Chapter 260: Continuing the Competition

The Premier League schedule is so busy at this time that the players have to be back in the league in a few days' time, and Chelsea have to deal with the problems they are about to face, and after coming back from Liverpool, the Chelsea players are a little tired, even the guy Jones is a little tired.

This made Kodic call him a cheat, damn the dense schedule, at this time, it is very important for Chelsea, and Chelsea can't afford to lose the next game.

Their opponents are Swansea City, who are currently in the relegation zone and a defeat would have forced Chelsea to step down from the top of the table.

Even if Swans can't beat Chelsea, a draw against Chelsea will likely see Chelsea be ousted from the leaders by these guys, as there are still Manchester City eyeing them right next to them.

Because Swans is already in the relegation zone, they will give their best in every game, but it is also good news for Chelsea, because Swansea's strength is very weak, they returned to London, Jones They didn't train their tactics much, just recovered their fitness, Chelsea did not underestimate this game, the players of the team are also very serious, they also hope that this season's efforts will not be in vain, especially Jones, the first season of the Premier League, naturally should make a result, can he tolerate the team to relax?

At this stage, the whole Chelsea team is holding their breath and wants to win every game and continue to be the leader of the league.

Chelsea are unbeaten in 13 games and have won six in a row before winning six games at home against Watford and Manchester United, and at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are unbeaten in six Premier League games against Swansea City, with five wins and one draw.

The two teams have met 33 times in history, Chelsea have won 15, drawn 11 and lost 7, scored 58 goals and conceded 35 goals, including 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats against Swansea City in 17 home games, and since the 2-0 defeat at home to Swansea in the Carabao Cup on January 9, 2013, the Blues are unbeaten in the last five home games against Swansea, winning four and drawing one, but the Blues have never kept a clean sheet against Swansea in the last four times in all competitions, and have conceded six goals.

At the same time, Swansea's last league win at Stamford Bridge was in November 1925, Swansea were in poor form in the relegation zone, winless in the last five Premier League games, and drew with Bournemouth after four consecutive defeats, Federico Fernandes and Bartley's two central defenders were absent from this campaign, and Clement only had Merson and Van der Horne two first-team central defenders available, in addition, Tammy Abraham, who is on loan from Chelsea, will be unavailable, while Spanish midfielder Mesa is expected to make his first Premier League start.

Kodic said in his pre-match interview: "Every game in the Premier League is not easy, we have to stay focused, we have to get all three points in every game, it's not easy because every league game is tough and you have to be focused. ”

Swansea head coach Clement was also cautious: "Away from Chelsea, you don't have many chances, but a team like Burnley is playing well, and I'm sure we can get points against any team, but we have to stay focused, we have to be focused on defending, we have to take chances when attacking, we have to be tactically right, but we don't defend and we try to create chances." ”

Chelsea's 343 line-up: No. 13 Courtois, No. 24 Gary Cahill, No. 30 David. Luiz, No.2 Rudiger, No.3 Marcos Alonso, No.6 Drinkwater, No.8 Ross Barkley, No.21 Moses, No.11 Pedro, No.29 Segura, No.9 Jones

Swansea formation 4312 lineup: No. 1 Fabianski, No. 16 Olsson, No. 6 Mawson, No. 5 Van der Hoorn, No. 26 Norton, No. 14 Tom Carroll, No. 51 Mesa, No. 4 Qi Chengyong, No. 35 Renato Sanchez, No. 18 Jordan Ayew, No. 2 Bony

However, after the game started, Chelsea was still so crazy, crazy attack, they didn't seem to be affected by physical strength, crazy, continue to be crazy, after all, this is their home stadium, and it is Swansea, Hazard, Costa, Fabregas, Kante are all on the bench, Chelsea put out a semi-main lineup, but Kodic is not ready to play defensive counterattack.

Standing behind the centre circle and moving his neck, Jones looked at Swansea as they visibly strengthened their midfield and put a lot of defensive pressure on Chelsea's midfield after the opening.

Clement sank on the sidelines, Jones appeared on the field and entered his field of vision from the moment he attached great importance to it, but even if he paid attention to it, he also invested his troops little by little to limit Jones, but was overcome by Jones again and again, today, no matter what formation Chelsea posed, he gave the team a dead order, as long as Jones starts, he will mainly contain him!

Swansea City were actually more of a back three plus a central midfielder, with Carroll going up close to Jones and then striker Bony coming back to flank the shot, leaving Jordan Ayew in front of him to wait for his chance.

Jones made several breakthroughs in the first few minutes of the opening period, but to no avail, and then retreated, rarely stepping into the danger zone of forty yards in front of the opposing goal, and looking forward from his position, it was literally two walls! And the first one, the wall on the rear waistline is taller and stronger than the wall on the rear line, and it is difficult to pass!

He didn't know how to go hard, Jones is not a fool, without the strong support of the midfield, Jones did not break hard, they are more focused on Jones's characteristics to limit Jones, will not easily give Jones a chance to break one by one, and will also strengthen the protection of the guard line, even if the position is more delayed and looks like it has to be defended, they don't care, it is better than letting Jones create a killing goal.

If you want to become the king in the Premier League, in addition to excellent skills and tactics, you also need to be tenacious and dare to face the style of play, the Premier League's set of simple confrontation, the rules are like this, but England is a bit of its own faction, different from Europe.

There are two main characteristics that the Premier League team can play, one is the rhythm, the Premier League brand is pioneering in the global market, and it is widely accepted that the biggest selling point is that the game is fast-paced, which is easier for people to feel the thrill of football games more deeply, and the second is physical fitness, which must be in an environment where there is no winter break in the long-term multi-front battle, and the physical fitness of the players is not a problem.

Of course, this is only Jones' first season in the Premier League, as for the technical and tactical aspects, Chelsea can get the current record, in terms of style and technical tactics, absolutely surpassing the vast majority of Premier League teams, just because the players who make up the team are very strong individually, so even if Chelsea's players are not very good before the start of the season, the strength is also very strong.