Chapter 111 Big Fourth! Get out of class and let Mourinho go! [Please subscribe]
The afternoon of December 26, 13:57.
Mourinho just arrived at the visiting team's coaching bench and came back after shaking hands with Yang Cheng.
Standing in front of the home team's coaching bench, looking at the two teams of players already lined up on the court, Mourinho's face didn't look good.
He finally chose Shevchenko.
Yang Cheng still adopts the 433 formation.
Goalkeeper: Neuer;
Defense: Leighton Baines, Jose Font, Pepe and Piszczek;
Midfield : Gokhan Inler is behind, with Modric and Lars Diarra in front;
Forwards: Ashley Young, Dzeko and Arshavin.
Mourinho quite approves of the Bayswater Chinese lineup.
The most critical part of this game is the opening period.
What he is most worried about now is whether the team can withstand the blitzkrieg of the Bayswater Chinese.
This made Mourinho couldn't help but walk to the sidelines again, called Ferreira and Carvalho, and told them to stay focused after the start and maintain the stability of the overall defensive formation no matter what.
Before the game, assistants also suggested that he use Essien as a central defender.
As a result, Ferreira can play on the right, and Gremi is not very stable.
Essien does a pretty good job of marking people, and his speed is also very good.
In addition to high balls, the center and right can be stable.
But the problem is that there will be problems in the midfield.
It is now difficult for Makelele to maintain double matches in a row.
After all, age is there.
If Essien plays as a central defender, the deep midfielder will be Gremi or Mikel, both of whom obviously cannot reassure Mourinho.
You know, what they are about to face is Arshavin.
Everyone can see how well the Russian has performed this season, especially in recent times.
This season, Chelsea signed three superstars.
There's nothing wrong with Ashley Cole.
Shevchenko became a big problem.
Barack has integrated well, and the cooperation between him and Lampard is becoming more and more tacit.
The two of them communicated with each other about whether to advance and who to stay.
In this case, how to arrange?
Mourinho is also in a dilemma.
……
The referee of this game is the famous English whistler Howard Webber.
Before he started guessing, he specifically warned the captains of the two teams, Lampard and Modric.
He told both sides that he wanted to see a smooth and exciting football match.
"Today is Boxing Day, everyone is still in the Christmas atmosphere, don't mess up the fans' holiday mood, okay?"
Both teams nodded.
The Chelsea fans at the scene were already very vocal.
When guessing the side, Lampard chose the side that was beneficial to him, which naturally gave the ball to the Bayswater Chinese.
After that, the two teams returned to the half court, greeted their teammates, formed a circle, and cheered for themselves.
By the time both sides were basically in formation, everyone had seen the starting lineups of the two teams.
Arshavin was still standing in the center circle, preparing to kick off with Dzeko.
Obviously, he will continue to play the role of a free agent.
This is Yang Cheng’s greatest trust in him!
No one knows that at this moment, in the box at Stamford Bridge, Abramovich is looking at Arshavin in the stadium with a very complicated look.
With Arshavin's rapid rise in the Premier League, his popularity in Russia is also getting higher and higher.
After Abramovich returned to China, many people asked him about Arshavin.
Many Russian fans are even calling for Abramovich to sign Arshavin.
But he knew it was difficult.
Very difficult.
The Bayswater Chinese are absolutely unwilling to sell Arshavin to Chelsea.
"How did Yang Cheng know that Zenit had Arshavin? How did he decide to sign this player?" Abramovich was curious.
He just wanted to know what Yang Cheng's entire operation was like.
It is a pity that no one around him, including the Chelsea CEO and chairman, including his personal assistant, including famous agents... can give him the answer.
But Yang Cheng's operation is indeed extremely successful.
After selling Ribery at a sky-high price, Arshavin performed better and better.
The kind of talent he possesses cannot be hidden.
Abramovich glanced at everyone with some disappointment, then turned and looked back into the stadium.
His eyes fell on Shevchenko.
In this game, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead was assigned to the right winger position by Mourinho.
Far away from the goal again!
Abramovich was a little disappointed.
He would rather see Shevchenko attacking Chelsea on the court.
But obviously, this is not what Mourinho wants.
“You should be able to win this game, right?” Abramovich muttered to himself.
