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Chapter 334 Winning the championship ahead of time

As Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are approaching, various wars of words have begun to surface. Even Wenger, who is not willing to participate in it on weekdays, takes the initiative to fire this time.

Before Chelsea played Manchester United away in the 33rd round of the Premier League, Chelsea captain Terry made a high-profile statement that Chelsea's goal is to continue to remain unbeaten and will continue to dominate the Premier League and European football next season.

"I know that Arsenal was only one step away from the unbeaten myth of creating history. We still have such an opportunity now. We have lost one game so far this season. Next season we will strive to win the championship unbeaten, with Arsenal's unbeaten 57 games as its goal to break their record."

Wenger immediately responded to the Chelsea captain's declaration.

"It is undeniable that Chelsea is very outstanding now, but there is still a big gap between greatness. At least they have not created their own tactical style yet. And any great team will often lead a style trend of their own, which I can't see in Chelsea."

"If you want to catch up with our unbeaten 57 games, wait until they pass Manchester United before you talk about it." Wenger's last sentence was very cunning.

Interestingly, Ferguson was willing to serve Wenger as a gunner. In an interview, he said that Chelsea is not the strongest team in the Premier League. At least from Manchester United's perspective, Wenger's Arsenal's offense is even more threatening.

"I never give in to my opponents on the court. Although we are only ranked third now and are far away from the first two teams, this does not mean that the gap in strength is that big. On the contrary, the competition in the league is very fierce, and any team may defeat Chelsea, even if it is a relegation team."

"The Premier League is a very difficult league. Ye Qiu has been very good in the past two years in the Premier League, but it is also very difficult for him, because to defend his title successfully in the Premier League, there is always a very, very much price, not just a huge mental pressure."

"Chelsea has strong financial strength, and the huge financial investment makes all of them have to bear the pressure that matches it. I can understand why they must defend their title successfully, because only in this way can they prove that their investment is valuable and that their success."

"But this is definitely not the psychological quality that a top-level team should have, because such a team is too fragile and can easily be defeated by some sudden pressure, such as a loss or even a goal."

Ye Qiu knew very well that Ferguson and Wenger put pressure on Chelsea in the media before the game. This was their psychological battle. If the current Premier League is regarded as a three-strong competition, then Ye Qiu and his Chelsea are Cao Wei, Ferguson and Wenger are Sun Quan and Liu Bei, and they must join forces.

Ye Qiu was not afraid of Sun Wu's joint efforts. When he was interviewed by the media, he did not talk about Arsenal and Manchester United at all. Instead, he praised Everton vigorously, believing that Moyes has excellent coaching performance this season and is one of the most powerful teams in the Premier League. He deserves qualifying for the Champions League and even enters the top three.

"They are one of the three best teams in the Premier League this season, and I think the rankings are a bit underestimated by them now. Moyes is a very good head coach and I believe he has seen that too."

In this round, Everton played against Arsenal, while in the next round, Everton's opponent was Manchester United.

As for his opponent Ferguson, the Scots did not show weakness, and Ye Qiu was even more arrogant.

"For Manchester United, I can beat him even when I go to the second team."

Because of this sentence, Ye Qiu became the public enemy of all Red Devils fans who cursed and humiliated wildly at Old Trafford Stadium.

Before the game started, they pulled out a long banner in the stands with a slogan sarcastic sarcasm of Ye Qiu, "Are you ready to take your team 2 home to feed your breasts?"

Some fans also pulled out huge portraits in the stands, and in the portrait, Ye Qiu was praising her into a woman with a flushed face, and behind her was the majestic Ferguson chasing her with a kitchen knife, with a line, "Don't come to me if you have a good time."

Even Ye Qiu smiled from ear to ear when he saw this. He really found that the creativity of the people is really endless. At least the spoof ability of this group of fans is indeed good, and even Ye Qiu has to admire him.

But in this game, Chelsea did play on the second team.

Perhaps due to the impact of Drogba's possible ending this season early, Ye Qiu left Lampard and Cannavaro who had an injury on his leg on the bench in this game. Terry, Deco and Macon also did not start. Chelsea arranged four main players, Ronaldinho, Rooney, Evra and Marklele, in this game. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the second team.

So, when Manchester United fans at Old Trafford Stadium saw Chelsea's starting lineup, their first reaction was that the damn Chinese was too arrogant and really wanted to play Manchester United with this second-team lineup at Old Trafford Stadium?

It’s true that Ye Qiu is not only brave, but also has enough energy.

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea launched a round of attacks, taking the lead in the away game, and attacking Manchester United, which immediately made Manchester United fans at Old Trafford Stadium very upset. They shouted that the team would destroy these ungrateful guys, and it would be best to kill them directly at Old Trafford Stadium.

Manchester United's main lineup was all out in this game, with goalkeepers being Howard, defense being Sylvester, Ferdinand, Brown and Gary Neville being the back line, Giggs, Fletcher, Scholes, Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Van Nistruy being the midfielder.

