Football’s First Defender

Fans have a lot of criticism for Scolari! The biggest criticism may be Scolari's shortcoming of not being able to fight tough battles!

You know, Chelsea these years, since Abramovich moved in, countless Chelsea fans have become accustomed to seeing their team as a wealthy team, and a wealthy team, in addition to constantly striving for championships in various competitions, is the most powerful team in the giants. In the strong duel, you must also perform well in order to convince the fans!

However, Scolari, who just took over the team in the new season, is in the league, and in the civil war between the four giants, he has 3 home games and has not won a single victory!

In a 1-1 draw at the beginning of the season with serious injuries and a shortage of major generals, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Liverpool, their direct competitor for the top spot in the standings, and lost 1-2 to Arsenal, which is home to the kid this season!

This is all at his own home court, at Stamford Bridge, not to mention the three strong duels without a win, and the two losses, but Chelsea fans have been ridiculed by other fans crazily!

You must know that last season, facing the other three giants teams, Chelsea had a record of 2 wins and 1 tie at home, so that Chelsea fans can at least enjoy the joy of football at home crazily!

This season, there are more disappointments and worries!

In Scolari's first league game after the new year, he faced another big test, going to Old Trafford to challenge the returning Red Devils Manchester United as a guest!

Due to the impact of the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the season, Manchester United has played two games less than the big group. The fourth position in the league is only 4 points away from the second Chelsea!

In the 21st round of the league, if Chelsea want to prevent Manchester United from winning three consecutive championships this season, they must try their best to delay Manchester United's progress in the direct confrontation!

Scolari must also prove himself in this game. If he can get out of the away game and even win a game, then it will definitely be good news for him to keep his coaching position!

However, the Red Devils Manchester United, who have found their game state, are not so easy to defeat at Old Trafford under the leadership of Ferguson!

In the 8 league games at home this season, 7 wins and 1 draw, even in the beginning of the season with such a shortage of major generals and poor form, Old Trafford is still the horrible stadium of hell!

Scolari did not choose to continue to use the Quaresma he had just loaned from Inter Milan! In this game, Scolari understood that he just wanted to be conservative, and just retreat in the away game!

The 451 formation, the midfielders Mikel, Ballack, and Lampard dragged behind, making Chelsea's midfield extremely hard! The single striker chose Drogba who has stronger physical confrontation ability and proved himself in the big scene. I hope Drogba can seize the opportunity in the game and disrupt Manchester United's defense!

The combination of central defenders, choose Terry and Alex, this pair of children Scolari thinks the most stable defensive combination!

Chelsea's defense did a good job in the game, very good!

Manchester United's two forwards, "Brother Chic" Berbatov and Rooney, were completely suppressed by Chelsea's defense, cutting off the connection between the two players in the penalty area and the other Manchester United players!

On the other hand, Ronaldo on the two wings and Ryan Giggs were assisted by Bosingwa and Ashley Cole in cooperation with midfielders. Most of the time, they were restrained by Chelsea's more defensive 451 formation!

But in a football game, within 90 minutes, there will be many unexpected factors, which will make the efforts of many teams come to naught!

At the moment when the first half of the game was about to end, the Chelsea players followed the goals set before the game and stayed 0-0 through the last moment of the first half.

Manchester United central defender Vidic took advantage of a corner kick in the second minute of stoppage time to overwhelm Alex who was defending him, and scored with a header, breaking the deadlock and rewriting the score to 1-0!

This point of Alex has once again become the lifeblood of Chelsea's defense!

Scolari was very disappointed with the conceded goal before halftime, but even more disappointed than him were the fans who traveled away!

Once again, they may lose the game against other giants! They haven't tasted the taste of victory in a strong duel this season!

There was no way, Scolari could only overthrow the tactic of continuing to defend in the second half that he had thought about for a long time during the halftime break. The game fell behind, and Scolari could only bear the risk and attack!

Although at the beginning of the second half, Scolari replaced Deco with Anelka, and tried to use two forwards, which could knock on Manchester United's door and let the game return to Chelsea's control!

