Before the game against Chelsea, the Wolvesburg players had wondered many times what kind of line-up Chelsea would face Wolfsburg. - Although Mourinho is known for his conservatism and prudence, his team is only Wolfsburg, not Bayern, and they have not been without illusions that Mourinho will use a more balanced tactic because he looks down on his team.

Mourinho is a proud man after all, and he may have a little contempt for Wolfsburg - such an idea is also hopeful. It's just that when Wolfsburg stood at Stamford Bridge and watched the opponent's formation, they clearly realized that they really wanted to go too far.

Standing on the court, listening to the shouts of the surrounding fans, and looking at the opponent's lineup, Gao Shunyao could only sigh for a while. After playing as a striker for so many years, sometimes he can guess what the opponent thinks when he looks at the opponent's formation. And no matter how you look at it, in this game, Mourinho seems to be playing a die-deft counterattack.

That's not to say how strong Chelsea's squad is – while Chelsea's backline looks good, if you really look closely, they don't necessarily really look as 'good' as people say. Although this backline is very famous, when it comes to strength, there are still some problems.

In Chelsea's backline, the 'goalkeeper' will use Petr Cech and nothing has changed. Their back four were Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic lined up. If this backline is not famous, but if you take a closer look at the style of play and strength, it makes people feel that there is a big problem.

First of all, their two full-backs are basically people with little attacking ability, and in Wolfsburg's tactics, Magath emphasizes that the two wings take turns to 'plug' different, and Chelsea's two wings seem to be unable to get up on either side.

Branislav Ivanovic is a centre-back who plays on the wings. It's hard for him to play to his strengths, and it's not news that this player's cross is amazingly bad, and it's something that everyone knows. And Cesar Azpilicueta used to be a right-back. was changed to a left-back by Mourinho, and his defensive ability can be regarded as 'outstanding', but in the offensive end, he has not played much.

None of them are any top defenders, but here's the thing. It was just a problem on the offensive side and on the defensive end they did a pretty good job. Azpilicueta and Ivan are on the side, and it is basically certain that Chelsea's attack is impossible to count on the backfield to 'plug in' support, and in terms of staffing, they are ready to let the wings defend rather than take the initiative.

And if it's just the side road, it's not hard to understand. Wolfsburg are good at playing wide and Chelsea are understandably arranged. But. Looking at Chelsea's central arrangement, Gao Shunyao can also sigh secretly: Mourinho, the coach, can really pull down his face.

As with the wing set-up, their central players can tell at a glance that they are ready to play on the counter-attack.

Looking at the Chelsea defence, the central figure at their heart is, of course, Cahill. Gary Cahill is a player who is quite 'outstanding', but he is always one step away from being a real star. This player has played consistently. Conscientious, without any shortcomings on the court, this can be said to be his greatest strength, but. At the end of the day, this player is still an England defender.

In Europe in recent years, English football has been getting worse and worse, and with the aging of Gerrard, Lampard and a group of others, there are fewer and fewer stars in England. There are also a lot of doubts about the strength. There's no doubt that English football is far behind, but that doesn't mean England defenders are useless. When playing football, the style is very different from that of the European continent, they have better headers, focus on the game, these are their advantages, but the sense of position is average, the ability to hold the ball is weak, and because of the tall body, the turning speed is also a problem, these are also common problems of England defenders - and as an English player, although Cahill is now the best defender in England, but he is still irreparable in these aspects, on the whole, he is qualified, but definitely not strong.

If this one, Wolfsburg is playing against an ordinary team, then a player of his level is quite good. However, Chelsea are no ordinary team, they are a top team, and considering Chelsea's reputation at the back, Gary Cahill is a player who can't help but seem a little unworthy.

His poor balling, poor positioning, and very slow turning speed all determine that he has a small range of movement and can only defend at the back. ←→x79 novel.com

What's even more interesting is that Cahill's partner in this game is Terry: if it was five years ago, I'm afraid no one in this world would dare to say that Terry is not a good defender. But as time passed, Terry now had long since become unconvinced. Since last season, John Terry has ceased to be a mainstay at Chelsea, and there were even rumours that he was leaving Chelsea – no matter how good a player is, he can't stand the torture of time, and Terry is old, and no one can deny it.

