Chapter 336 Waiting for you to come to the Premier League to compete again
Chapter 336 Wait until you come to the Premier League to compete again
After withstanding Dortmund's early attack, Chelsea players quickly stabilized their position.
At this time, Chelsea, under Pan Yi's instruction, was not in a hurry to attack, but stood in a defensive position to resist Dortmund's attack, and then patiently looked for opportunities.
In the 15th minute, Dortmund's pass from the right was blocked by Zouma and the home team got a corner kick opportunity.
Shinji Kagawa quickly took a corner kick and the ball fell into Chelsea's penalty area, but was cleared by Christensen's header.
Chik, who was protecting at the front of the penalty area, also grabbed the second spot and headed the ball to the wing again.
At this time, German winger Schürrle got the ball and started quickly.
At this time, since most of Dortmund's players were participating in the corner kick attack in the frontcourt, and only two full-backs were left behind, Piszczek rushed over immediately.
But he didn't dare to press too quickly to avoid being passed by.
When Schürrle took the ball and entered the 30-meter area of Dortmund, he suddenly changed his direction and crossed into the penalty area, and passed the ball crosswise to Mikel, who was already following behind.
The Nigerian also ran all the way to respond, but he stopped the ball and did not touch the ball. He directly kicked the ball and passed it behind the defense on the left side of the penalty area.
At this time, Chelsea forward Bamford had successfully countered offside!
He crossed diagonally into the left side of the penalty area, stopped the ball firmly, and shot low with his left foot before goalkeeper Weidenfeller could attack, sending the ball into the lower left corner of Dortmund's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 15th minute, Bamford scored Dortmund's goal!"
"This was a quick counterattack from Chelsea, initiated by Schürrle with the ball. After Mikel's pass and Bamford's shot, the goal seemed so easy."
"It can be seen from this goal that Chelsea's counterattack cooperation is also very sharp. Dortmund's opening attack strategy seems to have failed."
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At this time, Pan Yi was standing on the sidelines, applauding and celebrating Bamford's goal.
Although all the players under his command are not clearly classified as main substitutes, there are still differences in playing time due to differences in ability.
Just like Bamford, he will be slightly worse than the current Lukaku in terms of physical strength, ability to play with the ball behind the back, and shooting skills.
This is why he was only promoted from the youth team by Pan Yi this season, while Lukaku has already become well-known in the Premier League and is worth tens of millions.
Because of this, when Bamford scores a goal, Pan Yi will work harder to encourage the young forward.
After all, he has relatively few opportunities! He scores fewer goals than Lukaku, so he deserves encouragement.
Otherwise, Pan Yi would not bother to stand up from the coaching bench for this kind of "friendly match".
Is it that the spicy strips in your mouth are no longer fragrant, or that the potato chips in the bag are no longer crispy?
When the players finished their goal celebration and were about to return to the court, Pan Yi also walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to play well and keep up the good work!
Chelsea players were also in high spirits and returned to the game.
But Dortmund is a bit confused here.
They originally wanted to take advantage of the opening attack to create an advantage for themselves, but they didn't expect Chelsea to make a counterattack.
As a result, the thinking of the players on the court is a bit inconsistent. Should they continue to attack or stabilize first?
And before Klopp could convey his latest strategic thinking to the field, Chelsea scored again!
This time it was only about three or four minutes after the last goal, which was 20 minutes into the game.
It was Bamford again. He made an aggressive frontcourt press and successfully snatched the ball from Papastathopoulos before quickly passing it diagonally to William on the right.
The Brazilian winger dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, then made an emergency stop when facing the defender, dunked past Subotic, and then raised his foot and hit a shot into the far corner, beyond the goalkeeper's reach.
0:2!
The entire Westfalenstadion suddenly burst into boos.
Obviously, the boos from the Dortmund fans were not just directed at the Chelsea players who were celebrating the goal.
They are also expressing their dissatisfaction with Dortmund and Klopp.
It had only been twenty minutes, and the home team had already conceded two goals in a row, which would be difficult for any team to tolerate.
Coupled with Klopp's team's poor performance this season, dissatisfaction has long spread among Dortmund fans.
And this booing may be an outburst of this concentrated emotion.
I don’t know if this will be the last straw for Klopp...
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Of course Klopp felt very uncomfortable at this time.
Others were standing on the sidelines, with a depressed and lonely look on their stubble-covered faces.
He didn’t expect it either!
He really didn't expect that Chelsea's substitute lineup would be so sharp in counterattacking!
He really underestimated the strength of Chelsea's entire lineup.
