Volume 1 Chapter 310 The Biggest Victim
"Ronaldinho went past and he broke through the bag between two defenders."
"Carragher came to block, beautiful, a nice Marseille maneuver, Zidane's stunt, Ronaldinho broke through"
"Hyypia, a feint, it's over again, and the magic pass goes straight behind you"
"Rooney, the ball is in"
'Liverpool's goal was finally knocked open by Chelsea'
'A shot from youngster Wayne Rooney finally broke the deadlock on the pitch'
With the series of shouts of the on-site commentators, all the fans in the entire bar suddenly cheered hoarsely, and the crisp sound of beer bottles hitting together was endless, and everyone in the bar raised their arms and shouted
On the TV screen, Wayne Rooney, who had scored the goal, quickly rushed out of the Liverpool penalty area and rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Chelsea fans were, constantly celebrating his goal, while the fans in the bar saw him chanting Rooney's name, the youngster from Everton won over the Chelsea fans in a short period of time.
In the past, he was the hope of English football, and now he is the hope of Chelsea fans
"Ronaldinho, a very, very good individual performance, although he didn't play very well in this game, it didn't seem to be much better, but this flash of inspiration showed us all his magic, he doesn't need a long time to play well, just a flash of light, it's enough to destroy a team."
As the TV commentators analysed, the fans in the bar chanted Ronaldinho's name as many said he would become the first true World Footballer of the Year in Chelsea football history.
There has been a world footballer in Chelsea's history, that is, George Weah from Liberia, but this former world footballer came to Chelsea to retire when the scenery is no longer good, and he has only played for one year at Chelsea, and he is not the main team, so whether it is Chelsea fans or Premier League fans, they do not recognize Weah as the first world footballer in the Premier League, but hope to cultivate one themselves.
Now, Ronaldinho and Frank Lampard are undoubtedly the most promising candidates, which is where Premier League fans are conflicted right now.
Frank Lampard is a homegrown star and in the eyes of more home-grown Premier League fans, Lampard could not have been better off winning the award, but Ronaldinho has a world influence, the Brazilian's magical footwork has repeatedly saved the team from danger, and his near-fantastic performances in the Champions League final have earned him the biggest leverage.
UEFA's season P is given to Ronaldinho, I heard that French football selected the European Footballer of the Year, and Brazilians are also the favorites, so Premier League fans treat Ronaldinho somewhat complicated, but more or more praise.
After all, seeing him perform so well, everyone will look forward to when their own country will also produce such an outstanding top talent, it will be perfect
After a wild round of celebrations, the game soon resumed and Liverpool were given kick-off.
But one thing is obvious, Chelsea began to consciously strengthen the pressure of the midfield, and the return to the back three made Chelsea's midfield pressing and pressing very solid, almost suffocating, and this almost perverted pressing and pressing made Liverpool expose their biggest problem, that is, the attacking routine is too monotonous.
"I remember when I was in Valencia, Benitez's Bat Army had a lot of different ball push routines, with Vicente and Rufitte on the wings, Mista up front, and behind Mista, there were technical geniuses like Aimar in tandem, and the double back Baraja and Albelda are definitely one of the best two midfield combinations in football today."
The on-site commentator is analysing Liverpool's current problems based on Valencia's line-up and tactics.
"We should note that after Benitez came to Liverpool, he brought in Xavi Alonso, this Spanish player is also a more classical interception midfielder, his long passing ability is very good, Benitez obviously wants to use him to restructure Liverpool's double back, so whether it is to let Gerrard play in the back or partner with Hamann, Xavi Alonso is a vital member, and the Spaniard's long pass dispatch has also been played by Benitez to the fullest."
"But apart from Xavi Alonso, we have to clearly see that Liverpool doesn't seem to have any other stable way out of the ball, and there is a big problem with the ball advancement, so once Xavi Alonso is strangled and the frontcourt players are restricted, they start to return to the English style of play that used to be washed away with frequent long passes."
"Maybe this is the reason why it is good for Liverpool to play a strong team, but it is not good to play a weak team, because a strong team will not retreat when playing Liverpool, and the weak team basically puts itself in a weak position first to defend and counterattack."
Alan Hansen supports this analysis, "The main thing I think is Aimar, after Benitez came to Liverpool, he wanted to bring in Aimar, or a forward who can hold the ball, but for various reasons, he couldn't get a forward midfielder at the very end, Luis Garcia was not consistent enough, Gerrard lacked the ability to take the ball in the middle, and his own position was very vague. ”
This is where Gerrard is troublesome, playing in the back, he does not have a strong sense of position, and the partnership between Xavi Alonso seems to be very good, but in fact there are many problems, once it encounters a tough game against a strong team, it will be exposed, and Gerrard's attacking ability to play at the back is definitely a waste.
