The result of this match was really unexpected by the European media.

Even if these media admit that the Chelsea team is really strong, but this game is at the home of the Dragons Stadium and Porto, and such a game can still score 4 goals, I have to say, this kind of offensive ability can even be compared to Barcelona.

Although the development momentum of the Premier League has been very good in recent years, and it is even expected to surpass Serie A to become the world's first league, in the eyes of the European media, even the dominant team of the Premier League still has a certain gap with giants such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, and AC Milan.

However, the final round of Group H of the Champions League group stage shocked the European media again, and also made the English media cheer, at the press conference, the English reporters who came with the team praised Mourinho very much, saying that he 'chose Chelsea is a very wise choice, this kind of world-class coach, should come to the Premier League to develop in this environment to have a future', and almost quarreled with Portuguese reporters on the spot.

In the face of these journalists, Mourinho's performance was very lackluster, and in the post-match press conference, he only talked about the process of the game lightly, as if he was an outsider: "It was a wonderful game, I would like to congratulate Porto on the appearance of the group, as the defending champions, their quality is worthy of recognition. I'm looking forward to playing them again and I'm sure a lot of fans enjoy watching this kind of great fight. ”

Jose Mourinho's words pierced the hearts of the Portuguese media like a pinprick, and it is clear that the words of the 'madman' have completely drawn a line with Porto, which can also be said to be a pledge of allegiance to Chelsea.

The Portuguese reporters present obviously did not want to let go of this 'traitor', and a reporter from La Newse immediately asked semi-sarcastically: "Mr. Mourinho, do you think you defeated your original self or Mr. Fernandez in this game?" ”

In the face of this obvious extraneous problem, Mourinho did not lose his temper and the reporters this time, but said lightly: "There will inevitably be wins and losses on the football field, on the one hand, it is related to strength, on the other hand, it also has a lot to do with luck, although this time it is Chelsea who won, but next time if you are not careful, it is likely to fail, I will remind my players." ”

Obviously, Mourinho did not answer the reporter's question directly, and after saying this, he got up and left the press conference directly.

In fact, it can be seen from Mourinho's completely different attitude from usual that he still has a certain affection for Porto, after all, the Dragon Stadium is where he became famous, and when he was not famous and was even kicked away by Sporting Lisbon, it was Porto who gave him the opportunity, so he has the current 'madman'.

People have feelings, and Mourinho certainly does the same.

However, even though many Portuguese journalists on the scene saw this, they did not report it truthfully, and in fact, this is the dark side of the media, and if there is a lot of fandom on Mourinho after Chelsea's win over Porto, the fans will not support it.

Catering to the reader's appetite, that's all that matters, as for the facts!?

That's not important at all.

Luckily, Porto qualified from the Champions League group, perhaps the biggest consolation to the local fans.

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If Chelsea had beaten Porto 4-2 away in the Champions League a year ago, they would have been dubbed a 'super upset' by the media across Europe.

But now, no one is making a fuss about the result of this game, and even the Portuguese media recognise the quality of the Chelsea team, and they are only unhappy with Mourinho's departure. In the second half of the game, Chelsea performed so perfectly that many European media outlets said that 'even Real Madrid would not be able to benefit from them'.

That's where the results come in.

If a team loses in a row and suddenly has a good performance, then it is called an 'underdog', and if it wins all the time, even if it does beat a better team, the media will consider it commonplace, even if Chelsea have not won any accolades in Europe in the last 50 years.

After the game, Wang Li, who came on as a second-half substitute, was once again voted Man of the Match, and in the Times report he was given a high 8.5 by the media, and there was no doubt that his performance was perfect - "If Allen doesn't play, then Chelsea are likely to lose the game." Like a lot of people think now, Allen. The name Wang can almost be equated with a goal, although in the game, he only scored one goal, which made many fans a little disappointed, but throughout the second half, the three goals were more or less related to him, this is the role of the core, there is no doubt that Mr. Mourinho is trying to develop Allen into the team's attacking core. ”

"In our interview, England superstar Mr Lineker described Allen's performance as 'wonderful', and when talking about the youngster's future, Lineker did not shy away from saying that 'his future is bright', yes, if a player scores 33 goals in 16 Premier League games, no one can say anything about his performance, this kind of goal efficiency is absolutely unprecedented, we only hope he plays better in the future. Now, the giants of the Premier League must pay attention, Chelsea is a giant that has risen, and if they want to perform better in the Premier League, they must face this fact, and now, the job they must do is to find a way to curb Allen's performance. ”

The Times took up a lot of space to describe Wang Li's performance in this game, and there is no doubt that Wang Li has become the most watched professional player in English football.

