The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 240: Desperate Death
warn!warn!You are close to death, please evacuate quickly, please evacuate quickly!

This scene should have appeared in a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster. As the leading actor, Pires is as thorny as ever. He does not believe that there will be a desperate situation in this world, so he decides to be a lone hero and be the one who saves the world. superman.

But just when he dribbled the ball in from the left side of the court and wanted to go in obliquely, he suddenly found that he was really in a desperate situation, and it was a desperate situation, surrounded by alien monsters.

Just before he had time to react, Makelele immediately stuck to him and entangled him tightly. This teammate from France had an astonishing sense of judgment. As soon as he approached , Pires was so entangled that he had to slow down his sprint speed.

He began to regret his support, he began to regret that he had entered this desperate situation of death alone, and he began to look for rescuers.

With just a glance, he noticed one thing that made him completely desperate, that is, all around him were blue jerseys.

Deco, Lampard, Davies, Maicon, Terry... Chelsea's players have returned to the defense, but their defense line has not shrunk back, but is still arranged on the center line a little bit back, with behind them The gap in the blockbuster is very, very large.

To Pires, it was like the runway at London's Heathrow Airport, and Henry was an F22 ready to strike.

As long as I pass the ball, as long as I can get the ball behind their defence, go to hell with me!
This became Pires' belief, and it also became the will to support him to continue to persevere, but just for a moment, Makelele's entanglement made him completely forget all this, because he had to find out with grief and indignation that once he entered Chelsea's midfield encirclement, the only problem his mind can think about is not passing the ball, but protecting the ball.

Pires couldn't help thinking of Wenger's pre-match advice: When playing against Chelsea, try to let the ball run as fast as possible. Don't stick, otherwise it will cause accidents, especially don't let the opponent's players get close, tear Chelsea apart with fast interspersed positions defense.

But in fact?
Chelsea's protection of the front line of their own defense is very good. Makelele is almost sitting in front of the defense line. Davis and Lampard run everywhere. As long as Henry pulls to the left, Maicon will follow up the defense immediately. Coupled with a Deco, and the central defender combination of Terry and Cannavaro, Arsenal's offense cannot be effectively penetrated at all.

From the start to the present, Arsenal has organized many attacks, hoping to break through Chelsea's defensive formation, but they have returned without success time and time again, which makes Arsenal feel annoyed and weak. feel.

Obviously, Ye Qiu made targeted arrangements specifically for Arsenal's offense.

Ashley Cole from the left went forward, the iron triangle formed with Pires and Henry, Bergkamp's retreat, and Pires and Ljungberg's sprints to the two ribs and then inserted, all of which Chelsea carried out. Special arrangements were made, especially Ye Qiu placed Makelele in the most critical position, which clearly restricted Arsenal's tactics.

According to Wenger's pre-match arrangement, Chelsea's 4321 tactic was weak in protecting the flanks, but Ye Qiu made adjustments in this game. The defense basically didn't move much, but midfielder Ronaldinho returned home. Participating in the national team competition, this game did not start.

The midfield combination has become Makelele dragging behind, Davis, Lampard and Deco are lined up, Davis and Deco are obviously closer to the wing, and attach great importance to the defense of the wing , while in front were Gudjohnsen and Drogba, one after the other, dedicated to strangling Arsenal's defense.

But if you just think that Chelsea are going to make a defensive counterattack, then you are wrong. They have turned against Arsenal from the beginning, and launched a fierce attack on Arsenal at Highbury Stadium. First, in the first 2 minutes, Evra left. Drogba and Lampard got the chance to shoot in Arsenal's restricted area successively after getting the ball forward twice.

In the 4th minute, Davis' long-range shot almost pierced Arsenal's goal, causing everyone in the Highbury Stadium to break into a cold sweat. Even Wenger, who has always been calm, walked to the sidelines non-stop. A reminder to players to be careful.

But in the 9th minute, Chelsea finally caught it once. Drogba retreated to get the ball and held Campbell with his body. The goal was kicked directly from about 25 meters away, and the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Lehmann could do nothing about it.

The 0:1 lag made Arsenal panic, and they almost went crazy to launch a violent counterattack against Chelsea.

But Chelsea firmly restricted Arsenal's offensive line. Whether they were walking sideways or in the middle, they had to face Chelsea's iron wall that was enough to suffocate any opponent, and returned without success time and time again.

Including Pires, Vieira, Henry and others, they had no choice but to find that the fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions they were best at before could not play against other Premier League teams in the face of Chelsea's faster offensive and defensive transitions. Once the time difference is lost, they will have to face Chelsea's defensive formation time and time again.

Positional warfare has never been Arsenal's specialty.