Both sides played a fast pace from the beginning. Chelsea took Fabregas and Marklele in the midfield in this game. Espanyol is younger and has less experience than Deco. The control of the rhythm and situation of the game is obviously inferior to Deco. Therefore, Ye Qiu is more important in this game to leave the rhythm control of the game to Marklele, allowing Fabregas to organize and pass the ball with all his heart.

In the frontcourt, Joe Cole, who performed well this season, was pushed forward by Ye Qiu to the front of the penalty area, allowing him and Ronaldinho and Rooney to attack behind Goodjohansen.

This is actually because Ye Qiu has touched Manchester United's lifeline, that is, their midfield strength is insufficient.

At the peak of the Golden Four midfielder, Manchester United's midfield was enough to suppress all opponents, and at the same time it could fill a series of problems on the forward and defense line. However, with Beckham's departure and Keane's aging, Manchester United's midfield strength was obviously inferior to that of the past. As it became increasingly weak, it was no longer as strong as the momentum that he had stopped the enemy from being outside the 30-meter area.

Without further ado, just looking at Keane's performance in the past season is enough to prove this.

Ye Qiu took the initiative to attack, which was actually to suppress Manchester United's midfield, forcing the Red Devils to expose loopholes in their defense, and then completely destroy the opponent.

In the 13th minute, Rooney and Joe Cole cooperated on the right and failed to break through Manchester United's left. They passed back to Marklele behind him, and the French midfielder passed to Fabregas who ran to the gap. The latter scored the ball and passed it straight.

The ball passed by Brown quickly. Brown wanted to intercept, but it failed. Gary Neville's attention was focused on Ronaldinho, and finally he could only watch the ball pass by Brown. Goodjohansen inserted behind Brown. After getting the ball, he went to the left at the penalty spot in the penalty area. Facing Howard, he picked it up gently.

The ball crossed the top of Howard's head, drew an arc, and slowly fell into Manchester United's goal.

"Goal"

With the exclamation of the commentator on the scene, the entire Old Trafford Stadium suddenly changed from a crowd of people to a silent moment. The Red Devils fans who were still very accused of arguing just now and wanted Manchester United to give Chelsea a fatal blow, all looked at the bottom of the stadium in amazement, celebrating the group of Chelsea players wearing blue jerseys.

The players of the Red Devils and Manchester United wearing the home team's red jersey were just like them, all of whom were stunned. Obviously, they could not accept this sudden conceding. Some people must have wondered how the ball was scored? Why was it so easy to get a goal?

It is not the first time Howard has been hit by such a goal. When he played against Norwich in the last game, the team's conceded a goal from a high ball. Although the American goalkeeper has the size of a lm RR, defending against a high ball has always been his weakness. It is not just him. Carroll, who competes with him for the main position this season, also lacks in high balls.

"In the past, Ferguson always laughed at Arsenal's high defense. He even sarcastically mocked Wenger many times, saying that he wanted to play Arsenal. The simplest and most direct tactic is to cross the wing and play high balls. Anyone can beat Arsenal. But now, Manchester United has also encountered this problem."

"From this concealment, the distance between Brown and Ferdinand is a bit large, which is the main reason why Fabregas easily tear open Manchester United's defense line through a straight pass, but Howard obviously saw this loophole. He was hesitating whether to fill the loophole through attack. Just when he was hesitating, Goodjohansen got an opportunity from here, and the subsequent shot made Howard, who was obviously on the outside, helpless."

"Filling loopholes in the defense line through goalkeeper attacks is a feature that Chelsea is widely praised by many professionals. Van dersar is a typical goalkeeper. Ye Qiu also strongly encouraged him to expand his defense range and area to fill loopholes in the defense line. But Howard is not Van dersar after all, and the Americans obviously lack the necessary confidence."

"However, Manchester United's problems are very clear now. Everyone knows that since last season, the weakness of the midfield has been the biggest obstacle to the team's performance. Ferguson failed to introduce Rooney, and there was no follow-up to introduce Irving Hargreaves from Bayern Munich, which led to Manchester United's midfield adjustment being at a standstill."

"In the past period of time, Manchester United has been deeply involved in the storm of being acquired by the Glazer family, and the Glazer family has also promised Ferguson that once the acquisition is completed, it will pay a generous transfer fee in the shortest time to reorganize Manchester United's lineup and allow this team to regain the combat ability to compete with Arsenal and Chelsea."

But these are all things that happened in the future. Now Chelsea took advantage of the lead not long after the opening and launched the strongest attack on Manchester United's goal, especially against Manchester United's weakness in the midfield and Fanny's lack of counterattack. Chelsea almost unreasonably pushed up and went on a round of bombardment.

Rooney wanted to break through and enter the penalty area on the right, but was double-teamed by Ferdinand and Sylvester. The English boy had to choose to protect the ball, lead it back, and exit the penalty area again, but did not pass the ball to Joe Cole, but directly passed the ball to the left of the top of the penalty area. Ronaldinho quickly threw away Gary Neville and ran over to meet Rooney.

