Chapter 173 Self-Confidence and Scary

Mourinho is really worried about the game.

Chelsea were one goal behind in the first half, which was the worst.

A team uses all tactics, styles of play, and coordination in a game, not for any situation, its ultimate goal is to score goals, and Manchester City is already one goal ahead.

Tactics are effective and useless, the key is whether they can score goals.

Chelsea's tactics are no problem now. Such a risky defensive strategy can just restrain Manchester City's pressing control style. When the formation presses forward, it will also bring a lot of benefits to the offense, but the crux of the problem is, so far Chelsea Still no goal, the score is still 0:1. If you want to save the situation, you must score a goal and tie the score.

Therefore, the pressure on Mourinho is still very high, especially after seeing Manchester City make adjustments to the style of play so quickly.

He couldn't help but look at the Chinese young man on the Manchester City coaching bench on the other side.

Two years ago, Mourinho actually looked down on Wansheng at all, and thought that this young man was just 'lucky', he could lead a team to the top level before he was 30 years old, but Derby County led by the other side was only A newly promoted horse, if Mourinho wants to come, then Derby County will be on the verge of relegation. If it is unfortunate to be relegated, then this young man's coaching road is likely to return. He wants to find a head coach in other teams. To work, or to lead another lower league team to the top league, that's too difficult.

Maybe this young man has some talent in coaching, but it will take at least a decade to succeed.

This is the most conservative estimate.

In the coaching industry, Mourinho is very young and successful. He was born in 1963. He played as a defender in the era of players. He has been playing for Portugal's lower league clubs, because he failed to study sports at the Lisbon University of Technology. He then switched to studying physical education.

In 1990, Mourinho began to work as an assistant in clubs such as Portugal's Amadoa and Setubal. Because of his proficiency in eight languages, Mourinho then served as a translator for Bobby Robson in Porto, and in the old Robson. When traveling to Barcelona. Follow it to Spain.

After Bobby Robson left Barcelona. Mourinho continued to serve as assistant to new coach Van Gaal until Van Gaal was dismissed.

At the age of 37, in 2000, Mourinho's coaching career only began. He took over the Portuguese domestic league giants Benfica, but after only coaching Benfica for 9 league games, Mourinho resigned with the new chairman and the board of directors. Subsequently, Mourinho took over as coach of the small club Leiria. And help the team to a historic fifth in the league. Then he took over Porto in the middle of the season and helped Porto win the treble in 2003. After that, Mourinho's coaching career reached its peak in 2004. He led Porto to complete the treble of the Portuguese league, cup and European championship. Mourinho was only 41 years old at the time.

It took Mourinho only 4 years to officially become the head coach at the age of 37 and to achieve a brilliant coaching career at the age of 43.

But after the age of 37. Mourinho's series of successes, and once as a professional player. The experience of studying in a sports university, serving as a translator for Barcelona, ​​and becoming an assistant to the famous coach Robson are inseparable. It is precisely because of enough experience that he can have his own understanding of football and can lead the team calmly in the top competitions. , he can become a coach quickly after the success.

And what about Wansheng?

This young man studied at University College London before. Although he graduated from a prestigious school, he also studied sports science, but this is not directly related to football. He has only been an assistant coach in Derby County for half a year. It can be said that there is almost no accumulation of experience.

Then he can lead Derby County to complete the upgrade, there must be a lot of luck!

This is Mourinho's judgment.

So Mourinho looked down on Wansheng at the time, but what he didn't expect was that Wansheng spent a season to make him speechless. That season, Wansheng led the newly-promoted Derby County to a gorgeous set of offensive football. , played a brilliant attack, and beat each opponent, including Chelsea, which he led, and then Derby County won the league title.

After Wansheng came to Manchester City.

It would be like Jose Mourinho's move from Porto to Chelsea, and while there are many reasons for that, it must be admitted that it was a career leap.

Derby County won the league championship, but there are actually only small clubs. The TV broadcast revenue, championship revenue and even the market value of Derby County clubs in that season can be compared to the market value of Derby County clubs. Manchester City is a big club. It's less than 100 million euros, but if you want to acquire a big club like Manchester City that has developed well in various fields, you still have to come up with an astonishing amount of money.

That's the difference between the two clubs.

Therefore, Wan Sheng's coaching of Manchester City is a kind of progress in his coaching career, but at this time Mourinho is just admiring Wan Sheng, just like a student in high school. If you are a high school, you will not necessarily have good results. Mourinho even thinks that this young man may sink in Manchester City, but this season, Wan Sheng once again led Manchester City to dominate England with the same gorgeous offensive, and Once again beat his led Chelsea won the league title.

Two consecutive league titles, still can't prove anything?

At this time, as arrogant as Mourinho must admit, this young man from the far east is an opponent who is no weaker than himself, and his coaching career has been moving forward.

And what about himself?

In two seasons at Chelsea, he still won nothing but a cup title, and his coaching career seems to have gone downhill again.

He was not reconciled.

Now Mourinho is leading the splendid Chelsea squad to face Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. He knows the game will be difficult to play. Manchester City led by this young man is not easy to beat, but under a lot of pressure, he still showed absolute victory. confidence.

But now this confidence is about to wear off.

His team was 0-1 behind, and his gambling-style defensive play was seen by the opponent at a glance, but seeing Manchester City increase the penetration of direct forward passes, Mourinho knew that it would be difficult to win this game.

The only good news is that it wasn't for nothing that he lost the game, and he could still find the reason for the loss.

He looks to the front.

There. Andrei Shevchenko.

Mourinho is convinced that he has given Andrei Shevchenko enough patience, but the performance of the Ukrainian striker is really not in line with the worth of up to 50 million euros, and now the only option is to replace Shevchenko, Bring in a forward who can perform better.

