Chapter 390: The Away Team is Always the Hardest
From the dressing room, it was clear that nay, for Napoli, it should have been a very shrill shout, and they could hardly block it despite the closed doors and windows.
"This shabby away game, don't you even bother to buy soundproofing materials?" A Napoli player said very upset, because he had not even played, he was already yelled at a little upset.
Benitez sighed and said: "Calm down, this is their method, many away dressing rooms are like this, not because they can't afford to buy soundproofing materials, but they don't want to buy them, in order to disturb the emotions of the visiting team." ”
Because the noise was so loud, Benitez had to raise his voice when he spoke, as if he were talking on a factory floor.
"It's so yin!"
'It's normal, all clubs have a way of dealing with the away team, haven't we done Chelsea too, but unfortunately it didn't work out.' Benitez smiled: "Now I don't want to talk more, I just want you to know that although Chelsea's home stadium does not have the home of the devil or the home of death, and there are not many fans who can accommodate it, it is equally terrible, or very terrible, there was a Mourinho before, and now there is another Lin Yu who is known as the Demon King, the terrible degree can be imagined!" Be careful! ”
As a seasoned manager, Benitez has seen a lot of this kind of trick, so it is not surprising, but he can tolerate it, but his players may not be able to, and it is inevitable that it will be affected.
The stress and psychological damage that a high school student in China endures if he is affected by things such as cat meows, car noises, quarrels, or even sex sounds the night before the college entrance examination. It was about the same as after being hit by a car, and the next day's exam was absolutely lost.
As a footballer. The ability to resist stress is higher, but that doesn't mean they're all terminators. They are all Transformers, they don't care about these pressures, they are also human beings, so the pressure will naturally affect the game, there is no doubt about it.
There are often depression patients among football players, and even some players choose to commit suicide because they can't bear the pressure, it's not that they can't do it, in fact, their ability to withstand pressure may be much higher than that of ordinary people, but after all, they still can't resist the terrible pressure of the football circle.
The bombardment of the media before the game, the boos and insults of the fans on the field. Even cheering can become pressure, and after the game, you have to be bombarded by the media and reprimanded by the coach, and this kind of pressure can only be understood by fellow players.
Fortunately, Lin Yu is a second, so for him, pressure or something can be regarded as non-existent, otherwise he would have to be equipped with a psychiatrist now.
Benitez shouted a few times and found that nothing worked. On the contrary, it made the players more and more anxious, and he couldn't help sighing and said: "Forget it, let's go out and get used to the venue, maybe on the field." You can calm down. ”
For footballers, the green turf does allow them to cool down a little, perhaps to the outside. Facing those Chelsea fans, it is not as uneasy as it is now. After all, it is easy to breed tension in a small environment.
As the two teams warmed up on the pitch, Chelsea fans did not let go of the pressure offensive against Napoli. First, this is a must, and secondly, they can be regarded as avenging their team, when Chelsea went to Napoli, they were not less "entertained" by the fans there, and they did not come to be rude, in this case, they could not be slow to treat the Napoli team.
As a result, from the moment they stepped into Stamford Bridge to the official start of the game, the Napoli players were always in a panic mood, so the performance in the game was really a bit miserable.
The team was pressed like a freshly baked pie, there was no hope of playing out, the three lines became a line, and even players like Higuain and Hamshik could only recycle into their own half, and even simply entered the penalty area to defend.
Benitez is also a little restless, don't look at him with his hands on his chest, he seems to be confident, but the constantly shaking right leg betrays him, at this time he is indeed a little uneasy, he lost at home, so when he gets away, he must win to find the possibility of qualifying, but now in this situation, let alone a goal, even to ensure that his goal is not lost, it seems to be a little difficult.
He knows Mourinho's character too well, as long as this guy seizes the opportunity, he will never let it go, a little aggressive, but this is a game, even if he is aggressive, it is not too much, he knows, so he is worried.
After watching it for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, because although the players were nervous, they did a good job, especially the person responsible for defending Lin Yu, who had been very cautious and did not give Lin Yu any chance, even if the team's current situation on the field was a disadvantage, from his point of view, it seemed that he was playing quite steadily, as long as he could pass this most difficult period of time, he could find a way to score.
A ball!
It only takes one ball to change the situation!
But the problem is that if Benitez thinks that Lin Yu has no way to face this kind of defense, then he will have to pay some price.
Dream quartet, this is not just talking, but a combination of real ability and strength, plus the whole Chelsea team has implemented Mourinho's character characteristics, that is, "unforgiving", "take advantage of his illness, kill him!" ”
Benitez will be hoping to hold on, but will Chelsea say yes?
The answer is clearly no!
Napoli are yet to find their form and have failed to produce in attack, which has put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's defence, and Oscar can play to his passing strengths and constantly look for opportunities to penetrate Napoli's somewhat watery defence.
