Chapter 489 Trouble (asking for monthly ticket)

The opening game was very exciting. Real Madrid and Chelsea each attacked once and almost broke the opponent's goal. However, the important thing is that neither team was able to score a goal, and they were still on the same starting line.

However, as the game progressed, Chelsea became passive.

This is not related to strength or performance, but perhaps also has a lot to do with tactics.

Mourinho has always attached great importance to defense, and he is even less likely to use offensive tactics in the game against Real Madrid and at the Bernabeu. Chelsea now is not the Chelsea with Wang Li last season. Just as the media commented, Chelsea's offensive ability has not only dropped a level.

However, their opponent, Real Madrid, has Wang Li. The offensive capabilities of the two teams are very different, so Mourinho insists on using defensive tactics.

It has to be said that Chelsea's defensive lineup is indeed strong. Not counting the four defenders in the backcourt, the three defensive midfielders Lampard, Essien and Makelele are all very good defensive players. With such a defensive lineup, ordinary teams will lose hope of scoring goals.

As the game time passed, the effect of this formation was not shown, but the defensive tactics had already surfaced.

Chelsea's opening attack was probably just to scare Real Madrid. Afterwards, they turned to all-out offense and defense. As the line moved backwards, the game became dominated by Real Madrid's offense, while Chelsea began to play defensive counterattacks.

For this kind of game situation, whether it is reporters and media, commentators from various TV stations, or the head coaches of the two teams playing on the field, they are all mentally prepared. The styles of the two teams are there. If Chelsea wants to win at the Bernabeu Stadium, then they must defend, while Real Madrid must attack.

Of course, this kind of defense does not mean only defense. Chelsea's counterattack is also very effective, especially the wingers Robben and Duff.

On the left, Robben repeatedly threatened Real Madrid's half with his speed, while Duff played the role of Lampard by cooperating with his teammates, that is, in the counterattack on the right, he played the role of the team's offensive commander.

The performance of these two players made Chelsea's counterattack full of threats, and Drogba in the middle also continued to get opportunities.

Chelsea once again demonstrated their attacking tactics of flying on both wings. The English-style attack is simple and direct, but full of efficiency.

But all in all, Real Madrid's offense on the field remains the theme.

In this game, Carlo still used the traditional 442 formation. The four players in the backcourt were Roberto Carlos, captain Pavon, young players Ramos and Cicinho. The two superstars David Beckham and Zidane were still firmly in the midfield. Baptista and Raul also came on the court. In this game, Carlo put Raul in the middle. Although his position was a midfielder, it was similar to that of a striker. It should be said that he played the role of a shadow striker. The two forwards were Wang Li and Robinho.

After so many rounds of games, the partnership of Wang Li and Robinho has proved to be the most efficient, while Ronaldo has become increasingly marginalized. The world's top star has been on the downhill road of his career.

However, Carlo still put Ronaldo on the bench. At the critical moment, Ronaldo is likely to become a fire-fighting member. His experience and awareness are by no means comparable to Robinho.

Another Real Madrid attack.

After the team's captain Pavon got the ball in the backcourt, he passed the ball several times with his teammates and finally passed the ball to David Beckham.

Seeing Beckham get the ball, Drogba in the midfield ran up with his mouth wide open and a silly smile on his face. His expression was very honest, but his feet were not honest at all. He jogged while paying attention to Beckham's movements, as if he was ready to rush forward to compete at any time.

However, Beckham did not give Drogba a chance to grab the ball. He cooperated with Zidane and passed the ball across the center line to Baptista.

As a traditional Brazilian player, Baptista has strong dribbling ability and high shooting efficiency, but the competition for the forward position in the team is too fierce, and coach Carlo can only position him as a midfielder. Fortunately, Baptista's personal qualities are very comprehensive, and he can also play well in the midfield. After a few months in Real Madrid, Baptista is now about to get a starting position.

