Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 311

The result of this game was really beyond the expectations of the European media.

Even if these media admit that Chelsea is really strong, but this game is at the Dragon Stadium, Porto's home court, and they can score 4 goals in such a game. It has to be said that this offensive ability can even be compared to Barcelona.

Although the development momentum of the Premier League in recent years is very good, and it is even expected to surpass Serie A to become the world's number one league, but in the eyes of the European media, even the dominant team of the Premier League is not comparable to giants like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and AC Milan. There is still a certain gap.

However, the situation in the final round of Group H of the Champions League group stage shocked the European media once again, and also made the English media cheer. Rinho praised him very much, saying that he "choosing Chelsea is a very wise choice. This kind of world-class coach should come to the Premier League to develop in this big environment to have a future." He almost quarreled with the Portuguese reporters on the spot. stand up.

Facing the pursuit of these reporters, Mourinho's performance was very flat. At the press conference after the game, he only talked about the process of the game lightly, as if he was an outsider: "This The game was very exciting. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Porto team. As the defending champions, their strength is worthy of recognition. I am looking forward to playing against them again. I believe many fans like to watch this kind of wonderful match."

Mourinho's words pierced the hearts of the Portuguese media like a needle. Obviously, the "madman"'s words completely drew a line with Porto, which can also be said to be an oath of allegiance to Chelsea.

The Portuguese reporters present obviously didn't want to let this 'traitor' go. A "News" reporter immediately asked half-sarcastically: "Mr. Mourinho, in this game, do you think you defeated your original self or Mr. Fernandez?" Woolen cloth?"

Faced with this obvious extra-word problem, Mourinho did not lose his temper and get angry with the reporters this time, but said lightly: "There will inevitably be winners and losers on the football field. This is related to strength on the one hand, and also to the other. Luck has a lot to do with it, although Chelsea won this time, but if you are not careful next time, you may lose, and I will remind my players."

Obviously, Mourinho did not answer the reporter's question directly. After saying this, he got up and left the press conference.

In fact, it can be seen from Mourinho's completely different attitude from usual that he still has certain feelings for Porto. After all, the Dragon Stadium is where he became famous. When Sporting Lisbon kicked him away, it was Porto who gave him a chance, and that's why he has the current 'madman'.

People have feelings, and so does Mourinho.

However, even if many Portuguese reporters on the scene saw this, they would not report it truthfully. In fact, this is the dark side of the media. They will not support it.

Catering to the appetite of readers is the most important thing, as for the facts! ?
That doesn't matter at all.

Fortunately, Porto qualified in the Champions League group, perhaps this is the greatest consolation for the local fans.

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If Chelsea beat Porto 4:2 away in the Champions League a year ago, it would have been called a 'super upset' by the media all over Europe.
But now, no one is making a fuss about the result of this game. Even the Portuguese media recognizes the strength of the Chelsea team, and they are just unhappy with Mourinho's departure.In the second half of the game, Chelsea performed so perfectly that even many European media said that 'Even if Real Madrid is in their hands, they can't get any benefits'.

That's what scores do.

If a team loses consecutively and suddenly performs well in one game, it will be called "unpopular". Chelsea has not won any honor recognized by Europe in the past 50 years.

After the game, Wang Li, who came off the bench in the second half, was once again elected the best player of the game. According to the "Times" report, he was given a high score of 8.5 by the media. There is no doubt that his performance was perfect- ——
"If Alan doesn't play, then Chelsea will probably lose the game. As many people think now, the name Alan Wang can almost be equated with a goal, although in the game, he only Scored one goal, which disappointed many fans, but looking at the entire second half, all three goals were more or less related to him. This is the core role. There is no doubt that Mr. Mourinho is Try to develop Allen into the core of the team's offense."

"In our interview, England superstar Mr. Lineker described Allen's performance as 'excellent'. When talking about the future of this teenager, Lineker did not shy away from saying that 'his The future is bright', yes, if a player scored 16 goals in 33 Premier League games, there is no way for anyone to say anything about his performance. This scoring rate is absolutely unprecedented. We only hope that he They will perform better in future games. Now, all the giants in the Premier League must pay attention. Chelsea, the giant, has risen. If you want to perform better in the Premier League, you must face this fact. Now, What they have to do is find a way to restrain Allen from playing."

The "Times" took up a lot of space to describe Wang Li's performance in this game. Undoubtedly, Wang Li has become the most concerned professional player in the field of English football.

