While Chang Sheng was applauding Handanovic's wonderful save, he was also thinking.
He remembers that in the season when Mourinho's Inter Milan won the treble, Eto'o was basically used as a defensive player many times. In the game, you can often see Eto'o returning to the corner flag to participate.
Defense.
No wonder some people joked that Mourinho used Eto'o as a full-back.
But in his current time and space, Eto'o is still a serious center in Inter Milan. Scoring is the most important task, and he does not contribute much defensively.
He was still wondering if this was the butterfly effect, one of the things changed by his arrival.
Unexpectedly, I still returned to the original track.
Could it be that this game was the moment Mourinho discovered Eto'o's defensive potential?
That's really hard to say...
For now, Chang Sheng is not too worried about Eto'o's counterattack.
Eto'o is actually not good at defense. He was able to intercept the ball just now because Modric did not expect Eto'o to fight back.
This time Eto'o caught the entire Lazio team off guard.
But they won't have such a good chance next time.
Modric will pay special attention to his side when he gets the ball, and other Lazio players will also pay attention to protect him. This will make it difficult for Eto'o to steal the ball.
That's why Mourinho and Eto'o felt so sorry when Eto'o didn't score.
Because they all know how difficult this opportunity is...
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Chang Sheng shouted Modric's name on the pitch.
Modric heard the boss's shout, and he quickly made a gesture to express that he heard it and would pay attention.
Then Chang Sheng called out the names of David Silva and Gotze.
Both people also said they knew what to do.
Although Modric will no longer let Eto'o take the football away from his feet, at the same time because of Eto'o's harassment, he will no longer be able to calmly dispatch quality attacks from behind as before.
Lazio must speed up the tempo and Modric must pass the football immediately.
Pass it on to whom?
He gave the ball to the two defensive midfielders in front of him, and then he pushed forward to attract the opponent's firepower, and then passed the football to Gotze and David Silva who were retreating to support.
Make full use of the space between Inter Milan's defensive midfielder and central defender.
Lazio is about to fight back!
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The game restarted, and Inter Milan fans were still immersed in the regret of missing a great opportunity.
Lazio is already planning a counterattack.
After Modric got the ball, his movements were much simpler. He almost didn't need to observe frequently anymore, he just sent the ball forward, and then he also ran forward to meet his teammates.
Doesn't this mean that he is close to Sissoko and others?
Yes, that's what it needs to be.
Only when Modric came up could Sissoko, Cambiasso and Muntari be attracted.
In this way, there will be a gap between the back line and the forward line that is needed to win.
That's where David Silva and Gotze can shine.
Sure enough, seeing Modric pressing forward, Sissoko felt excited in his heart - **, you coward is finally here!
He stared at Modric and saw Modric passing in front of the two defensive midfielders Ledesma and Meireles, so he stepped forward to intercept Modric from behind.
Ledesma gave the football to Modric, which made Inter Milan's midfielder recognize Modric as the most important core figure.
As a result, before Sissoko and Muntari had time to surround Modric, Modric had already passed the ball out again.
He passed it to Meireles on the other side.
Meireles didn't pass it back to Modric this time, he knew what he had to do.
He gave the football to David Silva.
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David Silva is not as dazzling as he was before his injury. On the front line, his role and threat are not as high as Gotze.
But this is judged by the standard of strikers.
David Silva is not a standard winger now.
He is more similar to a frontcourt libero.
Do you want to say that he has any specific tasks?
No.
Chang Sheng never assigns specific tasks to David Silva and just lets him do whatever he wants on the court.
Anyway, those are the offensive routines. David Silva, who is familiar with these routines and has rich experience, naturally knows what to do under what circumstances.
Some people hate routines, thinking they are boring and dull.
But that's just because they don't know how to use tricks.
Chang Sheng is currently trying to do something related to new tactics.
That is to let the team practice various offensive routines hard in training, and after they are familiar with all the routines, let them gradually play freely on the court.
The so-called free play is actually based on routines.
If you are not familiar with the routine, don't talk about free play.
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After David Silva got the ball, he gained a relatively loose space.
This is because Modric pressed all the way to the forward line, forcing Inter Milan's three defensive midfielders to focus on him.
"David Silva! There are no defensive players around him! What is going on?!"
Inter Milan's defenders also noticed the situation.
David Silva got the ball, but Inter Milan's defender was still about ten meters away from him.
Inter Milan's midfielder was five or six meters behind him.
Moreover, it is in a turning state and cannot pick up the speed.
Lucio saw David Silva making a gesture to take a long shot, and rushed forward reflexively.
It is too dangerous for David Silva to get the ball in this position!
Anyway, his partner Samuel is guarding Cavani, and he has no defensive tasks around him for the time being. At this time, he should step forward to fill in the position.
He rushed forward immediately, but David Silva did not shoot, it was just a fake move, and then he sent the football to the open space after Lucio came up.
Cavani is not in that direction, Lucio is quite relieved.
Only when he looked back did he realize that a sky-blue figure appeared there!
"Mario Gotze!"
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When David Silva got the ball, Inter Milan's defensive attention was all on him. Gotze was temporarily unguarded, but he did not rush forward immediately.
If he runs forward immediately and makes it clear that he wants to cooperate with David Silva, it will draw Inter Milan's defensive attention back to him.
Why does he suffer?
He just wants his opponents to not notice him...
So he waited a moment.
And David Silva did not pass the football to him immediately. He dribbled the ball forward and made a gesture of taking a long shot. This made everyone only focus on him for the time being.
Forcing Lucio to rush out.
At the same time, Gotze suddenly started to move forward at high speed and went straight into the space left by Lucio.
David Silva also changed his shot into a pass, pushed the ball across with his right foot, and sent the football over.
The timing of the pass and run is just right.
Gotze received the football and went straight into the penalty area!
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Cesar, Gotze made a curve ball!
The football bypassed Cesar's hand from the side and flew into the goal from the far end!
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"Beautiful! Lazio equalized the score!"
"Mario Gotze! Super Mario!!"
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Gotze! Gotze! A wonderful teamwork from Lazio! From the launch of the attack to the final goal, Inter Milan didn't even touch the shadow of football!"
Chang Sheng, who was on the sidelines, saw the football flying into the goal and punched it hard with his fists.
Perfect!
This is the embodiment of his tactics!
As a coach, it feels very fulfilling to see the tactical coordination that exists in your mind finally being realized by the players on the field.
This sense of accomplishment is much greater than playing FM games...
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"**!" Mourinho's annoyance was palpable when he saw Gotze seize the space behind Lucio's forward press and score the ball.
He turned around directly, raised his head to the stands and started chattering.
But in fact no one could hear what he was saying.
He couldn't complain about Lucio for this ball because it was not Lucio's mistake.
If Lucio doesn't step up to fill the role, who knows what David Silva will do.
Although David Silva has not scored a goal so far this season, what if he breaks the goal drought in this game?
No one dares to bet on this kind of thing.
Whoever has the ball is the most threatening player, and this is always the top priority in defense.
Samuel is marking Cavani, and only Lucio can press in this area of the goal.
Let’s talk about how we lost the ball this time…
It was entirely because the three midfielders in the midfield were pulled out by Lazio, creating a gap in front of the defense, which gave David Silva an opportunity to take advantage of!
If there is a problem, he should first blame himself.
I didn’t even want to beat Lazio’s tactics in the second half!
One link after another.
Double defensive midfielders, with the defensive midfielder in front, the attacking core retreating, attracting the attention of the three defensive midfielders, and the two wingers retreating to support them. In the end, they opened up a highway from Lazio's backcourt to Inter Milan's goal!
In this way, they used this highway to send the football into Inter Milan's goal.
Now Chang Sheng has posed a problem for himself.
With the three midfielders retreating, they can control the area in front of the back line. However, they will lose control of Lazio's midfield.
If the current high-pressure situation continues, it will lead to increased pressure on the back line.
In fact, there is another way, which is for the back line to press forward as a whole along with the midfielder to create offside in defense.
However... it is not easy to cause offside. Special targeted training must be done and arrangements must be made in advance.
I have never suddenly adjusted to an offside tactic during a game. Such a hasty offside will only cause the defense to continue to give gifts to the opponent's forwards.
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PS, this is the eighth update today, there will be a single chapter later.
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