The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 413 Four consecutive championships?
Some people say that a football game is a bit like guessing each other for a head coach.

To a certain extent, this is true. At least Ye Qiu and Mourinho are guessing at each other's thoughts, and at the same time try not to fall into each other's trap.

If for Chelsea, what they want to see most is of course Tottenham Hotspur directly press up and play, so it must be difficult to maintain an orderly overall formation, but for Tottenham Hotspur, just You must not be so stupid, but use the midfield to hold the ball and let Chelsea press it out.

Since the head coaches of the two sides made the starting lineup for this game, they have actually set the tone for this game. Just like Chelsea, the starting lineup for this game is to hit the high-intensity frontcourt Oppression, so for this style of play, Mourinho played a group of muscular men.

This style of play is not ineffective, but there is a danger that time is not good for them.

Needless to say, the power of a strangling midfielder is needless to say, but the problem is that when the frontcourt is pressed, the players sprint back and forth and run farther in a game than the general formation and tactics, and the physical consumption is even more serious. At the end of the first half and the end of the second half, this lack of physical fitness will be more obvious.

When Ye Qiu was coaching Chelsea, he liked to open the game, and that was in consideration of this.

Tottenham Hotspur is also a very weird team, or rather, no matter if it is Chelsea or Manchester United, or even any other team, when you encounter a team like Tottenham Hotspur, you will feel headaches, especially But when Tottenham Hotspur played very well, they almost all fell into a dilemma.

Beckham and Cesc Fabregas partnered in the midfield passing combination. Although both of them are not good at holding the ball and advancing, they are very good at passing the ball, especially Beckham. The accuracy of long passes is even more outrageous. Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur don't mind pressing forward at all, because as long as they have the opportunity, they are sure to pass the ball.

At the same time, in order to cope with Chelsea's midfield pressure, Tottenham's lineup was tightened and delayed. Beckham, Mascherano, Thiago Silva, Hangeland, Alves , Vargas, and even Fabregas, the entire midfield has formed its own rigorous passing and receiving system.

In this system, except for Hangeland, every other player has a pretty good ability to stop and pass the ball, and through the training and cultivation of tacit understanding in the past year, they have always been in harmony with each other. A more reasonable distance and range. In this case, it is very difficult for Chelsea to steal the ball.

To limit Tottenham Hotspur's possession of the ball in this position, there must be enough troops in the frontcourt to press, but the problem is that Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt trident is at the front, let alone the backcourt. The defense line is dragged down, even if Makelele is left behind, three-on-five, Chelsea's defense line is still not safe, because Tottenham Hotspur's two wingers are very fast.

After conceding the first goal, Ye Qiu made adjustments, seeing that Chelsea did not attack from the side, so he directly retracted the full-backs to the center when defending, to ensure the defense in the center, and directly gave up the side, because I knew You have no wingers.

According to the general situation, if Mourinho wants to adjust, is he going to be a winger?

In fact, in the second half, Mourinho saw that the team's offense was weak. He really wanted to go up to the winger, but Tottenham Hotspur had a very disgusting move. When Duff went to warm up, Arbeloa also went out to warm up.

Mourinho did not choose to make a substitution in the end, because he knew that his substitution had already been calculated by the opponent, and Ye Qiu must have already figured out that he would change to a winger, so he deliberately asked Arbeloa to warm up , and he must also consider another point, that is, if he is replaced by a winger, who will be replaced?

The defense must not be moved. Now that there are four defenses and three defenses, the pressure is already great. If another player is replaced, doesn't it mean creating scoring opportunities for Tottenham Hotspur?
What about midfield?
No matter who is replaced, it will lead to a decline in Chelsea's pressure in the frontcourt, and it will definitely lead to a rebound in Tottenham Hotspur's offense. The current Tottenham Hotspur is like a spring that is tightly pressed. Chelsea can only keep pressing it with all his strength, because once you let go, it will rebound immediately, and the tighter you press, the stronger his rebound will be.

As far as Tottenham Hotspur is concerned, this team is not without weaknesses. For example, the overall tendency is to attack, and even the full-backs are active in attacking. relatively weak.

Originally, Chelsea had a group of mouth-watering wingers, Duff, Wright Phillips, Alan Lennon, Quaresma, etc. If these wingers were used to attack Tottenham Hotspur's wing, This should be able to achieve a certain effect, but the problem is that once on the winger, there is no guarantee that the midfielder will be able to suppress it.

In this way, the final result is likely to cause the game to completely turn into an offensive game, and this is undoubtedly unfavorable for Chelsea, because Chelsea's offensive ability cannot be said to be inferior to Tottenham Hotspur, but in the end At least not as rich and threatening as Tottenham Hotspur.

The problem Mourinho is facing now is a bit similar to the dilemma Ye Qiu encountered when he met Benitez. It is difficult for him to make a choice, because any choice may break the current situation. situation.

