NovelsAlex Chapter 531 Of course the master wants to help the apprentice
Chapter 531 Of course the master wants to help the apprentice
The start of today's game was a typical Chelsea start.
Just like what Pan Yi did when he was still at Chelsea, when the Blues encounter weaker opponents, they often come up to attack aggressively, trying to score goals as soon as possible.
And this kind of start is obviously expected by everyone. After all, compared with Chelsea, York City is indeed a bit too weak.
After just over a minute in the opening game, Hazard tried to break into the penalty area on the right, but was knocked down by Westerman, giving Chelsea a free kick in a relatively biased position, but Hazard's ball was caught by Isaacson easily confiscated it.
After that, Chelsea continued to maintain the pressure on York City, especially the high pressure in the frontcourt, which was very strong.
Today, the two midfielders Gnabry and Hazard specially arranged by Chelsea to suppress the two full-backs caused Fu Anjianyang and Alfonso Davis very headaches.
In the 4th minute, when Fuan Jianyang dribbled the ball forward, Gnabry chased him all the way, and successfully completed a steal near the center line of York City's half.
After successfully stealing the ball, Gnabry and Kanter quickly completed a wall-slamming cooperation, and drove the ball straight in by himself.
But Alonso settled in time, blocked Gnabry on the inside, and successfully blocked the ball from the baseline.
Chelsea quickly sent a corner kick and Lukaku headed in front of the goal in the penalty area.
York City goalkeeper Isaacson reacted quickly, held the ball out with one hand, and it was another corner kick.
This time, it was De Ligt from York City who grabbed the first spot and headed the ball directly.
Kanter from the periphery took a long shot and it was high.
One minute later, that is, in the fifth minute, Lukaku suppressed Westerman with his back on the outside of the penalty area, and then after receiving a cross pass from Gnabry, he stopped the ball and turned around, directly kicked the goal, slightly wide Right side of goal.
In the 7th minute, after Hazard stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area and broke through Alfonso Davis, he volleyed from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and slipped out again.
In less than 10 minutes, Chelsea already had three to four threatening shots.
The wave after wave of Chelsea's offensive after the opening made York City's gate jittery, and also made the fans in Wembley Stadium exclaim.
Everyone could see that Chelsea wanted to seize the initiative from the start.
However, both the players and the coaches of York City have obviously anticipated such a situation. They did not compete with Chelsea for such an initiative, but steadily guarded inside and outside the penalty area.
The price of doing so is that in the first 10 minutes, York City did not even have a threatening attack.
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Arteta, as usual, stood in the coach's command area and watched the players on the field play.
After seeing Hazard's shot go wide again, he sighed a little disappointed.
When he turned around and walked back, he shook his head and smiled wryly at the assistants in the coach's bench: "This team really has Boss Pan's style and plays very tenaciously. It seems that it is not easy for us to break their goal. "
Most of these assistants are also Pan Yi's old department, and of course they know what Arteta means.
Steve Holland nodded and said: "But our players are more capable than them, I believe they won't last long!"
Arteta also nodded, but he didn't have a bottom line in his heart.
As Pan Yi's personal disciple, he knows how powerful Pan Yi is.
Not to mention Pan Yi, even Scaloni, who is currently directing next door, has improved a lot in the past two years.
Under the direct guidance of Pan Yi, Scaloni now has a better understanding of football, whether it is ball control or defensive counterattack, he has a set.
At least judging from the ten minutes of the game, York City's defense can be said to be impenetrable. Chelsea's offensive threat is there, but it is difficult to form a fatal blow.
In today's FA Cup final, Pan Yi must have participated in the team's tactical design, but it is the head coach who will finally implement and implement it in the team's training and competition.
It is precisely because Scaloni's current ability allows players to show their tactical intentions on the court without compromise, that York City is so difficult to deal with now.
And Arteta also knows that the strength of York City is definitely not just their defense.
Whether it was Tottenham, Arsenal, or Manchester United, they ultimately suffered because they failed to guard against York City's attack and were succeeded by a sneak attack.
From York City center Beck, to Lin Liangming and Kulusevsky on the two wings, they all must be controlled, so that York City's counterattack will be difficult to achieve results.
And Arteta also practiced frontcourt combination punches like York City early in the training session, and it seems that the effect is still good.
In the 12th minute, York City had a counterattack.
Baker retreated to catch the ball, while Lin Liangming and Kulusevsky on both sides were by his side, ready to receive his ball at any time.
