When Pan Yi came to the home team's locker room, everyone was already waiting for him.
"Everyone performed well in the first half. Although we failed to score, I am very satisfied with the performance of each of you."
Pan Yi's words made every player present feel relieved, and a big stone fell to the ground.
In the second half of the first half today, Pan Yi asked everyone to use a "pseudo center back + pseudo full back" tactic, with the intention of targeting Manchester City's overload tactics on the left.
This is similar to what Carragher analyzed in the live broadcast room, which is to return the more offensive Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta to the defense line, forming a position somewhat similar to the previous "four-wing back" formation. , and then attack Manchester City from the left;
Correspondingly, Terry and Gary Cahill, who are more defensively capable, were concentrated on the right side to resist Manchester City's attacking firepower.
Such adjustments have obviously had a significant effect.
However, because this kind of dislocation tactic is not used very often, especially on the right side where Terry and Gary Cahill are located, their cooperation with the attackers in front is a bit unfamiliar, which also leads to the failure to achieve substantial progress. ——It’s a goal.
"However, our team has also exposed some problems, Bernardo."
"Boss." Seat B stood up immediately after being called.
Seat B performed well in the first half and worked very hard. Pan Yi knew this very well, but he was just unlucky and failed to score.
Of course, this may also have something to do with the movement of seat B, which has resulted in him never being able to get shooting opportunities from a comfortable position.
"I found that you often lean towards the center, which is not a good sign. Their center was very dense today. On the contrary, due to the strong desire of left back Clichy to attack today, the distance between him and Kompany was widened. It’s a bit long, and you should take advantage of that.”
Seat B nodded in agreement.
He understood what Pan Yi meant.
Today, Manchester City's main attack direction is its own left, which is Chelsea's right, and it is also the direction of seat B.
This will put more defensive pressure on Chelsea on this side, but will also create more chances.
After all, no matter what team it is, it is difficult to ensure that the defense is 100% solid when attacking aggressively!
"Hanhan." Pan Yi looked at Lukaku again.
He is also very satisfied with the performance of the Belgian center and his attitude is so sincere that he has nothing to say.
With Lukaku's size and ability to maintain such speed and movement on the court, Pan Yi really can't make any more demands on him.
"You have completed your task very well, but you should have more cooperation with Azar and Seat B, for example..."
Behind Pan Yi, Scaloni has laid out the tactical board, and on it are many chess pieces representing player numbers.
Pan Yi walked over and explained the various changes and routines of the team's adjusted offense at the front of the penalty area representing Manchester City's half.
As the saying goes, everything changes without departing from its roots. Although the changes in tactics this time are relatively large, many things are the same.
It's just that the right wing now lacks the support of the wing-back, and the frontcourt players need to carry out a wider range of interspersed running and support.
And players like Lukaku are not surprised by this after having accepted so many strange requests from Pan Yi.
Therefore, under Pan Yi's coherent explanation, Lukaku also nodded frequently to express his understanding.
As for Azar...
"I only have one request for you, Hazard." Pan Yi feels that Burger King is Chelsea's best and most critical player this season, but he believes that Hazard should be able to do better.
"Boss, tell me." Azar nodded.
"I hope you can be more aggressive, even at the front of the penalty area. As long as you are sure, I will allow you to hit the goal at any time. Sometimes you don't have to pass the ball, do you understand what I mean?"
After hearing this, Azar nodded heavily, "Understood."
He felt that Pan Yi valued and trusted him.
After Pan Yi nodded affirmatively towards Hazard, he looked around at the players around him and said, "Okay, guys."
All the players immediately looked at the coach.
"I still say the same thing, we have to strive for victory in all games, even if the championship is already in hand, let alone we haven't won a championship yet!"
"Everyone of us did a great job in the first half and I hope it will be the same in the second half."
"Don't give Manchester City any chance. Use our offense and our passing and control advantage to defeat them. Are you confident?"
"Yes!" the players responded in unison.
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During the halftime break, neither side made any substitution adjustments, and there were no major changes in tactics.
But sitting on the coaching bench, Pellegrini was always a little uneasy.
In fact, from the second half of the first half, he felt something was wrong.
He could see Pan Yi's formation changes, and he could also see the Chelsea players' positions that looked a bit "awkward."
He felt that Pan Yi had something special in mind, but he couldn't tell what the specific idea was. It was just a feeling.