In fact, Wang Li himself felt that his performance in the game was very good. He felt that it was mainly because he watched for a long time from the sidelines, so that the onlookers could clearly see how he played against Porto's tactics, staffing, strength, etc. I already have a deep understanding, so I can perform so well after appearing on the stage.

Another important reason for Wang Li's outstanding performance is that Chelsea's teammates now completely regard him as the core of the offense.

When Mourinho first proposed this idea, although many players did not say it on the surface, they were a little unconvinced in their hearts. You must know that this job has always belonged to Frank Lampard before. Chelsea has stayed for many seasons, and the teammates are convinced by experience, technology and experience. Even if Wang Li scored many goals in several rounds of the league, they are just goals. Tasks don't matter much.

But as the league progressed, Wang Li became more and more adaptable to this position. This adaptation not only brought great benefits to Chelsea's offense, but also increased many scoring opportunities for his teammates. Since Wang Li became the core player, although his number of goals has not increased too much, his teammates have more chances to score goals. This makes Chelsea's offense, players on the three fronts often have scoring opportunities.

In this way, everyone will benefit, so they are convinced of his position and performance, and the cooperation will naturally be much smoother.

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After Chelsea returned to London, Mourinho did not give the team a holiday because of the end of the Champions League group stage, but trained more severely.

Soon, it will be the absolute focus of the Premier League before Christmas. Arsenal VS Chelsea. This game is also the biggest challenge Chelsea will face. Obviously, almost all non-Chelsea media hope that Arsenal can stop Chelsea's winning streak Trend, even the FA think so, for them, it is definitely a wonderful thing for a Premier League team to perform better in the Champions League, but if there is no opponent in the league, then English football will A situation where one family dominates is not what they want to see.

Obviously, the FA officials prefer to see the Serie A scene where the seven heroes compete for hegemony, rather than Chelsea being the only one to dominate.

Therefore, before the start of this game, Chelsea was under great external pressure. In order to allow the players to train seriously and reduce the pressure, Mourinho even took out the trump card of 'closed' training.

And in the training, the set of "Zone Offensive Tactics" designated by Mourinho earlier became the focus. He knew that the cunning Frenchman would definitely come up with strategies to limit Wang Li's performance, even if he was also very good at the ball. The black-haired boy of the team also has great confidence, but Mourinho does not want any omissions in the game. This is the last hurdle for Chelsea before Christmas, and it is also the most important hurdle. This game can only be won but not lost. !

On this day, on the Chelsea first team training ground, the players were having a team training match.

This kind of team training usually separates the main players and the substitutes. Although this creates a hierarchy of players and is not conducive to the harmony of the locker room, only in this way can the pressure of competition within the team be increased and the strength of the whole team gradually improved. .

This time, Wang Li was assigned to the substitute side.

In fact, in the current Chelsea team, the division between the main force and the substitute is not very obvious. For example, Joe Cole, Gremi and Scott Parker are all on the substitute side, while Alkin Robben, Damien Duff and Duff are in the main team. In terms of strength, these people are not much different now. It can only be said that Robben and Duff have a better coordination ability and are more in line with Mourinho's tactics. That's why they are in the main team.

The reason why Wang Li is on the bench is naturally to test the use of new tactics.

On the court, the main team still adopts Chelsea's 433 formation, while the substitute side is 442. Wang Li participates in the attack as a central midfielder.

"Alan, when you shoot, be gentle. I don't want to miss the game in a few days." When he heard the head coach Mourinho order Wang Li to substitute, Peter Cech immediately ran over Said sadly.

Wang Li smiled embarrassedly, patted Cech on the shoulder, and said, "I will try my best."

"Don't, kick it hard. I won't have a chance to play until he enters the hospital." Thomas said sarcastically from the sidelines. Perhaps many people would feel that the conflict between Thomas and Cech had already been put on the table when they heard the conversation between the three, but the fact is that In fact, the relationship between the two in the team is very good, and the competition will only be based on strength, and they will not play any tricks. This kind of talk is just a joke.

Sure enough, Cech just curled his lips when he heard this, and said to Wang Li: "Don't listen to him."

"We are best friends!" Thomas put his arms around Wang Li's shoulders in a demonstration.

Cech turned his head and said in disdain: "That was just in the past."

"It's the same now, we lived together before." Thomas said with a chuckle, and leaned Wang Li's body towards him with his arms.

It's a pity that Wang Li won't let him act recklessly. He rolled his eyes helplessly, spread his hands and said, "I don't have that kind of habit. Stop talking nonsense and kick off."

