The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 305 So What If I Let You Take A Ball?

With the end of the two-week national team competition, the Premier League rekindled the flames of war, and when the fifth round was ready to go, the Premier League announced the two best awards in August, and these two awards ended up being spent. Fall Arsenal.

Among them, the best coach of the month in August is Wenger, and the best player of the month is Arsenal's Reyes.

Arsenal's performance throughout August is indeed shocking. Although Chelsea also won four consecutive victories, whether it is from the performance of the game or the final result, Chelsea is considered to be stable and there is nothing surprising. , but he didn't make too many mistakes, which is why some people say that Ye Qiu has become conservative.

But Arsenal is different. The Gunners hold high the banner of offensive football this season and play offensive football in the Premier League. They are almost invincible. 4 goals, averaging 16 goals per game, this scoring efficiency is better than Chelsea.

Ye Qiu's Chelsea scored 4 goals in the first 6 rounds of this season. Frankly speaking, the scoring efficiency is really not high. Players lack time to rest and adjust, especially Ronaldinho, Maicon, Deco and other international players who participated in the European Cup and America's Cup.

The European Cup runs from June to early July, and the America’s Cup runs until late July. After that, the team trains, the league starts in mid-August, the national team plays for two weeks in September, and there are national team games in October and November. Such an intermittent schedule is definitely a nightmare for Chelsea this season.

After finally adjusting, there was a bit of a state, and the result was that I had to run back and forth to play the national team, and the training camp of the national team was obviously different from the training camp of the club. Their training purpose was for the national team to compete. As for the national team after the competition Who cares about the status of the players?
Of course, Arsenal are also affected by the national team competition, but relatively speaking, they are less affected.

Chelsea is now an out-and-out international player, the team includes Ronaldinho, Makelele, Davis, Maicon, Lampard, Terry, Cannavaro, Drogba, Rooney .. These people are all the core backbone players of their respective national teams, and they are all key players that the head coaches of various countries can't wait to use to death.

Relatively speaking, the impact on Arsenal is relatively weak, Henry is also affected by the national team, which directly caused Reyes to shine, and Vieira has recovered a lot recently, and apart from the French help In addition, many of Arsenal's international players are not the main players in their country, such as Reyes.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea has won 4 consecutive victories and only conceded 1 goal. Ye Qiu is already satisfied with the team's performance. On September 9th, in the fifth round of the Premier League, Chelsea played with a semi-substitute lineup. The away game suffered a 11:5 draw with Aston Villa at home. When the season's winning streak ended, Ye Qiu still praised the team.

"Even at Villa Park, we could put the home team in a bad situation. The only regret is that we didn't take advantage of the few opportunities. I am satisfied with our performance and I firmly believe that we will get out of the current predicament soon."

However, Arsenal were obviously not affected by the curse of the best head coach of the month. This curse obviously failed for Wenger, because they still beat their city rival Fulham 5-3 in the fifth round. 0 consecutive victories.

After the fifth round, Arsenal lead Chelsea by 2 points.

Wenger is very satisfied with the current situation of the team. He said that the current Arsenal is stronger than ever, and he firmly believes that the team can continue to win like this. The pressure of the so-called undefeated record will not affect the team.

"The so-called pressure varies from person to person. I can't say we don't have pressure, but I dare say we can overcome it!"

"The undefeated record brings us confidence and motivation. It makes us more confident and makes us eager to win every game. This is why we have performed well this season!"

But Wenger has also repeatedly stated that Chelsea will still be Arsenal's number one competitor to win the title this season.

"Yes, they are in a difficult situation at the moment, but let's not forget, they conceded one goal in five rounds, we conceded five, I would say that Chelsea is still the same strong team as last season. Chelsea, it's just that they have some temporary problems and we're not strong enough to look down on our opponents."

Finally, Wenger made an appeal, "If we want to make a difference this season, then we must put away our contempt for our opponents and go all out in every game!"

In the middle of the week, the first round of the European Champions Cup group stage was ushered in.

Ye Qiu still used half main force and half substitute to play in the lineup. In the end, with the goals of Ronaldinho, Deco and Rooney, the team defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 away. The strength of the Ligue [-] team with Essien has been greatly affected. Among them, Heinze started for Chelsea for the first time in this game and performed steadily.

But after returning to the Premier League, Chelsea once again suffered a 0:0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at home.

Fortunately, Arsenal were also forced into a 2:2 draw by Bolton at Highbury Stadium. The gap between the two teams is still 2 points, and even if Chelsea suffers two consecutive draws, they are still second in the Premier League.

Manchester United beat Liverpool 2:1 in this game, and their performance has improved, but the Red Devils' ranking still fell to 10th. The performance of Ferguson's team this season can be described as terrible, and many people even feel that, The Red Devils have already announced their withdrawal from the league title race early.

As for the temporary Premier League rankings, Bolton, Middlesbrough, Everton and other teams are at the top. These usually mid-lower teams are full of explosive power at the beginning of the season, but the competition for the league will always be a protracted battle. The outbreak of the epidemic can't explain anything, the key still depends on the long-term sustainable combat effectiveness.

