Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 259 Boss, let me play center forward

The performance of the Blackburn team this season is really unsatisfactory. In the first 8 rounds of the league, they only accumulated 1 league points with 3 win, 4 draws and 6 losses, ranking 19th in the Premier League. Relegation seems to be only a thin line away from them.

Of course, they did not fail to score. In the fourth round of the league, Blackson drew Manchester United 4-1 at home, which shocked the media greatly.

Even so, Blackburn's away game against the powerful Chelsea is still not favored.

Today, the Stamford Bridge Stadium was full again. Many Blues fans who did not buy tickets crowded around the perimeter of the stadium, wanting to get news of the game at close range and cheering for every goal Chelsea scored.

With Chelsea's strength in the league, these local Fulham fans are full of confidence in the future of the new season. If Chelsea continues this season this season, Mr. Abramovich should perhaps consider the Stamford Bridge Stadium. Expansion is carried out to accommodate more fans, so that Chelsea can take a big step forward on the road to the rich.

It is not the first time Blackburn's head coach Souness has faced Wang Li. He has always felt sorry for the star who missed him, and even said sourly in front of the media with regret: "If Allen can At Blackburn, then we would even be targeting UEFA Cup qualification."

However, this kind of talk is simply nonsense. Even if Blackburn has always been qualified to participate in the Premier League, it is impossible for a player with Wang Li's technical ability to stay in this kind of team. It can cover half of the team's expenses.

Souness has also studied this game for a long time. Although there is little hope of winning, if he can win a draw at Stamford Bridge, it will also contribute to the road to relegation this season. Besides, it is only to stop Chelsea. The glory of the winning streak can make Souness famous, which is self-evident for his future coaching.

In an interview, Blackburn captain Craig Short declared: "The whole team is very confident. We will put on a wonderful game at Stamford Bridge and try to win."

However, many media dismissed this. The difference in strength between the two teams is too great. Even if Souness deploys a strong strategy, no matter how hard the Blackson players work, they will face a strong opponent. Chelsea, their probability of winning is also pitifully low.

But this time Wang Li did not express any opinions, declarations, etc. He is not interested in a team like Blackburn at all. You know, last season in Wolverhampton, he was able to lead the team to a big victory. With the cooperation of so many outstanding teammates in Chelsea, Blackson's victory is almost a default without any changes in the lineup.

But this has greatly increased the interest of the media. They are even guessing whether Wang Li has put all his energy in pursuing the beautiful little princess, but has lost interest in football comments. If they know, Angela I moved in with Wang Li a long time ago, I don't know if they will be dumbfounded——
Of course, crazy reports are for sure.

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At this time, the audience seats at the Stamford Bridge Stadium were filled with blue in all directions, and the audience was full of cheers from the Blues fans.On the other hand, the hundreds of Blackson fans who came to London with the team could only hide in a corner, and they didn't even know where they were unless they searched carefully.

At this time, the voice of Creed Pesvak also appeared above the stadium, and he began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams:

"Blackburn set up a 442 formation, goalkeeper Brad Friedel, defenders Lucas Neal, Dominique Mateo, Lorenzo Amoruso, Craig Short, forwards David Thompson, Barry Ferguson, Tugay, Pedersen, forward Paul Dickov and John Stead."

"In contrast to our Chelsea, Mourinho surprisingly arranged a 3412 formation, my God! The forwards are Gud Jansen and Joe Cole, Allen is the midfielder, and the midfielder is Damien Da. Jeff, Alkin Robben, Scott Parker, Thiago Mendes, defenders William Gallas, John Terry, Paul Ferreira and Wayne Bridge..."

"... we can see that Mr Mourinho didn't play Lampard, Makelele and Drogba, it seems that he intends to hide these players for Manchester United games, also, if In this game, if these main players are injured or get cards, it will not be worth the loss."

