Chapter 465 Sweden VS Italy!

Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly

Chapter 465 Sweden VS Italy!

Because there is no training session in the afternoon, and because the team allowed family members to stay overnight yesterday morning, the players will generally wake up later tomorrow.

Moreover, it seemed that because of the continuous artillery fire, everyone slept until after noon.

After getting up, the players consciously arranged for their wives or girlfriends to take the bus and leave the manor hotel. After all, they were already engaged in training and preparing for the second group match against the Italian team.

Pan Yi also met with the coaching staff early to discuss corresponding strategies.

In fact, there are two questions regarding the wrong payment to Italy.

First, how to break through the Juventus defense line composed of Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, and Buffon.

The formation that Conte is currently using in the Italian team is not good at all. It can be said to be exactly the same as the method used by Pan Yi at Chelsea.

Therefore, the three central defenders in the back line are undoubtedly the key to the Italian team's defense and transition from defense to offense.

Especially Bonucci, who is standing in the middle, has always been an outstanding representative of ball-playing and defending in world football. He is not only good at deep and long passes, but also very good at horizontal distribution.

How to cut off his connection with the midfield and frontcourt is also a topic that the Swedish team needs to study.

Second, as to how to defend Italy's offensive line, the focus is on Pelle, their most powerful scoring leg.

Pelle, who currently plays for Southampton, is currently Conte's most relied-upon center forward and was also the top scorer of the Italian national team during the European Cup qualifiers.

In the first group match against Belgium, Pellet also scored a goal to help the team seal the victory.

As a center with a height of 194cm, Pelle has super header ability, and also has the unique tactical execution ability and team cooperation ability of Italian forwards.

His movement is accurate, and if his teammates can pass the ball that can cause him to miss the goal immediately, he can use his strong ability to resist mistakes and good shooting skills.

At the same time, he can also rely on his strong physical fitness and good ball protection ability to form the first point of the team's frontcourt, sending fatal passes to teammates who are inserted behind him. This kind of bridgehead role also applies in the first game.

Whether it is reflected vividly.

It can be said that Pelle is a high-quality "Italian gun". If it can be silenced, it will be equivalent to removing Italy's sharpest fangs.

Regarding those two points, in fact, even the Swedish media was offering suggestions in those two days.

For example, let the tall Granqvist guard Pellet throughout the game.

After all, although Lindelof is technically good, his header ability is really average. Many people are worried that if he is suppressed by Pellet, the Swedish team's air defense will sound the alarm.

For another example, you can let Isaac rest and let Ibrahimovic and Guideti play as double forwards.

Is it possible that Ibrahimovic might get lost in the defense of Juventus when he plays as a lone striker? This happened to him when he was in Serie A.

And if playing as a double forward, Ibrahimovic has an assistant next to him, and Coco can alleviate this problem.

Pan Yi certainly didn't take the media's suggestions to heart.

Do they know how to play football?

Of course Ibrahimovic can play as a lone center forward!

Can he become one of the few very versatile forwards in football? Can he become more and more awesome now that he is older, and can he make full use of his characteristics on the field?

His movement without the ball is very good. He can keenly find space the moment his own player passes the ball, and seize the most advantageous space to catch the ball in the shortest time.

A very good characteristic of Ibrahimovic is his sense of shooting, and his shooting accuracy is also very high. The two goals he missed against Ireland in the first game have proved this.

Moreover, if you want to bring out Ibrahimovic's strength, the best way is to create opportunities and space for him to shoot from the front, so that he can have a relatively relaxed environment.

And if he wants to achieve that level of ambition, the players on both wings must help him share the defensive pressure.

Therefore, at present, Sweden's system of double wingers + single center does not need to be changed.

That is, in order to target Italy's more European and Latin style of play, Pan Yifou is prepared to make some adjustments in the lineup and use one or two positions to attack.

One of the more certain ones is whether Weinblum, a defensive midfielder who plays for CSKA Moscow, will be used to replace the older Kjellström.

If not, then the main goal is to increase the hardness of the midfielder, and at the same time change the original inverted triangle position of the midfielder into an upright triangle, that is, a combination of one attacking midfielder + two defensive midfielders.

Is it because the current Italian midfield is actually relatively soft, and once it encounters a tough or strong pressing team, it is easy to encounter difficulties.

Although Weinblum's technical attributes are very average, he is highly aggressive, has a brave style, is determined, and has teamwork spirit. He is very suitable to disrupt the Italian midfield.

In addition, his heading ability is also very good, which can also help the defense to prevent Italy's high-altitude bombing.

During training, the Swedish coaching staff conducted corresponding tactical drills on whether Pan Yi's instructions were followed.

At the end of the training, Pan Yi also held a special mobilization meeting.

