It seems that even the sky is cooperating with the game, even Xingyue wants to see the process of this game, before kick-off, not only the rain stopped, but even Xingyue looked like it showed hazy traces, which made everyone who was proud of the Schalke Stadium feel much more cheerful, even if the air is still full of damp depression.

The beginning of the game was accompanied by the referee's whistle, the cheers and cheers of tens of thousands of fans, and the attention of countless fans gathered in front of the TV from all over the world, but there was no picture at all that everyone expected.

There were many people who felt that Ye Qiu regarded the rush after the opening as the only creed of his attack, so almost everyone unanimously concluded that Chelsea's start must still be rushed, and the game must be dragged into a climax at the first time.

What I didn't expect was that Chelsea started off to a smooth start, and it could even be said that it was a little too smooth.

Many times, stability means dullness, calm and unexciting.

The first shot of the game came in the 7th minute, so you can imagine how dull it will be.

Ronaldinho cut inside on the left flank, was tripped by Mendes, and after a free-kick, Drogba nodded the ball away, but the ball went just wide of the right-hand post and missed a chance to score.

But just when everyone thought that Chelsea should use this attack to play their own offensive in one fell swoop and take the initiative, Chelsea did not seem to have such a plan, and still played the game steadily.

The TV camera showed Ye Qiu on the sidelines, he didn't seem to be moved at all, sitting in the coach's seat of the home team who went to Schalke Stadium with a big grin, crossing Erlang's legs, holding his chin, and saying a few words to the assistants around him from time to time, while Roland became Ye Qiu's mouthpiece, coming to the sidelines from time to time to shout a few words.

"Chelsea's start to this game was very cautious, even a little overly cautious, and we noticed that after the opening, Chelsea did not adopt the high pressing and defensive strategy that was pressed in the past, but used a more balanced positioning strategy, and Ye Qiu obviously consciously adopted this smooth tactical play."

"Compared to Chelsea, Porto's opening was a very targeted contraction defence, but because Chelsea did not invest much in pressing the attack, this contraction effect of Porto was not obvious, and this also caused the game to be a little too dull, without the tension and excitement that all fans want to see before the game."

It's really an awkward situation, one side wants to defend and counterattack, but the other side doesn't want to risk attacking at all, which has to be said to be a very embarrassing thing.

Mourinho chose to stand on the sidelines from the beginning of the game, he wanted to have a full view of all the situations on the field, even the slightest detail, but even so, he still couldn't guess what Ye Qiu wanted.

What is it to abandon your best opening tactics and adopt a more even-cut style of play?

Passive and conservative? Mourinho definitely won't believe this explanation, because in the eyes of him and everyone, Ye Qiu doesn't seem to be such a person, but if he is not passive and conservative, then there is only one explanation, he has a purpose.

"He expected us to defend against their attack in the opening game, so he directly gave up the attack after the opening" Mourinho quickly guessed Ye Qiu's thoughts, and he had to admit that this was indeed very unexpected.

Few managers would be so bold as to give up their best weapon, but it is not difficult to see from this that Ye Qiu is full of confidence in his team, and he firmly believes that his team is capable enough to deal with any unexpected situation.

"Isn't he afraid of our counterattack at all?" Boas was young and vigorous at all, and a little angry.

Although Chelsea has an advantage in strength, Ye Qiu gave up his best attacking tactics so much, and it really made Porto as an opponent feel ashamed to say it, because he simply didn't take Porto seriously.

"Counterattack?" Mourinho shook his head and smiled a little distressedly, "He wants us to counterattack"

Villas-Boas was stunned for a moment, and then involuntarily remembered Ferguson and Arsene Wenger's comments on Chelsea's midfield defence, and they believed that if Chelsea really wanted to defend, it would be difficult for any attack to break down Chelsea's defence unless it was bombed.

Patrice Evra, Cannavaro, John Terry and McCone are attacking flanks and may seem like a soft underbelly, but when you add Davies, Claude Makelele and Deco in midfield, and Frank Lampard and Drogba up front, the entire Chelsea defence is very solid in terms of width and depth.

"He didn't pay attention to our attack at all," Mourinho scolded indignantly, and although he was speaking in a tone, it actually sounded like he was swearing, and the Portuguese was more or less angry.

What is Porto best at? Isn't it just a defensive counterattack?

The defensive counterattack itself is a passive tactic, the initiative is in the hands of the opponent, so the defensive counterattack must have the opponent's offensive cooperation, but now Chelsea has made it clear that it does not invest too much in the attack, and adopts a more secure position and tactics, which makes Porto defend, but without counterattack, it is easy to fall into a very embarrassing situation.

Should you go on the offensive or not?

Of course, through live and live TV broadcasts, ordinary fans still see the back and forth of the ball between the two sides, but it does not create the slightest threat, both sides are not very invested in the attack, the number of shots on goal is even few, the scene looks extremely dull, giving people a feeling of drowsiness.

