Chapter 279: Great Value for Money
After a convincing 3-0 win over Arsenal, Chelsea lead the table with six wins, one draw and 19 points. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The British media can only describe Chelsea's performance as amazed. They analyzed Mourinho's tactics in detail, and analyzed what changes Mourinho had made to the team, which made the team reborn.
Of course, there is a common perception that Diego. The three signings of Costa, Shi Hao and Cesc Fabregas are all great value for money, and they have been the biggest contributor to Chelsea's back-to-back victories, with the trio involved in more than 90 per cent of Chelsea's total goals......
All three of them have created countless topics for the media, and the most noteworthy of them is Shi Hao.
With nine goals and eight assists in seven league appearances, no one is saying that his previous performances have been based on scoring against underdogs.
65 million euros? It's not expensive at all, it's not worth it too much, even if it's 100 million euros!
Chelsea are a good deal.
It was also seen that Shi Hao's outstanding performance caused conflicts in the dressing room of Chelsea.
Hazard and Shi Hao firmly occupy the 2 positions in the front, Willian, Oscar, Schurrle and new signing Remy have to compete for a right winger position with four people, these 4 people are the main stars of the giants, who is willing to be a substitute?
Not to mention hating Shi Hao to the bone, at least these four people usually don't give Shi Hao a good look.
Shi Hao had a good conversation with Oscar and William at Ronaldo's party before, but now they don't even say hello to each other when they see each other, although it is not to the extent that it is like fire and water, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a gap between them.
The best relationship with Shi Hao is Diego. Costa, also a new signing, needs help to establish himself in the team. Although tactically, Mourinho asked him to cover and involve Shi Hao, reducing his chances of shooting, which made him a little unhappy, but Shi Hao would also make him a ball from time to time, so there was no contradiction between him and Shi Hao.
And the team's other big man, Hazard, although the position does not conflict with Shi Hao, but Shi Hao's arrival has reduced his time with the ball, it is definitely impossible to say how much he likes Shi Hao, the two just maintain a good face.
Other players, Shi Hao is not such a sociable person, but he just had a meal with everyone when he first came, so he has always had a mediocre relationship.
However, the captain Terry is very friendly to Shi Hao, maybe the more opponents, the more he can perceive Shi Hao's strength, in the last Champions League, Terry can be said to have been beaten by Shi Hao, so he is extremely impressed by Shi Hao, and he has been taking care of Shi Hao since Shi Hao arrived at the team.
Although there are contradictions in the team, it is not yet time to break out, and the winning streak can often drown out all the discordant voices.
After winning against Arsenal, Shi Hao rushed back to China non-stop to participate in two warm-up matches. With all the overseas players returning to the team, the Chinese team first defeated Thailand 5:0 in Wuhan on October 10, and then moved to Hewu City on October 14. In front of his hometown fathers, Shi Hao was in good shape, scoring a hat-trick in the first half to help the Chinese team defeat the visiting Paraguay 4:1.
At Mourinho's request, he was substituted in the 50th minute to conserve energy for the eighth round of the Premier League four days later.
And Chelsea have received bad news. Leading scorer Diego. Costa scored for Spain but was injured again and will need to rest for a few weeks.
On 18 October, despite Costa's absence due to injury, Chelsea were firmly in the driver's seat from the start, opening the game in the sixth minute with a direct free-kick by Shi Hao, whose full moon cutler left Speroni helpless until the end of the first half when Chelsea led Crystal Palace 1-0.
Chelsea were still aggressive in the second half, and in the 51st minute, Chelsea played a brilliant succession of passes. Cesc Fabregas and Hazard hit the wall and passed to Shi Hao, Shi Hao, who had the ball with his back, knocked his heel directly with his back, and Fabregas, who was inserted into the penalty area, pushed the near corner with his right foot and scored again, and Chelsea led 2:0.
Palace didn't pull a goal back until the end of the game through Campbell, but there was no way back.
In this game, Remy appeared in the center forward position and had a mediocre performance. Willian, as a right winger, can only be said to have just passed.
After the game, some media thought that Willian had too few opportunities to play, which affected the state of the game. But the competition in the big clubs is so cruel, Willian was the darling of the team last season, and this season he was beaten into the cold. If he doesn't find his form quickly, Mourinho will probably lose patience with him as well.
On 22 October, Chelsea beat visiting Slovenian Force-Carl Maribor 8-0 at Stamford Bridge to set a record for the most Champions League win.
Youngster Kurt Zouma started for the first time this season, with Cech replacing Thibaut Courtois and Felipe starting again, with no changes elsewhere.
In the 13th minute of the opening game, Remy scored a goal with Shi Hao's through ball, and then strained his thigh and was replaced by Drogba.
Then the game completely entered the rhythm of Chelsea, Shi Hao scored a hat-trick, Hazard and the old monster Drogba scored twice, and the Maribor players were about to cry. Willian, on the other hand, continued to underperform.
In the 70th minute of the game, Mourinho replaced Shi Hao; Eden Hazard was then replaced to save time for the away game against Manchester United four days later.
Manchester United have not played in Europe this season and have recently recovered their form after an initial slump, having been forced to draw by West Bromwich Albion in the last round to end a two-game winning streak in the league and are now 10 points behind the Blues.
Before the game, Mourinho did a lot of preparation. He did not dare to treat his teachers lightly.
When Van Gaal was in charge of Barcelona from 1997 to 2000, Jose Mourinho, who was not yet well-known at the time, was his assistant. Now the two are in charge of Manchester United and Chelsea respectively, but Louis van Gaal is still worried about how United will get out of the doldrums, while Jose Mourinho is proud.
However, Mourinho said with rare humility in his pre-match press conference: "Van Gaal has given me a chance, and if I had to pick the most important person in my career, Van Gaal would be one of them. ”
And Van Gaal also reciprocated: "Mourinho's success is mainly due to his talent and hard work, and I don't have much to do. ”
At Old Trafford on the night of 26 October, neither team was able to put in their strongest line-ups. Manchester United's core Wayne Rooney is suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and Falcao was also injured before the game, so Van Persie can only be used up front. In midfield, midfielder Marouane Fellaini replaced Herrera and Angel Di Maria returned from injury in a formation that continued at 4231.
Jose Mourinho's Chelsea also lined up with a 4231 formation. With Costa and Remy out injured, Didier Drogba in central striker, Felipe replacing suspended Cesar Azpilicueta, Oscar playing as right winger and Willian on the bench as captain John Terry made his 430th Premier League appearance, surpassing Frank Lampard as the player with the most Premier League appearances for Chelsea.