Chelsea lost to Bayern Munich and Manchester United in a row, exhausting the glory of the Club World Cup championship | Reporter s observation

Nowadays, it is hard to think of Chelsea winning the first new version of the Club World Cup more than two months ago.

In the early morning of September 21, in the Premier League red and blue battle, Chelsea lost to Manchester United in a cowardly way away, with the score being 1-2; in the first round of the Champions League this season, Chelsea was humiliated by Bayern Munich 1-3 away.

In the Champions League and Premier League two consecutive losses, Chelsea coach Maresca was once again pushed to the forefront. Does he have the ability to lead the "Blue Lions" to reshape their glory? In the heavy rain at Old Trafford Stadium, the situation occurred just 5 minutes into the beginning of the game. Sanchez, the best goalkeeper of the Club World Cup, tackled Manchester United striker Mbemo, who formed a one-on-one goalkeeper, and was sent off by a red card.

Sanchez (green) foul instantly

Maresca immediately made a substitution with his own martial arts, replaced two wingers, Neto and Estewan, replaced defender Adarabioyu and second goalkeeper Jorgensen. Adopting the "bus" tactic of giving up the offense so early should not be the temperament that the Club World Cup champion should have. In the 14th minute, Manchester United captain B Fei scored a goal suspected of offside, and Chelsea fell behind early.

When the 21st minute of the game, Palmer, the best player in the Club World Cup, was replaced by Santos due to injury, and Chelsea, which made the injury worse, was even more difficult to have an offensive. In the 37th minute, Casemiro expanded the score to 2-0. In the injury time in the first half, Casemiro was sent off with two yellow cards accumulating, with the two teams equally numbered. However, because Maresca wasted wingers Neto and Estewan too early, he did not dare to replace former Manchester United winger Garnacho, who had a strong desire to fight in the second half, and eventually lost 1-2.

Maresca's explanation after the game was pale: "I was going to replace Garnacho, but Fofana asked to be replaced." Maresca used the young player George, who had serious lack of game experience, to replace Fofana, which had nothing to do with not daring to replace Garnacho. After George took the field, he was like sleepwalking, which was equivalent to wasting a substitution place. Chelsea lost the game in a coward manner.

Maresca

Previously, in the Champions League, Chelsea welcomed a late date with Bayern and lost 1-3 to the opponent. There have been strange situations in the Club World Cup this summer. In order to avoid Chelsea, who locked in Group D in advance, Bayern "deliberately" lost to Benfica in the last round of the group stage, and only qualified as the second in Group C. He could have won the first place in Group C if he tied.

Chelsea eliminated Benfica, defeated Palmeiras and Fruminense in a row to enter the finals of the Club World Cup, and defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final. If Bayern does not lose to Benfica to give up the first place in Group C, but dares to play against Chelsea in the 1/8 final, perhaps Chelsea will not even be able to enter the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup.

Bayern released Chelsea coach Maresca in a crisis of trust in the Club World Cup. Now Maresca used his stupid moves to release Manchester United coach Amorin in a difficult situation. The football world is sometimes so wonderful.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi