Midfielder

It is not only Bolton coach Allardyce who wants to end Chelsea's undefeated record. It is estimated that many people are paying attention to this game at this moment, especially those competitors who are following Chelsea.

This is the first game in this round. If Chelsea can fall, it is estimated that those pursuers will definitely fight for a victory, after all, there will not be too many such opportunities.

If it is said that the fatalistic atmosphere created by some media before the game, then after Ferreira was sent off with a red card after the opening, and Bolton successfully scored a penalty kick, everything changed.

This goal and the sudden red card did make many people unable to react, including Chelsea's players, who were a little uncomfortable, after all, they have not fallen behind for too long.

Since the beginning of this season, they have not allowed their opponents to score first, but Bolton changed this record just two minutes after the opening. This seems to be a bit fatalistic.

The commentators seemed to be afraid of chaos. When they were explaining, they kept mentioning how Chelsea was defeated by Manchester City last season. They might be expecting Bolton to do the same.

And the cheers of the Bolton fans in the stands were almost shouting with loudspeakers.

"We are the great Bolton. We are a fast horse that no one can stop. Even the strongest team will be trampled under the feet of the Bolton team!" Such noisy shouts were endless.

Allardyce and his team seemed to understand the shouts of these people. After taking the lead, they did not shrink back to keep the advantage of the goal, but continued to attack Chelsea.

I don't know if that goal gave Allardyce such courage, but he did get angry.

In the two games against Chelsea last season, not only did he lose to Mourinho, but he almost lost his position as the head coach of Bolton. Now he has seized the opportunity and is ready to fight back!

It seemed that this fast horse suddenly found the trick to tear open Chelsea's defense, and attacked this steel defense back and forth, especially when they saw Ferreira's end, which had affected Chelsea's mood.

That was a red card, there was nothing to complain about. Even Mourinho, who often argued with the referee, gave up arguing, but this red card did disrupt Chelsea's defense.

It was mainly the opponent's blitzkrieg that caused them trouble. Chelsea had been accustomed to controlling the rhythm of the game recently, but now, this offensive rhythm was obviously out of their control.

Although Mourinho quickly made personnel adjustments after Ferreira was sent off.

He used Del Horno to fill the vacancy left by Ferreira, but the price was also not small.

Because Ferreira's head was hot, Mourinho could only replace Duff, who had not yet completed the warm-up activities.

Although Duff didn't say anything when he left the field, who could see that he was very unhappy now.

Originally, with the joining of Wright this season, Duff was the one who was most threatened. In order not to be squeezed out by the latecomers, the Irishman has been fighting hard recently, and he has almost seized every opportunity to play.

But Ferreira was sent off so suddenly, and the first one to be replaced was himself. It is estimated that anyone who was replaced would be unhappy, but Duff could only obey Mourinho's orders.

Removing a fast knife from the wing reduced the threat of breakthroughs on the wing. In order to make up for this gap and prevent the opponent from using the weakened personnel on the wing to find a long-distance space, Mourinho could only let Lampard play on the wing, although this position made Lampard, who was used to looking for opportunities in the middle, very awkward.

But in order to ensure that his wing was not penetrated by the opponent's penetration, Mourinho could only dismantle his offensive structure. Fortunately, Robben was still in this game, and Lampard could also defend the corridor on the wing.

But the offensive and defensive thickness of the middle will be affected, but this is really a change that cannot be helped.

However, this kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul not only failed to exchange for a stable wing defense, but also made his central attack fall into a difficult battle. Gerrard had to deal with the opponent's two defensive midfielders alone.

Gerrard was not unable to deal with the opponent, but Bolton's fierce attack was indeed very troublesome.

Bolton's two defensive midfielders were originally intended to strengthen the defense. Now that they were suddenly ahead, their performance was like chicken blood, and they began to frantically create obstacles for Gerrard to break through.

Pulling, tackling, and collision, the two defensive midfielders now did everything to limit Gerrard.

Not only was Gerrard's forward action a little restricted, but even Lin Yi's activities in the midfield were also subjected to the opponent's wanton double-teaming. The group of Bolton guys didn't intend to let Lin Yi receive the ball at all.

Tackle, physical confrontation, although these are some conventional means, Bolton does have one more team than Chelsea now, and they have the time and manpower to specially assign two players to block Lin Yi.

And their strikers and wingers will retreat from time to time to help the midfield to coordinate defense.

This kind of pursuit and interception really made Lin Yi feel a little bit unable to display his skills, and the opponent was like a plaster.

It’s not that no one has used such a trick in previous games, but this time Bolton’s attack really relied on a brave spirit to suppress Chelsea’s counterattack, and they played very actively.

Less than ten minutes after the goal, Bolton launched a continuous tide of attacks.

