In the Chairman's Stand at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea owner Abramovich and a group of core senior executives were sitting in the administrative area. When they saw Drogba's header score the Napoli goal, they all cheered with excitement.
Even Abramovich couldn't help but stand up and applaud the players in the stadium, especially Drogba.
"What a beautiful entrance!" Abramovich shouted loudly.
Look at him, he looks just like the other Chelsea fans around him.
After he finally regained his composure, he sat down and smiled at the old man sitting next to him, who had white hair parted sideways and wore gold-rimmed glasses: "Piette, your analysis really didn't make any sense at all.
Wrong, we really scored first."
Although the old man's face was full of grooves, he was in good spirits and his laughter was lively. "Hiddink's coaching is very flexible, but it is based on his very good understanding of the players. He can always clearly understand
Find the team’s strongest point, and then build the team’s tactics around the strongest point.”
Abramovich nodded repeatedly when he heard this, just like the physical fitness of the Korean national team and Russia's Arshavin.
Right now, Chelsea's strongest point is Drogba.
"He is one of the best coaches in world football today." The old man was also full of praise for Hiddink.
Abramovich kept nodding, having no doubts about what the old man said.
The old man's name is Piet Devize, and he is well-known in Dutch football circles.
Speaking of Devize's coaching ability, he is actually not that good, and he has not even achieved very good results in his coaching career. The only thing that is still often talked about by the media is that he coached Guerra in the early 1970s.
Sharpe.
At that time, Grafschap had a young midfielder named Guus Hiddink.
Starting in 1993, Devize moved behind the scenes and began to serve as the chief scout at PSV.
Romario, Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy...
During the most glorious period of Eindhoven's history, Devize was almost always working behind the scenes to find talents for the team. This earned Devize great respect, and he also received courtesy from Abramovich.
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In 2005, Abramovich cooperated with PSV and hired Devize to Chelsea as a special advisor to the president, helping Chelsea build the team's youth training, establish a scouting network, and search for talents.
Hiddink would get to know Abramovich and be able to coach the Russian national team and Chelsea, which was Devize's suggestion.
Devize even suggested that Chelsea recruit sporting director Frank Arnesen from Tottenham Hotspur, his old partner at PSV.
For several years, Abramovich had followed his advisor's advice and trusted him deeply.
Facts have also proven that the wise man at Stamford Bridge is basically right.
Just like tonight, he concluded early that Chelsea could score the first goal.
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The game restarts.
Although Chelsea led by one goal, they still continued to organize attacks.
Naples barely stabilized the situation, and under the guidance of advanced arrangements, they patiently consolidated their defense and were not in a hurry to attack.
In fact, Naples has not even had a shot on goal so far.
This surprised Devize.
"The young man from Naples is not easy either. He can keep his composure at critical moments. He should be patient and defensive now and then counterattack in the second half." Devize guessed.
"When our physical energy is almost exhausted?" Abramovich asked.
Devize nodded, "With the team's current style of play, our physical fitness will be a big problem in the second half."
"What should we do?" Abramovich was a little anxious.
Devizer shook his head, "There is no way, we can't slow down. If we slow down, Naples will counterattack. This young man is only twenty-eight years old, but he is very ruthless and decisive in his military use, and he is also very experienced in dealing with it. It's really not like that."
He is a young man."
Abramovich was quite surprised. He did not expect that Devizer would have such a high opinion of Gao Shen, which really impressed him.
"Is there no other way?" Abramovich asked.
"During the winter break, I told you to introduce an excellent winger and strengthen the team's wings appropriately, but you didn't listen. As a result, now, Hiddink really has no one to replace. The best
The way is to strive for more goals while in good physical condition."
This is actually the strategy adopted by Hiddink now.
He almost made the team attack like crazy, just to score more goals.
But Gao Shen retreated very decisively and blocked Chelsea's offensive pressure in time.
Devizer saw that Abramovich was silent, glanced at the Russian, and then said: "You don't have to worry, Hiddink must be aware of the dangers in the second half, so he must be prepared in advance."
Having said this, Devizer showed a hint of smile.
What he likes most is to see the battle of wits and courage between the coaches of both sides in this kind of game.
"Hiddink bet on Drogba to score, and now it has been proven that he was right; in the second half, Naples will bet on counterattack to score. It depends on whether Hiddink can come up with an effective response strategy. He is also very good at defending.
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After a pause, he added: "If we can score one more goal, the situation will be much better."
