Chapter 531 Of course the master must help the apprentice
Chapter 465 Sweden VS Italy!
Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly
Chapter 465 Sweden VS Italy!
Because there is no training session in the afternoon, and because the team allowed family members to stay overnight yesterday morning, the players will generally wake up later tomorrow.
Moreover, it seemed that because of the continuous artillery fire, everyone slept until after noon.
After getting up, the players consciously arranged for their wives or girlfriends to take the bus and leave the manor hotel. After all, they were already engaged in training and preparing for the second group match against the Italian team.
Pan Yi also met with the coaching staff early to discuss corresponding strategies.
In fact, there are two questions regarding the wrong payment to Italy.
First, how to break through the Juventus defense line composed of Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, and Buffon.
The formation that Conte is currently using in the Italian team is not good at all. It can be said to be exactly the same as the method used by Pan Yi at Chelsea.
Therefore, the three central defenders in the back line are undoubtedly the key to the Italian team's defense and transition from defense to offense.
Especially Bonucci, who is standing in the middle, has always been an outstanding representative of ball-playing and defending in world football. He is not only good at deep and long passes, but also very good at horizontal distribution.
How to cut off his connection with the midfield and frontcourt is also a topic that the Swedish team needs to study.
Second, as to how to defend Italy's offensive line, the focus is on Pelle, their most powerful scoring leg.
Pelle, who currently plays for Southampton, is currently Conte's most relied-upon center forward and was also the top scorer of the Italian national team during the European Cup qualifiers.
In the first group match against Belgium, Pellet also scored a goal to help the team seal the victory.
As a center with a height of 194cm, Pelle has super header ability, and also has the unique tactical execution ability and team cooperation ability of Italian forwards.
His movement is accurate, and if his teammates can pass the ball that can cause him to miss the goal immediately, he can use his strong ability to resist mistakes and good shooting skills.
At the same time, he can also rely on his strong physical fitness and good ball protection ability to form the first point of the team's frontcourt, sending fatal passes to teammates who are inserted behind him. This kind of bridgehead role also applies in the first game.
Whether it is reflected vividly.
It can be said that Pelle is a high-quality "Italian gun". If it can be silenced, it will be equivalent to removing Italy's sharpest fangs.
Regarding those two points, in fact, even the Swedish media was offering suggestions in those two days.
For example, let the tall Granqvist guard Pellet throughout the game.
After all, although Lindelof is technically good, his header ability is really average. Many people are worried that if he is suppressed by Pellet, the Swedish team's air defense will sound the alarm.
For another example, you can let Isaac rest and let Ibrahimovic and Guideti play as double forwards.
Is it possible that Ibrahimovic might get lost in the defense of Juventus when he plays as a lone striker? This happened to him when he was in Serie A.
And if playing as a double forward, Ibrahimovic has an assistant next to him, and Coco can alleviate this problem.
Pan Yi certainly didn't take the media's suggestions to heart.
Do they know how to play football?
Of course Ibrahimovic can play as a lone center forward!
Can he become one of the few very versatile forwards in football? Can he become more and more awesome now that he is older, and can he make full use of his characteristics on the field?
His movement without the ball is very good. He can keenly find space the moment his own player passes the ball, and seize the most advantageous space to catch the ball in the shortest time.
A very good characteristic of Ibrahimovic is his sense of shooting, and his shooting accuracy is also very high. The two goals he missed against Ireland in the first game have proved this.
Moreover, if you want to bring out Ibrahimovic's strength, the best way is to create opportunities and space for him to shoot from the front, so that he can have a relatively relaxed environment.
And if he wants to achieve that level of ambition, the players on both wings must help him share the defensive pressure.
Therefore, at present, Sweden's system of double wingers + single center does not need to be changed.
That is, in order to target Italy's more European and Latin style of play, Pan Yifou is prepared to make some adjustments in the lineup and use one or two positions to attack.
One of the more certain ones is whether Weinblum, a defensive midfielder who plays for CSKA Moscow, will be used to replace the older Kjellström.
If not, then the main goal is to increase the hardness of the midfielder, and at the same time change the original inverted triangle position of the midfielder into an upright triangle, that is, a combination of one attacking midfielder + two defensive midfielders.
Is it because the current Italian midfield is actually relatively soft, and once it encounters a tough or strong pressing team, it is easy to encounter difficulties.
Although Weinblum's technical attributes are very average, he is highly aggressive, has a brave style, is determined, and has teamwork spirit. He is very suitable to disrupt the Italian midfield.
In addition, his heading ability is also very good, which can also help the defense to prevent Italy's high-altitude bombing.
