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Although the Champions League and FA Cup are still under pressure for Chelsea, the team is still jubilant after winning the league title. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Without the pressure of the league, there was more laughter in the dressing room and the players were relieved that they wouldn't have to worry about an average of four league games a month, at least from now on.

And when the craze for Chelsea to become the new champions of the Premier League has passed, the media has focused on the Champions League, and for the English media, the glory of their clubs in European competitions is the most worthy of coverage, because they believe that it is to bring glory to the country.

Therefore, whether it is Liverpool or Chelsea, they have become the 'brave warriors' in the mouth of the media.

However, the media are not optimistic about the 'old aristocracy' Liverpool, who are now only 5th in the league, and in the eyes of various professionals, they are a team with rough skills and only one star team in the whole team, Steven Gerrard, and it is unrealistic to expect such a team to win the Champions League. And many foreign media even claim that 'if Liverpool wins the championship, it will be a stain on the championship trophy'.

It's not all irony.

At this stage, each team has played a lot of games, it can be said that how much strength of the team is in front of the public, as one of the most traditional Premier League teams, Liverpool has followed the Premier League's rough technical style, long pass and hanging style of play, this team's style of technical ability is far lower than physical confrontation, for fans, the team's game does not have any viewing surname at all.

And in terms of quality, they still have to work hard to qualify for next season's Champions Cup, so how can they put all their energy into the Champions Cup!?

So, even the English media are not optimistic about Liverpool's situation in the Champions League, even though they have come this far.

Chelsea are the opposite!!

Although at the start of the season, many English media outlets dubbed it a 'pound team' and more 'football professionals' were not optimistic about its prospects, but now that Chelsea have won the Carabao Cup and won the league seven games ahead of schedule, this performance alone has made a group of people stumble.

With no league pressure, Chelsea can put all their energy into the Champions League.

In terms of quality, Chelsea also have a number of big names.

According to the analysis of this season's game situation, Chelsea still has some English style, the arrival of Mourinho has not changed this style much, in terms of technical statistics, the team's long passes still occupy the vast majority, the defense is still more dependent on the body, and the offensive options are not changeable.

Perhaps it is only Wang Li who has changed, and his individual skills have brought Chelsea's creativity to the forefront, which has led to easy victories in many games.

But that's enough!!

As long as you can win, no matter how rough the technology and tactics are, victory is everything!!

For the clash between Chelsea and AC Milan, of course, the media is betting a lot of attention, and the fundamental reporter's understanding of Mourinho is that before the game, this 'magic bird' will definitely make a big 'winning theory', and then arrogantly accuse AC Milan of weakness and inadequacy, and then jump Ancelotti's anger, triggering a verbal PK between the two clubs.

However, this time it was the other way around, with Chelsea being silent and AC Milan confident.

On April 4, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said in an interview: "We will definitely break through Chelsea's steel defence!! My players will score in 5 minutes!! ”

This positive attitude has caused an uproar in all the media!!

Although Chelsea have shown more of that outstanding goalscoring ability in the Champions League, the team's defence is definitely the best in the Premier League, and it is not easy to score in under five minutes!?

'Why did Carlo Ancelotti boast about Haikou!? ’

On this issue, all the English reporters became agents, and they sent reporters into the city of Milan to get up close and personal with this giant team in Serie A, and carefully studied the video of AC Milan's games this season, and dissected the AC Milan team in depth from all aspects, and then came to a conclusion - the Italians are extremely confident in Milan's attacking ability!!

The overall defensive level of Serie A is recognized as "the best in the world", and the difference in quality between the teams is not as wide as in the Premier League.

Therefore, if you want to chase the title in Serie A, you not only need a solid defense, but also need to have a number of "one-hit-kill" weapons, so far, AC Milan has scored 62 goals in the league, ranking fourth, only three and one less than the first Inter Milan and the joint second Juventus and Lecce respectively.

Speaking to the media, Carlo Ancelotti said: "Chelsea will play a tight defence, so that there is very little space to attack, but the game is not going to be a half-time drill, because we will score in the opening five minutes, so we have the initiative, and if Chelsea want to play defensive counter-attacking tactics all the time, they will be very passive, they will have to change their strategy to attack. It's likely that they're playing on both wings again, but I've looked at their game footage and they have very few attacking styles and are unlikely to break through our defence. ”

"Some people say that the players are tired, no! Whether it's training or practice matches, my players are full of energy. Of course, we have to be mentally prepared because we have a strong opponent and we are one of the best teams in the world. ”

These words of the Italians caused an uproar in the media, whether this is a strong self-confidence or a smoke bomb, it is unknown if it is not a real game, but Ancelotti's later words have been unanimously affirmed by the media.

