In the away dressing room, Chelsea's morale is low.

There was silence in the dressing room, no one spoke, everyone just sat quietly in their seats, and they all waited for the arrival of manager Jose Mourinho.

Jose Mourinho walked into the dressing room.

He glanced at the expressions of everyone in the locker room, and his mood became heavier.

Mourinho knows very well that in the first half of the game, the team fell behind by two goals, in fact, it has nothing to do with the team's table, the team's three lines are very good, and there are players who do a good job, such as Wright Phillips, and Makellele, their table xiàn has a table in attack and a table in defense.

The team was two goals behind, and the reason was more down to the opponent's table.

"Cheer up! The end is not yet here! Mourinho opened the dressing room with a loud shout, which made the atmosphere in the dressing room much more cheerful, "Seeing that I was two goals behind, I wanted to come here and scold, but I found that everyone's appearance was very good, I couldn't find an excuse to scold, yes." ”

"You heard it right."

The Chelsea players looked at the manager with some surprise, as Mourinho said, they were all ready for a burst of saliva, but the manager said, "Our table is good, now two goals behind, it's just that their table is better." ”

Mourinho comforted everyone and patted Cech on the shoulder, because Cech conceded two goals in only half time, "Cheer up, Peter, the opponent's number 13 is just too good, don't take it personally." It seems that he is worried about the psychological shadow of Cech's shot against Zhang Tiehan.

Although it was only to comfort the players, the Chelsea players were surprised enough, and Mourinho rarely did.

The most surprising of them were Frank Lampard and John Terry, who knew the reason why Zhang Tiehan didn't come to the team, and that was Mourinho, who thought Drogba was better. In other words, he thinks that Zhang Tiehan is not suitable for Chelsea, and Chelsea does not need a high school striker, and spending 30 million pounds is a bit more than worth the loss.

In the first half, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals.

In the eyes of Frank Lampard and John Terry, Mourinho will be furious, after all, his face is the most important thing. A lot of people know that, but the Portuguese didn't do that, and they feel very relieved because everyone in the team is working hard and no one is making big mistakes.

Mourinho doesn't know what the players think, he needs comfort to regain morale.

"The opponent was better than us in the first half, but they can't be like this all time, we have to attack in the second half!"

Jose Mourinho then began to set up attacking tactics, bringing on Duff to replace Claude Makelle. It's a sign of offense. Chelsea's formation is 433, the middle three are Makelelele, Lampard and Essien, in addition to Lampard both offensive and defensive, Essien and Makelele are both defensive giants, while Duff is a more attacking player on the wing, his appearance is obviously to increase Chelsea's wide ability.

At the same time, he also told Joe Cole to play, and he replaced Big Wright Phillips.

After these two substitutions, Mourinho didn't have to explain anything. Chelsea players also know what to do in the second half, with Duff and Joe Cole being Chelsea's two wing-backs. One left and one right attacking ability is very strong, especially the two belong to the kind of players who can play on the left and right, the skills at the feet are very exquisite, the two can switch positions to play in the game, which brings more options to Chelsea's attack, and the two of them form a wing. It will be a great headache for the opponent.

That's Mourinho's change of tactics.

With two goals down, Mourinho actually has no more options, he has to let the team attack.

……

In the home dressing room, Benitez faces a much tougher choice.

The good news is that Liverpool have a two-goal lead, and that situation gives Benitez more options. Then his choice became more difficult, was it to defend and counterattack or take the initiative to attack?

There are benefits to both.

The winning rate of defensive counter-attacks is obviously greater, and the modern football defense wins the game, which is not only clear to Mourinho, but also to Benitez, both are tactical masters, both have been caricatured by the media as 'utilitarian football', and they don't care if they play ugly games for victory.

But there is also an advantage to the initiative, the team played very well in the first half, even if Chelsea shrinks the defensive line to play defensive counterattack, the team can still create a threat, so that the opponent does not dare to counterattack too fiercely, the team has two goal advantages, Chelsea will definitely attack, the initiative to attack may make the players more familiar with the new tactics, as long as they win this game, then the team will be more confident...... This is strategic.

In short, Benitez has a hard time choosing.

When he was back in the dressing room, Benitez was still struggling to decide, he wandered around the dressing room, obviously thinking about it, and there was a strange picture in the home team's dressing room - the manager walked around with a pensive look, and everyone else looked at the manager and was silent.

Even if Benitez is in Liverpool and not as majestic as Mourinho is at Chelsea, the Spaniard is the manager after all, and the players still have to wait for Benitez to make tactical arrangements for the fifteen minutes of the break.

Five minutes passed.

Finally, Benitez stopped, looked back at the players, and after a period of confusion, his face was tangled, and then he decided, "Second half...... We continue to attack......"

After some thought, Benitez made this decision.

It's tough, especially for Benitez.

Normally, if there is an easier option to win, he doesn't care about the ugliness of the pitch, even at Anfield, saying that as long as the win is won in the end, the fans will be satisfied, the media will tout Liverpool, and there is no point in saying anything if they lose the game.

But Benitez made the decision anyway, he was more interested in the new tactics, the impact of the new tactics against Chelsea, if it was a counter-attacking victory, it was just three points in the league, and on the contrary, Liverpool won with confidence, and the support of the fans and the media - yes, no one doesn't like attacking football, just as Arsenal and Tottenham are always praised.

The Liverpool players were also very surprised by Benitez's decision.

Many of those players, including Steven Gerrard, Alonso, Hyypia and others. After a season, they knew the Spaniard too well, and in his eyes victory was the most important thing, and it didn't matter if the game was ugly – even with Liverpool leading – but Benitez did just that.

Everyone was also a little excited.