This is why Ferguson is still full of confidence in the future of Manchester United. I believe he knows very well that he must at least qualify for the Champions League. Benitez's Liverpool's start performance is relatively average, currently ranked 8th.

After the end of the 6th round of the league, the team finally got a week's rest. The tense and intensive schedule can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Ye Qiu also directly gave the team a day off. After regrouping, Chelsea is still proceeding in an orderly manner. It is necessary to adjust, because the team is about to usher in two major games.

The second round of the Champions League group, against Porto at home, and the eighth round of the Premier League, against Liverpool at home, are all terribly hard battles.

Against Middlesbrough, Ye Qiu obviously did not do his best. Ronaldinho, Deco, and Maicon were all left on the bench by Ye Qiu, replaced by Joe Cole, Davis and Sun Jihai. It was a goal from striker Didier Drogba that defeated Middlesbrough away.

Arsenal's performance finally declined this round, but they still beat Manchester City 1-0 in the away game.

Mourinho is still the same Mourinho, and Porto is still the same Porto!

Sometimes I have to admire Da Costa's ability. After Porto won the Champions League, the players he let go are basically marginal players, but the prices are very high, basically over ten million euros, but they are the most valuable But none of the core players left, and there is a feeling of getting better and better.

Central defender Carvalho, right back Ferreira, midfielder Thiago, Maniche, forward Delle
At present, Mourinho has two more generals under his command, Quaresma who switched from Barcelona, ​​and Fabiano who came from Sao Paulo, plus the promoted central defender Pepe, Mourinho's men This Porto team is still strong.

But in the end, it was his old partner who helped Porto break the deadlock on the field. Alberto retreated to get the ball and turned around. In the direction, Cech made a mistake in his save. Although he touched the ball, he let it go, while McCarthy picked up a miss in front of the goal and easily pushed and hit it, 1:0!

Originally sitting on the coaching bench, Mourinho, who was nervously watching the team launch a strong attack after the opening, suddenly jumped up from the coaching bench at this moment, and the whole person quickly rushed out of the coaching area, raising his arms and screaming, He seemed extremely excited, and even threw his fists at Ye Qiu on the coach bench of the home team, which was full of provocation.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Porto opened the scoring and caught Chelsea by surprise!
"Mourinho is really capable of scoring goals against Ye Qiu, who is the best at attacking, but it is not difficult to see from this point that Chelsea's recent state is indeed not ideal. They are still undefeated, but they are already 2 points behind Arsenal, and the Champions League has only played one game so far, which is not bad, but even Ye Qiu himself admits that the team has problems."

The on-site commentator was obviously dissatisfied with Chelsea's start at home, not only because Chelsea was scored by Porto, but because the team was obviously suppressed by Porto.

When the TV screen was fixed on Mourinho standing arrogantly on the sidelines, squinting at the coaching bench of the home team in the distance, the on-site commentator introduced: "This is the young coach of Porto, Jose Mourinho, One of the best head coaches to emerge in European football in the past two years, but he was defeated by Ye Qiu's Chelsea 4-0 in the Champions League final last season. shame!"

"Judging from the slow motion of the entire goal, it is not difficult to find that after Makelele's rotation in Chelsea's game, the defensive coverage of the midfield did have some problems. Alberto retreated to get the ball, and no one was first. Time to make close markings, which led to him calmly turning and kicking directly, which was the key factor that contributed to this conceded goal."

"It's really difficult for Davis to play as a defensive midfielder. Last season, the Dutch Wild Boars were better at pressing and oppressing in a wide range. Now let him stand in position to protect the team. He is obviously not good, but another player Parker It's the same problem, lack of positional awareness and reassuring ability to protect the line."

Maybe it was seeing that Mourinho hadn't returned to his coaching bench for a long time, and he was still standing there arrogantly, with his hands in his pockets, posing as a winner. The Chelsea fans at the scene were obviously dissatisfied and shouted There were boos and insults.

"Mourinho is trying to make Chelsea fans hate him to death!" The on-site commentator laughed, "Early before the game, he was already attacking Chelsea, thinking that Ye Qiu changed the team's tactics from the original 4321 this season. After becoming 4231, instead of improving, Chelsea's strength has declined."

"I believe this is also something that many people don't understand. Why did Ye Qiu suddenly adjust the team's tactics when the team was playing well? And he won a midfielder and increased the number of sides. After adding a wide player, Chelsea's offensive ability has not been improved at all, but has fallen into a predicament, which has to be said to be very puzzling."

Although Ye Qiu didn't know what the on-site commentator was talking about, he was not blind, and naturally saw what the triumphant Mourinho was doing, but he didn't refute it, because the fans at Stamford Bridge had already helped him fight back.

I believe that from the end of this game, the Portuguese will become one of the most unpopular people at Stamford Bridge.

Of course, there are also many Chelsea fans who are puzzled by his adjustments this season. The best part is that if you succeed, they will praise you for your wisdom after the fact, and if you fail, then you will really become a scumbag.

