Chapter 306: Tactical Master

"Shasha. Shasha. Keller, Keller, do you hear it? Do you hear it?"

On a crowded Fulham Road, the intercom in a taxi rustled with a dispatch call.

The fat Keller sat in the cab, honked the car horn hard, and grabbed the intercom on the main console with one impatient hand, "I heard it, damn it, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly!"

"Someone is calling for a taxi at the gate of Hyde Park. Someone is calling for a taxi at the gate of Hyde Park. Hurry up!"

Keller squinted his eyes, glanced at the electronic clock in the car, and put the intercom to his mouth, "I'm on the damn Fulham Road right now. There's a serious traffic jam. I don't know when I can get out. You can arrange for someone else to go. Just Like this!" After saying that, he put the walkie-talkie back or even turned it off.

The traffic moved forward slowly, as slowly as a snail, but Fatty Keller was very familiar with London's traffic. He saw an opportunity and drove the car out of Fulham Road and turned into a crowded alley.

If you are not familiar with London's road traffic, no one would dare to walk in an alley that can only allow one car to pass. But Fatty Keller is obviously very familiar with the surrounding area. He walked to the middle of the alley and turned to another equally crowded alley. .

Just like this, he turned around in Chelsea, and it didn't take long for him to turn out of the congested road. He quickly picked up the speed and drove quickly on the road. He crossed the Thames River and headed south. Soon he was at a fork in the road. Stopped at the bar.

For many fans who cannot afford Chelsea's high ticket prices, bars are their best place to watch the game, especially these cheap bars on the south bank of the Thames River, which is their home stadium.

Amidst the ringing of the doorbell, Fatty Keller's burly and strong body crashed into the bar door.

"Hey, Fatty, you're late today!" the bartender said with a smile, "the game has been going on for a long time."

"I know, I know!" Fatty Keller impatiently walked forward, staring at the TV in front of the crowd, but it was too far away to see clearly what was on the screen. He took out the coins and patted them hard. On the bar, "Hot dog, Pettigrew Bitter!"

Pettigrew Bittel, a beer with a long history in Britain, is very bitter and strong, but it is very popular. Many brochures even say that when you walk on the streets of London and look at the fans, they almost Everyone was holding a bottle of Petticoat in their hands, which was almost representative.

Hot dogs and beer, this was Fat Keller's dinner, but he obviously didn't pay attention to dinner.

After paying the money, he walked directly to the front and got into the crowd, "How was it? What's the score?"

"0:0, damn Yankees, so damn stubborn, no matter how hard you attack, you can't score!" A middle-aged fan who was drinking next to him smelled of alcohol. He didn't feel it even if he didn't speak. As soon as he said it, It was exposed, but the smell of alcohol was very familiar to Fatty Keller and not objectionable at all.

This is a bit like smoking. Non-smokers will be disgusted when they meet smokers. But when you smoke, you will only feel familiar when you smell the smell of smoke. You may even judge the smell of smoke. , identify what brand it is.

"Go to hell!" Fatty Keller noticed, it was already the second half, "The team's state is not very good recently!"

The first sentence was directed at the Yankees in their mouth, that is, Liverpool, while the second sentence was about the team Chelsea.

"Keeping changing tactics, obviously playing 4321 and playing well, suddenly changing to 4231, it's weird to play well!" complained a young fan next to him. He was obviously directing all his grievances against the team's poor performance. The head coach goes to vent.

"What the fuck, do you blame the coach for not playing well?" Fatty Keller yelled and cursed.

This is very common in bars. Drinking heavily, talking loudly, swearing everywhere, and even fighting are common.

"There are so many international players, and the national team competitions are so frequent. In the summer, the European Cup and the America's Cup are coming together. It is certain that the players' condition will be affected!" The middle-aged man whom Keller asked just now stood up to ease the atmosphere, but he also He was teaching the young fan, "How many years have you been watching football? Don't follow the media's nonsense and always throw questions to the head coach!"

"That's right, ignorant people will think that the head coach is incompetent. He really has no ability. How can he win the Premier League and the Champions League in his first year?" Fatty Keller is obviously a firm Ye Qiu party member. He can't stand those who only know how to obey the media and do nothing at all. Just criticize the head coach for being stupid.

The bartender quickly placed the hot dog and beer next to Keller. Keller took a big bite and ate it with the beer, but his attention was all on the TV screen. It was obvious that he was unwilling to let down his guard for a quarter of an hour, and every time Chelsea's attacks can make all the adrenaline in the bar soar, and every time an attack is resolved, there is a cry of regret.

"Liverpool's defense in this game was very targeted. We all know that Chelsea's recent form is not very good, especially in terms of offense. The performance is very unsatisfactory. Many people even feel that Ye Qiu's adjustments to Chelsea It was a failed attempt because Chelsea’s performance since the start of the league has been unsatisfactory.”

