the new seasons has started . liverpool played chelsea also there were other games also . i will take one game at a time . before i write about the game i will continue with my prelog as i had done i the past . what is the similarity between badminton and defense in football or positional awareness in football . in the game between liv vs chelsea two goals were scored and both were because of the lack of understanding of positions on defense . what do they do in badminton . badminton player tries to be in the centre after any shot he plays . that is the same in football on defense you should be aware of your position and it is not respect to your team but also with respect to opposition . i will try to explain in coming para .
chelsea started the game with 3-5-2 while liverpool started the game with 4-3-3 . for chelsea james was the difference maker while for chelsea salah and diaz's pace were the ones causing chelsea problems . both teams lacked some things first off chelsea they should had seen that liverpool like to counter thrrough salah . disasi or colwill was marking him . now he was left exposed by chelsea . first off silva should had moved closer to either of them to better salah . secondly both silva and colwill should have the awareness and reading as to what salah can do . it not what salah can do but also which team mate he can link up with and the way he can exploit the defense . for the first goal disasi was going to mark salah he cannot get too close to him but still remains near him. at this time chelsea were playing a bit too high defensive line . first off silva and colwill should had checked their body shape as well as their defensive positions . they got it all wrong and ended up one goal down. colwill should have that awareness not only of the players around him but also the spaces around him.
the game continued and chelsea equalized . chelsea's goal was the reason as to why i am writing this post . chelsea were having the corner . what is the first thing that the defensive team should do when they are facing the corner . they should try to nullify the threat . starting the counter is second thing and it comes only when you can safely deal with the corner . when the oppostion takes the corner at that time special positions are taken by players depending upon the height . the goalkeeper needs to take control of the situation and should ask his players to first defend the corner and then think of starting the counter attack . what had been seen is that the players just leave the positions as soon as they clear the ball on the first instance but the ball is in oppositions possessesion and its is coming back . the goalkeeper needs to shout to his players to keep their shape and deal with it till the ball is out of play on the possession changes.
i would had loved that mudryk started the game instead of sterling also if i am pochettino i wouldnt ever play childwell . hopeless english player spends too much time on the ball hasnt got the positional awareness more interested in his hair than his football skills . now that chelsea had signed caicedo so enzo will have more freedom to go forward .
there were other games that were played amongst them were psg and bayern games were there . i really cant understand the footballing world . i had been shouting about danny olamo. he was superb in this game i still baffled as to why his name is not at the top of the desired player in every top clubs wish list. i had already said when touchel was oppointed that bayern had shot themselves in the foot. just as bayern have shot themselves in the foot so has psg by appointing luis enrique as their coach . unless psg can keep mbappe and have one or two more flair players in their squad or else they will struggle .
i think there is lot of transfers left and we can expect to see lot of players changing clubs .