He begged everyone to muster up their spirits to meet Italy's challenge.

"Italy is a four-time World Cup champion. They must respond seriously. As long as they don't lose to them, they will be able to qualify from the group! Let's work hard!"

Pan Yi's mobilization also received positive responses from the players.

At least judging from the expressions of the players, they all hope to perform well in front of a strong team like Italy!

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"Friends of the audience, friends of the audience, welcome to the Toulouse Stadium!"

When the TV screen switched to the crowded Toulouse Stadium, the high-pitched voice of the on-site commentator suddenly sounded.

Everyone can pick up the sounds of fans at the scene through the microphone and feel the atmosphere of the game.

"It is now 20:45 on the morning of June 17th, French time. In just 15 minutes, the game will start."

"In that game, Italy, currently the top two in Group E, missed the Swedish team. They both won in the first round, so this game is also regarded as a key battle for the right to qualify in Group E.

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"The Toulouse stadium is already full of spectators. Although the stadium is not as big as the Stade de France, there are still more than 40,000 spectators."

"For Italian and Swedish fans, of course they come there to cheer for their teams. But for many neutral fans, especially female fans, I'm afraid many want to see Pan Yi at the scene.

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"Currently, the head coaches and players of both sides are nervously preparing for that game in the locker room, and they have already obtained the starting lineups of the two teams that are on the opposite side in advance..."

Just as he was talking, the TV screen showed Italy's starting lineup, which was still the same.

Goalkeeper: 1-Buffon.

Defenders: 15-Barzagli, 19-Bonucci, 3-Chiellini.

Midfielder: 6-Candreva, 18-Parolo, 16-De Rossi, 23-Giaccherini, 8-Florenzi.

Forwards: 17-Eder, 9-Pellet.

"Compared to the first game, Conte made an adjustment to the starting lineup, replacing No. 8 Florenzi with No. 4 Damian."

"Comparing the two, Florenzi is faster and more flexible. Maybe Conte has any idea of ​​​​missing Sweden's wing tomorrow?"

"Let them take another look at Sweden's starting lineup..."

The Swedish team's starting lineup then appeared on the TV screen, and it was the same as the first game.

Goalkeeper: 1-Isaksson;

Defenders: 5-Olsson, 14-Lindelof, 4-Granqvist, 3-Johansson;

Midfielder: 6-Forsberg, 8-Ekdal, 16-Weinblum;

Forwards: 19-Isak, 10-Ibrahimovic, 20-Guidetti.

"Pan Yi also made an adjustment to the starting lineup, that is, trading Weinblum for Kjellström."

"Now they don't know what kind of changes will happen to the players' positions, but obviously there will be some changes in the Swedish team's midfield play tomorrow."

"The trident in the frontcourt is still starting in the first game, which shows that Pan Yicuo is very confident in his new attack combination. Ibrahimovic did perform at a high level in this game..."

While the on-site commentator was talking, he saw players from both teams walking into the Toulouse Stadium under the leadership of the referee.

Then, a burst of overwhelming cheers was heard from the 40,000 fans at the scene to welcome the team's arrival.

"Okay, the players from both teams are entering the field one after another, and the game is about to begin!"

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How to play Italy?

Pan Yi has his own set of ideas that are different from theirs.

Then he won't formulate the team's tactics around how to restrict Pellet, or he will be completely different from everyone's predictions before the game.

It can even be said that Pan Yi was not prepared to deploy tactics around defending Pellet from the beginning!

In his pre-game preparation meeting, he had very clearly set the tone for that game.

Is Italy a typical European Latin team? The overall football skills are stronger than Sweden.

Therefore, the team must maintain a rigorous tactical system, maintain strong pressing capabilities, and limit the performance and performance of the Italians.

As for Pellet, in fact, as a player in the Premier League, Pan Yi obviously wants to know more about him than those media want.

That means Pellet's position in the national team is mostly a finisher.

The so-called terminator actually can't score a goal.

That means that whether Pellet is responsible for scoring goals for the team, the team must give him as much support as possible to give him the opportunity to display his strength;

And if the team cannot provide him with a lot of opportunities, then his performance will lose the threat.

Of course, Pellet is also a team player. When he cannot score by himself, he will also retreat to the midfield to get the ball;

But no, due to limited speed, Pellet does not have strong breakthrough ability.

In other words, he still needs timely response and cooperation from his teammates, otherwise he will be frustrated watching the ball.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Pan Yi's positioning in that game was not to restrict Pellet, but to restrict Italy's midfield and backfield, firmly suppress the opponent, and then allow Pellet to be in front.

There is no use for it.

A very interesting thing is that Conte seems to be afraid of the Swedish team's tactics tomorrow.
To be continued...