NovelsAlex Chapter 322 What is 1 high and 1 fast?
Chapter 322 What is 1 high and 1 fast?
Chapter 322 What is one high and one fast?
Selhurst Park, away bench.
Chelsea's substitute players were also sitting on pins and needles, feeling uncomfortable.
The time has entered mid-October, and the temperature in London has dropped a lot. Even if the weather is good today, the highest temperature is only in the teens.
But their hearts are colder now.
Two goals down away from home, with one less player on the pitch, it's really hard not to grumble.
"Why don't you change?"
"Why hasn't the boss adjusted?"
"The boss didn't give up, did he?"
The most puzzling thing is that shortly after the start of the second half, Pan Yi has already asked the substitute players to do warm-up activities.
So they ran out to warm up every once in a while, and quickly put on long-sleeved training clothes when they came back to keep their bodies warm so that they could play at any time.
But the problem is, now it's 70 minutes, why not change it?
In addition to replacing the B seat with Ivanovic in the first half to consolidate the defense, Chelsea now has two substitutions.
It stands to reason that even if it was a normal game, Pan Yi was almost ready to make a substitution at this time, but today there was no movement for a long time.
And now they are behind again, of course the players will be anxious!
At this moment, Pan Yi suddenly turned around and looked at the bench.
In an instant, everyone on the coach's bench and the bench focused on him, waiting excitedly for him to give an order.
They knew that it was finally time for the boss to make adjustments!
"You two, get ready."
Pan Yi pointed to Lukaku and Hazard.
All coaches and substitute players nodded.
This was pretty much the best adjustment they could think of.
Now is the critical moment of falling behind. Naturally, it is necessary to go to the team's most impactful main striker to try to score.
The two of them cooperate tacitly, and their abilities are stronger than Bamford and Schurrle who are currently on the field.
Therefore, even those substitute players who have not been named still feel that Lukaku and Hazard are the best choices at this time.
And Pan Yi whispered a few words to Lukaku and Hazard, and then asked the fourth official to prepare for substitutions.
The Chelsea forwards Bamford and Schurrle on the field saw it, and they also understood the coach's intentions, so they were going to go to the sidelines to complete the substitution as soon as possible.
After all, time is precious now!
Crystal Palace fans at Selhurst Park saw it too.
They immediately understood that Chelsea was planning to replace their attacking combination with a stronger pair, and Pan Yi was about to make a final fight!
As a result, there were boos for a while, this is the Crystal Palace fans helping their team to put pressure on the opponent's substitute players! ——
"Hehe, I guessed it a long time ago."
On the side of the home team's coach bench, Neil Warnock looked at the fourth official and Chelsea players standing on the halfway line, and laughed.
"It seems that Pan Yi is nothing more than that. Everyone in the world knows that he is going to be their main striker at this time, right?"
"It's a pity, it's too late to underestimate the enemy now! How dare you hide so many main players in our match, hehe..."
"And, do you think we have no way to deal with your move?"
Warnock certainly thought about Pan Yi's lack of substitutions.
He also discussed with the assistant coaches, and finally came to the conclusion that Pan Yi wanted to change after 70 minutes, so that he could use heavy weapons like Lukaku to attack when the physical fitness of the Crystal Palace players declined.
As for Hazard, of course he was asked to deliver shells to his fellow Belgians.
So, it's all in Warnock's hands!
So, Neil Warnock turned his head and shouted at a tall central defender on the bench: "Brad, warm up immediately and get ready to play anytime!"
"Understood." Brad Hangeland, who was sitting on the bench, immediately stood up.
This is a tall defender from Norway and a seasoned veteran who has been selected for the national team 84 times.
He is 194cm tall and weighs 91kg. He is an out-and-out big guy!
It will definitely be no problem to use him to deal with a brat like Lukaku!
Watching Brad Hangeland run to warm up, Neil Warnock turned his head away with a smile.
At this moment, Warnock's eyeballs almost popped out.
Because what he sees now seems a little different from what he imagined.
At this time, it was actually two of Chelsea's central defenders, Terry and Ake, who ran down from the field!
Pan Yi replaced two central defenders with two forwards!
Warnock blurted out a native English language: "Wang Defa, what's going on?"
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It's not just Warnock who looks dumbfounded?
All the Crystal Palace fans and Chelsea fans present, including various commentators, guests, and even Terry and Ake, who were replaced by Chelsea, were a little confused.
This is really a bit nonsensical, how can there be such a replacement?
"71 minutes, Chelsea requested a substitution."
"Everyone thought this substitution was necessary, but what no one expected was that Pan Yi replaced Terry and Ake with Hazard and Lukaku!"
"If you do this, only Zouma will be left as a central defender on Chelsea's field, and there will be four forwards at the same time!"
"Even if you're behind by two goals, isn't this too much of a desperate way to play???"
