Chapter 152: I Remember You

Against Pep Guardiola's Cosmos, coaches around the world are figuring out how to cope.

Jose Mourinho is one of the most successful of them all.

The brilliance of Inter's treble, Real Madrid's late Muslim counter-attack, these are based on tight defense.

In the face of a player like Rossi who has a wide space to move in the frontcourt, the most direct and effective way is to compress his space.

He's not Messi and Chelsea don't need multiple players to come back and defend, they just need full-backs to push him into the defensive zone of the midfield.

Nemanja Matic's defensive position is equivalent to Cambiaso's position during Inter's time.

So when Mourinho made the adjustment, he knew that the next tactic of the opponent was to block Rossi.

If they can make a tackle, then Chelsea will launch a long ball directly at the back.

If Rossi can control the ball and pass it back to his team-mates, Chelsea will also be the first to set up a counter-attack.

With Cuadrado dropping back to defence, Chelsea's counter-attack will be played between the quartet of Cesc Fabregas, Ramirez, Eden Hazard and Didier Drogba.

These four people have passes, speed, breakthroughs, and shots, and the positions of the four are not fixed, and they will change flexibly according to the situation on the field.

After Rossi passed back to Cambiaso, Chelsea were the first to step forward and counterattack, it was Cesc Fabregas.

Cambiaso first used his body to protect the ball and waited for his teammates to pick him up.

But after he was raised, Matthew James was making up for his openings, and Drinkwater next to him was defended by Matic again, and there was no chance to play the ball at all.

Cambiaso made an instant decision and dribbled straight into the Chelsea penalty area.

With no advantage in numbers, he forced a shot and the ball flew over the crossbar and towards the stands.

Then he didn't look back, and hurried back to his defensive position.

This seemingly uncool shot was actually forced to do so.

If you don't, once the ball is broken, Chelsea's counter-attack will go straight to goal.

With such defensive tactics, if Lyicester City wants to attack, they must increase the number of people in the front field to cooperate with Rossi, so that he does not fall into the trap alone.

Rossi looked to the sidelines, signaling that he needed help, hoping to get the manager's approval.

Pearson knew what Rossi meant, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he looked up suddenly.

If you want to attack, you can't cower.

Stud a handful!

He called Drinkwater to his side and explained the tactics.

Petr Cech takes the goal kick and hands it to Cesc Fabregas, who organises it.

Rossi stepped forward to defend at the first time, while his teammates retreated to half-court.

Chelsea's counter-attacks need space to play to their speed advantage.

If Lyrc City press high again, then the space behind them is very suitable for the opponent to sprint.

Therefore, when defending, only Rossi needs to be close to Cesc Fabregas, and the rest of the men return to the half to defend, leaving Chelsea without the speed advantage up front.

In such a situation, Chelsea can only use the individual ability of Eden Hazard and others to force their way into the box.

The game was 75 minutes into the game and the fitness of both sides began to decline.

Chelsea, who are leading the way, are in no hurry and patiently organise outside the box.

But Cesc Fabregas was angry.

After entering the positional battle, he rarely had a chance to get the ball.

Obviously he had space on the weak side, but his teammates just didn't pass the ball, and he couldn't bear it, so he waved his hand angrily to express his dissatisfaction.

Mourinho also saw it and shouted anxiously towards the pitch: "Pass, pass." ”

Playing positional warfare requires an organizational core like Cesc Fabregas.

Teammate Ramirez heard the manager's words, glanced in the direction of Cesc Fabregas, and finally passed the ball to Cuadrado in the middle.

Xiaofa, who was snubbed again, jumped up in a hurry and turned his back to attack.

It didn't take long for Mourinho to find something wrong.

When Cesc Fabregas asks for the ball in midfield, Rossi will consciously move in his direction, and Jamie Vardy will also move towards the passing path and limit crosses.

Unable to get the ball at the back, Cesc Fabregas will continue to ask for the ball forward. At this time, Rossi still moved closer to him and reminded his teammates to pay attention to the opponent's passes.

