allendalepharm Chapter 335
Chapter 335
Chapter 335
The Premier League has completely become Pan Yi's one-man show!
If there were still people who were unwilling to believe it before, then now, they have to admit this fact.
This game at Anfield in the 11th round of the Premier League once again proved this point.
Liverpool lost 1:3 to Chelsea at home.
Although Pan Yi's team did not continue the previous storm of scoring goals, they still took their time when they fell behind in the face of Liverpool. In the end, they scored three goals in a row and retreated from Anfield.
Even Liverpool legend Carragher admitted: "Chelsea tonight deserved the three points, they performed even better."
"The composure and stability they showed when they fell behind is something you don't see in most teams."
"If you don't look at the score, you can't even see that they are a team that is half-time behind!"
"Such confidence and temperament also make Chelsea more unstoppable. I really think that the suspense of the Premier League championship this season has completely disappeared..."
Carragher said this, on the one hand, because Chelsea's performance is really good, on the other hand, the strong players are still failing.
The BIG6 with the best performance in this round is Manchester United. They beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at home. Mata scored the only goal of the game in the 67th minute.
And Manchester City was tied 2:2 by Queens Park Rangers in the away game, and Arsenal lost to Swansea 1:2 in the away game!
Arsenal's north London neighbours, Tottenham, were not much better either, losing 1-2 at home to Stoke City.
On the contrary, Southampton's performance is still stable. After winning Leicester City 2:0, it still ranks No.2 in the standings after Chelsea.
In fact, if Chelsea is not counted, the situation in the Premier League this season can be said to be extremely chaotic, and it can also be called "the troubled times of the Premier League". Whether it is the championship, the fourth, or even the relegation battle, it is very interesting.
But now with this invincible Chelsea, one of the most gimmicks in the league, that is, the suspense of winning the championship, has been weakened a lot.
Eleven consecutive victories at the start!
The number of goals scored is the first in the Premier League, and the number of goals conceded is the least in the Premier League!
This is not a dimensionality reduction strike, what is a dimensionality reduction strike?
And in the process of this eleven-game winning streak, Chelsea has not encountered troubles, nor has it encountered challenges, but Pan Yi always has a way to solve it.
"Chelsea is not easy to mess with after 70 minutes" and "Pan Yi time" have become the distinctive labels of this Chelsea team.
Under the control of Pan Yi, this seemingly too young team has staged a show that is the peak of its debut. It has seized the leader of the Premier League standings from the first round, and then refused to move. up.
This is equivalent to saying: I won the championship, and you can grab the rest!
Although there are still a few media who are still talking about the miracle of "Manchester United overtaking Newcastle", many people know that the reason why miracles are called miracles is because they don't happen often.
With the current momentum of Chelsea, four teams in the BIG6 have been eliminated. Can they still count on the relatively weak Tottenham Hotspur, which is currently only ranked 12th in the standings?
Now no matter which Premier League team, when facing Chelsea with a kingly temperament, their stature will involuntarily be three inches shorter, and their momentum will be much worse. Winning is even more difficult.
Moreover, even if Chelsea loses a game or two by negligence, so what?
It's just that the winning streak has been terminated, but their advantage in the standings is still unshakable.
Therefore, many people think that other strong teams should calm down and compete for the fourth place.
After all, the competition for the Champions League seats this year is predictably fiercer than in previous years!
Not to mention the traditional BIG6, at least two will be squeezed out of the top four;
And this season, Southampton, West Ham United, including Swansea, and Newcastle United are all in good form. They have been constantly interspersed in the BIG6 queue, and they have pulled BIG6 down from time to time.
If the strong teams can't get back to their form in time, the land of England this season will really be a mess!
The "Times" also mentioned that originally everyone thought that when the Christmas schedule approached, maybe Chelsea's state would experience greater ups and downs.
But Chelsea was eliminated by York City in the League Cup, which now seems to be a big plus.
