extraordinary coach

Chapter 290 fierce battle
"This lag, Hazard has to bear part of the responsibility."

"If he hadn't played too independently at the beginning. Southampton would not have kicked out the momentum."

"Now the Southampton team is not only leading, but also has a surge in morale. The next game will not be easy to play."

Chelsea fans can't help but complain about Hazard.

And his teammates also complained about Hazard.

Hearing the whispered complaints from his teammates, Hazard's face turned livid.He didn't think there was anything wrong with him.

It's all the French boy's fault.If you can successfully break through him.Who dares to say anything to me?
His teammates were dissatisfied with himself, and Hazard transferred all these dissatisfaction to Pavard.

It's just that at this time when the team was behind and Conte was very dissatisfied, Hazard didn't dare to approach Pavard directly like before.

He needs to wait for his opportunity.And he believes that there will definitely be opportunities.At that time, he will definitely clear his name.

Falling behind at home is still a big blow to the Chelsea team as a whole.Their morale is not as high as before.

After the re-kick-off, the Chelsea team did not dare to be too big as before, and became cautious in both offense and defense.

On the contrary, the Southampton team began to play more proactively.More open on offense and defense.

Those who don't know will definitely think that this game is played away from Chelsea, not Southampton.

And Conte also began to fall into contemplation.

In the first five or six minutes of their own home game, they fell behind. There is definitely something wrong with it.If it is not resolved, Chelsea will not think about this game.

Conte understands that he needs to find the problem and fix it as soon as possible.

After thinking and analyzing, Conte also found out the problem.

The main problem facing Conte at present is that Chelsea's formation today is somewhat inappropriate for Southampton's 4231 formation.

Conte habitually played the most commonly used formation of 3421 today.This formation is strong in offense and weak in defense, and the main forces are placed in the midfield competition.

But today Southampton's previous attacks were all quick counterattacks after defense.And there are also many long passes directly across the midfield, which avoids Chelsea's strongest midfield and directly hits their weakest defense.

This is one of the points, and the other point is Hazard's two failed breakthroughs, which hit Chelsea's morale very much.After conceding the ball, morale took a hit even more.

In terms of formation, Conte can let the players change.But morale is not easy to deal with.

In the middle of the game, it is difficult for him to provide effective morale boosting.And now the game has just started less than 10 minutes, it is even more impossible for him to make substitutions.

Therefore, after changing the Chelsea team, Conte can only hope that some of the players on the field will stand up and drive the entire team.

In the past, he hoped that this person was Hazard, but today he dared not hope that Hazard would stand up.If Pawar was to successfully defend a few more times, it would be useless.

Of course, the morale boost is often left to the field captain.

And this season's new captain Cahill did not disappoint Conte, he began to motivate his teammates.It just doesn't look very effective for the time being.

The game continued on the pitch, and since Conte changed Chelsea's formation, they strengthened their defense at the back.

This makes it difficult for Southampton to play an extremely threatening counterattack like before.It can only be transferred to positional warfare.

On offense, Chelsea still haven't made much progress.Apart from playing more patiently, they didn't produce much power.

This change in offense and defense brought the game to a stalemate.

While Chelsea obviously strengthened their defense, Southampton did not pose a greater threat after switching to a positional battle.

"The striker still lacks a strong point. We have no offensive players. Rebic is comprehensive enough, but he can't play the role of a battering ram." Seeing the stalemate on the court, Sun Yi said helplessly.

"Yes. If there are strong centers like Balotelli or Adriano, our offensive threat will be stronger." Diao nodded.

"When the winter transfer window opens, I think it's time for us to find a heavy artillery for attacking the city." Sun Yi raised the idea of ​​buying someone.

"It is indeed necessary." Dior agrees with Sun Yi.

"However, this is for the future. What do you think of the current game?"

"Hmm~" Dior said after pondering for a while: "The current situation is favorable to us. However, this is Stamford Bridge after all. Once they kick out the state, it will be difficult to kick."

After listening to Dior's words, Sun Yi fell into deep thought.

