Chapter 434 Is it useless to move outside the market?
Chapter 434: Off-board moves are of no use?
Author: Ant who loves watching football
Chapter 434: Off-board moves are of no use?
"Pan Yi! Pan Yi!! Pan Yi!!!"
When Pan Yi entered the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Chelsea fans in the visiting team's stands stood up and shouted his name loudly.
This is support for Pan Yi and the entire Chelsea team.
Pan Yi also turned around and smiled and waved to the Chelsea fans.
Such a move also made these Chelsea fans who came from afar feel at ease.
From Pan Yi's face, I could only see a confident smile, which shows that the farce last night did not affect the young coach's confidence!
Soon, louder boos sounded from the stands in all directions.
This is Paris Saint-Germain fans fighting for the right to speak at home, and it is also an attempt to give Pan Yi and Chelsea people a sense of oppression.
But Pan Yi didn't take it seriously. He just made a gesture of thanks to the visiting team's stands, then turned and walked towards the visiting team's coaching bench.
And Paris Saint-Germain head coach Blanc has been waiting for a long time.
When he saw Pan Yi coming, he quickly took a few steps forward, shook hands with Pan Yi and greeted Pan Yi. His first sentence was:
"I'm really sorry about what happened last night. But we really didn't know about it."
Pan Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I know."
Pan Yi knows the madness and unscrupulous tactics of Paris Saint-Germain fans.
It’s not just once or twice.
Therefore, this time it should be a unilateral act by the fans and indeed has nothing to do with Paris Saint-Germain officials.
Just think about it, if a team official personally went off to do such a dirty thing, if the media found out about it, I don’t know how embarrassing it would be, and it would be difficult to get involved in European football in the future.
However, Paris Saint-Germain's handling of this matter is indeed not authentic enough.
It has been almost a day, and there is no news about this matter on their official website or social media, let alone an apology for the fans.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the head coach.
Blanc was already very magnanimous in being able to apologize to Pan Yi in person.
This also fully shows that Pan Yi's public support for Blanc in front of the media still made the French star very grateful.
He now hopes to have a real battle with Pan Yi on the court instead of making any off-the-record moves.
Of course, if you want to truly defeat Pan Yi, it won't be as simple as setting off some fireworks...
"Are you ready to deal with me?" Pan Yi suddenly asked.
Blanc was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "I know my own strength very well, so you don't have to expect me to fight you."
Pan Yi raised his lips, this was undoubtedly the best compliment from his opponent.
With Paris Saint-Germain's lineup, they are crushing in Ligue 1, but they can only give in in front of Chelsea. This in itself is a kind of respect for Pan Yi.
But this also shows that Blanc's tactical focus today is to defend and counterattack.
"You are flattering, we also have our own weaknesses and shortcomings." Pan Yi said with a smile.
"Maybe. But I don't have much confidence in whether my defense can guard your Lukaku and Harry Kane." Blanc was also very honest.
Obviously Blanc is also very aware of his team's problems.
The strength of the defense does not match the capabilities of the midfield and frontcourt, especially the forwards.
Chelsea's offensive power is extremely powerful, and Paris Saint-Germain cannot defend it with its defense alone.
"So, you plan to play in the fourth midfield?" Pan Yi still had a smile on his face.
Blanc was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, obviously feeling helpless that his change of formation was guessed by Pan Yi.
Paris Saint-Germain has also played with a four-midfielder a few times this season, but most of the time it still uses such a strong team formation. After all, the main thing in Ligue 1 is to ensure stability.
Unexpectedly, Pan Yi could still see Blanc's thoughts on this game at a glance.
Indeed, after the four midfielders move in, they obviously have a numerical advantage in the midfield, which is also more advantageous against a team like Chelsea that plays a passing and controlling style.
Blanc quickly thought that since Pan Yi could guess that he would use four midfielders, he would definitely also see Paris Saint-Germain's offensive problems after using four midfielders.
Therefore, this game may be even more difficult to handle.
At the very least, it will be extremely difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to seize the opportunity in this game.
After all, the tactics and routines I prepared seem to be within the control of my opponent...
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Facts have proved that Blanc's guess was right.
As soon as the game started, Pan Yi's Chelsea took the lead in attacking.
