For Chelsea fans, they have to look forward after yesterday's game. After the victory, they are already looking forward to Chelsea's opponent Aston Villa in the next game.

But for Chelsea's players, yesterday's game is not over yet. In the next few days, they will have to watch the video of their home victory over Portsmouth repeatedly in the meeting room to find out what their problems are.

They couldn't feel it when they were playing on the court, but after watching the game seven or eight times as an audience, they easily found out the problem with the team: the midfielder was too weak.

Mourinho's three substitutions during the game were all related to the midfield. Each time the purpose and intention seemed to be different, but in fact they were all to regain control of the midfield.

In the past period of time, Mourinho went from pursuing Alves to finally introducing Belletti. His tactical intention this season has been very clear: he wants to build a full-attack Chelsea.

This is not a conclusion drawn from the fact that the players have turned into roundworms and wormed their way into Mourinho's belly, but Mourinho's answer to the media about his introduction of Belletti at the end of the transfer window. , "The Brazilian is an offensive full-back, he is not a conventional defender like Ferreira."

Ferreira, who was stepped on, oh no, it was Paul. He had no complaints about this, let alone the new addition. His teammates gave him a cold look - the Portuguese went from being a starter to a substitute. He didn't complain about the huge difference in treatment, but kept working hard quietly. He never became the kind of player who can jump very high despite having no ability in the eyes of the fans.

Belletti, who was participating in a tactical meeting for the first time, was named by Mourinho and asked to express his thoughts. Belletti stood up and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He was snatched from Barcelona by Mourinho. When he was in Barcelona, ​​his tactical status was not very high. The reason why he was bought by Mourinho was because he had a certain ability to break through from the wing, and he The first thing Mourinho arranged after arriving at the team was to practice passing: he wanted to improve the quality of his crosses as soon as possible.

"Say whatever you want," Mourinho said with a smile, "You can say whatever you think about this game, don't worry about anything."

After Mourinho said that, he couldn't help but watch it like the "Sun" described Xiang Endrit: Yes, if Ritter was not here, he would never smile and talk at this time, nor would he be polite to the team members.

It takes time to form the team's new tactics, but now is the middle of the game. What Chelsea lack most is time. If there is no goalkeeper like Ritter who can seal the opponent's zero, if Chelsea can't guarantee a draw no matter how they play, then Mourinho will Rinho will never give them too much time to understand the tactics before integrating into them.

He will directly instill his own ideas and let them play them directly on the court. It doesn't matter if they don't understand or think about it. Just play like this - although there is a big risk in doing so. After all, players are not robots. What do you ask them to do? Just do whatever they want.

But time does not allow for it. In order for the team to change formations and win at the same time, he can only do this.

The presence of Endritt does not mean that they have more training time than other teams, but the presence of Endritt means that everyone has the confidence that Endritt has not broken his own clean sheet. Before the record, he was the strongest supporter of Chelsea players. They can temporarily not hang the word "victory" on their foreheads. Their trial and error cost is much lower than that of other teams.

Belletti noticed the coach's gaze, so he also looked at Endrit. Endrit complained helplessly in his heart, but after thinking about what he had to do for a while, he still showed his face to Belletti. A very relaxed smile: It's okay, you can say whatever you want, I'm here.

Because Belletti was bought back by Mourinho and took on the team's offensive pressure, when Belletti started training, Endrit basically threw the ball to him.

"After I came on as a substitute yesterday, Ritter threw the football to me twice, but I failed to seize the opportunity. The crosses after two breakthroughs failed to accurately reach the feet of my teammates."

Mourinho said lightly. He hummed, "This is from your point of view, but what about from the team's point of view?"

Belletti fell silent. If you insist on asking him to talk about it from the team's point of view, he can say it, too. But he, a newcomer who has just joined the team, is pointing fingers at the midfield composed of other seniors. Even under Mourinho's instructions, his life will not be easy in the future.

"Can't you tell? Then sit down," Mourinho's eyes moved again and fell on another defender, Ben Haim, who also joined the team in the new season. "Ben Haim, tell me about your situation." Opinion."

Ben Haim stood up, his face a little red, because his performance in the game against Portsmouth can only be described in one word: exhausted.

"I'm sorry, coach, I have been defending and did not complete the offensive task."

"Be specific."

"At the 34th and 56th points of the game, I should not have passed the football to Belletti. He was not able to break through at that time. , It’s actually easier for me to break through.”

But he didn’t dare to break through, because if he did too much on the court, he would make more mistakes. As a free transfer player, he subconsciously passed the football to the opponent at that time. Belletti, the full-back who specializes in breakthroughs, was specially poached by the coach at a high price.

Mourinho nodded slightly and let Ben Haim go. After letting him sit down, he turned to look at Ashley, "What about you? What do you think is wrong with you in this game?"

"Yes. I want to attack, but I, um, I have been defending. "

Who did you defend?" Mourinho snorted slightly, "Tell me, who did you successfully defend?"

Ashley lowered his head silently. Talk again.

Before watching the replays of the game, Ashley thought that the biggest highlight of his game was that he finally saved the header of the opponent Hredason in front of the goal line. But after watching the replays of the game so many times, he finally understood why Ende Ritter would say two hundred pounds.

At that time, if Ritter hadn't taken a few steps back after rushing over, he would have stepped on Endritt - Endritt almost stood there and didn't move to watch him perform the save.