In fact, Wang Li himself felt that his performance in the game was very good, and he felt that it was mainly because he watched it on the sidelines for a long time, so that the onlookers were clear, and he already had a deep understanding of Porto's tactics, staffing, strength, etc. when he was on the field, so he could perform so well after he appeared on the field.

Another important reason for Wang Li's outstanding performance is that his Chelsea team-mates now completely 'see' him as the heart of the attack.

When Mourinho first put forward this idea, many players were a little unconvinced although they didn't say it on the surface. Frank Lampard, Frank Lampard has been at Chelsea for many seasons, whether it is experience, technique or experience, his team-mates are very convinced, even if Wang Li has scored many goals in several league games, but this is only a goal, and it has little to do with the task of the core of the team.

But as the league progresses, Wang Li has become more and more adaptable to this position, which not only brings great benefits to Chelsea's attack, but also increases a lot of scoring opportunities for teammates, that is to say, since Wang Li has acted as the core of the player, although the number of his goals has increased too much, but his teammates have more scoring opportunities, which makes Chelsea attack, many times the players on three fronts have scoring opportunities.

In this way, everyone benefited, so they were convinced by his position and performance, and the cooperation was naturally much smoother.

……… After Chelsea returned to London, Mourinho did not give his team a holiday because of the end of the Champions League group stage, but instead trained more harshly.

In the near future, it will be the absolute focus of the Premier League before Christmas, Arsenal vs Chelsea, this game is also the biggest challenge that Chelsea will face in the half, obviously, almost all non-Chelsea media, hope that Arsenal can stop Chelsea's winning streak, even the FA thinks so, for them, a Premier League team performs better in the Champions League is definitely a wonderful thing, but if there is no opponent in the league, then English football will be dominant, That's not what they want to see.

Clearly, FA officials would prefer to see the Serie A scene of seven giants competing for supremacy than a Chelsea team that leads the way.

Therefore, before the start of this game, Chelsea's external pressure was extremely high, and in order to let the players train seriously and reduce the pressure, Mourinho even came up with the killer feature of 'closed-door' training.

In training, Mourinho's previously designated set of 'zone attacking tactics' became the focus, he knew that the cunning Frenchman would definitely come up with a strategy to limit Wang Li's play, even if he also had great confidence in the team's black-haired boy, but Mourinho didn't want to have any omissions in the game, this is the last hurdle of Chelsea before Christmas, and it is also the most important level, this game can only be won and not lost!

On this day, the players were on the Chelsea first-team training ground for an intra-squad training match.

This kind of intra-team training game will generally separate the main force and the substitute, although this makes the players have a class division, which is not conducive to the harmony of the locker room, but only in this way can increase the competitive pressure within the team and gradually improve the strength of the whole team.

This time, Wang Li was divided into the substitute side.

In fact, in the current Chelsea team, the division between the main and the substitute is not very obvious. Cole, Grami, and Scott. Parker and others were on the bench side, while Arkin . Robben, Damien. Duff and Duff are in the main team, if in terms of strength, these people are not too similar now, and it can only be said that Robben and Duff's ability to cooperate is better, which is more in line with Mourinho's tactics, so they are in the main team.

The reason why Wang Li is on the bench side is naturally to test the use of new tactics.

On the pitch, the main side still uses Chelsea's 433 formation, while the substitute side is 442, and Wang Li is involved in the attack as a central midfielder.

"Alan, when you shoot, you have to be light, I don't want to miss the game in a few days." When he heard the head coach Jose Mourinho tell Wang Li to go to the bench, Peter. Cech immediately ran over and said complainingly.

Wang Li smiled embarrassedly, patted Cech on the shoulder, and said, "I'll try my best." ”

"Don't, kick hard, I'll only have a chance to play when he's in the hospital." Thomas sarcastically said on the side, maybe many people will feel that the contradiction between Thomas and Cech has been put on the table when they hear the conversation between the three people, but in fact, the relationship between the two is very good within the team, and the competition will only compete in strength, and will not play any conspiracy, this kind of talk is just a joke.

Sure enough, Cech just pursed his lips when he heard this, and said to Wang Li: "Don't listen to him." ”

"We're best friends!" Thomas put his arm around Wang Li's shoulders and said in a demonstrative manner.

Cech turned his head dismissively, "That's just the past. ”

"Even now, we've lived together." Thomas smiled and said, with his arm forced, he leaned Wang Li's body in his direction.

