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Chapter 555 A Slight Problem With Defense

Looking at the performance of the Royal Machinery Factory in history, the most outstanding games were all played in cup games.

In the first year, the Royal Machinery Factory, which was established just one or two months ago, beat Linyuan Heavy Industry, Linyuan Bank, Linyuan Yuzhao, Linyuan Qiaopai and other strong teams in the preliminary selection of the Linyuan Football Association Cup qualifiers, and won the first place Qualification for the FA Cup in the second year.

In the second year, as an amateur team, the Royal Machinery Factory managed to reach the sixth round of the FA Cup with an insufficient lineup.Then they defeated Linyuan Qiaopai who overwhelmed them and became the champion of Linyuan City in the regional competition.And won the trophy in the national competition.

This is the third year of the Royal Machinery Factory, and the pre-season warm-up match and the transfer of personnel for eight games can only be regarded as mediocre.But when it came to the Football Association Cup, Wen Liangcheng seemed to show his skill again.

Five-back formation, although everyone still doesn't know how the Royal Machinery Factory will play.But at least, let people see their determination to consolidate the defense.

It's no wonder that Han Shixiong felt that Wen Liangcheng was born for the cup.After everyone questioned the eight games, especially the last three games, they stubbornly sent the same lineup in a row, which almost made Han Shixiong lose his fans.But the rookie coach of the Second Division suddenly became normal during the first round of the FA Cup, and stopped making some frightening attempts.

Aside from emotion, Han Shixiong couldn't help feeling a little worried.

At that time, domestic fans were more familiar with Serie A than other leagues, and they also knew that Italian coaches liked to use a five-back formation.But at the same time, everyone also knows that Italian coaches usually have strong centers.

Batistuta the God of War, Vieri the Apennine Tank, Adriano the King, Ronaldo the Alien... These names that are popular in Serie A all show that the Italian coach likes to use a typical Italian powerful center to make up for the offensive end. weakness.

Most of these powerful centers have the same characteristics, that is, comprehensive shooting skills, tall and strong, but the skills under their feet are not bad at all.

This kind of center does not exist in the Royal Machinery Factory.It is true that Hou Yongming is tall and strong, but his advantage is not obvious.Shooting skills and foot skills are even more mediocre.

But in Tang and Song Dynasties, they lacked tallness and strength.

Of course, since there are two strikers, the two can complement each other.It's just that Tang Song and Hou Yongming are not the kind of combination of one high and one fast.In the case of limited midfield support, it is obviously difficult to rely on these two to penetrate the opponent's defense.

Offense is indeed not the main theme of a low-level league team like Royal Machinery Factory.However, even if it is a five-back defense, the Royal Machinery Factory may not be able to do well.

Among the three central defenders of the five backs, there will be a trailing central defender, which is commonly referred to as a sweeper central defender.This player can sweep behind the other two centre-backs and can also lunge forward in attack.In other words, the top sweeper can play the role of a free agent on the field and become the core of both offense and defense.

But times have changed, with the 1990 World Cup amending the offside rule to make parallels count as offside, and the 1992 ban on hand-to-foot returns by goalkeepers.Such a change made the free man not only unnecessary, but also a burden on the defense line.The position of the defender is too far back, making it easy for the opponent to find space from both sides. The speed and explosive power of modern players are no longer comparable.

Liancheng Shuntong's offensive end today is born with such a fast break combination.

Moreover, Li Chengdong likes to lose his position. Once he commits a repeat offense in this formation, the two central defenders will lose protection behind him, and the goal of the Royal Machinery Factory will be very dangerous.

In other words, Wen Liangcheng found a way to solve the team's problems, but failed to keep up with the opponent's changes, leaving the Royal Machinery Factory with many loopholes.

"Han commentator, it seems that you are a loyal fan of the Royal Machinery Factory." Lai Changsheng guessed Han Shixiong's identity when he saw Han Shixiong's expression turned pale.It is not surprising that a commentator who often commented on a certain team became a fan of that team, but from Han Shixiong's expression, it can be seen that this commentator who is familiar with the situation of both sides is worried about the Royal Machinery Factory.

It seems that Royal Machinery Factory's home game in Liancheng Shuntong today will be more or less ominous.Lai Changsheng is also much closer to his CCTV dream.

Thinking of being able to appear on the CCTV platform, Lai Changsheng's spirit improved a lot, and the voice of the commentary was also full of passion.

"Now the two sides have kicked off the football. In the first half, Liancheng Shuntong kicked off the ball, and they attacked from the left to the right of the TV screen. The home fans created a huge momentum for Liancheng Shuntong. They are determined to win this game !"

The fans at the scene were really lively.

In this atmosphere, Liancheng Shuntong coach Chen Shi is also in a good mood.Looking back at the video of the Royal Machinery Factory last year, there were more fans in the stands than one game.Today Liancheng Shuntong has less than [-] home fans, but as they keep winning, it may exceed [-] in the future.

Playing football in front of [-] spectators, can you still hear the referee's whistle?Chen Shi couldn't help worrying about the team's future, so he couldn't help but smile happily.

