the opponent will not get the slightest chance. And the final victory will belong to us!"

Pan Yi's words also inspired everyone present, one after another cheering each other, shouting suddenly rang out in the locker room!
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In the dressing room in Seville, the atmosphere was a little tense.

Every player in Sevilla is facing an enemy.

The players were divided into two rows, each sitting in front of the wardrobe, while Emery stood among them with a dignified face.

"I believe I don't need to say more. Everyone knows that the opponent in this game may be the strongest team we have encountered in the past year."

"Their players all have outstanding personal abilities, and their head coach is Pan Yi, who is second to none in today's football. They won the Premier League championship with an undefeated record, and also won the Champions League."

Everyone nodded.

Chelsea's performance last season is already a legend, and the Sevilla players certainly know it well.

In fact, Chelsea have remained unbeaten in all other games except for losing with rotation in the FA Cup and League Cup, which are two relatively tasteless games!

And there are very few draws among them, otherwise it would not have created the Premier League scoring record.

"Let me remind everyone again that our characteristic is counterattack, and ensuring efficiency is our first priority. To achieve this, the first thing is to do everything possible to destroy their possession of the ball."

"But we must not be in a hurry. You have to believe that Pan Yi and his Chelsea are not invincible. Like all teams, they have flaws, such as their defense on the left today."

"It's just that they are very good at playing to their strengths to cover up their flaws in the game, and what we have to do is to tear off their disguise and expose their flaws."

Emery said this and looked at Banega.

Just now, he got the Chelsea list, and he saw the three midfielders of Chelsea today: Kanter, Gretzka and Matic.

According to his research on Pan Yi, Emery can judge that the purpose of Pan Yi's use of this midfield combination is to press Banega.

After all, in Chelsea's formation, there are many more aggressive midfielders, such as Hazard, B seat, Lingard, Gnabry and so on.

But Pan Yi chose several players with obviously stronger defensive capabilities.

This point of Banega is the lifeblood of Sevilla. Emery knows it, and Pan Yi knows it even more.

Banega himself obviously understood this, so he raised his head and looked at Emery with a little firmness in his eyes.

Emery just nodded towards Banega and didn't say anything.

Everything that should be said has been said, and the players themselves know what to do.

Emery also believes that as long as his players can execute their tactics well, defeating Chelsea is not a distant dream! ——
With the whistle of the referee, the much-anticipated European Super Cup finally kicked off.

Lukaku, standing in the middle circle, made another classic kick-off with an inverted foot, and quickly kicked the ball to Harry Kane, who directly passed it back to the defense.

Van Dijk was not in a hurry after getting the ball, but stopped at his feet and waited for Sevilla's striker Gameiro to grab it before passing it to the right and handing it to Moses.

Moses dribbled the ball forward along the right, but Vitolo came to defend at the first time, had no chance, made a dunk, passed back to Kanter, then passed to Matic, and finally moved to the left, arrived Cancelo kicked the left midfielder today.

But Cancelo was pressed by Reyes, so he could only pass back to Ake and then Zuma at the first time.

"Chelsea tried to keep the ball at their feet at first, but now Sevilla are pressing high and pressing hard."

"After crossing the ball at the back, it's Zouma now with the ball. Okay, again on the right, to Moses."

"Moses stopped the ball well, took it forward, crossed the halfway line, and passed it to Harry Kane."

"Harry Kane got the ball with his back, no chance, and passed it back to Moses."

"The cooperation between these two new aids is still good. Kane is good at retreating to get the ball, while Moses is fast and has first-class physical fitness. Presumably, in the absence of Eden Hazard starting, today's offense along the way will be Chelsea's. focus direction."

"It's just that Sevilla's pressing is very active now. Even Moses, who likes to dribble, dare not try it easily, so he returns another pass."

"This time it was at the feet of Van Dijk again...he passed it to Gretzka, and the German made a long pass to the right!"

"Harry Kane! He stopped the ball lightly and smashed the ball beautifully! After this foot stop, a fake move, tricked Tremolinas, then smashed the ball inside, and then picked the pass with his left foot On the right, the whole process happens in one go.”

"There is a chance! His strike partner Lukaku is there!"

"Since Harry Kane joined Chelsea, the task of retreating and receiving the ball is often given to him, and Lukaku is more often in the front as a fulcrum striker. Bread from Eun."

"Now, this pie is about to be made..."

