Chapter 981 Extreme Defensive Formation

After playing Stoke City on February 4, Manchester United set off for London the next day. On the third night, they would challenge Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

To be honest, Sun Wu is very afraid of Chelsea.

Sun Wu has always believed that Manchester City is Manchester United's strongest opponent in the league this season, and the double red meeting is the most dangerous game, but in fact, Chelsea is Manchester United's most difficult opponent to defeat.

Because Klopp, Guardiola, including Wenger, and Pochettino all insist on fast passing and ball control, which is in line with the mainstream tactical play in today's European football.

This tactic looks good, is popular with fans, and can also bring championships. Manchester United is also a fan of this tactic.

Faced with such a style, Sun Wu always has a way, because the fast and smooth offense and ball-based tactics require high-position defense and even high-position pressing as assistance. There will always be loopholes in the defense, and there is no time to seize such loopholes. After all, Sun Wu is the strongest in the world, bar none.

But Conte has a completely different style. He comes from Serie A and is half an academy student. Vigilance and defense are in his blood.

In today's European football, double midfielders are normal, but one of them is usually an organizational midfielder, or even two are all-round midfielders capable of both offense and defense. However, the configuration of double defensive midfielders is still a wealthy team. , that’s what Conte can do.

Therefore, Chelsea's 343 is lackluster in offense. If it were not for Hazard's super personal ability, Chelsea's 12-game winning streak would be a no-brainer.

But defensively, it can be called an impregnable wall. Chelsea has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League this season.

Manchester United defeated Chelsea in the first half of the season, mainly because Sun Wu found the weakness of APZ, a high point where he was unable to compete.

But then Conte made adjustments. Moses, who is better offensively, and Damian, who is better defensively, compete for the right wing back. The latter will almost certainly appear in tomorrow's starting lineup.

At the end of Manchester United's adaptive training on the second day, unexpected news came that Chelsea center Diego Costa, who had scored 21 league goals this season, was injured during training and was likely to not play.

This season, Diego Costa has firmly occupied the main center position from the first round of the season. It is difficult for Cavani to get the starting position, and he has to play as a winger whenever he is forced.

In the winter transfer window, Chelsea loaned Cavani to Atletico Madrid. This deal was a win-win-win-win. Cavani had the ball to play, and Atletico Madrid had an excellent attacker, so they let Turan go. Chelsea then bought Pedro.

But now, Diego Costa is injured. Sun Wu quickly took a look at the Chelsea roster. The only one who can play center is the 18-year-old rookie Solanke. Sun Wu knows this little guy. He later went to Liverpool and didn't score a goal in two years. Enter.

Knowing that Shengshi Meiyan was injured, tomorrow's starting guard was relieved. No one wanted to meet that annoying guy, but the coaching staff was gloomy.

On the evening of February 6th, when Sun Wu got the starting list before the pre-match press conference, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Solanke did start, but in the front trident, apart from Hazard, there was no one else. One position is William.

Chelsea's main right winger in the first half of the season was Cuadrado. In the second half of the season, Cuadrado and Pedro rotated, and William was usually Hazard's substitute.

But William has an ability that other wingers don't have.

He is willing to return to defense, and the range of defense is very large, and his defensive quality is quite high. He is not top-notch in shooting, passing, and passing, but his sudden acceleration in counterattacks is very good.

Therefore, the situation that emerged on the field was that Chelsea gave up almost all offense at least in the first half. During the counterattack, Hazard fought alone, William would step forward to respond, the two wing-backs hardly pressed forward, and Solanke It was difficult to keep up the pace, which made United very comfortable defensively but at the same time helpless in attack.

Mark Alonso, Damian, APZ, David Luiz, Cahill, Schneiderlin, Matic, the defense line composed of these seven people can be called an iron wall. They completely gave up the offense. Herrera and No matter how much Sun Wu conducts horizontally outside, they will not press outward.

Sun Wu wanted to find a loophole after transferring the ball laterally, but Hazard and William came back to help defend.

Sun Wu wanted to attack the center and then make a fuss in the ribs, but Matic and Schneiderlin were very aggressive and the foul location was also very particular. They did not give Sun Wu a chance to take a direct free kick, and the wings on both sides The Wei Association moved in to assist in defense.

Sun Wu wanted to take a long shot from outside, but even Chelsea center Solanke would block the hole in the midfielder...

As for regular crosses from the wing, Harry Kane, Griezmann and others are simply unable to compete. Chelsea has an overwhelming advantage in the number of people in the penalty area.

Sun Wu also tried to copy the game in the first half of the season and find APZ's weaknesses, but this time Conte arranged the tactical details very carefully. Damian would move in to protect the back point and make two consecutive headers to clear the ball.

After pondering for more than half an hour, Sun Wu found Salah during a dead ball.

"Manchester United has shot 11 times so far, but only two of them have hit the target." Zhan Jun sighed: "Conte's game completely demonstrated the characteristics of Italian football."

"Having completely given up the offense, Hazard basically fought alone in this game." Zhang Lu added: "But Conte may not always be able to defend like this. He still has cards in his hand."

"Yes, Moses has a strong offensive impact, and the Sabers can play as a center forward." Zhan Jun agreed with this view, "So, Manchester United needs to find a way to score, otherwise Conte may get revenge."

"Yeah... wait, look at this ball!"

"Griezmann passed the ball... Salah burst in... fell down!"

"Penalty kick? Penalty kick?"

There were huge boos in the stands. The coach hesitated for a moment and looked at the linesman, then crossed his hands to indicate that there was no penalty.

Loud applause rang out, accompanied by the home fans scolding the Egyptians. Salah's performance today may not be outstanding, but it is very eye-catching and has a strong desire to express himself offensively. The two shots that Manchester United has hit the goal range so far have come from he.

So Sun Wu selected Salah. Facing Chelsea's iron barrel formation, Sun Wu used midfield dispatch and repeatedly pulled horizontally, trying to allow Salah to form possible breakthrough opportunities on the wing and ribs. On that side, Salah Zall's defense was not strong enough, and Salah had a chance to break in.

It's hard to say whether it can create a threat, but at least it can loosen Chelsea's defense. Salah also did it, although he failed to get a penalty kick.

In the 44th minute, after repeated lateral passes, Sun Wu sent a precise mid-range ground ball to Salah on the right rib.

The Egyptian winger directly moved the ball forward with the inside of his left foot. Faced with two consecutive shoulder shaking fake moves by Max Alonso, he suddenly accelerated in a straight line. After entering the penalty area, he paused in rhythm and accelerated again into the small penalty area.

"Salah...Salah...in!"

"Oh, isn't this a penalty kick?"

Mortensen paused, "It's really not a penalty kick. David Luiz got the ball out of the baseline before Salah!"

Why, David Luiz was so beaten in this game... Sun Wu complained in his heart from a distance. In the first half, he had made at least 5 key clearances in the penalty area.

Seeing Salah getting up from the ground vigorously and even shaking hands with David Luiz, the referee's hand pointed to the corner kick without hesitation. Sun Wu sighed, sometimes even if the opponent did not commit a foul, A certain level of performance is required, not for penalty kicks or diving, but to subtly influence the referee.

Sun Wu feels that he must teach the Egyptians a lesson later. Being too honest will not be tolerated in the Premier League!

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