Although he has great respect for this Chelsea team, Jose also admitted that Mourinho is indeed a top coach-at least in terms of establishing the team's overall view and training the team's tactical literacy, Mourinho has reached an extreme level. At a high level, there are few coaches like this in the world. Among the four major coaches in the Premier League, Wenger is better at building a team but has less ability to adjust tactics. Benitez can be called a top tactician. When building a team The level of playing is not very strong. The only one who can compare with Mourinho is the old and strong Ferguson who is constantly improving. But unlike Mourinho, who can win a ball at a time Compared with the team's ability to quickly integrate its fighting strength, Ferguson seems to be slightly inferior, because what he is good at is using one or two years to build a top team and enable them to win the championship
It¡¯s just that now that Mourinho has left Chelsea, Mourinho is still the same Mourinho, and Chelsea is still the same Chelsea, but it is definitely not as powerful as when Mourinho was commanding Chelsea!
Without Mourinho¡¯s command, Chelsea is like a monster. Although it still has sharp claws, strong fur and swift movements, it has lost its mind.
After Chelsea¡¯s players bravely blocked Mallorca¡¯s attacks, Mallorca¡¯s offense immediately changed. They no longer rushed and fought, but used back and forth passes to find gaps in Chelsea¡¯s defense.
Chelsea has not dealt with Mallorca once or twice, so after seeing the changes in Mallorca's offensive tactics, they spontaneously began to make the most accustomed response, with the full-backs withdrawing and the midfielders withdrawing into the penalty area. , the two wingers retreated to play as full midfielders, leaving Drogba alone at the front
This is Chelsea's most accustomed method of dealing with Mallorca. When Mallorca starts to look for opportunities with back-and-forth kicks, they are no longer able to press forward at will. Faced with this kind of press from other teams, It may still be useful, but in the face of Mallorca's attack, the casual pressing makes the gap in the backcourt wider, and it is easy for Mallorca to use sharp direct passes and runs to tear apart their own defense!
Therefore, the most effective way is to recycle the defense, not giving Mallorca many openings, and wait for their wave of attacks to pass before waiting for an opportunity to counterattack to regain the initiative.
Grant on the sidelines began to get sulky - he was not angry at anything else, but before the game he emphasized the need to use offense to suppress Mallorca's offense and try to use the impact to find opportunities to score goals - he thought This can be very effective.
Chelsea did the same thing at the beginning. However, when the game got intense, the Chelsea players unknowingly forgot about his arrangement and started playing according to the tactics when Mourinho was here. ¡
The traces left by Mourinho are not so easy to be eliminated.
This is something Grant can't stand. You have to know that he is no longer a human being inside and outside. Even Terry and others who stand on the side of boss Abramovich in the locker room will not stand on his side sincerely. What they are loyal to is The boss, not him; as for Drogba Lampard and other Mourinho's direct descendants, Grant is not even a good looker; fans think that he is the culprit of Chelsea's split, and think that he used some method to win over The boss's favor made Abramovich determined to fire Mourinho, who had won so many championships. Even Abramovich seemed to want to put all the blame on Grant
The poor Israeli is feeling frustrated right now. In fact, he doesn't want to continue working in this position. There's no point in doing it anymore - the players and fans are on the opposite side of him, and the boss is no longer with him. It's a front. If it weren't for the good results now, and Grant wanted to win one or two championships before leaving, so that he would have some capital to become a head coach, Grant would want to quit now and let Abramovich take care of this. Go to the mess!
But now, Grant can only persevere. He has to achieve results, which is related to the status and glory of a head coach.
Since this tactic has proven to be very effective in resisting Mallorca's attack in the past, Grant can only choose one thing at this time - and that is to just listen to it
For the sake of performance, Grant didn¡¯t care about anything else.
When Chelsea began to shrink their defense, Mallorca's offense began to encounter huge troubles - when Chelsea shrunk, they basically had no flaws in the defense, and their defense on the center, wings and in the air was quite good. Mallorca Although they are not afraid of the opponent's iron barrel formation and have many offensive methods, it is quite troublesome to attack.
Attack from both wings? It was difficult to break through, so Essien switched to right back. Although he was not enough in terms of attacking, he was enough on defense.He is good at running, and has strong defensive ability. Even if Henry and Riise take turns attacking on this side, it will be difficult to break through his defense. On the other side, the presence of Ashley Cole also makes Chelsea's left The road became solid.
Infiltration from the middle? With Makelele's lateral interception and Mikel's running around, coupled with Lampard's retreat, it is not easy to create opportunities through penetration or long shots.
As for direct crosses into the penalty area and headers Terry and Carvalho are not vegetarians. Their condition has not declined and they are still one of the best central defender combinations in the world.
