road to victory

Chapter 199 Attack Again
After the opening, Bordeaux did not retreat, but quickly launched a high-position press. After a year of running-in, this defensive system can organize defenses in any place, so today Vincent is also doing an experiment to make the overall defensive formation move forward. Press down, start defending near the midfield, try to block the ball in the midfield, instead of solving the battle in your own hinterland before.

Metz is not to be outdone today. Today they are rushing to attack, so no matter how Bordeaux changes, they will all come out and kill Bordeaux half-court with all their brains.

The two groups of people had an encounter in the midfield, and they began to fight hand-to-hand without giving in.However, Metz was obviously not ready for this, and soon retreated steadily under the mad rush of Makelele and Dacourt, and Bordeaux entered Metz's half.

Bordeaux's goal today is very clear, that is, the bottom pass from the two wingers, and the two defensive midfielders Dacourt and Makelele will pass the ball to the two wingers as soon as they get the ball.

In fact, Bordeaux's offense is mainly concentrated on the right side. Nedved is constantly cooperating with Sagnol to pass the ball. The old Bordeaux player Toyes on the left side is still relatively solid in defense, and he is relatively conservative by nature. Will go to follow Pine cut, but firmly guard the position where the full-back should appear, so that Lizarazu has no good crossing opportunities.

In the 7th minute, Nedved passed back to Sagnol who came forward to respond after going down the right side. Sagnol did not stop the ball and directly kicked the pass. The first point was the first start today. Drogba grabbed it, but Drogba didn't shoot directly, but consciously went to Papin, but it was a pity that Carstendosi, who had been closely following Papan, destroyed the ball out of the baseline ahead of time.

Although the attack was destroyed, Fan Shang still gave them a thumbs up. This is what Fan Shang wanted to see.Let Drogba play today because he saw the problem of the height of Metz's defense line. The cross from both sides allowed Drogba to grab a high point in the middle, but what Vincent told Drogba was to try not to shoot and focus on passing.In this way, there is the offensive cooperation just now. Of course, this is under the premise that Vincent is not worried that Bordeaux will be defended on the side like Tenerife last year and have no chance to cross.

In the 10th minute, Bordeaux made a comeback. Makelele succeeded in stealing the ball at the feet of Menilou one-on-one. After grasping the balance of his body, he decisively passed the ball to Nedved. This time Nedved Instead of going to the bottom, he chose to cut inside. After attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball to Sagnol who was inserted from the wing.At this time, Sagnol's position is his best position for 45-degree oblique passes, so Sagnol stopped the ball and adjusted slightly, then kicked the ball into the penalty area.

This time, there were already two people around Drogba in the penalty area. One of the two central defenders was sticking to Drogba's side, while the other was not far away from them, ready to attack at any time.But when they saw the ball flying into the penalty area, the two central defenders tried to pinch Drogba one after the other, but they ignored the hardness of the monster. The two people on defense jumped into the air, touched the incoming ball with their heads slightly, and changed the direction of the ball.

In the penalty area, Metz's danger appeared. Because the two went to suppress Drogba, Papin's place became a vacuum. After judging the second place based on experience, Papin appeared in front of the ball in time.Papin was the top scorer in Ligue [-] last season. How could he let go of this opportunity? He raised his foot and volleyed without hesitation. Although the angle was not tricky, the ball was fast at close range. Bounced back from the net and bumped a few times on the ground.

"Beautiful!!" Fan Shang clenched his fists and shouted, although Fan Shang's layout wanted this effect, but he still didn't expect the goal to come so quickly.

In fact, Bordeaux caught Metz by surprise today. From preparing for the game to starting the game, Metz was thinking about how to break through Bordeaux's bus-style defense.When Bordeaux competed with them in the midfield after the opening game, the brains of Metz's players froze. These 10 minutes were only played on instinct, and they did not show any arrangements made by the coach before the game.

Metz's head coach Joel Muller is definitely an experienced coach, at least his mastery of Metz is absolutely perfect.After seeing the goal, the coach didn't get angry, but called a player continuously and taught him the opportunity face to face.Of course, this is what Vincent saw before he was thrown down. In fact, Joel Muller called the core of each line to him and made a simple arrangement.

After the re-kick-off, Metz quickly stabilized the situation. They began to compete with Bordeaux in the midfield, instead of just thinking about attacking into the penalty area as they did at the beginning.

"Amazing," Fan Shang thought, "Just calling one person can stabilize the situation. The longer you lead a team, the more control you will have."

Joel Muller has been coaching at Metz since 1989, and this year has entered the eighth year. He has been able to bring Metz from a underdog who has been relegated every year to a French team that can participate in European competitions every year. Armor is powerful.This Joel Muller is definitely a man with two brushes.

The field is now caught in an anxious midfield offensive and defensive battle. The two teams basically attack and defend around the center circle. The rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions is very fast, which also shows that the two teams also made many mistakes.

For example, after Makelele successfully steals, he can divide the ball to the side, but the ball is intercepted by the Metz player halfway through the pass. The Metz player also did not take a few steps before being intercepted by Makelele again.

This high-speed offensive and defensive transition cannot last for too long. First of all, Metz couldn't hold on. Several of their midfielders were already panting and sweating profusely in 30 minutes.It doesn't have much impact on Bordeaux, because the three people who contributed the longest running distance in Bordeaux, Makelele, Dacourt and Nedved, are all figures with unlimited physical strength, especially Nedved, it is estimated There is no better runner in top football right now.

Metz began to retreat slowly. Today, they went from preparing for a fierce attack, to competing with Bordeaux in the midfield, and now they are about to retreat across the board. No one really expected this change.

However, this happened to allow Fan Shang to play the biggest role in the arrangement of the game. This is also Fan Shang's sideways attack. He originally only wanted to create some threats on Metz's defense when the two sides were attacking each other, but looking at it now Come on, when Metz retreated across the board, Drogba's point turned out to be a big killer move to break the secret.

(End of this chapter)