Chapter 459 Tuchel's Game Plan
[No, is it that cruel? ][New fans don’t understand, so they ask, is Germany very strong? 】
[It’s OK, just the last World Cup champion]
["Shocked, Jiang Yuan declares war on the defending champion in advance!"]
[Just don’t let Germany get assigned to you. Two Chinese teams are not enough to beat Germany.]
[Don’t mention it, the players on the German defense line are in really bad shape recently. If Xiao Jiang were to come, they would probably be blown up in minutes.]
[The problem is that the Chinese team’s defense is not very strong…]
[Go, go, go, I predict that the Chinese national football team will be in the same group as Russia. It depends on whether FIFA can be more sensible and send the Chinese national football team to the knockout stage.]
"Then Jiang Yuan, have you set any goals for next year's World Cup?"
He Wei continued to ask.
“Well, there is no unified goal yet.”
Jiang Yuan answered truthfully: "Personally speaking... I hope to play in the knockout rounds."
Knockout!
He Wei took a breath of cold air.
I have to say that young people are crazy.
Jiang Yuan not only wants to play the defending champion Germany in the group stage, but also wants to qualify.
Qualify by stepping on Germany!
"Then let me wish you, oh no, haha, I wish us success first!"
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Football expert: Are you getting carried away? Jiang Yuan said in an interview with He Wei that he wanted to draw Germany in the first tier, as the latter was the champion of the last World Cup.
The front page headline of "China Football News" - Mourinho is seeking opportunities for players in the Chinese national football team to go abroad. Influenced by the Chinese national football team's qualification for the World Cup, Wu Lei's value in the winter window may exceed 400 million euros. It is reported that teams from the five major leagues are interested in him.
Jiang Yuan's statement that he wanted to slap Germany was taken as a joke by the fans, and everyone just discussed it casually and it passed. However, this news in the "China Football News" can be said to be very explosive.
Mourinho is seeking opportunities for players in the Chinese national team to study abroad.
Obviously, the Portuguese are preparing for the World Cup next June.
During the winter transfer window this year, the players of the Chinese national football team were sent to Europe to train for half a year before returning to participate in the World Cup.
It seems like not much time has passed, but in fact the high-intensity training in the first half of the year can change a lot for professional players.
Li Laoba, a well-known football blogger, made the remarks during a live broadcast on Bilibili.
"If Mourinho really does this, I think the Chinese national football team may not have no chance of qualifying from the group stage!"
"Let Wu Lei, Hao Junmin, and Zhang Xizhe go to Europe to play for half a season. What do you mean half a season is useless? Half a season is very useful. Well, when Jiang Yuan was in Porto... forget it, let's not use Jiang Yuan as an example."
Li Laoba shook his head.
Using a player like Jiang Yuan as an example is not convincing enough.
"Anyway, after half a year of training, we may have some ideas. How did Zhang Yuning perform in the Chinese national team when he was a substitute for Vitesse? How is his performance now that Vitesse is a starter? Even though Vitesse has been a relegation team in the Eredivisie recently, the Eredivisie is still several levels higher than the Chinese Super League. And Wei Shihao, isn't the effect obvious?"
"A player under 20 years old would have no chance to play in the Chinese national team if he played in the Chinese Super League, but Zhang Yuning and Wei Shihao can."
"Hiccup~"
Li Laoba burped, adjusted himself, and continued explaining.
"Although I don't watch the Chinese Super League much, I'd like to make it clear here that I don't watch the Chinese Super League much, but I know that the pace of the European league is much faster than that of the Chinese Super League. In top football matches, especially at the level of the Asian qualifiers and the World Cup, the pace is very important."
"You'll know when the time comes!"
The live broadcast room was filled with barrages of comments. Li Laoba squinted his eyes and pointed at the camera.
"You guys still say that Wu Lei doesn't know how to play football. When Wu Lei plays in Europe for half a season and comes back, he will probably be able to kill in the Chinese Super League."
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In London, Chelsea started their training after defeating Watford.
Tuchel's expression was not very good.
切尔西10月接下来的赛程，25号英联杯1/8决赛踢埃弗顿，28号英超第10轮踢伯恩茅斯。
The interval between the two games of the Carabao Cup and the Premier League is only two days on the 26th and 27th.
