Glenn commented on the first round of the game, which was a bit of a pointer, but the coaches of the other teams knew what he said, so they all waited to see the show.

In England, no coach would say anything about Manchester United, good or bad, because Manchester United has a 'godfather' level manager Alex Ferguson, and the old Scottish jazz is also very cautious and likes to fight with other coaches.

It's something that anyone who follows football in England knows.

Since the rise of Manchester United in the 90s, Ferguson has been in charge of Manchester United, and it is from that time that Ferguson's 'mouth cannon' has become more and more powerful, until the beginning of the 21st century, few coaches can match Ferguson in this regard, of course, there may be, but the team they lead is not qualified, so even if they are powerful, it is impossible to beat Ferguson.

The only opponent to rival Ferguson is Arsenal's French coach Arsene Wenger.

However, Wenger is leading the team to achieve good results, and he can fight with Manchester United in the league, and when it comes to the skills of facing the media, there is still no way to compare with the old Jazz.

All these years have passed, and the two have a bit of sympathy for each other as old rivals.

And in 2004, Chelsea came to Mourinho, Mourinho's team led the team with good results, the league completely suppressed Manchester United, and the ability to speak was better than Ferguson, so Manchester United and Chelsea became opponents, and Ferguson and Mourinho became a pair of 'next generation' enemies.

But now that Mourinho has left England, it seems that Sir Alex Ferguson is behind him again.

Grant doesn't know these 'insiders'.

He had just arrived in England and didn't understand the environment at all, he was just expressing some opinions about the first round of the league, and in his opinion, his words were somewhat flattering to Manchester United, after all, he was praising Manchester United's strength.

But he didn't think about it. He's a Chelsea manager and he represents Chelsea.

Compliments to Manchester United?

Will Manchester United need a compliment from Chelsea?

After Mourinho left the Premier League, Ferguson really felt like 'going to be the best', in the Premier League, he was still only accompanied by his old rival Arsene Wenger for more than ten years, but the latter's Arsenal results have been declining in recent years. There is little chance of becoming a direct rival to Manchester United, so he still has his eye on Chelsea.

Chelsea manager Gran says on Manchester United's game?

Can this be endured?

After Ferguson listened to the reporter's words about Grant, his eyes immediately lit up and he immediately responded, "He said something wrong!" ”

At a time when many reporters were confused, Ferguson continued: 'It should be reversed, Chelsea could be a rival for the Champions League with a full face. ”

The old knight said earnestly.

Anyone knows what he means, he's putting Manchester United ahead of Chelsea. That means Manchester United are the most likely to win the Premier League, while Chelsea are just rivals and even the 'biggest' is saved.

Then Ferguson said of Zhang Tiehan, "He was very good, but he didn't play well in the first round, obviously the Israeli guy wouldn't use him at all. ”

This can be regarded as elevating Zhang Tiehan and belittling Grant.

Zhang Tiehan didn't play well. It completely became Grant's responsibility.

Obviously, Grant was very uncomfortable with the old jazz facing the media bombardment, and he didn't understand what he had offended Ferguson. The latter would target him like this, but he was still very angry in his heart, thinking about his polite compliment to Manchester United's cousin, and as a result, he was directly ridiculed by the other party, which was really unbearable.

But Grant knows that his status in the coaching world is 108,000 miles away from Ferguson, and Sun Monkey may not be able to cross the distance between the two of them. He didn't dare to open his mouth to insult Ferguson directly, so he could only hold his breath and respond, "The game will prove a qiē!" ”

In the war of words between the two managers, the Premier League ushered in the second round.

Chelsea's opponents are Middlesbrough.

Last season, Middlesbrough had a solid run and finished 14th in the league. This ranking makes it impossible for them to compete for European qualification, and at the same time, there is no pressure of relegation, and for Middlesbrough, who are aiming for relegation, McLaren's results are still good.

Middlesbrough has seen a change in the summer.

The biggest change is the departure of manager McClaren, McClaren became the manager of the England team, he is a step forward in the coaching industry, and Middlesbrough has to consider hiring a good manager, but Middlesbrough also has the same problems as Chelsea, there are no idle excellent coaches in Europe in the summer, and they have no choice but to let the team's veteran, 36-year-old Gareth Southgate, take the position of interim manager.

