Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho sent a message to the club’s rival that the Blues can adapt to anything they throw at them because they are able to play football in so many different ways. Mourinho believes that Chelsea FC can “adapt to different situations” depending on how the other teams approach the match.
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Mourinho and Chelsea FC have shown a tremendous amount of tactical flexibility this season and have shown that they can win matches in different ways. They can win a nine goal thriller or grind out a one or two goal victory depending on the situation. That may be due to the tremendous depth Mourinho has at his disposal which he also addressed in comments to the Evening Standard.
Jose Mourinho on his side’s ability to adapt and the ability of his bench players:
"“I am happy with everything. In this moment our team are able to adapt to everything. What the game gives us, we can cope with. We are not the kind of team that play only the same way, think the same things. We can play in a different way and adapt to different situations. When teams have the ball we are comfortable, when we have the chance to pass and touch the ball, we are comfortable. When we play in counter-attack, we are comfortable. In this moment the team are mature and confident and I’m very happy.”People on the bench are also coming on strong, the way they are playing, the way they react. Mikel comes on and gives stability to the team. I think we’re in a good moment. When I play Mikel, I don’t need to say something to Nemanja Matic or Fabregas or to the team. They know what is going to happen, what the team are going to do, they know what Fabregas can give us when he then plays as a No10 rather than a No8. The team is very solid.“Only we can lose a keeper and not panic. We lost a keeper and the panic was just what the kid [Courtois] has [suffered]. But as for the football panic and talk of ‘oh my god what is going to happen?’ — the other one [Cech] just come comes and no one in the seats feels any fear because we know the big guy is there for us too. Petr is so solid, so confident, so under control so we are fine.”Source:Evening Standard"
Jose Mourinho has a reputation of being a difficult man who makes football especially difficult for his opponents. He has shown this season however that he can employ a wide open attacking style or he can revert to his trademark suffocating defense paired with lightning-quick counter attacks. That flexibility is what has carried the Blues so far and if they can maintain it then there is no limit to how far they can go this season.
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