allendalepharm Chapter 321 It doesn't matter, the blind monk will make a move
Chapter 321 It doesn't matter, the blind monk will make a move
Chapter 321 It doesn't matter, the blind monk will make a move
Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock sat in his office, frowning.
He is thinking about the tactics for the next game.
That is the eighth round of the league, the game against Chelsea at home.
In Warnock's view, although Crystal Palace's overall record is not good, it is mainly caused by the confusion caused by the departure of the original head coach in the opening stage.
After losing the first four rounds in the opening round and staying in the bottom one and second place, Warnock finally turned the situation around.
A 3:2 victory over Everton in the fifth round and a 2:0 victory over Leicester City in the sixth round made Crystal Palace jump out of the relegation zone.
But the good times didn't last long, and they immediately lost to Hull City 0:2 in the seventh round.
In other words, the state of Crystal Palace is very unstable now.
But unlike Chelsea, Crystal Palace has a small number of international players, and the national team match day has little impact on them.
Therefore, this also gave Warnock ample time to train and adjust the team to prepare for the next game.
And after these two weeks, Warnock's confidence has become more and more sufficient.
He has a strong desire to beat Chelsea!
He has countless reasons to do so.
First of all, this round of Crystal Palace is a home game. If they want to successfully avoid relegation this season, or even get better results, they must do their best to grab points at home.
Secondly, Chelsea is currently the top team. If Crystal Palace can stop the opponent's progress, not only can they get important points for relegation, but they can also greatly boost the morale of the team.
There's nothing more invigorating than beating a strong team!The unstable Crystal Palace needs such a victory even more.
Again, Crystal Palace and Chelsea are both London teams after all, although they are not as eye-catching as the North London Derby or the red-blue battle between Chelsea and Arsenal;
It is not as exciting as the M23 derby with Brighton, but it is still a London derby, and the fans still value it.
If you can beat Chelsea, you will undoubtedly gain support from the fan base for yourself, and it will also make your coaching position more stable.
After all, the news that Crystal Palace boss Parish has been looking for a new coach and has even contacted Crystal Palace star Alan Pardew has already spread!
Who wants to be fired by the boss?
Again, now Chelsea and Pan Yi are gaining momentum, almost stealing all the limelight in the Premier League.
The Premier League has just selected the best players in September, and Chelsea can be said to be the only one.
In the best team of eleven people, Lukaku, Hazard, Marcos Alonso, David Luiz, Kanter, Courtois have been selected.
In other words, among the 11 players, there are 6 Chelsea players, accounting for more than half!
The best player was once again won by Hazard, and the head coach Pan Yi also undisputedly won the best head coach of the month in September.
Chelsea's sweeping victory is certainly admirable, but at the same time it has made this team a target of public criticism.
Everyone knows that no matter which head coach can lead the team and stop Chelsea's winning streak, whoever can become famous!
Warnock certainly wanted to be that guy.
If he can't be the Premier League champion, he should be someone who can beat the Premier League champion!
With fame, you can also broaden your future coaching path.
This business is like this, otherwise why some well-known players can become coaches immediately after retiring?
It is because everyone has heard his name and believes that he can calm down the locker room and quickly apply the coaching knowledge he heard and learned during his player days to the court.
This is also true for some coaches, as long as they get upset in some focus battles, they will also get huge attention and become famous.
After becoming famous, it is much easier to find a job.
A simple example, in 2022, the head coach of the Saudi team will be much more famous after leading the team to defeat the champion Argentina, right?The same goes for the Morocco coach.
Finally, it is also because Pan Yi was the target of Crystal Palace in the first place, which has also been reported in the news.
It was only later that Parish chose Tony Pulis, who won the title of the best coach in the Premier League, and did not hire Pan Yi to come to Crystal Palace.
After Tony Pulis left Crystal Palace earlier this season, Parish chose Warnock again.
This is equivalent to saying that Warnock is just a spare tire, and the boss still loves Pan Yi the most.
Can this be tolerated?
Therefore, Warnock can also prove to the boss by defeating Pan Yi that he is more suitable to sit in the handsome position of Crystal Palace!
Therefore, in the past two weeks, Warnock has led his Crystal Palace to focus on rehearsing targeted tactics to restrain Chelsea.
The most important thing is to study Everton's 2:4 loss to Chelsea in the third round.
Although Everton still lost at the time, their tenacious and fierce play also allowed them to temporarily draw with Chelsea 2:2.
