Chapter 433 The second London derby of the new season"This position is within Eriksen's shooting range. Let's see the quality of Eriksen's free kick..."
"The penalty area is very densely packed with people. Do you want to try to shoot directly?"
"Here it comes, just give it a slap!"
"Oh, what a pity, it was just a little bit short, Courtois's reaction was really fast!"
In the shot, Eriksen's shot flew past William and past Pogba's ear.
This was a direct shot from Eriksen, but unfortunately Courtois reacted in time and knocked the ball to the ground.
boom!
Under pressure from Kane, Zouma successfully cleared the ball out of the baseline.
“Well done, well done!”
Courtois walked up and high-fived Zouma. Knowing that he couldn't hold the ball, Courtois had been in a rather nervous state. Fortunately, Zouma's ability to fight was strong enough, so he didn't give Kane any chance.
"the spur!"
Boom!
"the spur!"
Boom!
This was Tottenham's second corner kick in the game, and it was still given to Eriksen. The cheers from the fans at the scene were very loud.
Cheers are a form of encouragement and also a form of expectant waiting.
They are waiting for their home team to score!
"Left, a little more to the left!"
Courtois directed his teammates in the small penalty area to move, and the players with the best heading ability had already stuck to their targets.
Zouma still needs to fight against Kane, while Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic's tasks will be slightly easier, as their opponents are Wanyama and Dier.
Of course, this ease is relative. Wanyama and Dier are not much weaker than Kane physically, but their ability to score with headers is slightly inferior to Kane.
Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic are still under great pressure!
The players in the penalty area began to push each other, and Wanyama's hands kept pushing Jiang Yuan's chest. As long as Jiang Yuan moved forward, he would feel a strong pressure from his chest.
Snapped!
After a corner kick, Jiang Yuan slapped away Wanyama's outstretched hand and ran towards the direction where the ball landed.
Jiang Yuan reacted quickly, but unfortunately Eriksen's corner kick was given to the front point. As a defensive player at the back point, all he could do was to prevent other players from entering the small penalty area through the back point.
At the front point, Ibrahimovic and Dale are confronting!
A defensive player was marking an offensive player, and the corner kick was already a sure win, but Kane came out from somewhere and headed the ball out.
Snapped!
Courtois jumped on the spot with his feet and spread his fingers. The ball hit his wrist and bounced out. Zouma saw the opportunity and prepared to make another clearance, but was beaten to the punch by Dale who sneaked in.
The goalkeeper had already fallen to the ground, so Dale only needed to use his toes to gently poke the ball towards the goal to score.
"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAA-LLLLLLLLL!!!"
"The ball goes in! Tottenham scored the first goal. I didn't expect it was scored by Dier! Haha!"
The home fans at Wembley Stadium were jumping up and down, and Dale rushed towards the sidelines amid the cheers.
Scoring a goal in football is a very difficult thing, especially for a defender. Last season, he only scored 38 goals in all 2 league games. This season, he scored 2 goals in just the second round.
How could Dell not be excited about this?
"What the hell is this and why!?"
Courtois shouted at Ibrahimovic and Zouma in the penalty area. Now that Terry rarely starts, the Belgian goalkeeper can finally curse boldly.
Courtois couldn't stand it, and Tuchel in front of the bench certainly couldn't stand it either. It's true that Zouma and Ibrahimovic are in good physical condition, but they both have a very fatal flaw, which is that they can't deal with such details.
Seeing their teammates arguing in the penalty area, Jiang Yuan and Azpilicueta hurried over to separate them.
To be honest, Dell's blind spot positioning was really good. If Jiang Yuan had been guarding Dell just now, he probably wouldn't have been able to defend him.
"Start over, start over, it's okay"
clap clap clap!
Azpilicueta mobilized his teammates' emotions with the sound of applause: "We can win, ok? We can win"
The game continues!
After scoring the first goal, Pochettino was very bold and did not let the players on the field defend. Instead, he further expanded the weight of the attack. The British center forward Harry Kane continued to put pressure on Chelsea's midfield defense. If it were not for Kante and Pogba who both had very good ball protection ability, Chelsea might have fallen behind by 2 goals.
The live broadcast room gave the ball possession data of both teams. Originally, Tottenham's ball possession rate was only 55%, and the lead was not much, but after Dier scored, Tottenham's ball possession rate soared to 70%. 70% of this 10% ball possession rate was due to Kane, Eriksen, and Ali's constant pressing in the frontcourt.
Tottenham now gives Tuchel a feeling that they want to sacrifice their physical strength in the second half and beat Chelsea in the first half.
Pochettino said at the Xinhui press conference before the game that "the Community Shield is a thing of the past", but judging from the situation of today's game, Pochettino is still brooding over the 1:3 defeat a few days ago!
