Chapter 500: Defensive Problems on the Right Side
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The discussion about Zhang Tiehan continues, but Chelsea's league is still going on, the time enters November, the league is about to enter the most difficult period, the month before and after Christmas is always the busiest for English professional teams, this time is just in the most injury-prone time, and the English league schedule is not a winter break, but to the most intensive schedule around Christmas.
November has already entered this phase.
Chelsea face three league games in a row after the Barcelona game, with the first being the toughest opponent to face in the form of Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur in north London.
The reason why Tottenham are difficult to play against is that Tottenham have been quite good this season, and they are currently only behind Chelsea and Manchester United and third in the Premier League.
However, Chelsea don't take the game too seriously.
This may have something to do with the all-time head-to-head record between the two sides, with Chelsea unbeaten in their last 32 league meetings winning 21 and drawing 11, including 18 wins and 10 draws in 28 Premier League meetings. Chelsea have won seven and drawn three of the last 10 meetings between the two sides, including three consecutive away league wins. Because of this result, few Blues fans feel that Tottenham pose a threat to Chelsea, despite being currently third in the league and above Arsenal and Liverpool.
But no one expected Chelsea to lose this game!
3:2。
That's the final score.
Tottenham, cheered on by the more than 30,000 fans at White Hart Lane, scored three goals in each half, while Chelsea's two goals, one from Zhang Tiehan and the other from Didier Drogba.
Although Zhang Tiehan played the whole game and also scored a goal. Didier Drogba's goal was also assisted by him, but Tottenham's performance was better in this game, or perhaps because Chelsea's defence was completely overwhelmed by Tottenham's attack.
Chelsea's defence crumbled? How is this possible
Fans who haven't watched the game and followed the news when they hear it, when they see the comments from those media, they feel incredible. Because I saw the media say that Chelsea's defence was broken
Chelsea? Defend?
Fans can only find it incredible, and it must be admitted that Tottenham's attacking ability is very strong, they are by no means weaker than the north London rivals Arsenal, and because of this, they can be a strong team in the Premier League, and they are strong competitors or direct participants in European competitions every year, but even if they are strong in attack, it is still a bit unimaginable to say that Chelsea's defense is broken. If they have the ability, or if this season becomes the same as in 2003 and 2004 - Tottenham can get the same luxurious record as their north London rivals Arsenal, and set a crazy unbeaten record.
But apparently this is not possible.
So there was more focus on the game, just because Chelsea lost, they lost in the league, they lost to Tottenham Hotspur, and it was the first time Chelsea had dropped points in 11 Premier League games - they had won 10 games in a row.
It's a hot London derby!
Tottenham Hotspur's 19-year history of a winless home run against Chelsea has finally been broken. The most intriguing and positive aspect of the game was Chelsea's defensive weakness. Grant's substitution of two right-backs in a game also made the game dramatic, and the reason for such a rare change in a position on the pitch was simple, in the words of The Times, "a complete failure for a player in this position." ”
Chelsea's starting right-back was Paolo Ferreira. Pacos Ferreira was a player from Jose Mourinho's time in charge of Porto and came to Chelsea with Jose Mourinho, who was particularly favoured by Jose Mourinho's former club in Situbal, where he was born.
But this season Mourinho went to Inter Milan, and Ferreira has of course become the same as the average player. It is impossible for the Israelis to take special care of him.
Although Ferreira's own conditions are average, and he can't talk about how strong the impact is, he, like Carvalho, has learned to handle the ball more or less in the Premier League, because the goalkeeper is Hilario, and the three compatriots will echo each other a lot together, at least they won't play a show.
A good idea, but Keane Jr. jumped out to spoil the good thing of the Portuguese, he in the first half of a bypass Ferreira assault began to test Mourinho's nerves, at this time it was the beginning of Joel to make a classic change, Lennon from left to right, Keane from the front back back to the left midfield, Chelsea's right-back was bored by such a change, although Ferreira then carried Keane Jr. an impact, but measuring the strength of Keane Jr. and Ferreira, we can still know Ferreira's shortcomings, he has been at a disadvantage in the battle with Kean, and importantly, Berbatov is also attacking on the left side, and Ferreira gave the opponent a free kick in the first half for a foul on defending Berbatov, and it was this goal that gave Dawson a taste of goal happiness at Tottenham, and this trend will be out of control in the second half, so Grant can only make adjustments in the midfield and replace Ferreira with Bolaruz.
Bolaruz's form is very sluggish, in fact, he has an appearance record in the last game against Barcelona, in the game Bolarousz was almost blown up by Ronaldinho, but obviously Keane Jr. is still difficult to compare with Ronaldinho, Grant hopes that Bolaruz can limit Keane's play, sending him to play seems to make Keane Jr. feel pressure, but this is by no means the case, in just 22 minutes, Bora Luz was teased by Keane Jr. continuously, resulting in a goal and a dangerous situation, at the first break, Keane Jr. shook Bolaruz in the midfield first, and did it again near the baseline, but Bolaruz's center of gravity was unstable and he fell to the ground, and the second time Keane Jr. avoided Bolaruz's line of sight and grabbed the ball directly.
Sky Sports was delighted by the performances of both right-backs, describing Pacos Ferreira as "hectic" and Bora Rouz as "terrible", with both scoring a game-low four points.
After John Terry went off and Chelsea were forced to play three centre-backs, Essien, who was in charge of defending on the right, showed great confrontation ability. In fact, since then, Keane Jr. has no longer had an outstanding breakthrough, and then the replaced Defoe, although full of body, was forced to be cut off by Essien in a close impact. Before the first half, before Joel changed formation, Essien had three head-to-head confrontations with Lennon on the right flank, and all of them were successful, but it was a bit wasteful for Essien to play at right-back, but it was a stopgap measure, and the Ghanaian's golden belt was still in midfield.