"Pan Yi is Pan Yi after all! He can always make such unexpected tricks..."
"In view of the fact that his previous magical substitutions often worked, I still reserve my opinion this time. Let's first look at the specific positions of Chelsea players after the substitution."
The game on the field will soon resume.
After Lukaku and Hazard came on the field, they really ran to the forward line, and after playing for a while, Chelsea's new formation slowly surfaced.
Now Lukaku and Bamford form a double center forward, while Hazard and Schurrle form a double forward on their left and right.
Behind them, Kanter and Matic still provide support in the double midfielder position.
Zuma was the only one standing at the back!
However, the two wing backs, Marcos Alonso and Ivanovic, had a relatively large retracement, so that Chelsea actually formed a three-back situation in many cases.
In other words, Chelsea's formation at this time is actually a bankrupt version of an extremely aggressive 4-2-4 formation.
After all, there is one less person!
So this formation is 3-2-4.
Three defenders, two midfielders, plus four forwards!
In defense, although Marcos Alonso and Ivanovic are wing backs, they are both tall and have good defensive ability to compete for the top, so they can be used as central defenders.
When attacking, these two wingbacks will quickly insert, echoing the four forwards in front, and instantly become a six-man attacking line.
At this time, Chelsea's formation will become a more terrifying 1-2-6, launching a more violent attack on the Crystal Palace's defense!
"We could see that after the substitution Chelsea seemed to get the situation under control very quickly."
"Is it really so effective! This is too amazing!"
"Actually, it's not difficult to understand when you think about it. The personal ability of Chelsea players is better than that of Crystal Palace. The previous one-hour game itself did not fall behind."
"Players like Lukaku and Hazard have been in excellent form recently. They are now coming off the bench and are a real new force. After more than an hour of fighting, the players of Crystal Palace have more or less lost their physical strength. "
"Furthermore, Pan Yi's sudden desperate play caught Crystal Palace a little unprepared, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while. So now Chelsea still has the advantage on the field even though they have one less player to fight."
"So now it's time to see if Crystal Palace can withstand this wave... Wait, let's see Chelsea's attack this time!"
At this time, the fans of the entire Selhurst Park Stadium were exclaiming.
It was originally an attack by Crystal Palace, but when the midfielder MacArthur was about to pass the ball, he was cut off by Kanter, who was quick-eyed and quick-footed, and then quickly handed the ball to Marcos Alonso on the left. Chelsea launched a Fight back quickly!
Crystal Palace's return to defense was also fast. Although Alonso wanted to drive forward with the ball, Crystal Palace's right back Martin Kelly and midfielder Jednake also double-teamed immediately. Alonso could only temporarily pass the ball. Hold on, look for another chance.
But the ball is still on Chelsea's side.
Alonso quickly saw Lukaku who was running in the middle to meet him, and passed the ball across the middle to him.
This is what Lukaku specially ordered to him before going on the field.
That is, although he and Bamford are double centers, in the rest of today's game, special attention should be paid to retreating and taking the ball in turn to act as a midfielder or shadow forward.
After all, there is one less person on the field now!
At this time, everyone needs to run more and respond more actively, so that the operation of the whole team will not suddenly get stuck in any link.
Just like this 3-2-4 formation, the top-heavy is obvious. If the striker does not retreat, then there will be more space in the middle.
And Lukaku obviously listened to what Pan Yi said, and as soon as he saw Alonso encountering an interception, he immediately turned around to pick it up.
Another striker, Bamford, is pressing on the offside line at this time, so that he can also suppress the opponent's central defender at the same time, avoiding their local numerical advantage caused by their rush.
At this time, Lukaku got the ball, and this position is a little past the arc of the middle circle, close to the top of the arc of the opponent's penalty area.
Then, he immediately heard his fellow Belgian Hazard shout: "Hanhan, this way!"
"Hanhan" is the "nickname" that Pan Yi often calls Lukaku in the team recently, and it quickly spread in the team, and everyone called him that.
And Lukaku immediately saw Hazard starting on the left.
It is also Chelsea's pull from the center to the side, and then from the side to the center that has caused a small crack in Crystal Palace's defense.
There is no close defensive player beside Hazard!
Lukaku quickly kicked a through ball almost the moment he heard "Hanhan".
The ball passed through the gap between the Crystal Palace central defender and the fullback.
Then, Hazard kicked his hot wheels, grabbed the ball directly, and rushed towards the penalty area of Crystal Palace!
"Look, Chelsea has formed a one-shot!"
"Hazard's single goal!!! Can he score this goal?"
At this time, the Selhurst Park Stadium has suddenly changed from the exclamation just now to the current silence.
Whether it is the Crystal Palace fans at home or the Chelsea fans of the visiting team, they all held their breath watching this one-handed goal formed between the lightning and the flint.
