Football’s First Defender

On the court, Evans suddenly felt a burst of cold sweat on his back, turned his gaze to the sidelines, and found that the head coach Ferguson was glaring at him...

"Drogba just made a pulling movement, which affected his own jumping. It's the referee's blindness, not my problem." Evans defended himself in his heart.

Moreover, Evans also has self-knowledge, knowing that as a young central defender like himself, if he wants to defend the "Warcraft" Drogba, it is really "a concubine can't do it"!

Chelsea's corner chance.

Although Chelsea has an advantage in the high-altitude ball competition, after all, there are still more Manchester United players in red clothes in the penalty area. Given the superiority of Manchester United players, in this corner kick competition, Manchester United player Fletcher took the lead. When it came to the corner kick, it went straight out of the penalty area.

Although Lampard, who was ambushing outside the penalty area, took advantage of the opportunity to volley, but the ball was still too difficult to control, and it ended up flying into the stands.

Chelsea's offensive ended, and the whole team returned to the half-court position, putting up a defensive iron bucket formation to deal with Manchester United's offense.

This time, Manchester United, who attacked from the left, steadily advanced to Chelsea's 30-meter area.

Rooney and Yang Feng were still entangled in Chelsea's penalty area before. Lu Xiaopang was always walking while looking for possible opportunities. He wanted to suddenly accelerate at any time and give Chelsea a fatal blow.

But Yang Feng kept the distance between him and him very well, and he also kept enough attention on Rooney. Rooney, who no longer had the opportunity to "steal chicken", after Manchester United organized the ball to the 30-meter area, According to the tactics, start to retreat, and retreat directly outside the penalty area.

As for the ball on the left, at this time Valencia on the right no longer has to wait for a possible large-scale transfer of the ball on the wing, but directly inserts diagonally forward into Chelsea's offense, acting as a top at the end False nine in front.

For Manchester United's change of formation, Terry, as the captain, shouted for zone defense to prevent Chelsea's players from only following the defensive players to cause confusion in Chelsea's formation.

The stability of Chelsea's lineup was revealed at this moment. Even if Terry didn't remind him, the defensive mode of the Chelsea team changed very quickly. Everyone has played together for so long, and they all have a tacit understanding. There are too many opportunities for Manchester United to exploit loopholes.

"Evra, a half-high ball on the left, it's still Rooney!"

It is impossible for Yang Feng to abandon the defense area of ​​the penalty area and go out to defend Rooney. Rooney's position at this point happens to retreat to Deco's defense area. Deco's movement and ability to respond to emergencies are still somewhat insufficient.

"Rooney, a very wonderful stop, passed Evra's half-high ball near the waist, and unloaded it directly and easily, excellent basic skills."

For a forward player, shooting skills are of course ranked first, and what ranks second may be his basic skills.

Shooting skills determine whether you have the talent to be a forward and whether you have the ability to make the final decision in the game.

The basic skills determine whether you can convert the ball passed by your teammates into a shooting option when the opportunity arises.

Especially when teammates pass the ball, in the penalty area, it seems wide, but under the interference of defensive players, it is an extremely narrow space for receiving the ball. If the forward player wants to convert the pass of his teammates into For a shot opportunity, it must be able to stop the ball steadily or unload it under fierce physical confrontation.

At the moment of stopping the ball, if you cannot guarantee that the ball is perfectly parked within your own cylinder, then for experienced defenders, an uphill grab can destroy this offense.

Of course, many rough forwards can rely on their own body to fight against, as well as the width of their bodies, to squeeze out a larger control area, just like forwards with body like Drogba and those traditional column forwards, even if they stop The skill of the ball is not so superb. It cannot be directly unloaded on the feet, but it can completely resist a large area. As a result, although the ball is farther away from the body, the opponent's defensive player cannot complete the attack and damage.

Rooney, who is not so strong in stature, naturally relies on his skills in the penalty area. Although a little fat, Rooney's footwork is not bad.

Rooney does seldom do fancy moves in the game, but to be concise and unpretentious is sometimes what the striker needs to practice the most.

Needless to say, Rooney's shooting skills, whether it is a head kick, can complete a fatal blow to the opponent on the offensive end.

And Rooney's stopping and dribbling movements before shooting are actually quite good, and the dribbling rhythm is excellent. Rooney can often dribble alone, continuous fake moves, or a small meal when the opponent's penalty area is chaotic. Take the lead, complete the good show of shaking many people and scoring goals.

Without any fancy moves, just simply dribbling the ball, dialing the ball, making small changes in direction, and changing the rhythm, and using a little bit of his own weight, Rooney can easily display his full strength in the penalty area.