Peter Kenyon next to him heard it and smiled slightly, "At least you won't lose."
Abramovich nodded.
The Boxing Day game is still at home. If we lose, things will become big.
……
After referee Weber blew his whistle, the game officially kicked off.
After Dzeko kicked the ball to Arshavin, the Russian immediately passed it back and pushed forward himself.
The center of Bosnia and Herzegovina is at the forefront.
Just as Yang Cheng said when setting up before the game.
Whether it is Essien or Ferreira, their defense's high ball is their biggest shortcoming.
“So, Edin, your task in this game is to grab the first spot in the frontcourt for me, and do it for the teammates around you!”
"Especially Arshavin!"
Thinking of this, Dzeko immediately knew what he should do.
"Andre." Dzeko ran in front of Chelsea's back line, turned around, took a stance, and shouted.
Arsha understood and slowed down.
What he has to do is hang around Dzeko and prepare to respond.
They have played this routine many times before and know how to do it.
Many times, targeted tactics on the football field are obvious.
For example, Mourinho also knows that there is a height gap between Ferreira and Carvalho and Dzeko.
So, Chelsea will also be fully prepared for this.
Harass Dzeko for the top, flank the Bosnia and Herzegovina center, or let Essien control Arshavin, etc.
It will even strengthen the kicking in the midfield and reduce the number of passes to Dzeko.
These are tactics targeted at each other.
In the first three minutes or so, the Bayswater Chinese tried several times to pass forward, but failed.
After a few attempts, the Bayswater Chinese began to move to the wing.
The young player Piszczek on the right faced Kalou and was still watching.
So the team goes left first.
Shevchenko is not very active in defense and is not good at playing on the wing, so Leighton Baines responded to this by actively attacking forward to support Ashley Young.
In the 4th minute, Leighton Baines kicked the ball from the left and was blocked by Ballack.
Throw-in ball.
“Chelsea still played very cautiously in the opening game.”
"The defense is also very targeted."
"The Bayswater Chinese have always wanted to beat Dzeko, but they have never been able to get a chance."
"Look at this time Throw-in ball. "
Ashley Young ran back from the front to catch the ball, which made Ballack immediately move in his direction.
But Layton Bynes suddenly threw the ball directly to the opposite side.
Modric, who just ran over, directly passed the ball with a high kick and kicked the ball towards the front court.
In the middle of the frontcourt, at the front of Chelsea's 30-meter area, Dzeko is judging the ball's placement.
When the ball came down, he jumped high and headed the ball to Arshavin.
The Russian took a shot next to Essien, stopped the ball, and was about to rush to the right side of the top area of the arc.
Essien followed Arshavin every step of the way, not giving him a chance at all.
Arshavin was very skilled with his feet. He called out Dzeko, suddenly stopped, spiked the ball with his right foot, flicked the outside of his left foot, and then passed the ball back to Dzeko.
The center of Bosnia and Herzegovina had reached the top of the penalty area at this time. As soon as he heard Arshavin's shout, he immediately knew that he was trapped. He immediately stopped, turned around, and blocked Carvalho with his body. , seize the most advantageous position.
After Arshavin passed the ball, he ran horizontally and temporarily got rid of Essien.
But the Ghanaian buffaloes immediately caught up.
Dzeko is also very good at his feet. Facing Arshavin's hasty pass, he stopped steadily. When he saw Arshavin running sideways, he immediately passed the ball to his right.
Arshavin quickly caught up, took Dzeko's pass at his feet, and broke into Chelsea's top area.
Two players completed a wonderful cooperation in a small area!
The entire stadium was in an uproar.
After Arshavin dribbled the ball into the top area of the arc, Ferreira rushed over to intercept it immediately.
The Russian's flexible bull's tail deceived Ferreira's defensive center of gravity in one confrontation.
Ferreira is not a central defender!
After deceiving Ferreira, he faced Gremi who retreated into the penalty area. Arshavin made a gesture with his left foot before smashing the ball. He deceived Gremi again and took the ball with the outside of his left foot. A side trip to the left.
After stepping out of an angle, Arshavin quickly chased after him and fired furiously with his left foot.
After Cech saw Gremi being shaken past, he already realized that something was wrong.
He immediately abandoned the goal and attacked.
But as soon as he struck near the left corner of the small penalty area, Arshavin's shot came.
