【10-11 ZM专贴】280L：替补伊布戴帽助瑞典5-0横扫芬兰

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Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (AET): Ronaldo header wins Real the Copa del Rey
April 21, 2011


The starting line-ups

A tight, scrappy game was won by Cristiano Ronaldo’s 103rd minute goal.

Jose Mourinho had to reshuffle his defence with Raul Albiol suspended. Sergio Ramos moved into the centre, and Alvaro Arbeloa came in at right-back. Mourinho also chose to play no true striker – Karim Benzema was dropped with Mesut Ozil back in the side on the right. Ronaldo started ufpront.

Carles Puyol was not risked for a second time, so Javier Mascherano dropped into the centre-back position he’s played a couple of times recently. Jose Pinto was used over Victor Valdes in goal. The rest of the side was as expected.
The game started off very scrappy – there were a lot of free-kicks early on, a few scuffles amongst players, and a stop-start nature to the contest as a whole. This, of course, favoured Real Madrid – who were keen to break up Barcelona’s natural rhythm and make the game more of a battle.

Real press

Tactically, they sprung a slight surprise by pressing Barcelona in the midfield zone early on. Pepe, superb in his holding midfield position at the weekend, swapped roles with Xabi Alonso – so whilst Alonso sat between the lines in a 4-1-4-1 system, Pepe used his energy and strength higher up the pitch, particularly against Xavi Hernandez.

This worked very well for Real. Barcelona’s passing was very poor in the first period, and they missed having Xavi constantly free in space to dictate play. They attempted to get out of the press by dropping Busquets into the defence at times and switching to 3-4-3, but they encountered the same problem – they couldn’t get the ball forward to their attacking trio, and Lionel Messi moved deeper and deeper to pick up the ball, making him less of a goal threat.

Attacking play

Messi’s absence from the final third was particularly obvious because David Villa was woefully out of form and Pedro Rodriguez wasn’t much better before half time. It’s difficult to remember Barcelona creating a good opportunity in the first half.

Real went closest to scoring. Their main tactic was to quickly hit the ball wide and try and catch Barcelona out in the full-back positions – and this resulted in their best chance of the opening period. A long ball into the Barcelona left-back zone brought Pinto out of his goal to clear – then Ozil and Ronaldo worked a crossing opportunity, dragged Gerard Pique out of the back, and Pepe towered over Dani Alves to head against the post. Mourinho was by far the happier manager at half time.

Second half

It was strange, then, that in the second half Real appeared to press less keenly. This is natural as the game goes on (especially at this stage of the season, and when the game ends up going into extra time), and Real’s intensity did dip a little after around 15 minutes anyway. However, this seemed much more of a deliberate tactic, as if Real wanted Barcelona to come onto them more, in order to leave more space at the back to exploit.

The obvious danger in that strategy is that Barcelona imposed themselves on the game. Messi, almost anonymous in the opening period, started to become the game’s key player in his playmaking position, whilst Xavi and Andres Iniesta kept the ball much better, moving up the pitch and making Barca more of a threat.

Key battles

With the two sides matching each other in midfield – and this stand-off only altered when Messi came deep – it was difficult to see where a goal was going to come from. However, whilst the first half was so scrappy that it was hard to identify key battles, the second half had more of a set pattern.

Iniesta v Khedira was a promising contest. Khedira’s job was to close Iniesta down, but he was also the Real central midfielder who had a responsibility to get forward, so it seemed that a chance may be created with one of these players getting in behind the other.

Pedro moved from the right to the left and used his pace up against Arbeloa, cutting inside and hitting the ball into the side netting early on in the second period. His movement is much better than Villa’s, and this also opened up space for Adriano on the overlap – he caught Ozil sleeping a couple of times.


The formations after Adebayor replaced Ozil

Pedro also had the ball in the net later on, but it was disallowed for offside. Barcelona played with more width in the second half, and that event was classic Barcelona – a through ball between centre-back and full-back, for a wide forward coming inside.

That side of the pitch was the key battleground, and Ozil was replaced by Emmanuel Adebayor, with Ronaldo coming to the right. In basic terms this was an attacking move – introducing a true striker – but it also helped Real defensively. Ronaldo pinned back Adriano and Barcelona were less of a danger down that side.

This was the only substitution before Ronaldo’s goal, and for such a tight, cagey game, it was a surprise that neither manager utilised their bench more. Pedro’s switch to the left and then Ronaldo’s switch to the right were the most significant developments, but positionally, little changed amongst the rest of the players.

Extra time

Ronaldo up against Adriano was now the game’s key contest. He went very close to opening the scoring with a move that typified Real’s approach – Pepe put Xavi under pressure and helped win the ball, Alonso picked it up and hit a diagonal ball out to the flank, Ronaldo sped past Adriano and flashed a shot just wide.

Ronaldo eventually got the better of the Brazilian to score – but it was in the air, rather than on the ground. Angel di Maria got past Alves and lofted a cross to the far post, where Ronaldo produced a powerful header back across goal. It was very similar to Pepe’s effort in the first half, and has been a route of attack all season for Real - in Mourinho’s first home game against Osasuna, it was notable how Ronaldo and Benzema (fielded wide) came in from their flanks to provide an aerial threat at the far post.

Guardiola couldn’t change things at 1-0 down. David Villa was removed with Ibrahim Afellay on in his place, but Real were always likely to drop deep. Barcelona really needed more of a presence in the box, but Guardiola didn’t have a true physical striker at his disposal. Real weren’t really hanging on – they saw out the extra time period confidently.

Conclusion

A tactical victory for Mourinho – he used Pepe higher up the pitch, used Ronaldo as a striker, told his side to press in midfield early on, and disturbed Barcelona’s passing with a proactive attitude without the ball.

Barca were well on top between 45 and 70 minutes, but Real defended well in this period, with Pedro against Arbeloa looking likely to produce a goal.