This also gave Warnock some very valuable lessons, and it also allowed him to see the possibility of restraining Chelsea.
In addition, Crystal Palace defeated Everton in the fifth round, which gave Warnock more confidence.
The last favorable factor is that Crystal Palace is waiting for work at home, and Chelsea has gone through the "torture" of the international match day. It is said that there are also injuries in the team, and the reduction and consumption must be relatively large.
So this is really a great opportunity for Warnock!
The right time, place and people are all on the side of the Crystal Palace!
Thinking of this, Warnock suddenly stood up and slammed his fist on the desk:
"Pan Yi, it's time to increase your strength!"
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On the evening of October 2014, 10, City of London, Selhurst Park Stadium.
Crystal Palace's home game against Chelsea is underway.
On the court, the opponents are playing in full swing, and the game is very tragic.
It is now the 55th minute of the second half, and the LCD screen above the stadium stands is showing the current score: 2 to 0.
It seems that Chelsea won easily again, already leading by two goals.If some fans just opened the elevator and saw this score, they might have this idea first.
But that's not the case.
According to international practice, the display of the score board is that the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.
In other words, this 2:0 means that Crystal Palace leads by two goals!
And if these fans turn off the elevator and turn on the TV again to watch carefully, they will find that there are only 21 players on the field now.
There are actually only 10 people fighting on Chelsea's side!
Yes, Chelsea did send one off.
In this game, Neil Warnock, the head coach of Crystal Palace, obviously ordered his disciples to treat the "guests" with a tough attitude, so today they played rough, with many fouls and small moves. .
This made Chelsea's players involuntarily increase their actions.
However, today's referee Martin Atkinson didn't know if he came with a mission. When Crystal Palace players fouled, his whistle was a bit soft, but when Chelsea players fouled, he was aware of it and whistled decisively.
Before the end of the first half, he had already shown Chelsea players five yellow cards, while Crystal Palace had only one.
Under the care of such "blind monks", Chelsea players became more and more angry in their kicks, and their technical movements were inevitably a bit deformed, and their offensive kicks were a bit unsmooth.
And Crystal Palace strictly implemented their own defensive counterattack tactics, while using rough fouls to fragment the game, while looking for opportunities to use the speed of their striker Zaha to break through Chelsea's defense after stealing the ball.
In the 30th minute of the first half, Crystal Palace's new aid of the season, Fraser Campbell, made a through pass. Zaha found the opportunity to insert Chelsea's penalty area from the ribs.
Azpilicueta behind him seemed to have a slight movement in his hand, and Zaha fell in the penalty area, and the whistle sounded immediately!
Referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the penalty spot without hesitation and showed Azpilicueta a yellow card.
That's all, the problem is that Azpilicueta had already received a yellow card before, so two yellow cards turned into one red, and Azpilicueta was sent off immediately!
In other words, this is almost a red dot set meal!
This also means that in the next hour, Chelsea will fight with 10 people.
Martin Atkinson stood by his call despite Chelsea's coaches and players coming forward to protest that Zaha was diving.
The penalty was taken by Zaha himself.
The ball king who was still rolling on the ground in pain just now fully recovered and made a penalty kick steadily!
1:0, Crystal Palace leads.
After the goal was scored, Pan Yi also quickly made adjustments, replacing today's starting winger B with Ivanovic, and then adjusted the formation to a 342.
In this way, while keeping the number of people in the backcourt unchanged, only two forwards, Bamford and Schurrle, are left in front to maintain the offensive power.
But obviously, Chelsea's players on the field were greatly affected by this red dot package, and they have never recovered.
Towards the end of the first half, Crystal Palace once again took advantage of a counter-attack with another goal by Fraser Campbell.
Two goals behind and one less player, this is the most severe test Chelsea have faced since the start of the season!
During the intermission, Pan Yi poured a bucket of cold water on the hot-headed players to wake them up and adjust their tactics.
That is not to press out to attack for the time being, but to stabilize the defense first, adapt to the situation of fighting with ten people, and then look for opportunities.
In this way, although Chelsea has one less player than the opponent, relying on their overall strength advantage, they can still stabilize their position, making it impossible for Crystal Palace to take advantage of the opportunity to expand their score advantage.
But the problem is that now Chelsea is one side behind, and they are still behind by two goals.
Time has been passing, if there is no change in the scene, Chelsea will really usher in the first defeat of the season!
