1358 Stamford Bridge revolutionizes again
At Old Trafford, Chelsea trailed Manchester United 2-0 at half-time, Ancelotti made a rare substitution of two in a row, Ramires replaced Mikel for tactical considerations, the Brazilian contributed more in attack than the Nigerian midfielder, and Alex replaced David Luiz, which may be a punitive "vent" of Anshuai's anger.
After the game, Carlo Ancelotti used the injury as an excuse: "Luis had a little bit of an injury in training yesterday and today he said he was fine, so I sent him to start"
However, the reason for the half-time substitution of Luiz was clear, as the Brazilian's mistake led to a lightning goal and put Chelsea on the back foot.
Just 36 seconds into the game, United launched a counter-attack, Luiz failed to get close to Red Devils striker Hernandez in the process of retreating, and the subsequent tackle interception was also unsuccessful, allowing the Mexican to score a single goal, and Ancelotti was furious at the sight of this goal, and he even broke out at Luis in a rare way.
With his arms dancing wildly, his face angry, and his mouth still yelling at something, Ancelotti is really rare to see, and the TV camera captures the Italian angry scene, and the object is Luis.
The Brazilian seemed a little aggrieved by the manager's outburst, muttering "not me, not me" as if trying to justify the responsibility for the ball.
However, it can be seen that Ancelotti was really angry this time, and less than a minute after conceding the goal, Alex immediately got up and started to move on the sidelines, and replaced Luiz at half-time.
Speaking about the lightning goal, Ancelotti calmed down after the game.
"On the pitch, you can make mistakes"
Luis was poorly positioned to defend the ball and didn't get close to Hernandez in the first place. And the subsequent tackle couldn't stop Park Ji-sung's through pass.
The impact of this conceded goal was decisive. Ancelotti said: "After that. We couldn't get our heads up right away and we got the Reds on the top foot in the first half. â
As for his rare anger, Carlo Ancelotti wanted to calm things down after the game: "I'm not angry, I replaced him at the end of the first half, but if I have 10 or 11 people to change I will use them all. â
The Italians mean that the whole team is not playing well, and it is not the responsibility of any one person, but everyone knows what it means to concede the first goal.
After joining in winter. David Luiz quickly became the darling of Chelsea, scoring back-to-back crucial goals against Manchester United and Manchester City, notably the Red Devils.
However, the Brazilian has a good sense of foot, although the attack is good, and the defense is also flawed, he recklessly conceded a penalty against Fulham, and there are also cases of slamming out of position in defence.
Carlo Ancelotti once reminded the smash hit Luiz that defending was something he needed to improve, but the Italian's fears came true in the crucial finale of the season. Manchester United seized the moment to step Chelsea's boss-like god off the altar.
If it weren't for Manchester City and Arsenal, they would have lost in this round. Chelsea's Champions League qualification may really be hanging in the balance, and it is impossible to say that they are safe to go ashore now.
There is a miracle in this round of the Premier League.
Of the top five teams, except for Manchester United, who won against Chelsea, the other four teams all lost!
Three of them were direct contenders for Champions League tickets, but they all lost in this round.
This also made Fleet Street joke: Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City actually don't want to play next season's Champions League, they want to hit the league title next season wholeheartedly.
More than this news, the voices of reform coming out of Stamford Bridge are more interesting.
The rigorous newspaper The Times has published the news of Chelsea's intention to change manager when the news is confirmed.
Carlo Ancelotti's good fortune came to an abrupt halt after winning the Coach of the Month award, as the Premier League's best defence, who had conceded just 28 goals, was vulnerable to United's opening attack, and went into the break room with a 2-0 score in the first half, and the Italian knew the tide was turning.
'I want to stay, but that's not something I can decide,' Ancelotti said helplessly.
The game against Manchester United is actually Anshuai's last chance, and if he loses, Abou is likely to sack the Italian at the end of the season.
Ranieri, who was once fired by Abou, called for Carlo Ancelotti to stay: 'You can't win anything every year'
Ferguson also expressed sympathy for his peers: 'I have a lot of respect for Carlo Ancelotti and he shouldn't be questioned like that. â
However, the media has been speculating about Carlo Ancelotti's successor earlier, and even before the game against Manchester United, there is a long list of successors, the most notable of which is Porto boss T倧åŠo Villas-Boas. According to the Daily Mail, People and other media, the 33-year-old coach has been listed by Abou as the number one candidate to succeed Carlo Ancelotti.
Previously unknown, Villas-Boas has begun to rise to prominence, with Porto in charge of an impressive set of records and impressive coaching ability.
In this season's Portuguese Super League, Porto has won 26 and drawn 3 in 29 rounds so far, scoring 71 goals and conceding only 16 goals, and the suspense of the championship has been resolved early.
Porto, on the other hand, are unbeaten in 36 games in all competitions, breaking the previous record of 33 set by Jose Mourinho in charge and swept past Villarreal to reach the Europa League final.
In addition, a series of records were broken by Porto: the Portuguese Super League single-season points record, 81 points so far, the Portuguese Super League's most consecutive wins, 16 rounds, leading the second place most points record, 19 points, at a glance, Boas is simply Mourinho II, young has already shown extraordinary ability and potential.
In fact, Villas-Boas has had a relationship with Chelsea and is one of the Blues' 'veterans'.
During Jose Mourinho's tenure in charge of the Blues, Villas-Boas was his assistant coach and scout, and the team's pre-match preparation was done by Villas-Boas.
During his time at Chelsea, Villas-Boas also had a famous insolent performance, in the 04-05 Champions League Chelsea eliminated Barcelona 4-2 at home.
Villas-Boas has heard of Chelsea's interest, but he declined to comment and was reluctant to be compared to Jose Mourinho.
''People think I'm the next 'the-special-one' but I'm not, I'm an average coach who benefits from having some top players and maybe one day I'll become 'the-special-one.'' â
Villas-Boas obviously wants to keep a low profile, but for such a young talent with signs of Mourinho's 'II', Abbu will definitely go all out, if it is decided to leave in the summer, then Boas is likely to be the main target of the Russians, in addition to the impressive coaching results, the Portuguese is familiar with the Premier League, familiar with Chelsea, can speak fluent English, and his grandmother is British, making him an ideal new manager.
According to Marca, Chelsea are also in contact with former Real Madrid manager Mijatovic, who is set to leave for Hamburg in the summer, and Mijatovic could be offered an offer by Abou to take up the role of club director at Stamford Bridge. â
The fire of the Premier League this season has not been extinguished, and another round of revolution at Stamford Bridge is already brewing! (To be continued.) )