As for unloading the ball, Rooney can unload the ball directly to his most comfortable goal position after receiving the ball in all directions and without dead ends. Therefore, Rooney actually has very few preparatory moves before hitting the goal. Rooney, who has a strong skill in unloading the ball, integrated all the preparatory moves into unloading the ball, which greatly reduced his preparation time for hitting the goal, and also increased the time for the opponent to step forward and finish. The difficulty of defense.

"After unloading the ball, he took a step horizontally. Before Deco's defense was in place, Rooney fired directly outside the penalty area!"

The ball blasted directly towards the upper right corner of the goal like a shell fired from the chamber. Yang Feng in the penalty area could only feel a whistling sound in his ears. blocked.

"Boom!"

"The crossbar! Rooney's sudden long-range shot hit the crossbar before Cech could react in time!"

"Cech's second reaction was extremely quick. With a forward pounce, he successfully received the football and avoided Valencia's supplementary shot in front of the goal."

Rooney's kick was extremely hard, but it's a pity that he was a little bit less lucky than the goal.

Chelsea dodged a bullet, but in response to such a big change in Manchester United's offensive end, the Chelsea players did not dare to make formation adjustments on their own, and could only wait for Ancelotti's instructions on the sidelines.

The first thing Ancelotti did was to let the players who were warming up at the beginning of the second half hurry up and increase the amount of warming up, while he was on the tactical board and took the time to make targeted tactical arrangements with the assistant coach , if Manchester United stick to this offensive mode in the following games...

Manchester United, which relied on pressing again and won the ball, continued to look for breakthrough opportunities on the left.

Rooney also retreated this time, but Chelsea's midfielders, although they all increased their attention to Rooney's side. But this time, Manchester United's left back Evra stepped forward to take the ball, freeing Giggs and Valencia on the right from the wing. In the penalty area, Chelsea's midfielder had to separate another person and retreated into the penalty area to help defend.

Deco was left alone, man-marking Rooney one-on-one.

"Evra made a cross pass and continued to pass the ball to Rooney's feet."

As soon as Rooney got the ball, in addition to Deco defending in front of him, Ballack and Lampard, while keeping their eyes on their defenders, also consciously recovered to this side to help Deco complete the defense.

But after Rooney received the ball, he didn't waste too much time. After stopping the ball, it was the same as the previous action. Even though Deco was in front of him, Rooney seemed to treat Deco as nothing, and directly dribbled the ball horizontally, making a gesture Another long-range shot is going to hit the goal.

Although Deco's athletic ability has declined, the frontal defense, at such a close distance, will not make Rooney look down on people like this, directly facing the defense, and completing two consecutive goals similar to the goal.

"Deco stepped forward and went straight to the ball at Rooney's feet. It meant blocking Rooney's long-range shot and trying to complete the steal directly."

"Rooney! It's a smash! A light pass, using the smash, changed direction directly to the left, and passed Deco!"

"Rooney went into the box!"

Yang Feng handed over his defensive area to Essien who retreated, and he quickly moved forward to prevent Rooney from hitting the goal.

However, it is unrealistic for a defender to make a perfect block when the offensive player has full initiative when the offensive player has no other conditions.

Before Yang Feng came over, there was a small pause in Rooney's dribbling process. Yang Feng kept staring at Rooney's legs. When he found that Rooney was showing signs of swinging his legs, Yang Feng went directly to Rooney's dribbling direction, jumped up and stretched his legs to interfere with Rooney's play. door route.

"Fake move! Rooney made a fake move to hit the goal, shook Yang Feng again, and continued to dribble the ball diagonally!"

Yang Feng, who was completely shaken, also knew that something was wrong. With his loss of position, Rooney had enough time and space to complete a high-quality kick.

"It's a goal, a volley!"

"Straight to the goal!"

After there was no interference from defenders nearby, Rooney completed a high-quality kick, and the ball flew to the upper left corner of the goal with a strong arc.

Use enough power to hit the goal, wrap the ball, and hang directly into the near corner of the goal.

"Cech!"

"Fly to the rescue!"

"blocked!"

"Punch out with double fists!"

"Cech's save was really beautiful, and it resolved Rooney's wonderful attack this time!"

It can only be said that although Rooney's series of wonderful fake moves before helped him to sway Deco and Yang Feng's defense, it also gave goalkeeper Petr Cech enough preparation time.

Especially when Rooney kept dribbling the ball to the left, his shooting angle was actually getting smaller little by little, which made Cech dare to move more to the nearer position.

Rooney's kick was indeed powerful and extremely tricky, but Cech, who had been prepared for a long time, reacted very slowly, and the height of the jump was just enough. Even to prevent Rooney's kick from being too powerful to stop, Cech You can also extend your arms flat, and use two punches at the same time to block Rooney's kick.

The score on the field remained at 1-0, and Chelsea maintained the lead!