Coach Live Raiders

Chapter 275 Advance to the Finals
Only one step away from the Serie A championship, Perugia turned his head and turned his attention to the European Cup Winners' Cup. It turned out that there seems to be no place where Perugia can be difficult to win here.

In the first round against Chelsea, Perugia won the away game with 3 goals, and it was achieved when Bruno sat on the bench and Ravanelli was the temporary coach to direct the game. If it was Bruno, that would be It's a matter of three balls.

Back to Perugia's home court in the second round, how big a wave can Chelsea make?
It is generally believed that even if Perugia sends a second-tier lineup, Chelsea will not have a chance to turn around. After all, Perugia's second-tier lineup is at least at the mid-range level of Serie A, and Chelsea may not dare to win.

Chelsea coach Vialli also expressed pessimistically. Although Chelsea will fight until the last minute, their road to European competition this season may have come to an end. After all, in many cases, absolute strength does not depend on human will For diversion, besides, their desire to win may not necessarily be stronger than that of Perugia.

Perhaps Chelsea's only chance is that Perugia underestimates the enemy, sends out a second-tier lineup and is too relaxed, so Chelsea can take advantage of it.

However, this kind of script is often just wishful thinking of some people and does not have practical guiding significance, because you can't make reality as a dream.

Chelsea's script was partly correct. Perugia did send a second-tier lineup. After all, they just had a battle with Juventus, and returning to Serie A will be a key battle for Perugia. Perugia needs to maintain the lineup neat.

However, even Perugia's second-tier lineup is not something Chelsea can easily overcome.

At the Guri Stadium in Perugia, Chelsea played really well. Even Bruno had to admit that Vialli's team seemed to have played the best game of the season.

With Chelsea's top-middle lineup in the Premier League playing a back-to-back fight under the attitude of the underdogs, this is in line with the psychological expectations of most people-even if they are eliminated, they must play with momentum.

Perugia's second-tier lineup has average stress resistance. Even though their potential is no less than that of the main players, after all, they have played fewer key battles and their psychological stress resistance is slightly weaker, giving Chelsea an advantage.

In the first half, Chelsea turned away. Zola's goal seemed to give Chelsea hope of a comeback. Chelsea attacked even harder after scoring.

At the last moment of the first half, Perugia was even suppressed into his own penalty area for a while, unable to even counterattack. Chelsea's fierce offensive wave after wave made people breathless.

It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half that Bruno breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally over.

If Chelsea scored two goals in the first half, then Perugia would have only one goal left, which would undoubtedly make the game more confusing.

Bruno doesn't like the situation where he can't control the situation. He must firmly control the game in his own hands.

During the intermission, Bruno did not hesitate to take down Gallas, who had made a fatal mistake in the first half, and also played Materazzi, who needed Materazzi to command the team's defense.

Mistakes are not terrible. Every player cannot escape the possibility of making mistakes on the court. If it is just a mistake, Bruno will not necessarily blame Gallas.

But the problem is that Gallas played too relaxed in the first half, or his attitude was not correct. Perhaps he felt that Perugia's promotion was no longer in suspense.

As soon as the mind relaxes, the body will naturally relax as well, and mistakes will naturally appear.

Therefore, Bruno must replace Gallas, because you don't know when this big thunder will explode.

When he bought Gallas, Bruno knew that Gallas' defense was like a double-edged sword. He didn't know when he would hurt himself when he stabbed someone, but Bruno felt that he could definitely train Gallas. Si, let him get rid of this problem.

But now it seems that I may have overestimated myself, at least my current transformation is not successful, Gallas seems to have entered the thunder stage ahead of schedule.

Well, maybe I am not omnipotent, and I am not that great, I have to admit this.

While replacing Gallas, Bruno also replaced Pauletta with Gattuso, which was a tactical substitution.

The team's formation has changed to 451, which has strengthened the defensive strength of the midfield. At this point, Bruno does not intend to continue to play against Chelsea. At this time, it is better to kill the game as soon as possible.

Keeping the comeback Ravanelli to press in the frontcourt and give full play to his characteristics may be able to create a little unexpected effect.

This time, Perugia's midfield has completely turned into a production line composed of multiple meat grinders. If the opponent's players pass through, they may directly turn into minced meat.

The adjustment worked well. After the start of the second half, although Chelsea's offense was still fierce, they often couldn't pass Perugia's meat grinder midfielder smoothly. With a neat formation, it threatened Perugia's goal.

In terms of defense, Perugia may not be the best in the world, but with Perugia's tactical system, they are not afraid of any opponent.

Chelsea became more and more impatient. After being helpless against Perugia's midfielder several times, Vialli put all his eggs in one basket and replaced Flo, a high center forward, forming a three-forward formation, completely giving up defense. Bruno couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

I forgot what Vialli's coaching performance was later, but at least now, Vialli is absolutely qualified as a coach, and his performance deserves his respect.

But this obviously won’t be the ideal world of hello, me, everybody. Football is about winning and losing. Even if he respects his opponent, Bruno can’t give up his own interests to fulfill Chelsea. game.

Moreover, in order to express his respect for Chelsea, Bruno knew that Perugia had to play the best game, so that Chelsea would not have more regrets when they were eliminated, because their loss to Perugia was not wronged.

Before Chelsea's desperate attack, Perugia's defense line was impenetrable and showed no flaws at all. Materazzi's command gave Perugia's defense line the demeanor of a top-level defense line. In fact, they already have this. Ability.

At the last moment, Chelsea can only get opportunities through frequent crosses, which is the only way they can create threats so far.

But the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as Flo headed wide of goal from a cross from Clarke.

In this way, Perugia defeated Chelsea with a score of 3:1 in two rounds, and advanced to the final of the European Cup Winners Cup.

(End of this chapter)