Fans love offensive football, players playing on the field. I don't like to defend passively, and it's always welcome to take the initiative to attack.

……

Finally the second half of the game began.

Both teams had a tactical and second-half arrangement at half-time, and the coaches of both teams, Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez, both felt they knew each other's tactics and the shape of both teams well.

As a result, at the beginning of the second half, Mourinho found that he did not grasp the game well.

Instead of defending and counter-attacking, Liverpool continued to attack actively?

It's amazing.

Mourinho couldn't believe it. Is this the same conservative Spaniard from last season, who can be called his opponent? Did he think Liverpool, or their number 13, would be in the same good form as they were in the first half and be able to beat his Chelsea in attack?

He couldn't see through it.

The Portuguese also has a hint of joy in his heart, if Liverpool chooses to defend passively and counterattack, even if he has confidence in the team, there is still little chance of equalizing after two goals down. But the opponent takes the initiative to attack, and the scene becomes an offensive battle. Then the team will obviously have more chances, and the gap between two goals is not something that cannot be caught up.

With this mentality, Mourinho calmed down and watched the game.

The two teams also officially met on the field, and at the beginning they were like the opening of the first half, constantly fighting for the initiative in the midfield, and Zhang Tiehan was also involved. But now Chelsea's home stadium is different, they have two excellent wing-backs who can stretch the midfield area a little wider, while Liverpool's full-fronts Garcia and Reese are slightly worse, and perhaps Zhang Tiehan's drop-back makes up for some of the disadvantage. But Chelsea weren't as pressed as they were in the first half.

The two teams played a lot of momentum.

But Chelsea's advantage on both flanks is quite significant, and it's no surprise that Chelsea get good chances when Joe Cole and Duff are in form...... Then it was no surprise that they pulled a goal back.

With 59 minutes played, Chelsea's Argentinian striker Crespo scored a goal with an outside instep push to make it 2-1.

"Crespo! Crespo! He scored a goal for Chelsea! The London commentator shouted excitedly.

This ball is quite crucial.

If Chelsea don't score, then the difference between two goals is too big, and in the 59th minute, the difference between two goals becomes a goal difference, and even if the game is played by only one goal, Chelsea will have a chance, so this goal will also give the Chelsea players hope of an equaliser.

Chelsea fans roared with joy.

For a moment, the Londoners were the protagonists of Anfield, but when the Liverpool fans realised this, they immediately silenced the cheers with boos, leaving the Chelsea fans to die once again.

But Chelsea fans are still quite excited.

Despite the lack of predominance of the voice, many Chelsea fans stood up and cheered loudly, waving their arms, stomping their feet and hugging each other in the loudest shouts of celebration.

on the pitch.

The Chelsea players were also excited, with Crespo hugging each of his team-mates and Jose Mourinho raising his hands in the dugout.

The camera footage was given to Mourinho.

'Jose Mourinho was very happy and it showed that Crespo's goal was crucial and if Chelsea could have equalised, then Crespo would have been a big part of it, and the Argentine showed great technical ability to score the crucial goal at the crucial moments......

Various commentators commented on Chelsea's goal.

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Contrary to Chelsea's cheers, the expressions of the Liverpool players were quite helpless, and Benitez was biting the corners of his mouth in the dugout, and his face was quite ugly.

His worst fears came up.

The reason why he wants to defend and counterattack is that he is worried that Chelsea will score first, if Liverpool score first, then there will be no suspense in the game, but Chelsea score first, they have the hope of equalising, hope is very important to a team's performance, on the contrary, Liverpool are in a passive position - although the team is still ahead.

It's a gap in mentality.

But Benitez didn't make any adjustments, everything he had to do at half-time had already been done, he didn't need to do anything, although he was interested in the outcome of the game, he was also a determined man, since he chose to take the initiative to play against Chelsea, he would not change his tactics because of a goal.

He could only pray in his heart that the next goal would belong to Liverpool.

on the pitch.

Zhang Tiehan stood in the middle circle, stepping on the football and waiting for the kickoff.

He didn't have to wait long, Chelsea were still behind after all, and they wouldn't waste too much time celebrating, but looking at the happy look on each other's faces, he was still very upset and spat on the ground fiercely.

When the other party is happy, it means that his side is lost.

That's for sure!

"What's the big deal, just score one goal, I don't know how many goals I've scored!" He muttered unhappily.

But the muttering was a bit loud and could be heard by Crespo, who had just stood on the opposite side, as well as several teammates and opposing players around him. Crespo's face immediately sank, and the other Chelsea players who heard it stared at Zhang Tiehan with unfriendly eyes, but Zhang Tiehan only shrugged his shoulders without paying attention, and while the referee was not paying attention, he pointed his fingers downward...... Needless to say, what that means.

The only pity is that none of the Chelsea players were recklessly provoked.

However, Cisse still laughed out loud when he saw Zhang Tiehan's movements, and as a result, the unfriendly eyes of the Chelsea players all pointed to Cisse again, and Cisse became a typical example of being shot while lying down...... He looked innocently, as if he was betraying his teammates.

Then the referee blew the whistle to signal that the ball was ready to kick off, and Zhang Tiehan passed the ball to Cisse...... He was again the target of the public.

Zhang Tiehan has no grudges with the Chelsea players.

He just didn't want to be pulled back into the net.

Especially since he hasn't scored in the second half, the opponent has already scored one, and it seems that the opponent is planning to try to pull another goal back, how can this be? Zhang Tiehan doesn't want to score first and then be equalized or even overtaken, that feels very bad, it is better to let the opponent score first!

He didn't want to give the other party that kind of opportunity!

If you want to do this, you have to score, not let the opponent score, so after the game restarted, Zhang Tiehan worked harder. (To be continued......)