Real’s main strategy was to get the ball wide quickly, and in producing three great chances through this route (the Pepe header and the two  Ronaldo efforts in extra time), they probably created more true goalscoring opportunities than Barcelona

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国王杯决赛战术分析：穆氏绝技助皇马捧杯

2011-04-22 / kaminosin



C罗103分钟的头球帮助皇马赢得了这场节奏紧张而火药味儿浓重的比赛。

由于阿尔比奥尔的禁赛，穆里尼奥重新部署了后防。拉莫斯踢中卫，阿贝罗阿踢右后卫。穆里尼奥还选择了无锋的打法——本泽马不在首发之列，厄齐尔回归位居右侧，C罗居中。

普约尔不能冒险再次上场，于是马斯切拉诺出任最近他踢过几次的中卫位置。平托顶替巴尔德斯出任门将，巴萨的其他位置则与预想中一样。

比赛一开始火药味儿就非常浓重——开局阶段就有很多任意球，球员间也有冲突，整场比赛的主旋律就是断断续续不够流畅。当然，这对于皇马有利——他们渴望破坏巴萨所习惯的比赛节奏，把球赛变成一场战斗。

皇马压迫

从战术上说，开局阶段皇马在中场对巴萨的压迫有点儿出乎人意料。上周末在后腰位置发挥出色的佩佩与阿隆索调换角色，当阿隆索处在4-1-4-1阵型里后卫与中场两线之间时，佩佩则在更靠前的位置发挥他的体能和力量，特别是以此去对抗哈维。

皇马的这招很奏效。上半场巴萨的传球很糟糕，他们没能做到让哈维舒舒服服地指挥比赛。巴萨试图通过不时让布斯克茨后撤，变阵3-4-3来反压迫，但他们还是遇到了同样的问题——他们没法儿把球传到前场三叉戟的脚下，梅西为接球回撤得越来越深，对皇马球门的威胁也小了不少。

进攻端表现

由于比利亚状态奇糟，佩德罗中场之前的表现也不咋地，梅西远离禁区的影响就很明显了。巴萨在上半场没制造出给人留下印象的得分机会。

皇马则更接近破门。他们的主要对策是快速把球打到边路，攻击巴萨边中卫的身后，这种打法为他们带来了开局阶段最好的机会——一个长传打到巴萨左后卫区域，使得平托弃门出击解围，之后厄齐尔和C罗配合送出传中，皮克被吸引离开中卫位置，佩佩力压阿尔维斯头球打中门柱。上半场，穆里尼奥显然是两位主帅中的赢家。

下半场

皇马的压迫战术在下半场似乎略有减弱，乍看起来令人有些不解。随着比赛的进行出现这种趋势其实很正常（特别是到了赛季的这个时候，并且比赛最终进入加时），15分钟后皇马的比赛强度同样有所下降。然而这看上去更像是故意为之，要是的巴萨更多地前压，以便身后留出更多的空当可供皇马反击之用。

这种策略显著的危险是让巴萨占据了比赛的主动。开场阶段基本消失的梅西，在组织者位置上开始发威引导比赛，哈维和伊涅斯塔拿球也好了很多，向前突破并制造了不少威胁。

关键对抗

两队在中场的对抗不相上下——只有梅西回撤时这一平衡才有些许变化——因此双方几乎创造不出明显的得分机会。然而，与火药味儿十足而很难分辨出关键对抗的上半场不同，下半场的局势相对明朗了一些。

伊涅斯塔与赫迪拉的对抗是个看点。赫迪拉的工作是要去贴伊涅斯塔，但他作为皇马的中场也有向前进攻的职责，所以当两人之一打到另一个身后时这可能就是一个机会。

佩德罗从右侧移到左侧，利用他的速度优势对抗阿贝罗阿，并在下半场开始不久就内切射中边网。他的跑位比比利亚要好得多，而这也给阿德里亚诺的套边插上提供了空间——他抓住了厄齐尔注意力不集中造成的几次机会。

之后佩德罗也有一次进球，不过因越位在先无效。巴萨下半场更多地利用宽度，这也是巴萨的经典配合——利用中卫和边卫间的空当传直塞球，一个边锋内切接球。

场地这一侧（皇马的右路）是一个关键战场。厄齐尔被阿德巴约替下，C罗回到右边。从基本阵型来看这一调整是趋向攻击的——一个真正的前锋登场了——但它对皇马的防守也有贡献。C罗压制阿德，使巴萨那一侧的威胁少了一个。


阿德巴约替换厄齐尔后的阵型

这是C罗进球前的唯一一个换人，对于一场节奏紧张、双方小心翼翼的比赛而言，令人意外的是两位主帅都没有做出更多的换人。佩德罗和C罗的位置调整是最重要的改变，但其他球员位置上都没有什么变化。

加时赛

C罗与阿德的对抗是此时的关键。在一次很能代表皇马策略的进攻中他就非常接近破门了——佩佩压迫哈维并协助断球，阿隆索接球并一个斜长传到侧翼，C罗用速度摆脱阿德并打门，稍稍偏出立柱。

C罗最终在与巴西人的对抗中占优并得分——但那是在空中而不是地面。迪马利亚过掉阿尔维斯并传中到后点，C罗强力头槌破门。这和上半场佩佩那次攻门非常相像，也是本赛季皇马的一个固定进攻套路——在穆里尼奥第一次主场对阵奥萨苏纳的比赛中，C罗和本泽马（当时出任边路）从侧翼向中路运动后的远点头球攻门就很值得注意。

瓜迪奥拉在1-0落后时做不了什么改变。比利亚被阿费莱对位换下，但皇马总是会后撤很深。巴萨很需要在禁区内设一个点，但瓜迪奥拉手上并没有一个真正好身体的前锋可用。皇马在最后时刻也并不消极——他们自信地坚持到了加时的结束。

结论

穆里尼奥的战术获得了胜利——他把佩佩放得靠前，让C罗踢前锋，告诉他的球队要一开始就在中场压制对手，无球时以预判破坏巴萨的传递。

巴萨在45到70分钟间占据优势，但皇马这段时间防守也做得很好，佩德罗对抗阿贝罗阿看起来一度很有可能制造进球。

皇马的主要策略是尽快将球打到边路，并通过这一套路制造了3次机会（佩佩的头球和C罗在加时的两次机会）。实际上他们可能比巴萨创造了更多破门良

弗爵爷

乌迪内斯这个队战术素养很不错，比赛中频繁切换于三后卫和四后卫之间，圭多林的战术变化也比较多

Penelope

Tottenham 3-3 Arsenal: chalkboards
April 21, 2011


The starting line-ups

Another exciting north London derby finished all-square at White Hart Lane.

