When Mourinho saw the substitution adjustment made by Derby County, he was subconsciously stunned. It was normal for Derby County to substitution, but it was a bit abnormal to replace Ottoman. As long as anyone who knows Derby County knows the name Ottoman, he is not an excellent star, but he is a Derby County defender in the backcourt.

To put it simply, he is like the ‘Gattuso’ of Derbyshire.

Gattuso is a member of AC Milan. He is very famous, but Gattuso's skills can definitely be described as rough. He does not have any master-level ability in defense, but he is a major defense player in AC Milan because his long running can always give his opponents countless troubles.

The same is true for Ottoman. He is a very important player with the front-end break of the Derby County defense line. His constant running caused great trouble.

What impressed him the most was his physical fitness.

The game was running all over the field, and by the end of the game, they were rarely as tired as other players. This was Ottoman. Derby County made this substitution adjustment, obviously not because of Ottoman's physical fitness, and the only explanation was tactical adjustment.

Tactical adjustment?

The game is only a dozen minutes away, and Derby County will definitely not make any major tactical adjustments now, but what is the purpose of this adjustment?

Mourinho felt quite confused.

At the same time, the reporters in the media table also saw the substitution adjustments of Derby County. When they saw Wansheng choose to replace Ottoman, they were all very surprised.

"Swap the Ottoman? How is it possible?"

"That Chinese man was dizzy? Peter Kennedy? Who is this?"

"It's really unwise to replace Ottoman with Kennedy. Now Derby County needs a more stable defense. As long as they can defend the goal, they can win the championship!"

"Maybe Wan Sheng was a little too nervous at the last moment!"

"This is not just right! The Chinese man was dizzy, and Chelsea had a better chance! Ottoman's end, Derby County's defense will definitely be affected. Next, it depends on Chelsea's performance!"

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There are many different opinions in the media. I am still not optimistic about Derby County's substitution adjustments.

But the Derby County players on the court didn't feel anything. In their opinion, the intention to substitution was really obvious. They were not just bystanders. They were Derby County players. They knew the team's tactics very well and knew a lot about their teammates' abilities.

Peter Kennedy has made many appearances recently because Morris is injured. He often plays with Ottoman in the midfield, or plays as a forward in the 4321 formation.

Kennedy's defense cannot be compared with the Ottoman who is "physical perverted". But Peter Kennedy's calmness and better skills will not be much worse in defense.

He is also the only player in the team who can replace Morris.

But now Peter Kennedy is not replacing Morris, but Ottoman, so the coach's intention is very obvious, that is, the team wants to play the "dual core" tactic.

They also experimented with this tactic during training.

In the 442 formation, the core of the team is undoubtedly Morris, but Morris is often restricted by the opponent, and each opponent will set up defense against Morris. Therefore, it is difficult to get a good opportunity when Morris plugs in, which is also the reason why Morris is restricted in his performance.

Although Morris is the most important player in the team, he actually doesn't score many goals and assists.

Last season, Morris was the best in the team. But this season, Morris was not as good as Ivankruy and Ribery in terms of offense and assist data, not to mention that he was compared with Van der Fate.

But there is a reason. That is, every game, the opponent will specifically limit Morris.

In this case, Morris is still the core of the team. He can still lead the team to organize offenses and still have outstanding performances. This shows Morris's strength. His performance under Wan Sheng is definitely world-class.

So Morris is very qualified as the core of the team.

But you can't put all the pressure on Morris alone. If someone can share this pressure, Morris will have more room to play, and the attack of the entire Derby County team will be smoother. This is the dual-core tactic that Wan Sheng thought of.

In fact, Wan Sheng can think of dual cores, which is also related to Morris' injury.

After Morris was injured, Peter Kennedy's performance was not as good as Morris, and the team's performance was still affected, so Wan Sheng considered letting Peter Kennedy work with another player as the core. In training, Ribery, Ian Taylor and others have all played core roles, but in the real game, Derby County has not tried to use the dual-core tactics.

This is not a self-created tactic. In fact, many teams have tried this, and the results are both good and bad. Wansheng also asked the team to try to do this.

In normal attacks, dual cores are actually necessary, because one core is enough.

Morris is enough to ensure the team's offense on the court. Even if Chelsea defends targetedly, after Morris pulls a little, Chelsea cannot make too much restrictions.

But in the current passive situation, Wan Sheng thought of letting Peter Kennedy appear, because Peter Kennedy can also organize the offense and perform well.

Now the whole team is still mainly defense-oriented. If you want to counterattack and find a good opportunity, it is not easy. It depends on some luck. For example, Morris intercepts the ball himself, or his teammates quickly hand over the ball to Morris. For example, the football is at Ribery's feet. Ribery has many ways to successfully complete the breakthrough. In fact, if you really want to talk about the starting point of the team's offense, there are still only two Morris and Ribery.

It's different for Peter Kennedy to appear. He can completely have another offensive starting point. Under normal advancement, he can replace Morris as the core, so that Morris can insert at will and his running position will be more flexible.

Of course, the advantage behind is only a coincidence. Wan Sheng mainly considers the starting point of the counterattack. With Peter Kennedy, counterattack will definitely be better. In this way, if an opportunity is found, the team can also pose a threat to the Chelsea goal.

In the eyes of the media and fans, Derby County only needs to defend until the end of the game to win the championship.

But Wansheng has never given his fate to luck. He would not think that the team will definitely be able to defend until the end of the game. Now the team can completely control the victory or defeat in their hands, and there is no need to bet on luck.

It is precisely because of this that he changed to Peter Kennedy.

