Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 287 Stress Thought Offensive
pressure!

Pressure from within Portugal!

As a Portuguese, Jose Mourinho is still very patriotic, at least psychologically, he is not a so-called 'betrayer'.

In the last two seasons, he coached in Porto and led the team to win the UEFA Cup and the Champions League in two seasons respectively, which made Portuguese fans and the media portray him directly as a hero. In this regard, Mourinho I still care about it.

However, as a very aspiring football coach, after Porto won the highest honor in the Portuguese First Division, he has no goals, so when he was invited by Mr. Abramovich, he was moved Instead, he came directly to the Premier League.

Even if it wasn't for the highest salary of the world's coach, Mourinho would have left Porto, and the club transfer method promised by Mr. Abramovich gave the champion coach no reason to refuse.

Even though Chelsea is not a wealthy club, isn't it more fulfilling to lead such an upstart team to win more honors than winning honors in a wealthy club?

Jose Mourinho is such a person, deep down in his heart, he longs for greater success.

If he can lead Chelsea to the same honor as Porto, obviously, Chelsea will be more successful, because in the eyes of fans and the media, Chelsea is a nouveau riche team, while Porto is a giant.

But Mourinho's regular coach-hopping is considered by the Portuguese media as a rebellion against Portuguese football, especially when Porto and Chelsea are in the same group in the European Champions Cup. more.

These Portuguese media unscrupulously used words such as 'betrayer' and 'money seeker' to describe Mourinho, which made the 'madman' who had never cared about media comments at all feel helplessly depressed.

Jose Mourinho's choice to leave Porto could not have been more correct if viewed through the eyes of the outsider, but when caught in the middle, this normal choice represents a 'betrayal', especially before Porto travel to Chelsea At that time, this kind of 'betrayal' added a kind of hype.

But this is exactly what Mourinho cannot accept.

With the personality of a 'madman', he doesn't bother to explain why he came to Premier League Chelsea to the unscrupulous Portuguese media. He just sat silently in the office and studied the tactics of the next game.

Although in the eyes of Europeans, work and life are completely different things, but as the "protagonist" of this game, Mourinho was "willful" for a while, and he decided to use an absolute victory to let the Portuguese media know , In terms of strength, Chelsea is much stronger than Porto. Even without the command of his head coach, Porto would still lose the game!

And he, the Portuguese, Jose Mourinho, came to this club is the right choice! !
So, at the press conference before the game, when Mourinho was forced by Portuguese reporters, he directly announced the team's starting lineup and the formation used.

Yes, the 'madman' is not afraid of Porto knowing this at all. He believes that in the face of absolute strength on the football field, any command and tactics are ineffective.

Jose Mourinho has absolute confidence in the current Chelsea!
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Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
Defenders: John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, William Gallas

Midfielders: Damien Duff, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, Alkin Robben
Forwards: Didier Drogba, Alan Wang, Edur Gudjensen
This is the Chelsea formation chart that Porto coach Mr. Fernandez got.

Obviously, Chelsea will fight a real offensive battle in this game. Analyzing the abilities of Chelsea players, we can see that the four midfielders must be in a diamond-shaped position, and only the forward line, Wang Li's position is uncertain.

For Fernandez, the most noteworthy thing about the Chelsea team is this black-haired kid. His abilities are really comprehensive and terrifying. Even if Mourinho suddenly placed him in the center position on a whim, he would not be surprised. Right midfielders, shadow forwards and even left midfielders are also very likely. This kind of player with comprehensive abilities and who can do well in every aspect is really a headache.

Fernandez knew that as long as the black-haired boy could not be defended in this game, the Porto team would undoubtedly lose, and there was no suspense at all.Even though Chelsea has an absolute offensive formation, Fernandez is not sure that his team can score 3 or even 4 goals at Stamford Bridge.

"Even if you know the opponent's formation, what's the use?" In the visiting team's locker room, Mr. Fernandez rubbed his temple helplessly.

Before this, the Spaniard has been conducting a comprehensive analysis of Chelsea's formation and the possibility of playing. He feels that as long as he gets the opponent's countermeasures, he will at least give the team the upper hand in terms of play, but now He got Chelsea's formation and even the starting line-up, but Fernandes was stuck in another dilemma -
Even knowing the opponent's style of play, he still hesitates about his team's style of play.

