The first official match of the second round of the New Cuju Competition is between Fanlou team and Huangtian team. The winners of both teams will advance to the finals.
There are still ten minutes left before the end of the game, and the score on the field is that the Fanlou team leads two to one. For the Huangtian team, they can no longer sit still and wait for death, and must attack with all their strength. Under Wang Yi's defense,
The Huangtian team successfully caused the Fanlou team to make a mistake and got a chance for a throw-in. Taking this opportunity, both sides also made personnel changes. The Fanlou team replaced two defenders, and the new players could have
They had more physical strength to restrict Wang Da and Zeng Fan. The Huangtian team also got a defender, but it was a center who was replaced.
Yes, the Huangtian team once again made a formation change with ten minutes left before the end of the game. This should be their last formation change, and it was an extraordinary move to break the deadlock and tie the score.
The battle formation is the 343 formation.
The 3-4-3 formation can be divided into 3-4-3 parallel positioning and 3-4-3 diamond positioning according to the arrangement of midfielders. Their applications in actual combat are different. 3-4-3 formation
During the game, specific changes can be made according to the situation on the field. The 4-2-3-1 formation can be easily transformed into a 3-4-3 formation, and the 3-4-3 formation can also be transformed into a defensive formation.
5-4-1 formation.
Parallel midfield position, 3-4-3 formation can be divided into 3-4-3 parallel position and 3-4-3 diamond position according to the arrangement of midfield players. Their applications in actual combat are different.
The 3-4-3 formation can be changed according to the situation on the field during the game. The 4-2-3-1 formation can be easily transformed into a 3-4-3 formation, and the 3-4-3 formation can be easily transformed into a 3-4-3 formation.
It is also possible to switch to a 5-4-1 formation when defending.
Compared with the parallel midfielder, the diamond-shaped midfielder has stronger offensive attributes and puts more players with offensive attributes in the frontcourt.
Players who serve as offensive midfielders in this formation (also called midfielders here) need to have all-round abilities, including excellent passing and ball control abilities, superb dribbling and dribbling skills, and broad vision.
In addition, the No. 10 player in the front midfielder position must also make a certain contribution to the team's defense when the team is positioned to defend. Depending on the situation on the field, the front midfielder player needs to form a certain relationship with the defensive midfielder behind him.
Defensive tacit understanding. Therefore, we say that the key to the 3-4-3 diamond midfield formation still depends on the ability and tactical literacy of the attacking midfielder players.
The biggest advantage of the 3-4-3 formation is that it deploys more wing players. The 3-4-3 formation is in an advantageous position when attacking from the wing. At the same time, when defending, the full midfielders and wingers can also be well taken care of.
Go to the side corridor.
The 3-4-3 formation has as many as three different types of players: wingers, wingers, and midfielders. Three different types of players can create sparks in local areas. The wingers can use their speed advantage to open up gaps.
, thus creating opportunities for the wing midfielders and midfielders to get in. In addition, the three players can also tear apart the opponent's defense through small-scale conduction cooperation on the wing.
When defending, the advantages of the 3-4-3 formation on the wing can still be reflected. The active retracement of the wide midfielders and wingers transforms the 3-4-3 formation into a 5-4-1 formation, which greatly enhances the team's ability to play on the wing.
Thickness on the wings and midfield.
Since the 3-4-3 formation has a large number of people invested in the central and frontcourt, the team has prerequisites for implementing a pressing high-position pressing tactic. In particular, the large pressure of the two full midfielders on the left and right can effectively solve the problem of using
When playing in a pressing style, there is an unfavorable situation in which there are not enough people in the frontcourt and the opponent quickly breaks through.
The three forwards and four midfielders in the 3-4-3 formation can "guard" every ball release point in the opponent's backcourt to the maximum extent (whether it is a 4-back formation or a 5-back formation). We all know that high pressing is implemented
The tactics must lock the opponent's backcourt ball release point. In addition, the high-pressing tactics also emphasize the overall mobility of the three lines. The 3-4-3 formation satisfies the above conditions to the greatest extent.
Where there are advantages, there must be disadvantages, otherwise there would not be two or three formations switching back and forth on the court. The shortcomings of the 3-4-3 formation are also very obvious. It is a seriously top-heavy formation, and the manpower invested on the offensive end
Too much, and you will inevitably suffer the trouble caused by the team's limited number of players on defense.
The 3-4-3 formation has more players in the midfield and the frontcourt, and the arrangement is relatively tight and thick, so it is easy for the team to implement pressing play in the front position. The team's center, winger, midfielder and winger
The forwards can link up to force the opponent to the side, block their passing routes, and steal. However, it should be noted that if the high-pressing style is cracked by the opponent, the team will easily fall into a dangerous situation. Because if you stay in
There are only three central defenders and one defensive midfielder in the backcourt to intercept and defend. Facing the sudden attack, the team's defensive end appears to be weak.
