Chapter 225: Haliloziqi's Change of Formation

France is a romantic country, but these crazy Paris Saint-Germain fans do not seem romantic at all. When Chelsea's bus drove towards the main entrance of the stadium along the road surrounding the Parc des Princes, these fans gathered together and "sacrificed their lives" to block the blue bus with their bodies, preventing Chelsea from entering the stadium.

If it weren't for the Paris police's coordination and protection, Chelsea might never have been able to drive into the stadium. Even so, it took the bus nearly an hour to drive from the square to the main entrance of the stadium.

However, among the Chelsea players in the carriage, except for the "newbie" Thomas, the others didn't care about it at all. Wang Li, Lampard and Bridge were still pointing and talking about it in front of the window with a smile.

"The more they do this, the more they are afraid of us." Head coach Mourinho said to the players in the car with a smile: "Paris Saint-Germain's league performance this season is really bleak, so these fans don't have much confidence in this game, so they are so crazy before the game."

After Mourinho finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Wang Li without saying anything. In fact, everyone knew that the reason these fans did this was also due to Wang Li's pre-match victory speech. In the game held at their home stadium, the opponent issued a victory declaration, which obviously did not take Paris Saint-Germain seriously at all.

The fans of these European football clubs have been passed down from generation to generation. What they really fear is not a failure, but the dignity and tradition of the team. Only when the team always possesses these two things can it always create its own glory!

………After the Chelsea players changed their clothes in the away team’s locker room, they walked onto the green field under the leadership of head coach Mourinho for the final training to adapt to the field. At this time, the fans had also started to enter the field. Many fans who had just taken their seats saw the black-haired boy on the field practicing free kicks, and after several consecutive kicks were blocked, they immediately made a mocking "boo" sound.

"Alan, it seems you are not very popular!?" Thomas joked while standing in front of the door.

Wang Li smiled and said nothing. He looked around, then raised his right foot and kicked the bottom edge of the ball. With a "bang", the football flew directly into the left corner of the goal, causing the voices of the fans in the audience to pause. However, the fans who reacted booed even louder.

Wang Li smiled and raised his arms high with his little fingers in the air. This naked insult caused an uproar among the fans who had just entered the stadium, which led to another round of verbal bombardment. At this time, the fourth official who had just arrived at the stadium also came over to warn Wang Li not to provoke the fans. Faced with this, Wang Li could only touch his forehead, smile and promise that he would not do it again next time.

"Is that the one? He doesn't look very old, but he's so arrogant!" said Paris Saint-Germain's Tunisian midfielder Rages on the other side of the stadium.

Mbami looked at the black-haired boy who was joking with the fourth official and said sarcastically, "This boy really doesn't take us seriously. It seems that what the media said is right. He is really an egomaniac. It should be said that he is a clown who seeks attention."

"Don't underestimate him. In the Premier League, he is currently the top scorer and a freak who can score 10 goals in 5 games." Pauleta reminded his teammates.

In the European Cup in June, the 32-year-old Pauleta sat on the bench of the Portuguese team and witnessed Wang Li's strength with his own eyes. Moreover, in Paris Saint-Germain, he is undoubtedly the team's main striker, so he knows how terrifying it is to score ten goals in five games. If this is not realistic, he will definitely think it is nonsense when he first hears it.

"Don't worry, I will let him know how powerful I am." Mendy, who had just recovered from an injury, flashed a sly smile on his face and said affirmatively.

Seeing Mendy say this, Pauleta did not persuade him anymore. He also wanted to see how far the black-haired boy could go facing the full-court defense of French international Mendy. Moreover, even if he did not think that Mendy's defensive ability was better than Carvalho's, it was unwise to undermine his teammates' self-confidence before the game.

………The referee of this match was Nielsen from Denmark. In the 1998 World Cup, he had officiated the century-long battle between England and Argentina. In 10 minutes, he awarded a penalty to each side, and sent off the then young David Beckham at the 45th minute of the game. In the end, the England team lost 5:6 in the penalty shootout, but Nielsen was famous for his strict enforcement.

After all the fans entered the stadium, the time was already 1:20. At this time, the players of both teams were already standing in the player tunnel, ready to enter the stadium.

In the player tunnel, almost all the Paris Saint-Germain players stared at the black-haired boy in the Chelsea team who was chatting and laughing with his teammates. Perhaps they wanted to use this invisible pressure to make Wang Li nervous and affect his performance. But it was obviously useless. In his previous life in the Tianlong world, he had been facing the master-level pressure of his master Xu Zhuzi for a long time. He had long been accustomed to it, and the "oppression" of the eyes of these 10 Portuguese people was really nothing - compared to Xu Zhuzi, can their eyes really be called oppression! ?

