'In the home game against Manchester City, Chelsea's once-trademark bloodiness and midfield pressing were missing. Villas-Boas's reform of Chelsea is very close to failure. In the past, Chelsea, masculine and domineering, simple, rough, straight and passionate, was a typical muscle-** team, and often made the opponent oppressed and breathless in the game. But on this day at Stamford Bridge, we were a languishing, floppy, disorganized team with disorganized French distractions. This team has completely devoid of the essence of the Muhammad Iron Army. ”

This is the comment of the British newspaper "The Times" after the game.

The big battle between Manchester City and Chelsea ended with Manchester City's 5-1 away victory, Manchester City continued to soar in the league, and at the same time gave Chelsea in trouble!

The media in England have also begun to analyse the current Chelsea, with various comments to diagnose and prescribe for Chelsea.

In the 90 minutes of the game, Chelsea did not attack or defend, and there was no tactical intention at all. Chelsea's formation still lacks compactness, which gives opponents a chance to come back and win. Former England boss Graham Taylor said: "The lack of focus, the lack of tactical awareness, the situation is frustrating. 'Chelsea were shot 15 times in the game and had it not been for Petr Cech's brilliant goal-line save from Ashley Cole, the Blues would have suffered a worse defeat than 1-5. Why is there a lack of tactical awareness in this Chelsea squad these days? It is unlikely to be a matter of Villas-Boas's tactical skills, as the young coach has been a football coach since he was 17 years old, following the likes of Robson and Jose Mourinho, and his success at Porto has shown his tactical ability to deploy without fail. On the contrary, his meticulous thinking and meticulous style were well known as the pre-match analysis of Chelsea vs Newcastle in 2005/06. Villas-Boas has witnessed the growth of this iron army as Mourinho's assistant coach, and he can be said to know the roots. In addition, we need to rule out the lack of tactical literacy of Chelsea players, after all, the Chelsea squad is still dominated by the 'golden generation', and new signings such as Ramirez, Merreles and Juan Mata are also typical team players.

So at the end of the day, Chelsea's game is lacking in tactics, partly because Villas-Boas's established tactics are out of step with the current ageing Chelsea veterans. Because during his time in Porto, Boas has very high requirements for the midfielder's running and switching and quick reversal, whether it is Falcao or Hulk, he can pass from the side, and both Guarin and Moutinho can attack and defend with superb skills. And now in the Chelsea team, Sturridge only shoots Drogba at a much lower speed, and the forward energy is obviously lacking. The midfielders were strong but lacked the ability to reverse, with Chelsea's pass completion rate in the first half being just 73.3 per cent, with even the simplest short passes subject to error. Villas-Boas had hoped to bring in the likes of Matameles and Sergio Romeu to strengthen the midfield, but Merreles, who had excelled at Liverpool, was clearly not adaptable, and the slow-moving Romeu was also underwhelming.

On the other hand, the Chelsea players did not follow Villas-Boas's tactical guidance ideologically. From the Chelsea dressing room conflicts constantly revealed by the British media, to the "mutiny" incident exposed by ESPN reporters, to the ignorance of Villas-Boas by players such as Ivan Lampard, we can far from being "widely loved" in the Chelsea team. Maybe the Chelsea players are not happy with the current tactical arrangement of Villas-Boas, or maybe they want Villas-Boas to leave the class as soon as possible, in short, we are a pseudo-iron army that lacks the spirit of fighting to the death when they are behind by many goals. thought that the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, but it turned out that the young marshal couldn't hold it. Villas-Boas undertakes the historical mission of carrying on the past and forging ahead to rebuild the glory, but unfortunately, he can't throw out the sentence like Mourinho when he took office: "I am the head coach of the Champions League, and you are nothing!" Whether it is the age or aura, Boas can not be compared with Mourinho, he is only 34 years old, he has not won the title, he has always lacked the style of iron-fisted rule of the army. So in a big place like Stamford Bridge, Boas, a grasshopper, can't shake the tree.

It's a tragedy for Villas-Boas and a tragedy for this Chelsea team. Villas-Boas is not alone in the loss of blood, with Carlo Ancelotti's steady tactical play taking down Chelsea's aggressiveness, and the accumulation of titles has left those who have won the title without the motivation to create another success. Perhaps the Chelsea veterans will subconsciously think that even Champions League-winning coaches like Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti are afraid of us, and that you, a nobody, would dare to make a fuss about the heavens and end a glorious era? Whether it's football, politics or anything else. It is only when the darkest moment comes, that reform will see the light of day. Today's Chelsea are on their way.

This is the Guardian's widely praised article for fans analysing Chelsea, with the headline: 'Chelsea in Free Fall'.

Chelsea are in free fall, while Yang Fan and his Manchester City continue to soar.

The 2011-2012 season was a season for Yang Fan, or more precisely for Manchester City led by Yang Fan, in which the Chinese star reached another peak in his career.

Later, people analyzed Yang Fan's dominant performance in leading Manchester City this season, and specifically pointed out eight games.

One of the first things to mention is the Manchester derby in the first leg of the season!

It was three weeks after City's away win over Chelsea, and in the 19th round of the league, Manchester City and Manchester United finally collided, as the two teams struggled in the table, and the Manchester derby was particularly eye-catching and was considered a heavyweight game that would have a direct impact on the league title this season.

The Manchester United team's bus arrives at their hotel in Manchester. Surrounded by reporters, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson reiterated that Manchester United's goal this season is to finish as far as possible in both the league and domestic cups.

