"This Pan Yi is really a madman!"

At the training base of Roma Football Club, head coach Rudy Garcia couldn't help but sigh after watching the game between Crystal Palace and Chelsea.

Trailing by two goals in the away game, with one less player to fight, he was still able to form a four-forward formation to fight the opponent;

After equalizing the score, he didn't give up when things got better, and even used all the backcourt troops, just to get all three points;

Such a move really made Rudy Garcia can only describe Pan Yi as "crazy".

And Rudy Garcia can also see that in this Chelsea team led by a "madman", their players are also "crazy".

Even if there is one less person, even if they have already run for most of the game, when Pan Yi orders a mad attack, they can still run until the final whistle blows.

His sharp attack power, abundant physical energy, and firm will really shocked even Rudy Garcia.

What kind of team is this!

Just the momentum of fighting all the way to death is so admirable.

"So, how should we deal with such a crazy team?" Assistant coach Bumpal also sighed, "Now it seems that our group is really too difficult. If we change to another group, our situation will be different.

It won’t be so difficult.”

Roma's strength has indeed improved a lot in the past two years, and it is a team that has a real chance to compete for the Serie A championship.

But after all, their European experience is insufficient, and they are a fourth-tier team that has led to them being assigned to this relatively strong group. In the first two rounds, they drew 1:1 with Sporting CP and Borussia Dortmund respectively.

Although they are ranked second in the group, they only have two points and have only played two rounds. This ranking is nothing.

After all, Chelsea, who are ranked first, have won two games and accumulated 6 points!

Yes, the situation in the first two rounds of Group G is that those who met Chelsea lost, and the others were tied.

Therefore, after only two rounds of play, this so-called "Group of Death" became a "Group of Death" in which the other three teams fought to the death for second place.

"But if we can score points against Chelsea, and Chelsea continues to maintain its strength against other teams, our chances of qualifying will become greater." Rudy Garcia narrowed his eyes.

From the perspective of Roma's coaching staff, it is now almost an impossible task to prevent Chelsea from winning the first place in the group.

But they don't need to compete for first place in the group.

As a "new team" that doesn't often play in the Champions League, as long as they can qualify for the group stage, it will be a great success.

As for whether it is first or second in the group, it is not considered for the time being.

If we can try to draw with Chelsea in the away game, and then try to win one or two games at Dortmund and Sporting CP, the probability of qualifying is still very high.

After all, Chelsea's performance is too stable now, and Rudy Garcia has already "decided" that they will almost win outright and qualify.

"So...how should we play?" Bumpal asked again.

"We were too aggressive when we played Juventus away from home in the sixth round of Serie A. We fought against them and ended up losing this crucial game." Rudy Garcia shook his head, and then his eyes became firm, "This

Once, we must not make the same mistake again."

So far this season, the only game Roma has lost and the only game in which they have dropped points is a 2:3 away defeat to Juventus.

Before that game, Roma and Juventus had also won five consecutive games at the beginning of the game, showing their momentum to compete for the championship.

Therefore, Rudy Garcia wanted to give Juventus a try, win over his biggest competitor in one fell swoop, and establish his position at the top of Serie A in one fell swoop.

But it is a pity that Roma still lost at the last moment.

With Bonucci's goal in the 90th minute, Juventus defeated Roma and took the first place in the Serie A standings.

In this game, Allegri, who has just served as the head coach of Juventus in the new season, also arranged a 3-center-back formation.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but Allegri’s 3-center-back system is very similar to Pan Yi’s current 343 at Chelsea.

It also relies heavily on the two wing-backs Lichtsteiner and Asamoah to intervene, and the midfield also has a midfield master like Pirlo to dispatch and direct.

Different from Chelsea, perhaps considering Pirlo's lack of defensive ability, Allegri arranged two "bodyguards" Pogba and Marchisio on both sides of Pirlo to protect him.