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Jose Mourinho will of course use his good knife in practice. Both Makelele and Lampard received yellow cards in the last game. If there is any problem in this game, it will not be worth the loss. Although his center forward ability is not as fierce as Drogba's, it is better than Drogba in his comprehensive ability. He can retreat to get the ball or make precise passes, which can effectively make up for the loopholes caused by Wang Li's unsuitability in the midfielder position.

As for Joe Cole, that's just incidental. In fact, his position is the shadow striker. Of course, he can also retreat. In short, facing an opponent like Blackson, Mourinho is purely training before the war. up.

In fact, the same is true. The game has just started, and the Blackburn team put on a defensive posture, saying that it is a 442 formation, but they only left one striker John Stead in the frontcourt, and the other striker Paul .Dykov retreated to the vicinity of his own penalty area to participate in the defense.

Chelsea launched a massive attack from the beginning of the game, and now the whole team has become accustomed to this style of play. Facing this kind of soft persimmon in the Premier League, as long as they can take the lead in the first half, they will immediately change to play in the second half Defensive counterattack, this tactic is almost invincible, and the team's performance is also the reason why they are convinced by coach Mourinho.

However, within 10 minutes of the game, the senior Blues fans in the audience frowned deeply.

This is not because of the relationship on the scene. In the first few minutes, the football was almost under the control of the Chelsea team, and Blackson had no chance to resist at all. They were like weak girls who had no power to fight back. She is so delicate and ready to be tortured by others, but this young and weak girl is wearing iron underwear...

Blackburn retreated across the board, making Chelsea's offense difficult.

This kind of bottom-tier team in the Premier League, although their strength is not very good, they are only a level behind teams like Chelsea. If they completely give up offense and resolutely defend their positions, 7 or 8 defensive players will be in the penalty area. Even if they don't arrange any defensive tactics, it is enough to block all shooting angles. Besides, their defensive players are not wooden stakes.

Although Blackburn's captain, Craig Short, vowed before the game that the team would play a wonderful game, it was just a smoke bomb to confuse Chelsea. For Blackburn, giving up the attack at Stamford Bridge and It's not something to be ashamed of. On the contrary, if they succeed, they will not only get praise from the media, but also increase their league points by one more number. Everyone knows how to choose such a lucrative business——
As for letting go of the formation and fighting Chelsea?

Souness is not that stupid! !
Not to mention others, Didier Drogba alone can almost match the price of one of their teams. He is only 51 years old this year, and he is not confused enough to think that Blackburn has the ability to play against Chelsea. degree.

In this way, it becomes very difficult for Chelsea to score goals.

Of course, Wang Li has seen this kind of formation before, not to mention anything else, even in Wolverhampton, he also encountered this kind of play. At that time, he used the arrogant dribbling to attract the opponent to follow. He only found opportunities by grabbing the ball, but now his reputation is not as good as before. If he continues to provoke him in this way, the opponent will ignore him at all. Instead, he will treat him as a monkey performing.

The best way to break such a dense defense is to use a free kick to break the goal or lob the penalty area to provide the center forward with a chance to score. At this time, a team has the advantage of a high center forward.

However, Blackburn's players obeyed the tactical arrangement of the head coach Souness, and did not foul at the front of the penalty area at all. There was nothing they could do, which made Wang Li feel a deep headache.

And now, in Blackburn's penalty area, there is only Gud Jansen as a center. He is surrounded by several defenders and has no chance to play at all. This makes it difficult to create scoring opportunities with high lobs. This makes Chelsea The offense was in a predicament.

Seeing this situation, Mourinho knew that he was a little careless. If Drogba could be on the field and have an extra high center forward, Chelsea's chances of scoring would be much higher, and they would not be in this predicament.

In this way, the game time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, Chelsea's offense had lasted for 40 minutes. The entire first half was slowly consumed by this helpless offense, and the fighting spirit of Chelsea's players was once again. The times are quickly worn out.