It would be much easier to deal with if one of Everton and Bournemouth was a weak team, but unfortunately both teams are strong.
Bournemouth, in particular, is good at high-altitude bombing. Even for Chelsea, this is not an easy team to deal with.
Tuchel put his hands in his pockets and suddenly said to his assistant coach Loew: "I think we can just give up the League Cup."
Ok?
Lov was a little surprised and turned his head away: "The League Cup is easier to win"
“But it will affect our league”
Tuchel answered quickly.
Love stopped talking.
Judging from what Tuchel said, he probably has the idea of challenging for the league championship.
"You are the head coach, this matter is up to you to decide"
Love spread his hands: "Thomas, I always support you"
"..."
After a long breath, Tuchel was ready to have a good chat about the Carabao Cup and the league.
Of course, in addition to the Carabao Cup, there is also the Champions League.
10月28号踢伯恩茅斯，10月31号踢拜仁，同样只有2天的间隔时间。
The worst thing is that these two games are both away games!
After careful consideration, Tuchel arranged a meeting with his boss Abramovich.
"Mr. Roman, to be honest, we have little chance of winning against Bayern away from home"
The first sentence Tuchel said when he sat on the chair explained his thoughts: "What I mean is that even if we qualify as the second in the group of the Champions League, the team we meet in the round of 16 will not be as strong as Bayern. The schedule is very tight, and there is no need for us to fight to the death with Bayern."
Abramovich did not answer Tuchel immediately, but asked his assistant to pour a glass of red wine for Tuchel and himself respectively.
"Sorry sir, I don't have the habit of drinking during work hours"
"Wow? Don't Germans like to drink?"
Abramovich was a little surprised by what Tuchel had just said.
"That's most Germans, but I'm doing mental work, and alcohol affects my judgment. We have a training match with the second team tomorrow morning, so Mr. Roman, I'm sorry."
Tuchel nodded slightly, Abramovich shook his shoulders and drank to himself: "You are really different from Jose."
The wine glass was placed on the table, and Abramovich looked up at Tuchel: "The game against Bayern is very important. I'm not just talking about the ranking in the group stage, but also the momentum. If we can beat Bayern away from home, it will be helpful for our next games this season. You should know this." "Yes"
Tuchel agreed with Abramovich's words: "But the fact is, our opponent is Bayern. If we want to win, we have to fight them to the death. Jiang, Eden, Paul and N'Golo must all play and play the whole game. And Mr. Roman, do you know what the most important thing is? The most important thing is that even if we go all out, I can't guarantee that we can win at the Allianz Arena."
Abu still didn't say anything.
Tuchel's meaning is already very clear.
Instead of wasting energy on fighting Bayern, it is better to focus on the two games against Bournemouth on October 10 and against Manchester United on November 28.
"We are now at the top of the league table and we will still be at the top after the season ends"
"Can you guarantee that we win the league?"
Abramovich's eyes suddenly became sharp, scaring Tuchel into silence.
"I'm sorry...I can't"
Tuchel lowered his head.
Chelsea is very strong this season, but both Manchester City clubs are also very strong, so it is really hard to say whether they will win the championship.
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"But doing so can increase our chances, and we are just putting off a group match. If we find a chance to beat Bayern on the day of the match, we will still go all out. If we lose, there is nothing we can do. We need to save our strength for the next match against Manchester United. Rashford is amazing."
After Tuchel's persuasion, Abramovich finally expressed his support for the Blues coach.
In fact, Abramovich is not a person who compromises easily, but his experience with Mourinho has given him a different view on this.
Mourinho originally said that he would spend 1300 million euros in penalty clause to bring an Asian player from Porto, but Abramovich opposed it. In the end, Abramovich was wrong, and that Asian player is now Chelsea's number one star.
Mourinho wanted to transform Hazard, but Abramovich opposed it. In the end, Abramovich was wrong. Hazard achieved a breakthrough of 1 million euros by relying on his role as a forward midfielder.
Abramovich decided to support Tuchel, just as he supported Mourinho.
After talking about the game, Tuchel chatted with Abramovich about winter transfer window signings.
The Germans spoke very straightforwardly and directly stated several key points.
1. Ibrahimovic’s contract will not be renewed after it expires.
2. Want Roma defender Rudiger
3. Want Arsenal striker Giroud
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After resuming training, Tuchel told the Blues players about the arrangements for the next game.
