After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 305 The Premier League is getting upset!

If the performance of the strong teams in the first two rounds of the Premier League this season was not bad, the third round of the Premier League on August 8 and August 30 showed a different scene.

"The mysterious middle and lower reaches of the Premier League" collectively showed their power!

In this round of competition, only one is a strong dialogue between BIG6, while Tottenham Hotspur, who maintained a complete victory in the first two rounds, lost to Liverpool with a score of 0:3 at home.

Red Army captain Gerrard, Brazilian rising star Coutinho, and the not-so-happy "happy boy" Sterling each scored a goal to help Liverpool win.

Tottenham's loss to Liverpool seems relatively acceptable, but the other strong teams are a bit uncomfortable.

In particular, Manchester City, which is gaining momentum, unexpectedly lost to the "City of the Sky" Stoke City at home!
Manchester City's siege of the whole court has never achieved anything. Instead, in the 58th minute, Stoke City played a high ball. Go in and give Manchester City their first defeat of the season.

Arsenal also failed to win Leicester City away.

After being taught a lesson by Pan Yi's Chelsea, Leicester City organized a better defense against Arsenal, making it difficult for Arsenal generals to find more and better opportunities.

In the last two teams, Vardy and Sanchez each scored a goal and shook hands 1:1.

The other BIG6 is Manchester United, which is still unable to win the first win of the season.

They fought hard against the newly promoted Burnley for 90 minutes in the away game, but they ended up with a goalless draw and a 0-0 draw.

In other words, among the five BIG6 teams that played in the early stage, except for Liverpool who won the "civil war", all the other teams did not win!
Since Chelsea achieved four goals in the games against Burnley and Leicester City, this comparison shows how strong Chelsea is under the leadership of Pan Yi this season!
Therefore, the media also began to be optimistic about the next away game between Chelsea and Everton.

However, Chelsea seems to have also been infected by this "upset wind".
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On the evening of August 8, Goodison Park Stadium.

In the third round of the Premier League, Chelsea's away game against "Toffee" Everton is underway.

Now it's time for the second half, and the score between the two sides has reached 2:2!

Chelsea also have no way to take the lead!
Judging from the current score, this game seems to be an offensive battle, but in fact it is not.

Chelsea is still the main attacking side. They control the rhythm of the game, and Chelsea are far ahead in terms of possession rate and number of shots.

But Everton also performed extremely tenaciously at home.

Being able to rank fifth in the Premier League last season proves that they have a certain level of strength.

In this game, their Spanish coach Roberto Martinez also adopted a strict defensive tactic, which made Chelsea's offense a little difficult.

After all, Chelsea scored eight goals in the first two rounds!

It is impossible for the head coaches of the Premier League teams not to be afraid of such offensive power.

So Robert Martinez also didn't dare to make a big deal.

But even so, Chelsea's onslaught still received results.

In the 20th minute of the game, after Hazard got the ball from the left, faced with the double-teaming of two defensive players, he just took the ball to the bottom line and crossed it to the goal, assisting Kanter who had already advanced to the center Pushed and broke the goal, opening the scoring for Chelsea.

But that lead didn't last long.

In the 25th minute, Everton took advantage of a counterattack opportunity, and the extremely fast "Cheetah" Eto'o got a single shot and easily pushed the shot.

After failing to get a new contract from Chelsea after the end of last season, Eto'o gave up joining the Eredivisie giants Ajax, but moved to another Premier League team Everton on a free transfer.

This is also a goal he scored against his former owner, and it is also Chelsea's first conceded goal this season!
After that, the two sides entered a stalemate for a period of time.

Chelsea kept pushing and penetrating, while Everton defended the city and fought back.

In the 38th minute, Chelsea scored again.

Seat B shook continuously after taking the ball from the right. After wading horizontally for a few meters along the penalty area line, he suddenly took a shot from the far corner and succeeded. The score became 1:2 and Chelsea took the lead.

But this lead did not last until halftime.

