Chapter 608 Outpost Battle
"Cesar threw the ball to Terry, Terry passed it to Mikel, Mikel handed it to Ashavin, Ashavin passed it back to Mikel, and handed it to Essin on the right, Chelsea's ball still fell back and forth in the diamond midfielder
Wembley Stadium is staged with the outpost of the new Premier League season and the Community Shield Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur faces Chelsea, a contest between the two Premier League teams with the strongest attack power last season, so all fans are looking forward to a wonderful game that will provide a weather vane for the new season of the Premier League.
Therefore, all parties attached great importance to this game. In order to better show the strength of the two teams, Wembley Stadium re-layed new turf for the twelfth time before the game. This time, it used a mixed field similar to the natural turf combined with artificial grass fibers used in Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Stadium.
This mixed turf was also used by many Premier League teams in the past. To put it in the media's joke, this time Wembley Stadium finally made up its mind to ensure that the players will not slip and get injured easily, and finally made a wise choice to ensure the smoothness of the game.
In this game, Tottenham and Chelsea showed their smooth and skillful passes and receiving cooperation from the beginning, but unlike Chelsea, they almost played with the main lineup. Tottenham and Hotspur still used the semi-main lineup to play. Ye Qiu took a cautious attitude towards those players participating in the World Cup, especially the second half of the World Cup.
Chelsea's starting lineup, goalkeeper is Cesar, defense is Ashley, Kerr, Terry, Alex and Ferreira, diamond midfielder is Mikel, front is Lampard and Essin, front is Ashavin, double strikers are Anelka and Maluda, while Chelsea's midfielder still adopts diamond four midfield positions.
In addition to Drogba who was injured before the World Cup, Chelsea can almost be said to have sent all the main players to play to show Ancelotti's attention to this game and also ensured that Chelsea has taken the initiative since the beginning.
Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup has changed a lot, with goalkeeper Cech, defense line Marcelo, Nastasic, Kompany and Alves, and the midfield has completely changed. Ramsey, Yaya, Toure and Eriksen appearing in the starting lineup, while Neymar, Raul and Ribery are in the frontcourt trident.
Long before the Community Shield Cup, Ye Qiu had revealed to the public that the team will be cautious about the use of World Cup players at the beginning and early stages of the season, because Tottenham Hotspur has reached 14 international players participating in the World Cup, including Fabregas, David Silva, Cavani and other players who have reached the final stage of the World Cup.
Since Ye Qiu arranged for the players to take two weeks of vacation after the World Cup, they returned to the team before they went to Amsterdam. Their physical and physical condition were still in the adjustment stage, and their physical reserves were just starting. No matter from any situation, they were still far from meeting the requirements of the game.
According to past World Cup experience, all players who have participated in the World Cup will inevitably have problems in the new season because their bodies are in a very tired state. If they are reused from the beginning of the new season, they may be injured.
Ye Qiu took Peterlante's suggestion and in the warm-up match before the season, all of them were substitutes and young players, allowing players including Messi, Fabregas, Cavani and David Silva to rest and rest and adjust.
Neymar performed well in the warm-up stage, and Belgian young player Hazard, who performed well last season, had a little bit of a minor injury, so Ye Qiu continued to arrange for Neymar, Raul and Ribery to start in this game, because the team must retain the main force, play the first round of the league, and face Manchester City at home.
This is the opening game of the new Premier League season, a highly anticipated game, Tottenham Hotspur cannot lose
There have been many changes in the Premier League this season, including Newcastle, West Ham United, Manchester City and Liverpool's strength has been greatly improved, especially Manchester City. Benitez has introduced three Spanish internationals in one go, which has made Liverpool's overall strength a huge leap forward. It is not known how strong it can show.
On the contrary, the veteran powerhouse Chelsea, in addition to introducing Brazilian international Ramirez from Ajax, did not sign up, but instead let go of many players, including Joe Cole and Beletti, which weakened the team's bench thickness.
Ancelotti still used the diamond midfield tactic in this game, using Maluda and Anelka in the front to play guerrillas. The diamond midfielder organized and passed the ball behind him. Overall, there was no eye-catching change.
It's no wonder that if there is a change, first of all, there must be players who can bring changes. As a midfielder, Ramirez can bring limited changes to Chelsea. In the frontcourt, Drogba was injured and absent, and Chelsea's overall attack power lacks threat. This is also the reason why Ye Qiu dared to be so bold to join a group of young people.
I saw Essin holding the ball on the right and taking two steps forward. Seeing Anelkara coming to the side to catch the ball, Ghana Buffalo quickly passed the ball forward, but just as Anelka was about to catch the ball, Marcelo poked the ball around.
Ashavin quickly caught up and caught the ball, but Yaya O Toure always stuck to him, forcing him to take the ball to the side.
With a cross, Ashavin's pass was steadily pushed out of the penalty area by Nastasic header. The Serbian central defender performed very steadily in this game. This header directly hit Ramsey who was retreating. The Welsh turned around and passed it diagonally to Eriksen, who passed it forward with a big foot.
