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Seeing Barcelona tie the score, Chelsea manager Grant frowned, bit his lower lip, and his face was full of grim expression.

After the first half of the game, Grant knew very well that this Barcelona team is stronger than expected, Chelsea in the league, often pressing the opponent in attack, so far they can say that they have not met an opponent, no matter what the game, as long as a random set of lineups on the field, the game will not be difficult.

Of course, they haven't played Manchester United or Arsenal yet.

But the game with Liverpool has proven something, that is, the current Chelsea is very strong, but in the same way, the current Chelsea meets Barcelona, but the result is in an absolute disadvantage in the game, if it is not for Zhang Tiehan's goal, the game shape is estimated to be more severe.

Grant was worried about the second half at half-time, knowing that Barcelona would come back in the second half, but in the end Chelsea could not hold the back of the net.

In the opening stages, it was obviously very important to defend.

Grant actually thought that his Chelsea would change, at least in terms of tactical style, to be closer to attacking more than to do more defense, just like Mourinho, in fact, club president Roman Abramovich also wants the team to attack more and play beautiful attacking football, if you just want to win, just want to have results, Mourinho is enough to coach - although the Portuguese did not bring Chelsea the European championship trophy, but he led Chelsea to seven titles in two years, It also includes two heavyweight league titles. This is quite a magnificent achievement.

Jose Mourinho is gone and now he is in charge.

Maybe in the summer Chelsea couldn't find a better coach so he had the opportunity to manage the team, but anyway, now that he's in charge, he wants to sit firmly in that position. It's not just about leading the team to good results, it's about changing the style of the team - if you rely on the idea of utilitarian football to play the game, even if you get good results, the club president Abramovich will be quite dissatisfied.

Chelsea's qiē is for the Russian predator, so there will be a lot of Chelsea fans who are unhappy, a lot of English footballers who are unhappy, but the truth is that the Russian is the real man in charge of Chelsea, and he is pouring so much money into the club. The goal is to make the team what he wants it to be, and if not, any player can leave, and any coach can leave.

He, Grant is by no means the special one.

So he wants the team to play well and make the team play well, but it is not easy to erase the stigma of Mourinho's coaching team, and many players in the team have adapted to Mourinho's tactical thinking and tactical system. It's hard to make changes, most importantly with the midfielders. For example, Makelele and Essien are very good at defending, Frank Lampard and Ballack are both offensive and defensive balanced players, and the only players who really excel in attack are Zhang Tiehan, Robben, Joe Cole and a limited number of players. One of the main problems is that the team does not have a technical core player.

However, Grant is already considering Zhang Tiehan as the core.

A core of organization like Ronaldinho and Messi can lead the whole team to play beautiful attacking football, and any team that is good at attacking must have such a player. Even Liverpool, a team with very rough skills, in fact, their manager Rafael Benitez still wants to build a team with excellent skills, so he brought Xavi Alonso from Spain.

Arsenal used to have Patrick Vieira at their core, and now Fabregas has grown up.

Barcelona is Ronaldinho, and his replacement, Lionel Messi.

Manchester United have Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick.

These players are not necessarily the offensive and defensive core of the whole team, but they must be the technical core, and the technical core means that his appearance can make the team's front and back connection more fluid, football more technical, and better cooperation.

So Liverpool can't mention Gerrard at all, Gerrard is the real core of Liverpool and the spiritual leader, but his personal skills can only be said to be very rough, at least compared to stars of the same level, it is still very poor.

Frank Lampard, who is the same type as Steven Gerrard, goes without saying.

But who else can be found in the Chelsea squad? German Predator Barak? Defensive pillar Makellele, or Makelele's successor, Essien? These are defensive midfielders, not the ones who are very technical.

The only thing Grant could think of was Zhang Tiehan.

But he is also very uncertain, because Zhang Tiehan's individual ability is extremely good, but a large part of his personal ability relies on superior physical values, rather than foot skills, maybe he plays as a striker, better than other positions, because he can use strong personal skills to score.

Let Zhang Tiehan be Chelsea's Ronaldinho?

Grant wasn't sure.

Of course, all of the above is off topic, the point is that when Chelsea meet Barcelona, they are faced with a choice, and Grant must choose between utilitarian football and attacking football.

Grant opted for the former because he did not trust the team's attacking prowess against Barcelona.

He still thinks it's more important to have a better chance of winning a game, it's a tough choice, and when he does, he faces the problem of losing to Barcelona even if he chooses utilitarian football.

Just like now.

Chelsea have been suppressed for almost the entire game, and as a result, Barcelona are still tied so far, how to play next? Keep on the defensive?

