Chapter 366: Leading at the start, Lin Huang's lightning goal!

The match between Manchester City and Chelsea attracted a large number of news media to report. The pre-match press conference was crowded with reporters from all over Europe, and even from Asia and North America.

Thanks to the inherent advantages of English, it is more convenient and easier for the Premier League to promote events than the other four major leagues.

Without translation or retelling, a large amount of local British reports and commentaries can be read and watched by fans all over the world.

It is obviously difficult for other leagues to do this. After all, there are many people who can speak English, but relatively few people who can speak Spanish, German, French and Italian.

It is also because of this that in the Internet age, the overseas attention to the Premier League has increased dramatically. Every year, the Premier League championship competition not only touches the hearts of tens of millions of local Premier League fans, but also the hearts of hundreds of millions of overseas viewers.

"Coach Mourinho, I'm a reporter from the Guardian. I want to ask you, you criticized Manchester City before, saying that Manchester City could lose to a team like Middlesbrough and it was impossible for them to beat the powerful Chelsea. So what do you think of your own team losing to a League One team in the FA Cup?"

The questions asked by the Guardian reporter made Mourinho feel very embarrassed.

Two weeks ago, when Manchester City lost to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, Mourinho mercilessly criticized Manchester City and Guardiola, saying that Guardiola couldn't even handle a Championship team, which was obviously exaggerated.

In other words, Guardiola's coaching style is not suitable for the Premier League at all.

However, something embarrassing happened.

Just the day after Mourinho made the harsh words, his Chelsea lost 2:4 to Bradford in the FA Cup.

Bradford is not even a Championship team, just a third-tier League One team.

Chelsea, a Premier League giant, was beaten to the ground by a third-tier team and scored 4 goals. Isn't this more embarrassing than Manchester City losing to Middlesbrough? The Guardian reporter's question was very sharp. Mourinho's face changed immediately after hearing the question.

"My team is the leader of the Premier League and we are on the right track, but people who don't see this always try to criticize us for some minor shortcomings and try to deny everything we do!"

"I want to tell them that I have led two teams to win the Champions League and four teams to win the league championship. I don't need you journalists to judge my ability!"

After saying this, Mourinho turned away and no longer accepted any further interviews.

There was a burst of boos from the scene, and the reporters were obviously very unhappy with Mourinho's behavior.

But they have known Mourinho for a long time. This guy has always been like this.

Maybe he is in the locker room right now, using the outside world's criticism and questioning of him to instill in the players that the whole world denies them, targets them, and makes them into victims!

After Mourinho left, everyone looked at Guardiola.

Guardiola's temper was much better. Apart from refusing to directly comment on Mourinho, he answered reporters' questions patiently.

When the reporter asked about Lin Quan, Guardiola's eyes were as gentle as water: "For me, Lin Quan means everything!"

The reporter from Mundo Deportivo asked inappropriately: "What about Messi?"

Guardiola's expression suddenly turned into Yao Ming's embarrassing face...

…

During the pre-match warm-up session, Manchester City's players were in a very relaxed state, chatting and laughing as they performed various warm-up exercises on the field.

After Lin Quan and De Bruyne completed a set of warm-up exercises including side slides, cross steps and small steps, they stopped and looked at the court.

"There seems to be someone holding a banner with your name over there. Is that to welcome you?"

De Bruyne is a former Chelsea player and this is his first return to Stamford Bridge since moving to Manchester City.

"Is there?"

Hearing Lin Quan's words, De Bruyne subconsciously looked in the direction he pointed.

Then I saw a banner: Chelsea traitors get out of Stamford Bridge!

De Bruyne's face turned dark in an instant!

Damn it, I shouldn’t have believed this guy’s lies, he is really lying.

De Bruyne wanted to catch Lin Quan for revenge, but Lin Quan had anticipated this. As soon as De Bruyne stretched out his hand, he ran away with a smile.

"Haha, I read it wrong, I was talking about the other one, look, it's over there!"

"Do you think I will still believe your lies?"

De Bruyne waved his fist, as if to help him loosen up the skin.

Seeing the players so relaxed, Guardiola also felt relieved.

