I Want to Be the King of Football

Before coaching Chelsea, Di Matteo's coaching resume was not impressive.

In 2008, he coached Milton Keynes of League One. He finished third in the League One that season, but lost to his opponent in the play-offs of the Premier League and missed the opportunity to upgrade.

Although he failed to lead Milton Keynes to the British Championship, Di Matteo won the opportunity to coach West Bromwich Albion, the Premier League’s famous lift ball, with his good performance in a season. team.

The so-called lift is that West Bromwich is frequented between the Premier League and the English Championship.

Di Matteo successfully led the team into the Premier League in the first season after coaching, which won him admiration, and even after being promoted to the Premier League, although there are sad memories of a zero-to-six away defeat to Chelsea in the first round. , But then the team quickly adjusted, once occupying sixth in the Premier League, defeating Arsenal, and an away draw with Manchester United, the performance can be described as brilliant.

During that time, Di Matteo became famous and won the attention of the entire British and European football.

But the good times did not last long. West Bromwich Albion’s relatively open style of play, but the severely insufficient lineup made this team a serious lack of stamina. Di Matteo coached in West Bromwich until the second of the year. Class ends in January.

Last summer, after failing to apply to coach Birmingham, Di Matteo accepted Boas’s invitation to serve as the Portuguese’s chief assistant coach at Chelsea and officially returned to Stamford Bridge.

What no one thought was that Di Matteo, who coached Birmingham who was not favored, was fired because of Boas after half a year. Instead, he became the head coach of Chelsea and led the team to the Champions League. finals.

Destiny is really totally confusing.

Regardless of Di Matteo's coaching resume is not obvious, but his career is regarded as the first line of Europe.

From Lazio to Chelsea, the Blues even offered Di Matteo a sky-high price of 6.8 million US dollars. This was the highest transfer fee in Chelsea history in 1996. Even in the Premier League at the time, it was considered equivalent. The high transfer fee shows that Chelsea attaches great importance to Di Matteo.

Having played for big teams for a long time, Di Matteo can be said to be well-informed. He deeply understands the survival rules of big team coaches.

As the head coach of a big team, especially a big team, professional ability is never the most important, because these can be handed over to assistants to be responsible, as if Ferguson has not even trained and prepared for many years.

What is the most important thing about the head coach of a rich team?

manage!

To be able to hold players on and off the court, to be able to handle the boss.

There is no problem with Boas' professional ability and he can manage the boss, so he became the head coach of Chelsea at a young age, but the problem is that he can't stabilize the players, so he dismissed class.

As for whether the so-called veteran team committee in the Chelsea team engages him, does it matter?

Di Matteo knows this very well, and he even experienced it personally, so after he became the head coach of Chelsea, the first thing he did was to stabilize the core veterans of the team committee and persuade them to support them. Own.

The next results are clear at a glance. When the players are struggling, Chelsea has made rapid progress in the Champions League.

Of course, in the knockout stage of the Champions League, Di Matteo also has his own set of tactics, that is, defense and counterattack.

From the beginning of the knockout round, Di Matteo's Chelsea basically adopted such a set of tactics, and the result was really effective, reaching the Champions League final all the way, directly facing Manchester City.

How to play against Manchester City?

As an Italian, Di Matteo decided to continue what he does best.

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"Shou!"

In the morning of the game, in the hotel conference room where Chelsea was staying, Di Matteo solemnly announced his tactics tonight, the core of which is not unexpected, and he still has to guard against death.

This is the only way out for Chelsea.

Strictly speaking, this is not surprising, so there is no surprise in the conference room, and everyone takes it for granted.

Today's Manchester City is no longer the Manchester City of two years ago. It is natural to play against Manchester City to adopt defensive tactics.

"When we played against Bayern Munich, our midfielder had a lot of problems. The main reason was that Bayern adopted a double midfielder tactic, which is 4, 2 and 3. This is the same as us, so Lampard is facing alone. When facing two midfielders, it was a bit difficult, so we had to go up one of our midfielders."

Heynckes is an old fox, he saw through this in the game, so Robben and Ribery turned to adopt the internal tactics, let Thomas Muller transition more with the ball, look at Mick Al or Meireles go up, whoever goes up, Thomas Muller will pass the ball on which side, and Bayern will focus on attacking that side.

This made Chelsea very passive and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

But now, Manchester City's tactics will basically not change. Busquets must be delayed. David Silva and Tony Cross will basically join hands in the midfield, which is in line with Chelsea's midfield layout.