Ye Qiu shook his head, finally stood up from the coach's bench, walked to the sidelines, and made adjustments to the team.

First, let Deco's position retreat a little. Mourinho obviously defended against Deco in this game, and at the same time let Davis' position press forward to share the pressure of Deco. Another thing is He made a dissatisfied voice with Ronaldinho and Rooney, feeling that they were too close to the middle, and pulled more to the side.

After the re-kick-off, Chelsea began to play purposefully according to Ye Qiu's pre-match adjustments and adjustments just now. Ye Qiu did not return to the coach's bench this time, but stood on the sidelines. If a player has a problem, he will remind and make adjustments as soon as possible.

The football game is such a constant subtle adjustment, and then slowly accumulates, and finally evolves into a change in the situation.

When Chelsea regained the initiative, Porto had to start a defensive counterattack, but soon, Porto paid the price for their excessive fouls.

In the 32nd minute, Ronaldinho took the ball from the left and was tripped by Ferreira. The Brazilian personally took the free kick.

This season, Mourinho helped him to become the main central defender. Pepe, who partnered with Carvalho, was responsible for marking Drogba, but the Ivorian easily won the contest with Pepe, leaping high and smashing heavily. Next, the ball was blasted into Baia's goal by him. The Portuguese goalkeeper didn't even have a chance to react. He watched helplessly as the ball hit the net, 1:1!

After the score was equalized, Ye Qiu made an upward pressure gesture, and Chelsea quickly took advantage of Porto's kick-off to launch a round of pressing and oppression against the Portuguese team, but there was an obvious change, Deco's position was closer. In the end, Davis moved forward, and Chelsea basically sent the ball to the wing as soon as they got the ball.

In the 44th minute, just when everyone thought that the first half might end in a 1:1 draw with Porto's defense, Chelsea played a very subtle frontcourt coordination after stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

Davis atones for his sins and steals the ball to Rooney. Rooney passes it to Drogba who has his back in the penalty area. The Ivorian has his back to the goal. Ronaldinho on the left.

After the Brazilian got the ball, he quickly attracted Ferreira out, cleverly used his personal ability to get rid of Ferreira, quickly cut into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area, and dribbled the ball horizontally. Carvalho was scared by the sudden action of the Brazilian With a jump, he immediately flew to grab it, but Ronaldinho made a gesture and kicked, but suddenly crossed the penalty spot.

Lampard quickly plugged in from behind, and volleyed directly against the horizontal ball. The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal, 2:1!

With two goals in a row, Chelsea turned the tide!
After the tie just now, Ye Qiu didn't make any obvious moves, but after the reversal, he turned around and shrugged towards Mourinho, spreading his arms, as if to say, "If you give me a ball, you can beat me again!" what?"

At this moment, the Portuguese was so angry that he walked back to the coach's bench amidst the cheers of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans at the scene, and the whistle of the first half sounded soon after Porto's second kick-off.

In the second half, the two sides still followed the situation in the first half. Porto still adopted defensive counterattack tactics, and Chelsea continued to actively attack Porto. In the 63rd minute, a foul by Maniche made him get He received his second yellow card of the game and was sent off with a red card.

Mourinho was so angry that he kept yelling at the referee for being a black whistle. This was a very obvious misjudgment, but Chelsea's style of play was tough and tenacious at best, and brutal and fierce Porto at worst. Too angry, when Deco sent a free kick, John Terry headed in front of the goal and broke Porto's goal again.

At this moment, when all the Chelsea players were celebrating, they passed the coaching bench of the visiting team, making it clear that they wanted to demonstrate against Mourinho, but the Portuguese suppressed his anger with a dark face.

But soon, Chelsea passed another attack and broke the goal of Porto, which was one less man, and finally locked the score at 4:1!

After the game, Mourinho expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee, believing that the referee's misjudgment caused Porto's defeat.

"When the score was still 1:2, we still had strong confidence that we could equalize or even reverse, but obviously, the referee messed up our plan!"

"Yes, Chelsea won and Ye Qiu won, but I don't think we lost, because we will always have one player less than our opponents. It's the same in the Champions League final, and it's still the same in this game!"

Ye Qiu also counterattacked, thinking that the referee's decision was correct.

"Threatening and intimidating the opponent's players by attacking the player's body too much should be punished most severely. This is the case in the Premier League and the Champions League. I don't think there is any problem with the referee's penalty. He should protect those who really want to rely on it. Teams that use strength to win games, not the other way around!"

"I heard Mr. Mourinho's complaints, but I think he should reflect on himself instead of always blaming others. This is not good for him or Porto!"

Of course, Ye Qiu knew very well in his heart that this was actually a psychological tactic and strategy of the Portuguese.

After all, no one in this world is willing to accept defeat frankly, including Ye Qiu, so he must fight back.

"Compared to the Champions League final, Porto has improved a lot, at least they scored a goal!"

When he said this, Ye Qiu was laughing. He was even very interested to know how furious Mourinho would be when he heard it?
(End of this chapter)