Midfielder.

Chapter 487

This was the first face-to-face confrontation between Lin Yi and Riquelme except for the opening handshake. He ran almost 50 meters. This is a natural feeling. From the moment Riquelme took the ball, Lin Yi Feel the danger.

Fortunately, this time I was able to save the attack. Lin Yi was dragged up by Terry after kicking the football.

Looking up at the slightly hunched Argentine, Lin Yi saw the other side of a midfield commander from behind that kind of slow-moving, precise delivery, keen sense of smell, and sharp breakthrough.

Maybe that guy's movement frequency is not fast, but every step can make people feel his threat. Just now is a typical example. The Argentine's explosive power is average, but he can always step on the rhythm of breakthroughs.

But then Villarreal's corner kick did not pose an effective threat. It is really not effective for ordinary people to compete with a tough guy like Terry for a header. Guys like Fran who have been in the Premier League also know Terry. sharp.

But in the ensuing game, Villarreal was obviously deliberately controlling the attacking speed, and when retreating to defend, they also paid attention to slowing down Chelsea's speed. It can be seen that these guys want to slow down.

The Villarreal team hoped that the slower the better, but Chelsea did not want to play softly with them. Mourinho was not used to playing according to the rhythm of the opponent's game, but before the end of the first half, Chelsea's advance The speed has been entangled in the midfield, and the opponent would rather foul than hold back Chelsea's rapid progress.

To keep a zero-to-zero score and return to the dressing room, this is what the Villarreal team has to do.

In fact, they really did it. Although Senna received a yellow card to stop Lin Yi before the end of the first half, compared with the embarrassment in the first three and 10 minutes, this foul is still worthwhile.

Although the score was zero to zero, the fierce confrontation in the 45 points made the palms of many fans sweat. No goal does not mean that the two teams are doing nothing. On the contrary, the game can be said to be exciting.

The only person who felt uncomfortable was Lin Yi. Whether it was his own shot or blocking, he failed to penetrate the opponent's goal at the last moment, and the Argentine didn't stop, always threatening Chelsea's defense.

Lin Yi hadn't felt this way for a long time. The opponent's all-out defense always made Chelsea's offense not smooth enough, and it could even be said to be a bit sluggish, especially in the last 15 minutes of the first half.

"Cool!", when Lin Yi walked into the locker room, he could still hear the cheers of the Villarreal fans in the stands. For failing to complete the task assigned by Mourinho, Lin Yi was now heartbroken. Hold back the fire.

"Don't let anything outside affect your performance, you are too focused on competing with that Argentine."

Mourinho was at the end, but his words were only spoken next to Lin Yi. The voice was not loud, but it was enough for Lin Yi to hear clearly. He could see clearly from the sidelines. A little impatient.

"I just want to score early. After all, this is an away game." Lin Yi retorted, but his voice was not loud. He knew what Mourinho said was true. He really wanted to eat the opponent too much in the first half. .

"He is almost ten years older than you, so don't expect such a person with rich game experience to fight you at full speed because of those boring reports. He knows better how to lead his team to win. "

What Mourinho said was true. Although Lin Yi has experienced the baptism of the Champions League three times and won the Premier League twice, this kid is just a kid. He has the heart to compete with the opponent in certain games.

With Keane and Vieira, although this kid won, not only that Chelsea's overall strength surpassed the opponent, but also because the opponent did not expect Lin Yi's ruthlessness to be so terrible, and ignored his outbreak.

Moreover, the opponents are basically defensive players, and they really don't take the lead in one-on-one.

But this time when Lin Yi met Riquelme, it was a matchup. He is also the core of the team's offense, and Riquelme is a person who has experienced ups and downs. He doesn't care whether his performance is eye-catching, he only cares about winning or not. .

Especially after finally breaking into the semi-finals of the Champions League, this guy's offensive organization has become more refined.

The tempering of the years and the ups and downs of his career have made this Argentine genius understand what he should do on the court. Just like his performance in the first half, he can spy on those opportunities that belong to him every time.

And Lin Yi was a little too concerned about the competition between himself and the opponent. Although he rarely took the initiative to compete with anyone, he met such a midfield playmaker who also aroused his interest and was different from his own type.

This kid will inevitably have a little bit of the idea of ​​​​competing with the opponent, so in the first half his attack was really urgent. Mourinho made him get closer to the goal, and he also rarely contributed three kicks. shoot.

It can be seen from this that this kid is a little anxious. He wants to eat Villarreal in one bite at the Love Song Stadium, and even more wants to let the opponent see in front of Riquelme, who is the winner in the fast and slow duel? winner.

However, Riquelme obviously didn't want to follow the rhythm of Chelsea. He still sorted out the overall operation of the team in his own way. Compared with Lin Yi, the Argentine was more calm.

"Calm down for yourself. Remember, our overall strength is stronger than the opponent's. Besides, this is the opponent's home field. There is no need to rush to eat the opponent. If we want to keep the tie, it can only be against them."

