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Mourinho did not make too many changes to the team's lineup and tactics during the halftime break. After all, the team played well in the final stage of the first half and regained the momentum of the game.

All the pre-war preparations are not as real as the performance of the players on the spot.

Perhaps Mourinho himself was unwilling to lead by only one goal at home, but today Chelsea players performed really well in most of the time when they were physically fit.

Although Mourinho doesn't want to admit it, in terms of absolute strength, Chelsea must still have a slight advantage now.

Neither team is essentially the kind of team that strictly pursues the technical ability of players.

When Ancelotti was interviewed by the media before the game, he actually admitted very frankly that even though Chelsea has gone through several coaches after the Mourinho era, there are still many imprints of Mourinho's coaching. .

Just like Chelsea's core axis, it is still the absolute core left over from the Mourinho era.

Inter Milan and Chelsea, in essence, actually have little difference in tactical style.

However, in recent years, many Chelsea players have indeed been in the golden period of their careers.

Moreover, in the tempering of the Premier League, the Chelsea players are obviously better than the Inter Milan players in terms of running and physical confrontation.

After the situation of being completely suppressed in the first half, and the momentum of Inter Milan in the last period of counter pressure, Mourinho is now very optimistic about the tactical strategy of sticking to the one-goal lead and waiting for an opportunity to fight back.

Whether the second round at Stamford Bridge can be held will be discussed at that time. For Inter Milan, it is good to secure the home victory first.

Mourinho's side doesn't want to adjust, but Ancelotti doesn't have many cards that can be adjusted.

Inter Milan's offensive at the last moment of the first half has proved that Inter Milan is not without offense, but was suppressed by Chelsea's defense in the frontcourt.

However, in order to suppress Inter Milan's counterattack, Chelsea, which dominates the offense, actually consumes a lot of physical strength, which leads to the fact that Chelsea may not have enough physical strength to cope with the entire game.

Due to injuries, for Ancelotti, there are actually not many cards that can be played in his hand.

Except for Joe Cole on the offensive end, almost all other players, including Deco and Zhirkov, are injured, and the young player Sturridge, who was newly signed this season, can still be used.

And in the case of a big score behind, Ancelotti, who has a defensive hand, is also suffering.

If you want to continue to make changes on the offensive end, you can only let Belletti play the left back and let Malouda continue to advance the position, but in essence, there is not much improvement.

After all, Malouda was in the position of left back most of the game, but he was doing the work of left halfback.

Ancelotti is very cautious about using the Joe Cole card. After all, he only has this effective offensive card at hand, and he wants to use this offensive switch wisely.

Ancelotti also didn't make too many adjustments to Chelsea's tactics. He just asked the team to play energetically in the second half, and properly use the left and right wings to open up enough offensive space during the game.

In the second half, after the Chelsea players got a rest time, they performed very well at the beginning of the game, reusing their running ability to regain the team's oppression on the field.

But this time, Inter Milan's defense line was tied to the fence from the beginning of the second half of the game, and Chelsea players were not given too much room to attack.

Chelsea players, on the basis of still occupying the ball, although they can rely on their own running, when the ball is lost, they immediately launch a high-post press in the frontcourt to contain Inter Milan's defensive counterattack, but similarly, almost all Inter Milan players In the case of shrinking to complete the defense at halftime, Chelsea's offense still lacks enough variables to complete the fatal blow to Inter Milan's defense.

Chelsea, who mainly play on the wing, although most of the crossing opportunities do not receive the desired offensive effect, it is far better than the stagnation of the central attack.

At least it is a matter of probability to compete for the top with crosses from the side. In case Drogba or Anelka seizes the opportunity in any cross, it is possible to score directly.

However, in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, Chelsea did not create any chances to score goals. The offense and defense of the two sides reached a state of balance. Inter Milan had more than enough defense and insufficient offense, while Chelsea had an empty ball possession rate, but they could not pose a threat. offensive opportunities.

