Since joining PSG on 17 July 2012 for 20 Million Euro’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now one of the most lethal strikers in Europe. Already scored 10 goals in Europe this season Chelsea FC must stop this man to make their way into semi-finals, but the question is how?
“When I play, I have a mission that is to win. No one can stop me from doing it,” Zlatan Ibrahimovic
- Defenders need to be alert all the time:
Since we all know he is a two footed player and can score from outside the box even, Chelsea defenders need to stay alert when he is on the pitch.
- Man to Man marking
There is no doubt that John terry and Gary Cahill partnership is one of the best but the Swedish striker with his quality can escape any kind of defenders in front of him so what Chelsea players could do is stay close to him, don’t allow him to get the ball and don’t give him free space.
- Luiz’s pace can help us
We all know how energetic and physical Luiz is which can help Chelsea to stop the Swedish striker easily. If you focus on Zlatan’s playing style you will notice he keeps on changing position and looks for through ball and or wide shooting space and for that we have Luiz to stop him, Luiz’s pace and his physical strength will help us stop Zlatan from playing comfortably.
- Zlatan Weakness
Zlatan does not have that much weakness but for a man of his height he is not that good when the ball is played in air because he loses his balance which will make dealing with aerial balls very easy for Mourinho’s men.
4. Chelsea with a scintillating defensive performance in last year’s semi-final against barcelona is another great thing to think about. If chelsea can stop barca, then who is zlatan or psg?
5. Chelsea boss jose mourinho is a good coach and one of the best tatics operator both in stages of attacking and defensive play.
6. With chelsea having the likes of azpilicueta, terry cahill, luiz and ivanovic, they have the power to stop the beast [Zlatan Ibrahimovic].
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No doubt jose is a good coach,but he has the tendency of shooting himself on the foot.datz what happened against psg.instead of bringing a more defensiv minded player(mikel),he brought in lamp & torres.we must now know dat 4 a doubl pivot 2 be sucesful,one must be wel disciplind tacticaly & must cover up spaces in front of the back 4 not just running up & down lik luiz & matic does.