It's the details that make it difficult for Chelsea players to give the ball to Cesc Fabregas's feet.

Because the ball was cut off in this position, then it was Lyicester City who counterattacked.

Coupled with the previous continuous high-intensity games, Fabregas's condition was not very good, and his running was not active enough, resulting in him being pinned down by his opponents all the time.

"Sesk, run."

Jose Mourinho urged him to increase his range of runs in order to get the ball.

Fabregas, who was already a little frizzy, although he increased his running distance and had several chances to get the ball, was always the first to be marked by the two of Leicester City and did not threaten at all.

Chelsea, which was getting worse and worse, began to move forward, and Cesc Fabregas also came to the front of the penalty area to organize the ball, with only Nemanja Matic behind him to protect him, dragging the last two central defenders.

Here, although Xiaofa can get the ball, the congested middle makes it impossible for Chelsea to attack.

The tight space allowed Hazard to get past a defender and leave no room to shake off the defenders who followed him.

Jose Mourinho also tried to bring in two full-backs to attack, but Lyicester's back five defended so much coverage that there was no chance at all.

After a long attack, Mourinho replaced the in-form Cesc Fabregas with Mikel in the 80th minute.

Chelsea, who do not have a core of organization, have given Hazard more chances in the hope that he can use his dribbling to tear apart the opposition's defence.

But Eden Hazard wasn't in great form today either, and Chelsea's breakthrough didn't have much effect.

In the 83rd minute, Oscar came on to replace Eden Hazard.

While maintaining the high pace of action up front, without Cesc Fabregas' organisation and Eden Hazard's tandem, Chelsea's attack became simpler.

In the 85th minute, Oscar suddenly shot after moving laterally on the edge of the penalty area, and the ball was deflected wide of the goal.

Two minutes later, a cross from full-back Yowankovic found Drogba, but was cleared out of the box by a defender.

In these few minutes, although Chelsea had a few chances on goal, they did not threaten, but because of the attack, resulting in the loss of possession.

Although Mourinho let the players play a little more steadily on the sidelines, there are not many directions that the players can choose after getting the ball, and there seems to be no better way to deal with it except for a stunned kick.

In the 87th minute, Mourinho was ready to use the last substitution to replace defender Kurt Zouma to strengthen the defense.

When the Chelsea players saw centre-back Kurt Zouma on the sidelines preparing to play, they immediately understood the manager's intentions and stopped pressing up front, but waited until Lay City had pushed the ball into the centre circle before pressing forward.

Morgan dribbled to the top of the centre circle and stepped forward to Drogba to pass the ball to the retreating Rossi.

At this time, Chelsea's back line had not retreated to his own penalty area, and Cahill saw Rossi retreat to get the ball, and chose to press forward at the first time, not giving him a chance to get the ball.

Rossi had already spotted Cahill in hot pursuit, and as he retreated, he pointed his right hand back and signalled for Jamie Vardy to quickly slash in behind the centre-back.

He then kept the ball on and went straight back to Drinkwater, and immediately turned and cut forward, pointing in the direction of Vardy's forward.

Drinkwater's vision, with Rossi's guidance, suddenly opened.

And Rossi's counterrun after passing the ball just took Cahill away and gave him plenty of passing time.

Bang!

Danny Drinkwater sent a penetrating through ball straight to Vardy's feet.

[Beautiful, scalpel-like precision through ball.] 】

The on-field commentator suddenly shouted excitedly, and after Chelsea scored the third goal, the game was a bit tedious.

[Terry is chasing, but Vardy is very fast, and there is no chance. 】

[The goalkeeper strikes.] 】

[Shot, ball in, ball in!]

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【goal!

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[Incredibly, Lyicester City scored a goal from Jamie Vardy as the game went into stoppage time. 】

【2:3! 】

[This game, there is still something to watch!] 】

The Imperial Power Stadium was full of people, and deafening cheers erupted.

Mourinho angrily walked to the sidelines, glanced at the shelf of water bottles in the corner, and slammed it to the ground.

Rosie, I remember you!

You are a genius, remember in a second: Red Sweet Spring: