Chapter 30: Thirty:
The Premier League and La Liga matchdays are staggered, with Real Madrid's next league game coming two days later away to Almeria, who are bottom of the league table, and it will be difficult to get excited against the big names with the top weekly salaries in Europe.
They played the Copa del Rey against Atletico Madrid on the first day, and the result was not bad, with Real Madrid winning by two goals but in a slightly more tragic process. After all, it's a city derby, you can't lose this kind of game, and if you miss, you will be mercilessly taunted by your sworn enemies before the next meeting. Real Madrid have dominated the national derby in the last two seasons, and in the first leg of this season, they played a fucking score of 0:5, and in this premise, the victory against Atletico is particularly important.
After winning the derby, the players' form was a little weaker, their bodies could not keep up with their thinking, and they were not able to fight in groups.
If you think about it, it has only been about ten days since the end of the winter break, and Real Madrid has already played three official games, and it is normal for the lazy meat of the vacation to enter this rhythm before it has been completely shaken off.
Real Madrid's current coach is Jose Mourinho, who is a coach with a very personal style, who advocates utilitarian football, and in order to win, he can put a bus in the lead and make the game transition directly to the "garbage time" that he can't bear to look at, and he can also make amazing choices when he can't open the situation, and the Portuguese young coach is very adventurous. His attributes are more extreme, if you appreciate him, you will feel that he has both wrists and charm, and he looks handsome in a suit with his hands in his pockets, and he has his own halo blingbling; As for hating him, I feel that this person is paranoid and arrogant, and he has the ability, but Su zhì is too bad to look at......
No matter how you look at it, Mourinho has indeed achieved great success, from a young translator to the hottest young marshal in Europe, he is just like the cool male protagonist who lit up the slap in the face.
And now, realizing that the players are not in shape, he frowned into a "Chuan", and finally couldn't help but call the main players over, and leave the rest to the assistant coach to continue training.
It's useless to continue like this, training seems to be going through the motions, and there is no benefit at all, Mourinho quickly filtered out several options in his mind and made choices at the same time.
If you don't have form, you can watch a good game to find your form, which is also a kind of motivation...... What others don't know is that Uncle Bird also has selfish intentions, and he himself is very much looking forward to the Chelsea home game against Blackburn, the Blues are his old club, and the violent Ben is now in full morale, and most importantly Leondell Don is the person, Mourinho is very interested in him.
Many of Real Madrid's first-team stars dreamed of returning to their schoolboy days, and they sat in line to watch the Premier League's spotlight that captured the attention of all Europe under the leadership of Uncle Bird.
Ronaldo is very beautiful in his heart, he is worried that he can't watch the live broadcast, and someone will send a pillow when he falls asleep.
"You are professional players, professional players with the highest salary in Europe, don't be as amateurish as ordinary fans when watching the game, use your brain to think, and then talk about your analysis and feelings at halftime, I hope your eyes don't stick to one or two eye-catching players, pay more attention to your position."
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Watching the game hand in hand and heart to heart is already worth complaining about, and after watching it, you have to stand up and explain, God knows that when you bring the fans into the perspective of the game, you won't pay attention to those who play abnormally and hurt your eyes, but will only focus on the wonderful points.
Ronaldo still takes advantage, after all, he is a front-court player; Mesut Ozil, Di Maria, Alonso and others in the midfield also breathed a sigh of relief, they still have the opportunity to play the side ball, after all, they are the initiators of the organization of the attack and the key to the tandem of the front and back courts; The defender is injured, who watches the live broadcast and stares at the defense? Isn't it stupid?
The first to react among several defenders was Ramos, who said that he had seen through it, and you can look at Blackburn's defense when Chelsea attack, and vice versa, you only need to cut a position, and you don't need to force your eyes to divert your attention at all.
Mourinho took the player's reaction to it and added some notes in his mind.
Real Madrid's stars are ready, at this time, there is only a minute or two before the start of the game, the commentator is introducing the starting formation of the two teams, Chelsea at home has a 433 formation, Malouda, Drogba, Anelka on the forward line; midfielders Frank Lampard, Ramirez, Essien; The back four were Bosingwa, John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole.
This squad fits Carlo Ancelotti's coaching style well, he makes good use of his veterans and always has a way to bring the older players to life.
