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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 758 The most difficult moment

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    In fact, before this goal, Benitez sensed something was wrong.

    Nie Fei organized in the middle, Ibrahimovic retreated to the penalty area to assist, and even Franck Ribery suddenly inserted into the penalty area from the middle. Together with Drogba grabbing points in the middle, Newcastle's four major attackers in the frontcourt  Everyone was concentrated in the middle. At this time, Benitez realized that he had probably been tricked by Mourinho.

    It¡¯s just a matter of reaction, and Benitez also knows very well that even if he reminds him again, it will have no effect unless Newcastle does not score the goal¡ª¡ªbut unfortunately such a thing did not happen.

    "This is trouble." After looking at his watch, Benitez thought to himself.

    In fact, Chelsea's situation is not that bad now. After all, they are only one goal behind, and there is still nearly half an hour before the end of the game. This period of time is not long or short, not to mention that Chelsea only needs to equalize the score.  That's it - Benitez only took away one point this time, and had no intention of breaking Mourinho's unbeaten record at home since he landed in Europe.

    But in football matches, it is sometimes not easy to score a goal. Although Chelsea's offensive power is not bad at all, with Newcastle's current momentum, it is really difficult to score a goal against them.

    Amidst the crazy cheers around him, Benitez's brain was running at high speed. After thinking for a while, he called Thiago, the midfielder on the bench, and said a few words to him. Thiago  Nod.  Then I ran to warm up.

    Lawrenson and Lineker, who were admiring Newcastle's goal just now and their exquisite coordination, also saw Benitez asking Thiago to warm up, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange.

    Portuguese international Thiago is a defensive midfielder. Although he can be regarded as both offensive and defensive, he is basically better at defense than offense. The defense may be better than Alonso, but he definitely does not have Alonso's ability to organize offense. In this situation, it is most needed.  When scoring a goal.  What's the use of having a defensive midfielder with excellent defense?

    Mourinho saw the criticality of Benitez's substitution at a glance, yes.  Chelsea needs to attack now, but with Newcastle's defense and quick counterattack ability, if the midfielder does not have a midfielder with a strong interception, it will only be defeated by Newcastle's fast and changeable counterattack tactics.  And if the midfielder can't concentrate on offense but also pays attention to defense.  Linley, then Chelsea's offense will be difficult to play smoothly, and when facing Newcastle's defense like the Great Wall of Steel, if the offense cannot go all out, it is basically the same as itching.

    So Mourinho called over Lucio, who was still celebrating: "Prepare a defensive counterattack. When counterattacking, tell Nie Fei and Ribery that you can play more long passes from the wings to bypass their central defense."

    Lucio nodded and quickly informed the other players on the court of Mourinho's instructions.

    At this moment, the players on both sides knew clearly.  The toughest moment of the game has arrived.

    Chelsea will have to work hard to get at least one goal from Newcastle's tenacious defense, and Newcastle will have to work hard to hold on to this one-goal advantage, or win another victory through counterattack. The most important thing is that both sides must achieve this goal.  , if it can't be done.  Then a season of hard work in the league will be in vain.

    more importantly.  Neither Chelsea nor Newcastle players want to be the team that scored more than 90 points in the league but failed to win the championship. If they think about the future, fans will discuss the Premier League this season.  Use an exaggerated, mocking or regretful tone to say: "It's that so-and-so team, which scored more than 90 points and close to 100 points in the league in one season, but was still only the runner-up - in the entire history of the European League  "The most unlucky runner-up", everyone will feel ashamed.

    Before kick-off, Benitez replaced Xabi Alonso with Thiago. After Thiago came on the court, he quickly conveyed Benitez's instructions to all the other players, and then he stood on the  A little behind the center circle.

    After the kick-off, Chelsea immediately handed the ball to Robben on the left after a few kicks.

    Seeing Robben taking the ball, Essien left his defensive midfield position and moved over to defend Robben. Essien did this not only because of Mourinho's instructions, but also because of his sufficient defense of Makelele.  Confidence is also one of the reasons.

    Essien admires Makelele's performance in the defensive midfield position, because Makelele is far inferior to him in physical fitness, but he is more stable than himself in defense. This is after more than ten years as an engineer.  He has accumulated rich experience in his midfielder career, so every time Essien plays against Makelele, he will study his defensive experience very seriously.

