The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 307 The Biggest Victim

"Ronaldinho .. passed, he broke through from two defenders."

"Carragher came to block, beautiful, a beautiful Marseille maneuver, Zidane's stunt, Ronaldinho breakthrough!"

"Hypia, a feint, and it's over again, and the wonderful pass goes straight behind!"

"Rooney, the goal has been scored!!!"

"Liverpool's goal was finally knocked open by Chelsea!"

"Chelsea finally broke the deadlock with a shot from youngster Wayne Rooney!"

Accompanied by the series of shouts from the on-site commentator, all the fans in the bar immediately cheered hoarsely one by one, and the crisp sound of beer bottles colliding together continued, and everyone in the bar cheered!

On the TV screen, Wayne Rooney, who scored a goal, quickly rushed out of the Liverpool penalty area and rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Chelsea fans were. He kept celebrating his goal, while the fans in the bar saw him. It was constantly chanting Rooney's name. This teenager from Everton conquered Chelsea fans in a short period of time.

In the past, he was the hope of English football, and now, he is also the hope of Chelsea fans!

"Ronaldinho, a very, very wonderful individual performance. Although he did not perform very well in this game, and it seems that his state has not improved much, but this time the flash of inspiration has shown us all. When it comes to his magic, he doesn't need to be good for a long time, just a flash of light is enough to destroy a team."

Following the analysis of the TV commentator, the fans in the bar also chanted Ronaldinho's name, because many people said that he would become the first true World Footballer in Chelsea's football history.

There was a World Player of the Year in the history of Chelsea, that is George Weah from Liberia, but the former World Player of the Year came to Chelsea to retire in a bad situation, and he only played one game in Chelsea In [-], and he was not the main player, neither Chelsea fans nor Premier League fans recognized Weah as the Premier League's first World Footballer of the Year, but hoped to cultivate one himself.

Today, Ronaldinho and Lampard are undoubtedly the most promising candidates, and this is where the Premier League fans are now contradictory.

Lampard is a local star. In the eyes of the Premier League fans who pay more attention to the local area, Lampard's award could not be better, but Ronaldinho has more world influence. The Brazilian's magical footwork has repeatedly Saving the team from danger, and his almost fantastic performance in the Champions League final, won him the biggest bargaining chip.

UEFA's season MVP was given to Ronaldinho. I heard that the European Footballer selected by French football, the Brazilian is also a big favorite, so the treatment of Ronaldinho by Premier League fans is somewhat complicated. But more is admiration.

After all, seeing his outstanding performance, everyone will look forward to it, when their own country can also cultivate such an outstanding top talent, it will be perfect!

After a round of frantic celebrations, play resumed soon after, with Liverpool winning the kick-off.

But what is obvious is that Chelsea began to consciously strengthen the oppression of the midfielder. Regaining the three midfielders made Chelsea's oppression and pressing of the midfielder very firm, almost suffocating, and this almost abnormal oppression and The pressing made Liverpool expose its biggest problem, that is, the offensive routine is too monotonous.

"I still remember that in Valencia, Benitez's bat army had many different ball advance routines, with Vicente and Rufete on the wing, Mista on the front, and Mis in Mis. Behind the tower, there is a technical genius like Aimar who is responsible for the connection, and the double midfielder Baraja and Albelda are definitely one of the best double midfielder combinations in football today."

The on-site commentator is analyzing the current Liverpool problems based on Valencia's lineup and tactics.

"We should note that after Benitez came to Liverpool, he introduced Harvey Alonso. This Spanish player is also a classical intercepting midfielder. His long pass ability is very good. Benitez Alonso obviously hopes to use him to reorganize Liverpool's double midfielder, so whether it is to let Gerrard play the midfielder or partner with Harman, Harvey Alonso is a crucial member, and the Spaniard's The long pass scheduling was also brought into full play by Benitez."

"But apart from Harvey Alonso, we have to clearly see that Liverpool does not seem to have other stable ball routes, and they have encountered big problems in advancing the ball, so once Harvey Alonso is taken Choked to death, the frontcourt players were restricted, and they began to return to the old British style of play with frequent long passes."

"Perhaps this is why Liverpool is good against strong teams, but not against weak teams, because strong teams will not retreat when playing against Liverpool, while weak teams basically put themselves in a weak position to play defense."

Alan Hansen supports this analysis, "I think the most important thing is Aimar. After Benitez came to Liverpool, he wanted to introduce Aimar, or a midfielder who can hold the ball. For various reasons, they failed to get the attacking midfielder in the end, Luis Garcia's performance was not stable enough, Gerrard lacked the ability to hold the ball in the middle, and his own position was also very vague."

This is where Gerrard is in trouble. As a defensive midfielder, he does not have a strong sense of position. The partner with Harvey Alonso seems to be very good, but in fact there are many problems. It will be obvious, and Gerrard's offensive ability hitting the midfielder is definitely a waste.

