Chapter 53 Luton's Defensive Tactics

Chapter 53 Luton's Defensive Tactics

"The lights at Stamford Bridge look brighter than Worth Stadium..." A fan in the away team's fan area sighed.

The fans who came to Luton looked at the owner of the team, David Morton had to pretend he didn't see anything, and it didn't cost to change the stadium lights...

The reason why fans pay attention to things like lights is because Chelsea has been holding the ball for three minutes, but in fact they didn't push the ball into Luton's penalty area at all, so the scene of the game is still quite boring. Zhi Zai made a cross and returned the pass. It was almost three minutes after the game started, and there was not even a single shot.

Of course, Chelsea wanted to press on and eat this arrogant Division B team in one bite, but as soon as the football passed the middle circle, Chelsea's players could strongly feel the defensive pressure brought by the opponent.

Lampard retreated from the position of the attacking midfielder to the middle circle to get the ball, because the Deco team made a cross in the midfield before, but could not find a forward line, so Lampard came back and asked for the ball.

Although Scolari wants to establish Deco's core position in the team, in the face of Chelsea's dressing room boss like Lampard, Deco still dare not fight against the opponent.

Lampard took the ball and turned around. From his line of sight, there were players in orange jerseys, and the Chelsea players seemed to be cut one by one by the Luton players. Passing is almost impossible, and Luton has concentrated a large number of players to participate in the defense in a small space.

Lampard wanted a long pass, but found that there were players on both sides of him approaching, so Lampard then passed back.

After Ivanovic got the ball, he tried a long pass, but because his long pass in the backcourt was too long, after the ball landed, Luton's overall formation almost moved.

"The efficiency and discipline of the formation movement are very good!!"

Scolari, who was wearing a blue tracksuit, shook the gray beard beside his lips and glanced at Gao Bo, who was standing not far away.

This young man is not just a big talker... Judging by Luton's performance in these few minutes, this is a well-trained team.

Luton's defense is not a barrel formation in the general sense, but a piece of candy that moves back and forth on the pitch. As the ball develops, they also accumulate a large number of players on the ball side, making Chelsea of players feel that there are locally far more Luton players than Chelsea players.

This is also the reason why Chelsea have not been able to quickly pass the ball to the front.

"We pass the ball a little faster!!!!"

Lampard is also the first to see such a defensive tactic, but he quickly discovered the weakness of this tactic.

Speed ​​up the pass! !

Speeding up the pass is indeed an effective way to crack Luton's tactics.

However, speeding up the passing speed is easy to say, but it is not something that any team can easily do. Chelsea is a powerhouse in European football, but before this, Chelsea were not known for passing the ball and possessing the ball. Scolari's transformation of Chelsea is only superficial at present. He just increased the weight of Deco's ball-handling. Now Deco is a central midfielder who retreats. He takes the ball through Deco, and then Chelsea players move again, Deco is passing the ball out - a bit like a classic attacking midfielder.

Gao Bo referred to Simeone's defensive system in Atletico Madrid in the future, and accumulated enough personnel in local areas to form huge pressure on the opponent's ball-holders.

But the weakness of such a formation obviously also exists. Barcelona once beat Atletico Madrid with a continuous and fast pass.

It's 2009, and Luton's defensive tactics are the first to appear in the mainstream media's field of vision. The current intensive defense is more of an iron barrel formation in the traditional sense.

Four defenders who will never leave their penalty area, plus three or four defensive midfielders in front of the defenders, two iron-like lines of defense lie in front of the goal, no matter how the opponent passes on the outside, after all, they need to pass A goal can only be scored in the penalty area of ​​the defending team.

Establishing an absolute numerical advantage in key positions is the essence of the Iron Barrel tactical strategy.

Establishing a numerical advantage in a local area is also emphasized by Gao Boyi. However, this number advantage can be within the restricted area or in other areas. …

For Luton, this is a defensive and attacking formation. Once Chelsea makes a mistake, Luton can counterattack on the spot as soon as he steals the ball! !

After all, Scolari is still an old-school football coach. In fact, the way of playing with a single core is now more and more abandoned by the times. Even Barcelona, ​​who have been insisting on passing control, are now gradually moving away from single-core tactics. After all, when a player controls too much the ball, it is easy to be targeted by the opponent's tactics.

The same is true for Chelsea now. Gao Bo's eyes have been staring at Deco. When Lampard came back to get the ball, the muscles around Gao Bo's mouth trembled... Lampard came back to disrupt the game...

It's a pity....

"Luton deserves to be a well-known team in the second division. Under the guidance of the Chinese coach, the team's tactical style is full of distinct personal characteristics. This is the first time I play in the English league. See it," Letkinson said.

"This way is too much physical energy consumption for the players..." Little Redknapp on the side questioned, "I doubt whether Luton can last until the second half with this way of playing... ."

Little Redknapp’s doubts are justified. In fact, in the development of modern football, the fastest change is in the running data. In the era of Little Redknapp, football tactics were very different from now. , At that time, after a game, the players ran five or six kilometers even if they were very diligent.

In the later generations of Gao Bo, in that time period in 2018, after a football game of sufficient quality, the players often ran a distance of up to ten kilometers! !

On the one hand, the change of football rules makes the rhythm of football faster and faster, and on the other hand, the development of football tactics requires more and more players to run.

Gao Bo is not worried about Luton's physical condition. In Luton's daily training, physical fitness is the top priority. And Luton's lineup is mostly young people in their twenties, which is a youth army with plenty of energy.

......

Chelsea's passing speed really accelerated.

Lampard and Deco have good footwork, and they can do the job of a quick pass like this.

The two passed several times in midfield, and sure enough, the ball was quickly passed to the front of Luton's penalty area.

Then Lampard took a long shot from outside the penalty area, which was regarded as the first shot of the game.

The fans in the stands erupted into cheers and Luton fans were taken aback.

Gao Bo didn't react much to this. He saw Chelsea's intention. The continuous cooperation between Lampard and Deco just now was also perfect... But can they always have such a perfect cooperation?

not necessarily...