Chapter 307 Make full use of the width of the venue
"Dortmund played a bit fiercely today."
In the Sky Sports studio, host Leinker said while looking at the big screen showing the game.
"It's indeed a bit surprising." Alan Shearer also said, "It feels like Klopp is not playing away from home today, but rather as if he is going to fight Chelsea to the end."
As he said that, everyone turned their attention to a man in the guest seat.
The guests who came to watch the game today, in addition to the regular Gary Neville, Alan Shearer, and Chelsea star Zola, there is also a Dortmund star.
In May 1997, at the Munich Olympic Stadium, a sunny boy wearing a yellow and black jersey shot an arrow that changed the color of the world and shocked the gods and ghosts.
He used a 35-meter volley to hit Juventus, the zebra running wildly on the European continent, and brought another Champions League championship to the entire German football world.
At the same time, this is the first and only Champions League trophy in Dortmund's history.
His name is Lars Ricken!
He is an outstanding product of the famous Dortmund youth training camp, and his career has only played for one club, Dortmund.
The 38-year-old has retired for five or six years and now serves as the youth training director of the Dortmund team.
Today, due to the battle between Chelsea and Dortmund, he was also invited to the studio to watch this focus battle with everyone.
"I guess he also feels the pressure." Ricken said with a wry smile, "He doesn't want to lose to Pan Yi in this game anymore."
Everyone at Dortmund understands how much pressure Klopp has been under in these two seasons.
After Pan Yi came to the Bundesliga, Klopp and his Dortmund were reduced from a championship team to one that could only fight for a Champions League spot.
It is even difficult for them to squeeze into the top two, and the Bundesliga has completely turned into a two-man battle between Bayern and Hamburg.
And Klopp, the "best coach in the world" in the eyes of Dortmund fans, has gradually been overshadowed by Pan Yi.
Competitive sports are like this. Comparison is inevitable in everything.
But the question is, who can compare with Pan Yi now?
He has only been in professional football for three years and has already won two Triple Crowns!
Even a coach like Klopp can’t compare!
What's even more disgusting is that in the head-to-head confrontation between the two, Klopp was completely at a disadvantage...
After Pan Yi left the Bundesliga, everyone speculated whether Klopp would be relieved.
But I never thought that Pan Yi would still linger in the Premier League, and the Champions League group stage would draw Dortmund and Chelsea together again.
Therefore, you can imagine Klopp's mental state. He must use this opportunity to prove himself again, play his beautiful offense at Stamford Bridge, and defeat Chelsea!
This may be the so-called "pressure is also a kind of motivation".
"In the past two seasons, he has won and lost against Guardiola's Bayern, but he has not fallen behind." Carragher also analyzed, "And Bayern is also good at playing offensive football based on passing and controlling. Maybe this
It also gave Klopp the confidence to compete with Chelsea."
"But Pan Yi's Chelsea, his passing and possession tactics are very different from Guardiola's." Ricken shook his head and said, "They have a lot of long passes from the backcourt. Such deep passes are very difficult for Chelsea."
It happens very frequently in games, but it is rarely seen in the current Bayern team."
Guardiola used the same pass-and-control tactics at Bayern that he used at Barcelona, focusing on small-scale cooperation and ground advancement. He did not do a good job in deep passing.
As for Pan Yi's Chelsea, since they use three central defenders and have an excellent ball-playing central defender like David Luiz, they can safely and boldly use tactics such as central defenders inserting or long passes.<
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"The movement of Chelsea players is also different from that of Bayern and Dortmund." Ricken continued, "They are more flexible and can change positions to a greater extent. It's like the whole team is flowing." p>
Everyone nodded.
Even Gary Neville has to admit that Pan Yi is superior to Klopp or Guardiola in this aspect.
Currently on the field, let alone the forward line, these three positions of Chelsea have always been erratic.
Looking at the midfielder, Kante and Ramirez are basically in a state of inability to run to death. Wherever the ball develops, their figures will appear.
And sometimes they can press very high, but sometimes they can retreat very far back, and their positions are not fixed.
They also have a very close connection with the two wing-backs Cancelo and Ivanovic, and sometimes there will even be a switch between the two. For example, Kante suddenly appears on the left wing, and then
Then insert the offense.
Coupled with David Luiz, Terry, and Gary Cahill, although most of the time these three central defenders use David Luiz to complete forward penetration or long passes, Terry and Gary Cahill
He also doesn't stick to his fixed position and sometimes drives the ball forward.
Of course, at this time, when the central defender moves forward, one of Chelsea's two defensive midfielders will be dragged to the end to prevent Dortmund's counterattack.
