Crespo, Maniche; Goodjohnson, Joe Cole.

Chelsea's action was astonishing.

In the substitution time, it is very unusual, in the general football game, unless there is an accident, the first half is rarely replaced, which is equivalent to admitting that the starting lineup formulated before the game is not good, which is equivalent to the coach slapping his face, but Chelsea decisively chose to make substitutions, and some football commentators analyzed, "Mourinho has endured the team's poor performance!" ”

Chelsea make two substitutions in one go!

Maniche's fate is understandable, Maniche's performance was very lackluster before, and if you consider Millwall's goal, it was because of Maniche's mistakes, his performance was really poor.

Crespo's fate is incomprehensible.

Crespo?

Crespo had an okay first half, with two shots so far, one hitting the woodwork, and a good combination with his team-mates, making him one of the most dangerous players against Millwall in the Chelsea squad.

Why replace Crespo?

Many media commentators raised questions, they couldn't understand the substitution, and when the substitution was adjusted, the camera kept pointing at the Argentine striker, only to see Crespo frowning, and the dissatisfaction on his face was obvious.

Mourinho didn't see it at all, he was still talking to Joe Cole on the sidelines, as if telling him what to do.

When Crespo walked off the field, Goodjohnson greeted him and stepped onto the field, and Joe Cole ate for more than ten seconds and didn't look very happy.

Joe Cole couldn't be happier.

Joe Cole became a favourite for Chelsea during the Christmas period, and his succession of excellent performances made Mourinho unable to resist praise, and he was sure that he would be the absolute mainstay, and his position was more stable than Robben, but with the arrival of Maniche, everything changed.

When a new player arrives, it's normal for the manager to give the new player a chance to perform.

Joe Cole can understand.

Before the game, Joe Cole was quite dissatisfied with the fact that he could not start, if he trained new players, he could have attracted much attention in other games, and the game against Millwall, which was called the 'league final' by the outside world, in such an important game, it is absolutely intolerable to let Maniche start and play as a substitute.

Joe Cole gloated when he saw Maniche's poor performance and his team falling behind their opponents.

Many Chelsea players are in the same vein, and they are a little unfazed by Maniche and do not understand why Jose Mourinho would trust a newcomer so much that he would even put him in Joe Cole's place.

Mourinho has any ideas, he will definitely not tell the players.

Jose Mourinho has his own ideas, he believes that he is the best manager in world football, and he wants to try to prove it, leading the team to results on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is like a flamboyant irony, "When Mourinho is optimistic about a certain player, then that player has to be careful. ”

Zhang Yang is satirizing Mourinho's vision, sarcastically saying that most of the players he introduced are not performing well, if Zhang Yang just talks about himself, of course, it doesn't matter, and the British media are very supportive of this point of view after a series of data analysis.

At present, the core players in the Chelsea squad who support them to play well are all left over from the Ranieri era, and many of them were also introduced by Ranieri, such as Lampard, Robben, Makelele, and Crespo and Gudjohnson in the forward line.

Mourinho has single-handedly introduced players, and only one Carvalho has performed well.

Last summer's signings have proven to be a failure, with Wright-Phillips simply not playing, and Essien's performances have been criticised by the outside world and are not worth the high price he was when he joined.

Jose Mourinho wants the players he has brought in to perform well.

In January, Chelsea brought in Maniche.

Maniche is a Porto player and one of the heroes of Porto's treble, Mourinho thinks he knows Marcioni, he knows that Macioni's skills are very good, and hopes that he can help revitalize the midfield, so he frequently gives Marcelli opportunities to adapt quickly to the Premier League and put on a decent performance.

That's what Mourinho had in mind.

The same is true for this game, Mourinho hopes that Maniche's appearance can make the midfielder show some flexibility, but what he didn't expect is that Maniche didn't even perform normally, and a mistake gave the opponent a chance to counterattack and scored a goal.

Mourinho was a little frustrated, he almost lost patience and opted to play the more consistent and excellent Joe Cole.

As for Crespo? The Argentines are just being angered!

Mourinho has always disliked Crespo and his style of football, because Crespo is an Argentine player who is good at 'individual play'.

It's a style that makes him feel like he's out of control.

For example, in some games, Crespo would suddenly dribble, tactically he should have passed, but he didn't do that, even if the effect of dribbling was better than passing, but the game was out of control, which made Mourinho feel very unhappy.

So Crespo has always been in good form and efficiency, and the number of appearances still can't catch up with Drogba, who is not as efficient as himself.

When Mourinho doesn't like a player, it doesn't matter how good the player is, especially Crespo's constant injuries, which gives Mourinho even more reasons not to let him play.

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Chelsea made a substitution.

The appearance of Joe Cole and GoodJohnson made the media feel normal.

Joe Cole and Goodjohnsson are both very good players, with the former having been in excellent form this season and the latter being a big Chelsea player, making 38 appearances for Chelsea last season and scoring 14 goals, which is half a regular player.

It is worth mentioning that Gudjohnsson comes from a football family, and his father Enoel Gudjohnsen is one of the most famous players in Icelandic football, and in 1996, father and son also played together for the Icelandic national team, which became a great story of Icelandic football.

After Chelsea made a substitution, the game resumed.

Chelsea continued to press on the offensive and form a half-time pressure on Millwall, who defended a little harder, largely due to the arrival of new Joe Cole.

Jose Mourinho was hoping that Maniche would make the midfield more flexible, but when Maniche's poor performance left the team without a threat on the right flank, Joe Cole's introduction made up for the wide problem, allowing the right side to form more of a threat, and Chelsea's attack also had another option.

It also made it tougher for Millwall's defence.