The five defenders sent by the Royal Machinery Factory today are just right for him.Cheng Yue is a young player, and Mao Zhenjiang used to be a right back player.Therefore, among the three central defenders of the Royal Machinery Factory, Li Chengdong, who has rich experience in the professional league, must be the one who is behind.

However, Li Chengdong often loses his position in the central defender position, which shows that he does not have a strong sense of position.With him dragging behind, the team just played the anti-offside ability, with Jin in the front and Chang Wei with good ability in the back to attack Li Chengdong's defensive point.

As for the opponent's offense, how can Tang Song and Hou Yongming play the two forwards in the five-back formation?He didn't think about these two issues at all.

"I also said that the whole team wanted to help Tang and Song realize their dream of winning the Golden Shoe, but they used a defensive formation as soon as they came. This Wen Liangcheng really likes to do one thing in front of the other..."

Chen Shi shook his head slightly.

Among the reporters on the sidelines, Hao Wenbin also had a smile on his lips.

The Royal Machinery Factory is working hard to solve the problem of Gao Bin playing, and using five guards seems to be able to make up for Gao Bin's lack of defensive strength on the side.But in this way, the Royal Machinery Factory seems to have encountered more problems.If last year's dark horse in the Football Association Cup was eliminated in the first round after the introduction of new aid, and returned to Linyuan City, that would be so beautiful.

Just thinking about it, Liancheng Shuntong played a very wonderful attack on the court.

Jin retreated slightly to get the ball, and Li Chengdong rushed out impulsively.

Chang Wei, who was behind Jin, suddenly advanced forward at this time, and Gao Bin also pushed the ball straight behind Li Chengdong.After the combination of man and ball, Chang Wei never had time to defend between Mao Zhenjiang and Cheng Yue, who were in place, and dribbled the ball straight into the penalty area of ​​the Royal Machinery Factory!

"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"

Such an obvious defensive error caused the cheers of Liancheng Shuntong fans to resound in the stands.

But before Chang Wei could complete the adjustments before shooting, Wu You rushed out suddenly, destroying the ball ahead of time.

The shouts of Liancheng Shuntong fans in the stands stopped abruptly, while the benches of the Royal Machinery Factory burst into cheers!

During the turbulent cycle of the Royal Machinery Factory, Wu You's magic in front of the door seemed to no longer exist.

But now it seems that the door god is still the door god!

He conceded goals in every game in the warm-up match, and he cannot be blamed.Because of the team's attempts at defense, he will be shot into a sieve by others every game.

Wen Liangcheng was a little surprised that the back line was still pierced with three central defenders.

Still, he felt he had gained something.This is the first time that the Royal Machinery Factory has played five backs in an official game. The cooperation between the players will definitely be a little rusty.In addition, this was the opponent's first attack. It would be strange if the Royal Machinery Factory did it perfectly right away.

And in this defense, the defense is not useless.When the ball arrived behind Li Chengdong, although Cheng Yue and Mao Zhenjiang did not rush to him in time to intercept him, they actively double-teamed in the middle, making Chang Wei unable to stop and adjust comfortably during the single-handed process.

Because once he stopped, Mao Zhenjiang and Cheng Yue might stick to him.

This kind of imposing pressure allowed Wu You, who was attacking, to complete the steal when the opponent made adjustments.

"Don't panic! Just do what I said before and what I practiced in training! I told you to play this formation. If you lose, others will blame me. It has nothing to do with you. So what are you afraid of!"

Wen Liangcheng didn't intend to comfort the players, but told the truth.Suddenly changing the formation and not playing well is naturally the responsibility of the coach.The player on the field is at best a poor performer, and his head coach will definitely be called mediocre.

Maybe some people will say that he is "the man who turned over the aircraft carrier"-after all, in the eyes of many people, the first launch of the Royal Machinery Factory is a galaxy battleship.

Wu You, who became the scavenger goalkeeper, defended the opponent's first attack, and was encouraged by Wen Liangcheng on the sidelines, Li Chengdong felt a little more at ease.This at least shows that Wen Liangcheng, who still kept him on the court despite making consecutive mistakes, really didn't let him perform a missed goal on the court, and then be blamed by the fans, and finally had to leave the team sadly.

That being the case, Li Chengdong felt that there was no need to feel burdened.

He turned his head and said to Mao Zhenjiang and Cheng Yue: "Since there are five defenders, the task of our three central defenders is to guard the penalty area. You two don't try to distance yourself from me, use the ability of the three of us to cover all the loopholes in the backcourt They all make up. You have to move closer to the middle so that the opponent hits behind me and can support in time. As for the space behind the two wingbacks, that is a problem that other players should consider."

Although Li Chengdong said this to two players, he was actually talking about Mao Zhenjiang.He is used to playing right back, so he suddenly became a right center back, and his position is indeed a bit to the right.

After being reminded, Mao Zhenjiang took advantage of the situation and leaned towards the middle road.This kind of position change, his ability is no problem.

Behind Jian Yifan before, he, the right back who didn't get involved in the attack, was actually like a center back standing on the right.Now it is just asking him to move his position to the middle. There is not much difference in defensive skills and positional sense.