My name is Colani

Trapani's situation is not necessarily better than Chelsea's. Dellas, who rarely plays, is injured and will not affect the overall situation. But what makes people anxious in this game is that Mascherano is suspended due to a yellow card, which forces Ranieri to replace Pizarro. This means that Trapani will play in a different way. He must have more control of the ball to fit Pizarro's technical characteristics.

Trapani's starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Kameni

Defenders: Maicon, Victor, Barzagli, Evra

Midfielders: Ballack, Pizarro, Essien

Forwards: Klose, Toni, Messi

Today, there are also substitutions on the front line. Since entering the knockout stage, what surprised everyone is that the unknown young player Di Maria is obviously more favored by Ranieri. He squeezes the famous Klose and Toni to the bench from time to time!

Why? !

Ranieri actually values ​​Di Maria's running attitude. He is willing to return from the forward position to his own half to defend. He faithfully implements what Ranieri taught him, always thinking about his back.

Speaking of Klose, it is impossible to do as well as Di Maria when executing tactics. This is why Ranieri prefers Di Maria. No matter how good his defensive ability is, at least this attitude must be there.

But the situation is different today. The team has made some changes in skills and tactics. The team may have more possession of the ball, and positional warfare will become the theme. How can it be possible without Toni and Klose, two forwards with super ability to grab points? !

So Ranieri's change of formation in this game has become difficult for even Mourinho to guess.

The importance of this game to the two teams is self-evident. Mourinho has the hope of becoming the coach who leads two different teams to the Champions League final. Of course, he is not the first. And Trapani may enter the Champions League final for the second consecutive year. This achievement is not something that ordinary teams can achieve.

From the history of the two teams, if Mourinho can lead Chelsea to the final championship, even if he does not win the league championship this season, he can be regarded as establishing a Chelsea dynasty.

The same is true for Ranieri. If he can take over and lead Trapani to win the treble this season, then Trapani can officially announce the establishment of their first dynasty, which is the peak of Ranieri's coaching career and Trapani's history.

Today's referee is from Spain, Jumeito, who witnessed the Red Army's Istanbul miracle. He performed well in that game and did not make any big mistakes.

However, it is worth mentioning that although Jumeito has always been a famous referee in Spain, his recent reputation is not very good. He often makes some mistakes in the La Liga. Barcelona has suffered from him twice in the second half of this season and lost 4 points. But this is not as serious as when he said to Bilbao captain Etcheberia, "I wish you a successful relegation!" after Athletic Bilbao defeated Valencia at home a few weeks ago. His words directly showed that the Football Association was indeed taking care of the declining old powerhouse Athletic Bilbao, which also caused an uproar. But at least his stable performance in the Champions League in recent years has determined that he is still an excellent referee in the Champions League.

Hugo didn't know him at all, so he turned around and asked Collina. The bald coach is now the chairman of the Italian Referee Committee, and his main responsibility is to be responsible for refereeing.

He was also a world-famous celebrity in the past, but he didn't show up much after he became the chairman of the Referee Committee. Today, he took the initiative to ask Trapani Club for tickets and came to watch this focus battle.

I have already greeted Hugo, and Hugo chatted with him for a few words. People said that Hugo might be too extravagant to do this, after all, Collina is the head of the Referee Committee.

But it doesn't matter, because Hugo has no position. Trapani's chairman is not him but Morek. Besides, this is a Champions League game, and Collina doesn't have to shy away from this.

Collina explained Humeto's background and history to Hugo, and Hugo nodded!

"I hope this guy is a fair guy. They are too good at using their bodies! I hope he doesn't enforce the law according to the standards of the Premier League!" Hugo used Italian.

Zamparini and Collina laughed when they heard it. Collina said: "He won't be an English referee! He has rich experience, not a rookie!"

Ranieri played a little trick here. He wrote Li Tie in the list he reported before, which meant that Trapani would not change tactics, but when it came time to play, Ranieri lied that Li Tie was unwell and let Pizarro replace him.

So many of Mourinho's arrangements were in vain. He originally planned to catch Li Tie's side kick, but now he has no way to start.

However, Mourinho still grasped the key to the problem. You can't let Trapani pass the ball into the penalty area. So he did not advocate that his team immediately shrink the defense line. Instead, he asked the midfield to grab the ball and prevent Trapani's midfield triangle from occupying the ball possession advantage.

So the scramble on the field during the beginning of the game was understandable, with frequent physical contact.

Messi became very excited after the opening. He frequently asked for the ball. According to Ranieri's tactical arrangement, Messi did not need to go to the midfield to receive the ball, which would increase his running distance. For Chelsea, who defended like concrete, it was not easy to break through. The team needed more patience.

Ranieri's idea was to cross the ball from the wing to create trouble for the opponent!

Messi asked for this, and the midfielder thought that he might have a particularly good feeling with the ball, otherwise he wouldn't ask for the ball!

So after the opening, teammates would pass the ball to Messi's feet when they had a chance. Messi often rushed to the front position with the ball, as if he was going straight to Huanglong. His position also often moved to the middle to interact with Ballack, and it seemed that there was no one on the side.

It was really difficult for Chelsea to defend Messi. They had made small moves in the midfield. The next step to eliminate Messi, Humeto warned.

Mourinho frowned, and he kept making gestures to Ranieri on the other side. Mourinho didn't know what he meant. Mourinho just thought what was the meaning of dribbling the ball to the middle? !

He suspected that it was Ranieri's trick, specifically letting Messi wander to the middle to create defensive pressure on Chelsea's midfield and commit fouls. Don't blame Mourinho for thinking so darkly, such things did happen on the court.

Messi's one-man show didn't have any good effect. Mourinho's reputation for relying on defense for so many years is not in vain. No matter how Chelsea's defense is in the Premier League this season, at least in the Champions League, he relied on his solid defense to advance to the semi-finals.

The deeper Messi's breakthrough went into the front hinterland of Chelsea's penalty area, the more interference he received. The space was too small, and he was not omnipotent. He had no way to double-team him.

Sometimes Chelsea players used fouls to stop him, and sometimes they completely locked him up. He couldn't force his way in and was easily intercepted by the opponent.

Messi adjusted his thinking and began to wait more steadily on his side. Trapani also adjusted his thinking and no longer centered on Messi alone. Pizarro and others began to control the football.

Mourinho originally didn't want Trapani to easily control the ball, but unfortunately, after grabbing for a while, they found that the effect of pressing was not outstanding. Pizarro's organizational ability was very good. According to Ranieri's instructions, he was not in a hurry to pass the ball forward, and he was always mobilizing the team to press forward as a whole.

Chelsea's midfield technical strength is inferior to Trapani's. Mourinho had no choice but to let the team's midfield arrange the first interception. If this interception does not work, they will quickly retreat to the front of the penalty area and arrange a bus defense.

Trapani's stands are small and can accommodate few spectators, but the momentum created is amazing. Trapani's fans saw that the team occupied the upper position, and they became more excited and shouted loudly. Some fans brought blank banners and wrote slogans on them with pens, such as "London bastards!" and "My dog ​​doesn't catch mice!", etc., to create pressure on Chelsea in the stadium.