After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 333
On the afternoon of November 2014, 11, Liverpool.

The eyes of fans all over the UK and even the world are focused on this, on Anfield Stadium.

The reason for this is of course not only because this is the focus of this round of the Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Chelsea.

The main reason is that Chelsea's state this season is really amazing, winning streak all the way.

After breaking the Premier League's best start record with ten consecutive victories in the last round, many people are already looking forward to their longest winning streak of 14 consecutive victories created by the invincible Arsenal. .

Of course, some relatively rational fans believe that Pan Yi led Chelsea this season to create amazing miracles, but there is no team in the world that can really win all the way to the end.

In other words, Pan Yi will lose sooner or later.

But the question is, when will he lose?
No one knows the answer to this.

At least from the current development situation, it is still difficult to find the logic that they will lose normally.

What, didn't Chelsea lose the League Cup penalty kick out by York City?
First, that scene was not normal;
Second, that game was also a draw within regular time;

Thirdly, it was the irrelevant Carabao Cup, a competition that even many Chelsea fans felt would be strategically abandoned.

Moreover, we are now discussing the Premier League winning streak!

Can Pan Yi break it?

If broken, where is his end?

Can this record be raised to a height that is difficult for future generations to reach?

And if this record is broken, can the Premier League's highest scoring record, highest winning record, etc. be broken at the same time?

These questions naturally make fans all over the world feel curious.

They want to know more, if Pan Yi is going to lose in the end, when and how will he lose to whom?
This makes all fans pay close attention to every game of Pan Yi.

After all, no one knows which game Pan Yi started losing. Everyone wanted to witness this moment with their own eyes.

Therefore, even if Chelsea play QPR, which is relatively strong and weak, the ratings can be compared with Manchester City, not to mention today's strong dialogue with Liverpool.

How to say this is also a head-to-head confrontation between the runner-up and the third runner-up last season!
As the other side of this focus battle, Liverpool's head coach Rodgers certainly hopes that he can be the one who can really stop Pan Yi's progress.

In order to prepare for this game, he even did not send all the main players to play in the Champions League group match with Real Madrid two days ago, resulting in an away loss to Real Madrid.

In Rodgers' view, the Champions League group he is in can let Real Madrid win and qualify, and then compete with Basel and Ludogorets, two relatively weak teams.

Moreover, as far as Rodgers' current situation is concerned, the results of the Premier League may be more important than the Champions League.

After all, the Premier League is the bottom line. If you fall out of the top four, you may lose your handsome position;
And as Liverpool, which participated for the first time in recent years, lost to a team like Real Madrid in the Champions League, Liverpool fans will not criticize too much-the big deal is to keep this account in mind and calculate it later!
Therefore, losing in the two back-to-back games with Real Madrid is a reasonable result after saving strength.

What Rodgers wants to do now is to beat Chelsea in the Premier League!

This is an important battle to win three points, and it is also an important battle to regain confidence!

As long as Chelsea can be won, Liverpool fans' doubts about Rogers will dissipate. His transformation of Liverpool's tactics can also be carried out step by step, and he may even seek opportunities for reinforcements in the winter window.

But if you lose...

Liverpool will fall out of the European theater in the standings, which is bound to cause a new round of dissatisfaction among the fans, and Rogers may be dismissed midway.

Of course, Rodgers came to Anfield with a lot of confidence this time.

He prepared carefully for a week, just to let Pan Yi taste the sharpest defensive counterattack in the Premier League! ——
Anfield was as full as ever.

Liverpool tickets have always been difficult to buy, whether it is home tickets or away tickets.

In addition, this is another focus match against the leaders of the Premier League, and it is even more difficult to find tickets. Those who can get in are basically season ticket holders and diehard fans.

Although the players have just finished the hot match and the game has not officially started, the enthusiasm of the fans is obviously more enthusiastic than before, and all kinds of cheers, singing, and boos resound through the sky.

Of course, at Anfield, it is the most famous song that often sounds from time to time:
"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone”

Of course, the players and coaches on both sides have no time to appreciate the performances of the fans.

At this time, in the dressing room of the visiting team, Pan Yi was putting Liverpool's starting lineup on the tactical board, and was going to emphasize the tactics with his players.

As expected by Pan Yi, Rogers' formation today is indeed his best 4231 formation:

Center forward: Balotelli.

Frontcourt: Emre Can, Coutinho, Sterling.

Defenders: Henderson, Gerrard.

Defenders: Moreno, Lovren, Skrtel, Johnson.

Goalkeeper: Mignolet.

Pan Yi coughed lightly, then pointed to the tactics list.

