Volume 1 Chapter 608 Skirmish
'Cesar tossed the ball to John Terry, who in turn passed it to Mikel, who passed it to Arshavin, who passed it back to Mikel, who passed it to Essien on the right, and Chelsea's ball was still back and forth in the diamond midfield
Wembley Stadium is playing out the precursor to the new Premier League season, the Community Shield.
Tottenham Hotspur take on Chelsea, a contest between two of the most attacking teams in the Premier League last season, so all fans will be expecting a spectacular game that will provide a bellwether for the new Premier League season.
So all parties took this game very seriously, and even Wembley Stadium resurfaced the new turf for the twelfth time before the game in order to better show the strength of the two teams, this time using a hybrid of natural turf and artificial turf fibres similar to the one used at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane pitch
This hybrid turf has also been used by many Premier League teams in the past, and in the words of the media, Wembley Stadium has finally made up its mind to ensure that players will not slip and get injured easily, and finally made a wise choice to ensure the flow of the game.
In this game, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea showed their smooth and skillful passing and receiving cooperation from the beginning, but unlike Chelsea, which almost always plays with the main lineup, Tottenham Hotspur still plays with a semi-main lineup, and Ye Qiu takes a cautious attitude towards those players who participate in the World Cup, especially in the second half of the World Cup.
Chelsea's starting line-up, goalkeeper Cesar, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Alex and Ferreira at the back, Mikel in the diamond midfield, Frank Lampard and Essien in front, Arshavin in front, Anelka and Malouda in the double forwards, and Chelsea's midfield is still in the diamond four midfield position.
With the exception of Didier Drogba, who was injured before the World Cup, Chelsea almost played as the main force to show how seriously Carlo Ancelotti took the game and to ensure that Chelsea had the initiative from the start.
Tottenham Hotspur's starting line-up changed a lot, with Petr Cech in goal, Marcelo, Nastasic, Kompany and Alves at the back, and a radical change in midfield, with Aaron Ramsey, Yaya Toure and Christian Eriksen in the starting line-up, while the front three were Neymar, Raul and Franck Franck Ribery.
Long before the Community Shield, Ye Qiu had revealed that the team would take a cautious approach to the use of World Cup players at the beginning and early stages of the season, because Tottenham Hotspur had as many as 14 internationals participating in the World Cup, including Cesc Fabregas, David Silva, Cavani and other players who all reached the final stage of the World Cup.
Because after the end of the World Cup, Ye Qiu arranged for the players to continue to take a two-week vacation, which led to them returning to the team before the team left for Amsterdam, their bodies and conditions are still in the adjustment stage, and their physical reserves are just starting, no matter which situation, they are far from meeting the requirements of the game.
Based on past World Cup experience, all players who have participated in the World Cup will inevitably have problems in the new season, because their bodies are in a very tired state, and if they are reused from the beginning of the new season, it is likely to lead to injuries.
Ye Qiu took Petrant's suggestion to focus on substitutes and young players in the pre-season warm-up games, allowing players including Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Cavani and David Silva to rest and adjust.
Neymar performed well in the warm-up stage, and the Belgian teenager Hazzard, who performed well in the team last season, had a slight injury, so Ye Qiu continued to arrange Neymar, Raul and Ribery to start this game, because the team must retain the main team, play well in the first round of the league, and host Manchester City.
This is the opening game of the new Premier League season, and Tottenham Hotspur cannot afford to lose a game that has been highly anticipated
There have been a lot of changes in the Premier League this season, including Newcastle, West Ham United, Manchester City and Liverpool, the strength has been greatly improved, especially Manchester City, Benitez introduced three Spanish internationals in one go, so that Liverpool's overall strength has made a huge leap, and it is not known how strong it can show.
On the contrary, it is the old powerhouse Chelsea, in addition to the introduction of Brazilian international Ramirez from Ajax, Chelsea did not bring in reinforcements, but also let go of a number of players, including Joe Cole and Belletti, resulting in the team's bench thickness has been weakened.
Ancelotti still put on a diamond midfield tactic in this game, using Malouda and Anelka in front to play guerrilla, and the diamond midfielder organized and passed the ball behind him, overall, there were no too eye-catching changes.
It's no wonder that if there is to change, there must be players who can bring change first, Ramirez, as a midfielder, can bring limited changes to Chelsea, and in the frontcourt, Drogba is injured and absent, and Chelsea's overall attack lacks threat, which is why Ye Qiu dared to be so bold in the last group of young people.
Seeing Essien holding the ball on the right side, he took two steps forward, saw Anelkara go to the side to receive the ball, Ghanaian Buffalo quickly passed the ball forward, but just as Anelka was about to receive the ball, Marcelo went around and poked the ball.
Arshavin quickly chased after the ball but Yaya Toure stuck to him and forced him to take the ball to the wing.
A cross, Arshavin's pass just into the penalty area, was Nastasic header solid out of the box, Serbian central defender this game was very solid, this header directly to the retreating Ramsey, the Welshman turned diagonally to Eriksen, who directly a big foot forward.
