Chapter 415 Offensive Football and Utilitarian Football

Manchester Stadium.

The 20th round of the Premier League, Manchester City vs. Chelsea is about to start.

Elano Blumer stood on the court, thinking about what the coach and himself had said before the game.

"Ballack is the captain of the German team and is the core player of Chelsea. I think, his ability is needless to say, Elano, you should know him."

"In this game, you are the most important player in the team. I don't need you to play anything offensively, but you must limit Ballack. As long as you limit him, our defense will be very easy, and the offense will also be easy. Can let go."

"Elano, I know you've always wanted to take on bigger game missions, like... like Silva, Maurice? But people are different, and you're good at something different from them. ."

"You are Ballack and Lampard of the team, not Morris and Silva, do you understand what I mean?"

"I won't ask Silva to defend because I know he can't do well, only you, Elano, your defensive ability, individual skills and understanding of the game are quite good, so I hope you be able to use their strengths.”

Elano Blumer didn't expect the coach to say this to him at all. In fact, after his move to Manchester City, he always felt that the coach didn't take him seriously.

Manchester City has a lot of outstanding players. Even the youngest Ozil in the midfield is a top talent, and he, Elano Blumer, is just a Brazilian midfielder with stronger defensive ability, and he can't keep up with Ferre. La, Dunn and others, the offensive ability is incomparable with the frontcourt players. His only advantage is perhaps... comprehensive?

Bloomer feels like he's an undervalued player who won't get much use in the game and only gets a chance to play when he's in the rotation.

In this game, he didn't think he had a chance to play, because Ozil and Silva are enough, even if there are more players to play, it should be the experienced Ljungberg, right?

Thinking of this, Blumer felt very excited.

After talking to Wan Sheng, he knew the reason why he could join Manchester City - strong defensive ability and comprehensive skills.

This is where the coach sees himself.

As the coach said, "Your defensive ability is strong, your physical fitness is good, and you also share the pressure on the frontcourt on offense. These seem to be nothing, but players who are not bad in every ability are rare."

In addition, Bloomer is excited that the coach compares himself to Ballack and Lampard.

"You are the Ballack and Lampard of the team."

This sentence was recorded in Blumer's mind, and even the tone of the speech at that time had a deep impression. He felt that he might not forget it for a few years, right?

In Blumer's view, there is nothing more important than the recognition of the head coach, especially the current head coach - Wan Sheng, who is recognized in the world football as a football coach who is good at cultivating players. With the recognition of the head coach, Blumer's self-confidence suddenly increased.

Before Blumer felt that he was only a supplementary player in the team, and at most he was only a half-substitute and half-main midrange player, but now he feels that he will definitely become more and more important in the team in the future.

Thinking of these, Blumer couldn't help but get excited!

Now that the game is about to start, he can't help but start the game for a long time and complete the task that Wansheng entrusted to him--restrict Ballack and don't let him play at will!

Blumer looked at Barack sternly, as if he was looking at his father's enemy.

Ballack, who was standing in the Chelsea lineup, also looked back immediately. He was startled by Blumer's eyes, and immediately thought doubtfully, "When did I offend him?"

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The impression of Manchester City to the fans has always been beautiful attacking football, even Chelsea who have played against Manchester City many times, they still remember the game against Manchester City two months ago.

3:5, in that match, they scored three goals and Manchester City scored five goals. The score has already seen a lot of things, so they think that Manchester City will return to the home court and will definitely strengthen their offense.

However, after the game started, Chelsea found that Manchester City was not in a hurry to attack, but kept controlling the ball. Many times, they were constantly passing the ball.

Chelsea are no strangers to Manchester City's controlling style of play, so they actively ran forward to fight, but they soon discovered that Manchester City played surprisingly 'stable'.

Manchester City's 'stable' is no longer a normal situation.

In the first ten minutes of the game, Manchester City only got the ball in front of the penalty area twice, and soon the ball was passed out again, and then they started to cooperate continuously, seemingly in no rush to score goals and strive for the lead.

It's a pain in the ass.

Before the game, Glatter analyzed Manchester City's tactics in particular, and with more than two seasons of understanding, Chelsea players know what Manchester City is trying to do - they want to control the football, control the rhythm and control the game.

They are using the ball to slowly wear away Chelsea's fitness and patience!

In the face of this style of play, Chelsea also knows what to do, that is to keep fighting and attacking Manchester City's defense. As long as the fighting is fierce enough, Manchester City will be a lot more careful in passing the ball, and they will not be able to control the ball with peace of mind. .

But when Chelsea did that, they found that City's defense was solid.

When the football arrived at Chelsea's feet, Chelsea launched an attack, and Manchester City's formation quickly contracted back. Before Chelsea passed the ball to a dangerous point, Manchester City had already set up a tight defense near the penalty area.

