Enrique s ultimate pursuit of technical football has brought Paris tactics to a dead end

A nightmare nightmares, Paris Saint-Germain fell from the clouds. Facing Chelsea's midfield strangle and long pass offensive strategies, the "New Ceremony Midfield" combination composed of Vitina, Joao Neves and Fabian Ruiz performed poorly. Enrique's ultimate pursuit of technical football brought Paris' tactics to a dead end.

The Blues' midfield two gates, and the third player is freely matched

In Chelsea's usual 4231 formation, Maresca will flexibly adjust the three-midfield configuration according to the opponent's characteristics. If the opponent is weak, Maresca will let Palmer stand in the front midfielder position, with the two wingers responsible for widening the width, and Enzo Fernandez and Kesedo partnered with double midfielder. If the opponent is strong, Maresca will reduce the right winger configuration, move Palmer to the right forward area, and add a midfielder to Enzo Fernandez and Kessedo, which Lavia, Andre Santos and Rees James have all played.

Thanks to the all-round skills of Kesedo and Enzo Fernandez, this pair of duo with a total value of 240 million euros can achieve good results no matter who they pair with.

The ability to confront each other is lacking, and the "New Ceremony Midfielder" needs reinforcements

Compared with Enzo Fernandez & Kessedo, Vitinia, Joao Neves and Fabian Ruiz's technical abilities are not inferior, but their confrontational abilities are much worse. Once the enthusiasm for running and the smoothness of passing and cutting due to physical fitness problems, the Paris trio will be unable to extricate themselves in the midfield strangle battle mode. Paris Saint-Germain broke through the Champions League half of the Champions League where Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are located, while Chelsea is located in a much less difficult situation. There is already a gap in the physical reserves of the two sides. Maresca designed a long pass offensive tactic to tilt the balance of the game.

marked by the sale of Ugat (and the introduction of Joao Neves), Enrique built his favorite three-midfield structure, which is a combination of technical and running ability but obviously insufficient physique and confrontation ability. There is no player on the bench in Paris who has different styles from them as a supplement. In the 2019/20 season, Paris Saint-Germain reached the Champions League final for the first time. Tuchel used an engineer-type midfield combination (Gerje, Herrera and Paredes). This idea seems outdated, but may still have miraculous effects on certain occasions. It is time for Enrique to consider finding helpers for the three Iberian heroes.