Valencia's tactical adjustments have gone too far.

At first, they thought that the team could beat Chelsea head-on, and they didn't care about Zhang Tiehan, so they fought hard with Chelsea, showing the momentum of the home stadium and showing the style of the first place in the Spanish league, but the result was that Chelsea took the lead early.

After being led by Chelsea, they changed their tactics and went all to defend tightly...... Such a large-scale tactical adjustment made the fans in the audience very uncomfortable, and the on-site commentator couldn't help but say, "Valencia's tactical change seems to be a bit ......"

It's almost going from one extreme to the other.

This may have something to do with Valencia's achievements in recent years, although they have achieved good results this season, but in fact, since the beginning of 2000, Valencia has been going downhill, their results have not been very good, and the tradition of defensive counterattacks has also begun to spread from that time, because Valencia can achieve good results by using defensive counterattacks, and playing offensive football, they really have no advantage at all.

In other words, the current Valencia, in fact, is 'what tactics can achieve good results', what tactics to play, and the club's requirements for Flores are only one point, that is, results, no matter what tactics are, as long as the results are good, they will go.

The same goes for Valencia fans, who don't care if they play well or not, as long as they can win, they are very satisfied.

So when Valencia changed tactics on a large scale and made the game extremely passive, Valencia fans did not resist, they just hoped that the team could hold the goal and find another chance to equalize.

At the same time, Chelsea are also looking for ways to break down the dense defence.

There are many ways to break down dense defenses. However, for Chelsea, the best way is still to use Zhang Tiehan's point to seek opportunities, which is inevitable, because Zhang Tiehan has the strongest individual ability, so when Zhang Tiehan proposes to increase the number of high-altitude balls and look for opportunities in front of goal. Chelsea team-mates are starting to try to do just that.

So the two wings came alive.

Especially on the left side, Robben didn't cut inside when he got the ball, so he drove the ball directly to the penalty area with a big foot.

The same goes for others, such as Frank Lampard and Ballack, while Zhang Tiehan and Drogba are active in the box, both big and very good at heading, and even if Valencia defends closely against the two, they can still find a place in the Valencia box.

At this time, Zhang Tiehan was crowded in the forbidden area. He is more than 1.9 meters tall, about the same as Drogba, and both of them are quite burly, they are like two pillars standing in the Valencia penalty area, which makes the Valencia players a headache, and they dare not relax their defense against the two.

Zhang Tiehan is still the focus.

Drogba is also very strong, but Drogba doesn't actually score many headers, and the whole world knows it. Headers are Zhang Tiehan's signature way of scoring, so Valencia's focus on defense is still on Zhang Tiehan.

This time it was Chelsea's attack again.

Due to Valencia's aggressive contraction of the defensive line. There wasn't much pressure at the back and full-back Pacos Ferreira rushed up and after a combination with Frank Lampard, he ran straight up front and then slotted a cross into the corner of the box.

Football goes straight to the penalty area!

"Attention!"

Seeing the football flying over, Valencia's defender Elgra immediately yelled at his teammates to be careful. At the same time, he and Miguel also tightly sandwiched Zhang Tiehan in the middle, and the two central defenders were sandwiched, and this kind of defense was definitely very tight.

Before the football fell, Zhang Tiehan glanced at Drogba behind him. Drogba was also caught between two people, his position was not very good, and he did not have many options in the face of tight defense.

Zhang Tiehan judged that he could only come by himself.

But he was very tightly defended, it was difficult to rush through the defense, Valencia fans were not very worried, in their opinion, no one in the world could do anything under the sandwich of Elguera and Miguel, but just when they thought so, they saw Zhang Tiehan's body rushing forward slightly, Elgra's body was a little unstable by this collision, and Zhang Tiehan took advantage of this momentary gap to jump directly in place.

He didn't jump high, after all, there was Miguel behind him, and he didn't even have the space to jump, but this height was just right to catch up with the football - in the air, Zhang Tiehan jumped up slightly, and directly shook his head to attack the goal.

"Bump!"

Zhang Tiehan didn't have time to adjust his body, come to a strong attack or something, the only time he had was to let the football smash on his head and bounce towards the goal.

"That's all going to work...... many people are thinking at this moment.

The Valencians watched the football smash on Zhang Tiehan's head and bounce towards the goal, there was nothing they could do, the football was already heading towards the Valencia goal, and they could only pray that goalkeeper Hildebrand would hold the goal.

Hildebrand, 28 years old, is not a big age for a goalkeeper, he is a German, born in Worms, Germany, who moved to Stuttgart in July 1994 and was promoted to the first team in 1995. After a 0-0 draw with Cologne on 4 October 2003, Stuttgart became the first team in Bundesliga history to keep a clean sheet in nine consecutive matches.

Hildebrand broke Kahn's record of 803 consecutive clean sheets and extended the record to 884 minutes.

However, in the German national team, the young Hildebrand had to settle for the number three goalkeeper due to the presence of Kahn and Lehmann.

