One Thousand and Eighty-Four Games for the Cowardly

Eden Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic. In the locker room of the home team, Chelsea players are making final preparations before going on the field. Mourinho crossed his arms and watched the players busy, secretly brewing words in his heart. Strictly speaking, the European Super Cup is not an important game, but it is related to the morale of the team. It also concerns Mourinho himself. He doesn't want to lose to Gao Shen again! Since Gao Shen's debut, he has met several times, but he has not obtained any advantage from Gao Shen's hands, but he has never given up, has been working hard, trying, and waiting for opportunities. He believes that God will always favor him sometimes. Maybe tonight? When everyone was almost cleaned up, Mourinho looked at the time again, coughed twice, and walked over. I say a few words. After everyone heard this, they immediately put down their own affairs, and some of them were about to finish their work, so they hurriedly finished it. The locker room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Mourinho in unison. Goalkeeper: Cech. Defender: Ashley Cole, John Terry, Koulibaly and Ivanovic. Midfielder: Lampard and Ramirez form a double midfielder, with Schurrle, Oscar and William in front. Forward: Torres. It's hard to say whether Mourinho's lineup is four-two-three-one or four-three-three. Anyway, it depends on the positions of Schurrle and William. The reason why it is used in this way is because Mourinho wants to pursue speed. Juan Mata is becoming less and less popular in Mourinho's tactical system. Mikel, Mata and Lukaku are now on the bench and in this dressing room. …I have lived in Spain for many years. When Mourinho spoke, his right hand was slightly raised, as if introducing himself. But everyone knows that he must have a purpose for saying this. I have been in Barcelona for several years, almost became the head coach of Barcelona, ​​and later coached Real Madrid. If I say that I am very familiar with Spanish football, I believe there will be no objection. Everyone nodded. There was no objection to that, he was indeed familiar. Whether I coached Chelsea for the first time, or I coached Inter Milan, or I coached Real Madrid, they like to say that I am anti-football. What do you mean? It's just that we don't play football. I have always been very disgusted with this kind of statement. Excuse me, if it is not football, what is it? volleyball? pingpong? badminton? Or... the moon? At the end, Mourinho suddenly said such a sentence and pointed his finger above his head, which made everyone in the locker room burst into laughter. This is so funny. I am very puzzled, why should football be defined by them? The strong can define what is football and what is anti-football? Then, if one day we beat Barcelona and Spain, can we also define that they are anti-football? Everyone nodded again. There is nothing wrong with this logic. Taking a step back, many people accuse me of utilitarianism, I admit it, but what I want to say is that defense has always been the most important part of football tactics, even those who oppose me and question me, cannot deny the importance of defense . The essence of football is to score goals and be scored. Isn't this just attack and defense? So what's wrong with our tactics? We value defense, right? Mourinho paused and took a breath before continuing. I think Spanish teams are too obsessed with possession. I've seen this pass and possession play a lot of times, you know? 70% to 80% of the ball possession rate, breaking thousands of passes, but they have never been able to break into your penalty area and threaten your goal. I can't understand, what's the point of this kind of ball possession? I think this is more like a kind of ego touch. They can tell you how hard I work, how hard I am, how obvious our advantages are, how much possession we have, how we are, but bad luck, losing up. This is nonsense. You practiced a thousand penalty kicks before the game, but you missed a few penalties in the game. What are you moving yourself? What qualifications do you have, what face do you have to say such things? Spanish football gives me a feeling of working overtime non-stop. Obviously, things that can be done during working hours,

