Chapter 173: Confident and Terrifying
Mourinho is really worried about the game.
Chelsea were one goal down in the first half, and that was the most serious.
A team that uses all tactics, playstyles, and combinations in the game, not for any situation, the ultimate goal is to score goals, and Manchester City have already taken the lead by one goal.
It's useless to be effective, it's all about whether you can score goals.
Now Chelsea's tactics are no problem, such a risky defensive tactics can just restrain Manchester City's pressing control play, when the formation forward pressure will also bring a lot of benefits to the attack, but the key to the problem is that so far Chelsea still has not scored, the score is still 0:1, if you want to save the situation, you must score a goal to equalize the score.
So Mourinho is still under a lot of pressure, especially after seeing Manchester City make adjustments to his style of play so quickly.
He couldn't help but look at the young Chinese in the dugout of Manchester City on the other side.
Two years ago, Mourinho didn't look down on Wan Sheng at all and thought that this young man was just. Luckily, before the age of 30 can lead a team to the top level, but the opponent's Derby County is only a promoted team, in Mourinho's mind, then Derby County will be on the verge of relegation, if unfortunately relegated, then the young man's coaching path is likely to return to the starting point, he wants to find a job as a manager in another team, or lead another team in the lower league to the top league, it is too difficult.
Maybe the young man has some talent in coaching, but it will take at least ten years to succeed.
This is the most conservative estimate.
Mourinho is a very young and successful coaching player, born in 1963, played as a defender as a player, and has been playing for Portuguese lower league clubs, after studying sports at the University of Lisbon Technology, he switched to physical education.
In 1990. Mourinho began his career as an assistant coach at clubs such as Amadeua and Setúbal in Portugal, and as fluent in eight Chinese, Mourinho then worked as an interpreter for Bobby Robson in Porto and traveled to Spain with Robson Sr. when he left for Barcelona.
After Bobby Robson left Barca, Mourinho continued as an assistant coach to new coach Louis van Gaal until Van Gaal's departure.
Mourinho's managerial career began in 2000 at the age of 37, when he took over Portuguese domestic league giants Benfica, but after only nine league games in charge of Benfica, Mourinho resigned due to discord with the new chairman and board of directors. Jose Mourinho then took over the reins of the young club Leilia and helped the team to a historic fifth place in the league, then took over Porto midway through the season and helped Porto win the treble in 2003, before Mourinho's managerial career peaked in 2004 when he led Porto to the Portuguese league, cup and European Treble at the age of 41.
He officially became a head coach at the age of 37. By the time he reached the height of his coaching career at the age of 43, Mourinho had only four years.
But after the age of 37, Mourinho's series of successes and once as a professional footballer. Studying at a sports university, working as a translator in Barcelona, and becoming an assistant to the famous coach Robson are inseparable, because there are enough experiences. Only then can he have his own understanding of football, can calmly lead the team to the top arena, and can he succeed quickly after becoming a manager.
And what about Wansheng?
The young man had previously attended University College London. Although he graduated from a prestigious school and studied sports science, this is not too directly related to football, and he has only been an assistant coach in Derby County for half a year, so it can almost be said that he has no experience accumulation.
Then he can lead Derby County to complete the upgrade, there must be a lot of luck!
That's Mourinho's verdict.
So Mourinho looked down on Wan Sheng at the time, but what he didn't expect was that Wan Sheng spent a season to leave him speechless, that season, Wan Sheng led promoted Derby County, with a gorgeous set of attacking football, played a wonderful attack, and defeated one opponent after another, including his Chelsea, and then Derby County won the league title.
After that, Wan Sheng came to Manchester City.
It's like Jose Mourinho moving from Porto to Chelsea, and while there are many reasons for that, it's a leap forward in his managerial career.
Derby County won the league championship, but in fact, there are only small clubs, that season's TV broadcast income, championship income, and even comparable to the market value of the Derby County club, Manchester City is a big club, even if it is heavily indebted, the total value is estimated to be less than 100 million euros, but if you want to buy a big club like Manchester City that has developed well in all fields, you still have to come up with an amazing amount of money.
That's the difference between the two clubs.
So Wansheng's coaching of Manchester City is an improvement in his coaching career, but at this time, Mourinho is just impressed with Wansheng, just like a student in high school, he may be able to win various awards, but when he enters a university with many talents, he may not have good results, Mourinho even thinks that this young man will probably sink in Manchester City, but this season, Wansheng led Manchester City again, dominated England with the same gorgeous attack, and defeated his Chelsea again to win the league title.
Two league titles in a row, doesn't it prove anything?
At this time, the arrogant Mourinho must also admit that this young man from the far east is not weaker than himself at all, and his coaching career has been moving forward.
And what about himself?
In his two seasons at Chelsea, he still won nothing, except for a cup title, and his managerial career seems to have gone downhill again.
He was not reconciled.
Now Jose Mourinho leads a colourful Chelsea squad against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, and he knows the game will be difficult to play, and the youngster's Manchester City will not be easy to beat, but he still shows absolute confidence to win under pressure.
But by now, this self-confidence is still about to wear out.
His side were 1-0 down and his gambling defensive play was seen through, but seeing City increase their penetrating passes straight forward, Mourinho knew it would be difficult to win this game.
The only good news is that the loss is not unclear, and he can still find the reason for the loss.
He looked ahead.
There, Andrei Shepchenko.
Jose Mourinho is convinced he has given Andrei Shepchenko enough patience. But the Ukrainian striker's performance is really not in line with the high value of 50 million euros, and the only option now is to replace Shepchenko and let a striker perform better.