At this time, the Chelsea players in the locker room immediately stopped playing and sat upright.

They all knew that Pan Yi was about to give his final speech.

"Liverpool's lineup, although it is obvious to fight our counterattack, it cannot ignore the personal offensive ability of their players."

"Like Sterling, he has a strong breakthrough ability, while Balotelli and Moutinho have strong shooting ability."

"It's still Moutinho, including Gerrard in the midfielder position, and even Henderson, who also has a long-range shot, which requires us to focus on prevention."

"And today they are playing at home. Even if the main strategy is to defend and counterattack, there may be a wave of offensive attacks at the beginning of the game, trying to disrupt our rhythm."

"So we have to be more stable at the beginning. Prioritize control of the rhythm and possession of the ball, stabilize the defense, and when their momentum passes, it is time for us to take over the game."

"Taking a step back, even if they advanced our ball, I wouldn't be too surprised, and I believe you won't be too panicked."

"The previous game has told you and me that as long as we can hold our ground at any time and don't panic, we can always equalize and overtake the score, right?"

The players replied in unison: "Yes, we understand, boss!"

Everyone is full of confidence. This is the spirit brought by the winning streak.

If you can have a system in a football game, maybe you can now see that the arrows indicating the status and morale of all Chelsea players are straight up.

Pan Yi began to make targeted arrangements for some key locations:
"Their speed in the frontcourt is still very good, especially Sterling. You must pay attention to maintaining the level and depth of the defense line at all times, especially Ni, Ake, you must always pay attention to your position and destroy his cross. You can let him shoot a little further away from the goal."

The three central defenders that Chelsea started today are Ake, David Luiz and Gary Cahill.

Using Ake at the left center back position is to use his speed and flexibility to fight against Sterling.

During this period, Sterling appeared more on the right winger position, using his speed and buttocks (?) to break through, and then create opportunities for teammates in the penalty area, more like a traditional winger's style of play.

Sterling's speed, running position, and breakthrough ability are all very strong. It can be said that he is the biggest explosive point in the frontcourt of this Liverpool team.

But as a player who has carried forward "Happy Football", he really felt a little tasteless when he shivered at the end, so Pan Yi also told Ake more detailed defensive strategies.

Who is Sterling?That is a man who occupies the most important position in the future Premier League five.

Which five unique?
East Slope-Nunez, West Swing-Glarish, South Turn-Anthony, North Punch-Lukaku, Center Happy-Sterling.

Now that Lukaku has the guidance of Pan Yi, he is breaking away from the Five Jue, and he is no longer the king of piles;

Even if he is still a pestle king, he is still an evolved pestle king.

But Sterling is not so lucky right now, so he will continue to be happy.

After hearing Pan Yi's order, Ake, David Lewis and Gary Cahill agreed in unison, and Ake yelled the loudest.

You know, he pushed Captain Terry to the bench, which shows how much Pan Yi values ​​him.

Of course, Pan Yi will also explain clearly to the players about this lineup change due to tactical targeting, so the substitute players including Terry will not have any complaints.

After all, everyone knows that in Pan Yi's eyes, no player has to play.

In Pan Yi's view, there are only players who are in the best condition and who are most suitable to play against a certain opponent.

And to defend against a small and quick spirit like Sterling, of course Ake is more suitable, otherwise Sterling would have to make an aircraft carrier U-turn, which would delay things.

"After defending their opening attack, our two wingers and wingbacks must also actively move forward and always suppress the opponent's two fullbacks, including their wingers, so as to relieve our defensive pressure. ,understand?"

"No problem, boss."

Today's starting winger Hazard, seat B, and wingbacks Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta all agreed.

"Their defense is actually not very good, especially when defending set-pieces." Pan Yi explained to the starting center Lukaku, "When you don't have a particularly good chance in the frontcourt, don't take it hard, just fall when you should. As smart as your predecessor Didier Drogba, understand?"

"Understood!" Hanhan said.

"Create corners when it's time to create them, understand?"

"Understand!"

"good."

Finally, there are two back waists.

Kanter and Matic are actually the most worry-free combination for Pan Yi.

They are excellent in offense and defense, and can basically cover all kinds of tactical ideas of Pan Yi, and it can also be said to be a panacea combination.

Probably it means that Kanter is not needed when all members are required to hold high...

But Pan Yi still ordered a few words, don't specialize!

"You have to help the team maintain a compact formation, and you must keep a good distance between each other. Their main offensive method is to counterattack, and if the formation is too loose, it is easy to create opportunities for them to counterattack."

The pair of black and white Shuangsha in the midfield also nodded.

