Gradually, the intensive schedule that Su Yun hated most came.
Because of the European Cup, the Premier League schedule was originally somewhat intensive. Chelsea also had to play in the League Cup, so it had several more games than other teams. And in November, the League Cup began to be added. This game is really three games.
One day.
Chelsea, who have just returned from Belgium, will start playing in the third round of the League Cup.
Chelsea don't have to play in the first two rounds.
In the third round, Chelsea faced Liverpool at home.
Not so lucky.
Although they have entered the third round of the League Cup, nearly half of the remaining teams are still low-level league teams. If we encounter them and enter the fourth round of the League Cup, there will be no problem.
.Unexpectedly, I was so unlucky that I met Liverpool, a strong team in the Premier League.
In fact, not only Su Yun felt bad, but Houllier was also very angry.
Because many strong teams do not pay attention to the League Cup, it is a championship that can be fought for. Although Houllier is still the head coach of Liverpool, the pressure is greater than Su Yun. Liverpool fans are much more tolerant than ten years ago, but even if
In this way, they are also fans of England's largest club.
They are far more demanding than Chelsea fans.
After experiencing the glory of dominating European football, and now seeing Liverpool half-dead, one can imagine the mood of Liverpool fans.
Houllier has been at Liverpool for more than two seasons, but his results have always been poor.
He doesn't have many options now.
This is already his third season at Liverpool. He has spent a lot of money in Liverpool, and now he is in his third year. If there is no good result this season, Houllier knows that it will be difficult for him to continue to stay at Liverpool.
Therefore, we also attach great importance to a competition with very low gold content such as the League Cup.
Because of the League Cup, these strong teams only need to play six games.
Unexpectedly, they encountered an opponent like Chelsea in the third round. It was an away game, which made Houllier very dissatisfied.
Liverpool, like Chelsea, had just finished a UEFA Cup match four days ago.
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November 2nd, Stamford Bridge Stadium.
Although it was only a League Cup match, more than 39,000 fans came to Stamford Bridge Stadium today. Almost the entire Stamford Bridge Stadium was filled.
This is definitely not because of how attractive this game is. It's because the Stamford Bridge stadium itself is not big, it is just a small stadium that can accommodate 40,000 people. It is not as big as Old Trafford Stadium.
Chelsea is not a traditional powerhouse in England.
But there are still a lot of fans in the Fulham area. In addition to the good results in the past ten years, many new residents in southwest London have also become Chelsea fans.
Moreover, the area where West London and Chelsea are located is a wealthy area.
All of them are very wealthy.
Although Chelsea's tickets are a bit high compared to clubs in other regions, they are not high at all in London. Those fans will not feel burdened or expensive at all.
After Su Yun joined Chelsea, his changes were very obvious.
Not grades.
It's about localization. When Su Yun took charge of Chelsea, Chelsea had almost no local players. That's why Morris, who was trained in Chelsea's youth academy, was unanimously praised by Chelsea fans.
But after Su Yun took over, he immediately purged Morris.
But then Williams and Lampard were introduced, and Terry was promoted from the youth academy.
This immediately greatly strengthened Chelsea's local camp.
Williams and Lampard were already famous players in the Premier League, and they immediately took up the main positions after arriving at Chelsea. And Terry's strong rise has made Chelsea fans even more excited.
The enthusiasm of Chelsea fans was instantly ignited.
This is the result of localization.
Localization is a great way to win over local fans. And the team should have several local cores.
That's why there are so many fans.
But Chelsea cannot compare to Liverpool in this regard.
Liverpool's current core players are all players they trained themselves.
Carragher, Gerrard, Owen. This is completely the same line. There are players they have cultivated in each position. Even in the 1990s, half of Liverpool's lineup were players from their youth academy.
Houllier learned the lesson from the last game and dropped deep in this game.
Houllier figured it out.
Winning the game is the most important thing. Chelsea also plays defensive counterattack. In this case, everyone plays defensive counterattack. It depends on who can keep calm. Even Houllier deliberately pushed Liverpool's defense back, even in the midfield.
I'm competing with you Chelsea.
Midfielder Houllier is completely back.
There were only two people left in front.
One is Husky. The other is Owen.
After less than five minutes of fighting, Su Yun had already discovered what Houllier meant. It seemed that Houllier wanted to compete with Su Yun to see who was more vulgar and who could endure it more.
Houllier, you are calling a famous French coach for nothing.
Are you using this kind of vulgar tactics?
despise you.
If outsiders knew Su Yun's thoughts, everyone would definitely despise Su Yun.
