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Chelsea 4-1-4-1(4-2-3-1) Thread.
Depending on who we up against; Kai could shift inside centrally (behind striker) while Mount(Ngolo) drops alongside Rice to make it 4-2-3-1. Extreme version has all the starboys, CHO LW, Pulisic inside, Let& #39;s Go.
Depending on who we up against; Kai could shift inside centrally (behind striker) while Mount(Ngolo) drops alongside Rice to make it 4-2-3-1. Extreme version has all the starboys, CHO LW, Pulisic inside, Let& #39;s Go.
This is a copy&paste setup from the one we setup vs Everton (4-0) just Thiago for Rüdiger, Rice for Gilmour, Kai-Barkley, Pulisic-Pedro, Ziyech-Willian, Giroud-Werner.
Normally Chelsea lineup in a flat-ish 433, striker stretching opponent backline deeper, but in tough games where Chelsea have shown they can compete with the absolute best, striker withdraws & Chelsea are compact vertically 4141. (Sarri 2-0 City, Lampard 2-2 Liverpool Supercup)
Issue with the flat 433 is striker(Giroud) is too a head of Jorginho & the #8s too wide to provide any form of protection for Jorginho but 4-2-3-1 Jorgi+Kova(Mount) helped fix staggering issues by placing Mount infront of Jorginho, so instead of 3 lines of defense, it becomes 4.
Of course Chelsea still got beat in 4-2-3-1 because of uncoordinated press & lack of a transitional structure. Lampard& #39;s vertical play dictates half the team runs forward as soon as CM is on the ball so Jorgi has to ping a perfect ball or opponent wins the ball = counterattack
Here& #39;s where shit gets weird, immediately Jorgi recognizes need for immediate counterpress but the 3/4 guys behind him have no clue what& #39;s happening they& #39;re basically playing in a different reality so when Jorgi pushes up to press, he& #39;s left tons of space behind him & no cover.
Perfectly summed. https://twitter.com/nomifooty/status/1157754067516628993?s=19">https://twitter.com/nomifooty...
Now the fan base fuming why Jorgi is all over the place, but he& #39;s literally executing textbook transitional play his disadvantage is his teammates haven& #39;t been drilled in recognizing counterpress triggers. Now he know he& #39;s fucked, kick the man on the ball(get booked) or get beat.
Lampard tried to fix the highline but the team still not on the same wavelength. Here& #39;s a good example; Jorgi recognizes a classic press trigger, Fabinho is still trying to settle on the ball down, Chelsea must press aggressively, Jorgi starts pressing but everyone else watching.
In this instance Kova is pressing a man that Jorginho is already made a move to press, wavelength. I also get that Mane & Salah are positionally placed brilliantly so CBs feel uncomfortable to move but this is a press trigger. Also perfect example of DM driving forward(Rice?).
If Lampard made it clear he& #39;s not interested in pressing these situations probably wouldn& #39;t happen very often, but Frank& #39;s understanding of press is fundamentally different to Jorginho& #39;s understanding.
Compact 4-1-4-1 places Giroud closer to Jorginho & backline closer in behind, similar almost to Liverpool& #39;s 433 although they aren& #39;t as compact but are instead counterpressing Nazis & they literally play a defensive forward making it difficult to go through them centrally.
City & Leicester play 4-1-4-1 with floating 8/10s; Maddison+Tielemans. Looks risky especially because everyone& #39;s got this idea in their minds that Maddison is poor defensively or that Silva can& #39;t defend but that& #39;s because y& #39;all focusing on the individual & not the structure.
Fundamental idea behind good defense starts with placement of players in tactical positions; Silva+KDB immediately above Dinho means City have men around the ball to support a well coordinated gegenpress & if that don& #39;t work fallback into a flat shape or initiate tactical fouling
The press has to be aggressive, without it & Fernandinho has enormous grounds to cover horizontally & without a high line more space to cover vertically. Chelsea are severely under coached in the gegenpressing, we rely heavily on individuals, a M̶o̶u̶n̶t̶-Man-oriented press.
"But Rice is not a DM, I& #39;ve seen the clip, he likes to bomb forward" lol. For any team to be unpredictable & efficient any player on the ball has to pay attention incase space in the opponent opens up, Matic was top-3 dribbler at Chelsea, Fabinho run through Arsenal yesterday.
It& #39;s all about awareness, Rice only drives forward when he knows his team have numbers behind & there& #39;s an opportunity to drive forward, when City are high up & trying to break teams down you don& #39;t see Fernandinho drifting trying to show for the ball in wide overloads.
If he& #39;s getting involved it& #39;s in support as an outlet centrally incase City need to switch/restart. Kante on the other hand IS THE OVERLOAD. So am not worried about Rice it& #39;s the preparation in transition that we need then it don& #39;t matter much whether Puli/Mount is roaming 10.
Having men around the ball centrally isn& #39;t just key for transitions it& #39;s also key for Havertz.(already talked about this in pinned thread). But what about Werner? This is a situation you& #39;re likely going to see at Chelsea, Werner drops, pulls out a CB = Mount/Kai run in behind.
Also, either of the 3 will rotate as a false-9(Pulisic has been trained to do this too). For that central 3 to work it& #39;s about constantly rotating makes it difficult for teams to keep track. Werner can even facilitate a winger to make these runs by shifting wide for Ziyech.