Since the two wide midfielders will press heavily when the team attacks, the wide midfielder is equivalent to a winger when attacking. If the team is intercepted by the opponent when attacking in the frontcourt, the two wide midfielders will switch from offense to defense.
There is no time to quickly return to defense, so the pressure on the three central defenders at this time is conceivable. They have to retreat and delay the opponent's attack speed, while also taking into account the space behind the full-backs.
Therefore, the area behind the two full midfielders in the 3-4-3 formation is bound to become the target of the opponent's attack, and this space behind is also a "natural" disadvantage of the 5-back system.
For example, the Qatar team that won the Asian Cup in 2019 played a 3-4-3 formation in that cup. The opponent wearing a white jersey stole the ball and launched a counterattack, and the midfielder started a counterattack.
The long pass is directed towards the weak side of the Qatar team's 3-4-3 formation: the joint between the right midfielder and the right central defender, which is the space behind the full midfielder we mentioned above. At this time, both left and right full midfielders are
Before returning to the midfield line, the opponent took advantage of this gap to complete a quick counterattack.
The left and right full midfielders in the 3-4-3 formation can be said to be the key to the success of this formation. As mentioned before, when defending, opponents are focused on the space between the center back and the full midfielder, and this
Whether a gap can be defended depends on the speed of the full midfielder's return to defense.
You can invest in the offense, but you must also use your energy to chase back when defending. This is very demanding on the physical fitness of the full midfielders. In addition, in order to maximize the offensive potential of the 3-4-3 formation,
Once the full midfielder passes the half court, he needs to change his positional role thinking, from the defensive thinking of the full midfielder to the offensive thinking of the winger. In addition, the full midfielder must maintain a forward position. If he cannot provide space for the frontcourt
If the winger provides strong support, the winger will easily fall into an isolated situation. To sum up, the winger is undoubtedly the most demanding position in the 3-4-3 formation and the most difficult position to select.
If the wingers spread out to the wings, the wide midfielders should press forward to receive the ball from the inside. If the wingers squeeze towards the middle or retreat to the center, the wide midfielders will press forward to receive the ball from the outside. In other words, the wide midfielders and wingers cannot
When one person appears on the wing at the same time, if one person takes the ball in the center, the other person should choose to pull out as much as possible. The general principle is to make full use of the space in the frontcourt as much as possible, and two players cannot appear at the same time.
In one position. This is also the key to the linkage of wing attacks in the 3-4-3 formation.
3-4-3 is an offensive-oriented formation, so the team's defense faces far more counterattacks than positional defense. Therefore, the ability of the team's three central defenders to deal with counterattacks is particularly important.
The central defender must not only have certain 1-on-1 ability, the ability to predict in advance, and the awareness of running positions, but more importantly, when the opponent counterattacks, the central defender must delay the opponent as much as possible and have a certain degree of one-on-one
Entanglement ability.
When there are fewer enemies and more opponents, the central defender cannot easily rush forward, because once he is bypassed, only the goalkeeper will be left behind him. Therefore, the central defender, the last fortress, cannot be easily defeated by the opponent. The central defender cannot be easily defeated by the opponent.
When counterattacking, the correct strategy is to delay the opponent and buy time for teammates to return to defense. When the opponent brings the ball to attack, in order to allow teammates time to come back to support, the central defender should keep a certain distance from the opponent and slowly move the defense back.
Pull, delay the opponent's time, wait for teammates to return to defense, and work with teammates to steal the ball. The central defender needs to have such action awareness and judgment, or one of the three central defenders can handle it, and in the situation
The wide central defenders on the wing shrink to the middle to strengthen the defense in the middle.
The advantages and disadvantages of the 3-4-3 formation are too obvious. Such a top-heavy formation is bound to not attract too many people's attention. Its offensive advantage on the wing can be replaced by the 4-3-3 formation, and the high pressure in the frontcourt
Once resolved by the opponent, the blow to the backcourt will be disastrous. However, if the team has two excellent midfielders, the advantage brought by the team's control in the frontcourt is far greater than that in the backcourt.
Due to the risks brought by field defense, it is reasonable for the team to decisively adopt the 343 formation.
The 3-4-3 formation can only be controlled by strong teams, because only strong teams have enough "tolerance" to tolerate its "top-heavy" and its harsh requirements for the wide midfielders. It can be said that it is precisely because of the
Only with strong teams can the 3-4-3 formation be continued.