This is obviously not what Mourinho wants, because for Porto, the most ideal strategy is for Chelsea to press up and attack, and Porto to play counterattack, which is the most suitable strategy for Porto to play, but now Chelsea is not actively attacking, Porto's counterattack will not be effective, which is equivalent to falling into the loss of strategic goals and falling into a very blind situation.

Chelsea, on the other hand, looked like they were in good order, they controlled the ball, they controlled most of the playing space, they had a lot of back-passes and back-to-feet, they had a high percentage of possession and they didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack.

"We have to admit that Chelsea's three-steal game of monkey in the warm-up was really amazing and amazing, but now they have clearly moved the monkey game to the pitch, the difference is that Porto don't want to play the role of a monkey at all, so the game became a one-man show of Chelsea's passing and receiving footwork."

The on-site commentator said sarcastically that he felt that the attitude of both sides was too negative, especially Chelsea, who had the advantage, should play more aggressively and attackingly, instead of playing possession slowly and methodically like now, really thinking that he was a La Liga goal

Oh, no matter how much a Premier League team controls the ball, it is also pseudo-possession, don't think that showing a few feet of ball control will treat you as a Cosmos team.

But just when everyone felt that the game was too dull, and even made people think that this would be the most dull and worst Champions League final ever, in the home team's coach's box, Ten Carter's laptop next to Ye Qiu was constantly refreshing the data, and the situation reflected on the field was also very consistent with the data.

Chelsea are gradually taking control of the game, with Porto looking a little out of their breath since Delle had a powerful volley from outside the box in the 13th minute, and they didn't even have a second shot in the minutes to go.

This was not unexpected by Ye Qiu, on the contrary, this was exactly the situation that Ye Qiu wanted.

Why did he keep repeatedly emphasizing before the game that he should maintain a good and stable mentality and have enough patience?

In fact, his strategy for this game is to grind Porto's sharpness first

From the moment he confirmed the final against Porto, Ye Qiu had already determined his own style of play, and he clearly remembered that Bobby Harms once said to him that one of the reasons why dark horses can't always be black to the end is mentality.

Porto is now facing Chelsea, not Monaco in the previous life, and even, even in the previous life, Porto faced Monaco in the final, the Portuguese team did not play well, if it were not for Giuli who went down early due to injury, disrupting Deschamps's deployment, and then there was an undue mistake in the substitution link, resulting in a fatal hole in Monaco's tactical level, it would be difficult for Porto to make a difference.

Ye Qiu was also a dark horse himself, and he had also dealt with the dark horse team many times, so he knew very well that playing a dark horse, you would have a hard time with him, and it would be very risky, so it was better to take a smarter way to wear off their sharpness, and wait until they were in a predicament, in a dilemma, and at a loss, and then give them a fatal blow.

Jose Mourinho's Porto has always been a tough team, not only the backline, but also the midfield is full of Pedro Mendes, Costinha, Maniche and other fierce players, Thiago can be regarded as both offensive and defensive, Delle is also very tenacious, and the only soft player in the team is Carlos Alberto, a Brazilian striker.

In the words of the Chinese, it is too rigid and easy to break, too hard teams in rhythm control, in a series of problems such as stable scenes always have great deficiencies and defects, in the previous life Mourinho's Chelsea always fell at the feet of Barcelona, is this really just a factor of the referee? Isn't there a reason for the style of the ball?

It is important to know that the football field is changing rapidly, and misjudgments will exist in almost every game, but there are big and small misjudgments, after all, the referee is also a person, and when the two teams with the same style of play trigger a fierce showdown, it is like Mars hitting the earth, the referee is under more pressure, and the possibility and probability of misjudgment are higher.

Back to this game, the Porto team is a group of fierce generals, the style is originally very tough, if Chelsea chooses to fight hard, Ye Qiu is confident to win the opponent, but this kind of play of hurting the enemy a thousand and losing eight hundred is not what Ye Qiu admires, so he chooses to avoid its edge, and when the opponent is unfavorable and then declines, he boldly takes the initiative.

Therefore, when the game reached the first minute, Valente put a tackle from the side, tackled it and inserted McConn, who was involved in the attack to pass the ball to the middle, and the referee did not hesitate to show a yellow card, the Porto players stepped forward to protest, and their emotions looked very excited, and Ten Carter reminded on the side, "It's almost time"

But Ye Qiu still shook his head, he couldn't underestimate Mourinho and this Porto, "I have to wait"

This is definitely a protracted battle of patience and willpower, but Ye Qiu is confident that he will be able to laugh to the bottom.

For the grasp of timing, it can't be early or late, it's too early, Porto's morale is still very strong, and it can't achieve the effect, and it's too late, they have already adjusted, and there is no chance to take advantage of it, so the best time is to take them by surprise when they adjust their morale and rhythm, and directly pull up a wave of fast-paced offensive.

