The scene Mourinho least wanted to see happened.
Seeing Robben hugging his new head coach, Mourinho couldn't help but recall the days when Robben played for Chelsea.
Robben only returned to the team halfway through the 04/05 season after recovering from injury. Since then, Chelsea has shed the "1-0 doctrine" hat and won 4 consecutive goals. Our own media began to report that Chelsea without Robben was 1-0, and Chelsea with Robben was 4-0.
However, due to continuous injuries, Shevchenko joined. Mourinho had to repeatedly reduce Robben's playing time, which caused Robben to want to leave.
It's just that Real Madrid, which was originally very interested in Robben, took the initiative to withdraw from the competition for Robben, and finally let Leeds United win Robben.
Looking at Robben celebrating wildly after scoring, Mourinho couldn't help but feel a little relieved to see the Dutchman taking on a new lease of life after joining a new team and changing his position.
I hope you can do well at Leeds United, Arjan.
And I was almost leaving.
^^^
The game continued, and Leeds United continued to take the initiative. In the past few years, Leeds United dared to fight when they met Chelsea with a luxurious lineup, let alone the current Leeds United team.
Just now, when Smith was picking up the ball on the left, he was tripped by Lampard's outstretched leg. After getting up, he directly got into trouble with Lampard. Smith doesn't have a good impression of this Chelsea No. 8 who occupies the main position in the national team and has had constant grievances with him in previous games.
When he got up, he pushed Lampard, then put his chest against the opponent's chest and started spewing trash talk.
The referee quickly came over to separate the two people and gave each of them a topaz card to suppress the anger of both parties.
Smith left after receiving the yellow card.
After taking two steps, he suddenly looked up and realized something was wrong.
I thought about such a conflict before, no matter whether it was myself or other teammates who suffered the loss. Other people will come around soon and help to recover the place.
Things are different now. Why are all the teammates now gentle?
Before, Davis, Graveson, Van Persie, and Mills would rush over immediately, but now they leave one by one. The only ones with bad tempers on the field are Matthias and Woodgate. Woodgate only improved after returning to Leeds United. Although he did not become a vegetarian, his temper was much better.
no!
I'm going to tell the boss later that the team and core ideas cannot be lost.
The "dirty alliance" cannot become pure just by kicking.
Just when Smith was still deserting, he heard someone shout: "Captain, ball!"
When Smith looked up, he saw a ball flying towards his head.
"Bang~" then flew out of the bottom line.
"Alan, what are you doing?" George Li off the court saw Smith deserting and asked quickly.
Smith quickly waved his hand to signal his attention, and then went to defend the opponent's sideline ball.
George Li off the court actually discovered this problem, that is, the team's lineup is getting stronger and stronger, but he always feels that the team's temperament is getting higher and higher, but the momentum is not as strong as before.
Just like just now, when the two teams clashed, no one from Leeds United came to help.
Without blood, this team will lack competitiveness in key battles.
In the previous life, Chelsea's tough defense was due to being trained by Mourinho. Even after the "madman" left, it was still retained, which can be regarded as a valuable asset he left to Chelsea.
Chelsea…
George Li looked up at Chelsea on the field. Although they had been shrinking their defense, they seemed to have no energy at all.
There was no cooperation or communication, and the 11 players seemed to be working on their own.
He turned to look at Mourinho, who was frowning next door.
Are you really leaving?
^^^
At the end of the first half, Leeds United scored another goal to expand their lead.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Robben cut inside again. Today, the main left back of the England national team met a real opponent. Ashley Cole, who usually can play up and down alone on the left, was a little out of sorts against his former teammates today.
Robben made an emergency stop and then charged into the middle.
Cole had no choice but to keep up. He didn't feel like making a hasty move, because the ball he just conceded was because he and Benheim made a move too early, and Robben got past him and got out of the way.
Seeing that there was no chance, Robben passed the ball back and passed it to Barry who was receiving the ball. Robben is not a fool. The coach asked him to cut inside to attack more, so he cut inside and shot from long range with every ball. Instead, he used cutting inside to create threats.
Barry used his dominant left foot to make a pass to the right and passed it to Milner who was advancing.
The task that George Lee gave to Milner at the right back was to use the space on the wing after Robben cut in to boldly move forward.
