After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 394 The flexible fat man

In mid-July, Chelsea's summer training officially began.

For Chelsea, the first game of the new season is the Community Shield against Arsenal on August 8, so the training time for this season is still relatively tight.

But this can't be helped. Who made the Champions League last season scheduled relatively late, and then connected to the Copa America?Always let the players rest well.

Although now there are two more Brazilian internationals suddenly missing, and only David Luiz has returned to the team...

And when the team regrouped, Wolfart also led the medical team to conduct a return medical examination for each player.

The report submitted to Pan Yi showed that every player was in good physical condition, such as weight, body fat percentage, etc., were pretty good.

Pan Yi also took a special look at Lukaku's weight, and it was still "only" 97 kilograms, and it didn't really rise to [-] kilograms.

This is what Pan Yi specifically told Hanhan to stop gaining weight, because now it is enough.

If the weight is too high, although the ability to carry people in the penalty area will be stronger, it will also reduce the player's sensitivity and speed, which Pan Yi does not want to see.

A flexible fat man on the front line is more useful than a pure tower!

Why is Harland always a bug, both in reality and in the game?

In addition to the necessary technical indicators such as shooting skills, it is because he is tall, fast, strong and flexible...

This is really hard to guard against!

The weight of Lukaku and others did not exceed the standard, which also shows that this group of players is relatively restrained even if they are on vacation.

Good professionalism!
There will be no change in the selection of the captain for the new season. The captain is Terry and the vice-captain is Ivanovic.

These two players have been in the team for a long time, are also very respected by the players, and both are leaders in the locker room.

Terry, in particular, can be said to be a natural leader, and his temperament on and off the court is convincing.

On the first day of the training camp, Terry began to perform his duties as captain. He came to the locker room early, prepared everything, and took the initiative to lead his teammates to warm up before training, which played the role of a captain very well.

It can be said that Pan Yi has such a captain who really saves a lot of worry. Even if his competitive state declines, Terry will stay in the team for two more years. This is definitely good for the growth of the team's young players.

After the training games last season, Chelsea's overall tactical framework has basically taken shape.

Although Pan Yi soon announced that he would focus on practicing the 3-5-2 formation in training, but the different three-back formations are actually similar;
甚至在上赛季的一些比赛中潘毅也曾经用3-4-3切换成过3-5-2，让班福德和卢卡库同时在场上冲击对方防线，因此大家适应起来还是挺快的。

And this time, Harry Kane, who is more capable and comprehensive, is used to partner with Lukaku, and everyone is more confident.

It is the midfield that needs to make the most changes.

Those players who played as wingers last season, such as Hazard, Gnabry, Lingard, etc., should start to practice more and return to the middle to play as a midfielder.

It's just that this is not a big problem, because Pan Yi already has high requirements for wingers to cross positions and receive responses, and they often played like this last season.

Coupled with the fact that many of them were born as front midfielders, the problem is even less serious.

It is Seat B that Pan Yi asked to make the biggest change.

He not only wants to play the front midfielder, but also retreats to the back of the midfield, and even the back midfielder for series organization.

In Pan Yi's arrangement, the B seat should often stand in front of Kanter in the new season to play a pseudo-winger position, which is a bit similar to De Bruyne's role when he was in Hamburg.

At this time, his advantages of comprehensive skills and no obvious shortcomings can be fully utilized.

In this 3-5-2 formation, the task of seat B on the field is to pass the ball and advance to support the front line after completing the defense, and rely on breakthroughs or through balls to tear apart the opponent's defense near the penalty area. The open place behind the center is his. Exclusive area.

Although his personal defensive ability is not outstanding compared with Kanter and others, Seat B is excellent in actively implementing oppressive awareness, attacking defense and grasping the timing of backtracking, which makes him suitable for any position in the midfield .

Therefore, although Xia Chuang sold the two midfielders Ramirez and Mikel, as the B seat is getting better, no one will worry about the midfielder.

Especially there is a newly joined Gretzka.

For this tall German midfielder, the team basically understands him as a perfect substitute for Mikel inside and outside the team, thinking that he can provoke Chelsea's midfielder's defensive tasks like the Nigerian.

But this judgment is only half right.

Pan Yi's positioning of Gretzka is indeed a defensive midfielder, but he is similar to Kanter and is not a pure defensive player.

It can be said that he and Mikel are even two different types of players, and there is no comparison.

This point, as the season preparations began, was quickly realized.