In a hurry, the Czech goalkeeper immediately fell to the ground to save the shot, trying to stop it.
But the ball was too fast and he didn't have time.
The ball passed under him and into the Chelsea goal!
“The ball went in!!!”
"Only 4 minutes into the game, the Bayswater Chinese scored first!"
"The international player from Russia, Andrei Arshavin!"
"Only 4 minutes!!"
“Another blitzkrieg that the Bayswater Chinese are best at!”
Arshavin was so excited that he rushed to the sideline, gliding all the way, putting his hands on his chest to express his feelings.
This is his signature celebration.
Behind him, his teammates all gathered around him, surrounding him in the middle.
“I didn’t expect it. It was really unexpected. In just 4 minutes, Arshavin opened the scoring.”
“This will definitely be a wonderful game.”
“Both teams are very well prepared for this game.”
"But the Bayswater Chinese's opening was obviously more targeted."
"Especially Dzeko, who got the ball twice, was the key to this goal."
Yang Cheng was so excited on the sidelines that he jumped up.
Behind him, the coaching staff had already huddled together, celebrating the goal.
It’s so exciting!
A goal was scored in the first 4 minutes. Is there any better start than this?
But while celebrating, Yang Cheng quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players celebrating the goal, indicating that they should continue to press after returning to the court to play.
Kill Chelsea in one go!
……
The game starts again.
After taking the lead, the morale of the Chinese in Bayswater was high.
Yang Cheng's game strategy is to attack immediately after the opening, and it is best to completely defeat Chelsea.
Arshavin's goal gave everyone hope.
Therefore, the Bayswater Chinese players are also working harder.
Looking at Chelsea, they are working more on defense.
They themselves also know how much impact Terry's absence will have on Chelsea.
The Bayswater Chinese had the advantage in the midfield, pressing and pressing throughout the midfield and frontcourt, leaving Chelsea's midfield in a state of chaos.
This is what Yang Cheng has been saying before.
Mourinho has never been able to use creative midfielders well.
Chelsea's midfielder is very strong, basically a group of muscular men, lacking ball control players and not enough creativity.
Even with the introduction of Ballack, the situation still has not improved.
This resulted in them being unable to hold the ball in the midfield under the high-position pressing pressure of the Bayswater Chinese.
As soon as you take it, throw it away, as soon as you throw it, grab it, grab it and throw it away again.
But the problem is, if you keep grabbing and losing it, there will always be a time when you can't get it back after losing it.
What to do then?
What's more, with the ball-handling abilities of Chelsea's midfielders, how can they ensure that they can pass the ball with ease when faced with the Bayswater Chinese's almost suffocating high-position press?
Disaster almost happened in the 7th minute.
When Ferreira received the pass from midfield, he was pressed by Dzeko. When he passed the pass back again, he was too hasty and failed to see Cech's position clearly, and almost passed the ball into his own goal. .
That's right, he didn't score an own goal because he made a passing error.
If his passing skills were better, this goal would have been an own goal.
Thanks to Ferreira's hasty passing error, there was no own goal, but a corner kick.
Chelsea was still nervous.
Because they know how terrible the Bayswater Chinese's set-piece tactics are!
Especially when the Italian Mediterranean walked to the sidelines, the fans in the stands suddenly burst into boos, trying to interfere with Gianni Vio and prevent him from directing the players.
With referee Webb's whistle, Leighton Bynes quickly took a run.
Just when there was chaos in the penalty area and everyone thought he would take a penalty directly into the penalty area, Leighton Bynes suddenly changed his footwork and kicked the ball to Ashley Young who was connecting on the left side of the penalty area.
Chelsea players in the penalty area suddenly felt like shit!
They are all a bunch of drama queens!
You didn’t even take a penalty in the penalty area, but you ran that far?
Ashley Young has been waiting there for a long time.
When the ball came, he stopped on the inside of his right foot, turned sideways, and glanced at the penalty area.
He saw two players raising their hands at the same time behind the goal.
That is the vane given by teammates.
Click later!
Ashley Young met the ball with his right foot and made a diagonal pass.
The ball was passed diagonally from the outside of the left corner of Chelsea's penalty area to the back point.
Under the interference of Chelsea players, especially Carvalho, the direction to the goal was almost blocked.
