Chapter 796: Chelsea's Current Situation (Three Changes)

Chelsea's thrilling 3-1 win over semi-professional side Burton Albion at the Cobham training base made Mourinho very angry, except for Iello and Modric and a few new signings, the rest of the team can simply be described as 'a piece of'!

The two wings are like the opponent's bodyguards, they can go when they want to come, and the defense in the middle is like a fictitious, and the only ball conceded is the penetration in the middle.

Everyone knows that Chelsea's defensive prowess is the best on the planet, and it's incredible that a semi-professional team can penetrate the middle and score the ball.

Therefore, in addition to the players who showed a normal level in the training on the second day, the other teams that were not at the same level were trained again, even if it was a Community Shield match against Manchester United a day later.

Jose Mourinho is a big headache now, and the players who played well last season seem to be a different player after more than a month of vacation, even captain John Terry and vice-captain Frank Lampard, training is gradually sluggish, and the game will often be distracted, as was the case in the warm-up game at the Cobham training base.

With Mourinho's outburst, there was a sense of trepidation among the players.

What's even worse is that after the introduction of Suarez, some media broke the news that this was in preparation for the departure of Aillo, the Uruguayan international has been quite efficient in scoring goals in his two seasons at Ajax, and can be qualified as a central striker, second striker and winger.

In the face of media interviews, Mourinho naturally did not tell the truth, but said that this is a normal personnel increase, and Drogba in the center forward position is already old, and he must find a suitable replacement as soon as possible.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of August 9th, the 2009-2010 English Community Shield kicked off on time at the new Wembley Stadium.

As last season's English trophies belonged to Chelsea, the Community Shield ahead of the new season will be played against league champions Chelsea and league runners-up Manchester United.

The new Wembley Stadium is once again packed, and after two consecutive seasons of heavy defeat, Manchester United fans are already waiting for their team to come back against Chelsea.

Again, the sentiments of Chelsea fans are not far apart, with United toyed with applause in the first two seasons and not believing that the Reds will be able to turn around today.

Manchester United retained the same starting line-up from last season's Champions League final, while Chelsea made some changes, with goalkeeper Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Lucio and Bosingwa at the back, Frank Lampard, Motta, Mikel Mikel and Kalou in midfield, and Airo and Luis Suarez up front.

Although most of Chelsea's players have been 'warned' by Jose Mourinho, the table is still not satisfactory.

The team's sluggishness also indirectly affected Ailo's performance, and the football could not pass forward, forcing him to run back and forth frequently, so that he could not focus on attacking, but Cristiano Ronaldo, who stayed at Manchester United, was very good, using a tie-up and a penalty in the first half to give United a 2-0 lead over Chelsea.

In the second half, Chelsea made quick changes to the team, with Luka Modric replacing Mikel, who had a poor appearance, to strengthen the possession of the ball in the middle.

However, the overall performance of the squad was sluggish, and Modric's role on the pitch shifted from attacking aggressively to assisting the defence, with Cristiano Ronaldo then taking advantage of a long-range shot to add a goal that would have given Chelsea a three-goal finish at the new Wembley Stadium had it not been for Ello's late free-kick.

No one thought that Chelsea, which had been a big hit last season, would lose 1:3 to Manchester United in the Community Shield before the new season, which is completely unscientific!

If Chelsea's defeat has a lot to do with the rotation on the field, those who know the ball can see that Chelsea's main framework is still there, that is, the core has not changed, only the ...... The mentality of the players! Two consecutive seasons of Grand Slam have made them a bit of a look down on their opponents.

So...... Lost.

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After the game, the camera successively showed the faces of Iro, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex Ferguson and Mourinho, and used technical means to push the faces to close-ups, and fans watching the live TV could clearly see the smiles on the faces of Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Iello and Mourinho were obviously not interested.

At the regular press conference after the game, Mourinho congratulated Manchester United on winning the Community Shield and no one conceded defeat, saying with a smile: "Everyone knows the curse of the Community Shield, and Manchester United's defeat of Chelsea last season is the best proof of this!" ”

The Manchester reporters at the scene naturally saw that Mourinho was just stubborn, so he took advantage of the situation to ridicule.

Directly caused Mourinho to announce the end of the regular post-match press conference.

There is no doubt that the players who did not show their level in the Community Shield were trained under the leadership of assistant coach Faria, and many of the players were afraid to speak out.

