Chapter 431 Burnley's 451 Formation
The front-page headline of The Sun: Jiang gave Kennedy a Lincoln Aviator worth 29800 pounds. This is the same brand as the car that US President Kennedy rode when he was assassinated in 1963. However, according to the newspaper reporter, the two cars are not from the same ——2017-2018赛季欧洲冠军联赛小组赛抽签仪式将在在蒙特卡洛的格里马尔迪会议中心举行，抽签开始时间为摩纳哥当地时间8月24日18时。
The opening matches of the five major leagues are about to begin, and news from ESPN also reminds fans around the world that the Champions League group stage will begin in one month.
Chelsea also received bad news. According to the team's Champions League points in the past five seasons, they were placed in the second tier, which means that they will face the seeded teams in the group stage.
Considering that the top seeds in the Champions League are traditional giants such as Real Madrid, Juventus and Bayern, being placed in the second tier is not good news for Chelsea.
"I told you, I said we are in the second gear this year, fuck!"
In the physiotherapy room at the base, Terry seemed a little annoyed when he learned the news of the classification from Love.
"John, think about it carefully, you are the captain, you should encourage your teammates at this time"
Hazard was lying on the bed, and team doctor Clarkson was examining his popliteal and gastrocnemius muscles to ensure that the Belgian superstar would not have any muscle strains in the next training session.
"I just don't know why they are divided like this. Spartak Moscow, come on. They are not even a top five league team. We can definitely beat them."
Terry was still shouting, and Azpilicueta put his hand on the old captain's waist: "You are under too much pressure this year, which is not a good thing."
"I agree with what Cesar said"
Jiang Yuan stuffed his head into the breathing hole and spoke in a muffled voice.
"But what I said is the truth. We shouldn't be in the first tier."
Terry was still very satisfied with the tiering result given by UEFA. At this time, Tuchel, who had been sitting on the recliner, spoke: "OK, it's ok. This is just a tiering, not a grouping. The second tier can't decide anything, as long as we are strong enough. But I also have to say that we are indeed better than many first-tier teams."
Pogba pointed at Tuchel and laughed: "Haha! Come on Thomas, you should say this to the reporters, they like the coach to say such things"
"I can tell you, I will tell you when you beat the number one seed in our group."
"Do you understand?"
Tuchel is different from Mourinho. He will not set any flags before the game starts.
If he wants to show off, he can wait until the game is over and his opponent is being beaten on the grass. At this time, Tuchel can say a few more words in front of the camera.
Of course, the premise of all this is to win, we must win the game.
"After you come out of the cafeteria, don't leave in a hurry. We will gather in the conference room later. Probably, um..."
"7:," Love, who was holding a tablet, reminded.
"Yes, it's 7:7. I want to see all the first-team players in the meeting room at :."
Hazard patted Clarkson's hand and sat up from the bed: "So we have to work overtime today?"
“The competition will be held the day after tomorrow.”
Tuchel stood up and pointed his index finger at the players in the physiotherapy room before leaving: "We must win the first game. This is very important, ok?"
"Fuck!"
After Tuchel left, Hazard and Pogba complained directly: "Jose shouldn't have left. Did you notice that after Jose left, our training intensity, no, not the training intensity, but the training time, we trained more."
As Hazard said, when Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, the players basically did not stay up at night to discuss tactics. The Portuguese generally chose to take out training time and concentrate on explaining tactics in the morning or afternoon.
Tuchel is really awesome. He took the initiative to work overtime and directly confused the players in the physiotherapy room.
“I think he was a little too nervous.”
Jiang Yuan turned around and Sean began to massage his tibialis anterior muscle.
"Hiss, fuck, it hurts a little, Jesus, why does it hurt so much!"
"Hold on, Jiang, hold on!"
……
8pm London time on August 12th.
"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends. This is the live broadcast of the first round of the 2017-18 English Premier League, Chelsea vs. Burnley. I am He Wei, the commentator of this game, and I am Dong Lu, the commentator of this game."
"At present, the players of both sides are already in position on the field"
"Okay, let the game begin. Let me introduce the starting lineup for this game! First up is Chelsea, who are playing at home!"
"The lineup Chelsea used in today's game is basically the same as the one they used to win the Community Shield a week ago, 3421..."
"Then it's Burnley away."
Burnley (4-5-1)
Goalkeeper: Heaton
Defenders: Ward, Tarkowski, Benjamin Mee, Lowton
Midfielders: Brady, Jack Cork, De Foer, Gudmundsson
Striker: Vokes
Head coach: Dyche
Weaker teams often use defensive lineups when facing stronger teams in the same league. Burnley is of course the same. Since being promoted to the Premier League last season, Dyche has been leading his players to play in a 451 formation.
