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Seeing Chelsea trailing by one goal at the end of the first half, Abramovich looked very unhappy when he appeared in the VIP box at White Hart Lane. Although the Russian tycoon is just a layman in the field of football, he can also see that Ranieri has reservations in this game with Tottenham. In other words, for some reasons, Tinker did not let Chelsea play with the strongest lineup in this game, but took the initiative to give up this confrontation with Tottenham!
This made Abu feel a little unbearable. Although Chelsea now have a good relationship with Tottenham, and Abramovich even reached an agreement with George to fight Arsenal together, Abramovich also does not want Tottenham to overpower Chelsea and replace Arsenal as the new boss of London City. . Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Abramovich to tolerate Ranieri's deliberate release of water in the direct confrontation with Tottenham - after all, the fans and the media will not care whether Chelsea has any reservations in the game with Tottenham, they will only Care about the final result. Therefore, if Chelsea are still unable to defeat Tottenham on the frontal battlefield, how can the Blues complete Abramovich's goal?
This is why, despite Arsenal's dominance in the Premier League this season, the Gunners have always struggled to gain recognition - the reason is that Arsenal have failed to win any of their four direct clashes with Tottenham this season. Victory, this fact has severely damaged the Gunners' prestige among the fan base!
How dare you say that a team that can't even win against its rivals is invincible? How funny!
However, after careful consideration, Abramovich finally chose to endure the situation temporarily and did not make the decision to impulsively fire Ranieri directly after the game. After all, although Chelsea, which is twelve points behind Arsenal in the standings, can basically declare that it will miss the Premier League championship this season, in the European competition, Chelsea, which has already reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, still has great hope of taking the Big Ears Cup. Back at Stamford Bridge. You know, now that the traditional giants have been upset, Chelsea can be said to be the team with the deepest bench in the Champions League and the strongest financial strength.
Therefore, at this time, there are naturally many people who are optimistic that Chelsea will eventually win the Champions League. Many people believe that this time is definitely Chelsea’s best chance to win the Champions League trophy!
It was precisely because Chelsea had delivered a passable record in the Champions League that Abramovich was willing to take the initiative in dismissing Ranieri and did not attack Ranieri after the team completely lost the hope of winning the league. to take any action. After all, although he doesn't think much of this tinkerer who has no top coaching temperament, the Russian tycoon has to admit that now is indeed not a good time to change the head coach. In this case, it is better to wait until the end of the season and decide on Ranieri's final stay based on the team's overall performance.
Not to mention Abramovich, who was in the box thinking about how to treat Ranieri, at this moment, Tinker, who had returned to the visiting team's dressing room with the Chelsea players, was also struggling with how to deal with Tottenham in the second half. Make a deal. After all, although he had previously decided to strategically abandon this game, as a head coach, Ranieri would never show such emotions in front of the players, because this would only lead to the team facing a difficult time at White Hart Lane. A complete rout. What's more, the so-called strategic abandonment is just to hide most of the main players for some reasons, and it does not mean that Ranieri really wants to lose to Tottenham.
Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Ranieri's pre-match arrangement. In Tottenham's home game, and the configuration and overall strength of the starting lineup are not as good as the opponent's, it is indeed a very reasonable decision to let the players adopt defensive counterattack tactics. After all, although the growth of Cristiano Ronaldo and others has made Tottenham's offensive capabilities continue to increase, how to break through dense defense has always been a worldwide problem. Even players as powerful as AC Milan and Real Madrid still have to scratch their heads when encountering intensive defense, let alone Tottenham, which is not as strong as these top giants.
Therefore, before the start of this game, Ranieri's plan was to have the team shrink its defense line, guard the area thirty meters in front of its own goal, and then use Tottenham's massive attack to launch a quick counterattack when the defense is empty, thus Increases Chelsea's chances of winning this game.
Ranieri still grasped George's thoughts quite accurately. The tinker knew that even though Tottenham had basically locked up a spot in next season's Champions League, George had no intention of stopping just yet. Because he studied under Ferguson, it is impossible for this young coach to give up the opportunity to compete with Manchester United on the league battlefield!
For a young coach like George, how can he prove that he is already ahead of the competition? Defeating Manchester United, coached by Ferguson, in a head-to-head confrontation is indeed one of the most effective methods. Another way is to allow Tottenham to overtake Manchester United in the league standings!