Take a look at Chelsea's starting line-up.
Petr Cech is 28, John Terry is 30, Ivan is 26, Ashley Cole is 30, Bosingwa is 28, Essien is 28, Lampard is 32, Ramires is 23, Anelka is 31, Drogba is 33 and Malouda is 30. The average age of the starting 11 is 29 years old, which is indeed the golden age of the players, not old, but the opponent is Blackburn, who likes to use fouls to create chances, and has Leander, a super saiyan.
In the face of such a team, it remains to be seen whether Ancelotti's squad can play an effective role.
Although Uncle Bird didn't say it explicitly, he was not optimistic in his heart, but after studying Ancelotti's resume and tactical thinking, you will find that relying on players of the age allows his team to achieve good results in the cup, because the cup competition mainly tests mental intelligence and game experience. And in the league, he is always difficult to satisfy the fans, rich experience is exchanged for time, and when he gets older, his physical fitness naturally can't keep up, and it's not a good thing for them to let older players start so many games every season, these people's physical fitness can not load such a high intensity, and multi-front combat is not a joke.
If it were any other team, there would be less pressure to win the league and cup competitions, and the Chelsea owners were clearly not so low in their pursuits, and Abramovich said after buying the team that his goal was to build the most successful football club in the world for the next 10 years and beyond.
That's the exact word, and it perfectly highlights ambition.
After winning the title last year, Chelsea let go of Belletti, Joe Cole, Deco, Ballack and Carvalho in succession, and Ancelotti did not make any decent signings, but promoted a few young players to the first team. It's not about developing young players, in fact, these people spent most of the first half of the season on the bench, and Carlo Ancelotti brought them in just to make up the numbers. After five players in a row, there are only 19 players left in the Chelsea first team, including three goalkeepers, and this squad is really unsuitable, so we can only pick and choose a few to support the façade.
Objectively speaking, except for a few points that can be fought together, in other positions, Chelsea is completely Blackburn, the two teams are not on the same level at all, and there is too much difference in financial resources and heritage.
Even so, there are still variables.
Blackburn are solid at the back, with Salgado, Nelson, Samba and Givit all being inexpensive but capable of doing the dirty work. In the forward line, Leander and Kalinic are in perfect form, and several midfielders broke out collectively in the last round against Liverpool, and the table is extremely eye-catching...... These people can make Chelsea suffer, not to mention other positions, Leander will definitely have an accident if he doesn't handle this point well.
Ronaldo may have thought of this, and he was more curious about what Ancelotti had come up with to limit Leander than to consider the overall situation, and how the young fans would respond.
The focus of media attention is similar, and under everyone's expectations, this Premier League spotlight game kicked off.
Blackburn kicked off in the middle circle, several times backwards, the ball rolled to the feet of Olsen, the Swede crossed from the right to find Leander, hoping to open the situation quickly, but this pass was destroyed by Ramirez, Stamford Bridge stadium thundered with joy, and Leander, who was cut off halfway, raised his eyebrows slightly.
After all, it was the first offense, and others may not have noticed, but he clearly felt that while Olsen passed the ball, Ashley Cole subtly blocked the line where the ball came, and Terry also started to assist in the defense. It wasn't until Ramirez cut off the ball that they quickly returned to their posts, their defence was not close and their running distance was not far, but they were surprisingly effective.
Because the two did not touch the ball, this detail is easy to ignore, Leander as the object of care is alert, he silently thanked his little friend Rooney in his heart, thinking that he must be kind to him when he goes back.
If it weren't for the fact that the Chelsea players came from so big and were so valuable, Leander might have thought they had happened to get there.
The Blues coach is still very capable, he has perfected the method proposed by Benitez, not simply and rudely let two people keep an eye on Leander, generally it is still one-on-one, but it is just arranged for other players in the back line to make up the task at any time according to the situation, usually guarding their own points, and then running when needed, in order to share the body lì consumption, he did not specifically specify who will do this, but let them coordinate on the field by themselves, who has spare power and who is close to each other, it is difficult to say how effective this set of tactics can be. The single-round scientificity is much better than that of Liverpool.
