Leicester are out in full force for this FA Cup last-eight clash, and the
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Since they had just played the Europa League 4 days earlier, Soscoa played a half-substitute lineup after a full game against Milan, which was not really the main reason for the defeat, but the real reason was the form of the team, and the fact that the team had to play a full game against Milan.
Leicester lined up in 352 with Evans, Forfana, Soyuncu in center backs, Albrighton and Castagne on the wings, Ndidi, Tielemans at the back, Perez up front, and a double striker, Vardy and Iheanacho, up front.
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Instead, it was 4231 with Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka, Telles at the back, Fred and Matic at the back, Van de Beek up front, Pogba on the left, Greenwood on the right, and Martial up front.
Sosia has taken away the likes of B fee, Cavani, McTominay, Lukeshaw and Rashford is out, Sosia probably wants to play a war of attrition first and then wear Leicester down until they are tired before slowly switching in the starters to break down their defense, and the
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The defense is basically unchanged except for Telles at left guard.
Both teams are cautious at the start of the game.
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Had to watch out for Vardy the Terrible anyway, while Leicester fought the battle step by step, but as time went by
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It's starting to get weird, and at first it looks like the offense is playing poorly, but then you realize it's the defense that's the bigger problem.
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The defense began to allow Leicester to have shots on goal and were clearly not staring at the ball well, while the
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A poor run up front allowed Leicester to find some counter-attacking opportunities as Leicester
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Rodgers' idea was simple and clear, and he boldly set up a double striker to go against the
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Play, in fact, not want to crazy attack, but let Vardy and Iheanacho two respectively on the left and right sides of the pivot point, in the counterattack can hold the ball in front of the field and protect the ball for a while, Leicester can only be pressed up to the attack, and the two can run, range of motion is considered to be a big, the basic ability to steal is also there, is able to go back to the midfield line to join the defense
Rodgers' thinking seems to be that if he does just play a single striker dead center to
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The main attacking formation that destructive force, must form a pressing chain of attacks, so that the single striker in front of him has little chance of getting the ball, and when he does get it he is easily isolated, and it would be better to use two strikers constantly on the move, and if there is only one striker, when Leicester are pressed, it is likely to turn out to be
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It only takes two guards to lock it down, but when both forwards can pounce, the kills are multiplied with pass support due to Vardy's tricky running game.
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To be on the safe side, three or four men will be left in full view of the two men, and only in this way can the
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The wave offense slows down
Rodgers' idea was perfectly suited to the circumstances of the game, and the
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On this side, Soskaya's substitute attacking lineup looks like the first to circle with the opponent and then the main force in the second half to make a hammer blow, but in fact, the strategy itself is not carefully thought out, in fact, it just reflects Soskaya's coaching skills and his ability to
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The coaching character, I think he's always been about trying to find the right fit for the players, but his ideas feel limited by the framework, like this game, Van de Beek has been in since he got to the
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After that there is little chance, if in 4231 he should play attacking midfielder, but he is inserted into the box to become a striker, but there is already a B fee in this position and the
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Unlike Ajax, who, after such a long absence from the starting lineup, put him in the heart of the attacking midfield in the last eight of the FA Cup (a tiebreaker) against Leicester, who are no underdogs, he's not going to be a part of the team that's going to win.
Moreover, Soskia removed too many players at once, so Van de Beek was not protected by any strong players, Martial was not as strong as Cavani, Cavani's defense was better than Martial, and there was also a Pogba standing next to him in this game, but in fact, Pogba is not a player who can protect his teammates very well, and he is more individualistic. Finally, McTominay, who has the best positional sense, was missing from the back, which directly made Van de Beek useless.
And the attacking formation didn't work, Leicester saw that they were going to get on it later, this time
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The defense is under too much pressure, and of course I think last week's Europa League had an effect on their form.
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The linebackers are starting to make some pretty outrageous mistakes, Wan-Bissaka has clearly lost his right side of the defense and he's slowing down his movement, and the
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The halfbacks are also a little slow.
On 24 minutes, Fred missed a pass at the top of the box and Iheanacho stole the ball and fired past the keeper to give Leicester a 1-0 lead.
The goal was actually Maguire's problem, he was helping the keeper off the ball and Leicester had seen through the
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Couldn't get a long ball so there were four guys coming up with the intention of high pressing, when the
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Maguire could have found an open space to pass to, or even go long, but he looked like he was out of his mind. Iheanacho came up to steal the ball, and he passed it straight to Fred, who was being watched, in fact, the left and right wingbacks were not being watched, and he could have even passed it straight to Matic, and the pass was too light. Fred just didn't expect it to go to him, and in fact it shouldn't have gone to him at all. He was being pushed by someone behind him, so Fred passed it back a bit too lightly, and that's how the accident happened.
