Facing the Champions League final, Manchester City is under pressure, and Chelsea will not be under pressure.

Many of them have rich experience and have experienced many battles, but Chelsea has reached the Champions League final for the first time in its century-old history. Being able to win this championship has also created the history of their club.

In this regard, Chelsea and Manchester City are no different.

In addition, Chelsea will have pressure on the match between Manchester City.

Chelsea has not beaten Manchester City in three seasons.

In the league, cup, home and away games, they have never won. It is now the Champions League. This is the first time the two teams meet in the European arena, but facing Manchester City, the whole Chelsea team will definitely be under a lot of pressure.

Just like the media’s question, “Will there be any difference in the Champions League?”

But it must be admitted that Grant's Chelsea played very easily, which may be the difference between Grant's coaching and Mourinho's coaching.

If this Chelsea team is led by Mourinho, Wan Sheng will not be very worried about the opening. The two teams will definitely have to conduct a period of tests. Mourinho's team is very conservative, especially when they are fighting against strong teams, it is more important for them not to concede goals than to score goals.

Now Chelsea coach is Grant. Even though many people think that Grant has no effect at Chelsea, his tactics are still the same tactics and his style of play, but this Chelsea team played even more easily in the game.

Just as the game started, Chelsea launched two attacks against Manchester City.

Neither of these two offensives threatened, but obviously Chelsea didn't care from the coach to the players.

The game has just begun, and the offense is their temptation.

The two teams are familiar with each other, and maybe there is no need to test it. As soon as Manchester City's lineup is announced, Chelsea knew that Manchester City's style of play was more conservative, otherwise Darren Bent and Ozil would definitely play. Everyone has a judgment in their hearts, so Chelsea attacked very easily.

But is Manchester City really conservative?

When Lungberg received the pass on the wing, he couldn't help but remember the head coach's words, "We play control and rhythm. Remember to control the rhythm. When it should be fast, you should be fast, and when it should be slow, you should be slow. Keep the rhythm in our hands and don't let the opponent restrain it, so we will win the game."

Loneberg brought the ball forward, then glanced at the left and immediately passed the ball over.

Morris received the pass, followed by Chelsea's player Barack.

Near the midfield, Chelsea's main target is Morris.

When he saw Lungberg pass the ball, Barak immediately rushed towards Morris in order to give Morris enough pressure to prevent him from being able to command the attack calmly.

But what Barak didn't expect was that Morris' pass was very decisive. He did not stop the ball at all, but pushed the ball directly to Silva on the diagonal side.

At this time, every Chelsea defender was already in place. They formed two solid defense lines in the midfield and in the backcourt. It was obvious from the audience that the two 4-man horizontal lines formed by the Chelsea players' positions.

This scene made Wan Sheng look at Grant next door.

Chelsea's defense is still very stable. From Manchester City's attack to now, they have retreated to defend in such a short time.

They are using tight defenses to get the initiative.

With Chelsea's offensive ability, no team dares to say that they can guarantee the goal, so as long as they can defend and send it to take the initiative, then Manchester City is actually very dangerous.

I have to say that Chelsea has played very well.

Their defense is targeted at Manchester City, and their tactics are also open-minded.

However, Manchester City has encountered such a way of playing too many times. Every team that knows Manchester City knows that the chance of playing with Manchester City is the greatest.

But Manchester City is the first in the league!

Manchester City created 64 unbeaten in the league and won the league championship trophy a few rounds ahead of schedule!

It is very difficult to use this style of play alone to take the initiative and take the lead in the game against Manchester City.

If the Israelis think they can defeat Manchester City in this way, then Wan Sheng doesn't mind letting him see what kind of power the football that Manchester City relies on will be!

Chelsea played quite steadily.

When Manchester City plays in a way that controls the game, many teams are in a hurry because it is difficult for them to quickly grab the ball from Manchester City.

Chelsea was not in a hurry. They first stabilized the defense, and all the players retreated to form two obvious defense lines. The two forwards in the front Drogba and Anelka pressed against the two central defenders of Manchester City, so that Manchester City would not dare to pass the ball easily, and would easily concede the ball through the crossing or forward pass in the midfield.

This kind of defense is very targeted. If the football passes through the center line, it will be difficult to pass it back. Manchester City must face Chelsea's solid defense line head-on.

Chelsea's midfield line includes Marklele, Barack, and Lampard. The three of them are the world's top midfielders. It is not easy to let football pass through their defense. Next, Chelsea will have a stable back defense composed of four defenders. The combination of Terry and Carvalho is undoubtedly very tough. They will make the goal of Cech's handle stronger.

In comparison, Chelsea's defense on the wing is weaker.

This is still targeted.

In fact, Manchester City's strongest position is the middle. Neither Martin Petrov, Glenn Johnson or Ivan Crew on the wing, they are not so strong players. Manchester City does not have Robben, C-Ronaldo and other strong-defensive wing forwards, not to mention, Manchester City's two wing forwards in this game are Lungberg and Ivan Crew. Even Martin Petrov is sitting on the bench, so it is not too dangerous to let go of the wing side properly.

In summary, Chelsea's defense is to appropriately relax the wings and focus on defending the middle, and defending for three consecutive layers from the front line to the backcourt, completely targeting Manchester City's playing style and lineup.

This is Chelsea's defensive arrangement against Manchester City.

