Chapter 405 The youth version of one high and one fast
On the evening of September 17, Chelsea played Wolfsburg at home in the first round of the Champions League group stage at Stamford Bridge Stadium.
When the players of the two teams walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee and amid the roar of Chelsea fans, Pan Yi and Heijin began to shake hands and greet each other at the entrance of the players' tunnel.
The two have played against each other in the Bundesliga, so they are relatively familiar with each other.
However, the current group of Wolfsburg players under Black Gold are much better than they were two years ago.
Take a look at the lineup he put together today. It’s a big diamond-shaped 4-4-2 formation.
Forwards: Bendtner, Dost.
Midfielder: Draxler, Kruse, Gustavo, Schürrle.
Defenders: Rodriguez, Nardo, Dante, Vierinha.
Goalkeeper: Benaglio.
Even as a fan of Pan Yi's previous life, he knows every player in this lineup, and they are basically all international players from various countries.
This is also the reason why they were able to win second place in the Bundesliga last season, second only to the powerful Bayern Munich.
Wolfsburg also won the first German Cup championship in team history last season, which is also a reflection of their growth in strength.
What's interesting is that they also had a Dragon Country player last season, Zhang Xizhe, who often "wears a hat".
It's a pity that Zhang Xizhe didn't have many playing opportunities at Wolfsburg. He was hailed as a "sales midfielder" by Longguo fans. After the results of the season, he returned to China to play for Guoan.
It is precisely because of this that the "Dragon Derby" that Dragon Country fans were looking forward to last season, that is, the scene between Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe when Hamburg faced Wolfsburg, did not appear.
Of course, when Pan Yi faces Wolfsburg today, he will also not be able to see Zhang Xizhe.
But the opponent Black Gold still needs to be taken seriously.
Today, with his 442, he has lined up two big centers.
The 25-year-old Dutch international Dost is 192cm tall, and the 26-year-old Danish international Bendtner is 194.89kg. It is clear that he wants to carry out high-altitude bombing against Chelsea.
Behind them is the 26-year-old German international Kruse. He can also play as a forward, but today he serves as an offensive midfielder behind the two centers, responsible for delivering artillery shells to the front.
On both sides of Kruse are the young German player Draxler and the old Chelsea player Schürrle, who are also German internationals.
Both players are relatively fast and have good dribbling and passing abilities.
Therefore, cutting off the passing routes from the midfield and both sides to the center of the penalty area will definitely become the key to winning this game.
Wolfsburg relies on Germans in the midfield, and mainly relies on Brazilians in the backcourt.
Defensive midfielder Gustavo, central defender Dante, and knife defender Naldo, they have solid defense and strong offensive ability. They cooperate with Swiss international R Rodriguez and Portuguese international Vierinha on both sides.
, it really needs the attention of Chelsea generals.
Of course, today Wolfsburg is playing away from home, so they will not be too aggressive when facing a strong team like Chelsea.
According to Pan Yi's estimation, Heijin's basic strategy is to defend firmly, and then make long passes to find the two high points in front. If he can score, he will score. If he can't, forget about it. But he must not delay his own team's goal because of the attack.
Defense.
At Stamford Bridge, scoring one point is a victory. This is the consensus of almost all coaches who come here now.
Everton's defense almost succeeded in the Premier League before. Although Everton was at home at the time, Black Gold also wanted to give it a try.
Chelsea, on the other hand, obviously still focuses on taking the initiative to attack.
Compared to Wolfsburg's "high", Pan Yi's forward line today is "fast".
Today's two forwards are two young players, Mbappe and Abraham!
On the one hand, it is due to rotation reasons, because only two days after this Champions League game, Chelsea will face the challenge of Manchester United in the Premier League.
On the other hand, it is a fulfillment of a promise. At that time, Pan Yi promised to let Mbappe play in the Champions League, so he would do what he said.
And Abraham is of the same nature. After his outstanding performance as a substitute in the last game, having him in the Champions League is also a reward.
