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'Chelsea narrowly beat Tottenham Hotspur and John Terry was the man of the team!!'

'Chelsea aren't scary, it's just a one-man team!!!'

"Allen in Chelsea equals Jordan in Bulls!!"

……… The next day, almost all of England's newspapers and magazines covered the game, and they didn't focus too much on Chelsea's win or John Terry's last-minute winner, but on Chelsea's second-half performance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Sun's commentary was thought-provoking, saying: "When Wang Li came off, it was as if Chelsea had become a mid-table team in the Premier League, with a sense of powerlessness in both attack and defence. This kind of team can continue to win, perhaps more because of Allen's individual performance, nothing more. ”

'From the second half, we can see that Chelsea were very weak in attack, they only had three shots on goal for 45 minutes, which is a world away from the first half, maybe now these stars have completely pinned their hopes on Allen alone, so when Allen is not available, Chelsea will face continuous losses!?

The Guardian finally found an opportunity to slam Chelsea, with a report on Chelsea's lack of attacking power, calling Chelsea a tall building without a cornerstone, which could collapse with a single stab. While all England fans know that The Guardian is Chelsea's sworn enemy, at least in this game, Chelsea's performance was true, and they simply did not embody the momentum of the Premier League dominant team without Wang Li.

Many media believe that head coach Jose Mourinho should prevent the development of this crisis situation, maybe an NBA basketball team can become a one-man team, and the performance of a superstar player has absolutely a huge impact on the game, such as Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe, Iverson, etc., but for a European professional football team, a one-man team is almost a failure, because no player can guarantee that every game can be played, even Wang Li, who is rarely affected by injuries.

Obviously, this kind of team can dominate the Premier League, which means the same as Wang Li ruling the Premier League alone, which is absolutely unacceptable to the fans.

Mourinho has long been aware of the problem without being reminded by the media, in fact, he is well aware of the reasons for this situation.

Mourinho is good at the team's defense, but because of the presence of Wang Li, Chelsea's performance in the attack is too strong, which makes many games do not need to play any defensive counterattack at all, just the indiscriminate bombing can directly destroy the opponent, it can be said that in the game with Wang Li participated, Chelsea is not afraid of any opponent at all just by using the tactics of attacking aggressively, even if it is Arsenal, Barcelona and so on, which are strong in attack.

However, with their strong performances in attack, the players have become accustomed to attacking to win, and the Chelsea players have unconsciously been sloppy at the back, just like Williams. Gallas, John. Terry's defensive player is constantly inserting attacks, which is also the fundamental reason for the decline in Chelsea's defensive performance in the last game.

On the other hand, there is a tactical problem, when Chelsea has been training recently, they are basically training "zone attack tactics", this tactic is full of power, at least the game with Manchester United and Arsenal has fully reflected this, which makes the team's attack completely revolve around Wang Li alone, and when Wang Li is off the field, the attacking players will definitely be at a loss because they can't find the center of the team's attack.

Of course, all of the above are the main reasons, but one of the most important points is that as the game continues to win, there is a sense of impetuousness within the Chelsea team, although Mourinho has been reminding the players not to be arrogant, but the results are in front of them, and the players still think that the quality of the team is not comparable to other teams at all.

And that's why Mourinho wants to remind his players of a defeat.

Therefore, after the match with Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho did not give the team a holiday at all, but made all players have to participate in training during the seven free days and must not take leave.

In the regular training in the past few days, in the morning time is to do some ordinary training, without hurting the physical state of the players, add some intensive training, and in the afternoon is the team competition, this kind of competition has a serious difference from the previous one - Wang Li was assigned to the substitute team, and even sometimes acted as a referee on the sidelines.

The training match in this way is mainly for the players to experience how to kick the ball without Wang Li on the field, so that they can get back to their usual state and regain their self-confidence.

Facts have proved that the main team in the absence of Wang Li, the performance is indeed very sluggish, and even in the first two days, the substitute team won the victory, of course, this is mainly because the regular training is not better than the real game, often the players will not really fight, to grab, and Wang Li's strength is too strong, he is always a substitute for the first team of frequent goals.

But this also provoked Mourinho's anger, and after each training session, the main team would be angrily reprimanded and verbally attacked by him.

However, as this kind of training continues, the main team slowly finds its form, and at this time, it will be a little difficult for Wang Li to lead the substitute team to win the score, after all, although the strength of the Chelsea team is not much different from the substitute and the main team, it is still not comparable in terms of cooperation.

