Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 364 Tactical Suppression
Shevchenko's spirit is worthy of encouragement, but in the next game time, the Ukrainians seem to have no room to play.

Chelsea has been attacking wildly for 10 minutes. It must be a rhythm adjustment. It is impossible for any team to attack all the time, otherwise the physical fitness will be exhausted quickly.

Millwall took advantage of the time to regain the initiative.

When Zambrotta handed the ball to Jody Morris, Millwall began an orderly attack.

Zhang Yang stood up from his seat.

"Prediction" can bring general information about the game, but for the team's "dual-core" tactics, facing Chelsea's performance, it is still necessary to observe carefully. Every cooperation and every detail of attack is extremely valuable for reference.

Chelsea's defense against Millwall is still the same as last season. They blocked the front of the penalty area very tightly. Three powerful midfielders cooperated with the frontcourt to form a strong defensive front from the penalty area line to the center line.

Millwall's core players were also heavily defended.

Darren Bent, the striker, has been 'taken care of' by Terry's marking. After Morris dribbled the ball past the midfield, Lampard immediately pressed forward, and Makelele and Essien also defended on the two sides.

Under such a defense, Josh Simpson is hardly taken seriously.

In this game, Simpson and Morris partnered with 'dual core', and he became a key player in the team. Simpson gave the opponent the feeling that he was more like a winger with strong offensive ability, or a striker, rather than a core player who drives the rhythm. field.

Zhang Yang believes that Simpson's abilities are comprehensive enough to serve as one of the "dual cores", and the offense driven by his style is stronger than Morris.

Simpson is still very young and has a very high growth potential. Looking back two years ago, he was just promoted to the first team by Dennis Wise. In the past year and a half, due to Millwall's lack of players on the wing, Simpson has been playing as a full-back. But he is not a pure winger, and has not yet formed a unique style.

Zhang Yang hopes that Simpson can adapt to the position. In this match against Chelsea, Simpson was allowed to start the game to see the changes that Simpson can bring to Millwall when he plays the core of the center.

This is just a flamboyant thought.

In fact, among Millwall's old players, Darren Bent is the one who has received the most attention, and the next most threatening players will be Jody Morris, Smicer, and Simpson has also been "fired" for a while. time, but did not give the opponent the feeling of 'powerful threat'.

Chelsea didn't pay much attention to Simpson, especially when Simpson's position was changed to the middle of the midfield, they didn't pay much attention to it.

When Simpson got the ball, there was no one around him to defend him. Kalou, who was still retreating, saw that Simpson was unmarked, so he hurried back a few steps, trying to put some pressure on Simpson.

Kalu didn't want to steal the ball.

He is just a forward, and his defensive ability is much worse. He just wants to put some pressure on Simpson and force him to pass the ball to his teammates.

But after the football was passed, Simpson took a step forward, and then it was as if he had eyes behind his back. He did not turn his head but saw the situation behind him accurately. He made a gesture to pass the ball, and his body also tilted to one side.

Kalou swung his right foot across the passing lane, but the next moment Simpson's body twisted back, Kalou realized he had been cheated.

Simpson used a small trick to trick Kalu and continue forward. His speed is not fast, otherwise he would not need to shake Kalu away. He took the ball more than five meters away, and Essien ran over to help defend.

Essien came from the side.

Essien just joined Chelsea last season, and his performance was unanimously criticized by the media, so this season, Essien also hopes to have an excellent performance to reverse the criticism from the outside world.

It would be great to be able to make outstanding contributions to the defense in the game against Millwall.

Opportunity lies ahead.

Grabbing the ball from Simpson's feet and containing Millwall's offensive is the greatest contribution to the game.

However, Essien's idea failed to come true. Simpson did not continue to stick to the ball. Seeing Essien running over, he passed the ball to Morris who was a little behind.

Essien stopped when he saw Simpson passing the ball.

Simpson continued to run.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yang's mouth.

Simpson is doing well.

Dribble the ball when it should be dribbled, and pass the ball when it should be passed. This is what a qualified core player should do. For Essien's hard grab, he passed the ball decisively.

This performance can be described as 'mature, calm'
It is not easy for such a young player to be 'mature and calm'.

His future is bright.

In fact, it is normal for Simpson to perform well. Although he played in the middle of the midfield for the first time, he has been the main force of the team last season. He performed very well in the two games against Chelsea. He will not be frightened against Chelsea again. That's for sure, excellent foot skills are also enough to guarantee a stable performance.

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Many people soon discovered that Simpson became an annoyance to Chelsea's defense.

Chelsea's defense was very targeted, but it missed Simpson's point, perhaps because it was impossible for them to target two central players, and the defensive workload would be too great.

When playing against a general four-midfield formation, it is to target a single core and assist another midfielder. The latter point can even be ignored. Most of the 442 formations have a combination of two midfielders, one will be the offensive core, and the other will be It is a solid defensive midfielder, and the midfielder's "diamond position" is derived from this.