In stoppage time in the first half, Everton won a free kick from the outside of the front court.

Naismith took the penalty and hoisted the ball directly into Chelsea's penalty area.

Courtois abandoned the goal and played the ball with both hands, but the whole body collided with Everton centre-back Distin.

The referee awarded Everton a penalty without hesitation!
The reason he gave was that Courtois bumped into Distin before hitting the ball, so it was considered a foul.

But this time the penalty was actually a bit far-fetched, because Courtois was in the small penalty area at the time, and his hand hit the ball first, and then collided with Distin.

This made Courtois and other Chelsea players feel uncomfortable, and captain Terry also expressed his dissatisfaction to the referee.

But there is no way, the penalty has not been changed, and the penalty kick is still awarded.

This penalty was still taken by Eto'o. He scored the penalty steadily and equalized the score for Everton!

After scoring the goal, Eto'o also ran to the stands of the visiting team Chelsea's fans and made a celebration of "the old man stays on the crutches", which caused bursts of boos.

2:2, this is the score at the end of the first half.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Chelsea continued to attack Everton, but the goal still seemed a bit difficult.

In fact, Chelsea can create some threats in almost every attack, but it is a bit lacking in the ability to seize opportunities.

Chelsea's starting center forward today is Forband, who performed well in the last round of the game. As a reward, Pan Yi let him continue to start.

But today he seemed a little impatient under the close defense of Everton players.

In the first half, he failed to hit the right spot for several shots. Some of them were shot, but they were saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, American goalkeeper Tim Howard.

This also made him more and more anxious, and even affected his performance on the front line.

In the 30th minute, Bamford even received a yellow card for knocking his defender Jagiel down in the opponent's penalty area.

The narrator also said:

"Judging from the current game trend, Chelsea seems a little unlucky today."

"Although they have also scored two goals, Chelsea have created five or six very good scoring chances in the first half alone. The young Chelsea striker still lacks the ability to seize opportunities."

"And now on the bench, Pan Yi only has one center forward, that is, Lukaku, who is also young, can use it. He and Bamford each started a game in the first two rounds, and they performed very well."

"In today's third game, Pan Yi chose Bamford to continue to start. But now Bamford is struggling on the field, so will Pan Yi give Lukaku a chance?"

"The question now is that Lukaku is also a striker with an average ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal. Can he give the team enough help, and even help Chelsea turn the tide?"

"At this time, will Pan Yi regret letting go of the veteran Eto'o who was originally in the team? After all, Eto'o is now in the opponent's team and has already scored two goals! And in this stalemate situation , Veterans will obviously be more experienced and not as frizzy as young players!"

"Everton's defensive counterattack is still playing very well. Although the absolute chances they created are far lower than Chelsea, they just seized the only two scoring opportunities and equalized the score twice."

"This also makes Pan Yi's team have to be careful about their backs while aggressively attacking. After all, Everton has also shown their threat in counterattacks!"

"To a certain extent, Chelsea's ability to push Everton to such an extent in the away game is also a reflection of the team's strength. After all, Everton is not a newly promoted like Burnley or Leicester City. , they were also No.5 in the last Premier League, and they still have a certain strength."

"It's just that if Pan Yi wants to take three points from the away game today, he must show more skills."

"Of course, the good news is that even if Chelsea can only score one point at Goodison Park in this game, they can still rank first in the Premier League standings..."

"Oh, sorry, let me correct what I just said. Since Swansea beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in the just-concluded game, they now have 3 victories and 9 points."

"In other words, if Chelsea can't win, then their ranking will drop to No.2..."

At this time, the TV broadcast also gave the camera to the coaching bench of the visiting team.

Pan Yi's face now is not as relaxed as in the previous two games.

He also felt the difficulty of the Premier League!
In this game, Everton coach Martinez obviously did his homework.

Chelsea's performance in the first two rounds was amazing, but at the same time it exposed Pan Yi's latest tactics to all the Premier League coaches.

