After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 427 Only time can delay Chelsea

This season is around the winter break, and Chelsea's schedule can be said to be the most intensive since Pan Yi entered professional football.

When fighting on the third front in Milan before, at most it was a few more games in the Coppa Italia.

In Hamburg, the Bundesliga has fewer teams than the Serie A Premier League, so even with the German Cup, the total number of games is the least.

When Pan Yi came to the Premier League last season, he also abandoned the League Cup and FA Cup early on to focus on the Champions League and the League, so it's okay.

But this season, Chelsea is a real N-line battle!
The league has been going on, the Champions League has reached the top [-], the League Cup has reached the semi-finals, and the third round of the FA Cup, which is the round where the Premier League teams start to join, is about to begin!

Coupled with the two Club World Cup games interspersed in the middle, this already busy schedule has become even more crowded.

If Pan Yi hadn't set the goal of seven championships early in the season, and had made sufficient preparations for it, he might have collapsed somewhere.

But even so, Pan Yi and the coaching staff did not dare to take it lightly.

Especially after the difficult reversal and victory over Crystal Palace, after successfully tying the unbeaten record of 58 games, the League Cup semi-final against Liverpool will be a guest at Anfield Stadium.

This is definitely not an easy game!

Therefore, before the team set off for Liverpool, Pan Yi specially held a team meeting to cheer everyone up.

Of course, there was also a particularly practical piece of encouragement at the meeting.

That is the team owner Roman Abramovich also made a special trip to London to attend.

He announced a resolution, which is a richer reward than last season!
This award covers the League Cup, FA Cup, league and Champions League bonuses, and of course the Club World Cup-but this bonus has already been issued.

Chelsea's bonus for winning the Club World Cup is about more than 400 million euros. Abramovich added a few million more to make up 1000 million, which was directly distributed to each team member!

This is about motivating everyone to keep up the good work and strive for success on all fronts.

All players naturally respond well to such practical incentives.

Pan Yi also encouraged everyone to grit their teeth and get through this most difficult period.

"Hold on, it will be over soon."

"In the past period of time, our state has had ups and downs, and I believe it was also affected by such an intensive schedule, but we have all survived and defeated one opponent after another."

"So, I also believe that you can continue like this."

"Next, what you need to do is to muster up the courage, make up your mind, take a step forward, overcome one difficulty after another, and finally reach the other shore of victory!"
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Sure enough, in the first round of the League Cup semi-final at Anfield Stadium, Chelsea encountered Liverpool's tenacious resistance.

Since Klopp took office, the face of Liverpool has changed a lot, and they have also risen steadily in the league table.

It’s just that due to the debts owed in the first half of the season, even if Klopp led the team to catch up, they can only hover between 5-8. It seems that it is still difficult to get the Champions League seat next season. .

It is precisely because of this that Klopp wants to seek some breakthroughs in other arenas, which can be regarded as a meeting gift for Liverpool fans.

Such as the FA Cup, such as the League Cup.

This is very sensible.

It can be said that Klopp has identified his own differentiated track, realized value transformation through the simple reuse of potential energy accumulation, found the vertical field he is good at through unique starting points, and realized industry co-construction and carrier integration , Through the focused play combining point and line, we have found the refined tipping point of the Red Sea industry.

To put it simply, Klopp's specialization in the cup has achieved results, and they have also successfully reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Therefore, they seem to be more motivated than their opponents when facing Chelsea.

Although Liverpool's current lineup and the two winger positions have always been Klopp's pain points, under his training, this Liverpool team still showed their good combat effectiveness.

At Anfield, although Chelsea still managed to take the initiative and took advantage of a corner kick in the 35th minute of the first half, Van Dijk scored the first goal.

But it didn't take long for Liverpool to equalize the score by Milner.

The former Manchester City jack-of-all-trades player hit a long-range world wave outside the penalty area, blasting through the gate guarded by Martin.

Most of Chelsea's games this season have been guarded by Courtois, while Martin has played in cups such as the League Cup and the FA Cup.

But Milner's shot was too wonderful, and Martin was powerless.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Lukaku received a pass from the left and easily scored with a push to take the lead again.

But just 7 minutes later, Firmino equalized the score again for Liverpool.

The score came to 2:2.

Although this game has scored a lot of goals so far, the game scene is actually not smooth.