"But obviously, I believe Benitez himself knows very well that it will be difficult to defeat Chelsea simply by relying on targeted defense, unless his team can launch a threatening counterattack, and the trend of the game seems to confirm that Liverpool does have what it takes With this kind of ability, after all, Chelsea have squandered a lot of scoring opportunities.”

When the commentator said this, there was a burst of boos and curses in the bar, and swearing was heard one after another. Everyone in the bar seemed to be indignant and very dissatisfied.

"Who is this damn commentator?" Fatty Keller was eating a hot dog, his mouth was full of it, and he didn't speak very clearly.

"Alan Hansen!" The young fan next to him who was just scolded by Fatty Keller was also angry.

"Fuck, it turned out to be him. This bastard is from Liverpool. Is Sky TV stupid to ask him to comment on such a big battle? Why not ask one of our own?" Fatty Keller cursed dissatisfiedly.

Alan Hansen is Liverpool's best central defender and a famous player of the Red Army. It is indeed a bit biased towards Liverpool for him to be the commentator. It is no wonder that Chelsea fans are dissatisfied.

Taking advantage of some dead ball opportunities, the live broadcast was constantly replaying some wonderful scenes during the game. Fatty Keller also noticed that almost all the wonderful scenes came from Chelsea's attack, and Liverpool's attack times were very few, but the problem was that Chelsea really wasted a lot of opportunities, especially Lampard.

"Today our feet are really not strong enough, what's wrong with the team?" Fatty Keller obviously couldn't understand.

The fans next to him also followed suit, "If we had seized the opportunity better, especially Lampard, as long as he played half of his usual shooting level, we would have beaten Liverpool 5:0. We almost suppressed the Red Army in the first 15 minutes, but the final shot was not good!"

"Yes, Lampard didn't score in three such good opportunities. This state is really terrible. We are now in control of the situation, but we can't turn the advantage into a goal. Liverpool has done a very good job in targeted tactics. The fat man from Spain is still very capable. No wonder the head coach said it would be a fierce battle before the game!"

"No matter how fierce the battle is, It's not like we haven't played before, there must be a way!"

"That's right, we have defeated so many opponents, why would we be afraid of a mere Liverpool?"

"Don't underestimate Liverpool, this team has made great progress this season!"

"What a big improvement, if it's really a big improvement, will they lose to Bolton? Will they almost lose to Manchester City? Will they be stepped on by Manchester United to rise up?"

This is indeed a very confusing part of Liverpool this season. They perform very well in tough battles, but they often fail easily when playing against relatively weaker teams. This is why Liverpool has not only been falling in the rankings so far, but has even fallen out of the top ten.

"Shut up!" Fatty Keller saw that everyone in the bar was talking at the same time, and the noise was so intense that even the sound from the TV could not be heard. He could not help but shout loudly, "Just watch the game, why are you arguing? Isn't the head coach thinking of a solution? Is it useful for you to argue here?"

"Yes, there will be a solution. Don't worry, be patient, there is still half an hour left in the game!"

Fatty Keller was obviously an old veteran. After shouting, everyone in the bar suddenly quieted down.

At this time, the TV screen showed Davis standing on the sidelines waiting to play.

"It seems that Ye Qiu finally has to make adjustments. Dutch wild boar Edgar Davis is about to play. I wonder who he will replace?" The TV commentator was also analyzing over there, "Will it be Ronaldinho who performed poorly?"

But just as he finished speaking, he saw Drogba slowly walking off the court.

"Oh, Drogba was replaced. We noticed that Drogba seemed to be slightly injured in a collision with Hyypia not long after the second half. Chelsea is facing a big problem now. Ye Qiu doesn't want Drogba to continue playing with an injury, so he replaced him with Davis."

"But how to play this game now? Replace Drogba and put Davis on. Are you going to let Rooney play as a center forward?"

Not only the commentator didn't understand, but everyone in the bar didn't understand and was curious.

Whether Liverpool is a strong team or not, Ye Qiu couldn't give an effective answer to this, because this team is very strange.

When playing against weak teams, they often lose points and capsize in the gutter, but when playing against strong teams, they are like chicken blood and perform very well. Ye Qiu certainly doesn't think that this is Liverpool deliberately grabbing strong teams to play, because no team is willing to pull its league ranking out of the top ten just to get the title of a strong team killer.

The only explanation is that this team has encountered problems, and they are very serious problems.

Ye Qiu had studied Liverpool's tactics carefully before the game. He knew very well that the problem of this team in advancing the ball was that there was a lack of a stable link between the forwards and the midfielders.

Liverpool's starting lineup for this game was goalkeeper Dudek, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia and Traore in the back line, Xabi Alonso and Hamann in the back line, Riise, Luis Garcia and Gerrard in the front line, and Cisse as the lone striker.

This was a set of iconic tactics that wanted to play a defensive counterattack. Cisse was very fast, but his footwork was relatively rough. Ye Qiu arranged Cannavaro and Terry to join forces to attack him, which made the French striker almost have no chance to hold the ball in this game.

Makelele's comeback has given Chelsea's front line strong protection. Although Luis Garcia has good footwork, he was lost in Chelsea's defensive maze in this game.

