Chapter 393 Arrangement

After Joe Cole scored the second goal, Chelsea players consciously stepped up their offensive, hoping to take the opportunity to score another goal, but Mourinho asked the team to continue to maintain a defensive formation and not give the opponent any chances.

Although the desire to score a goal is very strong, the team has now scored two away goals. Mourinho also knows the principle of stopping while he is ahead. He can still score a goal in the second half, but Chelsea has already gained the advantage and there is no need to fight for more advantages. If Bayern is provoked, perhaps they will burst out with strong offensive ability and score a goal. Mourinho still hopes to ensure "stability", he cares more about this.

Therefore, we should stabilize our defense during this period, maintain our advantage, and continue to look for scoring opportunities in the second half.

After Bayern lost the ball, they were really anxious. This was the Olympic Park Stadium, but the game seemed to be completely turned upside down. Under the gaze of so many fans, Chelsea took the lead in the first half, and the second goal was an own goal, which made them feel very humiliated.

Although there was not much time left in the first half, they still wanted to get a ball back to restore balance for the team.

Wang Li still insisted on attacking from the right. He found that Hargreaves' defensive ability along the way was too poor, and Bayern's defense on the wing seemed to be not very adequate. At least until now, he had made so many consecutive breakthroughs without encountering anyone to provide backup.

Before Bayern realizes this, they must make better use of this opportunity.

Unfortunately, Wang Li didn't find any good opportunities until the end of the first half. Although Chelsea failed to score, Bayern didn't score either. Their reckless attack didn't have much structure, and Chelsea defended easily.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was still 1:2, with Chelsea leading by one goal away from home.

…………The Chelsea players who returned to the locker room from the stadium were in a relaxed and happy mood. They were leading Bayern away from home and there was no pressure at all.

Although according to this situation, Bayern will definitely launch a fierce attack in the second half to regain the score, but at least they are leading now, and even if Bayern scores a goal and the score becomes 2:2, they still have a psychological advantage: this is an away game, the team has scored two away goals, and the score is a draw, so they can win more easily when they return to Stamford Bridge.

These made the Chelsea players feel relaxed. The teammates discussed the first half of the game with each other. Hargreaves, who was fooled by Wang Li several times, became the protagonist of the topic. Several England players kept mocking and gloating.

The players on the football field may seem gentle, but in fact they are all bad boys who are eager to create chaos in the world.

On the contrary, the atmosphere in Bayern Munich's home team locker room was much more depressing.

It should be said that it is a combination of silence and irritability... This is mainly because the head coach Felix Magath is furious:

"Look at what you have done? Look at the score now. People would think we are at Stamford Bridge! If the score ends like this, I think we should just surrender. We have already lost without even having to play."

"Owen? Look at you, you're such a loser! Idiot!"

Matega turned around and saw Hargreaves with his head down. He cursed without thinking: "How did you defend? You let him break through so easily? How many times? Do you need me to count for you? Are you a professional player? I don't know how you got into Bayern!"

Matja felt very happy cursing, but he didn't know that although he seemed to be silent and repentant, he was actually cursing Hargreaves in his heart, "Go and try it yourself if you have the ability. That black-haired boy is simply a monster!"

Of course, he only dared to think about this in his mind. However, he now wanted the head coach to replace him. He didn't want to be abused on the court anymore. That would be very embarrassing. It would be better to be replaced.

But Magath didn't know what the players were thinking. He just continued to scold the players one by one: Ze Robert, Lizarazu, R. Kovac, Guerrero, Frings, and Lucio who scored an own goal were all called out one by one. Magath didn't care about his position in the players' hearts. In his opinion, he has now taken root in Bayern. Even if the players are dissatisfied with him, he will not be dismissed. Therefore, he doesn't need to consider what the players think. Leading the team to good results is everything.

This season, Magath's performance was pretty good. Bayern won the league title without any pressure and also won the cup. Now the only thing left is the Champions League trophy, and they also reached the semi-finals this season.

This result is brilliant.

After scolding many players, Magath began to adjust the tactics and give some suggestions to the players' performance.

Lucio and R. Kovac switched positions and were mainly responsible for defending the right side, which was of course to prevent Wang Li's attack. In the last stage of the first half, Wang Li frequently launched attacks on the right side, which had long been seen by these players, not to mention the coach Magath.

He also arranged midfielder Frings to mark Wang Li. In the first half, Frings did not have any outstanding performance, so it was a good idea to use him for defense.

