[football] walk side by side

On March 2011, 3, the Stamford Bridge Stadium was packed.

"This sequence doesn't seem to be good for us..." Powell muttered.Generally speaking, in the UEFA Champions League, the best result of the draw is to go first and then host, and then play at home. With the advantage of the home field, it is better to change tactics based on the score of the previous round and use your own advantage. Play to the max.

Like Chelsea, first at the Stamford Bridge and then at the Bernabeu, it seems a bit passive.

Besides, everyone at Chelsea knows that what Mourinho is best at is to take the guest first and then the host.

Another fan sitting next to him suddenly asked, "Do you think we can win?"

Powell was silent for a while, and he took out the prepared slogan from the backpack he was carrying. This is not a complete slogan, but a part of the huge slogan composed of the entire Chelsea stand.In fact, Chelsea fans don't often put on such a big battle, but this game is an exception.

No Chelsea person would want to see his beloved team fall in front of the Big Ears Cup again.

"I believe we can win." He finished softly and stopped talking.He just lowered his head and carefully patted the slogan in his hand, as if he was holding some rare treasure.

In the chairman's box at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, Abramovich and Florentino greeted each other politely with a smile, and sat down on one side.

Ever since Roman Abramovich took charge of Chelsea, Chelsea have rarely had any real antagonism with other teams, and unlike Manchester United, they have endless derby opponents in the league.Although Chelsea had a bad relationship with Arsenal for a time, it was not to the same extent as the Manchester Derby or the Northeast London Derby. It was more of an opponent in the league competition.

As for the Champions League, in the past few years, the only thing that has really made Chelsea fans gnash their teeth is Barcelona, ​​which has been haunting them.

It is also because of this that the relationship between Abramovich and Florentino is not bad. Even if the teams face each other directly in the Champions League at this moment, they are still in a calm state of mind, but what are they thinking in their hearts? No one will know.

When Mourinho came out of the player tunnel first, the whole Stamford Bridge burst into applause. It didn't completely dissipate either.

Abramovich saw it, and his expression sank slightly.

Even though he has been away from this stadium for many years, even in the last season, this man cut off Chelsea's Champions League with his own hands, Chelsea fans have no complaints about this, and more, they are just sad about being eliminated, And once again there was a call from Chelsea fans, "please bring Mourinho back again".

But Abramovich was not happy.

It was he who brought money to Chelsea and the unscrupulous capital in the transfer market.He should be the one who contributed the most to Chelsea's transformation from a mid-level Premier League team to the current Premier League giants. However, among Chelsea fans, there are very few who appreciate him.Mourinho has only coached Chelsea for three years, but he has won all the love and respect of Chelsea fans.

He was almost their god.

As if knowing Abramovich's intentions, the camera on the court turned to the chairman's box at the right time. The boss of Chelsea frowned calmly. A nonchalant smile came.

If you can win Real Madrid...

If Mourinho's Real Madrid can win...

Thinking that this idea may not be impossible to realize in this game, Abramovich felt that he didn't feel so uncomfortable in his heart.

Didn't you say that Mourinho brought you the championship?

Now that Mourinho is not at Chelsea, he is on the opposite side of us. After losing to Inter Milan last season, everyone is slamming him for driving away Mourinho and ruining what Chelsea should have. Champions League... So, what if Chelsea eliminated Real Madrid in this round?

Abu closed his eyes, and opened them calmly after a while.

He wants to prove to all Chelsea fans that even without Mourinho, Chelsea can still win the Champions League!

In this team, Abramovich is the only one who is truly indispensable!

The applause from the Chelsea fans was immediately replaced by overwhelming boos when Cristiano, the first Real Madrid player, came out!

Applause to Mourinho is because the fans are grateful for "the most special one". As for other Real Madrid players...

Although there is no hatred between Chelsea and Real Madrid, an enemy is an enemy, and what should be booed should be booed.

When he first heard the applause from the stadium, Cristiano was still a little confused. After all, this is Stamford Bridge Stadium. Real Madrid fans are destined to have no upper hand in the total number of fans. It is impossible for Chelsea fans to welcome him. Not to mention, during his years at Manchester United, every time he visited Stamford Bridge, the boos were as strong as they were.

It wasn't until he stepped out of the pitch that the applause disappeared instantly and turned into boos, did Cristiano realize that his head coach has always been quite popular among Chelsea fans?

