Soccer Card System

　　 Chapter 53 Luton's Defensive Tactics

　　 "The lights at Stamford Bridge seem to be brighter than the Wow Road Stadium..." Some fans exclaimed in the away team fan area.

　　The fans who came to Luton looked at the team’s boss. David Morton had to pretend that he didn’t see anything. It didn’t cost money to change the stadium lighting...

The reason why fans pay attention to lighting is that Chelsea has been in possession of the ball for three minutes, but in fact they have not pushed the ball into Luton’s penalty area at all, so the game scene is still quite boring. With a cross pass back, the game started almost three minutes later, and there was not even a shot.

　　 Chelsea, of course, want to press on and eat this arrogant second division team in one bite, but as long as the football crosses the middle circle, Chelsea's players can feel the defensive pressure brought by the opponent strongly.

　　 Lampard withdrew from the front midfielder position to the center circle to get the ball, because the Deco team crossed from left to right in the midfield before, but could not find the forward line, so Lampard came back and asked for the ball.

　　 Although Scolari wants to establish Deco's core position in the team, Deco still dare not fight the opponent in the face of a Chelsea locker room like Frank Lampard.

Lampard took the ball and turned around. From his line of sight, there were players wearing orange jerseys, and the Chelsea players seemed to be cut apart one by one by Luton's players. Passing is almost impossible, Luton concentrated a large number of players in a small space to participate in the defense.

　　 Lampard wanted to make a long pass, but found that he had players on both sides clamped in and approached, so Lampard then passed back.

　　 Ivanovic tried a long pass after getting the ball, but because his long pass in the backcourt was too long, after the football landed, Luton's overall formation almost moved.

　　 "The efficiency and discipline of the formation movement are very good!!"

　　 Scolari in blue sportswear shook the gray beard beside his lips, and glanced at Gao Bo who was standing not far away.

　　 This young man is not just talking big... Judging from Luton's performance in the past few minutes, this is a well-trained team.

Luton’s defense is not an iron barrel formation in the ordinary sense, but like a piece of brown sugar moving back and forth on the court. As the ball develops, theirs also accumulates a large number of players on the side of the ball, which makes Chelsea The players feel that there are far more players in Luton than Chelsea in the local area.

　　 This is why Chelsea has been unable to pass the ball to the frontcourt quickly.

　　 "Our passing speed should be faster!!!"

　　 Lampard was also the first time he saw such a defensive tactic, but he quickly discovered the weakness of this tactic.

　　 Speed ​​up the pass! !

　　 Speeding up the pass is indeed an effective way to crack Luton's tactics.

　　 But speeding up the pass is simple to say, but not all teams can do it easily. Chelsea is a strong team in European football, but before that, Chelsea was not a team known for passing and controlling the ball. Scolari’s transformation of Chelsea is just superficial. He just increased Deco’s weight to hold the ball. Now Deco is a retreating midfielder who takes the ball through Deco’s. Chelsea's players moved on again, and Deco was passing the ball-a bit like a classic midfielder's play.

　　 Gao Bo referred to Simeone's defensive system in Atletico Madrid in the future, accumulating enough personnel in some areas, forming a huge pressure on the opponent's ball holder.

　　 But the weakness of this formation is obviously also there. Back then, Barcelona had beaten Atletico Madrid with a continuous and fast pass.

　　 It is 2009, and Luton's defensive tactics have appeared in the mainstream media for the first time. The current intensive defense is more of an iron barrel formation in the traditional sense. Four defenders who will never leave their penalty area, plus three or four defensive midfielders in front of the defender, and two iron-clad lines of defense. Horizontally in front of the goal, no matter how the opponent passes on the periphery, after all, it is necessary to pass the defensive side's penalty area to score a goal.

　　 Establish an absolute number advantage in key positions, this is the essence of the tactics of the iron barrel formation.

　　 Establish a number advantage in a local area, which is what Gao Bo said. However, this number advantage can be within the restricted area or in other areas...

　　 For Luton, this is a defensive and offensive formation. Once Chelsea makes a mistake, Luton can immediately start a counterattack once he steals the ball! !

　　Scolari is still an old-school football coach after all. In fact, the playing method of establishing a single core is now increasingly being abandoned by the times. Even Barcelona, ​​who has been insisting on passing control flow, are now gradually moving away from single-core tactics. After all, when a player controls too much of the ball, it is easy to be targeted by the opponent's tactics.

　　 The same is true for Chelsea now. Gao Bo's eyes have been fixed on Deco. When Lampard came back to get the ball, the muscles in Gao Bo's mouth trembled... Lampard came back to spoil the game...

　　 What a pity...

"Luton deserves to be a prestigious team in the second division. Under the guidance of the Chinese coach, the tactical style of this team is full of distinctive personal characteristics. This is the first time I have played in the English League. See it on the Internet." Letkinson said.

"This method consumes too much physical energy for the players..." Little Redknapp on the side raised doubts~www.ltnovel.com~ I doubt whether Luton can stick to this way of playing. To the second half..."

Little Redknapp’s doubts are reasonable. In fact, in the development of modern football, the fastest change is in running data. In the era of Little Redknapp, football tactics are very different from the present. At that time, after a game, the players run five or six kilometers is very diligent.

　　 In the later generations of Gaobo, in 2018, during a football match of sufficient quality, the players often ran within ten kilometers! !

　　 On the one hand, because of the changes in football rules, the pace of football has become faster and faster, while on the other hand, the development of football tactics increasingly requires players to move.

　　 Gao Bo is not worried about Luton's physical fitness. In Luton's daily training, physical fitness is the most important thing. And Luton's lineup is mostly young people in their twenties. This is a youth army with plenty of energy.

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　　 Chelsea's passing speed really accelerated.

　　 Lampard and Deco have good skills at their feet, and they can do this kind of fast passing job.

　　 The two passed in the midfield several times, and it really quickly passed the ball to the front of Luton's penalty area.

　　 Then Lampard made a long shot from outside the penalty area, which was regarded as the first shot of the game.

　　 The fans in the stands burst into cheers, and the Luton fans were also taken aback.

　　 Gao Bo didn't have much reaction to this. He saw Chelsea's intentions. The continuous cooperation between Lampard and Deco was also perfect... but can they always have such a perfect cooperation?

　　 may not be...