Back in the dressing room, Tomlinson didn’t make a long speech. Everything was normal in the half-court, especially after losing the ball. He didn’t disappoint the home fans. Tomlinson was a little depressed. He watched the half-court game and added a bonus. Except for that cross-transposition, he didn’t see anything beneficial from Chelsea. Even though Ancelotti showed a little strange emotion before losing the ball on the sidelines, the whole half-court Italians seemed unusually calm.
Carlo Ancelotti is indeed qualified to be indifferent to this game, and this indifference is not from self-confidence, but from much experience. This kind of scene is common to Carlo Ancelotti, who has won the Champions League twice and the head coach has won the Champions League twice three times. What is the drizzle today? What’s more, although the English media played up the game before the game, it didn’t change it. It was an ordinary league, and Chelsea expanded its lead. It can’t be said that they won the league title. Manchester City approached Chelsea, and it can’t be said that the championship was theirs. The fact is that Chelsea will continue to lead the game.
Lin Sen didn’t know that he didn’t see that Chelsea’s short board Ancelotti was also facing the same situation. In his view, Manchester City’s play was not complicated. The attack mainly relied on two flanks and two backyards, mainly to defend and fill the flank attack when necessary. When David Silva, the core of the organization, caught the ball less often in this half game, it was more to attract the attention of Chelsea’s defense line and help it create the front. Adebayor was firmly nailed to Chelsea’s abdomen like a nail, forcing Chelsea’s defense line not to press forward easily.
It seems that if Chelsea can contain Manchester City’s winger attack base, it can ensure an invincible position, but is it easy?
On the left is Bell, and on the right is Luo. This is not to mention the fact that there is a back to fill the position. Two full-backs in Manchester City will also insert the Chelsea midfielder from time to time. Although it is said that the offensive and defensive are integrated, after all, they are not serious wingers. It is impossible for players to entangle with each other on the sidelines all the time, otherwise they will easily evolve into being led by the other side.
Both sides have their own pains, and in this case, the rain is getting heavier when the game enters the half-time.
As the venue became more slippery, both Chelsea and Manchester City were affected to some extent. Some of them were able to play smoothly at half-time and began to make frequent mistakes. Due to the change of venue conditions, both teams started to increase the frequency of long-range shots. There is no doubt that Chelsea has an absolute advantage at this point. Look at them. Almost half of the teams in the middle and frontcourt are good long-range shooters.
Of course, long-range shooting tests the goalkeeper as well as the shooting quality.
Although it seems that Chelsea took advantage, Ancelotti frowned on the sidelines.
In the basketball game, three points may be an important scoring method for a team, but it is not feasible in football. The distance is inversely proportional to the success rate. In theory, it is the same for both basketball and football, but basketball can count long-range shots as three points, but there is no saying that one goal counts as two goals in football, and a long-range shot often means an offensive and defensive conversion, which is why Ancelotti frowned.
Even in this case, Chelsea’s long-range shot still doesn’t hit the doorframe frequently. Occasionally, in the doorframe range, it is changing the attack and defense for the game. Although Manchester City’s attack may not be much better, it is obviously not what Ancelotti wants to see for Italians who regard tactics as their life.
At this time, Lin Sen took the lead in making a change. In the sixty-third minute, he exchanged Petrov for Bell.
Lin Sen’s change suddenly made Ancelotti feel that Bell’s performance was not bad in any way, and it was Imber who had to equalize the score before Manchester City. It seems that Bell didn’t look like an injury. So this is Lin Sen’s tactical change?
Carlo Ancelotti’s doubts didn’t last long because the changes in Linsen soon brought results.
Just like a common scene in martial arts movies, two people who were waving swords in a spacious place suddenly moved the battlefield to a narrow alley. Obviously, the narrow alley will bring trouble to two people. The most direct influence is that the sword can’t be put into use. At this time, the best way to deal with it is of course to move the battlefield. If you can’t, you have two choices: one is to continue to hold the sword and fight everywhere, and the other is to give up the sword and choose a dagger that is more suitable.
The eyeball field is that narrow alley.
At this time, although the rain did not continue to increase, it was obvious that it was impossible to change the wet condition of the venue for a short time or less during the game. In this case, Lin Sen chose the second option.
And Petrov is the dagger. The Bulgarian may not be as fast as Bell, but he is better than the Welsh in one thing, that is, middle!
Lin Sen’s intention is simple, but since the soles of his feet are not good, what about that day? At Petrov Field, Linsen explained to him that it was a constant success.
