Chapter 282 Wait a Little Longer!

It seemed that even the sky was cooperating with the game, and even the stars and the moon wanted to see the process of the game. Before the kick-off, not only did the rain stop, but it seemed that even the stars and the moon were showing hazy traces, which made everyone everywhere. The mood of those who went to the Schalke Stadium has become much more cheerful, even though the air is still full of dampness and depression.

The start of the game was accompanied by the referee's whistle, the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in the audience, and the attention of countless fans around the world gathered in front of the TV, but there was nothing that everyone expected. picture.

Many people once felt that Ye Qiu regarded attacking after the opening as his only creed in attacking. Therefore, almost everyone unanimously concluded that Chelsea must still attack at the beginning and must attack at the first opportunity. Bring the game to a climax.

What I didn't expect was that Chelsea's start was very smooth, even a little too smooth.

Many times, stability means dullness, calmness, and no excitement.

The first shot of the game took place in the 7th minute. You can imagine how boring this game will be.

Ronaldinho took the ball in the left rib and cut inside, but was tripped by Mendes. After taking the free kick, Drogba headed the ball to outflank him, but the ball slightly missed the right post of the goal and missed once. Scoring opportunities.

But just when everyone thought that Chelsea should take advantage of this attack to launch their own offensive and take the initiative, Chelsea seemed to have no such plan and continued to play the game smoothly.

The TV camera showed Ye Qiu on the sidelines. He seemed unmoved at all. He was sitting carelessly on the home team's coaching bench at the Schalke Stadium, with his legs crossed and his chin propped up, talking to the assistants around him from time to time. Say a few words, and Roland became Ye Qiu's mouthpiece, coming to the sidelines to shout a few words from time to time.

"Chelsea's game started very cautiously, even giving people a sense of over-cautiousness. We noticed that after the opening, Chelsea did not adopt the high pressure and defensive strategy of the past, but used a more balanced one. Ye Qiu obviously adopted this stable tactical play consciously.”

"Compared to Chelsea, Porto adopted a very targeted contraction of defense at the beginning. However, because Chelsea did not invest much in pressing the attack, Porto's contraction effect was not obvious, and this also made the game seem a bit too dull. , There is no tension and excitement that all fans hope to see before the game.”

This is indeed a very embarrassing situation. One side wants to defend and counterattack, but the other side has no intention of taking the risk to attack. This has to be said to be a very embarrassing thing.

Mourinho chose to stand on the sidelines from the start of the game. He wanted to take in everything on the scene, even the smallest detail. But even so, he still couldn't guess. What exactly does Tou Yeqiu want to do?

What does it mean to give up your best offensive tactics after the opening and adopt a more even-tempered style of play?

Passive and conservative? Mourinho would definitely not believe this explanation, because in the eyes of him and everyone else, Ye Qiu did not seem to be such a person. But if he is not passive and conservative, then there is only one explanation. He has Purposeful.

"He expected that we would defend against their attack at the start, so he gave up the attack after the start!" Mourinho quickly guessed Ye Qiu's thoughts, and he had to admit that this was indeed very unexpected.

Few head coaches would be so bold as to give up their best weapon, but it is not difficult to see from this that Ye Qiu is full of confidence in his team. He firmly believes that his team is capable enough to cope with any situation. emergencies.

"Isn't he afraid of our counterattack at all?" Boas was young and energetic after all, a little angry.

Although Chelsea had the advantage in terms of strength, Ye Qiu gave up his best attacking tactics in such a big way, which really made Porto, the opponent, feel embarrassed, because this simply did not take Porto into consideration.

"Counterattack?" Mourinho shook his head and smiled a little distressedly, "He wants us to counterattack!"

Villas-Boas was stunned after hearing this, and then couldn't help but think of Ferguson and Wenger's evaluation of Chelsea's midfield defense. They believed that if Chelsea really wanted to defend, any attack would be impossible unless they used bombs. It was difficult to break down Chelsea's defense.

The two sides of the defense line of Evra, Cannavaro, Terry and Maicon tend to attack, which seems to be a weakness, but if you add Davis, Makelele and Deco in the midfield, , as well as Lampard and Drogba in front, the entire Chelsea defensive system can be said to be very solid in terms of width and depth.

"He didn't pay attention to our offense at all!" Mourinho cursed angrily. Although he said it in a speaking tone, it actually sounded like he was cursing. The Portuguese More or less angry.

What does Porto do best? Isn't it just a defensive counterattack?

Defense counterattack itself is a passive tactic, the initiative is in the hands of the opponent, so defense counterattack must be coordinated with the opponent's offense, but now Chelsea has made it clear that it will not invest too much in the offense, and adopts a more stable position and tactics, which makes Porto have defense but no counterattack, and it is easy to fall into a very embarrassing situation.

Should we invest in offense?

