Chapter 171 The Best Way to Deal with It

After Morris completed the goal, Waddell, the chairman of Manchester City Club in the VIP box, stood up suddenly. He raised his arms and cheered, completely ignoring the frown of Abramovich next to him.

"It's disgusting," thought Abramović.

A bodyguard stepped forward and stood between Abramovich and Waddle, as if trying to help Abramovich block the 'noise' made by Waddle. Of course, this probably won't work, but look Without Waddell's proud face, Abramovich might have felt a little better, but his face was still gloomy and scary.

Abramovich was in a really bad mood.

Abramovich is still looking forward to Chelsea's performance this season, especially after the signing of German captain Ballack in May and the introduction of Andrei Shevchenko. In the eyes of Russians, Chelsea is no weaker than Any giant is stronger than a 'small club' like Manchester City. I don't know how much.

Although Manchester City defeated Chelsea to win the league title last season, as the media said, it was just an accident, because Chelsea's performance was not bad. The performance is better, but their advantage is that only the league can be played, and Chelsea still has the Champions League to play. It is definitely better to focus on the league, so Manchester City has a chance to win the league championship.

This is the view of the media on Manchester City winning the championship in the summer, and it also made Abramovich nodded frequently and recognized it in his heart.

This season is different.

Chelsea's lineup is more gorgeous than last season, while Manchester City has hardly changed, and they have also sold the team captain and the main full-back. To be honest, Manchester City's strength has declined, and Chelsea must have an advantage over Manchester City. too much.

Abramovich also thinks what the media is saying makes sense. Perhaps Chelsea's rivals this season will not be Manchester City, but traditional giants such as Manchester City and Arsenal.

So for this first round match against Manchester City, Abramovich is full of expectations.

But the game does not seem to be like this. Chelsea attacked for a long time without scoring a single goal. Shevchenko, whom he was optimistic about, did almost nothing. And Manchester City used a counterattack to score a goal. Looking at the current situation, it seems that Manchester City still means to control the game. This is really different from the big victory he expected.

Abramovich didn't come here to watch a defeat, and his mood at this time can be imagined.

He needs to win, preferably big, to show his role as club president. Bring a star to the team. Otherwise he invested so much money. Aren't they all blown away? At that time, others will laugh and say, "Look at that Russian, the team he spent hundreds of millions of euros to build is not even as good as Manchester City, which is worth less than 100 million..." He will become the laughing stock of Europe, Maybe even some Chelsea fans will see it this way, because the gap between his investment and income in the team is too great.

Thinking of these Abramovich's mood is even worse.

The cheers of Wadder next to him kept reminding him of this, as if to say, "Look. My Manchester City has not invested anything at all. But now it is ahead of you, who have invested hundreds of millions of euros in Chelsea.... .."

Seeing the cheers of Manchester City on the field again, Abramovich's face became more and more gloomy, and his fingers were pinched fiercely.

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Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho on the field, including all the Chelsea players, did not look good. They had the upper hand from the beginning of the game. They never thought that Manchester City would be the first to score.

Among the players, Lampard is in the worst mood.

Just now Lampard was still trying to compare himself with Morris, and thought that his personal ability was stronger than Morris, but now Morris is relying on his own ability to score a goal. Lampard is teammates with Ballack and Carvalho. He knows their defensive ability. In addition, the ability of goalkeeper Cech is also recognized by the whole team. Because of this, Lampard clearly wants to 1v1. Luck, how hard it is to trick Carvalho and Cech into scoring the ball again, at least he can't do it, but Morris did it, what does it prove?

"Is that guy's personal ability better than mine?" Lampard's heart was shaken. He knew that, at least so far, his performance could not keep up with Morris.

However, as a top player, Lampard quickly adjusted his mentality and prepared to deal with the next game. The game has not yet been halfway through. It is not what a professional player should do to be disheartened.

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The game resumes soon.

At this time, the players on the field have already adapted to the game, and Manchester City's cooperation has gradually come out. Every time Manchester City's attack, they can play a series of cooperation. This kind of cooperation is dazzling. , it is difficult for them to deal with this kind of offense, and some players can't even keep up with their thinking. They just saw the ball here, and the ball goes there after a while, and they can't completely defend.

In this continuous cooperation, Chelsea players are a little numb.

Many times, Manchester City is not in a hurry to pass the ball forward, but keeps cooperating in the midfield, they will relax their vigilance unconsciously, and then Manchester City suddenly start a rapid offensive. This change of rhythm is very uncomfortable. Some of them couldn't keep up. As a result, many of Manchester City's offensives would pose some threats to Chelsea's goal.

The most troublesome thing for Chelsea players is Manchester City's possession of the ball. Football has always been at the feet of Manchester City. It is very difficult for them to grab it.

So in order to defend a solid, they had to shrink the line of defense.

At the beginning of the game, they used their home advantage and momentum to hold Manchester City in the half, and now they are playing quite passively.

Even if head coach Jose Mourinho knows that facing Manchester City's offense, he needs a tougher defense and more movement, but if he wants to do this, he still needs the players to play by themselves. The current Chelsea still needs time to adapt.

In the whole of Europe now, Barcelona is similar to Manchester City.

Some people say that Wansheng 'copied' Barcelona's tactics, but in fact, top coaches have seen the game of the two teams and can still see the difference. The main difference between the tactics of the two teams is that the focus is different, and Manchester City is more inclined to change. Rhythm. They take advantage of sudden changes in rhythm to find opportunities, while Barcelona tends to focus on control, they keep dropping their feet, and even passing them to the back, and Manchester City does not do that very often.

