"Twenty-0! Chelsea's situation has become very precarious now!" Andy Gray exclaimed as Howard Webb signaled that Drogba's goal was valid. Obviously, Chelsea, who are known for their defensive solidity, came from two goals down ten minutes before the end of the first half, which surprised the ace commentator, "Coach Mourinho must come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible to solve the team's lack of attacking in positional battles, otherwise Chelsea will not win today's game!"

Under George's control, Chelsea in this life are about the same overall strength as their predecessors, and even better in terms of football talent, but the problem is that the attacking line led by Ibrahimovic is a big deficit in the face of Tottenham's defense today, and it does not pose much threat to Petr Cech's goal at all. It is precisely because of Chelsea's sluggishness and loss of momentum in attack that Tottenham, which has little defensive pressure, can invest more troops in attack, so that the Blues have fallen into a vicious circle of "their own attack is not effective - the defensive pressure is greater - the support for the attack is reduced - the threat of the attack is further reduced"!

"Judging from the current situation, Coach Mourinho is in a bit of a hurry. He shouldn't have left the whole task of organizing the team to a young man like Ibrahimovic. In the studio, Martin Taylor is also giving advice to a troubled Chelsea, "If Frank Lampard and Franck Ribery share the playmaking work, use Ibrahimovic as a tactical fulcrum up front, and wait until the Swedes learn how to handle the ball more efficiently before giving him that power." It will not be like now, when the ball comes to a standstill at Ibrahimovic's feet, giving the opponent time to rearrange the defence. ”

The mature Ibrahimovic is indeed a super center who can support an offensive system by himself, but now he is just a newcomer who likes to show off his skills at his feet, and is still very immature in timing and ball handling. And, most importantly, Ibrahimovic, who has been crowned a genius since he was a child, is unlikely to complete every task assigned by the coach like Drogba, who has worked hard in the lower leagues for many years and tasted bitterness, and always wants to add something of his own. The combination of these factors has resulted in Chelsea's attacking performance being far less consistent than in previous generations!

It is not surprising that this will happen. You must know that Ibrahimovic in his previous life was often labeled as a soft-footed crab in the Champions League by fans and the media during his time at Juventus and Inter Milan, which was intended to satirize the phenomenon that he did not score goals as soon as he arrived in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. And this situation was not alleviated until the Swede transferred to AC Milan, and when he was at Paris Saint-Germain, Ibrahimovic became the number one contributor to the team's ability to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for three consecutive years!

And in this game, because George only arranged for Ridley King to mark Ibrahimovic alone, he successfully aroused the competitive psychology of the Swedes, indulged in a heads-up with the Tottenham captain, and forgot his organizational tasks, so Chelsea's attack will end up in such a difficult situation - if Ibrahimovic can make good use of his body and footwork to distribute the ball to the most threatening position in time, then Chelsea will not fall to the current step!

"Damn! I shouldn't have sent Garra to play with John (Terry) at centre-back!" Although Robert (Hut) was a little frizzy in the game and a little slow to turn, he had no problems defending frontally and was good enough to be the main player in the middle of the Premier League. It's like Gala, who usually looks reliable, and when it comes to the critical moment, he will drop the chain for me!"

Although Galla has also had problems with the top in the game before, Mourinho has always thought that this is just an accident. After all, even Cannavaro, who is now the backbone of the Juventus and Italian national teams, has had many occasions back then, such as the one in the 2000 Euro final when Italy was drawn by France at the last minute. And judging from the current situation, Gala's air defense capability is obviously more unreliable than Cannavaro! At least Cannavaro is a reassuring existence most of the time, and only on rare occasions will he go up to the top of his teammates, and Gala's top has become a norm, and almost every game will appear!

It was only then that Mourinho finally made up his mind that he would no longer allow Galla to play at centre-back in any case. Otherwise, Chelsea don't know how many points they will lose this season because of his mistakes!

However, just as Mourinho was pondering how to adjust his team at half-time, Ibrahimovic, who had not performed well for almost the entire first half, suddenly found his senses!

In the face of Ridley King's marking, Ibrahimovic, who received Ribery's pass, first flicked the ball with the outside of his left foot, then accelerated to the bottom line to force Ledley King to move, and then deftly slammed his left heel near the penalty line to let the ball pass between the legs of the Tottenham captain, while he himself turned on the spot and sped past the left hand side of Ledley King, who was unable to catch the momentum, and stabbed it alone!

The heel pierced the crotch, and it was a man-ball split! At this moment, Ibrahimovic's superb personal skills, brilliant imagination and excellent body flexibility were exposed!

Although there are still deficiencies in other aspects, as a striker who can already be ranked in the first ranks, it is naturally impossible for Ibrahimovic to fail to grasp such a one-handed opportunity. With a four-to-two pick, Ibrahimovic's ball deftly escaped Cech's interception and flew into the Tottenham net before Nemanja Vidic cleared the ball!

"Beautiful!" Mourinho waved his fist excitedly at this scene. After a long wait, he finally waited for this moment!

The reason why Mourinho, who has always been extremely strict with his players, was able to tolerate Ibrahimovic's willful behavior on the field was because the Swede could always bring him satisfactory rewards with practical actions!

Before the end of the first half, with a brilliant individual performance by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Chelsea managed to close the gap to one goal!

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