Harry Redknapp chose to use both Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko upfront together again, with Rafael van der
Vaart going to the right in place of Aaron Lennon.

Arsene Wenger brought in Abou Diaby for Jack Wilshere, and Bacary Sagna replaced Emmanuel Eboue at right-back, but he used the same front four as against Liverpool.

This was a very open, exciting game. Both sides needed the victory, and both attacked relentlessly throughout the game. Tottenham’s urgency was because, in basic terms, that is how a 4-4-2 often needs to play against a 4-2-3-1 – to bypass the midfield battle, get the ball wide and then into the penalty box quickly, in order to take advantage of having two strikers.

That said, Redknapp’s use of Rafael van der Vaart on the flank was in recognition of the fact that Spurs needed to ‘narrow it up’ (see the report of the Arsenal v Spurs game earlier this season) to prevent being overrun in the middle of the pitch.

Equally, Arsenal wanted to catch Tottenham’s defence high up the pitch. Spurs defended brilliantly in this fixture last year by playing deep and narrow, but with Robin van Persie dragging the centre-backs around well here, Arsenal wanted space to break into.

The result of this was an end-to-end game – here’s some chalkboards on the key points:

Bale quiet

Having been named PFA Player of the Year the previous weekend, all eyes were on Gareth Bale to turn in a performance worthy of his new status.

He came up against the PFA’s choice as right-back in the team of the year – Bacary Sagna, who largely kept Bale quiet for the second time this season. Bale lost all eight challenges in the match, following just a 25% success rate earlier in the season in the fixture at the Emirates.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Assou-Ekotto

Arsenal didn’t defend well enough against Spurs’ left-back, Benoit Assou-Ekotto. He was given too much time on the ball to drift long passes towards Peter Crouch at the far post, and Arsenal had to try and deal with his knock-downs inside the box.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Szczesny / van Persie

Tottenham often looked to press Arsenal’s back four when goalkeeper Wojiech Szczesny had the ball. This meant he had to kick the ball downfield, but Robin van Persie hardly ever beat Michael Dawson or William Gallas in the air – by the end of the game, he’d effectively given up:

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Walcott goal

Arsenal’s first goal was a classic 4-2-3-1 v 4-4-2 goal. The central playmaker, Cesc Fabregas, received the ball in space between the lines, which forced one of the centre-backs towards play – this space was then exploited by another player. The move was very similar to the way Holland tried to catch out Spain in the World Cup (where Arjen Robben was denied by Iker Casillas) particularly the way Walcott took up a very central position.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Nasri goal

Samir Nasri’s strike was a fantastic example of how effective one-twos can be in football, when combined with good movement. From picking the ball up on the touchline, he plays three one-twos to get into a central position, before unleashing a good shot into the net.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Huddlestone

Tom Huddlestone was another player who scored a fantastic goal, but his overall performance was disappointing. He has a reputation as a good long-distance passer, but he gave the ball away far too frequently in this game.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

Clearances

The different patterns on the clearance chalkboards reflects the different threats of either side – almost all Arsenal’s clearances are from inside the box, when Tottenham played longish balls in from wide areas, whilst much more of Tottenham’s are outside the penalty area, as Arsenal tried to pass the ball through the middle.

<flash> by Guardian Chalkboards

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Penelope

热刺，这次可以说帮了曼联大忙，当然他们自己还想下赛季打欧冠的话，就得再拼命一些

Penelope

乌迪内斯这个队战术素养很不错，比赛中频繁切换于三后卫和四后卫之间，圭多林的战术变化也比较多
弗爵爷 发表于 2011-4-22 09:15

拉维奇要能进1球，也许对主队士气有帮助。卡尼浪费机会也太多

午时靡深蓝

小诸葛圭多林当然不是浪得虚名的，就是搞不懂为什么一直没有大俱乐部邀请他

弗爵爷

小诸葛圭多林当然不是浪得虚名的，就是搞不懂为什么一直没有大俱乐部邀请他
午时靡深蓝 发表于 2011-4-22 09:40

这厮战术能力绝对是有料的，但摆平更衣室不是其强项

当年被巴勒莫来回炒，也算是一段传奇了

Alex2011

乌鸡进入4月份来输了2场，有点遗憾，这一场取胜，则比分与拉齐奥、国米较接近，这阶段努力一下，为小赛季打欧冠拼拼吧

弗爵爷

这种阵容单薄的队去打欧冠，十有八九要悲剧

午时靡深蓝

乌鸡已经输了几场，这一场取胜，比分与拉齐奥、国米较接近，这阶段努力一下，为小赛季打欧冠拼拼吧
Alex2011 发表于 2011-4-22 09:46

呵呵，打欧冠非乌鸡所愿也。乌鸡的作风就是练妖人，套现，买小妖，联赛最后关头送送人情，排名，欧冠神马的无所谓。

Alex2011

188# 午时靡深蓝

沙尔克都打进欧冠四强了，呵呵
冒冒泡，也许妖人更妖，价钱更好

午时靡深蓝

沙尔克人员充足甚至是臃肿
乌鸡这些主力恐怕今年赛季结束就要被卖出去好几个，而且像前面爵爷所说阵容单薄，这样的话打欧冠等于是去送死。

弗爵爷

不只是欧冠送死

切沃就有过欧冠赛季降级的经历

Penelope

势单力薄打欧冠，比吃毒药还厉害？呵呵

Alex2011

下楼补一个关于沙尔克2-1国米的战术分析贴，zm则没有这场次回合的战术分析，特此说明

Alex2011

Schalke 2 – 1 Inter Milan: Schalke Make History
Posted on April 13, 2011 by Cristian Nyari



Introduction – An opportunity to make the record books

Only a handful of clubs in Europe can boast a greater attendance record than Schalke.  They are renowned for their passionate fan base and are one of the more storied sides in German football.  Despite that history, Schalke have not been too successful in Europe, never getting past the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League.  Before that, their biggest achievement came in 1997 when they beat, ironically enough, Inter Milan on penalties to win the UEFA Cup.
The tie against Inter this season provided Die Knappen with a chance to make history.  One foot was in the door given their impressive 5-2 win in the first leg.  But football is unpredictable and a look back through the history books proves that anything can happen at this stage.