Last summer, Hildebrand transferred to Valencia on a free transfer and became Valencia's No. 1 goalkeeper, he is quite good this season, and is an important contributor to Valencia's good results, but in this game, other Valencia players don't feel anything, but Hildebrand is still under a lot of pressure, because he is a goalkeeper, he knows very well what the concept of facing the opponent's number nine, that is, Zhang Tiehan's shooting, is a challenge for any goalkeeper.

Just now, the opponent shot directly from a distance of more than 30 meters, but Hildebrand didn't react, he kept recalling the goal, and he also felt very annoyed - he could save the ball if he was serious, but unfortunately regret had no effect.

But it also made Hildebrand take the game a lot more seriously, and when he saw Chelsea constantly passing high balls. Hildebrand paid 100% seriousness, and his attention to Zhang Tiehan basically did not change, and then he saw Zhang Tiehan's header, and in the face of this ball, Hildebrand calmly judged and struggled to pounce on the left. Keeping the ball off the line with both hands.

The Chelsea fans in the stadium secretly shouted pity.

However, Hildebrand, who got up from the grass, was still a little annoyed, he thought it would be a powerful header, but the force of the football was not very strong - he could have caught it directly with both hands, that is, the ball was completely untouched, and he was a little too concerned.

Zhang Tiehan also felt a little pity when he saw that the ball didn't score, but he didn't care, the team was ahead. And there are many opportunities

Seeing Zhang Tiehan's header on the goal, many Spanish media are also worried about Valencia, "Maybe Valencia should pay more attention to Zhang's defense, otherwise it will be difficult for them to ensure that the goal does not lose ......"

The Spanish commentator commented.

'Zhang's individual quality is too strong, he can finish the header under the defense of Elguera and Miguel, Valencia is not good at choosing to defend big, they should probably take the initiative to attack, there is no team in the world who dares to say that against Chelsea the attack can guarantee not to concede a goal. Valencia is definitely not the special one......"

This is a bit neutral, but the Spanish commentator is still in favor of Valencia. It's just that they analyze it from a neutral point of view, they don't think Valencia can keep the goal, just look at the table of the two teams during this time.

In fact, Valencia coach Flores was also worried, and after watching the header just now, he knew that the team was difficult to defend. But he can't adjust his tactics anymore, he just wants the team to hold on to the net in the first half, then with some adjustments in the second half, Valencia still has a chance, after all, there is still a second leg. If you want to leave the suspense in the second leg, you can't concede too many goals in the first leg.

"Zhang ......"

On the other hand, Chelsea boss Villas-Boas was also reading Zhang Tiehan's name, and he was very happy with Zhang's appearance, and he was glad that the team had such a player, which made the team have no pressure to score goals.

He suddenly thought of his 'senior brother' Mourinho.

The most important reason why Zhang Tiehan failed to come to Chelsea in previous seasons was Mourinho, Mourinho began to think that Drogba was more suitable for Chelsea than Zhang Tiehan, so Drogba came early, and then Zhang Tiehan was excellent in the next year, but Mourinho thought that the team already had Drogba and did not need such a big center, and then Mourinho insisted on his opinion, so he and Zhang Tiehan passed by.

Jose Mourinho...... Still too stubborn.

He's good at everything, he's very good, but he's also too stubborn, he never admits his mistakes and he doesn't repent, that's why he left Chelsea, and maybe that's why he's successful, but anyway, now Villas-Boas is the manager of Chelsea, and he's glad he has Zhang Tiehan under him.

Jose Mourinho used to worry about Chelsea's goals, and the media ridiculed Chelsea's 1:0 conservative tactics, but 1:0 is not a kind of helplessness?

Now with Zhang Tiehan, the team has no 1:0 tactics at all, even if the team's energy is still a little focused on defense, but there are very few times when a goal is scored in a game, Zhang Tiehan, a player, is the guarantee of the team's goals

Soon the game resumed, this time from a Chelsea corner, Lampard walked to the corner flagstick, and just when everyone thought he was going to prepare a penalty, Lampard suddenly passed the ball to Robben, who didn't think about it, and sent the ball directly into the box in the confusion.

'It's a tactical combination from Chelsea! Be careful! The on-site commentator hurriedly shouted to remind Valencia.

It's a pity that he only broadcasts, and his voice can only reach the fans' stands, not the pitch at all, and it was a little late because the Valencia players had already seen it and they looked a little flustered because they didn't expect Lampard to do that.

As a result, when the football flew over, there was only one Elgra left by Zhang Tiehan's side, Elgra's defense was very good, but he was 31 years old after all, and Zhang Tiehan was still too old compared to Zhang Tiehan, and the bodies of the two were not on the same level, as a result, Zhang Tiehan squeezed Elgra and took two steps in a row in the penalty area, making Valencia's crowded penalty area look more chaotic, and then he calmly jumped up on the spot and shook his head at the falling football.

Attack!

"Entered!" After Zhang Tiehan completed the attack action, he shouted without even landing on the ground.

With his words, the football rushed directly into the right corner of the goal without any suspense.

Although the goalkeeper Hildebrand was very focused, the goalkeeper could not save all the balls even if he was good, especially if he scored directly from close range, he was so weak that he didn't even make a save, and could only watch the football fly into the goal. (To be continued......)