Football’s First Defender

In the end, Chelsea won the final victory of the red and blue war with a score of 3 to 0. After this round of the game, due to one less match, Chelsea scored 18 points behind Manchester United with 19 points and stood firmly in second place. .

However, as for the pre-match schedule of the five major leagues this year, due to the World Cup qualifiers, multiple international match days will be interspersed in the early period of the league to affect the state of the club team. Chelsea soldiers who have just finished a strong showdown After the game ended, they immediately flew back to their respective national teams to report and participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

After the two national team matches, Ballack, who had just returned from injury, suffered from injury problems and needed to rest for several weeks. The competitive state of many players, after intensive competitions and long flight flights, Also fell to the bottom.

In the ninth round of the Premier League two weeks later, Chelsea took a guest at Birmingham to challenge Aston Villa.

In recent seasons, Aston Villa has been stable in the middle and upper reaches of the league. This time it was at its Villa Park Stadium, playing a scene of killing you while you were sick.

After experiencing the fatigue of the national team, the Chelsea players who have just returned to the club have been significantly disturbed.

And due to the absence of Ballack's injury, Chelsea had to continue to start Deco, whose physical strength was somewhat unsupportable, to strengthen the midfielder's possession in this game. The other positions were unchanged from the original team.

Although Aston Villa has maintained its good form last season, it still ranks in the top 7 of the league until this season, but in terms of hard power, there are still some obvious gaps with the old team Chelsea. .

From the beginning of the game, Chelsea still occupied the initiative, at least on the offensive end, can still maintain a ball possession rate of more than 60%, and firmly control the rhythm of the game in their own hands.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Drogba received a precise long pass from Deco's backcourt. After unloading the ball, he turned around and volleyed. This opened the scoring for Chelsea, which also made most fans believe that this game will eventually win. With a Chelsea-style lead, the way to keep winning is over.

However, in this game, the Chelsea players had many problems on the defensive end.

Many games, as well as the Chelsea players who have just experienced a long-distance flight and have returned to the club to play in the league, have experienced a huge crisis in their physical and mental state.

Perhaps on the offensive end, the fatigue in the opening stage is not very obvious, but on the defensive end, this kind of physical and mental incoordination, and the slowness of one step, is quickly revealed.

You know, under normal circumstances, when Chelsea take the lead in scoring goals, then for many giants, this may be a nightmare.

Because Chelsea’s counterattack itself is a huge threat, not to mention that Chelsea’s terrifying defensive ability will cause many teams’ offenses to directly hit an iron plate and knock out their heads.

If you don't believe it, just take a look at Liverpool in the last round of the league. Facing Chelsea's tight defense, there is no way, but Chelsea will continue to fight back and cut meat, and finally get a defeat at Stamford Bridge.

However, today's Chelsea do not have the spirit of defending to the end. Many players' attention is obviously not concentrated, and they simply cannot devote themselves to the game.

In the 32nd minute of the first half of the game, Aston Villa's central defender, Irishman Richard Dunn, defeated Terry in a rare corner kick from Villa, succeeded with a header and scored the goal. It was a 1-1 tie.

In this defense, Terry was obviously unable to keep up with the pace of the game, and the take-off height was seriously insufficient. He occupied his position but failed to make effective defensive actions. Richard Dunn was almost at a loss. In the case of more interference, complete a header.

After the score returned to the same starting line, Chelsea’s reorganized attack was no longer so threatening. The exhaustion of the backcourt players seemed to be directly transmitted to the midfielders, although the Chelsea players still had the ball in control. It was quite satisfactory, but the last pass, whether it was Deco or Lampard, always felt a little bit worse and could not pose a real threat.

The exhaustion of Chelsea players can be seen from the half-time data.

You know, Chelsea, which has a 60% possession rate, only had a poor 6-foot shot in the first half. This is definitely not Aston Villa's defense is too good, but Chelsea's own problem.