As defending champions, Inter came into this second leg with the dual pressure of living up to last season’s achievements while making up the three-goal deficit from the first leg.  Leonardo came under scrutiny for his side’s performance in the last couple of weeks and it is fair to say that his future at the club very much hangs in the balance of this outcome.  As forgone a conclusion as it may be, Inter supporters wanted a good performance out of their side and few teams in Europe have the experience this Inter side does.

All eyes turned to what was sure to be another exciting affair.  How would Schalke line up?  Would they sit back and defend the lead?  Was Inter capable of a historic comeback without conceding?

Rangnick lines up more defensively

With the suspension of key attacker Farfan and a comfortable three-goal lead, Rangnick had to reshuffle a bit.  Metzelder returned to the line up, Zoro mask included, while 19-year-old Matip moved into central midfield with the other 19-year-old Papadopoulos.  Jurado meanwhile moved out to the left while Baumjohan filled in for Farfan on the right.

Despite Rangnick’s propensity for attack this line up made the team automatically more defensive.  Whereas Jurado played a more attacking role in the first leg out of the center, Matip and Papadopolous are both sitting midfielders.  The shape therefore lent itself to be a lot more defensive than what we saw in the first leg.

Schalke could not take the result of the first leg for granted though and while his team was more cautious he did not opt out of attack.   Rather, Rangnick instructed his fullbacks to be more proactive in their approach.  This made for some interesting early battles between the teams’ two Japanese fullbacks, Uchida and Nagatomo.

Compared to the first leg, Schalke were a lot more comfortable sitting back and absorbing Inter’s attacks.  Baumjohan and Jurado dropped back quite a bit to hold off Inter’s forward runs and Schalke hoped to exploit Inter on the break rather than seeking to break up their play.  This was very reminiscent of Inter’s strategy against Barcelona in last year’s semi final.  The more the time on the clock winded down the more comfortable Schalke became however and the tide started to shift slowly.


Starting line ups with average movement and positioning.

Inter chase game from beginning


Raul rounds Cesar to effectively decide the tie.

Leonardo’s tactics were very straightforward, push up to make up the huge deficit. He started Milito and Eto’o up front again and moved Zanetti into midfield while fielding Nagatomo at left back after his good performance against Chievo over the weekend.   Inter needed four unanswered goals to advance so there was not a lot of room to sit back.  They needed to take the imitative and press forward.

Inter were much more effective using their width this time around.  Nagatomo was a threat down the left compared to the more conservative Chivu.  And with Baumjohan and Jurado not being natural wide midfielders Inter had more room to operate down the flanks.

Because they needed to score, Inter were always going to expose themselves defensively and that gave Schalke every opportunity to counter.  Chasing such a big lead is always a compromise and rarely are clubs able to send wave after wave of attack forward without giving up space at the back.  They had no choice however and the first half saw most of the action in Schalke’s half as Inter pushed up ferociously.  It was just a matter of time before Schalke pounced on the break and punished Inter’s defensive neglect.

Raul’s goal before half time came exactly under such a circumstance.  Jurado picked up the ball near the halfway line and with the Inter defense retreating he slipped it through to an unmarked Raul.  The former Madrid player rounded Cesar brilliantly and put his side up.  Inter now needed a goal every 9 minutes in the second half to progress and even though Motta pulled a goal back in the second half the tie was effectively over.

Interchangeable Schalke attack

Rangnick instructed his central midfielders to sit in front of his backline while Jurado and Baumjohan helped to cover for their fullbacks.  Matip was very busy covering for Sarpei, who was trying his best to hold off Maicon’s forward runs while Papadopoulos was once again given the task of tightly marking Inter’s playmaker Sneijder.

That in turn left unsecured space in the middle that was ripe for the picking by the Italians.  Edu and Raul were key in filling that vacuum.  The two strikers were instructed to stay deep in their own half rather than wait up field for the counter.

As such, Raul and Edu served two important purposes.  For one, they provided the extra manpower in midfield against Motta, Stankovic and Zanetti.  Two, they made it possible for Schalke to play in tight quarters and transition quickly out of their own half.  With Inter playing a high line and advancing as often as they did it was important to break as quickly as possible and catch them out of position.  Had Raul and Edu not dropped back the long ball tactic could easily have prevented Schalke from holding off Inter as effectively as they did.  Both were fantastic in their respective roles, particularly Raul, whose performance over the two legs will be talked about for a long time in Gelsenkirchen.

Jurado and Baumjohan were also crucial in Schalke’s link up and performed a dual function of being Schalke’s primary attacking midfielders and linking up their quick counter attacks.  The much-maligned Jurado has often been played out wide this season to little effect as he constantly drifted inside.  Rather than seeing it as a weakness, Rangnick seems to have embraced Jurado’s natural playmaking tendencies and encouraged him to move centrally whenever Schalke had possession.  Before his move to Schalke, Baumjohan played as a central playmaker as well as so Rangnick effectively deployed two natural central playmakers in front of his holding midfielders, a smart move when wanting to link up any play out of the back.


Edu and Raul were key in covering exposed space.

Physical fitness key


Raul's heatmap shows not only his great contribution but the vast amount space covered.

Magath’s footprint on this Schalke side may be tarnished but his influence in preparing his side physically cannot be denied.  One side looked fresh until the final whistle while the other was left gasping for air after just 45 minutes.  Farfan came out recently in strong opposition to Magath’s training methods but the team as a while seems to have benefited from the grueling regiment.

The two legs against Valencia and Inter saw Schalke outrun and outwork their opponents.  And while Farfan has bemoaned those methods Raul has stated that this is the fittest he has ever felt in his career so there is something to be said about the conditioning amongst Schalke players which has played a big part in their Champions League run this season.