Focusing on defense seems to be a shameful thing on the surface, but the actual effect is very good. Last season, more than half of the Premier League fans believed that Burnley would be relegated, but in the end, not only did they not relegate to the Championship, but they also drew with Manchester United, one of the BIG6.
Having tasted success last season, Dyche is ready to continue using this extreme defensive tactic this season.
"Go left, left, look left! There's an opportunity on the left!"
Tuchel yelled twice off the court, and Kante, who got the ball, quickly moved to the left, looking for the right opportunity to pass the ball straight out.
!
Tuchel's shouting put Kante under a lot of pressure, which also led to some errors in his through passes. Burnley midfielder Hendrick rushed up from behind and intercepted the through ball with one kick.
fuck!
Jiang Yuan cursed and ran back quickly. Seeing this, Azpilicueta immediately responded from the wing. The two of them rushed forward at the same time, forcing Hendrick to pass the ball in a hurry.
Although he is a Premier League player, it is inevitable that mistakes will occur in such an emergency situation. Hendrick wanted to pass the ball to Vokes who was retreating to the left, but Pogba who came over kicked the ball down from mid-air.
"Go! Go straight!"
Jiang Yuan had just participated in the defense and his position was relatively far back, so Pogba chose to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic who was turning around in the front.
Snapped!
Ibrahimovic stopped the ball and turned around, then looked left and right and kicked the ball to William.
"Now Chelsea is moving forward on the right, and the one who has the ball is the team's No. 22 William!"
"William played in the FA Cup final last season and got an assist."
"The Brazilian's level has not fully recovered in the FA Cup, but we believe that after a two-month summer break, William should be able to perform well in the game."
"William performed very well in the last Community Shield match"
"That's it. Hey, let's see. Ibrahimovic goes to the wing and William cuts inside!"
"Hazard is running up, Hazard is asking for the ball!"
Now Chelsea's offensive end has formed a straight line, but this line is not horizontal but diagonal. Jiang Yuan, Hazard, and William form an upward straight line. William pushes the ball to the empty space in the middle and then stops there. After Hazard runs up, William continues to move to the left.
Chelsea's attack was very strange, which made the fans of both the home and away teams in the stands nervous.
Burnley fans have never seen Chelsea's tactics, and even the Blues fans don't know what their players are doing.
"Right, go over there!"
Dyche can see what Chelsea is up to!
Burnley's 451 means that there will be many people behind them when they are defending. Chelsea now wants to make a deployment, moving William from the right to the left, and cooperate with Jiang Yuan and Hazard to launch an attack.
Dyche did shout, but in the end he was still a step too slow. Jiang Yuan on the left wing had now run to the same level as William, who passed the ball and ran forward. Jiang Yuan, who had the ball, faced Burnley's midfielder Gudmundsson.
Jiang Yuan had the ability to eat Gudmundsson raw, but he didn't do that.
Because William had already run forward after passing the ball!
clap clap!
After two consecutive passes, Jiang Yuan successfully reached the left baseline after completing a wall pass. Loughton reacted quickly and ran towards Jiang Yuan as soon as his teammate was passed.
Because he had dribbled the ball too far just now, Jiang Yuan was forced to stretch his foot to pull the ball, which also gave Lowton a chance to steal the ball.
Helpless Jiang Yuan could only pull the ball and turn around, using his body to protect the ball.
"Give it to me!"
William, who was originally preparing to cut inside to grab the ball at the top of the arc, ran to Jiang Yuan and completed the pass to Jiang Yuan, but he was also blocked by the defensive player.
fuck!
Jiang Yuan used his shoulder to push Lorton away, pointing to an empty straight line. Seeing this, William threw the ball towards his crotch. Jiang Yuan ran up and easily caught the ball without anyone guarding him.
"Give it to me, give it to me"
Hazard, who was competing with De Four for the top position in the arc, reached out to Jiang Yuan for the ball. Jiang Yuan originally wanted to pass it, but through observation, he found a better passing option, which was Ibrahimovic who was reaching out for the ball at the back point.
Snapped!
With a slight swing of his leg, Jiang Yuan threw the ball over Koke and Tarkovsky and landed over Ibrahimovic's head. The Swede jumped up to compete with Ward for the ball.
Ward's confrontation ability is actually quite good, but it is indeed a little worse than Ibrahimovic.
boom!
"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLL!!!"
"The ball goes in! Ibrahimovic! A goal from Ibrahimovic!"