For this substitution adjustment, some players with poor football intelligence cannot understand it very much. Of course, they don’t need to understand it either. Morris, Ribery and others all know the meaning of Wan Sheng, which is enough, because they are core players, and the offense and counterattack of the whole team are all played around them.

Except for Derby County's own players, no one understands the reason why Peter Kennedy replaced Ottoman, they all think it was a failed substitution.

So many media reporters and commentators criticized Wan Sheng.

"If Derby County loses the game, the substitution adjustment is the biggest reason!" a commentator said bluntly.

In most people's opinion, Derby County should strengthen its defense, and it is obviously very unwise to replace Ottoman. Of course, the game will not change because of their statements. As Peter Kennedy stepped onto the field, the game between the two teams began again.

Chelsea's offense is still very fierce.

It's time now. They have no other choice but to launch a fierce attack on the Derby County goal to equalize the score before the end of 90 minutes, so that they have a chance to win. Otherwise, they will have to lose to Derby County and lose the League Cup championship.

This is something they can't accept.

Chelsea clubs cannot accept it, Mourinho cannot accept it. The Chelsea players on the court cannot accept it either.

Chelsea has not won a championship for a long time, and now the one in front of them is a good opportunity, a League Cup championship trophy. If you can win this trophy, this season's championship journey will have a good start. All Chelsea players are working hard for the championship.

They bombarded Derbyshire halftime!

This is more violent than the attack just now. As the game time passes, it is obvious that the Chelsea players are a little anxious, but their offense is still very organized and the exciting cooperation is also staged again and again. At the same time, they also remember the lessons from the last time of the first half. While attacking, there are always 3 or 4 players behind to prevent Derby from suddenly intercepting the ball and counterattacking.

With Chelsea's suppressive performance, Derby County also counterattacked.

But more often, Derby County's balls were passed by no more than half, because even Bottonret retreated to participate in the defense. If he did not do so, the Derby County goal might be broken in the next moment.

Many people feel that Derby County’s defense is dangerous.

At the same time, what most people didn't notice was that Derby County's counterattacks increased more than before.

Derby County also had offensive and counterattacks before, but the number of times was not large. Sometimes even if the ball was cut off from the backcourt, it was quickly snatched by Chelsea, or it was directly cleared by a big foot. The football went out of the sideline and Chelsea's ball rights would still be Chelsea's ball rights.

Now, before he knew it, Derby County has also launched several decent attacks and counterattacks.

However, these attacks and counterattacks did not pose much threat at all, and they were not in the eyes of most people. They believed that Chelsea still suppressed the situation. If there was a goal, it would only be Chelsea. Derby's counterattack was almost no different from the time-consuming one, because they were destined not to score goals, at least they failed to break through Chelsea's defense line several times.

But in the Chelsea coach's bench, head coach Mourinho frowned.

As head coaches, the angle of watching the game is naturally different from that of ordinary fans. Ordinary fans watch the game, as long as the opponent does not threaten the goal, the football is at the feet of their own team most of the time. Even if the opponent counterattacks a few times, it doesn't matter at all. They don't notice it at all. Even if they notice it, they feel that there is nothing in football games. Isn't it normal to change the ball rights?

But Mourinho saw more. He saw that Derby County's defense was still stable, and at the same time, he also saw that Derby County's substitution adjustment just now played a role in counterattack.

It was an immediate effect!

Before the substitution adjustment, Derby County's defense was very stable. Chelsea had only scored one goal in the offense. There were very few good opportunities at other times. He thought that after substituting Ottoman, Derby County's defense would be worse, but in fact, the opponent's defense was still very stable. Although there was less running figures on the court, the newly replaced player was more cautious in defending in front of the penalty area. During this period, there was even a successful interception and a direct steal.

This is not the most important thing.

Most importantly, Derby County has counterattacked more times, and it is obvious that the new player can also serve as the starting point for Derby County offense.

Mourinho knew Peter Kennedy because Peter Kennedy has been too many times in more than two months. Although Chelsea did not play against Derby County during this period, Mourinho thought Peter Kennedy would play before the game, so he would naturally make some investigations.

This is what makes him confused when Peter Kennedy appears.

Since Morris is already on the court, isn’t Peter Kennedy’s appearance repeating the position?

Just like Chelsea, Mourinho will be very happy with one Lampard, but if two Lampards appear at the same time, this will affect the performance of the whole team.

This problem exists for England. The "double German issue" is an eternal topic of England. Gerald and Lampard appeared at the same time and did not play their imagined role. This is well known and is also a problem that head coach Eriksen has always wanted to solve.

Mourinho was puzzled by Derby County sending Morris and Peter Kennedy to appear together.

But now Mourinho has seen the effect. Perhaps the Chinese did not solve the problem of coexistence of the two cores, but when Chelsea suppressed the offense, the two cores can play a big role in counterattacking, but it is not that the whole team is pressing. Often, it is enough for Morris and Kennedy to have one of them to step forward, so there will naturally be no repeated problem at any position. When Derby County advances, Morris is often still the core point.

In short, the ‘dual core’ played a role, making Derby County more counterattacks.

There are many counterattacks, and it is difficult to threaten Chelsea goal without a good opportunity. However, this is not what we see. More counterattacks mean that there is a greater chance of finding a good opportunity. Thinking of this, Mourinho had to look up at the young figure standing on the sidelines.

But he has no way to deal with it now.

The most important thing is that Chelsea is now one goal behind. With less than ten minutes left in the game, Chelsea's only choice is to attack and attack crazy, otherwise they will not have any chance.

So even if he sees anything now, it doesn't matter because he has no choice.

Mourinho shook his head.

Although he is an atheist and has no faith, he can only pray to God now that Chelsea can score in the next time
Chapter completed!