Finally, it was also because Lukaku was injured in the last round of the game. Although the problem was not serious, for safety reasons, he was still allowed to rest.
Then, let Harry Kane rest as well. The two of them have basically played every game since the start of this season. Even if they are iron men, they still have to take it slow.
But even with partial rotation, Chelsea took the initiative from the very beginning of the game and launched a pressing press against Wolfsburg, with the momentum of overwhelming their opponents.
Today, Pan Yi lined up a tough combination like Cantergretz Kamatic in the midfield. They can provide Chelsea with strong enough pressure in the midfield and frontcourt. Coupled with the trident in the frontcourt, it is enough to contain Wo.
Wolfsburg's midfield and backfield.
Facts have also proven that this is indeed the case.
On the one hand, it’s Wolfsburg’s caution and conservatism, on the other hand, it’s Chelsea’s initiative.
In the first two minutes, Mbappe took the ball on the left, accelerated and forced a break through Rodriguez, then cut inside the penalty area, sent a cross pass, came up at high speed, and fired furiously from the front of the penalty area, which made the whole game go.
First shot.
Then, when Mbappe dribbled the ball into the right corner of the penalty area, and when Dante was about to cut in, the Brazilian fell to the ground and failed to make a tackle, but forcefully pulled Mbappe down.
The referee did not award a penalty kick or foul, nor did he award Mbappe for diving. In his opinion, this was just a collision within the normal range.
The two consecutive attacks were both made by Mbappe with the ball, which put Wolfsburg's defense under tremendous pressure.
Their defenders are not known for their speed, such as left back Rodriguez and center back Naldo.
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Especially Dante, he is as slow as a tortoise.
When a tortoise meets a Ninja Turtle, of course it will often be exploded.
This is why Pan Yi dared to use two young forwards who can run in today's game.
In addition, there is enough support behind Mbappe and Abraham.
Not to mention the issue of personal ability, Chelsea's five midfielders faced Wolfsburg's four midfielders, and Wolfsburg only had one midfielder, Gustavo. In terms of midfield control, Chelsea definitely had the advantage.
Excellent.
Therefore, whether Chelsea is attacking in a positional position or counterattacking after a counterattack, they are obviously more organized and more threatening than Fort Worth.
In the 10th minute, after Wolfsburg had no choice but to take a long shot, Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois took a goal kick and kicked the ball straight into the frontcourt.
Abraham began to play his role at this time, using his body to block the opponent's Brazilian central defender Nardo, trying to grab the first point.
But under Naldo's hard work, he still pushed the ball back, but he didn't push it far due to the interference.
Goretzka rushed over immediately and controlled the second shot.
As soon as the ball landed, the young German midfielder was about to stop the ball and turn around. As a result, Gustavo made a sliding tackle from the side and shoveled the ball back to Wolfsburg's defense.
Abraham immediately rushed forward to grab it, but Naldo also made a shovel and shoveled the ball directly to the side.
Vierinha followed up with a big kick and kicked the ball to the right side of the frontcourt.
Schurrle pulled to the right to receive the ball.
After Schurrle joined Wolfsburg, Heijing often arranged for Schurrle to play on the right and Draxler to play on the left in order to allow him to coexist with Draxler, another German international.
As soon as Schurrle stopped the ball, he saw his old teammate Azpilicueta rushing towards him. This made Schurrle want to dunk the ball back to get past Azpilicueta.
But at this moment, Cancelo suddenly returned to his own half and appeared behind him.
Azpilicueta and Cancelo, two players who played two full-backs today, made a flexible move and actually ran to the same side at the same time.
It was precisely this kind of movement and their understanding of Schurrle's playing habits that made their joint steal this time a surprise to Schurrle.
Cancelo leaned directly towards Schürrle, then stretched his legs to steal the ball away.