Chelsea coach Grant thought hard before the battle, and together with other assistant coaches, analyzed each position of Manchester City. Then, based on Chelsea's existing defensive tactics, he changed his defensive play and personnel, which led to such a targeted defensive tactic.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Chelsea's overall defense is still very simple, which is to continuously create pressure on Manchester City on the basis of stability of defense.

Manchester City's control style must be constantly controlled. If they control the ball for a long time, the danger of conceding the ball is quite high. As long as they can stabilize the defense and continuously create pressure on Manchester City, the threat of their conceding will continue to expand.

In this case, Manchester City players are likely to make mistakes on the court. As long as there is a mistake, it will become a chance for Chelsea.

Of course, this kind of defense must first keep up with Manchester City's pace.

Anyone knows that among Premier League teams, Manchester City has the most running movements. If you want to keep up with Manchester City's pace, you must grit your teeth and persevere. The team must put in a lot of physical fitness in defense.

In this regard, Grant can only hope that the players will grit their teeth and persevere.

It is impossible to do targeted defense without paying something, so football games won't have such perfect tactics.

Silva received a pass from Morris 10 meters in front of the penalty area. Lampard immediately posted it. At the same time, Barack defended Morris tightly, and Marklei stared at Ivan Kru.

Chelsea defends every player who may pose a threat to Manchester City.

Head coach Grant sat on the coach's seat and felt relieved to see the scene of defense.

Chelsea has been making targeted preparations before the game, but now it has finally come true. Several threatening players in Manchester City are defended closely. Even if other players come up, it will be difficult to create any threats when facing the team's back line.

During his season coaching Chelsea, Grant has been having a headache about the locker room problem and has no intention of renovating any tactics. He has long forgotten all his ambitions to take over the team.

Shepchenko, Anelka and the big names in the team are really troublesome. Some players perform poorly, but they must also be allowed to play. Some players perform well, but due to the ‘generation’ issue, it is better to stay on the bench.

Some players always miss the former coach Mourinho, such as forward Drogba, who even publicly stated that he would follow Mourinho.

In short, there are many conflicts within the team.

Under such circumstances, Grant himself feels like a miracle that the team can reach the Champions League final, but he doesn't have to care about anything in this game.

The tactics were arranged by him, and what he considered was the player's status and ability, and it had nothing to do with whether he was a big brand or not.

Just as the media said, if Chelsea loses this game, his coaching position will not be able to be saved. Since he can't coach Chelsea in the future, it's better to just fight!

Adjusting conflicts in the locker room is not that important. As long as there is a European champion's support, he can use tough measures to suppress all the opposition. Are you all kinds of big names and all kinds of dissatisfaction?

good!

Whoever is not satisfied, Xia Tian leaves directly!

No one is necessary for Chelsea, except me... Grant!

Thinking of this, the Israelite grinned and couldn't help but turn to look to one side. His target was actually the young Chinese. The other party was the most indispensable thing for Manchester City. He also hoped that one day he would have such a status.

But you still have to win the game!

As long as you win the Champions League, you can think about anything. If you can't win the game, everything becomes a fantasy.

Manchester City all felt the pressure from Chelsea’s defense.

After receiving the pass, Silva glanced left and right and saw his teammate being stared at him. He could hardly pass the ball back to Brummer.

Seeing this pass, Drogba immediately retreated, putting pressure on Brummer.

The analysis of Manchester City before the game told them that Brummer is a midfielder who is good at defense and he doesn't perform much in offense, so Brummer's threat is far less than that of other midfielders, and it is enough to have a forward to create defensive pressure.

Even Drogba's pressing was not tight, so he almost let Brummer pass the ball because other Manchester City players who were 'threatening' were all single-pointed.

But at this moment, Brumman seemed to have not seen Chelsea's threat and passed the ball directly to Morris.

Barak immediately rushed towards Morris.

Morris stared at Barack with his back and pushed the ball back. Instead of retreating to Brumor, he handed the ball to Ryomberg on the sidelines.

At this time, Lungberg had already run to the corner of the penalty area.

After passing the ball to Lungberg, Morris ran quickly, but instead of receiving Lungberg, he ran out of an angle, making Barack difficult to defend and facilitated his own pass.

When Morris ran, it seemed as if he had released a signal and the whole of Manchester City also ran.

Just now, Chelsea has been guarding Manchester City's "dangerous players" one-on-one. Their defense has also been done well, but when all Manchester City runs, it will be difficult for Chelsea to keep an eye on people.

They could almost only passively follow them.

There is a saying that goes, defense is passive. From the perspective of the audience, there are eleven players on Manchester City, except for goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, who are running, which is like flowing water, but there is no fixed direction. Some people move forward, some people want to stay, and some players retreat. Everyone in the frontcourt is trying their best to run out of the position, and the backcourt also follows to respond appropriately.

Even Chelsea fans gave such a thumbs up in their hearts for such a spectacular scene.

Manchester City's running was so gorgeous!

But Manchester City's tactics are not only gorgeous, but also very useful. Chelsea's strict one-on-one defense just now was to limit several "threatening" players in Manchester City. But now that Manchester City is running like this overall, Chelsea must passively keep up if they want to defend.

For a moment, Chelsea was restrained in the rhythm, and in a sense, their targeted defense also lost its meaning in an instant.

Chelsea pays great attention to the formation. When defending their three fronts, they have very strict positions. On the contrary, Manchester City does not pay attention to the formation. The 'os-f' system itself does not have a fixed formation. Whether it is 442 or 451, it is actually similar. The forwards may not be at the front, and the defenders may not be at the back. It depends entirely on the changes in the situation and the running of each player.
To be continued...