Seeing Robben celebrating his goal wildly with his teammates on the sidelines, the expressions of the Chelsea players at this time can be said to be quite ugly. Because Robben's goal broke the stalemate between the two teams on the field after the opening, putting them in an extremely passive position in this key battle related to the ownership of the league championship!
When Robben scored the first goal for Tottenham, Mourinho's various arrangements before the game became a piece of waste paper. Because Chelsea, who is lagging behind, must take the initiative in the next time and try their best to equalize the score. However, in this way, Chelsea's defense will inevitably expose more loopholes, giving Tottenham more opportunities to counterattack quickly!
The most important thing is that if they lose to Tottenham in this game, Chelsea will be four points behind the leader. Although this point difference does not seem to be much, don't forget that the Blues' competitor is Tottenham Hotspur, who has not lost a single game in the league since the beginning of this season and has performed extremely stably!
Therefore, at this moment, the psychological pressure on Chelsea players can be said to be considerable. Because if they lose in this round of the league, then the gap of these four points is really likely to determine the final ownership of the British championship this season!
"Alger Robben...it seems that I still underestimated him. I originally thought he was just another traditional winger like Overmars and Giggs, but I didn't expect that his scoring ability would be so strong." At the same time. , while Mourinho, who was directing on the sidelines, was thinking about the next game strategy, he secretly reflected on the football ideas and playing methods he had insisted on since becoming the head coach, and whether there were any shortcomings and omissions!
If Robben's goal brought only stronger tension and greater psychological pressure to the Chelsea players, then what he brought to Mourinho was an out-and-out shock. The Portuguese, who have always pursued overall football and insisted on team supremacy, began to realize that sometimes, having a star with outstanding personal abilities in the team and giving him a certain degree of freedom is not entirely a bad thing!
Although the future of modern football is indeed developing in the direction of overall football and team football, it is increasingly unfeasible to rely entirely on the individual performance of a certain star as in the past, but on the basis of adhering to team play, having a Stars with personal ability groups can indeed make many complex problems easier to solve.
For example, this time, if it is not Robben who breaks through with the ball, but Ljungberg or Joaquin, who are worse than the Dutch Peter Pan, then the possibility of them choosing to cut in and shoot can be said. It's minimal. And even if they do, the shooting action will never be as decisive and smooth as the former, and it will never cause such a heavy blow to Chelsea!
Shakespeare said that there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers. And now, what Mourinho sees from Robben's goal is exactly the change that a first-class star can bring to the team at the tactical level!
After figuring this out, Mourinho waved his hand and began to give instructions to the Chelsea players on the field - continue to stick to the previous tactics, which was to focus on defensive counterattacks, and never invest too easily on the offensive end. Lots of troops!
What shocked the Chelsea players the most was Mourinho's next order: "Zlatan (Ibrahimovic), in this game, I allow you to play freely on the offensive end according to your own ideas. I hope you don't it disappointed me."
As one of the top coaches recognized in European football, Mourinho's vision is naturally extremely vicious. He could see that although Chelsea's financial strength is quite strong, Ibrahimovic is the only one who can single-handedly bring changes to the team like Robben!
Although Joe Cole and Duff are also full of aura, compared to Ibrahimovic, they are obviously still inferior in ability and talent. For Mourinho, allowing Ibrahimovic to jump out of the team's tactical framework and play freely is the limit of what he can tolerate. It is impossible to allow more players to have similar power.
"No problem, boss! It's all on me!" Regarding Mourinho's order, the Swedish God Tower happily nodded in agreement - having absolute autonomy on the offensive end, this But this is what Ibrahimovic, who thinks highly of himself, has always dreamed of!
It has to be said that at this time, due to the lack of heavyweight honors, Chelsea players have a strong ability to execute orders from Mourinho, the champion coach, and have not yet shown signs of daring to play big with the coach after becoming successful. Therefore, after the game restarted, Chelsea did not rush to counterattack, but took the initiative to give the ball to the opponent, and began to defend in the midfield again, leaving only Ibrahimovic and Duff roaming in the frontcourt. !
However, Mourinho's intention of using this trick could not hide from Xavi Alonso's eyes - under the command and dispatch of the Spanish midfielder, the Tottenham players did not choose to pursue the victory and fall into Chelsea's defensive trap. Instead of being careless and giving the Blues a chance to sneak attack on their own side, they took advantage of their numerical advantage and began to repeatedly kick up their own half!
Aren't you in a hurry to equalize the score? Then let's just waste it and see who can't hold on first!
In this way, a very strange scene appeared on the court for a while - Tottenham players played a passing game in the backcourt, with no intention of attacking at all; while Chelsea deployed heavy troops in their own half to prepare for Tottenham's counterattack The players stared blankly at their opponents in the backcourt.
Seeing the game unfolding like this, Chelsea players couldn't help but sit still, because they felt that with the current momentum, Tottenham would probably maintain the score of 1-0 until the end of the game. Mourinho on the sidelines was also a little dumbfounded at this time, because he found that he still overestimated the integrity of his junior brother-he started to shrink his defense after leading by one goal. George, have you ever worshiped Capello? Teacher? !
In the 45th minute of the game, Joe Cole took a tactical corner kick on the right side. After receiving the ball, Lampard's explosive shot hit Vidic and bounced out of the penalty area. After getting the ball, Mascherano didn't wait for the Chelsea players to surround him and start a counterattack, and quickly handed the ball to Xavi Alonso in front of him on the right!
Alonso, who had already observed the position of his teammates, did not choose to stop the ball, because doing so would only give Chelsea players time to return to defense and intercept him. The Spanish midfielder turned around directly following the movement of the ball, and then sent a long overhead pass in the direction of Robben!
After hiding their edge for nearly fifteen minutes, Tottenham finally seized the opportunity before the end of the first half and once again showed its sharp fangs!
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