Klopp shook his head gently.
He has a strong character, is very tenacious and determined.
He insisted that his players play according to his philosophy, gave the team his own style, and made it very offensive, passionate and entertaining.
However, the teams he directs tend to play aggressively, and this aggressiveness often costs him.
Moreover, his style of play also requires players to devote themselves wholeheartedly and has high ability requirements.
This is actually a contradiction in a team like Dortmund that invests relatively little.
The high ability requirements lead to the fact that there are not many players in the team who can truly implement Klopp's tactics perfectly, and maybe they just have the right starting lineup;
It requires full dedication, which requires players to run unremittingly on the court and to go all out in training.
This results in Klopp's team often having to rely on only one main lineup, and then after a period of time, high-intensity running and training often lead to a wave of injuries.
Sometimes, even if there are no large-scale injuries, the player's physical and mental inability to maintain a high level will lead to a decline in form and a collapse in performance.
But what can be done?
Klopp really felt helpless.
It would be great if, like Pan Yi's Chelsea, they could have more than two lineups that can execute their own tactics.
"Perhaps I really need to seriously consider Liverpool's offer?"
Klopp, as one of the most watched coaches in recent years, certainly has no worries about where he will go next.
Premier League giants Liverpool are his strongest contenders.
After losing to Chelsea in the Premier League, Liverpool felt a bit depressed. In the next round of the league, they lost 1:3 to Crystal Palace, which was deep in the relegation zone. Head coach Rodgers was also deeply involved in rumors of dismissal.
Just one day after this game, Klopp received a call from Liverpool's top management.
But Klopp is still a little unwilling!
Under his leadership, Dortmund actually fell into the relegation zone and has not yet qualified for the Champions League group stage. This made Klopp feel that if he left at this time, he would really be sorry to the majority of Dortmund fans!
So he still suspended negotiations with Liverpool.
But now that Pan Yi is making a name for himself in the Premier League and can crush him with his substitute lineup, it is impossible to say that Klopp is not interested in coaching in the Premier League.
"Let's solve the immediate problem first."
Klopp rubbed his face and returned his thoughts to this game.
"We can only let the players stabilize first, otherwise their mentality will really collapse."
Klopp certainly understands that the biggest problem on Dortmund's field right now is the inconsistent mentality.
At this time, he, the head coach, needs to give clear instructions and ask all the players to implement them, so that at least there will be no disconnection and connection problems everywhere.
In terms of continuing to attack and strengthening defense, Klopp also chose the latter.
After all, Chelsea are now gaining momentum after scoring two goals in a row. If they continue to attack aggressively, they might still be scored.
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Klopp's adjustments were somewhat effective, and Dortmund barely stabilized their position.
Chelsea, on the other hand, turned against the visitors and began to control the situation. They also began to press their formation to the front of Dortmund's penalty area and frequently created shooting opportunities.
Although Pan Yi's original intention was to let Chelsea practice defensive counterattacks, now that Dortmund has taken it back, he can only let the players resume their offensive posture with the ball.
It’s impossible to really give all the ball to the opponent with one kick, right?
After attacking Chelsea's more familiar offensive mode, these players on the field seemed to be more active.
Whether it is Schürrle on the left, Willian on the right, or Bamford in the middle, they can all find contact with the wing-backs on both sides and the midfielder in the center, and then use cooperation to create threats in the Dortmund penalty area.
For example, before the end of the first half, Chelsea played a beautiful offensive combination on the left.
Schurrle first completed a one-two with Chick. Chick passed the ball to Bamford, who took the ball with his back and just stopped the ball beside him.
At this time, Bamford also saw Cancelo moving forward quickly, so he gently pushed the ball over.
After receiving a pass from Bamford, Cancelo rushed the ball into the penalty area, formed a beautiful back-up, and hit the goal from the left side of the penalty area!
At this time, Dortmund's defensive players hadn't even touched the ball.
It's a pity that the angle of the last shot was a little bit straighter, and Weidenfeller, who was focused, jumped out.
Although he didn't score, Pan Yi on the sidelines also stopped eating spicy strips and stood up to express that he played well!
Young players just need more encouragement!
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"The game has now reached the 55th minute of the second half."
"Shinji Kagawa took the ball in the frontcourt and was about to launch an attack, but the ball was intercepted by Mikel and immediately passed it to his own frontcourt."
"William started very quickly this time, and Chelsea immediately launched another quick counterattack!"
"And this time Dortmund's defense retreated quickly, so Chelsea formed a trident versus four defenders, 3 versus 4 situation!"
