Drawing against Brentford in a short time, Chelsea is about to face Bayern

Last season, sufficient staffing was still Chelsea's advantage, but at the beginning of this season, they were still sufficient staffing and had already felt the intensity of the schedule changes early.

According to Maresca's speech after the game, Joao Pedro told the coach that his physical condition was not in the best position and it was best to take a round rest in this game. However, when Drapp's hamstring was injured and Palmer should not even be on the roster, Joao Pedro must not play.

Otherwise, you will see that Chelsea send only Neto, a player with starting strength, on the offensive end.

From this perspective, it is correct to focus on Brentford first, but it is a bit difficult to not win this game and face Bayern's challenge.

Compared with Chelsea, Brentford has changed a lot.

Mbeumo and Visa left the team one after another, which caused great changes to Brentford's offensive end. The only thing to be thankful is that Frank left, but his set piece assistant coach stayed as the head coach, which can ensure the team's tactical stability to a certain extent.

So in this game, Brentford continued the previous 532 system, and on Chelsea, Maresca's team will also stand as three defenders when there is a ball. As a new player, left-back Harto will enter the middle at this time:

So after the opening, the two teams played their own characteristics. Brentford threatened Chelsea's back line with crosses and long balls:

, and Chelsea used a steal to play the first effective attack:

However, Bona The key to the cooperation between Nott and Joao Pedro is that the attack space is quite abundant. When it comes to pure positional battles, they will inevitably fall into the ocean of defenders:

If you wait until Joao Pedro enters diagonally and assists the attack on the flank, you will find that the encirclement point in the middle has disappeared:

Therefore, the middle offensive combination of Joao Pedro and Bonanot looks very compatible, but both of them lack the ability to confront and physical fitness, and they essentially need to rely on their teammates, but the embarrassing thing is that the teammates have no advantages in this regard.

If in the conversion stage, these two people will have some opportunities to play, but in the positional battle, there will inevitably be a problem of insufficient presence.

From this perspective, Maresca believes that Joao Pedro is suitable for use with another striker, which is correct, but it is limited to abuse. If the intensity is slightly improved, this idea will show signs of offense and defense imbalance. Moreover, if it is a fixed position in the previous one and one behind and does not rotate, the consumption of players in the sudden forward will still be too high.

Isn't that what Drapp is doing to strain the hamstrings?

Therefore, Maresca's offensive layout is still too ideal, and in this game, the more ideal place is on the wing.

has a weak sense of presence in the middle, and the only thing that needs to be advantaged is the wing, but the nominal full-backs are all players who can be wings and hits, and in terms of use, one stays behind and the other takes in, which is quite insufficient to help the winger.

So in the 28th minute, Neto's side kept kicking. Even though Fofana had already been on the fake, the opponent knew that Fofana would not get the ball, so the quality of the cross was quite bad:

In fact, the same problem on the side of Gitens is the same. There is never a sideline on the outside, which has greatly changed the environment of Gitens's performance and in Dortmund. In addition, Harto has joined for a short time, and it is difficult for the two to have a tacit understanding. So Gitens can only play singles from the sideline to the middle for a long distance, thus exposing his own shortcomings:

Strictly speaking, the middle lane lacks presence and the side efficiency Can't play, this is the offensive dilemma faced by Chelsea in the first half. Even if Enzo or Kessedo can consider it, in the 17th minute of defense, the team had clearly shown insufficient intensity:

to the midfield, which may increase the pressure in the backcourt. Just like the 35th minute, this time the goal was conceding Enzo to participate in the top in the penalty area, but Neto's crossing quality was average without help. Then Charoba Jr. did not block the counterattack point, so Brentford played back:

Therefore, it is normal for Chelsea to perform poorly in the first half, and there is no logical possibility of playing well..

As Gua Coach, Maresca certainly would not be unable to see the problem here, so when he came back in the half, he replaced Cucurella and Rees James, thus improving the offensive situation on both sides:

In addition, with George, the forward, there is a possibility of boosting the middle:

When Palmer appears on the court, the offensive efficiency will also be improved:

However, Palmer comes on the court with an injury, you can't force others to do anything. You need to play high quality every opportunity:

1-1, the two teams will set off their own teams, and Brentford will put it back on the pressure. Fight back to the frontcourt:

Chelsea also tried to score the second goal in this slightly widening scene:

In the 85th minute, Chelsea once again formed a two-point opportunity from the cross from the wing:

But the change in the score at this time also made Brentford play the set piece offense that they were extremely good at at home. When the set piece coach turned regular, he scored a goal and equalized the score was also a reasonable result:

So, the game ended.

Strictly speaking, Chelsea's performance in this game is indeed average. For various reasons, the starting idea is very bad. Joao Pedro actually highlights the reason why he cannot live without Velbeck, but in Brighton, Joao Pedro sometimes plays on the left side, while at Chelsea, Maresca can only realize that he can play the front midfielder now, so when there are two wingers, it is inevitable that he will be disconnected.

So in the starting stage, Joao Pedro did not have a partner, but there was not enough help on the wing, resulting in an extremely low offensive efficiency, which was thus scored a goal by Brentford.

From this perspective, you can think that Maresca's substitution in the half is timely, but this is not good, because a coach like Maresca who uses offense instead of defense will realize the shortcomings of the offensive end when setting up the starting lineup.

Objectively, the second half was indeed more stable due to adjustments, and also created a chance to kill the game. However, in the general condition and physical condition of the players, it would be good to be able to lead for a while. In this case, it is also very common to be equalized away.

Before facing Bayern, he failed to score three-pointers and failed to complete the round rest. The pressure will obviously become greater and greater afterwards. Therefore, under the background of the most difficult European competition this season, Chelsea fans should lower their expectations a little.

is already a gratifying result.