So Pepe and Dzeko took off at the same time.
In the end, Pepe was in the best position to take off and headed the ball directly back to the center.
For the corner kick just now, Jose Fonte and others took some players forward.
At this moment, Pepe headed the ball back to the center, and these players rushed back one after another.
But just when Lampard wanted to make a save, someone in the chaos was faster than him.
Arshavin was like a loach, he got out of nowhere, shot first, and directly sent Pepe's header to the left side of Chelsea's goal.
Cech was a little confused.
His entire center of gravity was moving in the direction of Pepe, but suddenly he pushed back to the center, and Arshavin kicked again.
There was really nothing he could do.
When Howard Webb's ecstatic whistle sounded again, all the fans in the stands stared at the stadium in disbelief.
They never imagined that they would lose 2 goals in just 8 minutes?
How to play this game?
“One more victory!”
"It's Arshavin again!"
"We saw that the Russians were very excited today!"
"With the director's footage, we can see that his girlfriend is in the stands Come on and cheer for him!”
“This should be the source of his motivation!”
“Two goals and two goals, this should be the best gift for Arshavin to his girlfriend. Good Christmas gift! ”
"Chelsea should pay attention."
"Their defense is too fragile."
"Conceding two goals in less than 10 minutes is really a bit alarming. I can’t believe it.”
……
No one knows what the Chelsea fans in the stands are thinking at this moment.
But everyone saw that Mourinho was very dissatisfied and yelled at the players on the sidelines.
The Portuguese obviously did not expect that his team would give him such a move at a critical moment like Boxing Day.
He doesn't think the players want to get rid of him.
It can only be that they are completely panicked!
The goal conceded in the first 4 minutes, the winless record against the Bayswater Chinese in the past three years, and the absence of core players such as Terry all made Chelsea panic.
What's even more outrageous is that the Bayswater Chinese bastards are still pressing high and pressing every step of the way even though they already have a 2-goal lead at the start of the game.
How embarrassed was Chelsea?
It wasn't until the 12th minute that they got a pass into the 30-meter area of the Bayswater Chinese.
Essien's long pass from the backcourt was passed to the frontcourt, looking for Drogba.
Drogba grabbed the first spot and passed the header to Kalou on the left.
As a result, Piszczek cleared the ball first.
Then, the Bayswater Chinese continued to press high and continued to try to attack, forcing Chelsea to retreat.
......
"It won't work if we continue like this. They have made it clear that they are trying to catch our defense."
Assistant coach Faria analyzed from the sidelines.
"We are losing some momentum in the midfield now. My suggestion is to take it back directly and stabilize the defense first."
Take it back?
Mourinho hesitated.
This means conservatism!
He coached Chelsea for 3 seasons. From beginning to end, he was criticized the most for being conservative.
Some people even say that he plays more conservatively than Capello. Can this be tolerated?
No matter how bad the labor and management are, it’s not like Capello, right?
"Our current ball possession rate is less than 35%." Faria is worried.
The back line is in poor condition, the defense is chaotic, and the ball possession rate is so bad. If you are not careful, you may lose the ball again.
“What the hell!”
Mourinho cursed through gritted teeth.
Especially when he saw Shevchenko running on the court, an evil fire burst out in his heart.
Without Shevchenko, his Chelsea would not have collapsed so quickly.
Could it be said that we really have to guard against this?
“Don’t hesitate any longer!” Faria advised.
He knew that if he could come back in front of more than 40,000 fans in a home game on Boxing Day, it would be a great story, but once he lost, Mourinho would be scolded again.
This decision is not easy to make.
But this wave of offensive by the Bayswater Chinese after the opening was so fierce!
It’s just a rush without any effort!
After Mourinho thought about it carefully, he was about to go to the sidelines to call out the players and adjust the team's tactics. Ballack, the Chelsea midfielder, wanted to pass the ball back to Essien.
Unexpectedly, Modric suddenly came out with a diagonal stab, grabbed the ball before Essien, and intercepted the ball.
After Modric stole the ball, he immediately launched a counterattack and distributed the ball to the left.
Ashley Young quickly dribbled the ball along the left, rushed to the outside of the left corner of Chelsea's penalty area, pulled Gremi out, and then passed it across to Arshavin in the ribs at the front of the penalty area.