I saw Ribery standing in the area between Terry and Ashley Cole, and as soon as he saw Eriksen's long pass, before he started, there was obviously a move to disturb Terry, so that he could not start at the first time, and then quickly sprinted forward.
Ribery started quickly, directly shook off Terry, rushed to the right side of the penalty area outside the line to catch the ball, and Terry also pestered Ribery, although he was at a disadvantage in speed, he was very smart, specifically blocked Ribery's in-cut, and he was not fast, to avoid Ribery's emergency stop.
I have to say that Terry is very smart and very experienced, after Ribery received the ball, there was no way but to accelerate suddenly, shake off an empty space, and cross with his right foot.
At this time, there are three players in the penalty area, two blue and one white, Ashley O Cole is behind Terry to help defend, Alex is defending Raul, and Ribery's cross is a low flat ball, fast, Ashley O Cole wants to destroy, but can't have time, and Raul behind him is quickly following up.
Raul's smartest thing is that he keeps Alex on his left side, and when the ball comes from the right, he blocks Alex on the left, what is the result? It's to keep him from getting up unless he fouls
Therefore, Alex did not dare to use force on Raul, because at this time, once you use strong, Raul fell to the ground without saying a word, and the person who did not fall to the ground at this time was a fool, and if he did not need to be strong, he would not be able to reach the ball, because there was still a Raul between him and the incoming ball, so he could only expect Raul to use his left foot to hit the goal.
But in fact, Raul's right foot is not bad, and with a direct push against the incoming ball, the ball goes over Cesar's head and falls into the goal line, 0 Raul brought a goal to Tottenham Hotspur's first appearance
After the goal, Raul quickly ran out of the penalty area, stretched out his right hand, and kept kissing the ring on his right hand.
The Lord of the Rings, that's Raul's nickname
Tottenham Hotspur rushed to the sidelines, chasing Raul one by one, and kept cheering for the team's goal.
In the stands, Tottenham Hotspur fans are also chanting Raul's name, the world's top superstar, although in the eyes of many people is already an outdated superstar, but in the eyes of Tottenham Hotspur fans, Raul now belongs to Tottenham Hotspur, he is still a top superstar
Heading into halftime with a 0 lead, Ye Qiu swapped out three substitutions in one go, because there were six substitutions in this Community Shield, which was a bit similar to a warm-up game.
Ye Qiu directly replaced Eriksen with Coutinho, and the Danish teenager also played in the World Cup, but it was not very long, and then replaced Yaya O Toure with Phil Jones, and then replaced Alves with Kyle O Walker.
At the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur's midfielders were actively looking for chances, especially Coutinho.
Ye Qiu noticed a very interesting phenomenon, no matter where Coutinho goes, he still has to find Neymar to cooperate.
Coutinho is most amazed by Ye Qiu's through ball, which is very sharp and threatening, among the post-90s players, he is definitely the best, and his footwork and awareness are also quite good, and his ability to perceive space and detect holes in the defense line is also outstanding, otherwise, how could he pass so many through balls?
But he also has an obvious weakness, on the one hand, his physical fitness is relatively poor, which is also the case with Neymar, especially the strength of the upper limbs, he and Neymar and Lucas O Mora are typical characters who fall down as soon as they collide, and many people feel strange how to fall so easily, this is because of their lack of upper body strength.
If the upper body strength is not enough, they are easily disturbed by opponents, their bodies are easy to lose balance, the technical movements are not standardized, and they are prone to mistakes, and unlike Neymar, Coutinho's speed and one-on-one assault ability are not as good as Neymar's, making it difficult for him to adapt to the current wing tactics on the wing.
Tottenham Hotspur's wide players, especially the wingers, basically tend to be the type that has speed and breakthrough, and can cut inside to pass, so Ye Qiu arranged Coutinho in the middle and let him play in the middle position.
Coutinho's through ball is indeed very characteristic, but the interesting thing about this Brazilian kid is that he likes to pass through balls, and many times he has to take risks when he is not sure.
That's a bad thing, but it's also a good thing.
Ye Qiu didn't feel that Coutinho's attempt should be attacked at all, because all sharp passers rely on trying to accumulate experience and finally complete the transformation, so he let Coutinho try, but he is not blindly indulgent, on the one hand, he asks Coutinho to play his strengths and characteristics, but on the other hand, he also requires him to strengthen his physical fitness.
Without a certain physical condition to lay the foundation, in the middle of the midfield, which is known as a meat grinder, it is definitely over
Danish youngster Eriksen is a bit similar to Coutinho in terms of position and characteristics, but the Danes are used to playing a little further back than Coutinho, and if the Brazilian's favourite area of activity is at the edge of the box and in the forward midfield position on both sides, Eriksen is equivalent to a parallel midfield position.
In contrast to Coutinho's penchant for experimentation and adventure, Eriksen is more steady, typical of South America and Europeanism.