Ancelotti, it is also not easy to intervene with players too much during the intermission. After all, the experience of coaching AC Milan in the previous eight years has also let Ancelotti know that it is normal for the players to perform poorly due to fatigue in the league after the international match day.

It's not that the players are passive, but the feedback of physical and mental attention is the most real. Tired is tired. For a long season, it is normal to not win a few games, and Ancelotti does not want to give it. Too much pressure on the players.

And for An Fat, there are not many cards in his hand that can be substituted. After all, for a European football team like Chelsea, many substitute players who have few chances to play are in their country. In the team, it may even still occupy the main position, so except for a few people who have no national team tasks, fatigue is everyone's. As for whether the game can be won, it can only be seen by the team members in the second half. Self-adjustment ability.

It's just a pity that Chelsea, who is in extremely poor form, encountered a Vera who has good strength and fighting spirit in this game.

In the second half of the game, another free kick was used. Villa’s other defender, James Collins, once again scored a header. This time Drogba had some physical weakness and failed to keep up with James Collins’s running position. It has enough space to complete the jump and head directly into the net.

2-1, Villa reversed the score at home.

In the subsequent games, Chelsea's players woke up like a dream after falling behind and began to frantically strengthen their offense, but in the end they still had limited offensive effects.

Under the strict defense of Aston Villa, although Chelsea had nearly 20 shots at the end of the game, the number of shots on goal was only a few, which did not pose too much threat to Villa’s gate. .

The 2-1 score was maintained to the end, and Chelsea’s second loss of the season came suddenly.

But after all, it’s a giant team. Chelsea’s players have also experienced many seasons of polishing. The players have a strong ability to adjust. After finally getting a rare rest and relaxation time for a few days, the Chelsea’s players completed the adjustment. Respond to the next game with a full posture.

In the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, facing Atletico Madrid, who came to Stamford Bridge as a guest, Chelsea did not leave any face to Atletico. With a clean 4-0, they vented their grievances of losing the league at the weekend. Jing's body declared his return of the king with a big victory.

In the Premier League game three days later, Chelsea, who had taken several major players in the second half of the Champions League, continued their good state of the last game, 5-0 at home, bloodbath the league midstream team Blackburn, with two consecutive victories. , Responded to the voice of doubt from the outside world after losing to Aston Villa.

Continuing the double match of the week, Chelsea met this weekend's opponent Bolton in the fourth lap of the English League Cup in the middle of the week. Both teams tacitly entered the bench lineup. After all, one team is determined to compete for the championship, and the other team's goal is to relegation~ www.readwn.com~ Everyone doesn't pay much attention to this cup, which contains more gold than the Community Shield Cup.

The final result was also due to their strength. Chelsea's benches were clearly superior, 4-0 at home, beating Bolton underneath, and Chelsea reached the quarterfinals of the English League Cup.

In the Premier League weekend, Chelsea and Bolton met again. Both teams were starting matches, but the result was "I've seen this episode".

The starters of the two teams “replayed” the English League Cup match in midweek, but both sides changed actors, but the script did not change. The score was still 4-0. Chelsea’s main players and substitute players were against Bolton. A comprehensive rolling.

Chelsea, who scored 17 goals in 4 games, all cleaned and recovered, showed off his horrible offensive and defensive strength this season.

And because in the next week of the league, Chelsea will face the defending champion Manchester United in the league again, so in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, this time Chelsea has a rare rotation of the lineup. Chelsea, who played more than half of the substitute players, finally In Madrid, a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid ended their winning streak, but they also retained valuable physical fitness for the main players.

In the 12th round of the Premier League, the top two teams in the standings, the old enemies of Manchester United and Chelsea, met for the first time in the new season at Stamford Bridge.

It's another classic red and blue duel. If Liverpool’s red represents the veteran red powerhouse in English football, then Manchester United’s red represents the dominant color of the Premier League era. But Chelsea’s blue is now also eager to become the mainstream color. Chelsea’s team also wants a new king to take the throne and replace the former red empire. The first battle is about to start.