Chelsea's morale is low in the visiting team locker room.

The locker room was quiet, no one spoke, everyone just sat quietly in their seats to rest, and they were all waiting for the arrival of head coach Mourinho.

Mourinho walked into the locker room.

He glanced at the expressions of everyone in the locker room, and his mood became heavier.

Mourinho knew very well that the team was two goals behind in the first half, which actually had nothing to do with the team's performance. The team performed well in the third line, and the players did a good job, such as Wright Phillips, and Marklele. Their performance was one in offense and the other in defense.

The team is two goals behind, and the reason is more due to the opponent's performance.

"Hurry up! The doomsday hasn't come yet!" Mourinho opened with a loud roar, which made the atmosphere in the locker room feel much more joyful. "I saw two goals behind, I wanted to come here to curse, but I found that everyone performed well. I couldn't find an excuse to curse, yes."

"You guys heard it right."

Chelsea players looked at the head coach in surprise. As Mourinho said, they were all ready to salivate, but the head coach said, "We performed well. Now we are behind two goals, but they are performing better."

Mourinho comforted everyone and even patted Cech on the shoulder, because Cech lost two goals in just half the game. "Play the spirit, Peter, the opponent's No. 13 is just performing too well, don't take it to heart." It seems that he is worried about Cech's psychological shadow on Zhang Tiehan's shot.

Although it was just a comforting player, Chelsea players were also surprised enough that Mourinho rarely did this.

The most surprising thing was Lampard and Terry. The two knew the reason why Zhang Tiehan was unable to come to the team was Mourinho. Mourinho thought Drogba was better. In other words, he thought Zhang Tiehan was not suitable for Chelsea, and Chelsea did not need a high center forward. It was not worth the loss to spend 30 million pounds.

In the first half, Zhang Tiehan scored two goals.

In the eyes of Lampard and Terry, Mourinho will definitely be furious, after all, his face is the most important thing. Many people know this, but the Portuguese did not do that, and they feel relieved. After all, everyone in the team is working hard and no one makes too big mistakes.

Mourinho doesn't know what the players think, he needs comfort and refresh his morale.

"The opponent performed better than us in the first half, but they couldn't be like this in the whole game. We must hurry up and attack in the second half!"

Next, Mourinho began to arrange offensive tactics, and he asked Duff to appear and replace Marklele. This is a sign of offense. Chelsea's formation is 433, and the three in the middle are Marklele, Lampard and Essin. In addition to Lampard's both offense and defense, Essin and Marklele are both defensive players, while Duff is a player who focuses more on offense on the wing. His appearance is obviously to increase Chelsea's ability on the side.

At the same time, he also reminded Joe Cole to appear, and he replaced Big Wright Phillips.

After these two substitutions, Mourinho doesn't need to explain anything. Chelsea players also know how to play in the second half. Duff and Joe Cole are two Chelsea's wing forwards. They have very strong offensive abilities on the left and right, especially the kind of players who can play on both sides and left and right, and their feet are very skilled. The two can switch positions to each other in the game, which brings more choices to Chelsea's offense. Their wing path will make the opponent very troubled.

This is Mourinho's change in tactics.

With two goals behind, Mourinho actually had no more choices, and he had to let the team attack.

...

In the home team's locker room, Benitez faces a much more difficult choice.

The good news is that Liverpool leads two goals, and this situation also gives Benitez more choices. Then his choice becomes difficult, is it a defensive counterattack or an active attack?

Both are good.

The winning rate of defensive counterattack is obviously greater. Modern football defense wins, which is not only Mourinho knows, but Benitez is also very clear. Both of them are tactical masters, and they have been ridiculed by the media as "utilitarian football". They played a little ugly in order to win the game, and neither of them cared at all.

But there are advantages to actively attacking. The team played well in the first half. Even if Chelsea shrinks its defense and fights against defensively, the team can still create a threat, making the opponent dare not fight back too hard. The team has two goals advantages, and Chelsea will definitely attack. Active attacking may make the players more familiar with the new tactics. As long as you win this game, the team will be more confident... This is strategic.

In short, Benitez is difficult to make a decision.

After returning to the locker room, Benitez still had difficulty making a decision. He wandered around in the locker room. He was obviously thinking, so a strange picture appeared in the home team's locker room - the head coach walked around with a meditative look on his face, and everyone else looked at the head coach, silently silent.

Even if Benitez is not as majestic as Mourinho at Chelsea at Liverpool, Espanyol is the head coach after all. During the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, the players still have to wait for Benitez to make tactical arrangements.

Five minutes have passed.

Finally, Benitez stopped and looked back at the players. After a while of confusion, he decided to make a decision, "In the second half... we will continue to attack..."

After some thought, Benitez made this decision.

It's tough, especially for Benitez.

Generally speaking, if there is a choice that is easier to win, he doesn't care about the ugly scene at all, even at Anfield Stadium. By the way, as long as you win in the end, fans will be satisfied, and the media will also praise Liverpool. If you lose the game, it makes no sense to say anything.

But Benitez still made this decision. He valued more the new tactics, which was the influence of defeating Chelsea with new tactics. If he won the victory with a defensive counterattack, it would be just a three-pointer in the league. On the contrary, while Liverpool won the victory, he also gained confidence, as well as the support of fans and media - yes, no one doesn't like offensive football, just as Arsenal and Tottenham are always praised.

Liverpool players were also very surprised by Benitez's decision.

Many of them, including Gerald, Alonso, Hypia, etc. After a season, they knew this Spaniard too well. In his eyes, victory was the most important thing. It didn't matter if the game was ugly - even with Liverpool leading, Benitez did the same.

