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Chapter 1002 Adjustment
During the half-time break, Ancelotti continued to give Chelsea players psychological training in the locker room, so that they could regain their fighting spirit.

This alone took him about 10 minutes, and the time left for him to make tactical adjustments was less than 5 minutes...

At the same time in the Manchester City dressing room, Benitez made some adjustments to the situation shown in the first half.

Sneijder wasn't very good in the first half, but Benitez didn't intend to take him off or even criticize him.

According to his performance in the first half, he was inspired by his performance on the field, and Benitez intends to hand over the task of organizing the offense to Rongguang.

Rong Guang didn't object to the task given to him by Benitez, and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, it's not that he hasn't done this job at Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich.

There was a time when he completed a hat-trick of assists in a Champions League group match.

And to put it bluntly, his position on the field is not a forward, but a midfielder.Although he scored a lot of goals, in fact he is really a midfielder.

Since it is a front midfielder, besides scoring, it is natural to organize the offense.

Rong Guang also doesn't think about asking himself to organize the offense at all, whether it will reduce his own goals or not.In his view, the two are completely incompatible.

No one has stipulated that a playmaker cannot score a goal.

In the second half of the game, Rongguang will of course put more energy into connecting the frontcourt and creating opportunities for his teammates, but it does not mean that if there is a chance to score in front of him, he will let it go easily.

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After a 15-minute break, the two sides re-entered the field and changed sides to fight again.

Manchester City did not make any adjustments, but Chelsea took the lead in making substitutions.

At half-time, Ancelotti replaced Paolo Ferreira with Ivanovic.

The starting right back in this game is Paulo Ferreira, the Portuguese international who was brought to Chelsea from Porto by Mourinho. In 2004, he won the European Champions Cup with Porto. That season he was also selected into the European Team of the Season. He played right back and was known as "the best right back in Europe".

Paulo Ferreira had both offensive and defensive skills in Porto, but after coming to Chelsea, his performance was unstable. Now he has become more cautious and will not easily overstep the threshold.

Ancelotti let him start because of his defensive ability.

He wanted to contain Manchester City's offense on the wing.

A reassuring Ashley Cole on the left and Paulo Ferreira on the right.

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester City still scored a goal.

Although the conceded goal has little to do with Paulo Ferreira, who performed well in the first half, Ancelotti still replaced Paulo Ferreira because he made some adjustments to his tactics.

He wants to attack but is unwilling to relax the defensive requirements, so the full-back must be a person who can go up and down, and must have excellent assist ability. If he only defends well, it is useless and has almost no contribution to the team's offense.

This is not enough. If Chelsea want to win at home, how can they rely on defense alone?
Paulo Ferreira dare not attack now, dare not press, how can this work?
And Ivanovic is an all-rounder on the defensive line, and he also has a strong offensive ability.

Bringing him on could strengthen Chelsea's attack on the wing.

At the same time, compared with other players on the field, he played less than half a game, and there is no problem in physical fitness.

Even if you sprint back and forth, you don't have to worry about your physical stamina getting exhausted soon.

This is Ancelotti's tactic.

Chelsea requires a balance of offense and defense. It must be able to invest a large amount of troops in the offense, and it must also be able to return in the defense, so that it can quickly form a defensive line.

This puts higher demands on the physical fitness of the full-backs.

If Chelsea's offensive is very fierce, the two full-backs will have to keep advancing and then retreating. Doing sprints of tens of meters to 100 meters back and forth is all anaerobic exercise, which is very tiring.

But do they have any other choice now than to do so?
Of course, they don't have to go up to participate in the offense, just solid defense.But in this way, Chelsea did not invest enough troops in the offense to continue to put pressure on Manchester City. If they want to score goals in the offense, they really can only rely on luck.

They can also participate in the offense frequently, but do not return to the defense, but then Chelsea will not even win the game, and I am afraid that even the current draw may not be maintained.

Ancelotti also knows that if the two full-backs shuttle so frequently, their physical fitness will not be able to support them in the end.So he was ready before the game.

Among the seven substitute players in this game, Benitez brought three defenders, of which Belletti is a right back, and Ivanovic can play both a central defender and a right back.

At left-back, Chelsea start with Ashley Cole.This is a reassuring left back. He can monopolize the left corridor by himself, so he doesn't need a substitute here.

Ancelotti made full preparations on the right. After Ivanovic came on the field, because he ran half the game less than others, he had plenty of energy and could sprint on the side without worrying about lack of energy.

And if there is even a problem with his physical fitness, Ancelotti will replace him with Belletti.

In other words, as long as Ivanovic has other problems, Ancelotti still has a Belletti sitting on the bench.