It's just that Ferguson had already expected Scolari's tactical choice!

Manchester United, which retracted its formation, firmly defended its middle area! The powerful breakthrough ability and counterattack speed of Ronaldo and Giggs firmly suppressed the advances of Chelsea's two full-backs!

Chelsea gained possession in the second half, but there was nothing they could do against Manchester United's central defense!

On the contrary, Manchester United, taking advantage of Chelsea's long-term attack and anxiety, Berbatov and Rooney scored goals successively! With the score locked at 3-0, Chelsea once again lost the game in a strong duel!

Scolari's coaching ability and his choice of player appointments have once again been questioned by the media and fans!

This is especially the case for Alex, who has conceded 5 goals in set-piece defense this season, and his weak air defense ability has been continuously magnified as the season progresses!

Yang Feng, once again, was mentioned by countless media!

Since they have been playing in the reserve team, and the reserve team games are more intensive than the league matches, the Chelsea reserve team actually lost only 14 goals in 16 reserve team league matches after Yang Feng arrived, which is the same as the beginning of the season without Yang Feng. Conceding nearly 2 goals per game has undergone earth-shaking changes!

And Yang Feng's performance with almost no mistakes made all the reporters who followed Chelsea's reserve team and Yang Feng admired!

But it is such an outstanding central defender who was abandoned by Scolari. No wonder the public opinion often complains about Yang Feng!

In Chelsea's game against Manchester United, Abramovich also came to Old Trafford to watch the game with the team, but the 3-0 score hurt Abramovich's heart!

Although Chelsea's investment in transfer fees this season is not much, but Chelsea's foundation in the previous few seasons is strong enough. In the strong confrontation, they always lose, which really makes Abramovich doubt whether Scolari It's right for your team!

You know, Abramovich's biggest requirement for Chelsea now is actually the Champions League champion!

After all, the Premier League champions have already won the trophy many times in the era of Mourinho. In recent years, Chelsea's big goal will always be to win the Champions League. Abramovich is determined to make Chelsea a top giant in Europe. A Champions League champion is naturally indispensable!

But when Scolari is unable to win against the three giants of the Premier League, especially Arsenal, which is the weakest this season, then facing the same powerful European giants in the Champions League knockout round, Chelsea can really go all the way. Make it to the finals and win the cup?

"Wait for another 3 rounds! Then it's time to stop!"

Abramovich decided to wait for a few more weeks, when Chelsea will challenge Liverpool away, that strong matchup will be the last chance to test whether Scolari can lead the team, fight tough battles, and win tough battles! If it doesn't work, then replace it! For Abramovich, it's not bad for the liquidated damages of the coach who terminated the contract!

After the game against Manchester United, Scolari also got a decision from the club's big boss Abramovich from the management!

It's cruel! But this is professional football!

There is no turning back. For Scolari, at this time, he has no choice but to go all the way to the black and trust the existing players! As for Yang Feng, what top coach would do that when he slapped himself in the face!

Fortunately, as far as Scolari is concerned, he is always at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the strong and the strong, but he plays steadily in the abuse game!

In the FA Cup make-up match, they defeated Nan'an United 4-1 at home and completed the promotion!

After that, they defeated the visiting Stoke City 2-1 in the league, and continued to maintain the first group in the standings, maintaining the pressure on the top team!

Immediately after the fourth round of the FA Cup, they defeated Ipswich Town 3-1 at home! Quaresma, who Dong Chuang borrowed from Inter Milan, finally showed his outstanding technical strength in this game! The wonderful performance of one goal and one assist also gave Scolari a reason to reuse him in the following games!

4 days later, it was at home against the relegation zone team Middlesbrough again! Relying on their strong strength, Chelsea directly completed the crushing, defeated the opponent 2-0, and collected 4 consecutive victories in all competitions!

In terms of abuse, Scolari has never convinced anyone!

But after the abuse of food, the big test for Scolari has come!