"In the 14th minute of the game, Chelsea took the lead, Ibrahimovic!" He Wei shouted Ibrahimovic's name. The Swedish center ran from the right post to the right corner flagpole.
"Roar--!!!"
Ibrahimovic roared excitedly.
This is Chelsea's first goal in the Premier League this season, and it's his goal!
correct!
Ibrahimovic suddenly thought of something, turned around and picked up Jiang Yuan.
"wowow!!!"
"Chelsea!"
Boom!
"Chelsea!"
Boom!
The scene was lively and the home team fans gave applause, but it was a pity that not everyone enjoyed the joy.
"Fuck, Jeff (Hendrick), what are you doing, go get it, you just let him pass the ball, fuck!"
Dyche is very angry now. In fact, Burnley's defense at the beginning was relatively good. Hendrick kept switching between Jiang Yuan and William as his target. The same was true for Lowton. When Jiang Yuan went down the bottom at the beginning, he directly stuck to the new Chelsea superstar.
But it was in the final link that Jiang Yuan was able to complete the cross after cutting inside and running 7 or 8 meters without being marked.
The defensive midfielder at the top of the arc and the central defender in the penalty area, what are you doing! ?
The next ball was kicked by Vokes in the center circle. The score deficit did not make the Burnley players on the field panic. They still implemented the defensive tactics instructed by Dyche.
Immediately launching a counterattack after conceding a goal is a tactic only adopted when teams of the same level compete against each other.
Burnley's players and coaching staff all knew that they could not beat Chelsea in a head-on attack. In this case, it was better to play conservatively rather than taking risks.
Focus on defense and take chances in calm defense, this is what Burnley needs to do next.
Five minutes later, Azpilicueta cooperated with Jiang Yuan on the left, and used Jiang Yuan's exaggerated acceleration to successfully eat up Burnley's wing defense. Finally, Jiang Yuan ran to the middle, and Azpilicueta with the ball was ready to make a breakthrough on the wing.
"Watch him!"
Although it was Azpilicueta who was dribbling the ball, Lowton's attention was completely on Jiang Yuan.
Just as Lowton called out to his teammates, Azpilicueta completed the start.
fuck!
In a panic, Lowton stepped on Azpilicueta's ankle.
"Beep!"
Very quickly, referee Craig Pawson rushed over the moment the foul occurred, holding the card in one hand.
Yellow Card: Matthew Lowton
"you need to……"
"yes yes!"
Azpilicueta rolled back and forth on the ground holding his ankle, and Jiang Yuan immediately waved towards the Chelsea bench.
Jiang Yuan was right there when the Spaniard was tackled just now. He didn't even need to look at Azpilicueta's expression. He could judge how painful the kick was based on his own experience.
Clarkson checked Azpilicueta's injury, sprayed him with ethyl chloride briefly, and then said that if Azpilicueta wanted to insist on playing, he could continue to play.
It hurts, but pain and injury are not always completely positively correlated. The step on Azpilicueta only broke a few capillaries, and he didn't feel it when he ran.
Azpilicueta said he would continue to persevere, and Clarkson gave Tuchel a thumbs up, but the German did not seem to be prepared to let Azpilicueta continue with the injury. He called Kyle Walker who was warming up to him.
Clarkson helped Azpilicueta up from the ground with the help of Jiang Yuan. "I'm sorry, Cesar, you may have to go down."
jesus!
"Azpilicueta probably can't continue the game, Chelsea chooses to make a substitution, No. 2 Kyle Walker replaces No. 28 Azpilicueta!"
"Oh, Tuchel is finally starting. Chelsea got Kyle Walker from Tottenham for 6000 million euros this summer, and the outside world generally believed that this deal was not worth it."
"It's like this. Although Kyle Walker has very exaggerated speed, he is not an all-around full-back after all. Transfermarkt values him at 4500 million euros, and Chelsea offered a premium of 1500 million euros. If it's not enough, you can't just say it like this."
According to the news, Kyle Walker was the common choice of Mourinho and Tuchel, and the transfer of the English full-back was initiated when Mourinho was still in office.
Considering Mourinho’s previous precedent of buying Jiang Yuan, it is hard to say whether this transfer will be a loss in the end!
"Clap clap clap!"
After the free kick, Burnley's penalty area fell into chaos again. Kyle Walker on the sidelines started running forward after the fourth official let go, and applause broke out from the stands at the same time.
This is Kyle Walker's first time stepping onto Stamford Bridge as a home team player!
Goalkeeper Heaton pushed Jiang Yuan's cold shot away, and Walker, who was originally running towards the penalty area, turned around and headed for the corner flagpole.
According to the tactics designed by Tuchel, Walker is one of the team's corner kickers.