Now Dortmund's players are playing very hard and fighting very fiercely, but sometimes they feel like they can't use their strength, or they don't know who to turn to for strength.
Because their positions are relatively fixed, they will defend in the area as arranged by the coach before the game.
This approach is certainly not wrong, but when faced with Chelsea's "fluid" movements, it looks like Dortmund players are being kept running by their opponents, which is very passive.
"Watching the Chelsea game, I have a feeling that most teams and Chelsea are not playing the same kind of football at all." Carragher also said, "Pan Yi's tactical level is much higher than this era.
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"You're right." Ricken looked worried, "In this case, we should be more cautious. But obviously Klopp doesn't think so, he just wants to use offense to defeat Pan Yi!" p>
How to deal with a super offensive team?
In fact, Pan Yi already gave the answer when he played against Barcelona in Milan.
Of course, this is also the choice that most coaches around the world will make, which is to defend low, keep the formation compact and meticulous, compress the opponent's space, and respond with defensive counterattacks.
But today, Klopp still chose to press high and press!
Although this is his signature skill and Dortmund's best style of play, this is Stamford Bridge after all, and the opponent is Pan Yi's Chelsea after all.
Therefore, in Ricken's view, this is also a very uneasy and radical choice.
"Perhaps Pan Yi is afraid of such an opponent?" Gary Neville chuckled, "At least we haven't seen a team in the Premier League that can really compete with Chelsea. Maybe Pan Yi is not good at it.
This is the way."
At this time, Dortmund was seen on the screen stealing the ball through hard work in the midfield.
Then they quickly attacked. Royce passed the ball to the left. Aubameyang took the ball and faced Ivanovic. He made continuous fake moves, suddenly accelerated towards the baseline, and passed the ball into the penalty area.
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But Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois had a very wide range of control. He decisively abandoned the goal and used an extremely stretched saving action to grab the ball before Immobile came to grab the point.
The entire Stamford Bridge stadium burst into applause again.
Gary Neville pouted: "Actually, Dortmund still had a chance to score. If Courtois hadn't struck the ball in time, Dortmund's offense would have been completed."
"But it didn't work out?" Carragher said with a smile, "This is actually what coach Pan Yi requires of his goalkeepers, that is, the attack range must be wide, the control range must be wide, and the ability to launch an attack must be..." "The goalkeeper should just do his job well." Gary Neville sneered, "Like Bayern's Neuer, he ran out of the penalty area less often? But he was hit a lot, I don't believe it.
You go ask Stankovic... I think goalkeepers like De Gea from Manchester United are pretty good. They save well, react quickly and do their duty."
"That's why you are not playing football of the same era." Carragher retorted, "How about we look at the Premier League standings and see the respective positions of Chelsea and Manchester United?"
Seeing that the two enemies seemed to be quarreling again, Leinker quickly came to smooth things over: "Having said that, Dortmund can steal and create offensive opportunities in the midfield. In fact, it seems that they still have a chance to score. And if it does.
If we score a goal and take the lead in the away game, then the game will be much easier to play."
Ricken nodded: "I hope so. But..."
He is still a little worried.
After all, everyone knows Pan Yi’s coaching ability!
If it is so easy to score a goal, then why hasn't Dortmund had a truly decent shot?
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The game lasted ten minutes.
In fact, in these ten minutes, neither side created a good scoring opportunity.
Everyone fought very hard, which also made the game seem a bit fragmented, and it was naturally difficult to come up with offensive routines.
But in Champions League-level games, sometimes the final result cannot be judged by the scenes in the first few minutes.
After all, both sides have many stars who can decide the game. As long as one side accidentally exposes a flaw and is struck by an inspiration from the opposite player, it is likely to cause a fatal blow.
Of course, whether you can seize the flaws, or more advanced, lure the opponent to reveal the flaws, depends on the skills of both coaches.
Now, after ten minutes of observation, Pan Yi slowly saw the weakness of Dortmund's formation.
That is the position of the left winger, which is where Aubameyang is!
This Gabonese striker is unparalleled in terms of physical condition and technical ability. He is definitely a world-class player.
But in terms of mental attributes, especially teamwork, work commitment, including defensive positioning and enthusiasm, there is still a certain gap compared with Royce and Mkhitaryan who are in similar positions.
This is actually the reason why Pan Yi only regarded Aubameyang as a surprise player when he was in Milan.
He is very fast and explosive, and is very suitable for counterattacks. However, if he wants to have a hard fight with the opponent, he needs to be a pressing forward in the frontcourt to press and fight, and there will always be some compromise in completion. p>
Just like a Chelsea backcourt pass two minutes ago.
When Ramirez retreated to the edge of the penalty area to get the ball, Immortelle and Royce immediately rushed over to press him from a high position.
Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan on both sides also stepped forward at the same time, preparing to block Ramirez's passing route.
This is the most basic principle when pressing high, that is, if you want to grab it, everyone grabs it together, and then the division of labor is clear, who will grab the ball at your feet, and who will block the passing route.
Up to this point, Aubameyang has done quite well.
But then Ramirez found that the opponent's player was pressing too much, so he turned around and took the ball two steps to the right.
At this time, Aubameyang made no further moves.
He neither stepped forward to close the ball, nor had any intention of blocking the ball. He just stood there and took two symbolic steps this way.
But of course such "forcing" could not affect an experienced player like Ramirez. He saw the opportunity and passed the ball to Gary Cahill, who had already pulled over to support him.
Cahill then handed the ball to Ivanovic in front, thus breaking Dortmund's high press.
Therefore, Pan Yi decided to use Aubameyang as a breakthrough point to attack later!
Taking advantage of a throw-in opportunity, Pan Yi called Kanter in front of him and said a few words softly:
"Let me tell you, when the ball is picked up in the backcourt, every player should pay attention to their own distance and try to widen it to the side."
"In this way, try to stretch their defense line as much as possible, and don't let them easily support the wing."
"We will try our best to plan attacks on the wings later, especially our right wing, understand? We must make full use of the width of the field!"
Make full use of the width of the field. This is a famous saying of Xu Yang, a famous national security player. It is almost as famous as "I have been to Morocco".
However, he used this word so much in his explanations that everyone found it quite annoying.
But in fact, this is not essentially nonsense.
Why do full-backs and wingers play more and more prominent roles in modern football?
It's because everyone knows how to use the space in the stadium and how to block the space.
Therefore, everyone always focuses on guarding the most dangerous area in the middle of the court, and it is always difficult to break through from the middle.
Under this premise, it has become the choice of most coaches to use the wingers and full-backs to open up the opponent's defense on the wing through cooperation or breakthroughs, and then move the ball to the center to score.
Wingers and full-backs who have good positional sense and strong abilities are all good at utilizing the space on the wing.
They can always stand in the right position and attack in the widest range, so that the distance between the opponent's defense lines can be widened as much as possible. Then once someone is broken through on the side, the people in the middle can come to cover the defense.
It also needs to run more distances, and of course support will not be so timely.
On the court, a lot of changes often occur in 0.5 seconds or even 0.1 seconds. Therefore, after the width of the court is widened, the defender needs to run a few more meters, which may determine whether the ball can pose a threat! p>
Kanter, who is Pan Yi's proud disciple, certainly understands these principles.
He nodded to express his understanding and quickly ran back to the court.
Soon, Pan Yi's latest instructions were conveyed to the heads of every player on the court.
As a result, Chelsea's offensive began to gradually shift to the right, and began to develop more towards the side where Aubameyang is responsible for pressing.
And William and Yinvanovic, who were originally focused on attacking there, also began to consciously move wider to catch the ball.
In the 18th minute of the game, Chelsea once again got the ball in the backcourt, and David Luiz began to take the ball forward.
At this time, Dortmund's players also quickly switched to defensive mode and took up positions one after another.
As always, the forward line began to press on David Luiz who had the ball.
David Luiz first took two steps to the left and found that the defense here was very good. Whether he was dribbling or passing the ball, there were risks. This forced the Brazilian to stop suddenly, turn around to protect the ball, and knocked back to the standing goalkeeper.
Captain Terry who takes over from the back row.
Terry knew that his ball-handling skills were average, so before Immobile could pounce, he turned and passed back to goalkeeper Courtois to reorganize.
Courtois observed it and passed it to right center back Gary Cahill.
At this time, Aubameyang came up to press Cahill, but it was obvious that he still did not exert his full strength.
So Cahill easily turned around and passed the ball to Ivanovic standing on the right line.
At this time, Dortmund's defense had a small problem.
That is, on the wing, only one left back, Schmelzer, can defend Ivanovic.
Because at this time, their double midfielders Kyle and Bender in the middle are competing with Chelsea's double midfielders Kanter and Ramirez, and they cannot come over immediately.
In addition, Yinvanovic's position is very far to the side. If the midfielder comes to fill the position at this time, it is likely to cause a defensive gap in the middle.
And Yinvanovic immediately took the ball forward without hesitation after getting the ball.
This famous "defender with a knife" doesn't have any sense of humor when attacking!
Seeing that Ivanovic's position was already close to Dortmund's defense, Schmelzer had to stand in front of him, guarding against Ivanovic going directly to the bottom after receiving the ball.
But this also created a gap behind Schmelzer.
