The Champions League final of the 2003-04 season has finally begun.
Porto took the lead.
Su Yun knows Porto very well.
Porto is a dark horse. When the Champions League knockout round just started, Porto was one of the teams that Su Yun despised the most. But now Porto has entered the Champions League final. If Su Yun still underestimates Porto at this time, then he is being careless.
Already.
The success of any dark horse is definitely not accidental. They must have the strength.
Therefore, Su Yun spent more than half a month before the game studying Porto.
The key figures in Porto are carefully analyzed.
There is only one most important player in this Porto team.
Deco.
This is a Brazilian player. But he just changed his nationality and became a Portuguese player.
This is a very outstanding player.
He is an active player with excellent skills and first-class passing vision. In the current Porto, Deco is not only very strong in attacking from behind, but he is also very good in passing.
He is the core of Porto's frontcourt.
Of course, his playing style is too simple and completely different from traditional Brazilian players. Therefore, the Brazilian national team does not like him at all. But the Portuguese head coach Felipe Scolari did take a fancy to him and recruited him.
Among the Portuguese national team.
Deco has been waiting for the call from the Brazilian national team, but he has never been able to wait.
In order to play in the World Cup, he chose the Portuguese national team.
This is the tragedy of Brazilian players. There are too many good players in Brazil. Therefore, it is too difficult to enter the Brazilian national team. There are many such players in Brazil.
They are the dominant force in the European leagues.
But he failed to receive the call-up to the national team.
Deco is just one of them.
Su Yun also deployed his own tactics according to Porto's situation.
Su Yun believes that as long as he goes step by step and uses his own strength to win Porto, there will be no problem.
But after the game started, it was a little different from what Su Yun imagined. Different from Porto's usual style of play, Porto retreated across the board in the finals.
Just like those weak teams.
The game is to retreat and defend.
Mourinho doesn't care at all about other people's opinions.
He asked Porto's players to compress the space and not give Chelsea's offensive players any chance.
Mourinho had a cool smile on his face and looked at Su Yun next to him. As a young coach, Mourinho was not afraid of Su Yun at all.
Su Yun analyzed Porto, and Mourinho also analyzed Chelsea. If Su Yun only started analyzing Porto after solving Monaco, then Mourinho started analyzing Chelsea a month ago.
Because he had long judged that Chelsea would be able to defeat Monaco and enter the Champions League final.
So he analyzed Chelsea early.
Same as Suyund playing Monaco.
Mourinho knows the characteristics of Chelsea's players very well.
He is a very careful coach. A coach who pays great attention to details.
He won't miss any little detail.
He watched every Chelsea game this season just to find Chelsea's weaknesses. His attentiveness was clearly demonstrated in the game.
Chelsea's wingers were unable to penetrate.
When targeting Joaquin, Mendes and Valente flanked each other. Mourinho had targeted arrangements for many of Joaquin's breakthroughs and passes.
It's completely based on Joaquin's style of play.
Joaquin technology excels.
Although Mendes and Valente were attacking each other, there was still a chance.
But Valente's defensive idea is very simple.
He catches the big ones and lets the small ones go.
Don't let Joaquin break into the penalty area. Because entering the penalty area, he has more choices. Passing and shooting can allow Joaquin to do whatever he wants. The danger will also increase. So he just defends the inside line.
Don't let Joaquin rush in.
Moreover, Porto recycles and there is not much room for Joaquín to break through.
As for Joaquin's cross, Valente will let it go if he really can't defend it.
Cross?
Porto was not afraid of Joaquín's cross at all.
Facing Porto, Joaquin's cross was of little use. Porto's two central defenders are very good. Veteran Coster has a good sense of position and is very experienced.
As a member of Portugal's golden generation, his defensive ability is second to none among Portuguese defenders.
Young center back Carvalho is even more outstanding.
Although he is young, his frontal defensive ability and high-altitude ball ability are outstanding. The tacit cooperation between the two is also an important factor in their ability to enter the Champions League final.
Eto'o played very awkwardly.
Eto'o's biggest characteristic is that he is fast. He is very fast. This is his biggest strength. Because of his explosive power and fast speed, he can also use his speed in a small space.
Eto'o's speed also makes him a very outstanding forward in European football.
Another characteristic is his flexibility. He has speed, body is flexible, and his shooting skills are excellent, which is why Eto'o is now.
But he also has weaknesses.
His biggest weakness is his size. His header is average.
Another weakness is his poor ability to grab points.
He is not the kind of forward who fights in the penalty area and then grabs points. Therefore, Joaquin's cross is of no use to Eto'o. After the cross comes, it is pushed out by Porto's central defender.
