In the game with Manchester City, Zhang Tiehan played 90 minutes, only two shots on goal did not score, and the most important thing is that Zhang Tiehan seemed to disappear most of the time in the game, and football had nothing to do with him.

He couldn't get a pass, had few touches, and spent most of his time battling City defenders. As a result, fans can't see Zhang Tiehan's expression at all.

It was as if he had disappeared.

Most of the fans who came to watch the game wanted to see Zhang Tiehan's form, they wanted to see Zhang Tiehan's explosion, and they were looking forward to it, because Zhang Tiehan was in excellent form in the warm-up match, and he scored six goals in just 90 minutes.

What about the league?

Even if you can't score six, three, or even two, as long as Zhang Tiehan can complete two goals, it will be enough to guarantee Chelsea's victory.

But they saw the victory, but Zhang Tiehan's goal was not seen, and after the game, the media used the 'disappearing Zhang' to report the game, they thought that Zhang Tiehan was a little out of shape, he was completely submerged in the Manchester City team's defense, and more time was in the front court against Manchester City defenders.

The rest of Chelsea's players are pretty good.

For example, Frank Lampard, who scored two goals, and wing-back Wright-Phillips, who scored the first goal, were the best in the team, and in fact Lampard was also given a champagne representing the best player of the match after the game, and he said of the game: "I'm very happy that the team got off to a good start, we were in good shape, we showed the momentum of the team in the game, and after this game, I am more confident about the results of the season." ”

The reporter asked Frank Lampard to talk about Zhang Tiehan.

Rather than thinking that Zhang Tiehan is not good-looking, Lampard said, "Zhang's contribution to the team's attack is crucial. He drew most of the Manchester City defence so we were able to find our chances. ”

It's a fact.

Despite his lack of performance throughout the game, Zhang Tiehan was definitely a qualified tactical centre-forward, and he was flanked by no less than two Manchester City defenders at any given time, which greatly reduced the pressure on other Chelsea players.

However, the fans watched Zhang Tiehan's goal

Zhang Tiehan will definitely face a tough defense. Everyone knows this very well, they prefer to see Zhang Tiehan in the face of strict defense can still have a good performance, only in this way can he be the world's No. 1 striker, not because the opponent's defense is tight, the appearance is not good, that kind of appearance is not worthy of his value.

Manager Grant was also asked a few questions about Zhang Tiehan after the game, Chelsea won, Frank Lampard scored two goals to be the best of the game, but the media is still concerned about Zhang Tiehan's form, and they are not too concerned about the result.

More mainly. Chelsea's home win over Manchester City was normal and not big news.

In an interview with the media, Grant said, "To Zhang, I can only say that he did the task I explained in the tactics, and the only pity is that he didn't score." He's not quite settled yet, but he's just coming to Chelsea. I think he'll get used to it. ”

Zhang Tiehan knows a little about the thoughts of the media, fans, coaches, and teammates, but he doesn't care, he cares more about not scoring a goal.

It's not surprising for a striker to not score in a game, under normal circumstances. Zhang Tiehan doesn't care too much, but he knows very well that the last game was not a normal situation, that is, he didn't adapt to the team's tactics.

Or rather, he's been adapting to the team. And the team didn't adapt to him.

In the game, he has been trying to find opportunities, but he is a striker in front, it is impossible to retreat too far to get the ball, which will disrupt the team's formation, but at the front, the opposing player will defend him to the death, trying to defend in a way - close, follow the run, hold the passing route, etc., all kinds of ways, in the face of such a defense, teammates will think that the pass is dangerous, or they don't know how to pass the ball, Zhang Tiehan can get the ball smoothly, in this case, It's strange that he has a chance.

It's a matter of fitting into the team.

He also faced this problem when he first joined Liverpool, but at that time he was not well-known in the Premier League, and the opponents he met would not defend him too tightly, and by the time he was good in the league and most teams realized that he would lose if they didn't limit him, he was fully integrated into Liverpool.

So now to solve this problem, he has to get to know his teammates better.

As long as he is in the team for a period of time, the problem of integrating into the team is naturally no longer a problem, and he is very clear about these Zhang Tiehan, but he doesn't want to wait, he hopes that he can always show Xiàn good, instead of showing Xiàn good after integrating into the team.