This should also be Hiddink's idea.
So on the court, Chelsea organized their offense crazily to suppress Naples.
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Another set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt.
Or Chelsea's right wing, Napoli's left wing.
Vargas committed a foul while defending Kalou.
Lampard stood in front of the penalty area, and all the high points were pressed into the Naples penalty area.
In the stands of the stadium, Chelsea fans had just tasted the sweetness and were cheering hoarsely to cheer for the team.
David Luiz is in the penalty area and his job is Drogba.
Just now, he was thrown away by the Ivorian, mainly because he was blocked by other Chelsea players.
He won't be fooled this time!
Lampard quickly took a free kick, but this time he did not go for Drogba, but wanted to go for the forward point.
Napoli's deep-lying midfielder Thiago Motta got stuck in his position first and headed the ball out.
But someone else was ahead, so the header didn't fly very far.
David Luiz looked at the path of the ball, then looked at Ballack near the penalty area line, and thought of Drogba behind him. He immediately gave up marking Drogba and rushed forward quickly.
The Brazilian central defender was tall, long-legged and fast. He rushed in front of Ballack in one stride and jumped high into the air.
The German midfielder is nearly 1.9 meters tall and is also good at heading the ball, but he was still a little surprised when David Luiz suddenly jumped over him. The Brazilian center back took the opportunity and headed the ball away.
If it were normal times, after David Luiz landed, he would definitely have to observe again.
But tonight, his mind kept echoing the words the head coach told him before the game, asking him to suppress his personality and restrain his habits...
As soon as he landed, he immediately turned around and walked back, running towards Drogba again.
This is his mission tonight!
At this moment, David Luiz's header just cleared the ball and fell to the outside. However, it was still under the control of the Chelsea players and passed to Kalou's feet. The latter turned around and got rid of it and sent a through ball.
By the time David Luiz realized the danger, Drogba had already started.
Almost instantly, the Brazilian central defender followed suit almost reflexively, chasing Kalou's pass with the fastest speed and explosiveness.
Just when Drogba had just caught up with the pass and was not offside, and was about to hit the goal, David Luiz suddenly came out from behind and made a tackle directly to the ground.
Drogba's shot hit the leg of David Luiz and bounced high.
Handanovic decisively abandoned the goal and grabbed the ball from mid-air before Drogba.
The whole audience let out a cry of regret.
If only David Luiz had been slower, this ball would have been there!
The Brazilian central defender grabbed Bonucci's hand and got up from the ground.
"Cheer up, everyone, we must hold on, the boss is watching from the side!" David Luiz shouted.
After hearing this, the Naples players all looked to the sidelines.
In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen applauded David Luiz's tackle and also gave encouragement to the team.
"Come on! Keep up the good work! I believe you can do it!"
Naples players all nodded.
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Sixteen minutes later!
After Gao Shen finished shouting to the players and saw the game restarting, he turned around and walked back.
Carlo handed him a bottle of water, and he drank it.
"Lorenzo, how long do you think Chelsea can last this time?" Gao Shen asked.
Buenaventura thought about it for a moment, then thought about the last game he saw against Aston Villa, "It didn't last more than twenty minutes, and they were very exhausted in the last game."
Sometimes, the head coach can change a lot of things, but sometimes he can't change too much.
Just like Hiddink now, he cannot give Chelsea players sufficient physical fitness and young bodies in a short period of time, and even the lineup he currently has is not generous.
Pintus's guess was similar to Buenaventura's, that it would not take more than twenty minutes.
Of course, this does not mean that Chelsea will not be able to attack after twenty minutes.
But Chelsea needs to allocate physical energy reasonably, because there are still 90 minutes in the game.
If the attack lasts too long and the team consumes too much, they will lose their physical fitness early in the second half, which will be very fatal at that time.
Therefore, Hiddink will definitely consider the actual situation of the team reasonably.
They all guessed that Chelsea would slow down within twenty minutes.
Only then will Naples' defense be truly stable.
Gao Shen knew what was happening, turned around and walked back, continuing to stand on the sidelines directing the game.
He is very confident in his team, and he also knows that Drogba's goal is crucial to Chelsea.
Hiddink will not attack for too long because he will not let Gao Shen play the entire second half.
Even, to a certain extent, scoring only one goal is not beneficial to Chelsea.
Only by holding on to this one-goal lead can Chelsea gain the advantage.
But Gao Shen has always bet his chips on the second half.
