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Volume 11 2004 Chapter 754 Benitez¡¯s Adjustments

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    Chapter 754: Benitez¡¯s adjustments

    The moment the ball flew into the Chelsea goal, huge cheers erupted above St James' Park.

    How hard and torturous it is to suppress the opponent for nearly half an hour before relying on the opponent's defender to open the scoring with an own goal!

    But now, the suffering is over!  After Newcastle scored the first goal, all Newcastle fans firmly believed that they could win this game!  The momentum Newcastle showed in previous games made everyone feel their belief in winning this game!

    The contagion of belief is powerful. When Newcastle players celebrated wildly on the field after just leading by one goal, even countless Chelsea fans felt that a team that was the most popular in England had failed to do so in seventy-eight years.  What kind of fighting spirit and enthusiasm can a team that is trying to win the league championship erupt when it is about to achieve this goal!

    On one side, they are desperate and desperate. If they don't win, the whole season's efforts will be in vain. On the other side, they are worried about the Champions League final ten days later. In normal times, it might not be a big deal, but in this kind of situation.  In this situation, what else should Chelsea do?

    So even though they were only one goal behind, Chelsea fans were starting to feel bad.

    At this time, Benitez calmed down.

    It is said that the true nature of a hero can only be seen when the sea changes. Although Benitez was initially disturbed by Pei Wei and failed to respond in time when Newcastle attacked, but now, perhaps it is because Chelsea is about to be forced.  Although he was at a dead end, he quickly calmed down and began to think of countermeasures just like he would in a normal game.

    He quickly thought of a very simple countermeasure.

    Benitez stood up, called Robben from the field, and whispered a few words to him.  Robben nodded and quickly returned to the court.

    Mourinho saw this scene, but he did not do anything. Instead, he continued to sit on the coaching bench and watch the game because he believed that no matter what adjustments Benitez made, he would soon be able to get out of the game.  can be seen in the situation.

    Sure enough, he saw it quickly - the adjustment made by Benitez was very simple, just letting the two wingers change positions on the field.  Let Robben play on the right and Duff on the left.

    In fact, the two Chelsea wingers often switch positions during the game. Duff was originally a left winger, but he only switched to the right after Robben arrived. Although Robben is a standard left-footed player, he is still a left-footed player.  He can play on either side of the winger position, but this time Benitez seems to have done it more thoroughly, and Robben is almost fixed on the right side.  Became a pure right winger.

    As a result, Newcastle's defense is a bit difficult. Newcastle's defense on the right side basically relies on Essien, a beast and muscular man, to assist in defense. The thin body of the Dutch Peter Pan seems to be facing his unreasonable collision.  It's a big disadvantage, and Bernard on the left is just right against Duff, who is not lacking in speed and impact but has a bit of rough technique.  After changing positions, Duff and Essien, who had much better physical fitness than Robben, did not fall behind in the confrontation, but Bernard seemed to suffer a lot after facing off against Robben.

    With such a simple change of positions, the defensive advantage of Newcastle's two wingers turned into a disadvantage.

    So after the restart.  Although Newcastle's offense was as fierce as ever, Chelsea's offense gradually improved. After being able to hold the ball, Chelsea's defense also got a rare buffer opportunity, and both sides began to attack and defend on the court.

    Seeing Benitez regaining his disadvantage so easily, Mourinho couldn't help but secretly admire him. This Rafael really grasped the situation on the field very well!  in this regard.  I am indeed one step behind the opponent.

    But Mourinho did not make any changes. The reason is very simple. The opponent's two wingers can change positions freely, but his own two full-backs cannot be changed at will. Otherwise, wouldn't it be chaotic?  He could only give instructions to Essien, asking him to change the focus of defense to the left.

    ??Besides, Benitez¡¯s change only brought back the situation of being passively beaten. The current situation is at best the same.  Newcastle even had a certain advantage offensively.  About six or seven out of ten attacks were initiated by Newcastle, and no coach would make changes in this situation.  Because making random changes when you have an advantage is likely to make the players at a loss on the court, and will instead lose the already obvious advantage.

    The football game itself is not a game that requires on-the-spot command from a coach, otherwise the football game would allow players to play during the game just like basketball.We paused to explain tactics. Football relies more on the performance of players on the field. Even the best head coach in the world cannot lead an amateur team to defeat a professional team.