After 15 minutes of competition, Chelsea found that Manchester City's play was not only their 'OS-F', but even more focused on... ball-handling defensive counter-attacks! ?

The concept of defensive counterattack is too big. Manchester City does not have absolute passive defense. The method they choose is to control the ball and try to find opportunities. However, their formation is not advanced, so when they suddenly lose the ball, their formation It is easy to shrink back.

It was clear that City's main focus was on defence.

It stands to reason that this style of play would be very passive, but Manchester City used the ball to achieve the initiative, but it made Chelsea not dare to go too forward, even when the ball was present. Whether defending or attacking, Chelsea felt a little awkward.

Chelsea players can't analyze Manchester City's tactics in the first place. They just feel that the game is a bit wrong. As for why it's wrong, no one can directly say it.

Chelsea coach Avran Grant stood up in shock. He didn't expect Manchester City to make such a big adjustment to the tactics.

At the same time he was puzzled.

In Grant's view, Wan Sheng is definitely a very capable head coach, otherwise Manchester City's results would not be so good, but such a head coach, don't worry that the team will have some discomfort after making great adjustments to tactics ?

He doesn't understand.

This is what Grant doesn't know about Wansheng, or rather about Manchester City.

Grant has just left the Israeli league after all. After coaching Chelsea, he has only led the team to play against Manchester City once. He didn't know that Manchester City is a team that is very good at adjusting tactics, which is also a headache for many Manchester City opponents. In the season, when Manchester City's lineup and strength were not as good as Manchester United and Chelsea, Wansheng won many games with this, but now the team is much stronger and its tactics are mature. I have the upper hand in the game, so I have to adjust tactics less often.

It is worth mentioning that this makes Wansheng's work a lot easier.

Manchester City do not completely use the tactics of the 'OS-F' system. They also train other tactical routines on weekdays, most of which are extensions of the 'OS-F' system. Now this set is played on the field, but it is slightly changed. The formation and stance have been strengthened, and some defenses have been strengthened, and no major adjustments have been made at all.

That was enough to surprise Grant.

He couldn't imagine City going from 'beautiful attacking football' to suddenly 'utilitarian defensive football'.

Wan Sheng doesn't care how surprised Grant is.

In the face of this Chelsea team, we must play steadily, we must strengthen our defense, take risks at home to score goals, and even say that it is not necessary to fight for offensive character. It is easier to win if you play steadily.

As for the ugly game? He never thinks about it.

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Obviously, Wansheng has many supporters, at least the Manchester City fans who came to watch the game, did not express any dissatisfaction with Manchester City's play style.

Although the game is ugly, they prefer to believe in Wansheng.

Just like the words of Berbatt on the stadium broadcast, "The game is a bit dull, Manchester City seems to be playing a bit conservative, but Wansheng's arrangement must be reasonable. We can look forward to the next Manchester City's performance..." In conclusion, "As long as It's a match arranged by Wansheng, and it always makes sense."

To onlookers, this kind of blind support would make people laugh, but for more than two seasons, Wansheng has never disappointed Manchester City fans. He led the team to surprise fans again and again.

Now Manchester City fans unconditionally support Wansheng, which is also equivalent to a return.

In addition, Manchester City is not completely conservative!

The game is still great!

For example, this time, Chelsea was attacking, and the football was quickly passed to Mikel. Mikel saw that there was no chance in front of him and immediately handed the ball to Ballack.

After Lampard was injured, Ballack became the core of Chelsea's midfield. He was the pinnacle of Chelsea's midfield. When many teammates saw that there was no chance, they subconsciously handed the ball to Ballack.

But this time, Ballack made a mistake.

The German captain stopped the ball a little bigger. He thought it was okay, but a figure rushed out from behind and broke the ball.

The football was kicked to Lescott's feet.

Last season, Lescott was a full-back. This season, his position has moved to the middle, sometimes playing full-back, sometimes playing as a central defender, but the awareness of counterattacking when he gets the ball is almost deep in his mind.

Before catching the ball, Lescott had glanced forward, and then he would kick the ball directly, and the football flew directly to the center circle.

Lescott's pass was a bit hasty and the position was a bit inaccurate, but Silva still grabbed the ball first.

He kicked the ball to Ozil, ran forward, and Ozil kicked the ball forward.

David Silva received a pass after rushing past Alex.

"Counterattack!"

The Manchester City Stadium suddenly resounded with the voices of fans.

Silva dribbled the ball straight forward. He pushed Ben Haim forward and then entered the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Hilario, he made a lob shot, but unfortunately the football hit the crossbar. Pop out of bounds.

"call……"

Berbat breathed a sigh of relief and said with some regret, "The ball almost went in, Silva just lacked a little luck..."

This counterattack let everyone know that Manchester City is not completely conservative. When Chelsea is negligent, Manchester City may only need one chance to rewrite the score. (To be continued ~^~)