Green Journey

Chapter 412 Learn from Mourinho!
In the 63rd minute of the game, there was a dead ball on the field, and Conte replaced Pedro with William.

So in the next game, Chelsea, who received Conte's new tactical instructions, took the initiative to shrink and began to play defensive counterattack tactics.

Conte's choice was very unexpected. No one knew what Conte wanted to change his tactics at this time.

Chelsea fans were also a little dissatisfied, they took the initiative to fight back even though they were behind. In their opinion, Conte didn't want to win.

But soon they figured it out.

In the next few minutes, the precarious Chelsea goal on the field quickly stabilized.

Seeing that the situation has changed, Conte in the coaching area on the sidelines immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Conte let the team take the initiative to shrink and kick the defensive counterattack that was rated as outdated by the media. He hoped to use the compact formation to restrain Manchester City's offensive and find opportunities to attack Manchester City through counterattacks.

Although he has never played against Guardiola, Conte did a lot of homework before the game.

Through the research on Guardiola, Conte is very clear that Guardiola's team has a natural and strong desire to control the ball since he coached.

Therefore, even if Manchester City takes the lead, Guardiola will never let his team shrink the defense.

Therefore, there is a high probability that his defensive counterattack tactics can be implemented smoothly.

And his replacement of Pedro with William is a key adjustment, and he has two intentions.

One is that William's ability to hold the ball is stronger and can become another counterattack point for Chelsea on the right.

The other is that William can become a counterattack point to share the pressure on Hazard.

Since Manchester City's main attack on the right, Hazard can be said to have completely lost his vitality and was suppressed too badly.

So someone must share the pressure on Hazard.

Once Hazard rejuvenates, maybe something will be gained.

But whether William can fulfill his request, Conte is not too sure now.

No matter how good a player is, it depends on his state, as does Messi and Ronaldo.

As the game time passed, Conte soon received the results of his changed tactical strategy.

In the 68th minute of the game, it was Chu Zheng again, who dribbled the ball along his right rib and hit the front of Chelsea's penalty area.

But Kanter was really difficult, harassing Chu Zheng on the right side.

Dribbling the ball to the front of the right rib area at the top of the arc, Chu Zheng saw David Luiz and Cahill slowed down and stopped. Parallel, without offside, Chu Zheng, who was running, suddenly made a risky pass.

He succeeded.

The ball quickly jumped between David Luiz and Cahill in front of him, impartially.

At the same time, Aguero picked up the speed and went straight to the bottom line on the right side of the small penalty area.

But Azpilicueta also saw through the cooperation between Chu Zheng and Aguero, and quickly followed.

In a blink of an eye, Aguero was blocked on the bottom line, and was forced by Azpilicueta to take out of the penalty area to the right, and then passed back to De Bruyne on the right side of the upper right corner of the penalty area.

De Bruyne took the ball and saw Chu Zheng in the front of the penalty area raising his hand for the ball, he immediately wanted to pass it.

But Hazard in the upper right corner of the penalty area quickly approached, reducing the space for him to take the ball.

Realizing that he had no chance to get the ball, De Bruyne quickly made a diagonal pass to Fernandinho, who was at the front of the right rib area at the top of the arc.

Seeing that Hazard turned around, Fernandinho quickly adjusted his footsteps in advance, and met the ball with his right foot directly at a 45-degree diagonal pass.

But after all, it was a bit hasty. The ball failed to find Sane in front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area due to lack of strength, and let Moses on the inside take off and push the ball to the front of the left rib at the top of the arc.

William let the ball turn around, stepped on his feet, and started to speed up along his right rib.

In terms of speed, although William is also a fast horse in the Premier League, his speed is very limited.

Sane started and accelerated extremely fast, chasing behind William along the right rib, quickly shortening the distance between them.

In a blink of an eye, Manchester City circled the right rib in the middle of the half, William was bitten by Sane, and Fernandinho on his left also leaned over.

At this moment, William knew that he could not continue to lead, so he made a sudden cross to the left.

Hazard did not stop the ball at the front of the arc in the middle, but started the moment with his right foot behind him to lead forward. He even stopped and dropped Otamendi in front of him, and then went from left to right to the top of the arc. area rushed.

Crossing the penalty area line from the left side of the top area of ​​the arc, Hazard scored to the left.

In the area in front of the upper corner on the left side of the small penalty area, Costa was in position, carrying Stones who moved laterally from the right, and shot directly into the close corner with his left foot.

Duang!

