Chapter 168: Change of Formation
Thankfully, Cech played bravely, and although Frings had beaten the two, he couldn't break through Cech's ten-finger barrier.
Since the rain, Bayern have completely dominated the field, and Chelsea have relied on Cech's high and low blocks to barely hold on to the score.
During the break, the Bayern fans in the stadium sang tributes to their greatest player, the only team in all of Europe to cause Chelsea a huge problem. And as long as Bayern continues to maintain this momentum in the second half, it will definitely not be a problem to eliminate Chelsea and enter the last four of the Champions League!
In the Chelsea dressing room, the atmosphere was somber and everyone was grim.
Everyone knows that if this continues, Chelsea will not escape the fate of failure.
After a brief rinse in the bathroom, all the players sat down around the tactical board, and at this moment they were very confused, hoping that the manager would adjust the tactical play.
Qiao Wanxian just went to communicate with the referee, and the other party said as expected that the rain was not heavy enough, and there was no need to suspend the game.
When he returned to the locker room and saw the players staring at him with wide eyes, Qiao Wanxian smiled dumbly: "What's wrong, you were beaten stupidly?" ”
Terry said with a serious face: "Boss, the current situation is very serious, this heavy rain seems to continue for a long time, if you don't make adjustments, I'm afraid it will be suppressed and beaten all the time." ”
Frank Lampard chimed in: "That's right, now we can't hold the ball in midfield, the muddy grass has seriously affected the quality of our boccia passes, and the short-pass penetration style is no longer available. ”
After the captain and vice captain made their statement, the players expressed their opinions, and their words were all the same, saying that the current style of play is not good, and the style of play must be changed, but what has become of it? No one made it clear that Qiao Wanxian's prestige in the team was too high, so that no one dared to do so, and there was no need to consider the issue of tactical play.
Qiao Wanxian glanced at the neatly dressed Michael Owen and asked with a smile, "Michael, what do you think?" ”
Owen's short hair looks sunny and handsome, and his face is full of confidence: "Boss, this rain is too big, I think...... It is necessary for the team to play long passes. Bayern's midfielder has a multi-player package for us, and it just so happens that our short pass combination does not work, which is limited everywhere in the midfield, and if we use a large long pass transfer, the opponent's bag defense will definitely be empty in other positions. Didn't you say a sentence, 'The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken'. ”
Owen Zuihou quoted Qiao Wanxian's book article "Football Philosophy from Martial Arts Novels", and immediately got the daxiao of his teammates.
Qiao Wan slapped his face: "That's good!" ”
Then he walked to the tactics board, looked at Owen with burning eyes, and asked in a condensed voice: "Michael, you haven't played for half a year, and you don't have the confidence to announce to the whole Shijie at the Allianz Arena that the lightning-fast Michael Owen is back!" ”
"Owen is playing?"
Hearing the news, the players looked excited, at the beginning of the season, Irving's forward line led the team to be invincible on all fronts, and the team's average goals per game were as high as 5.4! Half a year later, is the former king finally returning?
When Owen heard Qiao Wanxian's words, he opened his mouth excitedly, but he didn't say anything.
I haven't played for half a year, and my state and ability are not yet known, so the leader dares to push himself to the front line on such an important occasion? This...... What kind of trust is this?
Rooney and Owen have the best relationship, and when they saw Owen open his mouth and couldn't speak excitedly, he couldn't help laughing: "Hey, man, the boss is talking to you!" ”
Owen's body trembled, and he suddenly felt that his eyes were a little moist, and he quickly lowered his head, took a deep breath, and raised his head very solemnly and said firmly: "Boss, I can do it!" ”
"Good!"
Qiao Wan let out a low snort, turned around and picked up the whiteboard marker and began to explain on the tactical board.
"As you said, if the rain doesn't stop in the second half, let's switch to a long pass. Joe Cole cruised to the left and Rooney took turns sprinting to Sagnol in an attempt to open a gap here. At the same time, Frank Lampard will have to move to the left and focus his attacks on the left. ”
"Owen dominates the right side of the entire pitch after coming on the field, the left-leaning of Rooney, Joe Cole, Lampard and others will definitely attract Bayern's defense to this side, and there is a large area of space and depth in front of Owen, speed! I want you to show you lightning speed! ”
"We still use a back four system when defending, when attacking, Vidic has to move forward to form a double back on Makelele's side to protect the midfield, and if necessary, we can use foul tactics, Ramos, Cannavaro, Grosso form a back three formation, and it is important to consolidate the defense."
