Episode 【343】Chelsea Coach Grant Himself

The Stamford Bridge Stadium is packed and the atmosphere is hot!

Players from both sides have already stood on the court, and the game is about to start.

Today's starters are as follows:

Home Team: Chelsea, Manager: Grant, Formation: 4-3-3

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech

Back four [left to right]: Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex and Belletti

Midfield three [left to right]: Michael Essien, Makelele and Frank Lampard

Three forwards [left to right]: Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba and Joe Cole

This is the lineup that Chelsea has lined up today. This lineup and tactics are actually in the same line as Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho has built Chelsea into a very strong team and many claim that Chelsea are at their peak right now.

Many people also think that Grant has no tactical ideas and systems at all, and he has almost nothing of his own, which is a continuation of Jose Mourinho's things. Although Chelsea fired Jose Mourinho, they still use Jose Mourinho's stuff!

This is quite ironic!

Visiting team: Leeds United, head coach: Zhong Cheng, formation 4-1-3-2

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [from left to right]: Patrick Evra, Pique, Ivanovic and Sagna

Single midfielder: Seydu Keita

Three forwards [left to right]: Franck Ribery, Luka Modric and Joaquin

Forwards: Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani

This is the starting list of Leeds United today. Look at this is the relatively normal starting list of Leeds United. This is the main starting list of Leeds United at this stage.

Both Pique and Gary Cahill in the defense were injured and have not returned from injury, so Ivanovic got the chance to start. Mohamed Sissoko on the back line is also injured and has not recovered yet. Seydu Keita appeared in the starting list.

Mohammed Sissoko is a player that Zhong Cheng has brought in with a lot of money. He hopes to make him the absolute main midfielder of Leeds United. Unfortunately, this guy was seriously injured when he came to Leeds United. Now the position of the midfielder is Sedu Keita who has secured the main force, and then Stephen Mbia is a substitute. Yaya Toure is the third substitute back and forth between the midfielder and the midfielder!

The midfielder can be regarded as the absolute main lineup of Leeds United. After Frank Ribery returned from injury, after several adjustments and recovery, he returned to the starting lineup.

I don't know what kind of performance Franck Ribery will deliver in this game.

On the bench for Leeds United: Simon Mignolet in goal, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Gareth Bale in defense, Yaya Toure and Yoan Gourcuff in midfield and Alexander Pato up front.

This is all the members of Leeds United's 18-man squad for this game!

At this time, Zhong Cheng was wearing a white suit, like a blooming white lotus, very eye-catching. The Leeds United fans who came from afar were chanting Zhong Cheng's name frantically, and there were countless female fans in that voice.

Sure enough, Zhong Cheng is still the idol, the perfect lover, and the national husband in the hearts of Leeds United female fans!

Zhong Cheng waved to the stands, which immediately attracted even louder cheers!

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle to start the game!

The first to kick off was Leeds United from afar. As soon as they came up, Leeds United made a surprise attack! Yes, Zhong Cheng arranged a tactic to grab the start!

Because Chelsea and Leeds United are both defensive and counterattack teams, their tactics are somewhat similar. If both teams are defensive counterattacks, this game will be a bit boring, and it is not that simple to break the opponent's goal!

Therefore, Zhong Cheng wants to grab the start!

Grant is very principled, even a little pedantic!

Grant's tactics in the Chelsea team are based on what Jose Mourinho left behind and then coaching the Chelsea team. Many people even say that he is blindly imitating Jose Mourinho, so his coaching characteristics are somewhat rigid!

However, rigidity sometimes has rigidity benefits!

At least Grant will not be smart enough to destroy the tactical system and tactical ideas that Jose Mourinho has finally established, so as to ensure the integrity and immediate combat effectiveness of the Chelsea team.

Therefore, after Grant took over Chelsea, the team's record is still good.

However, media reporters and fans attributed the credit to Jose Mourinho. Grant has been living in the shadow of Jose Mourinho!

If you want to say that Grant has no strength at all, and nothing of his own, it is absolutely false. On the contrary, in Zhong Cheng's view, Grant is still a very smart head coach with some strength. Otherwise, how could he have achieved a good result at Chelsea?

Changing to anyone to take over the Chelsea team may not be as good as him.

Therefore, this guy Grant is quite powerful!

Before the game, Zhong Cheng kept reminding the players of Leeds United that they must not underestimate Chelsea and Grant, for these reasons.

Because Zhong Cheng knew that Grant was open-minded and even a little rigid. Therefore, he believes that the Chelsea team is a defensive counterattack from the beginning.

Moreover, Chelsea's defensive counterattack is still very distinctive, which is different from Leeds United's defensive counterattack.