At this time, Terry immediately followed, and when Baker held the ball, he carried him from behind, and David Luiz responded from the side, so that the top scorer in League One could not turn around and had to rush the ball Pass back.
If you stay on your feet again, the ball will be lost.
It didn't take long for York City to launch another attack, this time Baker pulled to the wing, but Azpilicueta quickly stepped forward to hold Baker, Terry blocked the inside, David Luiz settled in time, and returned The back line cut off the connection between Baker and Lin Liangming at the same time.
As a result, Baker could not pass the ball comfortably, and when he passed back to Alfonso Davies, Hazard stabbed him first. Instead, Chelsea instigated a quick counterattack. Because York City retreated very quickly, they did not pose a threat.
Obviously, in this civil war between Scaloni and Arteta's "brothers of the same school", both sides know the basics, and both sides have arranged very targeted defensive tactics, just not wanting the opponent's offense or The counter attack works.
Since the personal abilities of Chelsea players are indeed dominant, this leads to the fact that the Blues still have a greater advantage on the scene, but there are very few truly threatening shooting opportunities.
By the 20th minute, Chelsea had taken seven shots, but none of them had resulted in a goal.
Either the shot chance was not good, or Isaacson played bravely.
This old Swedish goalkeeper, who has renewed his contract with York City for one year, has a feeling of "getting older and more demon".
Especially after leaving Manchester City 10 years ago, and now returning to English football to face these old Premier League opponents again, it seems to have rejuvenated and performed extremely well!
Such a goalkeeper, coupled with the five defenders and four midfielders lined up in front of him, really feels like an unbreakable Great Wall.
Arteta also shook his head secretly in his heart watching from the sidelines.
"It's going to be a tough fight!"
Scaloni made it clear that he must strictly guard against the defense, and Chelsea must find a way to break through York City's goal without making major mistakes in their own defense.
How easy is it to say?
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Amidst such restrictions and anti-restrictions, the time of the game passed quickly.
Many spectators even felt that the first half of the game was over as soon as the "elevator" was opened.
"This game looks a little dull, doesn't it?"
In the commentary seat of Sky Sports, Lineker said to the silver-haired old man beside him.
This old man is none other than the current head coach of the Longguo national team, Yinhu Lippi!
This time he made a special trip to England to watch the FA Cup final, and then returned to China with Pan Yi to prepare for the next World Cup qualifier.
After all, in two weeks after the final, the Longguo team will go to Syria to play this crucial away game. Of course, it is beneficial to prepare as early as possible.
For Lippi, there is Lin Liangming, the absolute main force of Dragon Kingdom in York City, and Huang Zichang, a potential player who can be used. It is also necessary to observe the status of the players.
Therefore, he also accepted Sky Sports' invitation to be a guest commentator by the way.
As for Lineker's question, Lippi shook his head and said: "No. On the contrary, I think this game has a high technical content."
"Oh?" Lineker asked in confusion, "Really? Do you rate this game so highly?"
Lippi laughed: "It even reminds me of the Champions League final at Old Trafford."
Lineker opened his mouth wide.
He knew that Lippi was talking about the zero-to-zero Champions League final between Juventus and AC Milan in the 2002-2003 season, and the final venue was at Old Trafford in Manchester.
In the 2002-03 season, many classics were born. In the quarter-finals, the difference between the four groups was one goal. The suspense of the two semi-finals was maintained until the last moment. Sudden death was the main theme, and the finals interpreted this point to the extreme.
The two teams joining forces are both from Italy, and it is also destined that this final will be "results more important than content". In fact, this is indeed an "Italian-style" final.
In the 120 minutes of the game, Juve hit the goal frame only once, Conte hit the crossbar, Milan's attack was also in vain, and Shevchenko's goal was ruled invalid because Rui Costa was offside.
Italian football has reached its pinnacle, and it is doomed that the ending requires the addition of will and luck, and the two sides can only enter a penalty shootout.
Buffon saved the penalties of Seedorf and Kaladze, and Dida was even more brilliant when he denied Juventus penalties three times.
In the end, Shevchenko walked up to 12 yards. With a blank face, he tricked Buffon and let Milan win the championship!
40 years ago, Milan captain Maldini's father won the Champions League trophy as Milan captain. Now, Maldini, who has already become a red and black totem, has also copied a feat.