I saw Ribery standing in the area between Terry and Ashley or Cole. As soon as I saw Erikson's long pass, there was obviously another Yuji Terry action before he started, which made him unable to start immediately, and then quickly sprint forward.
Ribery's start speed was very fast, and he threw away Terry directly and rushed to the right line of the penalty area to catch the ball. Terry also entangled Ribery. Although he was at a disadvantage in speed, he was very smart and specifically blocked Ribery's incisive cut. Moreover, he was not fast enough to avoid the sudden stop on Ribery.
I have to say that Terry is very smart and has a lot of experience. After Ribery received the ball, he had no choice but to suddenly accelerate, shake off an open position, and cross with his right foot.
At this time, there were three players in the penalty area, two blue and one white. Ashley Cole assisted with defense behind Terry, while Alice was guarding Raul, while Ribery's cross was a low tie, and the speed was very fast. Ashley Cole wanted to destroy it, but she couldn't have time. Raul behind him quickly followed.
The smartest thing about Raul is that he blocked Alex on his left. When the ball came from the right, blocked Alex on the left. What is the result? It is that he cannot disturb himself unless he fouls.
Therefore, Alex did not dare to use force on Raul, because once you use force at this time, Raul fell to the ground without saying a word. At this time, the person who did not fall to the ground was a fool, and if he didn't use force, he would not be able to reach the ball, because there was a Raul between him and the ball, so he could only expect Raul to use his left foot to hit the ball.
But in fact, Raul's right foot was not bad. He pushed the ball directly to the ball, and the ball passed over Cesar's head and fell into the goal line. 0 Raul brought a goal for Tottenham Hotspur's first appearance.
After scoring the goal, Raul quickly ran out of the penalty area, stretched out his right hand, and kept kissing the ring on his right hand.
Lord of the Rings, this is Raul's nickname
Tottenham Hotspur rushed to the sidelines, chasing Raul one by one, cheering the team's goals.
In the stands, Tottenham Hotspur fans were also shouting Raul's name, the world's top superstar, although in the eyes of many people, in the eyes of Tottenham Hotspur fans, Raul is now a Tottenham Hotspur, and he is still a top superstar.
Entering the halftime break with a 0 lead, Ye Qiu replaced three substitutions in one breath because there were six substitutions in this Community Shield Cup, which was a bit similar to a warm-up match.
Ye Qiu directly replaced Eriksen with Coutinho, and the Danish young player also played in the World Cup, but it was not very long. Then he replaced Yaya and Toure with Phil Jones, and then replaced Alves with Kyle and Walker.
At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder was actively looking for opportunities, especially Coutinho.
Ye Qiu noticed a very interesting phenomenon. No matter where Coutinho went, he still had to find Neymar to cooperate.
What surprised Ye Qiu the most was that his straight pass was his sharp and threatening ball. It was definitely the best among the players born in the 1990s. Moreover, his footwork and awareness were also excellent. His ability to see space and detect loopholes in the defense line was also outstanding. Otherwise, how could he pass so many straight passes?
But he also has obvious weaknesses. On the one hand, he is poor in physical fitness, and this is true for Neymar, especially for upper limb strength. He and Neymar and Lucas Mora are typical characters who fall down when they hit each other. Many people think it is strange, why is it so easy to fall down? This is because their upper limb strength is insufficient.
If the upper limbs are not strong enough, they are easily disturbed by their opponents, their bodies are prone to lose balance, and their technical movements are not standardized and they are prone to make mistakes. Unlike Neymar, Coutinho's speed and one-on-one assault ability are not as good as Neymar, making it difficult for him to adapt to his current wing tactics on the wing.
Tottenham Hotspur's wingers, especially wingers, basically tend to be the type of people who have speed and breakthroughs, and can cut and pass the ball inside, so Ye Qiu arranged Coutinho in the middle and let him play in the middle position.
Coutinho's straight pass is indeed very distinctive, but what's interesting about this Brazilian boy is that he likes to pass the straight pass, and often he has to take the risk to try it without being sure of it.
This is a bad thing, but it is also a good thing.
Ye Qiu didn't think he should attack Coutinho's attempt at all, because all the sharp passers rely on trying to accumulate experience and finally complete the transformation, so he asked Coutinho to try, but he did not just let it go. On the one hand, he asked Coutinho to play his strengths and characteristics, but on the other hand, he also asked him to strengthen his physical fitness.
Without certain physical conditions, it is definitely over in the middle of the midfield, known as the meat grinder
Danish young player Erickson's position and characteristics are somewhat similar to Coutinho, but the area where the Danes are used to activities will be lower than Coutinho. If the Brazilian's favorite activity area is at the front of the penalty area and the front midfielder position on both sides, Erickson is equivalent to a parallel midfield position.
Compared to Coutinho's favorite to try and take risks, Eriksen is relatively stable, typical of South American and European.