Since the quarter-finals of the League Cup, including the home and away semi-finals, will be held in December and January, they actually constitute an important part of the Christmas Devil's schedule.
But after Chelsea was eliminated, it was equivalent to losing three games in one fell swoop!
For strong teams, due to national team competitions and European competitions, there are already many competitions, and players are more prone to fatigue.
Fatigue and injuries caused by multi-line combat, including instability, often become the beginning of a team's collapse.
For example, in these few rounds, BIG6 have lost one after another. Is it really because they are not as strong as those small and medium teams?This is of course impossible.
In many cases, it is the sequelae caused by multi-line combat.
So why hasn't Chelsea been affected?
No longer wasting time in the League Cup is a big reason.
Between the tasteless League Cup and the league leader, I believe everyone will choose the latter without hesitation.
And although everyone doesn't know what Pan Yi's mentality was like when he lost to York City, it is clear that such a loss seems to have more advantages than disadvantages.
Of course there is another reason.
That is, Chelsea also won the Champions League group stage very easily!
They secured the first place in the group early on, so they don't have to work hard every game like other teams.
Send some young players to rotate, play football happily, and come home safely.
——Of course, as for playing the Champions League with a relaxed mind with a rotation lineup and winning the game, this is another matter.
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Chelsea's dominance in the Premier League was revealed again in the 12th round against West Bromwich Albion.
It's not about how dominant Chelsea was in the game, and how amazing the final score of 6:0 was;
It was West Bromwich Albion's head coach Aaron Owen, who actually sent most of the substitutes in this away game, even young players to fight, it was clearly a strategic abandonment!
Such a relatively negative attitude towards the game naturally caused a lot of controversy after the game.
But Alan Owen said frankly:
"We are a team fighting for relegation and I know who our real opponents are."
"We just have to focus on beating Queens Park Rangers, beating Burnley, or Crystal Palace."
"Beat Chelsea? At Stamford Bridge? Are you kidding me? This is something that even Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams cannot do."
"I can apologize to the fans who bought a ticket and didn't see the great game, and I can apologize to the West Bromwich fans who saw the defeat, but I still don't think I'm so happy for the game. What's wrong with your attitude?"
"I still say what I said just now. I will not fight against such a nearly invincible team. I must preserve my strength and fight for games that can be won."
"To be honest, if you want to blame, you can only blame Pan Yi. His Chelsea team is really too strong..."
"You also saw how we played against Tottenham, Manchester United, we were really trying to win, and we really drew with Manchester United and beat Tottenham. But this Chelsea, sorry, I I really don't see any hope of beating them."
"You have to go all out in every game? Hehe, if I get out of class because I failed to relegation, will you support me?..."
After the game, the British media also uncharacteristically did not study how Pan Yi formed his troops in the 6-0 victory, but were all discussing the impact of West Bromwich Albion's approach. wrong.
Opponents believe that if every team like West Bromwich Albion automatically surrenders when they see Chelsea, it has been advertised as "the most competitive" and "the middle and lower teams are not easy to mess with." Isn't the name of the Premier League not worthy of the name?
It is understandable to strategically abandon relatively tasteless events such as the League Cup and the FA Cup, but it is a bit too much to abandon the Premier League.
And this is also a bit like recommending Chelsea to win the championship all the way, the feeling of being appointed.
However, supporters said that what Aaron Owen said is also reasonable. West Bromwich Albion could not beat Chelsea even if they tried their best, and they might still score 6:0, so why not maintain their strength? How about fighting against a more worthy opponent?
After all, before them, strong teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal were indeed fighting Chelsea with all their strength, right?The results also lost.
Even a lineup like Manchester United lost 0:5.
West Bromwich Albion is a relegation team, you let them go to Chelsea to score points, it is really a bit difficult.
The two sides are at loggerheads, the public says the public is right, the mother-in-law says the woman is right, and neither can convince the other.
This kind of dispute even surpassed the focus of this round, Arsenal's home game against Manchester United.
