Chapter 400: Still on the Metronome, Still Shooting
Chapter 400 Still on the metronome, still beating
Author: Ant who loves watching football
"The current situation is very unfavorable for Sevilla."
"After the start of the second half, Chelsea launched a fierce attack and Sevilla was forced to retreat."
"It should be said that Pan Yi's adjustments are always surprising. We all guessed that he was going to counterattack, but we never could have guessed that he would put such amazing effort into the offensive end, and the overall formation would be very high up."
"In the end, it was because of a corner kick caused by pressure that Van Dijk scored a header, thus taking the lead."
"Chelsea's set-piece tactics have always been very good. This year, with the addition of Van Dijk, it is really even more powerful."
"Now that Chelsea is the leading side, it is really difficult for Sevilla. Can they..."
"Ah, we saw that the Chelsea players who scored did not celebrate loudly. All the players quickly returned to the field under Pan Yi's shout."
"Pan Yi's gesture... is obviously asking the players to continue attacking with this intensity. Are you still doing this when you are ahead? He thinks the lead is not enough, right?"
"Chelsea scored five goals in the Champions League final last season, setting a new record since the Champions League was restructured. Today, Pan Yi doesn't want to do it again, right?"
"Too cruel!"
Not only the commentators, but also many fans watching the game at the scene and in front of the TV were shocked.
Under normal circumstances, a team that takes the lead will slow down the tempo to prevent players from being too excited and neglecting defense and then being equalized by the opponent, just like what Sevilla did after scoring a goal in the first half.
But Pan Yi's team actually played so resolutely and fiercely!
"This is why I love watching Chelsea games. Not only because the head coach is from our country, but also because they play with great passion and enthusiasm!"
"That's right, it's the most boring thing to do when you're ahead by one goal and then move around like a bus or something."
"Sevilla seems to be in trouble today. It can be seen from the first half of the game that Chelsea's restrictions on Sevilla are still in place, especially on their midfield. This makes
Although Sevilla has counterattacks, there are very few attacks that are truly threatening."
"The main reason is that Banega's team's metronome is completely restricted. The midfield and backfield are disconnected from the frontcourt, and the ball cannot advance to the opponent's thirty-meter area. How to form a threatening offense? Seville in the first half
Ya's goal was solely due to Reyes' personal ability."
"Still in Banega, still on the metronome, still shooting, still shooting. It's all over! - Sevilla fans have stayed for thirty years."
"This has to talk about Goretzka's control of Banega. To be honest, I don't watch the Bundesliga very often. I really didn't know that there was such a big treasure in Schalke 04 who can attack and defend well. He and Ma
The midfield composed of Tich and Kante really made Sevilla very uncomfortable!"
"I think Pan Yi's eye for poaching and cultivating players is more admirable. It seems that as long as a new player joins his team, he will immediately become a big treasure!"
"Can't disagree."
"he is right."
"On the top floor."
"With a shake of my little hand, I got the points..."
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Lamy has always been considered a relatively calm person with great tactical discipline, so from the beginning of the game, he resolutely carried out the task given to him by head coach Emery, freezing the opponent's center Lukaku.
After all, Lukaku is a man who can score 30 goals in the Premier League in one season. It is impossible for the head coach of any team to let him go.
As for Lamy, who is 190cm tall and weighs 88kg, he is very strong and not as fast as an aircraft carrier, so he still has some experience in defending tall centers like Lukaku.
In fact, so far in the game, he has done well. Lukaku did not get a very good chance.
But after falling behind, he began to feel the emotions of his teammates around him changing.
The first sign was a back pass in the midfield. His center back partner Corey Jowiak received the ball. Rami shouted from the side: "Hold it first, don't worry!"
But the Polish international glanced at Vitolo in the frontcourt and directly passed the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick.
As a result, the ball was pushed back to the midfield by Van Dijk and fell to Chelsea's feet.
Then came another Chelsea attack.
Lamy vaguely heard that after Corychowiak cursed angrily, he started to get back into the game.
It can be felt that Korrychowiak is anxious.
Not only Korychowiak, but also many players around him were anxious.