Everyone was also a little excited.

Fans like to attack football and players on the field. They don’t like passive defense. It is always popular to take the initiative to attack.

...

Finally the second half of the game began.

Both teams were at halftime and made some arrangements for tactics in the second half. The coaches of both teams, Mourinho and Benitez, both believed that they knew the opponent's tactics and the situation of the two teams.

As a result, at the beginning of the second half, Mourinho found that he was not well aware of the game.

Liverpool did not choose to counterattack defensively, but continued to take the initiative to attack?

This is so amazing.

Mourinho couldn't believe it. Is this still the conservative Espanyol last season who can call him his opponent? Does he think Liverpool, or their No. 13, can still be in good shape like the first half and can defeat his Chelsea in the offensive battle?

He was a little confused.

The Portuguese also felt a little happy. If Liverpool chose to fight back passively, even if he was confident in the team, he would not have a big chance of equalizing the score when two goals fell behind. But if the opponent took the initiative to attack, the scene would become a counterattack. Then the team would obviously have more opportunities, and the two goals were not a gap that could not be caught up.

With this mentality, Mourinho calmed down and watched the game.

The two teams also officially confronted the court. At first, they were like the first half, constantly competing for the initiative in the midfield, and Zhang Tiehan also participated. But now Chelsea's home court is different. They have two excellent wing forwards, and they can stretch the midfield area wider. Liverpool's wing forwards Garcia and Riser are slightly worse. Perhaps Zhang Tiehan's retreat has made up for some disadvantages. But Chelsea was not suppressed like in the first half.

The two teams played in a big way.

But Chelsea's two wings have a great advantage. It's not surprising that Chelsea can get a good chance when Joe Cole and Duff play... and it's not surprising that they scored a goal.

At the 59th minute of the game, Chelsea's Argentine scorer Crespo scored a goal for Chelsea and changed the score to 2:1.

"Crespo! Crespo! He scored a goal for Chelsea!" The London commentator shouted excitedly.

This ball is quite critical.

If Chelsea is delayed in scoring the goal, the gap between the two goals will be too big. In the 59th minute, the gap between the two goals becomes one ball. Even if there is only one ball, Chelsea will have a chance even at the end of the game, so this goal will also give Chelsea players hope to equalize the score.

Chelsea fans were thunderous.

Finally, for a moment, these Londoners became the protagonists of Anfield Stadium, but when Liverpool fans realized this, they immediately suppressed the cheers with booing, leaving the voices of Chelsea fans to silence again.

But Chelsea fans are still quite excited.

Although the voice was not superior, many Chelsea fans stood up and cheered loudly, waving their arms hard, stomping their feet hard, hugging each other and celebrating the biggest shouts.

On the court.

The Chelsea players were also quite excited. Crespo, who scored the goal, hugged every teammate, and Mourinho happily raised his hand in the coaching seat.

The camera lens was given to Mourinho.

"Murinho is very happy, which can also show that Crespo's goal is very important. If Chelsea can really equalize the score, Crespo will definitely make an indelible contribution. At the critical moment, the Argentinian still showed excellent technical ability and scored a key goal..."

Each commentator commented on Chelsea's goal.

...

In contrast to Chelsea's cheers, the Liverpool players' expressions were quite helpless. Benitez bit the corner of his mouth in the coach's seat, and his face was quite ugly.

What he was most worried about was still the case.

The reason why he wants to counterattack is that he is worried that Chelsea will score first. If Liverpool scores first, there will be no suspense in the game. But if Chelsea scores first, they will have hope of equalization. It is very important for a team's performance. On the contrary, Liverpool is in a passive position - even though the team is still leading.

This is the mentality gap.

But Benitez did not make any adjustments, and he had done everything he should do during the halftime break. He didn't need to do anything. Although he was interested in the victory or defeat of the game, he was also a firm person. Since he chose to take the initiative to attack Chelsea, he would not change his tactics because of a goal.

He could only pray in his heart that the next goal belonged to Liverpool.

On the court.

Zhang Tiehan stood in the middle circle, stepping on the football under his feet waiting for the kickoff.

He didn't wait long. After all, Chelsea was still behind. They would not waste too much time on celebration. But looking at the happy expression on the other party's face, he was still very upset and spat hard on the ground.

If the other party is happy, it means that one of them is lost.

This is for sure!

"What's so great about it? Just scored a goal. I don't know how many goals I've scored!" He muttered unhappily.

But the muttering sound was a bit loud, which made Crespo, who had just stood on the other side, and several teammates and opponents around him hear it. Crespo's face immediately sank, and the other Chelsea players who heard it stared at Zhang Tiehan, with no friendly eyes, but Zhang Tiehan shrugged completely indifferently. While the referee was not paying attention, his fingers were even compared downwards... I don't need to say more about what that means.

The only shame is that Chelsea players were not recklessly angered.

However, when he saw Zhang Tiehan's actions, Cice still sneered, and Chelsea players' unfriendly eyes pointed at Cice again, Cice became a typical example of being shot while lying down... He looked at him innocently, and it seemed that he was selling his teammates.

Then the referee blew a whistle and signaled that he could kick off the ball. Zhang Tiehan passed the ball to Xisai with one kick... He became the target of public criticism again.

Zhang Tiehan has no grudges with Chelsea players.

He just was unwilling to be scored back.

Especially when he had not scored a goal in the second half, the opponent had already scored one. It seemed that the opponent was planning to try hard to get another goal. How could this be? Zhang Tiehan didn't want to score a goal first and then be equalized or even overtake it. That felt bad, so it would be better to let the opponent score the goal first!

He doesn't want to give the other party such a chance!
Chapter completed!