When the Russian received the ball, he firmly stopped the ball at his feet, and made continuous fake movements. He suddenly shook away Ferreira who rushed to intercept, and took a step laterally with his right foot. , hit a powerful volley.
The ball passed over the heads of the players in the penalty area, took an arc, and hit the right side of Chelsea's goal. 3 to 0!
Hat trick!
"Wow! Wow!"
"Arshavin!"
"It's Arshavin again!"
"Oh my god, he scored Chelsea's goal again!"
"It's unbelievable, he completed a hat-trick!"
"This is him First hat-trick in the Premier League!”
“3-0!”
“What happened to Chelsea tonight?”
"Why is their solid defense broken by the Bayswater Chinese again and again?"
"Mourinho should reflect on his formation in this game!"
“It’s unbelievable!”
“It’s only been 18 minutes, 18 minutes!”
“The Bayswater Chinese have already scored 3 goals Leading.”
"Today is Boxing Day!"
"Chelsea fans walked into Stamford Bridge with Christmas joy."
"But after 18 minutes, they should I'm not in the mood to continue tasting this thing The London Derby is a feast of football."
"Because they witnessed their team being ravaged by their rivals in West London at Stamford Bridge."
"Remember this. Name!”
"Andrei Arshavin!"
"He scored a hat-trick tonight, in just 18 minutes."
"This is the fastest in the history of Premier League football. A hat-trick"
"On February 2, 2001. On the 5th, when Manchester United defeated Arsenal 6-1, the Red Devils' forward, Dwight Yorke, one of the two evil players, scored a hat-trick in this game."
"And he. The hat trick was completed in the 22nd minute of the game. ”
"However, this historical record was broken today by Andrei Arshavin."
"The Russian only took 18 minutes to complete the fastest hat-trick in the history of Premier League football. Trick."
"Jane. It’s incredible!”
……
When the Chelsea fans in the entire stadium gave Arsha the warmest applause and cheers, in the box, Abramovich Qi's face became very, very ugly.
If he hadn't been worried about the fact that there were live broadcast cameras scanning the stands, he would have gone crazy right now.
“What are you kicking?”
Abramovic couldn’t believe what he saw.
“This is the team we spent hundreds of millions of pounds to build?”
The Russians actually laughed in anger.
"The team we spent hundreds of millions of pounds to build was humiliated like this by a broken amateur team?"
In Abramovich's words, the Bayswater Chinese It will always be that broken amateur team struggling in the lower leagues.
But tonight, he was completely humiliated by this broken amateur team!
Trampled mercilessly in front of more than 40,000 fans!
"Peter, how much did they spend building this team?"
Abramovich pointed out two fingers, "Do you have twenty million pounds?"
Peter Kenyon hesitated for a while, feeling Abramovich's sharp gesture. Looking at his eyes, he could only answer: "Maybe... yes."
In fact, he was not particularly sure.
But at this time, yes and no have no meaning anymore.
Even if there are 20 million pounds, so what?
Compared with Chelsea's star-studded lineup, what is this investment?
But why did Chelsea, who invested heavily, play like this at home? Being humiliated to the core by a team built for £20 million?
“Who can tell me, why?”
No one can answer Abramovich’s question.
There is never a right answer in football.
If investment must be rewarded, then is football still football?
But no one dares to say this.
It’s like, no one dares to defend Mourinho and his Chelsea.
With so much money spent, it can be called the world's top lineup. Why did it lose like this?
It seems that Mourinho can't answer why he can't use Shevchenko well.
Why doesn't Ukraine's nuclear warhead call Drogba?
“You saw in the Observer, I just said it during the interview, I don’t value the results, I value the process more.”
“But now, what do you want me to say? ?”
There was a sudden silence in the box.
It was at this moment that agent Pini Zahavi suddenly said, “Let’s get out of class!”
"Tell Mourinho to get lost!"
He is a friend of Abramovich and was once the client of Chelsea's transfer.
But after Mourinho became the team's head coach, Mendes took his place.
However, his personal relationship with Abramovich remains.
At this moment, he suddenly said this, and everyone in the audience was shocked.
"No!" Peter Kenyon stopped immediately.
He is really afraid that Abramovich will really fire Mourinho in his anger.