Ye Qiu's use of Lampard made all the Premier League fans full of praise, thinking that he activated Lampard's attack power, and for Gerrard, whose attack ability is not inferior to Lampard, Liverpool fans hope The head coach can give Gerrard more freedom to fire and activate his offensive power.

But the problem is that at Chelsea, Lampard has Drogba in front, Davis, Deco and Makelele behind him, Ronaldinho next to him, Maicon and Evra on both sides, With this whole lineup, even the current Liverpool can't match it.

At least, Benitez recruited Luis Garcia, hoping that he could play the role of Aimar, but in fact he couldn't do it at all. The same is true of Baros, who shined in the European Cup, Czech Republic People are not mistas either.

In the final analysis, Benitez is not Ye Qiu, without Ye Qiu's more than ten years of football knowledge than others, so in terms of player selection, it will inevitably be restricted, so even if it is also in the reorganization, Ye Qiu's first year It can make Chelsea play its combat effectiveness, but Benitez has a lot of problems in his first year.

Of course, because of this, it can better reflect the excellence of Benitez, a master tactician, because he can lead such a problematic Liverpool team to the Champions League, which is definitely a great feat.

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In the end, the game ended with Chelsea beating Liverpool 1-0 at home.

Also on the same day, Manchester United tied Middlesbrough 1:1 at home. The Red Devils finally ranked sixth in the Premier League, but Arsenal defeated Charlton 6:4 and continued to lead the Premier League standings. The Gunners' performance so far this season, Really surprising.

However, at the post-match press conference, when Ye Qiu was asked this question by reporters, he clarified it.

"We've played against Manchester United so far, we've played against Liverpool, we've beaten them in two key big games, and even now we're only two points behind Arsenal, one game at a time. Things, so I don't think we performed badly, on the contrary, I am satisfied with the current performance of the team."

Unlike Chelsea, who have encountered Manchester United and Liverpool in a row, Arsenal has not encountered a real strong competitor even so far, more teams such as Everton and Middlesbrough, So Ye Qiu wasn't in a hurry when he was only 2 points behind.

If you really want to be anxious, you have to wait until Arsenal beat Manchester United and Liverpool before worrying, and there will be a match between Chelsea and Arsenal in December. This game is the highlight, and it is too early to worry.

"Mr. Ye Qiu, we noticed that when you were adjusting in the second half, you replaced Drogba with Davis and regained the team's top three midfielders last season. After Chelsea's goal, then, may I ask, many fans are puzzled by Chelsea's adjustments this season, will this game make you want to return to the three midfielder tactics?"

This was an unavoidable problem, and Ye Qiu had already been mentally prepared for it, starting from the moment he changed people.

"For me, there is no one tactic that can cure all problems. Some opponents have strong offensive ability, some opponents have good defensive ability, some are good at playing on the wing, and some are good at attacking the middle. There is no single tactic that can suit everyone. The opponent changes, so we have to make targeted adjustments, which is why I will play three midfielders in the game."

"I said at the beginning of the season that we don't want to rest on the laurels of the past and sleep with the championship trophy. Many people think that the Chelsea team last season was very strong and good, but they didn't notice. We In the second half of last season, many players experienced a decline in state and stamina, and even suffered from injuries."

For example, Davis, the performance of the Dutchman in the first half of the season is absolutely amazing, but in the second half of the season, his performance has declined. Although many people think that Davis is very good even in the second half of the season, injuries and Fitness is a big issue.

This is the problem with playing 4321. It is too strong and tough. This kind of high-intensity pressure that is almost abnormal has high demands on the players. Compared with last season, Davis and Makelele are both one year older. Navarro is also one year older, and it is impossible for the team to remain the same.

"I told my players that we should take the initiative to seek changes. We need to make adjustments, not only to adjust our tactical play style, but also to adjust our play style to give full play to our strength and characteristics, so I told They, we're going to play more rhythmically, smarter, more aggressively."

"No one of you believes what I said, but there is a fact that we are definitely the biggest victims of the national team competition this season. You can go and see among all the Premier League teams, who has the most international footballers and who has the most international players? The international football team has played the longest national team game, and there is no doubt that it must be our Chelsea!"

"A lot of people like to ask me why you always say Chelsea are better, but they are worse, and that's why!"

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu also felt that he had said too much, those who believed would still believe, those who did not believe, no matter how much he said, he would not be able to convince them, they would only think that you were making excuses.

"I never need to make excuses for myself, are we bad? Are we bad with 8 wins and 6 draws in 2 league rounds? I don't think so! On the contrary, I have always been confident that we will be in the Before and after the winter break, we ushered in a round of state peaks, and we will also exert our strength in the second half!"

Regarding Ye Qiu's words, some people agreed, some doubted, and many people felt that Ye Qiu was just troubling others, because Chelsea was obviously better as a midfielder, but some people showed evidence.

