Chapter 44: The Unwinnable Game (I)

Since the 90s of the last century, English football has been dominated by two teams, one is Manchester United led by Eddie, and the other is Chelsea, and it is Joseph Faria, the current manager of Manchester United, who has made Chelsea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Joseph took charge of Chelsea in 2004, the Blues have won a total of 18 top-flight cups in the spanning years, as well as one each of the Champions League and Europa League. In those dozen seasons, the Blues have only won three seasons without winning any titles, which is unmatched by Manchester United before them.

With so many accolades to their name, Chelsea have relied on their own iron-blooded defence. And it was Joseph who brought the defensive philosophy to Chelsea, who is known for his counter-attacking defence.

Since Joseph's arrival, Chelsea have grown into one of the best defensive teams in the world, and even Barcelona, who have one of the world's top attacking teams, have been helpless against Chelsea's defence. In the 2012 Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea beat Barcelona 2-1 over two legs with a 'chain defence', then drew with Bayern Munich in the final, and finally won the first and only Champions League trophy in the club's history thanks to goalkeeper Cellini's heroic performance in a penalty shoot-out.

Joseph joined Chelsea twice and left twice due to disagreements with the hierarchy, but Joseph's defensive philosophy is deeply ingrained in the Blues' DNA. Although the Blues' results have slipped since Joseph left Chelsea for the second time in 2016, they remain one of the best teams in England thanks to their excellent defence. This year, however, Chelsea finally managed to turn around and sit at the top of the league table early.

For Chelsea, who have conceded the fewest goals per game in the Premier League, Wang Shuai can't think of any effective attacking tactics. He still clearly remembers how in the last year of Huaxia, the Youzhou Institute of Technology led by him was abused by Barcelona 4:0. And this is still Barcelona in the second half of the game is not in the mood to let the water out, if the opponent really played the full 90 minutes seriously, the final score is simply unimaginable. is such a super attacking Barcelona, which can't be bargained for in Chelsea, let alone Aston Villa, which has not yet developed.

But as Wang Shuai said to his teammates before, even if he will lose the game in the end, he must play with the momentum of winning. So Wang Shuai, knowing that the offense was likely to be ineffective, still gave the team such an order: give up defense and attack with all your might!

In fact, Wang Shuai also wanted to continue to delay the game with defensive counterattacks and wait for opportunities, but after studying Chelsea's statistics, Wang Shuai found that this did not work at all. This season, Chelsea are equally good in attack and defence, averaging second only to Arsenal in goals per game and joint second in the Premier League with Liverpool.

It's a pity that Liverpool, who played against Aston Villa before, is only a semi-main lineup, and Wang Shuai can't refer to how strong Chelsea's attacking ability is. But at the very least, the Blues will not be weaker in attack than Tottenham, and Villa's defence was already busy against Tottenham at the time. Had it not been for two low-level mistakes by Tottenham midfielder Farma, Villa would have been out of contention for the FA Cup a few months ago.

Therefore, Wang Shuai knows that with the team's current defensive lineup, it is impossible to resist Chelsea's attack, let alone delay the game. Rather than continuing to defend uselessly, it is better to focus all your energy on attack, which can bring a ray of life to the team. What's more, Wang Shuai also believes that with his own midfield, Chelsea's attack will not be too smooth.

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Before the start of the game, Wang Shuai checked the information of Chelsea's players, and unsurprisingly found Frick Draymond, who thought he was a master-level player and was known as the "monster".

The Chelsea captain has an accuracy of 191 and skill of 183, and although the other three attributes do not meet the master standard of 180, Wang Shuai knows from the level task that as long as one attribute reaches 190, he can be considered a master player.

After coming to England, Wang Shuai's stagnant attributes also began to grow again, but until now he is still stuck at the advanced professional level, a little short of the master level. However, even if he can't compare to Flick in attributes, Wang Shuai also believes that his player skills are enough to erase the disadvantage in attributes. Moreover, Flick is only an attacking midfielder, but Wang Shuai is an all-round type, which makes Wang Shuai more confident in the confrontation between the two. What's more, Flick is 31 years old, Wang Shuai still has an advantage in physical fitness, and by the second half, this aging "monster" will not be Wang Shuai's opponent at all.

It's just that Wang Shuai also knows that even if he can gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Flick, the impact on the trend of the game will not be too great, after all, football is a sport of eleven people, and Wang Shuai can only do his best to maximize his advantages.

And Flick also knows that his disadvantage is physical fitness, and he also knows that Wang Shuai, who has suddenly entered everyone's attention recently, has really good skills. So at the beginning of the game, Flick chose to avoid evasive tactics to avoid exerting too much physical strength in the head-to-head confrontation with Wang Shuai.

But Wang Shuai couldn't avoid Frick, because except for Wang Shuai himself, others couldn't resist the other party at all. As a result, apart from Flick, the rest of Chelsea's midfielders frequently attacked Villa's defence. However, Wang Shuai was firmly tied to Flick and had no way to help defend at all.

On the other hand, Flick's avoidance of Wang Shuai does not mean that Wang Shuai is unguarded. On the defensive end, the 26-year-old Brandt is responsible for opposing Wang Shuai. The midfielder, like Wang Shuai, is a senior professional and specializes in defence. This made Wang Shuai's organization of the offensive lose its former sharpness.

With the balance of the game gradually tilting in favor of the Blues. In the 26th minute, Chelsea's attack finally paid off. Brandt took the ball from Wang again and moved the ball to Flick, who took the lead to the left wing before Wang could get back into place.

Although the young David could keep up with his opponents in terms of pace, he was not strong enough to win the ball back. After another pass, another Chelsea midfielder, Clarke, received the ball at the top of the box and then collided with the striker to burst into the box with ease.

Clarke then calmly got to his feet and goalkeeper Kassel made a timely save, but the shot was still too close to the goal, and the ball flew into the net.

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