Chapter 313: Extraordinary like Messi, shooting Heskey
"They play a traditional 442 formation, and when we are guarding their two forwards, we must pay attention to guarding Gudjohnsen's shot. As for the other forward... pay attention to blocking his passing route.
Yes, let him shoot."
Pan Yi said this at the pre-match preparation meeting for the League Cup.
Although Bolton is only a British Championship team and there is still a certain gap between them and Chelsea in terms of strength, Pan Yi still carefully arranged his tasks for the coach and players and laid out meticulous tactical details.<
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After all, in English football, there are many strong teams that overturned in the League Cup and FA Cup.
Therefore, even if facing a weak team, Pan Yi still cannot underestimate the enemy too much.
It's just that when he talked about the defense against the forwards, he said the above words.
This is actually a relatively rare phenomenon.
After all, most people who can play forward have their own attainments in shooting. How could Pan Yi let him shoot?
Unless his name is Husky.
The famous former England international!
This is a figure who made Sterling cry when he heard it and Werner shook his head when he saw it.
He scored 7 goals in 62 games for the national team and 110 goals in 516 games in the Premier League... With such a scoring efficiency, he should have been a name that most young fans would not remember at all.
However, thanks to the craze of jokes on the Internet, many people will still shout out this sentence familiarly even if they have never watched a minute of his game:
Extraordinary like Messi, shooting Husky!
Whenever there is a star who excels on the court but ends up with a weak shot, fans will apply this sentence to him;
This incidentally also expresses admiration for Messi's dribbling skills and ridicules Heskey's shooting ability.
Although this sentence is reserved for Dragon Kingdom fans, complaining about Husky's shooting skills is not exclusive to Dragon Kingdom fans.
This has been "affirmed" by Husky himself!
He even published an autobiography many years after he retired, and the name of the book is "Even Heskey Scored".
Of course, in England, British fans have also been popular in complaining about him for many years.
Or it can be said that in the English fan circle, he almost dominated the world in jokes.
Even though he has retired for many years now, his legend is still circulating in the world.
The following are some of the more famous jokes:
1. Goalkeeper Green trained for 3 hours today and faced 4,000 shots without conceding a single goal.
Therefore, he decided to persuade Heskey to participate in tomorrow's team training.
2. The efficiency of the Husky national team is not inferior to that of the two legends. How dare you be a shooter like this?
Heskey (England): 7 goals in 62 games
Yoon Kita (Colombia): 8 goals in 68 games
Chilavert (Paraguay): 8 goals in 74 games
3. What should you do if you see Husky rushing towards you and trying to hit you?
Hurry up and pretend to be a goal!
430 million Husky?
In this way, Sunderland accepted Bent's offer of 24 million pounds.
5. Rooney used to be called Bai Pele.
At this rate, I should call Torres White Husky.
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The existence of Husky can even "unify" British and German fans.
In September 2001, England defeated Germany 5:1 away in the World Cup qualifying match.
The tragic defeat to their old enemy made the German fans at the scene very frustrated.
At this time, the British fans who traveled with the team sang loudly in praise of their heroes after the game.
However, what they are praising is not Michael Owen, the golden boy who scored a hat trick in this game, but Heskey, who scored the last goal.
The improvised lyrics went like this: "Oh yeah oh yeah, even Heskey scored! Hahahaha!"
The German fans who were originally very sad actually turned from sadness to joy when they heard this song, and even joined in the chorus.
The lyrics of this song eventually became the title of Husky's autobiography.
All in all, Heskey's shooting ability is really difficult to describe.
However, why can a striker of this level have a place in the England national team despite being coached by seven different coaches?
It’s because he is willing to be a green leaf and a wingman.
He uses his strong body to protect the ball and his height advantage to ferry headers and become the fulcrum of the forward line.
He is a typical auxiliary hero. He has fed Owen from a young boy to a golden ball player. He has also received 53 Premier League assists, which is the same as Van Persie, and is only two less than Scholes.
