Chelsea have just finished the final four of the Club World Cup, defeated Hilal 1-0, although it is a success in reaching the final, but the performance of the team has been greatly questioned, since the purchase of Lukaku, the team's performance has not advanced and retreated, what is the matter? Xiaobian has the following views for your reference:
1. Lukaku is not willing to change roles for the team
If you pay close attention, Lukaku's return this time, the initial role on the field, is to play a column center, with the upper back of the play, so that the team can turn to attack at a point in the front of the ball to stop steadily, and then let the players in other positions confidently start to attack, this is the most ideal formation in Thomas Tuchel's heart, but unfortunately Lukaku did not adapt to this new role, did not get the expected chemical effect, and made Lukaku have a slight say about this role. Finally, in recent events he has switched roles on the field.
Thomas Tuchel let him play back to the position he could play best, but the Belgian striker's statistics in the confrontation are too impressive, I believe that friends who have watched his performance can know his performance without releasing numbers, even if his goal in the Club World Cup is only due to the mistakes of the other side, which allows him to easily shoot into the net in the small penalty area, and it is the only place where he has contributed in the whole game. Thomas Tuchel must be having a big headache now, knowing that he bought Lukaku to meet the last piece of the puzzle under his tactics, but it became the source of the team's problems.
2. The absence of the starting defenders on both sides
Although Chelsea's results have fallen back, and the timing coincides with The time when Lukaku joined, the two starting full-back players in the same time, Ben Chilwell and Rees James, were also injured, and it was clear that the team's performance was affected.
In fact, the biggest reason is not the lack of ability of Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta in the same position, but in frequent matches, the above two players are also over 30 years old, it is absolutely not easy for them to deliver the highest level in each game, in recent matches have seen that their physical strength in the second half has been overloaded, so that the pressure on both sides in the final stage increases, and can only maintain the score, this phenomenon really needs to be improved by the comeback of Ben Chilwell and Reese James. At the same time, both sides of the period needed the other two sideline forward players more to retreat to the middle line for the defensive line defense, so that the two defenders would not exhaust their physical strength too soon, because it is known that Reese James can return in the short term, then the captain Azpilicueta, who can take into account both the left and right guards, can become the replacement rotation of the two full-backs, so even if Ben Chilwell fails to return this season, it can be regarded as a temporary minimization of the problem.
3. Multiple players have still not found their role on the field
Although Chelsea is not disrespectful in the league table, still in the top 4 position in the league, but with their individual player ability, pre-season Chelsea is the popular and media recognition of the title favorite, but in the middle of the league, the team has been far behind the top of the manchester City, in addition to Lukaku failed to find out his position, it is not difficult to find that many players in the team are still lost even if they have played more than one season, including a pair of German double stars Kay Havertz and Timo Werner, to this day have not played the performance expected by fans.
The former Thomas Tuchel also tried to send him to a number of different positions, but came to the conclusion that the playing forward could not score the ball, the playing of the winger was not threatening, the midfield was not confrontational enough, and it can be seen from his expression on the field that he was disappointed in his performance as everyone else.
Xiaobian agrees with Kay Havertz's skills and talents, but his role does overlap a little with Mason Mount in the team, plus the latter's performance, goals and assists data are a better one, Thomas Tuchel does not want to waste Kay Havertz's ability, will let him try to play a different position, but it seems that Kay Havertz is still the most suitable for a post-killer offensive midfielder role, of which he has an advantage, that is, his head kung fu is not bad, many goals are achieved with a head hammer, In the days to come, Thomas Tuchel can make him a shadow striker, so that when the opponent focuses on the team's striker Romelu Lukaku, he can get more offensive opportunities under less supervision, which translates into goals and makes the team more offensively diverse.
And another German compatriot Timo Werner originally came to Chelsea's mission, is to become the next top scorer in the team, from the addition of Lukaku, everyone has already got a consensus, that is, Timo Werner's performance on the front line is not qualified, will make the team eager to spend money to buy a striker, although this move is indeed to lose the face of Timo Werner, the team has given him enough opportunities to play since he joined, but his ability to grasp the front court is insufficient, Directly let him miss a lot of golden opportunities to score goals, but also show his lack of shooting skills, to get a foothold in the Premier League, it is not easy, the most disappointing for the fans is that to this day we still have not seen his progress.
Timo Werner's biggest advantage is that he has a good speed, but this advantage alone does not translate into goals, Thomas Tuchel also knows this, and then tried to arrange for him to play the left wing position, but only not lost, plus in the same position of the squadron also Hudson-Odoi and Christian Pulisic, his recent appearance opportunities are also relatively reduced, he and Kay Havertz are also young and promising young stars, but Chelsea has not been able to rely on them for returns, On the contrary, it has temporarily become a concern for the team, and even Christian Pulisic has recently publicly stated that he cannot find a position in the team, which will definitely affect the team's military heart and the relationship between the players and the manager. The main thing is that it will affect the team's performance.
Xiaobian believes that Thomas Tuchel already has an ideal formation and concept in mind, in order to practice him is not a word, giving each player in the team a certain opportunity to play, he also wants to make good use of the strengths of each player to play the manager, rather than every game is a fixed 11-person type of thinking, but whether they can play their ideas on the field, very dependent on the players' understanding of tactics and tacit understanding, these are to the whole team to work together to make the event successful. To make things successful, you must first set the hearts of the military, the earlier Lukaku, or the public remarks of Christian Pulisic, hoping that Chelsea can solve this problem as soon as possible, at the same time manager Thomas Tuchel is also in isolation, the team must first put aside stereotypes, try to successfully win the Club World Cup, the loss of individual players, always need to be healed, we still have to let Thomas Tuchel personally solve this problem, if you want to compete for the league title, this problem must be solved, Thomas Tuchel. Tuchel's "proof war" seems to have only begun now.