Chapter 235: It's All About the Bonus

By the time the Chelsea players had celebrated their goals, the first half had already gone into stoppage time, and although the Chelsea players tried to equalise in the final moments, Middlesbrough was unable to achieve much under the all-out defence.

As the referee's whistle blew, the players returned to their dressing rooms.

It was also Chelsea's toughest game since the start of the season, as they experienced their first half-time deficit, so the atmosphere in the visitors' dressing room was not very good, with almost all the players looking down on what was going on in the game.

At this time, Mourinho walked into the dressing room, and unlike the players, his face was not a trace of unhappiness, but full of smiles. In fact, although the score is now behind, Mourinho knows that it is just a bad performance of individual players, coupled with luck, and it has nothing to do with the players' performance and pursuit of victory.

So, as usual, he praised the players' performance in the first half, and then began to lay out the tactics for the second half.

'The opposition defended well, but they were empty on the left and had to defend on the right. Speaking of this, Mourinho glanced at Wang Li, turned his head and continued: "So, in the second half, we still mainly attack the left side, Allen, you don't always run towards the penalty area, you have to stand on the outside of the right side of the penalty area, contain the opponent's defenders, if they change their strategy to defend the left side, then you get the ball and shoot directly when you find an opportunity." ”

After Wang Li listened, he nodded clearly, if he always stays in the penalty area, not to mention the overlap with Drogba, but this also makes it unnecessary for the opposing player to defend him all the time, and the team's attack on the left side will be blocked.

'Eduer, you come on in the second half for Wayne, look for chances in the box, shoot straight at the chance, and we have to break the confidence of the opposition with crosses.

Mourinho did this obviously, Edul. Gudjanssen is 1.87m tall, about the same height as Didier Drogba, and both are strong high-school forwards, and with Gudjanssen in place, Chelsea's aerial battles in the box are even more threatening.

In this way, Chelsea's formation has become a 343 all-out attacking formation, which is also the formation that the team has to choose when it is backward, in fact, although this offensive method is very threatening, the team's defensive ability will drop a lot, of course, there will be gains and losses - there is no best tactic, only the most suitable tactic!

"Sir, what do you think McLaren will do?" Taking advantage of the players' rest, Clark asked suspiciously.

Mourinho thought for a moment, spread his hands, and said: "I don't know, I don't know him very well, and his tactical ability is also very good. ”

Clarke rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that there was no difference between this and not saying it, but he was still full of admiration for Mourinho in his heart, since this Portuguese came to Chelsea, he really opened his eyes, and he also knew that those championship coaches were by no means obtained by luck, just look at the hard work of this Portuguese every day.

And after following Mourinho for so long, Clarke has also learned a lot, and he feels that if he studies with Mourinho for a few years, he will definitely have the strength to coach a team in the top league - that is also Clark's goal and dream!!

……… Five minutes after the opening of the second half, as the two teams really met, Mourinho knew the opponent's coping strategy and secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart.

To put it simply, it is to shrink the line of defense and attack all the way!

Middlesbrough's midfielders dropped back sharply and used a dense defensive formation to deal with Chelsea's attack on the left, so it was not easy for Chelsea to find opportunities in the box from the left at will.

And while relying on dense numbers to pile up defensive ability, McClaren has not given up on attacking, and yes, like Mourinho, he will not pin his hopes of victory entirely on that ethereal luck.

In terms of offense, McLaren chose the middle, because the line retreated, so that most of the players will participate in the defense, and there are not many players who can participate in the attack, so they only attack one way. He adjusted the formation to 5311 and only used the speed of the two veterans in the front field - Viduka and the stability of Hasselbaink - to play defensive counterattacks.

In this way, Middlesbrough has both attack and defence, and Chelsea have to worry about the opponent's surprise attack being lethal while the attack is blocked.

Although McLaren's tactics are very subtle, but this is also based on the inferiority of their own team, the tactics arranged in desperation, anyway, this is also passive, so on the field, Chelsea still have the initiative, and the attack can still threaten the Middlesbrough goal again and again.

In the midst of this tension, as long as Middlesbrough can hold on for the remaining time, or take advantage of the opportunity to sneak up on Chelsea, the victory will surely belong to Middlesbrough and vice versa.

Cheered on by the fans of both teams in the audience, the two teams played a fierce battle in the Middlesbrough half. Cole and Geremy crossed in and Didier Drogba and Gudjanssen scrambled to find a chance in the box, but Middlesbrough's defensive tightness and a bit of luck meant Chelsea were unable to equalise after 20 minutes.

During this time, Wang Li has been hovering near the right side of the opponent's penalty area in accordance with the instructions of the head coach, and the rear of the opponent who was contained had to be distracted to stare at him, although this has a great effect on Chelsea's overall attack, but in the eyes of fans, Wang Li's performance is very ordinary, and even a little clumsy, for example, he has not touched the ball for 5 minutes.

At this time, the coach of Chelsea on the bench Mourinho was a little unable to sit still, on the green field, the football rolled around in the Middlesbrough half, but just failed to score, this situation is the worst, the result of not scoring the ball, must be a loss, he knows that he has to make tactical adjustments.

Taking advantage of a throw-in, Mourinho went to the sidelines and called for captain John Murphy. Terry, giving him a brief explanation of tactics, Terry nodded after listening to it, and returned to the court.

Steve. McLaren saw Mourinho's behavior, and felt a little uneasy, he knew that the other party was definitely going to change formations, but he didn't know what the Portuguese would do, he could only sit here and wait for the situation to change.

