Chapter 146: No drop of water

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United felt how tight the "Blue Army"'s defense was, and Simon Grayson really saw what "Murch football" looked like.

Leeds United, who played away, took the lead and sent the ball to the back line. After a simple pass, Reid sent the ball to the Swedish boy Pivkowski on the right, but the result was...

The Swedish boy didn't even touch the ball and replaced Ashley Cole's starting Chelsea left-back Botland kicked the ball back with one kick!

Torres stopped the ball with his chest and was about to launch the team's counterattack, but a white figure hit him...

"ah!"

Torres felt a huge force coming from his right shoulder, and his body staggered to the left involuntarily - Shaq!?

Torres's eyes showed surprise. He had observed when he received the ball before. There was no Leeds player around him, but in just a blink of an eye, Shaq actually arrived by his side and used a reasonable collision to snatch the ball away!

This kid...is indeed a bit perverted!

After getting the ball, Shaq directly passed the ball to Tevez in front, but Alex, who was following Tevez, gave him no chance to turn around, so he could only pass the ball to Nielsen Oliveira on the right.

As soon as the Portuguese scorer got the ball, he had already run over to him with a Chelsea player. In addition, David Luis was approaching. In an instant, Nelson Oliveira was double-teamed by two Chelsea players. The result was of course obvious. Ramirez shoveled the ball out from Nelson Oliveira's feet.

Pivkowski on the right retreated to get the ball, but Mata returned to defend. When the Swedish boy passed the ball back to Nelson Oliveira, left-back Botland came up and kicked the ball back.

Leeds United's attack was completely resolved by Chelsea with strict defense, and there was no loophole at all!

"Beautiful! So beautiful! This is our Chelsea football! This is the change that Jose brought to our team! Our defense has become extremely strong, and we have the ability to completely curb the opponent's offense, even Leeds United can't do it!"

At Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea fans were cheering. They were not Barcelona or Real Madrid. They did not think that gorgeous pass-by football was beautiful. Instead, they like Mourinho's tactical style of using tight defense to curb opponents' offense and then win by counterattacking goals.

Unfortunately, Leeds United had been guarding against their opponents' counterattacks, and the retreat was quite fast, and the "Blue Army" counterattack could not be achieved.

It is still quite difficult for the "Blue Army" to control the ball for a long time. They actually don't have many attack methods in positional battles. The ball finally reached the feet of Spanish boy Mata on the left. Chelsea wanted to rush through the left, but Mata dribbled the ball and rushed to the front right. The ball slightly exceeded his control range. Metz Fersarico immediately squeezed his body between Mata and the ball, and passed the ball back to Red with a "bang" kick.

Leeds United's defense was strengthened by Simon Grayson for a year, and with Carruzzo joining this season, he finally looks like a strong team.

"Bang!"

Red passed again, and the ball flew to the front right and went to find Nelson Oliveira again!

It's a pity that the Portuguese scorer really encountered huge pressure today. Nelson Oliveira was previously intercepted by Ramirez and Botlander when he touched the ball twice. This time he didn't even touch the ball at all. Botlander directly defended the ball landing point and pushed the ball to the middle.

Fortunately, there was a monster in Leeds United's midfield. Shaq quickly moved to the ball landing point, but he couldn't control the ball well. Witsel had already posted it behind him, and Shaq could only pass the ball to Pivkovsky's feet on the right. After Pivkovsky was forced to pass the ball back, Leeds United's attack was disintegrated again.

Next, the "Blue Army" completely showed how powerful their defensive ability is...

David Luis intercepted Nelson Oliveira, Tevez, and Ramirez intercepted Tevez's pass before Shaq. Essin interfered with John Fleck and let his shot miss...

After twenty minutes of the game, Leeds United only had John Flake and Tevez completed two shots. Although Chelsea only took advantage of the corner kick and headed the ball with Witsel, it was even more threatening.

After watching from the court for twenty minutes, Simon Grayson finally understood Mourinho's tactical intentions in this game.

Everyone knows how important Shaq is to Leeds United. The entire Leeds United is that except for the goalkeeper, nine other people are playing around Shaq. This tactic is even more exerted to the extreme during the offense. Almost no Leeds United players who get the ball directly cooperate with their teammates, and they are all done through Shaq.