And how many people who can become the head coach of a Premier League team are mediocre?
Later, Martinez, who was able to lead the Belgian national team to the semi-finals of the World Cup, obviously also has a good tactical targeting ability.

He also carefully created a set of defensive counterattack tactics for Chelsea.

The most correct thing he did in this game was to gather a large number of troops to the two wings for defense, making the wings of Alonso and Azpilicueta a bit unable to fly.

Therefore, even though Chelsea's two wingers Hazard and Seat B are still performing well, they seem to be a bit alone without support from the rear. They rely more on their own personal ability to break through and get shooting opportunities.

In addition, the two central defenders Jagielka and Distin that Everton started today are both very strong in physical confrontation, which made it a bit difficult for Bamford to defend.

After all, Bamford, who weighs only 71kg, has a strong running ability and is also very active in fighting, but it is a bit embarrassing for him to really fight for a position with an opponent who is 193cm tall and weighs 88kg.

So……

Now Pan Yi's choice is also very simple.

That is to use heavy to make heavy, and use strong to strong!

At this time, there is a need for someone who can push through Everton's defense like a bull!

That is, the man who combines "one tall and one fast" all in one!

At this time, Pan Yi let out a heavy breath, looked at the time again, turned and walked to the bench.

"You, come here!" Pan Yi pointed at the big black man on the bench and shouted.

Yes, it is Lukaku, the big black man.

Now the young version of him, although his weight is not as terrifying as the 103 kg in the later period, he has reached 97kg, and he has been an out-and-out heavy tank since he was a child.

Lukaku looked around, and then realized that Pan Yi was calling him, so he quickly jumped up from his seat and came to Pan Yi's side.

Pan Yi naturally put his arms around Lukaku's shoulders, pointed to the field and said:

"You go to warm up later, and Bamford will be replaced in 5 minutes. You have watched the game off the court for so long, you should be able to see his problems on the court, right?"

"Understood." Lukaku nodded, "It is too disadvantageous in physical confrontation, and it is difficult to get stuck in the best position when shooting, resulting in poor shooting quality."

"Very good." Pan Yi nodded appreciatively.

This seemingly foolish guy still has the ability to read the game.

It seems that the training for him during this period of time was not in vain.

Pan Yi continued to instruct: "After you go up, you still have to pay attention to how you use your body."

"Remember, your greatest advantage is your body! We are playing against their defense in this game, so there won't be too much depth for you to run, don't think about your explosive kick Already!"

"You need to lean on the opponent's central defender more to be responsible for taking and making the ball. At this time, you have to stay focused and calm at all times, and pay attention to the position of the opponent's defender at all times."

"Including always knowing where you are, the distance to the penalty area, so that you can judge where you are most suitable to catch the ball, and whether to shoot yourself or give the ball to your teammates after receiving the ball."

“We all know that the farther you are from the penalty area, the less defensive pressure you receive, and the more space you get. The closer you are to the penalty area, the greater the marking pressure, the narrower the space, and the more defensive the opponent will be. Aggressive."

"So at this time, you have to use your body to protect the ball. Also, when receiving a pass from a teammate, you have to leave a little bit of advance, block the position in advance, block the opponent's defender, and let the ball come to you, so that you can get more space to handle the ball, understand?"

What Pan Yi said was very detailed, almost teaching Lukaku how to play a real center forward.

After all, when they played Burnley in the first round, the opponent hadn't figured out Chelsea's offensive routines, and Lukaku hadn't been tested too much at the time.

But now, it is obvious that Everton came prepared, and their central defender's ability is much stronger than that of Burnley. This requires Lukaku to pay more attention to his technical details in order to be able to defeat the enemy and win.

"Finally, after you play, I will let the two wingers give you more high balls to break through the opponent's relatively dense defense."

"And when you take off to compete for the top, you must remember to observe the position of the defender first, and don't take off blindly! You must grasp the best take-off point and timing, otherwise, you will be interfered by your opponent when you take off, and it will be difficult to find the first place. It's over."

