The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 318 This is an opportunity!
18 minutes, one-fifth of a football game.

When Joe Cole was standing on the sidelines waiting to play, Ye Qiu kept explaining some things by his side. He listened very carefully, but his attention was obviously already on the court, and he just kept going to the court. Nodding to the head coach to let him know he heard it.

But in fact, all his mind is on the court, and he can't wait.

He is eager to participate in the competition, and also eager to prove himself!
"When you're old enough to tell your grandkids, when Joe Cole signed his first professional contract with West Ham United, you were at Upton Park!"

Joe Cole still remembers to this day that this was the evaluation of him by the live commentator of West Ham United in the Premier League in 1998, and in the blink of an eye, 7 years have passed, and he has changed from the young boy back then to the rich man he is now. For young people with competition experience, time has preserved many things, but it has also changed many things.

He is still considered to be the most talented player in English football after Gascoigne, but now, the English people no longer look at him with the hopeful eyes they used to, they are more What's wrong with Joe Cole?Or, hopefully Rooney isn't like Joe Cole.

Most of the time, he himself didn't understand why this happened. Perhaps it was because after he became famous as a young man and became the hope and head player of West Ham United early, he began to become a little proud, even if this pride was only hidden in the Deep in his heart, but it has become the biggest obstacle to his progress.

Ye Qiu said that he wanted to be a substitute, but he didn't understand why.

"You know, football is always moving forward. As a head coach, I have to watch many, many games every year and collect quite a lot of information to ensure that I can learn all kinds of information at the first time and let myself Keep up with the pace of this era and keep your team at the top of the trend forever."

"Not only the head coach must keep pace with the times, but professional players must also do the same. You are a genius when you are 17 years old, that is because others use the 17-year-old standard to measure you, but if you are 20 years old At the age of 24, if you still use the standard of 17 years old to measure yourself and think that you are a genius, then you are a fool in the eyes of others!"

"Perhaps, in your heart, you will think that Lampard is nothing special, isn't he just a little more diligent? You will feel that this teammate who was suppressed by you at West Ham United back then, after coming to Chelsea, is just a Because of his good luck, which met my tactical needs, coupled with his hard work and diligence, he succeeded."

"Then you are wrong. His success is not because he just meets me. After changing a head coach and changing a requirement, he will also work very hard to make himself meet the tactical requirements of the new head coach. He I will continue to work hard and diligently, which is the cornerstone of a professional player's success."

"You have talent and talent, but what you lack is Lampard's perseverance!"

In the process of recalling, Joe Cole was allowed to enter the field, and he replaced Lampard, who performed poorly in this game.

Everyone will have a bad state, even if he is Lampard, he missed at least two shots that should have scored a goal in this game, but obviously, this game because of Terry's rotation Lampard, who wore the Blues captain's armband, did not show a very good state.

Originally, he should also take a break in this game, but before the game, Lampard took the initiative to ask for a fight. He hoped to do his best to help the team survive the devil's schedule during the winter break. He hoped to have the opportunity to help the team win again. To a Premier League champion.

Although Joe Cole has always been unconvinced by Lampard, it is more on the football field. In private, they have a good relationship. Therefore, when the two passed by, Lampard held tight He hugged Joe Cole, took off the captain's armband on his arm, and put it on Joe Cole's arm.

"Come on, Joe, you can change it!" Lampard patted Joe Cole on the shoulder vigorously, encouraging.

From his eyes, the sensitive Joe Cole can feel a kind of helplessness. I believe that if he can, he will choose to go up by himself without hesitation. Even if he is trying his best, he will help the team win , but the problem is that now he can't bring any help to the team at all.

Ribery and Van Persie gave him a lot of opportunities on the wings, but his feet were obviously a bit off.

Not surprisingly, in less than 7 days, this is already the third game, and even Iron Man can't stand it.

Walking into the pitch, wearing the captain's armband that didn't belong to him, Joe Cole had the feeling of being back at West Ham, and he really had that much-anticipated feeling of being back in the old days because he obviously could. I feel that all teammates, and I believe all Chelsea fans in front of the TV, are looking forward to the transformation he brings.

Even so, this kind of expectation came more from a kind of trust in Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command and substitution.

But at this moment, everything seemed to fall on Joe Cole.

This made him walk to the position of Lampard's midfielder, waved his big hand, and signaled Ribery and Van Persie on the two wings to press as much as possible, because now Chelsea has the advantage, and the only thing left is to be able to break Liverpool. Iron walls.

Ye Qiu made an arrangement, the ball reached about 30 meters and was directly handed over to Joe Cole's feet.

Harman wanted to get close. Everyone knew that Joe Cole was not good at physical confrontation. The German midfielder obviously wanted to take advantage of this, but before he could get close, Joe Cole deftly stuffed the ball to the bottom line on the left.

