No. 218 Transfer Turmoil
Mourinho made a substitution at the beginning of the second half, Robben replaced Orno, on the one hand, the Spaniard's performance was really poor, and on the other hand, it was a correction of the line-up in the first half.
It was Ferreira who was corrected, returning to the back in the second half to pick up the left-back position left by Orno, and after 30 minutes of changing to a back three, his performance as a left centre-back was also acceptable. But the question is, why is he not in the position he does best?
Chelsea's starting XI has changed in the last four games, with Jose Mourinho using three midfielders in the first three league games, but it was the FA Cup semi-final that came as a surprise the most. After the opening, Geremi played at right-back, while Pacos Ferreira pushed into midfield and took the right midfield position in the diamond-shaped midfield. The Portuguese is characterised by defensive awareness, defending the right side of the defence with little aggression, but when it comes to midfield, he looks a little helpless.
Jose Mourinho refused to admit a mistake on Pablo Ferreira after the game. "I don't think it's a mistake. The biggest mistake was the free-kick awarded to them in the first half, when the referee was 70 metres away from the scene of the incident and made such an important decision. As for Pacos Ferreira, he is one of the best players in this team. ”
As it turned out, the 'one of the best players' didn't work as intended, with Mourinho perhaps trying to stifle Liverpool's attack on the left flank, but it turned out that Ferreira disappeared on his own and Colwill remained active.
To make matters worse, the Portuguese were severely lacking in attacking prowess and lacked both speed and breakthroughs. Crossing is also not a forte, and the lack of teamwork with a few midfielders made the first half of the Chelsea midfield look like a mess. A threatening offensive cannot be organized.
After the game, Sky Sports and the British news agency gave Ferreira six and four points respectively, both noting that he did not adapt to his new role in the first half.
Mourinho reacted quickly, and although he didn't admit it after the game, the half-time adjustment showed that he had already seen the problem. Pacos Ferreira returned to the backline and Arjen Robben came on to add a midfielder, and the attempt to 'transform a full-back' failed after just 45 minutes. After 30 minutes. Chelsea, who were back on track, were overwhelmingly dominant, and it was also an indirect veto to the trial change in the first 60 minutes.
Jose Mourinho has never been a rigid coach and last season he changed his formation from 442 to 433. This season, he tried 442 diamond-shaped midfielders, and in terms of employing people, there are also many surprisingly successful "ghost hands", such as Gallas moving to the left, Gudjohnsen from a striker to a midfielder, Duff playing an "attacking left wingback" in a few games, and Hutter turning into a high center forward on the top line.
Compared to steady coaches like Arsene Wenger. Mourinho is more bold and more daring to gamble. And it often works wonders, but it is a gamble that can be won or lost, as in the case of last season's Champions Cup away to Bayern Munich, with Hutt playing as a right wing-back (by Ze Roberto), Ferreira's change of position was also a failed attempt, for which Chelsea gambled an FA Cup.
Of course, the media also noticed a more important detail, in terms of the use of Jonker, Mourinho replaced Chelsea's current top scorer and the most popular player at the start of the second half. Although it has been denied that Chelsea have a problem with Jonker's dependency, this substitution proved it with real actions. Chelsea do rely on Jonker a bit.
This is especially true when other players are not playing well in key games, Mourinho has once again chosen to take a gamble, and this time, the Portuguese lost again, and the price of losing a trophy is not insignificant.
After losing the possibility of winning other titles, the league title was in hand ahead of schedule, but the atmosphere at Chelsea has become relaxed, and after a busy season, there is still a journey to the World Cup after the season, and there is no need for the coach to say anything, many of the main players will be a little more attentive and leisurely in the next games.
No one wants to miss the quadrennial World Cup, especially with 2 months to go.
Mourinho also understands the feelings of the team's first-team national players, and in the rest of the league, they will rotate if they can.
In the 33rd round, Chelsea offered Ibrahimovic and Drogba the two-centre-forward tactics, but it received a good effect on West Ham, when the 10-man match was still one goal behind, four goals in a row, and finally 4:1 The London Little Brothers.
