Chapter 335: Wait for you to come to the Premier League to compete again

After withstanding Borussia Dortmund's opening swoop, the Chelsea players quickly settled their ground.

At this time, Chelsea were not in a hurry to press the attack under the instruction of Pan Yi, but stood in a defensive position to resist Dortmund's attack, and then patiently looked for opportunities.

In the 15th minute, Borussia Dortmund's cross from the right was blocked by Kurt Zouma and the home side were given a corner.

Shinji Kagawa whipped in a quick corner and the ball fell into the Chelsea box, but Christensen headed it away.

Loftus-Cheek, who was defending at the edge of the box, also grabbed the second spot and fired another header to the wing.

At this point, German winger Schurrle got the ball and started quickly.

At this time, because most of Dortmund's players were involved in corner kicks in the front, and only two wingbacks were left behind, Piszczek rushed over as soon as possible.

But he didn't dare to rush too quickly to avoid being shaken.

When Schurrle took the ball into the 30-meter area of Dortmund, he reluctantly changed to the diagonal penalty area and passed the ball horizontally to Mikel, who had already followed behind.

The Nigerian also rushed up all the way to catch it, but he didn't stick to the ball after he stopped the ball, and just plugged it straight behind the defensive line on the left side of the penalty area.

At this time, Chelsea's striker Bamford has successfully countered offside!

He cut diagonally to the left side of the box, stopped the ball and fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the Borussia Dortmund goal before goalkeeper Weidenfeller could attack.

“goalllllllllllllllllll!

"In the 15th minute, Bamford scored the goal of Borussia Dortmund!"

'It was a quick counter-attack from Chelsea, initiated by Schurrle with the ball, and after Mikel's pass and Bamford's shot, it was so effortless.

'As you can see from this goal, Chelsea's counter-attacking combination was also very sharp, and Dortmund's opening strategy seemed to have failed.

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At this time, Pan Yi was standing on the sidelines clapping and celebrating his goal for Bamford.

Although all the players under his command actually do not have a clear distinction between the main substitutes, there is still a difference in playing time due to the difference in ability.

Just like Bamford, he will be slightly worse than Lukaku in terms of physical strength, ability to play with the ball with his back, and shooting skills.

This is why he was only promoted from the youth team by Pan Yi this season, and Lukaku has already made a lot of fame in the Premier League, and his worth has reached tens of millions.

Because of this, when Bamford scores, Pan Yi will also encourage the young striker even harder.

After all, his chances are relatively small! He also scored fewer goals than Romelu Lukaku, so it was more encouraging.

Otherwise, this kind of "friendly match", Pan Yi didn't bother to get up from the coach's seat.

Is it that the spicy strips in your mouth are not fragrant, or are the potato chips in the bag not crispy?

And when the players finished celebrating their goals and were about to return to the stadium, Pan Yi also walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to play well and keep up!

The Chelsea players were also in good spirits and back into the game.

But Dortmund, on the other hand, are a bit of a mess.

They wanted to take advantage of the opening wave to create an advantage for themselves, but they didn't expect Chelsea to do one on a counter-attack.

As a result, the thoughts of the players on the field are a little unified, should they continue to attack or stabilize first?

And before Jurgen Klopp could bring his latest strategic thinking to the pitch, Chelsea scored again!

This time it was only about three or four minutes after the last goal, that is, 20 minutes into the game.

It was Bamford again, and he made an aggressive forward press that managed to get Papastathopoulos the ball down and then quickly crossed diagonally to Willian on the right.

The Brazilian winger dribbled straight into the box, then made a quick stop against a defender, denied Subotic before lifting his foot to shoot into the far corner that the goalkeeper couldn't reach.

0:2!

The entire Westphalen Stadium burst into boos.

It was clear that the Boo from the Borussia Dortmund fans was not just aimed at the Chelsea players who were celebrating their goals.

They are also expressing their dissatisfaction with Dortmund, with Klopp.

It's only been 20 minutes, and the home team has already conceded two goals in a row, which is difficult for any team to bear.

Coupled with Jurgen Klopp's side's poor performance this season, discontent has long been spreading among Dortmund fans.

And this boo may be the embodiment of this explosion of concentrated emotions.

I don't know if this will be the last straw that overwhelms Klopp......

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At this time, of course, Klopp was very uncomfortable.

The others stood on the sidelines, their bearded faces with a look of frustration and loneliness.

He didn't expect it!

He really didn't expect that Chelsea's substitute lineup would be so sharp when it counterattacked!

He's really underestimating the quality of Chelsea's squad.