"We have a lot of experience in the knockout stages of Europe." On the subject, Carlo Ancelotti continued: "Experience is a big factor in winning a match, but it doesn't happen overnight. Experienced players know how to self-regulate and relax, which is crucial for a player's mentality and performance. ”

As the traditional world's top giants, AC Milan can reach the Champions League finals almost every year, their knockout and even final experience is incomparable to Chelsea, their defensive soul Maldini has played in the Champions League final six times, and midfielder Seedorf has won the championship trophy with three teams including Ajax, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

Chelsea, on the other hand, is the opposite, even the team's two main players, Frank Lampard and John Terry, do not have much European experience, let alone other young players, and players who have experience in a Champions League knockout game in the team can already be called 'old men'.

While Carlo Ancelotti's words made a lot of sense, the English media were dismissive and they asked straight questions about which Chelsea player was more threatening!? Who will be the focus of the defense!? Can AC Milan hold the goal!? and so on.

"Alan. Wang's strength is indeed strong, this player is even better than Kaka, and in terms of offensive ability, Sheva also had to retreat three points. In the winter move, I wanted to get him, but ...... They don't sell. Speaking of this, Ancelotti praised Wang Li very sincerely, "However, football is a sport of 11 people, and it is impossible for one person to break through the blockade of our backfield. ”

The Italian's words made all the English media indignant, and all the media expected Chelsea's counterattack, so Chelsea welcomed a large group of media that afternoon.

However, they failed to get any meaningful news, and even Wang Li, who was blocked by the media, only flattered the big stars of AC Milan with his surname, and went directly to the team's training.

This abnormal situation made reporters and fans think like a cat's claw, but the expectation of the game became more and more intense.

………… Chelsea's coaches and players are in no mood to be interviewed, as they have been stepping up their crosses and zone defence drills in recent days.

Although it was only two days before the game, Chelsea put all their energy on the Champions League without the pressure of the league, and the team became extremely serious up and down, and the intensity of training also increased consciously. And in fact, not only the players, but also the AC Milan, even Jose, who has always been confident. Mourinho was nervous, standing on the sidelines silently watching the training on the field, but he kept cursing UEFA in his heart - Barcelona has to face AC Milan after playing, this kind of hellish game is really unlucky!!

If you want to say that there is no greasy in this, no one will believe it!!

But curse to curse, it doesn't change anything at all, and Mourinho still has to think hard about how to win.

In fact, AC Milan are really tougher for Chelsea than Barcelona and it's mainly a matter of style between the two teams.

Barcelona is good at attacking, Chelsea is good at playing defensive counterattacks, and there are excellent players such as Wang Li and Robben in the attack, and it is really not a problem to break Barcelona's goal with a counterattacking attitude, so as long as the defense is solidified, the chances of winning home and away are very high.

But AC Milan are the opposite, and even the always arrogant Mourinho has to admit that they are much better defensively than Chelsea.

The Italian style of defence is more about coordination, and the concept of zone defense is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Italian defenders have been instilled with this concept from the day they were introduced to football. In terms of individual ability, Chelsea's defenders are no worse than AC Milan, but on the whole, they are at least a notch behind. It's like a makeshift star team, and a club team that is skillfully coordinated, and the latter is obviously stronger, and that's where the synergy comes in.

This is also the reason why Italy's defense dares to be called 'the best in the world'.

As Carlo Ancelotti said, it is unrealistic for Chelsea to rely on a simple, fluid style of play to break down AC Milan's goals, and Premier League teams all share a common weakness – a deep lack of creativity in attack, even for Chelsea.

And AC Milan's attack is by no means worse than Chelsea, they have Pirlo, Shevchenko, Crespo, Inzaghi and many big stars gathered, and the last one is extremely brilliant in Serie A, almost comparable to Wang Li's forward Kaka, to say that this kind of formation can not break through Chelsea's goal, even Mourinho himself feels that it is unrealistic.

At this stage of the season, it is really clear how much strength each team has, and Ancelotti dares to expose the comparison and playing style of the two teams in front of the media, which is not a smokescreen, what he said is the truth.

At least Mourinho knows this.

In the face of such a team, Mourinho is understandably a little nervous, so in the past few days, the team's attacking players have been training seriously.

"If only there was more time." Mourinho watched the training confrontation on the field, and frowned silently.