"Back to Stamford Bridge, we have enough opportunities and abilities to kill them. Even if we return to London with a zero to zero at the Love Song Stadium, it is not our disadvantage." Mourinho didn't say much, but every sentence can When it came to the point, especially when teaching Lin Yi, this guy was always so calm that he didn't look like a living person.

"Okay, uncle, I know what my problem is. In the second half, I won't be so hot-headed and die with the opponent. Since they want to trip me, I will also make them pay the price."

Lin Yi finally returned to that smug state after being slapped with a gun and a stick by Mourinho. This kid has always been in a good mood, otherwise he wouldn't be able to start a counterattack every time in Jedi.

This time is no exception. After being awakened by Mourinho, with his IQ, he will always understand how to play this damn game, "Damn, I must make those unusually noisy fans shut up in the second half .”

Mourinho told Lin Yi to treat the game calmly. He decided to change his tactics after watching the first half of the game. The offensive combination of Anelka and Drogba was a bit tepid in the first half of the game.

At least they don't have the sharp feeling they had in the Premier League, especially Anelka's interspersed running did not win the imagined space, and compared with Drogba's frontal impact, he is far less fierce than the latter.

"Crespo, you replace Anelka. I hope you two can make full use of the crosses from the two wings. Since the opponent chooses to defend intensively in the penalty area, then we will fight with them."

Anelka must be unhappy about this kind of substitution, but Mourinho's authority is there. Even if he is a little upset about being replaced, he has to accept it. This is what the Chelsea team has decided. rule.

No matter who it is, don't question the prestige of the head coach, otherwise, you will go to the reserve team, even Lin Yi is no exception, Mourinho can treat these people equally, Ferreira once He was sent to the reserve team because of losing his temper, and even this direct descendant was treated like this, and the others dared not make trouble easily.

Although Chelsea's bench still has people like Cassano who can see through stitches and heavy artillery like Lampard, Mourinho is still ready to use the double center tactic to attack the opponent's back line.

La Liga's air defense ability has always been weak, and Barcelona are often broken by set kicks. Mourinho just wants to use Chelsea's air combat ability to cause some trouble for the opponent, not to mention Lin Yi behind them.

Moreover, after Arzu and Alvarez slammed Drogba for half the game, their physical fitness will definitely be depleted in the second half. Facing the double center forward, Villarreal's defense will definitely hate it.

Since it can make the other party uncomfortable, why not do it?Mourinho has always liked to add insult to injury.

Replacing Anelka was not because the guy was not capable enough, it was just that in this kind of game that required a strong body to wade through a channel, he, a striker who was used to guerrilla, was far less rough than Crespo.

Simple, rough and fierce, this is the way Mourinho told Crespo and Drogba to attack.

"The two wingers should send the ball to Drogba's head as much as possible. One side should pass the ball, and the other side should press as much as possible. It is necessary to form a numerical advantage in the opponent's penalty area and directly threaten the opponent's goal."

"Lin Yi, your position should be retreated appropriately, so that the two wingers have enough space to intersperse, especially the through ball that allows them to take advantage of their speed. You must give as much as possible. Run, we will have a chance. "

After Mourinho entered the locker room, he issued his orders almost without a pause. Although he told Lin Yi that Chelsea had nothing to lose when they left the Love Song Stadium with a score of [-]-[-], but when they had a chance to win the opponent At that time, he didn't want to just miss it in vain. Winning is always better than a draw.

What's more, Chelsea still has a chance to win the opponent. In the first half, Chelsea's threatening attack was at least twice as high as the opponent's. Villarreal only had Riquelme create two shots. His few times All the threatening passes were stifled by Chelsea's defenders, and Terry still had a certain degree of certainty against Forlan.

And Jose Mari's impact was also weakened infinitely under Carvalho's defense. Only Riquelme's offense has always been a serious problem for Chelsea. The kick that Lin Yi kicked made Mourinho also worry. Tremble.

After replacing Anelka, Mourinho also let Makelele, who had been running around halftime, return to the bench to rest. Facing Riquelme again, he will always be timid and unable to play his own level. In this case, it is better to substitute. Anyway, Chelsea still has enough spare tires in the midfielder position, and Essien can also take his place.

For Mourinho's arrangement, Makelele expressed his complete acceptance. This guy is considered a standard team player, and the yellow card on him is likely to be used by that cunning Argentine. Before the end of the first half, this The guy kept trying to trick himself into fouling again, but fortunately he wasn't fooled by that guy, but Makelele could indeed feel that when he was defending, he became a little timid and couldn't let go of his movements.

Essien's defensive ability is not weak, and he is physically strong. Perhaps in the second half of the fight, he can successfully suppress Riquelme's attack. Even if he cannot completely suppress it, he will still cause some trouble for the opponent.

"Try to entangle the opponent as much as possible. There are only 45 minutes in the game. If possible, don't let the opponent get a free kick within 30 meters. You have all seen Riquelme's footwork."

Mourinho knew that if the Villarreal team was going to fight Chelsea to the end like this, then they would drag the game down like they did against Inter Milan, and then seize all opportunities for set kicks.