Ye Qiu now believes more and more that the general trend of football tactics in the future is integration, and various different types of styles are integrated together to complement each other's strengths, so he has always insisted on integrating various different types of players together to form a team.
He is even preparing to set up a tactical laboratory through Tottenham Hotspur, which is dedicated to conducting tactical research, and strives to enable Tottenham Hotspur to keep abreast of tactical trends and be at the forefront of the times.
While Ye Qiu was thinking, Coutinho made another good pass on the pitch.
As Ye Qiu said before, Chelsea's diamond-shaped midfield, in addition to the obvious weakness and deficiency of the wing, the single back is also a dead knot, and although Ancelotti has learned a lesson in this game, he doesn't know if it is not enough attention or other reasons, Mikel dragged himself in the end alone, missing Coutinho.
Philippe Coutinho picked up the ball in front of the 30-metre area and crossed the ball diagonally with his right foot over the top to the left side of the penalty area to find Neymar.
The Brazilian rushed forward quickly, turned and jumped, stopped the ball on his chest, and along the left penalty area line, a sudden acceleration, quickly shook off Ferreira, and then when he sprinted at high speed, a feint tricked Ferreira to block, and then passed low into the penalty area to find Raul.
This time, Raul still blocked Alex with his body, facing to the left, facing Neymar's pass, stopping directly to his right side, that is, in the direction of the goal, turning around, and volleying directly with his left foot.
The ball rolled towards the right post again in a straight line almost against the turf, hitting the inside side netting, 0
All the Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered loudly, and countless fans rushed out of their seats to cheer and cheer for Raul and the Tottenham Hotspur players running wildly in the stadium.
Thirty-three-year-old veteran Raul Gonzalez, before joining Tottenham Hotspur, who would have thought he would score a brace in his first official appearance? Although it was only a semi-official warm-up game, it was against Chelsea
Compared to the excellence of the first goal, most of the credit for the second goal went to Neymar
The Brazilian teenager's use of action at high speed is still quite amazing, which makes it easy to think of a person, Ronaldo, the most amazing thing about the Brazilian superstar is precisely his use and frequency of action in high speed.
Of course, it's not that Neymar is very similar to Ronaldo, the Brazilian teenager has a good balance of left and right foot ability, the ability to read the game, and the insight into space, these are all outstanding, and his biggest problem now is two, one is to adapt to the environment of the European league, especially the Premier League, and the other is physical fitness.
Ye Qiu can even say that what kind of height Neymar can achieve in the future depends on the maturity and perfection of his body, and in terms of body, Tottenham Hotspur does not plan to focus on sculpting and strengthening for him for the time being, the reason is very simple, too young.
Eighteen years old is undoubtedly a critical moment when he is still growing his body, playing in the professional league at this time is already a bit early, if he strengthens his body and matures his body too early, the final result may be to pull out the seedlings and help him, which is counterproductive.
Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur's coaching staff and Ye Qiu do not advocate physical strengthening training for young players too early, even if players such as Eden Hazzard and Ramsey do not have physical training projects, they are just doing some regular training, and do not focus on strengthening.
According to Ye Qiu's plan, after the age of twenty, wait until the player's body is fully mature, and then decide whether to strengthen physical training, and at that time the player is not easy to get injured, after all, the most worrying thing for young players is injury.
Raul's brace apparently didn't stop Tottenham Hotspur from continuing to attack, and Tottenham continued to make substitutions, and 80 minutes later, Tottenham Hotspur soon had another chance to get their feet on the feet, substitute Pogba fired a direct shot from 20 yards outside the box.
Cesar reacted very quickly to save the ball, and Ribery, who was like a loach, picked up a leak in the box and seized a chance to score Tottenham's third goal of the game, 0
With Tottenham Hotspur scoring three goals in a row, Chelsea also began a comeback from the sidelines, after all, the Blues were hoping to score at least one face-saving goal before the end of the game, and in the 92nd minute, Anelka netted a goal for Chelsea.
In this way, Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 3L at Wembley Stadium to win the Community Shield for the new season.
The significance of this game for Tottenham Hotspur is not reflected in a Community Shield, to be honest, Ye Qiu does not attach importance to this championship at all, even if it is claimed to be a precursor to the Premier League, what he really wants to see is Chelsea's fighting power.
Judging from the performance in this game, Chelsea's fighting power has not improved in the slightest, but has declined
Why?
You just have to think about it, what was Chelsea's biggest problem in the past?
The aging of the player structure, and a season has passed, this aging trend has obviously become more serious, but Chelsea has not made any gaps, nor has there been any adjustments in the lineup to promote metabolism, which makes Chelsea on the surface, personnel, especially the main lineup, has not changed much, but in fact the strength is declining, because including Drogba and others, are one year older than last season.
"There will be no Chelsea in this year's title race" Ye Qiu made a very determined judgment at the moment when the whistle blew at the end of the game, and if he guessed correctly, the Premier League title in the new season will be a battle between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
It's just that what Ye Qiu didn't expect was that the start of the league was greatly unexpected by him.