    Of course, adjustments on the field are also useful, otherwise there would not be a half-time break for the players to rest and for the coach to adjust tactics. Normally, coaches adjust tactics through substitutions and temporary command on the sidelines, but a game also  Only three people can be substituted, and they have to deal with emergencies such as player injuries and being sent off, so coaches generally rarely substitute players casually. As for directing from the sidelines, there are many restrictions. The voice cannot be too loud, and  You cannot stand outside a certain range, otherwise the fourth official will come and interfere, so generally speaking, players on the field of strong teams will adjust themselves according to the situation on the field, or the head coach can give a signal or a few words on the sidelines.  Quickly adjust tactics, just like Benitez did just now.

    Now Mourinho feels that there is no need to adjust. Although it is a bit dangerous to defend on the left, Essien cannot help defend on the left like he just did on the right, because Duff's breakthrough ability is also quite good.  It is difficult to stop Maicon and Nie Fei, who are not very defensive, but the defense on the left is a relatively strong part of Newcastle. Bernard has excellent physical fitness and fierce fighting. Ribery does not defend like Nie Fei.  It's worse. Although Robben has been much more active, he has not yet been able to beat Newcastle to death with a stick.

    Chelsea's right back Johnson can't help much offensively. He stayed at Chelsea for two years.  He only scored one goal, and that goal was a very accidental long shot. He had never scored a goal before at West Ham United, and he had no assists. Although Robben was active, he wanted to deal with Burberry alone.  Nader and Ribery are still very difficult.

    And it is now obvious that Benitez has not yet discovered the tactics he laid out before the game.  When defending, the three midfielders Alonso, Deco and Lampard still pay attention to the defense of the wings, and their defense of the center has been weakened a lot. Although they still pay attention to the defense of the center, but in the  Mourinho seems that the tactics he deployed are still effective.

    Before the tactics he deployed were used, he took the lead through a corner kick, which put Mourinho in a good mood.

    A goal from Newcastle.  Nearly ten minutes passed, and it was less than ten minutes before the end of the first half.

    In these ten minutes, although Chelsea's offense has improved greatly compared to before, even Chelsea fans can see that Chelsea has only regained part of its disadvantage.  It seems that it is not easy to equalize the score in the first half, so we can only make plans after the halftime break.

    People who think like this have forgotten an annoying saying: Football is a round field.

    There are too many examples of teams scoring goals despite being at an extreme disadvantage. Maybe this will happen once in ten games.  Unfortunately, this game seems to fall into that category.

    Chelsea counterattacked, they quickly passed through the midfield, without struggling with Newcastle in the midfield, and hit the ball to Robben's feet.

    This is normal. After having two strong midfielders, few teams in Europe dare to compete with Newcastle. Although Chelsea's midfielder is not weak in confrontation.  But compared with Newcastle, it still lacks a little strength, and it would be very troublesome to get entangled. During this period, Chelsea's offense was initiated by Robben, and it was normal for it to pass to his feet.

    Robben took the ball and advanced, and Bernard came up cautiously. During this period of confrontation, he was at a disadvantage. He was passed by Robben several times, although he could not let Robben drive straight into the penalty area.  There were also a few good passes.  So Bernard seemed more cautious when he came up to him.

    Robben moved the ball towards the baseline, but Bernard did not follow him immediately.  Because this Dutch Peter Pan has never been a master of just passing from the bottom. Breaking through and then crossing is his most common way of breaking through. If he keeps up like this, then Robben, who has the advantage of speed, will probably be very fast.  of a back cut and then free yourself.

    But he soon caught up because he discovered that Robben seemed to be serious this time and broke through from near the bottom line!

    When the bottom line is that small, Robben's advantage in getting rid of quickly will probably be even greater.

    As a result, as soon as Bernard caught up, Robben made an emergency stop, then quickly moved the ball sideways and cut it across!

    Bernard was so ashamed that he almost slapped himself in the face. He told him to pay attention to this guy's cross-cutting, but he still succeeded in making the cross-cutting.

    ¡°I¡¯m so damn upright!¡± Bernard almost shouted like this, but he was still calm and immediately made an emergency stop.?Then he chased Robben. At this time, Ribery had already returned to the defensive position, and he could immediately form a double attack with Bernard, just like Chelsea's previous attacks.

    Robben passed the ball at this time!  He passed the ball back to Deco who had already intervened at some point, and then accelerated into the penalty area. Deco immediately passed an exquisite overhead ball, which was less than half a meter in front of Robben.  !

    Newcastle's two central defenders are defending Tony and Lampard in the penalty area, and no one comes to stop Robben!

    "Danger!" Laurenson couldn't help shouting.
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