From the beginning of the second half, Chelsea encountered a problem.
That is, the protection of the defense line by the double defensive midfielders is no longer so tight.
One of the two defensive midfielders, Meireles and Mikel, will always press forward, causing the protection at the front of the penalty area to become fragile. In this way, top scorers like Su Dong can often get
More space.
This looks very similar to the situation against Bayern.
Before losing the ball, Di Matteo was even thinking about whether to replace another midfielder so that there are always two players protecting his back line, so that he can suppress Manchester City's tactical adjustments in the second half.
But the defense line doesn't move, and there are only three players in the midfield. If they want to change, they must change to the frontcourt.
Ramirez wants to suppress Marcelo, and he has done a good job throughout the game. He must not be replaced; Drogba wants to suppress Manchester City's two central defenders. He is the team's last hope in the frontcourt. Replacing him will not be a problem.
Don't you want to tell the world that Chelsea won't attack anymore?
Then the only choice is Juan Mata.
Juan Mata was the initiator of the attack planned by Di Matteo, but the effect was not very good, and he did not perform satisfactorily. It seemed reasonable to replace him.
However, the problem lies here.
Chelsea only had one shot in the whole game, and it is difficult to advance offensively. If Juan Mata is replaced, it will be even more difficult to advance the ball. Can we still expect Lampard to send a wonderful pass for Drogba in front?
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It can be said that if Juan Mata is replaced, Chelsea's offense will be almost interrupted.
The situation is like this. Di Matteo is hesitant about whether to change people and how to change them.
But just when he hesitated, Su Dong scored!
For Di Matteo, this goal came a bit suddenly because he was not ready yet and was still hesitating, which completely disrupted his plan and deployment.
When the Manchester City players rushed out of the stadium to celebrate Su Dong's goal, Di Matteo cursed Su Dong secretly in his heart, because this damn guy caught Chelsea's loophole, but he regretted it more.
He had already seen the crux of the problem, because this was not the first time that problems were exposed in front of Chelsea's defense. Sudong, Di Maria and Sanchez had gotten the ball in this area several times in the second half, and no one was able to mark it in time.
It's just that it didn't pose a threat several times before, so he didn't take it too seriously.
But this time, Su Dong scored!
what to do?
DiMatteo touched his bald head behind his back, feeling a little embarrassed, a little nervous, and a little panicked.
Next door, in front of Manchester City's coaching bench, Guardiola raised his hands and cheered. Even Di Matteo heard the sound clearly. He was praising Su Dong, saying that he scored a wonderful goal.
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Immediately afterwards, he saw Guardiola turning and walking towards the bench, and then he saw Hazard taking off his jacket and running out to warm up. This immediately made Di Matteo even more nervous.
Damn, you are trying to add insult to injury!
Italians have been wondering whether Guardiola will replace Hazard?
The Belgian winger has a very strong ability to break through with the ball, and his ability to control the ball is also very good. If he is on the court, Chelsea's dense defense will face even greater pressure.
Di Matteo even wondered whether Guardiola had planned this move a long time ago and had just deliberately asked Di Maria to wear down Ivanovic and Chelsea's defensive players?
But now, time no longer allows him to think about it slowly.
As Manchester City players began to walk back onto the pitch, the game was about to restart and Di Matteo needed to make a decision as soon as possible.
Substitute!
Follow the substitution!
Who to replace?
If you want to defend, change to Essien or Romeu; if you want to attack, change to Torres and Sturridge.
Offense or defense?
Di Matteo raised his head, thought for a long time with his eyes closed, and finally decided to attack!
Chelsea is one goal behind, so substitutions cannot be conservative now, otherwise, the game may be completely over.
Who should I replace?
Torres has more cards, but after joining Chelsea, his condition has not been very good; Sturridge has the ability, talent, and young age, so he should have more impact, but this is the Champions League final, Torres will obviously have more impact
Experience is more stable.
Both players have their pros and cons, and Di Matteo naturally made a subconscious decision, perhaps without even noticing it, Torres!
Two minutes after Su Dong scored, the two teams made substitutions at the same time.
Manchester City replaced Di Maria with Hazard.
Chelsea replaced Ramirez with Torres.
After the substitutions, Manchester City still maintained a 433 formation, but Chelsea quietly changed the formation to a 4312, which means dragging Lampard to the defensive midfielder position and letting Juan Mata serve as the attacking midfielder to suppress
The two forwards Busquets, Drogba and Torres suppressed Manchester City's defense.
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"That's not a good decision."
In the chairman's stand, Beckenbauer looked at the time and saw that it was just seventy-five minutes.
Di Matteo's substitution was a bit like a desperate move. It looked very desperate and helpless. It was obvious that he was at his wits' end and could only adopt this give-and-take tactic.
