Mourinho's countermeasure is to have Eto'o and Sneijder team up to attack Modric and, if necessary, foul.
Anyway, it is to compress Modric's space and require that wherever Modric runs, Sneijder and Eto'o will retreat.
In this case, when Modric moves forward, the three defensive midfielders no longer need to come up to defend, and let Sneijder and Eto'o defend Modric.
The main task of the three defensive midfielders is to limit the performance of David Silva and Gotze.
After all, the positions and functions of David Silva and Gotze are no longer like two wingers...
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This response can be considered very targeted.
It not only made up for the shortcomings, but also continued to limit Lazio's offense.
It can be said to be a great response.
but……
Mourinho may not yet know that Lazio's offense is not driven solely by Modric, David Silva and Gotze...
The role of new tactics is that at this time, it can break the deadlock and win for the team!
Chang Sheng walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to Ledesma.
Ledesma's gesture was clear, and it meant that he should actively participate in the attack.
His current position is at central midfielder. When the team attacks, his position will advance to a position close to the attacking midfielder.
This position is really conducive to participating in the offense.
Ledesma is also observing the game while playing football.
He found that Inter Milan responded quickly, which should be related to the level of the opponent's head coach.
Mourinho's name is well-known throughout Europe.
Some media even compared Mourinho to his boss.
Of course, in Ledesma's mind, Mourinho is absolutely impossible to compare with the boss, but he admitted that Mourinho is a capable head coach, second only to the boss...
Every time Lazio makes an adjustment, Inter Milan will soon make corresponding adjustments.
For example, Lazio asked Modric to retreat, and Inter Milan immediately asked Eto'o to defend Modric and almost scored a goal.
Now Lazio took advantage of the gap in Inter Milan's defense in front of the penalty area and scored the equalizing goal.
Inter Milan also made adjustments immediately. They asked Eto'o and Sneijder to jointly defend Modric, and the three midfielders retreated...
So I should be a surprise player in this game...
Ledesma pondered it by himself.
He should hide his strength and wait for the best time to strike with a fatal blow!
So although the boss asked him to actively participate in the offense.
However, after analyzing the comprehensive situation, Ledesma decided not to actively participate in the offense, and would only actively participate in the offense when he thought it was the best time...
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The game continued. Chang Sheng returned to the coaching bench after giving instructions, folded his hands on his chest and began to watch the game.
But he did not see any response from Ledesma to his arrangement...
He did not actively participate in the offense!
"What's going on?" Assistant coach Di Matteo also noticed it. "Didn't Ledesma see your gesture?"
he asked Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng shrugged: "No, he saw it, and he reacted to my gesture."
"Then this is..."
Chang Sheng also frowned.
He didn't know what was going on.
It was impossible for Ledesma not to understand his gesture, and he also knew what he wanted him to do.
Then why didn't he listen?
Chang Sheng is puzzled by his explanation.
Chang Sheng decided not to think about it too much. If he lost the game because of this, he would definitely make Ledesma realize how wrong it was to go against his own will.
Even if the team wins the game, he still wants Ledesma to explain. This matter is endless!
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Ledesma didn't know that he had already upset the boss, and he was still following his plan.
In the offense, he participated very little, just making some ordinary transfer passes and runs.
Instead of taking on heavier and greater responsibilities in the offense, as Chang Sheng hopes, make some final passes, and when necessary, decisively step in to threaten the opponent's goal with long shots - in short, an all-around midfielder should
Whatever he does, that's what he should do.
During this period, Modric had a hard time being guarded by Eto'o and Sneijder. David Silva and Gotze were also tightly blocked by the opponent's three midfielders, and there were no decent opportunities.
Inter Milan's defense was successful, and then they started to attack.
After all, this is their home court. If it is just a draw, it will be a failure for the home team.
Therefore, Inter Milan will definitely pursue victory in this game.
It is precisely because Ledesma knows this that he knows exactly what Inter Milan will do next.
What he needs now is patience.
When Inter Milan starts to attack aggressively, that's his chance.
In fact, Ledesma didn't know whether what he did was right or not, but he thought about it carefully and felt that this was the approach with the greatest chance of scoring a goal.
If his team loses the game or ties with the opponent, he knows that the boss will definitely ask him to take responsibility, so he will take responsibility. The worst he can do is to play in the reserve team...
But Ledesma believes that if you don't even dare to shoulder such a responsibility, then what else can you do as a midfielder?
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Ledesma's analysis is not wrong at all. It is absolutely impossible for Inter Milan to accept a draw with Lazio at their home court.
They just want to win.
