novellhall Chapter 288 The Scavenger
Chapter 288 The Scavenger
Chapter 288 The Scavenger
One hour before the game, when the major European media got Pellegrini's starting list, they were all deeply surprised.
Pellegrini has been using a 4-2-3-1 formation almost all season, but in this game the formation changed drastically and he switched directly to a 5-3-2 formation, except that the goalkeeper continued to use Joe Except for Hart, almost all players in other positions have changed their formations.
Among them, the position of Fabian Delph is the most peculiar.
"It's really hard to imagine Pellegrini's thoughts-the 1.7-meter-eight Delph was actually withdrawn from the midfield to the central defender!"
Even Sky Sports commentator Andy Brun, who has commented on Manchester City for a season, sounded full of surprise, but this is not the point, and he quickly continued: "If the formation map in my hand is not wrong...Fabian Delph has been changed from a midfielder to a central defender! And dragged behind the entire defense!"
According to Manchester City's tactical formation today, the goalkeeper is still Joe Hart, and the three central defenders are Mangala, Otamendi and Delph in turn. It is worth noting that the three are not in the traditional parallel position. Delph's The position is arranged behind the two draft guards.
The two full-backs are still Sagna and Clichy, the three midfielders are Fernandinho, De Bruyne and David Silva, Aguero and Wilfried Boni Double arrows forming a striker.
On Blanco's side, Cavani was only used as the starting left winger, and Di Maria was removed as a backup. Compared with this almost constant starting, Pellegrini can be regarded as a tactical master. This starting list Everything has been explained, and almost all commentators can see Pellegrini's determination.
"If the guess is correct, today we may see the disappearance of tactics reborn-Pellegrini used the sweeper tactics again today, there is no doubt that this is for Paris Saint-Germain's big killer. prepare!"
In the locker room of the home team, Pellegrini closed the door. In the limited time, he first repeated to Delph: "Fabian, once again, today's passing, attacking... everything has nothing to do with you." , you only need to do one thing well, guard me against Gao! Resolutely not allow him to hit the penalty area!"
Delph nodded solemnly. He knew that this was a heavy responsibility. He had never assumed such a role, but today the head coach gave him this trust.
Then Pellegrini stared at the defenders and said very fast: "Gao is actually not that strong. His biggest advantage is his height and speed, so the most important thing is to pay attention to your positions and each other. Help defend and make up, don't give him any space to use his speed!"
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The opponent took away two away goals in the first round, so Paris must be the side that is more eager to score today. In the opening game, Paris took the lead in bringing a wave of rhythm. Erva, Rabiot received the ball and saw that Gao Yuyang had forcibly suppressed Otamendi by virtue of his strength and turned around. He did not hesitate to send a diagonal pass to the ground.
"Rabiot! Brilliant pass!"
The positions of Manchester City's two main central defenders are far away from the top of the penalty area. Uncle Fagoli has seen this situation too many times in the league. As long as the pass can be delivered, Gao Yuyang's speed is almost unsolvable.
But this time is different, Gao Yuyang just turned around, and Delph, who was dragged at the back, came up to meet him, and kicked the ball directly to the half of Paris at will.
"Fabian Delph, successful rescue!"
Pellegrini clapped his hands on the coach's bench and smiled.
"Perfect start!" he thought to himself.
Delph's clearance turned into a threatening attack by Manchester City, which almost caused a catastrophe in front of the Paris gate. Fortunately, Trapp concentrated his attention and jumped in front of the gate to block Boni's close at hand. the volley.
Blanco was so angry that he almost jumped up. Just now, the team's attention was completely waiting to appreciate Gao Yuyang's speed to solve the problem, and he was unaware of the crisis in his defense.
Instead, Cavani came over and whispered a reminder: "Gao, it looks a little weird, pay attention to that little guy."
Gao Yuyang shook his head: "It's okay, come again."
Greater Paris showed extraordinary determination in the away game today. The three midfielders almost overwhelmed the arc of the middle circle to participate in the competition for the ball. They took the initiative in the opening stage and once completely suppressed Manchester City.
Otamendi and Mangala were forced to retreat, and Paris had gradually formed a siege after 5 minutes of the game.
But Gao Yuyang played very awkwardly today, and Rabiot's position has been pressed to the front of the penalty area, but both of them were trapped in the crucial final pass.
Gao Yuyang has never encountered such a situation. He completely suppressed Otamendi in terms of height and strength, but when he turned to face the goal, he was always spoiled by a small man who was a head shorter than him.
Today, Delph moved sideways at the top of the arc of the penalty area, especially taking care of Gao Yuyang a lot. Taking advantage of his short stature and low center of gravity, Delph flew over like a ghost several times in the transition stage of Gao Yuyang pulling the ball and turning around. The sliding tackle, just next to Gao Yuyang's toes, destroyed the ball out of the most dangerous area.
Therefore, Paris's opening offense is always thunderous and rainy.
Uncle Fagoli gradually frowned: "I really didn't expect Fabian Delph to become the biggest variable in the game. In order to prevent Gao, Pellegrini actually used the scavenger tactics that have disappeared in European football. Pick it up again."
That's right, the role that Pellegrini bestowed on Delph today is that of a scavenger.
This tactic was once famous all over the world with the classic chain defense of Italian football in the eighties and 90s of the last century. The core defense is to arrange a single central defender at the front of the penalty area between the goalkeeper and the defense line to be responsible for targeting the opponent. The core of the midfield and the striker are targeted to mark, adding a layer of protection to the penalty area... At the same time, under the influence of this concept, German football evolved the midfield "free man" tactics, and was born like Mathias Sammer Such a midfield free man master.
However, with the establishment of the tactical concept of "Total Attack and Total Defense" in modern football, defenders are required to have the ability to launch offense with the ball at the same time. The role of sweeper has faded out of the historical stage at the beginning of this century... The last highlight moment is undoubtedly 2004 In the European Cup in [-], the famous German coach Rehhagel gave such responsibility to the main defender of the Greek team, Dras.That European Cup may be easier to remember stars such as Kathuranis, Karagunis, Charisteas, etc., but because of Rehhagel's excellent arrangement, De Las successfully defended Zidane, Ruy Costa and other legendary stars.
But today Pellegrini is more adventurous, directly dragging a midfielder back and using it as a central defender.
However, it seems that the effect is not bad, at least Gao Yuyang was given a close-up shot, and he saw him puffing out his cheeks and exhaling, judging from the shape of his mouth, swearing a trash talk in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)