Eto'o has no chance at all.
The same goes for the left wing.
Ferreira was not polite at all when facing Duff.
Maniche also returned to the back to help defend.
The most annoying thing is that Deko retreated to help defend. He was close to Rosicky, which made Rosicky very uncomfortable.
The game reached a deadlock.
Su Yun really frowned.
"Su, they know our players very well."
Clark also noticed the current impasse on the field. He turned his head and whispered.
Su Yun nodded.
Su Yunyu looked at Mourinho, who was standing there coolly with his hands on his hips. This is not a simple coach. No wonder he has been able to suddenly rise in European football in the past two years.
Led Porto to create such amazing results.
It's really not simple.
"He understands the characteristics of our players. We analyze Porto, and Mourinho is not idle either."
Su Yun said seriously.
That's true.
The current playing style of Porto players is completely aimed at Chelsea players.
Everyone is the same.
Su Yun goes to learn about Porto. Mourinho is also studying Chelsea.
Su Yun is thinking about how to break through Porto's defense, while Mourinho is thinking about how to defend Chelsea's offense. Judging from the current situation, Mourinho is temporarily in the lead.
In other words, his idea came true.
Chelsea's attack can't break through Porto at the moment.
"The game has reached a stalemate. Mourinho seems to want to defend, but it is understandable. After all, Porto is weaker than Chelsea in terms of strength. And Chelsea's offense is currently unable to create a threat at all."
Andy Gray looked at the situation on the field and shook his head.
"Well, several of Chelsea's offensive players are completely frozen now. Joaquin, Duff, and Eto'o don't have very good opportunities in the frontcourt. Porto understands their characteristics very well, and their defense is very targeted.
xing.”
Martin Taylor analyzes from a technical perspective.
Su Yun felt a little anxious.
But there was no trace of anxiety on his face.
Because Su Yun doesn't want the players to see his anxiety. Once the current Chelsea players become anxious, Su Yun knows that Mourinho's next move is waiting for Chelsea.
Look at that McCarthy.
Although he was retreating to interfere, his position always kept a distance from Williams intentionally or unintentionally. The same was true for Deco. Although he was defending Rosicky, it was only within a certain range.
Deco's position did not drop much further.
Su Yun knew that once Chelsea pressed forward and there was a slight gap behind them, Deco would pass a fatal threat. And the fast McCarthy would not let go of this counterattack opportunity.
Therefore, Su Yun cannot make Chelsea players anxious.
Don't blindly press the whole line.
Su Yun is thinking about Mourinho.
This coach is a flexible coach. When playing against Manchester United, you can see his arrogance. When defeating Deportivo, you can see Mourinho's decisiveness.
Today's game against Chelsea allowed Su Yun to understand another characteristic of Mourinho.
pragmatic.
This is not a retreat coach.
In the Champions League final, Mourinho adopted such a conservative style of play. Even two forwards, McCarthy and Alberto, dropped back to interfere with Williams' pass.
Of course, Su Yun was considering Mourinho's thoughts for this game.
What on earth does he want to do?
Should we hold on to the end? Or defend and counterattack? Or should we maintain our strength and then suddenly press forward in the final stage?
Su Yun couldn't guess.
But for Su Yun, Mourinho's idea was of no use. Su Yun stepped forward and pressed down with both hands to calm down the players.
calm.
The current situation makes Chelsea players very anxious.
Because it was different from what they thought before the game.
Joaquin and Eto'o are both very awkward.
Playing football is awkward.
Because they feel that every step they take is planned by the other party. They feel very depressed.
right.
It's just depressing.
They were all a little anxious.
But Su Yun stood up and asked the players to calm down at this time. Su Yun could not make Chelsea players impatient. Facing a pragmatic coach like Mourinho, as long as he showed a little impatience, problems might arise.
Kick slowly.
Seeing Su Yun's gesture, the Chelsea players slowly calmed down.
Mourinho glanced at Su Yun.
Shake his head.
Because the game is all under Mourinho's control. His idea is very simple. Show weakness first. Mourinho has a lot of knowledge about the characteristics of Chelsea players and can defend accordingly.
As long as the Chelsea players are a little impetuous.
Then comes Porto's opportunity.
Porto will have a chance to counterattack.
This was Mourinho's idea. But as soon as a Chelsea player showed signs of being anxious, Su Yun put it out.
Chelsea did not press forward regardless.
Cut off Mourinho's thoughts.
Both of them know their opponents so well and truly know themselves and the enemy.