This is a magic weapon for weak teams to survive in the game. When Mourinho was in Porto, he did this. Set-pieces are attacks that can directly threaten the opponent's goal. Presumably Pellegrini will also arrange it this way.

Moreover, many people have seen Riquelme's free kick skills. Mourinho even asked Cech to observe some of the Argentine's free kicks this season, so that Cech can know it.

But this kind of precautionary work can only prevent problems before they happen, and Cech can't really be expected to save everything. It would be reasonable if he can't give that guy a chance to show his footwork, and fouls in front of the penalty area must be restrained.

As for the opponent's air attack ability, it's not that Mourinho indulged the opponent, it's just that Chelsea is confident enough to kill some threats during air combat. It is indeed difficult for Villarreal to head the ball.

Regarding Chelsea's substitution, Villarreal must be at a loss, but even if they saw this scene after the intermission, they could only express their helplessness, and they could not stop anything.

Maybe Pellegrini can only be envious and jealous now, because his team can't make such a personnel adjustment no matter what. Chelsea said that there is really no pressure, and there are only so many of us.

After the 15-minute break in midfield, the Villarreal team still continued the tactical play of the first half, and even did not make any adjustments in terms of personnel.

Players like Makelele can return to the bench and squat. The biggest player on Villarreal's bench may be Franco on the front line. This is not a level of player configuration at all. .

However, Pellegrini can also smell the opponent's tactical intentions from Mourinho's staffing, so he dragged Alvarez from the sidelines and told his defense generals to pay attention to the opponent's air strikes.

But although such a warning can alert Villarreal, knowing how the opponent is playing and whether they can defend against them are two completely different concepts. Chelsea's double center striker poses a threat.

In the first 3 minutes after the opening, Villarreal was still playing according to their own habits. Riquelme also sent Forlan a good through ball in the middle, but the angle of Forlan's shot was a little bit Partial.

However, this kind of action seems to make the fans in the Love Song Stadium a little excited. They believe that after halftime, their team can still kill Chelsea here like the lore Inter Milan.

But the cheers and applause of the fans lasted less than 3 minutes, and the Chelsea team suddenly moved.

Lin Yi's sudden retreat made Senna unresponsive. He was waiting for the kid to continue attacking his and Tacchinardi's defense like in the first half, but after the opening, Lin Yi did not continue to break through with the ball.

Instead, he suddenly retreated to the midfield, and cooperated with Essien, who had just played, to intercept Riquelme, who was about to dribble forward.

Essien's strong body is like a wall. With Lin Yi withdrawing suddenly to interfere, Riquelme couldn't adapt to the opponent's flank attack for a while, and was accidentally poked by Essien with his toe go out.

Lin Yi followed the kick that Essien poked out and went forward quickly. Tacchinardi was stunned and saw that after Lin Yi wiped him, he accurately sent a very fast through ball to Robben. Ben started running.

In the first half, these two wingers had been causing trouble for the Villarreal team. Robben was already familiar with how to deal with Aruabarena. He didn't need to rely on feints at all, but purely on speed breakthrough.

This time is no exception. Robben's sudden insertion on the wing made it too late for Aruabarena to get stuck.

But Aruabarena did not give up on defense, and kept chasing behind Robben, trying to prevent this guy from completing the inside cut, but he forgot that now that Chelsea had two center forwards, Robben might not need to cut inside at all.

Peter Pan of the Netherlands did not intend to play any tricks of cutting inside. After waving out an angle enough for his own cross, he aimed at the penalty area of ​​the Villarreal team, which was a fast arcing kick. cross.

The pass of the ball is so comfortable that Aruabarena can't reach it, and Robben even has time to aim, and this guy's cross has always made the goalkeeper very painful. I dare not come out to get it.

Arzu and Alvarez wanted to trap Drogba and Crespo in the penalty area. This was basically a dream. Venta on the wing took the initiative to withdraw, but this air battle still focused on middle road.

Drogba was disturbed by Alvarez, but he still grabbed the front point, but his flicking attack was punched out by Barbosa with both fists, and he failed to score directly, but this did not prevent Ribery from Then click outflank.

With a half-volley volley, Ribery also completed a difficult shot without the interference of Venta.

However, Wenta failed to interfere, which doesn't mean that this guy can't block the eye. He used his back to block a bullet for Barbosa, but the football that jumped out fell to the feet of Lin Yi, who was going forward. Senna couldn't care about it at this time. There was a problem with the foul. He just went up with a flying shovel, and he even planned to overturn it even with the ball.

But Lin Yi didn't seem to intend to stop the ball at all, he didn't even intend to volley directly, because there were too many human walls in front of him, but none of these problems could stop the kid from passing the ball, so he tiptoed lightly poke.

Such an action is enough to pass the ball to Crespo who is still in front of the goal. Is such an opportunity still a problem for a killer?Crespo didn't even turn around, and slammed his heel directly.

The continuous blocking and saves have made the Villarreal team's penalty area a mess. At the last moment, no one will act as a savior, and Crespo has already rushed to the corner flag shaking his finger.

One to zero, a goal that made the Love Song Stadium fall into silence, and a goal that made Lin Yi smile. . .

(End of this chapter)