"Me, I have been running around, but I have completely ignored the cooperation with my teammates, especially with Ritter. The save at the goal line should actually be completed by Ritter. Ritter can directly save the football. Come out, I should be able to pass the ball straight to the middle to start a fast break. "

Then why don't you?" Mourinho is not so tolerant to Ashley, the elder of the team and his direct descendant. "You don't want to kick or your legs are weak? If you don't want to kick, others will kick you! If your legs are weak, just don't play! After the defense line in the midfield is useless, you don't know how to kick when you directly face the opponent's attack, right?

" Shri lowered his head even lower, not daring to say a word.

"Is it a matter of cooperating with your teammates? I think you didn't bring your own brains on the field! You did tackle the opponent's ball several times, but where is the ball? Huh? There are basically Portsmouth players around you. The ball was scooped out from the feet of the opponent and was received by another player. If you weren't wearing our Chelsea jersey, I would have almost thought you were the opponent!"

Mourinho took a deep breath and looked at the four defenders. The last one is Chelsea captain John Terry. The first thing Mourinho did when he came to Chelsea was to hand over the captain's armband to the opponent. John Terry has not let Mourinho play in the game over the years. Disappointment on the field.

However, in yesterday's game, John fell behind in the confrontation with Portsmouth forward Utaka, which was "slightly difficult" that even the commentators could see.

In the second half, John Terry was even knocked to the ground once by the opponent - this kind of low-level mistake should not happen to John Terry!

"I'm sorry, coach," John Terry took the initiative to stand up. "I haven't been in a very good state recently. I will adjust myself as soon as possible."

Mourinho hummed with a cold face and said equally: "If you play in the next game, If you are knocked down by the opponent again, then you should take a good rest and find your own state."

John Terry responded quickly.

Mourinho's face improved a lot. He motioned for John Terry to sit down and then looked at the four starting midfielders: Lampard, Malouda, Mikel (Obi Miki) and Wright.

The worst player in this game was not the defender, but the midfielder. However, Mourinho was the first to criticize the defender. This was not to scare the monkeys, but because the midfielder played so poorly in this game. It was because of the certain limitations of the tactical system. The problem, and the back four playing so poorly is entirely a problem of these guys' own abilities.

Compared with the previous 433, the 442 played on the court yesterday was equivalent to directly removing one of the three defensive midfielders and replacing it with a center forward - increasing the offensive ability, but the defense and control of the midfielder The ability is greatly reduced.

The previous three defensive midfielders had strong control capabilities, and the midfield barrier was always open. If the opposing players wanted to break through the backcourt, they had to first ask the midfielder if they agreed. But now the defensive players are directly reduced to five by Mourinho. Lampard often moves forward to look for scoring opportunities. This defense is equivalent to one less person. In this way, several defenders are not facing the frontcourt directly. attack?

In the past, there were midfielders in front of them, but now without them watching, several defenders were immediately kicked out of the Portsmouth team.

At the end of yesterday's game, Mourinho asked Belletti to take midfielder Mikel off and let Michael, who was originally playing as a defender, play as a defensive midfielder just to see what the team's return to the configuration of three defensive midfielders would bring to Chelsea. changes - but maybe his decision was a bit late. Michael did suppress the opponent's offense in the midfielder position, but there was not much change in the offense that Mourinho expected.

"In this game, our defense was very poor, especially in the midfield. It can be said that we were directly penetrated by the opponent. This was not what I expected, but I can accept it, because the tactics we are playing now will indeed lead to There is such a negative impact, but..."

Mourinho knocked on the table with his hand, "The defensive failure was due to the persistence of the defensive staff, but since the number of offensive players has increased, why did the only goal in the last game come from

"Why didn't our offense improve due to the increase in offensive players? Are you willing to keep playing 1:0 like this? Or do you think it's better to have Ritter in front of the goal? " Can we just sit back and play 0:0? "

"How about your cooperation on the court? Why can't you play well in the game?"

"I don't think we can do this anymore. After playing offense, we will play defense from now on. I asked Ritter to cooperate with Drogba. Ritter passed the football directly to the frontcourt from the backcourt, and then Drogba scored. After 1:0, we went directly to the goal. No one can score a goal. We will maintain this 1:0 victory until we win the Champions League."

Mourinho turned to look at Endrit, "How about you, Ritter?

Endrit faced the gazes of many players. Although he had expected it, he still swallowed with difficulty at this moment: "Coach, I..."

Mourinho's eyes were cold and his voice was cold, "Yes or no? "

Endrit decided to ask Mourinho to treat him to two meals. "If that's the case, why can't I just kick the football into the opposite goal?"

Mourinho paused, "You can do this too ?" ?”

Endrit smiled and said: “Coach, who knows if it will work before we practice? Who knows if we will succeed next time if we only practice once? Coach, maybe we can do it just because of the number of practices. It wasn't enough, so it didn't work."

"That's right, coach," John Terry said quickly, "I think the reason why we played like this in the last game was because our practice time was too short. There was a problem with coordination."

"That's right," Endritt nodded. "The reason why we lost was because they didn't have enough time to practice, not because they were incompetent."

"Yes, the reason why we lost was. Because of practice..." John Terry couldn't continue mid-sentence. He turned his head and gave Endrit a helpless look.

Endrit smiled innocently: Don't look at him like that. In Mourinho's eyes, Chelsea just lost. Winning is just about winning points, but losing is losing a lot to the opponent.

Today he is just a cooperative person. Yesterday Mourinho agreed with him to treat him to a meal.

.........

"Coach?! When you say you treat me to a meal, you just keep letting me eat..."

"Isn't this a treat?" Mourinho snorted softly, "I treat you to a meal every day."

Endri With an indignant look on his face, Te took off all his food and immediately stood up and said harsh words: "I'll go to the club by myself tomorrow, coach!"