He wants to be the best player in the world, not an average striker.

So he needed to take the initiative, so he approached head coach Grant the next day, hoping to talk to Grant alone.

"I want to back off some." Zhang Tiehan said calmly.

Grant was a little puzzled, in fact, he didn't know much about Zhang Tiehan, before he became the Chelsea manager, he and Zhang Tiehan had no intersection at all, knowing that Zhang Tiehan was also reported by the news media, as for Zhang Tiehan's personal ability, he also knew about the media, and the media meant that this is the best striker in the world.

A striker is a striker.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with putting Zhang Tiehan on the front line.

Zhang Tiehan continued, "If I am at the front of the formation, the opponent will play a series of defenses against me, then I will not have a good appearance, I want to retreat a little, in Liverpool, I am the core of the midfield" Seeing Grant's incomprehension, he said directly.

With his current fame, he doesn't need to look at the face of the manager, he can say whatever he wants, this is his status in the team, and it is also a kind of confidence.

He trusts his own judgment.

And Grant in front of him obviously doesn't know him very well, even after more than half a month of contact, the other party still doesn't know him, if he doesn't take the initiative to fight, he can only act as a 'pillar' center on the front line, that's not his idea.

'You say you're at the heart of Liverpool. I know that, but can you fit into the avant-garde position? Grant asked.

Zhang Tiehan nodded affirmatively, "I play avant-garde a lot of the time. ”

Forwards are different from strikers, such as Frank Lampard, who is the heart of the team's offensive and defensive transitions, but Zhang Tiehan also knows that his request is a bit difficult for the coach. If he drops back, the rest of the team will definitely have to change, he can't play with Frank Lampard in a double midfield, then he is an 'incidental' defender, still not the core, his positioning is equivalent to a player who needs to do more defending, that is not his will, and Chelsea will not waste such a strong attacking point as him.

How to change the formation. That's what Grant considers.

If he can't even do this, Grant is really incapable as a coach, and he hopes that Grant can find a way, after all, he wants to play the core of the front court, not as a 'support' type of player

After throwing a question to Grant, Zhang Tiehan returned to the team to continue training.

His training has not changed much, in fact, for the current Zhang Tiehan, all aspects of ability have reached a limit. Unless he can accumulate enough honor to develop new ancient powers, it will be difficult for him to improve any more.

The purpose of his training. One is to maintain his form and the feeling of playing, and the other is to practice some skills, such as passing, he uses his skills to see through and look for good opportunities to make penetrating passes.

It's difficult.

Often there is only one opportunity, even if there is a star who creates zào power. If you want to pass a classic ball, you have to rely on a quick move or a very good chance, and often in this regard, talent is more important than hard work. There are a lot of players who can't make good passes in their lifetime, and there are players who are born with a talent for this, and when they grow up, they tend to be masters of passing on the football field.

Zhang Tiehan has no talent in this area.

In fact, if it weren't for the current Zhang Tiehan replacing the original Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan can almost be said to have no football talent, no matter how hard he works, he will only be a second-rate center forward in the future, and it is impossible to achieve anything in football, let alone any passing talent.

But Zhang Tiehan still wanted to rely on his supernatural secret skills to learn these abilities.

Turning the 'flash of inspiration' pass into his own special ability is an almost impossible training for others, but Zhang Tiehan thinks that he can achieve it, his ball sense is very good, his body sensitivity, strength and other aspects have reached a limit, the physical and technical advantages are quite obvious, even if he has no talent, but he has 'seen through', has 'control', he can know the position of his teammates and opponents around him at any time, and he can also grasp the key timing of the game in detail.

The only thing missing is the mastery of timing, as well as some passing experience.

If you pass a good ball, but your teammates don't realize it, and then miss the opportunity, how wonderful the pass will not have any effect.

Zhang Tiehan is working hard in this regard.

In addition to passing, he will also train some technical passing ability, such as learning to pedal with Joe Cole, as well as some fancy passing movements, although in the game, these movements are not very practical for him, and the average passing can be directly accelerated, but this can exercise the flexibility of his feet, master more, and maybe be very helpful in the game.

Then there's the shooting drill.

