Chapter 376: The Battle of the Shooters
A week after the first round of the league, Chelsea are in the second round of the league. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The opponent is Leicester City.
It was the first time Chelsea had played at Stamford Bridge this season, so there was a lot of focus on the team.
Gao Han made a slight change to the line-up, with Ferreira at right-back replaced by England youngster Glenn Johnson, who wanted the Englishman to play to his attacking strengths.
The game went well, with Chelsea opening the scoring after just three minutes of the first half.
Deco's furious shot from the edge of the box hit the opposing defender and bounced into the goal, an own goal.
Towards the end of the first half, Chelsea scored another goal through Ronaldinho.
The score was 2-0 until the end of the game.
The Blues were in possession throughout the game, with a 61 per cent possession rate, but there was little threat in attack, and Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o did not improve much.
On the contrary, it seems that Gao Han arranged them into a room, which in turn affected their state.
But Gao Han is very open to this.
When Cantarero worriedly discussed a solution with him, he threw down the phrase with a wicked smile, "Let them play on their own!"
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A week later, Chelsea travel to Birmingham.
Former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce's side have always been known for being difficult to play, with big moves and did cause Chelsea considerable problems throughout the first half, making it difficult for them to develop their passes.
In particular, their three-five-two, which brought together five players to strangle Chelsea's midfield, made the Blues suffer greatly in this regard, and the team's passing and control system was not yet fully formed, so the scene was chaotic.
But in the second half, Gao Han adjusted his tactics and actively played on the wings, especially on Ronaldinho's side.
It was Ronaldinho's outstanding performances on the left flank, which often threatened and caused a foul on Birmingham midfielder David Dunn when he cut inside from the left in the 52nd minute, which led to the latter accumulating two yellow cards and being sent off.
With one man missing, Birmingham are gone, while Chelsea are on the offensive like a tiger.
In the 53rd minute, Ronaldinho opened the scoring for Chelsea with a direct free-kick.
Birmingham then put up a tough fight, but just 15 minutes later, Veron scored again to make it 2-0.
After the overall situation was decided, Gao Han replaced Robben, Joe Cole and Gudjohnson successively, and Gudjohnson calmly seized the opportunity in the 82nd minute, received an assist from Deco, and scored his first goal of the season.
Just five minutes later, Arjen Robben forced his cross down the left to set up Deco's goal.
4-0, Chelsea won a big away win!
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On 30 August, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Chelsea took on Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge.
In the opening 24 minutes, Ibrahimovic finally scored his first goal of the new season, and after receiving a pass from Veron, he used his personal ability to crush the opponent in the penalty area, and turned to hit the goal.
In the 38th minute, Ronaldinho reached into the box and hit another clever shot to make it 2-0.
However, after the rematch in the second half, Chelsea frequently wasted chances, especially Samuel Eto'o, who scored a goal with an empty goal, which caused the whole Stamford Bridge stadium to mourn.
Chelsea were quick to learn the lesson of their frequent wasted chances, as Blackburn Rovers made it 2-1 in the 82nd minute thanks to a goal from Australia's Emerton.
Although Chelsea still managed to secure a win at Stamford Bridge, Samuel Eto'o's failure to score in four consecutive games earned him controversy from fans and the media, particularly his one-handed shot.
On the other hand, Arsenal, in the first four rounds of the Premier League, also won four games and four wins, and the main striker Henry scored one goal in every game, and is currently ranked second in the Premier League scorer list with four goals.
The current top scorer in the Premier League is Newcastle striker Alan Shearer with five goals.
The England striker is in hot form and scoring a lot of goals.
Because of this, after the end of this round of the game, many British media have hyped up this agreement with Gao Han, and the Independent newspaper even typed a headline, one Henry is equal to Etooga Ibrahimovic multiplied by four, which greatly ridiculed and ridiculed Gao Han.
For the time being, Gao Han has no way to fight back against this, so he can only endure it for the time being.
But after playing the fourth round of the league, Gao Han went to Monaco non-stop to participate in UEFA's annual awards conference.
This time he finally got his wish and won the Coach of the Year title without any suspense.
Led Atletico Madrid to the treble, if you can't win this award again, it is too much to say.
However, José Mourinho, who led Porto to the UEFA Cup, was also nominated, and the two were hailed as brothers because they were both born in Barcelona, and have been compared.
But unfortunately, Mourinho was unable to attend the award ceremony due to some special reasons.
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After two weeks of international breaks, the Premier League is back in action.
Chelsea welcome north London side Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge.
Because of the large number of players participating in the national team competition, Gao Han rotated the team's lineup, which led to an unstable back, and was broken by Tottenham Hotspur striker Canute in the opening fifteen minutes.
But ten minutes later, Ronaldinho forced a cross from the left and Ibrahimovic headed home from inside the box to make it 1-1.