“Let’s go!”
At the end of the first half, Chelsea failed to break the opponent's goal again due to Burnley's tight defense. Players from both sides were feeling rather disappointed.
Burnley players were frustrated because they were the team that was trailing in the score, while Chelsea players were frustrated because they couldn't believe that they couldn't score against Burnley again.
[Come on Chelsea, I feel like Burnley is in really good shape today. Chelsea still needs to be more cautious, as they played a bit too aggressively in the first half]
[Chelsea's tactics are relatively radical in themselves. There is no chance without danger. Kyle Walker plays in the midfield. When the opponent counterattacks, whether Chelsea can defend depends on how fast Kyle Walker can run. Tuchel's 3421 is indeed a bit extreme]
[No one is praising Burnley? Apart from the goal conceded in the first half, Burnley's defense was really good. In the last wave of attack, Lowton and Gudmundsson both defended Xiao Jiang and Hazard. This is really awesome]
[To be honest, Chelsea haven't shown any strength yet. I can see that they are waiting for the second half]
[Jiang Yuan 19-year fans said that the final score of this game should be 3:0, Xiao Jiang scored 2 more goals in the second half]
[Don’t give me bad words, please give me some serious analysis]
[Don’t you think Tuchel’s tactics are a bit outrageous? Damn, in that attack over 30 minutes in, Chelsea had at least 7 people on the left. Didn’t they say that Chelsea could take off from both sides after William returned? ]
[The two sides took off last season, but William was injured last season and Jiang Yuan improved too fast. Tuchel asked the team to play like this. I guess they tried it during the training match. The effect of playing alone on the left is still better.]
The fans' guesses were quite accurate. Long before coming to London, Tuchel had studied Chelsea's games last season, including those in the early season with William and those in the middle and late stages after William was injured.
Tuchel knew that Chelsea had a problem distributing firepower on the left and right sides, so he also made some attempts in the training matches.
The result is that until William returns to his peak level, Chelsea will still have to focus on Jiang Yuan.
As for Jiang Yuan, Tuchel made a special call to Mourinho to ask about Jiang Yuan's endurance characteristics.
Mourinho said on the phone that Jiang Yuan is the kind of player who has poor endurance and cannot be asked to play too many games.
After Mourinho said this, Tuchel finally felt relieved.
That guy must be lying, so whatever he said is correct as long as you listen to it in the opposite way!
During the half-time break, Tuchel once again emphasized his tactics with the players.
"Because not much time has passed, it is normal that you don't fully understand my requirements, but I hope you will think deeply after halftime or after the game. For example, now, where did we not do well in the first half?"
“We should have scored more goals”
Ibrahimovic gave an answer, but his answer was immediately opposed by Tuchel: "No, scoring is not the key, we are already leading. What I mean is, what should you do when you are leading?"
Tuchel seemed to be asking questions, but there was only a 15-minute halftime break after all, and he would not wait for the players to answer his questions before continuing to speak.
"Keep your head clear and always pay attention to the position of yourself and your teammates. What I said before the game is that if you are absolutely sure, you can go to the left on a large scale, but there are prerequisites."
Tuchel bent down and stretched out his hands, asking for something: "Absolutely sure! Are you sure you won't lose the ball?"
"Have……"
As soon as Pogba said this, Hazard glared at him, so Pogba immediately changed his words: "Well... I mean we are looking for absolute certainty, looking for..."
"Yeah, so the key is not to be impatient. We are already ahead. We must not be impatient at a time like this. We have to wait. What are we waiting for? Wait for the opponent to start panicking. When they panic, our chance will come."
As Tuchel said, the atmosphere in the Burnley locker room is tense right now.
They were the trailing side and they wanted a draw.
"60 minutes, or maybe earlier, 55 minutes."
Dyche stretched out all five fingers of his right hand: "In the 55th minute, I will continue to play the two players I just mentioned. I know it's difficult to draw with Chelsea, but we can try."
……
"Okay, welcome back, dear fans, this is the second half of the match between Chelsea and Burnley"
At the start of the second half, Chelsea's summer signing Umtiti put on a fluorescent vest and began to warm up.
Tuchel's move seemed like he was going to replace Umtiti directly after ten minutes or so, but this was actually a cover.
According to the plan that Tuchel and Loew synchronized with the players during the half-time break, unless Chelsea widened the score gap to 3 goals, Umtiti would only be able to play in garbage time after the 85th minute today.
The camera turned to the scene, Ibrahimovic made a mistake in stopping the ball, and players from both sides began to fight for the ball near the center circle!
……
(End of this chapter)