Gareth Southgate, born on 3 September 1970, is an England player with a solid style of play at centre-back who became a regular in the England squad at the 1996 European Championships. Not very tall, he is adept at using good awareness to complete defensive tasks and is also a threat when it comes to assists from set-pieces.

After moving to Middlesbrough, Eriksen was favored by Eriksen, who became a regular player in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and Euro 2000.

Despite being 31 years old when he arrived at Middlesbrough, he played for Middlesbrough for five seasons, and last season the 36-year-old Southgate also made 24 appearances for Middlesbrough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is getting older.

McClaren left and Southgate took his place as Middlesbrough manager.

Southgate has only just taken over the managerial role, and he doesn't need to think too much about the team, but Middlesbrough have brought in a couple of excellent defenders to complement the defence in the summer, and Southgate, who has been with the team for five years, is well aware of the team's defensive problems at the moment.

The biggest transfer was German defender Hutter.

At just 22 years old, Hout is a treasure trove of German football in England and was signed by Chelsea scouts from the Union Berlin Academy. In total, Hutter made 42 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and won two Premier League titles with the club.

In the summer, due to the accumulation of stars. A player like Hutter struggled to find a place at Chelsea, so he joined Middlesbrough for £6 million.

Another transfer for Middlesbrough was the £2.5 million acquisition of Alka, who has dual Italian and Argentine citizenship.

Alka is a standard blue-collar player on the pitch and has always been solid, but it's hard to say what stands out, but it's often the defensive player's solid play that counts. The media predicted that this would be Middlesbrough's most successful move.

In addition to Hutt and Alka, Middlesbrough also signed Woodgate on loan from Real Madrid to strengthen their defensive capabilities.

It can be said that Middlesbrough has improved a lot in defense now.

In the first round of the league, Middlesbrough challenged Reading away, and the two teams ended 0-0, although they did not win, but the fans and media were positive about Middlesbrough's defensive ability, they defended quite well throughout the game, and Reading failed to score a goal by virtue of home advantage.

Now they take on Chelsea at the Riverside Stadium.

The media was still very concerned about the match between the two teams before the game, and now the two teams that the media across England are most concerned about are Chelsea and Manchester United. Because everyone thinks that the two teams have a 'championship phase', although the season has only just begun, many people have already assumed that the two teams will compete for the league title.

Because of this, any league between the two teams will receive a lot of attention.

Especially in the last game, Zhang Tiehan did not score, and now in England, Zhang Tiehan will always be a topic of conversation, and he did not score in the first round. The media will pay attention to his second round of matches, and some media who are particularly supportive of Zhang Tiehan even say so. "If Zhang can't score in the second round, Grant should consider resigning."

This made Grant very depressed to hear.

But many fans recognize it, they don't think Zhang Tiehan is in poor shape or anything, in the World Cup, warm-up matches and other games, Zhang Tiehan has proven his ability, when facing the world's strongest teams Portugal, France and other teams. Zhang Tiehan can have an excellent performance, scoring six goals in 90 minutes in the warm-up game, and now in the official league, if he doesn't score, doesn't it prove Grant's incompetence?

He won't use Zhang Tiehan! A lot of people think so.

Grant may be depressed, but that's the way it is. Zhang Tiehan's state is actually seen by everyone, if he doesn't show Xiàn, it is Chelsea's tactical problem, and many people will see it this way.

Grant didn't know what he had in mind, but he didn't say anything about it before the game, only expressing confidence in a victory at Riverside Course.

"We're ready and I think it's going to be a good game." He said so.

In fact, saying it is equivalent to not saying it, just like he refuted Ferguson's language, 'the game will explain a thing', for Grant, he has no say before he achieves results in England, not to mention other team media, even Chelsea's media are suspicious of him, if he wants to make his words more sonorous, he must prove his ability.

Competition is key.

If Chelsea can continue to win, even if Zhang Tiehan's performance is a little bad, Chelsea fans can still accept it, if he keeps losing, Zhang Tiehan's expression is not good, Grant must be the one who carries the black pot, there is no doubt that most of the reasons for that are really on him.

The focus is still on the team's table xiàn, as well as Zhang Tiehan's personal table.

