Chapter 378: Wonderful Back Hook Volley

When people talk about Jose Mourinho, they always can't help but label him as a pessimistic footballer. Whether he was coaching Porto or Chelsea, in fact, both teams were very strong, but he always used passive defensive tactics.

But don't think Mourinho is really a conservative, he's just being pragmatic.

Even in last season's Portuguese A League, Porto was the team with the most goals, 17 more than second-placed Benfica, not to mention this season. Now Chelsea has broken the club's single-season goal record and is also the team with the most goals in a single season in Premier League history.

Now, not only Ancelotti on the field, but also some of the fans in the stands have noticed the reason why Chelsea is in a passive situation. They are using an old English tactic - long pass and lob! !

The 20th century was an era when the 'long pass' style of play was the most popular in English football. However, as Europe was invaded by South American football styles, English teams also more or less absorbed some styles from other countries, which greatly increased the team's strength and now is at a world-class level.

From this perspective, the 'long pass' style of play is outdated.

However, English clubs, even the big clubs, still have some "long pass" style of play, mainly because English players rely more on their bodies than their skills. The better the team, the less obvious this style is.

This makes most fans think that "long pass" is an outdated style of play in today's football.

In fact, today's long passes have already broken through the limitations and have made great progress.

Nowadays, long passes and lobs no longer only refer to kicking the ball at 45 degrees to the left or right. To a greater extent, the team does not spend too much time in the midfield to get the ball, and patiently pass the ball through the midfield to get offensive opportunities. Instead, it directly kicks the ball to the opponent's half, and the offensive players fight for the opportunity. The 45-degree lob to the center of the penalty area is more of a manifestation of long passes and lobs in the frontcourt, and long passes from the midfield and backcourt are the main style of long passes and lobs. In this way, the team with strong physique but poor skills reduces the number of passes, which also reduces the chance of mistakes, especially the risk of losing the ball in the midfield and backcourt. At the same time, the forward who hopes to have strong personal physique and ability in the frontcourt can get opportunities through active and continuous fighting.

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In fact, every team cannot play the same style forever. Even some teams that emphasize short passes will occasionally make long passes. Moreover, the long passes of pass masters represented by Beckham are also very spectacular.

But it is undeniable that in European football, the more powerful the club is, the stronger their technical style is, and the step-by-step tactics have already dominated, even for Chelsea.

This time, Mourinho did the opposite and let the team return to England's 20th century long pass and lob style of play, which surprised many people present.

The same goes for Ancelotti.

Before the game, he thought about the tactics Chelsea would use. AC Milan was not afraid of Chelsea's massive attack, but was afraid that they would choose to defend. However, because he was very confident in the team's defense, Ancelotti believed that no matter what tactics the opponent used, it would be difficult to break through AC Milan's midfield and backcourt defense. It was not easy to pass the ball to the front of the penalty area or in the penalty area.

However, Chelsea actually gave up the entanglement with AC Milan in the midfield and backcourt, chose to pass the ball long and then rely on Wang Li's personal skills to force the goal, which made Ancelotti think of a word - shameless! !

Very shameless!!

The Italian style of defense focuses on the zone defense in the midfield and backfield, so they are not afraid of positional warfare. For example, when a Spanish team plays against an Italian team, the Spanish style of football is at a great disadvantage.

And now, when the Italian-style defense meets the rough English-style football, they are at a disadvantage.

Your midfield and backfield defense is tight! ? I give up that area and don't fight with you. We will directly pass the ball into the penalty area. This is the shamelessness of Mourinho's tactics.

Of course, it is difficult to threaten AC Milan's goal with just this, and the main reason is that the black-haired boy on the field is too strong! !

Simple tactics like long passes rely more on the individual ability of the striker, and do not require much from the midfielders, who only need to be able to make a long pass. Wang Li's individual ability is unquestionable. Although he is just one person, Ancelotti would rather face the combination of Drogba and Gudjansen, because the strength of this black-haired boy is really unpredictable, which makes Ancelotti feel that the game is no longer under his control.

And now, Graham also knows why Wayne Bridge was able to replace William Gallas in this game, because the former has a decent long pass technique, which is extremely rare among defenders.

…………On the field, it seemed that AC Milan still had a great advantage. The ball was under their control most of the time, and wave after wave of attacks made Chelsea defenders overwhelmed.

But as the game time passed, Chelsea players gradually got into the game, so Wang Li gradually became active in the frontcourt. Every once in a while, he could get the ball, and every time he got the ball, it was a tough test for AC Milan's defense. Now, every time Wang Li got the ball, the Blues fans in the stands would cheer loudly, because in their opinion, Chelsea would soon score a goal if this continued.

