148. Benitez is distressed
Affected by this penalty kick, Chelsea suddenly made frequent mistakes in the frontcourt as if they were powered off, and the dominance returned to Manchester City.
In the 7th minute, Hazard was interrupted from the frontcourt, De Bruyne dribbled the ball, Manchester City made a quick counterattack, Aguero hit the goal post with one single shot, almost breaking through Chelsea's goal.
In the 10th minute, Manchester City counterattacked in the frontcourt, Cahill blocked Silva's cross from the baseline, Silva took a corner kick, and Savage's header was also very threatening.
Benitez had to make gestures on the sidelines to recycle his players a little. Smart coaches would do this. When the opponent's momentum came up, the original defensive mode in the midfield and backcourt could no longer limit the opponent. You still wanted to play against the opponent, which was definitely a move to seek death.
Benitez is no fool, so he chose to let the team recycle a little.
Wen Sheng did not slow down Manchester City. On the contrary, he took advantage of this opportunity to let the team pressurize and continue to test the pressure on Chelsea central defenders. Drogba and Aguero both drilled into the penalty area, but on Hazard's side, he specifically told Melo to let Melo stare at him to death.
Manchester City also followed the magic, Drogba, Aguero, and De Bruyne were wasting a good opportunity.
Twenty-five minutes later, Manchester City was weak in attack, and Chelsea also stood firm. Manchester City couldn't create any good opportunities.
Wen Sheng stopped at the right time and quickly called his players to slow down the pace.
The game between the two sides was in a deadlock, with each other going back and forth, attacking and defending each other.
Chelsea's offense was actually pretty good, and Hazard began to become smarter. He no longer blindly pursued personal performances, began to cooperate with his teammates, and used his teammates to cover himself. Manchester City also made some adjustments to his defense, Wen Sheng. The main strategy is to force Hazard to the corner to prevent him from falling and cutting inward, so that he can relax his pass to him.
Hazard often finds it difficult to pose a threat to Manchester City's penalty area through a cross. Dembaba is difficult to fight for the top under the clamping defense of Van Dijk and Savage, and he is difficult to control the ground ball. Van Dijk's long legs are very useful. Once, Dembaba tried to turn around and force Van Dijk to eat Van Dijk, but Van Dijk stretched out his long legs and poked him.
Manchester City's offensive quality is not very good. Silva has struggled after recovering from injury. Drogba is not in good condition. It seems that Aguero and De Bruyne can jump, and Chelsea will not be difficult for defense.
From the 31st minute to the 42nd minute, neither team actually completed a shot. The main energy was to fight in the midfield. The ball rights exchanged frequently, but no one could make good use of it. To be precise, it was difficult to make good use of it in the frontcourt.
Wen Sheng felt that he might as well use the 4231 formation, and there was a link point missing in the middle lane.
He did it right away, Wensheng immediately conveyed instructions to the players on the court. Aguero moved to the sideline position, while Silva was moved to the middle to serve as the front midfielder.
After Silva arrived at the middle, she felt that the situation was much better. Manchester City began to take over the game in full. Silva's best move was to connect the small-scale linkage organization. He retreated to the midfield and started to tie up several players in the midfield and backcourt. When Toure was there, Toure had the ability to share a part of the work. Toure was not there and Dembele could not do it. Dembele could occasionally go to the frontcourt to disrupt the situation, but he could not do this job at the moment, which caused Manchester City to lose control.
Chelsea fell into a passive position again and was pushed back by Manchester City.
The team played well in the last few minutes, but unfortunately the goal was still a little bit worse. Drogba was sleepwalking.
Wen Sheng is hard to say about him. Drogba has played for the team more than 20 times so far this season. As a substitute, this number is quite large. It is normal for him to have ups and downs as he is so old.
During the halftime break, Wen Sheng hinted Drogba that if the second half was not going well enough, he would be replaced, and Drogba agreed.
Benitez felt that his team was also annoying. Hazard had too much freedom. He felt that he could cooperate with his teammates and blindly lead him when he was not happy. He had good skills and strong dribbling ability. As long as he didn't enter the Manchester City siege, others would let him go. But once he entered the siege, Manchester City would not be so polite, either intercepted the ball or fouled it. In short, it would definitely not make Hazard's life easier.
Anyway, Benitez thinks Hazard is wasting Chelsea’s ball rights, but he can’t say that, fuck, Chelsea’s players are not easy to mess with!
Benitez is a master of tactics, a real master, quite capable and pragmatism first. He believes that Chelsea needs to solve some major problems. First, the defense is unstable and lacks Terry. These are always making mistakes. Terry is the leader on the court. He commands the team's midfield defense. Others cannot take on this role without growing up! The second is that there is no waist in the midfield. Chelsea does not have a back midfield that they can really rely on. Manchester City opposite has Melo, but Chelsea does not. Mikel and Ramirez are not, and they are much less than Essin! The third is
It's an offensive problem. Hazard who was transferred from the transfer is super capable, but the problem is that he is too independent and has a team consciousness. Chelsea cannot establish tactics around him. His current status is a wing assaulter, not a tactical core. Benitez feels that he can't build a team around him, and he doesn't like Hazard's style of playing. Fourth, the center is a fucking weaker man, so I won't mention Manchester City's double-teamed striker. Aguero and Dzeko combined to score nearly 40 in the league, and Chelsea has not even had a forward player who has reached one of their level!
If these problems are not solved, Chelsea will not be able to maintain stability, and they will always be good and bad.
Chelsea's problem can only be solved through transfers, but he has no control over the transfer, so he cannot lead Chelsea to play the football the boss wants. During the break, he decisively brought the team back to the defensive counterattack routine. In his opinion, this is the best way to deal with opponents like Manchester City.
Chelsea players don’t like Benitez’s tactics. They feel like they are too weak. No matter how strong Manchester City is, we are still strong, okay?!
If you don’t like it, the players still followed Benitez’s arrangement in the second half.
Chelsea's return to the defensive counterattack routine and acted as if he was defensive at home, which surprised Wensheng a little. Chelsea was no different from Arsenal, and it was always difficult to let go of his figure. Unlike Manchester United and Manchester City, look at Ferguson, this old guy is the most patient and doesn't care about that little face at all. He often engages in defensive counterattacks when playing against strong teams.
This choice of Chelsea makes Manchester City a bit difficult, and it has always been a difficult problem to overcome difficulties. Moreover, Chelsea's counterattack is very powerful, and Hazard is difficult to deal with.
Chapter completed!