Just a minute later, Lukaku, Hazard and Harry Kane cooperated continuously between the center line and the 30-meter area of Paris Saint-Germain. Hazard suddenly made a diagonal pass and distributed the ball to the right.
road.
Seat B was like a sharp arrow. After deftly throwing away the defender, he sprinted forward and received the ball on the right side of the penalty area.
Paris Saint-Germain left back Maxwell also quickly returned to defense.
But before he could stand firm, Seat B suddenly stopped and smashed the ball inwards!
The whole action was so skillful that Maxwell didn't even have a chance to commit a foul. He watched helplessly as Seat B cut inside to the edge of the penalty area, took a shot, and hit a powerful and heavy shot.
It's a pity that Seat B's shot went too far and went slightly wide.
But this still shocked everyone at Paris Saint-Germain into a cold sweat.
The first shot was taken in the first minute and Chelsea took the opportunity to seize the opportunity.
After Paris Saint-Germain took the goal kick, it quickly fell to Chelsea.
Paris Saint-Germain wanted to counterattack, but Chelsea was not in a hurry and patiently counterattacked.
As soon as they saw that they could not recover the ball quickly, Paris Saint-Germain immediately retreated and refused to fight.
This also further cites Pan Yi's judgment before the game that Blanc should still focus on defense, but not completely.
In the midfield, they grab what they can and retreat if they can't. This can prevent Chelsea from using the space offensively to the greatest extent.
Not only is this true in tactics, but this idea is also clearly reflected in the formation.
Today, among Paris Saint-Germain's four midfielders, the Italian Motta is still at the back, while Matuidi and Verratti are protecting him on both sides.
Di Maria is not on the wing, but standing in a forward midfield position, seemingly trying to suppress Kante's performance.
The four midfielders are positioned like a diamond on the field, but it is different from the traditional large diamond. Because the two sides are closer to the middle, this diamond appears sharper and the position is more concentrated.
Therefore, Blanc's intention is very obvious, which is to form a numerical advantage in the midfield to fight against Chelsea's more flexible and better technical combination of Hazard + B seat + Kante.
"Don't rush to attack, take your time!" Pan Yi stood on the sidelines and shouted to the players on the court.
As early as when the team was preparing for the game, Pan Yi had reiterated to the players many times that playing away at the Parc des Princes in Paris would be a tough battle.
Therefore, you must not be anxious when playing, but must be patient, actively use the team's advantage in passing and controlling, and consume the opponent's physical energy.
Especially now that Paris Saint-Germain often takes the initiative to recycle and compress the defense line. If Chelsea's young players press forward anxiously to attack, they may get into trouble with their opponents.
Ibrahimovic and Cavani on their front line are no joke!
But they are not young anymore.
Ibrahimovic is 35 years old, Motta is 33 years old, Maxwell is 35 years old, Thiago Silva is 32 years old...
Even the younger Cavani, Di Maria, Van der Wiel, Matuidi and others are all around 28-29 years old.
This is really incomparable to Chelsea, who are basically all young people around 23 years old!
Therefore, Pan Yi wants to take advantage of his players' physical advantages.
Control the ball first, don't be in a hurry, slowly fight a war of attrition, and look for opportunities to use the set-piece tactics that were practiced in training to find opportunities to score.
However, as the game progressed, Pan Yi gradually became aware of Paris Saint-Germain's targeted adjustments.
Blanc also seems to be asking players to minimize unnecessary fouls, especially those within the thirty-meter area, and avoid them whenever possible.
It's obvious that Blanc himself is aware of the team's own problems.
Paris Saint-Germain always makes mistakes when faced with set pieces, and Chelsea's players, whether it is Lukaku, Harry Kane, or Van Dijk, David Luiz and others behind them, are all good at grabbing points.
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And if it is a direct free kick, Chelsea's Hazard, including David Luiz, will certainly not let such an opportunity pass easily.
Therefore, Blanc also asked his players to pay attention to their foot movements early on.
As a result, Chelsea's offense becomes more difficult.
With the ability of Paris Saint-Germain's players, when they shrink to defend, it is indeed quite difficult to break in.
So the scene was quite boring for a long time.
