EFL Cup Chelsea suffered a weak team, and the Myburgh Cup suffered consecutive eliminations
UEFA Europa League Champions League Middlesbrough vs Chelsea.
Match date: 24-01-10-4:00, Wednesday.
Analysis of the situation on the field:
Middlesbrough lost 1-0 in the FA Cup, they are not weak, but there are still a lot of strong opponents in competitions at the level of the League Cup and League Cup, Middlesbrough have not had a good season and qualification for the Super League is very important, and it is clear that Middlesbrough has not given much attention to this game.
Middlesbrough fielded a 442 formation in the last round against Villa, and for those teams who are good at attacking, the first thing to do is to play a good defensive line first, and from that point of view, the manager is not wrong. However, Villa's attacking power is far more than other teams in the Premier League, although the players of Middlesbrough consumed a lot of physical strength and physical strength in the first half, but in the second half of the physical exhaustion, or the opponent easily broke through the defense, in the 87th minute, Villa got a free kick, Marty against the opponent's defense, equalized the score, ended the game.
From a personal point of view, Middlesbrough obviously has no expectations for the World Cup, they are more in the protracted battle to find more attacking opportunities, if the opponent's strength is similar to theirs, such a tactic may still be able to achieve miraculous results, but the overall strength of the opponent is too strong, it is difficult to get points by defense alone, not to mention, the English league is two rounds of leagues, Middlesbrough to compete for the first place in the group, must show a strong desire to win on their home turf.
Chelsea have regained some energy of late as they progressed to the next round with a 4-0 win over Preston North End in their last fixture. Chelsea's results this season have disappointed many, but Chelsea's overall quality is still very high, their core players are talented, and what they lack is tactics and tactics. However, Pochettino is not good at this tactic at the moment, his tactical style is too simple, and he lacks the skill to adapt and adapt, which is why Chelsea's current position is rather awkward.
Chelsea also had some trouble during the international break, their main striker Michael Jackson was sent to Senegal to report, which was a big blow to the attacking weak Chelsea, although there were many substitutes on the bench, Nkunku also needed more time to recover, but Chelsea are currently only 10th in the league, and there is still a big gap between the points and the rest of the European division, if Pochettino can't make corresponding adjustments in time after Jackson leaves, Chelsea's results this season will be very limited.
Match analysis: The last time the two met was from last year's FA Cup final, that game was in the FA Cup semi-finals, Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 to get a chance to qualify. Despite only two rounds of the Premier League, both sides need to take a lot of physical energy, and they have the absolute upper hand compared to a strong Chelsea side, which, combined with their big FA Cup victory, should be a huge boost to them, plus Chelsea will certainly want to take the lead in the first round, so they should play more aggressively on their home turf, and if they focus too much on attack, then Chelsea are likely to repeat the mistake of being beaten by Preston.