As Real Madrid players played one after another, Chelsea players also slowly appeared on the court.

As Chelsea's home stadium, the fans in the Stamford Bridge stand at this moment also expressed their attitude without hesitation-the boos originally used to deal with Real Madrid players disappeared completely, and turned into applause and cheers, When the commentator Jimmy read out the names of the Chelsea players one by one, there were loud echoes from the stands from time to time.

"Good evening, fans and friends, the 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League semi-final will be staged at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea's Champions League road this season is not going well. We stumbled and almost got out, but we are still there. Anyway, We made it to the semi-finals and once again the door to the final was in front of us."

"In this game, Chelsea will face Real Madrid from La Liga. It is worth mentioning that the coach of Real Madrid is Jose Mourinho, who once won the double for Chelsea. After the 2008 Champions League final, the core players of the two sides, Cyril Slade and Cristiano Ronaldo faced off again. Chelsea and Real Madrid have come to this point, and these two core players have contributed.”

Just when Jimmy finished his long opening speech and started to introduce the lineups of both sides, the players of both sides stepped onto the lawn and took their positions.

Terry and Casillas started guessing.

Cristiano stood still in his position, and subconsciously looked in the direction of Chelsea, looking for Cyril's shadow.His eyes skipped half of the front midfielder, and finally saw Cyril standing in the midfielder position.

lower back?

He was slightly taken aback, but he didn't think much about it. Whether Chelsea's tactics changed or not, he believed that Mourinho could solve it--the Portuguese is good at considering all possible situations before the game. Condition.It is not the first time that Cyril has kicked a midfielder, and Mourinho must have a solution.

Of course, this is not the point.

Well, the point of the game is not to score goals?Cristiano thought to himself that he only needs to be responsible for scoring goals. As for tactics and so on, leave it to Mourinho to have a headache.

What he is thinking now is actually what happened last night.

After he made the "provocative phone call" to Cyril that day, he was hung up by the other party for the first time in history, and a concise and concise word "scroll" was attached, which made Cristiano feel... Very happy?

The demonstration was successful, and Cristiano, who finally succeeded in verbally defeating Cyril, was in a good mood at the moment. Even though he found that with the distance between him and Cyril, it was impossible to see the other party's expression clearly at this time, it did not affect his happiness. the kind of mood.

Cristiano has always written his feelings straightforwardly on his face, which made Kaka aware of the unusual excitement of the other party at the moment with just a glance: "You look happy?"

"Yeah," Cristiano blinked and grinned: "When I think of meeting Cyril again in such a game, and then defeating him, I feel—as if my whole blood is going to boil."

"Today's game is probably another tough battle." Lampard has never liked to talk too much, but the man on the coaching bench of the opposing team made him unable to resist saying to Cyril: "Cyril, you how do you feel?"

Cyril noticed Lampard's strangeness. He raised his head and followed the eyes of the vice-captain. Not surprisingly, he saw Mourinho who was expressionless on the coach's bench. This familiar expression made him smile involuntarily. After a while, as if he remembered something, he quickly restrained himself: "It's okay."

He knew exactly what Lampard meant with that question.

To put it bluntly, Di Matteo is not a qualified head coach. In terms of tactical literacy, he may not even be comparable to Andre Boas, let alone Mourinho.

The bigger reason for being able to successfully bring Chelsea to this point is actually his "knowledge".He didn't put on the head coach's airs, and didn't point fingers at random. The settings were based on Ancelotti's original design, and then most of the initiative was handed over to the veteran.

With Di Matteo's ability and Mourinho's level, it may be very difficult for Chelsea to gain the tactical advantage in this game.

But this does not mean that Chelsea will definitely lose to Mourinho tactically.

because--

"The head coach's tactics are difficult to convey to the players immediately and be implemented. In terms of tactics, we are indeed inferior to Real Madrid, but once a major change occurs on the pitch, the reaction speed of Real Madrid players may not be comparable to that of Real Madrid. We are."

Lampard froze for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Cyril smiled: "Because there is still me."

……

Amidst the roaring cheers from the audience, Chelsea kicked off the ball first.

Di Matteo did not emphasize to the players how they should proceed in the opening game.Just like what Cyril thought - the biggest feature of this head coach is tactical freedom.He hardly deliberately delineated what kind of tactics Chelsea will carry out. More, he just introduced and analyzed the Real Madrid players one by one as an auxiliary, and gave instructions on the general range of tactics.