Therefore, compared to Pan Yi's Chelsea, Allegri's Juventus has one less forward and one more midfielder, so it appears more often on the court in a 3-5-2 formation.

Up.

Although it may not be as good as Chelsea in terms of offensive power, it seems to be more balanced offensively and defensively.

But in any case, the core of the playing style of these two 3-back formations is very close.

At that time, Roma deployed a very aggressive 433 formation to fight against Juventus, even when the score was 2:2.

However, in the final stage of the game, Juventus scored the winning goal, resulting in a failure.

Therefore, since Rudy Garcia suffered a loss once with Juventus, he does not want to suffer another loss with Chelsea.

As a football coach who has been coaching for more than ten years, Rudy Garcia may have lost many games and made many mistakes, but he has always been good at learning from failures and avoiding making the same mistakes again.

The same is true this time.

"You mean..." Bumpal understood a little bit.

"When we visit Stamford Bridge as a guest, we have to let them see what the real Italian team's defense is!" Rudy Garcia said firmly.

Defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the essence of Italian football.

Chain defense is also an important system carried forward by Italian football.

Although Rudy Garcia is French, and although he has always been famous in football for his firepower and highly entertaining style of play, he is also a very compatible coach.

He also started out leading a weak team, so he naturally knows how to play against a strong team in away games.

So when facing Chelsea this time, he decided to go back to his old business and temporarily let the Red Wolves of Rome put away their fangs, hide in their nests first, and then look for the opportunity to bite the opponent back!

It doesn't matter whether you play well or not, what matters is the score.

Both he and Roma need to continue to advance in the Champions League!

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On the evening of October 22, Stamford Bridge Stadium, London, England.

The entire stadium was still packed, and the noise created by the fans was even greater than in any previous game.

They sang the team's anthem loudly in the stands and encouraged the players in the stadium.

This is the only thing they can do now.

The scoreboard shows the score and time on the field at this moment——

65 minutes, 0:1!

Chelsea is still the laggard!

Although we were two goals behind in the match against Crystal Palace four days ago, it was an unexpected situation after a player was sent off with a red card.

Moreover, today is at Stamford Bridge, the home ground of Chelsea!

Here, it's an extremely rare score.

How to put it, let’s list Chelsea’s home record this season:

4:0 Leicester City.

4:0Swansea.

4:0Aston Villa.

4:1 Arsenal.

And there is 3:0 Dortmund.

In other words, in so many games, Chelsea only conceded one goal at home!

And Arsenal's goal was just a face-saving penalty scored near the end of the game.

It can be said that Chelsea fans have basically never seen their goal scored at Stamford Bridge this season, let alone the opponent's goal lead!

It is precisely because everyone has long been accustomed to the script of the home team always scoring, taking the lead and then winning, but now the team suddenly falls behind, and they feel very strange.

Even...a little scared.

After all, today’s opponent is not the Crystal Palace, but Rome!

Roma currently ranks second in Serie A.

Since Chelsea will face another crucial away game against Manchester United in four days, Pan Yi also made rotations in this game.

All the four Brazilian international players who were hidden in the last round of the game have appeared. Today's defensive midfielder combination is Mikel and Ramirez, while the forwards are Oscar, Lukaku and Willian.

Azpilicueta continued, because he received a red card and was suspended in the next round of the Premier League, so he was simply allowed to continue playing in this Champions League game.

The left wing-back is the young Cancelo, and the three central defenders are Terry, David Luiz and Zouma, and the goalkeeper is still Courtois.

Roma, on the other hand, has a completely different formation than it did in Serie A!

First of all, in the midfield position, Rudy Garcia did not use Pjanic, whom he has trusted this season, but used three midfielders.

Nainggolan, De Rossi, and Thiago Motta lined up, with Florenzi and Gervinho on both sides of them.

At the front is Wolf King Totti.

And he is not the kind of forward who rushes forward, but has the responsibility of a false nine, often dropping back to receive the ball.
To be continued...