Petrov carried out Tomlinson’s instructions to the letter after he was present. In the 76th minute, Petrov hit the ball again. Adriano had lost several times in the struggle with Trigo. This time, he finally grabbed the first landing point. Instead of trying to control the ball, he made a header similar to Drogba’s assist in the same half, and then rubbed the ball near the penalty spot in the penalty area.
David Silva, who was suppressed by Essien for the first half of the game, got rid of the Ghana Buffalo defense this time. Before the ball landed, it was a volley.
In the face of such close-range shooting, Cech’s ability this time
After overtaking the score, Linsenma changed the goal hero David Silva to another Spaniard Harvey Martins, and the formation immediately became four, three, two, one. My intention is very obvious, and I intend to keep it.
Carlo Ancelotti never dreamed that he hit a generation of geese, and this time he was pecked by the geese and studied the tactics of a generation. Although he quickly saw the characteristics of Petrov, Terry didn’t care much about this change because he suppressed Adriano. In his opinion, the success rate is not much different from that of a long-range shot, but now it is precisely this simple tactic that Linsen "sneak attack" succeeded.
In the last ten minutes, Chelsea seemed to wake up like a dream, and began to put pressure on Manchester City’s goal regardless of everything. However, Manchester City changed three midfielders, leaving no gap for Chelsea. Two full-backs also changed their previous assists and began to stay at ease in the backcourt. Instead, Luo stole another one when the game entered the stoppage time.
The score became three to one.
Carlo Ancelotti finally turned and walked back to the coach’s seat after spending almost the whole game in the rain after Ronaldo scored.
Lost
After the game, the press conference set a precedent that Lin Sen and Benitez exchanged fire when Manchester City played Liverpool. This time, the reporters present were full of expectations, but when the press conference really started, they immediately found that the atmosphere of the press conference could not be more harmonious.
Carlo Ancelotti generously praised Manchester City’s performance. Of course, he was not generous enough to congratulate Tomlinson’s victory. After praising Luo’s performance, he kept silent and handed the microphone to the side. Tomlinson has always been respectful to me. Tomlinson naturally reciprocated. Since Carlo Ancelotti is not stingy to praise Manchester City, Tomlinson naturally will not be stingy to praise Chelsea.
Interestingly, Carlo Ancelotti’s defeat almost confirmed a previous curse in the media, that is, winning the coach of the month team’s first league game in the new month. This curse season has been fulfilled three times, winning the best Lin Sen in September, which directly tied all the leagues in October.
And this time it was Carlo Ancelotti’s turn to be shot.
Chapter 60 December
Manchester city wins the top battle.
This result may be a small setback for Ancelotti, but it is of great significance for Manchester City and the whole Premier League, because this victory is not only one game less, but also a four-point gap between Manchester City and Chelsea. The far-reaching impact is that it avoids Chelsea’s real riding and makes the Premier League championship drama not lose its suspense prematurely.
The next day, all the major media in England sang praises of Manchester City’s victory, especially Manchester Evening News, which claimed that this victory marked the change of Manchester City’s status in the league from a champion challenger to the strongest contender for the league title. After Lin Sen won the first leg against Ancelotti, he became the only head coach in the Premier League who remained unbeaten against the four giants, which made the media start to give Lin Sen ‘an various titles. After the six-game winning streak, the media once gave Lin Sen the title of Mourinho II. Unfortunately, Manchester City was embarrassed immediately after that. The saying of four consecutive victories was also laughed at, but now the title has returned to Lin Sen’s head again.
Have it both ways has always been a media glory system.
Beating Chelsea is the second time in the quarter-finals of the League Cup in midweek. Arsenal and Manchester City beat their opponents 3-0 at home and advanced to the semi-finals. However, compared with a contest between the two sides, this game is bound to be discounted, because it looks more like Arsenal walked Manchester City to advance, which is different from Linsen’s retention of the semi-main team. In this game, Wenger directly changed the main team upside down, and even the goalkeeper who was least worried about physical problems was replaced by Fabianski.
There are many reasons why Wenger really wants to "walk" Manchester City. First, the positioning of the two teams is fundamentally different. Although Arsenal has won the championship for several years, the hunger and thirst level is obviously not as hungry as Manchester City. Secondly, Arsenal will face a tough game in the weekend, because their opponent is Liverpool. There are two reasons, and there is another potential factor that forces Wenger to stay. That is, the next tight schedule.
Due to the coming of Christmas in the west, other European leagues generally enter the winter break when Christmas comes. Since this is in line with the holiday, it is also cold in Europe, so it is not suitable for games. This short winter break theory is the best time for teams and players to adjust their state. At this time, several top European leagues such as La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A generally have a winter break ranging from half a month to one month, but this does not include the Premier League. Instead of a winter break, December is also the densest month in the Premier League season.
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