Chapter 883: The Battle for the Top of the List
Notts County won three and drew one of the four games in October, with Heynckes winning the Coach of the Month award and Kaka being named Player of the Month. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Compared to the embarrassment at the beginning of the season, Notts County have been on the right track, although there is still a four-point gap with Chelsea, but Chelsea's results in these four league games are not better than Notts County.
Next, Notts County ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, CSKA Moscow visited the Magpie Stadium, and if Notts County can win, they will lock up the top spot in the group in advance.
After three rounds of group stage matches, except for Notts County, who won all three games, the other three teams have only won one, and there is no suspense for Notts County to qualify.
Heynckes didn't let up in this game, he wants to finish the game, and after winning this game, Notts County will not need to focus on the Champions League until February next year, which is enough time for Notts County to sprint in the league.
Notts County, who played with all the main force, easily won CSKA Moscow at home, leaving no chance for the opponent, and the opponent who was used to playing in cold weather came to England and was a little uncomfortable with the wet weather here, and was almost unable to run by Notts County in the second half.
Notts County have not been tested much in the Champions League group stage at all, although Roma is known as a strong team in Serie A, but in Europe, it is not a top team, as for Hamburg and CSKA Moscow, it can only be said that they are here to play soy sauce......
In the other group game, Roma and Hamburg drew and in this way, Notts County won the group two rounds ahead of schedule and became the first team to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.
In other groups, it was a fierce battle, with no other team having progressed as easily as Notts County.
Group A Barcelona and Chelsea played a dark day, and Bremen is such a spoiler, I am afraid that it will be difficult to decide who will qualify until the final round, and the competition for the first place in the group is also extremely fierce;
Group B Bayern and Inter Milan fought against each other, the tough Inter actually pressed the tenacious Bayern, and the key is that there is a persevering Boalvesta behind it, if the final result is that Bayern is forced to play in the League Cup in the group stage, David will not be surprised.
In the remaining groups, the giants have a certain advantage, but they still need to wait for qualification.
Notts County can already look forward to who their opponents will be in the round of 16 knockout rounds, so let's hope to continue the good fortune of the group stage draw.
Back in the league, Notts County took advantage of the Champions League group stage to win Middlesbrough and Portsmouth in succession, chasing Chelsea in no hurry, everyone knows this, Chelsea can't keep winning.
Sure enough, in the 13th round of the league, Chelsea suffered a surprise defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur, causing a modest upset, leaving them with only one point ahead of Notts County.
The situation in the league table is so simple that no one can see for sure, and so far in the league, the gap between the points before BIG is actually only five points, with Chelsea in first place, Notts County close behind, followed by Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Who can guarantee that Arsenal will not be able to compete for the title? A 5-point disadvantage is not a disadvantage at all!
On the contrary, Tottenham have been eye-catching this season, investing a lot of money in the transfer market in the summer, and it has really paid off, and they are currently sixth in the table, but they are also five points behind Arsenal and do not belong to the title contenders at all.
The next 14th round of competition is very touching, Notts County will go to challenge Chelsea away, and Arsenal will face the old rival Manchester United, the two strong dialogues, the civil war between big, I am afraid that the happiest is Liverpool, they can take advantage of the fish.
If Notts County can beat Chelsea, they can overtake their opponents in the table and reach the top of the Premier League table for the first time this season, but the gap between Notts County and Chelsea will widen again, and this is a game with six points.
The game has been made up for before the gunsmoke, as the two strongest teams in the Premier League and even Europe at the moment, what kind of sparks can the collision between them generate?
When Notts County met Chelsea in previous seasons, the game may have a high gold content, but the game scene may not be good, Mourinho's team is always based on defense, and there are no particularly complicated routines and tactics in the attack, and Notts County will not be able to attack with their lives when facing Chelsea, so it will cause such a situation.
But this season is different, and the two new managers are clearly more passionate than the two previous managers of the two teams.
Jurgen Klinsmann's Chelsea have stepped out of the Muhammad defensive system and integrated their own attacking style into the team, and Chelsea's strong midfield configuration can also ensure the integrity of the attacking system;
Although Heynckes did not make any major changes to the overall tactics of Notts County, even if he followed Loew's tactical system, Heynckes still has his own characteristics in details, especially when the team is obviously more unrestrained and full of passion when attacking.
In this way, the contest between the two teams will inevitably be a battle of attack, which is in line with the status of the two teams in Europe.
Before the game, the media analysed and predicted the match, and they were divided into two distinct factions, each waving their own flags and shouting for their own predictions.
Once again, someone took out the value of the players and made a comparison, and everyone was stunned to find that if only the starting lineup was compared, it seemed that Notts County did not have much advantage!
Notts County sold four super-high-value players in the summer, while Chelsea brought in a super-high-value player, and the gap was erased all at once!
Just from the analysis of strength on paper, comparing the strength of each position, it seems that Notts County does not occupy much advantage.
The single strikers on both sides are Shevchenko and Villa, Shevchenko did not reflect much unadaptability after coming to Chelsea, unlike in the previous life, in Klinsmann's tactical system, although Shevchenko did not have the tactical freedom above the team, but he also had great room to play, and the ability he showed did match his own value;
Although Villa fell into a goal drought at the beginning of the league, after breaking the goal drought, Villa also scored one after another, even if the number of goals cannot be compared with the peak, but it still belongs to the ranks of super scorers;
In this position, the two teams are even tied!
Although Lampard is more comprehensive, Kaka's contribution to the attack in a single round is still stronger, and this position is Notts County's lead! (To be continued.) )