Seeing this situation, most of the Paris Saint-Germain players were angry. They felt that they were ignored! Especially Mendy, the French international who vowed to defend Wang Li, was even more angry with Wang Li.

But now, Mendy has no time to think about anything else. Following Nelson's signal, the starting players are about to enter the field.

It is worth mentioning that when Wang Li trotted into the stadium, he was booed by more than 40,000 Paris Saint-Germain fans. To Paris fans, this black-haired boy was too arrogant, and now, almost all Paris fans are waiting for him to make a fool of himself in the game.

It is conceivable that if Wang Li did not score a goal in the game, he would definitely be ridiculed by the fans! !

At this time, Sky TV anchor, fanatical 'Aimer' Mr. Graham has begun to introduce the starting lineups of both teams: "... Chelsea lined up a 442 formation today, with Eidur Gudjohnsen and Alan Wong in the frontcourt, Lampard and Makelele sitting firmly in the midfield, Joe Cole and Damien Duff playing as left and right wingers, and the defenders are captain John Terry, Robert Huth, William Gallas and Wayne Bridge."

"Oh my God, Canelo, Geremi and Drogba are sitting on the bench, and Arjen Robben didn't even make the squad. Is Mr. Mourinho still planning to rotate today?..."

"...Okay, okay, then let's take a look at the Paris Saint-Germain lineup. Mr. Halilozi also arranged a 442 formation, with goalkeeper Letizi at No. 1, defenders Armand, Yebis, Pirfanfan, Mendy, midfielders Mbami, Kana, Pancrat, Cisse, and forwards Corydon and Pauleta."

………In the opening stage, Paris Saint-Germain adopted a conservative 442 defensive formation.

In fact, head coach Halilozic attaches great importance to this European Champions League group match. Now Paris Saint-Germain has not won a single victory in the league, which makes almost everyone very dissatisfied, so Halilozic wants to use this game to prove his ability.

Chelsea is the top-ranked team in the Premier League. Even if they beat such a team at home, it can show Halilozic's ability and give fans and club executives a little more confidence.

With this idea in mind, before the game, Halilozic studied Chelsea's recent game videos for a long time, but the more he watched, the less confident he felt. Chelsea's offensive ability is too strong. The combination of Alan Wang and Didier Drogba, in terms of offensive ability, can be said to be invincible and unstoppable!

Therefore, Mr. Halilozic arranged a conservative 442 formation for this game. You should know that in the previous games, Paris Saint-Germain has always played a 424 offensive formation.

Since the two teams did not know each other, in the opening stage, both teams tacitly did not launch a large-scale attack, but instead made a few waves of lukewarm attacks to test the opponent's defensive capabilities.

Halilozic completely handed over the task of defending Wang Li to French international defender Mendy, and the latter claimed that he wanted to prevent "that arrogant boy" from having any performance, but the current situation on the court was completely different from what Mendy expected.

Within 5 minutes of the start of the game, Mendy had been following Wang Li, but he was broken through by the latter three times in a row!

In five minutes, they were broken through three times. What's the difference between this and being left unguarded?

In fact, Wang Li was helpless against the defense of the sturdy little guy next to him. This close defense would have a great impact on his performance, making him hesitate to cooperate with his teammates, and even if he attacked, it would waste time. Moreover, if it weren't for the little guy next to him who was always in the way, the long shot just now might have scored.

However, Paris Saint-Germain head coach Halilozic would not see it that way. Seeing the black-haired boy on the field breaking through again and again, he had already cursed Mendy to death in his heart.

'Did the injury affect his condition? ' Halilozic thought hesitantly, but the game had just started and he couldn't make a substitution at this time, so he hurried to the sidelines to inform defender Edman to pay attention to the backup defense on the right side.

………Chelsea did not launch a massive attack right away, and on the field, the two teams seemed to be evenly matched.

Seeing this situation, Mr. Halilozic, who was eager to pursue victory, became anxious: Drogba did not play in Chelsea's lineup, and Mendy was guarding Wang Li throughout the court, and Arkin Robben was not included in the roster. In other words, several of the opponent's main attackers were "suppressed", so the opponent's offensive ability would definitely be greatly reduced!

If you don't show your power now, when will you?!

A 'light bulb went off' in Halilozhi's mind, he felt that the chance to score had come, and if he suddenly launched a massive attack before the opponent noticed this, he might be able to score!

So, under Mourinho's puzzled gaze, the Bosnian head coach walked directly to the sidelines and waved his hand, signaling Paris Saint-Germain to launch a massive attack! !

At this time, Mr. Haliloziki had already anticipated the next goal, and a successful smile appeared on his face...

(To be continued)