The 24th round of the league! Chelsea will go to Anfield to face the Red Army Liverpool, who have also been in a bad state recently!

In the league, Liverpool, which had three consecutive draws, missed 6 points and has already given back the top position in the standings to their rivals Manchester United!

After the last round of matches, Manchester United temporarily topped the list with 50 points in one game less! Liverpool and Chelsea followed with 48 points!

Arsenal's road to the fourth is a bit bumpy. At present, with 43 points, they are 5 points behind Aston Villa, the biggest dark horse of the season, in fifth place!

In this game, Chelsea and Liverpool will face off directly. The winner can continue to threaten Manchester United, while the loser may be overtaken by Aston Villa and ranked fourth!

For Scolari, he has been preparing for a full three weeks for this game that concerns his handsome position! But also for the sake of risking his life, Scolari deployed the strongest lineup in his heart with a completely gamble mentality!

Abramovich made it very clear before the game that what he hopes to see in this game is victory. Even at Anfield, he will let Chelsea win. Only in this way can Scolari keep his handsome position!

So for Scolari, although the defense still needs to be done well, the offense should not be completely given up like the last game against Manchester United!

The 442 formation is definitely both offensive and defensive!

It was just beyond everyone's expectation that Scolari sent out a double striker combination of Anelka and Kalu!

A healthy Drogba, this time in the double striker tactic, did not get a chance to start!

Scolari just doesn't trust Drogba, or is afraid that Drogba will "play" himself in a game that concerns his handsome position!

In the midfield, Mikel and Lampard are the main players, while Malouda and Quaresma are the other players!

In such a critical game, Scolari finally had the opportunity to show his tactical philosophy!

He hopes that the two wings can bring surprises to himself and prove his coaching ability!

The full-back is still a combination of Bosingwa and Ashley Cole, and the central defender is still Scolari's hardcore Alex and captain Terry!

Goalkeeper Cech!

This is the strongest team that Scolari trusts the most. At Anfield, I hope to beat the Red Army Liverpool, which has been unbeaten in the past 3 rounds!

On the other side, Benitez has also been criticized by fans and the media recently!

At the beginning of the season, the biggest points gap with Manchester United was once widened to nearly 10 points! Everyone regards this season as an excellent opportunity for Liverpool to end the embarrassment of the Premier League without a crown!

But Liverpool's proud attack line always misfires at critical moments!

Keane, who spent a lot of money to buy in the summer transfer window, did not adapt to Liverpool's offensive system at all. In desperation, he had to sell it back to Tottenham at a low price in the winter window!

In the past 3 rounds, Liverpool only scored 2 goals. The sluggish offensive end is the main reason why Liverpool was overtaken by rival Manchester United in the standings!

Benitez also desperately needs a game victory to get the team back on track!

Both teams have a reason to win, and both have the determination to open the situation by attacking, but the progress of the game is so dull!

The number of turnovers made by the two teams on the offensive end is appalling! In fact, both teams have loopholes that can be exploited on the defensive line, but the game is a bit ugly!

Most of the back and forth attacks between the two sides have not formed any effective offense, and they make mistakes in passing the ball, or are intercepted and cleared by defensive players!

Liverpool, which sits at home, still has the advantage on the field. And Quaresma, whom Scolari placed high hopes on, seemed to disappear on the field in this kind of strong dialogue in the Premier League, without any sense of existence!

It's just that the scoring luck of both sides is really bad, and there is no good chance!

Especially Lampard, who was sent off with a red card when he played Manchester United, just returned from the ban in this game, and directly applied for a red card in the 60th minute! Chelsea's defense is even more shaky!

In the 89th minute, Torres succeeded in an anti-offside, winning the game! And the last player, coincidentally, is the absolute main defender Alex!

Liverpool took the lead at the last moment! After that, under Chelsea's desperate counterattack, Torres seized the opportunity to counterattack and singled out Alex successfully. In the 95th minute, he single-handedly scored the second goal and helped Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-0!

Scolari's handsome position, enter the countdown!