"Firing Mourinho now is definitely not a wise choice. We have to at least wait until he finishes this season."
Abramovich is not a fool either.
How could he not understand that he had managed to get as far as he did?
Pini Zahavi's words even shocked him.
But this option that was not in his mind was also thrown away in an instant.
Mourinho is a head coach who has made great contributions to the team. It is impossible to dismiss get out of class at this time!
"Pini, your joke is not funny at all." Abramovich suppressed his anger, forced a smile, pointed at Pini Zahavi and laughed.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, keep watching the ball, keep watching the ball.”
But everyone noticed.
After asking everyone to continue watching the ball, Abramovich's smile quickly faded as he turned his head.
My eyes became even sharper for no apparent reason.
It's like carrying a murderous aura.
With Mourinho dismissed, this option that did not exist has surfaced.
...
When Chelsea was scored 3 goals in a row, Mourinho himself was shocked.
He really didn’t expect that the Bayswater Chinese’s blitzkrieg would be so sharp, and that Yang Cheng would be so aggressive.
More importantly, the efficiency is indeed quite high.
Arshavin felt like he was on drugs tonight.
However, Mourinho quickly made adjustments and the team began to adopt a shrinking defensive strategy.
At the same time, he withdrew both wings to strengthen the defense and protection of the midfield.
There is only Drogba left in front.
In this way, although it is a bit conservative, at least the defense is stable.
The Chinese in Bayswater also give up when things get good.
Starting from the 20th minute, they gradually controlled the ball calmly instead of aggressively pressing forward.
This reassured Mourinho.
But after experiencing a bad start in the previous period, Chelsea was obviously stunned by the Bayswater Chinese.
It wasn't until the 32nd minute that they once broke into the Bayswater Chinese penalty area.
That was a counterattack from a direct pass from Lampard.
Kalou from the left quickly countered offside and stepped in.
But Neuer abandoned the goal and rushed directly to the edge of the penalty area to hug the ball.
The German goalkeeper's defensive range is really wide.
Even, often breaking out of the penalty area.
3 minutes later, Chelsea took the first shot of the game.
Lampard took a free kick 30 meters away from the goal and hit it high.
Subsequently, Ballack passed the ball diagonally to the right. After Shevchenko stopped the ball, he sent a cross. Drogba volleyed from the front of the penalty area and hit the ball high again.
These were Chelsea's only two shots in the entire first half.
……
“Chelsea will definitely make adjustments in the second half.”
"But at present, we don't know what tactics and substitutions they will adopt."
Yang Cheng is still very confident about the next half.
But this confidence is not about holding on to the existing score.
What he wants is to further expand the score.
Since it is a life-and-death West London derby, then naturally we must do our best to seize more leads and completely defeat the opponent. It is best to beat Chelsea so that even the Chinese in Bayswater will be stunned. There are shadows.
After passing this village, there is no such store!
"I guess there are only two ways to go. Take a midfielder, replace it with winger Wright Phillips, and Shevchenko returns to the front line to strengthen the offense!"
Yang Cheng feels that this is a very possible option.
Give it a try!
Boxing Day is another home game. If we play like this, we must at least score a goal. Otherwise, Mourinho will really be embarrassed to see the Stamford Bridge fans.
"The other option is to be completely conservative, replace Shevchenko, replace Mikel, and strengthen the midfield."
But this is tantamount to sending a negative signal to everyone.
With Mourinho’s character, any choice is possible.
Yang Cheng couldn't figure out what Mourinho was thinking, so he could only deduce the two possibilities to the players and tell them how to deal with them.
No matter how Chelsea adjusts, they can never solve the biggest shortcoming in the defense.
Ferreira and Carvalho.
Both players are just over 1.8 meters tall.
In terms of competing for high balls and controlling the first landing point, they are far inferior to Dzeko.
So, they often have to chase Dzeko.
As a result, the defensive formation will be easily confused.
Coupled with Essien, he is not a midfielder with excellent positional sense.
The most powerful thing about the Ghana Buffaloes is that he runs all over the field. It would be better to kill him if he were to play as a defensive midfielder.
Even, Yang Cheng was wondering, would the effect of using Ballack be better than Essien?
But Ballack's defensive position was not much better either.
Many people overlook one point.