Grant felt that there was no hope of victory.

He had to do something.

"Do you want to give up some of your defense and step up your offense?" Gran weighs the pros and cons of doing so.

Soon he was sure.

Now that Chelsea are defending with all their might, the goal is still in jeopardy, and it has proved impossible for the team to rely entirely on defending the back of the net than to defend as passively. It's better to attack some.

So Grant made a substitution.

He glanced at the bench and finally gritted his teeth and pointed at a big black player, "Mikel, get ready to play!" ”

Grant chose John Obi Meekell.

Mikel, who joined Chelsea in the summer, has the unique ability to play alone among African players, but he has the same lack of tactical acumen that often occurs in Africans. Milk's tactical awareness rivals that of many of Europe's best players, and at the World Youth Championships, Mikel was the absolute heart of Nigeria's youth midfield.

Mikel is not only physically strong, but he also has excellent ball handling, he has a strong sense of the big picture and the ability to read the game, and his ball splitting and passing are also very good.

In addition, Mikel has long-range shooting ability and a good set-piece skill.

Although in the World Youth Championships, Nigeria finally lost to Argentina and could only finish second. However, Mikel won the Silver Ball and was selected as one of the top ten hopefuls at the World Youth Championships, which shows that the media and football professionals are optimistic about the African Eagles midfield commander.

With excellent fitness, good organisation and aggressive attacking play, Mikel has all the potential to become a world-class midfielder.

He joined Chelsea in the summer of 2006 and Mikel's arrival was part of Chelsea's strategy, as his arrival confirmed Chelsea's ability to bolster established stars in their squad. It will also attract young talents.

However, Mikel's path to joining has been full of twists and turns, with Chelsea Football Club paying Manchester United £12 million. He will also have to pay £4 million to the Norwegian team Oslo Leen.

Chelsea Mikel paid 16 million pounds, equivalent to about 2,200 euros, a player of such a value should be very famous, but in fact, Mikel's joining in the summer is really low-key, which may be directly related to the addition of Zhang Tiehan and Shepchenko. The value of the two is so eye-catching that Mikel and Kalou seem to be famous, in fact, they are also very good players

When the fourth official held up his substitution card and signaled for Chelsea to make a substitution. The media were very surprised because Mikel was replaced by Claude Makelele.

Mikel replaces Makelele?

A lot of people don't understand it.

Mikel is a good player, he may be a superstar of the future, but he is still very low-key, in previous games, Mikel has only made four appearances, and in Chelsea's midfield, a young player, even if he has some fame, is very difficult to find a place.

Now that Mikel is on the field, and he is also a substitute for Makelele, it is very surprising, it is not that the media does not know Mikel, in fact, even if Mikel is not famous compared to others, but it is only because he is in Chelsea, if he is in other teams, he is a well-known big star, and naturally the media and fans understand his ability.

As far as they know, Mikel's technique is more offensive than defensive.

Isn't it a priority for Chelsea to defend the net now?

In the confusion of many people, the game continued, Chelsea was still suppressed on the field, although many players were planning to attack a few waves, play attack, after all, Barcelona equalized, they no longer had a lead, but Barcelona still quickly pressed Chelsea back, their solution is very simple, is to keep passing, very stable passes, Chelsea players can not grab the ball, there is no way to leave Barcelona in the backfield, can only shrink the formation.

Perhaps Barcelona will also want Chelsea to attack so they can find space at the back.

In any case, Chelsea appear to be passive.

At this time, Zhang Tiehan was standing at the front of the court, and just now while Barcelona was celebrating the goal, he told each teammate to pay attention to how long the pass is, and it is best to find the right position and hoist the ball directly to the front court.

That's what he told his teammates.

Among them is Mikel, who has just come on the field, and Zhang Tiehan also went to talk to Mikel.

Grant didn't say anything to Mikel before he came on the field, but Mikel's understanding ability is not bad, in fact, these African players can really play, and the tactical thinking is definitely up to date. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get out of the Europa League by playing only by brute force.

Mikel replaced Makelele, and Grant naturally meant to let him find an opportunity to fight back.

He's going to be the link between the front and back of the counter-attack, and he's going to be a big part of the game, because he's already good at passing the ball and finding opportunities. This is his strength.

Hearing what Zhang Tiehan said, Mikel immediately nodded in response.

He kept it in his heart.

Mikel is quite smart, he came to Chelsea with almost no acquaintances, not even Kalou and Drogba, and he knows that he will be at Chelsea for a long time, so the necessary relationships must be maintained.

If you want to mix in the Chelsea dressing room, you have to figure it out.