One might say, where can a team guarantee that every attack will work?

Yes, but as long as the rhythm is pulled up and played, coupled with Chelsea's decisive pressing, a wave of rapid offensive can be quickly formed, without giving Porto time to adjust, and how long this wave of offensive can last, whether it can score goals, these are all tests of Chelsea's offensive ability

The risk is that if Chelsea can't play effectively and are counter-attacked by Porto, it will be dangerous

The fact that the players have a lot of experience in the tournament can be largely reflected in the maintenance of the field.

Players who are too impatient either have personality problems or are inexperienced.

Ye Qiu specially arranged for Roland to stand on the sidelines as a microphone in this game, as soon as he saw anyone showing some signs, he immediately threw himself over to extinguish the flames, just to make everyone's hearts hold their stomachs.

After the opening, after more than half an hour of dullness, everyone was obviously a little depressed, and almost everyone couldn't understand what Ye Qiu was playing, wasting such a big advantage in vain, and choosing such a stable tactical play.

In the words of the on-site commentator, if Chelsea loses this game, then the biggest culprit is Ye Qiu, who is his extremely clumsy arrangement, which folds Chelsea's sharpest attacking weapon.

In the stands, there are even fans on both sides protesting against this dull game, they feel that such a game is too boring, it is simply a sleep jerking, and no matter how you look at it, it is not worthy of the Champions League final.

But just when the time jumped steadily into 35 minutes, and there were only 10 minutes left before the end of the first half, when Porto had already received two yellow cards, Ye Qiu walked out of the home team's coach's box for the first time in the game and walked to the sidelines.

No one realized that this was an obvious code, and even the on-site commentators felt that Ye Qiu really couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to make an adjustment, and no one would realize that Chelsea had pulled out the horn to press the attack.

The Blues players who were holding their breath suddenly came down like a tiger, and their emotions surged out like a flash flood.

In the 36th minute, Deco instigated an attack outside the penalty area, quickly split the ball to the left, Ronaldinhola went to the front of the penalty area to get the ball and quickly passed to the bottom line, Evra ran all the way along the left sideline to the bottom line to cross, and Drogba quickly inserted in the middle and headed the goal.

This sudden headbutt smashed directly into the crossbar of Porto and went out of the bottom line.

But when Baia wanted to take a goal kick, he suddenly found that Chelsea did not retreat, but chose to press in midfield, and their defense was even arranged directly near the halfway line.

The ball was delivered quickly, but Cannavaro was firmly in front of Alberto, heading to Claude Makelele, who was assigned to the right, McCone quickly dribbled the ball in, very resolute and decisive, and the whole Chelsea attacking formation was pushing forward quickly.

But this time McCone did not pass into the penalty area, but was assigned to the middle in advance, Lampard touched lightly, the ball fell to the left side of the top of the penalty area, and Davies was seen quickly inserted, facing the incoming ball directly with his left foot, the ball could not be suppressed, and flew off the crossbar.

Two consecutive attacks created scoring opportunities, but Chelsea now have no idea of retreating, still maintaining a high defensive pressing tactic, and the team's lack of tactical high-point midfield also made Baia's goal kick completely unthreatening, but Chelsea's midfield pressing, and the Porto goalkeeper could not easily pass the ball to his teammates.

The ball was always at Chelsea's feet and Porto looked like they were being pressed and played.

Mourinho was also taken aback by Chelsea's sudden onslaught, and immediately kept reminding his players on the sidelines to be careful, especially when he saw that Chelsea frequently used the wings to widen the width, and then through individual ability to make local breakthroughs, and then transfer the ball to the middle, dismantling Porto's defence, he had to ask the midfielders to start more retreats to help the backline.

For a moment, Chelsea's two full-backs looked more like wing-backs, with one man always staying up front, while the central midfielders all pressed forward except for Claude Makelele, Cannavaro and John Terry, while Porto, with the exception of the two strikers, all retreated to the 30-metre zone to defend.

The situation turned at a turn for the worse, and no one expected that Chelsea would suddenly play so quickly, changing the way they had just gotten water.

In addition, Ye Qiu's timing is also very particular, starting from the 35th minute to launch a counterattack, to the end of the first half exactly ten minutes left, at this time, for any manager, there is a problem of choice, first of all, there will be basically no substitution adjustments, and Porto's players are also used to the previous rhythm.

But you have to know that the rhythm is controlled at the feet of Chelsea, Ye Qiu wants him to be fast, he can be fast, if he wants him to be slow, he can be slow, do whatever he wants, and control freely, which is undoubtedly the benefit of controlling the rhythm.

Mourinho sought stability after the start, wanted to defend Chelsea's counter-attack, did not fight for the initiative and rhythm control, and later found that Chelsea did not press out to attack, and he could not let the players press out to compete with Chelsea for control, so the rhythm has always been controlled at Chelsea's feet

Now, it's finally time to pay the price