In this game, Van Gaal did not use the big circle tactics, but resorted to a 3-4-3 that seems to be somewhat similar to Pan Yi's formation.
Di Maria, Van Persie and Rooney became the three arrows, while Luke Shaw and Valencia came to serve as wingbacks, and the double midfielders were Fellaini + Carrick.
Such a change also made Professor Wenger a little uncomfortable, and the result was a 1:2 defeat at home.
Manchester United first forced Arsenal defender Gibbs to score an own goal, and then Rooney sealed the victory with a goal in the 85th minute.
Arsenal only scored a goal in the 90th minute from the bench Giroud, but it didn't help.
The victory of this game also brought Manchester United back to the top six positions in the standings, and it is only 4 point away from No.1.
Of course, Van Gaal did not admit that his formation was born out of Pan Yi:
"As I said before, I used the 3-4-3 formation in Ajax 20 years ago. If anyone learned who, I think Pan Yi used my idea."
"What, Manchester United's frontcourt crossovers and wing backs today do have the shadow of Chelsea? I can only say that you reporters don't know much about football. Isn't that how 3-4-3 is played?"
"About West Bromwich Albion's strategic abandonment of the game? Sorry, Aaron Owen is his business, but I'm sure I want to fight every game..."
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In Germany, there is one more man who needs to fight every game.
That is Dortmund coach Klopp.
Because their current situation is a hundred times worse than Manchester United and even West Bromwich Albion!
What a bad law?
Now that the Bundesliga has also played 12 rounds, what is Dortmund's result like?
3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, only 11 points!
This result can only be ranked 18th among the 16 Bundesliga teams, which is the third from the bottom.
In other words, Dortmund is now in the relegation zone!
This is simply an incredible thing.
After all, just a short year ago, Dortmund was still a team in the Champions League!
Even Hamburg, which has suffered serious blood loss in Xia Chuang this season, is still in the middle of the standings.
With Dortmund's results, Klopp has been at the forefront of public opinion, and he was even about to dismiss get out of class.
If he hadn't worked hard in Dortmund for many years, and he also had "hard currency" such as the Bundesliga champion and the Champions League runner-up, he would have been kicked out by the fans long ago.
The main reason for the current situation is the transfer of Dortmund this summer;
And the most important reason is, of course, that the leading striker Robert Lewandowski's contract expired to join Bayern Munich for free.
The subsequent introduction of the Serie A Golden Boot Immobile has now proven to be a failure.
Immobile probably belongs to the kind of player with an "adaptability" attribute of 1. He can only mix well in Serie A, but he can't do it outside.
At this time, Klopp had no way to change his thinking in time to adjust, which caused Dortmund to lose consecutive games and dive all the way into the relegation zone.
The only consolation now is that Dortmund's performance in the Champions League is still "ok".
Although in their Group G, Chelsea went all the way to maintain a complete victory, but it also caused Dortmund's other competitors to have a difficult time.
多特蒙德在以0：3败给切尔西后，在与葡萄牙体育的两回合较量中取得了一胜一平的战绩，这也让他们在四轮过后以1胜2平1负的成绩排在第二位。
Yes, No.1 in this group is Chelsea with 12 points, and No.2 is Dortmund with 5 points.
The two teams, Roma and Sporting Lisbon, both had 2 draws and 2 losses with only 2 points, ranking third and fourth.
But Dortmund is actually a bit dangerous.
Because Roma has already played two games against Chelsea, as long as they achieve good results in the head-to-head confrontation with the other two teams in the group, especially if they can win the game against Dortmund, they have a high probability of overtaking.
And Dortmund's remaining two games are one against Chelsea and one against Roma.
Klopp is now facing a choice somewhat similar to that of the West Brovic head coach.
Do you want to fight Chelsea, or stay focused on Roma?
The problem is, if you can score at least 1 point on Chelsea by taking advantage of the home court, you can occupy a very favorable position in this group.
