Only heroic parents can give birth to heroic sons, and at the sound of Mourinho's prayers, the heroic Cech led Chelsea to a difficult first-half deficit of one goal, which left the fans at home Stamford Bridge with a little thought in their hearts: on the other field, Manchester United and their neighbours Manchester City are still 0-0, and winning this game will at least give Chelsea a chance to close the scoreline.

But even if the situation is not good, Mourinho will definitely not sit still, it is not his style.

After returning to the dressing room, he immediately made changes to the team's lineup, facing Van Persie, who was more than a level different in physical fitness, Mourinho replaced the almost broken right-back Ferreira with the stronger Sinclair, while in midfield, in order to limit the re-energized Fabregas, Mourinho sent Essien to stalk him, and Makelele was freed from the left midfield position to cover and tackle, while assisting Essien and Sinclair to clamp down on Fabregas and Van Persie respectively.

As for the left wing, Jose Mourinho instructed Ashley. Cole stayed behind him honestly and couldn't let Descartes pass him under any circumstances, and if Descartes was cruising in the middle, Terry would make up for it in time while Carvalho kept an eye on Adebayo.

The most critical issue is not the allocation of personnel in the backline, but to play their own attack, only by suppressing the momentum of Arsenal, Chelsea can bring the situation back into their own control, so Mourinho made a crazy move: he did not wait for the start of the second half, he completely changed 3 match places, Shevchenko replaced Ballack, put Robben up front, and Chelsea also changed the formation 433!

This is a crazy gamble, placing Robben and Shevchenko on the left and right, in order to counter-suppress Arsenal's wing assists, and Mourinho also believes that the deterrent power of "African Andy Lau" in the middle is definitely a hundred times stronger than that of the rough brother Adebayo, the same 433, he does not believe that the combination of Robben + Sheva + Drogba will be weaker than the combination of Van Persie + Adebayo + Descartes.

If they can borrow such a strong squad to beat Arsenal back, then Chelsea can regain the advantage and hope of turning the tables in this game, but if they concede one more goal, it will probably be a bad luck game.

Jose Mourinho is definitely a gambler, having had numerous frantic moves to field a striker three or even a striker at the end of the game during his coaching career, and for the most part he always seemed to be blessed by God to get the best results.

In January 2009, in the game between Inter and Cagliari, Inter Milan had 13 shots in 60 minutes but none of them scored, but they were attacked by Cagliari, and the crazy Mourinho then discharged a 325 lineup, and he sent all the forwards who could be sent to the field, Ibrahimovic, Crespo, and Cruz in the middle, Quaresma and Mancini Jr. were separated on both sides, and Inter, who couldn't press Cagliari, finally equalized before the game. The one-point extended Jose Mourinho's unbeaten home run to 107 games, and Inter's unbeaten run in the first game of the new year since 1999 increased to 10 years.

And this is not the first time Mourinho has sent a multi-striker lineup, in the same season, he has sent a multi-striker formation many times, as long as Inter Milan is difficult to break the iron bucket formation, or when facing a weak team unexpectedly behind, Mourinho will send several strikers, "Roma Sport" once laughed and said: "Whenever the score is behind, Mourinho may feel that there are still too few strikers in the team." ”

And the newspaper "Milan Sport" pointed out: "This is Mourinho's aesthetic of violence. ”

Not to mention, Mourinho, who is like a famous gambler on the Internet, can always have good luck, and the multi-striker formation he sent out has equalized the score three times when he is behind, and scored twice to win before the end of the game, and the effect is simply immediate.

If European audiences have also watched Chow Yun-fat's films, I think they will definitely give Mourinho a new nickname - God of Gamblers!

In fact, later Wenger also stole Mourinho's tricks, also in January 2009, Arsenal vs. Bolton in the game, Wenger saw Bolton swear to the death to discharge the iron bucket formation, never let Arsenal take advantage, the professor possessed by the God of Gambling sent Vela and Bendtner two forwards in one breath, plus Van Persie and Adebayo who played before, Arsenal with four forwards finally knocked on the door of Bolton before the end and scored three points with difficulty.

However, compared with Mourinho, Wenger has never been a real gambling god, he can only occasionally make a cameo appearance in the role of A Xing, Mourinho's imitation of Wenger has always been indifferently smiled: "Brother has always been imitated, never surpassed, you, no!" ”

Chelsea, who made huge changes, finally played their own rhythm after the start of the second half, although Cesc Fabregas was still unstoppable, but the front three Chelsea were not vegetarians, they finally beat back the two touchlines that Arsenal frequently pressed in the first half, lost the support of the sideline, and Arsenal's attack also fell into stagnation.

