Portugal's championship coach Jose. What is Mourinho best at? - Defend and counterattack!

If Capello is the ancestor of the 1-0 tactic, then Mourinho has fully carried forward this style of play. Even though Chelsea have shown extremely ferocious firepower in the first few rounds of the league, this cannot hide that the tactical play under the score is still relatively conservative.

But perhaps, the counter-attacking tactics also highlighted Wang Li's role, which is why Chelsea were able to get such a big scoreline. Undoubtedly also playing defensive counter-attacks, compared to last season Dave. Jones's caution, Mourinho put Wang Li in the most suitable position, which is also an important reason why Wang Li plays handy every time he plays in Chelsea - from this point of view, Mourinho's lineup level is indeed higher than that of ordinary coaches in the Premier League.

At halftime, the 'madman' threw this tactic again. In Mourinho's 433 defensive counterattack tactics, the two wings are the top priority of the counterattack, and at this time, Wang Li has become the core of the team's counterattack.

I have to say that after so many games, Mourinho has also developed a dependence on Wang Li:

The best tactic in Mr. Mourinho's mind is 541, Wang Li is at the front, with the deterrence of this black-haired boy, the opponent does not dare to attack too much, then the team can steadily drag the game to the last moment. However, he also knew that he should abandon this idea, if one day, Wang Li stopped playing under him due to injury or transfer, then this dependence would become his tactical fatal wound - is there another dance master in Europe!?

There is no doubt that there is no !!

In the second half, Altyn , who had just returned from injury. Robben replaces Joe. Cole came on to play at left midfield, and Damien, who had just scored a goal. Duff drops back to play on the right winger. It seems that Mourinho has high expectations for Robben, and in order to allow him to recover from injury and adapt to the game, he not only replaced Joe. Cole, and let Duff give way, this kind of favor is indeed rare.

However, on the other hand, Damien. Duff is a little depressed, in 2002, he transferred to Chelsea for 17.5 million pounds, this value in the transfer market that season, is already one of the best, but now in the Chelsea team, he is still not stable in the main position, in the face of the manager's arrangement, he has to compromise, this may be the sorrow of the all-rounder on the pitch...... And Joe. Cole, he didn't even dare to complain, this season, Mr. Mourinho has given him enough opportunities, and his performance has been very good, but in this game, he really didn't play much, and it was natural to be replaced.

"Joe, there are still a lot of opportunities, don't keep a straight face." Wang Li ran over and comforted his friend with a smile.

Joe. Colqiang put on a smile and said, "It's okay, Allen, you can guide me more when you have time in the future, if it continues like this, I will spend time on the bench again." ”

“ok！ Don't worry, I'll help you score another goal in a moment. ”

"That's for yourself......" Joe. Cole debunked with disdain.

……… In City's dressing room, the players were a little frustrated and silent, and the atmosphere seemed very low, in fact, it was not all the reason for falling behind in the first half.

Although the team's first striker Anelka is strong, he is arrogant, and even had a conflict with the national team coach in 02, and has not been able to return to the French team - he is known as a "problem boy".

The Manchester City team is divided into several factions by default, which leads to the disharmony in the Manchester City dressing room and the relationship between the players is not good.

Head Coach Kevin. Keegan is a powerful player in the team, but he is not very good at mediating the conflicts between the players, so City's dressing room is more like a powder keg, and a crisis may erupt at any time.

Thankfully, in this situation, Mr. Keegan walked in with a smile on his face, and yes, he was very happy with the performance of the players in the first half:

"The team played well in the first half, especially in the first 30 minutes, and I even felt like I was leading a super big club......," Keegan began to praise directly.

“…… The first goal conceded was just a mistake, it was Chelsea's luck and I hope in the second half of the game everyone will let go and don't care about the result, this is Manchester City Stadium, all we have to do is show our quality in front of tens of thousands of fans, Chelsea are not scary, as long as it is ......'