From a certain perspective, Heskey is actually somewhat similar to Lukaku in Chelsea's current team.
They are all tall, strong, black and tough, and as centers, they all have the explosive power and speed to move to the wing.
Even in Heskey's fulcrum role and assists, Pan Yi hopes that Lukaku can be as good as him.
Of course, you should not imitate him when it comes to shooting. If it really develops like that, Pan Yi will probably hold his head and pull his hair on the court every day, and eventually he will be like a bald man.
In short, it is for this reason that Pan Yi asked his players to pay more attention to blocking Heskey's passing route during the game, and not to worry too much about his shooting.
For a forward who can score one goal every five or six games on average, let him play freely!
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On the evening of September 25th, Stamford Bridge Stadium.
Chelsea, who were drawn as the home team, faced Bolton at home.
Although it was only a third-round game of the League Cup, and although the opponent was only a British Championship team, the game still attracted tens of thousands of fans to watch.
Of course there is an inevitable reason for this.
One of the reasons is, of course, that under the leadership of Pan Yi, Chelsea has shown an explosive performance this season.
Winning five games in the Premier League and defeating Dortmund in the Champions League has made everyone at Chelsea full of expectations for this new blue team.
The second reason is that Chelsea's playing style is very varied and smooth, and a large number of goals can be scored in every game.
Who doesn't like to see more beautiful goals in the stadium?
The third reason is Gudjohnsen.
This may be the most famous player in Icelandic history. In 1998, he joined Bolton Wanderers, who were still in the Premier League at the time.
Due to his outstanding performance at Bolton, he was poached by Chelsea two years later and formed a strong strike partner with Dutch striker Hasselbaink.
In the following 01/02 Premier League season, he scored 14 league goals, while Hasselbaink had 23.
He then played for Chelsea for six seasons until Barcelona bought him.
Later, he moved to Monaco, Tottenham, Stoke City, Fulham and other teams, and this summer he joined Bolton, where he once played.
He is 35 years old this year, and like Heskey, he is still playing in the British Championship.
Gudjohnsen has always had a relatively high status in the hearts of Chelsea fans, so this is also his trip home, and Blues fans naturally want to bless this former player at Stamford Bridge. p>
As for the fourth reason, of course it’s also because of Husky.
After all, he is the most famous Tarzan Beidou among England fans!
Who doesn’t want to witness his shooting performance in the stands again?
As a veteran who has played 62 times for the England national team, he really has no merit but hard work. Chelsea fans also want to pay their respects to him.
After all, Heskey is 36 years old today, and he has watched one less game.
Therefore, this seemingly ordinary League Cup match is hard to get a ticket!
On the first day of ticket sales, more than 40,000 tickets were sold out, and there were even many fans who couldn't get tickets and were looking for scalpers to ask for a ticket.
Even for this game scheduled to be held in the evening, many fans have flocked to the Stamford Bridge stadium since the morning.
People who don’t know think this is a Champions League-level game!
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In today's game, Pan Yi rested all the players who had played in the previous game against Manchester City, and then almost changed the entire lineup.
Even the goalkeeper was replaced by veteran Petr Cech.
Although Cech, as a traditional goalkeeper, cannot meet Pan Yi's requirements in terms of controlling the range of the court and making short passes, he is still a very good goalkeeper now.
Otherwise, he will not leave Chelsea and play as the main force for Arsenal for several years in the future.
So this season, although Pan Yi will reuse Courtois, he will still use Cech in relatively unimportant games such as the League Cup and FA Cup.
This can also form a competitive relationship between goalkeepers. After all, there is such a world-class goalkeeper as his substitute. If Courtois, the main player, does not train hard, he will probably be replaced!
However, due to the different characteristics between Cech and Courtois, there have been slight changes in the conduction tactics and habits in the backcourt;
In addition, today's players spent relatively little time working together, which made Chelsea's cooperation a little jerky after the start.
Especially on the defense line, Pan Yi sent out an "18-year-old young boy combination" like Ake, Zouma, and Christensen. There were also many problems in the relationship with Cech, which made Chelsea
had a bad start.