"Alan finally started to show his power. His kick threatened AC Milan's goal again. It was a pity that it didn't go in, but the shot was still beautiful. Let's applaud and cheer for Chelsea!!" The on-site commentator Creed Pesva also became active, and he aroused the interest of the fans from time to time.

It was another AC Milan attack. After passing the ball between Seedorf and Pirlo, the ball broke through the center line and went straight to Kaka's feet.

I have to say that Kaka is indeed a football genius

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This time, in the middle right position, Kaka did not pass the ball but quickly dribbled forward 30 meters. However, at this time, he had to face the double-team of three defenders. At the critical moment, Kaka had a flash of inspiration, and with a small angle, he kicked the ball with the outside of his right foot. The ball flew over the heads of two Chelsea defenders and into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Shevchenko did not react at all, and John Terry next to him headed the ball directly out of the penalty area.

Damien Duff got the ball outside the penalty area and it was Chelsea's turn to counterattack.

At this time, many AC Milan forwards had not had time to return to defense, so Duff was not in a hurry. He just moved forward quickly, crossed the center line and met Gattuso, then kicked the ball to Lampard who was making a run.

"Pass it over here!!"

There was a shout from the front court. Lampard, who had just received the ball, looked up and saw that Wang Li had shaken off two defenders on the penalty area line and was running from right to left.

The moment he reacted, Lampard kicked the ball directly into the penalty area.

Wang Li ran back and forth while turning his head to look at the trajectory of the football, and slowly moved towards the penalty area. However, the ball was passed too far forward, so Wang Li suddenly jumped into the air with force. He had no time to adjust. He could only symbolically touch the ball with his head. The ball turned a small angle and flew over the crossbar, causing sighs of regret from the whole audience.

"Sorry! You just kicked the ball." Taking advantage of the opportunity before AC Milan kicked off, Lampard walked forward with a smile and said unhappily.

Wang Li shook his head indifferently, patted Lampard on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is a good pass. It was my mistake."

After thinking for a while, Wang Li said: "Tell them to pass the ball a little further back. You know, I prefer to shoot with my feet rather than with headers."

“Haha…, ok!”

"We are the lagging side now, we have to equalize the score quickly." Wang Li looked at the 0:1 on the scoreboard and said a little depressed.

…………However, Ancelotti will not allow the game situation to tilt in Chelsea's direction.

After a while in the game, the Italian couldn't help but stand up and walked to the sidelines, directing the team to shrink the defense, slow down the intensity of the attack, and let the two main central defenders Nesta and Stam specifically defend Wang Li.

In this way, it will be very difficult for Wang Li to be active in the backcourt.

Ancelotti's tactics are obviously aimed at Chelsea. Chelsea now has only one center forward, Wang Li. On the two wingers, Robben and Duff will not attack too far forward. So AC Milan only needs to defend Wang Li. In addition, the defense line has been contracted, which gives Chelsea space for long-distance passes, but at the same time, the space for close-range passes has been greatly compressed. As a result, the accuracy of the pass will inevitably drop sharply.

Although the offensive intensity has naturally weakened after the defense line was contracted, AC Milan is now leading 1:0. For an away game, this score is enough.

An away goal plus a win, what could be better than this! ?

Ancelotti is very content.

But Mourinho obviously will not be satisfied. If Chelsea cannot score a goal at Stamford Bridge, the next round of the game will definitely be difficult, and more media will criticize him for tactical mistakes. Mourinho is a proud man and he will not allow this to happen.

Just five minutes after Ancelotti arranged his tactics, seeing that Chelsea's attack was indeed not improving, the fourth official raised the substitution card: Scott Parker off, Didier Drogba on.

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Replacing a midfielder with a center forward, when comparing Chelsea's tactical arrangements in this game, Mourinho's intention is obvious.

The Ivorian monster came on the field just to score goals!!

However, Ancelotti had no way to deal with Mourinho's arrangement. The Portuguese's tactics were all open conspiracies. Even the fans in the audience knew what he was doing. But it was very difficult to crack this open conspiracy, and it could even be said that there was no way to do it.

Drogba's appearance greatly relieved the pressure on Wang Li who was fighting alone in the frontcourt, allowing him to choose to pass the ball or shoot himself after getting the ball.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Chelsea's repeated long passes finally paid off.

Taking advantage of a throw-in, Duff threw the ball to Lampard with both hands, who then passed it to Bridge who was making a run.

After AC Milan's defense was contracted, the pressure on Chelsea players in the midfield and backcourt was greatly reduced. Bridge, who had been playing as a defender in the previous games, also had space to help the team attack.