Everybody's watching.

The media was a little surprised when the players from both teams came on and Chelsea fielded a 433 formation, which was often used by Jose Mourinho when he was in charge of Chelsea, and now Grant's Chelsea have also lined up such a formation.

433, three forwards (forwards), three midfielders, four defenders.

This formation is familiar to Chelsea's veteran players, but it is the first time that Grant has used a 433 formation in three warm-up games, including one league game since Grant took charge of Chelsea.

The cheers and cheers of the Chelsea fans in the audience at this time are an expression of the confidence that Chelsea fans have in the team, and the mentality of Chelsea fans has completely changed with the arrival of stars in the past two seasons, and they used to think that the team was a Premier League powerhouse, but now they are one of the strongest teams in England and the strongest contenders for the English Premier League title.

The race has begun.

Before the start of the game, when the starters were seen, the media and veteran fans had already judged that Chelsea were in a 433 formation. Because they sent Frank Lampard, Essien and Makelele to play, in addition, Zhang Tiehan, Drogba and Shepchenko also played, and without a strong pure full-back, the formation could only be 433.

They also made a judgment on Zhang Tiehan's position.

But when the game really begins. When they saw Zhang Tiehan play as a right midfielder, everyone was still very surprised.

Zhang Tiehan right midfielder? Has he ever played in that position?

I guess even if there is, no one remembers.

In fact, Zhang Tiehan is really playing as a full-back for the first time, but in the 433 formation, the right wing-back is almost equal to the right-hand striker, and there is not much certainty in the position of the wing.

Grant also consulted him before the game when formulating his tactics, and Grant mainly considered this 433 formation, which most of Chelsea's players can adapt to. The only thing is whether Zhang Tiehan can adapt to the new position, as for not letting Zhang Tiehan start, Grant never thought about it, Zhang Tiehan is a player worth more than 100 million, and Abramovich brought Zhang Tiehan to Stamford Bridge not to let him play as a substitute.

Don't say that he doesn't score a game, even if Zhang Tiehan doesn't score in a few games, Grant will still arrange him into the main lineup. It's even possible to sacrifice two games to find his form.

That's what a truly world-class star qualifies like.

Once the game began, Chelsea began to look incessantly to attack. Even away from home, the cheers of the Chelsea fans were resounding and the Middlesbrough fans at the Riverside Stadium were cheering on the home team, but they couldn't completely silence the Chelsea fans.

One of the big reasons for this is that Chelsea have a big advantage on the pitch.

In the first 10 minutes, Chelsea continued to press Middlesbrough with attack, and they played very open and fluid. The football was at their feet most of the time, and Chelsea were thundered with joy after wonderful performances, attacks and shots on goal.

The game had just started and it was as if the Chelsea players were all in the game.

Watching the game on the pitch, Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate was quite anxious, he did not expect Chelsea to play so well on the road. His own team was completely unable to gain any advantage at home, and even said that it was difficult to play football through the half, and he could only shout for his team to defend and defend, fearing that a goal would be breached by Chelsea if he didn't pay attention.

During this time, Zhang Tiehan also completed a long-range shot on the periphery.

However, the ball was a bit long away and he couldn't play it with all his strength, and by the time the ball flew in front of goal, there was not much force, and Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer easily saved the ball.

This is Zhang Tiehan's only goal-related table.

But in other aspects, Zhang Tiehan's table is much more dazzling, Zhang Tiehan on the side of the road constantly between the middle line and the bottom line to attack, when he starts, Middlesbrough is difficult to stop him, just ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan completed three threatening crosses in a row, this kind of table xiàn makes Middlesbrough a headache, the key is that Zhang Tiehan's position makes it difficult for them to do any effective defense - they can't let the players go to the side to defend closely, right?

What many people didn't expect was that Zhang Tiehan could create such a big threat to Middlesbrough on the wing!

Grant was also eye-catching.

In fact, he placed Zhang Tiehan in the right striker, a position similar to the right midfielder, which was a somewhat helpless choice, if it was not for this position, then Zhang Tiehan could only replace Lampard in the middle of the midfield, or play directly as a central striker.

