I brush achievements in football

Chapter 859

After Chelsea equalized, neither side created better chances for the rest of the first half, or, in the face of both defenses, their offense was not enough to tear the other side's defense.

So when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the applause from the stands was not particularly enthusiastic.

"We played well in the first half. We consumed each other with them. They were more active, so they consumed more than us... In the second half, we have to work hard on offense, seize the opportunity, score him a few more, so that they don't Room for catching up!"

Kiya waved his fist in the locker room and said, and the Southampton players waved their fists in response.

The specific tactics have already been arranged, and now Ji Ya is just asking them to strengthen their fighting spirit.

Chelsea's tactics are actually immature. Three-four-three and four-three-three look similar, but they are completely different. Conte's three-four-three looks like a fierce offensive lineup, but in fact it is biased towards defense. Open the opponent's line of defense to find opportunities, but what about Sarri's [-]?They pay more attention to the effect of offense and collective pressure, and the gap in the backcourt is much larger than that of Conte's team.

This is where Southampton will take advantage.

What's more, their defense is also weakened now. With the retirement of Terry and the aging of Cahill, their central defenders can only use bombs like Lewis and newcomers like Christensen. Of course, the pressure on defense will increase a lot .

Under such circumstances, insisting on using offensive tactics, I have to say that Sarri still lacks the ability to judge the situation.

However, as a grassroots head coach, if he didn't stick to his beliefs, he wouldn't be able to get to this point!

This is something Sarri will definitely not change.

This is also the reason why he failed to coach Juventus later. His tactical thinking is completely out of sync with a club that is good at defense. Maybe he will be better at coaching Arsenal...

After the start of the second half, neither side made substitutions.

However, everyone can see that Southampton played a lot more actively than in the first half.

In the first half they used the ball more to consume each other with Chelsea, but at the beginning of the second half, they started running and intercepting in the midfield.

This allowed Chelsea to quickly launch an attack. Jorginho handed the ball to William. William made a cross from the wing. Giroud headed high under the interference of Maguire.

Southampton quickly launched a counterattack.

De Bruyne took the ball in the middle and passed it to Rodri, and then he went forward. Rodri quickly distributed the ball to De Bruyne. De Bruyne picked the ball again. Breaking through towards the bottom line, attracting Alonso's attention, he passed the ball back to Cancelo, who was responding. Cancelo passed directly into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle. Du Yue threw off Luiz's defense while running. Shaking his head to attack the goal, the ball was narrowly saved by Kepa.

"It's dangerous! Du Yue almost took the lead again for Southampton! He is really a great threat now..." the commentator sighed.

This point, in fact, everyone knows, and what makes Southampton's opponents a headache is that it is difficult for Du Yue to deal with it by man-marking.

His range of activities is too large, the entire frontcourt is almost his range of activities, and in the game, he does not always have the ball, but only a few times to get the ball, and the number of times he enters the penalty area is not special Many, such a player is simply impossible to defend.

Therefore, any team facing a striker like Du Yue can only defend passively.

Chelsea began to counterattack, but they began to be pressed and confronted by Southampton in the midfield. With the faster pace of the game, Southampton's pressing began to appear more threatening.

Chelsea's organized attack was intercepted in the midfield - if you want to talk about running-in, Chelsea's midfield running-in problem is actually very serious.

Jorginho is a new aid and a direct descendant of Sarri, but he is a midfielder organized from the back. Such a player needs to establish a tacit understanding with his teammates, or to say that his teammates need to better assist him.

But under such circumstances, Jorginho is just a newcomer, and it is difficult for others to be perfect if they want to assist him.

The consecutive victories in front of Chelsea are mainly due to the outstanding performance of the attackers, and the draws in the last two games are due to their midfield organization, which has indeed begun to encounter problems.

It's just that such problems were not obvious before, and the pressure Southampton is creating now has magnified these problems.

After resisting Chelsea's attack, Southampton quickly launched a fast break. Grealish made a straight pass from the left, and Alvarez quickly advanced forward, almost forming a single-handed attack. Fortunately, Azpilicueta Quickly retreated, blocking his advance.

"Southampton's attack is getting faster and faster... Want to play behind us? It's not that easy." Sarri thought to himself.

Since offensive tactics are used, of course Sarri has experience in defending the opponent's quick counterattack. His training of Chelsea's tactics still has some effects.

It's just that Southampton's quick counterattack is not the only means. After curbing Chelsea's offensive momentum, their offense began to become more comfortable.

When they want to play fast break, they can play fast break, and when they want to play positional warfare, they can also play positional warfare.

This is the benefit of mastering the initiative.

I can play how I want to play, but you have a huge influence and cannot respond well to our offense.

Under such circumstances, Southampton's offense certainly appears to be more and more threatening.

Du Yue switched positions to the left to get the ball.

Then he started to dribble forward and seemed ready to finish the drive himself.

His movement attracted most of the attention from Chelsea's defense, and there was a moderate gap between Chelsea right-back Azpilicueta and the centre-back.

De Bruyne plugged in decisively towards that position.

Du Yue lifted his foot and passed the ball horizontally into the penalty area!

De Bruyne gets the ball.

A player like him got the ball in a gap in the penalty area without any defense, and anyone can imagine the consequences.

So Chelsea's defense all of a sudden rushed towards him.

However, De Bruyne did not break through, but lifted his foot and pushed the ball back with his heel...

Du Yue, who started to move laterally into the penalty area after passing the ball, just received De Bruyne's return pass. This is a wonderful cooperation formed by the tacit understanding between the two top players.

After receiving the ball, Du Yue took a step horizontally, and then a shooting gap appeared in his field of vision. Du Yue took advantage of the opportunity with his right foot and shot vigorously!

The ball roared and flew towards the far corner of the goal. Kepa, whose vision was blocked, failed to make a save, and could only watch the ball fly into the far corner of the goal!

Two to one, Southampton took the lead again!