雖然藍(lán)黑女神沒(méi)有在她的最佳狀態(tài)，但紫百合的戰(zhàn)術(shù)顯然讓球迷困惑。

While la Dea weren’t at her strongest, the Viola’s scheme clearly left the visitors bamboozled.

By?The Tito ?@Viola_Nation

The Tito著?@Andreas_Birdy譯

Fiorentina?were very impressive in their win over Atalanta on Sunday, earning their third victory over la Dea this season in a controlled 1-0. Because Nicolás González ran the defenders ragged, Riccardo Sottil created some gorgeous moments, and Krzysztof Pi?tek came away with the goal, a lot of the talk after this one has been about the Viola attack. But for me, it was the defense that was most impressive.

佛羅倫薩在周日高歌猛進(jìn)戰(zhàn)勝了亞特蘭大，這場(chǎng)穩(wěn)健的1-0是他們這個(gè)賽季第三次戰(zhàn)勝藍(lán)黑女神。尼古拉斯·岡薩雷斯（Nicolás González）突爆防守人，里卡多·索蒂爾（Riccardo Sottil）多次華麗表演、克日什托夫·皮揚(yáng)特克（Krzysztof Pi?tek）連場(chǎng)破門(mén)……賽后討論大多聚集在紫百合犀利的進(jìn)攻線(xiàn)上。但是更令人欣喜的是佛羅倫薩的防守。

Part of that is a bit of luck. Fiorentina certainly created the better chances; aside from Bart?omiej Dr?gowski’s brilliant 1-v-1 stop on Teun Koopmeiners in the first half and the goal ruled out in the second half, Atalanta created nothing against the Viola rearguard. They managed 7 shots and only the Koopmeiners one was on target. The rest were either blocked or pretty well off target, as reflected in a meager 0.6 xG for the visitors.

這其中有一些運(yùn)氣的成分。佛羅倫薩顯然創(chuàng)造出了更好的進(jìn)攻機(jī)會(huì)；除開(kāi)上半場(chǎng)巴爾托梅伊?德龍戈夫斯基（Bart?omiej Dr?gowski）對(duì)特恩·庫(kù)普梅納斯（Teun Koopmeiners）漂亮的一對(duì)一攔截以及下半場(chǎng)比賽亞特蘭大被吹掉的進(jìn)球，亞特蘭大沒(méi)有對(duì)紫百合的后防線(xiàn)造成任何威脅。7腳射門(mén)中只有庫(kù)普梅納斯的那腳打中門(mén)框范圍內(nèi)，其他的要么被封堵，要么偏的離譜，最終為觀眾奉獻(xiàn)出了一場(chǎng)僅僅只有0.6個(gè)的預(yù)期進(jìn)球（xG, expected goal，球隊(duì)或球員的預(yù)期進(jìn)球數(shù)，該數(shù)據(jù)是根據(jù)射門(mén)的質(zhì)量和數(shù)量得出的）的比賽。

Let’s put those numbers in context. Atalanta average 14.8 shots per game and put 4.4 of them on target en route to 1.72 goals and 1.66 xG per game. While their lack of forwards was pretty obvious at times, as there was little incision from the tridente, you have to give the Fiorentina defenders an immense amount of credit for the hard work, focus, and intelligence they displayed over 90 minutes.

讓我們把這些數(shù)據(jù)放到整個(gè)賽季的表現(xiàn)中來(lái)看，亞特蘭大場(chǎng)均能貢獻(xiàn)14.8腳射門(mén)，其中4.4腳射正能轉(zhuǎn)化成1.72個(gè)進(jìn)球與1.66個(gè)預(yù)期進(jìn)球。雖然他們現(xiàn)在顯然很缺前鋒，但是就憑比賽中亞特蘭大前場(chǎng)三叉戟少有切入的機(jī)會(huì)這一點(diǎn)，你就必須大大稱(chēng)贊一番佛羅倫薩后衛(wèi)們?cè)?0分鐘內(nèi)所展現(xiàn)的努力、專(zhuān)注與智慧。

Because I’m a big old nerd, though, I think it was more than just outstanding individual performances. While Nikola Milenkovi?, Igor, álvaro Odriozola, and Cristiano Biraghi were all very good and won most of their individual battles, a lot of that success started with manager Vincenzo Italiano, who put them in the right place to succeed. And a big part of how he did that was by tweaking his usual defensive approach.

