After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 351 Goal in the first show!
Stamford Bridge, January 1.

Chelsea host Watford.

This is a contest in the third round of the FA Cup, and it is in this round that the Premier League teams all play to compete for this trophy with the longest history in the world.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the FA Cup is the oldest football competition.

As early as 1871, they completed the first competition. The Rangers defeated the Royal Engineers 1-0 in the final to win the championship.

And what year was 1871? It was the Tongzhi period of my Qing Dynasty...

By the way, the Wanderers Club, the first champion of the FA Cup, is still there, but in the 15th league...

Therefore, compared with cup competitions in other countries, the FA Cup has a relatively high status in English football, and many teams will try their best to achieve better results.

Some strong teams will also work hard to win, after all, the champion can also qualify for the Europa League!
So, in the history of the FA Cup, which team has won the most championships?

It was Arsenal!
So far this season, they have won the FA Cup 12 times, especially in the past two consecutive seasons, and the name of the "insulation cup" was born from this.

However, if we talk about returning to this game, the attention itself is not very large.

It's not about how much the two sides of the game attach importance to the FA Cup, especially the attitude of Chelsea, which is aiming at the Premier League and the Champions League, but based on the comparison of strengths.

After all, Chelsea is now the Premier League's 20-round unbeaten giant, while Watford is just a Championship team.

Even if Pan Yi often uses a rotation lineup in such games, the strength gap between the two teams is still obvious.

The scene of Dortmund being hammered by Chelsea's substitute is still vivid.

Moreover, Chelsea is still playing at home!

This also avoids to the greatest extent the occurrence of small probability events like York City's upset defeat of Chelsea in the rain.

However, due to the recent Lingard transfer incident, all the media and fans still focused on this game.

Everyone is concerned, will Lingard appear in this game?
After going through the turmoil of this period, can he play at the level Pan Yi expects?

After the game started, everyone discovered that Pan Yi really made a big rotation for the game.

Absolute main players such as Lukaku, Hazard, and Kanter are all sitting on the bench.

Or in other words, all the starters in the last game against Manchester United were rested.

So, what about the four wingbacks?
Didn't Pan Yi send all four wingbacks to deal with Manchester United at the time? Today, the whole rotation is off. Isn't there no wingback?

Pan Yi's answer is simple-then don't use the wing-back formation!
Chelsea's formation today is an equally weird 3-3-3-1.

The three central defenders in the backcourt are led by captain Terry, with two youngsters Christensen and Zouma.

The middle three are three midfielders in an inverted triangle position. Cheek and Ramirez act as pseudo wingers on the left and right, while Mikel drags behind to occupy a midfielder position.

There are three in the frontcourt, with Gnabry on the left, William on the right, and the new aid Lingard standing in the front midfielder!
Pan Yi still dumped Lingard directly, and also used it immediately after completing the transfer procedures.

This will be Lingard's first game for Chelsea and his official debut at Stamford Bridge!

The other one who ushered in Chelsea's debut is today's starting goalkeeper Martin.

For now, this kind of FA Cup competition is his battlefield!
And the center forward at the top is Bamford.

这种3-3-3-1阵型在世界足坛算是一个比较冷门的阵型了，算是3-4-3阵型的一种演变阵型。

This is a more offensive formation, and the Argentine coach Bielsa was the first to propose using this formation.

In fact, Bielsa is a believer in the space theory of the famous Dutch coach Michels. His tactical philosophy can also be regarded as total football in a sense.

Michels believes that 4-3-3 is the formation that can maximize the coverage of the court space. On this point, Bielsa questioned, why should my formation cover all the space on the court?

As long as the defender is not too stretched, it is no problem for the three defenders to stare at the opponent's two forwards for the first time. My formation does not need to cover the space in the backcourt and sideways at the first time.

于是，经过他的研究后，一套看起来比较反人类的3-3-3-1，或者说是3-3-1-3阵型（边锋的站位前后决定了是3331还是3313）就诞生了。

Although it seems that there are only three people on each side, in fact, this formation is not a formation that many people take for granted that lacks width.

Four people in the frontcourt form a diamond-shaped oppression team, that is, a center forward, two wingers and a midfielder. The frontcourt oppression is carried out at the first time. After the opponent breaks the oppression, they have to retreat and defend.