You can make a cross from below, a 45-degree cross, or even get into the penalty area and hit the goal if you have the ability. In short, just hug the wings, attack decisively, and don't be afraid of losing the ball or the space behind you.
When penetrating forward from the right, George Li arranged for the left fullback not to penetrate too deep. There must be three defenders at the end of the defense line, and at the same time, adding two midfielders, he will not be afraid of the opponent's counterattack.
This asymmetrical offensive tilt is another bold attempt by him in tactics. Although he had used it in the previous two seasons, he did not study it in depth because the winger was not as threatening as Robben. Now Li can use his imagination to study new tactics.
Milner received Barry's pass and was very comfortable.
As soon as my right foot stopped, there was no one else around, so there were many choices.
Milner, who played as a winger last season, chose to go directly into the penalty area to create an offensive threat himself. Anyway, the head coach agreed to this.
After Milner entered the penalty area, Chelsea had to send someone to defend.
Ashley Cole was brought near the center by Robben, and he could only rely on Benheim to defend Milner. Otherwise, it would be a joke for Milner to get into the penalty area and kick the goal.
Milner saw Benheim coming up and continued to take a step forward to the corner of the small penalty area.
But at this time, the shooting angle has been blocked by Cech, and the pass to the small penalty area has also been blocked by Benheim.
Milner chose an inverted triangle pass, and it was passed relatively far back, not near the penalty spot, but in the opposite direction of the penalty area line.
What a coincidence, because of the vacancy in the central defender position, Essien took the initiative to fill Benheim's position, but the filling was too deep. And Lampard and Joe Cole did not retreat to Essien's position, which gave Chelsea a gap in front of the penalty area.
Sneijder, who had an eye-catching performance in the first half and had many threatening passes, appeared in this gap.
Lampard saw Sneijder take two steps forward and hit the middle and lower part of the football with one kick, shouting that something was wrong. He knows the ball well. If he, Gerrard, or even that shitty Leeds United captain were to hit the ball, it would basically be a shot. Now I can only pray that the ball is shot higher by Leeds United No. 8, or that it is shot on target and is saved by Cech.
But Sneijder used his strength to tell Lampard why his head coach let him play this position instead of Alan Smith. It was because in this position he not only had the ability to pass the ball, but also had a threatening kick. Long range shooting skills.
In order to prevent the ball from being saved by Cech, Sneijder chose a very tricky angle.
The inner instep arcs towards the left side of the goal. This left Cech, who had just blocked Milner's shot angle on the right, no time to save the ball.
The ball went in, not on the back net but on the side netting inside the goal.
2 to 0.
Cech fell to the ground and hammered the turf helplessly.
The two consecutive goals were scored by Leeds United's new players. Once again, Lee George's eye for people was recognized by everyone.
Robben, Sneijder and Barry, just in this one game, told everyone that the cost of 50 million pounds was worth it.
What is even more frightening is that after three summers of forbearance, Leeds United spent more than 50 million pounds this summer.
There is also the Welsh youngster Gareth Bale whose price reaches 10 million pounds after all terms are included. He is sitting on the bench now and doesn't know if he will play in the second half.
There is also Fabrice Muamba who has undergone heart surgery and is recovering. After returning from injury, what kind of reinforcement will it be for the already strong Leeds United midfielder?
Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he has to leave, otherwise it would be difficult for him to compete in the Premier League with Leeds United.
At least not Chelsea.
^^^
So, what about other teams?
Ferguson, who was watching the game in the stands, was full of confidence because he had made a lot of big moves this summer to strengthen the team's frontcourt lineup. Coupled with the already strong backcourt, he was not afraid of himself at all. disciple.
Benitez, who was watching the game on TV, was thoughtful. Although the team's forward problem was finally solved this summer, he felt that in the midfield, he still lacked a defender who could partner with Alonso and Gerrard. waist.
Wenger did not watch the Community Shield match. He was watching Cesc Fabregas training at the training ground, but all he could think about was Henry, who was already in Barcelona.
Moyes, Mark Hughes, Allardyce, Martin O'Neill, Redknapp, Eriksson and Joel in front of the TV all frowned when they saw the score was 2-0 in the first half. .
