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Chapter 983 Extreme Defensive Formation

After playing Stoke City on February 2, Manchester United set off for London the next day, and they will challenge Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on the third night.

To be honest, Sun Wu is very afraid of Chelsea.

Sun Wu has always believed that Manchester City is the strongest opponent of Manchester United in the league this season, and the double red will be the most dangerous game, but in fact, Chelsea is the most difficult opponent for Manchester United to beat.

Because Klopp, Guardiola, including Wenger, and Pochettino all insist on fast passing and cutting and possession of the ball in their bones, which is in line with the mainstream tactical play in European football today.

This tactic is good-looking, popular with fans, and it can also bring championships. Manchester United is also a fan of this tactic.

Faced with such a style, Sun Wu always has a solution, because the fast and smooth offense and the ball-based tactics all need high-position defense or even high-position pressing as an aid. There will always be loopholes in the back line. Later, Sun Wu was the strongest in the world, bar none.

But Conte has a completely different style. He was born in Serie A, and he came from a half-academic school. Vigilance and defense flow in his blood.

In today's European football, it is normal to have double midfielders, but one of them is usually an organizational midfielder, or even both are all-around midfielders with both offensive and defensive capabilities, but the configuration of double defensive midfielders is still a wealthy team. , and Conte can play it.

Therefore, Chelsea's 343 is lackluster in terms of offense. If it weren't for Hazard's super personal ability, Chelsea's 12 consecutive victories would not even be considered.

But defensively, it can be called an impregnable wall. Chelsea have conceded the least number of goals in the Premier League this season.

Manchester United defeated Chelsea in the first half of the season, mainly because Sun Wu found the weakness of the high point of APZ.

But then Conte made adjustments, and the better offensive Moses and the better defensive Damian competed for the right wing back, and the latter will almost certainly appear in tomorrow's starting lineup.

At the end of Manchester United's adaptive training on the second day, an unexpected news came that Chelsea center Diego Costa, who has scored 21 league goals this season, was injured in training and is likely to not play.

This season, Diego Costa has firmly occupied the position of the main center since the first round of the season. It is difficult for Cavani to get the starting lineup, and he is forced to play as a guest winger.

In the winter transfer window, Chelsea loaned Cavani to Atletico Madrid. This deal won three wins. Cavani had the ball to play, and Atletico Madrid had an excellent attacker, so they let Turan go. Then Chelsea bought Pedro.

But now that Diego Costa is injured, Sun Wu quickly took a look at Chelsea's roster. Only the 18-year-old rookie Solanke can play center. Enter.

Knowing that Shengshi Meiyan was injured, tomorrow's starting guards will be relieved for a while. No one wants to meet that annoying guy, but the coaching staff is gloomy.

On the night of February 2, when Sun Wu got the starting list before the pre-match press conference, he couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth. Solanke did start, but in the front three, apart from Hazard, the other One position is William.

Chelsea's main right winger in the first half of the season was Cuadrado, and in the second half of the season, Cuadrado and Pedro rotated, and William was usually Hazard's substitute.

But William has an ability that other wingers do not have. He is willing to return to the defense, and the defense is very large, and the defensive quality is quite high. Acceleration is excellent.

Therefore, the situation on the field is that Chelsea gave up almost all offenses in at least the first half. During the counterattack, Hazard fought alone, William would step forward to respond, the two wing backs hardly pressed forward, and Solanke It was difficult to keep up with the rhythm, which made it very easy for Manchester United to defend, but at the same time they were helpless in attack.

Marc Alonso, Damian, APZ, David Luiz, Cahill, Schneiderlin, Matic, the defense line composed of seven people can be called a solid wall, they completely gave up the attack, Herrera and No matter how much Sun Wu conducts horizontally outside, they will not press outside.

Sun Wu wanted to find a loophole after transferring the ball laterally, but Hazard and William both came back to help defend.

Sun Wu wanted to attack the middle and then make a fuss in the ribs, but Matic and Schneiderlin's sweeping efforts were very strong, and the place of the foul was also very particular. Sun Wu was not given the opportunity to take a direct free kick, and the wings of the two wings The guard will come in to help defend.

Sun Wu wanted to shoot from the outside, but even Chelsea center Solanke would block the hole in the midfielder...

As for the conventional side crosses, Harry Kane, Griezmann and others are simply unable to compete, and Chelsea has an overwhelming advantage in the number of people in the penalty area.

Sun Wu also tried to copy the game in the first half of the season to find the weakness of APZ, but this time Conte arranged the tactical details very carefully. Damian would step in to protect the back point and made two consecutive headers to clear the siege.

After pondering for more than half an hour, Sun Wu found Salah when the ball was dead.

"Manchester United have taken 11 shots so far, but only two of them hit the target." Zhan Jun sighed: "Conte's game thoroughly demonstrated the characteristics of Italian football."

"Give up the offense completely. Hazard basically fought alone in this game." Zhang Lu added: "However, Conte may not continue to defend like this. He still has cards in his hand."

"Yes, Moses has a strong offensive impact, and Saber can play as a guest center forward." Zhan Jun agreed with this point of view, "So, Manchester United needs to find a way to score, otherwise Conte may take revenge."

"Yeah... wait a minute, watch this ball!"

"Griezmann scores... Salah goes in... falls!"

"Penalty? Penalty?"

There were loud boos from the stands, the head coach hesitated for a while, glanced at the linesman, and then crossed his hands to indicate that there was no penalty.

Loud applause rang out, accompanied by the scolding of the Egyptians by the home fans. Salah's performance today may not be outstanding, but he is very eye-catching. He has a strong desire to perform offensively. Up to now, Manchester United's two-footed shots have come from the range of the goal. he.

So Sun Wu chose Salah. Facing Chelsea's iron barrel formation, Sun Wu used midfield scheduling and repeatedly pulled horizontally, trying to make Salah form a possible breakthrough opportunity on the wing and ribs. Zall's defense was not strong, and Salah had a chance to break in.

It's hard to say whether it can create a threat, but at least it can loosen Chelsea's defense, and Salah did it, although he failed to get a penalty.

In the 44th minute, after repeated lateral passes, Sun Wu sent a precise mid-range grounder to Salah on the right flank.

The Egyptian winger slid the ball straight forward with the inside of his left foot. Facing Max Alonso's two consecutive shoulder shaking fakes, he suddenly accelerated in a straight line.

"Salah... Salah... went in!"

"Oh, isn't it a penalty this time?"

Mortensen paused, "It's really not a penalty, David Luiz poked the ball out of the baseline before Salah!"

What the hell, this game David Luiz was really bloody... Sun Wuyuan complained in his heart. In the first half, he had made at least 5 key clearances in the penalty area.

Seeing that Salah got up from the ground alive and well, and even shook hands with David Luiz, the referee's hand pointed to the corner without hesitation, Sun Wu sighed, sometimes even if the opponent did not foul A certain level of performance is required, not for penalty kicks or diving, but for subtly influencing the referee.

Sun Wu felt that if he had to teach the Egyptians later, he would not be able to enjoy being too honest in the Premier League!

(End of this chapter)