After Mr. Keegan's bunch of nonsense was finished, the depression in the hearts of the players was also reduced a lot, which is probably another role of the head coach, as the leader of the team, his mood directly affects the mood and state of the whole team.

In fact, Mr. Keegan was indeed ready to lose at this time, but he was very open, there were 38 league games in the whole season, and it didn't matter if he lost one, and Manchester City also performed well in the previous rounds, and are now ranked 9th in the league, which is satisfactory enough as a third year in the Premier League.

This can't be said that Keegan is not ambitious, you know, two seasons combined, Manchester City in the transfer market, only spilled more than 9 million pounds, what is the strange loss to Chelsea of 200 million euros!? - Football is not equal to money, but without money there is no professional football.

……… Contrary to what fans imagined, after the start of the second half, the Manchester City team did not launch a big attack when they were behind, they just played steadily, and it seemed that they did not seek merit but did not seek fault.

But you know, Chelsea did a defensive counter-attacking tactical arrangement, so it seems that Manchester City has a certain advantage on the pitch, which also makes the game not a little fierce at all.

Manchester City's tactical play is really solid, every attack is initiated by the midfielder Reina, the wing youngster Phillips and midfielder Sinclair slowly advance with the ball, and do not attack blindly, and there are always a few defenders at the back to prevent Chelsea's sneak attack.

Seeing this kind of scene, Mourinho on the sidelines secretly gave Keegan a thumbs up in his heart, Chelsea's set of tactics is put up, what I want to see most is the opponent's big attack, then use the interception ability of the three back Duff, Lampard, and Makellele, as long as there is an opportunity, Wang Li and Robben on the left and right roads can launch a quick counterattack to threaten the opponent's goal.

Keegan has clearly seen through Chelsea's style of play, and his calm attitude is indeed admirable when he chooses to play steadily despite the team's falling behind.

However, this does not mean that Manchester City are in the ascendancy!!

Mourinho's defensive counter-attacking tactics are generally implemented when the team is ahead, Manchester City does not use a big attack, then Chelsea's safety rate at the back is higher, although there are few opportunities in the front, but don't forget, now Chelsea is the leading side, and the game time is slowly passing, but it is more beneficial to Chelsea.

Of course, this is not an invincible tactic, if you meet a team with super attacking ability such as Arsenal and Barcelona, Chelsea's tactics are obviously at a disadvantage, because the team can't defend at all, it is the same as giving the opponent a goal.

However, it is clear that City do not possess that attacking ability.

……… This kind of game in which Manchester City has been unable to attack for a long time and Chelsea has no outstanding performance finally played 'passion' in the 77th minute of the game.

Manchester City's attack, striker Anelka received a pass on the edge of the penalty area, directly changed direction quickly, and kept rubbing the ball back and forth with both feet, so that the Chelsea captain John Anderson who was defending next to him. Terry is very frustrated, this position is very dangerous, he doesn't dare to foul here. After shaking off John Terry, Anelka fired a low shot straight away that sent the Blues fans into a cold sweat, but Cech reacted quickly to save the ball off the line.

Manchester City's corner kick, teenager Phillips passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area, Brigitte grabbed a good position, kicked the ball directly to the front, and the football was handed directly to Alkin on the left. Robben's feet – Chelsea's counter-attack!!

After Robben won the ball, he rushed towards the back of Manchester City, and in the face of two defenders in a row, Robben showed his unrivalled speed and sharp way of passing in two quick disguises, and told all the Blues fans that his injury did not affect his form!!

When dribbling to the left front of the penalty area, Robben still chose to cut inside, which may have been his signature way of dribbling, but this is only known to the Chelsea players, these Manchester City players obviously do not know the Dutch youngster, so the defender Thatcher who followed him was thrown away directly, and when Robben arrived at the line of the penalty area, he was already followed by three defenders, at this time, he had no room to shoot.

However, Robben reacted quickly, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Wang Li inserted on the right side, and passed the ball with a poke of his right foot.