"Let's see what William does this time..."
"Oh, I just saw him make a fake movement of riding a bicycle, and then he used the instep of his outside foot to push the ball to the outside, quickly passed Durm, then reached the baseline and passed directly!"
“This processing method is very simple, but also fast and effective!”
"The ball reached the center of the penalty area, and Bamford, who was closely pressed by Papastathopoulos, just raised his foot to shoot without actually touching the ball."
"This clever leak sent the ball to the other side of the penalty area!"
"This is Schürrle! The German who gave a key assist in the World Cup final seems to have decided to take the shot himself this time!"
"I saw him aiming his long-range shot at the Dortmund goal and making a wonderful arc!"
"The ball went in again!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"Chelsea scored another goal and the score became 0:3!"
"Only 10 minutes into the second half, Chelsea used a quick counterattack to score Dortmund's goal again! Schürrle scored another victory for Chelsea with a wonderful curved shot."
"This time, Chelsea's quick counterattack was very sharp. Dortmund's midfielder couldn't keep up at all, and the four players on the back line were unable to defend the offensive coordination of Chelsea's trident."
"It seems that this game will end early again, and Klopp can also think about the next round of life-and-death battle with Roma in advance..."
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"Congratulations, you won again."
As soon as the game whistle sounded, Klopp walked to the visiting team's coaching bench and shook hands with Pan Yi.
In the Westphalian stands behind him, the huge "0:3" scoreboard looked particularly eye-catching.
Although he said congratulations, the German's face was ashen and there was no smile at all.
Why is he so happy?
In another match of the group stage held at the same time, Roma also defeated Sporting CP and tied with Dortmund on 5 points.
And since Roma and Dortmund defeated Sporting CP with the same score of 2:1, Roma's goal difference was one more than Dortmund's.
This also means that in the final round of direct confrontation between the two teams, Dortmund must win to qualify!
Why does Dortmund have a lower goal difference?
It's because Roma's two games against Chelsea were 1:3 and 0:3, while Dortmund lost twice 0:3!
This also made Klopp regret his decision to score points with Chelsea.
If he had known that Sporting CP also lost 1:2 to Roma, if he had known that Chelsea's substitute lineup would be so difficult, he would have lowered his face and started to defend directly...
Although you may still lose this way, you may at least lose one or two less, which will give you an advantage when facing Rome.
Or my math is not good enough!
You have to learn from the media and fans of Dragon Kingdom, they are good at calculating qualifying scores.
At this time, Pan Yi, the head coach from Longguo, also stood up and shook Klopp's hand.
Of course he didn't know what Klopp was thinking, but he could also tell that the German with this stinky face was not happy.
In the stands of the current Westfalenstadion, some voices calling for Klopp to be sacked can even be clearly heard.
"Forget it, let's come to the Premier League and compete with me again, let's have a red-blue battle!"
Pan Yi only said this when shaking hands.
Looking at Pan Yi walking away, Klopp looked suspicious:
Hey, how did he know that a Premier League team was contacting me? A battle between red and blue? Huh????
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Just three days later, Pan Yi appeared at the Stadium of Light for the next game.
Of course, this Stadium of Light is a football stadium located in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, not the home stadium of the Portuguese powerhouse Benfica.
The two stadiums have the same name.
This is the 13th round of the Premier League. Sunderland faces Chelsea at home.
Pan Yi actually has a special emotion for the Sunderland team.
They have been fighting hard in the Premier League in recent years. Although they have not achieved any good results, they have stayed in the Premier League at least.
But in the 2016-2017 season, Sunderland lost 0-1 at home to Bournemouth in the 35th round. Known as the "Black Cats", they were relegated 4 rounds in advance.
They wanted to come back from the English Championship, but they were relegated again in the English Championship in the 2017-18 season and fell into the English League One next season, achieving a "two-level relegation" in the league.
Later, Netflix made a documentary documenting their days of fighting in the English League One.
It can be seen from the documentary that even though it fell from the Premier League to League One, everyone from the board of directors to the administrative staff, from the first-line team to the fans, has always had consistent passion and desire.
The name of this documentary is named after Sunderland's most famous fan song "nd 'Til I Die", which is translated as "My Heart Will Always Be with Sunderland".
Pan Yi watched this documentary in his previous life and was very moved. Later, he opened a Sunderland show in the FM game to help them rise...
In fact, Sunderland is also one of the clubs most selected in the official FM game statistics.
However, now facing Sunderland in this life, Pan Yi can only kill him.