Preview ahead of Manchester game

Last weekend Rangnick played Schmitz, Schalke’s left back for most of the season, in front of current left back Sarpei.  Surely this was done to cover for what is arguably Schalke’s biggest weakness.  A lot of Inter’s attacks came down Schalke’s left side and Matip constantly had to move over to help out.  Against United, Schalke will face their most difficult task considering Nani is normally deployed on the right for them.  No doubt that Ferguson will utilize the Portuguese winger in such a respect and instruct him to continuously attack Schalke’s left back.

It can also be said that Leonardo initially underestimated Schalke and that is why Rangnick’s men were able in large part to surprise Inter in the first leg and create such an advantage for themselves.  Ferguson on the other hand was present at this match and is one of the most astute tactical minds in the game.

Rangnick will have to be at his best to match Ferguson’s experience and know-how.  It will also be interesting to see if he will continue to utilize two holding midfielders against United and Rooney who has been dropping back to great effect in Europe this season.

Filed under: 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 4-4-2, Champions League, Coaches, FC Schalke 04, Felix Magath, Inter Milan, Leonardo, Match Report, Ralf Ragnick, Tactical analysis, Tactics

Alex2011

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作者：Cristian Nyari
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引言 - 沙尔克迎来创造历史的机会



在欧洲，仅有少数俱乐部能拥有比沙尔克更高的观赛人数。沙尔克以球迷的热情而闻名，这在德国足球历史上也是很有名的。但除此之外，沙尔克历史上在欧洲赛场上并不算很成功，球队从未晋级欧冠四强。在此之前，他们最大的成就是1997年的联盟杯冠军，巧合的是，当年的决赛中他们正是凭借点球击败了国际米兰。

本赛季和国际米兰的羁绊让矿工再一次有了创造历史的机会。在首回合交战中，他们客场难以置信的以5-2击败对手，基本已经一只脚迈进了四强席位。但足球是不可预测的，而历史上的诸多事实也证明一切皆有可能。

作为卫冕冠军，国际米兰带着双重压力踏进次回合的比赛场地，一方面他们需要重拾上赛季的辉煌，另一方面他们必须弥补首回合3个净失球的劣势。因为球队在过去几周的糟糕表现，莱奥纳多正处于各方关注的中心，坦白说，他在俱乐部的前途很大程度上会受到本场比赛结果的影响。正如之前所说，这是有可能的，国米的支持者希望球队上演奇迹，而在这之前仅有极少的球队能做到这一点。

万众瞩目希望能见证一场奇迹，而沙尔克将如何应对？他们是否会消极防守？国米是否有可能上演历史性的大逆转？

朗尼克的布阵加强了防守

出于主要攻击手法尔范的缺阵和领先三球的优势的考虑，朗尼克对阵容做了一些调整。梅策尔德戴着佐罗式的面具重回首发，而19岁小将马蒂普则挪到了中场，与他搭档的是另一位19岁的小将帕帕多普洛斯。胡拉多被放在的左路，而鲍姆约翰则替代了法尔范在右路的位置。

尽管朗尼克对攻势足球有偏好，但这个阵容使球队天然的更具有防守性。在首回合比赛中胡拉多在中场扮演了更具攻击性的角色，而次回合的马蒂普和帕帕多普洛斯却都是防守型中场，因此这个阵型看上去就比首回合更具有防守性。

沙尔克并不能把首回合的结果作为晋级的保障，出于更谨慎的目的，朗尼克没有选择进攻。更多的，他指示边后卫作出更为积极的行动。这也导致了两队的日本边卫—内田笃人和长友佑都—之间的有趣对决。

与首回合相比，沙尔克在防守和破坏国米进攻方面变得更加自信。鲍姆约翰和胡拉多往后撤来牵制国米前锋的跑动，沙尔克更想借此来消耗国际米兰。这也令人不得不怀念起上赛季欧冠半决赛国米对抗巴萨时的策略。时间过的越久，沙尔克就越自信，而场上的趋势也随之慢慢发生了转变。

双方首发阵型及跑位

国际米兰从比赛就志在进攻

劳尔晃过塞萨尔，高效地决定了比赛

莱奥纳多的策略非常直接，用进攻来弥补净失球的差距。他再次派出米利托和埃托奥顶在最前，将萨内蒂移到中场，而长友佑都凭借周末对切沃的出色表现得以首发出任左后卫。国米必须取得四个净胜球才能晋级，因此他们防守的机会不会很多。他们需要采取主动，向前推进.

这一次国米更有效地利用了他们的宽度。与在切沃一战中更注重防守相比，长友佑都本场在左路突进很有威胁。由于鲍姆约翰和胡拉多的中场范围并不宽，因此国米在边路有很多突破的机会。

由于需要进球，因此国米一直在暴露他们的防线，这也给了沙尔克打反击的机会。攻击线推进的过前总是有危害的，几乎没有球队能保证在一波又一波进攻的基础上不给后防留下太大的空挡。但国米并没有选择权，上半场比赛由于国米的野蛮推进，大多数时候都在沙尔克的半场活动。看起来沙尔克抓住机会发起突袭来惩罚国米对防守的忽视也只是时间问题。

劳尔在上半场结束前的进球正是来自于这样的情景。胡拉多在中线附近开球，在国米的防守球员后撤的同时将球传给无人盯防的劳尔。前皇马球员漂亮晃过塞萨尔并取得进球。在这种情况下，国米如果要晋级的话，至少需要在下半场做到每九分钟进一个球的频率，即使莫塔在下半场扳回一球，国米晋级的可能性也基本不存在了。

可互换的沙尔克式进攻

朗尼克安排中场处在后防线的最顶端，同时由胡拉多和鲍姆约翰协助边卫防守。马蒂普忙于协助萨尔佩进行防守，后者在尽最大的努力遏制麦孔的突进，而帕帕多普洛斯则再一次被赋予严密盯防国米进攻核心斯奈德的任务。