"This substitution is likely to cause Chelsea to concede more goals, and the offense may not improve much." Beckenbauer shook his head.
Platini also nodded solemnly. In such critical finals, tactics are always particularly rigorous.
"Torres has been in poor condition. Now he is partnered with Drogba. How do they divide the work? Mata also did not play well in this game. Let him serve as an assister and initiate the attack. Can he be competent? The offensive effect seems to be effective.
It’s unclear, but there is a huge problem on the defensive end. Without Ramirez’s suppression, who will defend Marcelo?”
Platini asked a soul-deep question because Marcelo's offensive ability is too strong.
It can even be said that it is correct to regard him as a winger directly.
Ramirez had been following him before, but now that Ramirez has been replaced by Torres, who will keep an eye on Marcelo on the left?
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Maybe he's not as good as Ramirez, so why replace him?
Drogba?
Torres has been in such poor form since joining, so let Drogba keep an eye on Marcelo and leave all the offense to Torres?
Isn't this suicide?
"Whether it was tactics, substitutions, or on-the-spot adjustments, Di Matteo completely lost to Guardiola." Beckenbauer looked at the Spaniard in front of the Manchester City coach's bench in the stadium with some envy. He was young.
Talented and promising.
"Guardiola renewed his contract, Sudong renewed his contract, and Manchester City will continue to increase their recruitment efforts in the summer. In the next few years, who in European football can stop them?" Beckenbauer looked at Platini with a wry smile.
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Platini once said that he likes Manchester City's football very much. Now after hearing Beckenbauer's question, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The best superstar, the best manager, and the most money, who can play with Manchester City?
Just as he was talking, he saw Manchester City launching a fierce attack in the stadium.
Marcelo, Hazard and David Silva formed an offensive on the left.
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"David Silva and Hazard cooperated in a small area on the left side of the penalty area."
"Pass it back to Marcelo."
"Marcelo took the ball with his left foot and passed it into the penalty area."
"Su Dong turned his back to the direction of attack, blocked Cahill and Terry, volleyed with his right foot and passed to the right rib."
"Sanchez followed up and started shooting furiously!!!"
"Wow! Manchester City's attack was very threatening. Sanchez was already unguarded, but he was still anxious with this shot. He should stop for a moment before shooting."
"It's actually no wonder. After all, this is the first Champions League final in his career. It's understandable that he wants to score."
"Manchester City's attack was quite beautiful, especially when Su Dong was restrained by Cahill and Terry, he volleyed a pass to the right, which was very imaginative. Although he failed to score, it made everyone watch.
With Manchester City’s current offensive vitality.”
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"fine!"
When walking back, Su Dong leaned towards Sanchez, grabbed Sanchez's head forcefully, and touched him vigorously.
The Chilean winger lowered his head and looked regretful.
If he had stopped just a moment longer, the shot would probably have been made.
"The more critical moments like this come, the more you need to keep your head calm and don't mess up. The more messy you are, the easier it is to cause problems," Su Dong said.
Sanchez nodded instructively.
He was very grateful for Su Dong's help, especially the opportunity like just now, which directly gave him such a good shooting opportunity, but he failed to grasp it himself.
If that goal had been scored, Manchester City would have directly sealed the victory.
When Su Dong walked back, he happened to see Hazard, Marcelo and David Silva. They were also walking back. Su Dong gave them a thumbs up and nodded with a smile.
Like.
The attack on the left was effective just now, and it also gave Manchester City a taste of the sweetness.
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Soon, Manchester City's offensive came back again.
Still on the left, still the cooperation of Marcelo, Hazard and David Silva.
But this time was different from the previous one. Marcelo and David Silva advanced together and passed the ball to Hazard.
Chelsea assembled heavy troops on this side, forming a melee, and three Manchester City players cooperated in a small area.
Su Dong was in the penalty area. When he saw Hazard cutting inside with the ball, he leaned back hard to create more space for his teammates.
David Silva sent a pass in the gap between the people. After receiving the ball, Hazard passed Meireles and took the ball out of the crowd and cut inside horizontally.
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In an instant, the entire stadium was boiling again.
Cahill did not dare to hesitate at all and rushed directly towards Hazard who was cutting in from the front of the penalty area. However, the Belgian winger also saw Cahill's action and sent a cross pass to Su in the middle.
East's feet.
Behind Su Dong was Chelsea captain Terry. He tried his best to hold Terry with his body. When Hazard's pass came to his feet, he stopped directly with his left foot and stopped to his left side.
It's the direction of the penalty kick.
The whole process was as if the ball hit his left foot, slightly deviating from the path, and the ball speed also slowed down. After Su Dong stopped the ball, he turned around and chased the ball straight away.