At this time, the Portuguese finally couldn't help standing up. He paced back and forth on the sidelines, thinking about the next countermeasures. If the game continues like this, Chelsea will be unable to score goals, and maybe they will really encounter a draw. This is not just a matter of two points, and even if other teams follow suit, then Chelsea's future league journey will definitely be very difficult.

After a while, he still couldn't help but turned his head to Clark and asked, "What do you think should be done next?"

Assistant coach Clark shook his head and said, "It would be great if Didier was here."

Mourinho frowned, glanced at Lampard on the bench, shook his head again, and gave up the idea of ​​substituting now, and there are only a few minutes before the intermission. What tactical adjustments to make is still in the second half Moreover.

Without the command of the head coach, the Chelsea team on the field could not think of any good way to break through the gate of Blackburn. The whole first half was really drowsy, except for the 31st minute when Wang Li was outside the penalty area. In addition to a cold shot that almost scored, Chelsea basically didn't get any good chances to score. In this case, the performance of the players was really mediocre.

With the whistle of the referee, the first half of the game is over.

However, the Blackburn player who was attacked by Chelsea for half a game but was not shot was unwilling to be lonely. When the Chelsea players were about to return to the dressing room, the defender David Thomson yelled in the direction of Wang Li One sentence: "Food! Don't even think about scoring goals!"

Although Thomson didn't mention his name, all the players nearby obviously knew who he was scolding. The first half was already depressing enough. Hearing this sentence, Wang Li immediately became annoyed, shook his head and cursed: "I C you M, what are you talking about?" He wouldn't impulsively go up and beat someone up, even if it wasn't in the game, this kind of behavior was enough to make him unable to participate in the second half of the game.

Thomson was stunned, obviously did not understand the previous Chinese sentence, he couldn't help asking: "What?"

Looking at the boy's expression on the opposite side, Wang Li smiled and explained: "It's just that I have some ambiguous relationship with all the women in your family."

"Huh?" Thomson thought for a long time but still couldn't understand what Wang Li meant, and turned to himself in doubt: "My family has such a great charm?"

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In the player's aisle, Mr. Mourinho, who was dissatisfied with the score in the first half, accepted a temporary interview with reporters. Regarding the first half of the game, he said angrily:

"We Portuguese have a saying, buy a bus to block the goal. If I was a Blackburn fan and asked me to pay 50 pounds to see how they train their defense, I would definitely feel very frustrated. If in a game, only A team thinking about winning and another team thinking about not conceding goals is not a fair game."

The reporters next to him nodded frequently to indicate that what Mourinho said was very reasonable, but Mourinho didn't have so much time to waste here, he threw down a sentence: "Even if the opponent uses such a despicable tactic, we will definitely score goals !!" Then, he walked towards the locker room.

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Although Mourinho spoke beautifully to the reporter, in fact he really failed to come up with any good solution. He did not arrange Drogba into the squad for this game, which made the team's ability to break the dense defense low. Go up a lot.

The opponent's tactic is obvious, relying on crowds to make Chelsea unable to score goals, but this is indeed the 'madman'.

At this time, the atmosphere in the locker room of the home team also seemed a little depressed. It was the first time that Chelsea's locker room seemed so quiet.

Seeing this situation, Bridget, who always likes to make a splash, wanted to make a joke to cheer up the atmosphere, but no one responded to his few words, which made him wilt.

Seeing the head coach Mourinho walking in, the players all turned their attention to him. In this kind of predicament, only the head coach is the most trustworthy.

But in fact, Mourinho has nothing to do. He can only try his best to arrange for the team: "In the second half, Frank played, and there were more high-lobed penalty areas on the side. We used headers to create opportunities. ..."

"...However, Claude, you have to pay more attention to defense, don't let the opponent have a chance to counterattack..."

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After the head coach Mourinho arranged the tactics, the players also sat in their positions and prepared to rest. This game was absolutely aggrieved. They need to recover more and work harder in the second half to score goals.

But at this time, Wang Li walked up to Mourinho and tentatively asked: "Boss, let me and Eduer change positions in the second half."

(End of this chapter)