From the perspective of technical characteristics, Gretzka's biggest advantage lies in his forward speed and scoring ability.

In another aspect, he also has a strong sense of the ball and the ability to control the ball at his feet, and has quite good dribbling skills.

During the training match, Gretzka used his precise shots from outside the penalty area many times to impress his teammates.

On the defensive end, Gretzka's advantage lies in his fast chasing speed, and this kind of immediate chasing often has very good results.

Because for a team like Chelsea that pays attention to continuous vertical impact back and forth, Gretzka's arrival will greatly help the team's offensive and defensive balance.

In defense, another characteristic of Gretzka is that he likes to tackle.His ground speed is fast and determined, and opponents often encounter steals when they are not prepared.

Generally speaking, Gretzka's tactical execution is very high, and his running ability is also very good. He can use active movement to fill the vacancy of the team's defense.

Of course, for Gretzka, who has just turned 20, he still has some shortcomings, and there is room for future improvement.

The first is his confrontation ability. As a German player, it is not outstanding.

The main reason is that his current physical strength is slightly insufficient. He is 189cm tall and weighs only 76kg, which is really not enough.

So not long after Gretzka joined the team, Pan Yi asked Wolfart and Pintus to arrange special strength training for him to increase his muscles!

You know, in Pan Yi's previous life, after joining Bayern, Gretzka changed from a slightly skinny appearance to a muscular man in just a few months.

At that time, he had increased his weight by 15kg!
A 90kg midfielder was born, and the muscle gain also brought Gretzka a strong confrontational ability, including steals, the core strength needed to fight for the top, and protecting the ball, etc., as well as stronger self-confidence.

On the other hand, Gretzka's passing awareness is good, but the passing accuracy is actually mediocre.

Especially for the pass to the core position, the landing point is often not accurate enough, so in these aspects, he still needs to be patient.

Of course, Pan Yi also has a way to deal with this.

First of all, of course, let Gretzkaduo practice passing, and also let him familiarize himself with his teammates' running habits faster.

The other is to ask Gretzka tactically to try not to pass the key ball by himself, but to hand the ball to Kanter or Hazard, the B seat and others in front of him to handle it.

It takes time.

And as long as Gretzka's body and passing are improved, he will truly become an omnipotent all-round player in the midfield!

At that time, Chelsea will have two midfield barriers of Kanter and Gretzka, plus Van Dijk behind him, Pan Yi believes that Chelsea's defense will have a greater improvement than last season.

Moreover, even if Kanter is absent for something at that time, Gretzka can also take on the role of a single midfielder, and the team's overall offensive and defensive rhythm will not even be affected.

This is the biggest reason why Pan Yi decided to introduce Gretzka!
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There is training, and of course there are games.

Chelsea has only arranged three official warm-up matches this summer, all of which are in the United States. There is also a title, euphemistically called: the International Champions Cup.

This is actually a commercial event, once named the Guinness Cup, divided into North America, Europe, Dragon Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and other competition areas. Like the Emirates Cup and Telecom Cup, it is one of the mainstream warm-up matches.

Of course, as far as the participating teams are concerned, they still deserve the title of "Champions Cup".

For example, this year, the participating teams in the Dragon Country are Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Inter Milan, while the Australian teams are Manchester City, Roma, and Real Madrid.

Chelsea participated in the North American division, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Fiorentina, Mexico America, Benfica, Barcelona, ​​Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, San Jose Earthquakes, etc.

Of course, this kind of friendly cup match has a relatively loose competition system, and there is no strict group match plus cross-elimination match.

It's just that there is a special point that if the game is tied after 90 minutes, it will immediately enter a penalty shootout to decide the winner.

Chelsea's opponents are the New York Red Bulls, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona. After the game, it's over, and then they will be ranked according to the points and win a championship or something.

Since both Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona were opponents that Chelsea defeated in the Champions League last season, and Barcelona and Chelsea dedicated a historic game in the final, it can indeed be said to be a championship battle;
Therefore, this group of games is still quite concerned.

After arriving in New York, Chelsea also received a warm welcome from the local fans, and everyone rushed to see Pan Yi, the top coach in Europe, and the demeanor of many stars in the team.

A Premier League team like Chelsea itself has many fans in the United States, and now that Chelsea is coming under the title of the new Champions League champion, it is naturally more popular.