In the 33rd minute, Chelsea got an excellent opportunity on the left. After Hazard broke through Van der Wiel, he crossed to the center, but Lukaku and central defender Marquinhos had both hands.
A few moves, and then they both fell to the ground.
After Marquinhos got up, he pushed Lukaku.
Lukaku also showed no weakness, and the two people's heads were together, forming a bull-butting trend.
Team members from both sides also rushed to the scene, some broke up the fight, and some started fire. The penalty area was very lively for a while.
This is mainly due to the fact that players on both sides have some unknown anger.
On the Paris Saint-Germain side, the players on the field are basically the same people who were double-killed last season. They have revenge on the Chelsea players, and of course they have no good impressions;
As for Chelsea, the Paris fans made them sleepless last night, and they are still angry when they wake up!
Fortunately, the referee also rushed into the penalty area in time to stop the conflict.
Both sides played fifty boards each, and both Marquinhos and Lukaku received a yellow card. This was also the first and second yellow card of the game.
After entering the 40th minute, taking advantage of the physical decline of the Paris players in the second half of the first half, Chelsea increased their offensive intensity and continued to launch fierce attacks on Paris Saint-Germain's defense.
First, Marcos Alonso quickly moved forward from the left, and after forming a continuous one-two with Hazard on the left, passed to the penalty area. Harry Kane grabbed a chance thirteen meters in front of the goal, but
The shot failed to hit the mark.
Then Harry Kane crossed to the right, received the ball without anyone defending him, and passed it to the penalty area.
Kante stepped in and used a rare header to attack the goal, but it was blocked by Thiago Silva, who returned to defense in time, and blocked the bottom line with a tackle. Paris Saint-Germain's goal once again escaped damage.
Just three minutes later, it was Hazard who broke through from the left and scored the ball. Seat B inserted into the penalty area from the right rib and shot a low shot ten meters in front of the goal. It was blocked by Thiago Silva again, and then
The ball slowed down and was reached by Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Sirigu.
Chelsea's continuous attacks posed a considerable threat, causing panic in front of Paris Saint-Germain.
But Paris Saint-Germain's goal seemed to be in turmoil, but it turned danger again and again, especially center back Thiago Silva, who acted like a god and bravely helped the team turn danger into danger many times.
After being unable to attack for a long time, Chelsea's offensive did not slow down because of this, but showed signs of gradually strengthening.
Paris Saint-Germain was determined to defend, and even Cavani actively returned to defend, leaving Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt waiting for a counterattack.
Time passed by minute by second, and the number on the big red scoreboard finally jumped to 45 minutes, and the fourth official also raised the 2-minute stoppage time card - mainly because of the conflict in the penalty area at the 33rd minute.
A lot of time was wasted.
The first half is about to end.
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From the first minute of the game, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser, who was sitting in the stands, was on pins and needles.
Why?
Of course, it was because of today's game that Chelsea launched a fierce attack on Paris Saint-Germain from the first minute.
Pan Yi's team attacked Paris Saint-Germain's defense again and again, and even almost scored on several occasions. Each time, he was frightened.
Seeing his team being bombarded, how could Nasser, as the chairman, feel so good?
What makes Nasser even more puzzled is that Chelsea performed so vigorously and seemed not to be affected by the fireworks in the early morning...
"What's going on..."
Nasser's eyes were a little confused.
The fireworks were indeed set off by fans.
However, it does have something to do with Nasser.
In fact, he didn't need to do much. He just asked his Ma Chai to go to the Paris fan organization to incite a little, and it was done.
This is all for Paris!
There are already many radical elements in the Paris Saint-Germain fan organization, and they are not very clear-minded. Otherwise, things like "taking advantage of a plum and chasing a horse" will not happen in the future.
So as soon as I found out the location of the hotel where Chelsea was staying, I set out to harass them in the early morning.
But the problem is, the harassment was indeed successful, but why do the Chelsea players on the field still feel so good today?
Everyone is full of life and energy.
Nasser originally thought that Chelsea was really not easy to mess with now, but if they could get into a situation where they could surrender their opponents outside the game, they might still have a chance at the Parc des Princes.
But judging from the performance of both sides in the first half, Paris Saint-Germain did play very passively, and there were many deficiencies in defense, but they didn't concede the ball yet.
