Doing anything is like life - if you are fully prepared, consider all the consequences, and treat one thing with the most cautious attitude, then your chances of success will increase a lot.

What if both sides are prepared the same? Then their own strength will play a great role. Therefore, no matter how outstanding the head coach is, he needs to find ways to increase the strength of the team. No matter how smart the commander is, he needs to lead a powerful army to be invincible.

Jose knows that Chelsea is actually very good now, but after all, they only started to have money this year. In the past two years, Chelsea's boss Bates was a little unable to support the financial situation. Last season, they basically didn't buy people in the transfer market. Although they spent so much money to buy people this season, they were not able to play an immediate role. Although Chelsea's unstable lineup this season can certainly confuse the opponent's sight, under the setting of Jose's detachment, he already knows what kind of main lineup will Ranieri send out.

After leading the team into the locker room at Stamford Bridge, Jose won the starting lineup for Chelsea in this game, and then he laughed.

Goalkeeper Ambrosio, defenders Gala, Wayne Bridge, Deselli, Terry, midfielder Marklele and Parker serve as double midfielders, Lampard broke out, Duff was active on the wing, and the forward partners were Goodjohansen and Mutu - as Jose guessed, basically the same!

The two possibilities given by Jose are now a kind of starting lineup that has become Chelsea’s starting lineup intact!

After seeing Chelsea's starting lineup, Mallorca's players also laughed one after another - Jose's previous inferred Chelsea's starting lineup became a reality - this practice makes Mallorca's players more confident, just like the army will be more fearless under an invincible general, and will be more confident under a commander who has made perfect decisions. In ancient battles, "being ambushed" will quickly disintegrate the morale of the army. Even if a hundred thousand troops are introduced into an ambush, it is very likely that they will collapse immediately. However, if the commander tells all the generals and soldiers in advance, we will be ambushed this time, please don't panic... Then it is not impossible to have a counter-encirclement...

This is the case with Mallorca now. Jose accurately inferred Chelsea's starting lineup, which made Mallorca players more confident and also more confident in the result of this game!

With such confidence, the Mallorca players walked out of the locker room and were confidently waiting for the start of the game!

Mallorca's starting lineup has not changed much, but Nadal rotated and Matthias continued to start. The English team's game pace has always been very fast. Nadal is prone to consume too much physical fitness in this case, and Matthias is more suitable for starting in this case.

The white-haired Ranieri stood next to the coach's seat, with a sad face, which made people feel sympathetic, but Jose would not have any sympathy for him. In the knockout match, either you die or I die. No coach would have any sympathy for his opponent.

What's more, it's not certain who sympathizes with this game. Compared with Chelsea next season, there are only a few less muscular men. However, their toughness has already reached a scale. Such a team is also the most difficult team for La Liga teams like Mallorca. Although they defeated three Serie A teams in succession last season, they actually won hard in each game. Chelsea may not be as good as the three Serie A teams last season, but they still have better running skills. This game will definitely not be easy.

The result of this game depends largely on who can suppress the opponent on the wing. Now Chelsea only has one full-back who is good at assisting, and there is only one winger. He and Bridge are both good at attacking on the left. Mallorca's left offense will not be under much pressure. In other words, how many opportunities can Ram create on the wing in this game may be able to determine the outcome of this game!

When the abilities and performance of other positions are not much different, the excellence of a certain position can drive the entire situation. This is the reason for this. To put it bluntly, it is a game that tries to exert its own abilities and prevents the opponent from fully exerting its advantages. There are too many places to use in the middle.

Stamford Bridge Stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, is full. Before the start of this season, Chelsea fans were confused. Although being the boss of a foreigner was not the first in the Premier League, it is still quite rare at this time. However, the generosity of the new boss has opened their eyes. Although there is still no hope of winning the championship in the league, their outstanding performance in the Champions League has satisfied them a lot.

After all, Chelsea fans have not adapted to being a fan of the championship team - after all, they have not won the league championship for many years before, and in history they have only won the league championship once, so they are still satisfied with Ranieri. This old man has a good reputation among the fans. Of course, Abu doesn't think so.

The first one to kick off was Mallorca. They were not eager to attack. Before the game, Jose reminded him to deal with a team like Chelsea that has strong Italian traces - not just because their head coach is Italian, but they have been introducing a large number of players from Serie A since the mid-1990s, with strong Italian traces - for such a team, you must not be impatient in offense and patiently look for opportunities. The sudden outbreak of offense is much more efficient than a storm-like attack.