You kid will use any despicable method in order to win. If someone uses it once, you will despise him.
After Su Yun watched for a while, he made a gesture to change the playing style on the field. Since you don't want the midfielder, then I will close this area. Following Su Yun's gesture, Lampard and Williams
He was no longer in the same position as Deschamps, but stepped forward to stand with Di Matteo.
Speaking of which, Liverpool's wings are average.
Danny Murphy and Berg are more suitable to play in the middle.
"It seems that coach Su Yun is preparing to attack Liverpool. But I don't know what the effect will be?"
Mortensen is not optimistic about this kind of strong attack.
Chelsea's performance has always been mediocre. This is because the strong attack is not effective. It has been repeatedly tied by weak teams. Now it faces Liverpool, a strong team with Owen.
But Mortensen soon discovered something different.
When Lampard and Williams came on board, they moved very actively. Not only were they active in grabbing the ball, they also moved a lot without the ball.
Liverpool's pace controller is McAllister, with Gerrard assisting him.
Gerald is twenty years old.
He is a very outstanding midfielder trained by the Liverpool youth academy. Although his reputation and reputation are completely incomparable to Owen, he is still very outstanding in terms of strength. Gerrard has a good body, strong explosive power, and excellent physical strength.
Because Chelsea players pressed forward, Gerrard began to focus on defense.
McAllister holds his position, while Gerrard mainly defends Williams because of his strong running ability.
He pretty much followed Williams wherever he went.
"Williams has met his opponent. Gerrard's running ability is also very strong. Williams has never been able to get rid of Gerrard."
Williams indeed failed to get rid of Gerrard.
In terms of speed, Williams is really not as good as Gerrard. In terms of running ability, Gerrard is not much inferior to Williams. Williams originally had some shortcomings in his ability to escape. Facing the stalking Gerrard,
Ladd doesn't have many options.
Su Yun looked on from the sidelines and shook his head.
Lampard, Williams, and Di Matteo are still very unfamiliar with their off-the-ball movement. If they know how to constantly cross and change positions, Gerrard will not have to focus on Williams alone.
.And the defense is pretty good.
But Liverpool played simply.
As long as Chelsea's ball is intercepted, it will immediately be a long pass, either to Heskey for a ferry or directly to Irving for a quick counterattack.
The previous attack is very simple.
It relies on Heskey and Irving to complete an offense. The players behind just need to give the ball to them.
Su Yun frowned.
If the fight continues like this, the active Owen is really unstoppable.
"Chelsea still seems to be unable to find a way to break through the opponent's defense. I believe that what coach Su Yun misses the most at this time is Duff and Boboski during his time at Sunderland."
Mortensen shook his head.
"Yes. The biggest problem for Chelsea now is that the wings cannot be opened, so players in the center are very difficult. Although Su Yun has increased the running of the frontcourt players, it seems that he has not been able to completely disturb Liverpool's defense."
Lineker also spoke out about Chelsea's current problems.
Williams was indeed troubled.
This twenty-year-old Gerrard is too difficult to get rid of.
However, Williams, who is already twenty-four years old, is no longer eighteen or nineteen years old. At that time, if Williams encountered such a difficult opponent, he would give up quickly. He always did not have much confidence in himself.
Self-confidence.
But the 24-year-old Williams is already different.
He has enough experience and enough setbacks. Therefore, he did not rush and kept running.
Always watching young Gerrard.
"Zola, handed the ball to Di Matteo... Di Matteo passed the ball to Williams... Oh, Williams made a beautiful sudden stop and turn, Williams can also do this kind of action!
"
Mortensen's voice suddenly rose in pitch.
Because when Di Matteo passed the ball to Williams, Williams was running to the right. Gerrard was closely following Williams. But when Williams received the ball, he suddenly made a sudden move.
Stop, then immediately run to the left front.
There was an emergency stop and then a change of direction that immediately left Gerrard behind.
Let Williams play with skills at his feet. Williams can't do it. But such sudden stops and turns, and line changes actually only require the player's explosive power.
But the old Williams couldn't even do these things.
Unexpectedly, this sudden move in this game caused Gerrard, who had always performed well, to lose his position.
After passing Gerrard, the entire center was empty. This was the result of several frontcourt players running continuously, which actually stretched the opponent's defense. However, Chelsea's midfield lacked a player who could break through vertically, so it showed
There is no such opportunity.
Now that Williams has made a breakthrough, he immediately sees the gap.
"Williams, Williams...she!"
After passing Gerrard, Williams immediately raised his foot and shot away after taking only two steps. Because this distance is the distance that Williams is best at.