This time, after receiving the pass from Beckham, Baptista first looked up at the front court, and without stopping the ball, he pushed the ball to the empty spot at the front of the penalty area. There was indeed no one there, but this was a pass to give other players a chance. Chelsea's defenders could see at a glance that this was not a mistake, so the players nearby rushed to clear the ball, but it was obviously too late.

Robinho had appeared in front of the ball. He made a shooting motion, and then kicked the ball to the left.

Baptista received the ball again. This time, he suddenly broke out and moved forward from the left. Terry hurried to follow, but Baptista still overtook him by a body length. After having the opportunity, Baptista raised his foot and shot.

Unfortunately, the ball was saved by Thomas with a side dive, causing a sound of disappointment throughout the Bernabeu Stadium.

Real Madrid got a corner kick, but this time it still ended in failure as the ball was headed out of the penalty area by Carvalho.

Then, after Chelsea's counterattack was ineffective, Real Madrid attacked again.

The initiator of this attack was Zidane in the middle. After he crossed the center line with the ball, he pushed the ball to the right, where Beckham was. Beckham got the ball and passed it directly to Wang Li.

At this time, Wang Li was closely watched by Chelsea's Makelele. In order to ensure the safety of the ball, he ran towards the football for a few steps before he got the pass steadily.

After getting the ball, Wang Li dribbled the ball three times in a row before avoiding Makelele's interception, but he was still stuck by the latter. In desperation, Wang Li passed the ball forward and then followed, only getting two steps away from Makelele, but at this time, Essien blocked him in front.

During the warm-up training before the game, Wang Li had seen this black guy, who was with Lampard. However, Wang Li did not know him and did not know his abilities. So while running, Wang Li used the "shadowless kick", with his feet continuously pedaling on the ball. The football was hidden under his legs, and even his shadow could not be found.

Faced with this kind of dribbling method, Essien was simply dumbfounded. Even though his teammates reminded him before the game that this black-haired boy was very good at dribbling, it was hard to imagine that a bicycle could be pedaled like this without actually experiencing it.

But he was not in a hurry, because Makelele was following behind Wang Li. All he needed to do was stick to Wang Li, slow down his dribbling speed and protect Chelsea's backcourt.

He succeeded.

After Wang Li used the shadowless kick, his speed obviously slowed down, and the black guy in front of him seemed unmoved, so a moment later, Makelele chased him from behind, and saw that Essien and Makelele were about to close the door on him.

In desperation, Wang used his right foot to pull the ball to the left, and then moved his body sideways, out of the double-team range, and kicked the ball to Raul next to him.

Raul got the ball and passed it to Beckham who passed it to Robinho.

Robinho played quite steadily in this game. Although he did not have any outstanding performance in the past, as a striker, at least he performed very well in terms of cooperation and passing the ball. He almost became an indispensable part of Real Madrid's offense.

After getting the ball, Robinho dribbled past Chelsea captain John Terry and kicked the ball to the left.

On the left side of the penalty area, it was still Baptista. In the game just past, the performance of this young Brazilian player was undoubtedly the best. After receiving the ball, he dribbled directly, shook off Paulo Ferreira, got the chance, and shot again.

Thomas, who reacted very quickly, caught the football with both hands.

Robinho followed up with a shot, but unfortunately due to the interference of Carlo Ancelotti, the ball went out of the goal from the side of the post, causing the whole audience to lament again.

It's such a pity that the ball didn't go in after two shots.

"Robinho's shot flew past the post, what a pity. Real Madrid's attack was very exciting during this period, they might have been just one goal away..."

After several similar attacks, all the Real Madrid fans in the stadium discovered a problem, that is, it seemed difficult to find the black-haired boy in the team's attack.

Real Madrid played very well in these attacks, but among the attackers, the black-haired boy appeared very rarely, and even when he appeared, he was not the main figure in the attack. From the start to now, except for the first long shot, they only saw the black-haired boy dribbling a few times, which was really confusing.

In fact, Wang Li was in trouble.

