Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The game was a big success, but the results were not good.

At the post-match press conference, Tuchel changed his usual silent attitude and directly criticized McLaren.

"In my opinion, the opponents in this game are not here to play football, they are here to wrestle! Their game strategy is disgusting!"

McLaren is not a pushover. As a talent who can kick Beckham out of the national team in the future, how can he bear the scolding from such a junior, so he also began to fight back: "Weak people will chatter endlessly, and real men never make excuses for the game."

Tuchel glanced at him: "If what you call a man means to be useless on the court, then you are indeed a real man of iron and blood. But unfortunately, your so-called real man style has not brought you a victory."

Although this German will not be regarded as a troll at the level of Mourinho and Conte in the future, he is definitely the kind of person who will not let go even if he is right.

Before, he was asked by Yang Luo to be a quail, which made him feel suffocated.

And this time, Yang Luo specifically asked him to troll as much as he could, and this time he finally got the chance.

So the two of them trolled the whole press conference, which also made the reporters' eyes shine and shouted that it was exciting.

Of course, criticizing opponents is just a way to vent one's anger, but Manchester City's current situation is still quite serious.

The next day, the reports of Uifalusi and Kaka came out.

Uifalusi will be out for one and a half months and the season is over.

Kaka will be out for eight to ten days and will miss the second round against Chelsea and the penultimate round of the league against Aston Villa.

This made Yang Luo's deployment of troops a little stretched.

What's more terrible is that the consecutive intensive schedules made Distin a little bit unable to hold on. In the last game, he was ordered to play for more than 60 minutes, which also made his physical fitness light up.

But Kompany also played the whole game in the league, and Lescott could not let Yang Luo completely rest assured, so he could only continue to choose Distin as the starter.

Although Ronaldo also played the whole game in the league, he could only continue to head hard when he could not rotate.

Soon, the time came to May 5, 2005.

Manchester City faces Chelsea at home.

This game is the focus of the focus. The two teams have fought hard from the league to the Champions League, and this game will determine who is better in the Champions League.

Manchester City's starting lineup is Cech, Maicon, Stam, Distin, Evra, Xabi Alonso, Essien, Ronaldinho, Robben, Ronaldo and Tony.

Chelsea's lineup is Cudicini, Glen Johnson, Terry, Carvalho, Gallas, Dacourt, Joe Cole, Lampard, Joaquin, Duff and Drogba.

Chelsea also made a large rotation in the last league game. Except for the iron man Terry and Lampard, they basically got enough rest.

Therefore, in terms of physical condition, Chelsea is definitely not inferior to Manchester City.

And because the two sides tied 1-1 in the first round, Manchester City has a slight advantage at home.

As long as they don't lose the ball, they can definitely advance.

So Yang Luo could think with his knees that Chelsea would strengthen their attack in this game.

Sure enough, after the game started, Chelsea, contrary to their usual practice, began to launch a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal!

In people's impression, Mourinho is a very conservative coach.

But in fact, that was only a feature that appeared in the later period of his career.

In the early stage of his career, he was a very tough coach. When the situation was unfavorable, he could often throw in three forwards and four forwards to attack.

Although his ability to coach the offense was not as good as Klopp and Guardiola, he was by no means an ordinary person.

Especially now that Chelsea, with a strong center forward and two super wingers, their offensive power is also quite scary.

In the seventh minute, Duff made a very beautiful breakthrough on the left. He observed the situation in the penalty area and directly kicked the ball to the middle!

Drogba brought all the attention of the two central defenders to himself. He made a feint at the front point, but let the football pass directly through the small penalty area!

Joaquin rushed to the back post and shot from a small angle!

Unfortunately, the ball was saved by Cech who reacted quickly.

Chelsea got a corner kick.

Joe Cole took the corner kick, and Terry in the penalty area jumped high and headed the ball!

Unfortunately, the ball was slightly higher than the goal.

This series of goals

The attack sounded the alarm for Manchester City's defense.

Moreover, Mourinho also made some changes in the deployment of the midfield line.

The two full-backs stood slightly forward, consistent with the midfield line, to ensure that the number advantage can be formed at any time.

As a result, Manchester City made frequent mistakes in passing in the midfield, which gave Chelsea offensive opportunities again and again.

In the 13th minute, Dakota intercepted the ball in the midfield and quickly passed the ball to Joe Cole.

Joe Cole used two consecutive changes of direction to shake off Xabi Alonso's defense and passed the ball to Duff again.

This time Maicon's defense was quite in place, and Duff failed to find a breakthrough.

But he did not force a cross, but passed the ball to Joe Cole who was responding.

Joe Cole did not stop the ball, but chose to pass it horizontally!

Lampard had already drawn his bow and arrow, ready to shoot!

Essien hurried forward to block, but he did not expect Lampard to lightly buckle and completely shake him off!

There was no obstacle in front of him at this time, and he decisively kicked a long shot!

The football flew towards Manchester City's goal like a cannonball!

But Cech had already adjusted his steps. He jumped lightly and saved the ball from the bottom line again!

Although the ball still didn't go in, Yang Luo on the sidelines couldn't sit still.

Tuchel sat next to him: "Chelsea in this game is the most aggressive Chelsea I have ever seen. They actually arranged a formation similar to 2143 more often, which is really rare."

Yang Luo nodded: "It seems that they won't stop until they score a goal!"

Tuchel said: "If this continues, I'm afraid our defense line will not be able to hold on."

Yang Luo sighed: "Yes, we can't be so passive anymore."

Tuchel glanced at him: "Are you going to advance the attack time?"

Their pre-match plan was to start the attack after 20 minutes and try to score a goal.

Unexpectedly, Chelsea took a step ahead of them and started the general attack directly, which caught them off guard.

Yang Luo nodded: "Yes! Aren't they fighting us to the death? We are not afraid of anyone when it comes to attacking!"

Tuchel understood what he meant, stood up and shouted to the players on the field.

"It's time to eat!"

This was the signal they agreed on.

The players on the field were excited, and it was time to start the attack!