Chapter 72: Choice
Jonk's arrival energized Chelsea and drove the team forward with one man.
Weird, isn't it? He seems to have been born with the ability to inspire his team-mates and do wonders together, both in the Portuguese national team and at Chelsea Football Club.
Leader?
Not necessarily, he is more of a boost to his teammates with his actions, he is always tireless on the field, never misses any opportunity, and is a model player on the field.
In the last five minutes, Jonker was still running wildly, looking for opportunities up front, and the number 25 revitalized the entire Chelsea attack.
In a pool of stagnant water, a boulder was thrown, and even the Manchester City people standing on the shore were smashed into a soup chicken.
Manchester City's defense is crumbling, Keegan is even more like a pin, a young man changed the direction of the whole game, saying that maybe not many people will really believe it, but those who have witnessed the game of this game, but they are extremely convinced that there is such a young man, his name is Jonk.
Keegan found that the team was so passive, but he couldn't find any good way to reverse it, who to replace, looked at the players on the bench, shook his head, and returned his eyes to the field.
There was no way, it was too shocking, and the City could only hope that they could barely get through the last five minutes.
The manager and the players are so helpless and passive!
As is the case, Jonker avoided Chelsea's home defeat today, but it was nothing short of a comeback.
One shot, another header to grab the point! It's either the top high, or the shot misses!
Jose Mourinho was sometimes agitated and sometimes frustrated on the sidelines, and such games were about to torture people crazy.
The whole game was dominant, but it couldn't get the advantage in the score, and even the equalizer looked so reluctant, and Lady Luck didn't patronize Stamford Bridge today, so it was a pity that you could only get one point in such a game.
12 corners, none scored. The opposition did not take a single corner, but they undermined the Blues' free-kick tactics and scored ...... What happened to Chelsea?
Fatigue was the reason, but more importantly, the rare two weeks of tactical training were made like "garbage time" because of the national team's playing tasks.
Perhaps nowadays, you can understand that Mourinho, and even Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, are constantly facing the managers of various national teams again and again.
Apart from Joe Cole's brilliance in the last game, Chelsea have yet to score from a free-kick in the league this season.
On the one hand, Chelsea aren't creating enough chances in the middle; On the other hand, Chelsea's waste of corners is simply too generous. But Mourinho has no choice, except for the pre-season warm-up matches in the United States, his team has not had time to really run in, and the real tactical play has not been established at all. It's just that at the back, with the individual ability of the players, they have done a very good job.
In the middle, Chelsea don't have a solid combination right now. Pacos Ferreira on the right was almost a two-tasker, but the game against Manchester City proved that Chelsea's attack on the right was all but nullified if they could keep him at bay.
Neither Smerkin nor Diego are players who can contribute an effective attack on the right flank. Relying on the left side of Duff alone is far from solving the problem.
Huge Chelsea, of course, shouldn't walk lame. In fact, they also have a regular on the bench, Parker who can fit anywhere in midfield. Ranieri's use of him also had an effect last season, but Mourinho only brought him on in garbage time against Manchester United. Parker constantly told the media about his strong desire to fight, but it seemed that there was little hope.
No one can ignore a key figure in Chelsea's midfield, with Frank Lampard, who scored 15 goals last year, and just one penalty so far this season.
The feeling of missing a shot is one of the reasons, but on the other hand, it is impossible not to think of Mourinho's "instructions" to the team when he was in the United Statesโโโ
You just know that the way is going forward and moving forward, but we have to learn to pause and learn to control. It can be seen that Mourinho's ambition is not only to survive in the Premier League, but also to bring his "international football" to the team.
But for a player who has been immersed in English football for more than two decades, it is clearly difficult to change.
To be sure, Frank was a casualty of this, his control of the midfield was not the best, and Chelsea lost the attacking rhythm that was described by the British media as a 'terrifying run' last year.
Had it not been for the appearance of Jonker, who suddenly changed the rhythm of Chelsea, and the players themselves brought a morale boost to the team, the result of picking up one point might not have been achieved.
Now, Didier Drogba's injury has put Chelsea back into the pre-season era of 'no centre-forward', resulting in almost no threat from all of Chelsea's corners in this game. But they still blindly play golf, and the results can be imagined.
Jonker rarely scored a goal, experts may say that it is the result of the favor of the goddess of luck, but it is undeniable that the whole Chelsea team was unlucky enough in this game, many good opportunities were not seized, the opponent's goalkeeper James also has a magical play, many coincidences are condensed in a game, no matter how through the extra training, Chelsea's No. 25 judgment of the ball landing point, has made great progress.
In Didier Drogba's absence, if Chelsea don't change tactics, then Joan Kerk should be Mourinho's first choice.
While changing and adapting, Mourinho has to meet new challenges and work hard.
Chelsea's forward line is not without strength, but a series of games have shown that Kezman is not comfortable with the intensity of the Premier League, and Mutu has broken with Mourinho completely.
Neither the rebellious Mutu nor the Fussell in Birmingham are the answer. For Mourinho, there is still a long way to understand English football, it took 8 years for Arsene Wenger to change, 18 years for Alex Ferguson, and even if Mourinho is truly a rare talent, the city of Rome was not built in a day.
Revolution always has to pay a price......
It's time to make up your mind, and how to choose is how much courage Mourinho has, and then wait for Chelsea to be another tough battle, and what kind of test is it to go to Moscow, which has entered sub-zero temperatures, and wait for the Portuguese young coach?