novelhk Chapter 361
Chapter 361
In the home team's locker room.
Li Shiguang is explaining the tactics for the second half to his players.
"Wesley, I ask you to increase your running range. When the team attacks, you will be the most critical transfer axis of the team. The connection between you and Kaka will determine whether our attack will be fruitful! When defending, you must return to the midfield to help Luka and Xavi defend the midfield..."
If Mourinho or other commentators heard what Li Shiguang said at this time, they would be shocked.
Sneijder on the court?
Then who was replaced?
In Li Shiguang's words, the three midfielders who were on the field in the first half were all there, and the only one who was not there was De Bruyne.
But De Bruyne was still wearing his jersey at this time, with a serious expression. He was also very serious. He looked at Li Shiguang who was writing and drawing on the whiteboard and listening to Li Shiguang's tactical arrangements. There was no sign of being replaced.
"After the second half, they will definitely use the same high-pressure tactics as in the first half after recovering some of their physical strength." Li Shiguang tapped the midfield position on the whiteboard with the pen in his hand. "I asked you to slow down after losing the ball in the first half, not because you are weaker than them, but because their morale was up at that time, and we need to take the initiative to avoid their edge."
"But this is Elland Road, our home ground! In terms of personal strength, we are definitely not inferior to these Londoners! So after the second half, we will not give in. I want you to use the advantage of the number of midfielders to defeat them head-on! As long as we equalize the score in this way, believe me, these Londoners will definitely be unbalanced in their mentality. At that time, it will be our best chance to overtake the score!"
After returning to the locker room, Li Shiguang did not criticize his players, even though the opponent played better than them in the first half. The first thing he did was to ask Rivaldo to push the whiteboard over, and make substitutions while drawing pictures.
Silva, who received a yellow card, was replaced by Li Shiguang, and Sneijder replaced him. Leeds United's formation also changed from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2. After Sneijder came on the court, Kaka was also pushed to the position of shadow striker, and would stay in the front court more to participate in the attack.
That's why there was that explanation just now.
To be honest.
This is a very bold adjustment.
When the team was behind and there was a high center forward like Drogba with outstanding physical conditions on the opposite side, Li Shiguang chose to replace a central defender with a central midfielder.
It's not that this substitution idea is very strange, but this kind of adjustment usually appears in the last period of the game, when the team is on the verge of defeat, most of the head coaches will make this desperate substitution adjustment.
And Li Shiguang only made this adjustment during the halftime break.
It is conceivable that if the game today is finally lost, then after the game, how many bad comments from the outside world will be directly directed at Li Shiguang.
But Li Shiguang is like this. He doesn't play by the rules and is crazy.
No matter what others say, he only does what he wants to do...
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"Wuhu! Li made a super bold adjustment. He replaced Thiago Silva with Sneijder. Leeds United changed to 3-5-2 in the second half!" The fifteen-minute break passed quickly. Lineker, who was notified by the director, immediately sighed to the microphone about Li Shiguang's substitution, "It's worthy of Li. You know, it's Leeds United who are one goal behind now. In the next forty-five minutes, they will use three defenders to resist the impact from Chelsea's attack line!"
Although I hope Chelsea will win, for Jon admired Li Shiguang's courage: "It seems that slowing down the pace in the first half was just a stopgap measure for Li. He never gave up the idea of fighting Mourinho. The second half of the game was exciting. The two teams' competition for the midfield must be more intense than the first half! But in this case, Chelsea's forwards will also play more comfortably after receiving the shells from the midfield than in the first half! Silva and Kompany both had a hard time defending Drogba, not to mention that Kompany is the only central defender now..."
Hearing Jon's words, Lineker blinked and smiled.
"Jon, according to what you said... What if Chelsea's forwards can't receive the shells from the midfield?"
"Uh..."
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Mourinho, who had already walked to the coaching bench, naturally saw Leeds United's substitutions.
He glanced at Li Shiguang.
Even if it was also seen by the outside worldMourinho, who is known as the "madman", also had a flash of surprise on his face.
Just now in the locker room, he and his assistant analyzed the various adjustments that Li Shiguang might make, but he never thought that Li Shiguang would directly replace a defensive player with an offensive player at this time point.
But Mourinho is not a novice rookie.
Before the game started, he immediately called Drogba to the sidelines.
"Didier, tell Florent and Wright to increase your running volume after the game starts. I want you to rush more fiercely than in the first half! In the second half, as long as we score first and wait for them to rush out to attack, these three defenders will definitely not be able to withstand our impact!"
"Okay." Drogba nodded in a muffled voice, turned around and went to find his teammates to convey Mourinho's instructions.
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Obviously, Mourinho had a good idea, but the direction of the game did not develop as he thought.
Lineker's joke also came true.
After the second half of the game started.
Leeds United began to take the initiative in the game by using their numerical advantage in the midfield.
The three players on the Chelsea front line did strictly follow Mourinho's arrangement and fought fiercely at the beginning of the game.
But the three players on the Leeds United back line would not let the ball stay at their feet for too long. After getting the ball, they almost kicked it out and transferred it to the midfield, and Drogba and his team could not chase too deep in the first place.
As for Lampard and his three players, even if they ran faster, they seemed a little weak in pressing when facing Leeds United players who had a teammate to support them at any time...