This is not the classic version of Mourinho, there are some regrets to lose to Chelsea

Due to the transmission channels, this is the first Benfica game that I personally watched after Uncle Bird took office as Benfica. Mourinho's warm trip home ended with a small loss after a "warm" game. If it weren't for Pedro's recent red card addiction, the actual content of this game would not support the popularity of media rendering.

Uncle Bird has taken over Benfica for only ten days and has played 3 league games + 1 Champions League game, a very terrifying intensive schedule. As he has been complaining in recent press conferences, the team has been doing recovery training and there is no real tactical drill. It’s true that time is too tight, so you saw an atypical Mourinho in this game. Standing on the sidelines, he had almost no tactical instructions, and he was pacing, wandering, and even hesitating about substitutions.

Is Chelsea very strong? The overall quality of players is indeed high, not the same level. However, because of the recent injury waves in the Club World Cup in the summer, it is obvious that this team is outside of the "Champions League intensity" in addition to Enzo, Kesaido, Kuku and Neto. Benfica definitely had the advantage on the field in the 10 minutes of the opening game and 20 minutes before the end of the second half.

When Chelsea cannot afford high intensity at home, this is actually Benfica's opportunity. The arrangement of the bird in this field is calculated to be moderate, but the details are indeed not appropriate. The key point should be to say that the ball is lost. Before this, there has been a situation where the person is missing from the cross. In this game, the defensive arrangement is for the midfielder to sink into the back line on the weak side to form a five-guard position to ensure the width of the defense. On the right side of Rios and Dedic defense, there had been two people defending one before, which made Garnacho lose a clean situation.

, that is, during the dynamic switching between the 4th guard and the 5th guard, Benfica is still very unskilled. The midfielder sank into the ribs and the full-backs expanded their defense, and they still couldn't explain it clearly. When attacking, the two sides were quite good at getting the ball, especially Luke Baggio on the right was Benfica's most capable player.

The team is unable to start the situation when they take the initiative. The key point is the overall loss of power in the midfield confrontation. When you are facing the combination of Kesaido and Enzo, better passing lines and reducing individual ball-holding are relatively wise choices. In the midfield confrontation, No. 8 Alsness neither played his physical advantage, and was frequently intercepted when there was a ball. He did not act well as the power point behind the striker. Therefore, all the threats of Benfica are basically direct threats caused by passing 45° in a diagonal manner, and the two-point penalty fight was at a disadvantage.

When time entered injury time, it became difficult for Benfica to advance to Chelsea's penalty area. The key point is that Enzo and Kesaido's position selection and technical ability were too excellent, just stuck Benfica's ball path, which had changed into a double striker formation at this time. Therefore, when the game seemed to be evenly matched, it ended with Benfica losing one goal, which was a relatively reasonable score.

Uncle Bird did not show any major emotional fluctuations during or after the game. This is completely different from his previous coaching to command players on the sidelines to run, which shows that what this team needs most now is time, training, and formation organization. The strong training traces can be seen in the 2-3-person group cooperation. This is the credit of his ex-Larger. Uncle Bird has not completely imprinted himself in overall control.

The next defensive formation conversion requires more training to polish. Including the transition from a double striker formation that is already relatively mature in the league in the last time, the intensity of the Champions League will weaken the team. Then the transition from a double striker formation to a single striker formation is the general trend.

The next game against Porto, these three-day training sessions are very important to the team. In defense, the system is built around the old strong point Otamendi. How to transform the personal ability of the double-winger into a mid-range goal during offense is the focus of Benfica's training at this stage. If there is more time to train, maybe you can get a draw against Chelsea in this game.

Judging from the current maturity of the team, I hope that after the international match day, I can straighten out the overall details and set the details so that this team that will change coaches will be truly stable.

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