Seeing Robben pass the ball to the opponent's No. 21 black-haired boy, Manchester City's defenders immediately surrounded him in this direction, and they all knew very well that this kid had a strong long-range shooting ability, and he must not be given space to shoot with his feet.

However, football is under the control of Wang Li and Robben. Wang Li shook off the sticky Mills, and before the opposing player failed to block all the shooting space, the ball that rolled in was another reverse straight stopper, straight to the penalty area!

There is Robben again!! The cooperation between him and Wang Li has been quite tacit.

The Manchester City players hurried over to defend, but this time Robben still did not choose to shoot, because there were still defenders in front of this point, and the angle was not very good, facing the pass kicked by Wang Li, Robben's left foot was in the direction of rolling, and the ball was passed back to the right.

At this time, Wang Li just ran up, and waved his leg is a volley, which is only more than 5 meters away from the goal, even if Buffon comes in person, in the face of Wang Li's volley, he will definitely be powerless!

"goooooooal~~~~~~~~.........." was dull for the entire second half, and the Blues fans were even a little drowsy, at this time, Wang Li's goal was really timely rain, which made these fans feel uplifted again!

When I saw Chelsea score again, the words of the on-site commentator were even more sour, and the slightly painful voice came out on the radio, "goal......, hey, Chelsea scored again, this is really something that everyone doesn't want to see, the goal is still the opponent's No. 21 youngster Allen. Wang, it seems that at least in this game, his goal declaration has come true again, and there are still 10 minutes left in the game, so I hope the players will work harder to score another one. ”

At this time, the Blues fans in the stands were full of joy and encouragement, Robben and Wang Li's short pass cooperation in the opponent's penalty area, it was indeed a wonderful play, people had nothing to say, even the neutral fans kept shouting the names of Wang Li and Robben, the ultra-long-distance world wave in the first half coupled with this wonderful cooperation, which made them feel that this time was really not in vain.

At this time, the perspective switched back to the bench, and after watching the attack, Mr. Mourinho seemed to remember something again, and turned his head to look at Joe, who was sitting on the bench. Cole, then holding his chin and seemingly lost in thought - 'what if ......'

……………… In fact, in this game, the lowest mood was Manchester City's left winger Sun Jihai.

Coach Keegan assigned him a position as a left winger, but told him to defend well on the left side to prevent the opponent's No. 21 from scoring, which is of course the most important reason why he can start in place of Barton.

However, after nearly 80 minutes of play, Sun Jihai knew that he was not capable of defending him at all. The so-called 'heterogeneous Chinese derby' seems to be starting and he has already lost.

But none of this was the reason for his depression. No one knows himself better than Sun Jihai himself, he knows that his characteristics are comprehensive, no matter what the offense, defense, dribbling, etc., he has no big flaws, but he is not outstanding. But the head coach Keegan asked him to only defend in this game, which obviously made his performance greatly unsatisfactory, and he may not be as good as many of the team's players who cannot play.

Sun Jihai understands very well that all his performances are seen by fans, head coaches, and teammates, and maybe after this game, it will be difficult for him to get the chance to start, which makes him feel very aggrieved - yes, aggrieved!!

This mentality is not all because of the fear of losing his position, the main reason is that this game is too depressing, for the entire 80 minutes, he didn't insert an assist at all, this is not the usual Sun Jihai!

And now, Manchester City is in crisis, the opponent is two goals ahead, in this case, if you step forward and can move back a goal, you will definitely be able to cover up the gloom of the whole game with this performance, and even regain the eyes of Mr. Keegan and regain the main position!?

Thinking of this, Sun Jihai's eyes lit up, he turned his head to look at the black-haired boy standing beside him, he shook his head silently, he knew that he was useless in the backfield, and it would be useless for the team to continue to stay here - he turned his head to look at Coach Keegan on the bench, his heart was silently firm, and he slowly ran towards the frontcourt

(To be continued)