Therefore, Pires clearly saw that there was a large space behind Terry and Cannavaro, but he had no way to seize it, because for him now, being able to play close to Makelele It is not easy to protect the ball in such a situation, try passing the ball?
When Pires took advantage of his unsophisticated but very practical foot skills to forcefully create a loophole in front of Makelele and wanted to pass the ball, the French midfielder did not hesitate to put a shovel , clean and just right, as if he had been waiting for Pires to kick the whole time.

Man, fell on the grass, but lost the ball.

Immediately afterwards, Chelsea's counterattack came very quickly. Because of the high defense, Chelsea only needed one pass, and Deco quickly passed the ball to Gudjohnsen. The latter moved forward and entered Arsenal's 30. M area, and before Vieira approached, it was given to Lampard.

Lampard kicked an overhead kick against the incoming ball, trying to make Drogba eat the two central defenders of Arsenal abruptly, but under the interference of Campbell's body, Kolo Toure took a step ahead, The ball was intercepted.

The Ivorian defender passed the ball directly to Lehmann, panting heavily, even though he and Campbell were two people, but he felt extremely hard to deal with that monster that also came from Ivory Coast, this guy is simply a pervert.

When he was at Ajax, Kolo Toure suffered from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The height and strength of the Swede are abnormal, and he also has delicate foot skills, which makes it very difficult to defend him. Difficult, but Drogba is different.

Drogba's body and strength are better than Ibrahimovic's. His foot skills are not as good as Ibrahimovic's, but he is also very good, but the real headache is that his body is very flexible, with great speed and explosive power. Fast, coupled with active running, as long as one is not paying attention, he may cause you some trouble.

Therefore, in Kolo Toure's view, defending Drogba is no more worry-free than defending Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

"The head is also a pervert. Where do you always find such a perverted forward to torture our defenders?" Kolo Toure walked back panting, but his eyes did not forget to glance at Ye Qiu beside the court.

Even though he already belongs to Arsenal now, he calls Wenger the boss and Ye Qiu the head.

Encountering such a strong restraint and oppression from Chelsea, even if it is as strong as Arsenal, I feel powerless, let alone the Premier League and other teams, and this is still in the absence of Ronaldinho. If this season's eye-catching Brazilian has played, Chelsea's offense will be sharper than it is now, and what will it be like by then?
No one can imagine, because this is the first time they have met Chelsea in such a real way.

If you read too many reports, you will think it is fake, but when you actually encounter it on the court, they believe it.

Standing on the sidelines, Wenger was also thinking about a problem, how to break Chelsea's control.

"Actually, they don't seem to be that fast!" Assistant coach Pat Rice, who was standing next to Wenger, kept his brows tightly furrowed since he fell behind. Until now, he was a little relaxed, obviously seeing something.

Wenger glanced at the assistant, with a slight arc at the corner of his mouth, without any expression, "They put chains around our necks and tied us up. In this way, we can't get up fast at all, and we can't get up quickly. It looks like they're fast!"

The quickness on the court is mainly reflected in the moment when the offense and defense are switched, and Ye Qiu's tactics this season are very bold, but at the same time it is worth everyone's thinking, that is, he is not like when he was in Ajax in the past. Relying on speed players like Robben and Van der Vaart to reflect the speed of impact play.

Looking at Chelsea's entire lineup, almost no one can be said to be very fast in terms of absolute speed. Ronaldinho and Drogba are much slower than Henry, but why do Chelsea's offense and defense seem to be very fast?
This is where Ye Qiu is smart!

When defending, the presence rate of Chelsea players is very high, and from front to back, except for Ronaldinho, almost every player is the first to invest in counter-attacks on the spot, Drogba, Lampa The midfielder composed of De, Davis, Deco and Makelele, they can completely cover every line of the opponent's ball at the moment they lose the ball, and harass them to slow down the opponent's counterattack speed.

As long as the delay achieves its goal, Chelsea will quickly organize a defensive formation. It is almost impossible for anyone to break through their formation, because they have a very meticulous defensive order.

In other words, they show their speed in defense by slowing down their opponents.

Many people are surprised, saying that Chelsea's high defense and such a large gap behind them have not been used?

It's very simple. Chelsea's entire midfield is engaged in counter-attack and siege immediately after losing the ball. As soon as the opponent has the ball, someone will approach the counter-attack immediately. At this time, the players who get the ball are not thinking about passing the ball at all. And hit behind, but protect the ball.

And as long as it is protecting the ball, the advancement speed of the offense must slow down, and the opportunity is fleeting, and there is no regret.

What about when attacking?

Chelsea have many games that look fast and impactful?
A careful analysis of Chelsea's offensive routines is simple and complex.

The reason why it is simple is that Chelsea's offense is actually concentrated on three points, Drogba, Ronaldinho and the full-backs. Almost all Chelsea's offenses are initiated through these three points, and this The three points are all reflected in different places. Drogba's frontcourt dominance and ability to suppress the opponent's central defender make him the first point of counterattack, and he can also play a role in tough battles. The tactical effect is very huge.