"Take your time, don't rush, think before making a decision!"
Seeing that Kante was in trouble after dribbling the ball, Tuchel shouted twice to the French midfielder. This sentence was shouted to Kante, and also to other Chelsea players on the field. Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic ran forward one after the other.
Jiang Yuan was pressing forward to provide support, while Ibrahimovic was retreating to provide support. No matter what the direction was, as long as there were no Tottenham players between himself and Kante, it would be a successful support.
"Just give it to me!"
Jiang Yuan reached out to Kante, who seized the opportunity to pass the ball and kicked it towards Jiang Yuan's location.
In order to avoid Ali's interception, Kante kicked the ball at a relatively fast speed.
Not only fast, but also high!
This kind of ball is like a cannonball hitting you. It is very difficult for the forward to deal with it every time. Jiang Yuan did not dare to take the risk, so he pointed to an open space on his left.
When the ball came in front of him, Jiang Yuan headed the ball to the open space he had just pointed to, and Hazard took the ball and started to accelerate.
"Let's go!"
Tuchel shouted, of course Jiang Yuan knew what he should do now without Tuchel shouting, he just pushed the ground with his left and right feet alternately, and ran in front of Hazard in two or three steps. The Belgian did not hesitate and threw a straight pass to Hazard.
After being transformed into a midfielder by Mourinho, Hazard's through passes became more and more delicate, and Jiang Yuan also stopped the ball quite comfortably.
"Jiang Yuan, challenge Trippier on the wing and see how Trippier defends Jiang Yuan."
"I feel that if Trippier wants to defend Jiang Yuan, he can ask Ali to come over to assist, because one person..."
"Hey, he rushed over directly, Jiang Yuan finished eating Trippier alive!"
The scene suddenly became lively and Pochettino was also confused.
No one expected you to steal the ball, but you were eaten alive as soon as you got in touch with him. What happened?
Jiang Yuan’s is million, not 14 billion!
"Fuck!"
Trippier felt something was wrong and hurried back, but the problem was that Jiang Yuan had already run past him. Wouldn’t it be pure dreaming for him to catch up with him at this time?
He passed the ball to his left foot with his right foot, and then his left foot knocked the ball to the middle. Jiang Yuan used an extremely fast double touch and changed his center of gravity to change his running direction.
Arriving in the penalty area, Dell stared at Jiang Yuan's crotch and backed away little by little.
Jiang Yuan didn't bother to be polite with Dale. He kicked the ball with the outside of his foot and suddenly moved to the right. After going a short distance, he came to the middle.
With Trippier and Dembele behind him, Jiang Yuan must make decisions very quickly, otherwise he will give Tottenham opportunities.
Seeing Jiang Yuan coming to the top of the arc, his teammates immediately cooperated. Ibrahimovic pushed forward to pressure the defense line, Hazard came to the right, and William ran from the right to the center.
The ball could be passed from many positions. Jiang Yuan looked at the goal which was only ten yards away from him and chose to shoot directly.
"The ball is in!"
"The ball went in!!"
"It's Jiang Yuan, the breakthrough came from Jiang Yuan!"
"Chelsea equalized the score, now it's 1:1!"
Bang bang bang bang!
There was a commotion in the away team's stands. The staff at Wembley Stadium did not allow fans to bring drums into the stadium, but this did not pose a problem for Chelsea fans.
Hitting the chairs on the court with your palms still makes enough noise, but your hands will just hurt a little.
The live camera focused on Jiang Yuan who was celebrating, and then moved to the VIP stands on the second floor. A familiar face appeared in the sight of Chelsea fans.
Mourinho!
[Here it comes, Jiang Yuan's first goal finally came, and I was dying of laughter. After the first game, some Yun fans started saying that Jiang Yuan could only assist, hahahaha! ]
[Mourinho? No, I know the Chinese national football team doesn't have to train on weekends, but isn't it a bit too much for you to fly directly to the UK to watch the game? Can you adjust to the time difference?]
[Tears in my eyes, Mourinho ignores the time difference and supervises Xiao Jiang on the spot]
[Chelsea is really ruthless this season. I don’t understand now whether this should be attributed to Tuchel or Mourinho]
[The players were formed by Mourinho, the tactics were created by Tuchel, but now Tuchel is the head coach, so the credit still goes to Tuchel. It's a pity for Mourinho. If he hadn't left, maybe we could have won another championship this season.]
[The problem is that Mourinho only knows 4231, 433, and then a bus. Aren’t these three tactics a sure win against Tottenham? ]
[Fuck, it's really Mourinho, awesome, is he supervising the battle? ]
[Is this a supervision? Why do I feel like Mourinho is here to ask for someone...]