Ivory Coast winger Kalou, who has always been unhappy with Mourinho's scheduling of his playing time, complained during the break: "MD, it's great to win three Champions League trophies? We are all European champions! If you lose the game, you blame us, what kind of coach? No responsibility at all! ”

"That's it!" As Ivanovic was reused, Bosingwa was gradually abandoned, echoing Kalu's words.

If it had been placed in the past, there would have been many players who defended Mourinho, but this time they all chose to remain silent.

However, a big reason for their dissatisfaction is that with the renewal of the contract of the core players, the salary increase of those dissatisfied players naturally failed to successfully renew the contract with Chelsea.

Iroh and Modric frowned as they listened to their discussion not far away, unsure of what they were thinking.

After the Community Shield and before the start of the new season, there was a lot of speculation about the title of the new season, with many believing that United would have the potential to monopolize Chelsea's titles.

Of course, the London media are still on Chelsea's side, believing that the Community Shield is just an ordinary game before the start of the new season, and that it is not even comparable to a warm-up game, so it cannot be used as an actual reference, and can only be judged when the league officially arrives.

However, most of the media believe that if Chelsea lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield last season because of the lack of Elo, then this defeat to Manchester United is an indication of Chelsea's own problems......

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The first round of the 2009-2010 English Premier League season kicked off at 12.45pm UK time on 15 August, with Chelsea taking on Hull at Stamford Bridge.

With the league fixture between Chelsea and Hull City being the earliest fixture of the league and therefore the opening of the new season, it has received the most attention.

Chelsea's starting line-up for this game made a number of changes compared to the Community Shield, with Kalou and Bosingwa, who were privately unhappy with Mourinho, replaced by Owen and Branislav Ivanovic respectively, and Modric returning to the starting line-up, with the front three being Irlo, Owen and Suarez, with Owen in the middle and Ailo and Suarez on the left.

However, the position of the striker three is not fixed and will be regularly interacted with in the opening game of the new season.

Chelsea's opener against Hull City kicked off with a whistle from the Premier League's golden whistle, Webb.

Knowing that there was a clear gap in quality, Hull City began to talk about choosing to defend in the first seconds of the game, in Mourinho's words, Hull City put a bus in front of his goal.

Now many people know that with the development of professional football, more and more head coaches pay attention to defense, and the iron bucket formation has gradually become the first choice for weak teams.

Hull City is undoubtedly the right one to defend against Chelsea, who have won two consecutive Premier League Grand Slams.

It's just that Mourinho is very upset, and the reason is simple - his team's attack can't get the ball into the goal!

Breaking down the attacking defence is a global problem, and Chelsea have little to do but rely on long-range shots and set-pieces to create a threat.

Hull City, who are playing away, also make targeted defenses against Aillo, as long as he enters the 30-meter defense zone of Hull City, then at least three people will form a defensive formation in an instant.

But...... They don't know that Iroh has a new talent - Quick Transfer!

Hull's backline was bound to deprive another full-back into the box while defending intensively, creating an empty wing defence, and all Ilo had to do was send the ball in at the moment when Ivanovic cut in at high speed.

In the twenty-eighth minute, Iroh finally found his chance!

He cut inside quickly after passing Olofenjana, immediately attracting the attention of the four defenders, and Ivanovic followed the tactics of running from the right flank to the left back of Hull, and at the moment when Ivanovic was about to parallel to Hull's last defender, Ailo rubbed his right foot behind him.

People to the ball!

Seeing Ivanovic behind the entire backline, the Hull defenders instinctively raised their right arm for offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag and the referee did not blow the whistle.

"-No offside!"

When Hull's defensive system made defensive moves, Branislavic sent an inverted triangle pass against the ground, and Owen, the former golden boy of England, pushed the ball directly near the penalty spot without stopping, and the ball rolled into the goal in the near corner.

There is no way back for Hull City to concede the first goal, so they can only slowly increase their investment in attack, but as their investment increases, the goal conceded coefficient also increases.

In the end, Chelsea got off to a flying start with a 3-1 win at home to Hull.

But Mourinho was not happy and frowned......

He knew it wasn't a Chelsea victory, but a victory for Iro, the first of which came from his quick shift after attracting the defence, the second from a free-kick and the third from Branislav Ivanovic's corner.

The only goal conceded was a perfect reflection of where Chelsea are at ......