Many people say that Manchester City now is like Chelsea a few years ago.
This actually overestimates Manchester City and underestimates Chelsea.
Before the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, Manchester City was a subpar team in the Premier League. Even after rushing back to the Premier League after all the hardships, Manchester City still played the role of a soft persimmon, which is why Manchester United ignored it so much.
This [noisy neighbor] makes the Manchester Derby useless.
But Chelsea are clearly different.
Before Abramovich took over, Chelsea was already a top-ranked team in the Premier League, a bit like Tottenham Hotspur now, always stuck on the edge of the Champions League, just for a short while.
More importantly, Chelsea has had a very clear set of business ideas for a long time.
Many people only remember that Arsene Wenger landed at Arsenal in 1996, but what they don’t know is that one year earlier, in 1995, Gullit, one of the three Dutch Musketeers, became a free agent.
Moved to Chelsea, and in 1996, he replaced Glenn Howard and coached Chelsea as a player and head coach.
Also in 1996, Italian striker Vialli moved from Juventus to Chelsea for US$10 million. Two years later, in 1998, when Gullit resigned as Chelsea coach, Vialli
As a player and head coach, continue to lead the team forward.
From Gullit to Vialli, Chelsea has always been at the forefront of the European continentalization movement in the Premier League and has tasted the benefits of it. Therefore, after Vialli dismissed get out of class, Chelsea continued to adhere to this route and invited tinkerers. Ranieri came to coach.
This time Ranieri stayed at Chelsea for a full four years. It was not until Abramovich took over that he invested huge sums of money. Chelsea's overall strength was completely transformed. Ranieri was 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 have been at the forefront of the European continental trend in the Premier League for many years, laying a solid foundation for the complete transformation during Mourinho's coaching period.
Foundation.
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.
Chelsea has transformed from a strong team into a tenacious iron-blooded army.
Perhaps Mourinho failed to lead Chelsea to win the Champions League, but during the years he coached, Chelsea was the iron team that no one in European football wanted to encounter. This in itself is enough to prove the success of Mourinho's coaching.
success.
Even many professionals believe that Mourinho made a mistake coaching Barcelona.
Barcelona is a technical school, which is inconsistent with Mourinho's philosophy from beginning to end. More importantly, Barcelona's group of technical geniuses have no way to play what Mourinho wants as he requires.
That kind of strength.
Mourinho's success in Barcelona is the success of Barcelona football, but his success in Chelsea is Mourinho's success. Even now, with repeated changes of head coaches, this Chelsea team still has not been able to clean up.
He lost the mark left by Mourinho on his body.
Villas-Boas lost the central axis of Drogba, Lampard and Terry and immediately became unable to play. In the end, he had to put Drogba and Terry in the position again and was forced to compromise. This is enough to show that
question.
In fact, Villas-Boas was not wrong, so he was recognized by Chelsea management.
These veterans are getting older and it’s time to retire.
Chelsea cannot rely on this group of veterans forever, nor can the veterans occupy Chelsea's main position forever.
But it is obvious that, for the time being, Chelsea still cannot completely break away from the framework created over the past decade or so, which has penetrated deeply into Chelsea players and into all aspects of the team.
Manchester City coach Guardiola said before the game that it is very important to score first against Chelsea because of his understanding of Chelsea. Only by scoring first can Chelsea be forced to press out.
If Chelsea scores the first goal, the Blues will begin to enter their most familiar defensive counterattack tactics.
But no one expected that Manchester City would score a goal as soon as the game started.
This not only confused Chelsea, but even Manchester City themselves were a little uncomfortable with it, so that in the few minutes after the goal, both teams played in a bit of chaos.
Manchester City doesn't even know, should they continue to attack?
Or should we slow down the pace appropriately, maintain possession of the ball, and let Chelsea press out?
Guardiola on the sidelines and captain Su Dong on the court quickly realized the team's problems. They both stepped forward, stabilized the team's position, continued to attack for a while, then slowed down the pace and patiently controlled the ball.
, let Chelsea press it out.
Chelsea did not rush out blindly, they are also a very experienced team.
After losing the ball, they adjusted until the 25th minute before Chelsea seized a wave of opportunities and played a high-scoring game.
First, from 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 gain another shot in the penalty area.