But the problem is, if you don’t make a choice, Makelele’s physical fitness is already insufficient, and the physical fitness of the other players in the midfield may not last long. It is very dangerous when the physical energy is exhausted to a certain level, the speed will drop, and the technical movements will be out of shape.

After the start of the second half, the two sides still continued the stalemate in most of the first half, and there was no news from the other three games. Minutes later, Mourinho chose to make a substitution.

Joe Cole replaced Makelele, and Essien was delayed by Mourinho.

In the past two years when Mourinho coached Chelsea, Joe Cole was indeed reused. Although his role was more of a substitute, he performed very well. Mourinho was obviously stronger than Ye Qiu. Rely on him.

Arranging him to play at such an important moment this time also reflects Mourinho's trust in him, and Joe Cole has also had wonderful performances after coming off the bench in the past, so his playing immediately won the entire Stamford Bridge Applause from the stadium.

The live camera also captured that in the VIP box, Abramovich also applauded Joe Cole's appearance, and beside the Russian stood his close friend Pini Zahavi and the club Technical Director Grant.

"Joe Cole at this time should be to strengthen the ball in the frontcourt and further strengthen the offense!" Grant stood aside and was responsible for explaining the coach's intentions to Abramovich, which is also his role in many cases.

"Look, Ye Qiu seems to be adjusting too!" Abramovich looked towards the front of the coaching bench of the visiting team. Ye Qiu seemed to be yelling at Beckham and making some gestures, but it was estimated that only they could do it. understand the meaning.

At least half of Abramovich's attention in this game was on Ye Qiu, because he knew Ye Qiu's coaching ability very well. If he was asked to choose the biggest and most threatening target in this game, then he I will definitely choose Ye Qiu.

"He doesn't seem to intend to make a substitution. Maybe he wants Beckham to delay and ask Mascherano to pay more attention to Alves and restrict Joe Cole. After all, Joe Cole's characteristic is not to attack, but to take the ball and pass. The ball." Of course, Grant knows Chelsea's dilemma better than anyone else, that is, there is no winger with super one-on-one ability.

Franck Ribery and Messi could have been good choices, but they were given to Tottenham Hotspur in vain. Now it is too late to regret, regardless of Aaron Lennon, Wright Phillips, Husband, the styles of the three players are very similar, that is, fast speed and strong impact, but average skills at the feet.

Quaresma is good, but he is too sticky to the ball and does not fit in with the team's overall tactics. He has been sidelined by Mourinho.

Therefore, in many cases, Mourinho can only choose players like Joe Cole and Kalu. The problem has been criticized.

Many people may have a misconception that surpassing people depends more on technology, which is actually a bit biased.

It should be said that observing a player's one-on-one dribbling ability depends on his comprehensive ability. No one can guarantee that he can succeed every time he dribbles, because every dribbling is a combination of many comprehensive factors, and among these factors Among them, technology and explosive power are undoubtedly two very important factors.

If you have skills but no explosive power, you will see that the players are very skilled on the court, constantly shaking back and forth, and constantly skilled at dribbling and controlling the ball, but they just cannot get rid of the defenders. If you have explosive power at this time, when you use When technology creates opportunities, a sudden acceleration directly forms a superhuman being. This kind of superhuman talent is the most threatening.

As for the others, no matter whether it is explosive power or technology, the threat and combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

Grant himself can see that many people know about Chelsea's current situation, and sometimes he even feels that it is absolutely unreasonable to pile up so many wingers but not one of them takes advantage of them. Protecting one's life wisely and wisely is the kingly way, the water in this pool is too deep.

"After Joe Cole went up, the effect doesn't seem to be very obvious!" Abramovich watched the game silently for a while. After Cole came on the field, Chelsea's offense did not seem to improve much.

On the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur seem to have loosened up, passing more balls up the frontcourt, and players are also active on the offensive end.

"Ye Qiu is going to be replaced!" Pini Zahavi was also paying attention to Ye Qiu.

Reminded by Pini Zahavi, Abramovich immediately turned his attention to the coaching bench of the visiting team, and saw Ye Qiu whispering something to Van Persie on the sidelines. It seemed that he wanted to let Van Persie go up.

"Fooney is going to be replaced!" Grant guessed.

More than a minute later, taking advantage of a dead ball, Van Persie replaced veteran Van Nistelrooy in the 76th minute.

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored an equalizing goal for Tottenham Hotspur, which is also his No.30 second goal in the Premier League this season. This is also the season with the highest scoring efficiency in his career. Many people say that this season's Tottenham Hotspur belongs to Van Nistelrooy's team alone. Without Ruud van Nistelrooy, Tottenham Hotspur is probably going to relegation.