Ye Qiu's use of Lampard has made all Premier League fans full of praise, believing that he has activated Lampard's attacking power, and for Gerrard, whose attacking ability is not lost to Frank Lampard, Liverpool fans hope that the manager can give Gerrard more free fire rights to activate his attacking power.
But the problem is that at Chelsea, Frank Lampard has Drogba in front of him, Davies, Deco and Makelele behind him, Ronaldinho next to him, and McCone and Evra on both sides.
At the very least, Rafael Benitez poached Luis Garcia in the hope that he could play the same role as Aymar, but in reality he couldn't do it, as did Baros, who shone at the European Championships, and the Czechs were not Mista.
In the final analysis, Benitez is not Ye Qiu, and he does not have Ye Qiu's football knowledge for more than ten years than others, so in terms of player selection, it is inevitable that he will be restricted, so even if it is also reorganized, Ye Qiu can make Chelsea play combat effectiveness in the first year, but Benitez has many problems in his first year.
Of course, because of this, it can also reflect the excellence of Benitez, a master tactician, because he can lead such a troubled Liverpool team to win the Champions League, which is definitely a great feat.
In the end, the game ended with Chelsea beating Liverpool 0 at home.
On the same day, Manchester United played Middlesbrough at home, and the Red Devils ended up in top of the Premier League, but Arsenal beat Charlton Athletic 40 to continue to lead the Premier League table, and the Gunners' performance so far this season has been really surprising.
However, at the post-match press conference, when Ye Qiu was asked by reporters about this question, he gave a clarification.
'We've played Manchester United so far, we've played Liverpool, we've beaten them in two crucial tournaments, and even now we're just one game behind Arsenal, so I don't think we're doing badly, on the contrary, I'm happy with the way we're doing.
Unlike Chelsea, which has encountered two major opponents in a row, Manchester United and Liverpool, Arsenal has not encountered a really strong competitor even so far, and more teams such as Everton and Middlesbrough, so Ye Qiu is not in a hurry at all for only falling behind the points at present.
If you really have to be in a hurry, you have to wait until Arsenal beat Manchester United and Liverpool, and there is a Chelsea-Arsenal matchup in the month, this game is the main event, and it is too early to rush.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, we noticed that in the second half, when you were adjusting, you replaced Drogba with Davies, and regained the back three of the team's peak last season, which also directly caused the goal of Chelsea immediately after, so, may I ask, many fans are puzzled by Chelsea's adjustment this season, will this game make you want to return to the back three tactics?"
This is a question that cannot be avoided, and Ye Qiu has long been mentally prepared for this, starting from the moment he replaces.
"For me, there is no one tactic that can cure everything, some opponents have strong attacking ability, some opponents have excellent defensive ability, some are good at playing on the wing, some are good at attacking the middle, there is no set of tactics that can adapt to all the changes of the opponent, so we have to make targeted adjustments, and this is what I will play in the game with three midfielders."
'I said at the beginning of the season that we don't want to lie on the laurels of the past and sleep with trophies in our hands, because a lot of people thought that last season's Chelsea team was strong and good, but they didn't notice that in the second half of last season, a lot of players were in form and out of fitness, and even injuries.
For example, Davies, the Dutchman's performance in the first half of the season was absolutely amazing, but in the second half of the season the performance declined, although many people think that even in the second half of the season Davies is very good, but injuries and fitness are big problems.
That's the problem with playing 43l, it's too strong, it's too tough, it's almost perverted high-intensity pressing that demands a lot from the players, and it's a year older than last season, when Davies and Makelele were both a year older, and Cannavaro was a year older, and the team couldn't continue to stay the same.
"I told my players that we should be proactive and we should make adjustments, not only to adjust the tactical play that suits us better, but also to adjust the style of play that brings out more of our strength and characteristics, so I told them that we need to play more rhythmically, smarter, more attacking."
'A lot of what I say, none of you believe it, but the fact is that we've definitely been the biggest victim of the international game this season and you can go and see who has the most internationals and who has played the longest international games in all the Premier League teams, and it's definitely Chelsea'
'A lot of people like to ask me why you always say Chelsea would be better but worse, and that's why'
Speaking of this, Ye Qiu also felt that he had said a little too much, those who believed would still believe it, and those who didn't believe it, no matter how much they said, they couldn't convince them, they would only think that you were making excuses.
"I never had to make excuses for myself, are we bad? We have a U-win record in eight league games, is it bad? I don't think it's the opposite, I've always been confident that we're going to have a peak of form around the winter break, and we're going to do that in the second half of the race."
Regarding Ye Qiu's words, some people agree, some people doubt, and many people feel that Ye Qiu is disturbing himself, because Chelsea is obviously better at playing three backs, but some people also come up with evidence.