Crystal Palace's 35-year-old Argentine goalkeeper Speroni also reacted very quickly, abandoning the goal immediately.
But Hazard is also very adaptable.
I saw him pretending to kick and shoot, which tricked Speroni to fall to the ground to save;
But Hazard didn't shoot, but suddenly threw the ball horizontally, past Speroni's entire body pounced at his feet.
"It's over, beautiful shaking!"
"Now in front of Hazard, there is only one unguarded gate!"
"Hazard puts it lightly... the ball goes in!!!!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Chelsea took advantage of this quick counter-attack and pulled it back!"
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the first touch of Lukaku and Hazard after coming off the bench!"
"It turned out to be the first time between two people, and this wonderful goal was created! Crystal Palace's defense suddenly appeared full of loopholes!"
"Now the score is one to two and Chelsea are still behind."
"Let's take a look at this slow-motion replay again. The cooperation between Lukaku and Hazard is very tacit. The cooperation between the two at the front of the penalty area tore apart the defense of Crystal Palace. Hazard's handling afterwards was also quite calm."
"This kind of cooperation is actually quite common in Chelsea's previous games. The only difference today is that it is Lukaku who passes the ball, and Hazard who completes the final blow..."
"Pan Yi's desperate play has paid off! It feels like at that moment, the Crystal Palace players were a little stunned!"
"Haha, what I just said is right, Pan Yi always has a strange move, and it always works! Then, the next thing is to see what game the two coaches have in less than 20 minutes. Bar!"
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"Boss, let's change... Shall we change?"
On the home side's bench, the assistant coach is leading centre-back Hangeland over to manager Neil Warnock.
The order for the substitution was made by the manager before Chelsea scored, but just as the Norwegian defender was almost warming up, Chelsea also scored.
So the assistant coach is a little confused about whether the head coach will change his mind.
"Change, why not?! Fuck me!" Warnock blushed angrily.
Chelsea's substitution and goal really raised his blood pressure.
Leading by two goals is of course completely different from leading by one goal.
How comfortable I was just now, how tense I am now.
After all, on the football field, the advantage of leading by one goal is really not an advantage, and it is an instant thing to be equalized!
But he can only replace Hangeland now.
For the goal just now, Hazard played beautifully, but the biggest hero was Lukaku.
It is precisely because he retreated to take the ball this time that the goal was made.
And it was also in this retracement that Crystal Palace's central defender Delany, who was supposed to mark Lukaku, failed to follow up in time, which allowed Lukaku to take and pass the ball so comfortably.
So Warnock still decided to let Hangeland go up, the focus is to guard Lukaku!
Since this Delany is not doing well, let him come down and rest.
And Hangeland is also stronger than Delany, and may really be able to better restrain Lukaku's performance.
Of course, Warnock yelling at the assistant coach was just a way to vent, not really have any opinion on the assistant coach.
After all, the cooked duck feels a bit of a sign of taking off!He was angry and scared.
The assistant coach can only go to the fourth official silently.
Of course he didn't dare to say anything, for fear of accidentally offending the angry head coach.
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But Warnock seems to have forgotten one thing.
Now Lukaku is not only tall, but also fast!
The legendary striker who combines "one high and one fast" in one!
In fact, such a striker is theoretically the scariest.
Just like the future Haaland.
No, to be precise, they are tall, fast and strong like this!
When they are in good shape, you really don't know how to defend, because there are so few weaknesses!
And if in reality, this type of striker is still affected by various factors and may not perform well, but in the game, they are the top.
Just say Lukaku, in several generations of FM games, is very invincible.
He is tall, super strong, and fast, and his technical attributes and mental attributes are not too bad. He just kills randomly on the court.
And Lukaku, who is on the court today, is actually close to this state.
Under Pan Yi's careful teaching, he is gradually getting rid of his original bad habits and moving towards the goal of a real all-round striker.
Back can be used as a fulcrum, forward can be explosive and arched bull, how can you not love Lukaku like this?
But for the Crystal Palace defender, it was very uncomfortable.
After the substitution, since Chelsea now have two centers, Lukaku and Bamford, their speed is not slow, and they both have good mobility, which makes it very difficult for Crystal Palace to defend.
Under their active running, people can even have an illusion that it is Chelsea who are playing 11 against 10 on the field!
In the 79th minute, such an "illusion" seemed to become a fact.
Lukaku retreated again, when the opponent's Norwegian defender Hangeland quickly followed up and stuck to him.
But Lukaku first used his body to resist the opponent, and then unloaded Zouma's long pass from the backcourt.
Hangeland tried to reach out to kick the ball away, but Lukaku immediately returned the ball to Matic who was in front of him.
At the same time, Lukaku immediately turned around Hangeland and rushed into the restricted area of Crystal Palace!
This is an obvious anti-offside tactic!
The success of this tactic depends to a large extent on the tacit understanding of passing and running.
Obviously, Matic understood Lukaku's intentions.
He didn't hesitate at all, he just pushed forward without stopping the ball!
The ball crossed a straight line on the grass, and then appeared between the small penalty area and the large penalty area, almost near the penalty spot.
At this time, Lukaku, who was running at full speed, also rushed to the horse, and did not stop the ball at all, but directly pushed the ball.
Crystal Palace goalkeeper Speroni thought that Lukaku would dribble him like Hazard at this time, so he didn't make any advance moves.
So in the eyes of everyone in the audience, Speroni seemed to be fixed at this moment, just staring blankly at Lukaku hitting the ball into the gate behind him.
"The ball is scored again!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"This time it was Lukaku! He succeeded in anti-offside, and then pushed the ball in!"
"He completed a pass and a shot in less than 10 minutes after coming off the bench!"
"His excellent performance also helped Chelsea equalize the score!"
"This is really unbelievable! 10 minutes ago, who would have thought that Chelsea, which seemed to be in a desperate situation, would have such a strong fighting capacity?"
"And all of this is due to the magical substitution of Chelsea coach Pan Yi!"
"Really, I can't find any words to describe it except amazing! It's amazing!"
"Now the game is about 10 minutes away, so what is Pan Yi thinking in his heart now?"
"With one less player in the away game, a tie and one point is actually an acceptable result. Will he recover the formation a little bit to make this crazy offensive formation more secure?"
"Or, he wants to be even crazier..."
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On the home team's bench, Neil Warnock looked very ugly.
Standing on the sidelines, he really wanted to yell, but he had to suppress the anger in his heart.
He also heard loud boos from the fans in the stands.
Although he thought it was supposed to be booing the visiting team's players, but for some reason, he always felt that the fans were booing the home team as well.
Leading by two goals, playing one more player, but now it was equalized within 10 minutes.
What happened during this time!
At that moment, Warnock felt a little helpless.
At the same time, he also felt the gap between himself and Pan Yi deep in his heart.
Pan Yi's substitutions and changes were so bold, but he was only shocked and puzzled after seeing it, but he couldn't give an effective response in a short time.
No, he did deal with it, that is, he made a counter-point substitution at the center back, replacing Delany with Hangeland.
But as it turns out, that didn't work.
In other words, compared with Pan Yi's substitution of gods, his substitution this time has no effect, and may have a counterproductive effect.
Because Delany's speed is faster than Hangeland's!But he was replaced.
In this defense, Hangeland basically played the role of a stake in the whole process of being successfully counter-offsided by Lukaku.
Probably just taking advantage of his large model to let Lukaku go around a little bit, and then he had no way to stop Lukaku at all.
Chase back?nonexistent.
The huge disadvantage in speed makes it difficult for Hangeland to face some ordinary speed forwards, let alone Lukaku's 200-pound assault tank.
"It can't go on like this." His teaching assistant carefully reminded him, "Actually... one point is not unacceptable."
Warnock understood what the assistant meant.
After the substitution, Chelsea's offensive wave after wave, Crystal Palace's goal is like a ship that has been washed away, and it may sink completely at any time.
It can also be said that even if there is one more player in Crystal Palace, it is a bit whimsical to want to reverse the situation on the field and try to score another goal to win the victory.
The morale of the players on both sides is also completely different!
Chelsea's players ran wildly on the field one by one as if they were taking stimulants, and they didn't look like they had played for more than 80 minutes.
The Crystal Palace players all showed tired and dazed expressions, almost not knowing what to do.
In addition, the players of Crystal Palace consume a lot of physical energy, let alone counterattack, it is a bit difficult to keep up with Chelsea's rhythm.
"Forget it, what you said makes sense." Warnock put on a determined look, "Let's hold on to these 10 minutes."
At this time, he no longer had the ambition before the start of the game, nor the complacency of ten minutes ago.
But he didn't want his assistant to see anything, so he could only "reluctantly" accept the assistant's opinion.
How should I put it, although it is a bit embarrassing to score 11 against 10 like this...
But even if they fail to win, even if it is a draw, it can be regarded as the end of Chelsea's winning streak!
Although it is not as cool as winning, after all, this is something that strong teams like Manchester City and Arsenal have failed to do. Warnock and his Crystal Palace are also very face-saving!
Thinking of this, Warnock stood up.
He began to prepare the final arrangement, making substitutions and adjusting tactics.
Eleven people try their best to defend against ten of you, it's impossible to be unable to defend against you, right?
Thinking about it, Warnock couldn't help but glanced at Pan Yi, and spat:
"NND, how did he train as a player? How can ten players play until now, and still have the stamina to launch such a strong attack?"
(End of this chapter)