Klopp shook his head slightly.

He has a strong character, very tenacious and determined.

He insisted that his players play according to his philosophy, instilled his own style into the team, and made it aggressive, passionate and watching.

However, the teams he commanded tended to play aggressively, and that aggressiveness often cost him.

Moreover, his style of play also requires the players to be fully committed and has a high level of ability.

This is actually a contradiction in a team like Dortmund that is relatively small-invested.

The high ability requirements lead to the fact that there are not many players in the team who can really execute Klopp's tactics perfectly, perhaps just a set of starting lineups;

You need to put your heart and soul into it, you need to run relentlessly on the pitch, and you have to give it your all in training.

As a result, Jurgen Klopp's team often had to work on one main line-up, and then after a period of time, it was often due to high-intensity running and training, which led to a wave of injuries.

Sometimes, even if there is no large-scale injury, the player's physical and mental inability to maintain a high level all the time will lead to a decline in form, and the performance will collapse.

But what can be done?

Klopp really felt helpless.

It would be nice to have more than two sets of squads that can execute their own tactics, like Pan Yi's Chelsea.

"Perhaps, I really have to seriously consider Liverpool's offer?"

Jurgen Klopp, one of the most talked-about managers in recent years, certainly has no worries about leaving home.

Premier League giants Liverpool are his top contenders.

After losing to Chelsea in the Premier League, Liverpool were a bit of a slump, losing 3-1 to Crystal Palace in the relegation zone in the following round of the league, and manager Brendan Rodgers was also deeply involved in rumours of a dismissal.

And just one day after the game, Klopp received a call from the Liverpool hierarchy.

But Klopp is still a little unwilling!

Under his rule, Dortmund actually fell into the relegation zone, and the Champions League group stage has not yet qualified, which makes Klopp feel that if he leaves at this time, he really can't live with the majority of Dortmund fans!

So he still put on hold on negotiations with Liverpool.

But now that Pan Yi is mixed up in the Premier League, he can crush himself with the substitute lineup, saying that Klopp is not interested in going to the Premier League to coach, which is impossible.

"Let's solve the problem at hand first."

Klopp rubbed his face and brought his thoughts back to the game.

"You can only let the players stabilize first, otherwise the mentality will really collapse."

Jurgen Klopp certainly understands that the biggest problem with Borussia Dortmund right now is the lack of uniformity in mentality.

At this time, he needs to give clear instructions as a manager and let all the players carry them out, so that at least there will be no disconnection and problems everywhere.

In terms of continuing to attack and strengthen the defense, Klopp also chose the latter.

After all, Chelsea are very strong now after scoring two goals in a row, and if they attack hard, maybe they will still be scored.

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Klopp's adjustment was somewhat effective, and Dortmund barely managed to hold their ground.

Chelsea, on the other hand, dominated the game, began to control the field, and began to press the formation to the front of the Dortmund penalty area, and frequently created scoring opportunities.

Although Pan Yi's original intention was to let Chelsea practice defensive counterattacks, now that Dortmund has recovered, he can only let the players return to attacking with the ball.

You can't really give up the ball to the opponent with one kick, right?

And after attacking Chelsea's more familiar attacking pattern, the group of players on the pitch seemed to be more active.

Whether it's Schurrle on the left, Willian on the right, or Bamford in the middle, they can find contact with the wing-backs on either side and the midfielders in the middle, and then create a threat in the Dortmund penalty area by combining them.

Towards the end of the first half, for example, Chelsea played a beautiful attacking combination on the left.

Schurrle first set up a one-two with Loftus-Cheek before Loftus-Cheek passed the ball to Bamford, who had his back to the ball and had just stopped beside him.

At this time, Bamford also saw Cancelo cutting forward quickly, so he gently flicked the ball over.

And after receiving a pass from Bamford, Cancelo rushed into the penalty area, formed a beautiful back insertion, and hit the goal from the left side of the box!

At this time, the Dortmund defenders had not even touched a single skin.

It's a pity that the angle of this last shot was slightly correct, and it was saved sideways by the attentive Weidenfeller.

Although he didn't score, Pan Yi on the sidelines also paused eating spicy strips and got up to say that he played beautifully!

Young players just need more encouragement!

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"It's the 55th minute of the second half."

"Shinji Kagawa took the ball in the front court and was ready to attack, but the ball was cut off by Mikel and immediately passed to his own frontcourt."

'Willian started very quickly this time and Chelsea immediately formed another quick counter-attack!'