可能因?yàn)槲沂且粋€(gè)古板的大書(shū)呆子，我認(rèn)為這種成功不僅僅是出色的個(gè)人表現(xiàn)。雖然尼古拉·米倫科維奇（Nikola Milenkovi?）、伊戈?duì)枺↖gor）、阿爾瓦羅·奧德里奧索拉（álvaro Odriozola）、克里斯蒂亞諾·比拉吉（Cristiano Biraghi）都非常棒并且贏得了大多數(shù)個(gè)人對(duì)抗，但是這許許多多良好表現(xiàn)來(lái)源于主教練文森佐·伊塔利亞諾（Vincenzo Italiano）優(yōu)秀的排兵布陣。

Last week, I wrote about Fiorentina’s?very high defensive line?and how it often leaves the central defenders isolated. The solution I proposed was ordering one of the fullbacks to sit deeper while the other pushed on, leaving an extra body to slow down counterattacks. You cannot imagine my astonishment, then, when that’s exactly what Fiorentina did: For the first hour or so, Odriozola constantly bombed on, while Cristiano Biraghi sat much deeper.

上周，我寫(xiě)了佛羅倫薩非常高位的防守線(xiàn)是如何讓中衛(wèi)們孤立無(wú)援的。我提出的解決方案是讓一側(cè)的邊后衛(wèi)落位較深，讓另一側(cè)邊后衛(wèi)能夠向前推進(jìn)。這樣可以多留下一人來(lái)延誤對(duì)方的反擊。很難想象我看到佛羅倫薩真的像這樣踢的時(shí)候有多驚喜：在比賽前60分鐘左右的時(shí)間里，奧德里奧索拉持續(xù)前插，而比拉吉的位置就靠后很多。

This wasn’t just a one time thing. It was constant.

這不僅僅是一次輪轉(zhuǎn)的情況，而是持續(xù)性的戰(zhàn)術(shù)。

So. Here’s Fiorentina constantly dropping into a back three when they win the ball or build from deep. While Odriozola certainly had a defensive job and dropped in as a fullback at times, he was usually a line or two higher up than his colleagues, leaving Igor in the middle of a back three. So what was the thinking here?

所以，佛羅倫薩在贏得球權(quán)或者后場(chǎng)組織時(shí)總是變?yōu)槿行l(wèi)。雖然奧德里奧索拉有時(shí)會(huì)因?yàn)榉朗厝蝿?wù)回到后衛(wèi)位置上來(lái)，但是他頻繁地出現(xiàn)在其他后衛(wèi)身前的中場(chǎng)線(xiàn)甚至鋒線(xiàn)上，形成一個(gè)伊戈?duì)柧又械娜行l(wèi)體系。伊塔利亞諾排出這種陣型的意圖是什么？

There are probably a bunch of reasons Italiano opted for this approach. The first is that it messed up Atalanta’s pressing. When Fiorentina play with 4 across the back, they usually spread the centerbacks out very wide and push the fullbacks higher up. Atalanta press with a narrow front 3, which prevented Fiorentina from finding simple passes to feet from defense to midfield in the previous meeting.

這可能有非常多的原因。首先，這樣可以瓦解亞特蘭大的高壓逼搶。雙方的前幾次交鋒中，佛羅倫薩后防四人一字排開(kāi)時(shí)，中后衛(wèi)往往比較分散，邊后衛(wèi)會(huì)提得靠上一些。亞特蘭大以一個(gè)前場(chǎng)三人組的壓迫圍搶讓佛羅倫薩很難找到從防線(xiàn)傳到中場(chǎng)的好機(jī)會(huì)。

This time around, though, Fiorentina changed it. By playing with three at the back, they forced Atalanta to spread out the front three. Gasperini opted for the former, which left his tridente spread out and gave the Viola defenders much easier lanes to work the ball forward to their midfielders, allowing them to bypass the press quite easily. When he tried to adjust and push the attackers back to their usual narrow configuration, the Fiorentina defenders could simply work it down the line to Odriozola, Nico, or Sottil.

因此，這場(chǎng)比賽佛羅倫薩改變了站位。后場(chǎng)的三中衛(wèi)落位讓亞特蘭大前場(chǎng)三人必須拉開(kāi)進(jìn)行逼搶。加斯佩里尼（Gasperini）維持之前的戰(zhàn)術(shù)，前場(chǎng)三人的拉開(kāi)給了佛羅倫薩后防線(xiàn)更大的出球空間，能夠通過(guò)簡(jiǎn)單傳遞將球輸送到中場(chǎng)，輕易地化解了高位壓迫。當(dāng)他嘗試讓鋒線(xiàn)球員維持之前的緊湊站位時(shí)，佛羅倫薩的后衛(wèi)們可以直接把球傳到奧德里奧索拉、岡皇或者索蒂爾腳下。

The second thing I really noted about this approach is that it put a lot of trust in Riccardo Sottil. With Biraghi not doing fulfilling his usual overlapping role, Ricky was basically isolated against Rafael Tolói. Given how often Fiorentina tried to get the ball to him, it felt like Italiano was telling his young winger, “I trust you to make something happen, even up against an Italy international.” And it worked: Sottil responded by creating the best chance of the first half for Nico González and nearly scored a banger himself.