He has always been very confident in his instincts, which he has accumulated from many years of coaching experience.
But the problem is, if it's just a feeling, he can't make any changes to Pan Yi's formation.
Besides, we haven’t lost the ball yet. There is no clear winner on the court, so if you adjust blindly, it may have negative effects.
So Pei Gong decided to take a look at the situation first.
But in this way, the situation on the field continued as it was in the first half, and Chelsea continued to occupy the advantage on the field.
In the 48th minute, Manchester City organized an attack in the backcourt.
When Kompany got the ball in the middle and the two central defenders were preparing to receive the ball on both sides of the small penalty area, many Chelsea offensive players swarmed forward and blocked Kompany's possible ball routes.
When Kompany used his good footwork to pass the ball long to David Silva on the left, Chelsea's "pseudo right back" Cahill began to follow him closely.
Near Cahill, Terry was also ready to make up for any leaks.
Under pressure, David Silva made a dribbling error. Chelsea intercepted the ball in the frontcourt. Hazard, who was originally on the first line, advanced into the penalty area, but his shot was blocked by Joe Hart.
If Pellegrini looked at the real-time tactical board at this time, he could see that against Manchester City's rough 4-3-3 formation when playing the ball, Pan Yi adjusted the pressing structure to 3-3-4, ensuring that Overall, it's almost man-to-man.
In contrast to left winger David Silva, who is given a relatively high degree of freedom in Manchester City's tactical system, Pan Yi also chose to liberate the nominal right back Cahill so that he could specifically mark the big player in defense. David Silva and cut off the connection between him and Aguero at the right time.
This can actually be understood as a "conversion" tactic.
Using players with strong defensive abilities on one's own side and exchanging them with the players with the greatest threat from the opponent's side can not only stabilize the defense but also allow one's own side to have more space to launch attacks on another front.
In the 53rd minute, Chelsea's advance and attack further reflected the ingenuity of Pan Yi's tactics.
When Chelsea advanced with the ball, facing Manchester City's not very strong high pressure, Alonso boldly attacked from the left center back position and attracted the opponent Zabaleta's defense, thus setting the stage for Hazard's breakthrough. Created space.
However, this time Hazard made a pass after the breakthrough, but Lukaku's shot failed to hit the target and was confiscated by Joe Hart again.
It can be seen from this attack that Alonso is not actually fixed at the left center back position. This position is more like a blank space, and someone will fill it when necessary.
For example, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, and even midfielder Kanter may become left center backs.
Sometimes, in order to further open up the space in the backcourt, Terry will go back, thus forming another four backs.
As a defensive midfielder, Matic will also retreat according to regular routines to help the ball out of the backcourt.
After breaking Manchester City's high press, Chelsea sometimes formed a diamond position of four people in the midfield when advancing. Lukaku's retreat made him more like a No. 10 player.
In general, the 3-back system used by Chelsea today will not change to a five-back system as is common this season. Instead, it will return to a four-back system and use 4-4-2 and 4-2-4. switch between.
The greatest significance of the dynamic transformation of this formation is to limit the performance of Manchester City's left wing in defense, and to find ways to disrupt Manchester City's 5-4-1 defensive system in their own offense, allowing Hazard or B seat to get the ball on the wing. One-on-one opportunities.
This also gave Chelsea a lot of shooting opportunities.
But since Pellegrini himself is not too familiar with the 3-4-3 formation he used today, he is even less familiar with the targeted formation used by Pan Yi, and he really cannot come up with it. What response plan.
Then, the gap between the two sides at the tactical level was finally reflected in the score.
In the 60th minute, Manchester City's attack from the left was blocked again. David Silva was double-teamed by Terry and Cahill and lost the ball. David Luiz stepped in and got the ball directly. A big foot passed the ball to the right.
Seat B, who was ready to go, quickly jumped in from behind like a bolt of lightning and chased the ball.
Chelsea fans in the stands stood up, while Manchester City fans exclaimed.
At this time, Manchester City's full-back Clichy was moving forward to participate in the attack. Although he quickly chased after losing the ball, he was still some distance behind seat B.
In other words, the frontcourt is now two against two!
Seat B + Lukaku, VS Kompany + Demichelis!
At this time, Seat B got up very quickly, dribbling the ball and getting ready to enter the penalty area.