On the fourth day, Wang Li was banned from the field by head coach Jose Mourinho, who took over the job of assistant coach and acted as a referee on the field.

It's a really new job, and Wang Li does it with great pleasure, and when Mourinho isn't watching the game, he starts to 'warn the players on the pitch' for fun, which makes many of his teammates glaring at him but unable to do anything about it.

Thankfully, these days are all closed training, otherwise the media would have been headlined with 'Chelsea dressing room discord, Allen and all his team-mates at odds'.

However, it hasn't been all about Mourinho lately, with one piece of good news being Ricardo. Carvalho has finally recovered from injury, and the return of the powerful Portuguese super defender has finally brought a smile to Mourinho's face, as a veteran who followed Mourinho in the Porto era, Carvalho's place in Portugal's heart is undoubted.

And on January 22, Chelsea's match against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge also became Carvalho's first game back from injury.

In this game, Mourinho, who has been worried about the team's state recently, did not send Wang Li on the field, but the other positions are the main players, obviously, this is also a training game by him, which can also test the current state of the team.

Chelsea's starting line-up surprised Portsmouth manager Zajech, in fact, although in recent days, the media has been talking about 'Chelsea is a one-man team', 'Premier League number one is just an empty shelf' and so on, but Zajech still has little hope for the game.

Because even if Chelsea is a one-man team, then as long as Wang Li plays, Portsmouth still has no chance, Zajech will not be arrogant to think that Portsmouth's defenders can defend Wang Li, which is something that Manchester United, Arsenal and other giants have not done.

However, Wang Li did not play in this game, and although Chelsea were a regular in other positions, Zajech still saw hope of a win. Now, in the eyes of many Premier League coaches, Wang Li is simply a bug on the football field, anyway, although the game without him also depends on the strength of the two teams, but luck also accounts for a large component.

And the mentality of the players in Portsmouth is not much like that of the manager, without Wang Li on the field, they feel very little pressure, so the game is very open.

In this game, Mourinho sacrificed the 433 formation he is good at. Clark and the guard are Williams. Gallas, John. Terry, Ricardo. Carvalho and Wayne. Bridget, three-man Frank. Frank Lampard, Crowder. Makelele, Joe. Cole, three forwards Altyn. Robben, Edul. Goodjanssen and Damien. Duff.

In this formation, the front, middle and back three are almost all absolute main players, and the real difference is only that Wang Li did not play, but despite this, the Blues fans at Stamford Bridge are not very interested, because many people are now used to watching Wang Li play in the game, because Chelsea will play a good game in that kind of game.

However, there are still many loyal fans who are interested in the team's form without Wangli, and thanks to the media hype, fans also have an understanding of the current problems facing Chelsea, and they also want to know what kind of form Chelsea can play without Wangli.

But obviously, the game on the field now is very different from the performance when Wang Li came on the field, although Mourinho's 433 formation is full of attack and defense, but the main thing is defense, but in the face of a team like Portsmouth, although the attack is much worse than the previous performance, but still played some wonderful cooperation.

Despite the high momentum of Portsmouth's players, even if Chelsea do not have Wang Li on the pitch, they are unlikely to be a match for Chelsea at the level of their current relegated team.

As a result, this was the case in the game: in the first 20 minutes, both teams performed very well, and wonderful performances were frequently staged, making the fans really feel that the game was worth the ticket price.

However, in the 21st minute, Chelsea's right-back Damien Brown. Duff's through ball allowed Icelander Gudjanssen to find the back of the net and he won a beautiful one-on-one effort with a sudden acceleration to get past a defender and then win a beautiful one-on-one goal, but Gudjanssen didn't waste his hard-earned chance to open the scoring for Chelsea with a shot from a tight angle.

After that, it was clear that Portsmouth's morale was seriously declining, as their players realised that even without Chelsea they could not shake, so they focused more on defending and the game went into a scorching state.

In the 74th minute of the second half, Frank Lampard scored another from a set-piece to make it 2-0.

After this game, many media also affirmed Chelsea's performance, and they began to talk about "Chelsea has found form", although compared to the previous games that have been won by a large score, 2:0 is really very inconspicuous, but in the absence of Wang Li, it can easily beat Portsmouth, or show that Chelsea's strength is not comparable to the average Premier League mid-table team.

Imagine that Wang Li can score 2 or even 3 goals in every game, which makes Chelsea always win by a big score, and without Wang Li, it is indeed normal to play a 2:0 score, and even if Manchester United or Arsenal face Portsmouth, they can only play this kind of score.