More than 2 Crystal Palace fans in the stands of Selhurst Park seemed to have seen the victory, and began to celebrate in advance with singing and dancing.
Some fans even took out banners prepared in advance, which read impressively:
"Who needs Pan Yi?"
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Pan Yi looked at the field with a solemn expression.
Of course he would not blame Azpilicueta for this red card.
His active defense attitude is worthy of recognition.
And this penalty was unwarranted. After Azpilicueta came down, he even said that he didn't touch Zaha at all!
But it's useless to say that now.
What he has to do is to find a way to reverse the current situation on the field.
It's just hard right now.
Due to the impact of the international match day, Pan Yi put Lukaku, Hazard and others on the bench today, while traveling around South America and the European continent, the four most tired Brazilian national team players did not even enter the game stage. list.
Regardless of whether the Belgian striker double star is not on, but for Chelsea today, the biggest impact is actually the defense.
David Luiz is absent, and Gary Cahill is injured, so Pan Yi sent today a combination of Terry, Ake, and Zouma.
Of course, such a combination is actually not a big problem in defense, after all, it has been used in previous games.
But now when the score is behind and it is necessary to strengthen the offense, David Luiz's ability to hold the ball, including his ability to score from set kicks, is particularly important.
So Pan Yi had to think about it seriously.
He has to come up with a plan B in a short period of time to face the current situation where he is behind by two goals and has one less player to play!
"What now?" Steve Holland asked.
Scaloni didn't speak, but the eager eyes he looked at Pan Yi clearly represented his current mood.
Obviously, Pan Yi has no way to deal with it until now, and the two assistant coaches sitting on both sides of him are a little anxious.
"I'll think about it again." Pan Yi smiled, to avoid contagion of such anxious emotions on the coach's bench and the bench, "Don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while."
Holland and Scaloni: "???"
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"Haha, we are finally going to win!"
Unlike the dead silence in the visiting team's coaching area, on the home team's side, Crystal Palace's head coach Neil Warnock couldn't stop smiling, and had a good chat with the assistant coaches.
"I knew that they were able to win consecutive victories to this day, it must be because other teams have been too gentle with them! Haha!"
"In the past two weeks, I have been asking the players to strengthen physical confrontation, and I have not held back in training. I even injured Ward and Bolassier..."
"But now it seems that all this is worth it! Our preparations in the past two weeks have not been wasted!"
"The media has been asking, who will be the first to beat Pan Yi in the Premier League? Didn't expect it? It's next! Hahahaha!"
Warnock seems to have the chance to win. That's because now that Crystal Palace has two goals in hand, the game time has also begun to enter the second half of the second half, and Chelsea has one less player to fight, and Pan Yi seems to have nothing to do.
It can be said that Crystal Palace almost grabbed the three points with one hand.
"However, if Chelsea hadn't been sent off, I'm really not sure that I can beat them, even if they are already two goals ahead."
Neil Warnock sighed suddenly, and said, "This Pan Yi really has two brushes."
"Even though they have one less player now, they are still in balance with us on the scene, and it is not at all obvious that it is ten against eleven."
"Even in local ball possession and coordination, they still have a certain advantage."
"From this, we can see how successful Pan Yi has been in transforming this team, and we can also understand why they can maintain a record of unbeaten victories."
The teaching assistants on the side also kept nodding.
They are also a little lucky.
Due to a controversial penalty, Crystal Palace won a penalty kick to take the lead, and more importantly, Azpilicueta, who caused the opponent to run on the wing, was sent off.
In this way, while Chelsea lost one player, it also reduced the pressure on Crystal Palace on the wing. Only then did Crystal Palace have a chance to score another goal and maintain a [-]-[-] split with Chelsea on the scene.
And now it's almost seven and 10 minutes into the game, and the ten Chelsea players are still actively fighting against Crystal Palace, which shows how strong their physical fitness, will, and team combat ability are.
It is precisely because of this that Crystal Palace did not think about strengthening their offense and trying to score one or two more goals.
After all, the current score is enough!
In case of a big push, Chelsea counterattacked and scored instead, but it would be nothing but a steal.
Look, even if they play 11 against 10 and lead by two goals, they will still be afraid of Chelsea's counterattack.
It's hard to imagine what it would be like now without the penalty and red card.
Perhaps it is Chelsea who are leading by two goals now?That's the normal script.
But the current script is that Crystal Palace leads by two goals!They are about to become the first team to kill Chelsea and Pan Yi!