During training, the Swedish coaching staff conducted corresponding tactical drills on whether Pan Yi's instructions were followed.
At the end of the training, Pan Yi also held a special mobilization meeting.
He begged everyone to muster up their spirits to meet Italy's challenge.
"Italy is a four-time World Cup champion. They must respond seriously. As long as they don't lose to them, they will be able to qualify from the group! Let's work hard!"
Pan Yi's mobilization also received positive responses from the players.
At least judging from the expressions of the players, they all hope to perform well in front of a strong team like Italy!
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"Friends of the audience, friends of the audience, welcome to the Toulouse Stadium!"
When the TV screen switched to the crowded Toulouse Stadium, the high-pitched voice of the on-site commentator suddenly sounded.
Everyone can pick up the sounds of fans at the scene through the microphone and feel the atmosphere of the game.
"It is now 20:45 on the morning of June 17th, French time. In just 15 minutes, the game will start."
"In that game, Italy, currently the top two in Group E, missed the Swedish team. They both won in the first round, so this game is also regarded as a key battle for the right to qualify in Group E.
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"The Toulouse stadium is already full of spectators. Although the stadium is not as big as the Stade de France, there are still more than 40,000 spectators."
"For Italian and Swedish fans, of course they come there to cheer for their teams. But for many neutral fans, especially female fans, I'm afraid many want to see Pan Yi at the scene.
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"Currently, the head coaches and players of both sides are nervously preparing for that game in the locker room, and they have already obtained the starting lineups of the two teams that are on the opposite side in advance..."
Just as he was talking, the TV screen showed Italy's starting lineup, which was still the same.
"Pan Yi also made an adjustment to the starting lineup, that is, trading Weinblum for Kjellström."
"Now they don't know what kind of changes will happen to the players' positions, but obviously there will be some changes in the Swedish team's midfield play tomorrow."
"The trident in the frontcourt is still starting in the first game, which shows that Pan Yicuo is very confident in his new attack combination. Ibrahimovic did perform at a high level in this game..."
While the on-site commentator was talking, he saw players from both teams walking into the Toulouse Stadium under the leadership of the referee.
Then, a burst of overwhelming cheers was heard from the 40,000 fans at the scene to welcome the team's arrival.
"Okay, the players from both teams are entering the field one after another, and the game is about to begin!"
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How to play Italy?
Pan Yi has his own set of ideas that are different from theirs.
Then he won't formulate the team's tactics around how to restrict Pellet, or he will be completely different from everyone's predictions before the game.
It can even be said that Pan Yi was not prepared to deploy tactics around defending Pellet from the beginning!
In his pre-game preparation meeting, he had very clearly set the tone for that game.
Is Italy a typical European Latin team? The overall football skills are stronger than Sweden.
Therefore, the team must maintain a rigorous tactical system, maintain strong pressing capabilities, and limit the performance and performance of the Italians.
As for Pellet, in fact, as a player in the Premier League, Pan Yi obviously wants to know more about him than those media want.
That means Pellet's position in the national team is mostly a finisher.
The so-called terminator actually can't score a goal.
That means that whether Pellet is responsible for scoring goals for the team, the team must give him as much support as possible to give him the opportunity to display his strength;
And if the team cannot provide him with a lot of opportunities, then his performance will lose the threat.
Of course, Pellet is also a team player. When he cannot score by himself, he will also retreat to the midfield to get the ball;
But no, due to limited speed, Pellet does not have strong breakthrough ability.
In other words, he still needs timely response and cooperation from his teammates, otherwise he will be frustrated watching the ball.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Pan Yi's positioning in that game was not to restrict Pellet, but to restrict Italy's midfield and backfield, firmly suppress the opponent, and then allow Pellet to be in front.
There is no use for it.
A very interesting thing is that Conte seems to be afraid of the Swedish team's tactics tomorrow.
And he seemed to be aware of his team's problems, so he dragged the defense very far back in the opening tactics, posing as a way to lure the Swedish team to attack, and then planned to defeat the Swedish team's counterattack.
"Is Conte so cautious? Are you ready to wait for them to make mistakes?" Arteta shook his head and said with a smile, "Is it possible that if they are not Sweden, they will be a stronger Italy!"
He could see that Conte's tactics were based on stability from the very beginning and did not dare to take even the slightest risk.
But judging from the mismatch in strength between the two sides, Italy is clearly the stronger side.
Using the strong to defeat the weak will immediately lead to a defensive and counterattack posture, which is obviously what Pan Yi is afraid of.