Because if Roma can't win the game against Sporting Lisbon this round, even if Dortmund loses to Roma in the final round of the group stage, they can still qualify for the group!
But if they lose to Chelsea, the last round of the match against Roma will become a battle of life and death, and failure is absolutely not allowed.
"We still have to fight." Klopp gritted his teeth.
He can't hand over his fate to others, nor can he just give up a chance to fully control his own destiny.
And now if you can score points on Chelsea, it is not just as simple as being able to qualify for the Champions League.
His team has now fallen into the Bundesliga relegation zone, and they need a victory to give the team a shot in the arm!
Besides, Chelsea has already steadily qualified ahead of schedule as the number one in the group. With Pan Yi's pissing nature, he will inevitably carry out a large-scale rotation in such an irrelevant game for them, and even test new formations and new players. Law.
This is Dortmund's chance!
To be honest, Klopp has now recognized the gap between himself and Pan Yi. If he still uses Dortmund's current lineup to fight against Chelsea's main lineup, he really doesn't expect a victory;
But now Pan Yi is likely to send only a substitute lineup, so it is really possible!
If he can win, maybe he can also drive his own performance in the Bundesliga.
Otherwise, I can only take the blame and resign.
Even if the fans don't chase him away, he has brought Dortmund like this, and he really has no face to stay any longer!
Therefore, Klopp has made up his mind.
"Attack him, maybe you can steal a three-pointer, and it will be more stable to qualify!"
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November 11, Westfalenstadion.
The exciting yellow waves in the South Stand danced again, and the fifth round of Group G of the Champions League group match between Dortmund and Chelsea has begun.
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Dortmund, who were playing at home, took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Chelsea.
Only about 30 seconds into the opening, Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa shot an angry shot from the outside of the penalty area, but Cech stabbed him steadily.
Today, Klopp's starting lineup is still a 4231. Except for the regular main players in the midfield and backcourt, there are subtle changes in the four players in the frontcourt.
That is to put Aubameyang as a single arrow in the center position, and behind him is Shinji Kagawa, with Royce and Mkhitaryan on both sides.
Aubameyang is used, of course, because Klopp is now completely disappointed with Immobile.
Although Aubameyang's tactical discipline is poor, after all, he has speed and impact, and it matches Dortmund's overall style quite well.
The use of Shinji Kagawa is even more special today.
Due to his relatively thin body and relatively weak confrontation, Shinji Kagawa has not been fully reused by Klopp since his unsuccessful Premier League trip returned to Dortmund.
However, Shinji Kagawa's offensive characteristics are still very distinct.
He is actually a very modern attacking midfielder.
His specialty is not the routine of "ball control-observation-fatal delivery", that is, he does not need a lot of ball control at his feet, but simplifies complex offensive problems through precise passing, breakthroughs and running positions.
In other words, he is looking for opportunities in constant movement and coordination, especially in the process of transitioning from defense to offense, using the most reasonable and efficient way to lead the offense.
This football style based on solid basic skills has made Shinji Kagawa very handy in Dortmund.
Because under Klopp's command, Dortmund's players not only have the body, skills and speed, but also pay attention to the fast-paced passing and small cooperation, which matches Shinji Kagawa's style very well.
It was in this environment that Shinji Kagawa grew into one of the best attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga, and he also won the honor of half-time MVP.
Although his state has declined now, he can still play a very important role in the current Dortmund team.
Klopp asked him to play the main force today, just to ignore Kagawa's disadvantages in defense for the time being, and let him try his best to display his offensive talents so that Dortmund can fully play the offense today!
And the Dortmund players did the same.
From the first shot after the opening, to their active pressure on Chelsea, and at the same time actively looking for opportunities to counterattack, Klopp's intentions can be seen.
And today's Chelsea, just as Klopp expected, sent out a rotation lineup.