Chelsea have no experience dealing with a 'dual core'.

The current situation on the field is that it is not easy for Chelsea to make adjustments. Lampard and Terry have one-on-one defensive tasks. The other central defender Carvalho must sit in the defense. Xin, both need to take care of the wings, because Millwall's wingers-Pirres and Smicer are both experienced and skilled players. Let them face the full-backs directly, and it is easy to give the strikers With enough support, behind them, there are Konchesky and Zambrotta, who can also step forward to support and form a certain threat.

This is where the problem lies.

Chelsea found that their defensive staff was not enough.

The striker can retreat to defend, but it would probably be a bit tragic to let Kalu restrict Simpson. Shevchenko and Drogba have been standing in front for a long time, and they have no intention of retreating to defend at all.

How to do?
The situation on the field made Chelsea players a little helpless. For example, Captain Terry on the field did not know how to direct.

Let Shevchenko retreat?
Do not make jokes!
The Ukrainian is not good at English, maybe he doesn't understand what he said at all, not to mention that even the head coach Mourinho is a little helpless to Shevchenko, he must be arranged to start the game, and he is the captain of the field, directing Shevchenko Section retreat defense?

If Chelsea does not score goals for a long time, the responsibility may fall on their own "blind command". At that time, the media will say, "Terry actually asked Shevchenko to defend! What an overkill!"

Terry thought about it or forget it.

Drogba?
Drogba's retreat is a good way, but let Shevchenko alone in front, Millwall may be able to attack unscrupulously, right?At that time, their backcourt players will dare to rush to the front line to assist, and the defensive manpower will be even more insufficient.

Terry had a headache, he couldn't help but look to the sidelines, Mourinho was standing there, frowning tightly, as if he was also troubled by the game situation.

Mourinho has not yet figured out what to do.

Millwall's 'dual-core' was too much of a headache. Before the game started, he didn't quite believe what the media said that 'Millwall uses dual-core'. Now seeing is believing, he couldn't help admiring Zhang Yang, "This tactic How did you come up with it? The key is that the Millwall players seem to be very comfortable with the dual core, and there is no problem of confusion."

Tactical genius!
Mourinho sighed in his heart. He knew that he was never a tactical genius, and he didn't think tactical genius had any meaning, because a good head coach requires many abilities, and tactical ability is only part of it. Look at Liverpool coach Benny Tess, known as the 'Master of Tactics', isn't that what it is?His performance in leading Liverpool to the Champions League may not be bad, but it is still a bit worse than himself.

Looking at the game on the field now, Mourinho's thoughts have changed a little.

Chelsea has no good way to deal with Millwall's dual-core play for the time being, and may only continue to restrict the opponent's cooperation by compressing the formation.

Millwall is tactical suppression!

Compared with Chelsea's style of play, Millwall's tactical division of labor is more detailed, and its coordinated style of play is also higher-end. The dual core makes the coordination smoother. Even if the lineup is not stronger than Chelsea, they can still use offense to suppress Chelsea.

Mourinho took a deep breath.

He knows that now is not the time to praise the opponent, he has to figure out how to deal with it, otherwise Chelsea's situation is in danger.

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As the game progressed, the Chelsea players realized they had underestimated Josh Simpson.

When Morris was targeted and restricted by the opponent, the offensive led by Simpson threatened Chelsea's defense time and time again. Chelsea didn't have a particularly good way to do this. It was impossible for them to give up defending Morris and turn to defend Simpson.

In the 24th minute, when Simpson got the ball again, Lampard gave up defending Morris and tried to run to Simpson, and then Millwall launched a wave of textbook offensive.

Simpson passed Lampard and handed the ball to Morris. Carvalho stepped forward to create pressure. Morris did not stop the ball and passed it directly to Pires on the wing.

Pires stopped the ball.

Under the entanglement of Bridge, Pires pushed the ball horizontally to the middle, and Morris transferred it to Simpson.

Millwall passed the ball continuously, leading Carvalho out of the penalty area, and Lampard didn't know how to defend. He continued to mark Simpson, and Simpson had pushed the ball sideways again.

Livermore rushed forward and volleyed vigorously!
"Danger!"

Accompanied by the narrator's shout, the football was kicked out by Cech's double fists. Darren Bent saw the opportunity and rushed forward to make a follow-up shot. It was Terry who took the first step, squeezed Darren Bent hard, and slammed the ball wide Foot out.

Chelsea survived!
This wave of offensive failed to create a goal, and it also made Chelsea players break out in a cold sweat.

Millwall's offensive is too threatening.

Facing the offensive just now, they could only run with the ball, and they had no other options. They didn't feel like they were playing against Millwall. The opponent seemed to be...Barcelona?
Although it is very different from Barcelona, ​​Millwall's offensive has already played a Barcelona-like threat!

(End of this chapter)