WHY AVB FAILED
In his first season at FC Porto, he won the Portuguese league, Portuguese super cup, Millenium Cup, and the Europa cup. He went the whole season with only four defeats, two in the pre-season, one in the league cup and one in the Millenium cup. So basically, he was undefeated in the Portuguese league.
During his time at Porto, he utilized the set-up of 4-3-3 constantly but it wasn't corresponding. Andre Villas Boas altered the formation to expose the weaknesses of the opposition and ensure the strength of his squad.
The back four consisted of Pereira, Maicon, Rolando and Sapanaru. They played a high-line with high pressing game which meant,goalkeeper Helton was a sweeper kind of keeper.
The three in midfield were Fernando, Moutinho and Belluschi. Fernando was basically breaking up play, meaning he was the central point but more importantly starting play all over passing differently.
Moutinho played as the central playmaker but also dropped deep to cover Fernando.
The forward line constantly had Varela, Falcao and Hulk.
Varela's role was making good use of his pace but also had the natural width and could run at defences.
Falcao played the traditional number '9' role, holding up the ball and finishing off moves. Hulk played as the modified winger going in and linking with Falcao. This always exposed the wide right freeing up Belluschi,and then causing an overload on the right. In that, the opposition always tries to to counter the overload on the right exposing the left unknowingly,creating more room for Varela on the left.
The full backs also joined the attack whilst the centre backs would spread with Fernando pushing in to create a
3-4-3 set-up. This meant FC Porto yielded easily to pressure and were able to adapt to different situations in attack and defence.
After Porto, he was decided on beforehand as the manager of Chelsea. He was determined to act in a certain way by implementing the same philosophy from Porto at Chelsea. This concept included the gradual stopping of the older players who were apparently less suited to his philosophy. In that he signed Mata, Meireles, Romeu and Lukaku but failed to sign Modric, Moutinho and Pereira.
The player roles were almost similar to his roles at FC Porto but one main difference was with Juan Mata who was linked more in the central play but still delivered the natural width, pace and skill to expose holes.
Romeu was bought because of his quick thinking ability and great distribution of the ball. He always kept the ball moving and took pressure off other players.
Ramires suited the right side, moving into empty spaces due to his pace and stamina. And he was and is still an attacking threat as Barcelona and Liverpool found out.
Sturridge was the inverted or modified right winger, though a left-footer, he used that role effectively, scored important goals from that position but was quick to voice out his opinion of wanting to play the central position.
Cole and Bosingwa were successful under Andre Villas Boas as they made many assists in the first half of the season.
Undeniably, there were problems in his system. John Terry was not happy playing as a high-line and to the same effect, nor was Petr Cech. John Terry is not a quick thinker who can see an attack ahead but rather a traditional centre back who puts his body on the line. He isn't of similar style to Gerard Pique, that was why Gary Cahill was brought in. Also Cech, an excellent shot stopper, is not an aggressive sweeper keeper, and right from there, the problems started.
Villas Boas did not trust Lampard to take up the midfield role with other two occupied by Romeu and Ramires, simply because he was too attack-minded and not disciplined enough.
Torres was the first choice but due to his obsolete confidence and awful form. Drogba had to step in. However, it was brought to light that Drogba didn't like the idea of being a second choice, and was disquieted as a result. Also he had to go to the African Cup of Nations, meant Andre Villas Boas was left with an out of form and unhappy striker, Fernando Torres.
Clearly, John Terry didn't want to be a nitwit by playing as a high-line, Lampard didn't like not playing regularly and Drogba didn't like the idea of playing second fiddle to Torres. Right there,Andre Villas Boas lost the dressing room to the key players of Chelsea. And what made it worse was his autocratic style of leadership, ostracizing both Nicolas Anelka and Alex.
More so, Andre Villas Boas was so stubborn to change the philosophy which never suited his team; and he was quoted as saying that he was not going to sell his philosophy so 'cheaply'.
In conclusion, Andre Villas Boas isn't a bad manager but factors like failing to alter his system to suit his team and losing the dressing room authority caused him his job.