It's a pity that Wang Li won't let him do anything, he rolled his eyes helplessly, spread his hands and said: "I don't have that kind of fetish, don't talk nonsense, kick off." ”

……… The 442 formation of the substitute team is very deceptive, and for the general 442 tactics, the two players in the middle of the four players in the midfield are extremely important, because they are the core of the whole team, that is, they need to participate in the attack and need to return to the half to participate in the defense. Because the attack on both wings will drive the front court and create more opportunities for the team, most of the time the focus is on defense.

In the Chelsea team, Frank. Frank Lampard, Graimy and others can play these two positions, but they definitely do not include Wang Li, in fact, Wang Li has only just adapted to the running position in the front court, he has never practiced defensive running at all, although that kick 'shadow with the legs' makes him think that his one-on-one defensive ability is not weaker than any player, but in most cases, few players will always carry the ball by themselves, even if there is, after being broken one or two times, they will try to find cooperation, rather than recklessly go heads-up - Football is, after all, an 11-man sport.

For the substitutes, the training match went well. Cole and Geremy are next to them, and the defense of the main side cannot pose much threat to Wang Li at all, one of the reasons is that in the usual training games, the players will not really use dangerous moves, but the most important reason is that Wang Li's choices on the court are flexible.

Within 15 meters of Wang Li, there are always Chelsea players to answer, so that Wang Li no matter passing, passing, do very casually, the main team wants to interfere with the attack, you have to work hard to steal, but if you want to grab Wang Li's dribble, you have to send at least 2 players to be possible, but the substitute players next to it, such as Joe. Cole, Scott. Parker and others are by no means stakes, and the main team has to defend them seriously, which makes the main team's defensive players seriously tight for a while, giving the bench team more opportunities.

In fact, although Wang Li was always able to attract two or even more defenders from the opposing side in previous games, these players could also run at will to block his passing route when Wang Li did not receive the ball, or dribbled the ball, or defended other Chelsea players in the gap time, which made even if two people defended Wang Li, but the field was not exactly 11 to 10, if you talk about the data, It can also be understood as 11 to 10.5, that is, Wang Li did not fully play his full role.

And now, Mourinho's set of tactics, one is to let Wang Li have free play, and the other is to expand Wang Li's offensive range to maximize this advantage, that is to say, as long as this tactic is played, the opponent has 2 players to defend Wang Li, then even if the situation on the field does not reach the perfect 11 to 10 situation, it will try to get as close to this data as possible.

That's the essence of Jose Mourinho's zone-based attacking tactics.

On the court, Wang Li was in Terry and Paul. Under the defense of Ferreira, he passed the ball to Joe in front of him. Cole, Joe. Cole got the ball and passed it back to Wang Li with a back heel, and after receiving the ball, Wang Li shot directly and blasted Peter. The gate guarded by Cech.

Pitchside.

Assistant coach Clark looked at the goal, his eyes lit up, he turned his head and said with some joy: "Sir, this tactic is really suitable for the team, I am more confident in the game in three days." ”

Listening to Clark's words, Mourinho was secretly happy in his heart, no matter what, this set of tactics was studied by himself from beginning to end, and the tactics were successful, and hearing the praise of others would definitely make him feel very comfortable. However, in front of people, Mourinho felt that he needed to maintain his majesty, he didn't show too much joy, but frowned, and said: "It seems that there are still some loopholes. What should I do if Cole's position is also stuck!? ”

In fact, Mourinho certainly understands in his heart that even if Joe. Kerr was stuck, Wang Li could still pass to Graemi on the left, Gudjanssen in the penalty area, and even dribble the ball himself, but he just picked out a mistake at random to show his solemnity and hide the joy in his heart.

It's a pity that although assistant coach Clarke has been with Mourinho for a few months, he still doesn't know much about the Portuguese, and it's no wonder that in addition to important things, Mourinho stays in the office all day, and even pays little attention to training matches, he can be called an 'office man', how can others have a deeper understanding of him!?

Facing the solemn expression of the Portuguese man next to him, Clark only tried to think about this question, and he even felt that as long as Mourinho brought it up, there must be a reason, and he asked tentatively: "Do you want Joe. Cole's position moved back a bit!? ”

Mourinho shook his head and said seriously: "There will always be loopholes in any tactic, and we can only do everything we can to make up for them." ”

Hearing this seemingly philosophical words, Clark nodded unconsciously, and said in his heart, "What does this have to do with the question just now", but Clark always felt that this Portuguese man was full of knowledge and mystery, which made him even a little admired, so he still wanted to continue to ask for advice very respectfully - but by this time, Mourinho had already turned around and walked towards the office building.

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(To be continued)