On the one hand, this is because of Liverpool's tactics. Klopp adopted a more aggressive encirclement and suppression style of play, which made Chelsea's midfield passing and receiving a bit fragmented;
But more important is Chelsea's ups and downs.

After such a series of tough battles, no matter how strong Chelsea's lineup is, they will still be tired after all.

Especially during the winter break, especially since the last game against Crystal Palace was actually only two days away...

If it were any other team, it would have collapsed long ago.

But Chelsea still gritted their teeth and insisted.

And when the TV broadcast cuts to the sidelines, you can see Pan Yi standing on the sidelines, his expression seems not very satisfied with the score.

On the scene, Chelsea has the advantage.

But the score is now evenly divided. In addition to the fierce defense compared with Liverpool today and the goalkeeper Mignolet's performance is good, the main reason is that Chelsea's offensive players are not in ideal condition.

Tonight, Chelsea made too many mistakes on the pitch.

Just like the attack in the 86th minute, Gretzka passed the ball to Hazard, and the Belgian sent a direct pass.

The ball was going to pass behind the opponent's central defender Lovren, but Lukaku stood still and didn't run because he thought his fellow countryman would pass the ball to him.

As a result, the ball was passed directly to a place where no one responded, and it went out of the baseline under the escort of Lovren, wasting an offensive opportunity in vain.

This is not an accidental phenomenon. Situations like this abound in this game.

In the final analysis, it is because of the long-term battle that the player's state has problems.

Although Pan Yi has already rotated frequently, but sometimes there are games played every two days and every three days, even if you rotate, there are still people who still play more.

Even if one game is played and one game is rested, isn't that also two games played in five days?

Players' physical fitness and mental concentration will decline to varying degrees.

Especially mentally, it is difficult for a player to maintain the highest concentration all the time. When there are too many games, sometimes he will be a little numb and unable to raise his spirits.

This is why the coaches often give speeches before and after the game to motivate the players. During the game, the captain also shouts from time to time to remind everyone to concentrate, and the players often remind each other.

But now, Pan Yi stood on the sidelines, encouraging the players to continue to exert pressure and not to give up.

Because he wants to win, even if it is an away game against Liverpool, he also wants to win!
If you can return home with a lead at Anfield, the pressure in the second leg will be much less.

However, now he has used up all three substitutions.

Especially in the 80th minute, when he sent Mbappe up, he wanted the French teenager to take advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's fierce fight and a sharp decline in physical fitness to attack the opponent's defense.

But Mbappe, who is already well-known, is obviously also taken care of by Klopp. After he came on the field, he was closely marked by the same faster full-back Moreno, and he never had a chance to perform.

It can be said that Pan Yi has used all the moves that Pan Yi can use so far in the game. If the players are not in good condition and cannot perform effectively, there is nothing they can do.

And there is very little time left for Chelsea.

Now it has entered injury time, only 3 minutes.

"Continue to attack, continue to press forward!" Pan Yi shouted loudly.

He is showing determination to all Chelsea players, that is, he does not accept a draw!

He wants to win!

In addition to Pan Yi himself really wanting to win, this is also a psychological hint to the players on the field.

You must know that since ancient times, "a tie can qualify" has often failed to qualify. In many cases, it is because expectations are too low, which limits the performance of players on the field.

If you just want to tie, the players will of course have a sense of "being content with the status quo" on the field, which leads to a lack of hunger, and sometimes leads to mental relaxation, and finally leads to conceding goals and losing.

But if the attitude you transmit to the players is "must win", then the players will also be very energetic to deal with their opponents. At this time, the probability of being stolen will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, after Pan Yi kept shouting from the sidelines, the Chelsea players on the field also cheered up.

The game entered the last minute of stoppage time.

Liverpool once took the ball near the midfield. Coutinho tried to pass the ball into the frontcourt to find Firmino, but Chelsea's central defender Ake grabbed the first spot and gave the ball to the top. return.

The ball fell to the feet of midfielder Goretzka.

Seeing Hazard approaching, he passed the ball directly.

The Belgian stopped the ball and turned around, sending a diagonal pass behind the ball.

At this moment, Mbappe, like a bolt of lightning, quickly went straight behind Moreno.

Both players are very fast, but Moreno has been playing for almost the entire game, which is a huge waste.