Although Demichelis is not as fast or as flexible as Seat B, he is stuck inside the penalty area, preventing Seat B from having the opportunity to cut inside, and wants to force Seat B towards the baseline and the wing.
But seat B suddenly made an emergency stop and stopped the ball.
Demichelis was also well prepared, stopped suddenly, and quickly stabilized his body.
But as soon as he stopped, Seat B suddenly started again, dribbling the ball towards the baseline.
In this moment of pause and movement, seat B relied on his excellent starting speed to forcefully distance himself from Demichelis, and passed the ball to the small penalty area with a low ball with his right foot.
At this time, Lukaku arrived from behind and blocked his fellow countryman Kompany on the left with his body. He faced the ball from the right and headed the ball directly without even jumping. .
It was also at this moment that everyone suddenly realized that Seat B had stopped suddenly just now to wait for Lukaku to rush up!
But, it's too late!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"Chelsea scored!!!"
"A header from Lukaku, a very powerful header!"
"In the 60th minute, Chelsea broke the deadlock! After missing opportunities, they finally scored!"
"This was a quick counterattack. Seat B counterattacked very quickly with the ball. More importantly, he was very calm and grasped the timing very well."
"We can see from the slow motion that he seemed to have known that Lukaku would follow up, and the subsequent pass was also very beautiful. It can be said that the B seat took the most credit for the entire goal!"
After scoring the goal, Lukaku rushed out of the small penalty area with joy, ran all the way to the right, and excitedly picked up seat B from the waist.
And soon, teammates swarmed up, knocked them all to the ground, and hugged them in various ways.
The goal came very timely.
Sometimes the game is like this. If you have the advantage but never score, then the players will always have a stone hanging in their hearts, always wondering whether the goddess of luck will not be on their side today.
The opponent might just make an inconspicuous attack and score a goal instead.
"System Bureau" is probably like this.
But now I finally scored!
As long as this layer of membrane is broken, it will be much more comfortable later.
Chelsea players will not have any psychological burden!
Sure enough, after the game restarted, Chelsea's morale was high!
They continued to adopt high-intensity pressing tactics and took advantage of Manchester City's chaos after losing the ball to attack their goal crazily.
In the 65th minute, Hazard took the ball from the left and passed the defensive player before cutting inside and passing the ball to Lukaku's feet.
Double-teamed by Kompany, Demichelis and Mangala, the Belgian center used his strong body to suppress his opponent, moved around to protect the ball, and passed it back to the outside of the penalty area. Hazard ran out of space.
After receiving clear instructions from Pan Yi, Hazard became more courageous. He volleyed with his right foot and hit a curve ball that hit the upper right corner of the goal.
Faced with this world wave, goalkeeper Joe Hart is helpless.
2:0!
In just five minutes, Chelsea scored two consecutive attacks against Manchester City's goal.
This left the Manchester City players, the fans in the visiting team's stands, and even Pellegrini in the coaching booth stunned.
In just a few minutes, it went from 0:0 to 0:2, which was simply unacceptable to everyone at Manchester City.
But Chelsea fans were all dancing and cheering!
The players on the bench also high-fived each other. After sitting down, Gnabry turned to Lingard, who was sitting next to him, and said:
"Hazard performed so well in this game. He took the ball from the left and cut inside very suddenly, catching Manchester City off guard. After that, his cooperation with Lukaku was also quite good. Playing as a substitute for him, I really don’t have anything to say.”
Lingard squinted and said: "Look at your achievements...haven't you noticed that Bernardo Silva is the best player today? My position is difficult!"
"Haha, have you ever considered my feelings?" Bamford, who was sitting next to Lingard, sneered. "The key to these two goals just now was Lukaku, right? This guy's physical fitness is too abnormal. With height, weight, explosiveness, and ability to move forward, he is simply a nightmare for any central defender."
The atmosphere in the Chelsea team is very good now, and everyone's competition is healthy.
Therefore, players often joke about this topic of the main substitute.
Everyone knows that coach Pan Yi selects players based on ability, status, and tactical requirements. Nothing can be more useful than solid performance in training.
Moreover, even though they are all young people, and some have just arrived, Pan Yi will still give them the opportunity to perform on the court.
Like... right now.
At this time, Pan Yi's voice suddenly sounded in their ears:
"What are you three talking about so happily? Go warm up, it's almost 70 minutes, it's your turn to perform!"
