Fulham's current manager, Chris Brown. Coleman is a 'legendary' coach.

The reason for this is that he is only 35 years old this year, which is even more than Fulham's goalkeeper Mark Murphy. Crossley is a year younger!

The young Swansea, Wales-born manager, who captained Fulham in the 00/01 season, was forced to retire prematurely three years ago after suffering a serious injury in a car accident that broke both legs.

With five rounds left in the 02/03 season, Fulham's results were miserable, and manager Tigana was sacked, when Fulham were on the verge of relegation with West Ham and Leeds United, and Coleman, who was the team's interim assistant coach, was appointed to lead the team to survive with three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Last season, Coleman knew he was too young, so he recommended Wales manager Mark Brown to chairman Fayyad. Hughes. However, chairman Fayyad was very fond of the former Fulham captain, and his prestige in the team was difficult for Tigana to match, so Coleman's coaching career continued for another year, in which he took a team that was close to relegation to 9th place in the league, and became one of the three miracles since the start of the tournament with Birmingham City and Southampton.

And this miracle came at the cost of Coleman's great pain, even though Coleman's contribution to Fulham in the first two seasons was undoubted, but many media still believe that he will be the first manager to be sacked in the Premier League this season, but in any case, he is also the youngest of the three brilliant players, and by now, he is the youngest young manager in the history of the Premier League.

Now, the youngest Premier League coach is faced with a dilemma.

In the 17th minute of the first half, the west London derby at Carr Farmhouse on the banks of the River Thames still reads '1:0' on the scoreboard hanging on the left side of the pitch.

Ever since Chelsea's goal of around eight seconds, the two teams have been in a state of scorching, with Chelsea's counter-attacking tactics leaving Fulham almost powerless, and the players on the pitch know that every big attack means that they are likely to give the opposition a good chance to counter-attack.

As a result, Fulham's attack was so tight that they didn't dare to let go of the attack, and there was less of a threat to Chelsea's defence.

Seeing the situation on the field, head coach Coleman is also anxious, if this continues, Chelsea will score again sooner or later, even if he does not have much hope for this game, but this situation will definitely not be able to explain to the club and fans.

In the 18th minute of the game, taking advantage of a throw-in, Coleman finally couldn't help but walk to the sideline and called in striker Andy. Cole whispered to him as he instructed him on his next move.

At this time, the big screen shows Andy. A stunned look flashed across Coleman's face as Coleman listened, but the legend, who was the same age as Coleman, didn't question it too much and just ran back on the pitch to relay the manager's words to his teammates.

In fact, Mourinho is not afraid of what tricks the other party plays, with the strength of Chelsea, as long as he stabilizes the defensive counterattack, it is difficult for the opponent to break through Chelsea's goal even if he attacks with all his might, not to mention that they dare not let go of the attack now.

The Portuguese has always believed that in the face of absolute strength, any tactics are useless, besides, even if it is a fighting tactic, his Portuguese champion coach will be afraid of the young man in his 30s opposite!?

……… After the game restarted, the fans in the stands did not see what adjustments Fulham had made for five minutes.

The situation on the field is getting softer and softer, both teams are not attacking**, and the game is only the first 20 minutes, but it seems that it has entered garbage time. This scene made reporters and fans bored and a little drowsy.

On the pitch, when the Chelsea players can threaten their own passes, Fulham have been on the back of the field, if you just look at the scene, you can't see who wins and who loses, because Fulham have no equalizers, they have been wasting time.

The same is true for Chelsea, who don't put much into each attack and focus on defending – even if Fulham rarely take the initiative.

As a result, both teams are more defensive and the game becomes boring.

Many reporters are in a daze, they have seen the shadow of the Serie A from the field, only the Italian Serie A that focuses on defense, this kind of game will appear, and now, the Fulham team on the field is like the Juventus team, they turn the ball upside down as always, but they lack the sudden change of rhythm of Juventus's attack, making it just look like it is not like it.

Chelsea, on the other hand, is like Fiorentina or Parma, always feeling that the defense is more than enough and the attack is insufficient, mainly because Mourinho's tactics in the first half are defensive counterattacks, he does not plan to open the formation and attack aggressively, without the command of the head coach, the Chelsea players can no matter what the situation is, the opponent does not attack a lot easier, why not.

At this time, even Mr. Graham, the anchor of Sky TV, was drowsy, he picked up a bottle of mineral water at hand and drank two sips, forcibly cheered up, and said: "Both teams seem to play conservatively, and the competition in the midfield is not fierce, this is likely to be the result of the battle of wits between the two managers, Coach Coleman is only 35 years old this year, but he must not be underestimated, at least in this game, the two teams seem to have a draw, although this kind of draw is not liked by most fans, oh, I don't like it either." ”

……… On the court, seeing that the opponent seemed to have given up on the attack, near the center circle, Joe. Cole even ran back from the front court, and still had time to tease Wang Li: "Oh, **!" They're really, they don't attack when they're behind, and they waste game time. ”

"Haha, it's you kid who wants to score, go to the front court and steal, maybe you have a chance." Wang Li looked at Joe. Cole said with a smile on his dull face, of course he knew that Joe. Kerr wants to score goals, you know, in recent games, Joe. Kerr rarely gets a chance to play, and this time he has the opportunity to start, and if he can't play well, maybe he will have to be a cold bench again.

