Super Coach

Frankly speaking, Mourinho really has an indescribable feeling about Yang Cheng from deep in his heart.

No, even though on the surface he pretended to hate Yang Cheng more than anyone else, in fact he really couldn't figure out what exactly he hated about him. If he wanted to hate someone, there had to be a reason and reason, right?

But he didn't, so he didn't hate Yang Cheng.

But why on earth is he always trying every possible means to defeat the opponent?

Perhaps, it was precisely because when he was working as a translator for Robson in Barcelona, ​​he watched with his own eyes Yang Cheng led Kaiserslautern, a nearly weak German second division team, to defeat the then invincible Barcelona.

Yang Cheng really gave him a great stimulation at that time, because he was so young, which made Mourinho involuntarily have a desire in his heart, that is, if one day in the future, I can be like him , even... stronger than him!

As his abilities and status improved, and as he received more and more attention and attention, he had unknowingly regarded Yang Cheng as his imaginary enemy, as if Yang Cheng was always there. Use that space team as an imaginary enemy.

Mourinho's character is actually very similar to Ronaldinho's. They both become overconfident because of low self-esteem.

But in front of Yang Cheng, he didn't have the leverage to be confident, so even if he didn't admit it, his inferiority complex was actually affecting him. Even in this game, Chelsea took the lead from the beginning and went smoothly in the second half. , but in fact, he never felt relieved.

He was worried because he didn't see Yang Cheng adjusting. This was definitely not like the Chinese style.

The only explanation is that Hua is waiting!

What are you waiting for?

When Chelsea's offensive power is exhausted, when your momentum is exhausted, I will press out and fight again.

To a certain extent, Robinho's missed shot will become a turning point in the game, but this cannot be blamed on Robinho because without him, there would still be something else to trigger it. Liverpool's counterattack.

After Riise stole the ball, Mourinho realized the danger, especially when Ronaldo suddenly ran towards the center from the left. His first reaction was that Liverpool's offensive routine was coming.

If Yang Cheng is a diligent head coach, then Mourinho is the most diligent at all times, because in order to prepare for the game against Liverpool, he studied all the game videos of Yang Cheng's two years coaching Liverpool. ,

I watched every game at least twice, and some very representative games several times.

After Yang Cheng came to the Premier League, he played a driving role in the reform of Premier League tactics. What Wenger set off was a trend of formalization and scientificization, but Yang Cheng's arrival was more about leading the tactical revolution, because he was The first head coach of a team in the Premier League to implement a single striker tactic.

But the tactical revolution led by Yang Cheng continues this season, because he has made Liverpool's frontcourt attack faster and more deadly, especially the team's running support.

Wingers cutting inside, center forwards dropping back, and central midfielders cutting forward are Liverpool's best offensive methods. Many head coaches only roughly analyze that when wingers are inverted, cutting inside is easier to hit the goal, and center forwards pulling back can pull the ball forward. Defensive players are like this, but in fact this is just the beginning.

Yes, that was the case for Liverpool last season, but this season Liverpool have gone one step further.

Everyone knows that if you want to completely implement my own way of playing football and fully interpret your own football philosophy, you need to be at least one step ahead of your opponents in strength. This can be achieved in a strong-weak matchup, so Liverpool This season's matches against weak teams have almost always been overwhelming.

But when playing against a strong team, both sides will want to contain the other side and destroy the other side's football. Therefore, what is reflected in front of the players is a confrontation of football tactics after mutual destruction, which is incomplete.

Therefore, to a certain extent, it is of little significance to analyze the dialogue between Qiangqiang and Qiangqiang.

Mourinho saw some parts of Liverpool's offense from several of Liverpool's outstanding games.

Fake, it can also be said to be a lie. This is the biggest change in Liverpool's tactics.

The center is a pseudo-forward, the winger is a pseudo-winger, the center midfielder is also a disguise, and the entire Liverpool midfield attack is a disguise.

It's not that they failed to fulfill their respective positions. Ronaldinho and Robben both made breakthroughs, Drogba also scored, and Gerrard also had to take care of defense. But in fact, this is only part of their responsibilities.

A larger part of their job is to disguise, or attract defensive pressure.

How to attract defensive pressure? The simplest way is, I go to the place where you have to guard, and you have to guard against the top!

What are the areas that opponents have to guard against?

It’s the gap between the defense line and the defense line!

For example, this time, after Riise intercepted the ball, Liverpool's front attackers were all rushing forward, but Ronaldinho, who was closest, ran diagonally, directly to the middle, while Drogba was in front, heading towards the goal. Pulling on the left side.

Okay, here comes the question.

Ronaldinho did not blindly pursue speed, but ran in the area between Terry, Carvalho, Makelele, and Lampard. This is a very ambiguous area, because at this time the midfielder has been occupied by Ronaldinho. Luo stood behind him, and the only ones who could stop him were Carvalho and Terry.

Can't you get ahead?