Stamford Bridge is a devil's home ground and this game will be difficult to play.

Coupled with the outside hype and Mourinho's psychological warfare, what he was most worried about before the game was that the players would be under too much psychological pressure, which would in turn affect their game state.

It now appears that such worries were unnecessary.

In this game, Guardiola did not make any changes, but instead deployed his troops according to the formation and playing style that Manchester City players were most familiar with.

Although he had a lot of ideas in his mind, Guardiola still had to suppress his eagerness in such a crucial game.

Everything will be discussed after the game! However, although he cannot make things happen, it does not mean that Guardiola cannot instill his ideas into the players.

There are many different opinions on the division of football fields, including the three offensive and defensive zones in the horizontal direction and the five side, rib and middle zones in the vertical direction.

In addition, in recent years, the football world has further divided the areas of the stadium.

This is the famous 18th area of ​​the court! According to the theory of the division of 18 areas, the most critical thing in the offense is the use of the golden 14th area.

In defense, the most important thing is to protect the 5th zone.

However, Guardiola has a different opinion. He feels that such a division is still not detailed enough.

If he were asked to divide the stadium, Guardiola would divide it into 20 areas.

Among these 20 areas, excluding the 12 areas on the sides, the 8 areas in the middle will be divided into 2 horizontal areas and 6 vertical areas.

The two horizontal zones include two goals and the penalty area, and the six vertical zones use the center line as the axis of symmetry.

Guardiola believes that how to analyze and make good use of the space on the field and to attack and defend in a more scientific and reasonable way is the direction in which modern football is developing.

He believes that many people will study this work in the future.

It’s just that everyone’s understanding and ideas are different. Whoever can understand more deeply and make better use of the court space will have the upper hand in the future.

This task obviously cannot be completed in a short period of time. Guardiola now only has a preliminary idea in his mind. It will probably take time to gradually perfect this idea into specific tactics.

Taking this opportunity, in the second half of the season, he can gradually test his tactics in some less crucial games to verify his theory.

With Lin Quan backing him up, there's a high chance that his experiments won't go wrong...right?

…

At 7 p.m. on February 1, Stamford Bridge was brightly lit and the stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, was packed.

With the referee's whistle, the focus battle of the 23rd round of the Premier League officially began.

In this game, both teams used a 4231 formation, and it was obvious that both teams had ideas about the game.

After the kick-off, Chelsea players quickly crossed the half court and rushed towards Manchester City's half.

They seemed to want to take advantage of their home field to get a head start and catch Manchester City off guard.

However, to their disappointment, Manchester City had been prepared for this, and the players in the frontcourt immediately pressed the person with the ball, making it difficult for Chelsea to speed up their attack.

Once they fail to pass the ball in the first place, once the defensive players are in position, the Chelsea players rushing up from behind will lose the chance to receive the ball.

On the sidelines, Mourinho couldn't help but frown.

Guardiola's lineup was a bit beyond his expectations.

It would have been fine if Manchester City had arranged Fernandinho to start, but they actually kept Kroos on the bench and put Fernando in the starting lineup.

Are you not going to fight a positional war?

Without Kroos' passing and organization, Manchester City's attack can only rely on the coordination and cooperation of the frontcourt players.

The lack of transition in the midfield means that the opponent can only use speed to launch a quick counterattack, passing the ball directly to the front court without going through the midfield.

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But the problem is that Manchester City doesn't have a center forward who can hold his position and hold the ball! How will Guardiola's attack proceed?

Mourinho shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Guardiola is mentally ill, God knows what he is thinking.

Instead of wasting time and energy trying to figure out the other side's ideas, it is better to spend energy on how to improve the team's offensive efficiency.

Yes, Mourinho is aiming to get all three points in this game!

If Chelsea can beat Manchester City at home, their chances of winning the championship this year will be very optimistic.

In the box of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea owner Abramovich stared at the stadium with a serious expression.

Last season's failure to win any of the four major titles made him somewhat dissatisfied with Mourinho, and because of the club manager issue, his relationship with Mourinho became very strained.

