Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 256 Resolutely Be Yourself

What is Portugal's champion coach Jose Mourinho best at? - Defensive counterattack!

If Capello is the ancestor of the 1:0 tactic, then Mourinho has fully carried forward this style of play.Even though Chelsea showed extremely fierce firepower in the first few rounds of the league, this cannot conceal the fact that the tactical play under the score is still relatively conservative.

But perhaps, the defensive counterattack tactics also highlighted Wang Li's role, so Chelsea were able to score such a big score.Undoubtedly, it is also a defensive counterattack. Compared with Dave Jones' cautiousness last season, Mourinho put Wang Li in the most suitable position. This is also the way Wang Li played handy every time he played against Chelsea. important reason--
From this point of view, Mourinho's formation level is indeed higher than that of ordinary Premier League coaches.

During the intermission, the 'madman' threw the tactic again. The peak attack of 4321 suddenly became a total attack of 433. In Mourinho's 433 defensive counterattack tactics, the two sides are the most important counterattack. At this time, Wang Li became The core of the team's counterattack.

It has to be said that after so many games, Mourinho has also developed a dependence on Wang Li:

The best tactic in Mr. Mourinho's mind is 541. Wang Li is at the forefront. With the deterrence of this black-haired boy, the opponent dare not attack too much, so the team can steadily drag the game to the end. Last minute.However, he also knew that he should abandon this idea. If one day, Wang Li stopped playing under him due to injury or transfer, then this kind of dependence would become a fatal injury to his tactics——
In the European arena, is there another dance master! ?
No doubt, no! ! !
In the second half, Alkin Robben, who had just returned from injury, replaced Joe Cole as a left midfielder, and Damien Duff, who had just scored a goal, retreated to play a right winger.It seems that Mourinho has high expectations for Robben. In order to let him recover from injury and adapt to the game, he not only replaced Joe Cole, but also let Duff make way. This kind of favor is really rare.

However, on the other hand, Damien Duff is a bit depressed. In 2002, he transferred to Chelsea for 1750 million pounds. This value was already one of the best in the transfer market that season. , but he is still unable to sit firmly in the main position, and he has to compromise in the face of the head coach's arrangement. This may be the sorrow of the generalist on the court...

As for Joe Cole, he didn't even dare to complain. In this season, Mr. Mourinho has given him enough opportunities, and his performance has been very good, but in this game, he really didn't show much. , being replaced is also a matter of course.

"Joe, there are still many opportunities, so don't be so stern." Wang Li ran over to comfort his friend with a smile.

Joe Cole forcefully put on a smile and said, "It's okay, Alan, you can guide me more when you have time in the future. If this continues, I will spend my days on the bench again."

"OK! Don't worry, I'll help you score another goal later."

"That's for you..." Joe Cole revealed contemptuously.

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In the dressing room of Manchester City, the players were a little lost and silent, and the atmosphere seemed very gloomy. In fact, this was not all the reason for falling behind in the first half of the game.

Although the team's first striker Anelka is strong, he has an aloof personality. In 02, he even had conflicts with the coach of the national team and has not been able to return to the French team. He is known as a "problem boy".

And the Manchester City team is divided into several factions by default, which has caused the Manchester City locker room to be unharmonious, and the relationship between the players is not good.

Although head coach Kevin Keegan has great prestige in the team, he is not good at mediating conflicts among players, so Manchester City's dressing room is more like a powder keg, and a crisis may erupt at any time.

Fortunately, in this situation, unlike the loss of the players, Mr. Keegan walked in with a smile on his face. Yes, he was very satisfied with the performance of the players in the first half:
"The team played very well in the first half, especially in the first 30 minutes of the game, I even felt that I was leading a super giant..." Keegan began to praise directly.

"...the team's first goal was just a mistake. It was Chelsea's luck. I hope that in the second half of the game, everyone will let go and don't care about the result. This is Manchester City Stadium. All we have to do is Showing our ability in front of tens of thousands of fans, Chelsea is not scary, as long as..."