After the start of the game against the New York Red Bulls, Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 26th minute. Hazard passed the ball from the right side of the penalty area. New aid Harry Kane took the ball around and swung it from an angle, then shot from 14 yards and scored.

Chelsea rotated 10 people in the second half. Mbappe, Abraham, Gretzka, Van Dijk and Amelia all played, and many of them made their debut for the Blues.

But the New York Red Bulls took this opportunity to tie the score.

Terry's back pass was slightly weaker, Amelia made a tackle but failed, Rivera stole the ball and scored an empty goal, 1-1.

In the 69th minute, Rivera made a cross from the right, and Adams rushed to the top of the unguarded 10 yards to overtake the score, 2-1.

In the 73rd minute, Matic blocked the opponent's cross, Terry failed to clear the siege in time, Sean Davis shot from 14 yards and scored, 3-1.

Chelsea narrowed the gap in the 75th minute. Hazard made a free kick from the left and passed low to the edge of the penalty area. The unguarded Mbappé shot into the bottom left corner of the net, 3-2.

In the 77th minute, Zouma cleared the opponent's poor pass, and Sean Davis shot from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area through Terry's legs and into the net, 4-2.

Later, Chelsea wasted scoring chances in a row. Both Mbappe and Abraham failed to score a single shot, and a 12-yard push from the B seat before the end of the game also missed.

In the end, Chelsea lost the warm-up match, which also made tens of thousands of New York fans at the scene ecstatic.

After all, they defeated the Champions League champions!
But Pan Yi didn't care about it.

In an interview with reporters, he said: "The purpose of the warm-up has been achieved, and I am very satisfied."

"Harry Kane and Mbappe both scored goals in the game, which will be very helpful for their journey in the new season."

"Many young players have also performed very well in the game. I believe they have adapted to the rhythm of Chelsea, and they will play better and better in the future."

"Mbappe and Abraham missed a single shot? This is a normal thing. And they will sum up their gains and losses in this game. As I said just now, they will continue to improve and get better and better..."

Then there is Paris Saint-Germain.

Due to the rejection of Paris' bid of 1.1 million to buy Lukaku, this game has also attracted a lot of attention.

But the game itself was lackluster, because both teams came for the purpose of warming up, and they didn't really play in the Champions League.

In the 25th minute, Paris Saint-Germain broke the deadlock. Augustin made a low shot with his right foot in front of the penalty area and hit the post.

In the 65th minute, Chelsea equalized the score, Kanter hoisted the ball into the penalty area, and Moses scored in front of the small penalty area, Chelsea 1-1 Paris.

After the two sides replaced players on a large scale, the scene became even more flat. Within 90 minutes, the two teams drew 1-1 and went directly to the penalty shootout.

Both sides played almost flawless shots until the seventh round, Thiago Silva's penalty was saved by Courtois, and then Courtois himself took the penalty kick to score, Chelsea penalty shootout Victory over Paris.

And when it came to playing Barcelona, ​​it was almost a replica of playing Paris.

Of course, they can't do it like the Champions League final a month ago. Barcelona's Messi, Neymar, and Suarez who participated in the America's Cup didn't even play.

In the first half, Chelsea took the lead in the 10th minute, Zouma passed the ball, Hazard broke into the penalty area after passing 4 players in a row, and scored from the left.

In the second half, in the 52nd minute, Barcelona equalized the score. Mathieu's diagonal pass caused Azpilicueta to make a header error. The penalty kick has crossed the goal line first, 1-1.

In the 66th minute, Barcelona overtook the score, and Sandro shot from the left side of the penalty area to the far corner of the goal, 2-1.

Chelsea equalized in the 85th minute when Gary Cahill headed in from a free-kick to make it 2-2.

The two sides entered a penalty shootout again.

For Barcelona, ​​Halilovic hit the crossbar, Pique's low shot was saved by Courtois, and Chelsea scored all penalties to win.

So Chelsea completed this trip to the United States with a record of one loss and two wins, and also completed all the warm-up matches of this summer training.

Although the next two games were won by penalty kicks, first of all, the opponent is relatively strong, and secondly, Chelsea's state is obviously adjusted well, and each game is better than the other. This also makes the outside world still full of expectations for Chelsea's new season.

Another important factor is that people all over the world now know that Pan Yi does not attach great importance to the results of the warm-up match. How he works in the warm-up match has nothing to do with his performance in the main match.

Next, Chelsea will return to the UK immediately to prepare for the upcoming Community Shield! ——
PS: There should be another update at noon.

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