Cesc Fabregas can still get his chances in midfield with a physical run, but Essien is younger and stronger than Makelele, and the pressure is greater, while Makelele is an old man, he is very old in the card position next to him and the blocking of the pass, Fabregas is like a tiger caught in a huge net, after struggling for a while, finally exhausted quiet.

After Arsenal's organizational core stopped, Chelsea took the opportunity to play a wave of attacks, Shevchenko continued to get chances on the right wing, but unfortunately his shot was either too hesitant to be destroyed, or deflected 108,000 miles, no matter how beautiful he ran before, how sharp the breakthrough was, but he always lacked this kick, looking straight at the sidelines of Mourinho sighed to the sky, and the fans in the audience burst into tears.

Mourinho bet on the size of the bet, but couldn't guess what the dice were.

For Shevchenko, Mourinho is also full of mixed emotions.

Before the start of the season, Mourinho did want the team to bring in a world-class striker, but he was optimistic about Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, but the owner Abou brought him Milan superstar Shevchenko.

At first, Mourinho did resist the boss shoehorning into the team, but Uncle Bird was not a person who didn't know how to be flexible, and Shevchenko was one of the top three strikers in the world at the time, and he couldn't put it on the shelf.

So Mourinho still tried his best to arrange Shevchenko to play in the subsequent games, and at the beginning of the league, Sheva once became the main force of Chel, and Mourinho also changed the formation from 451 to 442 for him.

However, I don't know if it was because of the lack of adaptation or some other reason, Sheva's performance was a world away from when he was in Milan a year ago, his wind-like speed became stagnant, and his sharp breakthroughs disappeared overnight, only the remaining little shooting skills, and because Chelsea lacked the likes of Pirlo, Rui Costa, and Seedorf, they forgot all about the few shots on goal.

By the middle of the league, Mourinho would rather withstand the huge pressure of his boss Abu than give Sheva more chances, and the loss of confidence Sheva became worse and worse in the subsequent performance, and by the time the team finally needed him, he seemed to have completely become a different person, and the Ukrainian "nuclear warhead" that made the enemy panic at any time has almost become a "dud" now.

Seeing Sheva frequently wasting opportunities on the field, Mourinho only felt as if his heart was dripping blood, especially at this time when the news of Manchester United's 1:0 lead suddenly came from another field, and a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in his heart.

People say, come out to mix, always have to pay back, Mourinho has never believed before, this season Chelsea robbed Arsenal of a League Cup title, I didn't expect retribution to come so quickly, and by the end of the league, Arsenal has become the biggest stumbling block on their way to winning the championship, if according to this score, even if Chelsea can then equalize, Manchester United will also win the league championship one round ahead of schedule.

When you become a gambling god, you may not really be able to control your own destiny.

The news of United's lead quickly reached the ears of the players on the pitch through the fans on the sidelines, and the Arsenal players smiled at the news, but the Chelsea players went berserk.

This group of players has been with Mourinho for so long, of course, more or less contaminated with the temper of some "madmen", at least, the league championship for two consecutive years has given them a winner's temperament, this temperament is a never-say-die spirit, even if they lose, they will never lose confidence.

After being besieged by Arsenal for half of the game, it was hard to regain the advantage, but suddenly heard the news that he was about to be sentenced to death.

As the spiritual leader of the team, Frank Lampard was the first to step up, he intercepted Arsenal's ball in front, and then forced Diaby to shoot a shot from 45 meters out, the ball flew towards Arsenal's goal with a fierce wind, and if it weren't for Lehmann's old and strong, this wonderful world wave almost knocked on Arsenal's door.

Not to be outdone, Didier Drogba, who was the vice-team's power, then received Robben's cross from the wing, pinned Toure firmly behind him, and then he suddenly forced his feet to turn and the ball slid against the turf and slid off the right post of Arsenal, startling Lehmann in a cold sweat.

Narrowly conceded twice in a row, Wenger finally couldn't sit still, he immediately got up and made some arrangements, Baptista came in to replace Fabregas, who was almost unable to run, Senderos replaced Galla, who was too poor in height, Toure dragged back, and Senderos pasted Drogba.

After this substitution, Arsenal finally stabilized the situation on the field, and more importantly, when Cesc Fabregas came off, another person began to make waves in Arsenal's forward line.

This man is Descartes, who played nearly 40 minutes and did not perform as well as he could have been.

Although Descartes created a few offensive chances in the early days of the game, Ashley. After Kerr cut down on assists and focused on him, his performance faded away.

This is not to say that Descartes was replaced by Ashley. Kerr stared at him, but because Descartes couldn't get the ball in this game, he couldn't get a chance to perform......

