The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 312 It's time for us to shake our fists!

There is no doubt that the entire month of November belongs to Chelsea!
On November 11th, Chelsea drew 25-0 with Paris Saint-Germain at home. Because Chelsea had already qualified from the group stage as the number one player, Ye Qiu arranged for a full substitute and young player lineup for this game. .

Because of this, the outside world also gave a good evaluation of Chelsea's ability to get a draw.

On November 11th, Chelsea beat Charlton 28-4 in an away game and played another round of wild victory. On the other hand, Arsenal drew Benitez's Liverpool 0-1 in an away game and suffered another draw. The gap between the two sides It quickly expanded to 1 points.

After this round, the outside media shook their heads, thinking that with the current situation of Arsenal, it may be difficult to launch a counterattack against Chelsea, unless the Gunners can compete against Chelsea at Highbury Stadium in the 17th round of the Premier League. In the game, defeat the opponent, otherwise, the Gunners' championship dream will be over.

Because throughout November, Chelsea maintained a winning streak and played a suffocating offensive storm, so Ye Qiu became the best head coach of the month in November. This is also the first time Ye Qiu has won the award this season. Honor, while Chelsea's very eye-catching Ronaldinho won the player of the month.

As the selection of World Footballer of the Year and European Footballer of the Year draws closer, Ronaldinho's condition has obviously become better and better, and the calls for these two honors are getting louder and louder. The Brazilian is now the biggest player. The competitor is actually not someone else, but his teammate Lampard, who is also showing great momentum.

As for Shevchenko, Henry and other players, although they performed well, they are obviously slightly inferior to Ronaldinho and Lampard in terms of team honor and player performance. The Blues are also very good. I hope to cultivate a world footballer of my own.

Entering December, Chelsea's first match was the quarter-finals of the League Cup. The team challenged Fulham in the Premier League away. As a result, Chelsea reversed Fulham 12:8 with the goals of Davis and Van Persie and successfully entered the league. semifinals.

In another duel, Manchester United defeated Arsene Wenger's Arsenal 1-0 at home.

The current situation of the gunman really corresponds to that sentence, the leak in the house happened to be raining all night.

12月4日，切尔西主场4：0完胜纽卡斯尔，这已经是切尔西到目前为止的第7场连胜。

However, Arsenal also improved in this game, defeating Birmingham 3-0 at Highbury Stadium, catching up with Chelsea.

In the middle of the week we ushered in the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage. Arsenal must beat Rosenborg in this round to qualify as No.1 in the group. This made Wenger have to do his best in this game. In the end, they defeated Rosenborg 5:1, while Chelsea drew 1:1 away with Porto.

Encountering Mourinho again, Ye Qiu's thoughts are obviously no longer on the Portuguese, so he has no intention of arguing with Mourinho, and after the group match, Ye Qiu's Chelsea and Mourinho Porto and Porto stood out from the group with No. 2 and No. 16 respectively, and successfully entered the knockout round of [-].

Back in the Premier League, Chelsea finally ushered in Arsenal!

For a long time, Ye Qiu has not pursued excessively when it comes to possession of the ball.

He once watched Cruyff, Sacchi and others explain the concept of ball possession in the study room, and after absorbing the experience and ideas of so many predecessors, he is also constantly reflecting and improving his own tactical thinking , one of the obvious points is ball control.

Undoubtedly, from Ye Qiu's point of view, Barcelona's previous set of ball control was indeed outstanding, but even Cruyff felt that the Barcelona team at that time obviously controlled the ball for the sake of possession, because Only possession of the ball can ensure that their defensive loopholes are not exploited by opponents, which is obviously a bit contrary to Cruyff.

After all, some ideas of Cruyff and Sacchi have the same goal, that is, the strongest offense plus the best defense!

Then, some people will definitely say, how can the strongest spear and the strongest shield merge together?
In fact, this is a misunderstanding, because the strongest spear and the strongest shield are obviously aimed at the opponent. This is not contradictory in itself. As long as you have the ability to control him, why can't you combine the spear with one hand and the shield with the other? Together?
And at the tactical level, control often depends on your midfielder!

Ball control is only a part of control, and so is space control. There are also many factors including rhythm, psychology, etc. These combine to form a team's comprehensive control ability on the court.

At this point, Barcelona's possession of the ball has gone to the extreme, a bit too much for the sake of possession of the ball, causing the team's cooperation to become mechanical, boring, and lacking novelty and exciting factors.

Of course, Barcelona's ball control system is still worthy of respect. This is also Ye Qiu's attitude all the time. Existence is reasonable. Barcelona can be so brilliant, and they have their own advantages. No one can deny all of this, right? ?
So, of all the factors that make up a team's court control, what's the most important?