The referee's "Chelsea flu" may be more worrying for Mourinho, this game against West Ham, Maniche was sent off in the first 16 minutes, he stepped on the opponent Scaloni's kick is indeed stupid, but the video shows that Maniche's foot is not on the ground, the Argentine Scaloni rolled in pain, "made the most of this foul", and the referee's red card was more for Maniche's intentions than the consequences.
This is the fifth time in the Premier League this season that Chelsea have played with one man less, with two wins, one draw and one defeat in the previous four. However, the red card was the only time before that Chelsea lost 1-0 to Fulham, this time with the pressure of 'Manchester United looming' and Chelsea appeared to be on the verge of collapse, but after 90 minutes the score was 4-1 at Chelsea 4, and no one could have predicted the outcome when Maniche was sent off.
'The 10-man Chelsea made a challenging declaration to Manchester United, and they showed the bloody ...... of the champions,' the British news agency commented on Chelsea's counter-attack after the game. ”
Didier Drogba was the first to step up, and his equaliser made Abramovich in the stands look incredulous, punching, bouncing and even covering his face. Jose Mourinho has said that Drogba is a trustworthy fighter, he runs, he rushes, he fights...... How did Gallas' goal come about in the second half? It was Didier Drogba who regained possession of the ball with two consecutive tackles in front of the pitch and then headed the Frenchman home from a set-piece. Drogba is rough, but in moments like this, Chelsea want blood.
Drogba is only one tenth, 10 to 11. Everyone ran a few more steps, and the blood of 10 people coalesced into a joint force. 'Jose Mourinho didn't bring on some more physical players in midfield and his judgment seems to be correct. Chelsea put more pressure on their opponents in the second half, with their hunger and fight for each ball struggling West Ham to deal with. The British Press exclaimed.
4-1 is a declaration of championship ownership and a riposte to rumors. Before the game, the British Daily Mirror, who is good at concocting rumours, broke the news in the Sunday edition that civil unrest broke out after Chelsea lost the FA Cup, and Mourinho and the players had a series of clashes. And that even includes captain Terry. In response, Mourinho said: "The best way to do this is to let the players answer on the pitch. ”
After the game. Terry's response: "After being sent off one guy, we came together and played as a team and it looked like there were only 10 of them. "West Ham have no desires. The team even went on a short vacation to Dubai in the UAE this week. It's a disaster for them to meet Chelsea at a time like this.
"It's amazing to have 10 men fighting for so long and winning 4-1 at the end. The willpower of the players is unbelievable, they have been fighting from the first minute, there is no fear, there is only mental strength. We showed that it doesn't matter to us what United are like, they win or they lose, whatever. We don't need to rely on their results to become champions. ”
'When I look at my players, Makelele, John Terry, Gallas, Frank Lampard, Ibranovic...... I don't believe these people will be crushed. We're still at the top of the table, with a seven-point advantage and I guess it's not a problem for those players. Mourinho said. Speaking after the game, he was incisive about the performance of his players: "For the most part it looked like we had 12 players playing instead of 10. ”
What makes 10 people look like 12 people, the answer must be something spiritual, such as blood.
Jonk's failure to appear in this round of the game more or less surprised the media, a series of moves, does it mean anything?
In the World Cup year, the transfer of big-name players will wait for the end of the World Cup, and the clubs with players will wait for the World Cup to gild the players, and no one will rush to shoot players before the World Cup starts.
It's a convention, but Chelsea don't play according to common sense.
Chelsea's pursuit of Shepchenko is becoming more and more frequent, not afraid of rejection, and even big boss Abu has used his personal connections to convince the Ukrainians.
The media has also begun to pay attention to the inside story of such a blockbuster transfer, and it is still unknown what it will develop, but it is certain that Chelsea, who have deep pockets, will never be short of money, and what is bad is the attitude of the players.
Mendes also communicated with Jonk about the transfer again, and Jonk showed his attitude for the first time, he could try, but it had to be Italy.
Mendes, who got an accurate answer, was really a little surprised, originally Mendes wanted to let Jonk go to La Liga, whether it was Barcelona or Real Madrid, it was an excellent choice, for Italy with some signs of loneliness? Mendes really doesn't pay much attention to it, in fact, there is another main reason, for Italy, Mendes really doesn't have any good channels, and he is not very familiar with it.