Everyone knows that Pan Yi has the ability to turn bad things into miracles. Coaches like Conte who have suffered losses from Pan Yi's legs in the past don't even know this.
From that perspective, is it understandable that Conte will be so cautious tomorrow?
"Then they will try not to make mistakes!" Pan Yi also laughed, "Just use Italy's steel defense line to practice their triangle offense!"
After saying that, I saw Pan Yi giving instructions to the players present, indicating that they don't need to worry about how the wrong side sets up the formation, otherwise they will just attack directly like when the wrong team was in the wrong formation!
However, taking advantage of the kick-off opportunity, the Swedish team immediately launched an attack on Italy.
As soon as the ball was released, the Swedish team immediately started to advance and soon passed the ball to Forsberg's feet on the right.
The latter faced Candreva's defense, first protected the ball, and then tried to take it to the center. However, he was caught in the double-team of De Rossi and Parolo, and he had no choice but to knock the ball back to the midfielder.
Located in Ekdal.
The latter got the ball near the midfield, looked up, saw Ibrahimovic raising his leg in the middle, and immediately kicked the ball out.
After the ball traced a very high arc, it landed in the middle of the goal. Ibrahimovic quickly inserted it from behind and at the same time blocked Chiellini firmly behind him with his body, leaping high into the air.
, a lion shook his head to meet the incoming ball.
The ball was hit by him and he exerted force, but he hit it perfectly!
Italian goalkeeper Buffon immediately occupied his position, grabbed the ball directly, and then threw himself to the ground.
"That's the first shot of the game, from Sweden's striker Ibrahimovic! He hit the goal with a very powerful head shot, but the angle was too right and he couldn't score!" The commentator on the scene was also there.
Talking about the game.
Buffon got up from the ground, holding the ball in his legs. Looking ahead, he saw his teammates scattering like a tide.
But instead of kicking the ball out, he quickly kicked it to Bonucci.
This is not Italy's current regular way of playing the ball, with Bonucci dealing the cards in the backcourt.
After all, in the frontcourt, apart from Pelle, Italy does not actually have many high-leg players who can compete for high points.
Another striker, Edel, is 179cm tall. Not to mention the tall and powerful Granqvist, even in front of Lindelof, he has no advantage in heading the ball.
In that situation, if you rashly send the ball forward, you are definitely giving the Swedish team the ball!
Therefore, Conte asked most of the balls to pass through the backcourt and slowly pass to the frontcourt.
In Italy now, there is no player like Pirlo who can play fatal long passes, and there is no star in the frontcourt who can make the final decision like Vieri, so everything must be based on teamwork.
Just like Pellet can be considered a powerful striker in Italy, but he can only be considered a player for a mid-tier team in the Premier League.
Another example is Edel, although he comes from Inter Milan, he is actually a civilian player, and there is no highlight moment in his entire career - or it can be said that being selected for this Italian national team is his most noteworthy resume.
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Parolo, Giaccherini and others in the midfield are not wealthy players. The biggest players in the entire Italian team are concentrated in the defense. Overall, it can be said that the star quality is dim.
That's why some people called it an "upset" after Italy defeated Belgium in the first round.
However, Pan Yi has already taken precautions against the way he missed Italy's ball. This is also the basis for his opening attack tomorrow when he dares to miss Italy.
Isn’t it like that when you play Juventus at the club?
However, as soon as the ball reached Bonucci's feet, the fast Isaac immediately forced it past.
Bonucci failed to adjust the forward angle at this time, so he passed the ball to the foot of Barzagli next to him, and Barzagli immediately kicked the ball forward to be on the safe side and gave it to DeRo.
The foot of the west is the east.
As the team's central midfielder, De Rossi's position is relatively deep, and he cannot get the ball in the backcourt, a key node.
But Weinblum, who will start tomorrow's game for the Swedish team, rushed over directly and started pressing De Rossi, forcing De Rossi to pass the ball to Candreva on the left as soon as possible.
Weinblum didn't pause at all. As soon as he saw De Rossi passing the ball, he immediately changed direction and pushed towards Candreva, who immediately passed the ball back to De Rossi.
At that time, Ekdal had already pushed to the front, while Forsberg kept a certain distance from the two teammates in front to create defensive depth.
Seeing that there was no chance, De Rossi had to pass the ball back and reach the backcourt.
"The Swedish team pressed very fiercely after the start, especially the Italian midfielders and backcourt players."
"Whether it's a striker or a three-man midfielder, the Swedish team showed full strength and fighting spirit today."
"Well, the Swedish team's defense has not taken the initiative to press forward for the time being. It is obvious that Pan Yi is also guarding against Italy's counterattack. After all, Conte's Italian team will not be able to take advantage of it."
