Chapter 373: The State of a New Teammate
Chelsea, who had already taken a two-goal lead, did not chase after them and had exhausted their physical strength, and after winning the ball, they began to pass the ball widely, and only then suddenly launched an attack to threaten the Bournemouth goal.
With 80 minutes into the second half, Kodic found that the opposition had little chance to threaten his team, so he replaced Jones and brought the injured Cesc Fabregas on the pitch to find his form.
The score of 4-2 lasted until the end of the game, with Probert blowing the whistle for the end of the game, and after the game, both sides seemed very calm, the players on both sides lined up separately and walked to their own lounges, no players exchanged jerseys, and no players greeted each other.
The score was acceptable for both sides, but the Bournemouth players were a little disappointed, after all, they were two goals ahead at the beginning, but quality is the basis of everything, and Chelsea's quality is indeed higher than theirs.
In the post-match press conference, Kodic affirmed the performance of Hazard and Jones, but did not say that Jones's two goals, Kodic was still a little angry.
Chelsea's introduction of Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley and Emerson are all valued at more than £15 million, and Chelsea's attacking talent pool now leads the Premier League.
Costa is now injured, at least out for more than a month, fortunately Pedro's form has exploded, and Giroud has joined, Kodic has to let the two rotate the starting striker before Costa recovers from injury, Kodic's ideal starter is left winger Jones, right winger Hazard, plus Costa at the front, now Costa is injured, can only let Jones or Hazard at the front, he is looking forward to how terrible it will be for all players to reach their peak.
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As soon as the whistle blew, Chelsea's internal training match began, and Giroud was behind the other three in terms of start-up, Jones' explosiveness was undoubtedly the strongest of the four, and Jones's physical fitness still had an advantage over the other three.
Hazard and Jones' acceleration ability is obviously more outstanding, Giroud is a little unfast in the face of Chelsea's main left wing-back, he is very depressed in a few days of intra-team play, his few single passing skills are seen through, every time he wants to force the speed, the result is broken ball, which makes him very depressed, and his mood has become irritable, he has a premonition that he can't play the main force in Chelsea.
Ross Barkley is in a much better situation than him, his skills are very good, his wing skills are almost perfect, although he has not played for a long time, the game is a little worse, but the potential is amazing, he may not be able to squeeze out Kante and Cesc Fabregas, but he is definitely a strong contender.
The most important figure in Chelsea's winter signings is Emerson, who has been training with the club after a brief medical check-up, and has been plagued by injuries this season, but has emerged as one of the best wingers in the European Football League.
He can adapt to a back four or become a wing-back, and his biggest strength is his creativity in playing.
His attacking stats last season put him second in the Europa League for attacking wing-backs, behind only Juventus' Sandro, who can make 1.8 key passes, 1.5 successful crosses and two successful dribbles per 90 minutes.
In contrast, Marcos Alonso, who is also known for his attacking play, did not show the same efficiency in the Premier League last season, and despite Emerson's attacking strengths, he still outperformed Alonso in defence.
He can make more tackles per 90 minutes than Alonso and dribbles less than him, but high balls are not Emerson's forte, so he is slightly inferior to Alonso in this regard.
However, uncertainty about his future fitness and injury situation could hinder his career development, and last season was his first senior appearance, but Emerson made just 36 appearances.
If Ceemerson is fit, then he and Alonso can rotate to avoid fatigue in the long game and stay away from injury as much as possible.
The arrival of Emerson has put a lot of pressure on Alonso, who knows that his performances in the second half of last season were not good, but after a summer of recuperation, he has done well this season, scoring nine goals.
A few days later, it was Watford's game and the three new additions were training hard to put in a show in the opening round.
After finishing the training, Jones took a shower in the locker room, changed his clothes and was ready to go back, and was called aside by Kodic, Jones also knew that he had to come, and he was inevitably reprimanded by Kodic: "Although you scored two goals in the last game, your performance in the first half should not be, if you didn't see yourself find your own problem, and you were replaced by another goal!"
You didn't play in a couple of games, you rushed to prove yourself and you wasted a couple of chances, obviously your team-mates are better than you, and I'm sure you should know what you're going to do in the future. ”
Cordic criticized Jones by name for his irrationality, Jones obediently nodded to indicate that he knew, Cordic choked up, but finally let him go and moved on to something else.
Kodic stood in front of him and said with a smile: "The Champions League knockout match with Barcelona is coming soon, you have to perform well!" ”
"Well, yes, we'll win!"
"If you say that, you have to be able to win, but the opponent is ............. But don't carry the baggage, just try to kick as hard as you can, and the rest will come back! ”
Jones waited for a moment and said: "We are no worse than him, and I also want to compete with the hottest twin stars in football today!"
Coach, you underestimate us too much, I firmly believe we can win! ”
'Of course I hope we can win, but it's against the damn Barcelona.' Kodic said with his hands outstretched.
"Coach, you are shaking the hearts of the army! We're strong! ”
Cordic was stunned for a moment and patted Jones on the shoulder: "Yes, what are we afraid of now, we will definitely win!" ”
Jones smiled, the coach was also the first time to coach a top team, so when he met Barcelona, he was also a little unoptimistic about the team's prospects...........
The 26th round of the Premier League sees the final clash of Chelsea travelling to Vicarage to face Watford.
Chelsea will have the psychological edge against Watford, winning 10 of the last 13 meetings between the two teams, drawing three.
Watford's last home win over Chelsea was back in September 1999 and the last time the two teams met, Chelsea beat Watford 4-2 at home!
Olivier Giroud joined Chelsea in this winter window, but the French striker did not feature in the last round against Bournemouth and is likely to be Chelsea's starting centre-forward against Watford, making his Chelsea debut.
Considering Mkhitaryan, Alexis Sanchez, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Michy Batshuayi all played well after changing teams, Giroud must be hungry for good performances as well.
Andreas Christensen and David Luiz will both be absent, so Gary Cahill will be back in the starting line-up, Costa will not be available for this game, Ross Barkley seems to have been injured again in training, and he, like Willian, will not be able to play this game, so Chelsea are also short of players for this game.