And Mbappé was replaced at 80 minutes, and the physical fitness of the two is not at the same level.

Physical fitness also affects speed and explosiveness.

Mbappe rushed forward quickly, taking the first step, wading the ball in front of him, and catching up with him as fast as possible.

Skrtel was just outside the penalty area. He turned around and caught up with Mbappe at the first time, but the French teenager, who had just turned 17, was near the penalty area line and suddenly poked the ball forward, accelerating himself again.

In the visiting stands, the Chelsea fans cheered wildly in an instant.

Passing people with absolute speed is one of the most popular scenes on the football field!
"Mbappe is accelerating again!!!"

"My God, he's so fast!"

"He broke through, he went in, he shot... oh, he hit a cross!"

Relying on his speed, Mbappe rushed past Skrtel's defense zone abruptly, rushed into the left side of the big penalty area, caught up with the ball he had just stabbed on the left side of the small penalty area, and glanced at the center, left Foot sent a low flat ball cross.

The ball fell directly in front of the small penalty area, and Lukaku also rushed over at this time, facing Mbappe's pass, and sent the ball with his right foot into the almost unguarded goal.

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"No. 903 minutes, which is the last moment of the game, Lukaku broke the deadlock for Chelsea!"

"Mbappe used his own speed to complete a very wonderful forced breakthrough on the left, and sent Lukaku a wonderful assist."

"We saw that the Chelsea players were very excited, this is a lore!"

"Chelsea fans cheered all over Anfield, Liverpool fans fell silent."

"With the live TV footage, we can see that Pan Yi was so excited that he rushed out of the coach's command area and rushed to the sidelines to hug his players. He also seemed extremely excited."

"93 minutes, Chelsea finally scored!"

"Mbappe, who came off the bench, completed a key assist, and Pan Yi's substitution worked again!"

"This is Pan Yi's magic power, he can always turn the situation around at critical moments!"

"...Ah, the referee blew the final whistle shortly after blowing the goal whistle! So, congratulations to Chelsea, they won the away game!"

"In this way, they have taken the lead in the semi-finals of the League Cup in this two-round format, and also laid a solid foundation for their road to winning the championship!"

"Chelsea has been unbeaten in recent times, but they have played very hard in every game."

"This is like a tempering and test for everyone at Chelsea. I want to see if they have enough weight to continue to hit the unprecedented honor of seven crowns."

"You know, in English football, there is only one triple crown winner, and that is Manchester United in 99."

"And in those years, they also achieved this great feat by reversing their strong opponents many times. The most typical one is the duel with Bayern in the Champions League final..."

"Chelsea is the same now. From the winter break to the present, they have been struggling in almost every game, but they can have the last laugh in every game."

"It's really the temperament of a champion!"

"In another League Cup semi-final yesterday, Manchester City defeated Everton 3:1. Is this year's League Cup final going to be between Manchester City and Chelsea?"

"But no matter who Chelsea's opponent is, I believe that when Chelsea survive this devil's schedule, there is really no one who can stop them from doing anything!"
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After returning from Liverpool, Chelsea took a short rest and ushered in the third round of the FA Cup.

Fortunately, Chelsea's signing luck is good, and their opponent in the FA Cup is the Scunthorpe team from League One.

Perhaps it is because this team has never played in the Premier League, even the name is very unfamiliar to Pan Yi;

Although they have produced famous stars like Kevin Keegan, they are far from Chelsea in terms of historical record and current strength.

However, in the game, they still caused some trouble for Chelsea.

Because they fight!

Now coaches and players all over the world are proud of beating Pan Yi's team. After all, they were "lucky" to meet Chelsea in the FA Cup, so why don't they play desperately?
And what about Pan Yi?

If it is normal, it must be attack-oriented, and use goals to teach such a low-level team how to behave.

But now the whole Chelsea team is very tired, so Pan Yi doesn't intend to fight with others.

He first arranged the opening attack tactics, and then sure enough, Abraham "stealed" one before the game time was less than 5 minutes.

Then, the game entered Chelsea's passing rhythm.

Although Scunthorpe fought fiercely, it was a bit like hitting the cotton with a fist, and he couldn't exert his strength.

In the second half of the game, Pan Yi even made his players shrink a little bit, and stood up to fight back.