The two people on the side of the midfield should hug each other. When attacking, step forward to support the winger. When the opponent organizes, suppress the opponent's side. When defending, they should be placed in the position of full-back or full-back. Two people need to run up and down, and one person supports a sidewalk.

There needs to be a "gate" in the middle of the midfield, sweeping in front of the defense line, and helping the backcourt to play the ball when attacking.

Three central defenders are generally used to deal with the opponent's double forwards, but when facing a single central forward formation, it becomes two central defenders, and the extra one refers to the midfielder.

The premise of being able to use this formation is that there must be enough generalists so that they can adapt to various changes on the field.

Obviously, the players in Chelsea's current squad meet this demand.

Of course, Pan Yi used this formation today, in addition to allowing the four wingbacks in the team to rest, there is another important reason, and that is to give Lingard the best "experience".

He knows that Lingard is currently able to play his best level in the midfielder position, and Lin Huang has only come to Chelsea for a day or two now, it is still too early to transform into a winger or something, so he is still allowed to play. The most comfortable position is better.

The success or failure of the first show is very important to the establishment of a player's self-confidence!This is especially true for Lingard, who was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion before.

This is a different situation from Gnabry's last game.

Gnabry was born as a winger, so playing as a winger is naturally a plug-and-play, seamless connection.

另外，这套3-3-3-1阵型虽然是3-4-3阵型的变种，但毕竟在实战中切尔西众将也没有真正使用过。

Today's match against Watford, who is relatively weak, also happened to be used to practice.
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After the start of the game, Wadford played very pragmatically and set up an iron barrel formation in front of the penalty area.

They don't care what you are 3331, 3313, or 343!
In fact, Wadford's team does not lack some powerful players, such as Mexican international Layun, Fabrini who has been selected for the Italian national team, and Nigerians, future Chinese Super League stars and Manchester United stars Ighalo...

The lineup of the English Championship team is often better than that of the lower reaches of the other four major leagues. This is no joke.

However, today they are facing Chelsea.

Facing the leaders of the Premier League and the Giants in the away game, as a Championship team, they have only one option to stick to it.

Stick to it, stick to it for me, the whole 0:0, and then see if you can steal one, or even try a penalty kick to see your character again after a tie rematch, this is their only way to win.

And apparently, their strategy seems to be working.

The game went on for more than 80 minutes, and the score was still zero to zero.

Both sides failed to score!
However, Pan Yi is not very anxious about this.

The FA Cup, like the League Cup, is also a place for training.

In fact, although the players on the field are a bit unaccustomed to today's formation, Chelsea played very well overall.

Sometimes you can't just watch the game by looking at the score.

How to evaluate whether the tactics used by a head coach in a game are appropriate?
In fact, it depends on the opportunities created by the team, or the "expected number of goals" data.

If chances are created and you don't score, sometimes it's just down to bad luck, after all the coach can't go out and kick that damned ball into the net!

Just like today's game.

Chelsea's tactics today are extremely aggressive in execution, and Lingard also played like a fish in water in the midfielder position.

He himself is not the kind of player (such as Iniesta) who has extremely delicate footwork and can make incredible moves in a small space, but his active fighting attitude, strong running ability and dexterous running ability, It fits the requirements of this set of 3-3-3-1 for the midfielder very well.

In the 2002 World Cup, Bielsa was the coach of Argentina at the time, so why didn't he recruit Riquelme?

Obviously because Riquelme's running ability is not enough to complete Bielsa's frontcourt pressing requirements.

So he chose Veron as the front midfielder, who has the running ability to execute oppressive tactics and has an excellent overall view.

Now Lingard is the "Veron" in this Chelsea team, but unlike him, he has to assume the responsibility of the core of the team's offense.

Because in this Chelsea team, it is not a simple single-core or dual-core, but distributed cloud computing!Mom doesn't have an absolute core, but everyone can play a core role.

This made Chelsea's offense unstoppable and created a large number of very threatening shooting opportunities.

However, in today's game, their luck was indeed a little bit bad.

Just like this attack in 84 minutes.

Gnabry got the ball from the wing, he cut in diagonally, and after encountering an interception, he arched the ball to Chike, who immediately knocked it to Ramirez.

Ramirez kicks a high ball into the penalty area.

Watford's Jamaican defender Doyle secretly pulled Bamford's jersey, but still failed to stop the opponent's take-off.

Bamford jumped high and scrambled for a header.