"What are we going to do? Is it going to keep fighting? "Joe. Kerr asked suspiciously, in the absence of a manager, in terms of attack, he can only ask Wang Li, the whole team knows that the manager intends to build him into the heart of Chelsea's attack.

Looking at Fulham's half-time, the opposing players kept pouring their feet, Wang Li frowned, if the game went on like this, it would really be unrefreshing.

After thinking about it, Wang Li ran to Qiao. Cole spoke up beside him, "You try to stand as far forward as possible, I'll pass it on to you when I have a chance." ”

"Do you have a way to get them to attack?" Joe. Cole wondered.

"Go, stop talking so much nonsense." Wang Li ignored his doubts, and said directly: "Just wait for the pass, otherwise I can give someone else the chance to score." ”

As soon as I heard this, Joe. Kerr immediately shut his mouth, smiled and ran quickly towards the front, and now, he wants to score goals.

Inform Joe. After Cole, Wang Li turned his head and ran towards the backfield, and after a few minutes, the whole team knew Wang Li's plan, and they are now bored with such a game, you know, in this season, they have long been used to the kind of game that scores many goals a game, for a team like Fulham, they don't pay attention to it at all, and there are still many people who complain about the manager's conservative style of play in this game.

However, each of them does not want to change tactics rashly and offend the head coach Mourinho, so that the main position is likely to be lost, now with the traction of this black-haired boy, the whole team is executed, the law is not to blame, with the club's attitude towards this black-haired boy, there is no blame at all, besides-- on the pitch to learn to improvise, this truth, Chelsea's big stars understand.

……… It was the 35th minute of the game, and it was still the same on the pitch, with neither team looking to attack** and now the ball in the hands of Chelsea.

Under the watchful eyes of the fans, the Chelsea backfield was aimlessly tilted, and in the eyes of the Fulham players, Chelsea were also wasting game time, with the same tactical aim as manager Coleman, which even gave them a sense of finding a soulmate.

Many of the Fulham players thought the first half was going to end at least in this situation, and yes, they were ready for it, and it wasn't a shame to hold on 1-0 in the first half against a crazy Chelsea side, even if it was a west London derby.

on the pitch.

Frank Lampard catches the ball and passes it back to Ricciardo. Carvalho, who kicked another kick to the parallel captain John Brown. Terry, at this time, the opposing striker Thomas. Radzinski symbolically ran over to grab the ball, and judging by his lazy movements, he had no hope of stealing at all.

In fact, Terry casually passed the ball to the left and the ball was handed to defender William. At the feet of Gallas, at this time, the opposing midfielder Malblanc also crossed the halfway line, and he headed towards Williams. Garras came.

At the same time, Wang Li, who was near the middle circle, raised his right hand upward, and at the same time seemed to snap his fingers lazily.

Seeing this scene, William. The corners of Gallas' mouth twitched, and Malbranck, who rushed over, thought he was going to make a short pass to John. In the middle of the night, Gallas sped up and passed Malbranque.

The fans in the audience who were still looking directly at the stadium could see clearly, and at this moment, Chelsea's two full-backs, Gallas, Paul. Patrick Ferreira, midfielders Frank Lampard and Geremy ran towards the Fulham half at the same time, and many fans were drowsy and didn't react to what was happening, watching Chelsea's sudden increase in tempo and turning their heads to ask the people next to them what was going on.

This is especially true of the Fulham players in the middle of it, many of whom simply failed to react to the sudden change in tempo.

But Chelsea didn't bother with the situation of their opponents. After Gallas broke through Malblanc with the ball, he passed the ball to Wang Li in the center circle very steadily and quickly.

After Wang Li won the ball, he shook off the opposing striker Andy with a change of direction. Cole, and then went straight to the heart of Fulham.

At this time, the Fulham players finally reacted to what was happening, and they immediately started to prepare to return to the defense, but when they were not mentally prepared, the sudden change in rhythm must have been a little uncomfortable, so Fulham's defense was still half a beat slower, and even their normal game form slipped a little, which made it easy for Chelsea's attacking players to run into good positions in the frontcourt.

Wang Li crossed Andy. Kerr then took two more steps forward, looked up at the frontcourt situation, and then chose to pass.

Geremi!

Undoubtedly, Geremi's position on the right is the best, and he is on the right side of the penalty area, and he is unguarded at this time.