There are three players in the team that must not be offended, one is the captain Terry. He is the spiritual leader of the team, the most recognized team by Chelsea fans, and the representative star of the Chelsea Academy, in short, Terry almost has a Chelsea crest printed on his head, Terry represents Chelsea, and is the captain of the team, Terry must not be offended, because no matter what the reason is. It must be yourself who suffers.

Then there's Frank Lampard, the heart of Chelsea's midfield, who is the iron man of Chelsea's midfield. Playing all the games last season, such a player should not be offended because he has a high reputation within the team and this is England, Frank Lampard is a star of England and knows the club well. If you have a conflict with Frank Lampard, you will definitely suffer from it.

The last one is Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan cannot be offended by a little higher than John Terry and Frank Lampard, because Zhang Tiehan is the most expensive player in the world, and he has the support of the club's president, the manager, almost all of his team-mates and the vast majority of fans. It is even said that even many opponent fans will support him.

If there is a conflict with Zhang Tiehan, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, it will definitely be ignored.

And Mikel also heard that Zhang Tiehan knows Chinese kung fu, since he learned the news, Mikel decided to absolutely follow what Zhang Tiehan said, if he is dissatisfied, give himself a set of Chinese kung fu, and be sent to the hospital It is estimated that the FA will protect Zhang Tiehan, and the British court will also re-analyze the cause of the matter to make excuses for Zhang Tiehan - the most important thing is that Zhang Tiehan is the best player in the England team, and it is estimated that many court officials are his fans.

Otherwise, there will be big people who will come forward to help him!?

In short, in Mikel's impression, Zhang Tiehan is a terrible character.

After listening to Zhang Tiehan's words, Mikel almost unconditionally complied, he didn't even pay attention to Essien's shouts to retreat a little and strengthen the defense, and kept running a little behind the halfway line, looking for opportunities to press with Barcelona ball-handlers, looking for opportunities to break the ball.

Barcelona really don't have a good ball.

Their players, the idea of passing the ball is almost imprinted in the bones, relying on Mikel alone, it is difficult to really grab it, but fortunately, Chelsea is a team, and there are people to cooperate with him, Lampard and Zhang Tiehan are scrambling in front, and the continuous running of the three still brings trouble to Barcelona.

This time, Deco's pass was not too accurate when Zhang Tiehan affected it, and as a result, the short-distance pass was directly stopped by Mikel.

Mikel almost subconsciously takes the ball himself to attack when he breaks the ball, which he has always done in the Nigerian national team, even when he is at Chelsea, when there is no one in front.

But he remembered Zhang Tiehan's words, "Pay attention to driving forward with your feet when you get the ball, and it's best to pass it in front of me!" ”

So Mikel glanced at Zhang Tiehan's position, gritted his teeth and kicked the ball directly forward.

This pass is really a bit brainless, mainly because the landing point of the football is a little too far, and it is a little to the left, if no one can catch up, the ball will definitely roll out of the low line, fortunately, the pass is not strong, and the speed of the football is not very fast.

'Milk made a mistake and he wasted his chance,' said Stamford Bridge commentator Woodgate with a sigh.

At this moment, he saw Zhang Tiehan in the big screen lens.

Zhang Tiehan started to erupt, overtaking Puyol almost instantly, and randomly ran towards the football landing point.

Can you catch up? Chances?

The thought stayed in Woodgate's mind for a moment, and it was still difficult for him to look at it closely, but every two seconds, he saw Zhang Tiehan in the camera miraculously getting closer and closer to the ball

Caught up?

Caught up!

Zhang Tiehan chased the ball in the middle of the sideline of the penalty area.

However, his position is a little bad, the position of this ball is a little too far from the goal, it is estimated that the angle to the goal is only 30 degrees, if he turns and dribbles the ball in the middle, Puyol will catch up behind him, and he will also attack in front of the goal to block.

If you want to score a goal, it's difficult!

But it was a good opportunity, no doubt about it, so Woodgate shouted, "Chance!" ”

The previous thought also stayed in Woodgate's mind for a moment, and then what did he see?

He saw that Zhang Tiehan chose to shoot directly!

On the sideline of the penalty area, shooting directly at 30 degrees from the goal, is he crazy? How is this possible? Even if it's a set-piece, there is no wall to block it, and it is difficult to shoot directly, let alone even make adjustments, and shoot after just looking at the goal?

"The opportunity was wasted," Woodgate sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, he didn't say it, because the next moment he saw Zhang Tiehan's ball, rotated sideways to the outside at an angle, as if it was set, bypassed the position of goalkeeper Valdés, and drilled directly into the goal from the far corner.

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