[What the hell, there are only 9 days left for the Asian qualifiers against Uzbekistan, no wonder]
Chelsea fans noticed Mourinho in the VIP box, and Chinese fans certainly noticed that man as well.
I have to say that Mourinho is really ruthless. When Li Yi was in office, he urged Jiang Yuan to return home by phone, but Mourinho was different. He didn't use the phone, he used a plane. He flew over in a private plane just to take Jiang Yuan away.
The broadcasting director of the Premier League has always been top-notch. The camera first focused on Mourinho, then zoomed out. Mourinho, who was standing on the second floor with his hands in his pockets, looked at Thomas Tuchel, who was also on the bench with his hands in his pockets. Tuchel hadn't reacted yet.
There is a strange thing staring at him!
40', 1:1
"I felt that Pochettino was a little anxious in the first half, because if that happened, they would have a hard time in the second half."
"That's right. I don't deny the correctness of Pochettino's tactics, but he imposed his desire to score on the players on the field. This is a very inappropriate approach. When the coach is nervous, the players on the field will also be nervous. When the players are nervous, the second goal will appear. Trippier was distracted when defending Jiang Yuan."
"Yes, Chelsea also knows that Tottenham used a lot of effort in the first half. Now they have deliberately begun to slow down the pace of the game to prepare for the second half. The probability of both sides scoring goals in the remaining few minutes is not high."
Just as Huang Jianxiang and He Wei analyzed, the score in the first half was fixed at 1:1.
Based on observations in the first half, the total running distance of Tottenham players was at least 20% more than that of Chelsea players.
It's not a bad thing to run a lot throughout the game, but if you are leading by 20% in the first half, how can you play in the second half?
The camera turned to Pochettino, and beads of sweat were visible on the Tottenham coach's forehead.
Originally we intensified the attack because we were nervous, but we didn't score any goals after that, and now I'm even more fucking nervous!
"come on!"
"come on! Come on!"
Amid the cheers of the fans, players and coaching staff from both teams entered the locker room together.
Kane and Jiang Yuan walked side by side into the passage. Kane had wanted to communicate with Jiang Yuan for a long time, taking advantage of this opportunity. This was a good opportunity: "Nice shot!"
"Thank you, and...I wish you a good performance in the second half!"
Jiang Yuan originally wanted to wish Kane to score a good goal in the second half, but then he thought something was definitely wrong, so he changed it to wishing Kane an excellent performance in the second half.
……
At Wembley Stadium, in the home team's locker room, Pochettino stood in the middle of the team with a terrifyingly serious expression.
"Didn't you notice that we played terribly in the first half? Our offense had no rhythm at all, and we just kept pressing high."
"Come on! We are playing with three defenders. What do three defenders play? Low defense, low defense! I have said it many times, we need to play low defense. Harry, don't lead others to press forward. We have wasted a lot of energy!"
Kane turned his head away when Pochettino called his name. To be honest, Tottenham's play in the first half was indeed a bit impulsive.
But we can make up for it in the second half...
What a remedy!
All the physical strength was used up, and Tottenham probably didn’t have the energy to press high in the second half.
"The offense is a mess. You must observe carefully before attacking. You must not see the ball. Their midfielders are very good at holding the ball. The consequence of your blindly pressing forward is that you will be treated like a dog and walked back and forth by the opponent."
"And defense, defense..."
Pochettino covered his left hand with his right hand and grabbed it a few times, then looked at Trippier: "What are you thinking about, huh? Kieran, what are you thinking about? Why can you be distracted even when defending alone? Did you not sleep yesterday?"
Single defense is when the defensive player needs to concentrate the most. Trippier was distracted at this time, which is not a mistake that a top defender in the top league should make.
After hearing Pochettino's criticism, Trippier was too embarrassed to speak, while Kane on the side looked at Trippier.
This guy finally got scared!
'You need to make a change'
Pochettino issued a final warning to Trippier: "If you continue to be distracted, I will replace you. You may not be suitable for this game today."
"Why not just change it..."
Trippier looked into Pochettino's eyes somewhat embarrassedly, and his words stunned the players and coaches present.
"Hey!"
Dell, who was sitting next to Trippier, pulled his teammate's clothes, signaling him not to do it.
"Are you sure?"
Pochettino frowned. As a coach, he could see that Trippier's condition today was not very good. Now Trippier took the initiative to ask to leave the court. It would be inappropriate if Pochettino did not make a substitution.
"Well, thank you!"
"call……"
Pochettino took a deep breath and turned to look at the team's No. 37 Walker-Peters: "You started warming up in the first half, right? Go straight on."
"Ok!"
When he heard that he would have a chance to play at the beginning of the second half, Peters excitedly stood up from his chair and started shaking his legs.
Then he seemed to suddenly realize something was wrong and froze: "Wait, sir, what is my mission after I come on stage?"