Makelele's role in Chelsea's midfield is not just defensive.
The French midfielder's pass is definitely incomparable to those of excellent organizing midfielders, but he can effectively connect the midfielder and the defense, and is a very key member of Chelsea.
Drogba in front, Makelele in midfield, Terry behind, Cech in goal, this is Chelsea's most important central axis.
Lampard?
He did score a lot of goals, but on a tactical level, that was it.
Therefore, after Makelele is absent, Lampard cannot stably control the midfield.
……
At the end of the intermission, the two teams returned to the court.
Everyone noticed that Chelsea completed a substitution.
Wright Phillips replaces Gremie.
After the substitution, Essien withdrew to the central defender and partnered with Carvalho.
Ferreira returned to the right wing.
Chelsea's midfielder became Kalou, Lampard, Ballack and Wright-Phillips.
The forward line is the combination of Drogba and Shevchenko.
Even at this time, Mourinho still did not win Shevchenko, but instead played 442.
Yang Cheng looked a little stunned and couldn't figure out what Mourinho was thinking.
Shevchenko didn't even get the ball a few times throughout the first half, so why should he keep it?
Now that we're playing 442, is this bullying our Dzeko who doesn't know how to move?
But soon, Yang Cheng noticed the changes in Chelsea's defense.
Both Lampard and Ballack sank deeper, closer to the central defender.
Ballack and Lampard are both offensive and defensive midfielders. It is not impossible to play in the middle of the 442 midfielder.
Among them, Ballack is tall and burly, and he is very good at fighting for the top.
Mourinho's intention is to block Dzeko so that he can no longer retreat to the midfielder and defender to fight for the top and get the ball like he did in the first half.
This idea is quite interesting.
After playing for a few more minutes, Yang Cheng saw the clues and confirmed Mourinho's tactics. He immediately made adjustments accordingly and directly pushed Dzeko up.
Labor and management don't care, and I won't play any tactical coordination with you. I will simply and crudely take advantage of Dzeko's golf advantage.
If it was last season, Yang Cheng might not have much confidence.
But now, after Dzeko has undergone physical strengthening training in the summer and in recent months, both strength confrontation and core muscle strength have been significantly improved.
Coupled with the height of 1.93 meters, which is a head taller than both Cavalu and Essien, is there still no advantage in high ball?
After trying several times, in the 56th minute, Yang Cheng's adjustment created a threat.
Piszczek made a pass from the right and Dzeko headed in near the penalty spot.
But this header was too straight and was confiscated by Cech.
This is a very positive signal.
Chelsea also quickly played a fast break.
After Kalou was marked by Piszczek on the left, he passed the ball back to Lampard.
The Chelsea captain took a long shot from 23 meters away from the goal and missed.
The offenses of both teams started one after another.
In the 59th minute, Leighton Bynes received Ashley Young's pass from the left and made a pass to the back point.
Dzeko, who was in the front, feinted a shot, and Arshavin, who was in the back, competed with Lampard for the top, but the shot went wide.
Just 2 minutes later, Ballack passed the ball from the right outside the penalty area. Wright Phillips broke into the right side of the penalty area and kicked the goal.
The shot angle was not wide, but Neuer blocked it firmly and held the ball.
The offensives of both sides have gradually improved.
Chelsea was unwilling to fall behind 0-3 and wanted to regain face.
The Bayswater Chinese still controlled the ball and rhythm, patiently suppressing Chelsea.
In this game so far, in 60 minutes, the Bayswater Chinese’s ball possession rate has always been around 60%.
And in the 63rd minute, the Bayswater Chinese attacked again.
Leighton Baines sent a pass. Ashley Young stopped the ball with the outside instep of his right foot. After getting away from Ferreira, he suddenly sent a diagonal pass with his right foot.
Ashley Young's diagonal pass from the left is a major offensive line for the Bayswater Chinese this season.
At the back point, Dzeko quickly moved forward, forcing Carvalho to header the goal. He wanted to hit a reverse angle, that is, higher on the right side of the goal, and avoid the one that moved to the left side of the goal. Cech.
Dzeko's header hit the right spot, but he pursued the angle too much and hit the crossbar directly and bounced back.
