Chapter 937 Finals Preview

The feud between Alpaca and Hugo is just a small embellishment before the Champions League final. Many news are about serious gossip specials.

Chelsea's entry into the Champions League final is a miracle.

Abramovich has been jealous of Hugo for many years. When it comes to spending money, well, Abramovich never thinks that he spends less than Hugo. Of course, he is a little wrong to think so. Counting the stadium, training base, etc., Hugo's investment in Trapani has exceeded 1.5 billion euros, minus revenue. Hugo's net investment in the team will not be less than 1 billion euros. Abramovich still has to spend less than him. After all, Chelsea is a club with a family background.

Because of this view, Abramovich has been tirelessly pursuing the Champions League and the beautiful football that is praised by people. Mourinho cannot win the Champions League, no matter how awesome he is, he has to leave. Ancelotti, Scolari, etc. Abramovich's speed in dismissing head coaches is not fast, but there are signs of acceleration in the past two years. After all, this old guy is also anxious.

They have won two consecutive championships, and I haven't even touched the hair, how can I not be anxious? ! This should be an important reason for Abramovich to defend himself.

In short, it is not easy to be the head coach of Chelsea in recent years.

Last season, Ancelotti led the team to the league runner-up. It should be a good result. After all, Ancelotti helped Chelsea win the league championship in the previous season. But I don't know what Chelsea's management thinks. After losing to Everton 0:1 in the last round, Ancelotti was inexplicably announced to be fired.

Not to mention Ancelotti is confused, even many media in England feel incredible. This is too harsh. There is no fun in getting a runner-up. It is said that Ancelotti was fired by Chelsea's senior management on the bus back to London.

Do you think Abramovich is cruel? !

Chelsea may not have considered the future before firing Ancelotti. There was really no famous coach to be found last summer. Ancelotti was fired, and no famous coach could fill the hole of Chelsea. It is said that they intended to let the famous tinker, the triple crown winner Ranieri, go back to tinker, but Ranieri refused.

In the end, they found Villas-Boas, the young coach who led Porto to win the small triple crown again, and was once Mourinho's assistant.

Mourinho left a deep mark when he was at Chelsea, that is, defensive football. Chelsea is particularly good at iron-blooded defense, fierce side breakthroughs, plus the strong Drogba, and the scoring weapon Lampard, which constitutes the entire brilliant record of the Blues.

Mourinho's playing style is not beautiful, but practical, but in those years Barcelona rose, Trapani rose, compared with these excellent European teams, can Abramovich be satisfied? ! No, this can't satisfy him, so after Mourinho left, Abramovich has been looking for changes, and Scolari failed.

Ancelotti did not fail, but Abramovich did not give him too much time. Of course, Ancelotti is an old hand, not a young coach who is full of enthusiasm and wants to change Chelsea's confidence.

But Villas-Boas is different. Villas-Boas took the position of head coach with a mission and started a tactical revolution. He tried to make Chelsea start a pressing style of play, which would make Chelsea's games more entertaining.

But Villas-Boas himself is not such a head coach who is good at pressing style of play. Mourinho said that he is unique. This is true. Villas-Boas is not Mourinho.

As a coach who is not good at managing the team's defensive tactics, Villas-Boas has been advocating a pressing style of play since he landed at Stamford Bridge. Although there is nothing wrong with the tactics themselves, they are not adapted to local conditions. Letting Terry, Alex and other slow-turning central defenders lose their defensive positions actively is tantamount to tying themselves up. Even Luis and Ivanovic, who are not slow, were repeatedly intercepted and counterattacked by opponents because they were too sticky and the ball was a little irritable. In addition, the central defender lacked a qualified defensive midfielder for a long time (Essien was injured for a long time and was in a slump after recovering from the injury), so it was reasonable for the Blues to lose the ball. But Villas-Boas was stubborn. Seeing that Chelsea was not suitable for such tactics, he went all the way and showed no intention of adjustment. He led the team to play 27 league rounds and lost 32 goals. The Blues' previous steel defense line has long been hard to find.

A team's performance in a game is nothing more than two parts, one is defensive organization and the other is offensive organization. It is very difficult to succeed if either aspect is not done well.

In contrast, Italian football believes that better defense will make it easier for the team to succeed. This is the essence and style that Italy has long adhered to.

Villas-Boas did not do a good job in defense at Chelsea, which led to the team's performance plummeting. Moreover, he was too young. The small treble is not the big treble. Chelsea players are no longer the same as when Mourinho took office.

At that time, Chelsea had been in a slump for many years. Despite Abramovich's huge investment, Ranieri still hadn't won the championship, and the team's desire for the championship had reached a peak.

At that time, Mourinho had just led Porto to win the Champions League after breaking through many obstacles. He was in high spirits and had the momentum of being the best. His triple crown made Chelsea intoxicated and envious.

Mourinho's ability to easily grasp this situation and his psychological advantage over Chelsea players is an important factor that cannot be ignored.

However, after so many years, what kind of formations have these Chelsea players not seen before, and what kind of world-famous coaches have not gotten along with each other? !

Villas-Boas has no psychological advantage in front of these players, which is important. He has a harder time than both Scolari and Ancelotti. This advantage is also very important. Players may not necessarily listen to Villas-Boas. Some people will reject his changes openly or covertly. Over time, it will be difficult for him to control the locker room and it is naturally impossible to achieve good results.

When the team was about to slide into the abyss, with the FA Cup and League Cup eliminated, the top four in the league in jeopardy, and the Champions League hanging on a thread, Chelsea quickly fired Villas-Boas, and the team's original Italian star Di Matteo took over.

Unexpectedly, Di Matteo, who is known as the Buddha's coach, is actually a guy who is extremely lucky. Of course, the more likely thing is that Chelsea players have no intention of paying attention to Villas-Boas.

After a comeback in the Champions League quarter-finals and against Barcelona in the semi-finals, Chelsea resisted and reached the final. This is difficult to do without any luck. After all, Barcelona is still stronger than Chelsea, and the two He also had an advantage in the round scene.

It is said that this season's semi-final opponents have their own characteristics. Barcelona is a team with strong control ability and advocates offense. They were drawn against Chelsea, a team marked by Mourinho as a deep defense team.

Trapani on the other side is a team that advocates offense, but they chose Real Madrid, coached by the head coach who is recognized as the most defensive.

The duel between the two is very interesting, and the process is not easy. Barcelona failed to get past Chelsea, but Trapani passed through danger.

Therefore, the Champions League final has been branded with the mark of spear and shield. Chelsea's famous Italian Zola said in an interview with "442" that "Obviously, Chelsea's biggest reliance is defense, and Trapani's biggest reliance is offense. , this will be a duel between spear and shield! Trapani is very strong, and they have a lot of experience, but we cannot retreat, let alone be afraid. Real Madrid performed very well, they almost succeeded, I I think we can do better than them!”

Although Zola is Italian, there is really no reason for him to be with Trapani. Trapani is a multinational force, not the Italian national team.