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Chapter 331 Conte's Spring (Daily Transition)
What kind of tactical soil will give birth to what type of player.
Since the 1990s, Serie A youth training has hardly produced orthodox winger stars.
The now-famous Purple Baby and Green Baby occasionally fill in on the wings, but are essentially versatile attackers.
The detail-oriented Serie A positional warfare allows central attacking players with more imagination and creativity to thrive.
Wingers don't have enough of a growth environment.
Italian coaches also don't like wingers to bear a single attacking responsibility.
Even in today's highly homogenized top five leagues, Conte still focuses his attacking resources on the center.
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After angrily pounding the turf a few times.
Conte stood up and carefully observed Arsenal's formation before Čech kicked the ball. He was still bent over, waving his right hand desperately, signaling Kanté not to be too far forward.
"Don't worry about how high Willian and Hazard press, you and Fàbregas must not go up!"
"Don't give up the depth in the center!"
When facing other teams, he can send seven or eight players to participate in the press, but when facing Arsenal this season, the holding midfielder must not forcibly maintain the spacing of the overall formation and go up.
If that's the case, Li and Morata will connect in minutes, and the vacuum depth in the center will be seized.
Yes.
It's about seizing the depth area between the midfield and the defensive line.
Conte's pre-match preparation was very thorough.
The passionate roar quickly dissipated with the night wind.
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Li Kang gestured a few times, and his teammates understood.
Čech kicked the ball out, passing diagonally to Koscielny.
Batshuayi slowly pressed forward.
He also wanted to be more proactive.
But Conte wouldn't let him.
The reason is simple: Cazorla and Xhaka retreated to deeper positions to meet the ball, and Arsenal's two full-backs were close to their respective sidelines.
No need for a God's-eye view.
The Belgian center also could see that this was a "trapezoidal structure" for playing out from the back.
Chelsea's investment in pressing was too small, making it meaningless.
If too many players were invested in the press, Li Kang and Morata would seize the depth space in the center.
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Willian and Hazard held up Cazorla.
Moses and Marcos had to switch to full-back mode.
Kanté stood blankly in front of his own defensive line, occasionally looking up at Giroud beside him.
He was actually a little envious of these handsome, burly players.
Fàbregas raised his hand to direct his teammates, he was the temporary decision-maker for the overall defensive movement.
Only La Masia's number 4 can most easily discern the attacking direction of La Masia's number 4.
"Chelsea is no longer using the Mou-style bus in the defensive phase this season."
"The two wing-backs also maintain asymmetrical defense in this phase for easy rotation."
"The rhythm is a bit slow, Arsenal, who haven't baited out any space, can only complete the push forward step by step."
The football was passed evenly on the grass.
Since joining Arsenal, Li Kang hadn't been in "problem-solving" mode for a long time.
The opponent's tactical changes in this game made some of his pre-match preparations meaningless.
The football advanced to the forty-meter zone of Chelsea's half.
Li Kang began to accelerate on the right.
Chelsea's formation also changed like a spring.
In the God's-eye view.
Moses moved forward, switching to left midfielder, parallel with Kanté and Fàbregas.
Marcos retreated, switching to right back.
Three center-backs turned into four defenders?
No.
Azpilicueta pressed up to the defensive midfielder position, Kanté was released.
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Li Kang turned around and got rid of Moses's press, sending a diagonal pass.
Cazorla, who was surging forward, failed to completely control the ball.
Kanté, who had been released, was like a small cannonball, completing the interception from under the feet of the two-footed monster.
"No wonder he's the European interception king."
"Kanté's brilliant performance has allowed Chelsea to enter their best transition attack!"
"The Blue Storm's counterattack!"
Kanté once again sent a simple and unadorned ground pass.
Stamford Bridge lost its library nickname at this moment, and cheers were endless.
Batshuayi, who retreated, hadn't stabilized the ball yet, and it was stolen by Li Kang again.
"That was close!"
"Hazard and Willian have already rushed up."
"Li Kang quickly tracked back as soon as his teammate lost the ball, he seemed to have guessed the direction of Chelsea's transition attack."
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Li Kang could only roughly judge the direction of Chelsea's counterattack now.
Everything was a little unfamiliar.
No traces of Mou's second term.
No traces of Hiddink.
Conte gradually completed the transformation of the "Blue Bus".
In this game, he did not use the two-chain defense of the Sacchi-style coach's 4-4 formation.
Instead, he turned Chelsea's midfield and backfield into a spring that could be stretched and contracted at will...
Kanté's running seemed to be the constantly changing curved node of the spring.
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Sideline.
Wenger and the coaching staff began to discuss.
Boulde was anxious.
This Arsenal assistant coach has been like this for many years: once the situation can't be opened, the expression he shows is as if the team is three goals behind...
On the other side.
Conte's heart was itchy.
He was waiting for Li Kang or Cazorla to launch a passing and cutting advance...
But the opponent was still probing slowly.
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Time passed by every minute and second.
Neither side launched a threatening attack again.
Ctv5 live broadcast room.
The comments were also refreshing very slowly.
-【It's so boring, is this still the rhythm of the Premier League? Didn't the news say that Conte is speeding up Chelsea's offensive and defensive speed?】
-【Italian coaches are all the same, they like to focus on details in key battles, think about that batch of civilian Italians in the European Cup, even slower.】
-【Fast pace doesn't necessarily mean you can win, otherwise Premier League teams would have dominated the football world long ago, and the Three Lions would be World Cup champions and European Cup champions every time.】
-【Stable operation for many years, comparable to the old book chasing artifact, old bookworms are using it】
Too timely!"
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Sánchez's ball-stopping skills were very high, his thick thighs lifted and led, and he dribbled the ball to the left side of Chelsea's penalty area.
He hadn't even entered yet.
Marcos sealed the outside line.
Kanté intercepted from the inside.
The short and stout Chilean star made a sudden stop and changed direction.
He couldn't get past!
Kanté, who was shorter than him and had a lower center of gravity, powerfully poked the ball out of bounds!
The two men's bodies also collided heavily.
The referee signaled that there was no foul: Arsenal's throw-in in the frontcourt.
Amidst a burst of exclamations.
The two short players quickly got up, unscathed.
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VIP box.
Abramovich's right hand was slightly bent, gently tapping the armrest of the seat.
He couldn't help but yawn.
"A coach who can make me sleepy can lead Chelsea to win the championship."