If Mourinho can lead the team to win enough honors, then Abramovich may be able to tolerate his misbehavior.

But unfortunately, Chelsea failed to achieve anything on all fronts last year, especially being defeated by Basel at home and away in the Champions League, and being eliminated by Guardiola's Bayern, which made Abramovich feel very upset.

After winning the Premier League title, Abramovich's attention to the league has declined a lot. What he cares most about now is Chelsea's performance in the Champions League.

However, since winning the Champions League title, the Blues' record in the Champions League has been simply terrible in the past two years.

This is obviously not worthy of their status as a top club, so Abramovich hopes Mourinho can lead the team to a breakthrough in the Champions League.

Even if they cannot win the Champions League again, they should at least lead the team to the semi-finals or even the final to prove their strength.

It’s a pity that Mourinho can’t even do this little thing.

This almost exhausted Abu's patience.

If Chelsea fails to win any competitions again this season, he might fire the madman again and drive him out of Chelsea.

Moreover, after driving the madman away this time, Abramovich will no longer have any thoughts about him and will not allow the madman to return to Stamford Bridge.

"Mourinho, I hope you can seize the opportunity I give you and don't let me down!"

Looking at the madman standing on the sidelines with his suit open and his hands on his hips, Abu muttered to himself.

After Chelsea's initial attack failed to produce results, the game quickly entered Manchester City's turn.

In the 7th minute of the first half, Manchester City completed a steal in the frontcourt.

After Navas got the ball, he was blocked by Hazard and chose to pass it to Lin Quan.

Oscar and Matic almost predicted the other's choice, and double-teamed Lin Quan from the front and the back.

If Lin Quan took the ball, he would most likely be intercepted by the opponent. Once the ball stopped, this quick counterattack would fail.

However, Lin Quan did not stop the ball, but passed it directly to Navas who successfully broke through.

After completing the pass, Navas did not think that Lin Quan would pass the ball to him. He was just running forward according to the offensive tactics arranged by the coach.

Hazard next to him thought the same, so after seeing Navas continue to go down the bottom, he handed the opponent to Chelsea's left-back Azpilicueta, asking him to defend Navas.

He rushed to the middle of the court, wanting to launch a counterattack as soon as his teammates intercepted the ball.

Hazard's choice did not seem to be wrong, as Navas had already left his defensive area.

As a winger, he couldn't possibly follow the opponent to retreat to the end line, right? However, Hazard didn't seem to notice that Chelsea's defensive midfielder Matic had already rushed to steal the ball and had not yet returned to his defensive position.

Before Lin Quan passed the ball and Chelsea's full-back intercepted it, there was a momentary defensive gap in front of Chelsea's penalty area.

Navas keenly captured this gap. Instead of taking the ball to the baseline, he chose to cut inside at the first opportunity.

“Stop him!”

Matic, who was returning to defense, anxiously shouted to his teammates, but without him shouting, Ramirez and captain Terry had already noticed the danger.

The two rushed towards Navas who was holding the ball, trying to stop Manchester City's attack at the front of the penalty area.

Navas did not have the dribbling skills as good as Lin Quan. Seeing two opposing defensive players rushing towards him, he did not dare to dribble any further and quickly passed the ball to his own forward Aguero.

Chelsea's other central defender Zouma got stuck in defensive position, preventing Aguero from turning around.

Aguero didn't dare to stop the ball, and passed it back to Lin Quan who was following up.

Under the interference of Ramirez, Lin Quan completed a powerful long shot from the top of the penalty area.

With a loud bang, Courtois failed to touch the ball, but the football hit the crossbar.

However, unlike what was expected, the football did not bounce out, but bounced along the lower edge of the crossbar into the goal line, bounced on the grass inside the goal line, and then stopped after hitting the net.

This loud noise was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of Chelsea fans hard, causing their hearts to stop! Now it was only 7 minutes since the start of the game!

In just 7 minutes, the Blues fell behind at home?

This is too fast!

There was silence at Stamford Bridge, and countless Chelsea fans found it difficult to accept the result.

They clenched their fists and looked at the No. 10 player running and celebrating on the court with hatred! It was this guy again!

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(End of this chapter)