Like Dior said, the current situation is favorable.But that doesn't mean it will always be like this.

After all, Chelsea is the defending champion, with its background, it will always cheer up.

Therefore, Sun Yi currently has a few options: First, strengthen the offense, taking advantage of the low morale of the Chelsea team, try to score another goal, and seal the victory.

Second, simply retreat.Learn Mu's style of play, block the goal with a bus in the next game, and directly play a one-ball approach.

Three, nature is not to make any changes.Maintaining the status quo.Continue to maintain the current relatively favorable situation.

All three options have pros and cons.

For a while, there were really some bad choices.

Sun Yi turned to look at Dior, hoping that he could provide advice.When Dior saw Sun Yi's eyes, he immediately understood.

"No changes for now?"

"En!" Sun Yi nodded.

With a leading advantage, it is indeed a more appropriate approach to respond to changes with the same.

If the opponent is not a championship-caliber team like Chelsea, Sun Yi will definitely not be like this.He will simply let Southampton attack with all its strength until it completely kills the suspense of the game.

But in the current situation where the points gap cannot be widened by the Manchester City team, Sun Yi must be cautious.

In this way, the following Southampton team continued to start a drama battle with Chelsea, and formed a close situation.

After nearly three and 10 minutes of fierce fighting, both sides have completely adapted to each other's tactics and rhythm.This makes the game more intense, if only relatively dull.

Seeing such a scene, Sun Yi frowned slightly.

He sensed that it was time for a change in the situation on the field.This stalemate is no longer so beneficial to the Southampton team.

Because the Chelsea team was stalemate and fighting here, morale was gradually restored.

With Southampton's offense no longer so strong, Chelsea gradually found the feeling of playing at home.

Especially Kante in their formation.This little black guy was very eye-catching after the two sides started a positional battle.

Don't look at Kanter's small stature, but he is full of inexhaustible strength.

He is fast, has a wide range of activities, and is also very decisive and efficient in defense.What's more important is that this little black guy used his running and vitality to drive the Chelsea team up.

Watching Chelsea play better and better under the leadership of Kante.Sun Yi was really vigilant.

At the same time, Sun Yi has become more and more appreciative of Kanter, a hard-working player.

If Hazard and Kante were put in front of him and he had to choose, he would definitely choose Kante.Not Hazard.

"Kanter is a really good player. If he can come to our team. Then our team defense will reach new heights."

"Yes. It's just that I'm afraid I can't buy him. Although a player like him is not as popular as a striker, he is the treasure of every head coach." Dio shook his head.

Sun Yi nodded.He does not believe that Conte will fail to see the great role of Kanter as a player.

Of course Conte could see it.

He's excitedly praising Kanter's performance.

"Kante is very good. His performance drives the whole team. If other players in the team can play every game as wholeheartedly as he does, let alone the Premier League championship, the Champions League is no problem."

"Our team's momentum is finally showing signs of picking up. Soon, the game will be back on track."

Conte began to regain confidence in the game.According to the current situation of the Chelsea team.He believes the game will soon be back in Chelsea's hands.At that time, an equalizer or even a go-ahead will not be a problem.

"Come on!! See it? They are nothing more than that. It's time to show our true strength!"

Encouraged by Conte, Chelsea began to increase their offensive investment.

In these 10 minutes of fierce battle, the Chelsea team has forgotten the psychological pressure brought to them by being behind.They began to believe they could hold Southampton down.

"Sun, their momentum has picked up. It's time for us to adjust." Dior immediately reminded.

"I know." Sun Yi nodded.He is making a decision in his mind.

"Sun, anyway, we have the advantage now. Why don't we just retreat! In the second half, we will make another plan." Dio suggested.

"No!" Sun Yi shook his head and refused.

"I don't think we can retreat now. The current situation on the field is that when the two armies are fighting in full swing, it is very likely that either side will collapse directly if it retreats."

"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Damn it, let's also step up our offense. Attack against attack! Destroy their aura!"

"Okay!" Seeing that Sun Yi had made up his mind, Dior chose to support him.