The fans who came to Stamford Bridge to cheer on Blackburn were a bit disappointed, and the minutes and seconds of the game had passed, and now it was ten minutes and their super-star Leander was not playing eye-catching, he was caught in a terrible conspiracy, and every time he tried to do something, he was caught in the trap.
After waiting for so long, the commentators and guests also asserted that if they couldn't come up with a way to deal with it, then Blake would have suffered a miserable defeat.
In Real Madrid's luxurious viewing lineup, some people also hastily made a conclusion, it is the people in the backline, and they also said that since the way is already there, the speed of the newcomer's skyrocketing value will be reduced, and it is time for him to understand a truth, the five major European leagues are not so easy to mix.
The defenders are more physical, although they have star awareness, they are defensive, and they naturally bring themselves in when watching the game, and it is natural to miss some details.
The midfielders who organized the attack found that although Blackburn had temporarily abolished Leander, the situation was not bad, it was pressure, but it was also within the controllable range.
If they go a little deeper, put themselves in the Black camp, they have made new discoveries.
The striker is so badly limited, the pass success rate to him is too low to bear to look at directly, but the midfield is more flexible, but the range of movement is also larger, you can't say whether it's a good or a bad, you can only say that there is no loss, the losses on the forward line are made up elsewhere, but the first half is not half over, what will happen next is difficult to say.
Ronaldo wanted to know Leander better, and he could see that this kid was guiding the way. To put it simply, once you have the idea of restricting others, you are bound by yourself, and your thoughts and ideas will be carried away by others.
This is the authorities, the obsessed bystanders, and the clear.
Leander would not design this way to quickly drain the energy, but to contain it, and he subtly contained the entire Chelsea defence, although he did not give up much movement, but gave the midfield more room to play. Ronaldo believes that Eliander's personal ability can force a breakthrough, and if he doesn't do that, he is probably paralyzing the opponent, first letting you get used to this rhythm, and then suddenly changing the speed to make you uncomfortable, and a wave of counter-attacks will definitely vomit blood.
Chelsea's backline is really not young, even if everyone does a little more, the physical exhaustion and mental exhaustion will be evident in the second half, and Ancelotti will have to pay Blackburn Rovers for this game if he doesn't have a back-up call.
I don't know if this tactic was thought of before the game or improvised, if it was temporary, Leander's ball quotient was really high.
This is the case in competitive games, where the spectators are more able to see what the problem is, and the person running on the field, no matter how big his hand, is often deceived by appearances. This is because the game itself is too exciting, and the faster the pace, the more time tacit and intuition will dominate the game, and the opponent will not give you enough room to think. Also, there is a difference between the green field from God's perspective and the position and distance of being in it, and it is difficult for you to see the whole situation at a glance when you stand on the field.
From Ronaldo's point of view, Leander can't do better, and he has to wait now, and the situation will be broken when something happens.
After all, it was a focus battle, how could there be no conflict, this change came in the 36th minute of the first half.
Malouda stepped on Samba's ankle in a one-on-one, the Congolese defender fell to the ground and Stamford Bridge booed, and the referee showed Malouda a yellow card in order to get the game under control.
The commentators, who were about to doze off, were also excited, and they crackled and read a long paragraph: "This is the first yellow card of this game, referee Rogge gave Chelsea's starting striker Malouda!" And warned him sternly. Although Blackburn Rovers also paid a huge price for the favourable penalty, their main defender Samba was helped off the field by the team doctor because he stepped on a very vulnerable position, it is difficult to say how it will be, we hope he can return to the field as much as possible, if the main defender is injured at this juncture, Blackburn's second half game will be more difficult. ”
'Carlo Ancelotti has been questioned before, but his tactical approach to this game was impeccable, with the Blues defenders limiting Leander perfectly and not even paying the physical price.
"Is the fantasy of violence about to be ended? Oh, and we can see that the Congolese Ironmen are back on the field after an emergency, which is really the best news, and hopefully Blackburn can hold on and at least drag the 0-0 score to halfway. ”
Leander hooked the corners of his mouth as he turned his back to the camera lens, and it was best to end the first half quickly, he was already on the verge of moving. It would be safer to drag it out into the second half than to give Chelsea room to deal with it too early, and the captain's blood must be turned into a goal to get it back.