"All in all, what I have been emphasizing is that you have to use your physical advantage as much as possible to suppress the opponent, just like in training, understand?"

Lukaku nodded solemnly, "I understand."

These contents, of course, were involved in Pan Yi's training, and now they are only emphatically emphasized, and they are constantly emphasized!

Because in Pan Yi's previous life, Lukaku really didn't play like a center forward, and he was getting farther and farther away from Drogba's standards. In the end, no one called him "little monster".

He can even be used as a pure winger. In the combination of "one high and one fast", he is the "one fast" one...

This is too much of a waste of his good body.

Let's leave it to the little guys like Hazard and B Fei to break through the wing.

You can indeed pull the side, but I can't let Hazard or the B seat stand in the middle of the penalty area and compete with others for the header.

There are only so many players on the team, everyone must make the best use of it!
Therefore, from the first day when Pan Yi transferred Lukaku to the first team, Pan Yi trained and demanded him with the standard of a high center forward. Destroy!

And Pan Yi told Lukaku very clearly that I asked you to come to the first team to compete for the main center position. If you want to play as a winger, just sit on the bench obediently.

Because of this, Lukaku is indeed practicing his center forward skills every day and has made great progress.

He was indeed a center forward when he debuted, otherwise how could he be called a little monster?

It's just that I didn't know which string in my head was wrong, and I couldn't play the role of fulcrum as I kicked and kicked.

Now that Pan Yi is holding him back and letting him bury his head in the path of center forward, it will naturally not be easy for him to go astray.

"That's about it, you go to warm up first. Come on!" Pan Yi finally encouraged.

Lukaku grinned and was about to run over when Pan Yi suddenly remembered something, "Wait."

Lukaku turned his head in front and looked at the coach in a daze.

Is there anything else you haven't explained?
Pan Yi said: "If your teammates have a chance to shoot... you must pay attention to your position and don't block their shooting route!"

"Huh?" Lukaku looked confused.

What does the boss mean by saying this suddenly?
What idiot striker would block his teammate's shot!are you crazy!
"Okay, it's okay, you can go." Pan Yi waved his hand.

Alas, if Pan Yi hadn't seen Lukaku's "Pile King" ability many times in his previous life, and blocked his teammates' shots at critical moments many times, why would he need to do anything extra?

I just hope he will be smarter in this life!

At this time, Everton's defense has become tighter and tighter. I hope that Lukaku can disrupt their defense after going up, and then Chelsea will have a chance.
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"come on!"

Bamford gave Lukaku a high-five and hug when he was substituted.

Bamford was naturally a little frustrated about being replaced.

Which player doesn't want to be able to stay on the court and make contributions?

But Bamford also knows that he really can't please the Everton players' tough defense.

So at this time, it is only natural for head coach Pan Yi to make tactical adjustments.

He can only hope for the next time!

Of course, since most Chelsea players are young players now, everyone knows that Pan Yi decides who to play based on the player's status and tactical arrangements.

Therefore, everyone in the team is more of a healthy competitive relationship, and they will not get angry because they fail to start or are substituted for a certain time!
This also determines that the atmosphere within the Chelsea team has always been harmonious and united.

So Bamford not only didn't show any embarrassment when he got off the field, but instead encouraged Lukaku who came on as a substitute.

The team's victory is the most important thing!
And when Lukaku ran into the stadium quickly, he also received half boos and half applause in Goodison Park.

Of course, the boos were all issued by Everton fans. This is a "meeting gift" dedicated to the visiting team players.

And applause for him, in addition to Chelsea fans, there are also a considerable number of Everton fans!

This is precisely because in the last season, that is, the 2013-2014 season, Lukaku played well during his loan at Everton.

In a total of 33 appearances, he scored 16 goals and 6 assists, and his efficiency can be said to be amazing.

If it wasn't for Pan Yi's decision to promote Lukaku to play as a center forward in the first team, Everton would have paid more than 3000 million euros to buy him out.