It can be seen that Allardyce is ready to take a bite of Chelsea. At least he wants to expand the score while the opponent has not yet regained its footing and strive to take all the initiative.

The impact of Okocha and Diouf in the frontcourt completely demonstrated the energy of Africans. Their running without hesitation really caused trouble for Chelsea's defense.

After Del Horno came on the field, he did not perform in line with his worth. At least he has not yet formed a tacit understanding with his teammates when defending, and he cannot keep up with Ferreira's airtightness.

Maybe it was because the warm-up activities on the sidelines hadn't allowed him to move, or maybe Bolton's pressing attack really put pressure on him. Anyway, Del Horno's side was always full of dangers.

"Chelsea spent a lot of money to buy Del Horno, but he doesn't seem to have demonstrated convincing abilities. It seems that Kenyon's buying policy in the transfer market does not work every time."

When the person in charge of commentating was exaggerating the offense for Bolton, he could also find time to talk about Kenyon's transfer strategy of only buying expensive ones but not the right ones. It seemed that the people he bought were not that easy to use.

After Del Horno moved to Chelsea, he has not performed as he should. I guess this makes Kenyon a little depressed, especially when he sees the players he bought perform like this. He felt a little embarrassed on his face, but he couldn't express all this to others yet.

However, the dangers on Del Horno's side are just a microcosm of the leaks in Chelsea's defense, including Terry and Ashley Cole, who also performed very hard today.

When Terry competed with the opponent for a header in the middle, at least twice he allowed Diouf to get ahead of him and complete the header. If Cech hadn't reacted quickly enough, both headers would have been threatening. .

The Czech, who has always been very quiet, did not show much excitement after making consecutive wonderful saves.

Instead, Cech roared loudly for the first time at the defenders in front of him, "Cheer up, guys! Don't let those damn guys attack our goal so unscrupulously!"

It can be seen that Cech also felt a crisis. Although the opponent only used a penalty kick to break the goal he was guarding, if this continues, Bolton may still score.

If one player is missing and two goals behind, then the game will be really difficult to play. After all, this is the opponent's home court. Once you gain the upper hand, it will be difficult to suppress your opponent in a short period of time, let alone win.

However, Cech's roar could only continue to prevent the goal from being breached by the opponent, but the waves of attacks did put him under a lot of pressure, and the usually solid defense seemed a bit shaky at the moment.

Even Mourinho himself did not expect such a scene after the start. He did not see the crisis in the defense, but he understood that the pressure on the defense came from the sluggish attack.

Ferreira was sent off, which disrupted his pre-game arrangements, especially the offensive arrangements. The original style of attacking with both wings flying in the middle now lacked a sharp knife from the wing, and the center was also entangled by the opponent.

Lampard did not perform satisfactorily in a position he was not used to, but with one less player, Mourinho did not dare to easily switch to a wide attacker because he was afraid that the defense would be more vulnerable.

This concern makes Lampard's performance on the right a bit frustrating. Without him as his attacking partner in the center, Gerrard's offense behind Drogba also lacks a bit of sharpness, relying only on Robben on the wing. Breakthroughs, Drogba's elephant's tusks rarely penetrate the Bolton team's penalty area.

But compared to these guys, Mourinho is probably more concerned about Lin Yi. After all, that kid is the offensive soul of Chelsea. If he doesn't perform well, that will be the biggest trouble.

It is obvious that the Bolton team is very aware of how much trouble Lin Yi can cause on the court. They have not forgotten the fatal injury in the two games last season, so they do not want to make a mistake this time.

In the past ten minutes, Lin Yi has not been able to catch the ball properly. Originally, he was not afraid of such a confrontation. At least he could learn to behave better, move around, and constantly cause trouble for the opponent.

However, various situations since the start of the game prevented Lin Yi from having the opportunity to organize an offense.

Lampard was moved to the wing, and Robben was being harassed by someone who couldn't find a suitable forward route. Without Lampard around him, Gerrard was also very high up, a little too far away from Lin Yi. Far.

Not to mention Drogba, if you want to pass the ball to that guy, you can only pass it long, and the opponent has at least two defenders pestering this African elephant. Bolton's offensive momentum is so strong, it also suppresses Lin Yi. Anyway, he is playing a bit awkwardly now, not at all as smooth as usual.

Moreover, the two Bolton players surrounding him made many small moves with their hands. Every time Lin Yi tried to get rid of their entanglement, the two guys would use pulling and tripping to restrain him.

Although such an action would not cause much harm, Lin Yi had already fallen to the turf several times under such strict and unscrupulous surveillance by the opponent. Unfortunately, the referee only gave the opponent a verbal warning and There was no actual playing of cards, which made the other party even more unscrupulous.

"That damn referee! His connivance is encouraging the opponent to attack Lin Yi with black feet!"