Ball rights?space?Rhythm?psychology?morale?Fighting spirit?
Those who say that the ball is the most important should go to watch Manchester United play Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final. Arsenal took advantage of the ball, but failed to break through Manchester United's goal. Instead, Manchester United scored and scored. 1 goal, the final score was 1:0!

People who say that space is the most important should watch more Serie A games. Why can't they win even though they have excellent defense?Because they lack control of the ball and rhythm.

So, are rhythm and psychology the most important thing?

The Miracle of Istanbul in the previous life, Liverpool's final reversal of AC Milan, didn't it depend on a sudden burst of fast-paced blows after the second half and the anger in everyone's hearts?
But you must know that the Istanbul miracle is full of chance, if Finnan is not injured, if Ancelotti makes adjustments, if Benitez is not forced to make substitutions, if...
By chance, this in itself proves that this statement is not true!
In Ye Qiu's view, among the many factors that constitute a team's control, there is no one that is more important than the others. In other words, all the factors are very important, and their importance is based on on an equal basis.

There is a saying in Chinese that is too rigid and easy to break, which means that if you are too rigid, it will be easy to break.

Excessive ball control is not acceptable, nor is excessive control of the space. Excessive emphasis on psychological quality is also not acceptable. All elements must be carried out at the same time to be able to exert their greatest effect.

Therefore, Ye Qiu's pursuit is to form a perfect team that achieves the best balance in terms of ball control, space control, and rhythm control. Team.

Compared with mainland teams, Chelsea's current control of the ball and control of the rhythm is somewhat insufficient. The control of space and psychological quality have met Ye Qiu's requirements, so he still wants to continue to make adjustments to the team.

And if you use Ye Qiu's set of requirements for yourself as a standard to measure Manchester United, it's not difficult to find that the Red Devils have many problems. Ball possession, space and rhythm all have obvious weaknesses, and they have big weaknesses.

What about Arsenal?

Arsenal's biggest problem is that they like to hold the ball very much, and their obsession with the ball leads to Arsenal's poor control of space. This is why Wenger's team is always beaten by opponents time and time again. .

Therefore, in the away game against Arsenal, Ye Qiu's strategy for the team is to control the space, using space to compress Arsenal's passes and receptions, which means weakening Arsenal's ability to control the ball, but in order to ensure effective control of the team, Ye Qiu arranged his tight control area in his own half.

But to do this, there is a prerequisite, the first goal!
Attacking has always been Ye Qiu's forte, and this time is no exception. He has been preparing for a goal from the first second of the game, and Chelsea also tried 5 shots in the first 3 minutes. Three people came to kick.

On the fourth time, Chelsea changed the routine. Ronaldinho broke through Lauren from the left and made a cross. Drogba flew the header in the penalty area. Rooney stopped suddenly after getting the ball and knocked back. The kick volleyed and the ball crashed into the net, 1:0!

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye. I believe that many Arsenal fans have not realized that the goal was scored.

After breaking the deadlock in the 7th minute, what Chelsea did next made Wenger feel very broken.

Ye Qiu no longer defended at a high position, but instead adopted a steady retreat, and formed a tight formation in his own half.

As long as Arsenal are in possession of the ball in their own half, Chelsea will not care about it. At best, Drogba will go up to symbolically harass and grab a few times, but generally not too far from the center line, so as to ensure that they can return to their own half as soon as possible. rush to the rescue.

Chelsea's attitude made Arsenal feel incomprehensible and powerless, because even if they play the ball like a flower in their own half, you still can't break through the other side. goal.

Arsenal's offense seems to be very strong, but in fact there is an obvious weakness, lack of tactical support.

Ye Qiu knew very well what the meaning of this battle at Highbury Stadium was to both sides, so he didn't think he should choose head-to-head confrontation. It would be too risky to do so. If they really played head-to-head, Chelsea might not lose , but may not win.

But now he chooses another smarter way, using his strengths to defeat his opponent's weaknesses.

Henry is good at breaking through and running, which is good for a high defensive team like Chelsea. Bergkamp is good at possession and connection, Pires is good at dividing the ball, and Ljungberg is good at running in behind. The advantage, the offensive formation formed by this group of players, even in European football, is enough to cause headaches for any team.

The strategy Ye Qiu adopted was to limit the movement space of all players, making Henry's breakthrough and rushing useless. When Bergkamp had to face the opponent's double-teaming frequently, when Pires could no longer effectively Dividing the ball and sorting out, Ljungberg's back-up hit a wall everywhere, and Arsenal's offense was completely paralyzed.

Why?Because they lack a reliable support point at critical moments!

When modern football pays more and more attention to targeted defense and strict overall layout, offense becomes more and more difficult. If you want to break through the opponent's defensive system, it becomes more and more troublesome. At this time You need a tactical fulcrum that can provide you with stable support in front, usually a center forward!

