"One to zero! The current situation is a bit unfavorable for Chelsea!" While explaining the trend of the game, Lineker still couldn't forget the reckless move of Lampard and Essien who suddenly double-teamed Davis. "It looks like it's hot." Spurs used their signature three-dimensional attack to disintegrate Chelsea's defense. But in fact, the goal conceded should be attributed to Lampard and Essien's risky double-teaming, which led to the lack of protection of the team's defense. Under Tottenham’s extremely powerful offensive firepower!”
Indeed, Carvalho is a very good defender, and the central defender combination of him and Terry can be said to complement each other. Coupled with strong players such as Akinfeev, Essien and Makelele, in most cases, it is extremely difficult to break through Chelsea's defensive system like the Great Steel Wall. If George hadn't put a madman in the starting lineup, and Mourinho had made a lot of targeted arrangements that were now proven to be a complete failure, otherwise it would have been difficult for Tottenham to take the lead so early.
Taking advantage of the brief dead-ball opportunity before the game restarted, Mourinho called Terry and Lampard to his side for face-to-face discussions. Obviously, in the past few minutes, the Portuguese madman finally realized what a huge mistake he had made in the tactical arrangement before the game!
Of course, George's arrangement before the game caused Chelsea to be at a disadvantage in the game. Mourinho will never admit this to the outside world. After landing in the Premier League, he has been facing reporters for so long. If they find out about this, then they are not allowed to vilify him after the game?
I have to say that the iron-blooded Blue Army created by Mourinho is really quite powerful in self-adjustment. Faced with the unfavorable situation of falling behind by one goal at the beginning of the game, Lampard and others did not rush to attack to equalize the score. Instead, they insisted on their own rhythm and adopted a layer-by-layer approach to start a positional battle with Tottenham!
Although Drogba, who was Chelsea's starting center in his previous life, is now sitting on Tottenham's bench, in terms of overall strength, Chelsea's center position is almost the same as in his previous life. Because the person serving as the striker at this moment is also a super center, the "Swedish Tower" Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
Compared with the African Warcraft, Ibrahimovic's ability to attack in the penalty area is one level worse. But the Swedish God Tower not only has extremely outstanding physical conditions and excellent ball feel, but also has rare speed and outstanding personal skills among players of the same size, coupled with balanced left and right foot abilities, excellent passing vision and extreme His imaginative passing makes Ibrahimovic more threatening than Drogba on the court!
With Ibrahimovic, a center commander with his own system, Ribery and Duff can use the Swedish tower's organization and passing ability to launch an attack on the goal, and Lampard can also finish the shot more comfortably. And after more than a year of training in the Premier League, Ibrahimovic's confrontational ability has been significantly improved compared to the Ajax period. This will undoubtedly make the Blues' offensive threat even higher!
Naturally, George will not ignore Ibrahimovic's existence. In fact, he had already made clear arrangements for the Swedish Tower before the game.
Let Ledley King, who also has excellent physical fitness, mark Ibrahimovic full-time, while Phil Neville is always on the side to cover and help defend. If the Swede moves to the wing to receive the ball, Davis or Mascherano will be the one to defend, while other players will pay attention to cutting off the passing routes between Ibrahimovic and other Chelsea players. This is the defensive gift package carefully prepared by George for Ibrahimovic!
As mentioned before, Ibrahimovic has many advantages, but at the technical and tactical level, he still has two problems that he has not been able to correct during this period: First, at this time, he is used to playing with himself as the core of the offense and is unwilling to Sacrifices were made on the ball possession and tactical level; secondly, Ibrahimovic's threats at this time were basically with the ball, and he was not active enough in running without the ball and covering for his teammates. This leads to the fact that although the Swede has the body of a powerful center, his confrontation ability has also made great progress, and his vision and skills are among the top players in the same position, Ibrahimovic is still not suitable to serve as the team's offensive commander at this time!
Whether it is Drogba or Klose, as a tactical center, they will take the initiative to use off-ball running or body screening to create space for their teammates, or take the initiative to act as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt to attract defensive firepower, or take the initiative to pass between teammates. Make passes and cuts to create opportunities. At this time, Ibrahimovic often seems a bit "lazy" when he doesn't have the ball. He has excellent physical fitness but does not actively seek physical confrontation with defensive players. After getting the ball, he often likes to show off his skills instead of organizing an attack immediately. , and will become impatient and irritable when his performance is limited... These problems of Ibrahimovic are not harmful when Chelsea deals with opponents who are not at the same level as it, but there is no doubt that these will affect Chelsea's overall performance!
When dealing with teams whose overall strength is not as good as Chelsea's, Ibrahimovic can make Chelsea's offense more pleasing and orderly. However, when dealing with opponents whose strength is almost the same as the Blues, the on-field advantages brought by the Swedish Tower often fail. Will be offset by these shortcomings in him!
With his outstanding personal ability, Ibrahimovic broke through Ledley King's defense in the 39th minute of the game and used a low shot from a small angle to break through Cech's fingers. But Chelsea was still lagging behind - five minutes before Ibrahimovic scored, Klose took advantage of a corner kick and knocked on Chelsea's door for the second time with his iconic header!
"It's a waste of time. Jose didn't train Ibrahimovic seriously at all." Seeing Ibrahimovic once again lose the ball under Ledley King's close defense, the Swedish God Tower was annoyed and elbowed the latter to vent his anger. As a result, in the first half The scene where he received a yellow card before the end of the game, "Whether it is technical level or game mentality, there is no difference between him now and when he was at Ajax."
Although Porto has brought out stars such as Deco, Carvalho, Ferreira, etc., and young players such as Ibrahimovic and Akinfeev have also performed excellently at Chelsea this season, Mourinho’s essence He is not a head coach who is good at developing young players. The pragmatic Portuguese madman actually prefers to use players whose technical styles have been basically finalized and can become immediate combatants with just a little training. As for those young players, unless their technical characteristics are extremely distinctive and just match his tactical play, or they have been proven to have the ability to determine the direction of the game, or they are calm enough to integrate into the madman's tactical system, it will be extremely difficult for them to succeed in the game. Mourinho's men are famous.
This is why Robben in his previous life could only serve as a wide attacker during the years under the Madman. Mikel, the 2005 World Youth Championship Silver Ball winner, finally changed from a talented midfielder to a defensive engineer. When they entered the palace for the second time, they sent away promising stars such as Lukaku, Mata, Salah and De Bruyne one after another, which was the main reason why Manchester United once again pushed Mata to death on the bench.
Therefore, when he had a superstar embryo like Ibrahimovic, Mourinho only gave full play to the role of the Swedish God Tower as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt, while in other aspects, he implemented a stocking strategy for Ibrahimovic. As a result, after joining Chelsea for nearly two years, Ibrahimovic's mentality is not even as mature as when he was under Capello at the same time in his previous life!
Therefore, when the situation on the field was at a disadvantage and never improved, this double-edged sword from Malmo finally hurt Chelsea and Mourinho!
