Chapter 368: The First Game of February
In addition to Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea's actions before the end of the transfer, Tottenham also finalized the transfer of Lucas Jr. at the last minute, the Brazilian came to Tottenham from Paris for 25.66 million euros, and Liverpool also loaned Sturridge to West Bromwich Albion.
Sanchez, who came to Manchester United, has had a nightmare start, and from the perspective of Europe's top five leagues, the strength of the Premier League has become even more prominent after such a crazy transfer period, and the next few months of the Premier League will be quite interesting, perhaps only Manchester City can close the gap with Chelsea in the standings, but the battle between several giants has also whetted the appetite of fans.
In particular, Arsenal, which has replaced almost the entire attacking line, will be reborn or will it take a difficult run-in.
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It's been one of the hottest in recent years, but it's behind us and soon Chelsea have a new fixture in the Premier League against Bournemouth in the round of 25.
The home game against Bournemouth took place on the evening of 1 February, and after the first 24 games of the Premier League, Chelsea have won 22 and drawn two, taking 68 points and finishing first in the league.
Bournemouth have a record of 6 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, accumulating 25 points and ranking 12th in the league.
Pre-match media interview with Cordic: "What is the team's lineup for tomorrow? ”
'Alvaro Morata, Willian and Luiz will be absent and the rest of the players are likely to be played.
"Did Michy Batshuayi take part in today's training?"
"Yes, he's actively preparing for tomorrow's game."
"What do you think about him going to the German team?"
'I don't know, but he's still a Chelsea player, so he's preparing for tomorrow's game.'
'I don't have any other options because Costa is also injured, especially when Willian is also injured and Giroud can't play!'
"Is David Lewis just injured and not leaving?"
'Yes, he's injured, he got it two days before Newcastle, he's got an ankle injury and he's trying to recover and it's going to take some time.'
'The winter transfer window is about to close, will it be difficult to prepare for Bournemouth?'
"Yes, yes, to be honest, it's not the best situation to prepare for! But in football you have to prepare for the game.
I have to admit that it was not easy to prepare for this game in this way. ”
"Will this distract your players?"
'I hope not, because we just sent Kenedy and Musonda out on loan and didn't see the players distracted.
At the same time, I ask my players to focus on the game, focus on the goal, play every game well and try to win every game! ”
"Are Courtois and Cesc Fabregas okay?"
"No problem, they're likely to play."
"Now that the transfer market is closed, how do you feel!"
'I'm very happy because my players are very focused and they were very positive in training today, which is great.
I'm very happy with the behaviour and performances of my players, but not only do we have to deal with Bournemouth, we have to deal with injuries.
We can't play Costa, Willian and it's not easy to play in this situation.
But we don't need excuses, don't make any excuses, we're going to get the three points.
We have a team that has been rested for 10 days and they have plenty of time to prepare for this game, and we have to play every three days.
We have a lot of problems to solve, so tomorrow will be very tough. ”
However, Thibaut Courtois is on the verge of returning from injury and has been recovering from injury since the 0-0 draw with Leicester City on 13 January, hosting Bournemouth and Cesc Fabregas. ”
'However, there are still three Chelsea players who will be absent, Willian, Costa and David Luiz, compared to Willian and David Luiz, Costa's absence obviously has a bigger impact on Chelsea, but Eden Hazard and Jones are both available! In that case, Pedro also had a chance to start against Bournemouth. ”
"Then do you have any confidence that the team will win?"
'I'm confident that Chelsea have won eight and lost two of the 10 meetings in their history, but Bournemouth's Ake and Begovic are both Chelsea veterans, but they have both become Bournemouth players and this will be a problem for Chelsea.
"Chelsea fought on four fronts a few days ago, beating Arsenal 3-2 in the EFL Cup and beating Newcastle 3-0 in the FA Cup to qualify.
Eden Hazard scored a hat-trick as the starter, and the team continued to play at home to meet the challenge of Bournemouth, will Hazard play! ”
"Our advantage is extremely obvious, I will decide the starting line-up depending on the situation, although the team has a dense schedule recently, but the team will not have too much impact on the physical strength of this home game, and some rotations have been made before, Bournemouth drew 1-1 away to West Ham United in the last round to get a point!"
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In this game, Kodic used a 3421 formation, with Courtois returning from injury in goal, and Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Cahill returning from injury in the backline.
In midfield, Zappacosta, N'Golo Kante, Tiemoue Bakayoko, and Marcos Alonso, Pedro and Eden Hazard played as the two strikers, with Jones up front.
Bournemouth's formation 4234, goalkeeper Begovic; The back line is Daniels, Ake, Francis, Cook, and the midfielders are Lewis Cook, Gosling, D'Fredser; Ibi, Jordan Ibi; At the top of the list was Wilson.
With Giroud fresh into the squad, Kodic put him and Costa in the stands.
Chelsea's facelift made Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe a little surprised, and he was a little worried about whether his defense could stop Chelsea's attack for several of Chelsea's main players who had recovered from injury in this game.
Referee Probert blew the whistle, the game began, the first kick-off was Bournemouth, Wilson in the front line kicked off, Fraser did not panic after taking the ball, and passed the football back to the feet of midfielder Gosling.
Chelsea's players pressed and there were still a lot of them, with Jones, Eden Hazard, Pedro and the attacking midfielder N'Golo Kante rushing up and catching the Bournemouth players who were ready to attack slowly.
However, the Bournemouth players did not concede the goal, and although they were unable to get the ball out in the first place, they managed to get the ball back to the goalkeeper in the end.
When the football reached the feet of goalkeeper Begovic, it was not easy for the Chelsea players to continue to press forward.
Because doing so would only stretch the team's defenders, midfielders, and forwards too far apart, making it difficult for the players to connect, Jones jogged over alone to force the opposing goalkeeper.
Jones didn't think about snatching the football, but he forced the opponent to kick the ball earlier, instead of the goalkeeper taking the football for a walk in the penalty area, although Jones was the only one who stepped forward, but Ibegovic didn't dare to play with fire, and hurriedly kicked a big kick to the front.
Begovic's football flew far and quickly, and suddenly crossed the middle line of the football field, and this time Begovic's big foot caught Chelsea off guard, and Stannislas received the ball and cut into the Chelsea penalty area as soon as possible.