In other words, the on-field command of this game is actually in the hands of Chelsea players-more precisely, in the hands of Cyril.

Chelsea's attacking lines are very fast and very clear.

Drogba passed the ball to Lampard, and then ran forward with Sturridge.

No, not just Drogba and Sturridge.

From the moment the referee blew the whistle and Drogba returned the pass, most of the players in the Chelsea camp began to move forward quickly while ensuring that the existing defense line would not fall apart.

Real Madrid did not look unprepared for Chelsea's fast break, as just as Lampard continued with the ball, after accelerating away from Angel Di Maria, he immediately hit a wall - a wall created by Pepe and Ras Diarra's midfield wall!

Lampard's footsteps stagnated, and he stopped and passed the ball in an instant. He used the inside of his left foot to push slightly backwards, followed by a hard knock on the heel of his right foot, and sent the ball to Siri who was further back. at your feet.

In this game, Real Madrid's formation is 4-3-3.

A 433 that many people didn't expect.

"Mourinho's formation this time is a bit special-he pushed Kaka up the front line, and Ronaldo and Di Maria formed the front trident. The defense line is Arbeloa, Ramos, Albi Auer and Marcelo, Pepe was brought up from the back and Alonso and Las Diarra formed Real Madrid's midfield."

Jimmy commented: "At first glance, this design is wonderful, but considering Mourinho's preferences, this arrangement is not surprising. Mourinho has always been a defensive coach. The role of the midfielder is more similar to that of a striker, and it is not uncommon to mention the frontcourt. Putting Pepe in the midfield can effectively improve Real Madrid's midfield interception ability-he made Chelsea's offense hit the wall."

This return was within Mourinho's expectations.

He knows Chelsea as much as he knows his own Real Madrid team.

If you follow the original Real Madrid formation and lineup against this Chelsea team, let alone take advantage of the midfield competition, whether you can effectively resist Chelsea's offense is a question.On the other hand, Real Madrid's defenders are singled out, and their strength is actually not bad, but when the game is flowing, it is easy to attack and not come back.

In normal games, defenders still have the opportunity to run back to defend.But in this game, Cyril's long pass is bound to become Chelsea's killer.

When the interception ability in the midfield is not strong, and the backcourt is occasionally offline, there will be a danger of Casillas facing Chelsea's frontcourt.

Mourinho can't let this happen, so he can only increase the interception ability of the midfield and hinder Chelsea's midfield advancement!

His plan was successful.

Under the entanglement of Pepe and Diarra, Lampard had no choice but to pass the ball back to Chelsea's backcourt.

Cyril immediately made a big long pass after holding the ball in the backcourt.

His idea is simple: Didn't Mourinho want to hinder Chelsea's midfield advancement by enhancing the midfield interception ability?Then I don't pass the midfield, pass the long pass, and directly distribute the ball to the wing!

The ball flew high over the heads of the Real Madrid players, and flew towards the Real Madrid side at an oblique angle.Realizing that something was wrong, Pepe turned back and moved to the wing, but it was too late at this time-after getting the ball, Mata played the ball very concisely and neatly!Without delaying even a second, he passed the ball back to the center!

The ball returned to Lampard's feet.

And at this time, the Real Madrid midfielder who was originally defending him had no time to form an effective siege on him because of the pull and pull just now!

Standing in front of him was the entire Real Madrid back line.

Pepe and Diarra, who were left behind by Chelsea's one-on-one passes, rushed here quickly.

Lampard made a move that was beyond everyone's expectations——

He didn't move forward, tried to break through Real Madrid's back line, and didn't pass the ball. He considered cooperating with his teammates to better tear down Real Madrid's defense line.

Less than a second after Mata handed the ball over, at a position 27 meters away from the goal, Lampard decisively swung his right foot, kicked the ball hard, and hit a Remember the unexpected long shot!

There is no trick to this shot. If there is anything to say, it is this long-range shot, which has Lampard's long-standing accuracy, great strength, and the Real Madrid players are caught off guard!

It’s too unexpected!

Chelsea's posture at the beginning of the game was clearly to compete with Real Madrid for the control of the midfield - this is nothing, the Chelsea midfielder with Cyril, Lampard and Essien is by no means worse than Real Madrid, really grabbed the control of the midfield, Chelsea have a great chance of winning!