He found that he rarely got the ball, and every time he got the ball, his position was very bad. To be precise, every time he got the ball, Chelsea's defensive players were around him, and although he could dribble past two or three players, it was difficult for him to shake them off near the penalty area, and he had no space to shoot.

This made him very depressed. It seemed that Chelsea had developed some tactics to defend him, but in such a short period of time, it was difficult for him to understand Chelsea's defensive style, but this defense had a great impact on his performance.

Seeing the ball go out of the sideline again, Wang Li touched his head helplessly, thinking about his own problems.

In fact, Mourinho did arrange a tactic to defend Wang Li. It was impossible for him not to arrange this, as it would basically be the same as giving up the game.

After the Champions League draw, Mourinho began to constantly let the back players practice the tactics of defending Wang Li. In normal times, Mourinho rarely thinks of defensive strategies for a player, but facing Real Madrid and Wang Li, he had to think of tactics.

After a long period of research, and with his understanding of Wang Li, Mourinho found that a single defensive tactic, or finding someone to defend Wang Li closely, was really difficult to limit his performance. At this time, he felt the depression of Wenger and Ferguson, but there was no way, he had to find a better way.

Thus, this defensive tactic came into being.

In response to Wang Li's defense, Mourinho finally decided to use a method of overlapping multiple defensive methods---

On the one hand, Wang Li's route to the ball was blocked, so that he could get the ball as little as possible, so that his threat would be much smaller. Whenever Real Madrid players got the ball, they would find a Chelsea player between themselves and Wang Li, so the number of balls passed to Wang Li would inevitably be much less.

On the other hand, let the players defend him closely, try to reduce the steals, and defend closely to constantly compress his shooting and passing space in order to limit his performance. Of the two, limiting Wang Li's shooting is the most important. Mourinho knows Wang Li's shooting accuracy very well. If he doesn't try to limit this, it will be really difficult to defend the goal.

Finally, there must be a highly capable defensive player to follow Wang Li and prevent him from dribbling the ball or shooting easily. This player is Makelele.

Using these three aspects together minimizes the number of times Wang Li gets the ball, and when he gets the ball, it is difficult for him to find any opportunities. With Makelele, Essien and Ricardo Carvalho double-teaming him, it is really not easy for Wang Li to find any opportunities.

From the beginning of the game to now, Wang Li's performance has proved the success of Mourinho's tactics.

Seeing Wang Li's helpless expression, Mourinho, who was sitting on the bench, also showed a smug smile on his face. This was not to add insult to injury for Wang Li's misfortune, but to express his joy at the success of his own tactics.

The defense against Wang Li has now become an international issue, and many coaches are studying this issue.

The game on the field has proved that Mourinho was successful at least during this period. In the first 20 minutes of the game, Chelsea's defensive tactics were successful. In these 20 minutes, Wang Li only had 2 shots. In addition to the one at the beginning of the game, the other shot was just a long shot after forcing out of position. It did not pose any threat to Chelsea's goal, but gave Chelsea a good counterattack opportunity.

As long as the game continues like this, by the time the game is over, the black-haired boy will most likely be restricted and unable to perform at all.

"He's just a player after all."

Mourinho thought smugly, he was still furious about the argument between the two before the game.

As a head coach, it is a bit unbelievable to formulate defensive tactics specifically for an opposing player, but Mourinho is still very proud of his current success. At least no team can defend Wang Li.

However, defending Wang Li does not mean that Chelsea has the advantage.

Real Madrid has more than just Wang Li. The other players' attacks are still going smoothly, threatening Chelsea's defense time and time again. Although Wang Li did not perform well, he himself involved two or even three Chelsea players. In this situation, Real Madrid was about to score.

However, without Wang Li's performance, Chelsea players were full of fighting spirit because they saw hope of victory.

As long as there is no player like Wang Li who can almost be described as defying the heavens, Chelsea feels that the team has a chance of winning even if they play with 10 against 11 players.