This is Zhang Tiehan has never stopped, and now he does shooting training not for accuracy, but to keep himself in mind the feeling of shooting at all times, and to take shooting as a habit, so that he can directly grab the ball and send it into the goal when he has the opportunity in the game.

In addition to individual training, Zhang Tiehan did more seriously in the collective tactical training, he knows very well that he and his teammates are not familiar with each other, and if they are not familiar, they don't know how to cooperate with each other, and if they want to be better in the team, obviously the tacit understanding with teammates is important, which is often more important than personal ability, after all, no matter how good the individual ability is, it is also necessary to have the ball to play, and even the ball cannot be touched, no matter how strong the personal ability is, it is useless

Zhang Tiehan's honest interview with head coach Grant was still very effective, and the next day Grant began to try to let Zhang Tiehan play as a central midfielder, and used the training game to constantly change the formation to test the new routine.

The effect of this tactical training is still obvious.

It's not that Zhang Tiehan is better in the training match, but for the whole team, the new tactical play style of practice has given Grant a lot of inspiration.

In fact, Grant is the same as Zhang Tiehan. He is new to Chelsea FC, his knowledge of the whole Chelsea team is limited, coupled with the impact of the World Cup, there are only about 20 days of pre-season preparation, including a trip to the United States to participate in commercial matches, and his grasp of the ability of each player in the team is not accurate. I'm not familiar with the tactics that the whole team is comfortable with.

In the previous match with Manchester City, the 442 formation that Grant discharged was just the most ordinary formation.

There is a big difference in overall quality between Manchester City and Chelsea, and Chelsea played very well in the game, so Chelsea won, not how well Grant's tactics were applied.

Grant didn't want to be Chelsea's head coach to 'play soy sauce', he also wanted to bring his tactical ideas to the team, and at the same time give Chelsea some 'own style'. In order to make the team forget about Mourinho and become his Chelsea.

Although the team still has to use the tactics and formations left by Jose Mourinho, Grant also wants to take the opportunity to use his own thinking to give the team a new style of play - the Chelsea style of play under Grant management.

After Zhang Tiehan retreated slightly, his watch was much better.

At least in practice, he won't be embarrassed to miss the ball, and when he's a little bit back, the defenders won't be so good at restricting him, even if he doesn't know a lot of his teammates. His position also allows him to be involved in normal attacks, rather than wanting to stand up front and wait for the ball to be passed as a striker.

That's not his style.

But it also brings some new problems. Chelsea have too many stars, in the midfield midfield, Frank Lampard, Essien, Ballack, Makellele, Geremi and many other outstanding stars, while in the normal 442 formation, only two central midfielders are enough, if Zhang Tiehan retreats to squeeze out a position. Then there is only one position left, which makes the competition in the midfield more fierce than that of the forward line, and considering that Zhang Tiehan and Frank Lampard are both iron-like players, if they are not injured, there will be no fitness problems at all. Players like Ballack, Essien and others won't have a chance to play.

That's definitely not going to work.

Not to mention whether the formation can play a role, if so, others will definitely be very dissatisfied.

Grant is not Mourinho, he does not have so much authority in the team, not to mention, even Mourinho has to consider this, many players have a number of appearances on their contracts, he can't just let Lampard and Zhang Tiehan play, if so, isn't it a waste for the club to sign Ballack and others?

No matter how gorgeous the team is, it can't afford to waste world-class stars like Ballack and Essien.

Grant had to think again.

He changed the formation to 4231 to be better, so that there are two backs, a frontcourt core, which is equivalent to three positions, Zhang Tiehan occupies the position of the front core, and two backs can have two players play, and whether it is Ballack, Lampard, Essien or Makelele, they are very suitable for the position of the midfield, in this position, their table xiàn can play better than the normal midfielders who are more forward.

The only downside is the squeezing out of a striker.

With only one striker, Didier Drogba, Shepchenko and Kalou competing for this position, the competition is too fierce.

Of course, the likes of Kalou and Shepchenko can also play as wing-backs, but Chelsea still have fierce competition for full-back positions - Joe Cole, Arjen Robben, Wright-Phillips, Mikel, Diarra at this point Grant is a little frustrated why a football team can only send eleven men, if only a few more positions, he would not have such troubles

At the same time that Chelsea continue to experiment with tactics, there has been a lot of media coverage of the first round of the Premier League.