Stop the ball, adjust the center of gravity to the left foot, and swing his right foot, and then he heard a bang. Ronaldinho's right foot directly pulled the ball. The ball drew a very obvious arc, flew up and fell quickly, almost sticking to the angle between the post and the crossbar on the right side of the goal, and once again drilled into Manchester United's goal.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

"The world wave at the forefront of the penalty area is absolutely dead end"

Ronaldinho kept waving his fists and quickly rushed out of Manchester United's penalty area, shouting constantly along the way, venting his excitement after scoring, rushed to the bottom of the Manchester United fan stands, clenched his fists and slammed into the air, as if responding to the previous provocations of Manchester United fans.

"0 The current situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to Manchester United. Chelsea's offensive ability is indeed very sharp. Manchester United's defense line was twice captured by the Blues in less than half an hour. This is indeed something that no one could have imagined."

"Ye Qiu did not do his best in this game. Lampard, Terry, Deco and other core players did not play. In addition, the team's wounded make it an exaggeration to say that Chelsea's lineup is a second team, but it is thanks to this Chelsea second team that the Blues easily took the initiative in the game at Old Trafford Stadium."

The live TV camera was sent to the sidelines. Ye Qiu was unscrupulously celebrating with his assistants and players, smiling from ear to ear, looking confident that he was already sure to win, while Ferguson sat in the home team coach's seat with a gloomy face, without saying anything or making any noise, making people unable to understand what he was thinking.

In fact, if the game is not played, we know each other's victory or defeat.

There is no doubt that Manchester United is definitely not weak, but the problem is that their shortcomings are too obvious.

Even some middle and lower-level teams such as Norwich were able to hold Manchester United's seven inches, making the Red Devils unable to resist, and Chelsea didn't say anything about it. This is why Ye Qiu dared to say before the game that he could beat Manchester United even if he was on the second team.

To put it bluntly, even if Chelsea plays with a full substitute, in terms of strength, it will definitely be ranked first in the Premier League.

The game has developed to this point, let alone Ferguson, even if Ye Qiu is asked to coach Manchester United, he will have no choice. The reason is very simple. If you want to turn the situation around, you have to seek change. But what Manchester United lacks the most now is changing tricks.

Ferguson's stubbornness on the defense is well known. Even during Ferdinand's suspension, he refused to sign ups on the defense. In addition to knowing that the core issue is not on the defense, he also believes that the solid defense comes from the tacit understanding between players rather than the players' personal strength.

As for the midfield, what is the change in Manchester United's midfield?

Cristiano Ronaldo, Keane, Giggs, Scholes, almost all the midfielders that Manchester United can send are arranged by Ferguson. What does he use to change?

There is a saying that a good cook cannot cook without rice, which is a portrayal of Ferguson now.

Therefore, even when the Red Devils fans at Old Trafford were booing because of their dissatisfaction, Ferguson still did not make substitutions, but only made partial adjustments to stabilize the situation.

The first half ended with a score of 0.

During the halftime break, Ferguson made a substitution and replaced Fletcher with French striker Saha, which was also his only substitution in the whole game, because he really had nothing to do with.

In the second half, Chelsea no longer adopted strong offensive tactics, but instead strived to control the game situation with steady play.

The player Saha is very special. Ferguson introduced him at such a high price, but actually does not value his scoring ability, because at Manchester United, in terms of scoring ability, who can compare with Fanny, the king of the small penalty area?

When Ferguson introduced Saha, he mainly valued Saha's ability to take the ball and turn and make the ball, because Saha's existence, Giggs, Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo's threat can only be exerted, but Fanny's existence seems a bit redundant, because everyone knows that Fanny's most threatening area is in the penalty area.

It’s not that after leaving, Fanny will not get a chance, but will be relatively less than before.

There is a very famous conclusion about forward scoring in tactical theory. You can create 15 scoring opportunities in one game, and even an amateur striker can score many goals; but if you can only create 5 scoring opportunities in one game, even if your striker is Ronaldo, it will still be difficult for you to score.

The truth explained in this conclusion is actually telling everyone that the strength of a team's goal-scoring ability does not depend on the striker, or the impact of the striker is actually very small, and what is really decisive is your ball path advancement.

In the past, he made a ball for the forward, but now he had to go to the forward to make a ball for the midfield. Ye Qiu could foresee that Fanny's days at Old Trafford were coming to an end, because Ferguson could not have such an outstanding striker as a decoration in front.

Moreover, Manchester United wants to reorganize and adjust the team's entire tactical offensive system. Fanny Nicholas and Keane in the midfield must win, and they have become the biggest obstacle to Manchester United's change.

Ye Qiu understood this truth, but he would not let the players show mercy.

In the 71st minute, Brown made a diagonal pass from Sylvester, Rooney intercepted the ball and quickly inserted it into the cross. The ball passed by Ferdinand, Joe Kerr inserted it behind him and easily pushed the ball into Manchester United's goal at the U-meter in front of the goal. 0

The game has been going on now, and there is no suspense. If it is reversed by Manchester United after leading 30, then Ye Qiu and Chelsea will die if they hit the wall.
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