Naturally, they already knew the most basic tactical requirements.

"Finally, let us set foot on the ground of Anfield and conquer the fans here!"

Pan Yi raised his arms, and the players jumped up from their seats like springs! ——
"Friends from the audience, welcome to the 2014-2015 season, the 11th round of the Premier League. This is Liverpool at Anfield at home and against visiting Chelsea."

"Director Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu will bring you today's live commentary."

This game attracted the attention of the whole world, including Long Guo, of course.

In this prime time game, there are countless Dragon Kingdom fans who watched this Premier League focus battle through various channels.

"Hey." Zhang Lu's voice sounded, "Today's match, which side do you prefer? Or, which side do you prefer to win?"

Zhang Lu's question seemed normal, but it was actually a bit difficult to answer.

As we all know, Zhan Jun is a big fan of Liverpool.

Although he never made any obvious biased words during the commentary process, he certainly hoped that Liverpool would win in his heart.

It's just that today is a little different.

Due to the existence of Pan Yi, Chelsea seems to have become the number one home team in the minds of the majority of Longguo fans. If the answer is not good, they will offend people, and it will offend a large number of people.

But Zhan Jun still laughed and said: "Actually, I hope it doesn't matter who wins, because strength speaks out on the football field."

"Just like when Chelsea played Manchester United before, Manchester United fans all over the world must hope that Manchester United can win, but in the end they were slaughtered by Chelsea."

"So, all pre-match predictions are meaningless. In the end, it all depends on the performance of both sides on the court."

After all, he is a professional commentator, and he still cannot show his own tendencies in the commentary process.

But Zhang Lu doesn't need to be like this as a guest.

He said bluntly: "As far as the strength and state of these two teams are concerned, I really don't think Liverpool can beat Chelsea, even if they are playing at home."

"Obviously, so far this season, Chelsea's signs of winning the championship have been very obvious. Not just Liverpool, I also don't think any team can stop Pan Yi and his team."

Zhan Jun: "It seems that director Zhang is still full of confidence in Pan Yi as always."

"It's just that, now it seems that this Liverpool team is the last team that has the hope of beating Chelsea."

"In the BIG6, Chelsea have beaten Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and this is the fourth, which is Liverpool."

"The last BIG6 Tottenham, this season's state is even more ups and downs, and I feel that I have no chance to challenge Chelsea."

"So I think if Liverpool still can't score points against Chelsea at Anfield today, then Pan Yi is really unstoppable."

Zhang Lu also nodded: "It depends on whether Rodgers can restrain the performance of the Chelsea generals tonight."

"Judging from the starting lineups and rosters of both sides, neither side has any strange moves, such as some big circles stabbing 514..."

"Both sides are regular 4231 vs. 343. In other words, it depends on the control and targeting of the details by the coaches of both sides, as well as on-the-spot command."

"The game time is coming soon. Let's see how they perform on the field!"
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With the whistle of the referee and the cheers of Liverpool fans, the game finally started.

Liverpool took the lead to get the right to serve.

However, Chelsea did not immediately press up to grab the ball as in the past, but retreated steadily, which allowed Liverpool to quickly stabilize the ball and quickly advance past halftime.

Less than 1 minute into the game, Sterling broke through with the ball on the right, but was stuck tightly by Ake and blocked Sterling's route to the bottom line.

In desperation, Sterling could only cut in, took a step and then shot!
The ball flew into the stands outrageously.

This happened to be the visiting team stand where the Chelsea fans were, so everyone burst into laughter and applauded Sterling as a sign of encouragement.

However, such a shot motivated the Liverpool players a bit, and they quickly made a comeback after 2 minutes.

This time, he switched to the left where Emre Can is. His breakthrough ability is not as sharp as that of Sterling. After getting the ball, he saw that Gary Cahill had already stood still, so he moved the ball to the center. pass.

Captain Gerrard is there to meet.

When Kanter saw this, he went over immediately, ready to disrupt Gerrard's action of catching the ball, and at worst it would affect Gerrard's next plan.

It's just a little unexpected that after receiving the ball, Gerrard just flicked the ball out and shot!
At this time, the ball is still about 35 meters to 40 meters away from the goal.

This is too far!

However, Gerrard's strength was very sufficient, and the ball hit Chelsea's goal like a cannonball.

Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois did not dare to neglect, for the sake of safety, he punched with both palms and hit the ball directly.

The ball flew high and landed in the box, where David Luiz headed it out of the danger zone.

But the next drop point is again Liverpool players.

This time it's Coutinho!
I saw him at a distance of about 28 or 9 meters from the goal, directly bent his bow and set his arrows, and kicked a curve ball with excellent strength and angle!