"Perhaps it would be nice to get a draw?" Nasser couldn't help lowering his expectations.
Now it seems that the accident in the early morning cannot fundamentally narrow the gap between the two teams.
Perhaps Chelsea's physical reserves and training level before the game are high enough that even if the plan is changed, the players can still maintain a high level to participate in the game.
When facing such a powerful Chelsea, it is really difficult to win with a smooth attack.
From this point of view, Blanc's defensive tactical thinking is still very pragmatic and reasonable.
"If we have two draws, we can advance. As long as this game is 0:0 and the next game is still a draw, we have great hope of reaching the quarterfinals!"
Nasser suddenly felt a little more confident.
Thiago Silva performed very bravely in today's game, and the entire Paris Saint-Germain team's defense was also pretty good. As long as everyone grits their teeth, they will definitely be able to hold on.
But just when he had this idea, Chelsea in the stadium launched the last wave of attacks in the first half.
Paris Saint-Germain defended successfully. Thiago Silva passed the ball to Motta. However, under the pressure of several Chelsea players, Motta made a low-level pass error and passed the ball directly to the left rib.
Gave it to Azar.
Everyone was surprised. Hazard reacted quickly, got the ball first and hit the goal with one kick. As a result, Thiago Silva turned around instinctively and blocked, and the ball hit Thiago Silva.
Wa's body bounced back.
But soon, Kanter quickly stepped in, caught up with the rebounding ball, and hit it again.
Thiago Silva, who still reacted, flew up and made a sliding tackle. Kanter's shot hit his foot and bounced out of the baseline.
Chelsea won a corner kick in the second minute of injury time.
"Okay, good job, keep up the good work!"
Pan Yi watched from the sidelines and clapped, but kept gesturing towards the players with his hands.
Hazard noticed the coach's gesture, immediately realized the opportunity, and quickly walked to the corner kick area.
As soon as Van Dijk, David Luiz, Ake and others on the Chelsea defense saw it was a corner kick, they immediately ran forward quickly.
Almost all the tall men came to the penalty area of Paris Saint-Germain, and the Chelsea players were secretly communicating with Pan Yi's gesture just now.
This is a code, a code for a set piece that has been practiced before the game.
Paris Saint-Germain is also facing a formidable enemy, with Cavani and Ibrahimovic, the two high points on the front line, also returning to the penalty area.
As the captain, Thiago Silva is also the team's first choice to defend Van Dijk. When he saw Van Dijk walking to the front point and David Luiz standing at the penalty spot, he obviously wanted to attack the center.
, he immediately warned his teammates.
"I'll grab the first point, but you have to pay attention to grab the second point and be careful of their headers. Do you understand?"
Thiago Silva's instructions made Marquinhos and other players nod frequently.
The penalty kick is about to begin, and the Paris Saint-Germain players begin to perform their duties.
Pan Yi, Arteta and others also stood on the sideline of the command area, staring at the penalty area.
The corner kick plan represented by Pan Yi's gesture is not complicated at all.
Hazard took a free throw and found Van Dijk to seize the first spot. After the header was passed, David Luiz and other players in the middle made a feint shot, distracting the Paris Saint-Germain defenders and sharing the pressure.
But the real killer move is at the back, especially around the back post, where Marcos Alonso shoots from behind!
This is Brother Long's best method of breaking goals, and he is very confident about it personally.
Before the game, the team also practiced this tactic several times, but in the first few corner kicks of today's game, they used several other tactics.
Paris Saint-Germain has obviously made preparations. They defended several corner kicks well and did not give Chelsea a chance, especially against players such as Van Dijk and David Luiz who were at high points.
Several players, including Lukaku and Harry Kane, also failed to find a chance to shoot.
Therefore, Pan Yi now asks the players to try this back-post outflanking tactic to see if it works this time.
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At this time on the court, the referee blew a crisp whistle to indicate that a corner kick could be taken.
Azar raised his right hand, made a gesture, and started running quickly.
There was only a bang in the stadium, the ball was kicked out from the corner area, and the entire Parc des Princes stadium in Paris roared in unison.
I saw Hazard hit a curve ball with fierce rotation, and Van Dijk, who was in the front point, rushed forward immediately and used his strong physical fitness to block Thiago Xi behind him.