This diagonal pass quickly passed between Finnan and Carragher. Ribery was desperately trying to speed up the ball. Because it was not fast enough, there was not enough time to pass between Finnan and Carragher. This pair of old partners passed through, and Ribery had to be faster than the ball, otherwise the ball would go out of the baseline.

Scarface of France finally saved the ball before the baseline, and then made a direct pass. Drogba rushed into the penalty area like a heavy tank, but Hyypia clung to him tightly, and Dudek It was a quick single punch to hit the ball, which was able to defuse a wave of threatening attacks from Chelsea.

There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the entire Anfield stadium, but it was obviously not for Chelsea, but for Liverpool, because in the eyes of the Red Army fans, the newly reorganized team coached by Benitez, if Being able to draw against Chelsea in the Christmas Devil's schedule is already considered a very good result.

But Chelsea quit, and Joe Cole soon got another chance.

This time he was smarter, running between Harvey Alonso and Harman, and when the two reacted, he quickly dribbled the ball diagonally to the right, and passed it diagonally to the right inside cut Van Persie.

This pass was very comfortable. After Van Persie got the ball, he wiped it directly past Traore. There was no need to make any adjustments. After a breakthrough, Van Persie entered the penalty area and was chased by Hyypia. When the cross was passed to Drogba, Carragher went up to make a clearance, once again defusing Chelsea's offense, and once again won the applause of the Anfield fans.

Two attacks, two threats, but failed to score, the morale of the Chelsea players is passing bit by bit.

Benitez's defensive ability is indeed extraordinary, especially his defense is full of pertinence. He knows Chelsea's strength very well, and he also knows Chelsea's fast pass and catch. Sharp, so he didn't dare to be careless, tightened the three lines, kept Pangler and Luis Garcia in front to counterattack, and others, including Gerrard, came back to participate in the defense, and this set of tactics almost penetrated Chelsea goal.

If that goal is scored, Chelsea will not be able to survive now!

Soon, Ye Qiu made the second substitution of the game. Fabregas replaced Deco who was partnering with Makelele.

Deco's performance in this game is not very good, it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, but under the restrictions of Gerrard, Deco's passing accuracy is also slightly worse than usual, and more balls are still going to the sides , looking for full-backs Heinze and Maicon.

After Cesc Fabregas went up, Ye Qiu immediately conveyed the adjustment, let Joe Cole step forward, and more activities at the front of Liverpool's penalty area, and directly kicked himself when he had the opportunity. Field organization and scheduling, Mai Kondo responded on the right, and Heinze was stationed in the defense.

"Don't always think about passing the ball to the penalty area, kick decisively when you have a chance!" This was the order Ye Qiu asked Fabregas to convey.

Liverpool has almost built the penalty area into a solid wall. Once the ball enters the 30-meter area, it is very difficult. It is even more difficult to enter the penalty area again. Therefore, Ye Qiu's adjustment is not only for Joe Cole, but also for Ribery and Van Persie, and Drogba on the front line.

Joe Cole didn't have much reaction to this adjustment, because he is not good at long-range shots outside the penalty area, and his chances of scoring long-range shots outside the penalty area are very small, and he doesn't even remember clearly whether he has one, so He felt that his chances of making a move should be very small.

But sometimes things in the world are so strange, you think it is impossible, and Liverpool players seem to think that Joe Cole, who hardly shoots from long distance, is unlikely to kick outside the penalty area, and it seems that he is not punished. Pay attention, but Van Persie, Ribery, Drogba and others have been closely monitored.

It seems that this time, Drogba received an overhead ball from Fabregas, beat Hyypia and knocked it to Van Persie with a header. Get an effective ball-handling point in the frontcourt.

Van Persie is a player with excellent stopping ability, no matter how troublesome the ball is passed to him, he can stop it just right, so facing Drogba's back knock, he turned sideways and stopped Trau with his chest. Lei stood behind him, and Harman obviously had lingering fears about him at this time, and immediately leaned forward to break his ball.

Van Persie poked the ball lightly at his feet, and the ball passed by Harman who was approaching quickly. The ball was light, as if very slow, but it landed just right in front of Joe Cole. Cole's recent Harvey? Alonso and Gerrard are obviously too late to get close.

This is an opportunity!
This is undoubtedly a very good kicking opportunity, it is near the top of the arc in the restricted area, even without Ye Qiu's words, if there is a chance to kick decisively, this is definitely an opportunity that should be kicked!

Without hesitation, Joe Cole swung his right foot and slapped the incoming ball!
The ball passed through Carragher's legs quickly, and Dudek's sight was affected to a certain extent because of Carragher's block. When the Polish goalkeeper reacted, the ball was already in front of him, and Joko Er played the ball very smartly and bounced in front of the goal. Although Dudek made a save, he still couldn't prevent the ball from entering the net!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

With a shout from the on-site commentator, Joe Cole and the Chelsea players rushed out of Liverpool's penalty area, and each of them rushed to the sidelines as if desperately, shouting non-stop along the way.

