One factor I seen within the Southampton win final night time was that we have been getting essentially the most pleasure when it comes to attacking play when Filip Jorgensen lobbed a brief go ahead or hit a floor go by means of to Pedro Neto, reasonably than passing it forwards and backwards to Enzo Fernandez hoping that we might squeeze a go by means of the press.
After all, while you play by means of a excessive press it could possibly have excessive rewards. But additionally, if you happen to don’t play by means of it, and you’re taking part in in opposition to good attackers and a well-drilled press, you’re at actual danger of conceding an enormous probability or a objective. I see that as scoring an personal objective, if the opposition rating from us having possession from our personal goalkeeper. It’s simply as unhealthy.
Conceding a objective from this may not really occur that usually, nevertheless it does put us beneath immense stress and in danger.
I really felt sorry for Filip Jorgensen final night time. He had simply made an enormous mistake to lose us the sport in opposition to Aston Villa on the weekend, you possibly can see he was feeling the stress. And taking part in out from the again in opposition to Southampton he was a nervous wreck. The gang felt it, his crew mates felt it, everybody felt and noticed it. It was removed from ultimate. You may moan at followers for groaning when this occurs, however can you actually blame them!?
It was so irritating to see Fernandez simply maintain giving the ball again to Jorgensen in actually tight areas, then Jorgensen give it to Levi Colwill or Tosin Adarabioyo in much more tighter areas as a result of they might not get out. This simply encourages the squeez and the nearer we get to our objective then, the extra harmful it turns into.
The largest situation was that Saints have been man-marking, so there wasn’t the accessible choices for Jorgensen to go to. So taking part in out from the again and making an attempt to play by means of the press was what we needed to attempt to do. However was it? Or is that this simply the one approach that Maresca needs us to play? Sadly, it sounds just like the latter.
Maresca mentioned on Jorgensen getting jeered by followers when kicking brief out from the again:
“My message to Filip was if you happen to play an extended ball, I’ll change you, I’m very blissful. It’s troublesome for all of the keepers [when that happens] however they only must comply with the plan.”
I really can’t consider what I’m studying right here. He’s forcing his goalkeeper to ALWAYS play brief. Why? Why can’t you turn it up generally? Why does it all the time need to be this manner? I really don’t perceive it. I get you’ve got a mode of play and approach of taking part in the sport, however why so cussed to it? I get that is the trendy approach of taking part in. However why not be capable to change issues up beneath circumstances the place the opposition are man-marking and there aren’t any choices for the keeper? That is my largest gripe with Maresca and people who employed him, his lack of flexibility in his techniques and lack of pragmatism. I believe any modern-day supervisor to succeed on the prime degree now wants to have the ability to modify and adapt. Soccer for me is transferring on from pure possession play that noticed Pep Guardiola succeed for thus lengthy. Groups are adapting to it and studying the right way to play in opposition to it. Taking part in out from the again is just not one thing I’m in opposition to in any respect and see the professionals, however a number of the greatest groups now are extra hybrid with this and can search for passes additional ahead if they’re on. Some even use the extra quaint approach of getting a goal man, think about that?
I’ll return to my first sentence, Chelsea bought their most success when it comes to getting up the pitch quick and doing extra than simply passing the ball throughout our 18-yard field when Jorgensen determined to go a bit additional ahead, clearly in opposition to the orders of his supervisor who threatened to sub him off if he saved doing that! What the hell!?
I’m not saying the keeper ought to aimlessly lump it ahead. However what Chelsea had final night time was really a very good point of interest in Pedro Neto, who’s surprisingly sturdy and good holding the ball up. Jorgensen might see that and used him a few instances with some lengthy floor passes that by-passed the excessive press. This was the important thing to get by means of because of Neto’s clever and fast motion to get away from his marker.
I additionally noticed a few good lobbed passes by Jorgensen to get by the preliminary press, and so they labored fairly properly largely as properly. Even the commentators final night time might see that this was what Chelsea wanted to do on this second.
Why would you not need to use unpredictable performs in addition to merely simply passing out brief? I truthfully don’t perceive it. Be numerous, change it up, trump your opponents, adapt to how they’re setup. It’s all widespread sense, no?
Why persist with a approach of taking part in when it was clearly not working (first 25 minutes)? My god that was so bland, so sluggish, and so frustratingly annoying simply watching Jorgensen passing it forwards and backwards to Fernandez while the Saints attackers have been getting nearer and nearer to nipping in and profitable the ball again. We bought useless fortunate there. Towards a greater opposition, we’d have been severely punished doing that.
I’m not some old style ‘route one’ smash it ahead form of man. However I’m very balanced in nature and in life, so I need to see us having and utilizing different choices to have the ability to play out when the brief passing is just not working. Why would you even need to play so predictable ALL the time?
However sadly our supervisor is caught with a technique and a technique solely. Bookmark this text, as a result of this manner of cussed considering goes to return again to hang-out us quickly. I admit once we can play by means of a press then it really works properly, however do we have now the standard goalkeepers and centre backs to have the ability to do that proper now? No, we completely don’t.