"So the Swedish team's defense is not willing to take too many risks, and the midfielders always maintain a certain appropriate distance between them to avoid exposing too much space."
As the commentator was talking, he saw that after the ball returned to the Italian backcourt, Bonucci saw that the midfielder could not pass the ball out, so he directly passed the ball forward with a big kick, trying to find Pelle's spot.
But Granqvist had firmly locked his position, got ahead of Pellet, and headed the ball back into the Italian half.
As soon as Forsberg got the ball, he quickly passed it to the left side. After getting the ball, Olsson quickly dribbled the ball along the left side very quickly.
Isaac in front of him chose to run towards the baseline, opening a gap for Olsson.
Sure enough, as soon as Isaac ran forward, Olsson chose to dribble the ball in the middle and cut out. This attracted the attention of Florenzi, who was chasing after him, and then hit the front of the penalty area, and Forsberg inserted it behind.
Just hit the ball with a powerful volley.
That is why Forsberg can be one of the famous stunts in the world!
That shot was so powerful that it was like thunder. Everyone at the scene could clearly hear the bang, and the ball had already reached the Italian goal.
But Italian goalkeeper Buffon was very focused and made a side dive, using his leg and fingertips to block the ball out of the baseline.
"Oh my God, Sweden's long-range shot almost penetrated the Italian goal. Buffon saved Conte's team."
The live TV camera switched to a slow-motion replay of the attack just now. It can be seen that the Swedish team's sudden advances and long-range shots were very determined, without any sloppiness. This shows that these are not tactics that the team has practiced regularly.
"Three minutes into the game, the Swedish team has already had two very threatening shots, one from Ibrahimovic and one from Forsberg. The two best stars of the Swedish team have already sounded the alarm for the team.
The call to attack."
"It seems that Pan Yi's opening tactics were very proactive. He wanted to break Italy's defense from the beginning and take the initiative in the game."
"If the Swedish team hadn't been unlucky, or if Buffon's sword hadn't aged well, the Italian team's goal would have been lost."
After the corner kick was taken, there was chaos outside the Italian penalty area. Lindelof hit the ball in front of Chiellini's defense, but was unable to hit the right position due to interference. The ball went over the crossbar and the goal kick came.
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"Italy's defense, led by Chiellini, has been solid from the beginning of the game to the present. At least it did not give the Swedish team a perfect opportunity to seize. The outcome of this game is very unpredictable."
The on-site commentator's comments were very fair.
At least judging from the game process, Italy was indeed not as good as Sweden in the situation, but they defended very steadily.
Fans who are familiar with Italian football know that this can be said to be the norm for the Italian national team.
Including the first game against Belgium, Belgium had an advantage in the situation, but it was of no use.
Belgium played for a long time but failed to score, while Italy scored two goals and took away three points.
Therefore, playing against a team like Italy, leading in possession rate, leading in shots, etc., is not illusory, only scoring goals is real.
After all, such a scene was not caused by Conte's desire for stability in the opening and Pan Yi's very positive opening tactics. It does not mean that the Swedish team is stronger than Italy.
If Conte wasn't so afraid of Pan Yi and chose to make mistakes, it's really hard to say who could control the situation.
Of course, Pan Yi's adjustments to the Italian midfielder tomorrow will not be very effective.
Ekdal and Weinblum formed a double meat-beater combination, keeping Italy's backcourt route in check.
As a result, Sweden could easily get the ball that Italy kicked out hastily, and then form a siege in front of the Italian penalty area.
Such continuous attacks made the Swedish team very morale, while Italy seemed a bit frustrated.
After all, although Italy wants to be based on defense, it has never wanted to counterattack before!
It's hard for Ru Ming to get past the midfield, so how can he counterattack?
It's not like before when Pirlo could make a 40-meter pass to solve the problem.
Therefore, Conte was not a little impatient. He also walked to the sidelines and repeatedly gave instructions to the players, begging them to move as soon as possible after stealing the ball and not to stick to their feet.
The Swedish team's pressing is so fierce that once the ball sticks to the ball, it is easy to be surrounded and intercepted.
As for the direction of the ball as soon as possible, Conte gave him two wings.
Candreva and Florenzi will drop back to the defensive position to receive the ball from the central defenders.
After getting the ball, you can use your speed to advance forward, and hand it over to the forward line immediately when you have the opportunity, allowing Edel and Pellet to solve the Swedish team's defense!
Conte hopes that such adjustments can change the current overly passive situation to a certain extent, allowing Italy to bring out its own offensive characteristics in addition to defense.