Vol 4 Chapter 1016: Di Matteo

It is only 12 kilometers from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to the Allianz Stadium. If the road is smooth, it only takes 15 minutes.
This was originally the most ideal hotel in Chelsea's plan. Although it was more expensive, after the semi-finals, when Chelsea wanted to book the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, it was informed by the hotel that the hotel had been booked.
Although the hotel keeps it confidential, the answer is not difficult to guess, because there is only one possibility to be able to pack the hotel in one go, that is Real Madrid.
Competing for a hotel defeat forced Chelsea to choose hotels that were a little further away, but it was no problem, but they lost the hotel before the finals, which still made Chelsea feel a little dissatisfied.
Before the final, Di Matteo took the team from the hotel on time, took the bus, and walked north along the municipal road. With the attention of the fans on both sides of the road, slowly went north to the Allianz Stadium.
There was silence in the bus. Chelsea players either closed their eyes or looked silently out of the window. From each of them, they clearly saw a trace of dignity, obviously for the upcoming Champions League final, They are also not sure enough, because the opponent is Real Madrid.
Real Madrid with Yang Yang, the first person in the world football!
Facing Real Madrid, General Chelsea's mood is the same as the twenty-degree temperature in Munich at the moment.
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For the upcoming finals, Di Matteo has also done enough preparations, even more carefully than any previous game, he repeatedly deliberated and studied Real Madrid's tactics, and Ancelotti's platoon Soldiers lined up.
He and the coaching staff have prepared a plan specifically for any situation that may occur in the game, such as how to start the game, how to play behind the situation, how to play behind one goal, even how to play behind two goals, he has done well In preparation, he even arranged the order of the penalty shootouts.
This is a situation that he believes is very likely to occur. That is, the two sides scored 0 to 0 in the game of 120, and finally entered the penalty shootout. At what time will Chelsea take the penalty kick? And, in the past two days, he also gave goalkeeper coach Cech special training to study opponents ’penalty kicks, and at the same time let players study Casillas’ penalty shoot video highlights.
Even in order to boost the morale of the team, he specially made a short video of the family members of the players to encourage the team, intending to wait for the broadcast in the locker room to stimulate the players and make them more morale.
Chelsea's lineup is seriously aging, which is a well-known thing. For these veterans, any motivational words will be difficult to work. They are no longer young, no longer impulsive, no longer full of energy, Di Matt Ou is not the coach of Mourinho who is good at mobilizing players' emotions, so he will take a different approach and let the family of the players speak.
Tonight, the family of the players will also sit in the stands, which is undoubtedly the best incentive and motivation for the players.
In the team's platoon formation, Di Matteo also made targeted arrangements. This is a conclusion he reached after studying the Real Madrid game in the past year. He believes that a breakthrough can be found from it. So he was in danger.
Can it succeed?
This has to wait for the game to verify.
However, Di Matteo asked himself what he could do.
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In the last training session before the game, the atmosphere of the two teams was relatively harmonious.
Many players in the Chelsea team and Real Madrid players are old friends, such as Yang Yang and Drogba, Torres, Lampard, Cech, etc. are all old acquaintances, and Juan Mata is from Real Madrid youth training.
Say it again, this is a regrettable relic of youth training, because Calderon's stupidity at that time led to the turmoil of Real Madrid youth training, Juan Mata turned to Valencia and became famous.
When the players from both sides met with a few words of courtesy, they each returned to half-court training, and then returned to the locker room.
Less than an hour before the game, the two sides formally submitted the list.
Real Madrid's coaching staff also learned about Chelsea's lineup at this time, and Di Matteo really made a surprise.
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"Goalkeeper Cech, Ashley Cole, David Lewis, Gary Cahill and Bosingwa at the back, Mikel and Lampard with double backs, Bertrand and Hu in front Ann Mata and Kalau, the single forward is Drogba. "
When Real Madrid's coaching staff got the opponent's list, many people were surprised.
Everyone knows Terry ’s injury and absence, David Luis and Gary Cahill ’s central defender combination is not weak, and the double-back combination of Mikel and Lampard is also very good. Essien is very good. It is difficult to grab the main position.
Juan Mata is one of Chelsea ’s best players this season, plus Drogba and Carao, it can be said that none of these players is surprising, the key is Bertrand on the left .
Ryan Bertrand, born in August 1989, is now only 23 years old, moved from Jilinham to Chelsea in 2005, and was loaned to Bournemouth, Oldham and Norwich and other England second and third tier teams played well and performed well, being good at left backs.
