Chelsea's 'cheeky' defensive tactics are a bit of a stunner.

In the face of such a defence, Millwall did not have many options.

Zhang Yang turned his head to look at Mourinho, who was frowning and watching the game, probably not in a good mood, but it was really ...... for the team to use such a shameless tactic That's amazing!

That's Chelsea!

Chelsea is recognized as one of the most luxurious teams in the world, especially after the summer replenishment of the squad, their squad is so luxurious that the top giants are looking at it, and only the 'one superstar a year' strategy has been adhered to until now, and there are still some failures of the 'Galaxy Battleship' Real Madrid can be compared, but it is impossible for Real Madrid to defend all the line, they would rather lose to the opponent by a big score than have the cheekiness to retreat across the board.

Perhaps it's also the difference in style of the league, Chelsea feel solid defensively, Jose Mourinho doesn't care about the course of the game, the 'utilitarian' style of play is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and as long as they win the event, the tactical process will be considered correct.

"Jose Mourinho is a top manager! is still a cheeky top handsome. ”

Zhang Yang sighed.

He thought of a Chinese proverb, "Hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated!" ”

A team like Brakburn is not terrible to play a full-line defensive strategy, because their hard power is there, and a strong team can find opportunities to score in various ways.

In football, a single goal can make the difference between victory and defeat.

As long as the opponent's goal is broken, it is meaningless for the opponent to defend.

Chelsea are different.

Chelsea's line-up is so flashy, with the back three of Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele and Essien all across the penalty line, any team will have a big headache, and if you add Terry and Carvalho in the back, there will be the situation in front of you: Millwall is constantly down-to-foot on the perimeter, but they can't pass the ball to a threatening position at all, and they can only get a 'symbolic' shot from the perimeter for two consecutive attacks.

David Livermore's long-range shot was dangerous enough, but with a kick from 30 yards out and the ball going through the crowd in the box, it was impossible to find the back of the net.

Millwall didn't have much to do.

In the past, the methods of breaking through dense defenses such as long-range shots and hanging passes have lost most of their effectiveness under Chelsea's 'cheeky' tactics.

But......

As just analysed, this kind of 'cheeky' defensive tactic is not guaranteed to be successful, it only takes one goal to score, and Millwall has already taken the lead.

So Millwall is not in a hurry.

Chelsea want to drag their time until half-time, so now that the game has come to this, let them keep delaying.

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Millwall launched a series of attacks in the closing stages of the first half, but most of them were on the perimeter, with a decent number of attempts into the box and tentative passes disrupted by Chelsea.

It also gave Mourinho a sigh of relief.

At the end of the first half, Mourinho glanced at Zhang Yang, and he realized that Zhang Yang did not have the iconic playing cards in his hand, but replaced them with a pair of delicate dice, the two dice were very exquisite, like two works of art, and they happened to occupy the entire palm of his hand when placed in his hand.

Zhang Yang played with one hand.

The two dice were spinning in the palm of his hand, and his movements were so skillful that he didn't bother to pay attention to the dice at all, but the dice kept spinning in opposite directions.

"What is this doing?"

Mourinho is a little confused, he doesn't understand the vast and profound Chinese culture.

Zhang Yang glanced at Mourinho, he had a chuckle on his face, suddenly walked over, and took the initiative to say, "Mr. Mourinho, Chelsea are doing very well, but we are still ahead, do you know why?" ”

Mourinho felt that Zhang Yang was satirizing Chelsea, and did not want to continue the battle of words, so he snorted and walked away.

Zhang Yang continued, "Because this is God's arrangement! ”

"God?" Mourinho turned his head and said with a sharp look in his eyes, "I don't believe in God, but I know, and you don't believe either, God doesn't favor infidels." ”

"Not necessarily."

Zhang Yang put the two dice in front of Mourinho's eyes, holding one in one hand, and the Portuguese was a little confused, so he wanted to see what the other party was going to do.