In his first season at FC Porto, he won the Portuguese league, Portuguese super cup, Millenium Cup, and the Europa cup. He went the whole season with only four defeats, two in the pre-season, one in the league cup and one in the Millenium cup. So basically, he was undefeated in the Portuguese league.
During his time at Porto, he utilized the set-up of 4-3-3 constantly but it wasn't corresponding. Andre Villas Boas altered the formation to expose the weaknesses of the opposition and ensure the strength of his squad.
The back four consisted of Pereira, Maicon, Rolando and Sapanaru. They played a high-line with high pressing game which meant,goalkeeper Helton was a sweeper kind of keeper.
The three in midfield were Fernando, Moutinho and Belluschi. Fernando was basically breaking up play, meaning he was the central point but more importantly starting play all over passing differently.
Moutinho played as the central playmaker but also dropped deep to cover Fernando.
The forward line constantly had Varela, Falcao and Hulk.
Varela's role was making good use of his pace but also had the natural width and could run at defences.
Falcao played the traditional number '9' role, holding up the ball and finishing off moves. Hulk played as the modified winger going in and linking with Falcao. This always exposed the wide right freeing up Belluschi,and then causing an overload on the right. In that, the opposition always tries to to counter the overload on the right exposing the left unknowingly,creating more room for Varela on the left.
The full backs also joined the attack whilst the centre backs would spread with Fernando pushing in to create a
3-4-3 set-up. This meant FC Porto yielded easily to pressure and were able to adapt to different situations in attack and defence.
After Porto, he was decided on beforehand as the manager of Chelsea. He was determined to act in a certain way by implementing the same philosophy from Porto at Chelsea. This concept included the gradual stopping of the older players who were apparently less suited to his philosophy. In that he signed Mata, Meireles, Romeu and Lukaku but failed to sign Modric, Moutinho and Pereira.
The player roles were almost similar to his roles at FC Porto but one main difference was with Juan Mata who was linked more in the central play but still delivered the natural width, pace and skill to expose holes.
Romeu was bought because of his quick thinking ability and great distribution of the ball. He always kept the ball moving and took pressure off other players.
Ramires suited the right side, moving into empty spaces due to his pace and stamina. And he was and is still an attacking threat as Barcelona and Liverpool found out.
Sturridge was the inverted or modified right winger, though a left-footer, he used that role effectively, scored important goals from that position but was quick to voice out his opinion of wanting to play the central position.
Cole and Bosingwa were successful under Andre Villas Boas as they made many assists in the first half of the season.
Undeniably, there were problems in his system. John Terry was not happy playing as a high-line and to the same effect, nor was Petr Cech. John Terry is not a quick thinker who can see an attack ahead but rather a traditional centre back who puts his body on the line. He isn't of similar style to Gerard Pique, that was why Gary Cahill was brought in. Also Cech, an excellent shot stopper, is not an aggressive sweeper keeper, and right from there, the problems started.
Villas Boas did not trust Lampard to take up the midfield role with other two occupied by Romeu and Ramires, simply because he was too attack-minded and not disciplined enough.
Torres was the first choice but due to his obsolete confidence and awful form. Drogba had to step in. However, it was brought to light that Drogba didn't like the idea of being a second choice, and was disquieted as a result. Also he had to go to the African Cup of Nations, meant Andre Villas Boas was left with an out of form and unhappy striker, Fernando Torres.
Clearly, John Terry didn't want to be a nitwit by playing as a high-line, Lampard didn't like not playing regularly and Drogba didn't like the idea of playing second fiddle to Torres. Right there,Andre Villas Boas lost the dressing room to the key players of Chelsea. And what made it worse was his autocratic style of leadership, ostracizing both Nicolas Anelka and Alex.
More so, Andre Villas Boas was so stubborn to change the philosophy which never suited his team; and he was quoted as saying that he was not going to sell his philosophy so 'cheaply'.
In conclusion, Andre Villas Boas isn't a bad manager but factors like failing to alter his system to suit his team and losing the dressing room authority caused him his job.
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