Under Doyle's interference, his take-off was restricted, his position was not very good, and he finally rubbed the football with the back of his head.

Bang!
This was a difficult header, but the ball hit the crossbar directly, making a muffled sound.

The ball was then kicked out of the touchline by a panicked Wadford defender.

This is the fourth time Chelsea hit the goal frame today!
This feeling can't even be described as bad luck, it's a bit metaphysical!
The gateposts of Stamford Bridge deny the Lord!
The game has entered 90 minutes, and it is also the injury time period.

Chelsea are also launching their last chances to attack.

Of course they don't want to play a rematch. After all, this consumes a lot of physical strength of the players, and it may even affect the subsequent games.

At this time, Mikel's long-range shot was blocked by the opponent's defender with his body, and Ake, who had already pressed the frontcourt, picked the ball into the penalty area.

Bamford headed the goal again, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Gnabry got the ball first, but he immediately realized that Lingard was in a better position in the middle, so he pushed his arch and passed the ball to Lingard.

Holding the ball in a crowded penalty area, Lingard deftly flicked the ball sideways before posing for a shot.

"Block him!" shouted Watford's Brazilian goalkeeper Hilario Gomez.

Their two central defenders stretched their legs almost simultaneously to block the shot.

However, Lingard just dunked the ball, avoided their blocking directly, and then swung his foot to shoot.

beep!
At this time, the referee's whistle sounded.

Lingard's shot was also incomplete.

This is because Layun of Wadford pushed Lingard down from behind in a panic!
"Penalty!"

It's a penalty without a doubt.

The referee pointed directly to the penalty spot.

At the same time, a second yellow card was shown to the fouled Layun.

Layun turned two yellows into one red and was sent off with a red card.

In fact, in this game, the Wadford team has already paid the price of seven yellow cards in order to prevent Chelsea's offense. It is very miraculous or lucky to be sent off at this time.

Watford manager Jokanovic put his head in his hands and looked frustrated.

His team held out for almost the entire game, and at the end of the day it looked like they were going to fall short.

Although it is said that a Championship club generally does not have any hard requirements for the results of the FA Cup, it would be such an honor to draw against Chelsea in the game.

It might bring him to the attention of Premier League teams...

This is Chelsea, who just beat Manchester United by eight goals!

Of course, he still had a glimmer of hope, that is, Chelsea missed the penalty kick.

So, Jokanovic turned his attention to his own penalty area, wanting to see who is Chelsea who will take the penalty.

But now on the field...

No one took this penalty!
Because Chelsea's first penalty shooter is Hazard, he is not on the field.

The second penalty shooter is Lukaku, who is also not on the court.

The third penalty taker is David Luiz...not there either!

Oscar and Schurrle, who are relatively high in the order of taking the penalty, have also left the team, which makes everyone suddenly wonder who should take the penalty.

So, everyone turned their heads to look at the coach's bench.

"Whoever created it will be punished!" Pan Yi shouted loudly, "You little bastards, you still ask me such a trivial matter?"

While it seems reasonable for Pan Yi to call the young players on the field "little brats", it sounds a bit ridiculous considering that there is Terry on the field who is older than Pan Yi.

But Terry didn't think he was disobedient. He was used to calling this young head coach "boss" and "boss". Does he still care about being called "little brat"?

He was also the first to pick up the football from the ground and stuffed it into Lingard's arms: "Come on, take it easy, let's get it in!"

Lingard nodded.

He is actually good at penalty kicks, and his mental quality is also good. He often took penalties when he was in the Manchester United youth team.

It's just that he was allowed to take the penalty kick in the first game representing Chelsea today, which still made him a little psychologically stressed.

What's more, it is the key penalty kick at this time of the game!

But Lingard also understands that this is an opportunity given to him by coach Pan Yi.

The coach hopes that he can perform in today's first show, and at the same time enhance his self-confidence!
Therefore, he can't back down either!
Lingard walked to the penalty spot with the ball in his arms, kissed the ball lightly, and then put it down.

The referee blows his whistle.

Lingard took a breath, ran up, and shot!

He didn't make any fake moves, nor did he think too much, he just aimed at the bottom right corner of the goal!

Watford goalkeeper Hilario Gomez, despite his good judgment, was unable to prevent the ball from entering the net due to the tricky angle.

The ball is in!
The Chelsea fans in the audience suddenly burst into cheers.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!"

