While Illusory was standing on the balcony looking at the River Thames and thinking about Chelsea, Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo was in his office watching the video of the last Schalke and Barcelona game. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he has always said that Chelsea is not the same as Schalke who is in the limelight now, but in fact his heart is full of yearning to beat the opponent, this time may be the best time, after all, almost all the players in the team are experienced and in the best condition, and by the end of this season there will be a lot of people leaving, maybe even he is one of them, he is not willing to admit defeat so easily, and he will never admit defeat like this, he wants more things, and there is only one chance。

It's going to be a clash between two very different styles, and Schalke's side, even by the most demanding standards, will still be a strong possession tactic. Mata, Joaquín and Fuchs are almost all technical, even if they don't win possession in front of Barcelona, it doesn't mean they will lose football at Chelsea, they will definitely try their best to control the situation on the field, not to mention that they also have a headache at the thought of Ai Huan, this high-speed midfield style of play is really annoying.

Di Matteo was subconsciously drawing on the paper while looking at it, and the graphics that appeared on the paper at this time were obviously a stubborn position. A handful of teams such as Manchester United and Bayern Munich used extreme pressure on Schalke in the opening game to disrupt the opponent's rhythm, and it had some effect, and even used this style of play to keep Eva firmly in the half, which ultimately led to their victory last year.

"Then we'll do the same, at least I'll have the same staffing as Manchester United. Di Matteo drew a circle around Ai Fan's name, and made up his mind easily.

Retreating to the back three first, Di Matteo's previous defensive formation, but this time it's a variant, but he believes his players can easily understand. Push Ramirez to the left and use his individual ability to target Mata and not let him move too much on the right. Keeping Malouda on the right, which isn't his best position, he can effectively compress the width of the game and disrupt Fuchs, and the three-metre dominance will have to be kept at bay by someone who can attack and defend.

Chelsea's priority was to stop Ivan from penetrating through the middle and forcing him to move to the flanks and finally to his own half. Frank Lampard was on the left, Meloles on the right, and then they switched positions and Mikel was in front of them to keep up with Illusory, so it didn't matter if it worked, as long as they were steady and didn't think too much about the rest.

Di Matteo stopped his pen again, his gaze fixed on the figure of Illusory on the screen. Mikel's role is also important, as in a 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 system, the central midfielder is usually the deepest of the midfielders, but Mikel has to move forward to press on Ephant, with Frank Lampard and Meleles staying in the middle and close to each other. When the ball gets to the wing, Mikel has to step back and regroup into a three-man defence, sometimes a little deeper than the other two, although he rarely appears alone in front of the back line. Wanting here, he drew an accent symbol next to Mikel's name.

If this tactic works, it means that Ai Huan will be completely locked in a cage carefully arranged by himself, cutting him off from the outside world, only in this way can he have to go back to catch the ball by himself, and the farther away he is from his goal, the safer it will be, this is a certainty.

Once the defensive setup is stopped, the offense remains. Once on the ball, Chelsea only needed two axes. The first is to pass it to Drogba, pass the football to him as much as possible, let him judge what to do alone, you have an Ai Phantom, we also have Warcraft, this is our biggest killer feature. Drogba's air superiority will make them jealous, so Schalke will have to push him far away from the goal, and then Ivan will probably defend alone, so everything can go according to plan.

The second move is to go down the left side and attack behind Crishitto. Of course, Kristo is the most attacking full-back, so it's no surprise that he often appears in the Chelsea half, but from another point of view, it's a bit surprising that there will be an open space behind him after Krishito's assist, and since it's all Italian, Di Matteo still knows a lot about his countryman, so he chose a path that no one expected.

Ramires was the key in this way, as he was not only the best in the Chelsea squad but also the best at attacking up and down, so he was the real knife in this game, and Gundogan's defence was already Schalke's weakest link in Di Matteo's opinion.

'I want you to know that we've gone back to the more successful Chelsea side we used to have. Based on the defensive counterattack, try to pass the ball to the pillar center, retreat to the backcourt, and use the number 9 as a reference point...... We're going to be a very, very dangerous team and we're more like motorcycles now. It's faster, it's quicker, it doesn't matter who's in charge, but a counter-attack from Didier Drogba can result in a goal, you just have to watch, and I'm going to tell you what a real counter-attack team looks like is unbeatable. ”

Di Matteo finally made the final decision, he threw the pen on the table, and then got up a little excitedly and walked to the window, only to open the window to find that it was raining lightly outside, and the raindrops fell obliquely on the club's somewhat old Gothic roof, just like his mood at this time, but so determined and calm.

"I've done everything I can and it's up to us to see what the game is on, Magath how do you answer my set-up? What the hell do you think? It's time for you to make a move. ”

After Di Matteo lit a cigarette and took two puffs, his excitement had gradually subsided, but when he turned his body, the moment when Ai Huan's goal appeared on the screen, at this moment he felt like he had been punched hard, and he only felt depressed in his heart, this bastard is too difficult to deal with, what would it be like if he was in my team?