这也导致了中场的不稳定给了意大利俱乐部争取得分的良机。埃杜和劳尔是填补这一空缺的关键。两名前锋被要求更多的守在己方的半场，而不是在对方半场等待。

这种情况下，劳尔和埃杜扮演了两个重要角色。第一，他们为中场对抗莫塔、斯坦科维奇和扎内蒂提供了更多的人力支援；第二，这使得沙尔克得以在狭小的空间内发起进攻，并快速的转换出己方半场。在国米经常大举压上的情况下，尽可能快的抓住机会破坏阵型是很重要的。如果劳尔和埃杜没有后撤的话，长传球的政策将很容易阻止沙尔克像现在这样有效的遏制国际米兰的进攻。这两人在这两个角色中都表现的极其出色，尤其是劳尔，他在两回合比赛中的表现将会一直在盖尔森基兴被津津乐道。

胡拉多和鲍姆约翰在沙尔克的连接方面也非常重要，并且同时担任了沙尔克的主要攻击中场和发动快速防守反击的双重角色。饱受质疑的胡拉多本赛季的表现成效很少，因为他一直在己方阵中漂移。朗尼克却没有把这当成胡拉多的劣势，他看起来似乎接受了胡拉多作为进攻组织者的这一走向，并且鼓励他在沙尔克控球的情况下成为核心。在胡拉多转会到沙尔克前，鲍姆约翰也是这样一名中场组织核心，因此朗尼克果断的在两个防守型中场前安置了两个中场进攻组织者，当球队想发起进攻时能快速作出反应。

埃杜和劳尔是填补空缺的关键

体能优势是关键

Raul's heatmap shows not only his great contribution but the vast amount space covered.

马加特在沙尔克的经历可能有些暗淡，但是他在备战体能准备方面的影响是不可忽视的。一方一直充满活力的保持到终场哨响，而另一方在45分钟的半场后就开始喘气。最近法尔范站出来强烈反对马加特的训练方式，但是整体看来球队是从严酷训练中获益的。
在对瓦伦西亚和国米的比赛中，可以看出沙尔克跑得要比对手快。并且，尽管法尔范讨厌这样的训练方式，但劳尔却表示这是他职业生涯中体能最好的时候，很显然沙尔克球员的体能在他们本赛季欧冠征程起了重要作用。

对阵曼联的前瞻

上周末（译者注：对狼堡的比赛），朗尼克把施密茨（沙尔克本赛季常规左后卫）放在了目前的左后卫萨尔佩的身前。很显然，这是沙尔克最薄弱的环节。国米的大多数进攻都来自于沙尔克的左路，马蒂普需要一直参与左路的协防。在对曼联的比赛中，沙尔克将面临艰巨的考验，因为纳尼通常被安置在球队的右路。毫无疑问，弗格森会在这方面利用葡萄牙飞翼，并让他持续攻击沙尔克的左路防线。

也可以说是因为莱奥纳多低估了沙尔克，才使得朗尼克的球员有机会在首回合出其不意的创造了巨大的领先优势。而另一方面，弗格森则观战了本场比赛，并且他本人也十分精于战术。

朗尼克必须尽力对抗弗格森的经验和技术。而且有意思的是，不知道朗尼克是否会继续使用两名防守型中场来对抗曼联和鲁尼，后者本赛季因位置后撤而发挥了很重大的作用。

[ 此帖被sablefish在2011-04-23 02:48修改 ]

Penelope

Manchester United 1-0 Everton: United dominate but leave it late
April 23, 2011


The starting line-ups

Another poacher’s goal from Javier Hernandez, and another late victory for Manchester United.

Sir Alex Ferguson made many changes to his side, bringing in Darron Gibson and Johnny Evans for rare starts. Wayne Rooney played off Javier Hernandez.

David Moyes was without Johnny Heitinga, so brought Jack Rodwell into the central midfield zone alongside Phil Neville, with Tony Hibbert at right-back. Tim Cahill was on the bench.

The game went through three distinct stages: (a) in the first half, United were all over Everton and should have scored a few goals (b) for the first twenty minutes of the second, the game was much more even and (c) Ferguson’s substitutions helped United stamp their authority on the match once again in the final stages.

United dominance

In the first half, the ball spent barely any time in Manchester United’s half of the pitch. The tactical battle was almost entirely about United’s front four against Everton’s defence and two holding midfielders – and though United frequently found space and created promising situations, their final ball into the box was often wasteful.

Everton have generally got things right away from home against the top sides this season – when Gareth Bale mania was in full force, Moyes produced a clever plan to nullify Tottenham at White Hart Lane, he set up very well at the Emirates to deny Arsenal the dominance they’re used to at home – before Everton faded late on, his tactics away at Manchester City produced a great defensive display and a 2-1 win, and he also beat Chelsea in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge.


United tried to play down their right, exploiting the space behind Leighton Baines

Here, however, they had problems in the first half, and Their main problems stemmed from the pace of Hernandez. Everton are usually good at keeping it tight between the lines, but the Mexican’s sheer pace forced Phil Jagielka and Sylvain Distin deeper. (They would also have been well aware that they were opened up by United earlier in the season at Goodison Park by Dimitar Berbatov running onto a through ball and finishing well, so they quickly dropped deep.)

Of course, this opened up space for Rooney, who played ‘in the hole’, in the role he’s mastered in recent weeks, particularly in the games against Chelsea. Phil Neville was Everton’s deepest midfielder, to the right, and Jack Rodwell moved higher up the pitch towards the left, so Rooney found space by moving into the inside-right channel, between the lines. Rodwell was slow to close Rooney down.

In fact, most of Everton’s problems occurred in that zone of the pitch. Leighton Baines is one of Everton’s best attacking threats, but as we’ve noted throughout the season, Everton are also vulnerable down that side of the pitch defensively. As Baines tried to move forward into the attack, both Rooney and Hernandez moved in behind, and United were keen to hit balls into that space – see the opportunity for Nani that came after Antonio Valencia outmuscled Baines.

Nani was disappointing – Tony Hibbert looked vulnerable early on but eventually got into the game and defended well. Nani can play on either side, but he remains much better on the right – when used on the left, he’s too keen to come inside and use his right foot, making him much more predictable. His delivery here was poor.

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Second half

Moyes got little from Jermaine Beckford or Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, so brought on Victor Anichebe with Tim Cahill just off him. Anichebe moved to the left and helped pin back Fabio, whilst Leon Osman on that side also did a good defensive job. With John O’Shea hardly a great attacking outlet on the other side, United were much less dangerous with less drive from full-back.