They just procrastinate, they grind foreign labor, and they insist on working overtime. This is a disease! I never bothered to play that kind of football. I always emphasize, efficiency and speed! There was no sound in the locker room, and everyone was listening silently. This is not so much that Mourinho is mobilizing, but it actually seems that he is saying a few heartfelt words to the players. He was telling the Chelsea players what he wanted and what he disdained. A large number of crosses and back passes, lack of rhythm changes, no large-scale transfer scheduling, no sudden speed increase, and even players no longer give full play to their personal ability advantages. Everyone dare not take risks. Buried in the sand, as long as I don't lose the ball anyway, everything will be fine. In their philosophy, as long as the ball is still within my control, there will always be a moment when you make a mistake. They wait forever, like a cowardly coward! When Mourinho almost yelled these words, the atmosphere in the locker room obviously changed. Everyone's emotions were mobilized and stimulated. Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as well as the Spanish national team, have different tactics but are the same in essence, their players are very technical, they have excellent ball control against any opponent, they like to control ball. I can assure you here that tonight's Real Madrid must still focus on possession of the ball. To say that in terms of technology, Chelsea's players can't keep up with Real Madrid, there is no doubt about it. But this does not mean that Chelsea will be easily defeated on the pitch. Football has never only relied on technology, and tactics have never been a simple technical cooperation. If this is the case, then Barcelona is invincible. Tonight is an opportunity, an opportunity for us, for all the teams and players like us in the world, to rectify our names! I hope that you can show your best performance on the court to burst this layer of bubbles, let the whole world see clearly, and re-understand what football is! We also want to use this game to tell all the fans that football is not played by the Spaniards, we also play football, we are not anti-football, on the contrary, we are the ones who have experienced decades and centuries Real football! At the end of Mourinho's speech, the more he talked, the more excited he became. The Chelsea players also became more energetic and excited as they listened, and even many players couldn't help shouting. For tonight's game, I have only one request for you. In the way we are best at, walk into this stadium, kill Real Madrid, and prove to the world that we are right! Chelsea's players suddenly screamed with excitement as if they had been injected with chicken blood. ...From the first minute of the game, Gao Shen was clearly aware of the difficulty. Real Madrid kicked off first, but just after the start, Chelsea's powerful defender Fernando Torres tripped his compatriot Xavi Alonso in the frontcourt. Although he didn't win the card, he was also warned by the referee Eriksson. But this has revealed a very obvious signal. Chelsea's players are bloody! Gao Shen's opening tactic is to attack. He is very clear that Mourinho will definitely defend, if not, Chelsea will take the lead and play against Real Madrid? So he wants to grab a wave first, try to score a goal, and force Chelsea to play, then the game will be easy to play. But he did not expect that Mourinho would be so determined. First Torres, then Lampard, then Koulibaly knocked Benzema from behind. After three consecutive fouls, he didn't get a card, and he was obviously playing with the referee's standards. This made Real Madrid's offensive tactics intermittent, unable to catch up, and the rhythm was a bit chaotic. Standing on the sidelines, Gao Shen could see clearly, but there was no good way. It is impossible to ask Mourinho to say: We have agreed, a gentleman will not move his mouth. It's no wonder that Mourinho took care of him. Although Chelsea had a lot of fouls, but the defense was very tight, and every foul was stuck at that point, which prevented Real Madrid from picking up the rhythm, which was very terrible. So Real Madrid played very awkwardly. Coupled with the fact that Chelsea's three lines are kept very tight, Real Madrid's offense cannot get in. But in the sixth minute, Chelsea suddenly played a quick counterattack. Schurrle used his speed on the left to forcibly throw away Arbeloa, dribbled the ball into the left side of Real Madrid's penalty area, and then crossed it to the penalty spot. Torres was about to kick it. At the critical moment, Varane returned to the defense very quickly. Before Torres, he kicked the ball aside. Ramos came back in time and controlled the ball. . Gao Shen called Arbeloa from the sidelines. The source of the danger just now was that Arbeloa didn't follow Xu Erle in time, which made him speed up. Fortunately, Torres now does not have the speed of that year, otherwise, Varane may not be able to stop him. But that's Mourinho's strategy. He is strictly guarding against death, defending until Real Madrid makes mistakes on its own initiative, and then he quickly counterattacks. Mourinho's trick is time-tested, and he will use it almost when facing teams such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid or Manchester City. This is a tough nut to crack! Even if he was not careful, the bone didn't come off, but his own teeth collapsed instead. Gao Shen signaled Arbeloa to pay attention, and Marcos Alonso on the left should also pay attention to the defense of William. At the same time, Gao Shen also signaled Harvey Alonso and the midfielder to pull back the overall formation and not press too high. If you suppress Chelsea too much, wouldn't you also crush your own offensive space? After finishing the arrangement, Gao Shen could only continue to wait.

He just wanted to see if this group of Chelsea players could perfectly implement Mourinho's tactics? As long as they make mistakes, Real Madrid will have a chance!