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With two consecutive draws, Chelsea missed the best opportunity to return to the top of the list! Although in the standings, Chelsea is still in the second place in the league, and the points gap with the top Liverpool is still only one point, but the signs shown by the team, as well as the atmosphere in the team, are obviously not what a championship team should have. Performance!

Whether Scolari, a head coach who has never had coaching experience in top giants, is really suitable for Chelsea has become the most discussed topic in English football!

Although Chelsea's results are still pretty good, there are indeed many problems known to the outside world!

Scolari's past coaching experience, whether in the club team or in the national team, has achieved very good results, but it is an indisputable fact that he has never coached a wealthy team like Chelsea!

For a wealthy team, in addition to formulating reasonable tactics to ensure the performance of the stars on the field, the head coach must also have superb employment skills and maintain a good relationship with the players!

Whether Scolari's unique tactical concept is suitable for Chelsea will not be discussed for the time being, that is, when he deals with the problems inside the locker room, in the eyes of most football professionals, he is absolutely unqualified!

The first is the choice of striker! This is a common problem only for wealthy clubs. Small teams generally don’t encounter it. That is, there are too many players and they are too good. Who to play is the most troublesome problem for the head coach. This is a trouble of happiness!

Drogba gradually recovered from his injuries as the season progressed. As the team's absolute main striker in recent years and one of the symbolic players of the Chelsea team, coupled with Drogba's indeed outstanding scoring ability, according to common sense, Drogba should be the best starting striker when he returns to the game after recovering from injury!

However, Anelka, who was introduced to the team in the winter window last season, has been in a very good state recently! It is still the leader of the Premier League shooter list this season, and the Premier League scoring efficiency is close to the terrifying average of one goal per game!

Such an efficient and hot offensive player, Scolari is not willing to let him sit on the bench for a long time!

However, Scolari did not set up an open and transparent competition mechanism for deciding who to play between the two. He always decided on the starting list and substitute players before the game, and then made it public. There is no reason , as long as the players are convinced, there is no in-depth communication with the two forwards at all!

Because Anelka still maintains the starting forward position, he naturally doesn't say much! Just strive to perform well on the court and repay the trust of the coach!

But for Drogba, it was depression and anger!

After all, for a player of this level, not allowing him to play after returning from injury may be the head coach's distrust of him! It's a disapproval of his strength!

Especially for a star player like Drogba, not only does his contract have many reward standards for goals, but the brands he endorses also potentially require a certain amount of appearances, as well as a lot of advertising value. All other sources of income require Drogba to appear on the field!

But Scolari put Drogba on the bench for many games, which really made Drogba unhappy!

In addition to the striker's dispute, Scolari's tactical style and player selection also dissatisfied many senior players!

Especially in the use of midfield personnel, Scolari's drastic lineup reform has involved the interests of too many Chelsea players!

Although Robinho was not successfully introduced into Chelsea's formation, resulting in Chelsea's wing reserves not being very sufficient, Scolari still has a special liking for the use of the two wings in the tactical setting!

Malouda, the only outstanding wide player, has won the absolute trust of Scolari, not only becoming the absolute main force of the team, but even under Scolari's requirements and tactical arrangements, he has a better performance than last season. With a lot of room to play, it seems that he is about to become the main initiator of Chelsea's offense!

And players like Joe Cole, who have a certain wing attack attribute, also got more chances to play than last season!

And in order to strengthen the right to speak in the team, Xia Chuang had just introduced from Barcelona, ​​and Deco, who had just arrived, was directly supported by Scolari as the core of the midfield playmaker! In the previous Portuguese national team, Deco was the core player under Scolari, who was responsible for mobilizing Portugal's offense. When he came to Chelsea, Scolari bought Deco, and Tong Yang could also serve as the core player of his team. The core of the midfield, even though Deco is 32 years old. The state of the game has actually declined significantly compared to his peak, but with the support of Scolari, Deco started almost every game! Although in some games, Deco's performance is indeed good, not only assists, but also goals! However, it is an indisputable fact that Deco played extremely poorly in several games where Chelsea scored difficult goals!

However, the starting number of 11 players on the football field is fixed, and if there is one more new player, there must be one less senior veteran! This season, the German Ballack has become a victim of the midfield position. Ballack, who was still the absolute main force of the team last season, has very few opportunities to play this season!

Perhaps in Brazil, in Portugal, Scolari seldom encounters players like Ballack. His technical ability is not so outstanding, it depends on his will, his body, and team football. The use of Lak seems to be a bit out of the essence, so don't worry about how to use it, just give up!

After failing to compete with Robinho, Scolari publicly stated more than once that he would continue to introduce outstanding wide players to improve his tactical construction! So whether it is the 451 lineup or the 442 lineup, the defensive midfielder Mikel became the unshakable main player under Scolari when Essien was injured, and Deco firmly occupied the main position in the midfield. It also directly became the core of the midfield organization to distribute the ball. In addition, Malouda occupies an absolute starting position on the wing. If there is another wing player, then the entire Chelsea midfielder will be almost inferior. Last season's lineup underwent a drastic change!

And Dong Chuang continued to introduce main-level wide players, as if it was a certainty! Moreover, it is said that according to the news from Scolari's coaching team, in the Inter Milan team, the frustrated Portuguese winger Quaresma under former Chelsea coach Mourinho is most likely to transfer to join in the winter window, or Come on rent! He is also a direct line player of Scolari coaching the Portuguese national team, the main winger! Assuming that Quaresma really comes, is it really possible to occupy another main position? In this case, what should the numerous main players and core players of last season do?