A major feature of the 343 formation is the addition of offensive players, which enriches the team's offensive methods. The style of play is mainly passing and controlling, giving the opponent's back line strong pressure. The core of this lineup is the midfielder, especially the defensive midfielder.
They must be able to attack and defend well, have certain interception ability, and play a role in connecting the front and backcourts. A team playing three defenders must actively fight in the midfield.
When a strong team must win against a weak team, it can use a three-back formation. The team removes one defender and adds a frontcourt player, because three defensive players are enough to cope with the weak team's offense, but
They stand their ground and cannot relax. Leaving a deep-lying player in the midfield can prevent opponents from counterattacking. Therefore, the three-back defense has become the mainstream formation of strong teams in clear-cut competitions.
Facing an iron-barrel defense, using four defenders is too wasteful. The advantage of three defenders over four defenders is that an offensive player is added to the frontcourt. The player's flexible movement can tear apart the opponent's defense. More is better.
There are many passing routes, so the three defenders can make the team's offense better and more aggressive.
This is an extreme formation style of play, which makes it easy for opponents to seize opportunities to counterattack, so players are required to achieve something like total offense and total defense. They must actively run and fight throughout the game to make up for the loopholes caused by missing one defender.
The physical demands on defensive players are very high. They have to be highly nervous and have a larger defensive area, so the three-back formation is a double-edged sword.
In a popular sense, the 343 formation consists of three center backs, two wing backs, two relatively free No. 10 players, the first center and two wingers. No matter how you look at this formation,
Almost all present a mirror image situation, which is very rare among the many formations that appear in world football. How to control the overall situation? This is a headache for many head coaches. For some teams, considering the lack of overall strength
Well, blindly assigning too many responsibilities to players will lead to confusion in the offensive and defensive system. In this context, many head coaches are more advocating "segmentation" of offense and defense. More generally speaking, it means to let the defensive players do a good job of defense and let the defensive players do their best.
Offensive players do their best to attack.
The presence of three central defenders makes the team's backcourt control relatively stable, and can effectively resolve the opponent's press during the ball release stage. Even if the opponent increases its defensive strength, it can also use two relatively free midfielders to conduct a large-scale retracement, so that
The backcourt becomes a "ladder" type 5-man passing and controlling system.
With three central defenders as back-up players, the two wing-backs don’t have to worry too much about wing defense when attacking. They can safely penetrate into the opponent’s defensive third area and form a wing-center combination with the three forwards already in the frontcourt.
The presence of two wing-backs does not necessarily mean that they must take the ball and launch an attack along the wing. Sometimes it is also a good choice to draw the opponent's defensive attention by running without the ball.
Once the wing backs penetrate the opponent's defensive hinterland, they will inevitably force the opponent to send a wing defensive group of 2 to 3 people to restrict their further advancement. In this context, the defensive pressure on the three forwards relatively close to the center will be
By lowering the ball, the wing back creates more space for teammates in the center to get the ball by running without the ball. Whether it is a direct long-range shot from the outside or a more subtle small-scale cooperation in the center, it is a good choice.
In the choice of three-man group offensive tactics in the middle, the biggest advantage brought by the 343 formation can be perfectly reflected - since the three forwards can cooperate with each other in a relatively small area, even if the opponent deploys multiple defenders, it will be difficult to defend.
It reaches the point where everything is covered in a short period of time. Generally speaking, the center will immediately press the opponent's small penalty area to force the two central defenders beside him to retreat. The two adducted wingers can easily take the ball at the top of the penalty area.
Organize the ball and deliver the ball before the opponent's midfield defensive players are in place.
Thanks to the existence of the 3-back system, the two full-backs who originally had to shoulder many defensive tasks in the 4-back system will be liberated from the sides. They can move forward significantly in the offense and even become the team's two wingers;
They can also retreat to the back line of defense under certain circumstances and become the team's two full-backs, changing the original 3-back formation into a 5-back formation with a larger defensive coverage area.
In the offense, in addition to the above-mentioned running without the ball to attract defensive forces, the offensive ability of the wing backs with the ball cannot be ignored. Generally speaking, the two wingers can choose to launch the offense together with the wing backs.
, but more often he will try to move in to the middle to increase the midfielder’s organizational and dispatching capabilities.
This offensive routine is relatively traditional, that is, the midfielder connects with the two highly inserted wing-backs through through balls, long passes and other methods to help them get the opportunity to pass from the bottom. At this time, the team is in the middle
The potential contact point is not only the center, but also two wingers and another wing back on the opposite side. In this way, the team can accumulate 3 to 4 contact points in the middle in a short period of time.
