When Scolari learned about Manchester City's starting lineup for this game, he felt something was wrong.
Dick did not follow his usual practice, which was to use substitutes in the league before the start of the Champions League. In this game, he almost sent out all the main players in the starting lineup. Even the first few games were hidden and there were no players.
Kompany and Yaya Toure who played were also put into the main lineup...
Except for being rotated, all other main players will appear!
After the introduction of Benzema this season, it has become normal for Di Natale to be rotated. After all, he is already 31 years old, so it is imperative to reduce the number of appearances. This is considered normal.
Rotate.
With such a main lineup, at least seven or eight players among them were players who played the full game in the previous two national team games, but Dick still let them all play. It is obvious that Manchester City intends to play at home
The fight with Chelsea means that there is one less thing that Scolari could rely on before.
However, Scolari had no intention of holding back in this game. He also sent out all the main lineup. This season, he made Chelsea return to the old path of four, three and three. In this game, except for the knee injury,
Apart from Essien being replaced by Mikel, all other Chelsea main players also played.
Goalkeeper Cech, defenders Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho and Cole, midfielders Mikel, Lampard, Ballack, forwards Robinho, Drogba, Anelka, and Murry
Compared with Neo's four-three-three, Scolari's three forwards have better personal abilities. Robinho and Anelka are both players who can play in the middle and wide, but in the wide range of transfer and midfield
When he goes forward, he looks slightly worse. After all, neither of them is a pure winger.
In this game, Manchester City's pressure in the middle will be greater.
When the players from both sides came on the field, the Manchester City fans in the stands gave a huge cheer. This game also attracted a lot of attention. After all, in terms of value, the players from both sides are very valuable...
In Manchester City's starting lineup, except for Hart, Barnes and Parker, whose transfer value is less than 10 million pounds, the other players are worth more than 10 million pounds, and most of them are worth 20 million pounds.
With such a worth of around 150 million pounds, the entire lineup is worth a total of 150 million pounds. Chelsea is not bad either. Mikel spent more than 10 million pounds on Chelsea. Although Ballack joined for free,
His worth is actually very high. Compared with Manchester City, the lineup created by Chelsea is worth more than it is worth.
The combined worth of both parties exceeds 300 million pounds, making this game a confrontation between gold and oil. Abu is an oil tycoon, and the Abu Dhabi Group basically relies on oil. Oil is the most important modern industry.
Its influence on the football world has begun to become increasingly huge.
It's just that this confrontation between the oils seemed a bit calm at first. The two sides were more entangled in the midfield. Physically, the midfielders of both sides were very good. Although Deco was older, he
He is also a midfielder who is not afraid of confrontation. The two sides faced off back and forth in the midfield from the beginning and continued to strangle.
When playing against Chelsea, strangulation in the midfield is indispensable. Dick was also prepared for this. The two full-backs entered the midfield more to help with the confrontation. At the same time, they also marked the opponent's forward very closely.
It was not until the fifth minute that the first shot was taken on the field. Ribery moved the ball to the other side. Benzema caught the ball and forced a breakthrough to open a gap and shot. The ball was slightly
Missed the far post.
After this shot, the two sides fell into a relatively calm situation. Manchester City's offense was more concentrated on the wings, with Ribery's breakthrough driving the team's offense, while Chelsea's offense was more concentrated in the center. Button
Without playing, Manchester City's defense in the middle seemed weaker, and they took a fancy to this.
Ballack passed the ball to Anelka. Anelka did not pass the ball, but broke through from the center. His speed and skills were unquestionable. After breaking through Parker's defense, Samuel was the replacement.
Paul knocked Anelka to the ground and Chelsea won a direct free kick from the edge of the penalty area, only 21 meters away from the goal.
Lampard, Drogba and Robinho stood in front of the ball at the same time. Lampard's free kicks are famous for their power, and Drogba's current free kicks are also good. His free kicks have excellent angles and power.
And Robinho's free kick is not bad either, more deft.
Such three people stood in front of the ball, which also put huge pressure on Hart. After the referee blew the whistle to take the penalty, Robinho kicked out under the cover of Drogba.
A beautiful curve ball, the ball bypassed the wall and flew into the Manchester City gate against the right post. Although Hart made a save, facing such a free kick, Hart could not convert it.
Throw the ball out!
"The ball went in! Beautiful free kick! This season's top scorer Robinho scored in his first appearance for Chelsea, and it was in such a key game! This free kick is indeed wonderful, theory
Chelsea are leading away from home!"
Young Robinho has a happy smile on his face. After transferring to Real Madrid, Sanchez's genius did not perform very well. Although his results were good, he has not been able to integrate into the entire team.
