Pre-Match Analysis: What Chelsea Should Improve Ahead Of UEFA Super Cup Against Liverpool.

Liverpool and Chelsea will lock horn today at BJK Vodafone Park in Istanbul for the UEFA Supercup 2019/20 season. As I mentioned earlier on my previous analysis (between Chelsea and Man United), Chelsea always like to attack and defend as a close unit. This means that Chelsea's defensive line is always high up the pitch to support the press.

Image:youtube

Here are the things that they should improve on:

Maintain a deep defensive line.
A standard or deep defensive line will work when playing against Liverpool because they have players who have high passing accuracy eg Alison Becker and Virgil van Dijk. These two have long range and high accuracy so they might cause problems to Chelsea's high defence.
The presence of Salah and Mane too who are good on timely runs to the final third after neing released by Alison or Van Dijk will punish Chelsea too.

Image: 90 min

 They Should be confident to play from the back.
Liverpool are the best team in Europe when it comes to play from the back. I will talk about their pressing techniques in detail during my next analysis. As we saw in their previous game vs Man Utd, Zouma passed the ball to Martial. So they should improve on this as Liverpool are more deadly in pressing than Man United.

Try to hit Liverpool on Transitions.
Liverpool like to use the wing backs (Alexander Arnold and Robertson) to attack and make crosses as Salah and Mane squeze deep in the Center-back position to create spaces on the flanks. If Chelsea would be quick enough, they will find Robertson and Arnold out of their positions hence they can get goals through this technique.


Lampard should include players who are quick like Willian and Pedro. They should stay wide in order to hit Liverpool in transitions. Image:The National

They should watch out cut-backs and minus crosses in the box.
Almost a quarter of Liverpool's goals last season were score through this technique. The wing backs always make crosses either the striker (Firmino, Salah and Mane) to tap in a goal or a cut-back for the strikers or midfielders to make a one touch finish.

For real this will be a mouth-watering match as Chelsea are looking to revive their form while Liverpool are set to win their first silverware this season. Who will win this match? Comment below and let me know!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

World Class Footballers Who Supported Their Rival Clubs When They Were Kids

Image
Once Eric Cantona said, "You can change your wife, house and everything. But you cannot change your favorite football club!" Indeed it is true that football fans will be ready to suffer  heartbreaks but still support their clubs. Here are 8 World class footballers who support their rival teams: Vinicius Jr The Young Brazilian has been a Barca fan since he was a child. Vinicius even cried when Barcelona made a come back against PSG in the famous 'Remontada'. Since Neymar was playing for Barcelona by then, Vinicius just fell in love with the club. Real Madrid wanted to sign Neymar but it is Barcelona who won the Brazilian signature. Real Madrid's president Florentina Perez, swore to sign any Brazilian wonder kid and got Vinicius. Luka Modric The Croatian soccer magician was a Barcelona fan since he was a child. Even at his time at Tottenham Hotspurs, the Croatian playmaker was on the verge of joining FC Barcelona. Eventually, Real Madrid won his signature. Ivan Raki
Read more

RAGS TO RICHES: TOP FOOTBALLERS WHO CAME FROM POOR FAMILIES.

Image
Success is not easily attained most of the times. Half of the successful people have gone through challenges that at one time, they almost gave up in life. This article will unfold the top footballers who grew up in poor families and made it in life through football.  It doesn't matter where you come from but what is in you, what you want to achieve and the lifestyle you want to live. There are many footballers who come from poor backgrounds but others were poorest. Here are the top footballers who rose from rags to riches: DIEGO MARADONA. Diego Maradona is considered to be one of the greatest players in the foootball sport. PHOTO:Britanica.  Diego Armando Maradona  was born on 30th October 1961 in Villa Fioriotio, Argentina. Becoming a footballer was his dream from a tender age despite growing up in  the slums of Villa Fioriotio, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Growing up in Villa Fioriotio wasn't easy at all. Maradona used to share a single room with 7 siblings and sanitiz
Read more

THE RISE OF CATENACCIO 'PARK THE BUS TACTIC' IN FOOTBALL.

Image
Catenaccio involves a defensive play, tight marking of opponents and aggressive fouling. Mostly, this tactic was used to defend goal margins. It is an Italian word meaning 'a door bolt ' or Lock down . The Catenaccio tactic was first invented in the 1930s-40s by an Austrian coach, Karl Rappan who was managing the Swiss side-Servette. Rappan used a defensive sweeper known as  Verroulieur  positioned just in front of the goalkeeper. The aim of this tactic was to have the numbers advantage during the defensive phase.  Catenaccio had 5 components and these are:   1. Libero/sweeper or Verroulieur. As I told you from the beginning, this is a defender who is positioned just in front of the goalkeeper. His main role is to win the loose balls and double-mark the opposition striker where possible. 2. Strict Marking of the opposition players. Being a defensive approach, strict man-marking was induced to the opposition from the midfielders to the strikers. Thi
Read more