Rodwell also picked up his game and was much more aware of Rooney’s movement in behind him. He couldn’t afford to drop goalside of Rooney and completely concede the midfield battle to United, so instead worked on preventing balls from the midfielders and full-backs being played into Rooney. United suddenly looked a little nervous, and Everton held the ball better.

United rally late on

A couple of factors combined to get United back in the game. Fitness was key – on a very hot day, United had 61% of possession, and Everton had to work very hard without the ball. Equally important, though, was United’s ability to change the game from the bench.

Michael Owen and Ryan Giggs came on for Nani and Gibson in the most eye-catching moves, but equally important was Patrice Evra’s introduction for O’Shea. With first Nani and then Rooney playing on the left and always looking to bring the ball inside, Evra stretched the play, made United more dynamic when spreading play to the flanks (Anderson should be praised for consistently good, positive diagonal balls) and from 70 minutes onwards they were all over Everton again.

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Despite all the changes, it was Valencia down the right, the main battleground early on in the game, that produced the goal. He put pressure on Distin to win the ball, dragged the Frenchman out to the flank, and then his deflected cross found Hernandez at the far post for what we can start to call a ‘classic’ Hernandez goal.

Conclusion

A few changes established United’s position in the ascendency, but equally their persistence and commitment to their usual tactics – get the ball out wide, and get men into the box – proved crucial at the end of the game. The good movement from Hernandez, Owen and Rooney inside the penalty area was particularly notable.

Moyes’ switches midway through the game allowed Everton to compete – but making two changes so early meant he couldn’t react to United’s three attack-minded substitutions in the second half.

Penelope

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曼联1-0埃弗顿战术分析：经典战术绝杀

2011-04-24 / 挂居



埃尔南德斯再次神奇抢点，曼联再次在比赛的最后时刻进球。

爵爷大幅度调整阵容，吉布森和埃文斯都罕见地首发了。鲁尼在锋线上搭档埃尔南德斯，游弋在后者身后。

海廷加无法上次，莫耶斯用罗德维尔和小内维尔组成中场，右后卫是希伯特。卡希尔在替补名单中。

比赛可以分成三段：(A) 上半场，曼联对埃弗顿成围攻之势，他们本应获得不少的进球 (B)下半场前20分钟，双方还比较均势 (C) 弗格森的换人改变了局面，帮助球队在最后时刻取得胜利。

曼联的统治

在上半场，比赛很少在曼联的半场进行，完全是红魔的前场四人组和埃弗顿的四名后卫加两名后腰之间的攻防演练，虽然曼联经常找到空间并创造出机会，但禁区内的临门一脚总是浪费掉了。

埃弗顿非常善于在客场和顶级球队周旋。在贝尔状态最好的时候，莫耶斯准备了一个聪明的战术让热刺在白鹿巷吃瘪，也可以在酋长球场让阿森纳无法打出平时在主场的那种控制足球，尽管最后丢球了。他们作客曼城，打出了非常好的防守表现，并成功2-1取胜。足总杯上，埃弗顿作客斯坦福桥把切尔西淘汰了。



然而他们上半场的防守是有问题的，而威胁主要是来自埃尔南德斯的速度。埃弗顿通常能很好地保持三线紧密，但墨西哥人的速度逼使贾基尔卡和迪斯丁后撤。 (他们也清楚第一回合在古迪逊就是被朴智星和贝尔巴托夫接应直塞后轻松破门的，所以他们非常注意及时后撤。)

当然，这为鲁尼创造了空间，后者在最近几周都处在这个前锋身后的9号半位置上，尤其是对阵切尔西的比赛。右后腰内维尔撤得最深，而左后腰罗德维尔就靠前一点。所以鲁尼就可以在对手两线之间找到一条从中路通向右翼的走廊，罗德维尔也没有及时压迫他。

事实上，埃弗顿大部分的危险都出现在那个区域。拜恩斯是埃弗顿其中一个最有威胁的进攻点，但就像本赛季我们一直所说的，埃弗顿的左路防守也是别人的攻击重点。当拜恩斯尝试前插去助攻时，鲁尼和埃尔南德斯埋伏在他身后，曼联也热衷于把球分到那个空间，纳尼的机会就来自于瓦伦西亚对拜恩斯的暴力突破。

纳尼的表现让人失望 —— 开场阶段希伯特似乎是容易被攻击的，但后来他慢慢融入了比赛并防守出色。纳尼两边都可以打，但他依然只在右路有更好的发挥，当出现在左路的时候，他太热衷于内切使用他的右脚了，这让他很容易被对手看穿意图，而他在这一区域的传中很烂。



下半场
贝克福德和比利亚莱迪诺夫上半场毫无表现，所以莫耶斯半场就换上了阿尼切比和他身后的卡希尔。阿尼切比移到左路去压制法比奥，而奥斯曼在这一侧的防守也做得不错。由于另一侧的奥谢攻击力有限，缺乏边后卫助攻的红魔在进攻中的威胁大减。

罗德维尔同样找回了感觉，并开始更加留意鲁尼在他身后的动向。但如果他一味紧跟鲁尼的话，就会将中场拱手让给曼联球员，因此他采取的是切断鲁尼与其中场和边后卫队友间传球线路的策略。曼联很快就显得有些不适应，埃弗顿在控球上占据了上风。

红魔重整旗鼓
几个原因让曼联重新找回了比赛的主动。体能是其中的关键 —— 当时天气很热，曼联控制着61%的球权，而埃弗顿则在争抢皮球的过程中消耗巨大。同样关键的另一方面则是曼联依靠换人改变比赛的能力。

欧文和吉格斯换下纳尼和吉布森是两个非常显眼的调整，但埃弗拉顶替奥谢也有着同等重要的作用。先后出任左翼的纳尼和鲁尼都喜爱带球内切，而埃弗拉则为球队提供了宽度，让曼联的边路战术更加灵活（值得赞扬的还有安德森，他稳定而出色的对角线传球颇具威胁），70分钟之后，曼联便重新压制了埃弗顿。



尽管做出了改变，但还是由最初的主战场瓦伦西亚创造了这个进球。他压迫迪斯丁并夺下了皮球，把法国人引到了边路，然后传中找到远门柱的埃尔南德斯，帮助后者打进了“小豌豆”式的进球。