"And this time Dortmund's defense retreated quickly, so Chelsea formed a trident against a back four, 3 against 4!"

"Let's see what William does this time......"

"Oh, I saw him make a feint to pedal a bicycle, and then he used the outside instep to flick the ball to the outside line, quickly shook it past Durm, and then hit the bottom line and crossed directly!"

"It's very simple, but it's also fast and effective!"

'The ball was in the middle of the box and Bamford, who was clinging to Papastathopoulos, just made a move to shoot with his foot up, but he didn't really touch the ball.

"This witty slip and the ball leaks to the other side of the penalty area!"

"This is Schurrle! The German, who provided a crucial assist in the World Cup final, seems to have decided to shoot himself this time! ”

"I saw him aim at the Dortmund goal with a long shot and make a wonderful arc!"

"The ball is in again!

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“goalllllllllllll!

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'Chelsea scored another goal and it was 0-3!'

'Just 10 minutes into the second half, Chelsea scored again with a quick counter-attack to find the back of the net again! Schurrle scored another goal for Chelsea with a brilliant curling shot. ”

'This time, Chelsea's quick counter-attack was very sharp, Dortmund's midfield couldn't keep up at all, and the back four players couldn't hold on to the attacking combination of the Chelsea trident.

"It seems that this game is going to end early, and Klopp can also think about the next round of the life-and-death battle with Roma in advance......"

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"Congratulations, you've won again."

As soon as the whistle blew, Klopp walked to the away team's coach's box and shook hands with Pan Yi.

In the Westphalian stands behind him, the huge "0:3" scoreboard was even more glaring.

Although he said congratulations, the German's face was blue and there was no smile.

How did he get happy?

In the other game of the group stage at the same time, Roma also beat Sporting to level five points with Borussia Dortmund.

And because Roma and Dortmund beat Sporting Portugal with the same score of 2:1, Roma's goal difference is one more than Dortmund's.

This also means that in the final round of direct confrontation between the two teams, Dortmund must win to qualify!

Why do Borussia Dortmund have less goal difference?

It's because Roma's two games against Chelsea were 1:3 and 0:3, while Dortmund lost two 0:3!

It also made Jurgen Klopp regret his decision to pick up points against Chelsea.

Knowing that Sporting Portugal also lost to Roma 1:2, and knowing that Chelsea's substitute lineup was also so difficult, he pulled down his face and defended directly to start......

Although it may still be a loss, at least it may be possible to lose one or two less, so that there is still an advantage against Roma.

I still can't pass the math!

You have to learn from the media and fans of the Dragon Kingdom, and they are the ones who are good at calculating the qualifying score.

At this time, Pan Yi, the head coach from the Dragon Kingdom, also stood up and shook hands with Klopp.

Of course, he didn't know what Klopp was thinking, but he could also see that the German who put on such a stinky face was not happy.

In the stands of the current Westphalian Stadium, some voices shouting for Klopp to leave class can even be heard clearly.

"Forget it, let's come to the Premier League and compete with me again, let's have a red and blue battle!"

When shaking hands, Pan Yi only said this sentence.

Looking at the back of Pan Yi walking away, Klopp was full of suspicion:

Hey, how did he know that a Premier League team was contacting me? Red and blue wars? Well????

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Just three days later, Pan Yi appeared at the Stadium of Light for the next match.

Of course, the Stadium of Light is a football stadium in Sunderland, Tyne-Wilshire in England, not the home of Portuguese powerhouse Benfica.

Both courses have the same name.

This is the 13th round of the Premier League, and Sunderland host Chelsea.

For the Sunderland team, Pan Yi actually has a special emotion in it.

They have been fighting in the Premier League in recent years, and although they have not achieved good results, they have stayed in the Premier League anyway.

However, in the 2016-2017 season, Sunderland lost 0-1 at home to Bournemouth in the 35th round, and they were relegated four rounds early.

They wanted to get back from the Championship, but they were relegated again in the Championship in 2017-18 and fell to League One next season, achieving a "two-tier relegation" in the league.

Later, Netflix made a documentary to record their days of fighting in League One.

As you can see from the documentary, even if you fall from the Premier League to League One, there is a consistent passion and desire from the board to the executives, from the first-line teams to the fans.

And the name of this documentary, it is named after Sunderland's most famous fan song "Suil I Die", which translates to "My Heart Will Always Follow Sunderland".

Pan Yi watched this documentary in his previous life, and he was also very moved, and later opened a Sunderland in the FM game to help them rise......

In fact, Sunderland FC is also one of the most selected clubs in the official FM Games stats.

