Section 312 Counterattack
After Parma broke down Chelsea's doors, Chelsea finally made a substitution: they brought on Essien at right-back, and Robben was replaced by Arjen Robben, who had not yet recovered from his injury.
In the face of a crisis, Mourinho's choice is Robben.
This choice is not particularly surprising to Li Bin: if Makelele is the most important link in Chelsea's defence, then Robben is the soul of Chelsea's attack. In the games under Jose Mourinho, Chelsea averaged three or four goals per game when Robben came on the pitch, and without Robben, the number of goals was basically only one per game. Chelsea failed to win the league title last season, and it was not unrelated to Arjen Robben's injury. Therefore, when Chelsea are not playing well now, the best way they can think of is to replace Robben.
Robben's skills as a player are absolutely amazing, his dribbling is very good, and his breakthrough ability is absolutely deserved to be one of the top three in the world when playing in any team. Whether it's the sense of the ball, the technique, the speed, the way he plays, he is impeccable.
The only problem with his football is that the ball quotient he plays is really not very high. He plays football, everything is very good, but when he is on the field, he lacks some ability to judge the situation, he doesn't know what to do on the field, and he has a lot of problems in this regard. His time at Chelsea was not particularly obvious, and later on, his problems were made known after a few transfers: when he played, when he had a good coach to arrange tactics for him, he could play very well and threaten a lot, and if you add a player on the pitch who can arrange the attack, it will be the absolute world's top attacking line, and he will become the most ferocious knife on the pitch. And when there is no good coach to arrange tactics for him...... Well, he's a lone wolf.
However, Chelsea have a good arrangement at the moment, especially when they are up front, and they have good players to help them. Didier Drogba started running more aggressively as soon as Arjen Robben came on and he wanted to rely on his pull up front to create better opportunities for Chelsea up front.
Drogba is a very good fulcrum center, unlike Milito, let him get the ball, make a very agile turn and shoot action, he is almost impossible to do - 190cm height and great weight, so he is not so agile, African player, also let him not so good skills. However, his skills of holding the ball with his back, competing for the header, and taking the ball back are absolutely the first level in the world. Some people ridiculed that Chelsea's tactics were Robben's cross, Drogba did it back, and Frank Lampard cut in and covered the foot, which is actually a high-level summary of the characteristics of several people. However, unlike what people say, in fact, Drogba's skills have been constantly improving, and this season, he can already do some things with Robben after doing a little bit of ball in the frontcourt, and Lampard's assist numbers have always been among the best in England, although the way of playing is indeed similar to that of an inside striker, but it is not a wise choice to let him go.
What surprised Li Bin even more was Mourinho's gambling approach: he was a good coach who had played a lot of games before, but, generally speaking, when making substitutions, it is still rare to dare to make such a big gamble. With a right-back and a winger, Chelsea are now playing in a way that is akin to a front four. Four strikers are on the field at the same time, and this style of play is indeed very deterrent.
This kind of substitution courage is something that Italian coaches don't have, and Mourinho is known for his on-the-spot command, and he really has his ability. Gambling on the four strikers in one go, Mourinho also has the idea of breaking the kettle and competing with Parma.
What he thinks is very clear: Mourinho also knows that his team needs to score a goal urgently, Parma's counter-attack is very sharp, they can rely on the counterattack to threaten the stars, if Chelsea can't form a goal in a short period of time, then, they are likely to be broken by Parma's counterattack. However, if they can win a goal in a short period of time with the pressure of four strikers, and then replace a striker and a defender, then they can hold on to a draw if they strengthen their defense again.
Strengthen the attack in a short period of time and win the game, this is also Mourinho's idea. He knew that his pre-match arrangements had not worked, and that Parma's counter-attacking ability had been beyond his expectations, so he had given up on winning all the games and was ready to equalise first.
"Retreat, retreat!" Li Bin also immediately issued an order for this: even if Robben's current strength is already very problematic, Li Bin still needs to be careful with him.
The playing style of the four forwards is indeed very strong, but the playing style of the four forwards cannot last for a long time. As long as they hold on for this period of time and Chelsea's attack can't hold on, Parma can use counterattacks to force Chelsea to back down - and Chelsea's siege is still mostly dependent on Robben, as long as Robben is defended, it is not a big problem.
Li Bin thought it very carefully, in this game, he just had to rely on his own layout to beat Chelsea.
