Nine Hundred and Forty-Eighth How the Iron Army Is Made

Many people say that Manchester City is like Chelsea a few years ago.

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

Before the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, Manchester City was an unattractive 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 the Manchester derby useless.

But Chelsea are markedly different.

Before Roman Abramovich took over, Chelsea was already a top-ranked powerhouse in the Premier League, a bit like Tottenham Hotspur now, always stuck on the edge of the Champions League.

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

Many people just remember that Arsene Wenger was airborne to Arsenal in 1996, but what they don't know is that one year earlier, that is, in 1995, Gullit, one of the three Dutch Musketeers, was free. Moved to Chelsea and replaced Glenn Howard in 1996, coaching Chelsea as a player and manager.

Also in 1996, Italian striker Vialli moved from Juventus to Chelsea for $10 million. Continue to lead the team forward as a player and head coach.

From Gullit to Vialli, Chelsea have always been at the forefront of the European continentalization movement of the Premier League, and have tasted the sweetness from it, so after Vialli was dismissed, Chelsea continued to follow this route and invited a tinker. Ranieri to coach.

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

It can be said that before Mourinho took charge of Chelsea, the Blues were already a strong team in the Premier League, and they have insisted on being at the forefront of the trend of European continentalization in the Premier League for many years. The basics.

From Ranieri to Mourinho, Mourinho brought the most advanced training concepts in European football at the time, as well as the emphasis on wingers and the shaping of team spirit. Let Chelsea from the original strong team, transformed into a tenacious Jagged Legion.

Perhaps, Mourinho failed to lead Chelsea to win the Champions League, but in the years he coached, Chelsea was the iron army that no one wanted to encounter in the whole European football, which in itself was enough to prove that Mourinho coached success.

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

Barcelona is a technical school, which is not in line with Mourinho's philosophy from beginning to end. More importantly, these technical geniuses in Barcelona have no way to play what he wants as Mourinho requires. the kind of strength.

Mourinho's success in Barcelona is the success of Barcelona football, but the success in Chelsea is the success of Mourinho. Even now, the coaches have been changed again and again, and this Chelsea team has not been able to wash away. Lose the mark left by Mourinho.

Boas lost the central axis of Drogba, Lampard and Terry, and he couldn't play it immediately. In the end, he had to re-place Drogba and Terry, and was forced to compromise. This is enough to show question.

In fact, Boas is not wrong, so he has also been recognized by the Chelsea management.

These veterans are getting old and it's time to retire.

Chelsea can't always rely on this group of veterans to fight, and the veterans can't always occupy the main position of Chelsea.

But it is obvious that, for the time being, Chelsea still can't completely break away from this set of frameworks created in the past ten years, which has penetrated into Chelsea players and into every aspect of the team.

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said before the game, against Chelsea, the first goal is very important,

It is out of understanding of Chelsea that only by scoring the first goal can Chelsea be forced to come out to play.

If Chelsea gets the ball ahead, the Blues will start to move into the defensive counter-attacks they are most familiar with.

It's just that no one thought that Manchester City would be able to score at the beginning of the game.

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

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

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

Guardiola on the sidelines and Su Dong, the captain on the court, quickly realized the team's problems. Both of them stood up, stabilized the team's position, continued to attack for a while, and then slowed down and controlled the ball patiently. , let Chelsea press out.

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

After conceding the ball, it was until the 25th minute that Chelsea seized the opportunity and played a high game.

First, Sturridge's pass, Drogba hit the goal from a close corner in the penalty area, which was saved by Courtois, and then Juan Mata's pass allowed Drogba to get another start in the penalty area. Foot chance, but this time a little off.

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

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

The midfield pass of Busquets was interrupted, Sturridge went straight behind Marcelo, rushed through Manchester City's defense line with speed, avoided Drogba at the front point, and passed the ball to the unguarded. point later.

Courtois reacted quickly and moved quickly. He abandoned the door and attacked, grabbed the ball before Meireles, and hit the ball out of the penalty area with one hand, and he collided with Meireles.

The ball was thrown straight out of bounds by Toni Kroos and City defused a very dangerous attack.

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

After that, the trend in the first half was basically that Manchester City controlled the ball and occasionally created opportunities by passing the ball infiltration. Chelsea was patient and waited for the opportunity to counterattack, but neither side was able to create any more threats.

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After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Chelsea played a fast-paced attack as soon as the whistle blew, and at the same time, the movements at hand began to get bigger and bigger. Obviously, the players of the Blues also began to feel the pressure.

But City's defence is also not paper-based.

In the past two seasons, the central defender combination of Pepe and Kompany has been the most solid central defender in the Premier League. Although Marcelo and Zabaleta are both attacking, Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball is strong, and most of the game is played. 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 thwarted, Manchester City was also patiently waiting for an opportunity.

In the 58th minute, Manchester City's midfielder chased and intercepted, and finally near the midline, he successfully stole the ball from Ramirez's feet, and David Silva quickly passed it to Su Dong.

Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, striding Meteor a few steps forward, seeing Chelsea's defense line retreating quickly, he didn't hesitate, seized the opportunity, rushed forward and shot furiously.

This long shot from a distance of 27 meters from the goal caught everyone off guard.

Chelsea goalkeeper Cech, who originally stood outside, was hit unexpectedly at this time.

Unexpectedly, although Su Dong's shooting range is far, his foot strength is very amazing. Cech failed to hit the ball with one hand. He just changed the direction of the ball slightly, but it still fell into Chelsea's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"World wave!!!!!!"

"My God, another world wave!"

"Su Dong scored twice, a very wonderful goal, 2-0!!!"

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

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

"Many people say that Guardiola is actually not good at dressing room management, but captain Su Dong is the soul of the dressing room. He has stabilized Manchester City's dressing room very well and kept the surrounding teammates together. ."

"It's very difficult for a team like Manchester City to achieve results and show cohesion, but it was Sudong and Guardiola who worked together to create an invincible team on the pitch. Manchester City."

Two to zero, the score was silent at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea fans must be unhappy, but they have to admit that for now, Manchester City's strength is indeed above Chelsea.

Not to mention the main force, even if Manchester City played in a rotation, they would not necessarily lose to Chelsea.

No way, a team with deep pockets is so capricious!

Chelsea also ravaged other teams in the Premier League in this way.

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

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

In front of the coach's bench, Boas put his hands on his waist and pursed his lips. He was obviously not satisfied with the result, but he also knew that the players had done their best.

Chelsea's squad is getting old, and the more time goes on, the worse it is for Chelsea.

The battle against Valencia in the middle of the week had a great impact on Chelsea, and the player consumption was huge, resulting in the infiltration and attack of Manchester City in this game.

In particular, their ability to pass and control the ball like mercury is really terrible, and it is impossible to prevent.

Boas also has to admit that only Barcelona and Barcelona's direct lineage can tune out such a pass-and-control system.

This is something other teams can't learn.