Chapter 309 A Chelsea record was broken

The 4132 formation is actually a variant of the 442 formation.

But compared to the relatively old 442 formation with parallel midfield positions, the 4132 formation no longer has four midfielders in parallel positions, but instead has three players advancing forward and one player trailing behind.

Among the three forward players, there is a core player who can not only take the ball, protect the ball, but also pass the threatening ball and intervene in the attack. In Dortmund's formation, this person is of course Royce.

The other two can be called wingers. They can cut in from the center or break through from the wing. Together with the two full-backs among the four backs, they are sharper offensively than the traditional 442.

This formation also has an advantage over the 442, that is, it can change the attack in more ways, and it can also increase the pressure on the opponent in the frontcourt.

But its shortcomings are also obvious.

This formation has high requirements for defense, especially for the player who serves as the single midfielder. He must have sufficient physical fitness and strong defensive ability, as well as the ability to pass long passes and long shots.

The best team using this formation, or the most iconic team, should be the Spanish team in the 2008 European Cup.

In that team, 4 defenders from left to right, Capdevila, Marchena, Puyol, Ramos, single midfielder Senna, 3 players in front from left to right, David Silva

, Xavi, Iniesta, double striker Torres and Villa.

Later, Xavi was able to become the best player of this European Cup, which has something to do with the fact that this formation has higher requirements for the middle of the three midfielders, because he takes on more offensive and organizational tasks.

In addition, although defensive midfielder Senna did not become the MVP, his performance in the European Cup was obvious to all.

He was still the captain of Villarreal at the time. Although he was not very famous, his role was quite crucial.

Not only can he intercept and defend in the midfield, he can also be responsible for delivering the ball, so much so that Liverpool's Xabi Alonso was pushed to the bench by him.

It is precisely because of this role that Senna has become the only player that Aragones dare not replace on the court, which also shows his importance to this formation.

Overall, this formation is more offensive, but defensively, it also puts more pressure on the four defenders and the single midfielder.

Therefore, generally weak teams will not use this formation, and if the game requires a balance of offense and defense or a more defensive side, they will not use this formation.

But now Dortmund is falling behind.

Klopp will focus on practicing and using this formation during summer training, hoping to use sharp offense to once again thrive in the Bundesliga in the new season.

However, after losing to Leverkusen in the first round, Klopp, who was sapped at the beginning, had doubts about his idea and whether his players were capable of executing this offensive tactic.

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After all, Dortmund doesn’t have as many talented teenagers as there were in the Spanish team!

Therefore, he changed his formation from the second round and finally used a more balanced 4231 formation, including in today's game.

But now, this formation only lasted twenty minutes before conceding a goal.

So, when the score was behind and it was difficult to make substitutions, he could only resort to this offensive formation, using two forwards + three attacking midfielders to fight Chelsea.

Therefore, after Dortmund changed their formation, the offensive from both sides on the field became more intense.

After all, both Dortmund and Chelsea now have a lot of troops invested in the attack!

Dortmund's 4132 formation has five people regularly participating in the offense, which is one more person than the four in 4231.

As for Chelsea's 343 formation, the three forwards + two wing-backs are almost locked in the opponent's half. In addition, the double midfielders and central defenders intervene from time to time, and the offense is even more violent.

Therefore, in the next long period of the game, the two sides came and went, and exciting scenes continued, which also made the fans at the scene and in front of the TV excited.

"Both sides played beautifully in this game. This is real football."

In the Sky Sports studio, Lineker sighed.

"This is why I like coaches like Pan Yi and Klopp." Carragher said with a smile, "It's a pity that we at Liverpool can't afford Pan Yi's high salary. Otherwise, the senior management should think about it and settle for the next best thing.

Please ask Klopp to come to Liverpool."

Alan Shearer shook his head and smiled: "You say that, are you worthy of the current head coach Rogers? To be honest, his current coaching style at Liverpool is already a bit like Dortmund."

"Although Liverpool lost the championship at the last moment last season, the runner-up result in the league was already very good. Do you really want to offload the trouble to kill the donkey?" Lineker also laughed, "In addition, Rogers is still young

In terms of player development, he is no worse than Klopp. Don't forget, he developed Henderson into an all-round midfielder."

Carragher nodded: "That's true. Now Henderson is very confident, very determined and has good tactical awareness on the court. After Gerrard leaves the team, I think he can become the new captain of the Red Army."

"Let's get back to this game. Why are you talking about Liverpool?" Gary Neville snorted and said, "Now it seems that Dortmund's offense is not weaker than Chelsea's at all. I think they still have a chance to equalize or even overtake.

Score."

Zola suddenly regained his energy and stood up and said: "I still think Chelsea has a good chance of winning. Why don't we make another bet?"

