During the halftime break, Ancelotti kept working on psychological construction for Chelsea players in the locker room so that they could regain their fighting spirit.

This alone took him about ten minutes, and it was less than five minutes left for him to make tactical adjustments...

At the same time, in Manchester City's locker room, Benitez made some adjustments to the performance in the first half.

Sneider was not very good in the first half, but Benitez did not intend to replace him, nor did he even criticize him.

Based on his performance in the first half, his performance was inspired, and Benitez intends to hand over the task of organizing the offense to Glory.

Rongguang did not object to the task that Benitez gave him, so he nodded and agreed directly.

Anyway, he has not been in this job at Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich.

He had a hat-trick assist in a Champions League group match.

And to put it bluntly, his position on the field is not a forward, but a front midfielder. Although he scored a lot of goals, he is actually a front midfielder.

Since you are a front midfielder, you naturally need to organize the offense besides scoring.

Rongguang would not think about whether he would organize his offense or reduce his goals. In his opinion, the two are completely unconflictable.

No one stipulates that an offensive organizer cannot shoot and score.

In the second half of the game, Rongguang will certainly devote more energy to connecting the frontcourt offense and creating opportunities for his teammates, but it does not mean that if there is a chance to score a goal in front of him, he will easily let it go.

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After fifteen minutes of rest, both sides reappeared and changed sides and fought again.

Manchester City did not make any adjustments, but Chelsea took the lead in making a substitution.

During the halftime break, Ancelotti replaced Paul Ferreira with Ivanovic.

Paul Ferreira, the starting right-back in this game, was brought to Chelsea by Mourinho from Porto. In 204, he won the European Champions League with Porto. That season he was also selected to the European Season's Best Team, playing right-back, known as the "Best Right-back in Europe".

Paul Ferreira was both offensive and defensive when she was in Porto, but after coming to Chelsea, she was unstable and now she has become much more cautious and will not easily go beyond the line.

Ancelotti made him start because he was attracted by his defensive ability.

He wanted to curb Manchester City's attack on the wing.

On the left is the reassuring Ashley Cole, and on the right is Paul Ferreira.

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester City scored a goal.

Although the goal conceding is not very related to Paul Ferreira and his performance in the first half is pretty good, Ancelotti replaced Paul Ferreira because he made some adjustments to his tactics.

He wants to attack but is unwilling to relax his defensive requirements, so he requires that the full-back must be someone who can go up and down, and at the same time, he must have excellent assisting skills. If he only defends well, it will be useless and he will almost make no contribution to the team's offense.

This is not possible. If Chelsea wants to win at home, how can they rely solely on defense?

Paul Ferreira dares not attack or suppress now. How can this be done?

Ivanovic is a versatile player on the defense line and he also has strong offensive ability.

Letting him play can strengthen Chelsea's offense on the wing.

At the same time, compared with other players on the court, he played less half games and had no physical problems.

Even if you sprint back and forth, you don’t have to worry about your physical fitness being exhausted soon.

This is Ancelotti's tactic.

Chelsea requires a balance between offense and defense, and can invest a lot of troops in the offense, and also require a return in the defense, so as to quickly form a line of defense.

This puts higher requirements on the physical fitness of the full-back.

If Chelsea's offensive is very strong, the two full-backs will have to keep moving forward and retreating. Doing sprints from dozens to 100 meters back and forth are all anaerobic exercises, which is very tiring.

But now, do they have any other options besides doing this?

Of course, they can not go up and participate in the offense and stabilize the defense. However, in this way, Chelsea has insufficient troops to invest in the offense and cannot continue to put pressure on Manchester City. If they want to score goals in the offense, they can only rely on luck.

They can also participate in the offense frequently, but they don't defend back, but Chelsea won't even be able to keep the current draw.

Ancelotti also knew that if the two full-backs shuttled so frequently, their physical fitness would not be able to last. So he was ready before the game.

Among the seven substitutes in this game, Benitez brought three defenders, including Beletti as the right back, and Ivanovic as the center back or right back.

In terms of left-back, Chelsea started with Ashley Cole. This is a reassuring left-back. He can monopolize the left corridor alone, so he does not need a substitute here.

On the right, Ancelotti made full preparations. After Ivanovic came on the court, he ran halftime less than others. He was physically in good health and could not worry about lack of physical strength and sprint on the wing.

And if even his physical fitness is wrong, Ancelotti will replace him with Beletti.