Alva.
Seeing that the PSG captain had lost his most advantageous position, he immediately retreated to the next best option and stood firmly between Van Dijk and the goal.
Thiago Silva knows very well that as long as he blocks it, Van Dijk will not be able to score.
At the same time, Thiago Silva shouted loudly: "Quick, grab the second spot!"
The penalty area was already in chaos. David Luiz, Ake and others all rushed towards the goal from the penalty spot at the same time. Shorter players like B and Kanter were wandering around the outside of the penalty area.
Watch out for the opponent's counterattack, and prepare for long shots.
Even after taking the corner kick, Hazard immediately ran diagonally to the corner of the penalty area, forming a defensive and offensive situation.
This is also a relatively special aspect of Chelsea's corner kick tactics.
Because in ordinary teams, when attacking from a corner kick, the two full-backs are usually the ones trailing behind.
After all, in a team, full-backs are generally players who are faster but not tall enough.
But not Chelsea.
In their corner kick tactics, Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta on the other side have to step in and participate in the attack!
Therefore, I can only "grievance" the B seat, Kanter and Hazard, the "three little ones of the Blues".
Of course, when the corner kick was just taken, Chelsea still did enough to show off.
Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta will not insert themselves into the penalty area at the first opportunity, but wait on the outside, seemingly leaving them behind.
But when Hazard kicked the ball out, they quickly entered the penalty area!
At this time, the attention of the Paris Saint-Germain defensive players was attracted by the movement in the middle. As a result, the ball was rubbed by Van Dijk and flew straight to the back point at extremely fast speed.
At this time, Marcos Alonso, who had been ambushing on the outside, suddenly got rid of Motta who was guarding him, quickly rushed to the left post, faced the ball coming from Van Dijk, and fired furiously!
After his instep made solid contact with the ball, he had a strong hunch that he had the ball.
Sure enough, when he stabilized his body and looked again, the ball had already hit the goal.
Then, Marcos Alonso turned directly towards the Chelsea fans' stands, opened his arms unscrupulously, and started his celebration by shouting and cheering along the way.
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"In the last minute of stoppage time in the first half, Chelsea seized the last chance and scored a goal."
"It's still a set piece, it's still Marcos Alonso's late pass!"
"This is a common routine used by Chelsea at set-pieces, and it is also a long-standing weakness of Paris Saint-Germain."
"Let's look at the slow-motion replay again. Motta obviously missed marking Marcos Alonso. He didn't follow the Spanish wing-back who was good at forward penetration in time, which gave the opponent a chance to score with a powerful shot.
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"Maybe it's because Marcos Alonso didn't move forward during Chelsea's several corner kicks, which caused Paris Saint-Germain to relax in his defense."
"But Alonso is Alonso. When Chelsea can't open up a situation, he can always reverse gear and blast the ball into the opponent's goal!"
"Zero to one, Chelsea are temporarily ahead in the away game."
The entire Parc des Princes stadium in Paris was suddenly in an uproar.
When everyone thought they could go into the halftime break with a tie, Paris Saint-Germain, which had been defending for forty minutes, suddenly made a mistake at the last moment, and the opponent seized the opportunity and scored.
Motta, he should definitely be the scapegoat for this goal.
Because it was his low-level mistake in passing the ball to Hazard, which led to Chelsea's continuous attacks to win corner kicks.
And now, it was his mistake again, missing Marcos Alonso and giving his opponent a chance to score.
Let me ask, if he doesn’t take the blame, who will?
The die-hard fans of Paris Saint-Germain even started to boo Motta.
This is what fans of this kind of club can do!
Pan Yi, who was on the sidelines, jumped up with excitement after seeing Marcos Alonso score, and turned around to shake hands and hug his assistants and players on the bench one by one.
The pre-match deployment was successful!
Sure enough, he took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and broke through the door of Paris Saint-Germain.
And once a goal is scored, the second half will be much easier.
Blanc on the other side was full of frustration.
He tried his best and did well enough, but unexpectedly he still lost the ball.
There is another person who is even more frustrated, that is Chairman Nasser in the stands.
The moment he saw Marcos Alonso score, he sat down on the chair, his face extremely ugly.
“It’s been like this, but you still can’t hold on!!!”