So, it seems that everything is going well, Chelsea are back to their previous form, and the media are starting to pay attention to Chelsea's winning streak again, because they know that Mourinho will not let a strong superstar abandon him in a very important game, and no opponent will think about how to beat Chelsea in a game without Wang Li, which is obviously unrealistic.

Soon, the media spotlight returned to Manchester United and Chelsea, with the Carabao Cup second round just around the corner and Manchester United taking on Chelsea at Old Trafford, a game that was clearly getting a lot of attention again.

On 27 January, a bus carrying Chelsea players drove into Manchester and into Old Trafford, followed by an influx of journalists.

This game deserves more attention if it is comparatively speaking, as it is the second round of the Carabao Cup semi-final and will also determine who will reach the final between Manchester United and Chelsea, but in reality, this game is clearly far less watched than the last meeting at Stamford Bridge.

With the exception of some English media, there are very few media from other European countries, perhaps more because they don't think Manchester United will beat Chelsea, and at this time, other leagues are also in a tight schedule, and they will pay more attention to the games of their own big teams.

As the media analysed before the game, Manchester United did not break out, and the game ended 1-0 at the end of the game, with Chelsea securing their ticket to the Carabao Cup final with a score of 3-0 over two rounds.

In fact, these days, Sir Alex Ferguson has been studying ways to counter Chelsea's tactics, and finally he decided to implement a tight blockade in the two wings and the big penalty area, and relax the defense at the front of the big penalty area, so that even if Wang Li wants to shoot at the front of the big penalty area, but without the angle of the shot, he can only look for another opportunity, and the two wings Robben and Duff are much more passive, they do not have Wang Li's level, in the face of Manchester United's defenders' close defense, they are difficult to do long passes with Wang Li.

It also left Chelsea at bay in attack.

However, this kind of defense is still not helpful to Manchester United's attack, due to the investment of too many troops in the defense, their performance in the attack is still very sluggish, although the old Ferguson strongly requires the frontcourt players to cooperate more in the attack and launch a fast attack, but Manchester United's current striker does not have Wang Li's strength, whether it is personal skills or physical fitness can not meet such high requirements.

Perhaps, there is also good news for Manchester United during this period, their Dutch centre-forward Van Van Brown. Nistrooy has finally recovered from injury, which is undoubtedly great news for Manchester United, who can now only use "Glass Man" Saha as a single centre-forward.

But alas, in the face of a strong Chelsea side, Van . Nistrooy is not in shape, maybe the super striker has some psychological shadow on Wang Li, anyway, his performance in defense is really poor, and in attack, he is also much worse than before, which makes Sir Alex Ferguson replace him with Saha in the 40th minute of the first half, obviously, the old Sir can no longer stand Ruud van Nistelrooy's performance.

However, the focus of much of the English media was not on the outcome of the game, as the defeat did not come as a surprise to most people, and they focused more on the United defence.

For the first time this season, Chelsea have scored just one goal in a single game, which is a clear indication of United's defensive success. After the game, the video of the game was welcomed by the Premier League teams and all the European managers who were following Chelsea, who needed to watch the video carefully to see how Manchester United were able to keep Chelsea attacking and how to limit Willy's play.

After the game, The Guardian lavished praise on United's defence, saying: "Manchester United's defence has given more teams the light of day to win against Chelsea, and their approach will be a big lesson for future teams against Chelsea." ”

The Sun is worried about Chelsea, because they feel that before the Champions League starts, Chelsea played such a game, which will make European teams from other countries discover Chelsea's 'weaknesses', which is not good for Chelsea to participate in the European Cup, they prefer Chelsea to perform as strong in Europe as the league, England's team needs a European Champions Cup too much, because that can reflect the style of 'Europe's first league'.

Despite the media commentary on the game, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was unfazed, saying in an interview: "If every team defends like Manchester United, then we don't have to worry about it because the team doesn't have to worry about defending at all, and you can see that Manchester United can't attack in the game. ”

Although the Portuguese showed confidence, in fact, he was still a little worried about the team's attack, because Manchester United did defend, their end on the two flanks made Chelsea's wide attack almost stopped, in the current Chelsea team, the combination of Robben and Duff is undoubtedly an important weight of the team's attack, how to resist the opponent's full-court close defense, has become Mourinho's current trouble.

But Mourinho doesn't have time to think about it that much, at least for now, as Chelsea face Premier League giants Birmingham City on 30 January, three days after their meeting with Manchester United.

(To be continued)