Chapter 405: A Way to Break the Dense Defense
Seeing Lin Yu score, Mourinho was also a little surprised, he had watched Lin Yu countless games, but a passing goal like today, it was the first time, and he couldn't help but show a gratifying smile, a player can continue to tap his potential and constantly improve his ability, which is the source of continuous strength.
Football is also a boat against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.
He walked to the sidelines and said a few words to the players who were celebrating, changing the original style of play from the middle to the left.
Lin Yu is excellent alone, it does not mean that the whole Chelsea team can keep up with his pace, so Mourinho's adjustment can be said to be just right, and it is also very timely, although a player has not been changed, but from the middle of the attack to the left side of the attack, which means that the whole team can take Lin Yu as the core, start a new way of play.
After arranging, Mourinho also smashed a punch in Lin Yu's chest, and scolded with a smile: "You kid is going to try this new style of play in the future, it's best to tell me in advance, I can also adjust my tactics in time, you know?" ”
Lin Yu scratched his head and said, "Hehe, I know, I know, it's me who is wrong this time." ”
"Go ahead, keep working harder, and let the opponent see that the horror of Stamford Bridge is not blown out!"
"Okay!"
Lin Yu smiled and walked to the midfield with his teammates, while Mourinho sat back in his seat contentedly, and it was really reassuring to have such a player under him.
Everton had scored a goal, and Martinez was going to get his team to step up for a while. It's better to be able to score one more and then move on to defense. It's a lot more secure, and the worst can take a point from Stamford Bridge. But he never expected it. Less than two minutes later, Chelsea equalized, how to attack, attack a fart, can only honestly play defensive counterattack with the mentality of a weak team playing a strong team.
Everton's dense defense still caused a lot of trouble for Chelsea's attack, and Lin Yu's several shots on goal after that were blocked by defenders with their bodies.
Despite Chelsea's attacking momentum and plenty of chances to shoot. But in the face of Everton, who basically completely surrounded the penalty area with players, even Lin Yu couldn't think of any way to deal with it for a while, after all, the authorities are obsessed, and it is difficult to see the loopholes in the opponent's defense on the pitch, especially the loopholes that are not obvious.
As a result, Chelsea attacked very frantically in the first half, but there was no result, and the score remained 1-1 all the time, which is somewhat regrettable. However, the Chelsea fans have not lost their morale, they have seen the indomitable fighting spirit and the desire to attack in the Chelsea players, and as long as they can keep it up, it will not be difficult to win the game.
Half-time was the perfect time for both teams to change the status quo.
Yet in the dressing room at Everton. Martinez, on the other hand, frowned, not knowing what to say, as a coach. He really felt a little desperate to meet Chelsea now. When he met a player like Lin Yu, he really didn't know what to do.
"Coach. You talk, how are we going to play in the second half? ”
Martinez sighed and thought for a while before saying: "The score is a draw at the moment, and you did a good job of defending in the first half, continue in the second half, as long as you can take a point from Stamford Bridge, it will be our victory, it's not that we can't do it, it's that the opponent is too strong." ”
Although it may be a bit long to say this, Martinez can't always talk nonsense with his eyes open, if he fools the players, he will lose badly in the end, and now he can only let the players defend, if he has the chance, he can try to steal a goal.
"They have a lot of small holes in the defense, Lukaku, you pay attention, you can try to break up front when you have the chance, whether you can score or not, it's up to you."
After all, Lukaku is still young, and he was loaned because he was not mature enough, and now this problem has not changed, which is why Mourinho has not let him return to the team.
Now Martinez has given Lukaku such an important responsibility, he almost cried at the time, what kind of joke, to put all the responsibility for the competence of a team on his own head, this is too much.
In the Chelsea dressing room, by contrast, there is a joyous atmosphere.
While his team-mates were chatting there, Lin Yu and Jose Mourinho were not in the dressing room and were watching footage of the first half.
"What do you think?" After watching the video, Mourinho asked Lin Yudao.
"There are still a lot of flaws, and I should be able to catch them." Lin Yu thought for a while.
"Their defense, the most afraid is that someone breaks in, because there are too many people in the penalty area, as long as they fight, they may trip their teammates, which is the most troublesome! So in the second half, try to get into their box with the ball and it should be easier to score! Another way to do that is to head the ball, and if the breakthrough is not successful enough, you move into the box and I will tell Eden Hazard and Schurrle to try to pass you the ball high in the air. ”
"I see." Lin Yu agrees with Mourinho's statement, but he also found another flaw, because most of the opposing players are concentrated in the penalty area, and the players defending outside the penalty area have become very few, that is to say, when Lin Yu tries to shoot from afar, there will be basically no one to interfere, so that he can simply kick the long shot as a direct free kick, and the elevator ball he is good at is also one of the good means to break the dense defense.
When the two returned to the locker room, they heard laughter coming from inside.
"What are you talking about, so happy?" Lin Yu asked with a smile.
