Leeds United's first goal broke Grant's deployment here at Chelsea.

Grant was originally rushed to take over, using most of the veterans left by Mourinho, and only a handful of them joined this season.

Grant's technical and tactical level may not be very high, but he clearly knows his position. If he doesn't succeed in taking over Mourinho this season, he'll definitely be out next season.

The Russian boss will surely find a European coach to replace him next season.

What he can do now is to take control of the team first and adapt himself to the team, rather than letting the team adapt to him.

After a few rounds of the Premier League and Champions League, Grant quickly figured out the key to this team. That's the central axis of Chelsea with Cech, John Terry, Essien, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.

Among these guys, John Terry and Frank Lampard were there before Mourinho and are veterans. The other three were all introduced by Mourinho, which can be regarded as descendants.

"Tough defending, efficient counter-attacking", this is the philosophy that Mourinho has instilled in the team since he arrived at the Blues. In the three seasons that the Portuguese has been with the team, this philosophy has permeated the bones of the players.

But today Grant has no choice, Drogba and Cech are out due to injury, and Essing is a little unable to bear the physical strength of continuous combat, otherwise Grant will not let Essien play in such an important game.

The only key players on the pitch were John Terry and Frank Lampard.

The performance of the two people on the field is decent, but the others are really hard to say. Benheim will always leak people, Belletti can't keep up with the wingers on the opposite side at all, Sidwell is not at the same level as Essien, and Shevchenko is not getting better.

Grant saw the two wide players starting Leeds United today, and his eyes were full of envy. Milner, Gareth Bale and Arneson as a striker are all young and fast.

Wright-Phillips and Kalou here don't feel as good as they are opposites.

Actually, these two guys are not too bad, but Chelsea could not give them good support in central midfield today, which gave Grant a false impression that he was not as good as his opponent.

This thought made Grant think of Chelsea's two previous wingers, Duff and Robben.

Duff was sold to Newcastle last year and suffered an injury halfway through the league season and has now been recuperating for almost seven months.

If this £5 million deal is not too much of a loss, then the other one is not too much of a loss.

Sold Robben to a competitor, although the price was much higher than the price of the purchase, but the consequence was that there was no one to use in his own hands.

If Grant could have Robben, he wouldn't have to send Phillips today.

It's okay for this little man to play on a weak team, but he basically can't find anyone when he encounters a strong team.

Fortunately, Robben couldn't go on today because of injury, otherwise Grant might feel more uncomfortable.

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John Terry made a tackle that sent Leeds' No.3 dribbling off the line before falling to the ground.

It was only the first half and Terry felt like he couldn't run anymore and he was on the ground and didn't want to get up.

It wasn't until Frank Lampard, who came back to the defense, reached out and pulled him up before he got up from the ground.

"Frank, thank you."

Frank Lampard gasped for breath and didn't respond to Terry, who was too tired himself. The blue jersey was stained with grass clippings and muddy water.

John Terry has been on the fence to partner his centre-backs and to fill in on Belletti on the right.

"Frank, it can't go on like this. At halftime, I had to suggest to the coach that Michael be brought on and Alex should be replaced, but Benheim couldn't keep up at all. ”

"Okay!"

"Also, we have to step up our attack, and it's too passive to be pressed all the time."

'It can't be helped, our midfield is suppressed, Mikel and Sidwell don't have the strength to parry.

"Why is such an important game not for Michael?" John Terry is still reeling from Essien's lack of play.

"Let's not talk about it, let's defend now."

Seeing Leeds ready to kick off, Frank Lampard and John Terry hurried into the box to take part in defence.

The corner was taken and Leeds Mathieson touched the ball before Frank Lampard got on the front post and flicked it over to the back post.

There was no one at the back post at Chelsea's back post at this time, and when Charlotte Black jumped, there was no one to watch.

With his head, the lad pointed the ball into the Chelsea goal.

In the opening kick, Blake almost scored with a shot on goal, but it was blocked by the crossbar.

Now, he finally made up for it with a goal.

This time, Blake didn't pretend to be pressing, but ran into the goal to fish out the ball, and he was going to throw the ball to his substitute teammates who were warming up on the side, so that they could help put it away first.

I asked them when the game was over and I collected it by myself.

It's just that when he was about to pick up the ball, Terry picked it up first, and he was ready to throw it to his team-mates in front of him.

Now when Blake comes over to ask for the ball, he's a little embarrassed.

In the end, under the pleading gaze of the Leeds youngster, he still gave the ball to Black.

"Why did you give him the ball?" Frank Lampard couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he saw John Terry give the ball to his opponent, and even spoke to Terry with a tone of questioning.

"I ......" Terry tried to say something, but chose to remain silent after opening his mouth.

"Are you just watching your opponent celebrate unbridled in front of us?"

In the end, Terry couldn't help it, and in the face of Lampard's incessant questioning, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Frank, I think if we want to win, we have to be honest and not get tangled up with the opponent over such small things. If you score a goal in a moment, I'm sure I'll rush into the opposite goal from behind and snatch it for you. ”

Terry isn't a good guy either, and he kept wiping his team-mate's butts today. Rushing from the left to the right, and from the right back to the left, it's all a sprint.

It was for this reason that he felt tired at half-time.

Frank Lampard was so scolded by John Terry that he couldn't speak, and he realised he was in too much of a hurry. I don't know why he gets excited every time he plays Leeds United, thinking that he can win against his opponent.

Looking at the figures celebrating Leeds United not far away, there was a person in it who was particularly dazzling.

Frank Lampard stared at the number 17.

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Off the court, George Lee and Grant didn't notice this.

Grant was thinking about how to change tactics and make substitutions in midfield to improve the situation in the second half. Don't try to tie the score, at least you can't concede any more goals.

And what George Lee thought of was obviously a little deeper than Grant.