Chapter 439: 4 consecutive wins and a busy September scheduleChelsea equalized the score, and the next to panic was Leicester City. Coach Shakespeare asked Gray and Iheanacho on the bench to take off their clothes and warm up.
Of course, Shakespeare knew that substitution would have little practical effect.
Leicester City's starting players are not as strong as Chelsea's substitutes. It is undoubtedly a fantasy to rely on the players to win the game.
The English needed a tactic.
A tactic that is enough to narrow the gap in players' hard power!
"There's a move here at Leicester City, the midfielders are starting to lean back!"
"On the tactical board before the game, Leicester City had a 442 formation, but now we see that Leicester City's formation is more like a 541"
"This is a change made by coach Shakespeare based on the situation on the field!"
Matthew James and Slimani both moved back one position and Leicester City started their five-back defense.
James, who changed from midfielder to defender, did not play as a central defender, but instead moved to the right.
In the next game, James will cooperate with Mahrez and Simpson to defend Jiang Yuan.
"Nima's..."
Jiang Yuan clearly felt that after the first goal, more people came his way, so he made a gesture to Tuchel.
Tuchel gave a thumbs up, signaling Jiang Yuan to continue with the existing tactics.
There was no other way. There were many defensive players on the opposite side, so Jiang Yuan had to just go ahead.
"Go to the front, go to the front!"
Jiang Yuan pointed to the left bottom line, Hazard ran over from the middle, the two completed a cross run, Jiang Yuan pushed the ball forward with his right foot, and Hazard successfully caught the ball.
The Belgian superstar started his 1V2 at the baseline.
It is 1v2 now, but after Mahrez returns to defense, Hazard will become 1v3.
Jiang Yuan is good at 1v1, so this kind of 1vN baseline confrontation should be left to Hazard who is good at changing rhythm.
Hazard was dribbling the ball along the baseline, and Simpson was stuck on the side. When he saw Hazard pulling the ball in front of him, he prepared to stretch his foot to make a tackle.
Hazard noticed Simpson's intention, or it could be said that he deliberately induced Simpson to stretch his foot.
Just before Simpson reached the ball, the Belgian moved out his right foot and stepped in front of the ball, scaring Simpson so much that he quickly retracted his foot.
No one can keep their body center of gravity steady when standing on one leg, even Premier League players. Hazard seized this opportunity and used his not very strong body to hit Simpson, successfully creating a space for himself.
Hazard starts to go down the bottom!
“You can give it to me!”
William at the back point reached out for the ball, Hazard took a look and found that he was already being blocked by Morgan who came to defend.
"Here, here, pass it directly!"
Jiang Yuan's voice came from behind. Hazard didn't even look at him. He judged Jiang Yuan's current position based on the voice, stepped on the ball and pulled it back.
Seeing this scene, William started running into the penalty area.
Facing the ball rolling towards him, Jiang Yuan didn't even control the ball, and made a long pass directly into the penalty area.
Jiang Yuan's pass was a bit abstract, but it didn't matter. William raised his right foot and hit the ball back before it went out of the baseline, and he fell on the billboard.
Ibrahimovic who steals the ball in the middle.
boom!
"The ball is in! The ball is in!"
"Jiang Yuan's long pass, William's assist, and Ibrahimovic's goal!"
"2:1! This was a perfect combination in Chelsea's frontcourt. Starting from Pogba's dribbling forward one minute ago, almost the entire midfield and frontcourt of Chelsea participated in this attack!"
Huang Jianxiang praised Chelsea's goal highly.
I have to say that after William returned from injury, Chelsea's offensive width was finally opened up. The rapid transfers from left to right are an intensity that most teams cannot handle!
“Wow hahaha!!!”
Ibrahimovic ran out of the penalty area with his arms outstretched. The veins on his arms and neck were bulging, and combined with his tattoos, he looked like a monster from the camera's perspective.
[Fuck, Chelsea is so strong this season, can I still make money if I buy Chelsea's league championship now? ]
[You can try, but the teams with the highest odds right now are Tottenham and Manchester United. Manchester United is undefeated right now, and Lukaku scored twice yesterday. The odds of Manchester United winning the championship are only ]
[Chelsea champion 1 to , OK, higher than I thought. If it is 3 times, I can definitely buy it and bet on Chelsea champion]
[So you think Tuchel will win the league title in his first season? ]
[Gambler? I almost thought I was watching a pirated live broadcast. But if you want to buy the championship, just buy Chelsea UEFA Champions League. The odds are 1 to 15. You can buy 3 or 4 yuan and buy a Mercedes directly.]
【Mentioning Mercedes-Benz, haha, the problem is that Chelsea has to win. Chelsea's best result in recent seasons is the top four. Look at other leagues, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona, which one is not better than Chelsea? 】
[Don't mention it. If Chelsea continues in this state, Real Madrid and Sampdoria may not be able to withstand it. Three billionaires and a wing attacking line worth 3 million euros, only Real Madrid has this configuration now.]
[Brothers, be rational. Chelsea has not played against strong teams yet. It will not be too late to buy when the flaws are exposed. Some people really think Tuchel is a miracle doctor.]
"Beep beep beep!!!"
"xuuuuu——!!!"
The home fans at the King Power Stadium expressed their dissatisfaction in their own way, while Chelsea players celebrated outside the stadium. Jiang Yuan put his hands under William's armpits and lifted the guy up.
The intensity of the Premier League is very high, much higher than that of the national team, but what fans don’t know is that Jiang Yuan actually finds it easier playing for the club.
When playing for Chelsea, he has to take charge of all the running positions by himself, but in the national team, Jiang Yuan sometimes needs to make up for the gap between center forward and left back.
The physical burden is great and the psychological pressure is even greater!
"The referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The current score is temporarily fixed at 1:2. Chelsea, playing away, is in the lead."
"We can also see from the first half that Leicester City is currently at a disadvantage overall. If they want to get points in today's game, it depends on what tactics coach Shakespeare can come up with in the second half."
The two CCTV commentators began to discuss Chelsea's attacking method of rapid switching between left and right in the first half, and the live broadcast room began to replay the highlights of the first half of the game.
In the home team's locker room, Vardy unscrewed a can of Red Bull and drank it all in a few gulps. Shakespeare, with the cooperation of his assistant coach, made some summaries of the situation in the first half.
"We have to watch the players, not the ball. Their pace is very fast. If we watch the ball, we will be left behind soon. Do you understand what I mean? Your attention should be on their offensive players, not the damn ball."
Shakespeare was gesticulating with his hands as he spoke: "The ball is close to our penalty area? That doesn't matter, as long as no one of them can get into our penalty area unmarked. Both of our goals in the first half were caused by the defensive players losing their positions."
"Our opponents are very strong, so you need to keep a close eye on them!"
The voice of Shakespeare's speech became more and more similar. After a brief summary, he made a firm dot on the tactics board with a fountain pen.
"In the second half, we still have five defenders. We need to defend both lanes, with the focus on the right lane. As for Jiang, God, sometimes I really doubt your intelligence. Since you knew he was fast, couldn't you run over earlier and stick to him?"
"Jiang and William are running up the wing. We have five defenders. We can push the two of them back. Do you understand what I mean? Push them back, push their attackers back!"
Vardy sat in the middle of the bench, looking at Iheanacho who was a little nervous on the side. According to the coach's instructions just now, the Nigerian would play in the second half.
"Are you nervous?"
Vardy took out a bottle of Red Bull from the cabinet behind him and stuffed it into Iheanacho's hand: "This thing can make you more focused"
Iheanacho rejected Vardy's offer.
He doesn't have the habit of drinking Red Bull during halftime. If he drinks it suddenly, it will be bad if he needs to go to the toilet in the second half.
……
At the start of the second half, Chelsea's tactics did not change much, and the Blues players still controlled the rhythm of the entire game.
At the 68th minute, the score was still 1:2. Tuchel felt that it was about time, so he asked a young striker on the bench to start warming up, preparing to replace Hazard or Pogba for a rest.
Just when Tuchel was thinking about who to replace, Chelsea's attack started.
This attack still originated from Pogba. The Frenchman dribbled the ball near the center circle and used his feints to attract the opposing defensive players.
Pogba was really brave. He waited until Vardy and Albrighton were running towards him one after another before he passed the ball.
A precise through pass was given directly to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic reacted quickly, passed the ball to Jiang Yuan who was coming from the left, turned around and ran forward to start pressuring the opponent's defense.
Jiang Yuan did not stop after getting the ball, but continued to move towards the middle. Hazard saw Jiang Yuan's intention and ran to the left baseline again, using a screen to help Jiang Yuan get rid of Mahrez's entanglement.
Come to the restricted area.
Look at the far corners and find the near corners.
The shot was fired coldly, and when the ball hit the left post of the goal and went into the net, Schmeichel was still standing on the goal line.
“GOOOO—AAAAAAA—LLLLLLL!!!”
"Brilliant goal from Jiang!"
"It's hard for Lei City now!"
After a lot of twists and turns, Jiang Yuan scored his first brace of the season and rushed out excitedly.
Swish swish!
"Barvo!"
……
As the game came to the final minutes, Leicester City seized on Christensen's mistake and Vardy created a penalty in the penalty area. Vardy lived up to expectations and scored the penalty.
The score difference returned to 1 point.
Despite this, Leicester City still failed to get a draw, and the final score was 2:3.
"Hey, Jiang, good!"
In the player tunnel, Vardy and Jiang Yuan high-fived.
He had played against Jiang Yuan in the 15-16 season, and was one of the first players in the Premier League to play against Jiang Yuan.
Vardy still remembers Jiang Yuan's value that season, 2000 million euros. "Haha, but you have broken Ronaldo and Messi's records now."
Age advantage
"Oh come on, don't talk about this, breaking a record is breaking a record, age is not an excuse. I can feel that you will become stronger"
Vardy pinched Jiang Yuan's arm hard.
He discovered something surprising.
Chelsea has not yet given Jiang Yuan any muscle-building exercises.
For professional players, the muscle-building period around the age of 20 is an opportunity to increase their value.
Jiang Yuan, who is now worth million euros, has not yet started his muscle-building phase.
This means his value will continue to rise.
come on!
How much money that would be!
……
After the game, Chelsea players began to be interviewed. Jiang Yuan, the MVP of the game, came outside the stadium, while Tuchel took William and new signing Walker to the press room.
Click!
"Jiang, congratulations on scoring 2 goals in this game"
The reporter from Sky Sports came up to shake Jiang Yuan’s hand and told him something he didn’t know: “Leicester City lost all the games you played.”
"Oh, then I have to say sorry"
Jiang Yuan nodded with a smile, and the reporter talked to him about many things related to the game, including Tuchel's left and right offensive transfer tactics.
"Is this a temporary arrangement made by the coach? Or something else?"
Tuchel has told Jiang Yuan the answer to this question, and it really comes in handy now: "Well, actually we have practiced it before the start of the season, and it is part of our tactics this season. Thomas likes to use the width of the field very much, which is also what we (referring to Chelsea players) are good at."
"Well, indeed, it is undeniable that Tuchel is still very successful at Chelsea. I hope you can achieve good results in the league and the Champions League this season. And... Jiang, can we talk about your children?"
"Oh, of course."
"Your son was born in the UK and you have permanent residency in the UK, which means..."
“No, it doesn’t mean anything.”
Jiang Yuan interrupted the reporter directly. Although it was not polite, he had to do it.
"Neither Alina nor I are British, and Changhan is not British either. I think it is unreasonable for two Asians to give birth to a child with European nationality."
“So he is Chinese nationality?”
“Yes, 100%.”
Jiang Yuan nodded to the reporter, and then the reporter asked Jiang Yuan another question.
"Will Mini Jiang play football in the future, like you?"
"Haha, I would be happy if he played football"
Jiang Yuan smiled again: "But if he doesn't want to play football, I won't force him. He has the right to make his own choice."
……
The Sun – After the game, it was made clear what Mini Jiang’s nationality was, but if Mini Jiang’s results were satisfactory, the England U-series team would not exclude him.
The Times' front page headline: Chelsea has achieved its best start in the past five years with four consecutive wins. Currently, Chelsea and Manchester United are the only two Premier League teams with 4 league points.
The front page of Manchester Evening News - Manchester United beat Stoke City 3:2 to win four consecutive games since the start of the season. Is the Premier League about to usher in the Rangnick era?
ESPN：切尔西第一场欧冠比赛将会在伦敦时间9月12日的下午7点45分举行，对手是来自意甲的劲旅罗马。赛前切尔西的各项指数都要优于他们的对手，但这场欧冠比赛距离他们上一场和莱斯特城的比赛只间隔了3天时间。
Chelsea reporter Smith Weyar: Chelsea asked UEFA to postpone their Champions League match against Roma because their schedule in September is very tight. UEFA rejected their request.
"AS" - Barcelona swept Espanyol 5:0, Messi scored a hat trick and tricked Aaron Martin, and the post-match score was .
China Football News - Chinese Football Association leaders are considering arranging the second leg of the national football team's match against Australia at the Bird's Nest Stadium, but this suggestion has been opposed by many officials who are worried that the national football team will lose.
……
At the beginning of the season, the top teams in the five major leagues started to win consecutive games in their major leagues. Coupled with the upcoming Champions League and Europa League games, the popularity of European football is really high now.
But Chinese fans don’t have time to care about those things for now. Currently, the most popular post on Dongqiudi has nothing to do with the five major leagues.
This is an operation of the Chinese Football Association. Mourinho hopes that the national football team can start preparing for the joint training with Australia on September 9.
The call-up began 20 days before the start of the play-offs. Of course, the Chinese Super League clubs were unwilling to let go of their players. At this time, the Football Association directly issued a notice to force the clubs to release their players.
After all these operations, the main players of Evergrande, SIPG and Shandong Taishan were directly hollowed out.
You know, it is almost mid-September, which is one of the most critical periods in the competition for the ranking in the Chinese Super League standings.
Everyone can understand the Football Association’s approach. After all, this is the closest the Chinese national football team has been to the World Cup in more than a decade. You want to enter the World Cup, and everyone wants to enter the World Cup too.
But Mourinho is very hypocritical. The return date of two overseas players, Wei Shihao and Zhang Yuning, has been postponed to September 9, and Jiang Yuan's return date is even more uncertain.
Most Chinese fans approve of Mourinho's operation, but fans of Chinese Super League teams such as Evergrande and SIPG disagree.
He started recruiting players 20 days before the game, and the play-offs are a two-round match. So Mourinho was essentially loaning out the club's main players for a whole month.
Currently, Shandong Taishan is only 2 points away from the AFC Champions League play-off zone, and there is only a 4-point gap between Shanghai Port and first-placed Evergrande.
How does this work?
The Chinese Football Association sent a notice to all the clubs that have national players. The short five words "put the overall situation first" directly received more than 5 comments on Dongqiudi.
In fact, the incident itself only attracted 3 comments at most, and the more than 5 comments were all caused by the quarrels among fans.
[Nima, the Chinese Super League is not going to be played anymore? ]
[Wow, the goalkeeper and the main striker are all gone. I wonder how many games Shanghai SIPG can win in the next month]
[Shanghai SIPG is OK, they only have Wu Lei and Yan Junling, but half of our Evergrande players have been poached, and we will have 6 substitutes in every game from now on]
[Hey, now that I think about it, we seem to have made a profit. Damn, SIPG will sprint and beat Evergrande! ]
【? ? ? ? 】
[Mourinho's double standards are outrageous. Overseas players can postpone their return for one game, right? Xiao Jiang is fine, but why are Zhang Yuning and Wei Shihao so prominent? ]
[It’s mainly because Mourinho can’t use the Football Association to put pressure on foreign clubs, and Zhang Yuning is having a hard time in Vitesse right now. He just got the No. 1 substitute position. If he leaves for too long and the coach is not satisfied with him, it will be very difficult for him.]
[Although I often criticize the Football Association, this wave of operations is really fine]
[I checked your homepage, you don’t even watch the Chinese Super League, so of course you think this is okay]
[Two of our main players were taken away from us, but I think Mourinho did a good job. If Evergrande explodes, we will win the championship, hahaha! ]
[In fact, it’s mainly Evergrande. Guoan’s current ranking is the same whether there are main players or not]
Every fan has a different stance, and this call-up is a huge blow to Guangzhou Evergrande.
But those Chinese fans who only watch the five major leagues think that this matter does not matter and Evergrande needs to be more generous.
As for Shanghai SIPG, now they have realized that 8 players from Evergrande were withdrawn. If you think about it carefully, Shanghai SIPG made a profit.
With 4 games in a month, Shanghai SIPG will be able to directly pry the number one ranked Evergrande away!
SIPG fans: We must support the early call-up and win glory for the country! Wu Lei and Yan Junling, don’t come back yet!
In the end, the national team players from major clubs also went to Hebei for training, but the Football Association thought that something was not right. What if the players are concerned about the club and cannot perform in good form?
There was no other choice but to make a groundbreaking decision after comprehensive consideration, which was to move the 25th, 26th and 27th rounds of the Chinese Super League to November.
The original end date of the season was November 11, but after the plan was implemented, it was changed to November 4.
This would be fairer to the major clubs, but it would be uncomfortable for the players.
Their vacation was postponed for a whole month!
Football reporter Li Xuan: Shanghai SIPG fans are opposed to the new plan of the Football Association. They believe that it is the players' obligation to compete for the country and hope that the Football Association will maintain the original plan.
"Wu Lei and Yan Junling are two crucial players for SIPG, but if it is for the benefit of the entire country, SIPG fans are willing to make this sacrifice!"
These are the original words from the letter written by Shanghai SIPG fans to the top brass of the Football Association. However, according to reporters, officials of the Football Association directly rejected this suggestion. They had received a letter from the Evergrande fans organization half a day ago.
"SIPG wants to steal the trophy," these are also the original words of the fans.
……
The postponement of the Chinese Super League caused a lot of controversy in the country, but Jiang Yuan, who was far away in the UK, was completely unaware of this matter.
Playing two games in four days, the entire Chelsea team is under great pressure.
The only good news is that the first round of the group stage match against Roma is played at home and they don't need to go to Italy.
“Is there any space in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber?”
Rozovic hurried to the oxygen chamber room, grabbed a team assistant and started asking questions.
"Jiang has 8 minutes left, N'Golo and Pogba both have 15 minutes."
"Okay, let Jiang go to the physical therapy room for a massage as soon as he comes out, and Paul will go to the liquid nitrogen room. You talk to him, I'll be waiting for him inside."
"What about N'Golo?"
The assistant coach stopped Rozovic who was about to run away.
"Wait until he comes out and then let him back in. It will still take 25 minutes."
……
(End of this chapter)