If a goal is scored, then a draw is still acceptable.
If you can't score, then defeat is inevitable.
Jose Mourinho has always been afraid to gamble, and now it's time to gamble again.
Who is better?
He looked to the bench and ended up opting for Kalou, who had just joined the team.
Kalou is a young talent from Côte d'Ivoire and, like his brother Bonaventure Kalou, Salomon Kalou of Ume, Côte d'Ivoire, made his debut with Mimosa in Abidjan.
In 2002, Kalou joined Excelsior-Rotterdam (Feyenoord's satellite club) in the Eredivisie. The efficiency of 15 goals in 11 games quickly caught Feyenoord's attention, and he made two appearances for Feyenoord the following season, but he spent most of the season on loan back to SBV Elite and scored four goals in 11 games.
Over the next two seasons, Kalou made 60 starts for Feyenoord, seven as a substitute and scored 35 goals. Due to his impressive performances in the Dutch league, Mourinho took a fancy to Kalou and brought him to Chelsea.
Now it's time for him to play.
Mourinho did not hesitate at all, after the decision. There was an immediate substitution, and soon the substitution card was raised on the sidelines, and Kalou came on in place of Shepchenko
Abramovich in the VIP box frowned as Kalou came on the pitch.
Waddell watched happily from the side. He said, "This is your new young genius?" ”
Abramovich was noncommittal.
In fact, he admires the most skilled strikers, African players like Kalou. Average technique, direct style of play, tough, not afraid of physical confrontation, although these characteristics are also very good, but on the field of play it looks savage, rough, he doesn't like it very much, so he has always wanted to introduce a Spanish talented goalscorer like Torres to the team, but unfortunately such a talent, Atletico Madrid is impossible to transfer, so he still met Mourinho's wishes and bought Kalou.
But now hearing Waddell praise his players, Abramovich nodded slightly, "He is what Jose likes." ”
He emphasized.
But unexpectedly, Waddell replied, "Maybe he is really better than Shepchenko, he is going to play", the meaning of this is very simple, this time Kalu replaced Shepchenko, doesn't it mean that Kalu is stronger than Shepchenko?
Of course, it can't be compared to football matches, but Abramovich still didn't hear it right, Shepchenko is a superstar he picked and chased for several years and spent 50 million euros to buy!
What about Kalu?
A guy from the countryside of Côte d'Ivoire and fancy Mourinho.
Although he knew that the reason for Mourinho's substitution was because Shepchenko did not perform well, after Waddell's 'taunt', Abramovich was still very uncomfortable, and he felt that Mourinho should let Shepchenko play 90 minutes to see, what if Shepchenko performed well in the end?
But in the end, Abramovich did nothing, because even if he did, it would not change the fact that Shepchenko was replaced.
Suddenly, Abramovich added a little more dissatisfaction with Mourinho
Mourinho was unaware of the complicated relationship that Waddell's words could cause chairman Roman Abramovich to see him more 'unpleasantly', and now he can only hope that Kalou will perform well and Chelsea will have a little better luck in the coming time to have a chance of equalising.
As for victory or something, he didn't think about it anymore.
But in fact, Kalou's appearance did not have much impact on the situation of the game.
Chelsea still defended with the adventurous tactics of 'creating offside', but the team's morale dropped a lot due to the lack of chances up front for a long time, and the performance was somewhat affected, while Manchester City used the through ball to constantly look for opportunities, losing a lot of possession while not reducing the attacking threat.
Under the influence of the other, Chelsea as a whole is still somewhat suppressed.
At this point, both sides knew that the outcome of the game would depend on the performance of the players, so Mourinho also sat back in the dugout, knowing that there was no point in doing anything else.
Perhaps this time has been prayed to God.
But perhaps because Mourinho is an atheist, God is still a little biased in Manchester City's favor, and finally in the 77th minute, Morris sent in a precise through ball.
This time Chelsea failed to create an offside position, with Anelka finding the opportunity in the open space and running straight forward to receive the ball.
Anelka showed what he was capable of as a star player against the onrushing Petr Cech, who calmly judged and finished the final blow with a low shot from the left.
Cech raised his arm but couldn't block the ball, so he had to turn his head and send the ball into the net!
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!! Anelka! Anelka! He scored the second goal for Manchester City! ”
'It's unbelievable that Manchester City have scored two goals at Stamford Bridge! Against the well-known defensive Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, their players showed their composure! ”
"Last season they beat Chelsea to win the league title, but after a summer, Chelsea spent 100 million euros on the transfer market, but this game so far, it seems to prove that this 100 million euros have been lost, Shepchenko's performance is weak, the first time Kalou has played too short, and he has not done anything, the value of these two players together has reached 60 million euros!"
"When we see Chelsea's lineup, we can even think of Real Madrid of the Galaxy Battleship, but the more 'civilian' Manchester City has made the 'Blue Battleship' very weak at Stamford Bridge! Including this one last season, Manchester City have yet to lose against Chelsea, who have lost two, and they have always been strong against other teams, but they can't find a way to win against Manchester City! It's unbelievable! Their gorgeous line-up, when facing Manchester City, seems to have all lost its effect! ”
"I really want to know what kind of magic this Chinese has to make the 'civilian' Manchester City perform so well!"
With the commentator's words, various cameras also pointed to Wan Sheng on the sidelines, only to see him smiling and waving to the Manchester City fans in the left stand.
He looked back at the camera, his face showing great confidence!
Seeing this young face and the confidence it carries, many people realize that this season, Manchester City may become even more terrifying under his leadership! (To be continued.) )