Schürrle was also very tenacious. He counterattacked on the spot immediately, but was blocked by Azpilicueta with a "pick-and-roll" with his butt. He could only watch the ball and sigh.
Soon, Cancelo took the ball and rushed forward two steps quickly before handing it over to Mbappe who returned the ball.
The French youngster suddenly released his speed!
As if he was flying, he caught up with him at extremely fast speeds, got ahead of Gustavo, strode the ball forward, and rushed straight through Gustavo's defensive zone. p>
Mbappe's speed is getting faster and faster, especially near the edge of Wolfsburg's penalty area. His speed does not slow down at all. Like a bolt of lightning, he quickly rushes into the gap between him and Nardo.
, keep your head down and continue to sprint forward.
That speed is really too fast!
It was so fast that Dante and Naldo didn't even have time to close the door, and Mbappe rushed over.
After breaking through the defense of Dante and Naldo, Mbappe glanced in front of the goal and found that Abraham, who was playing behind him, had also followed.
So, without thinking, he made a low pass with his left foot.
The ball was extremely fast, passed behind Wolfsburg's defense, and landed on the right side of the goal.
Goalkeeper Benaglio was obviously stunned. He turned around and was about to pounce to the right, but he immediately saw another Chelsea forward Abraham rushing over and got ahead of everyone, facing Mbappe with his right foot.
The cross ball was swept away.
The ball was easily swept into the lower right corner of Wolfsburg's goal by Abraham's right foot.
"gallllllllllllllllll!
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"Tammy Abraham!
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"In the tenth minute, Chelsea took the lead in breaking through Wolfsburg's goal, and it was another goal from Abraham! This is his consecutive goal after scoring the winning goal as a substitute in the last round of the Premier League!"
"He repaid head coach Pan Yi's trust in him with his constant goals!"
"Of course, this goal must first be thanks to Mbappe who assisted him. Mbappe's long-distance run was very exciting. We saw that Wolfsburg's entire left rib was broken." p>
"Of course, Abraham is also very fast. If he hadn't rushed forward desperately, it would have been difficult to get to the best position to receive Mbappe's speeding assist!"
"Sixteen-year-old Mbappe assists 17-year-old Abraham. What a beautiful scene! The two young men who made their career Champions League debut today put on a great show together!" p>
"One to zero! Chelsea is ahead!"
Chelsea fans cheered throughout the Stamford Bridge stadium, and everyone was shouting Abraham's name.
And Mbappe.
The long-distance run just now was so exciting, so fast, so shocking!
On the football field, speed has always been the weapon most capable of exciting fans.
Just like Owen in the 1998 World Cup, Ronaldo earlier, and Bale who "passed to himself three seconds later" when playing Barcelona in the Copa del Rey...
And now, Chelsea's Kylian Mbappe seems to be taking over from these seniors and becoming the representative of speed forwards in world football!
When Chelsea's players rushed out of the field to celebrate, Pan Yi stood on the sidelines with a blank expression.
He had been mentally prepared for a long time. The home game against Wolfsburg was indeed the one he should win, so scoring the goal itself really didn’t give him too many surprises.
But he was still very happy.
Mainly because these two young players seem to have a very good chemistry.
Mbappe Abraham, isn’t this the youth version of one high and one fast!
And it's really "high" and "fast", not "happy" and "happy" like Sterling.
In this way, Pan Yi's original worries about Chelsea's striker this season can be eliminated.
The main reason is that these two young people are really too young, and they are afraid that they will not be able to withstand the pressure and shoulder the heavy responsibilities in some important games.
And once Lukaku and Harry Kane are injured, I'm afraid they won't be able to cope.
Now it seems that these two young men have always been young and mature, and it seems that there is no big problem.
Especially for Mbappe, Pan Yi promoted him to the first team to play official games a few months earlier than in his previous life, but he was also a little worried about whether he would be "snapped".
But after watching these games, I feel that the then Monaco head coach was conservative.