"I use two hands, and I toss them up at the same time, and when they fall, they are all the maximum points, and I can prove that God favors Millwall."

Zhang Yang said and threw two dice.

The two dice flew half a meter high, then spun and fell, and Zhang Yang's two hands used them respectively, and when they were opened again, there were exactly two 'six' points on the front.

Mourinho was stunned.

"God favored Millwall." Zhang Yang smiled and turned around and walked away, he also had to explain the way the team played in the second half.

Mourinho also walked away.

He kept recalling the scene just now in his mind, the two dice rose normally, but when they reached the other party's hands, how did they become the maximum points?

"How did he do it?"

Mourinho absolutely does not believe that God favors this kind of nonsense, so the other party's two dice should be magic dice with a 'mechanism'.

Mourinho suddenly 'realized', "He actually lied to me with children's things...... What a young man! Even this kind of thing is interested. Oh, God? If you were to talk about God, he would definitely favour Chelsea because I'm the manager of Chelsea! ”

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Zhang Yang was just playing a little joke with Mourinho.

The two dice are the 'foreknowledge' props that replace the playing cards, but they are definitely not 'magic products', he just uses the 'body memory imitation' ability, remembers the feeling of throwing two 'six', walks up to Mourinho and uses it again, and flickers the other party a little.

That feeling is not easy to find.

Even if you use the 'Body Memory Imitation' ability to imitate it once, if you don't use it for a long time, you will naturally forget it, after all, if there is only a slight difference in the roll of the dice, the result will change.

Back in the dressing room, Zhang Yang talked about the first half, praised the performance of the players, and briefly emphasized the need to pay more attention to defense.

There is nothing wrong with tactics.

The team is still in the stage of adaptation to the 'dual core' tactics, and some problems are also caused by the players' unfamiliarity with the tactics, which cannot be solved by talking about it, and with the current style of play, it is enough for the team to gain an advantage in the situation.

That's enough.

However, the advantage of the situation is not enough, and Chelsea will certainly not be willing to lose, and they will certainly find a way to limit Millwall and find opportunities to score when they are behind.

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Things changed in the second half.

Chelsea did not continue to be 'cheeky' and played defensively and began to defend in an orderly manner against Millwall.

The Simpson was also restricted.

Essien and Claude Makelele have increased their range to help Frank Lampard defend Morris and 'take care' of Simpson, while Kalou has dropped back more frequently up front, helping Chelsea to strengthen their defence.

Millwall, on the other hand, continued to exploit the link-up and look for holes in Chelsea's defence.

Millwall's creation of threats mainly relies on the flexibility of the midfield, the coordination of the middle and the wing, the cooperation of the two core players, and the echo of the front and back courts, and the continuous passing is Millwall's most effective weapon.

This kind of continuous passing is not the same as Barcelona's possession play, and it is not the same as Arsenal's fast-break play.

Millwall is probably somewhere between Arsenal and Barcelona, with the team leaning sideways and forward, and the two cores have a lot more possession than Arsenal.

Millwall's constant passing of combined attacks also made the game look very technical.

In many media discussions, they also praised in surprise --

"This Millwall team has completely become a technical team! It's hard to imagine that they played an ugly defensive counterattack last season! ”

'Millwall's attack was fantastic, they showed the crowd what a top team can do!'

"Millwall's style of play reminds people of Barcelona, of Arsenal, they are completely different!"

"This kind of football will attract a lot of people!"

'More importantly, their style of play has been very effective and Chelsea's defence has been stretched thin......

"That's the power of the dual-core tactic!"

"The season has just begun, and Zhang Yang has brought something new to Millwall, Millwall's attacking football, which has brought unexpected surprises to the fans!"

“……”

In Millwall's attack, Mourinho's brow furrowed again, but he had nothing to do, Chelsea were one goal behind, could not continue to defend the goal, and had to attack to play the front to have a chance.