這個(gè)戰(zhàn)術(shù)另一點(diǎn)值得注意的是，它給了里卡多·索蒂爾相當(dāng)大的信任。當(dāng)比拉吉沒(méi)有像往常一樣進(jìn)行前插時(shí)，三太子基本上需要一個(gè)人對(duì)抗拉斐爾·托洛伊（Rafael Tolói）。全隊(duì)更是多次嘗試傳球給他，這就像是伊塔利亞諾在告訴這位年輕的邊鋒：“我相信你可以創(chuàng)造出機(jī)會(huì)，即使對(duì)位的是意大利國(guó)腳?！憋@然這種信任是值得的：索蒂爾給岡薩雷斯創(chuàng)造了上半場(chǎng)比賽最好的機(jī)會(huì)，自己的一記爆射也差之毫厘。

And, while we’re talking about Nico, let’s talk about what happened on the right side. Since Nico is pretty left-footed, he’ll always turn inside onto his stronger foot, dragging his defender with him. That leaves a lot of space for Odriozola to bomb into, and if there’s one thing álvaro will always do, it’s bomb into space. He caught the Atalanta defense out several times by simply sprinting in behind to latch onto a ball over the top.

說(shuō)到岡皇，咱們?cè)賮?lái)看看右路是怎么打的。岡皇相當(dāng)依賴(lài)他的左腳，因此他經(jīng)常內(nèi)切，帶走了防守人，給奧德里奧索拉留下了巨大的前插空間。這也是奧利奧喜歡的。他的后排快速前插抓住了亞特蘭大后防的幾次機(jī)會(huì)并且成功接到了過(guò)頂長(zhǎng)傳。

The other fun wrinkle about pushing Odriozola so high is that it allowed Nico to drop deep and carry the ball forward from the rightback zone, which he did 4 or 5 times. While it may seem smarter to have your most dangerous attacker stay as close to the opposing goal as possible, getting Nico these kinds of easy touches helps keep him in a rhythm. It also gives him the chance to win fouls, put defenders on cards, and break the pressing structure to generate quick breaks.

把奧德里奧索拉推到前場(chǎng)的另一個(gè)有趣的細(xì)節(jié)是，這樣解放了岡皇。岡皇全場(chǎng)有4、5次回撤到中場(chǎng)接球沿右路推進(jìn)。雖然把全隊(duì)最具進(jìn)攻威脅的球員放到最接近球門(mén)的位置好像更合理，但是這種簡(jiǎn)單的觸球可以讓岡皇保持在自己的進(jìn)攻節(jié)奏上。另外，這也給了他很多造犯規(guī)、讓防守人吃牌的機(jī)會(huì)，這進(jìn)一步瓦解了亞特蘭大的壓迫逼搶?xiě)?zhàn)術(shù)。

Let’s stop looking at the knock-on effects, though, and get back to the defense here. While Odriozola defended admirably here—one sequence where he stayed in front of Davide Zappacosta as the veteran jinked this way and that before authoritatively blocking the wingback’s shot stands out—he’s not a great defender. Putting him up against a demon dribbler like Jeremie Boga felt like it was asking for trouble; after all, it was Boga who created the most chances from his inside left position in the previous meeting between these two.

說(shuō)完了這種站位對(duì)進(jìn)攻的附加影響，我們?cè)倩氐椒朗厣蟻?lái)。奧德里奧索拉的防守十分令人贊嘆——當(dāng)達(dá)維德·扎帕科斯塔（Davide Zappacosta）不斷晃動(dòng)時(shí)，他一直保持在這位老將邊后衛(wèi)的身前，并最終完美地封堵了對(duì)方的射門(mén)?？紤]到他并不是一個(gè)非常好的防守人，這樣的防守表現(xiàn)實(shí)屬不易。畢竟讓奧德里奧索拉對(duì)位杰雷米·博加（Jeremie Boga）這種怪物簡(jiǎn)直就是在送——前兩場(chǎng)博加與奧利奧的對(duì)位的亞特蘭大左路就是創(chuàng)造了最多機(jī)會(huì)的地方。

Instead of a defensively-suspect, floppy-haired fullback, then, why not neutralize the opponent’s best attacker with 196 cm of a geologic formation that can run? That was clearly the plan all along; go back up to those photos and note how Milenkovi? is always matched up against Boga in case Fiorentina lose the ball and Atalanta can break in behind. He ate the Dutchman’s lunch, too: Boga didn’t have a shot, lost the ball 6 times, and was pretty ineffectual.