"Talk about you, how did you do it, you can actually knock your opponent away, it's really fun!"
"That, it's not me bragging, just my body, let alone hitting a person, even if it hits a car, it won't fly out."
"Damn, you're really panting when you say you're fat, can you stop bragging." Hazard pouted.
"Hahaha, I didn't tease you because I saw that you were happy." Lin Yu smiled and sat back in his seat.
If an outsider sees this scene at this time. It must be strange how the Chelsea players look like they are not under pressure at all, even though they are all drawn at home. There is also a smile on the face.
Of course, outsiders will not know that when a team has a backbone. When you have the confidence to win, any difficulties are nothing, and you can completely kick them away.
Mourinho waited for Lin Yu to sit down, then laid out the new tactical thinking, and finally added: "I have already told you the method, whether you can win this game or not depends on you, do you have confidence?" ”
"Of course!"
"Okay, let's go. Let that bullshit nemesis be completely gone. ”
The whole Chelsea team returned to the pitch with high morale, but the whole Everton team was a little unrefreshed, and the cruel reality made them understand a truth: "Since you are a weak team, you should obediently be your weak team, what a strong team nemesis, it is just a beautiful fairy tale made up by the media." ”
"Do your best, don't leave regrets!" Although Martinez was right, it was a bit too weak to be heard by the Everton players. It feels like they've already conceded defeat, how can they brace themselves, so the coach's reprimand. It's really important.
Anyone who has ever played FM should know that even if the coach of that game gives a lecture, it is not easy to do. Sometimes what you think is the right thing to say can be counterproductive. This is even more true in reality. Martinez thought he was right, but he ignored the players' inner thoughts. That's a bit dangerous.
Because the two coaches did different things during the break, the situation on the pitch was very different at the beginning of the second half.
From the first minute of the second half, Chelsea were attacking aggressively, and not only that, but much more aggressively than in the final part of the first half.
Seeing this scene, Martinez was a little anxious, but he was slightly relieved to see that his teammates were doing a good job defensively.
He was even a little happy, because no matter what team, in the madness of the attack, there will always be some defensive weaknesses, even teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona can't escape this hurdle, let alone Chelsea, didn't their players seize a similar opportunity in the first half?
He admits that Everton are not as good as Chelsea overall, but what does that matter? Football matches are not a simple comparison of strength, if that's the case, the game doesn't need to be played, Real Madrid Barcelona simply wins the Champions League every year.
It is precisely because of the uncertainty of football that it is possible for the weak team to beat the strong team, and now the score is only 1:1, he has nothing to be discouraged by, in fact, his players have done a good job.
Maybe because of the influence of the media, they have always regarded themselves as Chelsea's nemesis, so their morale is a little high, thinking that if they don't win Chelsea, they don't deserve the honorary title of nemesis, but in fact, it's just a meaningless psychological burden.
But Martinez figured it out, but the players on the pitch didn't, and the players on the Everton pitch still had nemesis dreams in their hearts, and they suddenly felt that it wasn't that difficult to beat Chelsea, but it was this psychology that made their defense make undeserved mistakes.
Lukaku got a great opportunity, but because of too much psychological pressure, after taking a distance, he actually had a soft foot under his feet, lost the ball, and Ivan who successfully tackled passed the ball directly to Schurrle, Schurrle broke through with the ball, and then crossed to Oscar, because he wanted to take the left side as the main direction of attack, so Schurrle was not greedy, and after getting the ball, he tried to pass to the left side, and he himself moved to the middle, and Hazard and Oscar in the middle gathered on the left side.
Oscar controlled the ball, saw that the opponent did not come to press, and they were all gathered in the penalty area, so he simply pushed forward with the ball, he did not accelerate, just jogged, but that's it, so that Everton's players didn't know what to do at all, whether to continue to stick to the penalty area, or send someone out to intercept Oscar, their minds were a little confused.
In the end, no one dared to go out, so Oscar took the ball to the vicinity of the penalty area with ease, and then tried a long-range shot.
The ball was kicked high, but there were obvious signs of falling in the air, a bit like an elevator ball, but not as powerful.
The Everton goalkeeper couldn't get his hands on the ball, but it didn't hit the crossbar but into the overcrowded box.
When everyone's attention was focused on the ball, Lin Yu had already quietly rushed into the penalty area, and his rush felt like a chariot rushing into the crowd, which suddenly caused chaos in Everton's penalty area, some people dragged his clothes, some people pulled his pants, some people pushed his back, and some people even jumped up and pressed him, trying to make him unable to head the ball.
The commentator roughly calculated at that time, and there were at least four people who were up and down against Lin Yu at that time! But even the four of them launched an almost foul-like defense at the same time, but they still couldn't stop Lin Yu.
He didn't jump at all but stepped back, pouted his butt, knocked the opponent behind him directly to the ground, and then suddenly rushed forward, and the player who grabbed his clothes was also shaken a little out of balance, and by this time the ball had already fallen. (To be continued......)