Great, an adjective that has obviously been used by the media.

In football, greatness seems to fall more on offensive players, while defensive players rarely receive such honors, but Marklele is honored to have received such recognition and recognition from fans.

I don't know when they started, but they regarded him as a synonym for defensive midfielder, but that must not be from Ligue 1, because he was not a simple midfielder at that time. At that time, he was like African-American players such as Essin and Mohamed Diyala, both offense and defense, and was known for his extensive running coverage.

After switching to Celta, he relied on his solid skills to gain a foothold in La Liga. At that time, he began to learn to become a classic-style midfielder, because La Liga likes such midfielders, such as Guardiola of Barcelona, ​​Redondo of Real Madrid, and other midfielders, Baraja, Alberta, etc., are not purely defensive.

Even though Celta later introduced Celades from Barcelona, ​​the two formed the most dazzling double midfielder combination in La Liga, Marklele was not the most eye-catching. In the summer of UU, Real Madrid introduced Celta's double midfielder, and the most important goal was Celades. Marklele was more of the players introduced to exert the strength of Celades.

Sometimes, fate is so fun.

Usually people think that great people should show their great side from the beginning, but in fact, greatness is often just a later generation's evaluation of the facts that have happened. For the parties involved, they do not feel that they are in a great thing at all. On the contrary, their purpose at the beginning is often humble.

Many people asked Marclayle why she transformed into a pure defensive player. The reason is very simple, in order to play.

Real Madrid had just won the Champions League that year, and there were many talents in the midfield, including powerful stars such as Elgra, Serades, Flavio, as well as the outstanding rookie young player Cambiaso. Marklele's position in Real Madrid is not outstanding.

Boske kept adjusting the team, and the players kept catering to Boske's tactics for competition. Marklele did not have the slightest capital or capital to occupy a main position like superstars, so he had to compete.

If too many people attack, defense becomes a scarce product. Among Real Madrid's midfielders, Marklele and Elgra are undoubtedly the most willing to devote themselves to defense. Naturally, they gradually gained the weight of Bosque and gradually got the opportunity to play. Over time, he took root in the midfielder position.

Marklele has always understood one truth, that is, as a professional player, the most important thing about you is not to think about how to exert your strength, especially for top teams, the strength of a player is nothing. A strong star can catch a lot of things at will, and the most important thing is to find your role in the team.

If Marklele is still like Serades, Flavio and others, keeping his own characteristics unchanged, then he will still not be able to play in Real Madrid, because Real Madrid's team does not need such a role, they need a defender.

After finding the character, many things become natural.

Marklele clearly remembers that when he was about to renew his contract with Real Madrid but failed, he received a call from Ye Qiu, London.

During that phone call, Ye Qiu told him what kind of player he wanted.

"In my tactical system, I still lack a player. When my forward rushed forward, he stayed to protect the defense line; when my midfielder rushed forward, he still stayed to protect the defense line; when my defenders left their positions, he was still holding his position and protecting his defense line."

After hearing Ye Qiu's words, a thought immediately emerged in his mind. He was talking about himself, and only himself

So next, after Real Madrid agreed to the transfer, Marklele nodded directly and joined Chelsea because he knew very clearly that Ye Qiu understood his tactical value.

But even so, he later discovered that Ye Qiu's understanding of him was obviously deeper.

Every week, Ye Qiu will communicate with the players. Every first-team player has such an opportunity. This communication method is very popular among players. Everyone can speak freely and even talk directly about their ideas and requirements for contract renewal and salary.

Marklelai once asked Ye Qiu that there are many defenders who meet Ye Qiu's requirements, so why are they going to introduce themselves at a high price?

Ye Qiu thought for a while, as if he was struggling with how to use the simplest adjective to explain a very profound truth. Finally, he smiled and said: "There are two types of midfield defenders. One is to stop the ball through defense and then complete the defense. The other is to be able to keep the ball running effectively at the same time, but at the same time, to complete the defense."

"There are many midfielders who can do the former, and they can run, grab and fight, and they are qualified to be the former, but only the most outstanding defender can achieve the latter's realm, and you belong to the latter."

After hearing this, Marklele suddenly realized a characteristic that he rarely discovered in the past, that is, what Ye Qiu emphasized most is that the ball will run without stopping.

Many people once were surprised by Chelsea's tactics and thought that this team likes to attack strongly, and the speed of frontcourt players is generally not fast, but why is this team so fast and so impactful when it counterattacks or attacks?

The reason is very simple, because even during the defense, Chelsea ensures that the ball is running effectively to the greatest extent.

Just imagine, both defense and the ideal state are assumptions. What else do the defensive player do after the ball is successfully pressed and intercepted? If the ball protection is a tackle, it will take time to get up, right?

And during this period, the ball was obviously out of control and paused

On the other hand, if the ball is passed, before reaching the receiver's feet, and after the interception is successful in the middle of the interception, the first choice the defender makes is not to protect the ball, nor does he need to stop the ball, but can pass the ball directly, or even drive the ball forward by himself.

Therefore, in Chelsea's defense, Ye Qiu emphasized the most that interception is to ensure that the ball runs unstoppable to the maximum extent. Once the defense is successful without stopping, Chelsea can save the time spent by others protecting the ball and pausing the ball. The shortest is one or two seconds, and the longer may even be the success or failure of an attack.

Everyone knows that in a football game, the gap of one or two seconds is very huge

Of course, it is not easy to do this. There are high requirements for prediction and response in all aspects of the ball. Ye Qiu trains players in this area through repeated and intense training on weekdays. At least until now, Chelsea has done a good job in this area. Otherwise, Marklele alone cannot guarantee defense.

During training, repeated practices of possible situations during the game can also effectively help players keep calm and rational judgments when encountering similar situations during the game.

Therefore, when Liverpool made a counterattack, Chelsea pushed too much due to strong attacks. In the shortest time, Liverpool invested four players into the counterattack, namely forwards Pangler, Riser, Luis Garcia and Gerald. Gerald was in a relatively low position and the counterattack was dragged to the end, but it was the most dangerous.

And what about Chelsea?

Marklele was in the front, Galas and Terry were in the back, and the other players were chasing back.

Four hits were counterattacks in a hurry, and the situation was very beneficial to Liverpool. Even commentator Andy Gray exclaimed that Liverpool might have to score a goal.

But just as Liverpool made a counterattack, Chelsea players immediately responded. Marklele, who had been retreating continuously with Liverpool's counterattack, entered his 30-meter area, took a glimpse of the opportunity, gave up Pangler, and forced Luis Garcia, who held the ball.

Galas and Terry and Marklele cooperated very well. When they saw Marklele's actions, they immediately guessed what the French were going to do. Both of them also acted separately. Galas went to look at Pangle, and Terry leaned against Marklele's right, a bit like trying to defend Marklele, and a bit like approaching Riser.

Luis Garcia and Marklele were originally moving forward and retreating, and the distance was getting closer and closer, but when Marklele suddenly approached, the distance between the two quickly narrowed in an instant. Luis Garcia was startled by Marklele's actions. Without time to hesitate, the safest way to naturally choose was to pass the ball to Riser on the left.

But when the ball was out, he regretted it

Because he saw Terry suddenly leaving his position, quickly rushed out of the penalty area, and intercepted the ball in the middle of the way.

Originally a favorable situation of 4-on-3, but because of the skillful cooperation between the three Chelsea defensive players and the sudden change in defense, Luis Garcia made the wrong choice.

Terry did not pause at all after the interception, and quickly drove forward. Liverpool, who was still fighting back just now, suddenly fell into a dilemma of being beaten to counterattack, especially when Terry directly passed the ball to the front, Liverpool's defense was beaten up in an instant.

Drogba did not press up against Liverpool's defense line, but suddenly stopped suddenly. Terry's long pass came to his head. The Ivorian calmly stood firm and headed the ball, pushing the ball to the right side of Liverpool's defense line, behind Traore and Hypia.

Ribery's explosive power and speed were urged to the highest level in an instant. After stepping on the accelerator to the end, the Frenchman quickly passed through the gap between two high dinosaur players in Liverpool, inserted it into the ball and went forward again and continued to soar.

The situation was a turnaround. He was hit by a counterattack just now, but now he took the initiative to launch a sharp and fast counterattack, and also tore open Liverpool's defense. The fans of both sides in the stands were stunned and couldn't speak, and even the commentator on the scene did not speak.

The moment Ribery penetrated the defense line, Carragher had to choose to come over to defend, but when he left his position, Ribery passed the ball horizontally without waiting for him to get close, and quickly passed the ball from Carragher. Ronaldinho behind Carragher arrived and easily pushed the ball around 10 meters away from the goal.

Ribery's pass is very particular, because the ball is located from the goalkeeper to attack, but he doesn't have much confidence, which will lead to hesitation. And suddenly it passes from the right to the left rib. Even if Dudek reacts, he has no time to stop Ronaldinho.

The ball hit the goal line against the turf, bounced up after hitting the bottom of the net, and then landed in the goal line. It jumped a few times on the turf, as if it was beating in the hearts of all the fans of the two teams on the scene, as well as all the fans of the audience in front of the TV.

Touch-touch-touch-touch-

"Wow~---" After two or three seconds of silence, a thunderous shout broke out. Chelsea fans rushed out of the seat and rushed to the front of the stands fence, hissing, shouting Ronaldinho's name, Chelsea, and the declaration of victory

Ronaldinho and his teammates rushed out of the stadium and hugged each other in the bottom of the stands, especially for Ribery who gave him an assist, Ronaldinho even picked up the Frenchman in the waist, almost smearing his scarred face.

The moment the team scored, Ye Qiu also clenched his fists and roared on the sidelines. This goal completely eliminated the pressure in his heart.

The most important thing when playing against Liverpool is the team's targeted tactics that are almost as hard as iron walls. Especially when they are huddled, almost no team can break through. Even in the miracle of Istanbul in previous life, the reason why Liverpool scored three goals by AC Milan in the first half was that they lacked experience and rashly pushed them, resulting in a counterattack by AC Milan.

Now, with this goal, Ye Qiu is sure to win, because what Chelsea has to do next is to counterattack against the defensively

After the players celebrated their grandly on the sidelines, they did not forget to walk to the home team coach's seat, brimmed with their head coach, and even hugged them to celebrate. Ye Qiu also took this opportunity to explain the next game tasks to the players.

It's only 13 minutes now, and Chelsea is shrinking now, which is a bit too early. The most prone time for any team to have problems is that after you take the lead, it shrinks too quickly, so Ye Qiu asked the players to continue to maintain a certain amount of pressure and then appropriately and steadily retract.

If you want to continue to put pressure on Liverpool, the best way is to hit their left.

With this goal, Ye Qiu felt much more relaxed. He wrapped his hands on his chest and had a smile on his face. Looking at Benitez, the Spaniard had a serious and grim look on his face, as if he was facing a big enemy, as if he was fighting with the other party.

Both sides are teams that do not have much loopholes in defense, and compared with Chelsea's excellent offensive ability, Liverpool's offensive strategy is more than inferior, so now that after Chelsea has broken the goal, Benitez has to choose to attack unless he doesn't want to win.

But Benitez knew that he had no choice, and Ye Qiu knew that he had no choice, so the Spaniards themselves knew very well that Ye Qiu, a cunning old fox, would definitely be ready for his half-time, set up traps, waiting for his prey to come to his door, step on his trap, and then he would counterattack quickly.

As long as the team is pushed up, the team's formation will be loose and Liverpool's defense will no longer be kept tight.

In fact, Benitez did not put a big push. Instead, after Chelsea re-telephoned and continued to attack Liverpool's left side several times, Chelsea began to steadily retract its formation.

As Wenger and Ferguson said, when Ye Qiu was determined to defend, it would be difficult to break through Chelsea's defense unless he used a bomb. Benitez also knew very well that Chelsea was waiting for him to attack now, so he was not that stupid.

So, the last half of the first half was spent in the almost boring time spent between the two teams.

But even during the period when the fans were bored, the players and the head coach of the two teams were fighting patience and will. As long as either side showed a little impatient feeling and made a slight mistake, they would be swallowed by the other party so much that they would not even vomit bones.

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu highly praised the players' performance in the first half, but on the other hand, he kept calling on his players. The start of the second half was very critical, and the team still adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, which could not give Liverpool a relaxed space, especially the suppression of Xavi Alonso, which must continue.

The situation in the second half is still dull in the first half. They consume each other's physical fitness and patience. Benitez dares not fight easily, because it is not time to burn his boats, so he can only wait for Chelsea to make mistakes while ensuring that he does not make mistakes.

Time passed by bit by bit, and after 70 minutes, Liverpool finally couldn't sit still.

Benitez replaced Pangler with Morientes for the first time. The Spanish striker was able to perform better in Chelsea's tight formation, but Ye Qiu kept the team's formation unchanged, just let Terry and Galas pay more attention to Morientes, because he knew very well that Liverpool still dared to push forward.

Until the 75th minute, Benitez finally couldn't sit still. This time, he directly replaced Bis Mitchell with a bad performance and had a yellow card, and played the 36l tactic instead, but at the same time, he replaced Harman with Cowell, further strengthened the team's frontcourt offensive ability.

Ye Qiu also made a quick adjustment. Lampard's position retreated, supported the midfielder, replaced Drogba with Goodjohansen, and was closer to the midfielder, actively participated in the defense, making Ronaldinho and Ribery like two sharp knives, cutting directly into Liverpool's ribs, with a very obvious counterattack attitude and very firm.

Liverpool has no choice now, and there is only a little time left. If there is no goal, they will be finished, so Benitez can only choose to give it a try, hoping to capture Chelsea's goal at the last moment.

Ye Qiu was obviously waiting for Liverpool to press forward, and even waved at them, sending an impatient invitation.
Chapter completed!