Bravo, who was close to the goal post, missed the ball, but the ball hit the post and bounced to the right of Manchester City outside the penalty area.

On the sidelines, Conte jumped angrily.

Although he was very sorry, this kind of counterattack was what he wanted to see.This is his real intention to replace William.

Beside, Guardiola was also taken aback.

But that's about it.

For Conte's defensive counterattack tactics, Guardiola did not take it seriously.

The man who made him afraid of the defensive counterattack tactic was next door.

Guardiola believes that as long as they score another goal, they can kill the suspense of the game and dispel the unyielding spirit of Chelsea players.

But Guardiola soon knew he had underestimated Conte.

On the field, Kolarov followed up horizontally along the bottom line.

But after taking the ball to the wing, it was blocked by Alonso.

Seeing that Chelsea's high frontcourt pressing was formed again, Kolarov did not panic. He glanced at the frontcourt and saw Aguero in the right rib area of ​​​​the front center circle activated. He quickly made a long pass.

But it is a pity that Chelsea was prepared again. The three defenders of David Luiz were in an inverted triangle position. David Luiz, who was delayed, quickly started to go straight to the landing point, stuck Aguero behind him, and directly passed back to the penalty area. Courtois's right rib transfer.

Azpilicueta took the ball from the right rib to the right rib of the center circle, and then crossed Fabregas to the left.

After Fabregas took the ball, he quickly looked forward, then lowered his head and suddenly threw a long pass.

At the moment of passing the ball, Costa and Cesc Fabregas, who were ambushing Manchester City's defense in the frontcourt, formed an excellent passing and running tacit understanding.

On the penalty area line on the left rib at the top of the arc, Costa turned to the right, facing the top of the arc, with Otamendi in front of him.

Facing the incoming ball, Costa jumped up slightly, hit it with his chest, and the ball fell forward behind Otamendi.

Immediately after, Costa forced a squeeze and got the ball again.

Otamendi followed up horizontally on the inside and grabbed the first time, but he just didn't touch Costa, and Costa stabbed the ball away first.

Costa has a nickname in world football, the Spanish Beast Front, referring to his beast-like body.

And Otamendi didn't grab the ball, but he was hit and his center of gravity leaned to the left.

Costa took the opportunity to follow up and hit the close corner with his right foot.

In front of the right goal, Bravo was helpless in the face of such a close-range explosion.

Although Bravo made a save, the ball flew into the goal from between her and the goal post, and the net behind the goal shook violently.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Diego Costa!!!!"

"At 69 minutes and 39 seconds of the game, Chelsea equalized the score!"

"No.11 Premier League goals this season!!!"

"2-2!"

"The suspense is back!"

Hearing Zhan Jun's extraordinarily excited voice, Zhang Lu laughed and said: "Kofa's death line, maybe this is the real reason why Conte has kept Cesc Fabregas on the court, and this is what he wants to wait for. "

On the sidelines, when Conte witnessed the goal, he clenched his fists and roared.

Behind the Manchester City goal, there happened to be a Chelsea fan in the stands.

Witnessing Costa's goal, the stands were filled with excitement, and the fans stood on each other's shoulders and jumped for joy in the stands.

At this moment, Guardiola finally understood that Conte, who took the initiative to shrink the formation, didn't even think about defending, but was still thinking about the 3 points.

After Chelsea took the initiative to shrink the formation and played defensive counterattack tactics, Cesc Fabregas moved back a little.

Conte deliberately arranged this at the risk of the midfielder being pierced, in order to fully utilize the Spanish midfielder's offensive talent.

The late Fabregas means that Chelsea's offensive starting point has moved back. Fabregas's precise long pass can quickly bypass the siege of Manchester City's midfield when Chelsea switches from defense to offense, and directly find the striker trio Singled out their defense line is not stable.

Costa's goal just now has completely exposed Conte's tactical intentions.

In addition, there is one more person.

That is David Luiz, who is very easy to overlook. This guy's shots are also terrible.

Therefore, with the addition of Louis, Chelsea has strong concealment and suddenness when attacking with the ball.

With a good idea, Guardiola instantly realized that he had underestimated Conte.

But it was too late at this time, although it was not too late to mend a dead sheep, but he was not a sheep herder.

This is the Premier League!

One goal is enough to change the situation on the field.

Guardiola can almost guess the next situation, and Chelsea will definitely take advantage of the situation.

If the players on their field can't support Chelsea's offensive in the next period of time, then they will be hanging.

On the field, Chu Zheng was also very surprised by Fabregas's assist.

too suddenly!