In this way, on the right, Chelsea's offense and defense are guaranteed.

So after the start of the second half, Chelsea continued to put pressure on Manchester City's penalty area just like the beginning of the first half.

For a while, they had the upper hand, whether it was the ball possession rate calculated by the statistics, or the feeling of Chelsea in the senses.

The Chelsea fans in the stands saw that their team had the upper hand, and followed suit. They kept singing and shouting in the stands to cheer for the team.

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But Manchester City was unmoved.

Chelsea want to attack, let them attack, Manchester City shrink defense.

This is also the style of play they are good at.

Shrink the defense, first don't lose the ball, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

This is Manchester City's offensive routine.

Everyone knows that Manchester City is good at this, but there is nothing they can do to stop Manchester City from playing like this.

At best, they can only complain in the media that Manchester City has so many stars, but they dare not let go and play offensive football. What cowards...

But Manchester City doesn't care.

They are now number one in the league!

Now facing Chelsea's onslaught, although Manchester City is at a disadvantage, they are very calm.

As long as the football is at their feet and there is a chance to counterattack, they must go directly to Rong Guang.But if not, then they wouldn't be back and forth in the midfield, that would be feeding meat to Chelsea's frontcourt press... They would kick the football to Manchester City's backcourt very simply, and let Manchester City organize the attack again.

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The game played for 6 minutes, and in 1 minute of the whole game, Chelsea completed one of their attacks.Under Lucio's personal interference, Drogba's shot went high.

Taking advantage of Manchester City's goal kick, Chelsea's players all retreated to their own half. They didn't stay in the frontcourt-it wasn't just Manchester City's players who remained calm, Chelsea's players were also very calm.

They keep in mind the coach's arrangements and instructions—once they lose possession of the ball, some of them will siege in the frontcourt, and most of them will retreat immediately and return to their defensive positions.

For an opportunity like the opponent's goal kick, there must be no hesitation, and the whole team will retreat directly!
In this way, even if Manchester City wanted to make a quick counterattack, they would not be able to fight back.

Besides, this is Chelsea's home court, and even the ball boys help Chelsea.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart went to his ball boy for the ball and he wanted a goal kick.

But Chelsea's ball boy dawdled a long way to find a football and threw it to Joe Hart.

At this time, all Chelsea players returned to their own half, especially the two full-backs who had just come up to assist, and were already in their positions.

Manchester City couldn't even fight back if they wanted to fight back.

However, Manchester City did not expect to fight back quickly at this time.

Now Manchester City's offensive organizer is glorious!

Joe Hart spread his hands to the ball boy, expressing his helplessness, instead of entangled with the ball boy, he turned around and put the football in place, and he was not in a hurry to kick off.

After observing the situation, he didn't directly kick the football forward with his big foot, letting the football penetrate deep into the opponent's hinterland at once.

After observing for a while, he ran up and made a pass, and passed the football to central defender Godin in the form of a ground ball.

After Godin took the ball, he passed it to the midfielder Matuidi.

After Matuidi took the ball, he didn't rush to kick forward, or rushed forward with the ball himself.

He chose to cross the football to Gareth Barry.

Since Chelsea does not allow Manchester City to fight back, Manchester City is not in a hurry.Just advance slowly like this, and look for opportunities in the process of advancing.

When the football was passed to Sneijder, Chelsea's players still defended him very oppressively.

Guaranteed to prevent Sneijder from organizing any effective offense.

If Sneijder is still an offensive organizer, Chelsea's defense can be said to have directly disrupted Manchester City's offensive rhythm.

But now, Manchester City's offensive organizer is no longer Sneijder, but... glory!
Under the pressure of the opponent, Sneijder did not stop the ball, but passed the football directly, and he did not pass it directly to Rongguang, but passed it back to Gareth Barry.

Barry didn't stop the ball either, and kicked forward against the rolling football.

This time, he put the football at the feet of his true goal, Glory.

Because Sneijder had just attracted Chelsea's defensive attention, now is the chance to give the ball to Rong Guang.

After Rongguang retreated to catch the ball, the pressure he received was not as great as when he was near the penalty area.

If Gareth Barry didn't pass the ball to Sneijder just now, but directly gave it to Rongguang, then it might be Rongguang's turn to be surrounded by Chelsea players.

But because Sneijder received the ball just now, the Chelsea players thought he was an offensive organizer, so they paid extra attention to his defense in this position, which actually caused the less defensive pressure around Rongguang...

How easy is Glory?He can even turn around with ease after receiving the ball.

If this was receiving the ball from the front of the box, he might not be able to turn around at all!

(End of this chapter)