After the eighth round of the Premier League, there is another two weeks of international breaks, and this time, Martin Samuel, a member of The Times's name, made a special comparison of the numbers in his column.
Chelsea have called up a number of internationals, including even Didier Drogba, who went off injured in the game against Liverpool, to play for the international team in Africa, a list of internationals that Manchester United and Arsenal combined.
As soon as this report came out, it immediately caused a lot of turmoil, and many people realized for the first time that Chelsea had unknowingly become an indispensable part of European football and even world football, and there were l international players in the first team squad.
The remaining four who did not make it to the national team were substitute goalkeepers Cudicini, Cesc Fabregas, Lionel Messi and Robert Hut, while the latter three players were all selected for the national youth team, and the advantage of Chelsea's strong international squad is the strength of the team, and the disadvantage is that it is always affected by the national team game.
As if it was finally a little bit of a sigh of relief, Chelsea's official website also released its own list of international players for the first time, and the club also expressed its grievances behind the list, hoping that the national team managers could consider Chelsea more.
This time, Ye Qiu did not continue to take a vacation, but took advantage of the national team game to fly around with Ten Carter and Roland, first went to South America, met with the head coach of the Argentine national team Jose Pekerman and the head coach of the Brazilian national team Pereira, and put forward his own suggestions in the meeting.
For example, Ye Qiu hopes that Chelsea's South American players will not be called up for the national team game in October.
In fact, on the issue of recruiting players for the national team, Ye Qiu is the most refreshing, and he has always maintained a good relationship with the national team, because he knows very well that all international players are proud of playing for the national team, and if they fall out with the national team, in the end it will only make it difficult for the players to do it, and it is not necessary.
And the good cooperative relationship in the past, when Ye Qiu made a request, plus the game in the month of ll was not very important, so Pekerman and Pereira readily agreed, which made Ye Qiu breathe a sigh of relief.
The national team matches in the middle of the month are in the middle of the week, but the league is not suspended, which means that the players have to go back and forth to play three games in a week, even if the iron body can't support it, if you can not be called up, it will be better.
In the exchange with Pekerman, Ye Qiu also mentioned Messi, he thinks Messi is a very good player, Pekerman also said that he is eyeing this young player, but he is still too young, I hope Ye Qiu can give him more opportunities.
From South America to Africa, this time Ye Qiu mainly met with the head coach of Ivory Coast to talk about Drogba, and the request was the same, hoping to minimize the recruitment of international players in some warm-up matches and unnecessary games.
After the end, he returned to Europe, and Ye Qiu met with the head coaches of the national teams such as France and England.
For Ye Qiu, this is a public relations, although FIFA has a hard and fast rule, during the national team competition, the club shall not refuse the national team to recruit players for any reason, so Ye Qiu has to negotiate through this public relations method, everyone is happy and the best, really have to compete, no one is afraid of anyone.
It's really not face-free, Ye Qiu has countless ways to help players refuse the call up of the national team, and when the time comes, no one will have face, so basically the head coach that Ye Qiu has personally talked about is very face-saving, but some teams are not in a very good situation, and it depends on the situation
After all, the head coach of the national team has to play major events such as the World Cup qualifiers, and he also has his own pressure to qualify.
After going around the earth and watching a few national team games by the way, when Ye Qiu returned to London, the internationals began to come back one after another, and the team's situation was obviously not satisfactory.
After two days of rest, especially considering that the third leg of the Champions League group stage is about to be ushered in, Ye Qiu had to make a choice, and in the away game against Manchester City, most of the substitutes were arranged, basically some players who had not played much in the national team.
It's not always the case that Chelsea will get out of the way, and this time Chelsea suffered a Waterloo at Manchester City.
It was also Ye Qiu's first league defeat at Chelsea, with the team losing 0l away to Manchester City.
On the other hand, Arsenal won Aston Villa at home and away at Aston Villa, and Manchester United was forced to draw by Birmingham at 00, and Chelsea's gap quickly widened to 5 points.
The 47-game unbeaten record came to an end, five points behind Arsenal, the team's poor performance, the players' poor form, and Ye Qiu's adjustment of the team has been questioned since the beginning of the league, and for a while, the controversy about Chelsea has become the focus of attention of major European media
Some newspapers even pointed out that Ye Qiuzai, as a head coach, has a big flaw, he can lead a team from scratch and to the top, but he can't lead a team to maintain the peak state to the maximum, which is why he chose to leave Ajax at the most glorious time a year ago, and now he has suffered a setback at Chelsea.
At the same time, some media published news that Ye Qiu was likely to be out of class because of his poor grades.
The media is like that, one round of heaven, one round of hell, when you are good, you sing the praises of merit, and when you are bad, you fall into the ground, especially after their exaggeration and hype, it seems to give people the feeling that Chelsea is no longer glorious.