Chapter 948： How is the iron army made

Many people say that Manchester City now is like Chelsea of ​​previous years.

This is actually an overestimation of Manchester City and an underestimation of Chelsea.

Before the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, Manchester City was an influential team in the Premier League. Even after rushing back to the Premier League, Manchester City played the role of a soft persimmon, so that Manchester United would ignore it so much. This [noisy neighbor] makes Manchester derby useless.

But Chelsea is clearly different.

Before Abramovich took over, Chelsea was already a top-ranked team in the Premier League, a bit like the current Tottenham Hotspur, always stuck on the edge of the Champions League, just so short.

More importantly, Chelsea has a set of very clear business ideas for a long time.

Many people only remember that Wenger airborne Arsenal in 1996, but what they don’t know is that one year earlier, in 1995, the braided man Gullit, one of the three Dutch swordsmen, was free. He moved to Chelsea and replaced Glenn Howard in 1996, coaching Chelsea as a player and head coach.

Also in 1996, Italian striker Vialli transferred from Juventus to Chelsea at a price of 10 million U.S. dollars. Two years later, in 1998, when Gullit dropped from the Chelsea coach, Vialli As a player and head coach, continue to lead the team forward.

From Gullit to Viali, Chelsea has always been at the forefront of the continental movement of the Premier League and has tasted the sweetness from it. So after Viali’s get out of class, Chelsea continued to follow this route and invited tinkers. Ranieri came to coach.

This time Ranieri stayed at Chelsea for a full four years. Until Abramovich took over, he injected a lot of money. Chelsea's overall strength has been completely transformed, and Ranieri is considered no longer suitable for Chelsea. , And invited Mourinho to come to coach instead.

It can be said that before Mourinho coached Chelsea, the Blues were already a strong team in the Premier League, and they have been at the forefront of the trend of continentalization in the Premier League for many years, which has laid a solid foundation for the complete transformation of Mourinho during his coaching. The basics.

From Ranieri to Mourinho, one is that Mourinho brought the most advanced training concepts in European football at the time, as well as the emphasis on wingers and the shaping of the team’s spirit. Let Chelsea transform from the original strong team into a tenacious iron-blooded army.

Perhaps, Mourinho failed to lead Chelsea to win the Champions League, but in the years he coached, Chelsea was an iron army in the entire European football scene that no one wanted to meet. This in itself is enough to prove Mourinho's coaching. success.

Even many professionals believe that Mourinho's coaching Barcelona was a mistake.

Barcelona is a technical genre, which is not in line with Mourinho’s philosophy from beginning to end. More importantly, Barcelona’s technical geniuses have no way to kick out what Mourinho wants. Kind of strong.

Mourinho’s success at Barcelona is the success of Barcelona football, but the success at Chelsea is the success of Mourinho. Even now, the head coach has changed again and again, this Chelsea still has not been able to wash it. The mark left by Mourinho fell on his body.

Boas lost the central axis of Drogba, Lampard and Terry, and he couldn't play right away. In the end, he had to put Drogba and Terry back on top and was forced to compromise. This is enough. problem.

In fact, Boas was not wrong, so he was also recognized by Chelsea management.

These veterans are all old, and it's time to retreat.

Chelsea cannot rely on this group of veterans to fight forever, and veterans cannot always occupy the main position of Chelsea.

But it is obvious that, for the time being, Chelsea still cannot completely break away from the framework that has been created over the past ten years. This has penetrated into Chelsea players and all aspects of the team.

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said before the game that it is very important to advance the ball against Chelsea. It is because of the understanding of Chelsea that only the advanced ball can force Chelsea to press it out.

If Chelsea get the first goal, the Blues will begin to enter their most familiar counterattack tactics.

It's just that no one thought that Manchester City would be able to score a goal as soon as the game started.

This not only stunned Chelsea, even Manchester City themselves were a little uncomfortable, so that in the few minutes after the goal, the two teams played a little chaotic.

Manchester City don't know, should they continue to attack?

Or should you slow down the tempo appropriately, stabilize possession, and let Chelsea press it out?

Both Guardiola on the sideline and the captain Su Dong on the court quickly realized the team’s problems. They both stood up, stabilized the team’s position, continued to attack for a while, and then slowed down the rhythm and patiently controlled the ball. , Let Chelsea press out.

Chelsea did not blindly rush out, they are also a very experienced team.

After losing the ball, it was adjusted until the twenty-fifth minute that Chelsea seized a wave of opportunities and played a high game.

First, Sturridge's pass, Drogba hit the goal from a close corner in the penalty area and was saved by Courtois, then Juan Mata's pass allowed Drogba to win again in the penalty area. The chance of the foot, but this time it's slightly wide.