After all, Chelsea's recent games, from West Bromwich Albion to Dortmund today, to Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, and Newcastle, have only three to four days between each game.
Although winning West Bromwich Albion means that the opponent is invincible and bloodless, Pan Yi still doesn't want his players to work too hard.
So today, players like Christensen, Mikel, Cheek, Bamford, including goalkeeper Petr Cech, who usually played relatively few games, all started to play.
The body is the capital of the revolution, and only by staying healthy can the team's lasting combat effectiveness be maintained!
It's just that these players don't spend as much time working together as the main players. It was indeed a bit difficult to be rushed by Dortmund at the beginning.
"Take it easy, don't worry, stabilize the defense first!"
Pan Yi naturally also saw this, so he stood up and rushed to the field and shouted a few times.
Even with the same lineup, when facing different tactics of different opponents, it still takes time to adjust on the court.
This is why many games will have a "testing" stage at the beginning, that is, adapting to the opponent and adapting to the teammates.
In the last time they played against Liverpool, Chelsea focused on stability in the first half, which is almost the same reason.
Today, Chelsea's lineup is relatively "raw", and it will take more time to adapt to the impact of Dortmund.
"Today Klopp felt like he was trying to overwhelm us all at once."
When Pan Yi sat back on the coaching bench, Scaloni said with a little disdain: "Is it because we have a rotation lineup today? There are really few teams in European football who dare to do this..."
Steve Holland said: "Klopp is under too much pressure now, which is understandable."
Pan Yi also nodded slightly.
Everyone knows that Dortmund's situation in the Bundesliga is worrying.
It's good to be ranked third from the bottom now. If they hadn't achieved one win and one tie in the past two rounds, they would still be at the bottom of the standings now!
Although a lineup like Dortmund is not very powerful, but if you say that a team with Royce, Mkhitaryan, and Aubameyang ranks last in the league, no one will believe it.
The pressure on Klopp is really conceivable.
Under such tremendous pressure, it is entirely possible that Klopp will want to give it a go.
If you can win Chelsea, you may be able to release a lot of this pressure.
"Just right, we also practice defensive counterattacks." Pan Yi smiled, "There is no better training material than Klopp's offense."
The strength of Chelsea this season has caused many teams to shrink their heads when they encounter the Blues. Chelsea basically presses and besieges their opponents aggressively, and they really don't have too many counterattacks.
Today is just right, it's time to practice the lineup and tactics at the same time.
After all, in a high-level game, it is almost impossible for you to keep suppressing your opponent and scoring goals.
In many cases, it is necessary to rely on quick and flexible counterattacks to instantly break through the opponent's city.
In the 2022 World Cup, why were there so many games that failed to score in the first half?
Why do teams like Germany and Spain, which are dominated by pass control, play more and more difficult?
It is because under the current more and more mature defensive system and the oppressive atmosphere that pays more and more attention to full-court pressing, it is really difficult to find the opponent's gap in the offensive position, especially when there is no battering ram.
In the second half, the physical strength of the players declines, and after the five-change rule, they can be replaced by an attacking new force to continue to maintain pressure (teams often do not reserve substitutions for defenders). Weaknesses that are more unstable can create more scoring opportunities.
At this point, perhaps the head coach of the Japanese team, Mori Hoichi, did the best.
He always used a bald Taijun like Maeda Daran as "consumables" in the first half, running desperately to consume his opponents, and then switched to a real attacker in the second half to decide the victory.
From Senhai to Sensheng, to capable and famous player, he only took three games.
Of course, at this point in time, the three-for-one rule is still in place, and there is no way to completely use this "Tian Ji horse racing" method to win the game, but the focus on counterattack is the same.
Therefore, Pan Yi will also cherish this rare opportunity to train soldiers, and let his disciples practice well.
Of course, he also wants Klopp to see that his rotation players are not soft persimmons, they can be pinched as you want! ——
PS: Thanks to Xianyu for not wanting to work hard for the 500 tip!
(End of this chapter)