There is a dream called football

Chapter 229 Mutual Inhibition
The pitch was stalemate, but Abramovich in the stands was very indifferent. He was quite satisfied with Mourinho's first season in charge, and now he is very likely to win the Champions League, which is great.

The assistant beside Abu said with a smile: "That Li Qiao is really good, Jose has always wanted him, I think Xia Tian can do it."

"Leave it to Jose, I don't mind spending tens of millions of pounds in the summer."

For a local tycoon in Russia, money is the last thing he lacks. His acquisition of Chelsea is just like us ordinary people playing football manager.

"By the way, how much is the prize money for the Champions League? It's up to you to make up your mind."

Abu chuckled, "As long as you win the championship, let Jose take care of the bonus."

Ha ha.

Other clubs live on Champions League bonuses, but Chelsea don't need Champions League bonuses as club operating expenses, and it doesn't matter if Abramovich pays them himself.

On the court, the game between the two sides is still very stalemate. Chelsea is still the side that holds the ball, while Liverpool is still the side that retreats.

However, although Liverpool is on the defensive side at this time, the mentality of the two sides is completely different.

Because Liverpool have already scored an away goal, it doesn't matter, even if they stick to it for 90 minutes.

At this time, Drogba once again took the ball in front of the penalty area, and Harman still defended against him, blocking the line of his shot.

If Drogba suddenly kicks him in front of the penalty area, Dudek's side will not be able to bear it.

But what I didn't expect was that Drogba didn't turn around after getting the ball with his back, but knocked with his heel.

It's just such a knock, four or two strokes are like a thousand catties.

The ball went back into the penalty area. It is reasonable to say that this is the feeling of luck, but what I didn't expect was that Gudjohnsen kept up. Fortunately, Carragher kept defending close to him. At the last moment, he kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

Dudek patted Carragher, "You did a great job."

Mourinho applauded this time, because Drogba's second pass from the heel is the key, even the picky Mourinho thought the ball was too beautiful.

"Nice job."

But soon, Liverpool also passed the ball to the sharp knife. You have Zhang Liangji, I have the wall ladder, you have Drogba, and I have Li Qiao.

When Liverpool had the ball, they passed it to Li Qiao on the right. At this time, Li Qiao was like Salah later, and the threat of getting the ball on the wing was great.

But this time Li Qiao was thinking simply. He thought that Johnson was a rookie, so he wanted to speed up and pass him on the spot, but what he didn't expect was that it didn't happen. Johnson's starting speed on the spot was very fast, so it would be troublesome.

The most important thing about dribbling is the suddenness of the first move. If the suddenness of the first move is lost, no matter how you do the second move, it will be very difficult. After all, the players are more than [-] meters away, so everyone is similar, and more or less people with the ball will suffer.

Li Qiao ran forward with the ball, and Johnson followed him all the time. Li Qiao knew that it was impossible for him to surpass others because he was already caught in the fight, so Li Qiao had a whim and kicked Johnson.

The ball bounced off the baseline, and Liverpool won a corner kick. Johnson was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Li Qiao to be such a thief. He could kick the ball to himself and get a corner kick when he had no chance at all.

What was even more unexpected was that Li Qiao simply took the corner kick by himself this time. Today Li Qiao felt that he was in good shape, so he wanted to try it himself.

Mourinho was a little nervous. He knew Li Qiao's strong footwork, but his speed covered up his other offensive talents.

Li Qiao kicked a curved ball into the penalty area. Hyypia in the middle of the penalty area jumped high and smashed the ball towards the goal. Mourinho did not expect that the ball was actually scored by a Liverpool player.

bang.

The ball hit the goal beam hard, and the whole goal wobbled and wobbled.

Cech was dumbfounded by this, and the entire Stamford Bridge fans were also dumbfounded, almost being overtaken by Liverpool.

Benitez kicked the lawn hard.

He really wanted to swear, but he didn't, because he was also afraid of being photographed. Not only that, he also stepped back on the lawn that he had kicked up.

Expressing that he didn't mean to destroy the stadium, the fans at the scene also laughed.

But soon, the home fans realized that something was wrong, and Liverpool, who were originally not dominant, gradually gained a certain amount of control.

Especially in the midfield, this is also due to Gerrard's familiarity with Lampard. After all, both sides are teammates of the national team.

Benitez does not have the title of tactical master at this time, but he is undoubtedly the best tactical master in Europe. He is the kind of coach who can dominate the game.

He also studied the opponent before the game. In fact, the opponent's midfielder is very tough, so the midfielder of his side can't be head-to-head, but should speed up the passing speed.

In fact, this is Guardiola's pass-and-control football later on. Benitez is indeed a Spaniard, and he also likes to pass and control in his bones.

Makelele can run, but no matter how fast he can run, he will not be able to roll as fast as the ball, so in this case, Chelsea is a bit passive.

At this time, Mourinho's tactical thinking has not yet evolved to the level of passing and controlling football. In his mind, it is very important to have two players who can run in the midfield. At this time, Chelsea's midfielders are Makelele and Thiago.

Both of them are the kind of people who can't run away.

But Mourinho's most powerful point is his excellent adjustment ability. He immediately gestured for Makelele to come over.

"Don't run around, stand in front of the penalty area, they are playing you like a monkey, don't be fooled."

"it is good."

After the adjustment, Chelsea looked more passive and completely lost the midfielder, but Benitez understood that this was useless. Liverpool had invalid possession of the ball, while Chelsea was preserving their strength.

"Hateful and powerful Portuguese."

Anyone who has played against Mourinho has to admit that his team is tough, fast and difficult to play, but this man is very annoying.

For the rest of the first half, the game was a bit silent for both sides, as if the mind was not on the pitch but in the locker room.

Although it was 1-1 in the first half, it actually has a lot of connotations, and both sides played a very high technical and tactical level.

And there is also a lot of running on both sides, especially Liverpool, they are paying 30% more running than usual.

In the end, the fans became a little impatient and booed sporadically. You must know that the tickets for the Champions League semi-finals are very expensive, and everyone is not here to watch this kind of game.

The referee blew the whistle, the first half was over, 1-1, the two sides ran to the player tunnel, they were too tired and needed to relax.

(End of this chapter)