In this game, Cesc Fabregas was very excited from the beginning, so his teammates were used to letting him organize the attack, not to mention that Xiaofa was still the core of the team appointed by the professor, and his teammates naturally circled around him.

The so-called core is not like some people imagine that every football must be handed over to him to organize, and every attack must pass through his feet, this kind of person is usually called the offensive organizer, not the core.

The so-called core is that when he makes any action or decision, his teammates must immediately react accordingly, and run or move according to his command.

The most obvious example of this is Bosque's Zinedine Zidane. In that year, Bosque devised a formation that left midfielder was void, giving Zidane the title of left midfielder, but doing what a midfielder should do, and completely ceding the entire left wing to Carlos.

In this Real Madrid team, as soon as Zidane gets the ball, we can immediately see that Raul will pull the gap for him, Guti will step forward to replace him to withstand the defenders, Figo will run to the side and be ready to meet his transfer at any time, and Carlos will stride forward to respond, and even Ronaldo will immediately run like a mad rabbit and take away the defenders in the penalty area.

That's the core, every move he makes, every run of all his teammates, every response, and if you think it's all about taking the ball, then passing, then getting the ball, and then passing the ball, then you're very wrong.

And this Arsenal team is the same, when Cesc Fabregas gets the ball, not every striker begins to rush into the penalty area, waiting for his lethal pass, they have already gone through countless times of this kind of cooperation in previous training, where Fabregas gets the ball, how to run around teammates, how to involve teammates in the distance, how to protect teammates behind him, these are all tempered, otherwise do you think professional players are training every day, practicing long-distance running?

So when Fabregas is on the field, Descartes' chances of getting the ball will inevitably decrease, unlike strikers like Van Persie and Adebayo who don't need the ball very much, Descartes' biggest strength is the organization penetration at the front of the penalty area, and when he loses the ball, what does he use to organize the penetration?

Therefore, with more and more games, the problem of ball competition between Descartes and Fabregas is becoming more and more obvious, at first Descartes was always playing in the second half, at that time Fabregas was more physically exhausted, so he would voluntarily give up part of the ball, and the two were still at peace with each other. In addition, due to Henry's presence, Cesc Fabregas could not monopolize all the ball, and Henry would adjust according to the situation on the field, more or less allowing Descartes to get some chances, so the overall chemistry of the team was not disrupted.

But now with Henry's imminent departure, Fabregas's dominance is stronger, and Descartes' chances to get the ball are even rarer, not that Fabregas is unwilling to pass the ball to him, but he has less time to hold the ball, and his performance has naturally declined.

The contradictions between the two seem to be gradually emerging.

It's just that when it comes to this game, when Cesc Fabregas is off the field, Descartes suddenly comes alive.

Descartes was closer to his heart than he was, and his passing was more aggressive and direct, and as the ball gradually shifted to his feet, the crowd suddenly found that Arsenal's attack became more threatening.

Although Arsenal's stats have dropped in terms of time spent organising or possessing the ball up front, many can feel that Arsenal's threat to Chelsea's goal is more immediate.

In the 80th minute, Descartes picked up the ball on the right flank, and Ashley, who had previously seemed to have suppressed him. Kerr scrambled up, Descartes deftly dodged his foot, and then swept past Kerr and burst into the box.

Chelsea's defenders were in disarray, with John Terry scrambling to block horizontally, Carvalho filling in his position and holding off Bam Adebayo, while right-back Sinclair and midfielder Essien retreated into the box, before Descartes struck a furious shot past John Terry's cheek as he sprinted and headed straight for the top left corner of the net.

Cech, who had never expected Descartes to shoot from this place in the world, was blocked by John Terry, and by the time he saw the ball flying towards him, it was already above his head.

Cech subconsciously fished a handful, but unfortunately only caught a gust of wind, just when he thought that this time he was dead, there was a huge "bang" behind him, and the ball actually hit the crossbar and the goalpost, and then flew straight into the sky.

The immortal Cech jumped up desperately to take the falling ball into his arms, and then he looked in horror at Descartes, who was holding his head in the distance and feeling regretful, and a chill ran in his heart.

Two minutes later, Descartes made a comeback when he dribbled across the flank and shook off Ashley. The entanglement of Cole and Makelele, and then the edge of the penalty area suddenly crossed over the top, Terry tried his best to jump up and failed to reach the ball, behind him, Van Persie, who has a keen sense of smell, has been waiting for a long time, did not wait for the ball to land, Van Persie directly shot with his left foot, but unfortunately this close goal was actually too positive, just by the Cech who fell to the ground into his arms.

Chelsea just missed two must-kill chances, and Arsenal immediately returned the color, and the game finally entered the ** at this time. (To be continued.) )