Although in Jose's view, Chelsea's offensive power is now worse than before, especially after the winger combination like Robbendave is replaced by Kalou and Joe Cole, Chelsea will rely more on Drogba in offense. one person. But defensively, this Chelsea is even better than the Chelsea two seasons ago. Many times before Mallorca beat Chelsea, they used the shortcomings of their two full-backs to complete the offense. Ferreira and Gallas , Glen Johnson and Horno have all allowed Mallorca to take advantage of a lot, but now it is impossible to take advantage in this regard.
There is no place to take advantage, so all Mallorca can do is one thing - keep attacking! Until Chelsea's defense is torn apart! Just because the defense has no weaknesses doesn't mean it won't lose the ball. As long as the offense is more frequent, chances will gradually be gained.
The biggest advantage against Mallorca is that the person standing on the sidelines is not Mourinho. If Mourinho had been replaced, he would naturally know when to counterattack and when to seize the opportunity to breathe and launch counter-pressure. , and what about Grant? He is not an idiot, but he and Mourinho's tactics are not in sync.
Just like a sniper holding a gun used by others, the gun is a good gun and the sniper is a good sniper, but together they cannot achieve the maximum effect.
Don¡¯t worry about counterattacks, just focus on attacking - there is no Mallorca team in the world that focuses on attacking but can¡¯t break through the gate!
Even Chelsea would not do this.
In the 19th minute, Kak¨¢ sent a through pass under Makelele's entanglement. Klose received the ball and shot in the penalty area immediately. The ball bypassed Cech's hand and went directly around. Passed the far post and flew out of the baseline.
In the 22nd minute, Henry's cross after a breakthrough from the wing was cleared by Carvalho with a header. The ball flew to the right. Maicon, who was inserted, hit the falling ball and shot directly from a long distance. The ball was well positioned by Cech confiscated it directly.
In the 23rd minute, Riise made a pass from the left. Ballack, who followed up from the right, planned to shoot directly from the back point. However, he failed to master the shooting action and the ball flew directly out of the baseline.
In the 26th minute, Klose, who retreated, made a cross from the left. Kak¨¢, who followed up, took a long shot from 25 meters away and was saved by Cech.
In ten minutes, Mallorca only created four shooting opportunities. Chelsea's defense was indeed quite strong, but the more Jose looked on the sidelines, the brighter his eyes became.
Yes, Chelsea's defense is indeed strong and can hold up until this point in the face of Mallorca, which is fully attacking, and basically does not give Mallorca too many decisive opportunities. However, they are very average in the transition between offense and defense and cannot win. Blocking Mallorca's attack while waiting for opportunities to counterattack - such a defense, no matter how tenacious it is, will only be passively beaten. As long as Mallorca seizes an opportunity, it will be able to control the entire game's situation!
"Sure enough, they still have internal problems. No matter how strong a team is, it will not be able to achieve very good results if there are internal problems"
Jose¡¯s judgment was not wrong. After resisting Mallorca¡¯s attack for nearly twenty minutes, even though Chelsea¡¯s players still worked extremely hard and desperately, they could not stop the fact that the city gate was open!
Thirty-three minutes.
Kak¨¢¡¯s breakthrough was blocked by Makelele, and then he quickly passed the ball back to Alonso who was connecting behind him. Alonso sent a beautiful through pass without stopping the ball. The ball fell directly to the feet of Henry who broke into the penalty area.
Henry caught the ball while running. Facing Carvalho who came up to block him, he swayed his upper body and made a move to cross into the middle. However, he quickly dunked his feet and headed towards the baseline!
Henry's breakthrough was as fast as lightning. Carvalho's block was a little slow, and Henry passed by him, and then twisted his body and shot into the far corner before he could get back in place!
Henry's shot flew out of the ground, and Cech fell to the ground quickly. With his quick reaction, he made a timely save and slapped the ball with one palm while falling to the ground.
However, the hasty save failed to completely eliminate the threat, and the ball was shot into the penalty area.Inside, Klose appeared at the landing point of the ball at the next moment, raising his foot to shoot before Terry could cover!
The ball flew into the empty goal without any suspense, one to zero, Mallorca took the lead in the away game!
The string that maintains the balance of the battle is broken!
Jose waved his fist fiercely on the sidelines, then turned around to face the Mallorca fans behind him when the Mallorca players cheered and hugged each other, and raised his arms high!
With this goal, the next step will be easy! What will Chelsea do now? What is Grant going to do? Directing the team's attack? Then we can beat you in the away game!
If this goal only made Chelsea fall behind, then five minutes later, when Mallorca used a counterattack to expand the score again, Chelsea's entire mood immediately collapsed!
Kaka dribbled the ball past two people during the counterattack, and then passed the ball diagonally to the side when the opponent's defense was about to cause an offside. Maicon, who assisted in time, reversed the offside and successfully dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area and passed it back. Henry followed up and hit the ball eight meters in front of the goal and hit the near corner!
Two to zero! Before the end of the first half, Mallorca's explosive attack achieved perfect results, taking a huge lead before the break!
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