, it can almost form a situation of equal strength with the opponent's defensive players, and the success rate of crosses will naturally increase.
In the attack of the frontcourt trio, the 343 formation can also effectively enrich the tactical play. Generally speaking, among the three forwards in the 343 formation, one center is positioned relatively forward, and the other two wingers are behind both sides.
Waiting for the opportunity to move. But if you just maintain this formation, it is easy for the opponent's defensive players to find patterns. Therefore, many head coaches pay special attention to the position rotation of the front three, and sometimes let the center retreat to the midfielder position.
Take the ball to organize, and let the two wingers with speed advantage penetrate into the opponent's penalty area at high speed to respond.
Although the 343 formation is popular in today's world football, it has never reached the level of popularity of the 442 formation back then. The reason is that this formation has relatively strict requirements on the players' personal strength, tactical adaptability and the head coach's philosophical choice.
Requirements, once used improperly, will not only fail to enrich the team's technical and tactical system, but may even have negative effects.
On paper, the 343 formation has as many as four players in the midfield, but the two wing-backs on both sides will not actually belong to the midfield to assist in organization and dispatch for a long time. In other words, even if the two wingers
They can retreat appropriately to assist, but there are still only two players in the midfield most of the time. For a team with limited personal strength of midfielders, it is inevitable to use only two players for defensive interception in such a vast area.
It will bring huge hidden dangers.
Even in the process of organizing the attack, the two midfielders do appear to be a little too thin. In this case, once the opponent's defensive players gather many people to encircle and press, it will be difficult for the midfielder with mediocre strength to pick out the ball, and may even
It is snatched away by the opponent in a short period of time, thus giving the opponent an opportunity to counterattack.
Another major shortcoming is the wing defense issue that we have repeatedly emphasized before. As we all know, the 343 formation has a very obvious reliance on the insertion of wing backs, and the final decision also depends on the wing backs on the opposite side at the back post.
Outflank. In this context, the problem of insufficient numbers in the midfield will be further amplified. Although there are three defenders in the backcourt, due to the weak side defense, two of them must be pulled to the side in a defensive state.
, this will lead to a huge gap in the ribs in the middle.
Compared with other formations, the 343 formation is indeed easier to produce eye-catching and gorgeous offense, but its many limitations are also very obvious - it requires higher personal ability of players in some positions, and offense and defense
At certain times, there will also be a serious sense of fragmentation, which is not conducive to a quick return when switching from offense to defense. Of course, when enjoying the dividends brought by the 343 formation, you must bear certain consequences. I believe everyone
The head coach had already warned.
Looking at the positions of the Huangtian team members on the field, Lu Yao thought to himself, the next ten minutes are very crucial for both sides. Although there may not be another goal, the remaining ten minutes must be the best time for the new Cuju competition to be held.
The best ten-minute game now. A full-offensive lineup versus a fully-defensive lineup. At this point in the game, what is more tested is the patience and toughness of the players. There is not much that can be said about tactics and formations.
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In this regard, Lu Yao still believes in Pan Wen. After all, the Fan Lou team is now in the leading position, and their Fan Lou team will never take it lightly. Although the score is now leading, they can still devote themselves to
During the game, play the last ten minutes well.
For the Huangtian team, the psychological pressure is undoubtedly huge. They came to participate in this new Cuju competition with the aura of the Royal Cuju team. Who knew that the first game would end in sudden death mode with a penalty shootout?
After defeating the opponent, the second round of the game is now lagging behind again. However, compared to being eliminated in the first round, the pressure of losing in this round should not be as great, but there is no doubt that if the Huangtian team loses this
After one game, the reputation of the Royal Cuju Team among the people will no longer be what it used to be.
"The Huangtian team has given up on defense. Their defensive linemen are almost reaching the midfield position." Han Wenyuan said, watching the trajectory of the entire team's forward pressure after the Huangtian team served the ball.
Chen Chen said from the side: "This style of play is very correct to use at this time. With this little game time left, if you don't score a goal, the final result will be a loss. The way to avoid losing the game is to
After scoring a goal to tie the score, they no longer care about the opponent's defensive counterattack and must adopt this risky style of play."
On the field, Li Hao looked at the changes in the opponent's formation and knew that the Huangtian team would make a desperate choice to attack. This would also be a test for their Fan Lou team. If it were Fan Lou in the first round,
The Fan Lou team may soon be broken through by the Huangtian team. But now Li Hao is very confident. After all, all their Fan Lou team members have received Chen Chen’s defensive guidance for so many days. Now they are today
Unlike before, it is not impossible to defend against the surging offense of the Huangtian team.
Thus, the ten minutes of the final decisive battle arrived.