Of course, there is also a possibility that it was under the guidance of Pan Yi that Mbappe was able to adapt to the rhythm of the first team so quickly and quickly take advantage of his advantages in the game.
After turning around and catching up with Arteta and others in front of the coaching bench one by one, Pan Yi walked back to the side of the court.
Just at this time, the players had finished celebrating and walked back.
"Continue to attack, disrupt their rhythm, and continue to attack!"
Pan Yi shouted loudly to the players, indicating that they should continue to press and attack, and don't show mercy.
Wolfsburg now lacks control in the midfield. Once they are pressed, they can easily fall into chaos.
Therefore, under Pan Yi's command, Chelsea continued to launch a fierce attack on Wolfsburg.
Two minutes after the goal, Azpilicueta suddenly broke into the penalty area from the right rib and fired a fierce shot, shocking everyone in a cold sweat.
Just a minute later, Cancelo made a sudden cross from the left rib, and Abraham followed up and hit him directly.
But the angle of this shot was too right, and it was directly saved by Benaglio.
The ball was still on the left side of the penalty area. Cancelo followed up and pushed the ball directly, trying to push it into the far corner. However, Draxler, who returned to defense in time, blocked it with his foot and slid out.
This even almost resulted in an own goal.
Goretzka took the corner kick, and Ake's header was slightly higher.
In the ten minutes after the goal, Chelsea almost formed a frantic attack on Wolfsburg. The offensive was wave after wave, one wave after another, suppressing Wolfsburg. In this situation, it looks like the opponent has just scored the goal.
Wolfsburg was beaten so hard that it had no power to fight back and could only barely parry.
This is mainly because Chelsea firmly controls the midfield, especially when passing and controlling the ball. It is almost difficult for Wolfsburg's midfield to pose a threat to Chelsea.
In tonight's game, from Gustavo to Kruse, to Schürrle and Draxler, and even the two high center forwards Bendtner and Dost, they all worked very hard to grab the ball.
The ball, but it was still almost meaningless, and Chelsea still firmly controlled the ball.
For these players, the opportunity to participate in the Champions League is actually rare, and they cherish it very much.
After all, Wolfsburg is not a traditional giant and cannot even consistently reach the top four in the Bundesliga. This also means that they cannot participate in the highest level competitions such as the Champions League every year.
So once they have the opportunity to participate, they will use all their strength.
But the problem is, today’s opponent is Chelsea.
They were unable to compete with Chelsea in terms of ball possession and rhythm, so they had no choice but to fall into passivity and fall behind in the score.
Chelsea controlled the situation steadily and kept looking for opportunities.
But they actually have some problems.
First of all, although the two young players on the front line are full of momentum and fast, they are a little less experienced after all, and sometimes they are a little impatient in handling the final kick;
The second is today’s midfielders, like Goretzka and Matic, who can bring more strong pressure and press in the midfield and frontcourt to the team, but their forward ability and final pass ability are obviously not as good as Aza’s.
You or b seat.
Especially Hazard, when he is on the court, his speed with the ball and creativity in the final pass, especially the insight to grasp the gaps in the opponent's defense, are something neither of these two midfielders have.
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Goretzka and Matic are players who are more rigorous and able to complete their tasks according to the requirements of the team, but they also lack the spirituality like Hazard or the B-side.
Therefore, sometimes when the ball reaches the frontcourt, the pass coordination will be too mechanical, causing it to be seen through by Wolfsburg players, resulting in the failure to pose a threat.
Of course, Pan Yi naturally understands this situation.
But now we are one goal ahead, and there is no need for Hazard or B to come on.
Letting the current lineup play more and get used to each other more will definitely be beneficial to future games.
In fact, Chelsea is still playing very lively games now.
Although there was no goal scored again until the end of the first half, this offensive frenzy still made the entire Stamford Bridge stadium Chelsea fans excited to watch!
When the game entered the second half, especially from the 60th minute, everyone could clearly see that Wolfsburg's performance had declined significantly.