After Mr. Keegan finished talking nonsense, the depression in the hearts of the players also decreased a lot. This is probably another role of the head coach. As the leader of the team, his mood directly affects the mood of the whole team. Mood, state.

In fact, Mr. Keegan is indeed ready to lose at this time, but he is very open to it. There are 38 league games in the whole season, and it doesn't matter if he loses one game. Very good, now ranked 9th in the league, as a third year in the Premier League, this performance is also satisfactory enough.

It cannot be said that Keegan has no ambitions. You must know that in the two seasons combined, Manchester City only spent more than 900 million pounds in the transfer market. What is so strange about the 2 million euros lost to Chelsea! ? ---
Although football does not equal money, there is no professional football without money.

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Contrary to what the fans imagined, after the start of the second half, Manchester City did not launch a large-scale attack when they were behind.

But you must know that Chelsea is doing a defensive counterattack tactical arrangement, so it seems that Manchester City has a certain advantage on the pitch, which also makes the game scene not a little intense at all.

Manchester City's tactical play is indeed stable. Every attack is initiated by the midfielder Reina. The winger Phillips and the midfielder Sinclair slowly advance with the ball, and they will not attack blindly. The backcourt always Keep a few defenders to prevent Chelsea's sneak attack.

Seeing this kind of scene, Mourinho secretly gave Keegan a thumbs up in his heart. With Chelsea's tactic, what they hope to see most is the opponent's massive attack. Then use the three midfielders Duff, Lampard and Makelele's interception ability, as long as there is a chance, Wang Li and Robben on the left and right roads can launch a quick counterattack to threaten the opponent's goal.

Keegan has obviously seen through Chelsea's style of play. He actually chose to play steadily when the team was behind. This kind of calm mentality is really admirable.

However, this does not mean that Manchester City has the advantage! !

Mourinho's defensive counterattack tactics are generally implemented when the team is ahead. Manchester City does not use a large-scale attack, so Chelsea's backcourt has a higher safety rate. Although there are no chances in the frontcourt, don't Forget, now that Chelsea is the leading side, the game time is slowly passing, but it is more beneficial to Chelsea.

Of course, this is not an invincible tactic. If you encounter a team with super offensive capabilities such as Arsenal and Barcelona, ​​​​Chelsea's tactic will obviously be at a disadvantage, because the team can't defend at all, then give it to the opponent. Same goal.

However, it is clear that Manchester City does not have this offensive ability.

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This kind of game where Manchester City couldn't attack for a long time and Chelsea didn't perform well, finally played "passion" in the 77th minute of the game.

Manchester City's offense, striker Anelka received a pass at the front of the penalty area, directly changed direction quickly, and kept rubbing the ball back and forth with both feet, making Chelsea captain John Terry who was defending next to him very helpless. This position is very dangerous. He Don't dare to foul here.After shaking Terry away, Anelka directly kicked a low shot, which made the Blues fans break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Cech reacted quickly and saved the ball over the baseline.

Manchester City's corner kick, teenager Phillips passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area, Bridget grabbed a good position, kicked the ball directly to the frontcourt, and the football was directly handed over to Alkin Robben on the left-- —
Chelsea strikes back! !
After getting the ball, Robben ran towards the backcourt of Manchester City. Facing two consecutive defensive players, Robben used two quick disguises to show his unparalleled speed and sharp passing way, and told all the Blues in the audience Fans, his injury did not affect his status! !

When dribbling the ball to the left front of the penalty area, Robben still chose to cut inside. This may have been his signature way of dribbling, but this is only known to the Chelsea players. These Manchester City players obviously don’t know this Dutch teenager. , so the defender Thatcher who was following him was directly thrown away. When Robben reached the penalty area line, he was already followed by three defensive players. At this time, he had no room to kick and shoot.