"The mission is very simple!"
Pochettino picked up a blue magnetic button from the tactical board and said, "Just defend Jiang, you don't need to do anything else!"
Peters looked into Pochettino's eyes, and Pochettino was also looking at him. After careful consideration, Peters reminded Pochettino: "Coach, I'm just a substitute..."
The good news: He came on at the beginning of the second half, had at least 45 minutes of playing time in this game, and was entrusted with an important task by the head coach.
Bad news: facing Jiang Yuan.
Peters sat back in his chair, and Trippier, who had been confirmed to be substituted, gave Peters a thumbs up. This thumbs up meant...
Come on!
The future belongs to you young people!
……
"Okay, welcome back, dear audience friends. According to the news from the backstage, Tottenham will make a substitution at the beginning of the second half. No. 37 Walker-Peters will replace No. 2 Trippier!"
"Trippier's mistake in the first half led to the team losing the ball. Obviously, his condition was not very good. Pochettino's substitution was meant to protect Trippier."
"Come, let's take a look at the second half of the game between the two teams."
Peters' appearance did not bring any immediate improvement to Tottenham's defense. From the 50th minute, Chelsea began to slowly control the rhythm of the second half of the game.
In the 55th minute of the game, Tuchel replaced Christensen who was in poor form with Umtiti.
"Tuchel's substitution choice is relatively safe. They have been waiting for 50 minutes, but it seems that it is still not enough."
"..."
"Here it comes, Zouma, a standard long pass. Jiang Yuan is very fast, he now needs to find a way to get the ball off. Jiang Yuan, he tried to head it, but it wasn't very stable."
"Jiang Yuan hasn't completely controlled the ball yet. Tottenham needs to look for an opportunity at this time."
"Peters, Peters and Jiang Yuan had a physical contact!"
"Use your shoulder to push Jiang Yuan away from falling!"
Walker Peters, who came on as a substitute, was full of energy, but his height was a flaw. With a height of over 1 meters, it was very difficult for him to defend Jiang Yuan, who was 7 meters tall. Especially in this kind of confrontation on the wing, Peters basically had no chance.
Pochettino is of course aware of this situation, so now Jiang Yuan is not only accompanied by Peters, but Wanyama is already in position on the side.
"Just stick to it, stick to it!"
Wanyama shouted to Peters, saying that Peters only needed to provide assisting defense and he would be responsible for the main defense.
Peters did not show off his bravery. He did not try to destroy the ball at Jiang Yuan's feet, but followed closely by the side.
If you don't stretch your legs, I'll just stick to you and disgust you!
Jiang Yuan was feeling very uncomfortable now, so he stopped suddenly and passed the ball directly to Hazard who came over to receive the ball. The latter took the ball and walked forward by himself.
"Chelsea's ball transfer was very good. Wanyama just helped Peters defend Jiang Yuan. Now Tottenham's center is out of position!"
"Hazard, come on, speed up, Hazard is very fast, he wants to use his personal ability to create an opportunity!"
When Hazard was dribbling the ball, there were fewer defensive players around Jiang Yuan, which gave Jiang Yuan the opportunity to run directly from the left to the end line. At this time, Hazard was blocked by Dembele and stopped.
Snapped!
The ball was passed to the wing, and Tottenham's defense line moved closer to Jiang Yuan's side again. Seeing so many defensive players running towards him at the same time, Jiang Yuan was not afraid and kicked the ball with the outside of his foot and cut inside.
Tottenham's defense was being compressed little by little. Pochettino realized that something was wrong and signaled Dembele and Davis to pay attention to the top of the arc.
Chelsea has many long-range shooting experts!
Tottenham players are not fools. Dembele and Davis kept an eye on Hazard and Pogba respectively, leaving only one space for Kante, but it was this space that gave Jiang Yuan the opportunity.
Take a gamble!
Jiang Yuan passed the ball to Hazard. The Belgian who had run out in advance looked back and confirmed Kante's position. He resisted Wanyama's pull and used the forefoot to step on the ball and pull it to the back, where Kante was.
boom!
A long shot was made and the ball went into the net steadily.
"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL!!!!"
"Goal, Kante! Goal from Kante!"
"Oh my god, these Chelsea players in the frontcourt are really bold and careful!"
"I guess the Tottenham players didn't expect Chelsea to handle this attack like this"
Seeing the second goal, Tuchel smiled in front of the bench.
It is said that Chelsea is a team that is good at utilizing the personal abilities of its players, and Tuchel's goal this season is to find a tactic.
A tactic, a tactic that can fully stimulate the players' personal abilities through team cooperation!
This is a very difficult thing to do, but considering Chelsea's current lineup, if every player's personal ability can be fully brought into play, a very terrifying super team will appear in the Premier League!
……
(End of this chapter)