Of course, ordinary fans still see the two sides fighting for the ball through the live broadcast and TV broadcast, but there is no threat at all. Both sides have not invested much in the offense, and the number of shots is very few. The scene looks extremely dull and gives people a drowsy feeling.

This is obviously not what Mourinho wants, because for Porto, the most ideal strategy is Chelsea to attack and Porto to counterattack. This is the most suitable strategy for Porto to play, but now Chelsea is not actively attacking, Porto's counterattack will not work, which is equivalent to losing the strategic goal and falling into a very blind situation.

On the contrary, Chelsea's players seemed to be playing the game in an orderly manner. They controlled the ball and most of the game space, passed back and passed the ball a lot, had a high possession rate, and did not seem to be in a hurry to attack.

"We must admit that Chelsea's 3-for-6 monkey game during the warm-up was indeed very amazing and amazing, but now they have obviously moved the monkey game to the stadium. The difference is that Porto does not want to play the role of the monkey at all, so the game has become a one-man show of Chelsea's passing and receiving skills."

The commentator said sarcastically that he felt that the attitudes of both sides were too negative, especially Chelsea, who had the advantage. They should have played more aggressively and with more desire to attack, instead of playing the ball slowly like now. Do you really think you are a La Liga team?

Damn, no matter how much a Premier League team controls the ball, it is all fake control. Don't think that you are a cosmic team just by showing off a few passes.

But just when everyone felt that the game was too dull, and even made people feel that this would be the dullest and worst Champions League final in history, in the home team coaching booth, the laptop of Ten Cate next to Ye Qiu was constantly refreshing the data, and the situation reflected on the court was also consistent with the data.

Chelsea was gradually controlling the game. Since the 13th minute, Porto had not even had a second shot in the first 20 minutes except for a powerful shot from outside the penalty area by Delray, and they seemed to be a little impatient.

This was not unexpected by Ye Qiu at all. On the contrary, this was exactly what Ye Qiu wanted.

Why did he keep emphasizing the need to maintain a good and stable mentality and have enough patience before the game?

In fact, his strategy for this game was to first grind away Porto's sharpness!

From the moment he decided to play Porto in the final, Ye Qiu had already determined his own set of playing styles. He clearly remembered that Bobby Hams once told him that one of the reasons why dark horses can never be dark all the way is mentality.

Porto is now facing Chelsea, not Monaco in the previous life. Even in the previous life, the Portuguese team did not play well in the final against Monaco. If Giuly had not been injured and left the field early, disrupting Deschamps' deployment, and then there were mistakes that should not have happened in the substitution link, resulting in a fatal loophole in Monaco's tactics, Porto would have found it difficult to make any progress.

Ye Qiu himself was a dark horse at the beginning, and he had played against dark horse teams many times, so he knew very well that it was very risky to fight against dark horses. It would be better to take a smarter approach to wear down their spirit and wait until they were in trouble, in a dilemma, and at a loss, and then give them a fatal blow.

Mourinho's Porto has always been a very tough team. Not only the back line, but also the midfield is full of Pedro Mendes, Costinha, Maniche and other tough players. Thiago is also good at both offense and defense. Dellei is also very tenacious. The only soft player in the team is Carlos Alberto, a Brazilian striker.

In Chinese terms, it is easy to break if it is too hard. A team that is too tough always has great deficiencies and defects in rhythm control, stabilizing the scene and other issues. Why did Mourinho's Chelsea always fall to Barcelona in the past? Is it really just the referee's factor? Is there no reason for the conflict of styles?

You know, the football field changes rapidly, and misjudgments will exist in almost every game, but misjudgments can be big or small. After all, the referee is also a human being. When two teams with conflicting styles trigger a fierce confrontation, it is like Mars hitting the earth. The referee is under greater pressure, and the possibility and probability of misjudgment are higher.

Back to this game, Porto's team is composed of a group of strong players with a tough style. If Chelsea chooses to fight head-on, Ye Qiu is confident that he can defeat the opponent. However, this style of play that hurts the enemy by a thousand and hurts oneself by eight hundred is not what Ye Qiu advocates, so he chooses to avoid the opponent's sharp edge. When the opponent fails in one go and then declines, he will boldly take the initiative to attack.

So, when the game reached the 26th minute, Valente made a shovel from the side and knocked down Maicon who was about to pass the ball to the middle. When the referee showed the yellow card without hesitation, the Porto players came forward to protest and looked very excited. Ten Cate reminded them, "It's almost time!"

But Ye Qiu still shook his head. He couldn't underestimate Mourinho and this Porto team. "We have to wait a little longer!"

This is definitely a protracted battle of patience and willpower, but Ye Qiu is confident that he can have the last laugh.

For the grasp of timing, it can't be too early or too late. If it's too early, Porto's morale is still very high and the effect cannot be achieved. If it's too late, they have already adjusted and there is no chance to take advantage of it. So the best time is to catch them off guard when they adjust their morale and rhythm, and directly launch a wave of fast-paced offensive.