With the good stories of Maldini and his son, Milan once again stood on top of Europe after 9 years. They will usher in another prosperous era, although in this golden era, they have become the backdrop more than once...
Although Juventus led by Lippi regretted losing in this final, they still played a classic offensive and defensive duel with Milan!
Although from the perspective of the fans, this game was a failure, dull, extremely boring, and even scored no goals.
But if you analyze it from a professional point of view, this is definitely a classic tactical duel. The deployment of both sides is in place, and they did not leave too much opportunity for the opponent in the game. This is how to score zero to zero.
It's just that Lippi now compares the battle between York City and Chelsea to the classic battle between Milan and Juventus, which Lineker did not expect.
You know, that was the Champions League final, and that was Milan and Juventus, which had countless stars back then!
As for the two teams in front of us, Chelsea is nothing, they can indeed be compared;
But York City?
This is just a League One team!
Feeling a lot worse, right?
And from the perspective of the scene, it is not the same as the Champions League final.
At that time, Milan and Juventus could be said to be rivals. Both sides were cautious in offense and defense and did not give their opponents any good opportunities.
But today's two teams are obviously not at the same level. Chelsea firmly controls the scene. Whether it is offensive opportunities or threats, Chelsea must perform better.
York City has only had three shots so far, all of which came from counterattacks. However, their defense is very good and they can maintain the current score of 0:0.
"I'm not talking about the scene, or I'm not saying that whichever team has the advantage of the scene, its winning percentage will be higher than that of the opponent." Lippi explained, "From the perspective of the first half of the game, both coaches They have used all the resources they have at the moment to the limit, and because of this, they have also minimized the threat of their opponents. This is why I appreciate this."
Lineker understood.
As a famous former star, he certainly knows that the most essential core of football tactics is to score goals and prevent opponents from scoring goals.
And now in this game at Wembley Stadium, both sides obviously have a very clear tactical purpose.
The weaker York City is based on defense. While doing everything possible to prevent Chelsea from scoring, they will counterattack when they have the opportunity to try to break Chelsea's goal.
On the other hand, Chelsea, which has superior player ability, took the initiative to attack, tried to attack, and tried every means to break through York City's defense line.
This creates an interesting stalemate on the pitch.
More importantly, the head coaches of both sides have worked hard on the details.
Scaloni made a strict arrangement for Chelsea's defense. Whether it is five defenders or four midfielders, facing Chelsea's offensive wave after wave, York City can well resolve the opponent's attack.
However, Arteta also did not leave a chance for York City.
Lin Liangming and Kulusevski, who performed very well this season, including the two full-backs Alfonso Davies and Fu Anjianyang, were firmly suppressed by Chelsea players and were still unable to plan a threatening attack. .
Both sides are dumb, which makes it difficult for York City to press the offensive line to Chelsea's position, and there is not much threat in the counterattack, so the number of shots is only three.
Baker, who had been brilliant in the previous games, was a misfire in this game.
Arteta allowed his players to immediately restrict York City's offensive personnel when they switched offense and defense, preventing Baker from getting the ball easily.
Therefore, no matter whether Baker pulls the side or retreats, there are Chelsea players around him to encircle him, and the passing line is basically cut off, making it difficult to play a threat.
This looks a bit dull on the scene, but in the eyes of a professional world-class coach like Lippi, such a game has a very high gold content.
"It's hard to imagine that such two young coaches can have such high tactical attainments." Lippi sighed, and then laughed at himself, "And I didn't really understand until I was almost 50 years old."
What Lippi said was that he was almost at the time of Juventus coaching before he really became a world-class coach, and he was able to freely use various tactics on the court to limit opponents.
This is of course a very difficult thing, and it is also a process that needs to be "leveled up" slowly.
In fact, Lippi officially served as the head coach of the youth team of Sampdoria Football Club as early as 1982, but Lippi's coaching career debut ushered in a 0-5 defeat. Here, the Sampdoria youth team under Lippi did not make great progress.
Then, he successively coached several clubs in Serie C, and gradually grew up in several teams in Serie B and Serie A. Finally, he was favored by Juventus and became a famous coach.
Compared with many of his peers, Lippi is considered lucky. After all, he survived.
How many like him started leveling up from the youth team, but failed to make it to the top in the end?I can't even count them.
And people like Scaloni and Arteta, who only stayed with Pan Yi for a year or two after retiring, became head coaches of important clubs, and then have such a deep understanding of the most advanced tactics in the world today, really is rare.
