During this period of time.
When defending, Malouda and Wright-Phillips both dropped back quite far. Chelsea used this method to try to keep their numbers in midfield consistent with Leeds United, so that they could better conduct one-on-one marking.
Each Chelsea player is excellent on their own, but that's all they are good at individually.
Even against a Leeds United team that had made ample preparations and practiced for more than half a month, they still seemed a bit outmatched.
Over the past two weeks, Li Shiguang has emphasized passing the ball the most!
Football is a team sport.
A superstar player with outstanding skills can add icing on the cake or deliver the decisive blow to a team, but this can only be achieved with the support of the team behind the scenes!
In Li Shiguang's football philosophy...
No matter how strong you are, once you come to Leeds United, you must adapt to and make full use of the team's strength.
This is exactly what Leeds United is showing!
Faced with Chelsea's tough one-on-one marking, Leeds United's midfield will respond by using one-touch passing and frequent runs.
The young players in the Leeds United squad are all players with very high football intelligence.
Especially under the influence of Li Shiguang's [Master Coach] skills, half a month is enough time for them to develop a good level of tacit understanding.
As soon as Kroos receives the ball from the backcourt, several passing options will appear around him, and all he has to do is pass the ball to the safest position!
With Kroos and Modric directing the play from both ends, Chelsea hadn't touched the ball for about two minutes.
at the same time.
Leeds United's attack also found opportunities in these short, quick passing combinations!
In the 18th minute, Kroos received the ball and passed it to Modric, who had come to support him from the side. Instead of staying in place, he quickly moved around Modric to the right wing. After Modric passed the ball to Mascherano, Mascherano passed it to Kroos, who had made a run into position.
The three of them moved around like that.
They completely disrupted Chelsea's right midfield defense.
Malouda was originally defending against Kroos, but after seeing Kroos pass the ball to Modric, he ran to help Lampard defend Modric.
So when the ball returned to Kroos's feet, he was completely alone.
Most importantly, Sun Jihai has also pressed forward next to Kroos, making an off-the-ball run along the wing.
Sun Jihai's run into the box attracted Ashley Cole's attention, making him hesitant to move forward to defend Kroos.
Left with no other option, Essien abandoned Kaká beside him and lunged at Kroos.
But Kroos never intended to control the ball for long.
Seeing Essien leave Kaká's side, the young German player immediately sent a through ball diagonally towards the center, and then immediately ran towards Chelsea's penalty area.
Leeds United's sudden change of pace disrupted Chelsea's defense.
When Essien turned around to look at the ball halfway through the run, Kaká had already received the ball in the most dangerous position, and there was no one in front of him!
Chelsea's defense is currently under a lot of pressure.
Adriano, Bale, and Sun Jihai have already positioned themselves on the defensive line, and Kroos is also heading towards them.
The experienced Carvalho knew that if any one of them moved forward even slightly, Kaká would deliver that deadly through ball. But even if they didn't move, Kaká was still capable of long-range shooting.
Carvalho didn't have much time to consider.
Kaka's dribbling speed is quite fast; in the blink of an eye, he has already dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area.
The Brazilian had already prepared to shoot.
With nowhere left to retreat, Carvalho finally couldn't hold back any longer. He first waved his hand forward, then quickly adjusted his center of gravity and lunged forward towards Kaka! The other Chelsea defenders, seeing Carvalho's move, also immediately adjusted their center of gravity and took a step forward.
They wanted to create an offside trap this way!
Kaka saw it, but he still passed the ball to the opening left by Carvalho after his tackle.
Although he couldn't stop the ball midway, Carvalho breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that with the help of his teammates, the Leeds United players who had been roaming around his defense were definitely in offside positions!
Carvalho, looking slightly more relaxed, immediately raised his hands and then turned to look at the sideline.
But to the Portuguese center-back's surprise...
The expected scene of the linesman raising his flag did not appear. On the contrary, the linesman sped up and ran towards his own goal.
Oh no!
The battle-hardened Carvalho knew what this meant, and he quickly turned to look in the direction where Kaká had passed the ball.
The next second.
It came into his line of sight.
It was a small figure wearing a white jersey. The most dangerous thing was that this figure had already received Kaká's through ball in the penalty area and raised his right foot.
The player who received Kaká's pass in the penalty area was none other than himself.
It was Lahm who came up for the assist.
When Kaká passed the ball, neither Bale, Adriano, nor Kroos moved forward even a single step.
To put it more dramatically, when Chelsea's defense moved forward as a whole, these three players even moved back as a whole.
This period of two weeks.
Li Shiguang has made them practice this offside technique far too many times.
This was Kaka's suggestion. Back when he was at AC Milan, their offside trap tactic relied more on Inzaghi's ghostly runs.
Since Leeds United's players don't have this ability, we can solve this problem by having them make runs from deep!
Just now, whether it was Ben Haim in the middle, or Glen Johnson and Ashley Cole on both sides, their attention was focused on the Leeds United players or Kaká around them.
None of them noticed that as Kaka dribbled forward, Lahm had already quickly run to his own half and hadn't slowed down at all, instead speeding towards his own penalty area.
“Philip Lamb!!” came Lineker’s excited exclamation.
Lahm's raised right foot quickly came down, the ball skimming the ground past Cech's feet as he was halfway out of bounds, and then plunged into the bottom right corner of the goal!
1:0!
The match was in its eighteenth minute.
Kaká, the "Son of God," provided his first assist since joining Leeds United, while Lahm scored his first goal of the new season!
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