Grass roots glory

Chapter 201 Retreat
Leading by two goals in 15 minutes, this result can be said to have surprised many people.

In addition to the domestic "car fans", there are also fans who bet on buying Chelsea that they will draw. Due to Zhou Tiancheng's reasons, those fans who originally planned to buy Chelsea to win have taken care of their inner national sentiments and prefer Chelsea to draw. .Thinking about it, the possibility is not small. Although Schalke 04 has taken off rapidly in the past two years, but the Blues have a deep foundation and the advantage of being at home, it is no problem to score at least one point, right?
It turned out that only 15 minutes had passed, and many people couldn't help complaining.

"Haha! My car really sucks. It rolled over when I started this year. Ancelotti's Milan driver's license doesn't seem to apply!"

"What is Chelsea playing? At this level, there is no way to win the quarter-finals. He can't beat Schalke and Atletico Madrid."

"The 200 yuan has been laundered... I wanted to be rude, but seeing how aggressive Zhou Tiancheng is, I endured it!"

The meanings of 1:0 and 2:0 are completely different. To gain this advantage in the opening stage, the whole team has a bottom line.Rakitic took the initiative to control the rhythm in the midfield. He no longer blindly sent the ball in front of Zhou Tiancheng, but increased the cross pass in the midfield. Ballack's steal.

Because he has been training with Zhou Tiancheng for a long time, and many times during the training, the two were divided into the red and blue teams, so Rakitic knows how to deal with the B2B midfielder with a large running area.

However, this made Zhou Tiancheng on the front line very depressed. He also knew that it was necessary to control the rhythm, and he did not blindly wait for the ball on the front line. Rakitic gave the ball to his feet, but Rakitic turned a blind eye and insisted on passing back to the back line.

Zhou Tiancheng's face darkened slightly, and he felt a little suffocated in his heart.It cannot be said that he does not have a sense of the overall situation. A core who is used to the ball controlling the situation at his feet in the midfield suddenly cannot touch the ball once in the forward position for 5 minutes. Naturally, he will feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ivan, do you think we can guarantee that we won't be scored by them? Although we lead by two goals, it's only been 10 minutes!"

Seeing Zhou Tiancheng's uncomfortable expression, Rakitic actually felt two points of pride in his heart!After coming to Schalke, although he received a lot of praise, it was obviously not as good as Zhou Tiancheng. No matter how good he did, it only set off the green leaves of the red flowers.

But now, he finally enjoys the feeling of controlling the field alone as he pleases.

"Then you can withdraw, Zhou, won't you have more opportunities to catch the ball? Let's control the field together."

"Then you go to play forward? How can there be no one in front?"

"Do we still need to attack? You and I control the field together, and dragging them can drag them to death."

Zhou Tiancheng did not agree with Rakitic's idea, but after a few minutes, he slowly retreated to the center circle.

Because he found that he really couldn't get the ball with the club in front!
Ivan, you are ruthless!Zhou Tiancheng cursed secretly in his heart.

And because Zhou Tiancheng retreated to the midfield, there was less restraint on Chelsea's back line, so Ricardo Carvalho began to press forward, while Terry had to delay a bit, his turning speed was slow, if he pressed too much Moving forward, the space behind will be a huge hazard.And this kind of defense looks more layered.

Seeing Zhou Tiancheng's spontaneous move, Magath frowned slightly.After a few seconds, he probably thought of something, and gradually relaxed again.Seeing this scene, Hollerbach next to him asked in a low voice, "Do you need to give Zhou some instructions?"

Magath thought for a while, then shook his head slowly: "It's harmless."

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Magath deserves to be rich in experience. After the opponent took the initiative to attack, the team's fast offense gained more room to display, and the routine was similar to what he thought.

Although Zhou Tiancheng temporarily withdrew to the midfield, Rakitic still has the right to coordinate the offense. Schalke 04's offensive focus is on the wing, especially Farfan on the right, who uses his flexibility to frequently go to the wing At the same time, Rafinha also gave full play to his assisting ability. After receiving the ball at the first time, Farfan would not deal with it rashly, but waited for Rafinha to step in. The two passed the ball continuously on the side. Cooperate.Wait until Zhou Tiancheng inserted into the penalty area from behind the midfielder, and then made a high pass.

This is the basic routine, and Zhou Tiancheng's movement is also very smart. He circled around Terry and moved in front of him to make a strong move, clearly making a fuss about his weakness of slow turning.

Several times, Zhou Tiancheng made successful moves, but he was slightly disturbed by Ballack, who was returning to defense, and his header missed the position.Otherwise, the first half is very likely to be rewritten as 3:0. This score is the watershed that defines "complete victory" and "disastrous defeat".However, even in this scene, Ancelotti's face is not good.

In the first half, the possession rate of the two sides was 56% to 44%. Schalke only had a slight upper hand. It was mainly related to Chelsea's active pressing in the second half.

But the number of shots and the number of shots on target are the key data to measure offensive efficiency. Schalke 04 had five shots in the first half, three shots on goal, two goals, Chelsea seven shots, four shots on goal, and zero goals.

Shot conversion rate is an important indicator to measure the value of offensive efficiency, in this one, Schalke is completely ahead of Chelsea.

The two-goal disadvantage prompted Chelsea to switch to high-pressure pressing and active offense in the second half, and the active defensive strategy of close-fitting high-pressure advocated by Magath had an effect at this time.

During the intermission, Magath did not criticize Zhou Tiancheng's behavior of retreating from the forward line without authorization, but encouraged him.It’s just added to emphasize that you can get closer to the midfield, but you can’t retreat too deep, and the layered sense of high-position pressing should be reflected.

Ancelotti replaced Portuguese midfielder Deco at the beginning of the second half to strengthen his combing, but Zhou Tiancheng swam in a wide range on the first line of defense and spotted Terry. As soon as he received the ball, other teammates Very tacitly began to press the entire defense line high, forcing Chelsea to have no way to penetrate the ground at all, and could only drive to the frontcourt.

It was Terry who had the phrase "fake squid" in his heart. Although he understood his weakness, the feeling of being specially targeted was uncomfortable.

Although Ancelotti continued to increase the striker personnel, and even the 20-year-old striker Sturridge played at the last moment, plus another Ivorian striker Kalou, Chelsea had four strikers on the field at the same time.

However, due to Schalke 04's fight for every inch of land, and the practice of drawing fouls to prevent progress, Chelsea's offense is difficult to develop. The British style of high-point punching is the last and only way to hit the ball Way of the Schalke penalty area.

But it didn't work. Although Drogba was fierce, Neuer attacked frequently, and the goalkeeper was absolutely protected in the penalty area. Drogba often fought for high points, but at the same time he was sentenced to a lot of fouls for charging the goalkeeper.

The Premier League has relatively loose standards for collision goalkeepers, but this does not mean that the same is true for the Champions League.

Chelsea's home debut in the Champions League in the new season is doomed to fail to score. In the last attack of the audience, Anelka's two-meter grab for the goal was able to hit Hewedes who was blocking the goal, and was blocked by the post again. reject.

The score was finally fixed at 15:2 in the 0th minute of the first half. After retreating from the away game, Magath stood up and straightened his tie with a smile on his face.

In the absence of the main striker Kuranyi, they can win the away game, and the foundation for the first step to qualify for the group is very solid.

PS: "The number of shots and the number of shots on target are the key data to measure offensive efficiency." This morning's final really reflected this.Croatia have twice as many shots but twice as few goals...

In any case, congratulations to this group of French geniuses who have achieved the heights of their predecessors and deserved their names.

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