But Shaq is just a big monster on the green field. His perverted physical fitness and comprehensive personal ability make him unable to defend on the court. No one can follow Shaq to keep a guard all the game. Although a team once used one person to mark the defense in the first and second half, the effect was not very good.

Because if a special person is set to guard Shaq, as Shaq runs desperately in the running range that almost covers the entire game, the team, as the opponent of Leeds United, is often disrupted by the formation, and the "Young Guards" can win in chaos.

So over the past year, how to defend Leeds United's Shaq has become a problem that almost every English super team has to scratch their heads.

But today, Mourinho came back. He used a different method than everyone in the past to indirectly curb Shaq's huge effect, and passed the 20-minute game test, and the effect was very good!

In the past, no one used such tactics to deal with Leeds United, but those teams failed to really defend the four offensive players of Leeds United except Shaq, "Beast" Tevez, Leeds captain Jonny Hausen, Nelson Oliveira, and Pivkovsky. These four players have different characteristics. It is not easy to truly defend them, but "Blue Army" Chelsea did it.

Since Jonny Hausen, who has the best breakthrough ability in Leeds United, was suspended, Mourinho made Shaq active on the court, but he was unable to help the team win by strictly preventing the four offensive players of Leeds United. Although this is based on the inconsolidated Leeds United lineup. However, it is not easy for the "Blue Army" to do this.

Simon Grayson walked to the sidelines and watched the game quietly. Although his team could not break through Chelsea's goal, the opponent could not pose a great threat to his team. The game has just begun, and he still has enough time to think of a way.

The entire first half of the game was spent unknowingly. The "Blue Army" who fought at home used their cautious defense to extinguish the passionate flames of the "Young Guards". Although their three threatening counterattacks failed to score goals, Mourinho did have a confident smile on his face when he left the stadium.

No one knows that Mourinho is already looking forward to the arrival of victory at this moment, because Mourinho's original tactical idea is like this. He wants to use his strict defense to polish the spirit of the "Young Guards". When the opponent starts to become impatient, Chelsea's opportunity will come.

If you are patient, how can the "Young Guards" compare to the experienced "Blue Army"?

During the halftime break, Simon Grayson was also discussing countermeasures with his assistant Eric Black in the visiting team's locker room: "Eric, Chelsea's defense is too strict. We must break their defense. Are you good solutions?"

Eric Black smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Simon, I have also carefully watched Chelsea's defense. Although their defense is tight, it is not an iron barrel formation. Our players' activity space in the frontcourt is very compressed. Even if we want to create threatening set pieces, it is not easy for this team... Alas, Mourinho is indeed not a false reputation."

Simon Grayson frowned and nodded slightly: "Eric, what do you think we replace Nelson with Sora?"

"This is a feasible solution. Sora's tactical center role can make our offense more diverse. This will always cause more trouble for the opponent and we may also create more opportunities."

"Well, I think so too, and I think the reason why they make us play so hard should be related to the similar types of our two forwards. The opponent can limit our forwards by sending two flexible central defenders, but if Sora goes up... there should be a chance!?"

Simon Grayson looked a little lack of confidence when he said this. Eric Black nodded silently. Both of them understood that if he sent Ameobi, Chelsea could send Terry. Although Terry's condition was no longer at its peak, he could use him to deal with a tactical center like Ameobi, who was tall and powerful, so even if Leeds United makes such adjustments, they will never get too many opportunities.

At this time, the two of them missed Jonny Hausen at the same time. Captain Leeds' sharp breakthrough ability on the left and his outstanding overall view are definitely the most important key for Leeds United to open the door to victory. And if he is present, the "Three Leeds Musketeers" will have a complete lineup, and Ben Parker's performance will be better, and he will not have a handful of assists like this game.

Fortunately, Captain Leeds' suspension period is about to pass, and luckily!

Last month, we were on the shelves late, and finally got 259 votes. Fatty added 25 updates in eleven days, and there were 2 guaranteed updates every day, with an average of 4 updates per day. Is it considered hardworking?

Hehe, this month we are still the same rule as 10+1. At the beginning of the new year, everyone has obtained the guaranteed monthly tickets. Let’s just throw them over. Let’s see how many updates the fat man can make today. Will he owe everyone a “giant debt”? OK?
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