“…… Now everything is fine with the team, the Champions League exit is a lesson, the team will look for breakthroughs in other areas and at this point there is no reason not to be hungry to win everything. ”

Despite all these words, the reporters could still hear the deep resentment in Ferguson's mouth.

Where does the resentment come from? Manchester United were eliminated in the group stage of this season's Champions League, which gave the ambitious United a blow to the head.

Manchester United was eliminated in the Champions League group stage early this season, which made many Manchester United fans look up, however, this is not the first time that Ferguson has been eliminated in the Champions League group stage after taking charge of Manchester United, although Manchester United is the English team that has won the most Champions League titles in the history of the Premier League, but no matter how strong the Red Devils are, there are times when there are changes and slumps, and it is not surprising that they were eliminated in the Champions League group stage.

The 1993/94 season was Ferguson's first Champions League campaign with Manchester United, and the inexperienced Red Devils were soon eliminated in the second round by Galatasaray, when United were 0-0 at home and 3-3 away, and were eventually eliminated by a disadvantage of fewer away goals, until 1994/ In the 95 season, Manchester United not only met Galatasaray again, but also Barcelona and Gothenburg in the same group, no one thought that it was Gothenburg who had the last laugh, the Swedish team beat Barcelona and Manchester United to qualify for the top spot in the group, among them, Manchester United lost 1-3 away, and Bromqvist, who later joined Manchester United, scored a goal in this game, and in another away game against Barcelona, Manchester United was defeated 0-4 at Camp Nou, plus a 0-0 draw away to Galatasaray, Manchester United did not win the second group stage until the final round at home to Galatasaray, and finally 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses were only eliminated in third place。

Manchester United could only play in the UEFA Cup in the 1995/96 season, in the 96/97 and 97/98 seasons, relying on the rise of the 92 generation, Manchester United made great progress to reach the final four and quarter-finals, and in the 1998/99 season it reached the highest peak, from 99/00 to 02/03, Ferguson relied on his second generation of Red Devils to ensure Champions League results, in these four seasons, Manchester United reached the quarter-finals three times and the semi-finals once.

With the departure of Ronaldo and Rooney and Rooney in the past core of Xiaobei and other former teams, Manchester United began to change blood in the next three seasons, and the Champions League results began to deteriorate, 03/04 and 04/05 Manchester United stopped in the round of 16, in 05/ In the 06 season, Manchester United was at the bottom of the group stage, when there were Benficaril and Villarreal in the same group, but Manchester United only achieved 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses, including away losses to Lille and Benfica, two draws with Villarreal, and finally only ranked 4th in the group, and even the League Cup was not eligible to play.

However, Manchester United made a comeback the following season and finally reached the last four, and in the 07/08 season, it relied on the rising Cristiano Ronaldo to win the second Champions League trophy for Ferguson, and from 08/09 to 10/ In the 11th season, Manchester United reached the Champions League final twice in 3 seasons, once under the leadership of Yang Fan to defend the title, and once was defeated by Barcelona in the final last season.

Manchester City coach Mancini also gave an interview to the media, but he unexpectedly said that Manchester City's goal this season is the Champions League, and as for the league, it is enough to keep the top four positions in the league to get the Champions League next season.

This surprised the reporters, they sniffed out two meanings, one is that Manchester City won the league title last season, and this season's desire for the league title is not as good as before? They will focus on the Champions League? This is doubtful, because Manchester City is now the league leader, and the other means is, does this mean that when it comes to this game, this Manchester derby, Manchester City's mentality is more relaxed?!

"Should you trust him?" Manchester United assistant coach Hui Lan on Mancini. Ask yourself your boss, Alex Ferguson. "For Manchester City, they were eliminated in the semi-finals last season, which is something that the whole team is ashamed of, so I don't doubt that Manchester City want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League this season, and they want to go hand in hand with the Champions League, which is difficult, and last season Manchester City suffered from this lack of experience, so I think it is reasonable and almost certain to give up a competition at the right time......"

"They're the leaders now...... Ferguson muttered as he sat in the boss's chair, rubbing his chin.

In fact, he was not sure in his heart. Because Manchester City has not really reached the point where it has to give up the league, you know, Manchester City has already qualified for the Champions League, although it is said that they have to face the situation of multi-front combat, but they are now the league leaders, and Manchester City's Champions League knockout stage of the game, will not come until February next year, now talk about the difficulty of multi-front combat, this is a bit nonsense.

However, on the other hand, if City indicate in advance that they are focused on the Champions League, the players' attention will also be focused, and if Manchester City specialize in the Champions League, after all, in the Champions League, Manchester City only need to win game after game to be able to take their destiny into their own hands and win the final title.

However, there are too many accidental factors in the cup, and how can the Champions League win so easily, after the rise of Chelsea, after the rise of Chelsea, after several years have not been able to reach the top of the Champions League, let alone Manchester City?! Manchester City reached the semi-finals last season, which is indeed surprising, but it is too difficult for them to win the Champions League, it is almost impossible to win the final title, and it is almost impossible to perform the miracle of Dortmund winning the Bundesliga as a promoted horse in the Champions League.

"Don't think about it so much, Manchester City is more of a smoke bomb, and it's really nonsense to talk about a multi-front battle now! Let's not mess up because of what they say! We just need to be good ourselves. Ferguson concluded by saying that being out of the Champions League was a huge blow to Manchester United, and now they don't have to think about what their opponents are going to do, and they have to do their best and play a game well to make the rest of the season meaningful.

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