结论

曼联的阵容调整让他们取得了优势，但是关键的绝杀还是由他们的经典战术来实现(把球分边，中路抢点)。埃尔南德斯，欧文和鲁尼在禁区内的跑位是值得关注的。

莫耶斯在比赛中的临场调度保持了埃弗顿的竞争力，但早早的两个换人使得他没有办法应对曼联下半场的三次攻击性调整。

Alex2011

上楼的参考译文题目，不能完全反映原文题目的意思。其实原文题目的意思，很明白很清晰了。就是说，曼联尽管统治了比赛，却迟迟拿不下比赛，最后时刻只靠一个中路抢点进球取胜。无奈？赞许？意思似乎很明白了

Penelope

Schalke v Manchester United: tactical preview
April 26, 2011


Possible starting line-ups

Schalke have reached their first-ever European Cup semi, whilst United are in their fourth in the last five seasons.

Team news

The headline news is that Dimitar Berbatov hasn’t travelled because of a groin strain. On face value, the absence of the Premier League’s top scorer should be quite a blow, but considering that Ferguson has only picked Berbatov for one of United’s last ten Champions League knockout games, it really shouldn’t cause too much concern.

Darren Fletcher is also still out. He is more of a loss, as he would have been used in the centre of midfield. Aside from that, Sir Alex Ferguson has no major injury concerns.

Ralf Rangnick is waiting to see whether centre-back Benedikt Höwedes is fit enough to play. If not, midfield Joel Matip can drop in to play centre-back.

Selection decisions

Rangnick’s back four and front two pretty much pick themselves – with the exception of the left-back spot, where Sergio Escudero’s younger legs could be preferred to veteran Hans Sarpei.

His major decisions are in midfield. We can assume that Jefferson Farfan will start wide on the right, and it also seems likely that Greek youngster Kyriakos Papadopoulos still play in a deep midfield position. He, like Matip, is another who can play either at centre-back or in the centre of midfield, and he’ll probably be told to stick close to Wayne Rooney, having done a good marking job on Wesley Sneijder in Schalke’s previous tie.

The choice in the midfield is between playing the creative Jurado in the centre, with Alexander Baumjohann providing another attacking outlet on the left flank, or to ask Jurado to drift inside from the left, and insert another more sturdy central midfielder – probably Matip, but possibly Peer Kluge. It essentially depends on how open Rangnick wants his midfield to be – against Inter, Schalke often looked vulnerable to direct attacks down the centre, but Leonardo’s side were too ponderous to be able to exploit these gaps. United won’t be as foolish.

Ferguson’s usual decision is whether to play 4-4-2, his natural shape, or switch to a 4-5-1 to give himself extra protection in the centre of the pitch. A 4-4-2 seems more likely, though, for various reasons – but chiefly because Schalke aren’t a side United should have problems with in the centre, and also because the German side’s backline often looks very prone to pace. That would encourage the use of Javier Hernandez upfront, with Rooney in the hole. From there, United could easily revert to 4-5-1 should they need to, taking advantage of Rooney’s versatility, as they did late on away at Chelsea.

Ferguson’s selections in big games recently have been very unpredictable. Who expected Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick in the centre against Chelsea? Or Darron Gibson and John O’Shea against Arsenal (with the slight caveat that he was resting players) ? Considering how well Giggs and Carrick did in that tie, it seems likely they’ll be used again. Carrick was rested at the weekend in preparation for this contest, and his patient passing style may be vital to United’s gameplan.

On the flanks, Park Ji-Sung is made for this sort of match, in order to nullify one of the opposition full-backs. The other choice would be between Antonio Valencia and Nani. Nani’s form has dipped recently after Valencia’s return has pushed him to the right, but Ferguson may prefer Nani for his versatility. The last time United travelled to Germany, to play Bayern, Ferguson indicated that he left out Valencia (in favour of Park and Nani) because those two had the ability to switch if needed, whereas Valencia was restricted to the right. Still, on form, it would probably be Valencia who gets the nod.

The other decision is at right-back, between Rafael and John O’Shea. Rafael has become more trustworthy since this time last year, but O’Shea’s big game experience might be favoured. In truth, Rafael’s pace would be a better bet against Baumjohann and O’Shea’s positional sense would be more useful against Jurado – Ferguson’s selection there may be influenced by how, and who, he thinks Schalke will play.

Key areas

The most important part of Schalke’s gameplan against Inter (and to a certain extent against Valencia, although that was under the previous management) was to switch play across the pitch to the full-backs, and take advantage of the fact that they were constantly in space. This won’t happen against United, though – if there’s one thing Ferguson has been good at in recent years in European games like this, it’s been his ability to nullify opposition full-backs, most famously with his use of Park.

Therefore, Schalke will have to construct attacks differently. Direct wing play is one option – Patrice Evra is a fine full-back but Farfan will fancy his chances in 1 v 1 situations, but the key man will be Raul. United lack a midfield destroyer and Nemanja Vidic can be uncomfortable coming out of defence to pick up deep-lying forwards. Therefore, Ferguson’s side may be prone between the lines – and whilst Raul’s goalscoring ability will be a threat, his link-up play is even more important.

Raul has also been impressive this season with his performances without the ball. Against Valencia and Inter he’s dropped onto the opposition’s holding midfielder in the defensive phase of play, so it’s likely to see him occupying Carrick in this match. United may have to work harder to keep the ball, so the passing ability of Rio Ferdinand, stepping out from the back, and Rooney, dropping into midfield to scamper away from Papadopoulos, will be important in getting the ball from flank to flank.

United’s usual strategy away in Europe is quite cautious – reasonably happy with a 0-0, delighted with a 0-1. This might be a rare occasion when Ferguson feels the need to break more quickly, though. Schalke can be vulnerable to rapid breaks, especially if they play Jurado in the centre and therefore have three attacking midfielders in the side, and pace at the back remains a problem. This year’s Champions League first legs haven’t been as tight as usual – as Schalke know all too well after winning 2-5 in the last round – so a cagey match here isn’t a given.

Penelope

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