This is a multiple-choice question with no choice, because the Portuguese will not stick to you, so no matter how you choose, there is only one option, which is to step forward and defend Ronaldinho. Otherwise... once you reach the key area at the front of the penalty area , he can directly hit a long shot.

With the ability of current players, when running at high speed, combined with the momentum of the body, as long as the pace is controlled well and the toes are aimed well, 32 meters is the effective shooting range. Penetrating the goal at the edge of the penalty area is just like playing. Who is willing to risk this? risk?

Therefore, if the central defender wants to stop Ronaldinho, he must prevent him from taking off easily when he enters his effective shooting range. In other words, you have to take the initiative to step forward to defend him, but as soon as you step forward, he is facing the goal. There are so many opportunities to choose from.

Why is the first key to today's football defensive tactics to prevent the ball carrier from directly facing the goal?

It's because once he is facing the goal, the defensive side will be absolutely passive.

Drogba moved to the left, sharing Terry's attention. Carvalho grabbed Ronaldinho... leaving a large gap behind him, and then saw Robben quickly shake off Drogba from the right. Ricci cut inside, and the Portuguese easily kicked a half-high ball, which landed in front of Robben and bounced back.

The Dutchman lifted up his left foot easily and stepped firmly. He did not need to adjust and took a powerful shot. He got into the lower left corner of the goal before Cech could react.

The whole goal, from Riise stealing the ball, to Ronaldinho running inside, to Drogba pulling on the left, and Gerrard's forward pressure, all of them are constantly creating a situation that makes Carvalho They had to move forward to get out of the gap behind them, and then let Robben hit the gap. This was an almost textbook offensive routine for Liverpool.

If when Riise intercepts the ball, the one who runs into the gap is not Ronaldinho, but Robben on the right, or Drogba's retreat, or Gerrard's forward penetration. In short, Liverpool will have various Various ways to create such an environment.

Of course, goals are something made of water and full of chance. It is simply impossible to coordinate so seamlessly every time. When facing an underdog, you can easily create countless goals. Opportunities...but forward players may not be able to grasp them, but when facing strong teams, sometimes they only happen a few times.

After Robben scored, he rushed out of the penalty area excitedly and knocked down Ronaldinho. When he excitedly celebrated the goal with his teammates around him... Mourinho really had a feeling called disappointment.

The suspicion of this goal forced Chelsea to a dead end.

The total score is 1:2, but Liverpool has an away goal in hand. In other words... if Chelsea wants to advance, they must score 2 more goals, and they must also allow Liverpool to score again. But is this possible?

He did it on purpose! Boas shook his head and sighed.

Mourinho had a gloomy face and no expression, but he replied: I know.

Not only him, but also Chelsea were a little too optimistic just now. After all, the goal in the B-minute brought the two sides back to the same starting line, and Chelsea also took the initiative to attack in the second half. Liverpool looked a little sluggish. These are called Chelsea are a bit overly optimistic.

What do we do now? Boas asked.

There was a slight arc at the corner of Mourinho's mouth, as if he was smiling or sneering, but it didn't look like it anymore and he didn't know what to do.

They need to score 2 more goals to qualify. Chelsea has completely lost the initiative.

Let Joe Cole warm up! Mourinho explained.

Veron's role in this game was almost zero. His advantages were not used at all. The Argentinian and Chelsea's current overall tactics are incompatible with each other. Mourinho has completely given up on him.

Five minutes later, in the second minute, Mourinho replaced Veron with Joe Cole. Makelele and Lampard played as a double midfielder, and Joe Cole came up to strengthen Chelsea's midfield and frontcourt. attack.

But just 3 minutes later, Liverpool used an attack from Chelsea to press forward. For the next victory, Riise quickly broke through with the ball on the left, and after a one-two with Ronaldinho on the left, he ran all the way to the goal. From the bottom line, he reached the right side of Chelsea's penalty area and then passed the ball.

Drogba headed the ball in the penalty area. Cech reacted quickly and hit the ball out, but Gerrard, who came in from the back row, beat Carvalho to make a clearance and sent the ball directly into the lower right corner of the goal... : This goal completely sentenced Chelsea to death!

Especially considering that Liverpool has two away goals in hand, if Chelsea wants to reverse the game, they must score 3 goals from Liverpool in the remaining 10 minutes. This is almost an impossible task. .

Mourinho walked in front of the head coach with his head lowered, biting his tongue, putting his hands in his pockets, kicking the rainwater under his feet in turn, a pair of shiny black leather shoes with a lot of grass stuck to them. The crumbs and the hem of his shirt were soaked, but he didn't notice it. He just kept repeating such an action, making it unclear what he was thinking.

The Portuguese can guess that above his head, Abramovich in the P box must be crazy. He is a crazy club owner, and he is a crazy head coach. The two lunatics jointly built a A crazy Chelsea team played a crazy season.

However, Yang Cheng and his Liverpool have become a shocking wound in the glorious season of Mourinho, Abramovich and Chelsea, and this wound... is very likely to turn into a shadow, It hung over Chelsea's head for a long time.