Ye Qiu is now increasingly convinced that the general trend of future football tactics is to integrate, and various types of styles are integrated to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, he has always insisted on integrating various types of players together to form a team.
He is even preparing to form a tactical laboratory through Tottenham Hotspur, which is specially used for tactical research, striving to enable Tottenham Hotspur to always grasp the development trend of tacticals and be at the forefront of the times.
While Ye Qiu was thinking, Coutinho once again passed a good goal on the court.
As Ye Qiu said before, in addition to the obvious weakness and shortcomings of the wing, Chelsea's diamond midfielder is also a deadlock. Although Ancelotti has learned a lesson in this game, I don't know if it is not paid enough attention or other reasons. Mikel dragged it alone and missed Coutinho.
Coutinho took the ball in front of the 30-meter area and passed the ball diagonally with his right foot to the left of the penalty area to find Neymar.
The Brazilian rushed forward quickly, turned around and jumped up, stopped the ball in his chest, and followed the penalty area line on the left. One suddenly accelerated and quickly threw away Ferreira. When sprinting at high speed, he made a fake move, tricked Ferreira into blocking, and then passed the ball low to the penalty area to find Raul.
This time, Raul still blocked Alex with his body, facing the left side, facing Neymar's pass, stopped directly to his right side, which was the direction of the goal, turned around and shot directly with his left foot.
The ball was almost against the grass, rolling towards the right column again in a straight line, hitting the inner side net, 0
All Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered loudly, and countless fans rushed out of the seats and cheered at Raul who were running wildly in the stadium and Tottenham Hotspur players.
The 33-year-old veteran, Raul Gonzalez, before joining Tottenham Hotspur, who could have thought that he would score twice in the first official game? Although this is only a semi-official warm-up match, the opponent is Chelsea
Compared to the outstanding goal of the first goal, most of the credit for the second goal is still Neymar
The movements of the Brazilian young player at high speed are still quite amazing, and it is easy to remind people of a person, Ronaldo, and the Brazilian superstar, the most amazing thing is his movements and frequency at high speed.
Of course, it is not that Neymar is very similar to Ronaldo. The Brazilian boy has a balanced left and right foot ability, and his reading ability and insight into space are outstanding. His biggest problems now are two, one is adapting to the environment of the European League, especially the Premier League, and the other is physical fitness.
Ye Qiu can even say that what height Neymar can achieve in the future depends on his physical maturity and perfection. In terms of physical condition, Tottenham Hotspur does not intend to focus on crafting and strengthening him for the time being. The reason is very simple, he is too young.
Eighteen years old is undoubtedly a critical moment when you are still growing. At this time, it is already a bit early to play in the professional league. If you strengthen your body and ripen your body too early, the final result may be to pull out the seedlings and encourage growth, which is counterproductive.
Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur’s coaching team and Ye Qiu do not advocate physical intensive training for young players too early. Even players such as Eden, Hazard, Ramsey, etc. have no physical training programs, but are only conducting some routine training without focusing on strengthening.
According to Ye Qiu's plan, after the age of 20, after the player's body is fully mature, he will decide whether to strengthen physical training. Moreover, players are not easily injured at that time. After all, what young players are most worried about is injuries.
Raul's double score obviously did not allow Tottenham to temporarily stop the attack. Tottenham Hotspur continued to make substitutions. After 80 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur quickly got another chance to kick. Pogba, who came on the bench, took a long shot from 20 meters outside the penalty area.
Cesar reacted very quickly and saved the ball. Ribery, who was like a loach, picked up a bargain in the penalty area and seized a chance to score the third goal of the game for Tottenham Hotspur, 0
With Tottenham Hotspur scoring three goals in a row, Chelsea also began a round of counterattacks. After all, the Blues also hope to get at least one goal that can meet the class before the end of the game. Finally, in the 92nd minute, Anelka scored a goal for Chelsea.
In this way, Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 3l at Wembley Stadium and won the Community Shield Cup in the new season.
The significance of this battle to Tottenham Hotspur is not reflected in a community shield. To be honest, Ye Qiu does not pay attention to this championship at all. Even if it is claimed to be the outpost of the Premier League, what he really wants to see is Chelsea's combat effectiveness.
Judging from the performance in this game, Chelsea's combat effectiveness has not improved at all, but has declined instead
Why do you say so?
You just need to think about it seriously, what was the biggest problem with Chelsea in the past?
The aging of the player structure, and a season has passed, the trend of this aging has become more serious, but Chelsea has not made any gaps, nor has it adjusted its lineup to promote metabolism. This makes Chelsea appear to have not changed much on the surface, especially the main lineup, but in fact its strength is declining, because Drogba and others are one year older than last season.
"In this year's championship battle, there will be no Chelsea." Ye Qiu made a very sure judgment at the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game. If he guessed correctly, the Premier League champion in the new season will be the battle between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
Chapter completed!