A diagonal pass of about 30 meters should be counted as a long pass, but Wang Li's footwork is undoubted, and the ball flies through the sides of the two opposing defenders and passes in front of Grami, who easily unloads his right foot, and the football stops firmly at his feet.

This kick also caused a burst of amazement among the fans in the stadium, and they were really amazed by the footwork of the black-haired boy on the field.

"Oh my God, Diop should run faster!!"

At this time, the commentator on the scene also realized the crisis, a winger was unguarded on the right side of the penalty area, and everyone knew what it meant - sure enough, the next moment the commentator's worries were fulfilled!

Unguarded, Geremi looked up at the box and then kicked the ball straight into the box.

At the same time, Drogba, who was in the big penalty area, instantly shook off the close defender and turned to run in the direction of the goal. Cole is even more unguarded, and the nearest defender is about a meter away from him, but his position is at an angle of less than 45 degrees to the goal, and it is very difficult to stop the ball and turn around to shoot, but the football has been rolling quickly in his direction - at this moment, Joe, who is eager to score. Cole struggled a little, but eventually jumped up and let the ball go.

If Joe. Cole could still have scored if he had stopped the ball and turned to shoot, but in the end he gave the ball to Drogba behind him, who was almost 100 per cent able to score in his flicker, and that was the difference in choice.

As a Chelsea substitute, anyone knows what a goal means when the team has not yet been able to establish itself in the main position, and it is a really difficult decision. Cole did it.

Goalkeeper Mark. Crossley and defender Bocanegra were both replaced by Joe. Cole was deceived by the shake this time, and by the time they reacted that the ball had leaked out, Drogba on the left side slotted the ball into the net with an easy push.

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！”

Graham, who had been dull for nearly half an hour, stood up directly at this moment, and he seemed to shout out the dullness of the entire first half in this voice-"Didier. Drogba!! It's an easy push! Chelsea's attack was so sudden, it reminds me of the Italian old lady Juventus, they are very good at this style of play, but, fans and friends, you read that right, this is the Premier League, the 13th round of the Premier League, the west London derby!! ”

The Blues fans, who had been eyelids for half the game, finally boiled again at the moment of scoring!

……… Jose in the Chelsea dugout, watching the whole game carefully. Mr Mourinho was also surprised by the goal, he did not arrange this tactic at all, it was obviously the command of the brunette boy on the pitch, because he saw Wang Li seemingly unconsciously snap his fingers when Chelsea suddenly attacked - that action was exactly the same as the usual command action when training tactics!

At this point, Mr Mourinho's face was as usual, and he did not delve into the tactical changes made by the players on the pitch, although most of the reason for this was due to the goal.

If the attack doesn't succeed and gives the opponent a chance, the Portuguese will definitely think another way in his mind now, and what he hates most is that the players don't follow the tactical set-up, so the game won't be in his hands.

This is very important as a football coach who wants to get better results.

However, that kind of thing did not happen, and now that the score has been rewritten to 2:0, Mourinho is also a little happy in his heart, he turned to Clark and said: "This kid's command ability is not bad. ”

Assistant coach Clarke looked at the Chelsea players celebrating their goals on the pitch and turned his head in confusion: "He commanded this attack?" ”

"I think yes, at the beginning of the attack, he made a commanding move."

Mr. Clark, who was in charge of training, of course understood what Mourinho meant, and he also raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, but unfortunately he didn't seem to have any talent in this area, and there was no sound between his fingers, but Clark didn't care about this, and asked instead: "Is this it?" ”

Seeing the Portuguese man next to him nodding, Clark said with some emotion in his heart: "His progress is too fast, maybe he can grow into a qualified offensive commander after Christmas." ”

Mourinho pursed his lips, stared at the black-haired boy on the field, shook his head silently, and said: "If you want to become a real commander, this is still far from it." ”

……… On the pitch, Didier Drogba looked happy as he scored in his fourth consecutive game, and the goal drought is over, and these days of games have regained the confidence of the Ivorian monster.

Of course, in this excitement, Drogba did not forget to thank Geremi for passing the ball and Joe for leaking the ball. Cole, especially Joe. Cole and Drogba, while usually good-natured, are actually shrewd, and he knows full well that in that situation, even he is likely to choose to stop the ball and shoot without missing it to his teammates - especially if it is like Joe. Cole's substitution and the main force are in a situation of hesitation!

So when Joe. When Kerr stepped forward to congratulate him on his goal, Drogba directly put his hands around him, and there was that kind of dignified expression on his face again, but this time, there was some sincerity.

"Thank you!"

A very simple sentence contains a lot of meanings, and the important thing is that Joe. Cole has already gained the friendship of the Ivorian alien creature.

"It's nothing, we're teammates." Joe. Cole smiled heartily, patted Drogba on the shoulder, and turned to run towards his own half.

Wang Li, who was next to him, smiled silently when he heard this, and couldn't help but extend a thumbs up to his back.

………

(To be continued)