In the past, when dealing with teams with sharper attacks, Oscar spent most of his energy on defense, which is also related to Chelsea's tactical thinking of defensive counterattacks, so his organizational ability has not been better reflected, and today, he basically does not have to worry about any defense, just need to organize the attack with peace of mind, which also gives full play to his talent in organization. Repeated threatening passes.
Despite not scoring so far, it is already clear that Napoli are stretched. The goal is like a city covered by artillery fire, and it is shaking in the wind and rain!
See here. Even the Chelsea commentary on the scene couldn't help but worry about Napoli.
'The Italian team came to London to get revenge, they are behind and they have to score away from home to take advantage of the opportunity to win, but the situation is really bad for them, if it continues like this, it is only a matter of time before their goal is breached, and once the score is pulled again, Napoli will really lose all hope."
In Mourinho's tactical system, the two full-backs are particularly demanding.
First of all, it has to be well defended!
Secondly, you need to have enough physical strength to ensure that both the offensive and defensive ends are effective!
One last point. It is also very important to have a strong attack ability!
Although Mourinho's team looks more like a defensive formation, once the two full-backs attack, it is very scary, I am afraid that many people do not notice, once Mourinho's team occupies again, his two full-backs are more like two full-backs, they are in a position near the central axis on one side, even to the opponent's half.
If you look closely, you'll find out. Chelsea's formation is more like a back two!
While the defense has weakened, the attack has become stronger, which has caused many teams to suffer, including many big clubs.
Of course. At this time, if the opponent plays a counterattack, Mourinho's team will not be too flustered, because their midfielders are relatively strong in interception. At this time, the midfielder will choose to drop back and use himself as a defender. Wait for the full-backs to come back, so the defensive problems won't be too serious.
Of course. If the opponent's fast attack level reaches the level of Mourinho, it is very threatening, but it is a pity that Napoli is not good at defensive counterattacks, Benitez's team prefers steady and steady advance and ground coordination, probably Mourinho saw this, so he dared to attack so unscrupulously.
Whenever fighting with Mourinho's team, what must be paid attention to is their formation that may change at any time, perhaps for many teams, the 4231 in the mouth of the media is just a disguise, and it really depends on what formation Mourinho uses on the field and what style of play he uses, so he has to keep his eyes open to see.
The Napoli players don't have that much to spare right now, because they have too much trouble in their hands.
"Oscar tackled the ball at Higuain's feet, it seems that Higuain is not in very good shape today, and finally had a chance to attack, but it came to an abrupt end!"
Higuain didn't give up after conceding the goal, he counter-attacked on the spot and tried to cut the ball away from Oscar's feet, but Oscar didn't entangle him and gave the ball to Eden Hazard on the left.
Hazard quickly rushed to break through after taking the ball, his foot skills are definitely the same as Lin Yu's, the dribbling ability is very good, plus this is the home field, so he is full of confidence, just in a blink of an eye, he has already brought the ball to the vicinity of the Napoli penalty area, but at this time, the trouble really came, Napoli's penalty area, almost all of them are defensive players, it is really not too much to say that it is not clear.
After thinking about it, Hazard didn't choose to rush hard, anyway, the ball was at his feet, and there was no need to take such risks, he made a passing gesture, and then handed the ball to Akol who came up.
After Akol won the ball, a big foot shifted to Schurrle, who was weaker defensively defensive.
After Schurrle received the ball, he passed the ball to Lin Yu in the middle as soon as possible.
Before Lin Yu could catch the ball, he was already caught by two players, which was obviously arranged by Benitez, so he didn't even have a chance to get the ball.
But in the face of such a situation, Lin Yu couldn't help grinning, these days, he continued to challenge the copy in the ball king cultivator, although the boss only killed two, but the monster destroyed a lot, and it was destroyed repeatedly, he has seen a lot of defense like this, even if it is just relying on the body's own reaction, he has enough ability to get rid of the defense.
"Lin Yu was grabbed by the arm!" The commentary seemed very dissatisfied, but the referee did not blow this obvious foul, probably because he saw that Lin Yu still had the ability to deal with it.
Lin Yu struggled desperately, and found that the two people who grabbed his arms were really strong, and even if they broke free, it would lead to an imbalance in the body, so he simply didn't use force, but skillfully turned his body, turned his back to the flying ball, touched the ball with his back, and actually passed it to Xu Erle, who had been inserted into the penalty area.
This wonderful action provoked the unanimous cheers of the fans, Lin Yu was also quite complacent, he saw Ronaldo in the video many times stop the ball and pass the ball in this way, and felt very handsome, so he also planned to try it himself, today is the first attempt, and it was successful, but it is rare.
Because Schurrle got the ball and the person was in it again, this attracted the attention of the Napoli backline, and even the two people who grabbed Lin Yu's arm involuntarily looked back, and the strength in their hands was small, which made Lin Yu easily get rid of the entanglement and start to run quickly.
Schurrle was originally going to shoot, after all, he had already arrived in the penalty area, and it was really unreasonable not to shoot, but the problem was that there were too many obstacles in front of him now, and this kick was likely to hit the leg of the opposing defender. (To be continued......)