This time, Courtois was a little out of his reach.

After he jumped up, his fingertips almost touched the ball, but the ball was too fast, and the arc of rotation happened to bypass his fingers.

As a result, the ball took a strong spin and turned directly into Chelsea's goal!
"The goal went in!!!!!! Beautiful long shot!"

"Coutinho! A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops will meet you!"

"In the 3rd minute, just 3 minutes into the game, Liverpool took the lead in breaking Chelsea's goal!"

"The whole Anfield stadium became a sea of ​​joy."

"For Chelsea, this is undoubtedly a head-on blow. They conceded the goal in the first 3 minutes, which is obviously not good for them."

While the live TV broadcast was playing back in slow motion, the commentator Zhan Jun was suppressing his inner excitement and speaking:
"The development process of this goal is actually very simple, but it is also a bit surprising to be honest."

"The Gerardje team actually chose a long shot from such a long distance. After the ball was punched out by Courtois, David Luiz also pushed the ball out of the penalty area normally."

"But now Coutinho was there waiting and ended the attack with a world wave."

"It can be said that throughout the process of scoring, the Chelsea players did not make any mistakes, but the goal was scored."

"This may be the role of the stars. The long-range shooting ability of Gerrard and Coutinho played an important role."

But Zhang Lu pondered: "Under normal circumstances, midfielders don't shoot long shots from such a long distance. The efficiency is too low, and most of the time they just pass the ball instead."

"But maybe this is one of Rodgers' strategies today? He may have realized that it would be difficult to penetrate Chelsea's defense through normal ball possession or counterattacks, so he asked players to strengthen long-range shots."

"And in his formation, there are just so many players who are good at long-range shots. Although the efficiency of long-range shots is relatively low, random punches can kill the master..."

"Since so many strong teams in the past couldn't deal with Chelsea in various ways, then Rodgers came up with another way to score goals by enhancing long-range shots, increasing the number of shots, and causing Chelsea's defensive chaos."

"Now it seems that his strategy seems to be successful. I just don't know what coach Pan Yi will think about it and how to deal with it?"
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"It's okay, cheer up and remember what I just told you!"

Pan Yi's shouts came from the sidelines.

He still had a calm face, and he couldn't see the impact of the bad start on him at all.

The same is true, is it rare to concede a goal at Liverpool's home court?

What's more, it was such an unexpected goal.

Sometimes there is just no way, even if the player does not make any mistakes, the ball will still be scored.

It's a bit like playing basketball. People throw it at the hoop in their backcourt, and the ball goes in. What can you do?
I can only admit that I am unlucky, then clean up my mood and try to get the ball back.

Of course, the conceded goal just now cannot be said that all Chelsea players have done a perfect job.

If Thibaut Courtois would have confiscated the ball, if David Luiz had headed the ball into a safer area, if Coutinho had been shot by someone in the first place...

Especially the matter of Gerrard and Coutinho having a long shot, Pan Yi specifically told him before the game.

But on the football field, everyone has to react within a few tenths of a second. If everything is required to be perfect, it is too strict.

Sometimes it's just that the opponent shoots beautifully, and you just can't guard against it, you have to admit it.

Pan Yi is not such a coach who is too harsh on his players, otherwise everyone would not be so convinced by him.

"Come on, remember what I said, keep playing!"

Pan Yi was full of confidence on the sidelines, clapping his hands to encourage the players, without any haste when he spoke, as if he hadn't been scored at all just now.

The players on the field also thought that the boss had indeed emphasized in the locker room just now that if Liverpool took the lead at the start, it showed that this was all in his expectation.

Since everything is under the control of the head coach, why not panic!
They all had inexplicable confidence in Pan Yi.

And since the boss said it's okay, it must be okay.

Keep going!

As a result, what Liverpool fans wanted to see, the scene of Chelsea players panicking and making mistakes did not appear.

On the contrary, Chelsea played more steadily, organized the defense line more carefully, and began to strictly guard the area ten meters or even 20 meters in front of the penalty area.

This has led to fewer opportunities for Liverpool to even shoot from long distances.

But the overall situation on the field is still Liverpool's main offense and Chelsea's main defense.

This is a rare thing.

After all, in almost all games this season, Chelsea dominated the game and then ended the game with a score of greater or lesser.

Why is it different today?

Not to mention that Chelsea had already conceded a goal in such a short period of time in the opening, why are they not in a hurry at all?

Liverpool coach Rodgers on the sidelines looked at him, feeling a little flustered for no reason...

(End of this chapter)