However, Robben reacted quickly. As soon as he looked up, he saw Wang Li who was on the right, and he passed the ball with his right foot.

Seeing Robben passing the ball to the opponent's No. 21 black-haired boy, Manchester City's defensive players immediately surrounded him in this direction. They all knew that this boy's long-range shooting ability is extremely strong, and they must not give him a kick. space.

However, football is in the control of Wang Li and Robben.Wang Li threw off the clingy Mills, and before the opponent's player could block all the shooting space, he faced the rolling ball with another reverse pass and passed directly to the penalty area!

There's Robben again! !The cooperation between him and Wang Li has been quite tacit.

The Manchester City players hurried over to defend, but this time Robben still didn't choose to shoot, because there were still defenders in front of this point, and the angle was not very good. Facing the pass kicked by Wang Li, Robben's left foot was in the rolling direction In the upper zone, the ball is passed back to the right.

At this moment, Wang Li just ran up, swung his leg and volleyed. The shot was only 5 meters away from the goal. Even if Buffon came in person, facing Wang Li's volley, he would definitely be powerless!

"Goooooooooooooooooooooal~~~~~~~~......" The entire second half was dull, and the Blues fans were even a little drowsy. At this time, Wang Li's goal was really timely. The mood is cheered up again!

When Chelsea scored another goal, the on-site commentator's words became even more sour, and the slightly painful voice came out again on the radio, "Goal..., hey, Chelsea scored again. What I don't want to see, the goal is still the opponent's No. 21 teenager Alan Wang. It seems that at least in this game, his goal declaration has come true again. There are still 10 minutes in the game. I hope Let the players work harder to score another one."

At this time, the Blues fans in the stands were filled with joy. Robben and Wang Li's short pass cooperation in the opponent's penalty area was indeed extremely exciting, making people speechless. Even the neutral fans kept calling Wang Li. The names of Li and Robben, the ultra-long-distance world wave in the first half and this wonderful cooperation made them feel that this time was really not in vain.

At this time, the perspective was switched back to the bench. After watching this attack, Mr. Mourinho seemed to think of something again, and turned his head to look at Joe Cole, who was sitting on the bench blankly, and then rested his chin Seems to be lost in thought——
'if……'

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In fact, in this game, Manchester City's left winger Sun Jihai was the one in the lowest mood.

Coach Keegan arranged for him to be a left winger, but he also told him to defend on the left to prevent the opponent's No. 21 kid from scoring. Of course, this is the most important reason why he can replace Button in the starting game.

However, after nearly 80 minutes of the game, Sun Jihai knew that he was not capable of defending him.The so-called 'heterogeneous Chinese derby' seems to have started, and he has already lost.

But these are not the reasons for his depression.No one knows himself better than Sun Jihai himself. He knows that his own characteristics are all-round. He doesn't have too many shortcomings in terms of offense, defense, dribbling, etc., but they are not outstanding.But head coach Keegan asked him to only play defense in this game, which obviously made his performance greatly eclipsed. He said that his single ability may not be as good as many of the team's players who cannot play.

Sun Jihai knew very well that all his performances were watched by the fans, head coach, and teammates. Maybe after this game, it would be difficult for him to get a chance to start again. This made him feel aggrieved——
Yes, aggrieved! !

This kind of mentality is not all because of the fear of losing his position. The main reason is that the game was too depressing. For the entire 80 minutes, he didn't get an assist at all. This is not the usual Sun Jihai!

But now, Manchester City is in crisis, and the opponent leads by two goals. Regain the favor of Mr. Keegan and regain the main position! ?
Thinking of this, Sun Jihai's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at the black-haired boy standing beside him. He shook his head silently. He knew that he was useless in the backcourt, and staying here was of no use to the team. effect---
He turned his head to look at Coach Keegan on the bench, and with a silent and firm heart, he slowly ran towards the frontcourt
(End of this chapter)