A Premier League team that is good at attacking, when facing a League One team, they actually played defense!

But the effect is obvious.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Mbappe took advantage of a counterattack opportunity, once again waded through the opponent's defense with speed, and succeeded in a sneak attack.

In the end, Chelsea won the game with minimal consumption and successfully entered the fourth round of the FA Cup.
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It stands to reason that Chelsea fans should not be particularly satisfied with defeating a League One team with a score of 2:0, and there is not even a big advantage on the scene.

But in fact, no one has any objection to this, and even the fans still sing praises to Pan Yigao.

Very simple, they understand the ball!

Under such a difficult and intensive schedule, as long as you can win the game and avoid injuries, what kind of bicycle do you need?

In this FA Cup, Pan Yi even rotated all the players, allowing Moses, Christensen, Martinez and other players who usually played less often to play the whole game, and also allowed more players to win A chance to rest and breathe.

And even for these players, due to Pan Yi's tactical strategy, in fact, the consumption during the game is not high, and they recover quickly.

Of course, in order to ensure the next two Premier League games, Pan Yi still let the players take a break after the FA Cup.

After all, January 1th is the focus battle with Manchester United!

This is the decisive battle that will determine whether Chelsea can break Milan's 58-game unbeaten record!
After playing this game, just two days later, it was the game against Everton on January 1.

After playing these two games, Chelsea's suffocating schedule during this period is considered to be over.

This kind of suffocating pressure is really breaking people down.

Let alone a player, Pan Yi was a little out of breath.

He can be understood at this time, why even the powerful Manchester United at the beginning, including the powerful Manchester City later, failed to win the quadruple crown.

It's terrible to add the FA Cup and the League Cup!
Of course, now that we have played this part, the most difficult period is about to pass.

It's time to pick up your spirits and prepare for the challenge of Manchester United!
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In fact, on the side of the English media, they are a little numb to Chelsea's continuous winning and strides towards breaking the 58-match unbeaten record...

The numbness mentioned here does not mean not paying attention, but has slowly accepted the fact that Chelsea is really likely to break AC Milan's unbeaten record that year!
Whether it's Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Leicester City, or the mysterious middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, none of them can stop this running Kodo!

The English media even lamented that there is only time to delay Chelsea from breaking the 58-match unbeaten record!
In fact, what is really anxious about this record is that it is Italy.

AC Milan's unbeaten record of 58 games is a symbol of pride and glory for the Rossoneri.

Some people may think that AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games have too many draws.

But it must be clear that when AC Milan created this record, it was the golden age of Serie A under the halo of the "Little World Cup". All of them are star-studded and powerful.

This is not counting Naples and Sampdoria, which also won the championship.

How strong was Serie A at the time?

Serie A teams have participated in almost every Champions League and UEFA Cup finals, and many of them were even Serie A civil wars.

AC Milan can exclusively enjoy this record in Serie A, and it is considered impossible for other teams to tie and break it.

It can be said that this is a monument for latecomers to worship.

Who would have thought that an extremely powerful Chelsea would emerge in the Premier League.

When Chelsea tied Arsenal's unbeaten record of 49 games, and then surpassed this record to reach 50 games, the Italian side didn't care too much.

However, seeing Chelsea began to flop:

Technician No. 51, no, is unbeaten in 51 games.

Then 52 unbeaten games, 53 unbeaten games...

In an instant, it was 58 games!

The miracle of 58 unbeaten games that originally belonged exclusively to Italian football and belonged to AC Milan was shared with Chelsea by Pan Yi, an assistant coach who previously played for Milan.

Italy was a little panicked.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" even began to come up with ideas for Manchester United.

"Continue to use the tactics of the draw with Chelsea in the first leg, but be more proactive and try to use Martial's breakthrough ability to cause trouble for Chelsea's defense."

And Manchester United coach Van Gaal is noncommittal.

He said that as one of the only three teams that Chelsea has not beaten this season, Manchester United is very confident to stop Pan Yi's unbeaten record.

Arsenal's unbeaten record of 49 games in the Premier League was ended by Manchester United, so Chelsea's unbeaten record is almost over.

"What kind of tactics will be used against Chelsea, I have no comment. But one thing is certain, that is, Pan Yi will definitely lose to me this time!"

(End of this chapter)