The gap between Ferreira and Bora Luz is a bit noticeable when you look at the opposing right-back Zim Bonda, with the France international, who has been on the bench for seven World Cup games, and is a formidable opponent for Didier Drogba today. His positioning and header limited the "Monster Striker", and the rushing Ashley Cole and Arjen Robben were also planted in the hands of Zim Bonda, and he even blocked Zhang Tiehan's shot with his right leg once, which was a crisis, and it was this defense that gave Zim Bonda almost the best rating of the season.
In comparison, Ferreira and Bora Luz cost £20 million to transfer, but the effect of using them in rotation does not seem to be as effective as that of the multimillion-dollar Zim Bonda.
In short, Chelsea's defense on the right side was questioned after the game.
Anyone who has watched the game will know it. Chelsea lost on the right side of the defence, besides. Chelsea's other defensive tables are actually quite good, especially the forward line led by Zhang Tiehan, which fully exploited the defensive counter-attacking tactics chosen by Grant against Tottenham.
But the defensive counterattack is still defense-oriented, and the defense has been scored three goals by the opponent, and the offense will definitely be affected.
After the game, Zhang Tiehan's expression was very helpless in the face of reporters. But he couldn't say anything bad about his teammates, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "We can't win, there are always times when we lose, accidents always happen." ”
He said so.
Zhang Tiehan didn't care much on the surface. But in the face of the loss, he was also very dissatisfied, after all, it was a loss, especially this loss, Abramovich's promised bonus stopped, after the game, Zhang Tiehan sighed for the first time, "The bonus is gone", he smiled bitterly at Lampard.
Fortunately, he is mentally prepared to lose, after all, the right side of the team is too bad in the game, the whole game is all kinds of holes in the back, and the defensive table is much worse than the last game.
This may also have something to do with the fact that the team has just experienced a big game against Barcelona and the lack of attention to the league and Tottenham Hotspur.
In short, the team's table is very bad.
After the game, England was almost completely flooded with reports of Chelsea's loss, in the eyes of other media, this is a hot news, a good news, after all, no media and fans, no one wants their league to be monopolized by one team - as long as this team is not their own support, Chelsea's previous table was so good that Manchester United could not even see the hope of catching up, and now they have also lost, there are mistakes, some media lamented that the league title this season is still in suspense.
The only one who can compete with Chelsea is Manchester United.
Manchester United's table is quite good, after eleven rounds of the league, they have 8 wins, 1 loss and two draws, only four points less than Chelsea, if in previous years, such a result is definitely quite good, it can be compared with the crazy Chelsea last season, or even stronger, but this season they are four points behind Chelsea, which shows Chelsea's strength, and you can also know why many media and fans will pay so much attention to Chelsea when they see Chelsea lose.
Quite a few people have proposed to Chelsea.
Most of these suggestions are related to transfer issues, and various experts, commentators, and media believe that Chelsea should strengthen their defense on the right side and buy a good right-back, if Mourinho is in charge, they will definitely not do this, because Mourinho has always been very assertive and he will not listen to the media about what he is going to do.
But the Israeli is different, he is likely to take some reference to the media's opinion, or more importantly, Abramovich must have known about the game, and the Russian will definitely consider buying a right-back to supplement the squad - the key point is that the Russians do not trust Grant, and anyone knows that Grant was just lucky to take over Chelsea, and as long as there is a good replacement, he must not be in the manager's position for long
In the midst of the buzzing coverage, the twelfth round of the Premier League soon followed, with Chelsea hosting promoted Watford.
This game has attracted a lot of attention.
The key point is that Chelsea lost in the last round, and a lot of people have to do with their form in this round and the changes in the starting line-up, and sure enough, when you can see it, the team's starting right-back has become Geremi.
Patrick Ferreira and Bora Luz have been in full swing at White Hart Trail, and it is Graremi who can replace him in the Chelsea squad.
Graimy was not sold by Chelsea in the summer, perhaps because he was a midfielder and he was somewhat marginalized in the team, but some people considered that Geremi could play a lot of positions as a player, and it was better to keep him in the team to add depth to the bench than to sell him cheaply, so Geremy was not sold.
Now Geremy has a role to play and he is the team's starting right-back. The former Real Madrid player has been pretty good in the previous game table, with three assists in five games, but he is not yet the real ideal answer for Chelsea's right flank.
For the first time in the new season, Geremi was entrusted with a major role, and he vowed that "Chelsea will never take any game lightly, no opponent, in fact the League Cup, in fact, we have always been very strict. I will give my best against every opponent. ”
Grami must have been strict.
With Villa and Watford on the wing, Goremi got a good look. Basically, he was responsible for Chelsea's attacks on the right, and his cross in the 27th minute gave Zhang Tiehan a chance to shoot; In the 69th minute, he scored a hat-trick directly for Drogba.
5-0, Chelsea won against Watford.
Geremi's performance is not bad, he helped Chelsea win this league game, Chelsea also got their 11th league win, the media after the game said very well about Geremi, but obviously Chelsea are not the kind of team to 'find a replacement' in the position, Geremi is not a pure right-back, Chelsea are likely to be looking for a replacement in the winter.
Soon it was rumoured that Chelsea were preparing to snap up Midtjylland's Nigerian rookie Salami in the winter – the 18-year-old Nigerian is a good player on the right.
Under such reports, the league ushered in the thirteenth round three days later.
The big win over West Ham made many media and fans think that the defeat to Tottenham was just an accident, and Chelsea was still the same Chelsea, but no one thought that this game would be won again.
1:1。
As soon as this score came out, many people were surprised. (The novel "A Generation of Ball God Zhang Tiehan" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)