Football: Banned for life, forced to travel to Europe

Before the game, the reporters frantically hyped the mentoring relationship between Mourinho and Rodgers, as well as the golden boot battle between Wishing and Suarez, but no one expected that the protagonist of the first half of the game was Chelsea's 42-year-old substitute goalkeeper Schwarzer.

Because it is Liverpool's home court, they have won another ten consecutive victories in the Premier League, winning successively against such strong opponents as Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham. The team's self-confidence and state are at their peak.

Therefore, in the first half, Liverpool's offensive was very fierce. Their ball possession rate reached 78%.

As the core of the offense, Suarez digested most of the ball, and he is also qualified to do so.

In the first half, Suarez completed five shots alone, four of which hit the target, but Schwarzer saved them all without exception.

On one occasion, Suarez volleyed vigorously from about fifteen yards away from the goal, and there was no defensive player around him. As a result, his shot was pushed out of the crossbar by Schwarzer with a single palm, and Suarez was stupid.

Not just Suarez, even Mourinho is stupid.

Schwarzer made eight saves in the first half, at least three times Mourinho was ready to swear with his head in his hands, but Schwarzer made a direct save, otherwise, Chelsea would be three goals behind in the away game up.

Zhan Jun couldn't help admiring, "I didn't expect Schwarzer to have a second spring in Chelsea. When Mourinho signed him, he probably didn't expect that Schwarzer would save the team at the most critical time for the championship."

Almost every Chelsea player who entered the dressing room lowered their heads and said nothing.

Even the usually most active wishing was silent.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea basically had no chance to attack. They only had two shots, and they didn't hit the goal frame. They really didn't have the right to play.

Mourinho was the last to enter the dressing room, and he closed the door of the dressing room after he entered.

The starting 11 and Lampard all appeared in the dressing room, while the remaining substitute players warmed up on the court under the leadership of the fitness coach.

Mourinho was silent for more than a minute. He didn't say a word, his sharp eyes swept over the faces of every player, and every player he saw quickly lowered his head.

Except Wish and Schwarzer.

Mourinho nodded secretly, Schwarzer's performance was impeccable, of course he is qualified to hold his head high, and wishing is always full of fighting spirit.

As for the other players, the performance in the first half was not very good, especially David Luiz. Today he started to lose his mind again and almost conceded a goal because of him.

There is also a reason for the poor performance of the players. This season, Chelsea has reached the most critical moment in the Champions League, League, and FA Cup. The players are under great psychological pressure.

Many players have the mentality of wanting to win and fear of losing, and they are relatively nervous. Coupled with the intensive schedule, the players are exhausted on the court, and their movements are somewhat deformed.

"What are you afraid of?" Seeing that the emotions were almost exaggerated, Mourinho began to talk, "Are we behind now? Or have we lost the league championship?"

The heads of the players were even lower, only wishing and shouting loudly, "No."

Mourinho was overjoyed, and wished that this kid really gave face, "Is he the only one who thinks so? Have you already given up?"

Neither Terry nor Cech were in the dressing room. Lampard assumed the responsibility of the captain. He stood up, "Of course not, we also want to win the championship."

Mourinho nodded, "Then raise your heads up, I have a way for you to win the game, and I also have a way for you to win the Premier League championship."

Mourinho's words are very deceptive. Coupled with his status as a winner and his glorious past, everyone believes three points.

He pulled the tactical board and circled three Liverpool players on it, Mignolet, Skrtel and Gerrard.

"Mignolet is a pure goalkeeper, and handling high-altitude balls is his weakness. In the second half, we increased the number of crosses, and Xu was in front, which is a very big threat to Mignolet."

"Sakho and Skrtel's shots are not stable. Xu, Andre, Mohamed, you have to pay attention to pressing them. As long as they make a mistake with the ball, it is our chance. Remember, Skrtel is still a big player in own goals. , he has already scored four own goals this season..."

"And what about Gerald?"

Wishing is a bit strange, Gerrard was in very good condition in the first half, his ball, interception and long-range shots were all in place, and he was one of Liverpool's best players.

"Gerrard is getting old, and he has suffered a lot of injuries in the past two seasons. His physical strength can't support him to run back and forth in a wide range. In the second half, Rodgers will probably ask Gerrard to get in. At that time, we will resolutely play behind him. .”

"At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool will definitely seize the opportunity to attack and we will continue to defend. After 15 minutes, they will definitely slow down their attacking rhythm and relax. That's our chance. Increase the intensity of pressing and seize the opportunity to counterattack. , I will give you a hint."

"Remember, Liverpool will react very quickly, we don't have a lot of time."

Mourinho's self-confidence infected Chelsea's players. With such a well-planned head coach, they are not afraid of any opponent.

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"Okay, players from both sides are on the field, the second half of the game is about to start..."

"Mourinho replaced Ramirez, who was mediocre in the first half, with Lampard. It is a very correct choice to use more experienced players at this time. I hope Mourinho's adjustment will be effective."

During the intermission, Zhan Jun and Zhang Heihe analyzed Chelsea's form, but no matter how they analyzed it, they were not optimistic.

Zhang Hehe thinks that this game is more or less good for Chelsea, and it would be good to get a draw.

This is also what most people think. Chelsea played too passively in the first half, and they were so passive that they did not counterattack a few times.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Mourinho guessed well, taking advantage of the kick-off, Liverpool started to attack again, and the Chelsea players also found that Gerrard's position was indeed relatively high.

He was much more active than in the first half, with through passes and long shots, playing like an attacking midfielder, and Liverpool's formation unconsciously became 4231.

Wishing also returned to the middle circle to harass Lucas and Joe Allen's two midfielders, preventing them from passing the ball easily.

At the beginning, Liverpool's two defensive midfielders played and ran very fast, and wishing for one person was a bit inadequate.

But I don't know when it started, Wishing found that the speed of the two of them had slowed down, and they occasionally made mistakes when handling the ball.

Wishing looked up at the scoreboard, the game was just in the 10th and [-]th minute, and Mourinho hit the mark again.

At this time, almost all Chelsea players couldn't help looking at the madman on the sidelines, and saw the madman's right hand waved a few times in the direction of Liverpool's goal covertly.

The counterattack starts now!