After finishing the 8th round of the Premier League, another two-week national team match day was ushered in. This time, Martin Samuel, a famous reporter of The Times, made a special comparison of statistics in his column.

Chelsea has called up 21 international players, including Drogba, who was injured in the game against Liverpool, was called up to play for the national team in Africa. This list of international players is the sum of Manchester United and Arsenal.

As soon as this report came out, it immediately caused a lot of trouble. Many people realized for the first time that Chelsea had become an indispensable player in European football and even world football without knowing it. The important part is that there are 25 international players in the 21-man first-team roster.

The remaining four who were not shortlisted for the national team were substitute goalkeepers Cudicini, Cesc Fabregas, Messi and Robert Huth, and the latter three players were all selected for the national youth team, and Chelsea's set The advantage of a strong national football team is the strong strength of the team, but the disadvantage is that it is always affected by the national team's games.

As if finally getting a little elated, Chelsea's official website also released its own list of international players immediately, and the club also expressed its grievances behind the list, hoping that the national team coaches can give more consideration to Chelsea.

This time, Ye Qiu didn't continue his vacation. Instead, he took Tenkat and Roland to fly around during the national team's match. First, he went to South America and met with the head coach of the Argentine national team, Jose Peker. Man and Brazil national team coach Pereira, and put forward their own suggestions during the meeting.

For example, Ye Qiu hoped that Chelsea's South American footballers would not be called up for the national team match in November.

In fact, Ye Qiu was the most straightforward when it came to recruiting players for the national team. He always maintained a good relationship with the national team, because he knew very well that all the international players were proud of playing for the national team. Falling out with the national team will only make it difficult for the players in the end, it is unnecessary.

As for the good cooperative relationship in the past, when Ye Qiu asked for it, and the match in November was not very important, so Pekerman and Pereira readily agreed, which made Ye Qiu heave a sigh of relief.

The national team game in November is in the middle of the week, but the league has not been suspended. That is to say, players have to go back and forth to play three games in a week. It's the best.

And in the communication with Pekerman, Ye Qiu also mentioned Messi, he thinks Messi is a very good player, Pekerman also said that he has his eyes on this young player, but he is still too young, I hope Ye Qiu can give him more chances.

From South America to Africa, this time Ye Qiu mainly met with the head coach of Côte d'Ivoire to talk about Drogba. The request was the same. He hoped to minimize the number of international players in some warm-up matches and unnecessary matches.

In the end, they returned to Europe. Ye Qiu met with the head coaches of the French and England national teams.

For Ye Qiu, this is a matter of public relations. Although FIFA has strict regulations, during the national team competition, the club shall not refuse the national team to recruit players for any reason, so Ye Qiu will use this method of public relations to negotiate , It is best if everyone is happy, if you really want to compete, there is no saying that no one is afraid of the other.

It really doesn't give face. Ye Qiu has countless ways to help players reject the national team's call-up. When the time comes, no one will lose face. So basically the head coaches Ye Qiu talked to personally are very face-saving, but some teams The situation is not very ideal, it depends on the situation.

After all, the head coach of the national team also has his own pressure to qualify for major events such as the World Cup qualifiers.

After circling the globe and watching a few national team games, when Ye Qiu returned to London, the international footballers began to come back one after another, and the team's situation was obviously not as good as it was. Satisfactory.

After two days of rest, Ye Qiu had to make a decision, especially considering that the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage was about to begin. In the away game against Manchester City, most of the substitute lineup was arranged to play. The above are all players who have not played many games in the national team.

It is not every time that Chelsea can retreat unscathed. This time Chelsea encountered a Waterloo in Manchester City.

This is also Ye Qiu's first league loss at Chelsea. The team lost 0:1 away to Manchester City.

On the other hand, Arsenal won 3:1 at home against Aston Villa at home and away, while Manchester United suffered a 0:0 away draw with Birmingham. Chelsea's gap quickly widened to 5 points.

The 47-match unbeaten record has come to an end, 5 points behind Arsenal, the team's performance is poor, the players are not in good condition, and since the beginning of the league, Ye Qiu's adjustment to the team has been questioned. The controversy has become the focus of attention of major European media.

Some newspapers even pointed out that as the head coach, Ye Qiu has great flaws. He can lead a team from scratch to the peak, but he can't lead a team to maintain the peak state to the maximum extent. , which is why he chose to leave Ajax at the height of his glory a year ago, and now suffers setbacks at Chelsea.

At the same time, some media published news that Ye Qiu might be dismissed from get out of class because of poor grades.

The media is like this, one round of heaven, one round of hell, when they perform well, they praise their merits, and when they perform poorly, they add insult to injury, especially after their exaggeration and hype, it seems to give people a feeling that Chelsea is no longer brilliant.

(End of this chapter)