A chance to kick, but this time it went slightly wide.
After Chelsea attacked for a while, they also slowed down the pace appropriately.
Unexpectedly, in the 34th minute, Chelsea suddenly launched another quick counterattack.
Busquets' pass in the midfield was intercepted. Sturridge went straight behind Marcelo and used his speed to break through Manchester City's defense. He avoided Drogba at the front point and passed the ball to the unguarded goalkeeper.
Later point.
Courtois reacted quickly, ran quickly, abandoned the goal and attacked Meireles. He got ahead of Meireles and hit the ball out of the penalty area with one hand, causing him to collide with Meireles.
The ball was kicked out of bounds by Toni Kroos, and Manchester City defused a very dangerous attack.
Courtois's defense even won a lot of applause from Stamford Bridge, but he himself was seriously injured and was carried to the sidelines by the team doctor for treatment. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured and 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 through passing penetration. Chelsea patiently defended and waited for opportunities to counterattack, but neither side was able to create another threat.
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After changing sides in the second half, Chelsea launched a wave of fast-paced attacks as soon as the whistle blew. At the same time, the actions on hand began to become bigger and bigger. Obviously, the Blues players also began to feel the pressure.
But Manchester City's defense is also not papery.
In the past two seasons, the central defender combination of Pepe and Kompany has always been the strongest central defender partner in the Premier League. Although Marcelo and Zabaleta are both offensive, Manchester City's passing and ball control ability is strong, and most of the game
Time is controlled by 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 an opportunity.
In the 58th minute, the Manchester City midfielder chased and intercepted, and finally successfully stole the ball from Ramirez near the center line. David Silva quickly passed it to Sudong.
Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, striding forward a few steps. Seeing Chelsea's defense retreating rapidly, he didn't hesitate, saw the opportunity, rushed forward, and fired furiously.
This long-range shot was a full 27 meters away from the goal, catching everyone off guard.
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, who was originally standing outside, was unexpectedly beaten at this time. He kept retreating, and finally jumped high and tried to lift the ball over the crossbar.
Unexpectedly, although Su Dong's shooting range was long, his foot power was amazing. Cech was unable to hit the ball with one hand. He only slightly changed the direction of the ball, but it still fell into Chelsea's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
"WORLD WAVE!!!!!!"
"Oh my God, another world wave!"
"Su Dong scored twice, a very exciting goal, 2-0!!!"
Su Dong frantically rushed to the sidelines and ran around the field. He was stopped by Guardiola in the visiting team's coaching bench. The two hugged tightly on the sidelines, while other Manchester City players also caught up and stood in a row.
A bunch.
"Manchester City are really united and have left a huge impression on us."
"Many people say that Guardiola is actually not good at locker room management. On the contrary, captain Su Dong is the soul of the locker room. He stabilizes the Manchester City locker room very well and unites the surrounding teammates closely.
."
"It is very difficult for a fledgling team like Manchester City to achieve results and create cohesion, but it was the joint efforts of Sudong and Guardiola who together created an invincible team on the court.
Manchester City.”
Two to zero, this score made the Stamford Bridge stadium fall into silence.
Chelsea fans will definitely be unhappy, but they have to admit that for now, Manchester City's strength is indeed better than Chelsea's.
Let alone sending out all the main players, even if Manchester City plays with a rotating lineup, they may not lose to Chelsea.
There is no way, a team with deep pockets is so willful!
Back then, Chelsea had ravaged other teams in the Premier League in this way. Things have changed, and now it is their turn to be ravaged by Manchester City.
In the final analysis, it is still the power of capital.
The difference is that Manchester City has a superstar like Su Dong, which makes Manchester City's rise faster, more rapid, and more unstoppable than Chelsea back then.
In front of the home team's coaching bench, Villas-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 tried their best.
Chelsea's lineup is old, and the longer time passes, the worse it will be for Chelsea.
The midweek clash with Valencia had a great impact on Chelsea, as the players were consumed a lot. As a result, in this game, they were never able to stop Manchester City's penetration and attack.
Especially their ability to pass and control the ball like mercury falling to the ground is really terrifying and impossible to guard against.
Villas-Boas also had to admit that only Barcelona and Barcelona, who are directly related to each other, can develop such a passing and controlling system.