Just two minutes later, it was Ronaldinho who cut inside on the left and suddenly hit a curling kick to break through the north London team's goal again and turn the score to 2-1.
After the rematch in the second half, in the 71st minute, it was Deco who received a through ball from Ronaldinho, shook off the defender in the penalty area and hit a low shot, expanding the score to 3-1.
And when the game reached the 80th minute, Gao Han finally arranged for Cheetah Eto'o to come on as a substitute.
This time, Eto'o finally lived up to expectations, calmly seizing his chance in stoppage time, receiving a cross from Arjen Robben after forcing a break down the left and slotting home from close range to make it 4-1.
In the end, Chelsea won the London derby with a 4-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.
At the end of the fifth round, Arsenal, who also won four consecutive games at the beginning, finally stopped and ushered in a draw.
However, Thierry Henry scored his fifth Premier League goal of the season.
This also made the British media cheer again.
By comparison, Chelsea's two strikers, Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o, have scored just three goals together.
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On 20 September, in the sixth round of the league, Chelsea took on Wolves away.
This time, the Blues, playing away from home, showed no mercy and crushed Wolves in the half from the start of the game.
John Terry, Samuel Eto'o and Veron scored in the first half.
In the 70th minute of the second half, Gao Han came on as a substitute for GoodJohnson in order to stay in the League Cup in midweek.
As a result, GoodJohnson scored two goals in just twenty minutes to extend the score to 5-0.
It also saw the Icelandic striker overtake Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o as the team's top scorer with three goals.
In this round, Arsenal challenged Manchester United away, and the two sides ended up in a 0-0 draw.
However, a number of British media reported after the game, calling for Gao Han to support Gudjohnsson's position, because the Icelandic striker's three goals this season were scored by substitutes, and the efficiency is very amazing.
Some media even ridiculed sarcastically: "If Gao Han wants to win the bet with the media, then he should make Goodjohnson the main striker!"
But more often than not, they are puzzled and even dissatisfied with Gao Han's continued trust in Ibrahimovic and Eto'o.
In particular, Chelsea travelled to Slovenia in midweek to take on Olympia and the Blues were unable to find the back of the net for a long time after dominating the game and creating a decent number of chances.
In the end, it was thanks to the goal of Joe Cole, who came on as a substitute, that he won the opponent 1-0.
This caused Gao Han to lash out in the dressing room after the game, and even severely reprimanded Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, believing that they should reflect on their performance in the game.
But three days later, he returned to London, returned to Stamford Bridge, and welcomed Aston Villa.
As a result, Chelsea's attacking attack has not improved much.
Finally, in the 88th minute of the second half, Gudjohnson saved the game again, 1-0, and Chelsea once again held on to the win.
But this time, Gao Han did not get angry, but calmly put down a cruel sentence in the locker room.
'I'm going to reconsider whether all the players deserve to be the starter. ”
This simple sentence seemed to sound a thunderclap in the locker room.
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Chelsea's performances have been mixed, but at least they have continued Alpine's usual excellent record, opening the season with seven wins in a row to elevate the Blues to the undisputed top of the Premier League table.
In second place is Arsenal.
The Gunners have also had a pretty good record this season, winning five and drawing two of seven games and picking up 17 points.
Manchester United are in third place for the time being, with six wins and one draw from seven games, and 16 points.
Steve Bruce's Birmingham City finished fourth, with 14 points.
This is followed by Manchester City and Southampton on 12 points, and Liverpool and Fulham on 11 points.
More surprisingly, the Magpies Newcastle, Robson's team are in 16th place, and the results are somewhat poor.
Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United are even worse, finishing 18th and 19th respectively.
In the Premier League scorer list, Van Nistelrooy tied for the top of the Premier League scorer list with seven goals with a hat-trick in this round, along with Arsenal's Thierry Henry and Newcastle's Alan Shearer.
Liverpool's Michael Owen scored six goals, tied with Bolton's Nicolas Anelka and Southampton's James Beatty.
On the contrary, before the season, because of a gamble in the high cold, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, who were hyped a lot, have each scored two goals so far, and compared with the first army, the gap is still quite obvious.
This has led the British media to ignore Chelsea's impressive record and instead hype up the goalscorer debate.
The Independent, in particular, played a big red score of 7 to 2 on the front page sidebar to show their support for Henry, and their sarcasm and sarcasm against Gao Han.
At the same time, the news of correcting Gudjohnson and even bringing in Shevchenko during the winter break has once again been noisy.
A week later, Chelsea travelled to Middlesbrough and Golf finally made the decision to respond to public sentiment by starting Icelandic striker Gudjohnsson, with Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o not even in the squad.
As a result, the Icelandic striker scored a goal to help Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 away.
In this way, the call for GoodJohnson to be corrected is even louder.