During this period, there was also a fight with Gravesson on the training ground. Although it ended with Gravesson being sold back to Everton, this also caused Robinho to be subject to some controversy, and this summer's transfer
It was a soap opera. In addition to Chelsea, Tottenham were also pursuing Robinho. Robinho definitely wanted to go to Chelsea. However, Tottenham offered more money at the time. In the end, it was Chelsea boss Abramovich who made the decision.
, introduced Robinho at a high price of 32 million pounds, which also made Robinho surpass Alves, who is worth 30 million pounds, and became the top transfer bid in the Premier League this season.
He joined Chelsea on the last day before the transfer window closed. This game was his first appearance for Chelsea and he scored a goal for Chelsea. This performance can indeed be regarded as a good start.
Facing the situation of falling behind at the beginning, Dick did not show much emotion. In such a game, it is normal to concede the ball first. It was just a free kick. Chelsea was not so invulnerable. In the previous back-and-forth, Manchester City
We have also started to create some opportunities. Next, we just need to see if we can seize the opportunities.
The period after the opponent scores first will give you an opportunity to score. As long as you seize it, it will be fine.
After the restart, Manchester City launched another attack under Dick's command. Under Deco's pass, they began to pass more back and forth to create opportunities, while Chelsea began to hold on to their own half, intending to
Manchester City got through this period of fierce attack.
Although in terms of the overall team formation, Scolari still had some problems adapting to the club's methods, which was the biggest reason why he resigned after one year of coaching. However, in terms of directing a single game, he was still very good.
, after all, he has rich experience in the national team and has dealt with various opponents. He also has a good understanding of Dick's idea of seizing this period of time. He has resisted this period of attack and continued.
The game will reach a deadlock again, and Chelsea, who are in the lead, will be able to play more calmly...
A few minutes passed quickly, and under Chelsea's solid defense, Manchester City did not get many scoring opportunities.
Just when Scolari was satisfied, Yaya Toure passed the ball to Ribery, who then forced a breakthrough on the left and his cross bounced off the blocking Bosingwa.
Bottom line, corner kick.
Dick waved his hand off the court, and then Manchester City players began to pour into Chelsea's penalty area in large numbers. Two centers, Yaya Toure in the midfield, and Kompany and Samuel in the defense.
you……
Seeing this, Scolari was startled at first, and then he was relieved - it was just a corner kick. Chelsea's defensive ability for high-altitude balls is also very good. Not to mention the two central defenders, Mikel and Ballack also have it.
With his outstanding height and jumping, Chelsea is not very afraid of corner kicks.
However, Chelsea lost the ball on this set piece - Deco took a corner kick, Kompany beat Carvalho from the back point and headed the goal, but Cole, who was guarding the goal, blocked it with his body.
The ball landed right in front of Samuel in the penalty area. The Argentinian defender immediately took off the ball and scored the ball into Chelsea's goal!
One to one! Also relying on a set kick, Manchester City equalized the score five minutes after conceding the ball!
Dick waved his fist with satisfaction. In such a game, it is often easier to form a stalemate in the first half. Being able to score goals through set kicks is already a good choice. Now that they have conceded the ball, the defense is definitely not as good as before.
The game is tight, and at this point is the real competition to score goals!
Scolari, no matter how rich your experience is, it is only at the national team level. You have been coaching the national team before the 2002 World Cup. The experience of the national team and the club cannot coexist to a large extent. Now I
Let me show you what the top club coaches are like!
After seeing the goal conceded, Scolari waved his hand in annoyance. He had just thought that Chelsea would be good at defending high-altitude balls, but in the end, Manchester City still seized the opportunity. This made Scolari very upset.
Annoyed.
"Attack! Keep putting pressure on them!" Scolari roared towards the court. Since Manchester City can seize Chelsea's mistake after taking the lead and equalize the score, then his team can also seize the opponent's goal.
After that, his mentality changed and he scored again!
"Start blocking them from the midfield and tell Leighton and Daniel to be careful with their two wingers and don't let them break into the penalty area and force them to cut inside to reduce the threat posed by their midfielders coming forward. Do you understand?
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Dick called Deco on the sidelines and said a few words to him. Deco nodded and quickly conveyed Dick's consciousness to all the players on the court.
Chelsea's lineup is actually very good, but one problem is that Robinho and Anelka are not the kind of players who are willing to stay on the wing. This will definitely squeeze Lampard and Anelka.
If Ballack's forward space can be grasped, the defense will naturally become easier - in fact, in Dick's view, when Drogba has just recovered from injury, Malouda is sent to
Anelka pushed to the center and was better tactically...