If a goal is scored, then a draw is still acceptable.

If you can't score. Then failure is inevitable.

Mourinho has never been afraid to gamble. Now is the time to gamble again.

Who is better?

He looked towards the bench and finally chose Kalu, who had just joined the team.

Kalou is a young talent from Côte d'Ivoire. Like his older brother, Bonaventure Kalou, Salomon Kalou, who was born in Jaume, Côte d'Ivoire, made his debut in Mimosa Abidjan.

In 2002, Kalu joined Excelsior-Rotterdam (a satellite club of Feyenoord) in the Netherlands. The efficiency of 15 goals in 11 games quickly caught Feyenoord's attention, so in the following season. He made 2 appearances for Feyenoord. But he was loaned back to the SBV Elite for most of the season and scored four goals in 11 appearances.

In the next 2 seasons, Kalu started 60 times for Feyenoord, 7 substitutes, and scored 35 goals. Due to his outstanding performance in the Dutch league, Mourinho took a fancy to Kalu. and brought him to Chelsea.

Now is the time for him to play.

Mourinho did not hesitate at all after the decision. The substitution was made immediately, and soon a substitution card was raised on the sidelines, and Kalu played in place of Shevchenko.

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Abramovich frowned in the VIP box when Kalu came on the court.

Waddle looked at him cheerfully and said, "This is your new young genius?"

Abramovich was noncommittal.

In fact, he appreciates those forward players with outstanding skills, such as African players like Kalu, who have general skills, direct play, toughness, and are not afraid of physical confrontation. Although these characteristics are also very good, they appear savage and rude on the field. , he didn't like it very much, so he always wanted to introduce a Spanish talented shooter like Torres to the team, but unfortunately, such a talent, Atletico Madrid is impossible to transfer, so he still satisfied Mourinho's wishes, Bought Kalu.

But now hearing Waddell complimenting his players, Abramovich still nodded slightly, "He is what Jose likes."

he stressed.

Unexpectedly, Wadder replied, "Maybe he is really better than Shevchenko, and he is going to play." The meaning in this sentence could not be simpler. At this time, Kalu replaced Shevchenko. Is Ruby Shevchenko strong?

Of course, you can't compare like this on the football field, but Abramovich still doesn't sound right. Shevchenko is a superstar that he hand-picked and chased for a few years, and spent 50 million euros to buy!

What about Kalu?

A guy from the Ivory Coast who was spotted by Mourinho.

Although he knew that the reason for Mourinho's substitution was because Shevchenko did not perform well, Abramovich was still very uncomfortable after Wadder's 'taunting', and he felt that Mourinho should let Shevchenko perform. Putchenko played for 90 minutes and see, what if Shevchenko performed well in the end?

But in the end Abramovich did nothing, because even if he did, it would not change the fact that Shevchenko was replaced.

Immediately Abramovich added a little dissatisfaction to Mourinho.

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Mourinho didn't know that Wadder said a word, which could lead to the complicated relationship that the chairman Abramovich looked at him even more 'unpleasant'. Now he can only expect Kalu to perform well, and Chelsea's luck in the next time. Even better, so that there is a chance to tie the score.

As for victory or something, he no longer thinks about it.

But in fact, Kalu's appearance did not have much impact on the situation of the game.

Chelsea still uses the risky tactic of 'making offside' to defend, but because they didn't find opportunities in the frontcourt for a long time, the team's morale dropped a lot, and their performance was affected to some extent, while Manchester City used the through ball to constantly look for opportunities and lost. While a lot of ball possession, the offensive threat has not diminished.

Under this trade-off, Chelsea as a whole is still somewhat suppressed.

At this time, both sides knew that the outcome of the game was determined by the performance of the players, so Mourinho also sat back on the coach's bench, he knew that there was no point in doing anything next.

Perhaps this time has already prayed to God.

But perhaps also because Mourinho is an atheist, God is still a little bit biased towards Manchester City. Finally, in the 77th minute, Morris sent a precise through ball.

This time Chelsea failed to make offside, Anelka found an opportunity in the open position, ran straight forward and received the pass.

Facing the attacking Cech, Anelka showed the ability of a star player, he made a calm judgment, and completed the final blow with a low shot from the left.

Cech raised his arm and failed to block the ball, he could only turn his head and watch the football go into the net!

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!! Anelka! Anelka! He helped City score the second goal!"

"It's unbelievable that Manchester City actually scored two goals at Stamford Bridge! Against Chelsea, led by Mourinho, who is known for its defense, their players were calm!"

"Last season they beat Chelsea to win the league title, but after a summer, Chelsea spent 100 million euros on the transfer market, but this game seems to prove that this billion euros was lost. Shevchenko The performance is weak, Kalu, who has just played, has played too little time and has not done much yet, the combined value of these two players has reached 60 million euros!"

"Looking at Chelsea's lineup, we can even think of Real Madrid of the Galaxy battleship, but the more 'civilian' Manchester City made the 'blue battleship' very weak at Stamford Bridge! Last season, including this game, Manchester City haven't lost a game against Chelsea and Chelsea have lost two, they always play strong against other teams and yet they can't find a way to win against Manchester City! It's unbelievable Their gorgeous squad seems to have lost all effect against Manchester City!"

"I really want to know what magic does this Chinese have to make the 'civilian' Manchester City perform so well!"

Following the commentator's words, various cameras also pointed to Wansheng on the sidelines, only to see him smiling and waving to the Manchester City fans in the left stand.

He turned his head to look at the camera, his face showing incomparable confidence!

Seeing this young face and self-confidence, many people realize that this season, under his leadership, Manchester City may become even more terrifying! (To be continued ~^~)