Vilas... Mourinho took a long time to speak.

Huh? Boas came over.

Do you think that if we are defeated by Liverpool five times this season, even if we win the Premier League, it will mean nothing? Mourinho said with a grimace, as if he had eaten coptis.

Villas-Boas looked at Mourinho deeply. He knew that his boss no longer had hope for the game. To a certain extent, Chelsea's next two games would be very, very difficult to play. , because Chelsea lost to Liverpool three times this season, which was not only a painful blow to morale, but also to fighting spirit.

There are still some! Boas smiled bitterly and came up with a reason.

Mourinho stopped kicking his feet in the rain, turned his head, and looked at his assistant with a pair of deep eyes asking for help. He did not answer, but he was listening. He needed to find some motivation for himself.

Everyone needs motivation to support themselves, even if this motivation sometimes seems trivial.

A league championship can at least keep everything you have now! Boas replied.

The reality is cruel, especially for a businessman like Abramovich. If anyone thinks that he loves football, he must have been deceived. If he really loves football, then why has he only learned about it after so many years? Getting started with football? Why at such a sensitive time?

The greater Abramovich's investment, the greater the return he desires. If Mourinho cannot win the league, then I am sorry to say that he will lose to Abramovich in consecutive important games. Yang Cheng, who valued him the most, left get out of class in despair.

A League Cup is really insignificant, who pays attention to it?

But you were double-killed in two rounds and were eliminated in the Champions League... This is indeed something everyone knows.

Currently, there is only one way in front of Mourinho: win the league and keep his job.

I'm not cheap enough yet, Vilas! Mourinho raised his head proudly.

He can lose, but he cannot lose his pride.

Villas-Boas smiled bitterly... He knew Mourinho's pride and persistence, and asking him to compromise was simply harder than killing him. Until you achieve real success, you are cheap, Jose!

Looking at today's football world, apart from a very few top European coaches such as Yang Cheng and Shugesen, who else dares to say that he is not cheap?

Unless you can achieve amazing things and prove your ability, in the real world of football, everyone is cheap and insignificant.

Success or failure, this is an eternal truth!

After hearing what Villas-Boas said, Mourinho fell silent for no reason.

Who has never been cheap?

Yang Cheng was also cheap. In the early days of Chemnitz and Kaiserslautern, wasn't he also a cheap cocoon?

Without the miracle of Kaiserslautern and the final mythical Triple Crown, would he be qualified to not be cheap?

After all, this is a world where heroes are judged by their strength.

We are just a group of worms, Jose. We are living cheaply and humblely now, just so that one day in the future, we can no longer be cheap and humble! Boas suddenly came over and gave Mourinho a ride. shoulder, encouraged.

Mourinho couldn't help but nodded after hearing Villas' words.

He is like this, isn't Boas also like this?

The game was finally settled with a score of 1:2.

As a result, Chelsea lost to Liverpool with a total score of 1:3 over two rounds, and the latter successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals.

That is to say, on the same night, Milan was sitting at its home court. With a goal from Kaká, it defeated its local rival Inter Milan 1:0 and eliminated Inter Milan from the Champions League with a total score of 1:0.

According to the previous draw, after Liverpool eliminated Chelsea, they will face Milan in the semi-finals.

This is a bit surprising, because Inter Milan's overall strength is stronger and more outstanding than Milan, but Bergomi's team lost the most critical game at the San Siro Stadium.

Ancelotti did a great job in both on-the-spot command and confrontation tactics, especially the performance of Kaká and Shevchenko. The Brazilian star has performed even better this season. His goal was a complete success. Sent the Rossoneri to the semi-finals.

On the other side, Juventus eliminated Bayern Munich with a total score of 21. They drew 1:1 with Bayern in the away game. After returning home, they defeated Maga 1:0 with Trezeguet's goal. The special team finally made it to the semi-finals.

PSV Eindhoven defeated Ligue 1 hegemon Lyon in the weakest matchup in the quarterfinals and successfully reached the semifinals.

Liverpool meets Milan, Juventus meets PSV, the Bianconeri seem to have firmly entered the finals, and the contest between Liverpool and the Rossoneri has become the highlight of everyone, especially Yang Cheng and An The feud between Celotti.

But before that, Liverpool has to deal with Chelsea first.

Since the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was played on April 13 and the FA Cup semi-finals were ushered in on the 17th, Yang Cheng had made a decision before that the team would live in London and they would borrow nearby One of the university's football fields was used as a training ground, so as to avoid the fatigue of traveling.

But after Liverpool defeated Chelsea twice in a row and defeated Chelsea three times this season, everyone felt pessimistic about Chelsea's prospects, especially the day after the second leg of the Champions League, the British media reported overwhelmingly. Rumors of Mourinho's early dismissal will undoubtedly affect Chelsea's preparations.

Are the Portuguese really going to leave get out of class early?

Yang Cheng really wanted him to leave as soon as possible, so when he had the opportunity to meet Mourinho, he immediately asked him this question in person. ! .