As soon as Qin Xiong started, he arrived in front of Chelsea's defensive line, and Chelsea's defensive line was about 25 yards away from the goalkeeper, Čech's position!
The defensive line was outside the penalty area. Of course, Villas-Boas had asked Chelsea to implement a high pressing tactic.
If it had been Mourinho and Ancelotti, they certainly would not have done it. Even Ranieri and Grant would not have done it!
But the young manager came to Stamford Bridge with grand ideals. He was pretentious, and his success at Porto made him think that the Premier League would be the stage for him to rise to the world stage.
Today, from this moment on, Liverpool would teach him to be a new man!
Suarez kicked the ball under Terry's tight pressure and passed the ball diagonally to Qin Xiong's running path.
Qin Xiong ran over and kicked the ball as if he did not even look.
The football flew diagonally from between David Luiz and Ivanovic to the deep zone on the left side of the road.
Baines took the lead and rushed to the football's landing spot. He stopped the ball and knocked it in the direction of the penalty area.
After the pass, Qin Xiong continued to run forward. David Luiz could only chase after Qin Xiong after he turned around!
Suarez also rushed past Terry's side from his reverse offside position.
Stamford Bridge seemed to have undergone a sudden change!
Chelsea's defensive line was completely destroyed!
The spectators in the stands saw three Liverpool players at the foot of the wall!
And Čech was the only one in front of the Blues' goal!
Some of the Red Army fans already had their lips curled up in excitement, while the Blues fans were dumbfounded, their faces full of shock!
Baines did not dawdle. After seeing his teammate successfully reverse offside, he swept the ball to the middle of the goal from the edge of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong rode his horse and rushed over. Cech abandoned the door and went out.
Qin Xiong did not stop the ball and directly shot at the lower right corner of the goal!
He played the ball very easily and without any hesitation.
Čech made a save the moment he shot, but the angle of Qin Xiong's shot was too tricky. Čech flew to the end but still could not touch the football.
Turning his head to look, the football flew straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!
Suarez raised his arms high and roared as he ran towards Qin Xiong. On the other hand, Qin Xiong's expression was indifferent as he ran towards the sidelines to celebrate.
He kept patting the team emblem on his chest in the direction of the visiting fans.
"Wow! Liverpool launched a quick counterattack. After Baines quickly pushed forward on the flank, Liverpool completed a simple coordination in the middle. After Qin Xiong and Suárez passed each other, Qin Xiong's kick pierced through Chelsea's defensive line. Baines successfully reversed the offside position, Qin Xiong successfully reversed the offside position, and Suárez successfully reversed the offside position!
Chelsea's defensive line was too far from the goal!
This gave Liverpool enough space to counter offside.
Baines passed the ball to the center, and Qin Xiong received it in the middle and shot it successfully!
Liverpool opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge. No one thought that Liverpool's goal would come so quickly.
At least it looks like Liverpool's starting formation today and their offensive strength should have dropped.
But they are still so unstoppable! "
"It looks like Comain's tactics worked. He seized on Chelsea's weakness in pressing high up the pitch. Liverpool's lineup today was very targeted, which was to block Chelsea's attack and force the formation to press forward. At the same time, their high up the pitch would definitely concentrate their forces in the midfield because Qin Xiong was in the middle.
But their offensive push relied on the full backs!
This gave the full backs space to push forward the attack, and then when Chelsea assisted in defending the flank, the attack would turn to the middle. With the combination of the sides and the center, breaking through Chelsea's defensive line was just a matter of who ran faster.
It has to be said that this was the result of Comain's serious work.
And Villas-Boas is really a stubborn manager. In the loss to Arsenal, Chelsea had exposed the weakness of the failure of the high up the pitch tactic, but he still stubbornly insisted on sticking to it. Chelsea was worrying in today's game. "
"Gary, you're right. The defensive strategy of the high up the pitch is complicated. Because it requires a highly unified football movement to achieve a high pressing tackle, it requires the participation of the forwards, the midfield, the defenders, and the goalkeeper. It's actually a very complicated tactic! And first of all, this is very different from Chelsea's defensive strategy in the past many years. Chelsea is good at compressing the defensive space in the backfield and delaying the opponent's offensive speed, rather than forming an encirclement in the middle and front field. "
"Even a team like Barcelona that is good at high up the pitch will fail, and high up the pitch also pays attention to the key defensive areas. A more representative example was in the previous season, when Barcelona was defeated by Liverpool in two rounds in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Their high up the pitch repeatedly failed, allowing Liverpool to constantly play fast attacks and counterattacks, which eventually led to the goal being frequently breached by the opponent. A year later, Guardiola met Liverpool again in the Champions League final. In that game, Barcelona's high up the pitch was clearly retreated, and at the same time, they paid attention to protecting the defensive space in the penalty area. The final failure was not a technical or tactical problem, but a match between superstars. Liverpool's superstars played better. When the team's technical tactics almost reached a stalemate, Qin Xiong's individual performance was better than Messi's. In the end, Liverpool successfully defended their title. If we look at the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona last season, we should remember how Real Madrid was beaten 5: 0 by Barcelona, right? Real Madrid also wanted to use high up the pitch to contain Barcelona, but what was the result? Barcelona frequently penetrated the defensive line and formed a one-on-one. Real Madrid seemed to have abandoned Casillas in their own penalty area, allowing Barcelona to shoot wildly after being offside. Since then, Mourinho has given up the tactic of using high up the pitch against strong teams. Now we can always see Real Madrid using their top lineup to play fast attacks and counterattacks instead of oppressing the opponent, whether it's offense or defense.
If Villas-Boas does not make on-the-spot adjustments now, Chelsea will concede a goal sooner or later, especially their center back who is unreliable. Terry did not play well against Arsenal, and David Luiz has been having problems since last season. Today, his condition does not look good. In addition, the midfield defense is not at the top level, and the interception efficiency is mediocre. Under such circumstances, Chelsea still dare to use high up the pitch tactics? "
Dare!
To be exact, Villas-Boas could only do this now!
He saw the team falling behind in the score and could not help but feel a little nervous.
After Liverpool scored first, the pressure on him suddenly increased. He only felt like he had been hit by a stick and could not react for a long time.
He studied Liverpool's performance in the past few games.
He was more worried that once Liverpool's surprise attack succeeded, they would switch to defense. Then Chelsea's positional play and offensive strength would really make him unable to raise the ambition to reverse the situation.
Moreover, Liverpool deployed three defensive midfielders today, which made Chelsea's positional play even more difficult.
Under such circumstances, in Villas-Boas' view, Chelsea could only continue to insist on high up the pitch to force the opponent to make mistakes in the transition between offense and defense. Only by seizing on Liverpool's mistakes could Chelsea have the hope of reversing the opponent's situation!
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