Obviously, in the face of the aggressive attack of a team that has always been stronger than Porto in overall strength, defensive counterattack is of course the best choice, but even if it is a defensive counterattack, can Porto really defend against Chelsea's offense?
Even if the counterattack can bring goals, can Porto really score more goals than Chelsea?
It is even more impossible to play against each other, which almost means failure. Even if you don’t talk about Chelsea’s performance in the Premier League, in the first two Group H Champions League group matches, Chelsea scored 1:4 and 5:1. This kind of big-score victory let all European teams know the horror of the Blues' offensive ability. Even Spain's "Marca", France's "French Football", England's "Sun" and many other newspapers and magazines have advertised Chelsea The team with the strongest offensive ability, the striker formed by Alan Wang and Didier Drogba is even advertised as the most powerful striker in the world.

All these factors explain Chelsea's excellent offensive ability, so how should Porto respond! ?
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Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, England.

Soon, the long-awaited game by the European media and fans finally came.

London is always drizzly in November, and today is no exception, the sky is gloomy.Dark clouds blocked the sun, and the air was very humid, as if raindrops might fall at any time, which made people walking on the street feel a sense of dullness.

"What the hell weather." In the player tunnel, Porto's midfielder Ricardo Quaresma kept complaining while tossing Mogansi.In this summer, Quaresma was abandoned by Barcelona and brought him back to Deco from Porto as a bargaining chip. Has gained the trust of head coach Fernandez in Porto.

"It might be raining, I knew I should have changed into spikes." Postiga babbled beside him.

"It's okay, the light rain won't start, it's always like this in London this month." Defender Sitaridis, who just joined Porto from the Greek League this season, said with a smile.

"It's better if it rains, so that those Chelsea players can play unstable, which is more beneficial to us." The 19-year-old teenager Diego laughed beside him, and turned his head to look at the Chelsea players in blue jerseys next to him. It can be seen from his eyes that he is still yearning for Chelsea. As a Brazilian player who has just landed in Europe this season, he is still far away from a quasi-rich Premier League team like Chelsea.

"makes sense."

Compared to the chattering of Porto players, the Chelsea players on the left side of the tunnel were much quieter. They all just kept their eyes on the pitch, waiting for the time to pass, looking forward to playing.

Before the game, although the head coach Jose Mourinho didn't say anything to them or ask for anything, his expression and actions made all the players understand what he meant. For them, this game The game is not just an ordinary Champions League group match, but also a fight for the will of the head coach. Out of trust and respect for Mourinho, everyone knows very well that this game can only be won. It's a big victory!

Therefore, they watched the stadium silently, waiting for the start of the game, and used real actions to prove themselves, Chelsea, and the choice of the head coach!

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"Beep..."

With the whistle of the referee, the starting players of the two teams began to enter the field.

Although the weather was dull, the enthusiasm of the Blues fans who came to watch the game was obviously undiminished. The tsunami-like cheers from the audience cheered up the morale of the Chelsea team and made the Porto players feel an invisible wave. pressure.

Then, the voice of an authentic English tone in the anchor room made their pressure even greater——
"...the players from the two teams started to come on, let's take a look at Chelsea's starting list..., my God, this is exactly the same list that the manager, the great Mr. Mourinho announced before the game. Obviously, after Mourinho In Mr. O's view, Porto is a bunch of clowns, even if they know Chelsea's lineup in advance, it is impossible to win at Stamford Bridge."

"... Let's see, Porto's starting lineup for this game, the goalkeeper is Baya, the defenders Sitaridis, Jorge Costa, Pepe, Areias, the midfielders Quaresma, Real , Maniche, forwards Diego, Postiga, Alberto, Fabiano."

"...Sorry, I can only briefly say their names. You must know that the names of Porto players are too long, and it is very difficult to pronounce, but unfortunately, the strength of their players is inversely proportional to the length of their names. In the list, I didn’t find a player with a name I’ve heard of before. Hey, what a pity. I originally expected them to produce a Ronaldo to make everyone excited. Even if this game is won, but for the great Chelsea, This victory is just as easy as rubbing a helpless little girl, and it doesn't bring any sense of accomplishment at all..."

In the anchor room, Creed Pesvak’s metaphor made all the Blues fans laugh out loud. Although many Porto players didn’t know what he was talking about, this did not prevent them from laughing from the Blues fans. Zhong knows that this is by no means a good word.

This also made them very angry. Coach Fernandez had never encountered this kind of stadium anchor. He didn't have time to shake hands with Mourinho, so he hurried to the fourth official to protest.

It's a pity that the fourth official of this game is an Englishman. He just smiled and didn't even record the record. You know, in order to achieve a greater home court advantage, Chelsea also specially increased the sound of the anchor room, which made many Premier League players The team has also been dissatisfied with the anchor at Stamford Bridge and has continued to appeal, but the FA always replies that this does not matter at all, and it is a method of normal home advantage.

As a result, many Premier League teams began to follow suit...