Liverpool also tried to play on the wing. Riise created cross opportunities in several counterattacks, but no one in the frontcourt could respond. Moreover, Liverpool's counterattack speed was not fast, but Chelsea's return speed was amazing, which is why Chelsea has conceded so few goals in the past two seasons.

In the end, Liverpool's offense lost its threat and had to frequently use Xabi Alonso's long pass, hoping to play behind Chelsea, but Chelsea was fully prepared for this. Cisse's speed was not effective under the joint clamp of Terry and Cannavaro, but instead fell into the offside trap frequently.

But in this game, Hyypia and Carragher's restrictions on Drogba were also in place, and coupled with Benitez's targeted defensive arrangements, Chelsea's offense was delayed.

Ye Qiu knew that Benítez must have figured out Chelsea's usual attack, and the Spanish tactician must have had a detailed response strategy, so he decided to make adjustments on the spot. Just as Drogba was injured, he replaced Drogba with Davis.

With this adjustment, Chelsea returned to the configuration of three defensive midfielders again. Davis, Deco and Makelele returned to the three defensive midfielders, and in front of them was the combination of Ronaldinho, Lampard and Rooney. Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and kept asking Lampard to move forward.

"Strangle Xabi Alonso!" Ye Qiu gestured to Lampard.

As the game resumed, Lampard's position was very forward, pressing Xabi Alonso who was lagging behind, while Ronaldinho and Rooney were on the front line, pressing the gap between Liverpool's full-backs and central defenders.

With the three defensive midfielders back, Chelsea's strong pressure returned to the court again, especially when Ye Qiu signaled the team to continue pressing on the sidelines, the players kept pressing Liverpool, especially Lampard, who almost pestered Xabi Alonso to prevent the Spaniard from getting the ball and passing the ball effectively.

Chelsea's adjustment obviously disrupted Liverpool's plan. They lacked ball-getting points on the court, and the passing and receiving coordination was not detailed enough. They were more like a traditional Premier League team. Even if Xabi Alonso was introduced, the Spaniard was better at long passes and controlling the rhythm. When it comes to technology, he tends to be practical, and he is a little afraid of pressing and lacks the ability to get rid of it.

The only one who could barely hold the ball was Luis Garcia, but this player was in a very bad state in this game, and with Makelele on the side, he completely disappeared.

Therefore, when Chelsea suddenly returned to the three defensive midfielders and launched a round of fierce and high-intensity frontcourt pressure on Liverpool, Liverpool was in chaos for a while, with frequent passing errors. In fact, many times the players did not know how to pass the ball, and they just kicked it forward, which was more like a defensive clearance rather than a purposeful pass.

Benítez is also a tactical master. He immediately realized the danger and called Smicer to warm up. He wanted to adjust the team and add a receiving and ball-taking point. He was even considering giving up Cisse's lightning counterattack and replacing Baros.

But at this time, Liverpool was careless and finally revealed a flaw.

When Ronaldinho got the ball on the left, he faced Josemi on the right directly. Hamann also came over immediately. After all, it was difficult for Josemi to defend Ronaldinho alone. But when the two of them double-teamed him at the same time, Ronaldinho suddenly changed direction and accelerated, passing through the encirclement that the two had not yet formed.

Carragher's reaction was also very fast. As early as the Houllier period, Liverpool's defense attached great importance to defense and protection. Carragher has always kept a proper distance from Josemi and Hamann, so when he saw Ronaldinho break through, he immediately stepped forward to intercept. According to his daily defensive experience, even if his interception could not steal the ball, at least he could block Ronaldinho and prevent the Brazilian from going straight to the goal.

But Carragher obviously did not realize that his so-called experience was for the Premier League players he met on weekdays, or for first-class stars, and for a superstar player like Ronaldinho, he obviously could not be treated the same way as ordinary people.

Just when Carragher thought he had blocked Ronaldinho, he did not expect the Brazilian to suddenly turn his back, skillfully pull the ball with both feet, and block Carragher with his back. Then, with a flexible Marseille turn, Carragher was stunned, like a slippery loach, slipping past Carragher, causing Carrager to stretch out his leg to steal the ball, kicking it empty.

Ronaldinho successfully broke through three people, which completely disrupted Liverpool's defense. When he cut into the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area, he faced Hyypia, one-on-one, and at this time Ronaldinho made a move to break through Hyypia again by inertia.

Hyypia was able to fill the position for Carragher in a hurry, which was already very good. There was no extra time to think about whether Ronaldinho's action was real or fake. It was a direct blocking action. But who would have thought that Ronaldinho would deduct the ball with his left foot, and immediately adjust his center of gravity. Looking at Hyypia, his right foot passed the ball from Hyypia's side.

Rooney on the right seemed to be well prepared. He quickly shook off Traore and rushed into the penalty area. He met Ronaldinho's pass without even looking at it and gently pushed it in front of the right post.

The ball hit the inside of Rooney's right foot, brushed the right post, and went into Liverpool's goal!