    But after studying for almost a year, Essien is still good atAs a defensive midfielder in one-on-one and man-to-man defense, he can mark any offensive player in a one-on-one confrontation without losing his temper, but he cannot improve a team's overall defense to a higher level like Makelele.

    So in games, Mourinho usually arranges for Makelele to organize defense in the middle, while Essien sweeps up the sides of the midfield or marks the opponent's most threatening offensive player.

    Seeing Essien pounce on him, Robben felt a little scared. He created the penalty kick in the first half because he saw that Bernard's tackle did not use too much force and would not hurt himself.  But although the guy in front of him has the same dark skin as Bernard, his obvious movements are darker. In the first few contacts, he used movements that were relatively powerful but wandered between fouls and non-fouls.  He himself, Robben didn't want to be lying on a stretcher again not long after he recovered from his injury - it would be fine if this game was already the last game of the season. He would have to sacrifice a holiday to lie in the hospital bed for the sake of the championship, but he would be able to do it ten days later.  There is still a Champions League final.

    Just like the World Cup, it is extremely depressing for a player to miss the World Cup or Champions League finals due to injury. For example, the German genius Deisler would probably not be injured if he was not injured in every major competition.  Retiring due to depression - of course, this has not happened yet.

    Thinking of this, Robben was a little scared. After seeing Essien approaching him, he immediately made a cross pass, handed the ball back to Lampard, and then quickly jumped past Essien.

    Essien felt a little proud when he saw Robben seeing him as if he had seen a ghost. After all, it was not easy for a winger who had dominated the Premier League this season to pass the ball as soon as he rushed forward. However,  As soon as he turned his head, his pride disappeared immediately, because after Lampard received the ball, he was left with Makelele alone to defend, and Deco was assisting next to him.

    After a two-on-one with Deco, Lampard quickly got rid of Makelele's defense. In fact, passing the ball to Robben just now was also a small trick on Chelsea's offense, just to beat Essien.  Attracting, because no matter how good the defense is, Mak¨¦l¨¦l¨¦ is only one person. Without Essien's running assistance at the side, it is difficult for Mak¨¦l¨¦l¨¦ to defend the entire front of the penalty area. Newcastle's two midfielders are defending.  The above are inherently complementary to each other.

    After getting rid of Makelele, Lampard did not continue to advance into Newcastle's penalty area. Instead, after getting out of a gap, he immediately took a long shot from the front of the penalty area!

    Lampard has always been very threatening when he passes a person in front of the penalty area and immediately takes a long shot. This season he has scored 13 league goals. In addition to two penalty kicks, he has at least 8%.  Ten goals were scored through long shots from outside the penalty area. For a midfielder, this number is already quite impressive.

    The quality of this long-range shot is equally high. The ball flew straight forward in the air at first, but after flying halfway, an obvious arc appeared and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

    Cech made a beautiful side dive and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand in the air!

    Immediately afterwards, Lampard's corner kick was pushed out by Drogba who was returning to defend. Makelele immediately handed the ball to Nie on the right.

    Nie Fei broke through with the ball, and Thiago immediately moved sideways to defend him. After making a fake move to continue the breakthrough, Nie Fei dunked the ball back, and then made a long pass across the entire court, directly transferring the ball to  left.

    The ball accurately flew in front of Ribery. Ribery dribbled the ball across and got rid of Johnson. However, Chelsea's two defenders had already returned to defend. Ribery could only choose to take a long shot from the front of the penalty area. The ball was missed by Cudi.  Qini confiscated it easily.

    Chelsea's attack was obviously much more intense than in the previous game. This is natural, because if they don't attack, they will have no choice but to lose the league championship by the end of the game, while Newcastle began to strengthen their defense and use their good counterattacks and opponents.  deal with.

    Newcastle's counterattack was very fierce, but Chelsea midfielder Thiago was like a nail stuck in the middle of Newcastle's most threatening counterattack. Although Newcastle continued to use a wide range of long passes to avoid during the counterattack,  This point is open, but after all, the success rate of long passes is not high, and the ball flying in the air for too long also causes the speed of counterattack to be greatly reduced, so now both sides are encountering a lot of trouble in offense, Chelsea has a headache how to pull it off  With Newcastle's solid defense, Newcastle would have a headache if they could form an effective counterattack.

    But the players on both sides are still struggling to keep their teams running. At this moment, they have only one thought in their minds - to equalize the score and maintain the lead!
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