"If you can't, Frank Lampard has a lot of work to do, you have to find the space in front of Owen on the right side quickly and accurately, and the pass must have a certain amount of advance to allow him to have a distance to impact and accelerate, and of course, it can't be passed in front of the opposing player......
"In short, in the second half we had only one purpose in attacking: to strike at the west! There's only one strategy to defend, no matter what, don't concede a goal! ”
The whole Chelsea team, both the coaching staff and the players, have unconditional trust in Qiao Wanxian's words. When Qiao Wanxian finished laying out the specific changes in the team's style of play in the second half while drawing, no one raised any disputes.
Although Terry was banned for this game, he still came to Munich with the team, and at this time he slapped and cheered: "Guys, take Munich, it's in the next 45 minutes!" ”
"Take Munich!"
"Take Munich!"
……
The players looked enthusiastic and clearly came out of the depression of the first half.
Villas-Boas added: "In the second half we switched to 4-3-3, although we rarely use this formation in training, but the strategy of big shifts is often used, and we must play at the level of training." Also, now that Joe Cole is back on the left, you can try a couple of crosses if you have the chance, Lucio and Kovac are not too tall and Torres has the ability to be a threat in front of goal......
The 15-minute half-time break was finally over, and the heavy rain continued despite the anticipation of Bayern fans.
'Hello crowds and welcome back to Bayern Munich's game against Chelsea, the second half is about to begin. Belch...... Chelsea made the first substitution after half-time, with the number 22 coming down and the number 7 ...... Oh my god, Owen No. 7 is coming! ”
When Michael Owen, wearing the number 7 shirt, appeared on the sidelines, the somewhat listless Blues fans in the stands suddenly woke up, as if they had seen a mountain of gold, and their eyes glowed with a strange light.
Michael Owen!
The hero is back!
The 20,000 Blues fans in attendance erupted with amazing energy in the rain, and the cheers overpowered the boos of the Bayern fans.
"Replacing Kaka at the peak of his form with an Owen who has returned from injury and has not played a game yet? It's incredible, Joe Cannon is doing death! ”
Bayern's commentator was stunned at first, and then laughed disdainfully: "In the second half of the first half, Chelsea was obviously weak in midfield and couldn't control the ball at all, so that striker Torres had no chance to get the ball at all. In the second half, Joe's cannon did not strengthen the interception in the midfield, but put on a Michael Irving who was in an unknown state, tsk...... Even if it's an all-or-nothing bet, you have to be reliable, right? ”
Duan Xuan also questioned Qiao Wanxian's substitution: "Replace Kaka with Owen? This substitution...... I'm afraid it's debatable, Kaka played well in the first half, and there was an assist. The total collapse of Chelsea's midfield was by no means Kaka's own fault. ”
Tao Wei simply analyzed: "It seems that the news that Real Madrid will buy Kaka next season is not groundless, although Chelsea officials have been denying this statement, but Qiao Wanxian's strange substitution ...... I'm afraid it can also explain something. ”
"That's a shame."
Duan Xuan sighed: "I went to London once to interview Qiao Wanxian, and I was lucky enough to meet Kaka, he is really a very easy-going player, and his ability is obvious to everyone, if he leaves Chelsea...... Ay! ”
Chelsea's substitution has been questioned by almost all media commentators except Chelsea officials, replacing Kaka with Owen, is Joe cannon angry with Kaka? Even so, there's no need to bet on this match.
When the player came on the field, Qiao Wanxian yelled again: "Don't worry about the opponent's counterattack, if you want to attack, give Lao Tzu a crazy attack!" ”
At the start of the second half, Chelsea changed their formations.
After the half-time enlightenment of Qiao Wanxian, the momentum of the Chelsea players has obviously rebounded, and with the return of Owen, the players are in high spirits!
Although this momentum is just an intangible thing, the Bayern players on the field have a strange feeling, as if they have been holding a wooden stick to stab a sleeping tiger for the first twenty minutes, and now this tiger has been stabbed, and is slowly opening its murderous eyes in a daze, and is about to raise its legs and stand up and roar in the sky......
“…… After a 15-minute break at half-time, Chelsea seemed to wake up and their attacks up front were sharpened...... Joe Cannon used a strange formation, three strikers, two midfielders, three central defenders...... It has to be said that the Blues' pitch is unprecedentedly strong, like a rumbling stone crusher that has made a mess of Bayern's defensive system...... In the first ten minutes of the second half, Chelsea regained the initiative on the pitch! ”
On the field, Lampard's long pass of more than 20 meters found Joe Cole on the left side again, after Joe Cole got the ball, Rooney took advantage of the situation and went down at high speed, Sagnol had to give up the defense of Joe Cole and turn to follow Rooney.