Ye Qiu was also waving his arms on the sidelines. It was too painful to beat Liverpool. He felt as if his whole body had been drained of strength. Benitez is really hard to beat. As long as you Whatever he is good at, he will block everything for you.

If nothing else, just focus on targeted tactics, this guy can be called the number one in the world!

"In the 85th minute, Chelsea finally knocked on Liverpool's goal and scored Chelsea's first goal of the game, and it may even be the only goal, from Joe Cole who came on as Lampard came on. !"

"After Joe Cole moved to Chelsea, he has always appeared as a substitute. He has also made great contributions to the team after coming off the bench many times. In fact, Joe Cole's playing is definitely a wonderful stroke. After he played , Chelsea's situation has obviously opened up, and the offense has also improved, and after Cesc Fabregas came on the field, Joe Cole's position was even higher, so he got this chance to kick the goal."

"A very wonderful shot, a light kick from outside the penalty area, and the ball bounced off the ground before the goalkeeper. This fully reflects the spirituality of Joe Cole at that moment. .”

"Oh, Liverpool are going to make a substitution!"

Perhaps it was because Liverpool was caught off guard by Chelsea all of a sudden and lost the ball. Benitez reacted immediately and made adjustments, but he was not like others as a forward, because he knew very well that he should strengthen the attack. In many cases, it is not useful to have more forwards, he is adjusting the midfield.

Breath for two people, Smicer replaced Harman, Morientes replaced Luis? Garcia.

Morientes transferred from Real Madrid to Liverpool during the winter break. He played for the first time, and his status is still unclear. Everyone hopes that he can have an outstanding performance in the Champions League during the Monaco period. There, Benitez obviously wanted to use Morientes to break through Chelsea's defense.

Sure enough, after the substitution, Liverpool stepped forward decisively, with Harvey Alonso and Smicer organizing behind him, Morientes clearing the way ahead, and Pangler, Riise and Gerrard looking behind him. Opportunity, Liverpool attacked desperately.

For Liverpool at this moment, conceding 1 goal is a loss, conceding 2 goals is also a loss, it is better to go all out, maybe there is a chance to reverse the situation.

When a person is desperate, he is invincible!

Ye Qiu didn't dare to move now, and directly asked the players to shrink their defense, temporarily avoid the edge, and then adopt defensive and counterattack tactics.

But it was not until the 89th minute that Chelsea had their first counterattack. It was Ribery's counterattack on the left. However, because the other players obviously failed to keep up, this counterattack finally failed. The effect comes.

However, after this counterattack, Liverpool was obviously a little frustrated.

In the end, Chelsea defeated the Red Army with great difficulty at Anfield, relying on this goal from substitute Joe Cole!

The moment the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Ye Qiu really felt like he was alive after a catastrophe.

As Chelsea have become better and stronger in the past two years, there are fewer and fewer teams that can give him this feeling. Even when playing some teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, Ye Qiu usually You only need to tell the players how to play, and then you can watch the game with your legs up on the coach's bench, relaxed and freehand.

But in this match against Liverpool, he was nervous from beginning to end, and he had a hunch that Benitez was more difficult than last time, and his targeted tactics were more in place than before.

If Ye Qiu's tactics last season were to use the advantages of Davis, Makelele, Lampard, Drogba and other players to form the team's overall oppression and suffocate the opponent, then Benitez Liverpool, on the other hand, did it tactically.

It is hard to say which of these two methods is better, after all, there are advantages and disadvantages, but what is certain is that this Liverpool team has passed the running-in period and has formed its own combat effectiveness, but there is also a problem, that is, they There is no way to play every game like this.

It usually takes a period of practice for Liverpool to play such a rigorous targeted tactic, and if every opponent plays this way in every game, it is simply impossible, and many teams face Liverpool. It is to adopt a strategy of shrinking defense. Liverpool's set of tactics will not work at all.

When thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help feeling a little helpless, because he didn't want a draw, so he could only fight for victory.

Sometimes winning the championship is like this, one point is one point for one point, and the accumulation to the end is the championship!

And the facts have also proved that Ye Qiu's indisputability is really not good, because when Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0, Arsenal beat Charlton 3-1 away, Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 2-0, and the original row Everton, who was in third place, completely collapsed due to the shortcomings of the thickness of the bench. They lost 2:5 away to Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane and fell to fourth.

Up to now, the Premier League championship team has also returned to the battle for the top three teams. The defending champion Chelsea, the Gunners Arsenal and the Red Devils Manchester United are the only three teams that have the hope of competing for the championship. In the team, Manchester United is too far behind, and Chelsea's biggest competitor is Arsenal.

As for Benitez's Liverpool, there is no hope for the league!

(End of this chapter)