"When defending, we must pay more attention to backup defense, and at the same time be careful not to stand too far forward in the back line. The opponent has a lot of fast players, and if they are offside, it is almost equivalent to giving the opponent a goal." Magath added.

After watching the first half of the game, the players who had some understanding of Wang Li's personal abilities nodded in understanding.

Magath felt that Bayern played well in the first half and Chelsea's defense was strong, which he also admitted. The team was able to score first, which showed that at least the offensive players performed well, especially Ballack and Hargreaves. However, in the latter part of the game, the players were stunned by Chelsea's sharp counterattacks, which gave Chelsea the opportunity to score two goals in a row.

Ultimately, defense must be done well, and now the question seems to have returned to the topic of the media before the game - how to effectively suppress the performance of the opponent's No. 21 black-haired boy Allen Wang.

Even though he had just reprimanded the players, Magath was no fool. He certainly knew that the black-haired boy on the other side was not easy to defend. One of the reasons why Hargreaves performed so poorly was that his defensive ability was not good to begin with, but more importantly, the breakthrough of the black-haired boy was indeed difficult to defend. At least in the first half, even Lucio couldn't steal his ball.

"Frings, in the second half you have to follow Owen at all times and be ready to support him! Lucio, you also have to pay more attention to the right side. Oh no, pay more attention to the opponent's No. 21. You must not let him dribble the ball too casually." Magath gritted his teeth and ordered.

Frings and Lucio nodded.

After talking about defense, Magath started talking about the team's offense. He felt that the reason for the unfavorable offense in the second half of the first half was the lack of coordination among the players, that is, there were some problems with their positioning.

This refers to the young player Guerrero, but Ballack, who was running all over the field, also had this problem. Once he entered the game state, he seldom considered tactical issues and always rushed forward recklessly, but this disrupted the running of others.

But Magath would not say anything about Ballack, so Guerrero became the target and he spit at the latter.

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Remember, this is the Olympic Stadium, our territory! Don't let those Londoners get too arrogant, especially the number 21, otherwise the fans won't be satisfied."

At the end, Magath said something to encourage morale.

………In the Chelsea dressing room, Mourinho praised the team's performance in the first half.

Playing away from home and facing the fierce Bayern, the team took the lead. The Portuguese will not be stingy with praise and will say what needs to be said.

For example, Ricardo Carvalho.

In the league games against AC Milan, Manchester United and several other teams, Mourinho began to be dissatisfied with the performance of his disciple in Porto. Perhaps due to the influence of injury, Carvalho's performance in recent times is very different from that at the beginning of the season.

Carvalho also has to take a lot of responsibility for Bayern's goal as he did not defend well.

In the attack, Carvalho, who is good at heading, has rarely appeared in the frontcourt recently, which shows that he is not very proactive. Mourinho didn't care about this, but when he saw Carvalho's poor performance, this became a reason lingering in his mind.

As a result, Carvalho was severely reprimanded, which made him lose face in front of his teammates.

Unfortunately, Mourinho is an "authoritarian" and his authority in the locker room is unquestionable. In the second half, Mourinho let Carvalho go off the field and replaced him with Scott Parker to play as a defensive midfielder.

Substituting a midfielder for a defender does not mean that Chelsea has changed its formation to strengthen its offense, it is just a small-scale adjustment. Scott Parker is good at defense and also performs well in offense. When defending, he can play as a central defender, and in offense, he can pass the ball and support teammates. As for 442 or 351, there is actually not much difference. It mainly depends on the players' on-the-spot performance and running positions. The general tactics have not changed.

Wang Li watched Mourinho assigning tasks to each teammate bit by bit. He felt bored, but he wanted the game to start as soon as possible.

The Portuguese rarely assigned him any tasks. His task was to score goals, which was very simple.

As for how to score goals, Wang Li knows that he can only rely on himself. His abilities are too comprehensive, and the head coach's arrangement of plays can only limit his performance. Everything still depends on himself.

He needs to consider all the issues such as how to play in the second half, where to launch the attack, how to break through Bayern's defense, etc. As the offensive core of the team, he must do these in order to lead the team to victory.

The relationship between playing style and strength is very close. The main reason why Mourinho did not give him offensive guidance is that Bayern will definitely make defensive arrangements against him. If the offense is all limited to one area, then it will be easy for the opponent to defend, and the threat will be much smaller.

He needs to be free to play.

As for how to perform, everything depends on the form of the game and the opponent's playing style.

Of course, there is also his own on-the-spot response.

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(To be continued)