Without Drogba, it would have been impossible to have Ronaldinho, Lampard and Davies attacking from the back.

The wing is to create width. When the opponent's defense is in position, Chelsea actively plays the wing, uses the wing attack to pull the opponent's defense, and then completes the transfer through the wing pass, and Chelsea has Drogba and Ronaldi With such excellent central support points as Neo and Lampard, the effect of this set of tactics is obvious.

As for the Brazilian Ronaldinho, once the opponent completes the defensive organization, establishes a solid defensive formation, and contains the threat of Drogba and the wing, the ball will be handed over to the Brazilian, using his personal ability to create opportunities.

With Drogba's rampage in the penalty area, Lampard and Ronaldinho's attacking in turn, plus the two full-backs widening the tactical width, and the powerful destructive power of Davis and Makelele And the ability to cover a large area have built Chelsea's strong midfield and frontcourt formation.

So, what does Deco do?The Portuguese seem to be completely unnecessary?
Even though Wenger had a lot of complaints about Ye Qiu, he had to admit that Ye Qiu calculated every step very accurately.

On the one hand, Deco exists to sort out the midfield, but more importantly, to distribute the ball.

When to look for Drogba, when to look for full-backs, when to look for Ronaldinho, or how to redistribute in many different attacking patterns, these are Deco's responsibilities, and he does it quite well. Well, to be able to make the most efficient reallocation of Chelsea's attacking resources.

Moreover, Chelsea play a high-post defense, and can often send the ball into the opponent's 30-meter area with just one pass. With the strength of Drogba, Ronaldinho, Lampard and Davis, etc. , Entering the 30-meter area is equivalent to being able to directly fire guns anytime and anywhere, directly creating threats.

Such an opponent is the most terrifying threat not only to Arsenal, but also to any top European team.

Even Wenger had to admit that Ye Qiu was able to build such a strong tactical system and lineup for Chelsea in just one summer. It was very, very difficult. Even with this Chelsea team, Ye Qiu completely established himself. No one can question the status and qualifications of the famous European coaches.

Of course, Chelsea is not completely without shortcomings, because any team will have shortcomings.

A very important issue is that it relies heavily on players and physical fitness.

Without Ronaldinho in this game, Chelsea's offense seemed somewhat mechanized, and Arsenal's defense was easier. Wenger let Campbell and Kolo Toure team up to strangle Drogba, and Chelsea's offense was overwhelmed. Weakened by more than half.

There is also the physical fitness of the players. Because of Ye Qiu's high-intensity pressing and controlling style of play in the midfield, the players have a wide range of running. This aspect has high requirements for the players' tactical enthusiasm and execution ability. , On the other hand, the physical requirements of the players are also very high.

Chelsea's performance in this game has declined a bit, which is probably related to the two-week national team match day, when the players are running back and forth.

If Wenger's guess is correct, this is just a compromise Ye Qiu made to avoid being unfamiliar with the Premier League, because such a tough oppressive and controlling style of play is not like Ye Qiu's style. He likes subtle changes and Control, and relying too much on players to play tactical effects, this is not what Ye Qiu admires.

所以说，这只不过是切尔西1。0版本，相信以后还会陆续推出2。0甚至3。0的升级版本。

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help sighing. In his eyes, there was only one opponent in the Premier League, and that was Ferguson of Manchester United. In those years, he really wanted to have a few more opponents like Ferguson to compete with each other and stimulate each other. , which is good news for any head coach.

But now that Ye Qiu is here, in just a few short months, he has already felt the threat from Ye Qiu very deeply. He even couldn't help but think that Ye Qiu boasted about giving him money back then. Give him time, he will rebuild a giant, and now it seems that he is not exaggerating, because he is doing such a thing.

Just when Wenger was thinking, Chelsea still firmly held the advantage on the field. Although Arsenal also counterattacked, it was difficult to threaten Chelsea's goal. This made Wenger's assistant Pat Rice feel uneasy .

"We should make adjustments quickly, and we can't continue to let them fight like this!"

This is human nature, the opponent has pushed the defense line to the center circle, and if they continue to play like this, what if they lose the ball?Do you really want to lose at home?

After hearing this, Wenger shook his head, with a confident face, and a pair of deeply sunken eyes gleamed with wisdom and depth, "Avoid the edge and ensure the team's defense first. Since they want to press up, then we I don't mind shrinking back, I will grind against them slowly, until the second half, when their physical fitness is not enough, we will slowly settle this account!"

In the end, Wenger looked at Ye Qiu like a knife, wanting to cut Ye Qiu in half.

In fact, after Wenger decided to retreat, Arsenal's defense stabilized. Chelsea's staff was disorganized, coupled with running back and forth, the players were generally not excited enough, and the offensive effect was greatly reduced. In the end, they failed to break through Arsenal's defense. goal.

In this way, the two teams entered the intermission with a score of 0:1.

(End of this chapter)