Southampton 0 - 6 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Southampton 0 - 6 Chelsea

8' Marcos Alonso, ast by Mount
16' Mount
21' Werner
31' Havertz
49' Werner
54' Mount

1 Shots on Target 14
3 Shots off Target 10
3 Corners 3
11 Fouls 10
0 Offsides 1
8 Saves 1
1 Yellow Cards 0
29% Possession 71%





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Jan Bednarek 60'






球場: St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton
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開賽: 15:00 Sat, 09 Apr 2022
主裁: Kevin Friend




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/10/
the-debrief--change-to-attacking-shape-and-wing-back-roles-open-

The Debrief: Change to attacking shape and wing-back roles open up Southampton

10 Apr 2022


A performance of the highest quality saw us thrash Southampton 6-0 and the
statistics back up Thomas Tuchel's claim that a change to the way our
front three lined up was key to the victory…


https://i.imgur.com/qJmLu8B.png


Chelsea played on the front foot right from the start at St Mary's and the
home side appeared to have no answer to our attacking vigour, as Marcos
Alonso opened the scoring in the eighth minute and soon had plenty of
company on the scoresheet, as Mason Mount and Timo Werner both hit braces,
alongside Kai Havertz's goal.


It wasn't just about the players' brilliant performance on the pitch,
though, as some subtle tactical changes by Tuchel also had a large part to
play in our big win, as we bounced back from consecutive defeats in style
on the South Coast.


== Front two a constant threat ==


'We expected a 4-4-2 and the high pressing and wanted to pin the defenders
with two strikers and find Mason in a bit of an open position in-between
the lines,' explained Tuchel, as he evaluated the match after the final
whistle.


'We anticipated the aggressive 4-4-2 and wanted to have three midfielders
against the two midfielders to have an advantage and to have the ideal
position for Kai and Timo. So that was the idea behind it.'


The shift to a 3-4-1-2 shape, as opposed to the 3-4-2-1 which has been the
hallmark of Tuchel's Chelsea, or the 4-1-4-1 that has been used several
times more recently, certainly had a big influence on the game, and the
shift was clear from the players' average positions on the pitch.


https://i.imgur.com/fPa5Mvd.jpg


With Havertz and Werner both playing high up the pitch and occupying the
centre-backs, Mount was left with the room, time and freedom to roam as a
more traditional No10, picking up pockets of space to hurt Southampton
from.


In terms of the attacking trio of Werner, Havertz and Mount, the biggest
effect was obvious, though, as they scored five of our six goals between
them and were a constant menace to the Southampton defence, as we
registered an impressive 24 shots to the Saints' four.


https://i.imgur.com/OThKRZz.jpg


Werner, in particular, seemed to be enjoying himself, using his pace to
play on the shoulders of the centre-backs and punish their high defensive
line. In addition to his two goals, it saw the German register eight shots
and four on target, both numbers more than double the whole Southampton
team combined.


https://i.imgur.com/553X6x6.jpg


Those figures are made even more impressive by the fact three of his four
efforts which missed the target only did so by the narrowest of margins,
striking the woodwork, and one of those directly led to Havertz's goal.
Werner's eight shots were also five more than any other player on the
pitch, with Mount and Alonso in joint-second place with three each.


== Controlled aggression ==


As well as exploiting the space between Southampton's midfield and defence
when we were on the ball, Mount played an important part when we were out
of possession. Then he dropped in to make it a midfield three alongside
Mateo Kovacic and N'Golo Kante, providing us with a numerical advantage in
that area, while it was also the Englishman who led and instigated our own
press as the most advanced of the trio.


https://i.imgur.com/1fIH6tM.jpg


The way we won the ball back so quickly and repeatedly was another area
highlighted by Tuchel as key, backed up by the somewhat surprising
statistic that despite the Blues enjoying 71 per cent of possession, we
actually attempted more tackles than our opponents, by 32 to 26.


Equally important, though, was the fact we were successful in an
impressive 29 of those 32 attempted tackles. Those figures were helped in
no small part by our three midfielders, as Kovacic (seven), Kante (five)
and Mount (four) all won 100 per cent of their tackles, taking complete
control of the midfield area.


== Support from wide ==


Of course, taking control of the centre of the pitch is only an effective
strategy if we can prevent our opponents from bypassing our midfield by
attacking down the flanks or playing longer passes direct to their
strikers, with both being especially dangerous in their 4-4-2 formation.


There was little threat of Southampton finding joy out wide, though, as
our wing-backs took on slightly different roles, and personnel, than
usual. On the left, Alonso was forced to stay wider without some of the
additional width offered by a front three, although he still managed to
make his customary late arrival at the back post to score the first goal.


https://i.imgur.com/uimAAly.jpg


However, it was more common to see the Spaniard hugging the touchline and
delivering dangerous balls into the box, resulting in his five key passes
making him the only player to be credited with more than two, while
supplying four of our eight crosses.


On the other side, Ruben Loftus-Cheek filled in as a wing-back, with Cesar
Azpilicueta testing positive for Covid and Reece James still returning to
full fitness following injury. It was a position the midfielder excelled
in, though, operating almost as a wide playmaker.


https://i.imgur.com/9njdznE.jpg


The problems Loftus-Cheek caused were summed up by the fact he was fouled
six times, twice as many as anyone else, while only Andreas Christensen
(six) won more than his five aerial duels, snuffing out the Saints'
attempts at using high balls into the channels for their wingers to chase.

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