Chapter 407: Super Cup (Medium)
Mourinho hadn't known Zhang Yuan's football for a long time, and before this game, he had the opportunity to watch the footage of last season's Champions League final. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
That game did not give Mourinho much reference value, Juventus's defense is not necessarily good, when Juventus beats others to only the means of counterattack, it is often themselves who are unlucky, so Mourinho did not want the team to take the initiative to control the ball before this game.
What really doesn't mean much is Mourinho's opinion of Zhang Yuan, where is Zhang Yuan's progress from the final? As if there is none, he can occasionally go crazy, turn the tide with several people, and make good use of counterattack opportunities.
So today Mourinho is actually defending Zhang Yuan, mainly beware of Juventus's counterattack, but in the first half Mourinho still saw Zhang Yuan's progress, first of all, the passing skills have improved, and the timing can also be called old-fashioned, and he can fully break through the good opportunity, the passing was not bad before, but now it is better, and secondly, he is not afraid to fight for the top, in the face of Cahill and Luiz, who are taller than himself, Zhang Yuan as a forward center, Juventus even if he is on the ground, Zhang Yuan must also have the skill of fighting for the top, Several confrontations against Zhang Yuan are not completely below.
Mourinho also knew that Juventus played too hard in the first half, and also saw that Juventus was not without loopholes, the side was biased towards defense, lack of ability, was defended by Chelsea without temper, and did not give much help in attack, so at halftime Mourinho did not change much to the tactics, he felt that Juventus would definitely not be able to eat good fruit if he clinged to the middle, looking at Juventus's substitute lineup, Mourinho is really not particularly worried.
Of course, he is afraid of one thing, that is, Conte fights, plays Llorente, plays three strikers, and attacks the middle, which is an unknown variable, but out of the understanding of Conte's long-term coaching style, presumably Conte will not start such a game so early, at least after 70 minutes.
Any tactical set-up is likely to be risky for the attacking side, and Conte wants his wide flanks to be able to move forward into the heart of Chelsea, but at the same time it could be interpreted from another angle.
To put it bluntly, it all depends on the understanding and timing of the players on the field, Asamoah and Lichtsteiner must have a tacit understanding between them, and they can't press too much at the same time, because they are very likely to expose the back three and the wings directly to Chelsea's attacking range at the same time, and one person can form a position in time at the back, so as not to overstretch the backline.
After the break, the two sides started the second half of the game.
Playing under Mourinho, you must have a sense of defense and recycling, Zhang Yuan in Real Madrid is no exception, the only exception is Ronaldo, but people have capital, Mourinho does not dare to offend, it is said that he left Real Madrid, which made people angry, and it has nothing to do with the locker room, and later his supporters in the locker room are getting fewer and fewer.
Now coming to Chelsea, the style of Chelsea's attacking players in the front court is also changing, and no one of them is bigger than Mourinho, only obedient and obedient, and the three attacking midfielders must retreat when Juventus is in possession and advancing to assist the defense.
Chelsea still continued the way of the first half, taking the initiative to give up the ball, strengthening the interception in the midfield, anyway, as long as you try your best to cut off the connection on the front line, Tevez is actually not as good as Zhang Yuan in the position of the second striker, Zhang Yuan is better at passing than him, and his ball control ability is also better than him, but Conte feels that the two forwards are the best, desperately trying to let both play.
No way, Zhang Yuan can only play center, of course, Zhang Yuan doesn't think this is a disadvantage, he can't say that he has a soft spot for the center position, but at least he doesn't reject it at all and vaguely feels good, and he thinks Tevez is also quite good at playing as a second striker, at least better than Giovinco, Giovinco is too thin and weak, and may not be able to have the upper hand in a Premier League team like Chelsea, unless the whole team can serve him, but this is obviously impossible to achieve in Juventus, Juventus is now more like the whole team serving Zhang Yuan.
Once Juventus's ball runs to the midfield, it encounters stubborn resistance, Chelsea's players are all very willing to run, especially in the frontfield, Chelsea is not short of people, everyone wants to work hard, Mourinho is a Waterloo in Real Madrid, but the strength and reputation are still very loud, they all believe that Mourinho will bring the team the championship, want a main position.
Juventus struggled to get the ball into the Chelsea penalty area, and during this time Zhang Yuan also seemed to have nothing to do, running out, but most of the ball could not be passed to the spot, and when Mourinho's team was relieved to defend, the attacking side really spent a lot of effort to break the deadlock.
Conte is not in a hurry on the sidelines, and his gesture is undoubtedly a reassurance to the players on the pitch, and there will always be opportunities.
Mourinho didn't know Conte's backhand, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that he wanted to win this championship, the Super Cup was a chicken rib, but Mourinho still felt that this trophy was good, and it was a good start.
But the situation on the field is changing, in the 62nd minute, Juventus positional battle offensive direct pass Zhang Yuan, who knew that Luis was the first to destroy, but the ball was not cleared far away, was re-obtained by Vidal, Vidal then passed to Pirlo, Pirlo a long diagonal pass directly hit Chelsea on the left behind, at this time Chelsea caught off guard happened.
Lichtsteiner plugged in at high speed, and it took a long time for him to wait for such an opportunity, and he sprinted, Ashley. Cole is very powerful, but in the face of Lichtsteiner's sudden attack, there is no half of the ability to intercept, and Chelsea's defense is completely chaotic.
Lichtsteiner received the ball and did not cross directly, but took a step into the Chelsea penalty area, forcing the middle to come over to help defend, of course, the purpose is this, and then Lichtsteiner returned to the middle of the penalty area near the bottom line, Zhang Yuan grabbed the point, a leak, Tevez at the back point directly pushed, and the ball hit the lower right corner of the gate of Cech's handle.
Zhang Yuan's leak is very beautiful, Tevez shoots beautifully, Zhang Yuan didn't shoot because Cahill stuck to him very hard, he didn't grasp the shot, fortunately he observed the position before, and Tevez formed a tacit understanding at this moment.
It's done, Juventus equalized like this, Chelsea's advantage is gone, Tevez is very excited, he wants to say that he is not depressed is fake, before coming to Juventus, he was mentally prepared that he must not be the boss of the front line, but when he really has to accept the moment, he still can't stand it, and today he proved that he can still do it.
As a striker he thinks purely, as long as I can score goals, everything will be fine!
However, the credit for this goal has to be credited to Lichtsteiner and Zhang Yuan, Lichtsteiner's pass is decent but after all, he passed, Zhang Yuan's miss is a stroke of genius, not only dodging Cahill's block, but also shaking the attention of Chelsea's assistant defenders, and Tevez has become much easier to grab points.
So after Tevez scored, he waved Zhang Yuan and Lichtsteiner to celebrate together, and Zhang Yuan was not polite and congratulated Tevez in Spanish.
Antonio Conte finally began to celebrate passionately on the sidelines, he was under a lot of pressure against Jose Mourinho, but he also never underestimated Chelsea, Chelsea gave him a blow in the face early on the start today, and now he finally struggled to equalize, and can he be happy?!
Mourinho's face was a little embarrassed, and he proudly thought that Juventus's side was just a small side, but it didn't take long to give him a resounding slap in the face, of course, careful analysis, Juventus's side change credit is no longer on the side but on Pirlo, Pirlo's accurate dispatch room Lampard can't compare, so when Mourinho's wake up, his grandmother's collection was too ruthless, and Pirlo was not directly exposed to Chelsea's blocking.
I have to say here that this is really where he failed, the change in the team's overall tactics has led to a lot of relief in Pirlo's defensive pressure, and everyone cares about Juventus's forward line but inadvertently ignores that Juventus still has such a big boss.