To say which play is more advantageous. Can't comment anymore. This can only depend on the performance of the players on the pitch. In contrast, Barcelona played more technically and Manchester City played more directly.

Although not as technical as Barcelona, ​​Manchester City's direct rhythm change attack still gave Chelsea a headache.

It is difficult for them to adapt to this transformation.

So Manchester City's offensive is quite threatening.

Passing again and again, fast break time and time again. Shots in front of goal again and again. Keeping Chelsea busy, even though they played well offensively, Chelsea played a lot more passively as the game went on.

At this time, the media who shouted that Chelsea "must win" before the game stopped talking.

They were amazed.

In their opinion, Chelsea should be stronger after replenishing their squad in the summer, but Manchester City is still suppressing Chelsea, especially at Stamford Bridge. They were surprised by this.

Manchester City's most important player is undoubtedly the midfielder Maurice.

Morris also had a good season last season. But it is definitely not as good as this one. Facing the German captain, the main Portuguese central defender and the young national goal Cech, he can play so well. With the goal just now, it is almost certain that Morris will be in this game. best player.

But it is impossible for one Morris to drive the entire team. Overall, every player in Manchester City is doing well.

For example, the young central defender Koppelle Ferreira, Ivan Crewe and Downing on the flank, David Silva, who is partnered with Morris in the middle, etc., these players are taken out alone, and their performance is excellent. It is quite good, and it is precisely because of the outstanding performance of so many players that Manchester City can continue to play exquisitely.

The most surprising thing is that among these players, except for Tangning, almost all of them were dug up by the Chinese.

It's amazing...  

How could this Chinese have such a good eye?

Every player he values ​​will have a good performance. Is this the legendary mysterious magic from the East?

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In the eyes of many people looking at Wansheng in amazement, the game time was consumed a little bit. Although Chelsea played a little passive in the second half of the first half, they still defended when the referee blew the half-time whistle. the goal.

The first half ended 0:1.

The players of both teams let out a long sigh, and many of them sat directly on the grass.

No matter which team it is, playing such a high-intensity game is very tiring. Many of the players who run a lot don’t want to use it when they sit on the grass. When their teammates pull them up, they walk slowly. Back to the locker room.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho returned to the dressing room early.

Chelsea are one goal behind at home, and it is not easy to get back, but Mourinho thinks about defense. In the eyes of the Portuguese, it is possible to tie the score just by attacking with one brain, but what about next time? What about next time? They will still play passively against Manchester City again, it is still difficult to gain an advantage on the field, and they will still be a headache for Manchester City's offense.

So he needs to see something in the direct confrontation and know how to deal with Manchester City's offensive, which is the most important.

Even if I lose, I know how to play against Manchester City, and I will deal with it very well in the future. It will be totally worth it. After all, this is a league game, not a decisive cup game. The two teams have to play against each other in the league. Twice, if you lose this time, you just need to win next time. What's more, Chelsea is not without opportunities in attack, just not as many threats as Manchester City.

Mourinho is pacing the dressing room.

The players who just entered the locker room kept their heads down and did not speak, because they knew that when they fell behind, the head coach must be in a bad mood, but no one wanted to get in trouble at this time.

At this moment, Carvalho and Mendes pushed in, Carvalho was talking about the goal, he explained, "I wanted to be offside, if he (Morris) passed the ball, Anelka was offside, but he chose to shoot, I remember he used to pass the ball a lot."

Mourinho looked at Carvalho in front of the goal.

Carvalho was startled, and hurriedly closed his mouth and lowered his head into the dressing room, when Mourinho asked, "What did you just say?"

"No...nothing, boss."

"No, as you just said, offside?"

Carvalho explained in a low voice, as if he was afraid of the manager's anger, "Yes, I was just talking to Thiago about their goal, I wanted Anelka to be offside, but Maurice would shoot. , he wasn't like that last season."

Mourinho nodded, he suddenly had an idea to try.

That is offside.

If the offside method can be used to squeeze Manchester City's attacking space, then the team's formation can be pulled out, and the attack will be more powerful while limiting the opponent's offensive.

As long as the opponent's attack can be successfully limited, then the situation will be favorable for Chelsea.

It's still risky to do this. If the offside is unsuccessful, it's a good chance for Manchester City, but now that Chelsea are behind, in any case, there is no worse result than a bad game and a loss.

This is the best way Mourinho can think of to deal with Manchester City at the moment!

If Manchester City is allowed to attack, then Manchester City's style of play will definitely suppress Chelsea and be squeezed into their own half. Chelsea will be very passive in attack and defense. If they are offside and open the formation, Chelsea will find the advantage in the situation, and the attack will also be difficult. will be more powerful.

After Mourinho decided, he looked at Terry, Carvalho and others. Now he must trust the tacit understanding of several defensive players in the team.

Mourinho's heart calmed when he saw Terry.

Terry is the captain of the team. His command is very good and very trustworthy. Carvalho will listen to Terry on the field, and of course other players will follow the command.

So Mourinho gathered all the players and talked about offside play, which Chelsea rarely use to defend, and now they have to do it.

"But, BOSS, we are not proficient." Terry asked suspiciously.

Usually they also make offsides, such as Morris's goal, Carvalho wanted to defend by making offsides, but the entire back line made offsides together, and regarded it as the main defense method, they really did not try. Pass.

"It doesn't matter, we can try. The second half is played like this, and the defense is up to you to command." Mourinho patted Terry on the shoulder and said.

Terry suddenly felt a heavy responsibility, and he nodded fiercely to express his confidence. (To be continued ~^~)