"Oh, Sevilla's central defender Rami reacted very quickly, blocked Lukaku tightly, and got stuck in the position with a header to clear the siege, pushing the ball out of the baseline."

"This French defender who played for AC Milan last season performed very steadily. He has just transferred to Sevilla this season and has become the main force of the team. This defense also reflects his strength."

"Chelsea's corner."

"The set-piece is actually an offensive weapon that the Premier League champions are very good at. This time it was Matic who took the penalty."

"Let's take a look at the corner kick attack this time, the penalty was sent out, and it landed in the penalty area..."

"Later point...dangerous...Van Dijk! Ah, it's still higher than the crossbar."

"It can be seen that after the opening, Chelsea still showed their advantages in strength and created a good scoring opportunity."

"Sevilla is still a little passive on the scene. I don't know if there will be any adjustment plan on Emery's side?..."
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In fact, Emery on the sidelines was indeed a little uneasy.

Since he coached Sevilla, he has played this 4-2-3-1 system very proficiently. Even facing strong teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid, it is not in vain.

Especially in a knockout game like a cup game, the whole team already has a complete set of how to pass the ball, how to control the ball, how to force the opponent, and how to deal with the opponent's fierce pressing after the opening. Mature execution plan.

But tonight, in this game, when facing Chelsea, Emery suddenly found that the team's set seemed to be a bit unworkable, and Sevilla couldn't easily grab control from Chelsea's feet. possession of the ball.

Even, 10 minutes before the opening, Sevilla was relatively passive on the scene, and was attacked into the penalty area by the opponent several times in a row, forming a shot.

Especially Van Dijk's corner kick in the opening 3 minutes, the Dutch central defender ran out of space and then headed the goal, almost touching the crossbar and going out of the baseline.

It can be said that if Van Dijk's head was lowered a little bit at that time, the ball might have been lost.

With that distance and the speed of the ball, it is impossible for his own goalkeeper Beto to save the ball.

Afterwards, Chelsea launched consecutive attacks, which made Sevilla a little tired of coping, and could only struggle to support it.

Fortunately, after 10 minutes, Chelsea began to slow down the offensive, and Sevilla took advantage of this opportunity to start grabbing possession.

But Emery realizes it's going to be very difficult.

Chelsea's three midfielders today are really difficult to deal with!
Needless to say, Kanter's range of activities and ability to cover the court;
Matic's coverage is also very large, and he has the height of a central defender, a very stable foot, solid skills under his feet, and strong confrontation ability on the court.

In addition, he also has a strong ability to drive the ball and has a lot of coverage.

It’s okay that these two are the main players of the Champions League champions. This new German kid Gretzka, although he is only worth tens of millions, he is also very active in fighting, defending well, and even has a long kick. pass?
These are some monsters.

In this way, whether it is Banega, or Vitolo and Reyes on both sides of him, they often lose the ball in their defensive areas.

These three midfielders of Chelsea form a tight defensive barrier. Even if Sevilla's pass can finally be sent to the middle of Chelsea's midfield, Van Dijk behind him can often block it in the first place. Take the loophole to disrupt Sevilla's pass.

This also shows that the three lines of Chelsea, especially the connection between the midfield and the back line are very close, and the mutual defense is also very well done.

Van Dijk, Pan Yi's favorite player, quickly adapted to the central position of the three central defenders after he came to Chelsea. He can coordinate the defensive responsibilities of teammates on both sides very well, and at the same time, he can actively move forward to serve as a midfielder. Provide more defense and even offense.

This situation has happened several times in the first ten minutes.

Once, after Sevilla conceded the ball in the frontcourt, Van Dijk went straight through and crossed the entire midfield line to Harry Kane's feet.

This is simply De Bruyne possessed!

And Harry Kane played a two-for-one cooperation with Lukaku and almost broke into the penalty area. Fortunately, Tremolinas was stuck in the position, and Harry Kane's shot finally missed the post.

Therefore, it is really difficult for Sevilla to pose a threat to Chelsea through the midfield.

On the contrary, Chelsea's counterattack after the steal was very resolute. If this continues, it can be foreseen that Sevilla is not far from conceding the ball.

Emery decided to make some changes right away.

If the middle road doesn't work, go to the side road instead.

Using the breakthrough ability of Reyes on the right, coupled with Banega's support and Cork's assists, Pan Yi's 3-5-2 formation, which is obviously focused on the center, has completely exposed its flaws!