Compassion does not exist in competitive sports!
And Pan Yi also wants to break Arsenal's record of 14 consecutive wins in a season.
And now it’s 12 consecutive wins!
Sunderland's current head coach is Uruguayan Sunderland Gus Poyet.
Speaking of which, he is also a famous Chelsea player. He played for the Blues from 1997 to 2001 and performed very well.
But his coaching career at Sunderland is obviously not going well. He is currently stuck in the relegation quagmire and is considered one of the managers most likely to be fired in the Premier League this season.
Therefore, this game can also be regarded as a battle for Poyet's life.
Although it is a bit unrealistic to beat Chelsea, as long as we can draw, it can bring a key sense of trust to Poyet!
And what he lacks most now is the trust of fans and executives in him!
So, as soon as the game started, Sunderland showed unprecedented determination.
Poyet immediately implemented a 5-4-1 bus tactic, sticking to his own half and not showing up no matter what. It seemed that he wanted Chelsea to take a 0:0 back to London.
In the frontcourt, the tall center Wickham is relied on to support the front, and from time to time he can support the "stray bullets" flying up from the backcourt.
As for the control of the scene, how awesome is that?
So Chelsea completely controlled the situation on the field.
According to statistics at halftime, Chelsea's ball possession rate even reached a terrifying 80%!
But this game once again showed that ball possession is often false.
Although Chelsea bombarded Sunderland's defense indiscriminately, shooting 15 shots in the first half alone, and the offense was not weak, Sunderland never allowed Chelsea to score.
Pantilimon, the goalkeeper from Romania, performed very well standing in front of Sunderland's goal. He played high and low, and even saved Lukaku's one-on-one ball.
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And it wasn't just the goalkeeper who performed well.
Sunderland's defense is nicknamed "Manchester United's nursing home". Their central defenders are John O'Shea and Wes Brown, who look like the old Red Devils at first glance.
These two veterans also worked together to block Chelsea's many attacks outside the penalty area, preventing their own goal from being attacked many times.
However, Sunderland's unity was only achieved at the cost of many yellow cards.
After all, whether it is personal ability or the team's overall coordination, there is a big gap between Sunderland and Chelsea.
Many times, Chelsea players use their foot skills to break through and pass, and Sunderland have to use extra actions to stop them.
Chelsea's breakthrough point also came when Sunderland got a free kick after a foul.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, Kante made a breakthrough with the ball from the middle and was pulled down by Sunderland midfielder Catmull. The referee blew the whistle for a free kick.
David Luiz once again displayed his uncanny skill, an elevator ball that left Sunderland goalkeeper Pantilimon with nothing to do!
Chelsea are finally ahead!
After taking the lead, Chelsea took the initiative to slow down the pace under Pan Yi's instructions and stopped attacking.
Due to Sunderland's characteristic of setting up a bus, if the siege continues, it will be detrimental to the performance of its own attacking group.
Sure enough, Poyet, who was not willing to lose points, began to mobilize his troops and replaced attackers such as Sebastian Larsson and Jozy Altidore, and began to strengthen the attack.
But this approach allowed Chelsea to find more scoring opportunities.
In the 79th minute, Chelsea intercepted the ball in the middle and launched a counterattack. Matic passed the ball and Hazard pulled to the right. After catching up with the ball, he went all the way into Sunderland's penalty area.
When facing Brown one-on-one, Hazard lost his balance and fell to the ground to tackle the ball and pass the ball to the center.
And Lukaku grabbed the point in the middle, grabbed the ball before O'Shea, and shoveled the ball into the opponent's goal.
Pantilimon was unable to do anything against the attack coming so close to the small penalty area.
0:2!
Although Chelsea did not score again, their 78% ball possession rate and 35 shots set a new record for Chelsea this season.
As for Sunderland, after losing at home, their ranking officially fell into the relegation zone.
Its head coach Sam Poyet was also announced to be fired after the game, becoming the first head coach to be fired in the Premier League this season.
His replacement was the famous Dutch coach Advocaat.
With the end of this game, Chelsea's winning streak also reached 13 games.
As long as we win one more game, we can tie Arsenal's 14-game winning streak!
Chelsea's next opponent happens to be Arsenal's mortal enemy, Tottenham Hotspur.
At the same time, Tottenham will also be the last BIG6 opponent Chelsea encounters this season.
Many media and fans believe that it all depends on Tottenham if they can prevent Chelsea from winning the entire league in the middle of the league!
And this London Derby quickly attracted the attention of fans around the world and became extremely popular!