So his appearance today, like Eto'o, is facing the former owner, but the two have switched positions.

This is actually one of the reasons why Pan Yi didn't send Lukaku to start at the beginning.

Whether it is the two central defenders Jagielka and Distin, or the left back Barnes, and the right back Coleman, the entire defense line of Everton has played for the team for many years. Also train together for a whole year.

Therefore, Everton's defenders are very familiar with Lukaku's characteristics, and know how to defend to make this little monster feel more uncomfortable.

And Pan Yi was going to take a gamble.

He just wants to bet that Lukaku has undergone a few months of tempering, not to mention that he has undergone a radical change, at least he will become a "familiar stranger" to Everton's defenders .

Stronger back hitting ability, better ball awareness, and better grabbing level, this is the magic weapon that allows Lukaku to play his role when facing these old acquaintances in front of him! ——
At this time, the game has reached the 60th minute.

Lukaku tried to catch the ball for the first time after he came on the field, but it was not smooth. Distin behind him quickly went around and intercepted the ball first.

Everton's defenders are really familiar with Lukaku's way of playing!
They know that Lukaku will be a little inflexible when holding the ball, or even a little clumsy, so they will take the opportunity to grab it directly.

Not to be outdone, Lukaku stood near the top of the arc again in the next attack to receive a long pass from his teammates in the backcourt.

This time, he did catch it, but the stop was a little bit bigger. When he wanted to catch up quickly and protect the ball, Jagielka next to him had already taken the lead and poked the ball out.

Warm applause and cheers broke out at Goodison Park, which was dedicated to the wonderful clearance of the defender.

"Don't worry! Stay focused! Don't compete with them!" Coach Pan Yi reprimanded from the sidelines.

Lukaku at this stage is still rough on his feet, and needs to improve his passing and receiving skills.

But that's all right.

As a pivot center, he doesn't need to stop the ball very well either.

As long as he can grab the first point, and then give the ball to a nearby teammate, it is almost half the task.

However, he failed to touch the ball twice in a row after playing, which may have a little impact on Lukaku's psychology.

So Pan Yi, who sees this, of course needs to give Lukaku a certain reminder on the sidelines, let him concentrate on his work, and don't make unnecessary technical moves for "retaliation".

Hearing Pan Yi's call, Lukaku glanced at the sidelines and nodded quickly to acknowledge receipt.

He also took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He also knows that as the top center forward, he won't have much space to hold the ball.

He must think of the next move when the ball is flying towards him, and he must not let the ball linger under his feet. He must move in and out quickly, and touch the ball with one foot!
And due to Chelsea's offensive in the second half, the next pass came in tens of seconds.

This time it was Lukaku's national teammate Eden Hazard who took the ball on the left and was blocked by Coleman when he tried to cut into the ribs and was forced to pass back to Marcos Alonso.

After the Spanish left wing-back took the ball, he habitually glanced ahead and saw that Lukaku had already run to the center.

According to Pan Yi's adjustment in the second half, this is the moment when he needs to cross!

So, Alonso quickly sent a pass to the right of Lukaku, whose back was facing the goal.

At this time, Distin, who was behind Lukaku, stuck up again, and was about to stretch out his feet to destroy when Lukaku went to stop the ball.

But this time, Lukaku didn't mean to stop the ball at all.

He took a step forward facing the ball, blocked Distin's path with his strong body, and then turned around, the left long leg just swung, and Alonso's kick The cross, swept directly to the goal!
At this time, Distin almost instinctively retracted his body without any reaction time, letting the ball fly past his chest.

The main reason is that Lukaku's pass was so sudden that he couldn't react at all!He was still blocked by the black tower in front of him at this moment!

At this moment, the right wingback Azpilicueta had already slanted to the back point like a ghost, stabbed directly at the front of the small penalty area, and sent the ball passed by Lukaku into Egypt. Fulton's goal bottom right corner.

The ball went in! ! ! !

(End of this chapter)