Chapter 247 Confused opponents
Group D is the real group of death. Any team will bring a lot of trouble to Alkmaar. No team dares to win.
In such a group, how to qualify is Jiang Mu's biggest headache. He has communicated with Zhinao Chang'e No. 1 many times, but the answer given by Chang'e No. 1 is that the strength of any team is above Alkmaar. If Alkma wants to qualify from the group, he has to fight one by one, and then Let's see what happens on the spot, because football is the most unpredictable sport, and the victory or defeat of the game does not depend entirely on strength.
The group stage is a home and away double-round system. Alkmaar will rush to Stamford Bridge to challenge the strongest Chelsea in this group in the first round, which makes Jiang Mu more headache, because Alkmaar is a young team. Young people often play well and will often play at an ultra-level level. Even if the god kills the god, the devil is not Impossible.
Once the start is not good, the morale of the team will be suppressed, and the emotional young people are likely to collapse thousands of miles away. In this group of death, a defeat may lead to a total loss.
Therefore, Jiang Mu attaches great importance to the first round with Chelsea. Of course, winning is not to lose. This is Jiang Mu's bottom line. If it is tied, Jiang Mu hopes to play more tragically on the basis of a draw, which is also helpful to the team's morale.
However, the reality is very serious. Chelsea's lineup is very strong. Although Alkmaar defeated Dortmund, Dortmund's strength has been greatly reduced at this time, which can no longer be compared with Chelsea and Lazio. Alkmaar's overall strength is worse than Chelsea's.
If there is another team, Alkmaar will definitely sacrifice the heirloom tactics of defensive counterattack in the away game. If it really doesn't work, just set up a bus at the door. It's not that Jiang Mu hasn't done it, nor can't do it.
But in the face of Chelsea, Jiang Mu can't sacrifice this magic weapon, because Chelsea's team includes the Italian short-footed tiger Zola.
This small Italian free kick got the real pass from the ball king Maradona and walked alone in the football world.
As soon as he joined Chelsea, Zola, wearing No. 25, quickly won the hearts of the fans. At home against Newcastle, he assisted the current head coach Viali to score with a free kick. A month later, in the home game against Everton, he scored for Chelsea for the first time, relying on a 35-yard field. Ball.
In the face of the recognized free kick master in world football, how dare Jiang Mu set up an iron bucket array? After setting it out, he was scored by his opponent. If he adjusted again, he could only adjust three positions. It was impossible to change all the starting formation and playing style.
In fact, even without Zola, the killer, Jiang Mu doesn't have much confidence to block the Chelsea terrorist attack cluster. Although Chelsea is a little civilized at this time, any of those stars have the ability to solve problems on their own. Dechamps, Di Matteo, Wise, Boyette, Flo, Little Lau Drup, Karasic... These names are like thunder, which is also a headache.
In the team's pre-match training class, Jiang Mu said to his team, "Brothers, you already know what opponents you will face in the group stage of the Champions League. Chelsea. How is it? How do you feel?"
Drogba raised his hand: "Coach, my heart is beating faster. But it's not because of nervousness. I'm excited. I'm looking forward to this game!"
"Yes, coach, we are all looking forward to it!"
"It's interesting to play against a strong team!"
Seeing these players, Jiang Mu is in a good mood. Although his desire to fight can't improve his strength, he can increase his chances of winning. He laughed and said, "Do you want us to lose?"
"No, who said we would lose? We think that the stronger our opponents are, the better we will play. Xiao Luo said with a smile, "Coach, we have confidence in you."
"What's the use of having confidence in me? It's not that I play on the game. However, your attitude is good. No matter what kind of opponent you meet, you can't lose your fighting confidence. Now, let's go to training!"
Jiang Mu strengthened the team's attack in training.
After Jiang Mu's repeated thinking and repeated contests in the simulation game Magic Coach, Jiang Mu finally admitted that there was almost no way to live in the iron barrel array, and there was still a glimmer of life to pull out and fight against the opponent. In this case, Jiang Mu would definitely choose to attack and would rather die vigorously than live.
In fact, Chelsea has been in constant civil strife recently, and all kinds of negative news in the locker room have emerged one after another. The disrespect and bombardment of head coach Viali are everywhere. These are all things that Jiang Mu can use at that time. Because the contradiction means that the cooperation is not so tacit, and it also means that the head coach may send some players who are not suitable because of the contradiction, which will definitely reduce Chelsea's combat effectiveness.