As soon as there is an opportunity, you want to pass forward and quickly equalize the score. This is not a good sign.
Especially when Rami saw the ball passed back to the goal, goalkeeper Beto stopped the pass with his feet, and kept gesturing his teammates with his hands to press on. It felt like the game had entered an injury timeout.
It's like making up time.
But the question is, the game is only about fifty minutes old now, okay?
Being impatient at this time will only give the other party a chance!
"Be careful on the left side and help me defend it!" At this time, Korichowiak shouted to Lamy.
Lamy immediately came to his senses and saw the ball arcing from his right side and falling to the left.
Harry Kane stayed close to the left sideline, stopped the ball with his chest when no one was guarding, and immediately took the ball to the penalty area. This was a counterattack after Sevilla attacked and conceded the ball.
Lamy rushed over quickly.
This is a match between Sevilla's central defenders.
Although Lamy's main task is to guard against Lukaku, sometimes Lukaku will intersperse to the right far away from Lamy, so Lamy and Korychowiak will complete a change of positions, temporarily allowing Korychowiak to
Lidjowiak defended Lukaku first, leaving Lamy to defend another striker, Harry Kane.
When facing this young England striker, Lamy chose the safest way, staying on the outside of the penalty area and dealing with Harry Kane at any time.
The French central defender has also made sufficient plans in his mind at this time. Whether Harry Kane is going down or cutting inside, he can keep up with it.
Harry Kane was getting closer and closer, so close that Rami could already hear the sound of his left foot making contact with the ball.
Every time he touched the ball, Harry Kane was making confusing fake moves, making Lamy unclear about his specific intentions.
Should I pass it on, or should I continue to work alone?
Who should the pass be passed to? Should one go alone or cut inside?
In fact, for Lamy, he still prefers to guard against more straightforward forwards like Lukaku.
It's basically just one kick, no fuss.
After that, there were various close contacts between Rami and Lukaku.
Although there will inevitably be fierce physical confrontations in this process, Lamy is more bothered by brainstorming and all kinds of intrigues with "intelligent forwards" like Harry Kane.
But it's okay. Anyway, the main thing I'm guarding is Lukaku. Waiting for this ball to pass...
The problem is, he... failed to guard this ball!
Harry Kane first made a fake move to smash the ball to the baseline, which was quite realistic.
Even though Lamy was prepared and even suspected that he was deliberately confusing, at that moment, the French defender's instinct as a defensive player was to subconsciously shift his focus.
But as soon as Lamy moved, Harry Kane's whole body suddenly froze, changing from the original bottom to the inside.
Just this, a very simple action, but it makes people unable to prevent it even if they want to.
Lamy reacted immediately and turned around to chase. The tall defensive midfielder Nzonzi also immediately returned to the penalty area, blocking Harry Kane's path to continue cutting inside.
But just when Harry Kane was approaching N'Zongzi, he suddenly stopped and changed direction again. He moved the ball to the outside with his left foot, avoided N'Zongzi's interception, and headed towards
He took a step forward and volleyed directly with his left foot.
This was a curve ball with strong spin, hitting the lower left corner of the goal.
Beto judged the right direction and flew towards the ball, but what he didn't expect was that the ball had an obvious rebound after landing.
This made Beto's save useless, and he could only watch the ball go into the net.
"God, look at Harry Kane's goal. He outplayed two Sevilla defenders by himself."
"Lami and Nzonzi were like two wooden stakes, which were passed cleanly by Harry Kane."
"This is a wonderful goal. The first is the long-distance transfer from the left, which is just right. The series of actions after Harry Kane are also particularly impressive. The final genius strike is even more impressive for Chelsea.
Expand the score."
"Three to one, Chelsea scored two goals in less than ten minutes in the second half to reverse the score."
"It seems that this game has been decided."
As the commentator announced the goal, Harry Kane quickly turned around and rushed out of the penalty area, throwing away all his teammates who wanted to stop him, and rushed to the front of the Chelsea coaching bench.
Then, Harry Kane opened his arms and hugged Pan Yi hard, but kept shouting loudly. The scene was so loud that countless people were shouting Harry Kane's name, but no one could hear clearly.