Gary Neville quickly waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm just saying it, why should I take it so seriously? It's enough that we had Chelsea's seven-game unbeaten bet... You don't really want me to

Did you even take off your pants?"

Everyone burst out laughing.

Alan Shearer said: "Having said that, although Dortmund is attacking lively now, there are still not many truly threatening shots. And their defense has hidden dangers."

Lineker nodded in agreement: "That's right. Dortmund's offense improved after adjusting to a single midfielder, but the problem also lies in this single midfielder. Kyle was good at both offense and defense when he was young, and he is indeed capable of the job.

This responsibility, but now that he is older, his body can no longer keep up with his consciousness, which makes his defensive coverage area much smaller."

Zola also said: "If I were Pan Yi, I might order my forwards and midfielders to focus on Kyle's left and right sides, forcing him to make up for leaks everywhere to consume his energy and physical strength. As long as he defends here

If we can't hold on, Dortmund's defense will face a lot of pressure."

"I believe Pan Yi will also think of it. After all, he is the most valuable coach in the world!" Carragher said with a smile. "Of course, maybe Gary's ideas are different from mine. He may think that Pan Yi doesn't have that level.

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With that said, Carragher glanced at Gary Neville, while Neville stared straight at the TV screen, pretending not to hear Carragher's words.

Lineker continued to come out to smooth things over: "Now, let's enjoy this rare and exciting confrontation together!"

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The game entered the 40th minute, which was 5 minutes before the end of the first half.

Both Chelsea and Dortmund have received many shooting opportunities this time.

So the busiest people on the field were not only the offensive players on both sides, but also the goalkeepers.

Both Weidenfeller and Courtois played to a very high level, catching up with low blocks and trying to keep the goal.

Not long after Dortmund changed its formation, Pan Yi actually made targeted arrangements.

That is, while continuing the attack on the two wings, it also strengthens the stranglehold in the midfield.

Especially when the opponent's midfielder Kyle gets the ball, whether it is center Lukaku or the two wingers Oscar and Willian, they will immediately press him.

When Kyle distributes the ball to Mkhitaryan or Bender on the wing, Chelsea's two wing-backs will immediately step forward, plus the assistance of Kanter and Ramirez to form a numerical advantage.

Make a steal.

In this case, Kyle can only move to the side with the ball to help his side players.

Only in this way can the number of people in the local area be equalized to jointly resist Chelsea's pressing.

But as a result, Kyle needs to run frequently on both sides. In addition, the pressure on the defense in the middle is already great, and his running distance also increases rapidly.

It was okay at the beginning when he was relatively energetic, but towards the end of the first half, he was a little unable to withstand it.

Due to the decline in Kyle's running ability, Dortmund's defense began to become less tight.

At this time, due to their physical advantage, Chelsea's offensive became more intense.

Don’t forget that Chelsea’s double defensive midfielders today are both invincible!

If judged by numerical values ​​in football games, Kanter and Ramirez are both guys whose endurance is close to full value.

They can still do both offense and defense well when everyone's physical fitness has declined.

When the game enters 45 minutes, this is a time when players are physically and mentally tired and can easily relax.

Chelsea played another wave of attacks!

First, there was an attack from the left wing. Cancelo's cross was blocked by Durm, creating a corner kick opportunity.

But Willian's corner kick was blocked by Dortmund, and Terry failed to get the first shot from the top of Papastathopoulos' head.

David Luiz grabbed the second spot and wanted to launch a quick counterattack, so he passed the ball to Kante, who then passed it to Oscar.

However, Dortmund's defensive players retreated quickly and entangled Oscar directly in front of the center line, forcing him to cross the ball to Lukaku, who was retreating to receive the ball.

Klopp's team does have its own unique features in terms of second point protection and quick defensive organization.

After Lukaku received the ball, he continued to bring it back, dropped deep, and passed the ball to Ramirez, allowing him to reorganize.

But Dortmund did not retreat, but wanted to strangle Chelsea near the halfway line.

In this area, as long as you grab the ball, you can immediately create a threat.

Chelsea passed the ball back and forth, but never found an effective opportunity to penetrate forward, and were forced to retreat to the back line of defense.

David Luiz stopped the ball and moved forward. Seeing that there were no defensive players around him, he continued to dribble the ball forward. He spotted an opportunity and passed the ball to Ramirez in front.

Ramirez's back was facing the direction of the attack. As soon as he received the ball, Dortmund's midfielder Kyle pounced on him.

In order to cooperate with Kyle, Dortmund's left back Schmelzer also came to attack, trying to steal the ball directly from Ramirez's feet.

But what no one expected was that Ramirez skillfully played the ball, turned to the left, and seemed to be dribbling the ball to the left, but suddenly sent a through ball to the right.
To be continued...