There are still a few minutes before the start of the game. At this time, the reporters in the audience have already pointed their cameras at the Blues fans in the auditorium. Many fans are shouting as hard as they can: "Chelsea must win!"

Another fan group directly erected a tens of meters long banner in the east stand of the stadium, which read, "The result of the game is 10 to 0, Allen scored 5 goals alone!" '.

"It's... Spectacular!" Watching this scene, a Portuguese reporter couldn't help sighing.

The grand slogans and warm atmosphere at home like Stamford Bridge at this time are definitely rare in other leagues. From this, we can also see the confidence of Chelsea fans, or even the popularity of the Premier League.

"Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!"

In such a home atmosphere, I believe every Chelsea player will work hard.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the Chelsea fans, the Porto fans who were suppressed by the momentum were obviously unwilling. In a corner of the west stand, they all stood up and waved their hands to cheer for Porto. Unfortunately, the number of people was too small. Compared with the Blues More than 4 fans are really a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning.

In this warm atmosphere, with the whistle of the referee, the game finally started.

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After getting Chelsea's playing list, anyway, Mr. Fernandez also has some confidence in his heart.

The Spaniard felt that, taking advantage of the home court advantage, Chelsea would definitely launch a massive attack in the opening game. Obviously, judging from the current situation on the court, he guessed right.

In the warm atmosphere at home, and in order to win with an absolute advantage, Chelsea launched a fierce attack towards the hinterland of Porto at the beginning of the game.

This was all expected by Fernandez, and now, he felt that Porto had some hope of winning.

For the Chelsea team, it is just for the head coach Mourinho, they must win this game, otherwise not only the head coach, but even they will definitely become the laughing stock of the media after the game, this is definitely not acceptable to the players .

Therefore, as soon as the game started, Wang Li, who was the core of the team's offense, began to organize a wave of aggressive attacks. This kind of attack even made the Porto team feel like Chelsea had given up on defense.

Although the Porto team is still playing the 433 formation of last season, this 433 is more defensive. That is to say, in order to deal with Chelsea's offense, Mr. Fernandez still chose defensive counterattack after consideration.The reason why this 433 formation is more defensive is that in the players' positions, a triangle is formed between every three players, which makes the regional defense more compact, and the regional defense from the midfield to the backcourt is very tight.

From this point of view, Fernandez's tactical arrangement was still influenced by Mourinho in Porto last season.

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In this game, Wang Li was the core of the team's offense. Even in this kind of game that related to his own reputation, Mourinho still arranged him in the midfielder position. This was just to make him adapt to the commander. This shows the extent of the Portuguese's trust in Wang Li.

Therefore, after the Chelsea players get the ball, they will immediately look for Wang Li's position, pass the ball when they have the opportunity, and find another way when they cannot pass the ball.

As soon as the game started, coach Fernandez on the Porto coaching bench had already seen that this black-haired kid was the core of Chelsea's offense, which made him a little at a loss.

The Spaniard never thought that Wang Li would become the core of Chelsea's attack! !
Even judging from the position at the beginning of the game, he only thought that Wang Li was a shadow striker, so he specially asked the team's defensive players to seal the front of the penalty area tightly to prevent the black-haired boy from finding opportunities to shoot long shots. , even in unimportant positions, can use fouls to stop Chelsea's offense.

Under this arrangement, Fernandez felt that it was enough, so he did not let some defenders specifically mark Wang Li.

Now, he regrets it!
However, the Spaniard is also very calm, and he has not made any changes in this regard. Changing tactics at the beginning of the game is definitely a taboo for on-the-spot command. In that way, the team may not know the next game How to fight, and it will seriously affect morale.

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Chelsea's first wave of offense ended with Wang Li passing the ball into the penalty area and being kicked directly out of the danger zone.

However, Porto's counterattack failed at all. Quaresma dribbled the ball just past the center line, and was blocked by French general Claude Makelele with a beautiful tackle. The former also fell directly to the ground. He also finally realized how fierce Chelsea's defense was. If it was a game in the Portuguese League, there would never be such a "violent" steal at the beginning. Obviously, the physical confrontation in the Premier League is not comparable to the Portuguese League.

After this wave of offensive and defensive contact, Porto players have discovered a strange problem——
Chelsea's attack speed is faster!
Everyone knows that Chelsea's defensive counterattack is very fast, but in this game, they are not defensive counterattack, and the game has only just begun, but Chelsea's offensive passes are mostly straight passes, rarely Has a stop-and-go style of play.

This kind of passing is very common in the game, but at the beginning of the game, many players have not been able to integrate into the game, and attacking with this style of play can easily cause mistakes.

This is really incredible.

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