After receiving the ball, Chelsea played a very beautiful passing combination near the center line. Lampard, Bridge and Duff made continuous passes, making Gattuso, Seedorf and Maldini run around in a hurry. It also allowed the fans in the audience and all the media to see that Chelsea not only knows how to use the "shameless" long pass tactics, but can also play this kind of small-scale cooperation and positional warfare very well.

From this point we can also see that, in fact, the individual strength of Chelsea players is not worse than that of AC Milan, and the reason for their passivity is simply the restraint of the league style.

After many passes and cooperation, the ball was passed to Arkin Robben on the left. Facing the defense of Cafu, captain of the Brazilian national team, the Dutch boy did not show a bit of cowardice, but suddenly changed direction and broke through. After all, Cafu is old, and his speed is no match for Robben, which made the glorious Brazilian captain only follow behind Robben.

This scene greatly boosted the confidence of Chelsea players, and even Wang Li on the penalty area line gave Robben a thumbs up.

"Amazing and Dutch boy, he broke through Cafu, beautiful!!"

Although the Dutch boy looked very impressive to the audience, running alone on the left side of AC Milan with the ball, Robben knew that he could not stop at this time. Once he stopped, AC Milan's defense would be formed, and he would not even have the chance to pass the ball.

The players on the field could certainly see this, and Drogba immediately ran out of the penalty area to respond.

Under the opponent's pressure, Robben cleverly swept his right foot across the field and suddenly kicked the ball with his left heel, trying to pass the ball to Drogba.

However, Cafu has a lot of experience!!

The Brazilian captain knew that the only way for the Dutch boy in front of him to break through the defense was to pass the ball, and the best choice for the pass was Drogba, so no matter what Robben did with his feet, he didn't even look at him, he just intercepted his passing route, so Cafu stretched out his foot to block the ball, and the football changed direction and flew towards the sideline.

Robben reacted quickly and kicked the ball back instantly, but he picked the ball up and it was already a half-high ball when it reached Drogba.

At this time, Drogba was accompanied by Nesta.

Drogba squeezed Nesta with his body, and he had no choice but to stretch his foot to cushion the ball as it fell - the ball bounced back into the penalty area.

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There was only one Chelsea player, Wang Li, in AC Milan's penalty area. Even Bridge, who was the closest, was outside the penalty area line!!

Stam and Pirlo followed Wang Li closely and also stared at the pass. Wang Li was trapped between the two. In the eyes of the fans, he had no chance at all.

At this moment, Pirlo was standing in front of Wang Li, waving his foot and preparing to kick the ball away.

But the next moment, under the incredible gaze of everyone in the audience, the black-haired boy on the field used a very simple move, turned twice between Stam and Pirlo, and appeared in front of Pirlo.

Yes, very concise!!

Everyone in the audience who saw this scene had the same feeling.

The seventeenth step of Lingbo Weibu is the "Kun" character technique! !

This kind of footwork is completely about the staggered position of the body, that is to say, after taking this kind of footwork, the speed is not fast, but the body shape seems erratic, making it difficult for the enemy to seize the gap to attack, it is a wonderful footwork for dodging. And this footwork also needs to be coordinated with the movement of the body. Every time the "Kun" character is used, the body must swing three times with the footwork. This is the exquisiteness of the Lingbo Weibu bodywork.

To the fans in the audience, Wang Li did two simple things, but in fact, his body changed three times.

At this moment on the court, Wang Li suddenly appeared in front of Pirlo, which scared Pirlo. He quickly retracted his foot. Now he was in the penalty area, and kicking the player directly with his foot would definitely be severely punished.

This is Stamford Bridge, and Pirlo doesn't think the referee will favor AC Milan.

It happened in a flash, and when he turned around, the football was almost in front of Wang Li.

But the opportunity was good, but the ball did not fly very high, and it landed right near Wang Li's waist. He wanted to shoot directly but it was difficult to exert enough power. However, if he stopped the ball, he would definitely not have another chance to shoot.

At this moment, Wang Li suddenly remembered the game between Wolverhampton and Blackburn Rovers. In that game, he also encountered this kind of ball. At that time, he chose to fall to the ground and shoot!

So now... in an instant, Wang Li's body suddenly fell to the ground with Pirlo at his side in the rhythm, then he did a back throw like a general, his right foot flew into the air, and kicked the flying football directly.

The kick was very powerful. Under the astonished gaze of all AC Milan players, the football instantly crossed the distance between the penalty area and the goal. Before goalkeeper Dida could make any move, the ball suddenly shot into the blind corner of the goal, creating a wave of waves on the net! !

The next moment, Creed Pesvak let out the longest shout since the start of the game - "Alan!! Alan!! A wonderful overhead kick, prefact!! A perfect shot!! This shot is so wonderful and beautiful!!"

"Alan helped Chelsea equalize the score!! 1:1!!"

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