Therefore, Ranieri concluded that with the hope of tying or even overtaking Manchester United in the standings, Tottenham will definitely strive to win this game. That's why the Italian coach made such an arrangement before the game.
However, Ranieri ultimately missed one point, that is, he overestimated Desailly's current competitive status and the upper limit of Huth's star of hope. This led to Chelsea's defensive counterattack posture. Unable to withstand Tottenham's fierce offensive, Drogba scored in the first half, making Chelsea's situation on the field extremely passive!
At his peak, Desailly was indeed the world's top central defender and defensive midfielder, but now the 35-year-old Frenchman has long lost his courage. As he gets older, Desailly relies more and more on his accumulated game experience on the court to make up for the shortcomings and deficiencies caused by declining physical fitness.
Even so, Desailly's decline in form is an indisputable fact. After all, at his peak, he was not known for his superb defensive skills, but for relying more on his excellent physical fitness to complete wonderful defenses time and time again. Therefore, his body has basically matured, and his skills and awareness are also improved by the Tottenham coach. Drogba, who is constantly improving under the training of his team, and Desailly, who is on the decline, will naturally find it difficult to defend this powerful center from Cote d'Ivoire in a one-on-one situation!
Just like six years ago, Vieri, who was playing for Juventus at the time, took the ball and strode away from Franco Baresi, who was once the world's number one central defender, and then used a furious shot to break through the goal guarded by the old Rossi. The goal sounded the death knell for the arrogant Milan dynasty. In this game, Drogba also used a crushing dribbling break to get rid of the faltering Desailly. In this way, he announced that the French central defender was no longer the reassuring figure in the defense. Dinghai Shenzhen!
As for Huth on the other side, although this young German central defender has received praise from many professionals, who believe that he has the ability to become the representative of the new generation of German central defenders together with Metzelder, he is already Dortmund's absolute main force. , Metzelder, who proved his strength in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan two years ago, and Huth, who is still only the fourth choice central defender at Chelsea, wants to guard against Drogba, who is about to mature. "Warcraft" is obviously an unrealistic thing.
Since both Desailly and Huth had nothing to do with Drogba, Ranieri thought hard for a long time and could only arrange for Gremi and Scott Parker to strengthen the protection of the defense in the second half, while also paying attention to assist Desailly. Let them attack Drogba. As for letting Gallas or Terry come off the bench to deal with Drogba, Ranieri doesn't consider it at all - if Terry and the others play, Ranieri will put them out of the starting lineup before the game. What's the point?
Despite making corresponding adjustments, Ranieri did not feel that he could guard Drogba this way. Because the tinker can see that Drogba's playing style is completely different from that of most powerful centers. He does not like to stay in the penalty area waiting for teammates to pass, and he has a wide range of activities on the court. The most important thing is that Drogba also has a defensive enthusiasm that is different from ordinary forwards!
Especially when Ranieri saw that Drogba actually chased back to Tottenham's half to intercept Lampard who was driving the ball, and the one in front turned out to be Villa, the nominal left winger. When he was playing forward, Tinker was even more envious of George, thinking to himself: Why have I never encountered a center who is so active in defense?
Although Tottenham players' erratic style of play keeps their turnover rate high in the game, it also puts tremendous pressure on Chelsea players' defense. Because the Chelsea players simply don't know how these people in Tottenham's frontcourt will move next, and which player they should defend next!
Perhaps Tottenham's attack this time was that Drogba retreated to the midfield to defend, Bastur pulled to the right to break through, Ronaldo moved to the left, and Villa charged at the front; and when Tottenham next time When they made a comeback, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who was grabbing points in the middle, and Drogba and Basturk who were occupying space on the left and right on the wings... This made Chelsea players how to respond. Sexual defense!
In the end, when the referee blew the full-time whistle, George led Tottenham Hotspur to a three-goal victory over Chelsea at White Hart Lane, winning the thirty-first round of the Premier League make-up match. While knocking the Blues, who lost away, to fourth in the league, they once again caught up with Manchester United in the standings, tied with the Red Devils in points with 66 points from 18 wins, 12 draws and 3 losses. Second place on the list!
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