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Chapter 365

The away game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium is also Chelsea's third London derby this season.Chelsea, which had won against Fulham and Tottenham before, sent all the main players in this game.

And Arsenal, who had lost to Manchester United and Manchester City in succession before, also wanted to prove their temperament of a strong team in this game.

However, the final result of this match that was supposed to be full of sparks turned out to be one-sided.

Chelsea beat Arsenal by three goals at the Emirates Stadium with Drogba's brace and Vermaelen's own goal forced by Drogba.

Wenger's team lost embarrassingly.

After defeating Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and now ranked first in the league, Chelsea has jumped to become the biggest favorite to win the season.

The arrival of Ancelotti has opened up the extremely strong side of the Blues. The victory against the other top three has given Chelsea full confidence.

And now, in front of Chelsea and Ancelotti, only last season's defending champion, Manchester City.

This game is not only a strong dialogue, but also a game that will definitely have a decisive impact on the first half of the game.

In the manager's office at Chelsea's Cobham training base, Ancelotti's coaching staff are discussing tactical issues against Manchester City.

"Playing Manchester City, I suggest to be conservative, the more conservative the better." Ancelotti's most important assistant coach, Wilkins is expressing his views: "Now in the standings, we lead by 2 points. As long as we keep the 2 points A point advantage is a victory for us.”

Ancelotti nodded. His current small diamond-shaped midfield tactics, to put it bluntly, are still based on the basis of Mourinho and Hiddink, with a little local change.

From focusing on defense to focusing on control.

And the person who led the situation became Lampard.

"Of course, this does not mean complete defense, but waiting for an opportunity to counterattack." Wilkins added.

"As for the way of counterattack, there are many ways to choose. We can try to attack first, disrupt the opponent's position, and then defend and counterattack; or be more safe, concentrate on defending, stabilize the position and then counterattack."

"In fact, defense and offense are secondary, and the more important point is," Ancelotti said: "The midfielder must suppress the opponent."

Ancelotti's emphasis on midfield is stronger than other coaches.

Whether it is the small diamond in Chelsea or the Christmas tree in AC Milan, they all emphasize the use of midfielders.So he is a head coach who cares a lot about the midfielder. Naturally, he will pay special attention to the opponent's midfielder when arranging targeted tactics.

Therefore, Ancelotti attaches great importance to the power of Manchester City's dual-core midfielder, and also attaches great importance to the suppression of these two people.

"I think Deco, Ballack, Essien and Lampard, a midfield composed of four, is enough to deal with. They are very experienced, full of tacit understanding, and solid defense." Wilkins analyzed.

These four were also the ones who played the most times for Chelsea in the first 14 rounds.Ancelotti doesn't like rotation very much, so the team is often dominated by one lineup.

One thing Ancelotti is better than his predecessors is that he is more sophisticated in the management of the locker room.

So the big guys like Ballack and Lampard still give Ancelotti a lot of face.

……

at the same time.

In the Manchester City training base, Duncan is conducting a tactical analysis meeting with the coaching staff before the game.

"Ancelotti is the most suitable person for Chelsea at this stage. He can solve the problem caused by Chelsea's excessive hoarding of superstars."

Duncan said.

"However, Ancelotti's handling method is more about compromise and concession. This method is not to solve the problem, but to compress and delay the problem. The key to this is Ancelotti's personal charm and communication skills .”

This method cannot be said to be good or bad, but if there are many stars in the team and they cannot be sold, Ancelotti is a good glue.

"The coexistence problem of Anelka and Drogba, the coexistence problem of Lampard and Ballack, these are the results of their blindly piled up superstars, but failed to effectively play the effect of the player combination. And the characteristics of Ancelotti , perfectly solved this point. So Ancelotti is the most suitable head coach for Chelsea at this stage, none of them."

Jim Cassell squinted: "Steben, you don't want to ask Ancelotti for a personal signature, do you? Although I am not against the cult of personality, as the head coach of Manchester City, your behavior is a bit Not right!"

"What are you thinking?" Duncan laughed and scolded, and then said: "To defeat an opponent, you must understand him completely, so that you can find his weaknesses and defeat him. I am not praising him, but analyzing him. .”

Although Duncan has a little admiration for Ancelotti in his heart.

"But what you just said seems to be all advantages and no disadvantages." Andy Cole said.

"I haven't finished talking yet, okay?" Duncan spread his hands helplessly before continuing: "Actually, in a way, Ancelotti, like Hiddink, is taking advantage of Mourinho. Mourinho One of the best things Rinho did at Chelsea was to keep the team's defense very tight and to forge their iron-blooded character. People like Drogba, Lampard, and Essien, all of them There is an indelible magic bird silver base. And this, whether it is Ancelotti or Hiddink, has continued during the coaching period."

"This is also the best result Chelsea can achieve now, the most essential guarantee!"

To some extent, Mourinho is also a strange injustice through the ages.

His significance to Chelsea is not just as simple as two league titles.

"But Chelsea is not without problems." After praising Ancelotti, Duncan changed the subject and said.

"In the first 7 rounds, Chelsea was able to take the lead in the Premier League. On the surface, the problem of the coexistence of Anelka and Drogba was solved, but in essence, it was because of Ancelotti's de-wingerization, which weakened the winger. The role of Drogba and Anelka allows Drogba and Anelka to calmly stretch the side and expand the space of movement, which activates the two! Without wingers, Chelsea may not be used to it."

"From the 7th round, their defense had problems. They lost to Wigan and Villa one after another, especially in the defense of set-piece headers. Their weakness was too obvious. Especially in the 9th round, Villa's Two centre-backs with one header each highlights Chelsea's weakness in defending set-pieces."

Those present are all experienced professional coaches. Duncan doesn't need to say more, they all know how to take advantage of this.

Set-piece tactical coordination is a focus of this game.

Of course, the overall tactics certainly cannot be so thin, but based on the basic offensive and defensive tactics, supplemented by set-piece tactics.

(End of this chapter)