After the two Dutchmen clapped and hugged on the sidelines, Ruud van Nistelrooy did not forget to high-five Ye Qiu when he left the field. After Van Persie entered the field, he sprinted first, warmed up, ran to the center of the front line, and jumped a few times. Move your muscles and bones, and wait until Tottenham Hotspur kicks the ball out, and he runs quickly and actively in front.

"How about the scores of the other games?" Abramovich asked with concern.

Pini Zahavi shook his head and said: "It hasn't changed, it seems that we have encountered difficulties."

Whether it is Manchester United, Arsenal or Liverpool, the scores have not changed at all. From this point of view, these games seem to be in trouble, especially Manchester United, which is 0:2 behind Fulham. Didn't Ferguson think about it? Need to adjust?

Or, did Manchester United really play too badly in this game?

Redknapp has achieved great success in Portsmouth this season. He has completely built Pompey into a competitive team in the Premier League, and he has won the affirmation again. If this game If the game really kills Manchester United, it will definitely push him to a new peak.

After hearing the news, Abramovich breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that as long as Chelsea could maintain the current score, the championship would be guaranteed. Just stick to it, the most important thing is to be able to win the championship.

Four consecutive championships, in the history of the top league of English football, no team has ever achieved four consecutive championships.

If Chelsea can complete the four consecutive championships, it will undoubtedly be a great relief, so that Abramovich can also feel proud and proud in London's upper class!

While the three were talking, they saw Ashley Cole take the ball to the midfield and Messi retreated to defend. The two formed a flank on Ashley Cole.

Just as the pinch was completed, Ashley Cole fell to the ground and the ball was snapped away.

"What's going on? No foul?" Abramovich opened his arms with a look of panic.

After stealing the ball, Cesc Fabregas poked the ball to the front. Messi rushed up quickly, continued to dribble the ball forward, and rushed to the front. At this time, Van Persie also quickly cut to the middle. In this way, the people pinched Boulahrouz back and forth.

At this time, all the Chelsea fans in the audience were roaring angrily, thinking that the referee did not give a penalty for Tottenham Hotspur's foul, and at the same time they were panicked by Tottenham Hotspur's direct counterattack after stealing the ball .

Boulahrouz was facing Messi and Van Persie behind him. He was hesitating, waiting for Messi and Van Persie to make a move, because now it was two-on-one, he could only choose to passively parry, and there was no way to take the initiative to block.

Van Persie pointed behind Boulahrouz and pointed in front of him, and saw Messi suddenly pass the ball behind Boulahrouz, and Van Persie quickly rushed past Boulahrouz, got the ball and went straight to the left. A powerful volley from the foot.

Hilario couldn't do anything about this shot, not only because Van Persie's shot was very fast and powerful, but also because he didn't have time to react, he just stood there, and didn't even make a save. can do.

But just when everyone thought the ball would go in and the Chelsea fans screamed in unison, they heard a bang, the ball passed the goalkeeper Hilario's head and hit the crossbar.

Van Persie was determined to win such a shot, but he never thought that it would hit the crossbar.

The whole audience let out a huge roar, obviously all the Chelsea fans breathed a sigh of relief, if the goal was scored, then Chelsea's situation would be in trouble.

Mourinho kept yelling at the players on the sidelines, especially Ashley Cole who lost the ball. He felt that the latter was a bit sticky to the ball. He should not insist on dribbling the ball at this time, but should do it as soon as possible. Pass it out.

Abramovich also breathed a sigh of relief in the VIP box, feeling a little bit after the disaster. Since the start of this game, he has always had a feeling of trepidation, because Tottenham Hotspur will suddenly Time to give you a threatening attack that will scare you and make your heart beat faster.

"Boulahrouz's weakness is still too obvious!" Grant said casually.

But these words made Abramovich's face sink, because according to the current lineup of Chelsea, the central defender is not in the lineup of Boulah Luz, but the problem is that the central defender Ryder, who was introduced for 3000 million euros this season Leigh King has not played five games so far this season, and the rest of the time is spent recuperating from injuries.

Everyone kept laughing and sarcasm at Chelsea, as if mocking Real Madrid's introduction of Woodgate made sense.

Now Grant's casual words, Abramovich felt very uncomfortable after hearing it, because if Ledley King hadn't been injured, he would definitely be able to start. Perhaps this moment just now would not be as dangerous as it is now. up.

But just when Abramovich was not in a good mood, Ye Qiu off the field saw some clues. He realized that the stamina of the Chelsea players was almost exhausted, so now it is Tottenham. Stab the best time to counterattack.

I saw that when Tottenham Hotspur was in possession of the ball, the team's overall formation pressed forward. Anyone could see that Tottenham Hotspur had already put on a counterattack. Strengthen the offensive posture of the frontcourt.

And this scene made all the fans at Stamford Bridge panic!
(End of this chapter)