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The 442 formation of the substitute team is very confusing. For the general 442 tactics, among the 4 players in the midfield, the middle two players are extremely important, because they are the core of the team. Need to go back to the half court to participate in the defense.Because the offense of the two wings will drive the frontcourt and create more opportunities for the team, so most of the time defense is the focus.

In the Chelsea team, Frank Lampard, Gremi and others can play these two positions, but Wang Li is definitely not included. In fact, Wang Li is just getting used to the running position in the frontcourt. He has never practiced defensive running. Although his 'following legs' makes him think that his one-on-one defensive ability is not weaker than any player, but in most cases, few players always take the ball by themselves. Extraordinary, even if there is, after being cut off once or twice, he will try his best to find cooperation, instead of recklessly going to one-on-one——
Football is, after all, an 11-a-side sport.

For the substitute side, the training game went very smoothly. With Joe Cole and Gremi on the side to support them, the defense of the main team did not pose too much threat to Wang Li. One of the reasons was that In the usual training games, the players will not really use dangerous moves, but the most important reason is that Wang Li's choices on the court have become more flexible.

Within 15 meters of Wang Li, there are always Chelsea players to respond. In this way, whether Wang Li passes the ball or dribbles, he does everything casually. If the main team wants to interfere with the offense, they have to work hard. Stealing, but if you want to grab Wang Li's dribbling, you must send at least 2 players, but the backup players next to you, such as Joe Cole, Scott Parker, etc., are by no means wooden stakes. The team also had to defend them seriously, which made the defensive players of the main team seriously tight for a while, and gave the substitute team more opportunities.

In fact, although Wang Li has always been able to attract two players or even more defensive players from the opponent in previous games, these players can also play freely when Wang Li does not receive the ball or dribbles the ball. Running to block his passing route, or defending other Chelsea players in the free time, this makes even if two people defend Wang Li, but the scene is not completely 11 against 10, in terms of statistics, it can also be It is understood as 11 against 10.5, that is to say, Wang Li did not fully play his full role.

But now, Mourinho's set of tactics, one is to give Wang Li the space to play freely, and the other is to widen Wang Li's offensive range to maximize this advantage, that is to say, as long as With this tactic, if the opponent has 2 players defending Wang Li, then even if the perfect 11 vs 10 situation is not achieved on the scene, it will try to get as close to this data as possible.

This is the essence of Mourinho's regional offensive tactics.

On the court, under the defense of Terry and Paulo Ferreira, Wang Li passed the ball to Joe Cole in front. Joe Cole got the ball and passed it back to Wang Li directly. After receiving the ball, Wang Li blasted open the gate guarded by Peter Cech with a strong shot.

side of the field.

Assistant coach Clark looked at the goal, his eyes were full of light, he turned his head and said with joy: "Sir, this tactic is really suitable for the team, and I have more confidence in the game in three days' time."

Hearing what Clarke said, Mourinho was secretly happy. Anyway, this tactic was researched by himself from the beginning to the end. The tactic was successful, and hearing praise from others would definitely make him feel very comfortable.However, Mourinho felt that he needed to maintain his majesty in front of people. He didn't show too much joy, but frowned and said: "It seems that there are still some loopholes. If Joe Cole's position was also killed just now What if I get stuck!?"

In fact, Mourinho knew in his heart that even if Joe Cole was stuck, Wang Li could still pass to Gremi on the left, Gud Jansen in the penalty area, and even dribble the ball himself, but he just picked out A mistake, to show his dignity and cover up the joy in his heart.

It's a pity that although the assistant coach Clark has been with Mourinho for several months, he still doesn't know much about the Portuguese. Ao stays in the office all day, and even seldom pays attention to the training games. He can be called an 'office man'. How can others know him better! ?

Facing the dignified expression of the Portuguese next to him, Clark just thought hard about this question. He even felt that as long as it was brought up by Mourinho, there must be a reason. He tentatively asked: "Is it possible that Joe Cole's position moved a little further back!?"

Mourinho shook his head and said solemnly: "There will always be loopholes in any tactic, and we can only do our best to make up for this deficiency."

Hearing this seemingly philosophical words, Clark nodded unconsciously, thinking, "What does this have to do with the question just now?" However, Clark always felt that the Portuguese was full of knowledge and mystery. This made him even a little admired, so he still respectfully wanted to continue to ask for advice——
But at this time, Mourinho had already turned and walked towards the office building.

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(End of this chapter)