"So, Pan Yi is the real god."
At this time, as the famous "Pan Chuan", Lineker couldn't help but blow: "Beside Pan Yi, whether it is a player, a coach, or even a staff member, his work ability will be improved rapidly... It really makes people suspect that he is a football encyclopedia, and anyone can get the answers they want from him."
Lippi smiled and said: "I have worked with him in the Longguo national team for a while, and I have a deep understanding of this. I can only say that if there is a so-called genius in the field of coaching, then I think it should be like Pan Yi is like this."
Lineker also couldn't help but nodded.
Of course there are talents in the field of football, such as Messi, otherwise it would be difficult for you to explain how a five or six-year-old child can have such a good sense of foot.
But in the field of coaching, there are actually very few, and some people even say that there is no genius in this area, which requires time and experience to accumulate.
Even if it is Guardiola, who has shined in the world football in recent years, he still needs time. For example, he will not be able to kill the Quartet this year when he arrives in Manchester City.
But Pan Yi was different.
In just a few years, he went from an unknown kid who had just graduated to a rank among the world's famous coaches.
And he doesn't even have any professional player experience!
What's even more commendable is that he can always pass on his knowledge and experience to others, and then give birth to more top football coaches...
This is true for Nagelsmann in Hamburg, Inzaghi in Milan, and Scaloni and Arteta in front of you.
It is conceivable that in a few years, there may be Pan Yi's disciples and grandchildren everywhere in the world of football, and the duels between various giants will become "Pan Yi's internal fighting".
"So, which one of Pan Yi's apprentices do you think will win today's game?"
Lineker turned the conversation back to the game.
Although it has always been fun to brag about Pan Yi, he is still the commentator of this game after all, so he can't digress too far.
"From a comparison of the strength of the two sides, Chelsea is definitely the stronger side, but can Arteta break through York City's iron wall?"
Lippi also shook his head: "I don't know. In fact, the game is now, and neither side has any big secrets."
"York City is going to defend and counterattack. As long as Chelsea doesn't make major mistakes, it may be difficult for York City to have a chance to score tonight. After all, Chelsea's defense has always been very solid."
"Chelsea possesses close to [-]% of the ball, which was acquired by Chelsea and also given up by York City. So Arteta's current strategy is to keep pulling and running, forcing York City to fight for consumption. "
Lineker nodded: "Chelsea's bench has an advantage."
Their bench depth is obviously unmatched by York City.
Apart from this set of starters, the only one York City can really use as a surprise player is Amon. Most of the other players are at the level of League One and League Two, which is embarrassing to use.
And Chelsea is different.
On the bench, there are even stars like Seat B, Mbappe, Matic, Gretzka, and Van Dijk who have already made their name in European football.
If York City's physical fitness bottoms out under the constant impact of Chelsea and both sides have to make substitutions, Chelsea's advantage will obviously become bigger and bigger.
"Yes, Chelsea has an advantage, so they forced York City to fight for consumption. Scaloni also knows this, but he has no choice but to hold on. If he can't fight, he loses."
Hearing what Lippi said, Lineker asked: "What do you mean, Chelsea will win in the end?"
"Not necessarily." Lippi said, and glanced towards the rostrum, which is the direction where Pan Yi is sitting, "Now Pan Yi is the owner of York City after all, he still has to help his team .What we have considered before is the fair confrontation between his two apprentices, but if this master joins the battle, the outcome will be hard to say..."
Lineker laughed: "Then I understand."
He can often win by surprise, which is actually what Pan Yi is most talked about.
Everyone discovered that Pan Yi not only has a unique vision in selecting players, but the key is that he can always bring unexpected surprises when arranging his troops. Even some of the same players can give surprising performances in different combinations.
Just like York City's current 5-4-1, who knows what will happen to it if Pan Yi intervenes in the second half?
"Now it's to see if Arteta can hold his breath." Lippi couldn't help but glance at Pan Yi again, "He must know that his master Pan Yi is a cunning fox, and this fox is likely to Waiting for Chelsea to make mistakes. But sometimes the changes on the pitch just make people lose their rational judgment."
"In the past few years, Pan Yi has proved countless times that he has the ability to patiently wait for his opponent to make mistakes and seize opportunities." Lineker also concluded in time:
"Then let's see, in the next second half, whether Chelsea or York City will be the first team to break the game!"