Both Warnock and the teaching assistants are a little too excited to sit still at the thought of being on the headlines of all the sports newspapers in the UK tomorrow.
The excitement made them glance at their wrists from time to time, wishing they could move the pointer on the watch faster so that the referee would blow the final whistle! ——
"Wow ha ha ha, Chelsea is really going to lose!"
In the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, Gary Neville stood up excitedly, waving the Crystal Palace towel in his hand.
Since the last time he was shirtless and fidgeting through that episode, Neville has been counting on Chelsea to lose every day.
So as long as any team is Chelsea's opponent, then he is a fan of that team!
Of course, although he didn't dare to bet with Zola, his greatest hope is still in the ninth round of Manchester United's home game against Chelsea.
His old club will definitely help him get back his face!
But what I didn't expect was that Crystal Palace beat Chelsea to the ground today!
At the end of the first half, Neville didn't dare to celebrate too much. After all, even he knew that Pan Yi's midfield adjustment was very good.
But now the game is about to enter the final 20 minutes, and Chelsea are still two goals behind.
In the case of one less person, with the support of more than 2 fans at Crystal Palace's home court, it is really difficult for Chelsea to make a comeback!
"Right? What improvisation? That's because he didn't encounter any real difficulties!"
"This time, he didn't move! He is not a god after all!"
"What did I say? What did I say? Chelsea must not be that strong! Look at today, it will wither when it encounters a hard stubble!"
Hearing that Gary Neville was so excited there, the other guests were calmer.
Carragher said: "In all fairness, the penalty kick in the first half should not exist, so there is no two yellows and one red."
"We also watched the slow-motion replay just now. Azpilicueta's foot did not touch Zaha, but his hand lightly rested on Zaha's shoulder."
"If penalties can be awarded on such a scale, we can see more than ten penalties in every Premier League game, such football is meaningless."
Zola said angrily: "The movements of the Crystal Palace players are much bigger than this!"
"How many flying shovels in the first half, at most it was a verbal warning. Chelsea received a yellow card for some normal physical confrontation."
"This has invisibly affected the performance of Chelsea players' technical moves, and also affected their game emotions."
"Let me see, since Mr. Atkinson has vision problems, he should see a doctor instead of insisting on blowing the whistle!"
Lineker analyzed it from another angle: "Many people say that the best of the month is a curse, and it seems to be really effective."
"After Pan Yi won the best award in August, the curse did not occur, and he won the best award in September. But now it seems that the curse has been delayed..."
"And this international match day seems to have accelerated the onset of this curse. Today Chelsea's 18-man match list lacks four Brazilian internationals, and Cahill's absence due to illness also makes Pan Yi The formation of troops is a bit stretched."
"Perhaps Pan Yi should consider giving up multi-line combat? Otherwise, in the later stage, there will be more and more games, and the players will become more and more tired, and may really collapse..."
Gary Neville looked at Zola at this time and smiled at him: "How about it, do you still think Chelsea will win?"
Zora was silent.
"Haha, in this world, where is there a team that is always victorious and undefeated? No matter how strong a team is, it will lose, let alone a team led by a young coach like Pan Yi?" Gary Neville seized the time to output.
He was forced to defend for far too long in the first few weeks!
Pan Yi really slapped him in the face too much, and today it's finally his turn to feel proud!
And Zola still didn't answer.
At this moment, even the most hardcore "Pan Chuan" can hardly believe that Chelsea can be brought back to life.
He just felt depressed. After all, the team had won seven games in a row, and their morale was like a rainbow. It was the time when they were going all out. Why did they suddenly fall at the feet of a weak team like Crystal Palace?
If it's a loss to a team like Arsenal or Manchester City, I think it's better to accept it...
However, Zora still has doubts.
That is, he always felt that Pan Yi was a person who would not give up so easily.
Whether in Milan or Hamburg, he also encountered difficult times, but he never gave up.
But now, why is there still no movement from Pan Yi?
No substitutions, no adjustments to tactics to launch an offensive, is this still the Pan Yi that everyone knows?
Zora's lips moved slightly, but he wasn't responding to Gary Neville.
He was talking to himself, chanting words that no one could hear:
"Aren't there stars like Lukaku and Hazard on the Chelsea bench now?"
"They have the ability to change the game, why not replace them?"
"Pan Yi, Pan Yi, what are you thinking?..."
(End of this chapter)