The concealment is too strong!

Who would have thought that Fabregas, who had disappeared for nearly seven and 10 minutes, would have such a strong sense of presence when he appeared.

At the scene, Chu Zheng knew why Wenger valued Cesc Fabregas so much back then, and even wanted to build a youth army with him as the core of the team.

This is indeed a genius.

The accuracy of this kind of long pass really surprised Chu Zheng. This kind of point-to-point super accurate long pass is not guaranteed by Chu Zheng every time.

Ugh!
Chu Zheng sighed, and he knew that Aguero and De Bruyne would suffer retribution for wasting opportunities repeatedly.

However, Chu Zheng never expected that Chelsea's efficiency would be so terrifying.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Kanter ran back along his right rib, successfully intercepted Kolarov's cross pass to Chu Zheng, and then used the instep of his right foot to make a homeopathic call to Cesc Fabregas who was on the right.

Fabregas took two steps forward, and before Fernandinho came over, he quickly scored the ball to the left front side and his own side.

On the left side of the middle circle, Hazard took advantage of the situation and strode the ball, and rushed straight up again.

In an instant, Chelsea counterattacked again.

Dribbling the ball into the 30-meter left rib area, Hazard glanced at Otamendi and Stones who retreated in parallel on the front right side, and then kicked the ball with his left foot without saying a word, and crossed the top of the arc to the right rib area.

The ball flew through the air and went straight to the right side of the penalty spot and then hit William.

Facing the ball bouncing off the ground, William glanced at Fernandinho on the left who was running from the middle of the penalty area. He kept the ball sideways and raised his right foot to volley directly.

"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing the ball flying out of the crossbar in the upper right corner of the goal, all the Manchester City fans at the scene were frightened.

"Tsk tsk! Look at the efficiency of this counterattack!!" Zhan Jun was speechless in the live broadcast room.

"Flying with both wings, the wing is going to play a whirlwind, a bit of Mourinho's shadow!" Zhang Lu also expressed admiration.

"Learn from Mourinho!" Zhan Junpi said.

"Haha!!" Zhang Lu was overjoyed, "It really looks like Mourinho's style."

"Conte put William on and directly revitalized Chelsea. Now William not only shared Hazard's pressure, but also successfully established a very efficient counterattack point on Chelsea's right."

After saying that, Zhang Lu shook his head. He felt that Guardiola should adjust.

Faced with Chelsea's efficient counterattack, it is really difficult for Manchester City's three defenders to withstand it.

Especially now that Manchester City is still pressing on the onslaught, so Manchester City's defense is even more dangerous.

On the sidelines, Guardiola also had a headache at this time.

Because it is a bit difficult to limit Chelsea's counterattack.

The smartest thing about Conte is that he hid Fabregas, the offensive engine, in the backcourt.

In this way, it is difficult for Chu Zheng, Gundogan, and Fernandinho to defend against him.

People don't come up at all, how can you cut off the source of the opponent's attack.

"Pep, change! The defense needs to be solid, and we can't continue playing like this!" Assistant coach Torrent walked over from the coach's bench.

"Wait!" Guardiola looked at the field and said without looking back.

After Torrent was rejected, he walked back to the coach's bench with some helplessness.

He knows Guardiola very well. As an old friend, he is good everywhere, but sometimes he is inexplicably stubborn and doesn't listen to persuasion, which makes people helpless.

"Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Torrent was walking towards the coach's bench, but suddenly there was a sudden violent sound at the scene.

Suddenly Torrent was startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the field.

On the field, Chelsea once again played a sharp attack.

This time it's positional warfare.

It was William again.

After taking the ball, William rushed down the right side of the penalty area, and then crossed the middle of the penalty area in an attempt to cause confusion.

But the ball bounced off Stones' shoulder and bounced back.

In front of the upper left corner of the small penalty area, the unmarked Alonso raised his foot and hit.

The ball slammed into the outside of the near-point post and bounced off the baseline.

Then, as time passed, the morale of Chelsea, who equalized the score, reached its peak, and they used counterattacks to beat Manchester City into a dilemma.

Follow Guardiola's tactical requirements to press the offense, and Chelsea will counterattack and directly penetrate the defense.

Don't go up, although the defense can be more stable, but how can we win the game, and Chelsea's positional battle is not bad.

Chu Zheng was also very busy during this time, going up and down for a while, learning from Kanter, running all over the field to intercept and steal.

But you can hide from the first day of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day.

(End of this chapter)