Lampard is in the front position and is responsible for suppressing Busquets. Mikel and Meireles are behind, and he is responsible for dealing with David Silva and Tony Cross, three on three, plus Chelsea will take strict measures. Defensive tactics, the situation is favorable for Chelsea.

"Mata is responsible for assisting Ashley Cole to target Sanchez. This Chilean winger has great strength, can go to the bottom and cut inside, has excellent skills at his feet, and is fast. Ramirez and Ivano are on the right. Vicki is responsible for marking Di Maria. He is faster and sharper and has a very good dribbling ability. At the same time, he must be careful of Marcelo behind him."

From the perspective of the lineup configuration, Di Matteo’s thinking is very clear. Ramirez and Ivanovic on his right side are mainly defensive, withstanding Marcelo and Di Maria’s offense. Pressure, and his left is to fight back when he finds an opportunity, so he put Mata on this side.

Everyone knows that although Manchester City's right-back Sabaletta has offensive capabilities, he is not as strong as Marcelo.

For defense, there are actually many that need to be arranged.

For example, the two Manchester City midfielders, David Silva and Tony Kroos, are very flexible in their positions and have a large range of running. Many times they will appear directly on the wing, which gives Chelsea’s two drags. The marking of the back midfielder caused trouble.

In the past, Chelsea aimed at this point and asked Mikel and Meireles to conduct targeted drills. Now it is a test of actual combat. After all, no matter how good the training is on weekdays, they have not done it on the court. One game, who knows the outcome?

Since intensive defense is adopted, Chelsea’s tight positioning is very important. These have also been practiced repeatedly before the game. As the Italian coach, Di Matteo is good at this aspect, and what he emphasizes most now is his mentality. .

"We will not get the ball for a long time and we will be passively beaten, but for this situation, we will not be too unfamiliar, because of the two games against Bayern Munich and even before we played against Barcelona. All of the games played in this way, we can adapt to this kind of scene."

From Ranieri to Mourinho, and later Hiddink, Ancelotti and other famous coaches, this round came over. Although Chelsea have played very well, they are still inseparable from the inheritance passed down over the years. Solid defense.

This is the foundation of Chelsea's foothold in European football and a magic weapon for the team.

"I believe that everyone knows that the more in this situation, the more we must maintain a stable and patient attitude. Before playing Bayern Munich, we left our opponents too much space. Although there are tactical factors, But we also have problems with implementation, which requires us to pay attention."

"Man City is a team that is stronger and more terrifying than Bayern Munich, with stronger offensive power and more deadly penetration ability. Let's not be fooled by their so-called heritage. They are European football this season, and even the world football team. One of the teams with the strongest combat effectiveness and the best form, even one of them can be completely eliminated."

For Guardiola's Manchester City, whether it is Di Matteo or others, it is basically a compliment.

Even if it is Ferguson, who is a mortal enemy, Arsenal, who has been humiliated by Manchester City's many victories, basically thumbs up when it comes to Manchester City. uukanshu.com This is the result of Manchester City's solid results.

According to Di Matteo, Chelsea's players are also not disgusted, because they know very well that Chelsea is no longer at the top.

Why does Boas clean up the old players?

Isn't it because Chelsea's peak is no longer?

Drogba, Lampard, Terry and other veterans, don't they know the team's problems?

No, they know.

The reason why they opposed Boas was because Boas refused to treat these veterans with dignity.

Even if your head coach doesn't give us decentness, then we will make you decent.

In the end, Boas was basically unable to change the situation. He was fired only because of the time and the cost of the club management.

Now, Di Matteo tells the players that Manchester City is terrible. He wants to warn the players that Chelsea can only be united and only if the players and the coach work closely together to have a chance to defeat Manchester City, a powerful opponent.

You know, in the past two seasons, Chelsea have never beaten Manchester City.

Although, the Champions League finals have never been superstitious of past records, but Manchester City does have an advantage on the psychological level, and Chelsea can only have a chance if they work hard.

The entire meeting lasted for more than an hour, and Di Matteo has been repeatedly emphasizing defense. He just gave a brief introduction on how to counterattack and attack, and did not explain in depth.

Whether it is against Di Matteo or Chelsea, the main task of this Champions League final is to defend. As for how to counterattack and how to attack, this is not something that can be considered before the game.

Di Matteo has arranged several targeted counterattacks in previous training, and it will depend on the players' performance on the spot and what kind of tactics Manchester City will play in the game.

Both teams are very familiar with each other, and basically there will be no surprises. The key lies in targeted tactics.