Grant didn't think that Zhang Tiehan would have any outstanding performances, but he didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to perform so well in this position, as if he was a world-class full-back.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't know what the coach thinks, he doesn't have so many ideas, in his mind, his task on the field of play is to create opportunities for teammates and create opportunities for himself, it's as simple as that, shoot by himself when he has the opportunity, and create more opportunities for his teammates if he doesn't have a chance, that's all, and now his breakthrough has been able to do very well, he is also very good at the right side, his speed is also very fast, his ability is very comprehensive, there is nothing strange in this position.

Compared to the last game, Zhang Tiehan's game feels quite good now.

This position is not the core of the midfield, not the core of the frontcourt, but at least he can be allowed to play, and he does not have to withstand too much pressure, in fact, it is impossible for the opponent to put all the defensive focus on the wings. In any case, the goal in the middle is the most important thing.

After a period of play, with the appearance of various players, the main direction of Chelsea's attack has also shifted, Grant originally thought that the tactics were to advance the middle, but soon everyone found that Zhang Tiehan's side was better to play, so the focus of attack slowly shifted to the right side.

Zhang Tiehan got the ball again and again. Led the team to attack Middlesbrough in the half again and again.

In this situation, many people wondered when Chelsea would be able to score, but the upper hand on the field could not bring Chelsea goals quickly, and Frank Lampard, Drogba and others continued to get opportunities in the middle, but they created a threat but did not send the ball into the goal.

The score has not been rewritten for a long time.

No one expected Middlesbrough to score first.

This time Lampard picked up the ball in the centre circle and once again played the ball to Zhang Tiehan on the right, who took the ball and sprinted towards the Middlesbrough half again, shaking off two defenders in quick succession. Directly dribbling the ball to the bottom line, then rushing out in the gap between the opposing two defenses, and leading the ball to the small penalty area.

Chelsea centre-back Carvalho followed suit and found his place in the middle, sprinting out with his right foot and smashing it down the ball before the ball changed direction and headed for Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough's No. 5 centre-back Riggott has made a contribution!

He blocked the goal with his body and allowed Carvalho's shot to no avail, sending the Chelsea fans in exclamation and regret. Immediately, the football was cleared by a Middlesbrough player.

The Chelsea players were about to drop back and they didn't realise the threat. But in the middle of the midfield, the football reached the feet of Downing!

Downing is also a member of the England squad and is a very strong midfielder.

Now just 22 years old, Downing made his debut against Chelsea in April 2002, on his eighteenth birthday. The first goal for the club came against Brentford in the Carabao Cup. In 2003, due to the arrival of Zenden, Downing was loaned to Sunderland last year. Downing returned to Middlesbrough to impress in excellent form and became a highly-sought-after England star.

Downing started as a striker in this game.

Rather than retreat to defend when Chelsea were on the attack, Downing stood up to the front of the team and waited for his chance, and now he waited for his chance, stopping the ball cautiously and quickly moving forward.

Middlesbrough fans chanted from the audience!

Chelsea attacked a little forward just now, and even a central defender like Carvalho grabbed a chance to shoot, which shows how high Chelsea's formation is pressing, and at this time there is only one defender in the backfield who can defend Downing.

In England, a player like Downing is not very eye-catching, perhaps more because he plays for Middlesbrough than a big club, but it is undeniable that it is often the strikers of small teams who appreciate their chances more, and this is Middlesbrough's best chance since the opening.

Downing quickly dribbled the ball and tried to shake Terry with two changes of direction, but Terry was not deceived by him and kept running forward with him.

In front of the penalty area, Downing saw that he couldn't shake off Terry, so he chose to shoot directly!

This shot was quite sudden, many people didn't expect it, including Terry, but Terry watched Downing shoot while running, but he didn't stop the action, and goalkeeper Cech kept paying attention, but the quality of this shot was quite high, and when he judged the route of the ball and his body pounced, the football had already flown past him first.

Fly straight into the goal.

1:0。

After Chelsea had been holding back for almost twenty minutes, Middlesbrough changed the lead with a surprising counter-attack.

Suddenly, the riverside stadium fell into a carnival!

Middlesbrough fans didn't expect the team to score first, they didn't think they would have a chance at all, at least in the first half, but now they scored a goal first, which they didn't expect and made their celebrations even more crazy.

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