Britto was not as calm as Mourinho, so when he saw this scene, he had no scruples and just yelled. At this time, he didn't care whether the fourth official heard it or not.

Damn, the damn home advantage, especially this weird atmosphere, is very unfavorable to Chelsea.

Mourinho also smelled a bad tendency spreading. Just like those reporters said, Chelsea is too popular now, and many people want to see them fall. It seems that only if Chelsea loses can the competition in the Premier League be full of vitality again. This is a very dangerous signal.

Media propaganda will subtly affect many things, especially the emotions of fans and bystanders.

If everyone holds the idea of ​​killing Chelsea and wants to fight them to the end, even if Mourinho has absolute confidence in his team, he may not be able to predict the results of the subsequent games.

After all, there are too many things that can affect a team, both on and off the field, which may work.

Perhaps the most dangerous enemy now is not the competitor, but the public opinion that hopes Chelsea will fail.

Under this kind of public opinion, coupled with one's own carelessness, this embarrassing situation will naturally take shape.

The recent winning streak did make Chelsea a little too relaxed. Now they wanted to counterattack the opponent's offensive, but they were a little nervous at the moment and it was not so easy to adjust.

No matter how big the gap between the two teams was, at least at this moment, Chelsea was completely suppressed by the opponent, and the shouts from those crazy fans also made them very irritable.

Maybe it was because the game was not going well, and the opponent's offense and small moves began to increase gradually, Terry and Carvalho, who were hot-tempered, couldn't suppress their anger and received two yellow cards in a row.

Although Mourinho reminded the players loudly on the sidelines to stay calm, this kind of anger can't be controlled. Even Gerrard was warned loudly by the referee for a tackle in the frontcourt.

Bolton's attack was indeed fierce, and anyone could see that these guys tried to defeat Chelsea in one breath, but after more than ten minutes of continuous attack, they just let their fans scream continuously, and did not let Cech's gate be broken again.

Mourinho is very clear about the principle of "one effort, two failures, three failures", so he needs to make changes to the team at this time, especially after one less player on the wing, Chelsea's attack is not smooth, if you want to free Lin Yi, you must give him more helpers.

Change the formation! The current unfavorable situation must be changed. Maybe Allardyce is still expecting the damn score to change quickly, Mourinho has already pulled up another player he is about to send from the bench, Essien, this defensive midfielder looks ready.

"You go on the field and replace Makelele, he felt very bad in today's game, then let Gerrard go to the right side, but don't let him go down the bottom, tell him to try to cut inside, Drogba retreat a little, let him and Lampard be closer, let Ashley go up, interact with Robben on the left side, Lampard returns to the middle, you are responsible for defense in the middle, let Lin Yi have as much free space as possible."

Although the game has only been going on for more than ten minutes, Mourinho has no intention of letting the team play so messily. He would rather use another substitution quota, and he also needs this game to get back on track as soon as possible. When the opponent's attack fails, it is best to give them a head-on blow!

Makelele's performance in the defensive midfielder position is not as stable as before. It may be that the consecutive away games have made him lose his usual calm feeling. Mourinho needs Essien to take over Makelele's current position, strive to stabilize the midfield, and let the opponent's attack lose its power in his place.

Lampard's performance on the wing is not good. Gerrard may be more adaptable to the switch between defense and offense than him. Although he is not a traditional winger, when he was still in Liverpool, Benítez used him to play as the main player on the wing, which is always better than Lampard's performance.

Let Lampard return to the center to allow him to have more interaction with Drogba. Ashley's forward insertion on the wing is to defend Diouf's breakthrough and to help Robben have a helper when attacking on the wing, and try to get rid of the opponent's endless harassment defense against him.

Of course, all these arrangements are to give Lin Yi more room for activities. As long as this kid can get rid of the opponent's entanglement, then taking down Bolton is not a Jedi counterattack. Everything is a matter of course. However, Mourinho is not sure whether Lin Yi's performance today can work. After all, looking at his state in the first ten minutes of the game, he is indeed not as excited as in the previous few games. It always feels that something is missing.

"I hope that kid can adjust himself, otherwise, the so-called ninth round curse may really come true." Although Mourinho didn't feel much about these things, looking at the team's current state, it might not be impossible to lose a game, but he was unwilling to accept it.

When Essien came on the court and told Lin Yi about Mourinho's tactical arrangements, Lin Yi turned around and looked at Mourinho standing on the sidelines. He didn't say anything, but then he patted his chest with his right hand and gave Mourinho a thumbs up with an unusually firm look.

When Mourinho saw this scene, he already knew what the boy was going to do. It seemed that the noisy sounds around him did not disturb the boy's mood. He was just looking for a way to break this dilemma. The boy was not going to give up just like that. . .