What on earth was he shouting?
Even Pan Yi didn't hear clearly.
But he seemed to understand why Kane was so excited.
This goal has given Chelsea the lead, and it is really difficult for Chelsea to lose a game with a two-goal lead.
This also means that there is a high probability that the European Super Cup will fall into the hands of Chelsea!
For Harry Kane, it means that he has only played three official games on behalf of Chelsea and is already about to win two trophies!
This cup winning rate is too efficient!
This really made Harry Kane tearfully praise him in his previous life.
Of course, from another aspect, this goal was actually the result of Pan Yi's instruction.
It was because Lamy seemed to have great experience in marking Lukaku that Pan Yi asked Lukaku to deliberately distance himself from Lamy, forcing Lamy to defend Harry Kane who was closer to him.
As a result, after the exchange of these two forwards with completely different characteristics, Lamy was a little uncomfortable.
Kane also performed very well, successfully completing the attack task and scoring a goal.
Perhaps Kane rushed over to hug Pan Yi to express a message: "Head coach, your adjustments are so effective. I admire you, buddy!"
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In Manchester, Manchester City coach Pellegrini and his assistant Kusilas were watching the live broadcast of the game.
As Chelsea's opponent in the next game in the Premier League, Pellegrini naturally wanted to study Pan Yi's new lineup after some operations in the summer window.
As the game unfolds, Pellegrini becomes more and more frightened.
It can be said that Sevilla has played quite well, and Emery's tactics are indeed very targeted.
But Pan Yi's tactical play was obviously more changeable, and he quickly found Sevilla's weakness and attacked it.
The three goals scored by Goretzka, Van Dijk and Harry Kane can be said to be wonderful.
And the three players who scored the goals were just introduced by Pan Yi this summer!
This is another verification of the saying: "Pan Yi's products must be high-quality products."
Of course, what makes Pellegrini even more uncomfortable is that Harry Kane, Chelsea's best player so far, was originally Manchester City's "prey".
Originally, Dzeko was loaned to Roma this season, and there was a mandatory buyout clause, which basically meant he had completely left the team.
Another substitute forward in the team, forward Bony from Cote d'Ivoire, to be honest is still far from world-class, or can be said to be embarrassingly useless.
Therefore, Pellegrini wanted to find another striker. After all, he could not always rely on Aguero to lead the charge throughout the season.
Manchester City is also a team that wants to fight on the N line!
As a result, Tottenham's supernova Harry Kane entered Pellegrini's vision.
However, firstly, he felt that Tottenham's asking price was too high, and secondly, he felt that Kane's speed was really not enough, and he felt that his explosive role in the frontcourt was not prominent enough.
Or to be more precise, it was because he felt that Kane was slow and therefore felt that the price/performance ratio was too low.
But looking at it now, Pellegrini feels like his glasses are about to break.
This Harry Kane can advance into the frontcourt as a fulcrum, retreat to organize, pull out to make breakthrough passes, cut in and shoot in an arc...
Isn't this a true all-around center?
But the striker that Manchester City needs most has already arrived under Pan Yi's account.
"His sense of rhythm is really good. Although he is not fast, he can use the rhythm changes at his feet to deceive the opponent's defender and then create opportunities."
Assistant coach Kusilas on the side also had mixed feelings.
In fact, he was the one who recommended Pellegrini to inspect Harry Kane and strongly recommended that the England international be brought to the Etihad Stadium.
But in the end, he was still intercepted by Pan Yi.
This also leaves Manchester City with extremely limited options on the front line in the new season - either Aguero or Bony, and there is no third choice.
Compared with Chelsea having so many outstanding forwards, it seems that they lost the competition at the beginning.
Although the summer window has not closed yet and Manchester City still has the opportunity to strengthen, they have already taken action. There are really not many good forwards left for Manchester City.
The main thing is this Harry Kane... he is young, capable and English. It would be a pity to miss him!
Look again at the goal process when Harry Kane passed Rami and Nzonzi just now.
Every step he takes, every touch he makes, every feint he makes is so seamless that you can't fault him at all.
It can even be said that from the moment he entered Lamy's defensive zone, the French defender had already lost.