On the contrary, Bolton took full advantage of Chelsea's weakness and created an opportunity in the first two minutes.
When the game reached the 15th minute, Cancelo failed to defend his opponent immediately. Bolton made a diagonal pass from the right, and Heskey stepped in to catch the ball.
At this time, Christensen quickly stood in front of Heskey and blocked the angle of his shot.
But Heskey had no intention of shooting, but immediately passed the ball to the goal.
Gudjohnsen stepped in from behind and scored before Zouma could clear the ball, opening the scoring for Bolton!
Bolton surprisingly took a one-goal lead in the away game!
This goal also greatly boosted Bolton's morale.
Every one of their players knows very well that they are facing Chelsea in this game, and they are facing Pan Yi, the most popular coach in the Premier League or the world.
As long as they can defeat Chelsea and Pan Yi, what awaits them will be the opportunity to become famous!
Even veterans like Gudjohnsen and Heskey, of course, hope that more fans will remember them at the end of their careers!
Pan Yi, who had been sitting calmly on the coaching bench since the start of the game, walked to the sidelines with a somewhat angry look and shouted to the court:
"Christensen! What are you doing?"
At this time, the Bolton players on the court were celebrating a goal, so Christensen heard the shouts and saw the head coach waving to him, and immediately ran out quickly.
"Didn't I tell you earlier? You should focus on Heskey's passing route instead of blocking his shot! Where did your ears go?"
Christensen nodded nervously, knowing he had made a mistake: "I...I forgot. I saw the opponent's forward rushing into the penalty area, and I subconsciously made a defensive move."
After all, he is still an 18-year-old kid!
He is even younger than Ake and Zuma who are the same today.
Moreover, Ake and Zouma have played for a relatively long time in previous games, but this is the first time for Christensen to represent Chelsea in an official game!
So he was still a little nervous.
In addition, he played the most important position in the middle of the three central defenders today, and his cooperation with his teammates was not tacit enough, which made him a little at a loss.
Therefore, with the impact of Bolton's two experienced old forwards just now, he was a little confused, and he had long ago thrown Pan Yi's instructions before the game into the country of Java.
"Don't be nervous, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Think carefully about what I said in the pre-game preparation meeting, and don't panic."
Christensen nodded vigorously, "I understand how to do it."
"Remember, stay calm and try to control the ball when you get it. If you are not sure, try to pass less forward and more to both sides. When defending, you still have to pay attention to cutting off their passes.
The ball route, and the rest just follow the usual training.”
Christensen nodded again, "I understand, boss!"
"Go." Pan Yi patted him on the back and sent him back to the court.
But Pan Yi did not retreat. Instead, he shouted to Zuma on the court, indicating that he should be bolder and more aggressive when defending the opponent's forward.
Although Christensen failed to prevent Heskey's pass just now, there is still a chance to make amends.
That is, if Zuma can make better use of his physical advantage and keep Gudjohnsen behind him, it will be difficult for the Icelander to have a good posture to exert force. Even if he succeeds in shooting, it will easily be high due to technical deformation.
Or miss.
But when Zuma saw the ball coming, he just wanted to make a clearance as soon as possible, so the flexible Gudjohnsen took the shot first.
This is also a common problem among young central defenders. There are often problems with concentration and instant judgment on the field.
But the central defender is like this. He needs to practice in many games, sum up experience and lessons from constantly conceding goals, and then grow step by step.
Otherwise, why do center backs always grow up later than forwards?
Forwards play more with talent and agility, while defenders need more discipline and experience.
The same goes for goalkeepers.
Zuma also nodded to his head coach to express that he heard.
"You continue to kick your ass hard, but if you forget the key points I explained before, be careful and I will kick your ass hard!"
Finally, Pan Yi shouted to the audience, and everyone nodded to express that they had received it!
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Although Gudjohnsen's goal just now made the Chelsea fans at the scene not too happy, they still gave the old player their own applause.