Of course, the conflict between Scolari and the management is also intensifying! The reason is of course that Robinho, whom Scolari wanted most, was cut off by Manchester City at the last moment because of the transfer fee!

Compared with the management side, the players were intercepted and lost face, Scolari originally planned to use "bike boy" Robinho as the core and cornerstone of his team building! Think of him as the most critical player in building a wealthy club! But now, Robinho is gone!

Moreover, such outstanding wide players are definitely rare in football. Although there are many wide players in various teams, there are very few players who can possess Robinho's powerful attacking power. After all, Robinho is the only wing player worth £42 million!

Now, because of Yang Feng's playing time, the two sides have their own opinions! The Chelsea management has realized the huge potential of the Chinese market behind Yang Feng and the broad development prospects in the future, so for the Chinese player Yang Feng, the Chelsea management intends to focus on training!

Not to mention that Yang Feng himself has proved his strength in the European competition last season! Even if Yang Feng is an embroidered pillow, which looks fancy but not useful, the Chelsea management also hopes to gradually fix Yang Feng, who is well-known in Europe, as a main rotation player, even if he plays every few games to show his face and increase the number of Chelsea players. The exposure in front of Chinese fans is also good!

For example, in the first few rounds of the league, Yang Feng's appearance mode is not bad!

But Scolari used Yang Feng's playing time and playing qualifications to blackmail the management and force the management to give up power. This is the sore point of offending some high-level personnel!

When the big boss Abramovich is busy and has little energy and time to care about trivial matters in the club, the coach and the management, for their own interests, need to continuously expand their powers to control the team. , Build and reinforce according to your own ideas!

In Scolari's view, the power of transfer must be in my hands. The uniform team only needs to negotiate, and just do the business of lowering the amount on the negotiating table! We must ensure that the players are in place and the negotiation is successful in the general direction, so that we can create an iron army that can rule the roost in Europe, to complete the highest task given to us by the big boss Abramovich, and win the UEFA Champions League trophy! Won Chelsea's first Champions League title in history!

But for Chelsea's management, the main task of the head coach is actually to make tactical settings and overall arrangements for the players! Among British clubs, there are actually not that many head coaches as powerful as Ferguson! The management of most teams is the executor of the team's transfer work.

Especially in England, where the business atmosphere is so strong, the management also self-consciously aligns with the capital and works hard towards the goal of maximizing profits!

Although the team's championship is very important, it is also the biggest pursuit of these management personnel to win the championship of various competitions with the least cost and price!

But in this kind of dispute, in the process of fighting for rights, the two parties who are not giving in can only prove their authority in other places!

Yang Feng became a victim of Scolari showing his uncompromising to the management!

In addition, the team itself is in the central defender position, and has enough wealth, and Scolari also trusts his two Brazilian compatriots more in his heart. He also wants his own people to firmly stand in the central defender position!

Although at the beginning I wanted Alex and Terry to directly form a central defender partner, I encountered a lot of opposition and waves. After all, Carvalho and Terry have been partners for a longer period of time, and they cooperate more tacitly. There are also many benefits to building! Under the pressure of the team's internal pressure and the pressure of media and public opinion, Carvalho was re-used to start, and now Carvalho is suddenly seriously injured.

At this time, Yang Feng, whose style was obviously similar to that of Carvalho, naturally became a stumbling block for his own superior!

Indeed, at the beginning, Scolari regarded Yang Feng as a bargaining chip for the rights. He needed to use Yang Feng's playing time to force the management to compromise on transfer rights! But after Carvalho was injured, Scolari did not choose to recall Yang Feng even if the team lacked a central defender position. In fact, some selfishness was involved!

After all, my family knows my own affairs. The biggest weakness of central defenders like Alex and Belletti, who are born in tricks, may be their instability!

While European central defenders have always been known for their rigor, the instability of South American central defenders is also well known!

Especially Alex and Belletti are definitely typical Brazilian central defenders!

The players themselves have excellent offensive capabilities, and Belletti can even play as a cameo player on the wing, and Alex also has a certain ability to break through the wing. A good long-range shot!

Of course, all central defenders who are willing to participate in the attack must bear the risk of being directly counterattacked by the opponent!

Although Terry is an excellent central defender, in the position of central defender, the cooperation between partners is equally important, especially in the high-level competition between two strong teams.

But Terry's style is doomed that he cannot be the core of a central defender who is as calm as a pinnacle of the sea. What he needs is a central defender like Carvalho!

So when teammates are the kind who always like to step forward and need to do various tasks to fix the pot, Terry feels very bad on the court, and the rhythm of the game feels particularly chaotic!

It can be said that whether it is with Belletti, or partnering with Alex, and recently partnering with Ivanovic, Terry feels weird!

Although the team has completed zero seals against the opponent several times, it is based on the excellent performance of the team's midfielder Mikel and the excellent defensive ability of the two full-backs, as well as the opponent's limited strength. Achieved!

Really facing the top teams, the loopholes in the central defender combination will be magnified, and the weakness of being caught will be attacked!

Now Terry, recalling the feeling of being with new aid Yang Feng during training, suddenly found that he is much better than these current teammates!