However, no one expected that not only did Lampard, who was hit by a wall in the midfield, not try to break through with Sturridge, but also "cowardly" passed the ball back to Chelsea's backcourt, and Cyril decisively gave up after getting the ball in the backcourt. Competing for the midfielder, the long pass of the ball was directly distributed to the wing!

When the pass was passed back to Lampard's feet from the wing, Lampard's reaction was also very fast!He didn't hesitate at all for his choice, but chose to shoot long-range on the spot without hesitation!

This attack is very clear. It can be seen that every Chelsea player involved in this attack is very sure of their responsibilities, so they did not hesitate after getting the ball, but for Real Madrid, it is no less Yu hooded a stick!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——" the commentator Jimmy prolonged his tone and shouted to the sky. Following his excited voice, many Chelsea fans joined in and made a series of sounds imitating a ball entering the net.

"Less than 2 minutes into the game, Chelsea scored first! It was vice-captain Frank Lampard who scored the goal for them! He smashed Casillas away with a precise and beautiful long shot from outside the penalty area. Handle the door! Chelsea made a fantastic start!"

"Looking at the whole process of this goal, Chelsea's goal is very clear. It can be seen that this should be their plan before the game. Mourinho strengthened the thickness of the midfield, but Chelsea made a decisive decision and switched to the wing! This change and The cooperation is excellent! If Chelsea can win this game smoothly, I think, maybe Mr. Abramovich can consider giving Chelsea's current head coach a stable contract."

In the chairman's box on the stands, Abramovich drank the red wine in his glass and finally showed a sincere smile.

On the coaching bench of the home team, Di Matteo's expression was somewhat complicated and strange.

This tactic was not formulated by him.

As for the guy who single-handedly directed this goal... Di Matteo's eyes wandered to the player in Chelsea's backcourt.

Sometimes, even Di Matteo himself can't help but wonder: Could there be so-called "geniuses" in the coaching profession?

Otherwise, as a player, why is that guy so sensitive and judgmental about tactics?

Envious?certainly.

envy?This really doesn't exist.

For any other head coach, facing such a situation, he might have fallen out with the players long ago-no head coach would allow his rights to be dispersed by another person.But for Di Matteo, to be honest, he really doesn't mind Cyril's intervention.

On the one hand, Di Matteo really loves Chelsea from the bottom of his heart, and he sincerely hopes that this team can come out of the low ebb of these years and get better and better step by step.Therefore, when Cyril's command can indeed make Chelsea better, he doesn't mind so much.

On the other hand, on a more practical level, Di Matteo didn't mind either.

How did Andre Boas get out of class?

In fact, in terms of tactical ability, the head coach is actually not bad. The reason for his resignation is that he had a direct conflict with the Chelsea veterans headed by Lampard, which made Lampard finally choose to play against Abramovich. Lamovic has a showdown, asking the Chelsea boss to make a choice.

And what about Cyril?

To put it bluntly, Cyril is the only world-class star in this team.

Like Terry and Lampard, they are not strong enough, but not "star flavor".Speaking of players like Ronaldo and Messi, all fans know that they are world-class stars.

But Lampard and others are different. Although they are powerful and loved by fans, they are just Chelsea stars.

Abramovich's obsession with the stars, I believe every Chelsea person is very clear.In the past, because he was disgusted with Mourinho, he was even unhappy with Cyril.But now if he has a conflict with Cyril, the effect is no less than asking Florentino to make a choice between the Real Madrid coach and Cristiano.

No, it might be even worse.

Di Matteo thought with a wry smile.

Florentino might still hesitate for a while between Mourinho and Cristiano. If it is Abramovich, there is probably no need to hesitate between Cyril and himself.

From the day Boas dismissed get out of class, Abramovich has actually lost hope for this season. What he was thinking at the time was not to find a famous coach to save Chelsea, but to find an obedient and non-provoking head coach. continue.

What Di Matteo should do is just let nature take its course.

Mourinho's gaze only stayed on the opposite coach's bench for a moment, and then he took it back.

"not him."

Faria said strangely: "What isn't he?"

"Nothing." Mourinho said lightly. He watched the court quietly, pondered for a while, and then said to Faria: "Go and tell Cristiano, when the ball is re-kicked off..."

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