比起一個(gè)防守堪憂(yōu)的卷毛邊后衛(wèi)，一面一米九六又能跑的墻顯然能更好地限制對(duì)面的進(jìn)攻人。這顯然也在伊塔利亞諾的計(jì)劃內(nèi)。從比賽截圖中我們不難看出，米倫科維奇總是在和博加對(duì)位，以防佛羅倫薩丟球后亞特蘭大從后場(chǎng)發(fā)起反擊。他也很好地完成了這個(gè)任務(wù)：博加全場(chǎng)沒(méi)有射門(mén)，6次丟失球權(quán)，并且基本上隱身了。

While the idea of a back three may conjure memories of BeppeBall levels of passivity, this one was very different. One of the other benefits of having three defenders at the back is that one of them can chase an opposing forward deep, safe in the assurance that there’s adequate cover. For example, this was the moment I realized something crazy was going on with the Viola defense.

雖然三中衛(wèi)的踢法很容易讓人聯(lián)想到朱塞佩·亞奇尼治下佛羅倫薩的被動(dòng)場(chǎng)面，但是這次完全不一樣。三中衛(wèi)的另一個(gè)好處是其中一個(gè)中衛(wèi)可以跟防對(duì)方的的前鋒到很深的位置，確保能有充分的防守掩護(hù)。比如，這是我意識(shí)到佛羅倫薩防守有多喪心病狂的時(shí)間點(diǎn)。

This wasn’t a one-off deal, either. He did it again not long after, and several times throughout the game.

這同樣不是一個(gè)偶然性的情況。不久之后他又這么干了一次，相似的場(chǎng)景在整場(chǎng)比賽中多次出現(xiàn)。

By letting Odriozola just run back and forth with Zappacosta while neutralizing Boga himself, Milenkovi? ensured a massive advantage for his team: Odriozola is faster than Zappacosta and will always win that challenge of speed and endurance, while Boga was obviously put off his game entirely by this treatment.

奧德里奧索拉折返跑防扎帕科斯塔，米倫科維奇限制博加，這樣的對(duì)位優(yōu)勢(shì)巨大：奧德里奧索拉比扎帕科斯塔快，并且總是能贏得這種速度與耐力的對(duì)抗，博加顯然被這種待遇完全打亂了比賽節(jié)奏。

Once Milenkovi? was subbed off, Italiano reverted to a more traditional back four with Odriozola dropping into the defense again, so the heat maps aren’t quite as revelatory as you might think. However, this kind of tinkering is the sort of move that wins games, and it worked perfectly here. Atalanta were never able to figure out how to get past this unexpected defense and Fiorentina walked away with the win.

米倫科維奇被換下之后，伊塔利亞諾回歸了傳統(tǒng)的四后衛(wèi)陣型，奧德里奧索拉回到了防線(xiàn)上的位置，因此熱區(qū)圖沒(méi)有想象中的有參考價(jià)值。但是，小陣型的調(diào)整完美地發(fā)揮了作用。亞特蘭大沒(méi)有辦法破解這種意料之外的防守，佛羅倫薩得以帶走一場(chǎng)勝利。

Since there are a lot of other Serie A teams that play with a front two, this could be really good way to solidify the back line against them. Milenkovi? will generally dominate his side of the field, leaving Igor and Biraghi less space to track. Biraghi’s actually a pretty good passer when he’s not pressured, so he provides a nice out ball, and Igor’s incisiveness is well-documented; in the middle of the three, he’ll usually have more time to pick his passes and break the lines. Even if the offense wasn’t quite dazzling in this one, let’s all tip our hats to Italiano, who out-generaled Gian Piero Gasperini in this one and deserves all the credit for recognizing a weakness and turning it into a strength.

意甲有許多球隊(duì)打雙前鋒的陣型，這可能是一種非常好的穩(wěn)固后防的戰(zhàn)術(shù)。米倫科維奇總是能夠統(tǒng)治他所在的一側(cè)，伊戈?duì)柵c比拉吉就不用太大范圍地跑動(dòng)。在沒(méi)有壓迫情況下，比拉吉是一個(gè)非常好的傳球手，他總能找到很好的出球路線(xiàn)，而伊戈?duì)柕木魇怯心抗捕玫?；作為三中衛(wèi)中的居中中衛(wèi)，他有更多的時(shí)間來(lái)選擇傳球路線(xiàn)并且打穿對(duì)方的逼搶。即使這場(chǎng)比賽的進(jìn)攻并不耀眼，但時(shí)我們必須向伊塔利亞諾脫帽致敬，他在這場(chǎng)比賽中戰(zhàn)勝了吉安·皮埃羅·加斯佩里尼（Gian Piero Gasperini）。他意識(shí)到了球隊(duì)的問(wèn)題并且將其轉(zhuǎn)換為一種優(yōu)勢(shì)，這值得我們所有人的贊揚(yáng)。