Etoo seemed very active at the beginning of the game. He kept pulling to the wings to attack, but Ranieri was prepared for it - of course he knew that his team's defensive weakness was the wings, so he paid great attention to this.

Bridge was still very focused at the beginning of the game. Etoo and Beletti made two consecutive crosses on the right and were blocked by him in the middle of the second round, and did not leave much opportunity for Drogba in the middle.

Drogba has now scored seven goals in the Champions League, ranking first in the scorer list. Behind him are Morientes and Makai who scored six goals, Henry Juninho, Pandiani and Pursau who scored five goals. Henry and Makai have no chance to score again. Juninho is a midfielder, and Drogba's opponents are nothing more than Morientes, Poorsau of Monaco, and Pandiani from La Coruña. They are very likely to win the Champions League top scorer this season. Last season's best scorer Van Nie has only scored four goals now, and Manchester United has been eliminated, which has also shattered Van Nie's dream of defending the top scorer.

Drogba was naturally closely guarded by the opponent. Drogba is not worse than Drogba in terms of strength. However, he is already quite old after all. He was humiliated by Viduka of Leeds United in a pure power two seasons ago. Terry is making rapid progress now, but he is quite different from Drogba in terms of physical fitness. Since Ranieri understands this, he will naturally pay more attention to it.

After resisting Mallorca's attack from the wing, Chelsea launched a counterattack. Duff dribbled the ball and forced a breakthrough from the wing. Beletti followed him tightly. Seeing that he could not rely on speed to get rid of Beletti, Duff made an emergency stop and then passed the ball to Bridge who was inserted in the back row. Bridge did not break through the wing, but directly dribbled the ball into the middle!

Mallorca's players naturally won't let him break through the middle like this - you should know that Mallorca's defense in the middle this season is no worse than those teams that focus on defense. Although they have lost a lot of goals, many of them are used by the opponent because of the gap exposed by the full-back after assisting, and there are not many goals conceded in positional battles.

Dacott immediately stopped Bridge from moving forward with a foul - this is his territory.

The referee's whistle sounded, and Chelsea won a free kick in the frontcourt. Chelsea fans collectively booed, suppressing the Mallorca fans not even able to lift their heads.

"Well, Spanish fans are still relatively peaceful after all. It seems that the home court cannot create the devil's home aura." Jose took a break from his busy schedule and looked up at the Taiwan. The atmosphere in the Premier League has always been something he envied.

This is a free kick twenty-eight meters away from the goal - this distance is a bit far, but it is not impossible to shoot - it is obvious that Mutu is quite confident in himself. He came up and shot a long shot of good quality, but was saved by Cameni's quick response.

Mutu's performance was very good at the beginning after transferring to Chelsea this season, but it began to decline in the middle of the season. In fact, he is definitely a capable player. The forward partnership formed by Parma and Adriano is terrifying. After coming to the Premier League, he also showed his strength, but his overly corrupt private life made his state fall very quickly - it's okay now, by next year, he will cause more things to do, such as making A-films, taking drugs, and making himself messed up.

To be fair, Mutu's characteristics are easy to become a top player. He is fast and has good skills. At the same time, compared with agile and technical players, his physical fitness is also top-notch. Even if he suffers a collision, he rarely falls to the ground, but can continue to dribble the ball and move forward with a very stable center of gravity. This kind of physical fitness and technology are a template for a top striker. Unfortunately, he doesn't love himself.

After Chelsea completed its first shot after the opening, Mallorca launched a counterattack. They did not fight on the wing as soon as the game started, because Jose knew that Ranieri would definitely pay attention to this point. This targeted tactic also requires suddenness. If you fight, it is easy to make targeted defense.

So after two unsuccessful wing attacks after the opening game, Mallorca began to attack in the combination of side and middle, Kaka kept pulling out opportunities through running - he was not a midfield core, Mallorca's midfield core is Alonso behind him. The role he plays now is very similar to Lampard's role at Chelsea a year later, both are midfielders who can complete the offense.

After passing the ball back and forth through the midfield, Senna passed the ball to Ram who was inserted on the left. Ram dribbled the ball forward and then passed the ball to the middle. Kaka, who temporarily threw away Marklele, took a kick to the rolling ball, and the ball flew to the goal. Ambrosio fell steadily and confiscated the ball.

"Their attack seems to be similar to usual," Ranieri thought to himself.

The battle between the two head coaches has only begun now.
Chapter completed!