After the game restarted, Chelsea fans also gave more applause to these young players on the field.
Obviously, after Pan Yi made adjustments, the confidence of these young defenders began to grow stronger, and their passing in the midfield and backfield gradually became smoother.
Originally, I was a little slow and hesitant in passing the ball, but now I play very concisely and very efficiently. I usually catch the ball with one kick and release the ball with the other.
And Ake, Zouma, including Cancelo, Schurrle and others on both sides will also actively retreat to move around Christensen.
"Okay, take your time, that's it, don't be in a hurry, control the ball first and stabilize the rhythm."
Players on the court can always hear Pan Yi's shouts.
Chelsea has the upper hand. As long as they play steadily, they can win. This is the concept that Pan Yi has always instilled in the players before the game.
But if the score is behind now, and everyone starts to get impatient and kick around blindly, then they are not far away from being upset and eliminated.
As Christensen gradually enters his role, and there are teammates around him to support him at any time, Chelsea's midfield and backcourt passing and control gradually become smoother.
Bolton tried to press several times but failed to achieve results, but Chelsea's offense became sharper every time.
In the 30th minute of the game, Schürrle retreated to meet Christensen. When he received the ball with his back to the attacking direction, the opponent's defender Riem was closely behind him.
But the moment the German received the ball, he suddenly stopped and turned around to get rid of him. After getting rid of Ream, he suddenly rushed forward with the ball.
At this time, another Bolton central defender, Devitt, rushed over and directly made a tackle to destroy the ball out of the baseline.
Chelsea corner kick.
Xuerle kicked the ball out personally and the ball flew into the penalty area.
At this time, Christensen, who had already rushed into the penalty area, seized the most advantageous position in advance and headed the goal from close range!
Bolton goalkeeper Bogdan was unable to react at all, and the ball hit the net directly!
The referee's whistle sounded to confirm that the goal was valid, and the whole audience cheered!
One to one!
Everyone on the court rushed towards Christensen to celebrate his goal.
Although this was only a goal in a League Cup match, it was Christensen's first goal on behalf of the first team!
As a central defender, scoring a goal is relatively rare, let alone the first one!
So everyone slapped him on the head in various ways, almost making his hair bald!
Pan Yi on the sidelines smiled.
Children can be taught!
Christensen's performance before scoring has shown that he is no longer nervous mentally and can better participate in the game.
And this goal is a full reflection of his relaxed mentality and good performance.
"Okay, that's it, keep this rhythm and keep playing like this." Pan Yi applauded and shouted from the sidelines.
After equalizing the score, Chelsea's players obviously became more confident.
The midfield and backfield control the ball more smoothly, making it difficult for Bolton players who are technically inferior to Chelsea to grab the ball.
As soon as the midfield and backcourt took advantage, Chelsea's powerful attacking firepower in the frontcourt was immediately reflected.
Only three minutes had passed since their equalizing goal. Christensen launched the attack with a long pass. He moved the ball to the wing. Cancelo took the ball and cut in and crossed. Ramirez stepped in and volleyed.
Scored Bolton's goal again!
After the score was reversed, Chelsea's morale was even more high, attacking one after another.
Bolton were knocked dizzy by Chelsea's more ferocious offensive. By the time they finally woke up, the first half was over.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Bolton began to consciously strengthen its defense, hoping to defeat Chelsea's counterattack.
However, the counterattack opportunities they finally gained after stealing the ball often failed in the face of the targeted defensive strategies of Chelsea's defenders.
In particular, it was difficult for Gudjohnsen to have a chance to shoot. He could only pass the ball to Heskey on the other side.
Then Heskey had no choice but to take a shot under the "watches" of Ake, Christensen and others. As a result, the ball was either hit into the stands or was played weakly and was easily confiscated by Cech.
Soon, the "familiar" singing sounded again in the stands of Stamford Bridge:
"Oh yeah oh yeah, Husky still can't score! Hahahaha!"
