Grass roots glory

Chapter 1130
The Champions League knockout rounds will never lack focus duels. In fact, although the confrontation between Manchester United and Juventus has whetted everyone's appetite, Mourinho is actually not satisfied. He will draw Juventus or Paris Saint-Germain. From the standpoint of the head coach, I can only lament the bad luck.

Other matches:
Ghent vs Wolfsburg

Roma vs Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea

Arsenal vs Barcelona
Leverkusen VS Bayern Munich

PSV Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit

Dynamo Kiev vs Manchester City
Teams like Dynamo Kiev and Benfica are really good opponents, and their city rivals Manchester City are really much luckier than them.

Although Mourinho doesn't seem like a person who believes in God, he will do it alone when he meets anyone, but obviously, he doesn't want his team to return to the top and really step on the corpses of every giant.

The degree of difficulty is too high and the risk is too great.

When seeing the results of the draw in front of the TV, Mourinho did not smile as freely as Zhou Tiancheng. Of course, after resuming training, he still had that expression in front of the players.

"Very well, guys, I can see from your faces that none of you are fooling around and know you're a professional player in the Premier League. We're going to face a lot of big teams, Chelsea, Juventus, and of course you guys. You must know, there is also Everton in the League Cup, do you think this is easy to deal with? But when you are in this state, it is not a problem, haha!"

Mourinho's style really surprised his own players. They looked at each other before they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that whoever broke the rules and touched Mourinho's bad luck.

After a five-day break, Manchester United ushered in the last game of the first half of the league. They played against Chelsea at home.

Chelsea are currently ranked third, five points behind Manchester United and Leicester City, the top two. It is difficult, but it is not completely impossible.

Of course, this is only on the cards. In fact, Chelsea may just have no chance.

Although Conte has made targeted reinforcements to the lineup, the Community Shield Cup at the beginning of the year has already seen the clues. Chelsea's midfield is still not comparable to Manchester United. Although Mata returned, they lost Matic , although it was not clear how capable Matic was in the two games against Manchester United last season, the number of goals conceded by Chelsea in the match against BIG6 this season has soared, averaging nearly two goals per game. It is fatal, but he met Mourinho.

BBC Sports was not optimistic about Conte before this game. Although they represent the teams in the Greater London area, they stand in Chelsea's position, but that is what they mean. Conte's Chelsea team is in various statistics Showing the characteristics of both offense and defense, but conceding too many goals in front of a real strong team, Conte still can't get rid of the common problem of Italian coaches, and is more superstitious about defense in key games.

There is nothing wrong with this in itself. Attack wins the game and defense wins the championship. These words come from Italian football. Every Italian team is pursuing the ultimate defense of AC Milan back then, but now it is not really relying on defense to decide the game. era.

Although Conte said to reporters at the pre-match press conference: "Do I need to say more? Zhou is the most important one, but what he has to face is a stronger whole."

Zhou Tiancheng was mentioned, and it sounded like Conte didn't want to be conservative in this game, but this made the Manchester United reporters excited: If Conte really puts on an iron bucket formation, it is estimated that there will be trouble.

This is what Manchester United reporters are most worried about. Now Conte has stated that he wants to fight against each other... You can do this even if you want to die, gain insight!

Many Manchester United reporters thought so in their hearts.

Maybe it’s because of his tactical criticism, maybe Conte also thinks that the team should make some changes. In this starting lineup, he changed the formation to 4-3-3.
没有用大多数时间段里使用的3-4-3，也没有用面对利物浦和曼城这种球队使用的4-2-3-1，大家第一次看到原来孔蒂设计了三套阵型。

"Conte used a new formation. Is this an experiment or a secret weapon?"

Contrary to the expectations of all commentators, everyone has this question in their hearts.

Mata, Mikel and the former Cesc Fabregas partnered in the three midfielders. Conte is really courageous. Even the commentator of BBC Sports suspected that Conte was fighting against those who doubted him. .

"Conte, is it necessary to do this? Against Manchester United at Old Trafford? Ha! Sounds good, OK, we have all seen his courage, but the truth is that it will take a huge risk, from here Right from the start, he put Chelsea on fire."

Even Mourinho, an extremely adventurous person, had two defensive midfielders last season, forced Fabregas on the bench, and didn't let him on for a minute. Ti actually discharged two attacking midfielders?
It feels like the three views have been refreshed.

Mata was very excited. When he walked onto the Old Trafford stadium, all the Manchester United fans still gave him applause.

Nothing has changed, the only difference is that Zhou Tiancheng in front of him has changed from a teammate to an opponent.

"Hey Zhou, let's have fun with this game."

Zhou Tiancheng laughed and said, "I wish for it. You will know immediately what a wrong decision you have made. Chelsea? Ha ha!"

It is said that there is a subtext behind every sentence: idiot.

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Chelsea's opening offensive did not lose at all. Conte arranged such a formation, all he wanted was to grab the start.

The entire back line pressed forward, and even Terry's position came to the middle circle 5 minutes before the opening.

He is notoriously slow to turn around, leaving a lot of space in the backcourt. Once the offside fails, it is too late to fill the position. Depay and Martial are waiting for such an opportunity.

"John Terry pressed into this position? Conte is really desperate!" Yang Cheng didn't feel any worries, but said with a smile: "If Chelsea can maintain this intensity throughout the game, it will be Conte's contribution to the Premier League. A classic left behind - how to deal with Manchester United with Zhou Tiancheng... um, hehe."

The last two modal particles revealed Yang Cheng's true thoughts.

Can Chelsea's intensity last?

No one can maintain it. Even Atletico Madrid, which is recognized as the best runner and best grabber in Europe, will not mention the midfield high pressure at the back line all the time.

De Gea's attention was very concentrated, and he made several large-scale attacks, which effectively helped the defense.

Conte pinned his hopes on the opening three tricks, and his courage is commendable, but unfortunately his strength is really almost meaningless.

(End of this chapter)