Nowadays, in order to open up the situation in a short time, it may still require the individual performance of the players and some unexpected factors to affect it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of a dead ball, Ancelotti also signaled to the players on the sidelines that they can now relax their frontcourt press against Inter Milan, so that Inter Milan can slightly raise the defense line.

However, Chelsea's tactics of luring the snake out of the hole only led the snake's head out. Inter Milan's midfielders used more active running, and indeed pressed forward to a certain distance, trying to attack Chelsea, but Inter Milan's seven inches, a solid defense line , Still firmly guarding his own half-court area, not going half a step beyond the thunder pool, just not giving Chelsea enough room to attack.

On the contrary, Inter Milan, which got space, began to use a few offensive teams to create threats on the offensive end.

Sneijder made a through ball in the frontcourt, trying to go directly behind Yang Feng, but Eto'o turned offside directly and ran behind Yang Feng from the other side to meet him, but Yang Feng adjusted his position extremely quickly and moved laterally. , the outstretched leg, just intercepted the pass this time.

Although Eto'o turned directly and pressed Yang Feng forward, which put pressure on Yang Feng's ball, Yang Feng could not use his long pass ability to directly find his teammates in the frontcourt to counterattack, so he could only choose a short pass to the nearby players to be safe. Mikel, Mikel dribbles the ball forward.

Chelsea's first counterattack was indeed impossible. Mikel dribbled the ball diagonally and directly attacked halfway.

Inter's defenders were almost back in position and Motta stepped forward to limit Mikel's advance.

When Mikel is not defended by a defensive player, he can still dribble the ball and try to push it forward, but when the opponent is defending, Mikel will never wave. As soon as Mota advances, Mikel chooses to directly pass the ball to the right Ivanovic on the side.

Due to the shrinking of Inter Milan's defense line, Ivan was given enough space in front of him, while Zanetti continued to retreat and did not press forward to defend Ivan, leaving Ivan completely empty on the side.

But this time, Ivan didn't choose to go on the side. On a whim, he cut inside and went in the middle.

Because Ivan's own long-range shooting ability is not strong, and he does not have very good passing ability, Ivan suddenly walked in the middle at this time, which is definitely an accident for Inter Milan's defense.

Zanetti even maintained his usual defensive position, and couldn't turn around and defend against Ivan's sudden choice to go in the middle.

Inter Milan's line of defense can only be blocked by the central midfielder Cambiasso and central defender Samuel over Ivan's forward route.

Ivan's dribbling did indeed cause trouble under Inter Milan's sudden forward defensive force.

In order to avoid the interception of Cambiasso and Samuel, Ivan can only choose to move laterally to forcefully have the space to dribble.

But Cambiasso's lateral body confrontation also made Ivan, who was dribbling, lose his balance.

The ball seemed to be out of reach, and Sneijder, who was defending back, would get the ball, but Ivan fell directly to the ground, his right leg stretched forward, relying on the advantage of his long legs, his ankle flicked, and he hit the ball. When it comes to football, the ball is slightly moved outside the penalty area.

Sneijder, who was waiting for the ball, did not receive the ball. Instead, he was attacking. Kalu, who was cruising in the middle again, got the unexpected pass from Ivan. He didn't stop the ball and directly kicked it outside the penalty area rubbing shot.

In front of Kalu, driven by Ivan, there were many Inter Milan players blocking the direction of the goal, but Kalu's rubbing shot, with an arc, successfully flew out from the middle of the two Inter Milan defenders.

The sudden appearance of the football also made it too late for Cesar, who had been blocked from sight, to react. Moreover, Kalou's rubbed shot was a half-high ball, which bounced off the ground and flew directly to the right post of the goal. Cesar barely It was too late to respond to the fall-to-the-ground rescue action.

The ball still landed and bounced into the net!

Kalou's goal is full of accidental factors, but isn't the most appreciated thing about football games is the accidental factors?