Seeing Alonso's passing action, Ferreira and Gala, who stayed behind in the backfield, couldn't help but change color in unison. As Chelsea's last line www.biquge.info of defense before goalkeeper Akinfeev at this time, the two are well aware of the heavy responsibility they shoulder, and they know that even if they foul and eat cards at this time, they will definitely not allow Tottenham to seize the opportunity to play a quick counterattack!

"Oh no, Paul (Ferreira), Willian (Gala), you two hurry up and stop that damn ball for me!" At the same time, Mourinho, who saw the scene, also shouted in his heart. The Portuguese didn't expect George to cleverly combine set-piece defence and counter-attacking to turn a Chelsea corner defeat into a great opportunity for Tottenham to launch a quick counter-attack!

Although the corners and free-kicks in front of the field gave Chelsea the opportunity to directly threaten the Tottenham goal, from another point of view, Chelsea, who invested a lot of troops in the set-pieces in the front, and even Terry and Carvalho were involved, were not in a state of defensive weakness at this time?

Tottenham are now seizing just such an opportunity. After all, except for set-piece attacks, Terry and Carvalho basically do not take a step beyond the thunder pool, plus Mourinho is an expert in this area, so under normal circumstances, it is difficult to play Chelsea's counterattack!

Alonso's long ball pinpointedly found Robben who was high forward down the left. In the face of Ferreira's pressing, Peter Pan, who had already controlled the ball, did not entangle too much with the opponent, and only used a simple acceleration change to leave the latter far behind and eat ashes!

It's different from the one they met in the semi-finals of last year's European Championship. At that time, Ferreira had just won the Champions League with Porto, and his competitive form was at the peak of his career, and at the same time, he relied on the team system and rich game experience to defend the fledgling Robben, coupled with Advocaat's mediocrity and self-righteousness, which made Robben at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Ferreira.

Now, in the six months since joining Chelsea, Ferreira has not shown his style as the best right-back in Europe last season, and his form can only be described as tepid, while Robben has improved significantly after returning from injury, and his hot form has even pushed Ribery to the bench.

Under the advantages of the other, this battle between the two naturally ended with Robben's big victory!

Although Robben also had the idea of repeating the old trick and cutting inside to shoot directly for Tottenham, but in the case of a single knife has been formed, it is really a bit unsafe to do so. After all, Chelsea is not a master who does not have a long memory, and since he has suffered a big loss in this place before, it is natural that he will be strictly guarded against Robben's move at this time. Moreover, compared to when he was on the right, Robben's in-cut shot on the left was still noticeably lacking.

Therefore, for insurance reasons, Robben chose to dribble the ball straight into the Chelsea penalty area and have a direct confrontation with Akinfeev who abandoned the goal!

However, just when everyone was distracted by Robben's one-handed knife, the Dutchman, who was about to go head-to-head with Akinfeev, made a breakthrough feint first, and after tricking Akinfeev into moving his center of gravity, he flicked the ball to the other side of the penalty area with a flick of his left ankle - where a white figure had already slapped the horse!

It turned out that I don't know when, Ronaldo, who was still active in the middle line when Alonso launched a long counterattack, had kept up with Robben's pace, and set up a gun carriage when Robben passed, just waiting for the shells to be delivered in place!

In the face of Ronaldo's close shot, Akinfeev had no way to turn the tide even if he was possessed by Yashin at the moment, and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding again, 2-0!

And just like that, when Howard Webb blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur, who were playing at home, temporarily led Chelsea by two goals in the battle for the top spot!

After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the players from both sides changed places and fought again. However, neither George, who is in the lead, nor Mourinho, who is temporarily behind, have made any personnel changes to the team's lineup during this time. Obviously, both men don't think there is a need to make adjustments, or rather, they don't think that making substitutions at this time will help the team's situation on the field!

Tottenham's side doesn't need to say much. Being able to take a two-goal lead in the first half was a testament to the power of the line-up, and George naturally had no need to make adjustments before Mourinho changed his moves. As for Chelsea, Mourinho did not choose to make a substitution, more because he believes that this is already the strongest squad he can field - although Chelsea's bench depth is almost second to none among the 20 Premier League clubs with a huge investment from Abou, most of these players have no problem completing the tasks assigned by Mourinho in a step-by-step manner, but they lack enough creativity in attack to help the team turn the tide on their own.

The lack of toughness and spirituality, the lack of a star who can break the deadlock on the pitch but the lack of a star who can break the deadlock on the pitch is the biggest problem for this Chelsea team right now. While this generation of Chelsea has improved a lot in this regard since acquiring Ibrahimovic, there are limits to what an immature Ibrahimovic can bring to the Blues at this time.

If it was the mature version of the Swedish Divine Tower in the previous life, then Vidic and Ledley King would definitely not be so relaxed at this time. Because Ibrahimovic at that time could not only use his top-class centre-forward body and masterful footwork to directly attack the Tottenham defence, but also assist his teammates with his excellent big-picture vision and passing awareness. And now Ibrahimovic has a little rudimentary form of his previous life under Mourinho's tutelage, and has also obtained the offensive autonomy he dreamed of, but the city of Rome was not built in a day, and the Swedes still need a lot of time to grow to the height of their previous life!

Therefore, in George's eyes, this Chelsea team, with Ibrahimovic as the main central striker, is not as strong as the iron-blooded Blues in the previous life in a short period of time. Because Ibrahimovic, who is three years younger than Drogba, does not have the defensive enthusiasm of the Ivorians, the power of the offensive end has not been fully developed, and Robben has not been in place, making Chelsea's power at both ends of the attack and defense much weaker than in the previous game!

Of course, if Ibrahimovic matures and then develops a complete tactical system around the Swedes with some qualified helpers, then Chelsea will inevitably become Tottenham's most formidable competitor in the Premier League!

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