Or if Ivanovic has any other problems, Ancelotti has another Beletti sitting on the bench.

In this way, on the right, Chelsea's offense and defense are guaranteed.

So after the second half started, Chelsea continued to put pressure on Manchester City's penalty area just like the first half.

For a time, whether it was the ball possession rate calculated by the data or the sensory feeling that Chelsea gave people, they all had the upper hand.

Chelsea fans in the stands saw their team gaining the upper hand and followed suit. They kept singing and shouting in the stands to cheer for the team.

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But Manchester City was unmoved.

If Chelsea wants to attack, let them attack and Manchester City shrink their defense.

This is also the way they are good at.

Retract the defense, don't lose the ball first, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

This is Manchester City's offensive routine.

Everyone knows that Manchester City is good at playing this, but they can't tell Manchester City not to play like this.

At most they can only complain in the media that Manchester City has so many stars, but they dare not let go and play offensive football. It's such a coward...

But Manchester City doesn't care.

They are now the first in the league

Now facing Chelsea's fierce attack, Manchester City is at a disadvantage, but is very calm.

As long as the football is at their feet and there is a chance to counterattack, they will definitely look for glory directly. But if not, they will not fall back and forth in the midfield and backcourt. That is to feed Chelsea’s frontcourt. They will kick the football into Manchester City’s backcourt with a very crisp foot, allowing Manchester City to organize the offense again.

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The game only took six minutes, and in the 51st minute of the game, Chelsea completed one of their attacks. Drogba's shot hit high under Lucio's close disturbance.

Taking advantage of Manchester City's kick-off goal, Chelsea's players all retreated to their half, and they did not stay in the frontcourt - it was not only Manchester City players who remained calm, but Chelsea's players were also very calm.

They keep in mind the head coach's arrangements and instructions - once the ball possession is lost, some people will snatch the ball in the frontcourt, and most of them will immediately retreat and return to their defensive position.

There is definitely no hesitation for opportunities like the opponent's kick-off goal, and the whole team will retreat directly.

In this way, even if Manchester City wants to fight back quickly, they will not be able to hit it.

Besides, this is Chelsea’s home court, and even the caddies help Chelsea.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart went to find a caddie to ask for the ball, and he wanted the kick-off goal.

But the Chelsea caddie ran a long way to find a football and threw it to Joe Hart.

At this time, all Chelsea players returned to their half, especially the two full-backs who had just come up to assist, were already on the verge of their own position.

Manchester City can't even fight back.

However, Manchester City did not think of a quick counterattack at this time.

Manchester City's offensive organizers are now glorious

Joe Hart spread his hands to the caddie and expressed his helplessness. He did not get entangled with the caddie, but turned around and placed the football in a row, and he was not in a hurry to kick off the ball.

After observing the situation, he did not kick the football forward with his big feet, so that the football could penetrate into the opponent's hinterland in an instant.

After observing it, he ran up and pushed the ball to the center back Godin in a rolling manner.

After getting the ball, Godin passed it to the midfielder Matuidi.

After getting the ball, Matuidi did not rush forward, or drove the ball forward by himself.

He chose to pass the football across to Gareth Barry.

Since Chelsea does not allow Manchester City to fight back, Manchester City is not in a hurry. Just push forward slowly and look for opportunities in the process of advancing.

When the football was passed to Sneijder, Chelsea's players still played a very oppressive defense against him.

Guaranteed to prevent Sneder from organizing any effective offense.

If Sneijder was still an offensive organizer, Chelsea's defense could be said to have directly disrupted Manchester City's offensive rhythm.

But now, Manchester City's offensive organizer is no longer Sneider, but... Rong Guang

Sneider did not stop the ball under the opponent's press, but directly passed the football out. He did not pass it directly to Glory, but returned it to Gareth Barry.

Barry didn't stop the ball, and kicked forward against the rolling football.

This time, he passed the football to the feet of his real goal glory.

Because Sneider had just attracted Chelsea's defensive attention, now he is giving the ball a chance to glory.

After Glory retreated, the pressure he was under was not as high as he was near the penalty area.

If Gareth Barry didn't pass the ball to Sneijder just now, but gave Glory directly, it might be the turn of Glory to be surrounded by Chelsea players.

But because Sneider just received the ball, Chelsea players thought he was an offensive organization, so they paid special attention to his defense at this position, which instead caused Rong Guang to not have that much defensive pressure...

How easy is Glory? He can even turn around calmly after receiving the ball.
Chapter completed!