Jiang Mu was determined to fight against his opponent Chelsea on the road, but he repeatedly said in interviews with the media that he wanted to strengthen his defense. Jiang Mu hoped to paralyze his opponent and let Viali send a wrong lineup.
In an interview with the Dutch media on the 21st, Jiang Mu said: "Group D is the group of death. The strength of the four teams is not much different, but Chelsea must be stronger. We are going to play at Stamford Bridge, which must be very difficult. We must do a good job in defense. The group stage is a two rounds of home and away. In the away game, we hope to get one point. This idea is not conservative. Among the two teams of the same level, the home side must perform stronger.
After arriving in London on the 22nd, Jiang Mu was interviewed by British reporters. Jiang Mu added: "The most terrible thing about Chelsea is the midfield. Their attack power is the strongest of all 16 teams. If we want to win, we must make defensive counterattack tactics. If we want to get a point, we have to fight back defensive.
The defensive players of the Alkmaar team also stood up and spoke. Gattuso said, "Viali is one of my idols. I am proud of him. Although Chelsea is a British team, they are more like an Italian team than the Italian team. It must be difficult to break their defense, so we will never I can conced the ball first. As a defensive midfielder, my task is to keep an eye on the opponent's striker and the core midfielder. I believe I can freeze my opponent.
Van Bommel said, "Of course I want to score goals and assist, but I think players must obey the tactical arrangements of the head coach. If we can defend well, then both one point and three points have our credit. If we don't defend well, it's useless to score more goals in the front court."
The compliments of Jiang Mu and Alkmaar players paralyzed Viali and Chelsea to a certain extent. Viali already regarded himself as the top team in Group D, and was flattered by his opponents again, and he was naturally a little flustered.
In fact, during the national team match day, Viali spent all his energy on the first round of the group stage of the Champions League. Of course, they practiced the offensive style, but after Jiang Mu's praise, Viali still practiced the attack, but the focus turned into a dense defense. The poor high school strike Flo was reused, and Zola, a 33-year-old veteran with average physical fitness, also wore a training vest that symbolized the main force.
After coming to London, Jiang Mu held another short meeting. He did not talk about the game at the meeting, but emphasized discipline and asked the players to go to public as little as possible before the game. Because there are many football hooligans in the United Kingdom, the fans are nervous about the war between Chelsea and Alkmaar, and it is inevitable that some unhcompetition will happen. Fast things, if there is some conflict in the fan home at this time, it must have a great impact on the mood of the players.
After the meeting, the players had lunch, took a nap, refreshed, and prepared to get used to the grass at Stamford Bridge in the afternoon.
Jiang Mu is going to Stamford Bridge to adapt to the field, which has also attracted the attention of many home and visiting fans. Chelsea will not give up this good opportunity to spy on their opponents. During Alkmaar's adaptive training, their fans, their opponents' fans, reporters, and Chelsea scouts and coaches. The whole stand actually sat a third of the top fans, which made Chelsea's coaches very afraid.
When Jiang Mu came to do adaptive training, he had already thought about the opponent's peep. He did not arrange his starting lineup, but made a three-back system, played defense, and even didn't even use much counterattack.
Jiang Mu's trick was once again hidden from Chelsea coach Viali, allowing him to continue to strengthen his preconceived preconceived.
Returning to the hotel from Stamford Bridge Stadium, the players took a shower and took a short break. Jiang Mu took the players to the night market.
Although Jiang Mu wanted the players to go to public less, he just came to London and locked the players in the hotel, which would definitely affect the mood of the players. They were all released to play and worried about problems, so Jiang Mu personally took the players to the night market and enjoy the exotic customs.
When Jiang Mu took the players to the night market to have fun, Chelsea's head coach Viali was still struggling to study the starting lineup in his office.
He has determined that the opponent will play intensive defense, but which appearances are important. Now the team is infighting. Lebeuf, Zola, Deschamps, Dessailly and other French gangs have attacked him a few days ago. Needless to say, Zola and Deschamps will definitely start. Zola is a good assistant to crack intensive defense. Deschamps is the team's pin, but Lebeuf and De Sely need to take one, because the opponent has to defend intensively, he must have a speed-type central defender, and he can have the ability to catch up when the opponent counterattacks. Although Lebeuf and Dessley are experienced and capable, they are too old.
But Lebeuf and De Selli have just complained that the substitution on such an important occasion as the Champions League, Viali is worried about causing them greater dissatisfaction, but thinking about the importance of the Champions League to Chelsea and himself, Viali is still cruel and decided to take Lebeve and let Niger Babayaro, a Leah, went to play the central defender.