Robben took the ball and quickly rushed up the wing. Zabaleta didn't intercept him at the first time, but followed him closely and didn't make a move - their idea was just to block Robben's cross, and if Robben didn't cross, they wouldn't attack. In the midfield, De Jong also followed suit: his task was to prevent Robben from cutting inside and not allowing Robben to rush to the middle to cut inside and shoot, and the two of them followed Robben together and did not give Robben a chance to shoot.
Robben's speed is not slow, the ball is at his feet, and it is very stable, but he can't find a chance to get up. The player has good skills and can control the ball, but when he makes further moves, he needs to have a good aggressiveness. In fact, although Zabaleta and De Jong followed him closely, they were not necessarily able to stop his attack, but Robben did not dare to bet on such a thing now: in the past three years of playing in the Premier League, he has been tackled more than once or twice, and many serious injuries have also made him not have too much courage to make moves when facing the opponent's pressing - in memory, this kind of problem has not changed until 2010, after arriving at Bayern, until Heynckes took over, He gradually improved some of the problems.
And this time, he was clearly not able to break through the past. When he was in the ribs of the penalty area, he gradually slowed down and did not dare to break through again. As he slowed down, Zabaleta immediately pressed in, while Cannavaro Jr. and De Jong rushed in from three directions at the same time to form a tight defence against him. Zabaleta bumped past Robben and then hooked the ball back for Agger not far away.
It was a great pass: Chelsea were ready to defend after Arjen Robben conceded the ball and Didier Drogba stepped back as soon as possible. He didn't expect that Zabaleta didn't give the ball to either of the two people next to him, but picked a pass to Ague behind him, and also lost the opportunity to fight back at the first time. And Agger didn't catch the ball at his feet, he jumped up, and a header gave the ball to Mota in front of him, Motta turned, passed, and after a simple combing, the ball was already at Yaya Toure's feet, and there was no danger of being counter-robbed by the front.
Yaya Toure got the ball, it stands to reason that now should not be the time for Parma to counterattack, however, Yaya Toure has not had a particularly good performance in this game, after getting the ball, he strode away, rushed through the midfield, and pressed towards the back.
Yaya Toure didn't perform particularly well in this game, and no one around him kept watching. When he broke through, that is, Barak came to intercept it, but Yaya Toure immediately tilted to the side, and his whole body twisted sharply, avoiding his interception, and rushed forward. In front of him, Carvalho and Makelle formed a defensive posture at the edge of the penalty area, relying on Carvalho's help, Makelele blocked the edge of the box on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was still intercepting the receiving route of Milito by the way. And behind him, Milito's side, there is also Terry beside Milito, almost less than a meter away, closely watching him. Carvalho, while intercepting, was also on the lookout for the quick insertion of Arshavin on the wing.
Although Parma are fast attacking, Chelsea's defence has been excellent. The three of them in front of the penalty area, in an oblique triangular position, can defend attacks from all directions, such a defensive awareness, which is quite difficult to obtain, and Chelsea can do such a good job, absolutely proud.
However, for this rapid attack, Yaya Toure will not allow it to turn into positional warfare: the opponent has four forwards, and then it turns into a positional battle, which is extremely dangerous. He was about five meters away from the two men when his speed suddenly slowed down, and then he picked up the ball with one kick and passed it forward.
Too reluctantly.
Even the fans can see that this pass is too difficult to grasp. Milito took a step forward, trying to scramble for a header, but Terry took a step to him, his body was strong enough, and he also knew how to use force, he suddenly used force, so that Milito didn't even have the ability to jump, and his feet were crooked, and he almost fell.
However, at this very moment, Arshavin burst up from the side. He was fast, and he ran almost in the direction of Milito. Cavanilo tried to grab his clothes, but Arshavin dodged him, and he and Milito almost ran in front of Milito, past Terry, and towards the ball. Terry and Carvalho both had the idea of catching up, but they found that Milito's position was so good that they had to bypass Milito in order to catch up with Arshavin, and the time to get around one person was enough for Arshavin to do something.
Clever positioning!
Arshavin was a fast runner and didn't have enough time to stop and catch the ball and get his header on goal. He jumped up slightly in the run, headed the ball a little, caught the ball, and the ball fell to his right side, but Arshavin didn't wait for the ball to land, he had already crossed his body at once, picked up his right leg, and the whole person was lying horizontally, and blasted the ball out of the ground with one kick!
He has no time to waste, and even a second before the Chelsea defenders can catch up. However, he did not waste any time, and this one-shot shot in one go must be admitted by anyone who sees it, it is the most beautiful shot!
“gooooal!!!! Parma scored! Arshavin !! A perfect shot, a stunning blow! This is Parma, this is Parma! Parma's attack will amaze anyone who sees it! ”