This is what Mourinho specifically explained.
If they can't win this game, then all their previous preparations will be meaningless!
So seeing Lazio's offensive being contained by them, they naturally began to consider attacking.
In fact, even if they don't consider it, our head coach Mourinho will let them consider it.
Mourinho waved them on from the sidelines to attack.
Ledesma knew his chance had come.
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Sneijder was caught between Ledesma and Meireles at the front of the penalty area, and he stumbled and sent the football away.
He wanted to pass the ball to Milito, but the ball was blocked by Jose Passarella who had already seen through his passing attempt.
When Ledesma saw Passarella take the ball, he immediately turned around and sprinted forward.
He's not as fast as a defensive midfielder, but as a winger...
He knew that Jose Passarella was not going to pass the football to him from the beginning and that he had to move into an attacking position.
Sure enough, Jose Passarella passed the football to Modric.
Inter Milan's counterattack was also very powerful. Seeing Modric get the ball, Eto'o pounced on him immediately. Modric didn't waste any time and sent the football to the side with the instep of his outside foot, then turned and walked away.
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The ball fell to full-back Azpilicueta.
Azpilicueta sends the ball forward again.
Meireles received the ball.
Eto'o also followed Modric, Meireles did not give him the football, but gave it to Ledesma.
Everyone understood the boss's previous gesture and asked Ledesma to organize the attack.
But I don’t know why Ledesma didn’t come out.
But now I still have to pass the ball to him, because there is no one to pass it to...
David Silva and Gotze are both being watched by Inter Milan's trio of defensive midfielders. Only Ledesma is considered a reliable target.
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"This is Lazio's counterattack! Can their speed pick up?"
Ledesma received the football, looked left and right, and saw no better target for the pass.
So he decisively continued to dribble the ball forward!
He kept dribbling the ball near the center circle and approaching Inter Milan.
Soon I met Sissoko.
Cambiasso was watching David Silva, and Muntari was in charge of Gotze. Sissoko was free in the middle.
Just when Sissoko was approaching, Ledesma passed the ball.
He did not pass to David Silva, nor to Gotze, nor to Modric and Cavani. These people are all being marked and are not the best passing targets.
Since this opportunity is hard-won, it cannot be wasted easily.
Ledesma was very risky when he decided to make his plan, but he was very calm and cautious when he implemented the plan.
He doesn't have a good place to release the ball. This is the purpose of Inter Milan's defense, which is to prevent Lazio from having a good connection point when attacking.
This forces the player with the ball to go one-on-one with Inter Milan's midfield grinders.
But Ledesma has a passing target.
That is...
Meirelles!
With a flick of his outside instep, the football was passed to Meireles who was diagonally behind him.
Almost everyone in Inter Milan has goals, but Ledesma and Meireles, the two defensive midfielders, are not very strong in marking - who will focus on the two defensive midfielders?
If it was a defensive midfielder like Motta, they would definitely come to contain him immediately.
After passing the ball, Ledesma continued to move forward.
Sissoko turned his attention to Meireles.
Mourinho and Meireles are both Portuguese, and he attaches great importance to his compatriots. He attacks Sissoko quickly, and Meireles has a long shot. If you give him too much space,
He may choose to take a long shot.
This is something to pay attention to.
So Sissoko rushed forward.
As a result, Meireles refused to challenge him and passed the football back to Ledesma.
Ledesma is almost approaching Inter Milan's back line!
After receiving the ball, he passed the football out again, this time to Cavani.
After passing the ball, he did not continue to rush in, but ran sideways.
Cavani knew what he was going to do when he saw his running route.
Meirelles is not the only one with the ability to shoot long distances!
Cavani treats himself as a fort and turns football back into a ball.
It happened to be in front of Ledesma's running route.
Of course, Ledesma is good at long-range shooting. How could Mourinho, who values intelligence gathering, not know this?
He knows it, and all Inter Milan players also know it.
Such an obvious backpass and direct shot, even a fool can see it!
This time, because he was right in the ribs, Maicon rushed to defend.
Ledesma indeed made a move to shoot from a long distance. He adjusted his pace while running and seemed to intend to shoot directly.
But when his left foot came down, he poked the football with his toe!
Straight pass!
The football passed through Maicon's ****, and the Brazilian full-back looked back. Lazio's No. 11 came in at high speed and caught up with the football!
"David Silva!!"
Lucio went around to pounce on Silva, but the distance was too far. He was only halfway through when David Silva already took a kick with his right foot!
The football drew an arc in the air.
It just happened to bypass Julio Cesar's glove, then fell and flew into Inter Milan's goal! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