This is actually a bit inappropriate.
Because the current season has just begun, it is the moment when players are in the best physical condition. Although they have experienced two consecutive weeks of national team match days, followed by a week of double matches, they will not only last for 60 minutes and then decline significantly. p>
A more reasonable explanation is that Chelsea exerted too much pressure.
These young players rushed forward screaming, and even the Wolfsburg players, who were originally very motivated, couldn't resist.
Having said that, which team in the world can withstand Chelsea's crazy pressing and attack at Stamford Bridge?
But Black Gold obviously still hopes to struggle.
He replaced Schürrle with young German midfielder Arnold.
Originally, he hoped that Schurrle could use his familiarity with his old teammates to make achievements when facing his old club, but he did not expect that the effect would be the opposite. Instead, Chelsea players used their understanding of Schurrle to set up a trap.
Trap...
As a result, Xu Sanduo was lost at Stamford Bridge.
But the problem now is that it’s not just Schuerle who is not performing well.
With the overall rhythm being controlled by Chelsea, it would be difficult to replace anyone else.
In the 80th minute, Gary Cahill suddenly intercepted the ball.
After grabbing the ball, Cahill passed the ball to Azpilicueta.
Azpilicueta dribbled the ball forward from the inside and passed the ball to Goretzka near the midline. He sprinted forward decisively and quickly, trying to pass one.
Goretzka didn't realize it in time. As soon as he stopped the ball and took two steps forward, he saw Gustavo approaching him.
So Goretzka immediately took the ball to the right, and Mbappe had already pulled up to the right sideline, raising his hand to receive the ball.
Goretzka didn't hesitate and made a diagonal pass, which happened to fall on Mbappe's diagonal path.
Then, Mbappe started again!
There was an exclamation of surprise throughout the Stamford Bridge stadium.
"Chelsea's beautiful coordination on the right. Goretzka passed to Mbappe, this is an open space!"
Mbappe quickly moved forward, stopped Goretzka's pass forward, and then quickly caught up with him.
The Wolfsburg defense in the surrounding area actually showed a vacuum, and Mbappe dribbled the ball all the way into Wolfsburg's penalty area.
At this time, several Wolfsburg players returned to the front of the penalty area, and Vierinha went straight towards Mbappe.
Mbappe slowed down slightly at this time, and his eyes were firmly locked on Vierinha.
When he saw Vierinha rushing toward him, he was well prepared and sent the ball to Vierinha's right side.
Vierinha did not expect that Mbappe would suddenly make this move. He was so surprised that he immediately turned around and wanted to chase him.
But at this time, Mbappe suddenly started to move. When he turned around, he rushed straight into the penalty area from his left side as quickly as possible.
In the very short time that Vierinha turned around, the ball had already entered the right side of the penalty area, and Mbappe also ran straight into the penalty area as quickly as possible to catch up with the kick he had just kicked.<
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"This is a pass! Mbappe actually completed a pass in such a small space! His speed is really amazing!"
At this time, Wolfsburg goalkeeper Benaglio seemed to be frightened by Mbappe's breakthrough. He stayed there for a while and failed to attack in time.
Mbappe did not hesitate. After regaining the ball, he directly performed his signature shooting action, turning sideways and shooting!
The ball hit the turf and entered the goal.
"gallllllllllllllllll!
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"Two to zero!
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"Chelsea once again broke Wolfsburg's goal."
"Another wonderful breakthrough from Mbappe, this time he scored the goal himself!"
"This is definitely a wonderful manifestation of Mbappe's personal ability!"
"With one pass and one shot, Mbappe became the most dazzling star at Stamford Bridge today!"
Chelsea players rushed out of the stadium to celebrate the goal with Mbappe.
Up to this point in the game, there is basically no suspense left.
This is also true.
The game ended with a score of 2-0. Chelsea firmly defeated Wolfsburg at home and got a good start in the Champions League this season!