Tuchel made it clear that he would be on the bench for part of the Carabao Cup match.
As for the Champions League, Tuchel was afraid of causing protests from some core players in the team, so he has not yet announced the arrangements for the Champions League matches.
On October 10, the Carabao Cup quarter-finals arrived as scheduled, with Chelsea facing old rival Everton at home at Stamford Bridge.
In this game, Tuchel brought out an extremely incredible lineup. Musonda, who had just been promoted from the U23 to the first team, made his first start in the first team.
William, Moses, and Musonda, these are Chelsea's forward line for today's game.
Ibrahimovic is sitting on the bench waiting!
As for Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan was having a barbecue at Hazard's house, and Tuchel didn't bring them over at all.
The midfield line is Kante, Christensen, Kyle Walker and Azpilicueta.
Leaving Pogba on the bench is Chelsea's guarantee for today's game.
Many core players did not play, which caused some disappointment to the Blues fans at the scene. However, considering Chelsea's schedule in October and November, the fans understood Tuchel's approach.
"The game has started. Now let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams. First up is the home team Chelsea..."
"..."
"The game is over, Chelsea maintained their advantage until the end and eventually beat Everton with a score of 2:1"
The young anchor of the Happy Beans website had a wry smile on his face.
With this Chelsea lineup, it was obvious that they were going to give up the game, but Pogba's final long-range shot turned the score from 1:1 into 2:1, helping the team advance to the next round of the knockout stage.
Everton is also pitiful. Last season and the season before last, they had a good fight with Chelsea's full starting lineup, but this season they can't even beat the substitute lineup!
The director's camera turned to Rooney on the field. Rooney, who just transferred this summer, performed somewhat poorly in this game.
After the game, Tuchel and Pogba were interviewed by reporters in the press room.
"You seem to be intentionally giving up this game. Is this to prepare for the subsequent league and Champions League? Do you want to get more league points?"
"No, that's not the case"
"Neither Jiang nor Hazard played, not even Ibrahimovic played"
“This is the result of rotation.”
Tuchel said slowly: "Jiang and Hazard collided during training. They are resting at home now. Fortunately, the situation is not very serious. I think they should be able to play in the next game."
Of course, the reporters didn't believe what Tuchel said.
"Can I take it that you are doing this in preparation for the Premier League title?"
"We are always preparing to compete for the championship, and so are other teams"
Tuchel was all smiles.
I was planning to give up on this game, but I still won in the end.
It’s so cool to advance to the quarter-finals of the League Cup without wasting a lot of energy on the main players!
Fighting for the championship?
Anyone can see what Chelsea is thinking this season, and Tuchel feels there is no need to dwell too much on this topic.
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Chelsea FC: A tough advance to the next round, quarter-final opponent AFC Bournemouth @AFCbournemouth
Transfermarket: The latest update of the market value of some European/Oceania players. Neymar surpassed Jiang and rose to the top of the list with million euros.
Fans are quite sensitive to data such as market value, ranking and annual salary. When they saw Neymar's sudden price of million euros, they immediately became very interested.
Transfermarkt's transfer valuation of million euros is a full 4000 million euros more than Jiang Yuan's current value. It sounds a bit outrageous, but that's the fact.
Paris Saint-Germain bought Neymar from Barcelona for million euros.
It is undeniable that there is some premium element, but the transfer was indeed completed. The German transfer market serves the actual transfer. Since the actual transfer has reached this price, the German transfer market must also change accordingly.
It's just a pity for Jiang Yuan. It took him less than 5 months to reach the top, but now the situation has been reversed.
Jiang Yuan himself was fine. As an Instagram friend, he even liked Neymar's tweet, but Chinese fans were not very happy.
The day before Chelsea's away game against Bournemouth, The Sun reporter Aaronson published a report telling the inside story of the deal between Paris and Barcelona.
According to Aaronson's account, Paris did not actually look for Barcelona and Neymar at the beginning. They first contacted Chelsea and Jiang Yuan.
It is unclear from the current situation what Jiang Yuan’s attitude is towards Paris. Anyway, Chelsea rejected the transfer fee of million euros because they want to compete for the league championship in the new season.
Now I feel comfortable again!
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(End of this chapter)