Some people may say, which team can guarantee that every attack will work?

Yes, but as long as the rhythm is pulled up, and Chelsea decisively presses out, it will be able to quickly form a wave of rapid offensive, not giving Porto time to adjust. How long this wave of offensive can last and whether it can score goals are all tests of Chelsea's offensive ability.

The risk is that if Chelsea cannot play effectively and is counterattacked by Porto, it will be dangerous!

Whether a player has rich experience in major competitions can be reflected in the maintenance of the scene to a large extent.

Players who are too impatient either have personality problems or lack experience.

Ye Qiu specially arranged Roland to stand on the sidelines as a megaphone in this game. As long as he saw someone showing some signs, he would immediately rush over to put out the flames, just to make everyone feel angry.

After more than half an hour of dullness since the opening, everyone was obviously a little depressed. Almost everyone couldn't understand what Ye Qiu was playing. He actually wasted such a big advantage in vain and chose such a stable tactical style.

According to the commentator, if Chelsea lost this game, then the biggest culprit would be Ye Qiu. It was his extremely poor deployment that broke Chelsea's most powerful attacking weapon.

In the stands, fans from both sides even protested against this dull game. They felt that such a game was too boring, it was simply a sleep-inducing game, and it was not worthy of the Champions League final.

But just as the time steadily jumped into the 35th minute, there were only 10 minutes left before the end of the first half, and Porto had already received two yellow cards, Ye Qiu walked out of the home team's coaching bench for the first time in the game and walked to the sidelines.

No one realized that this was an obvious signal, and even the commentator felt that Ye Qiu couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to make an adjustment. No one would realize that Chelsea had sounded the horn of pressing forward.

The Blues players, who were full of anger, suddenly became like tigers descending from the mountains, and their emotions surged out like a mountain torrent.

In the 36th minute, Deco launched an attack outside the penalty area and quickly passed the ball to the left. Ronaldinho got the ball at the front of the penalty area and quickly passed it to the bottom line. Evra ran all the way along the left line to the bottom line and made a cross. Drogba quickly inserted the ball in the middle and headed the ball.

This sudden header hit the crossbar of Porto directly and went out of the bottom line.

But when Baia wanted to send a goal kick, he suddenly found that Chelsea did not retreat, but chose to suppress the midfield. Their defense line was even directly arranged near the center line.

The ball was sent out quickly, but Cannavaro blocked Alberto steadily and headed the ball to Makelele, who passed it to the right. Maicon quickly dribbled the ball and inserted it, very determined and decisive. Chelsea's entire offensive formation was also pushing forward quickly.

But this time Maicon didn't pass the ball into the penalty area, but passed it to the middle in advance. Lampard touched the ball lightly and it fell to the left side of the top of the penalty area. Davis quickly inserted and shot the ball with his left foot. The ball was not suppressed and flew over the crossbar.

Two consecutive attacks created shooting opportunities, but Chelsea had no intention of retreating at all. They still maintained the high-position defense pressure tactics. The lack of tactical high points in the midfield also made Baia's goal kick completely lose the threat. However, Chelsea's midfield pressure made it difficult for the Porto goalkeeper to pass the ball to his teammates easily.

The ball was always at Chelsea's feet, and Porto looked like it was being pressed by Chelsea.

Mourinho was also startled by Chelsea's sudden attack and immediately reminded the players to be careful on the sidelines, especially when he saw Chelsea frequently using the wing to open up the width, then making local breakthroughs through personal ability, and then transferring the ball to the middle to disintegrate Porto's defense. He had to ask the midfielders to start retreating more to support the back line.

For a moment, Chelsea's two full-backs looked more like wing forwards, with one player always staying in the frontcourt, and all the midfielders except Makelele, Cannavaro and Terry pressed forward, while Porto even retreated to a 30-meter area to defend except for the two forwards.

The situation took a turn, and no one expected that Chelsea would suddenly play so fast, changing the lukewarm style just now.

In addition, Ye Qiu's timing was also very particular. He launched a counterattack in the 35th minute, and there were exactly ten minutes left at the end of the first half. At this time, there were problems with the choice for any head coach. First of all, there would be basically no substitutions, and Porto's players were also accustomed to the previous rhythm.

But you have to know that the rhythm is controlled by Chelsea. Ye Qiu can be fast if he wants him to be fast, and slow if he wants him to be slow. He can do whatever he wants and control it freely. This is undoubtedly the benefit of controlling the rhythm.

Mourinho played it safe at the beginning and wanted to defend Chelsea's counterattack. He did not strive for the initiative and rhythm control. Later, he found that Chelsea did not press out to attack, and he could not let the players press out to compete with Chelsea for control, so the rhythm was always controlled by Chelsea.

Now, it's finally time to pay the price!