"Lingard calmly took the penalty kick! Chelsea led 1-0! Lingard's Chelsea debut also scored a goal!"

"Considering that the current game time has reached the last moment of injury time, this goal can be said to have completely killed the game!"

"This penalty was created by Lingard and he scored it himself. This can be said to be the best reward for his good performance today."

"You can imagine how much psychological pressure he was under after his disastrous performance on behalf of Manchester United against Chelsea and his immediate transfer to Chelsea."

"If he can't get out of the shadows in today's game, and even said that he still performed poorly, how much it will hit him."

"Fortunately, Pan Yi still trusts him, and all Chelsea players trust him. Today Lingard played a good game and scored key goals."

"Obviously, Lingard understood that too. He rushed to the dugout immediately after scoring the goal and hugged Pan Yi. Considering everything that has happened in the past few days, it is a very emotional scene. !"

"Maybe, we can really see that Lingard, a kid who grew up in Manchester United, will get a new life in Chelsea..."

In the end, with the penalty created and scored by Lingard, Chelsea beat Watford 1-0 at home and successfully entered the fourth round of the FA Cup.

So far, the terrifying Premier League Christmas schedule has come to an end.

从12月23日开始，到1月5日结束，12天内5场比赛，切尔西也取得了四胜一平的优异战绩！

In addition to Chelsea, there is another Premier League team that also has four wins and one tie, and that is Manchester City.

他们在这五场比赛中是3：0水晶宫，3：1西布罗姆维奇，2：2伯恩利，3：2桑德兰，2：1谢菲尔德星期三。

Although it doesn't have a big score like Chelsea's 8:0 Manchester United, it still scored a lot of points after all.

This has caused the two top teams to further widen the gap with other teams in the standings. After all, there are not many teams that can get out of the Christmas schedule!

Not to mention Manchester United's disastrous defeat to Chelsea, Arsenal first drew with Liverpool, and then lost 0:2 to Hull City...

Therefore, Chelsea is now the first with 58 points, Manchester City is the second with 46 points, and Manchester United is still the third with only 37 points!

It is precisely because Manchester United is still in the third position, Van Gaal still carried it over for the time being, and did not dismiss get out of class immediately...

At the press conference after the game, Pan Yi also praised Lingard:
"He played well, it didn't even feel like he was playing for Chelsea for the first time."

"In the attacking midfielder position, he has brought out all his characteristics. If it weren't for his luck, he might have scored in the first half."

"Yes, I like this player very much. Not only does he give his best on the court, but he is also a happy fruit off the court."

"Can you believe it? On the first day he came to the team, he made Kante laugh several times. This is a goal that will take us a month or even three months to complete!"

"The evaluation of our winter window operation? It is perfect. The three players we added can perfectly make up for the vacancies left by the players who left the team."

"Don't forget Martinez, who also made his debut today. His performance is also very good! Of course, it is not his fault that he failed to make a save in the audience... It would be nice if he could get a zero seal bonus!"

"Is there any other operation in the winter window? I think our current lineup is strong and complete enough. Unless there are players leaving, I think our winter window may be over."

"Will Lingard start in the next Premier League game against Newcastle United? Well, I'm not sure yet. Let's wait and see..."

Pan Yi's last answer was not sloppy.

After all, the strengths of the mid-range teams in the English Championship and the mid-range teams in the Premier League are different.

Therefore, the difficulty of playing against Watford is naturally different from that of playing against Newcastle.

If he hadn't led by two goals early when playing Manchester United, Pan Yi might not have let Gnabry play so quickly.

So if Lingard wants to play against Newcastle, he needs to perform better in training.

After all, if Lingard did well in his last FA Cup game, it was against a Championship team, and in a 3-3-3 that was tailor-made for him. Played in -1 formation.

If Pan Yi wants to change the formation to 3-4-3, then Lingard will play at the left and right wing positions. Can he still play at his level at this time?This is a question mark.

This is not to say that Pan Yi will definitely use which formation, but under his command, his players need to adapt to every formation and every style of play, which is a basic requirement.

Just like Oscar who just transferred to SIPG, he is actually best at the attacking midfielder, but he also found his own position in this Chelsea team.

In short, based on just one FA Cup game, it is still uncertain whether Lingard has really adapted to Chelsea.

It still depends on whether he can adapt to Chelsea's training, Pan Yi's training!
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(End of this chapter)