After Chelsea attacked for a while, it also slowed down the rhythm appropriately.

Unexpectedly, in the 34th minute, Chelsea suddenly kicked out a quick counterattack.

Busquets’ pass was interrupted in midfield. Sturridge pierced behind Marcelo, rushing through Manchester City’s defense line abruptly, avoiding Drogba at the previous point, and passing the ball to the undefended team. Later point.

Courtois reacted swiftly and moved quickly. He abandoned the goal and attacked. Before Meireles, he single-handed the ball out of the penalty area and collided with Meireles.

The ball was kicked directly out of bounds by Tony Cross and Manchester City resolved a very dangerous attack.

Courtois' defense even won a lot of applause from Stamford Bridge Stadium, but he himself was hit hard and was carried to the sidelines by the team doctor for treatment. Fortunately, there was no major problem and he returned to the court soon.

After that, the trend in the first half was basically Manchester City's control of the ball, occasionally creating opportunities through pass infiltration, while Chelsea was patiently holding and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, but neither side was able to create a threat again.

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After changing sides in the second half, Chelsea played a wave of fast-paced attacks as soon as the whistle sounded, and at the same time, the movements on hand began to become bigger and bigger. Obviously, the blue players began to feel the pressure.

But Manchester City's defense is also not papery.

In the past two seasons, Pepe and Kompany’s central defender combination has always been the strongest central defender partner in the Premier League. Although Marcelo and Sabaletta are both offensive, Manchester City’s ability to pass and control the ball is strong, and most of the games are Time is controlled at the feet of Manchester City, so Manchester City's defense has always been one of the best in the Premier League.

When Chelsea's attack was frustrated, Manchester City was also patiently waiting for the opportunity.

In the 58th minute, Manchester City's midfielder was chased and intercepted. Finally, near the center line, they successfully intercepted Ramirez's ball, and David Silva quickly passed it to Sudong.

Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, striding forward to take a few steps. Seeing Chelsea's defense line retreating quickly, he didn't hesitate to see the timing, rushed forward, and shot angrily.

This foot was a long shot 27 meters from the goal, and everyone was caught off guard.

Chelsea goalkeeper Cech originally stood outside, but was beaten unexpectedly at this time. He kept backing up, and finally jumped high, trying to lift the ball out of the crossbar.

Unexpectedly, although Su Dong's shooting range was long, his foot strength was amazing. Cech couldn't hit the ball with one hand. He just changed the direction of the ball slightly, but still fell into the Chelsea goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"World Wave!!!"

"Oh my God, it's another world wave!"

"Su Dong scored twice, a very wonderful goal, two to zero!!"

Su Dong rushed to the sidelines frantically and ran all the way around the field, and was stopped by Guardiola at the visiting team coach's bench. The two hugged tightly on the sidelines, while the other Manchester City players also chased up and stood up. A group.

"Man City is really united and we are very impressed."

"Many people say that Guardiola is actually not good at dressing room management. On the contrary, captain Su Dong is the soul of the dressing room. He has stabilized Manchester City's dressing room very well and let the surrounding people The teammates are all united tightly."

"It is very difficult for a pioneering team like Manchester City to achieve results and achieve cohesion, but it is the concerted efforts of Sudong and Guardiola who together created an invincible match on the pitch. Manchester City."

Two to zero, this score made the Stamford Bridge stadium become silent.

Chelsea fans are definitely upset, but they have to admit that, for now, Manchester City's strength is indeed above Chelsea.

Not to mention that it is a major force, even if Manchester City play in a rotation, they may not lose to Chelsea.

No way, a team with rich wealth is so capricious!

Back then, Chelsea also ravaged other Premier League teams in this way. Feng Shui took turns, and now it is their turn to be ravaged by Manchester City.

In the final analysis, it is the power of capital.

The difference is that Manchester City has superstars like Su Dong, which makes Manchester City rise faster, faster, and more unstoppable than Chelsea back then.

In front of the head team coach, Boas put his hands on his hips and pursed his mouth. Obviously he was not satisfied with the result, but he also knew that the players had tried their best.

Chelsea’s squad is old, and the more time it is, the more disadvantaged it is for Chelsea.

The battle that killed Valencia in the middle of the week had a great impact on Chelsea and the consumption of players was huge. As a result, in this game, it was not able to block Manchester City's penetration and attack.

Especially their ability to pass and control the ball like a mercury drop is really terrifying and impossible to defend.

Boas also had to admit that only Barcelona and the direct line of Barcelona can train such a passing system.

This is something other teams can't learn.