Soccer Card System

Chapter 698 Difficulties
7 ten chapter puzzles
Such a focus battle is naturally a key event on live TV.

In England, there are many Premier League matches starting at the same time, but Sky Sports still chose to broadcast this focus battle live on TV.

Not to mention in China.

Even without Gao Bo, the game between Chelsea and Manchester City will be a game of focus, not to mention, the current head coach of Manchester City is still Gao Bo.

On CCTV's live TV screen, the camera lens swept across the stands, and then the screen switched to the screen of players from both sides stepping into the stadium.

"CCTV!! CCTV!!! Dear viewers, here is CCTV's live broadcast of the 2012-2013 English Premier League No.20 seventh round match! Manchester City vs. Chelsea at home!!!"

Duan Xuan's voice, which fans all over the country are familiar with, came from the TV.

"The league is coming to an end, and the importance of this game is unquestionable!! If Manchester City wins, it means that Chelsea has withdrawn from the competition for the league title, and if Chelsea wins, they will close the distance with Manchester City. Of course, if the two sides draw, Manchester United will undoubtedly benefit!!"

"This game has so many extraordinary meanings, so we will wait and see how wonderful the two teams will play in this game!!!"

While Duan Xuan was speaking, players from the two teams were already standing on the field.

The captains of the two sides were picking sides, and Xu Yang on the side was giving him winks. If he continued, it would be too late to talk about the starting lineup of the two sides.

"In this game, the home team Manchester City's starting lineup is as follows: It is still the 4231 formation that Manchester City often used during this period. The goalkeeper Oblak, the central defender combination is Kompany and Kolo Toure, right back Trippier, left back Kolarov, midfielder, due to Casemiro's injury in the FA Cup, this game cannot play, Manchester City's double midfielder has become Milner partner Fernandinho, frontcourt, left midfielder David Silva, forward midfielder. Waist Kaka, right midfielder Griezmann, center Hazard!!!”

"As for Chelsea, Mourinho's starting arrangement for this game can be seen that he has arranged for Manchester City in a targeted manner. It is difficult for us to say what kind of formation Mourinho has set up. This can only be concluded through observation during the game. However, before the game, most of the English media believed that Mourinho's formation should be 4321 formation, and the formation match given by the broadcaster before the game is also the same!"

"The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, the central defender is a special partner David Luiz, the right back is arranged for Ivanovic to start, the left back Ashley Cole, the midfielder, Ramirez, Mikel, and Kanter are still sitting in the midfielder. In front of them are Lampard and Oscar. The top is Demba Ba, and Drogba is temporarily arranged on the bench, as Mourinho's backup!"

By the time Duan Xuan finished speaking, the competition had already begun.

The home team, Manchester City, took the lead in the kick-off. At the beginning of the game, everyone felt the change in Chelsea!
When the football was passed all the way back to Kompany's feet, Chelsea almost pressed up as a whole!

"Demba Ba!!!"

Duan Xuan exclaimed!
I only saw Demba Ba rushing to grab Kompany on the court! !

Kompany didn't expect the opponent to pounce so quickly, he hurriedly passed the ball back to Oblak! !

Demba Ba didn't slow down either, and continued to pounce forward!
At this time, you can see the difference between Oblak and Hart.

Oblak, who had the ball at his feet, didn't panic, he passed the ball to the full-back Kolarov without haste.

If it was Hart, it might be a big foot, and he lost the ball directly.

Kolarov was also facing the pressure. He got the ball with his back, carried Lampard behind him, and then was about to kick the ball forward to David Silva, but Lampard slammed it out of the touchline!
Manchester City's throw-in!

Chelsea still has no intention of retreating!
They are pressing in the frontcourt, making it difficult for Manchester City to play the ball! !
Until Kaka came back to catch the ball and turned around and was brought down by Ramirez, Manchester City won a free kick in the backcourt.

Chelsea quickly shrunk back to half-time.

This frustrated Kaka's plan to send a free kick soon.

A free kick was taken, and Chelsea immediately pressed up again!

Dense formation, overall coordinated movement, starting from Demba Ba, to Lampard, Oscar behind him, as well as the midfielder and back line, the four lines maintain a very compact formation, and they move positions and runs with each other. It seems to be very tacit.

Mourinho stands on the sidelines.

This is the result of nearly a month of training against Manchester City and Chelsea!
Mourinho is changing too.

In the past, Mourinho liked to station troops in the backcourt and drive the bus.

And now, the bus is driving to the front field!

Didn't Manchester City like short passes to cooperate with the advancement? Mourinho simply carried out a crazy frontcourt press, and, to a certain extent, this set still borrowed a lot from Gao Bo.
When Lampard knocked Milner to the ground again, Gao Bo stood up from the coach's bench and walked to the sidelines.

It seems that this game is not the same as he imagined.

Gao Bo was also a little surprised by Mourinho's change.

The Portuguese seems to have some new tactical breakthroughs, at least for now Chelsea is playing a very proactive football.

They put their forces in the frontcourt to press, and immediately launched a counterattack after stealing the ball.

In the 8th minute of the game, Demba Ba got a chance to shoot, and that was the chance to shoot after stealing Fernandinho in the frontcourt.

It was this shot that made Gao Bo feel a little restless.

Gao Bo stood on the sidelines with his arms folded.

To say that Chelsea's set can really produce too much threat, it is not yet visible.

But Gao Bo knew very well that the other party was just waiting for an opportunity!
Once a deadly steal is completed in the frontcourt, it is immediately an attack that can threaten the goal!

And once Chelsea score, this set can also be used in the backcourt.

Gao Bo can almost completely retell Mourinho's tactical thinking.

Because this is the tactic that Gao Bo himself first used.

During Luton's period, Gao Bo used this set to kill the Quartet.

Crazy frontcourt press, dense formation, tough physical confrontation!

This set of Gao Bo's morale in Atletico Madrid is also often used, and even the current tactics of Manchester City can find the shadow of this set.

Of course, Gao Bo's current tactical thinking has changed a lot compared to before.

He didn't expect that Mourinho would pick up what he did in Luton and put it directly on Chelsea.

And the effect is very good!

At least in terms of player strength, the current Chelsea players must be much stronger than those players when Gao Bo was in Luton.

And Chelsea also have Mikel, Ramirez and, most importantly, Kante!The interception and coverage capabilities of these three defensive midfielders gave Mourinho the confidence to let go in the frontcourt.

At the same time, Manchester City is now accustomed to short passes and retreating to the frontcourt layer by layer.

Therefore, this kind of frontcourt pressing made it difficult for Manchester City to play the ball, which obviously posed a problem for Gao Bo.

(End of this chapter)