At this time, the formation of the Chelsea team on the field changed again, Wang Li ran behind Drogba in the middle, where is the position of the forward or shadow striker, and Geremi retreated slightly, so that Chelsea's formation became 343, however, this time there was no left and right forward, on the side, only Joe. Cole and Scott. Parker roamed the whole line, with Frank Lampard and Geremi occasionally playing wide to take on defensive duties.

Yes, Mourinho is going to focus on the middle!!

On the pitch, Middlesbrough still triangular Wang Li, but this time their defense was difficult, because Chelsea had Drogba and Gudjanssen on the front line, Wang Li was protected in the back position, this dense central attack, they were a little overwhelmed, and it was difficult to do a good job of defending three people in a small area.

This puts the situation in Middlesbrough in jeopardy!!

After a few minutes, with Middlesbrough's goal in crisis, McClaren understood Chelsea's tactics - attacking the middle with all his might!

This style of play left McLaren a little overwhelmed.

The Chelsea team simply gave up the attack on the side, using a strong midfield ability to fully support the middle, and there are Drogba, Gudjanssen two high school forwards in the middle, plus Wang Li, a shadow striker and midfielder, this offensive ability is undoubted, even if there are some holes on the side, but the attack is the best defense, Chelsea completely use the attack to make up for these shortcomings.

For this tactic, McClaren couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while, obviously, Mourinho is bullying Middlesbrough players' personal ability is generally lower than Chelsea, using a strong advantage to break the skill, although McClaren's triangle encirclement tactics are classic, but anyway, it also belongs to the range of 'coincidence', the triangle can defend Wang Li alone, but plus Drogba, Gudjanssen and even Lampard and Geremi behind him, how can they defend !?

Faced with this situation, Middlesbrough were directly embarrassed, without the direction of the manager, their defence was full of holes by Chelsea, and finally, when the game reached 75 minutes, Chelsea once again ushered in the goal.

Frank Lampard put together another big attack near the halfway line and after a few passes, the ball was handed to Joe on the left. At Cole's feet, Joe. Cole took two steps and passed straight to Geremi, who shoveled the ball and flew to about 5 meters in front of the penalty area.

At this time, Wang Li was on the line of the big penalty area, he hurriedly turned around with Lingbo Microwave to grab the ball, as soon as his chest was unloaded and his left foot was raised, the football stopped firmly at his feet.

Middlesbrough players saw Wang Li get the ball, immediately followed the manager's instructions to surround him, but the number of defensive players is limited, they can not take care of so many players at the same time, so that Lampard who is inserted in the back becomes unguarded, Wang Li took this opportunity, directly kicked the ball diagonally in front of Lampard, the latter received the ball directly into the penalty area, Gudjanssen seized the opportunity, a kick into the bottom left corner of the goal.

The Blues fans in the crowd exploded immediately!!

The cries of thousands of people even shook the entire stadium, they had waited too long!!

“goooooooooooal!!! Edur. Goodjanssen!! Beautiful, this attack is so beautiful!! From Allen to Lampard, from Lampard to Gudjanssen, a pass from the trio directly penetrated the opponent's dense defence, and in the 76th minute of the game, Chelsea finally equalized!! Although it doesn't have much to do with Wang Li from assists to goals, the anchor Graham is still very excited - "This game is very difficult, but now it seems that Chelsea still has a chance, there are 20 minutes left in the game, it is too early to determine who will win and who will lose, looking at the whole stadium, it is really exciting, but unfortunately, Chelsea's mistakes in the first half caused two goals conceded, otherwise there would be no suspense about the result of the game now!" ”

I have to say that Graham's theory is really full of holes: if Chelsea hadn't conceded goals, the game wouldn't have been so exciting...... and it seems that when you love a team to the extreme, your IQ will drop a lot.

Taking advantage of the Chelsea players celebrating their goals, Middlesbrough boss Steve Brown. McLaren hurried to the sidelines and told his players to defend well for the rest of the game, and it was unlikely that they would be able to win the game, but it would be satisfactory to get an average against Chelsea.

Finally tied the score, the Chelsea players also breathed a long sigh of relief, but, there are still 10 minutes to go before the game is over, they still have a chance to pursue the victory, Wang Li of course thinks so, he is aggrieved enough in this game, the opponent's defensive tactics against him, so that he can't play at all, however, under this kind of Chelsea's offensive, he still has a chance.

At this time, there was a shout from the direction of the Chelsea bench: "Alan, one more!" Otherwise, the bonus will be gone!! ”

Wang Li was stunned for a moment, turned his head and saw that it was Bridget, at this time Bridget's face was full of anxiety, he ran to Wang Li and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Allen, you have to score another one, this game has a prize of 1 million pounds!" Among them is at least £80,000 for me! ”

Wang Li rolled his eyes and said, "You just think about your money!" ”

"Of course, you must know that in the future, when I marry Fetado, the cost will be very large, and if I save more money now, my life will be better in the future." Bridget said as a matter of course.

At this time, the players next to him also came around, all smiling at Wang Li, if anyone can score in the next game, they will undoubtedly think of Wang Li in their hearts, this black-haired kid has such a high goal efficiency, and he has never had a 'no goal record' in a game.

Looking at what they meant, Wang Li also knew that everyone thought of 'pounds', and he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, 'This is really a pound sterling team.' But in fact, he also felt that it was a pity that the prize money promised by the chairman was gone.

And it's not a one-game prize money, if you win, it will turn into £1.1 million - money is always so attractive in this world!

"For the bonus, come on!" Wang Li raised his head with a smile and said with a boost of morale.

At this time, all the Chelsea players in the field stood in a circle, each holding one hand together, and shouting at the same time: "1, 2, 3, for the bonus, come on!!!" ”

This scene, which was captured by the big camera of the stadium and directly displayed on the big screen, may become the laughing stock of Chelsea...... Or an honor!?

(To be continued)