Joe Cole is one of those players who can play on the left and right flanks and play very well, with a very sharp break and a great passing ability.

With Joe Cole's support, the first thing is to attract some defensive attention and make Chelsea's attacking pressure down the middle a lot, and even Morris's restriction on Lampard has been affected, as the threat on the right has made his team-mates less able to help defence, and the football may be passed in one more direction.

When Chelsea's right flank came back to life, the attack became much more threatening.

In the final five minutes of the first half, Chelsea threatened Millwall on three occasions in quick succession, two of which hit the woodwork and Frank Lampard nearly sent the ball into the back of the net with a volley from the post.

Fortunately, time is running out.

When stoppage time entered the second minute, many people were ready to rest for a while, but what they didn't expect was that in the last minute, Chelsea broke out, and it was from the combination of Frank Lampard and Joe Cole.

Frank Lampard and Joe Cole are old partners.

When Frank Lampard suddenly rushed to the right foot of the penalty area, Joe Cole kicked the ball back, Lampard won the ball and sent it away, Joe Cole bypassed the defender, ran to the right side of the box, and received the ball and pushed it horizontally.

Drogba is a kick to follow!

"Bang!"

With such a strong shot from close range, it is basically impossible to defend, and Heathrop has a lot of experience, and he is also powerless in the face of this kind of ball.

“Goooooal！”

"The ball went to ——!!"

"Drogba!"

The shouts of the live broadcast, along with the shouts of the fans in the crowd, cheered every Chelsea fan on the goal, and in the final minute of the first half, they finally scored the equaliser.

Mourinho sat down, got up and clapped his hands, and finally had a smile on his face.

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines and muttered.

Two minutes earlier, he had predicted the game, but Chelsea were attacking fiercely, the game was not going to stop at all, he couldn't do anything at all, the only thing was to shout to remind the defence, his reminder had an effect, Koncheski turned his head when he heard the shouting, and it was stupid not to block Joe Cole in the first place, there was a small difference between the process and the prediction, but in the end the opponent still completed the goal.

Joe Cole to Lampard, Lampard to Joe Cole, Drogba eventually found the back of the net.

The whole process of scoring showed a strong combination ability, Chelsea played a fluent attack, and it also showed the limitations of the 'foresight' ability, he can know in advance, but small changes are not enough to change the final result.

For example, a player defensively.

When the player is reminded to be serious, but when facing the defense, he is likely to react in the same way, it is a habit and ability that he has developed personally, and he should be shaken or shaken.

Even if you change your defensive strategy, for example, if a player is standing in the box and goes outside the box to block, the opponent is not a puppet and they are likely to get another chance.

For one of Europe's top players, a good chance is almost equal to a goal.

When a top striker faces the goalkeeper, he can shoot according to the goalkeeper's reaction, the goalkeeper pounces to the left and kicks to the right, and vice versa to the right, and can also make the attacking goalkeeper incapable of doing it with an accurate lob shot.

In short, it's the ability of the players that matters.

When there is a gap between the player's ability and the opponent, it doesn't make much sense to make a reminder.

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The first half of the game was over.

Chelsea and Millwall are tied to one to one, in fact, the result of a draw, Millwall is acceptable, but it certainly doesn't feel good to be caught up by the opponent in the last time.

The atmosphere in the Millwall dressing room was a bit dreary.

Zhang Yang also frowned and walked into the locker room, he was thinking about the first half of the game, when he saw the players shrugging their heads, he immediately reacted, and smiled at everyone, "It's not a big deal, it's just a draw!" ”

"It's a bit of a shame to have that last goal, but I know you've worked hard. We can't hold on for 90 minutes, I said it before the game, the difference is just when the goal happens. ”

The flamboyant words relieved the players.

Zhang Yang is not very old and his face is very immature, but the team is very majestic, and many players are a little afraid of him, especially when he rarely shows a dignified attitude, many people are also worried.

When everyone looked over, Zhang Yang continued, "We played well in the first half, and each of you performed very well. I'm sure there are very few teams that can play like that at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea, but we've been pretty good. ”

'But we're top of the league, the position is the goal, we need to try to beat the opponent, it's not just about talking, keep playing like that in the second half, don't be impulsive when you get on the pitch, you have to play according to the tactics and try to be calm when you have the chance......

Next, Zhang Yang talked about the problems of the first half.

In fact, they are all small problems, such as sometimes, when you can pass the ball stably, but you are in a hurry to clear the ball with a big foot, miss the opportunity to counterattack, and when defending, you will occasionally make it easy to make the opposing player shake away.

After summing up, Zhang Yang said that in the second half, there was nothing to change in the tactics, the important thing was that the players should try to be as calm as possible, 'correct' some minor problems, and at the same time strengthen the number and intensity of counter-attacks, "If we want to pursue victory, we must do this." ”

"But in any case, remember, it's the defense that matters!"

"If the opponent scores again, we have to strengthen the attack, but we must know that a draw is also acceptable, so it is more important not to let the opponent score!"

At the same time, the outside world is also talking about the competition.

After a fifteen-minute break, before and after the advertisements on various TV stations, there would also be a summary of the game, and most people were still optimistic about Chelsea, mainly because Chelsea equalised at the end.

'Chelsea showed great quality in the first half, they completely overpowered Millwall.

'Mourinho's substitution was the right one, Maniche didn't perform well, so he went straight to the field, Joe Cole's introduction made Chelsea play on the right, and the final goal was also planned by Joe Cole's ......"

"The substitution may have been the turning point of the game, but Crespo went off, I don't know what the reason was, was it a tactical substitution?"

“……”

Some football commentators are also speculating.

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