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84 minutes.
An attack by Chelsea was resolved. Manchester City made a big clearance and the ball flew far and landed in the middle.
It was David Luiz who got the ball in the middle.
After making a slight adjustment, he passed the ball directly to the penalty area without waiting for the opponent's Aguero to come up to press him.
The pass was fast and accurate, landing directly on Bamford's head in the penalty area.
Yes, in the 72nd minute, Bamford was replaced by Pan Yi along with Gnabry and Lingard.
At this time, Kompany, who was behind Bamford, leaned over, trying to force the English center forward.
Bamford's physical fitness is not as good as Kompany's, and certainly not as good as Lukaku's, but he is relatively more agile.
He turned sideways to protect the ball to his left, and then without waiting for Kompany to stretch his legs, he picked it up with his left foot and immediately passed the ball to the left.
After Gnabry ran over to catch the ball, Demichelis followed him step by step, preventing him from getting off the ground. Mangard also immediately dropped Bamford and rushed towards Gnabry. Come over.
But at this moment, Gnabry gently rubbed his right foot.
The ball went over the head of Manchester City's defense, followed a diagonal line, and fell behind Kompany.
At this moment, Lingard, who was still wandering on the right side of the penalty area, suddenly jumped out from behind like a strong cheetah, crossed into the penalty area, and chased after him.
He didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and he shot straight away!
The whole process takes a long time, but actually happens in the blink of an eye.
By the time the fans at Stamford Bridge reacted, Lingard had already blasted the ball into the goal guarded by Joe Hart.
Another world wave!
Until then, there was a burst of cheers from the whole audience.
Chelsea fans can celebrate their goals again!
The three young players who came on the bench were even more excited and hugged each other, jumping and screaming.
"I said, in fact, the three of us are not much worse than the three of them, right?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let them hear you."
"You guys chat, I'll go celebrate first!"
Lingard instantly threw away Gnabry and Bamford and rushed to the north stand where Chelsea's die-hard fans are, which is the Matthew Harding Stand - this is to commemorate the club's vice-president who died in a plane crash in 1996. Named after Matthew Harding.
Lingard then began a celebration of his own creation - playing the flute!
At this time, his teammates also joined in. Some "played the guitar" and some "beat the drums." They formed a band with Lingard and held a band celebration.
Your King Lin, the King of Dance of the Blues!
The cheers at Stamford Bridge grew even louder.
Pan Yi on the sidelines was also overjoyed.
These kids really know how to play!
At this point in the game, Lingard's goal basically sentenced Manchester City to death.
3:0!
"It was another complete victory for Chelsea today."
Lineker lamented:
"And Pan Yi once again taught us a unique tactical lesson in today's game."
"Whether it is the competition for key areas or the development of players' personal abilities, Pan Yi has the upper hand. This is why Chelsea can beat Manchester City today."
"Because modern football tactics are becoming more and more holistic. After all, only the whole can allocate resources in the most effective and reasonable manner, capture as many local areas as possible, and then gain an advantage on the field."
“But to truly win games, it’s not enough to do just that. Coaches have to put the right players in the right positions and then use their individual abilities to create advantages in local areas and then single-handedly Points drive the overall situation and change the situation of the game."
"Undoubtedly, Pan Yi is the one I have seen so far who does the best job of combining the whole and the parts."
"Of course, Pan Yi's timely changes in on-the-spot command are also breathtaking."
"For today's game, Manchester City's preparations were not inadequate. They even used a move they had never used before to win by surprise. Who would have thought that Pellegrini would suddenly use a 3-4- that Pan Yi is most familiar with? 3 formation? This time also gave Manchester City an advantage on the field."
"But only 20 minutes later, Pan Yi understood the opponent's tactics and immediately used counterattacks."
"And his tricks are very novel. Pseudo central defender, pseudo full back, there is not even a fixed central defender position, or everyone is a central defender... IMHO, only Pan Yi can come up with such a complete tactic. "
"The progress and results of the game also told us that his choice was correct. Chelsea completely suppressed Manchester City's overload tactics on the left and fully utilized their flexible and versatile play style."
"When Chelsea entered the final stage of the game with a 2-0 score, the suspense of the game no longer existed. Sure enough, they scored another goal."
"And the result of today's game also officially declares that this season's Premier League champion can only be Chelsea!"