However, everything is not a problem, the players are not afraid of no market, not afraid of no club chasing.
Since the young master Jonk ordered to go to Italy, Mendes will also spare no effort to facilitate this transfer.
Next, it was a test of Chelsea Club's tone, and for Jonker, there was no need to ask directly through the media's roundabout temptation, as other players do.
Mendes and Abu also have a good relationship, not to mention Jonk, everything is said openly and honestly, this is the way friends get along.
Hearing Mendes's introduction to the transfer of Jonker, Abramou didn't say much, but one thing at the helm of Chelsea made it clear that the transfer is okay, but a clause for a Chelsea buyback must be added.
There weren't too many restrictions, and that clause was more like Abu's reluctance to Jonker.
However, the real transfer partner has not yet been determined, everything is just a necessary communication in advance, and the outside world is still paying attention to Shepchenko's affairs, and the heavy news behind the scenes has not been leaked.
Coming to the 34th round, Chelsea won another victory, unburdened by the league title, and won easily 2-0 against Bolton Wanderers.
Chelsea sealed the league title last season when they visited Reebok Stadium, but now Bolton have to line up to welcome this season's title before kick-off.
Despite being thrashed 5-1 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, Bolton are still dreaming of next season's Champions League dream. However, Jose Mourinho has lost just four of his 71 Premier League games since taking charge. However, there has been only one win in the last five away games.
There were concerns before the game, but with Frank Lampard and Jonk playing together, the Chelsea man was comfortable with the opposition.
Meantime. Jonker's scorer numbers have finally risen to the top three, and with four rounds to go before the league ends, Jonker's goal statistics have tied with Henry in 03-04 and Kevin Phillips in 99-00, and he ranks second on the all-time scorer list.
Second only to Alan Shearer in antiquity, 93-94, 94-95 once scored 34 goals in two consecutive seasons.
Four goals away from the greatest record is incredible for a player who has only been in his career for three years, but Jonker is improving every year. It's really close to the best of all-time.
All the British media are sighing, the magic of Jonck!
"A great young man, a magical young man!"
The Times recalls three years of Jonker's journey. It also shows the growth process of a wonder player.
Even The Sun, which was not very good with Jonker, had to say something to compliment Jonk, but the Sun's approach was more indicative of its gossip newspaper style.
"Jonker's performance in the arena is as exciting as his life!"
In the report, there are more wonderful love histories of many junkers and different MMs.
One way or another. 30 goals for Jonker. Elevate his status to a whole new level.
Following the return of the Chelsea squad to London, the Chelsea FC Player of the Year was announced, with Jonker being elected for the first time.
The selection was made up of five finalists for this year's shortlist, including John Terry, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelle and Jonker, who was voted on by Chelsea fans online, by letter and by letter.
Chelsea also set up a special annual award this year, voted for by players, coaching staff and club staff. French defender Claude Makelele became the first man to receive the accolade.
Separately, 21-year-old French midfielder Diarra was voted Chelsea's Rookie of the Year.
At the award ceremony. Jonker, who has always been heartless, looked a little nervous and smiled unnaturally, but after kissing the trophy heavily, Jork, the winner of the best player, still said a very touching word.
"Each and every one of you is the best, and in the past two years, you have made me grow so fast, and I want to thank everyone! This is my forever home! ”
There were not many words, but they were sincere, and no one noticed that after Jonk finished speaking, he had a somewhat gloomy expression, yes, no one knew about leaving, let alone how Lu Dao should open his mouth to explain everything to everyone.
Among the people in the audience, only Mourinho knows more or less the inside story, and he is also hesitating and weighing in his heart, and he is as contradictory as Jonker.
It's a new day, Jonk comes back from a run in the morning, buys a breakfast, and then goes upstairs to wake up Eevee, and the two of them eat breakfast together in the living room, turn on the TV, and watch the morning sports news.
"Liverpool are considering giving Steven. Gerrard has a new contract, but Gerrard is considering whether to stay with the team, knowing that he has been here for many years but has not won any accolades. ”
"And now, almost all the giants in the world are interested in the high-spirited young people on the pitch this time, and every coach likes this kind of player who never gives up, and here is what AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti said in an interview."
At this time, the TV camera switched to the venue of AC Milan's press conference, and saw Ancelotti sitting in his seat with an old look, smiling and saying: "I think any team will be interested in him, AC Milan is of course the same, if he can consider coming to San Siro, the team's vice-president Mr. Gallonia has promised to give him a contract with an annual salary of more than 5 million euros after tax, and I can guarantee that there will always be a place for him in the team's forward line." ”
The British Radio and Television Sports Channel is broadcasting this news, and if you want to say what sports news is the most popular at this moment, it is naturally a vigorous variety of transfer rumors.
On the football pitch, these European giants show the quality of their teams, and in the transfer market, it's time to show the quality of their clubs, and they are constantly competing for popular players to strengthen the team.
Now, the shrewd vice-chairman, Mr. Gallonia, is preparing to use the resources at his disposal to make a deal with Chelsea, who are not short of money.
Discuss the possibility of Jonk and Shepchenko calling the owner.
Of course, only a few people know the content of the discussion that followed, and the media is only reporting on the press conference.
18 years old?
At this age, many players are still playing in the youth teams of some teams, and they can't get on the top league stage at all, and a few lucky ones may be good to play as a substitute, but Jonk has become a superstar recognized by the whole world, and at such an age, this is still a huge asset for any club.
At the same time, the Chelsea club's hierarchy: Mr. Abou, Jose Mourinho and Peter. The Kenyon trio are also thinking about this issue.
For this season, the team's performance, Mr. Abu is really not too satisfied, the name of the defending champion of the league, compared with the expectations of Abu's heart, there is still a big gap, the Champions League is not as good as a year, the domestic cup competition is even more fruitless, except for the defending league champion, Chelsea has nothing.
This made him extremely dissatisfied, in the heart of this Russian, the team's results are the most important, and he can not care how much money is spent, but the year is not as good as the European competition, especially Barcelona's victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, it is impossible for the Russians to let go.
Introducing some big-name players to make the team more attractive and more powerful to top players, needless to say, today's opportunity is a good opportunity, and Jonk has also made it clear that this deal can be done.
And against the Portuguese Jose. Mourinho, he is different, Abu thinks more about how to do this transfer transaction, Mourinho thinks about whether to let go of Jonker or not?
Next season, do you still need him?
This problem still plagues Mourinho, the player is above the team as a whole, which is not a good thing for Mourinho, and the so-called dependence is also derived from it.
The team's results depend on the performance of one person, and in Mourinho's heart, such a club cannot be called a giant.
If Chelsea wants to be a giant, a division of kings, they can have a core, but they can't have dependency.
When one player is gone, the team is perfectly out of fight.
And to the team's CEO Peter. Kenyon said that he does not support this deal, the key is still a matter of time, Shepchenko is undoubtedly a good player, but Jonk is also not bad, after the World Cup, how to fight for greater benefits is the focus of his consideration!
Now, the price offered by the Milan vampires is a bit unacceptable, and Chelsea have to pay €20 million for the best player in the team.
Don't be too loud with Galliani's wishful thinking!
Besides, there is no need to make a deal in a hurry, and it is not time to be in a hurry.
The three of them had three completely different attitudes, and they hadn't discussed the details yet, but they just exchanged ideas in the general direction.
It was just mid-April, and Peter. Kenyon is most likely to wait until August to talk about the transfer.
The problem is that there are people who can't wait, Abu is keen to get this deal done as soon as possible, money is not an issue, the main thing is that Shepchenko can come to Chelsea.
Ukraine is like Russia's backyard, and if the best striker in the world can join Chelsea, and he is also a Ukrainian, it will be a huge boost to Abu's image in Russia.
Natural closeness, other players will not be able to achieve Shepchenko's effect in any case.
There is also a very important reason, Jonk himself does not reject this transaction, Italy is the next stop of that kid's heart, so to go to Italy, there is no more suitable place in Abu's heart than Milan.
At this time, the attitude of the big boss of the club has become the key at this time, whether it is successful or not, whether it is delayed or not, everything is waiting for Abu to make the most important instructions. (To be continued......)