Chapter 101: A Genius in the Football Coaching World

After the restart of the second half, Mourinho replaced Paulo Ferreira with youngster Glen Johnson.

Glen Johnson was born in West Ham United, a long-established club in the United Kingdom, and among the many new stars that West Ham United has cultivated, Glen Johnson is far less dazzling than his predecessors such as Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand, but his path to fame is surprisingly smooth.

In his first season as a professional footballer in 2001, Johnson was unable to make an appearance in the first team, and in October 2002, Johnson spent a two-month loan spell at Millwall, when West Ham United were losing in the Premier League, so Johnson began to play in the second half of the season, and although he was unable to change the relegation fate, he became the most acclaimed rookie of the year.

When West Ham were relegated from the Premier League in 2003, Glen Johnson joined Chelsea for £6 million and became a member of the Chelsea team, having only played more than 10 Premier League games at the time, and was widely considered not worth £6 million, but he was also worth the record transfer fee for an under-20 player in Stamford Bridge history, and he was the first major acquisition made by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich.

Although this value was insignificant in front of Veron and Crespo, Johnson's number of appearances at Chelsea made many superstars jealous.

In his first season at Chelsea, Ranieri's promotion allowed Johnson to quickly establish himself as a regular at right-back, and after being recruited by Christian Eriksen in a friendly against Denmark, Johnson began to make his debut on the international stage, and many have already seen Johnson as Gary Neville's successor in the England squad.

However, Johnson's career path was not as smooth as he imagined.

In 2004, Jose Mourinho came to Chelsea, and Glen Johnson met his biggest rival Paolo Ferreira, who is a descendant of Mourinho, and the number of appearances made many people in the team jealous, as you can imagine. There are good reasons why Glen Johnson has been affected by how much he has been affected, especially since he can't play - he's only 21 years old, so he's still young, and then ...... Inexperienced.

Inexperience is indeed a problem.

When Claudio Ranieri was in charge of Chelsea, Glenn Johnson was a key player in the team, and now that he is gone, Mourinho will not develop an unfamiliar newcomer, so Johnson has to face brutal and even somewhat unequal competition, his appearances are affected, and his form is not consistent. In many of the games where the substitutes came off the bench, the rush to perform led to defensive problems, which was attributed to the frizziness and experience of the youngsters.

With the England national team, his career path has also been bumpy.

Glen Johnson was given a chance to come off the bench in a friendly against Denmark last August, but his performances were so poor that he has not featured for England since.

This is now Glenn Johnson.

In the case of Paulo Ferreira's poor performance, Mourinho can only send the youngster to play.

As a matter of fact. Glen Johnson's merits are still obvious.

He's incredibly fast, he's very good at assisting, and perhaps that's why he's flirtatious defensively – he always likes to plug in assists.

Chelsea are now two goals down. It is precisely the need for a player with momentum like Glen Johnson, and Mourinho hopes that Glen Johnson's appearance can bring stability to the defense and give the team some support in attack. In contrast, Ferreira's style is so conservative that he barely inserts assists. It's hard to help the team's offense.

Wan Sheng saw Glen Johnson's appearance, he had expected this, people like Mourinho will not take into account the feelings of the player, replacing Ferreira is definitely a blow to the player himself, but the most important thing is always the game, so Ferreira's fate is inevitable.

Wan Sheng felt quite regretful.

If Ferreira continues to stay on the field, maybe the left side of the team will find more opportunities, the Portuguese full-back is very stable defensively, but the mentality is too affected, resulting in no form at all, and the replacement of the young Glen Johnson, maybe the other way around, the team will have to be more careful.

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At the start of the second half, Chelsea immediately went on the attack.

Chelsea's attack is interspersed with three ways, but the attack on the wing is the sharpest, Joe Cole and Damien Duff are good attackers, and the support of Lampard and Essien can also share a lot of attacking pressure.

In the process, Glen Johnson shined, he was very fast, and if one was not careful, he could run far with the ball.

Manchester City have had to strengthen their defense on the flanks, especially on the left side of David Silva, and it is difficult to fully defend with Silva and Ziegler alone, so more attention must be paid to it.

Wan Sheng put a special emphasis on defense in midfield, Manchester City players are prepared for Chelsea's attack, although Chelsea attack is very strong, but Manchester City is also very solid, Chelsea want to get a chance in the front, it is still very difficult.

At this time, many people have already begun to make judgments about the general situation of the second half.

Manchester City fans were excited about the 2-0 win when they talked about the game, but when it came to the second half, they thought it would be difficult.

The media thinks so too.

Mourinho's Chelsea, it is impossible to surrender after two goals, they will definitely attack, put pressure on Manchester City, if Manchester City is not careful, it is not strange to be tied the score, so the second half is generally Chelsea to strengthen the attack, Manchester City to strengthen the defense, the outcome of the game depends on how Chelsea attack, but Manchester City's winning rate is definitely higher, because they have a two-goal lead.

Even the media and fans who support Manchester City dare not imagine another 45 minutes for Manchester City, just like in the first half, Manchester City is completely in control of the game, and it is difficult for Chelsea to fight back.

So when they saw that Chelsea's several waves of attacks did not threaten, and Manchester City began to launch counterattacks continuously, and even suppressed Chelsea again for a while, many people did not react at all.

Manchester Stadium commentator Berbart is still anxious for the team, "Now you should defend well, don't attack so quickly!" He began to give advice to Wan Sheng.

It's a pity that Wan Sheng can't hear it, and he won't pay attention to him at all.

Chelsea's defence was a bit flustered.

They didn't expect that when the team didn't threaten in several waves, Manchester City launched a direct counter-attacking wave, and that feeling was ...... It didn't seem to be any different from the first half. City just kept passing the game, controlling the ball, and then finding an opportunity to suddenly launch a fast attack, which was always caught off guard.

In fact, this is also the essence of Manchester City's 'kill it' tactic.

In this game, in order to strengthen the defense, Manchester City has 'control' to the limit, they are constantly passing, constantly controlling the football to grind time with the opponent, as long as the football is always controlled at the feet of the team. Then they will always take the initiative in the offensive.

And then there's the rhythm.

To control the rhythm is to grasp the rhythm on their side, when to achieve control and find a good attacking opportunity, you can suddenly attack, at this time the overall speed of the whole team will increase, will make the pace of the game suddenly faster, become tense, Manchester City is the active side, naturally the first to adapt, and as a passive side of Chelsea will react slower, they always need time to adapt. That could well be an opportunity for Manchester City.

With a sudden increase in tempo, City made three consecutive runs into the vicinity of the Chelsea penalty area, so much so that Chelsea's defence was in crisis, and several backfielders had to retreat to strengthen their defence. For a while, the situation seemed to return to the first half, with Manchester City constantly controlling the ball, and Chelsea could only passively shrink the defence to defend.

This situation came as a surprise to many.

You know, it's the second half. Haven't Chelsea adapted yet?

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Sky TV commentator George Woodgate took notice of Wan Sheng early on and has since commented on many Derby County and Manchester City games, but his commentary has been neutral. It's just that because Wansheng's team has been performing well, it seems that he is a die-hard supporter of Wansheng.

George Woodgate is still very knowledgeable about football, and he doesn't need any guests at all, and his own commentary and analysis are very professional.

Woodgate was also surprised to see the situation on the pitch now, and he immediately noticed that Chelsea had been pressed back and had not been able to produce a smooth attack for three minutes in a row.

'Manchester City seem to be back in control of the game, they are controlling the ball with frequent back-to-back footing, and I have to say that this style of play does not give Chelsea much to do, they can't press too hard and press hard, that's not what they're good at......

George Woodgate analyzed, "Chelsea are facing a very difficult situation now, they are two goals down, but they still have to defend well, Manchester City's way of controlling the ball, it is simply Chelsea's nemesis!" ”

George Woodgate's words really spoke to Mourinho's heart, and now he feels very helpless, but it's not because of anything 'Manchester City is Chelsea's nemesis', in fact, now in terms of the tactics of the two teams, there is no nemesis or anything like that, it can only be said that Chelsea is behind, so it becomes very passive, on the other hand, if Chelsea is ahead, they can play defensive counterattacks steadily, and the pressure is on Manchester City's side.

In short, the score is the key.

The problem is that in the face of Manchester City's ball-controlled play, it is difficult for Chelsea to attack, they can press all over the field, but attacking will definitely give Manchester City a chance, just a few waves of Manchester City's attacks have said that they are not as 'gentle' as they seem, as long as they are given a chance, no one will doubt that the score will become 3:0, and then Chelsea will really have no chance at all.

The game has reached this point, Mourinho really has no choice, he can only think about letting the team fight at the end, it is not wise to attack impulsively at the moment, after all, it is still early, and you can continue to observe for a few minutes.

Just as he was thinking that, trouble was already on his way.

In the 67th minute, after a series of dazzling combinations by Manchester City, the football suddenly passed to the feet of Musampa, who made a cross, but he did not cross, but took the ball himself to shake off Lampard.

Throughout the game, Chelsea played very passively, as a midfielder Frank Lampard also played a little anxious, he was eager to intercept completely, so he was deceived by Musampa's actions, and then tried to chase back but has been pulled down a few positions, he can only watch Musampa dribble away.

Musampa shook off Frank Lampard, Manchester City's overall speed suddenly increased, and the pitch became tense for a while, Chelsea's defensive formation suddenly became a little chaotic, and Musampa took the opportunity to pass the ball to the middle.

Makelele was defending Morris, Essien was still in midfield, and Joey Barton got his chance unguarded, he suddenly appeared in front of the penalty area and shot straight at the ball!

The football flew like a cannonball into the door of the Petr Cech's handle!

"Joey—"

"-Barton-!!"

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!”

Belbart screamed as hard as he could, but he could have a hint of surprise in his joy, "Joey Barton! 3:0! Incredible! Manchester City led Chelsea 3-0 and Joey Barton knocked on the door of the Petr Cech's handle with a powerful shot from outside the box! The score became 3:0, there was no suspense in the game, and Chelsea was beaten by Manchester City without any defense! ”

"It's a goal that makes the difference! Three goals is not easy to catch up, and Manchester City fans can celebrate in advance! ”

Sky TV commentator George Woodgate also said, "3-0, completely unimaginable scoreline, Chelsea did not play well in this game, they were completely suppressed by Manchester City. ”

"Manchester City played home advantage, they played very fluid, they also played the temperament of a strong team, no one can imagine that this is the Chelsea team that dominates the European battlefield, they have been completely beaten out of temper......

"This is Wan Sheng's Manchester City ......"

With George Woodgate's words, the camera also pointed to the Manchester City bench, only to see that the Chinese in the picture were surrounded in the middle, and the neighborhood was already chaotic, and everyone was celebrating.

The picture was fixed on Wan Sheng's face, and I saw that he did not celebrate as wantonly as he imagined, but looked very calm, just with a smile, George Woodgate couldn't help but say, "After two seasons, this Chinese is already very calm." He doesn't look like a rookie who has just entered the Premier League, but he already has the temperament of a famous handsome......"

"There are a lot of geniuses in the world, they have talents in various fields that no one else can match, and now I can say that Wan Sheng is a genius in the world of football coaching, and he has done a lot of things in a few years that a deadly coach can't do in his lifetime......"

"This is Wan Sheng, a young man from the far east." (To be continued......)