Chelsea, on the other hand, got better and better as they fought. In the 67th minute and the 84th minute, Cancelo and Schürrle scored a goal each.
In the end, Chelsea defeated Bolton 4:1 and successfully advanced to the next round of the League Cup.
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"The result of this game is not what I care about. What I care about is the performance of the young players on the court."
In the comprehensive interview area after the game, Pan Yi was interviewed by reporters from English and European media.
"Today we used this lineup less in previous games, and the coordination between the players was a little worse, so we encountered some difficulties after the start."
"But I am very pleased that they quickly adjusted their state and then proved their ability by scoring goals."
"This is very important for Chelsea. I need all the players to be in good shape and be available when I need them."
Pan Yi also spoke highly of Christensen, who opened the scoring in this game.
"He is a very good defender and he can bring a lot of help to the team."
"He is a proactive defender, not a passive defender. Simply put, he is an active central defender, not a deep-lying central defender."
"He is good at taking the initiative, continuously defending to eliminate threats, and at the same time defending with his front foot, instead of recklessly changing speeds and tackling. This is also one of the characteristics of his defensive intelligence."
"And his skills are also very good. He can observe the position of his teammates on the field and make accurate passes."
"In addition to his corner kick goal, his long pass to Cancelo also created a scoring opportunity."
"The parameters for evaluating a player's efficiency and ability will often include the following: Does the player create a better offensive situation? Is his team's conditions better in other phases before or after the action?"
"Good players can always create better situations from static possession, and in these examples, Christensen has performed well."
"I can say that all he lacks is experience. Fortunately, he is only 18 years old this year and he has enough time to grow."
"I have reason to believe that he can grow into a world-class central defender in the future!"
When Pan Yi said this, of course he had his own confidence.
In his previous life, Christensen was also a player who played at Chelsea and Barcelona, and his abilities were there.
In this life, after Pan Yi’s guidance, I still have to take a few more detours and go directly to become a world-class central defender?
In fact, it also includes Ake, Zouma, Chike and others, and even Salah, Van Dijk and others who were recruited by Pan Yi when he was in Milan. In their previous lives, their growth was always accompanied by various changes.
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For example, whether the coach appreciates it, whether the game training is enough, whether the tactics are suitable, whether the position is played smoothly and other issues, etc., have resulted in some of them needing to experience more teams and time to hone.
Growth.
For example, Salah.
When he was at Chelsea, he was no longer a traditional winger. He was more of a forward who moved on the wing, and was even a bit like a No. 10. In today's terms, he was an inside forward.
But Mourinho was not a coach who was good at positional warfare at the time. In the past, his use of traditional wingers was the key to making Chelsea proud of the Premier League.
Therefore, under Mourinho's system, Salah, who is not really qualified to work as a winger, habitually receives the ball in the middle, and the effect of holding the ball behind his back is not good.
This made Mourinho's impression of him worse and worse, and he played fewer and fewer games in the end. Under a vicious cycle, it was impossible for Salah to be kicked out.
Later, Salah went to Serie A and played with confidence. Especially after being bought by Klopp from Liverpool, his characteristics were fully utilized and he truly became a world-class star.
Salah is actually quite lucky. After all, there are many talented players who have died in various hardships.
Anyone who has played FM games will know that there may be many players in the world who have high potential and may grow into world-class superstars, but in the end they can only play in ordinary small leagues, or even give up midway.
And no one will remember the names of those players who have huge potential but haven’t practiced yet.
There are also many people who conduct game simulations to create players with potential like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi and let them develop freely in the Dragon Country. In the end, they can only reach the level of the Dragon Country national team.
The potential value is 200, but the final ability value may only be 100!
But under Pan Yi, many such similar problems no longer exist.
As long as Pan Yi trains them well and gives them more opportunities to play, their talents can always be realized!
Of course, in order to prevent more and younger talented players from dying at the beginning, Pan Yi is also very concerned about Chelsea's youth training system.
Not just grown-up players like Christensen.
For those smaller players, Pan Yi has already started to make arrangements...