Standing one meter seven and nine, weighing eighty-five kilograms, fast, and diligent on the court.
This player has been following the reserve team last season and played only for Chelsea. Ancelotti gave him 33 minutes of bench time in the home game against Birmingham, and he sent After an assist, he performed well.
Entering the first team this season, during Boas coaching, only 13 minutes of playing time, did not gain any trust, until Di Matteo took over, he was quickly promoted to the big list, even in The last few rounds supported the main force, and the performance has always been quite satisfactory, but the data looks fair.
All in all, this is a young player who seems to have no other advantages except speed and diligence. More importantly, except for the seven consecutive games in the second half of the schedule, Bertrand has not played in the Champions League so far. Even a minute of playing experience.
But such a player, but in such an important Champions League final, was arranged by Di Matteo in the lineup, replacing Malouda such a famous European player, which is very unusual.
The moment he got the Chelsea roster, Ancelotti's brows were tightly locked.
He realized that this would be Di Mateo's elaborate preparation for Real Madrid. He vaguely guessed that Bertrand should target Maicon, because the Brazilian has fallen a lot in the past year, especially After plugging in the offensive, it is already difficult to go straight up and down like in the first season of joining Real Madrid.
Of course, Maicon himself is somewhat slack, because the most he wants to join Real Madrid is the Champions League, and he realized his desire to reach the peak of his career, which let him breathe a sigh of relief, and inevitably will A state slip occurs.
Ancelotti knew Bertrand. He guessed Di Matteo's idea, but he was still very worried.
This is not a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy.
"Let a left back defender be a winger. Obviously both defense and counterattack are needed. Malouda is old and lacks speed, replacing Malouda with Bertrand. This is also the one made by Di Matteo after taking office. Great change. "Zidane also frowned and analyzed.
Ancelotti nodded, "Let McKon pay due attention to it. We would rather stay a bit more offensive, rather than let Chelsea take advantage of the loophole, especially our right."
In the Champions League final, it doesn't matter what style it is. The only idea of ​​tradition and the like is to win.
Everything must be waited for before you win, if you cannot win, everything is in vain.
Of course, in the face of Chelsea, Real Madrid still has to focus on passing the ball.
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Chelsea was the first to wear a blue jersey.
Drogba and Juan Mata stood in the middle circle to prepare for kick-off, while Yang Yang stood on the left side outside the circle, sorting out his shorts.
In this game he will face Portugal's right-back Bosingwa and Chelsea's captain Lampard.
When he played for Liverpool, Lampard was still the premier offensive midfielder in the Premier League, but now he has transformed into a midfielder, but these are not important.
With the whistle of the Portuguese referee Pedro, Chelsea quickly kicked off and returned to Mikel for the first time.
Real Madrid's frontcourt quickly rushed forward, putting pressure on Chelsea.
Yang Yang sprinted directly towards the middle of Bosingwa and Lampard, while also observing the ball. Once the ball passed, he would first press his opponent within his range.
But this time, Chelsea chose to make a big long pass to the frontcourt to find Drogba, but Pepe took the first step to get the ball back. Mascherano quickly passed to Xavi Alonso .
Real Madrid controlled the ball.
Yang Yang sprinted about 20 meters in the frontcourt. After seeing his own possession, he slowed down and walked slowly in the frontcourt.
Back then, in Ajax, his coaches had always told him the truth. It is not difficult to run on the court, but it is difficult to slow down. This is a wisdom.
It ’s like Essien sitting on the bench. When he was young, he ran at the expense of physical strength, but no one would think that he was a real top midfielder in the world. When he later experienced and tactical literacy improved, he started to play. Smarter, and even once transformed the midfield of the organization, this is even more convincing.
On the football field, how to slow down is the skill.
The players are the same, the team is the same.
After Harvey Alonso controlled the ball, Real Madrid immediately slowed down because the team had missed the best time to fight back.
Chelsea's offensive investment in the opening is very small, and even only Drogba and Kalau are two people. Obviously, they did not intend to open the opening attack, but they wanted to defend with one mind.
On the contrary, Real Madrid players on the court and Ancelotti on the side of the court felt headaches.
From Ranieri to Mourinho to Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti, Boas and now Di Matteo, Chelsea has always been the top defensive level in Europe.
Faced with such a team, who doesn't have a headache?