Sun Yi followed and came to the sidelines.

"What does he want to do?"

"Could it be that we are getting ready to retreat after seeing our momentum?"

"Oh, I almost forgot. He is called Mourinho's true disciple. It is normal to be utilitarian."

Seeing Sun Yi walking to the sidelines, Conte thought so.

"Make tactical adjustments now!"

"Give up tactic number two. Go to tactic number three."

"Attack! Attack! All-out attack! Knock 'em down!"

"Eh!~" Seeing Sun Yi waving his hand, asking Southampton players to press up, Conte was stunned.

"You~ are good. Playing against each other, right? Then come on! I want to see how much money you have and come to play against my team!" Conte quickly turned to a sneer .

He knows that Southampton's strongest defense is their defense, and there is still a gap between them and Chelsea's offense.

He is confident in playing counter-offensive, even Manchester City will not be able to please him.

Sun Yi is now letting the Southampton team launch a counterattack, which is in his arms.

"Attack! Let them see the real offensive firepower of our Blue Army!" Conte also waved his hand, urging Chelsea to press on the attack.

In this way, the two teams launched a sharp confrontation battle under the urging of the coaches of both sides.

Under the full attack, Chelsea's firepower is really strong.With their significantly stronger striker strength than Southampton's, they did put tremendous pressure on Southampton.

However, Southampton can thank Pavard for his outburst today.It was his brilliance, especially his frighteningly efficient tackle, that took a toll on Hazard's play.

Hazard is the core of Chelsea's attack.His restriction naturally affected Chelsea's offensive firepower.

And Hazard is not such a brainless person.Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make his name in the Premier League.

After seeing Pavard's tackle ability, in order not to arouse Conte's dissatisfaction, he turned to stagger Pavard to attack others.

After shifting the attack target, Hazard found that the effect was not bad.He quickly regained his confidence.Also took the opportunity to help Chelsea create a lot of murderous opportunities.

After Hazard's performance improved, he also encouraged the rest of the Chelsea team.

After the morale rose, Chelsea's offensive became more intense.

And some people also began to forget Hazard's previous fate, and wanted to single out Pawar.

This man who is not afraid of death is Pedro.

Although Pedro is slightly inferior to Hazard, he is also a player with excellent dribbling ability.His breakthrough is also very good in the Premier League.And with his shorter stature, breaking through is even more of a headache for defenders.

This time, Pedro faced the tall Pavard after holding the ball, and he decided to use his flexibility and speed to rush over.

Then, Pedro ended up in the same end as Hazard.

Relying on his flexibility and dribbling ability, he dunked Pavard in the first pass.But then Pavar made a ground tackle with great speed.

The ball was broken and Pedro was thrown to the ground.

After rolling a few laps and eating grass, Pedro realized that he had made the same big mistake as Hazard.

How could this guy's tackle be so powerful!
After Pedro sat up, he looked at Pavar with surprise in his eyes.

He finally understands Hazard a little bit now.

It's not that Hazard is too rough.And this French kid's tackle ability is frighteningly strong.

"Nice shovel!"

"Pawar is possessed by the shovel god today! One shovel is accurate."

"Who else has such a successful tackle rate?"

Pawar's successful tackle once again gave Southampton a chance to fight back.Although it did not bring a goal in the end, it attracted cheers from Southampton fans.

With Hazard and Pedro off the field, Chelsea's players began to regard Pavard's defense area as a restricted area.

If it is not a last resort, absolutely do not dribble the ball in front of Paval, lest he will tackle the ball.

It is the deterrence of Paval's tackle.Southampton's defense, especially in the middle, has become extremely solid.

This situation also prevented the Chelsea team's all-out attack from being able to produce the best results.

In the next game, under the confrontation between the two sides with their own strengths and weaknesses, apart from the obvious increase in the number of shots, there were no more goals.

In the end, at the end of the first half, there were no goals again.

The score temporarily stopped at 0:1, and the away Southampton team returned to the locker room with the lead.

(End of this chapter)