After the first round, Manchester United is temporarily at the top of the league with a goal difference of four, Chelsea and Portsmouth are in the bottom two with a goal difference of three respectively, and in the top four of the Premier League, Liverpool and Arsenal drew 1:1 in the first round, and the start was a little unfavorable.

The most striking thing is not Chelsea, but Manchester United.

Two of United's biggest moves this summer have been the big buying of Tottenham midfielder Michael Carrick and the sale of striker Donny van Nistelrooy.

Michael Carrick is a talented star born in Watsund, England, who plays as a midfielder and is an elegant and composed player. Very good at controlling the rhythm of the game and long passing.

This kind of player is very rare in England.

Carrick began his football career at Waltend Boys Club before joining West Ham United in 1998, where he spent six seasons with the Hammers, during which time he spent a loan spell at the likes of Swindon Birmingham City and also played in the Championship. In the summer of 2004, Carrick joined Tottenham Hotspur for £2.75 million. Played for two seasons.

In the summer, Michael Carrick joined Manchester United for £18.6 million.

An England central midfielder, £18.6 million, this is quite expensive, especially in comparison, Carrick is not the main midfielder of the England team, and even in the World Cup, he has only played twice.

But a very skilled midfielder like Michael Carrick is very rare in England. This doubled his value.

Carrick's move to Manchester United is definitely one of the most eye-catching big-goers of the summer.

United's other big move was the sale of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, a move that has been questioned because in previous seasons, United have relied on almost all of Ruud van Nistelrooy's goals to maintain their attacking prowess, and Van Nistelrooy is also the most important means of scoring for the Reds.

When the league began, a lot of attention was paid to the goalscoring ability of Manchester United's forward line.

Many believe that after Ruud van Nistelrooy leaves, Manchester United's goalscoring ability will be affected. But no one expected that Rooney and Saha would join hands in the front. It will allow five goals to be scored in the first round of the league.

With a 5-1 win over Fulham, Manchester United got off to a dream start!

Rooney scored two goals in this game, C-Ronaldo was the icing on the cake, and what fans saw was that the two worked closely together on the field without any gaps, which made Ferguson smile. Even in the face of Rooney's three-game suspension penalty that is about to begin. The old gentleman also seemed confident, he said, he believes that his team can survive, "It's unfortunate that we will lose Rooney in the next three games, but we still have the quality to compete." Just look at the current group of players, we can now control the situation. ”

Ferguson said Manchester United are still chasing Bayern Munich's England striker Hargreaves, "Now I can't give you any clear answer, we're trying to get it, the problem is that Bayern Munich are very stubborn, very resistant, of course I can understand, but we have to do our best. ”

The old gentleman reiterated the importance of Hargreaves, "We have a team that requires everyone to be very strong, and of course there will be some key players, and obviously I am referring to the key players including Owen [Hargreaves]. ”

Although Manchester United can only hope that Bayern can open the net at present, Ferguson does not need to be in a hurry now, after all, in today's game with Fulham, the midfield line is completely dominant, and the opponent is suppressed without the power to fight back, "We have a team that is too good, you can see our wonderful midfield line today." Carrick is actively returning and I hope he will bring more firepower to the squad next week. Overall, I'm happy that we're all in our 20s and we can be very hopeful about the future. ”

The old man believes that with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in the current squad, the team should be ready to compete for a series of titles.

"I am very happy that young people are getting better and better. It seems like my best start as manager of Manchester United, with five goals. Both the overall offensive and defensive efficiency and the final blow were perfect, you couldn't have expected any better, and the players went into this game with a lot of confidence. ”

Anyone who watched this game will be amazed at how strong Manchester United are.

After the departure of Van Nistelrooy, Manchester United's forward line has become stronger, after the baptism of the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney are more mature, Carrick has just arrived in the team and seems to be quite active, Scholes and Ryan Giggs are still mature and steady.

Anyone can tell that this Manchester United team can be feared if they play well.

Chelsea boss Grant also spoke about Manchester United's game in an interview, saying, 'Manchester United is likely to be Chelsea's biggest rival in the league title. (To be continued......)