Now the defense can only be like this, if you want to turn the tide of the game, you still have to look at the offense.

Compared to the overstretched defence, Chelsea's attack is much easier.

Chelsea's cooperation is also good, the three backs can give support to the front, the strength of the strikers Shepchenko, Drogba, Kalou is good, Chelsea's tactics are all offensive and defensive, when the attack is launched, the whole formation will move forward.

Chelsea's attack is in flashy form, they are trying to equalise as soon as possible, as long as they can score a goal, they can take half of the initiative back, when the two are on the same line, Millwall's tactics are high-end, it will not be so easy to beat Chelsea.

But flashy attacks don't mean goals, and Chelsea's successive onslaughts have not found good opportunities.

So how to break the game?

Millwall's defense is also a headache, the only hole may be a single back, but when the defensive formation is erected, the double back is equal to the double back, standing at the end of Darren Ward, but a bit like a 'scavenger' feeling, sitting at the back, most of the time not directly involved in the defense, Chelsea break Millwall's defense, still have to face a Darren Ward.

Mourinho has a headache, the players on the pitch have even more headaches, and if other players are better, Shepchenko is different.

Shepchenko wanted to be good and confident before the game, and his two goals in two league games were the biggest proof of this, and he performed better than his team-mates.

Now that it's time for the game against Millwall, he finds his team-mate's reminder very reasonable, "Millwall is not easy to deal with!" ”

"Don't dismiss them as a small club, they're the defending champions!"

"We lost twice last season!"

"I hope to win it back this time......"

“……”

Shepchenko already knows this.

Before this game, he did not believe that there were players who could rely on their individual ability to defend against him.

Now he believes.

The guy next to him is simply a monster, not to mention that his body is unusually strong, his reaction speed is still very fast, in addition, his physical fitness is also very abundant, in Millwall's attack and defense, the opponent has to run in front and back of the back, sometimes retreat quickly and sprint, Shepchenko feels that the opponent has run twice the distance than himself.

The result?

The other party just gasped slightly.

Shepchenko felt his legs stiffen a little, and the high-intensity competition made him a little tired.

Shepchenko is very unwilling and has been trying to find an opportunity, but he must admit that there is nothing good to do with this guy himself.

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In the 70th minute, the score was still 1-0, with Millwall leading Chelsea by one goal.

At this time, the reporters in the media gallery, the TV commentators, and the football commentators all looked at each other, they did not expect the game to go to such a point, the strong Chelsea, there was no good way to take Millwall, and Millwall played gorgeous attacking football.

The game and the prediction are diametrically opposed.

Those who support Chelsea already have an ominous premonition in their hearts: I am afraid that Chelsea will lose to Millwall!

Let's take a look at the game!

Chelsea's attack has always been a bit anticlimactic, with the highly-anticipated Shepchenko becoming a glass man, Didier Drogba getting a limited number of times, and Kalou playing more defensively.

In midfield.

Frank Lampard continues his slump and in attack, Claude Makelele and Essien are hard to count on.

Not to mention the backline.

Chelsea didn't even do well defensively, and in the face of Millwall's flashy attack, their defensive formation was a bit disorganized, and occasionally there were dangerous holes.

It's a surprising sight.

More people were optimistic about Chelsea before the game, and they believed that the reason for Chelsea's victory was that the squad was stronger.

But now, it is Millwall that has played well as a single player, with Millwall strikers Darren Bent, midfielders Simpson and Pire, as well as midfielders Zambrotta and Livermore.

Chelsea's stars are out of the picture.

What's next?

Many people are looking to the Chelsea dugout in the hope that Mourinho can do something.

At this time, Mourinho was more helpless than others, his tactics were worse than his opponents, and the players were out of shape as a whole, even if he had a thousand abilities, it would not help at all.

But he had to do something.

Mourinho thought about it and finally made a decision.

In the 73rd minute, Chelsea signalled for a substitution, with Sean Wright Phillips coming on in for Shepchenko.