In the entire process that follows, unless he fouls, Harry Kane cannot be stopped at all.
As for Nzonzi, from the moment he scooted back and got between Harry Kane and the goal, he too lost.
Pellegrini suddenly said: "Look just now, Kane passed Rami and N'Zongzi continuously. There were several emergency stops and starts in the whole process, and there were several very realistic fake moves, but he combined them."
He must be very consistent and skillful. This kind of goal scoring method didn’t seem to be seen often in his goals last season?”
Last season, Kane scored a total of 21 goals at Tottenham. A large part of them were from grabbing points in the penalty area, followed by simple shots from outside the penalty area and finally penalty kicks.
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It is indeed rare to have a powerful shot like today's one, which uses fake moves to pass people behind.
"He should have strengthened his training in this area." Kusilas said concisely and concisely. "A young man with such talent and comprehensive skills can still quickly master such extraordinary shots as long as he trains properly.
skill based."
Pellegrini nodded slightly, his face suddenly covered with a dark cloud.
It’s okay that Harry Kane was snatched away, but he evolved under Pan Yi’s hands!
How strong Lukaku is has been obvious to all through his performance in the Premier League and Champions League last season.
Now there's another Harry Kane.
Who can stop such a forward combination?
Pellegrini finally smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that in the game four days later, we will face another terrifying opponent."
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Falling behind 1:3, Emery had no choice but to give it a try.
He made continuous substitution adjustments. Immobile and Llorente all came on the field, directly turning into a three-forward formation and starting to fight for their lives.
After all, in such a final, losing two goals or three goals makes no difference.
Pan Yi also made adjustments.
He did not choose to go head-to-head with Sevilla. He replaced Moses with Ivanovic, replaced Cancelo with Azpilicueta, and finally replaced Lukaku with Abraham.
This is because after Chelsea carried out a fast-paced attack in the second half, their physical energy consumption was relatively large.
Especially these players who were replaced.
Take Lukaku, for example, who spent almost the whole game fighting hand-to-hand with Lamy, which was very physically taxing.
Even if the players can recover, it is unlikely that they can continue to play at this pace.
After all, we still have to prepare for the league match with Manchester City!
Therefore, after Pan Yi made the substitution, he also instructed the team to slow down the offensive. The players controlled the ball more at their feet and were not eager to launch an attack.
As a result, it is difficult for Sevilla to pick up the rhythm. They can only gradually lose their offensive, lose time, and lose the trophy amidst Chelsea's "boiling frogs in warm water" passing control...
In the end, the game ended with Chelsea winning 3-1!——
After the game, Pan Yi immediately turned around and walked towards the coaching area opposite.
Emery also came up to him, with a wry smile on his face, and sighed from a distance: "I really thought I could win, or at least maintain a draw, but I didn't expect..."
"Maybe. It's just that you made a mistake and I caught you." Pan Yi said with a smile.
"What's the mistake? Can you give me some advice?" Emery asked sincerely.
"When I started attacking in the second half, you didn't respond in time." Pan Yi replied generously, "If you had resolutely reduced the defense at that time and only left a few people to fight back, the situation might have been better."
Emery nodded slightly: "Indeed, I did hesitate."
What can be done about this?
There are not many head coaches in the world who can calmly direct and make the right decision immediately when they see Pan Yi's mad-dog attack.
Pan Yi laughed and patted Emery on the shoulder, "You have done a great job. It's a pity that we are not divided into the same group in the Champions League, otherwise we can compete again."
After hearing this, Emery curled his lips: "I don't want to be in a group with you..."
Pan Yi burst out laughing: "You are all going to win the Europa League championship anyway."
"What?" Emery raised his eyebrows, "You mean we will finish third in the group and then be eliminated from the Europa League? And then achieve three consecutive Europa League titles? I really don't know if you are praising me or not.
Damage me..."
Pan Yi pinched his nose.
Uh, it seems I accidentally spoiled the story.
He quickly pointed to the court and changed the subject: "Look, there's a three-story goblin there! ... Oh, that's the podium. It seems to be almost ready. I'm going to call the players to receive their awards.