It's just that now facing Sunderland in this life, Pan Yi can only be a killer.

Sympathy does not exist in competitive sports!

And Pan Yi also wants to break the record of 14 consecutive wins in the season held by Arsenal.

And now it's 12 wins in a row!

Sunderland's current manager is Uruguayan Sandrangus Poyet.

Speaking of which, he is also a Chelsea legend, having played for the Blues between 1997 and 2001 and has had very good performances.

However, his managerial career at Sunderland has clearly not been smooth, and he is currently mired in relegation and is considered one of the most likely managers to be sacked in the Premier League this season.

Therefore, this match can also be seen as Poyet's life-saving battle.

While a win over Chelsea is a bit unrealistic, a draw would give Poyet a crucial sense of trust!

And what he lacks most now is the trust of the fans and the top management in him!

So, as soon as the game began, Sunderland showed unprecedented determination.

Poyet directly put on a 5-4-1 swing strategy, stuck to his own half, and did not rise to the top no matter what, as if to let Chelsea take a 0-0 back to London.

In the front court, he relied on the tall center Wickham to stand in front, and from time to time he hit the "stray bullet" that flew up from the backfield.

As for the control of the scene, is that a god horse?

So Chelsea were in complete control of the situation on the pitch.

According to half-time statistics, Chelsea even had a terrifying 80 per cent possession!

But this game once again illustrated that possession is often false.

Despite Chelsea's indiscriminate bombardment of Sunderland's defence, with 15 shots on goal in the first half alone, Sunderland never allowed Chelsea to find the back of the net.

Pantilimon, the goalkeeper from Romania, also performed quite well in front of Sunderland's goal, blocking high and receiving low, which was simply a super level of performance, and even Lukaku's one-on-one ball was directly saved.

And it's not just the goalkeepers who are doing well.

Sunderland's backline, nicknamed the "Manchester United Retirement Home", is a centre-back combination of John O'Shea and Wes Brown, which looks like the old Red Devils.

The two veterans also teamed up to keep a number of Chelsea attacks out of the box, saving their own goal from many attacks.

However, Sunderland's solidarity also came at the cost of many yellow cards.

After all, whether it is individual ability or the overall cooperation of the team, Sunderland has a big gap from Chelsea.

A lot of the time, Chelsea players used their footwork to break through, to get crosses, and Sunderland had to use extra movement to stop them.

Chelsea's breakthrough came from a free-kick after a foul by Sunderland.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, N'Golo Kante broke through the middle and was pulled down by Sunderland's midfielder Cattermole, and the referee blew the whistle directly for a free kick.

David Luiz once again performed his 100-step stunt with a lift ball that left Sunderland goalkeeper Pantilimon with no tricks!

Chelsea are finally ahead!

After taking the lead, Chelsea, under the instructions of Pan Yi, took the initiative to slow down the pace and no longer besieged.

Due to the characteristics of Sunderland's swing bus, if the siege continues, it will not be conducive to the performance of its own attack group.

Sure enough, Poyet, who was not willing to lose points, began to deploy troops and replaced attackers such as Sebastian Larsson and Joz Altidor, and began to strengthen the attack.

But it did so that Chelsea found more chances to score.

In the 79th minute, Chelsea broke the ball in the middle and launched a counterattack, Nemanja Matic picked up a pass, Hazard pulled to the right, caught up with the ball, and went all the way into Sunderland's penalty area.

In a one-on-one face with Brown, Hazard fell to the ground and made a tackle in a state of physical unbalance, and passed the ball down the middle.

Lukaku, on the other hand, grabbed the ball in the middle and shoveled the ball into the opposition goal before O'Shea.

Pantilimon was powerless in the face of a late attack from the small penalty area.

0:2!

Although Chelsea have not scored since then, a whopping 78 per cent possession and 35 shots on goal have set a new record for Chelsea this season.

As for Sunderland, they have also officially fallen into the relegation zone after losing at home.

Its head coach Senpoyet was also announced to be sacked after the game, becoming the first manager in the Premier League to do so this season.

He was replaced by Dutch coach Advocaat.

And with the end of this game, Chelsea's winning streak has also reached 13 games.

Just one more win would bring Arsenal's 14-game winning streak to the table!

Chelsea's next opponent is Arsenal's sworn enemy Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham, meanwhile, will also be the last big6 opponent Chelsea will face this season.

Many media and fans believe that it is up to Tottenham to stop Chelsea from winning all of the league in the halfway!

And this London derby quickly fermented in the attention of fans around the world, and the popularity exploded!