A strong center is very important for a team that likes to defend high and to hold the ball high. This is an important reason why Ye Qiu refuses to give up on Drogba.

Arsenal's offense is good at coping with loose defense, and once they encounter a tight defense, they immediately feel uncomfortable and paralyzed, so they didn't even have a shot in the entire first half!

When the on-site commentator Andy Gray said this statistic, I believe that not only the group of Arsenal fans who shouted to attack at Highbury Stadium were puzzled, but people watching this game all over the world would be puzzled. A showdown between the two strongest teams in the Premier League?

What does it mean when one team pushes another team to the point where they don't even have a shot at goal?
"Arsenal is indeed in big trouble!" Andy Gray shook his head regretfully at the moment when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. He felt that this was definitely not just a Premier League match. Because according to the current momentum, Chelsea made it clear that they not only want to get 3 points, but even want to completely defeat Arsenal psychologically.

Everyone can see that the current morale of Arsenal is very low, because they have performed poorly in recent times, and now if they lose to Chelsea at home, ending their undefeated record, the gap in the league will widen to At 9 points, I couldn't even get a chance to kick the opponent's goal, and they would completely collapse!

"Chelsea's tactics in this game are very different from those in the past. Ye Qiu obviously adopts tactics that are more inclined to defensive counterattacks and are more targeted. Especially in terms of tightening the midfield, he completely blocked Arsenal. Neither Henry nor Bergkamp was a clear threat to Chelsea's goal."

"But if it's just that, then Chelsea has nothing to be proud of. The key point is that Chelsea had 9 shots in the first half. Except for 4 goal in the first 1 shots, the other 5 shots were passed. We did it on the counter-attack, four of which took Arsenal's defense by surprise."

"There is also a very obvious sign that the pace of this game is very fast, and the offensive and defensive transition speed of the two sides is very fast. I even dare to say that this is this season, no, it can even be said that in all the Premier League games in recent years. The fastest-paced game, but in a fast-paced game, Chelsea relied on its own strong pressing system to force Arsenal to not even have a chance to kick. This has to be said to be an amazing achievement !"

"Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the Arsenal players are obviously in poor condition and they handle the ball too blindly. In the fast-paced game, they often make unnecessary mistakes in passing and receiving the ball. Chelsea only need to catch the mistakes. , can always play a sharp counterattack at the first time, and quickly transfer the pressure of the game to Arsenal's defense."

"We should also see that in the midst of Chelsea's strong oppression and pressing, Arsenal seems to have a lot of ball possession, but they lack threatening direct passes, and more are cross passes and back passes. The team's finishing kick was also affected, Henry had at least two chances to kick the ball, but he missed them in vain."

"This is obviously a sign of problems in the team's tactics, players' psychology and other aspects. Wenger must make adjustments in the midfield, otherwise, Arsenal will continue to be suppressed by Chelsea in the second half!"

"Of course, Chelsea's tactics are not completely without problems. They adopted the method of improving the rhythm and speed of the game to drag down Arsenal, but they also paid a certain price."

"As we all know, Ye Qiu puts a lot of emphasis on speed. Whether it's the speed of passing and receiving the ball, the speed of technical movements, the speed of approaching the opponent, the speed of defensive positioning, the speed of assisting defense and protection, etc., these are all things that Ye Qiu has been emphasizing. Yes, and they also made full use of these advantages in the first half, even forcing Arsenal to not take a shot, forcing the opponent to the extreme. "

"But the price for Chelsea is also very high, that is physical fitness!"

"To meet Ye Qiu's request in such a fast manner, Chelsea's players have to pay a more brutal physical consumption than usual. Their running distance fully reflects this, and this may also become a turning point for both sides in the second half. An important factor for Chelsea, after all, it is impossible for Chelsea to maintain a fast-paced and high-intensity pressing for 90 minutes."

"So, for Arsenal, this is an opportunity. How to grasp this opportunity depends on how Wenger makes adjustments."

Ye Qiu naturally couldn't hear Andy Gray's analysis, but when he walked into the visiting team's dressing room at Highbury Stadium, he clearly felt that the players were in a good mood. , that was more because of Chelsea's weak defensive stance.

When Ye Qiu walked in, everyone looked at him, and the Chinese had a confident smile on their faces.

"As I said, there is nothing to be afraid of Arsenal. We beat them last season, and we can still beat them now. Even, believe me, starting tonight, no one will be afraid of Arsenal in the future!"

Everyone felt Ye Qiu's strong self-confidence. Not only did he want to beat his opponents in terms of scores, but he also wanted to deal heavy blows to his opponents psychologically, so that his team could win in the competition. The road to winning the championship has been smoother.

"A year ago, we taught all Premier League teams how to beat Manchester United. A year later, we will teach all teams how to beat Arsenal. So, in the second half, it's time for us to shake our fists!"

(End of this chapter)