And to put such a veteran on the pitch, if it weren't for the team struggles within Chelsea that left Mourinho with no choice, then his thinking would have been obvious.

Cahill's unfast turnaround, not his technique, these things, are his inherent problems. If Mourinho is really ready to give his team some control or attacking minds, it is natural that he will also be paired with players like David Luiz to complement each other. However, in this crucial game, Mourinho put him up, undoubtedly to let him and Cahill, the two English defenders, head the ball to gain enough air superiority for Chelsea.

In the face of Wolfsburg, Mourinho's tactics are almost all only about defense, and the defender's foot skills are insufficient, and Mourinho is afraid that he has not thought about making up for this problem at all - anyway, his team never relies on the central defender to 'insert' the ball.

If you have poor possession, don't keep the ball. Turn slowly, then retreat the back line - Gao Shunyao can think of how to make up for their problems, just think about it, and Chelsea's tactical ideas are 'wanted'.

They just want to stay in the pit - even if they are playing at home, the team is far better than the opponent, and Mourinho still chooses to do so.

In fact, this decision, looking at the midfield that Mourinho arranged for this game, you can know very clearly: in front of one of Chelsea's defence, Mourinho deployed David Luiz and Nemanja Matic as a double midfielder, which is enough to show that he values defence.

In this era, double midfielders are very popular in football, and many teams also like to use two midfielders in games. However, Chelsea's pair of backs is different from Wolfsburg or Bayern's backs, and other people's double backs require both technical and defensive skills, generally one is responsible for sweeping 'sweeping' and the other is responsible for controlling the rhythm, which is also standard. And these two Chelsea are known for their large defensive area and strong confrontation ability, Matic is doing a letting go job at Wolfsburg, and Luiz is a defender, their ability to organize attacks and control the rhythm can only be said to be average, only. The ability to sweep 'sweep' is very 'outstanding'.

With such two midfielders at once, Chelsea is by no means without purpose. Obviously, Mourinho also knows that his players at the back are slow, can't withstand the impact and need adequate protection. Two players with a good sweeping area are enough to make the squatting pit in the backcourt more stable and more assured.

It's just that this protection seems to be too strong - looking at the front court again, Gao Shunyao also found that Mourinho was a little too careful. He not only arranged two midfielders to grab the ball, but even the front midfield, he also used three players in one go: Hazard, Oscar and Willian.

His idea is very straightforward: if the backcourt makes up his mind to defend to the death, then the frontcourt players will naturally focus on defensive counterattacks. In this game, Chelsea's frontcourt, among the three forward midfielders, except for Hazard, are players with average offensive ability, but both of them are very willing to put in 'fine' strength in defense. Putting it on the pitch at the same time, that basically means that Chelsea's tactics are ready to grab from the front to the back, and it is completely defensive.

It is not easy for a big 'door' team to be able to put such a low posture against a team like Wolfsburg. Looking at the opponent's defense, Gao Shunyao had a headache, how to play to score a goal.

In this game, it may be really difficult to score goals.

However, although this idea arises, when he sees the opponent's offensive line, it will basically be swept away.

Chelsea have put a lot of force into defence, which has left them with few people to rely on in attack. With the exception of Eden Hazard on the left flank, they can only play with Schurrle at the front - after all, Mourinho doesn't 'pump' Torres in such an important game, and he is not bored enough to challenge hell mode in key battles.

And Schurrle is a player, Gao Shunyao is also very familiar with, he knows very well that this player is not suitable for playing as a center forward, but it is better to play as a shadow striker. Now to catch the duck on the shelf, let him play in that position, I am afraid that he will also play in good form, so that all the pressure on Chelsea to score goals will be Hazard's.

It may be difficult to attack on his own, but compared to Hazard, it is still much easier: after all, from the tactical point of view, he can hardly get any help, and in the tactics of Wolfsburg, Gao Shunyao can get a lot of support. The opponent's strength is indeed very strong, but Gao Shunyao has reason to believe that with the support of his teammates, he will play better than him.

If he scored first in this game, he didn't believe he would lose.