Chapter 0416 - Victory?
Aachen can't keep attacking and Chelsea can't be pressed all the time.
What's more, Chelsea's overall strength was supposed to be above Aachen.
Soon, Chelsea began to counter-attack, and Aachen was almost beaten to the ground.
However, this is the second game against Chelsea and the two sides have a general understanding of each other.
After shrinking the defence, Aachen's defence looked shaky, but Chelsea's attack never penetrated.
"That's amazing." Speaking in the dugout at Chelsea, Ranieri said in admiration: 'They have so many young people, but they are playing so consistently. ”
Benaglio, Arne, Mertesacker, Bernd – there are four youngsters in Aachen's backline.
With the addition of Zhuo Cunzhi and Ribery in the frontcourt, half of Aachen's starters are young!
The so-called young players are the kind of beings who can be super gods when they are in good shape, and super ghosts when they are not in good shape.
However, looking at Aachen's solid defense now, and looking at the performance of the players in keeping without chaos, Ranieri couldn't help but praise two sentences.
But if Hach or Aachen's players were around and heard his compliment, they would never be happy.
Ranieri was amazed, but it was clear at a glance that he was confident.
In other words, he was already confident that he could win, and his praise for Aachen was nothing more than the winner's surplus to the loser!
Ranieri does not consider himself arrogant, it is experience that has led him to make such a judgment.
At the end of the day, Chelsea's hardness is stronger than Aachen's, tactics are more mature than Aachen's, and players are more experienced than Aachen's.
Not to mention, it's still Chelsea's home stadium, and Chelsea also led Aachen by two away goals in the first round!
If Aachen's initial onslaught paid off, Ranieri would have been cautious, but if he survived this attack, the game would be back on track!
There's no chance of losing.
Claudio Ranieri made such a judgment, but on the surface he still put on a poker face.
Slippery people like Ranieri naturally know very well that there is nothing wrong with being confident, but being overconfident is arrogant.
No matter what industry you are in, arrogance is an absolute thing to avoid.
Therefore, when Crespo received a pass from Glen Charles and shot through the door of Aachen, Ranieri only smiled and applauded his players.
His calm look was almost like saying:
Chelsea can win for sure, it's just a regular goal.
Once the goal is scored, Chelsea will not be eliminated unless Aachen can score three goals at Stamford Bridge at Chelsea's home stadium.
How difficult is it to score three goals for Chelsea in the next half with Aachen's quality and not allow Chelsea to score?
In Ranieri's mind, at least, the odds are slim, negligible.
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'He's done with the Champions League, so he's back to play for the national team.' In front of the TV, a Chinese man said to the people around him.
"Got it, I'll send him a notification right away." The man next to him looked like an assistant and quickly agreed.
Now that the Champions League is gone, can you still have a reason to resign?
The man thought silently in his heart.
Zhuo Cunzhi is such a "supernumerary" football player, which actually makes him very unhappy.
Because his roots are abroad, many of his rights and means are actually ineffective for him.
For example, the media ban done by the Basketball Association has not had much effect on Zhuo Cunzhi.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party still retains Chinese nationality, he really has no way to deal with the other party.
Even if he retains his nationality, the man is now a little panicked.
Because recently, there has been a lot of news in the newspaper about Zhuo Cunzhi changing nationality.
Whether this news is true or not, the man does not know.
But he knew that if Zhuo Cunzhi was let go, he would definitely not be able to explain it to the upper side.
"Come back quickly, hurry up and play for the national team, you won't have a chance to change your nationality!" The man said fiercely.
When he enters the national team, it's not up to him to decide.
On the other side, Zhuo Cunzhi was playing on the field, naturally not knowing that someone thousands of miles away was "thinking about his future".
Zhuo Cunzhi only knew that he had to do something.
Another goal conceded and the players know exactly what situation Aachen is in.
If you don't do something to boost morale, can you still play the next ball?
Zhuo Cunzhi thought about it, and suddenly heard a whistle.
The first half was over......
Wiping the sweat on his head, Zhuo Cunzhi became more and more anxious.
Can't time be slowed down?
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Hach walked back to the locker room with a little lightness.
Years of experience as a manager have taught him that this game is difficult to win.
After struggling a bit, Hag has decided to give up the game.
Three substitutions were used in the second half, and the few players who were lacking in energy were given a rest to prepare for the league.
Thinking like this, Hag forgot all the prepared words after pushing open the door of the dressing room and looking at the faces of the players.
They haven't given up yet.
At least, they don't want this game to end like this.
Hach was struggling again, and when he figured it out, Hahe laughed at himself.
When people get old, they are easy to lose their fighting spirit.
Other than that......
Looking at the eager eyes of the players, Hach sighed again in his heart -
When people are old, they are easy to be soft-hearted......
"Guys, I have to say, our chances of winning this game are probably very small." With Hag's first words, many players in the dressing room withdrew their gaze.
Some are sad and sad, and some are indignant.
"But this game, if you lose like this, are you willing?" Hach suddenly asked.
The next moment, everyone was glued to Hach again.
"I'll know the answer when I see your eyes." Hag kept nodding as he looked around at the players around him.
"In the second half, even if we lose, we have to give it our all!" With that, Hahe stretched out his hand.
"Aachen, come on!"
One by one, the players folded their hands on top of each other.
"Aachen, come on!" ”””
On the other side, in the Chelsea dressing room.
"You guys did a great job, you played like that in the second half." "But don't be careless, don't let up your defense, remember: football is round. ”
"Got it!" "It's just you!" "We've won, what are we afraid of!"
The players chattered, but none of them resisted or even questioned his decision.
Ranieri smiled with relief and a little helplessness.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the locker room.
"Claudio ......" Ranieri looked at him as his assistant coach.
"What's wrong?" Ranieri asked.
"The owner's phone ......"
For some reason, Ranieri suddenly had an ominous premonition.