The big game against Manchester United has just ended, and although he has been preparing for this game for a long time, Mourinho still feels that the time is too tight. Looking at the black-haired kid who kept dribbling the ball and crossed dangerous balls when he had the chance, Mourinho's frown eased slightly, he turned his head to look at the assistant coach Clarke next to him, and asked himself: "What if you let Allen play as a striker!?" ”

"Striker? Hasn't Allen always been a striker? ”

"No, you know what I mean." Mourinho thought for a moment and continued: "His position has always been that of a midfielder, closer to a midfielder. ”

Clark nodded after hearing his words, and said, "But in that case, will the team's ability to connect between the front and back courts be reduced?" ”

"Perhaps, but Frank isn't bad, is he?"

"Well, I hope you're right!" Clark nodded, he didn't take these words to heart, and after turning his head to look at the court, he remembered something again, and asked, "Jose, are you ready for the game the day after tomorrow?" ”

Mourinho laughed when he heard this, shook his head unconsciously, and did not answer Clark's question, but said: "Let everyone gather in my office......"

Clark looked at the back of the Portuguese and went to tell the players in the stadium the news in confusion.

………… In Mourinho's office, all the players gathered together and listened carefully to Mourinho's explanations of tactics.

"In previous games, we averaged 379 passes per game, with a success rate of 76.53 per cent, including 197 long balls and a 54.6 per cent error rate, of which ...... were crosses."

At this moment, the Portuguese was standing at his desk, with a tactical version hanging on the wall behind him, and he was holding a statistical book in his hand, reading it word by word. While Chelsea have won most of their games comfortably, the stats don't tell the story at all, and some of them even leave the players in fear.

"Can you see anything from here?" Mourinho put down the information in his hand and looked up at each player carefully from left to right.

After a while, seeing that no one was talking, Wang Li tentatively asked: "Should we reduce the number of long passes and increase the cooperation of short passes?" ”

"It's definitely more offensive efficiency, but it's not something that can be practiced in a short period of time, and suddenly consciously increasing short passes, will it increase mistakes?" After Wang Li finished speaking, Lampard frowned and thought that in the current Chelsea team, if it comes to tactical literacy, I am afraid that no one is better than Lampard, who has been the core of the team before, even Wang Li is not good in this regard.

"Well...... Mourinho nodded in satisfaction after listening to Lampard's words, "we don't need to add short passes at all. ”

“why？”

"Do you want to reduce long passes and increase the intensity of defense?"

"But how can you attack like that......"

…… Listening to Mourinho's words, the players immediately made a fuss, many people see, the words just said by the manager, is to prove that the team's long pass error rate is high, in this way, of course, to reduce the long pass, but at present, the long pass is a very important means of the team's attack, if you use an image, Chelsea's main attack is to launch a long pass from the two wings, or the long pass directly in the backfield to create opportunities, without this means, the team's offensive ability will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Mourinho waved his hand absently and said, "Okay." In the game the day after tomorrow, we need to increase the number of crosses, from the far corner of the penalty area, the bottom line, the center circle and other positions, but also reduce the number of short passes at the back......"

Listening to the tactical arrangement of the Portuguese, the players below were dumbfounded, which was diametrically opposed to what they had in mind!!

In the eyes of many people, if the rate of long pass errors is high, then it is inevitable that long passes must be reduced, every team does not like their high rate of pass errors, because it will give the opponent more opportunities, but now Mourinho is doing the opposite, so that everyone does not understand.

Wang Li is the same, he looked at the head coach who had been explaining the tactics suspiciously, and kept recalling the bits and pieces of the game in his mind, and after Mourinho finished speaking, he raised his head suspiciously and asked: "In the successful crosses, our attack is very efficient!?" ”

After listening to Wang Li's words, all the players reacted and turned their heads to look at Mourinho, who nodded at Wang Li with satisfaction, and then said: "That's right, in successful crosses, our attacking efficiency is very high!" ”

"Here's a statistic to prove it, 43.6 per cent of successful passes were on goal, 53.1 per cent were on the woodwork, and ...... per cent of the goals were scored"

Listening to a group of data, the players nodded clearly, although the success rate of the cross is very low, but the team's goal efficiency is surprisingly high, this result is not unexpected, they invariably turned their heads to look at Wang Li sitting in the middle, in everyone's opinion, this is probably inseparable from Wang Li's terrifying goal efficiency, if he gets the ball in the penalty area, the danger is unimaginable.

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(To be continued)