Chelsea's defensive counterattack is more often a crazy counterattack on the spot in the midfield. After stealing the ball, it quickly launches a pass between two or three feet to attack the opponent's goal.

And when defending, Chelsea can retreat across the board!

Therefore, it is relatively difficult for general positional attacks to break through Chelsea's goal. The Chelsea midfielders, especially the midfielders, are very capable of sweeping and intercepting. You can see that the three defensive midfielders in the midfield are dedicated to this job.

Once the steals form a counterattack, the speed of the two wingers of the frontcourt trio will be reflected. This is why Jose Mourinho likes to use very fast players on the front and wing. This is what he wants to achieve in counterattacks, and it is also a very important part of his tactics.

Moreover, Jose Mourinho’s counterattack tactics still have high requirements for wide players. They need to be faster, but also have strong dribbling ability and ability to play the ball. Now you can understand how important these two wing positions are in Jose Mourinho’s counterattack tactics.

And the position of the center forward must be able to hold the ball, carry the defender, pass the ball, and the most important thing is that the striker must have enough impact!

This is the hallmark of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea counter-attack.

This is also similar to Leeds United’s defensive counterattack. Zhong Cheng’s requirements for the two sides in the front field are also quite good. Fast speed is the key, and he also has the ability to dribble and pass the ball. Look at Frank Ribery and Joaquin, as well as substitutes Samir Nasri and Eden Hazard.

Leeds United's defense is different from Chelsea's. Leeds United's defense is more integrated, more oppressive, with a lot of physical contact, very iron-blooded, and their defense is more like a meat grinder!

Leeds United's defense is also very good!

Therefore, when these two teams meet, if there is no change, it will be difficult to score goals in this game. The defensive strength of both teams is very strong.

Only then did Zhong Cheng arrange a tactic to grab the start!

Obviously, Grant did not expect Leeds United to come suddenly, so at the beginning, after seeing the performance of Leeds United, the Chelsea team was a little flustered.

When the middle circle kicks off. Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani, like two sharp swords, rushed towards Chelsea's penalty area one after the other.

The football is rolling towards the feet of Luka Modric!

Looking at Luka Modric's posture, it seemed that he was about to pass a long pass with a big foot. The Chelsea players felt tense. Leeds United was about to attack.

At this time, the Chelsea players have not fully entered the state, and some people are still a little confused.

Therefore, when the two forwards of Leeds United rushed forward rapidly, the defense and midfield players shrunk to the middle, squeezing the living space of Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani. Meanwhile, Chelsea's defense immediately flocked to Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani, denying them the ball.

However, Luka Modric's big-footed long pass did not pass to the center at all, but sent the football to the wing.

Joaquin on the wing continued to advance, and there was a smooth road ahead of him.

Because the players of the Chelsea team retracted, they have already given up the wing. Seeing this, the fans and players of the Chelsea team were taken aback, secretly thinking that it was dangerous.

Chelsea's wide players immediately rushed out frantically and intercepted.

However, at this time, Joaquin had already stopped the football steadily. Seeing Chelsea's wide player Ashley Cole rushing forward, Joaquin immediately stopped suddenly, as if he was about to pass the football to the middle.

Ashley Cole, who rushed forward, immediately braked, trying to get in front of Joaquin, preventing Joaquin from moving forward.

However, at the moment Ashley Cole made a sudden stop, Joaquin suddenly stabbed the football forward with his right foot. Then Joaquin made a quick dodge, passing Ashley Cole who had stopped suddenly.

Ashley Cole is very speechless!

Joaquin used the emergency stop to speed up to get rid of Ashley Cole, directly dribbled the ball quickly, and rushed to the Chelsea penalty area. The Chelsea fans at the scene were very nervous.

"Beautiful, Leeds United's first attack is very beautiful, Chelsea is dangerous now, they are really too slow to enter the state, Leeds United have a chance!" BBC commentator Mark Lawrenson immediately shouted.

The Chelsea fans at the scene were all terrified.

At this time, the central defender John Terry in the penalty area of ​​the Chelsea team immediately turned around and rushed out quickly. It would be more dangerous not to save. John Terry had to save to keep Joaquin from going on and also not to let Joaquin cross.

However, Joaquin's movements were much faster than John Terry's. The moment John Terry jumped out, Joaquin swung his legs quickly and kicked a pass directly.

The football flies to the front of the small penalty area rapidly!

This line is very dangerous, as long as someone touches it in the middle, the goal will almost certainly be scored!

The Chelsea fans at the scene were too nervous to speak, and they all stared worriedly.

"Luka Tony scored with a header!" BBC commentator Eddie Gray suddenly shouted, startling Chelsea fans.