At this time, Yinwanovic heard Kanter's shout from the middle, glanced ahead, and saw William starting up.
So Yinvanovic passed the ball forward without thinking.
He used a half-high ball passing technique, and the ball passed Schmelzer's head and fell to the right corner of the penalty area behind him.
As soon as Ivanovic passed the ball, William sprinted as fast as he could, instantly getting rid of Schmelzer, facing Ivanovic's pass, he stopped for a moment, and then
The whole person rushed into the right side of the penalty area.
The linesman did not raise the flag and the ball was not offside!
And because this time the passing and running coordination was perfect, William's speed also completely increased, so he immediately created a one-way goal!
But Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller's reaction was also very quick.
As soon as William dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he had already abandoned the goal and attacked!
But the Brazilian's masterful control of football came into play again at this time.
Before Weidenfeller could pounce in front of him, he raised his right foot and hit a half-high shot.
The ball just passed Weidenfeller's head and slowly fell towards the unguarded goal behind him.
William, who had just completed a shot, didn't even wait for the ball to hit the goal. He turned around and rushed out to celebrate the goal.
Dortmund's defenders have been outside the penalty area recently. Who can stop this shot?
As William expected, the ball landed inside Dortmund's goal line.
At this time, William had already rushed to the sidelines, opened his arms, and roared at the fans!
It was only at this time that the fans at Stamford Bridge woke up from their tense gaze and burst into loud noises!
"goalllllllllllll!!!!!"
"In the 18th minute, Brazilian star Willian took the lead in scoring for Chelsea!"
"One to zero! This is also Chelsea's first goal in the Champions League this season!"
"This goal is a wonderful offensive cooperation. Their cooperation on the right broke through Dortmund's defense. Willian's quick insertion and successful counter-offside resulted in a single goal."
"Although Dortmund's frontcourt pressure has been good since the beginning, preventing Chelsea from finding good opportunities to attack. But this time, they failed."
"After the tenth minute, seemingly under the instruction of coach Pan Yi, Chelsea began to focus its attack on its right wing, and this change quickly bore fruit."
"The situation is now a bit unfavorable for Dortmund. I wonder what Klopp will do in response?"
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This goal obviously disrupted the rhythm of the game that was originally stalemate between the two sides.
Mainly due to the ebb and flow of morale between the two sides, this fierce offensive battle was no longer balanced, and the advantage began to tilt towards Chelsea's side.
When Dortmund was in possession of the ball, Chelsea fought harder and harder, making it difficult for the opposing players to hold the ball.
It was difficult for Dortmund's players to control the ball comfortably under Chelsea's pressing, so errors in passing and receiving began to increase.
When Chelsea had the ball, Dortmund's defense became less active.
Especially Aubameyang, he hardly puts any pressure on Chelsea's defenders.
This made Klopp, who had been standing on the sidelines directing the game, look a little stiff.
Why, after Laiwan left Bayern, did he not immediately put Aubameyang up as a center forward? Instead, he bought Immobile from Italy and Adrian Ramos from Hertha Berlin.
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In addition to the technical characteristics that indeed prevent Aubameyang from playing as an offensive center, his ability to execute tactics on the court has also been a headache for Klopp.
This may be a common problem for African stars, even if Aubameyang spent his youth training in Europe.
But Klopp has no choice, he only has these people.
To compete with Pan Yi, he must make good use of all the personnel on hand who are capable of playing sharp offense, and Aubameyang is certainly one of them.
Although Shinji Kagawa can also play this position, he also has better teamwork skills, but his body is too disadvantaged, thin and lacks balance ability. It is really difficult to perform in such a head-to-head game where Klopp is prepared.
That’s why Aubameyang was used.
And before the game, Aubameyang also repeatedly assured Klopp that he would 100% implement the tactical instructions of pressing in the frontcourt!
But now it seems that he was in place every time, but he didn't really try his best!
Klopp is a little angry.
Now, Pan Yi saw through this side's weakness, and took advantage of this side's pressure to launch an effective attack and score.
What should he do now?
You can't just let it go.
You know, Pan Yi is the kind of coach who is best at seizing the opponent's loopholes and then beating him to death!
So, after a little hesitation, Klopp decided to make adjustments.
Of course, it cannot be a substitution.
The game has only lasted 20 minutes now. Unless he is injured and cannot continue, how can he change a player?
This must be because the player made a huge mistake. Perhaps it was because he exerted too much force last night and his legs became weak.
Therefore, Klopp only changed the positions of the players on the field.
Aubameyang moved to the front and formed a double forward with Immobile.
Bender, one of the defensive midfielders, pushed forward, and Dortmund returned to the 4132 formation they had been practicing in the summer warm-up match!