Almost at the same time, Arshavin, who was ambushing in the top area of the arc, quickly moved forward and faced the rebounding football. His chest stopped and before Essien could rush forward, he moved his left foot to the left and barely avoided it. After catching Essien, he took a step forward and shot furiously with his left foot.
Arshavin's entire movement was done in one go, leaving Essien not even able to block the ball in time.
The ball followed a straight line and shot quickly into Chelsea's goal.
4 to 0!
“Big Four!!!”
"Oh my god, Arshavin completed a four-goal ball!!"
"This is the 63rd minute of the second half. The international player from Russia, Arshavin completed an amazing four-goal game!"
The whole Stamford Bridge stadium was in chaos.
In the stands, there were cheers, boos, angry curses, and roars from the fans...
It was all intertwined and it was impossible to tell the difference.
Inside the stadium, the Bayswater Chinese players were already frantically rushing towards Arshavin.
Russians are just crazy, celebrating like crazy.
No one thought that he would celebrate his fourth birthday today!
It’s so unbelievable!
……
Yang Cheng stood on the sidelines and looked at the celebrating players in disbelief. Then he looked back at Brian Kidd, and the two laughed in unison.
"After suppressing them for a while and stabilizing the victory, we will also make substitutions."
When Yang Cheng said this, he also sighed.
We will play Manchester United away from home on the 30th.
If Chelsea's game is a West London derby, then the game against Manchester United is a key battle to determine the Premier League championship.
With the current schedule, it is difficult for Yang Cheng to say what results he can achieve at Old Trafford.
But at the very least, Manchester United must be entangled.
Brian Kidd nodded.
The Chinese in Bayswater really have too many devilish schedules.
Especially this Christmas, when we have to face strong teams continuously, all in away games.
What can be done?
Until the 70th minute, Yang Cheng made the first substitution of the game.
He replaced Arshavin with teenager Walcott.
Then Matuidi replaced Modric.
This is a reserve for the next battle at Old Trafford.
But after the substitution, Chelsea began to launch a counterattack.
Just 3 minutes later, Wright Phillips tried to break through Leighton Bynes on the right, but was tripped.
Lampard quickly took a free kick and passed the low ball to the penalty spot, but no one responded.
At the back point, Kalou followed up and passed the ball, but Piszczek blocked the baseline.
Corner kick.
Chelsea took a quick corner kick and Ballack headed the ball slightly wide.
The Blues obviously want to strengthen their offensive.
The Bayswater Chinese were quick to retaliate.
Piszczek broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed to find Dzeko. The Bosnia and Herzegovina center volleyed slightly wide.
Soon, Wright Phillips broke into the bottom line again and passed back in an inverted triangle. Jose Fonte grabbed the ball before Shevchenko and hit the ball out of the sideline.
Throw-in ball.
Chelsea's most threatening attack occurred in the 83rd minute.
Lampard made an accurate diagonal pass from the right, and Wright Phillips went straight behind Leighton Baines. After stopping the ball near the baseline, he broke into the penalty area and passed back to the center of the inverted triangle.
As a result, when Drogba had the opportunity to hit the goal directly, he paused and the shot was blocked by Neuer who struck in time.
The Ivorian's shot hit Neuer's arms directly.
This was the most threatening attack Chelsea created in the entire game.
After missing this attack, Chelsea began to increase their offensive intensity.
But in the 88th minute, Chelsea got a corner kick opportunity, and the Bayswater Chinese header made a clearance in the penalty area.
The Blue Army attacked so fiercely that no one was left on the outside.
Walcott was like a bolt of lightning, catching up with the surrounded ball at extremely fast speeds, moving forward with all his strength, and then accelerating to catch up.
I saw the English teenager dribbling the ball from the front of his own penalty area, rushing out of his own 30-meter area, crossing the center line, and rushing into Chelsea's 30-meter area...
Bridge Desperately chasing after him, head raised, chasing desperately.
But there was no way he could catch up with the meteoric Walcott.
Ferreira, who was delayed at the end, became Chelsea's only hope.
But when Walcott dribbled the ball into Chelsea's 30-meter area, before everyone could react, he passed the ball diagonally behind Ferreira.
I saw Ashley Young quickly countering offside, catching up with Walcott's diagonal pass, pushing the ball into the Chelsea goal again.
5 to 0!
(End of this chapter)