Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

After the game started, neither side was in a hurry to attack.

Before the game, Yang Luo specifically told us to keep calm when playing against Chelsea.

Although it was very hard to endure, you have to endure it.

Chelsea is waiting for your impetuous moment.

Following Yang Luo's instructions, the Manchester City kids played very cautiously.

Naturally, the scene was not good.

In the first thirty minutes of the first half, the two sides had very few shots, which made the audience a little bored.

Yang Luo raised his eyebrows. Anyway, most of the people here are Chelsea fans, so it's disgusting.

Mourinho on the side was very calm. Anyway, he was used to such small scenes.

Although he wanted to win the game to save some face, they were now four points ahead and there was no need to rush.

If they wanted to make it 0-0, he could totally accept it.

Yang Luo scratched his head on the sidelines. Mourinho was indeed much better than his teacher Van Gaal in this respect. Although he was arguing with everyone outside, he would remain calm and objective when facing the team.

As long as the players in the team believed in him, he would build a very disciplined iron army.

Therefore, Yang Luo also had a headache. It was not a solution to continue to waste time with Chelsea.

So he looked at Tuchel and gestured to Ronaldinho on the sidelines.

Ronaldinho immediately understood what he meant. He took the opportunity of a dead ball to convey the coach's intention to his teammates in the frontcourt.

At the same time, Essien quietly moved his position forward a little, ready to advance if there was a chance.

As for the two full-backs, Yang Luo still had no intention of letting them press forward.

In the 37th minute, Manchester City finally waited for a good opportunity.

After Makelele intercepted Joe Cole's pass, he passed the ball to Ronaldinho on the left.

Ronaldinho still had a great advantage over Glen Johnson on the right, so in Mourinho's arrangement, as long as Ronaldinho got the ball, Dacourt had to come to fill the position.

At the same time, Lampard and Joe Cole had to recover in time to fill Dacourt's gap.

But no matter how fast the rotation was, it was not as fast as the passing speed.

Ronaldinho passed the ball to Kaka directly before Dacourt came to make up for it. Kaka took advantage of Lampard's lag and started to run fast!

With his speed, Lampard could only eat dirt behind him!

Now, Kaka got a chance to face the defense line!

And Ricardo Carvalho stepped forward, ready to delay his progress.

But Kaka's breakthrough was not something a defender could stop!

He only changed direction, then accelerated instantly, and immediately came to Carvalho's side.

Ricardo Carvalho quickly took a step sideways, ready to use his body to confront Kaka.

But Kaka turned outward again and passed by him!

Ricardo Carvalho was shocked and quickly turned around to chase him, while exerting his body to force Kaka to go outside.

At the same time, left-back Gallas recovered and pinched Kaka with Carvalho.

But after Kaka took a step with the ball, he suddenly knocked the ball with his heel!

Ronaldo, who was unguarded behind him, took a step sideways and got the ball!

Then he cut inside with the ball and entered the penalty area!

Lampard finally made up for the defense at this time and blocked Ronaldo's steps!

Ronaldo decisively flicked the ball, flashed out of the shooting angle, and shot directly!

Cudicini quickly went to the ground and saved the ball from the bottom line!

This ball was the best chance for both sides after the opening, but unfortunately it failed to change the score on the field!

Mourinho frowned on the sidelines. In fact, his own defensive players did not make any big mistakes in this ball. It was just that the personal ability of Manchester City's frontcourt players was too strong, and it was easy to tear the defense line open.

This made him a little anxious.

If this situation was placed on Wenger or Van Gaal, they would definitely go against the opponent, but Mourinho had to consider how to limit the opponent first.

He thought about it and immediately decided to change to zone defense, while withdrawing Lampard's position a little to supplement the area on Dacourt's side.

This plan was also practiced in the pre-match preparations, so Mourinho shouted on the sidelines and then made a gesture, and the players on the field immediately understood it.

After the formation adjustment, the scene suddenly became more ugly.

In the last few minutes of the first half, Manchester City and Chelsea

There were no good chances, and the final score remained at 0-0.

In the entire first half, both sides only had four shots, which made Lineker and Alan Hansen in the studio sigh and say they had nothing to say.

At this time, Mourinho said to his soldiers in the locker room: "We played a little conservatively in the first half, and the scene was not very good."

Everyone was stunned.

He paused and said: "But this is exactly my tactical requirement, so you did a good job."

Everyone was relieved.

Mourinho showed a barely perceptible smile on his face: "However, as the leader of the league, we can't keep being so negative in our home court. So, we must seize the opportunity in the second half to fight the opponent's counterattack!"

Drogba couldn't help but raise his head, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

Mourinho continued: "The opponent needs a victory more than us, so they will continue to strengthen their offense in the second half. And then, our chance will come!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, Manchester City directly brought up their two full-backs, ready to fight Chelsea.

All this was as Mourinho expected.

In the 53rd minute, Ronaldinho cut inside and passed the ball to Evra who came in from behind.

Evra made a cross before Glen Johnson came to make up for the defense, but Terry headed the ball out first.

Lampard got the ball outside the penalty area. He took a look at the situation in the frontcourt and swung a long pass directly!

At this time, there were only Joaquin, Drogba and Duff in the frontcourt, and the ball was heading for Drogba!

Drogba leaned on Stam and passed the ball to Joaquin on the right.

After Joaquin got the ball, he started to move forward. At this time, Evra on the left had not returned to his position, so there was a large space in front of him.

But Drogba was already entangled by Stam and Makelele, and Duff on the other side was also guarded by Maicon, so he had no other outlet.

At this time, Distin in front was already ready, becoming a stumbling block on his way forward.

He first made a fake move, but Distin did not take the sway and still blocked the middle, preventing him from going inside.

Joaquin knew that if he chose to go to the bottom, it would be difficult for his teammates to grab the point in the middle, so he made up his mind and kicked a long shot directly!

Distin subconsciously stretched out his foot to block it, but the ball hit his calf and changed its line!

And Cech had reacted the moment he kicked, but this change of line was completely beyond his expectations!

At this time, his center of gravity had been lost, and he could only watch the football draw a strange arc and fall into the other side of the goal!