at this point.

Therefore, Pearson was also quite wary of Chelsea and sent scouts to the Cobham training base early to explore Chelsea's preparations.

No, their intelligence gathering experts have brought back a complete set of Chelsea tactical reports.

Therefore, Pearson is now studying this report with assistant coach Shakespeel.

In the report, the scouts mentioned that Pan Yi placed great emphasis on the team's cross-passing practice from both sides during training and spent a lot of time on set-piece tactics.

Obviously, when facing a newly promoted team like Leicester City, Pan Yi still believes that they will rely on defense to counterattack.

To break through Leicester City's defense, it is obvious that crosses from both wings, high center forwards competing for headers, and set kicks are all powerful tools for scoring goals.

In fact, in the first round match against Everton, Pearson did focus on defense.

Although he arranged a nominal 4231 formation, there were three people standing in the middle of the midfield: Andy King, Drinkwater, and Cambiaso.

This is actually the three defensive midfielders, and the formation should be called 4321.

In other words, in the first round of the game, Leicester City used such a three-midfielder formation to defend Everton's attacking group headed by Miralas and Naismith, and finally tied.

opponent.

So, since his style of play was successful in the first round, it seems so natural that Pearson will still choose such a defensive formation in the second round when facing the stronger Chelsea who are playing at home.

Because of this, it didn't seem difficult for Pan Yi to predict Leicester City's game strategy in advance, so he directly started practicing set-piece and high-forward tactics.

"Should we stick to defense?" Shakespeel said, "If they really do crosses, we're not afraid."

The confidence of the assistants comes from their two main central defenders.

Whether it is Morgan or Moore, these two international players are also from Jamaica. They are also heavy-duty protective shields weighing more than 90KG.

Especially captain Morgan, although his speed and agility are relatively average, and his technical ability can only be said to be adequate for generals, his height of 186cm and weight of 94kg make him difficult to defend frontally in the penalty area.

But I'm not afraid of those big centers at all.

"We must defend well." Pearson pondered for a while and suddenly said, "But we can also make use of their predictions and make unexpected arrangements..."

"You mean, we don't want to set up an iron barrel formation, but we want to wait for an opportunity to counterattack when they underestimate the enemy and press heavily?" Shakespeel seemed to understand the coach's intention.

"Yes." Pearson nodded, "Burnley tried its best to defend when facing Chelsea, but we have also seen the consequences. Under Pan Yi's three-dimensional offensive 343 formation, I think there is no way out.

Yes, we must attack it!"

"But in this case, the risk is a bit high." the assistant reminded.

“It’s hard to let go of a child without catching a wolf.” Pearson laughed, “And don’t forget, we have a very fast forward Vardy this year. And he happens to be Pan Yi’s favorite general when he was in Hamburg. He is very fond of Pan Yi.

Yi’s tactics are also very familiar.”

Shakspeare nodded slightly.

I have to say that Pearson's idea is still very tempting.

That is to try to win the game at Stamford Bridge!

In this way, what they defeated by Leicester City is the most popular head coach in the Premier League and the most eye-catching Triple Crown coach in world football!

In this case, Pearson and Leicester City can really become famous in one battle!

Although it is difficult to truly become a champion, it is easier to defeat the champion in comparison.

This is also a quick way to make others remember!

Just like Argentina is indeed the winner of the 2022 World Cup, but Saudi Arabia, the only one to defeat them, also became popular...

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Before Chelsea's home game against Leicester City officially started, the Premier League had already played several early games.

The most eye-catching one is a showdown between BIG6.

That's Manchester City playing Liverpool at home!

But this game, which everyone thought would be evenly matched, turned out to be one-sided.

Manchester City took the initiative from the first minute of the game, and Montenegro forward Jovetic scored twice in the 41st and 55th minutes to help Manchester City lead by two goals.

Argentine striker Aguero then came on as a substitute and scored another goal.

It wasn't until the 83rd minute that Liverpool got one back with an own goal from Manchester City defender Zabaleta, but it didn't help.

In the end, Manchester City easily defeated Liverpool 3:1 at home and won the first two consecutive games.

And also the winner was Tottenham Hotspur.

They defeated the newly promoted Queens Park Rangers 4-0 at home. They also won two consecutive victories and temporarily climbed to the first place in the Premier League standings with a goal difference advantage.

The other two traditional giants failed to win.

Arsenal encountered Everton's stubborn resistance in the away game and even fell behind by two goals in the first half.

At the critical moment, Ramsey and Giroud stood up.

They scored two goals in the 83rd and 90th minutes of the game, and finally tied with Everton, and were lucky enough to steal a point at Goodison Park.

Manchester United's experience is even more embarrassing.

They were the visiting team challenging the underdog Sunderland, and Mata opened the scoring in the 17th minute. It seemed like everything was going smoothly.

But just ten minutes later, Sunderland equalized the score through Rodwell, and maintained the 1:1 result until the end.

On the scene, Sunderland even had a certain advantage.

After two rounds, Manchester United led by Louis van Gaal was hard pressed to win, which also aroused widespread discussion among Manchester United celebrities and fans.

There is another game that has ended that deserves attention, that is, Crystal Palace lost 1:3 to West Ham United at home, marking the first two consecutive defeats.

In fact, in the 2014-2015 season, Crystal Palace really opened in crisis.

Tony Pulis, who was recommended by Pan Yi last season and eventually led the team to avoid relegation and won the Premier League Manager of the Season award, left the team two days before the start of the season due to conflicts with the club.

At this time, where can Crystal Palace urgently find a more suitable head coach?

The only option is to ask assistant coach Keith Millen to temporarily act as head coach.

Under such circumstances, it was foreseeable that Crystal Palace had a poor start.

Whether they faced Arsenal in the first round or West Ham United in the second round, Crystal Palace played like a piece of loose sand with no teamwork and were defeated easily.

Steve Parish, the chairman of Crystal Palace, also regrets this situation.

Who made him think that Tony Pulis was already qualified to be the coach of Crystal Palace, so that he gave up pursuing Pan Yi?

You know, in the beginning, Crystal Palace was always in the lead in this battle for Pan Yi!

But now it is impossible.

Not only did Pan Yi really win the Triple Crown in Hamburg, he is now very popular at Chelsea and is already the head coach with the highest annual salary in the world!

You know, the weekly salary given to the head coach by Crystal Palace was only 50,000 euros, which is a huge difference compared to the 400,000 weekly salary given by Chelsea!

Now, Steve Parish can only turn his attention to current Newcastle United head coach Alan Pardew, hoping that this famous player who played for Crystal Palace for many years as a player can help him.

Of course, this depends on what Alan Pardew and Newcastle United decide in the end...

In short, after about half of the games in the second round of the Premier League, a total of three teams have won two consecutive victories, namely Manchester City, Tottenham, and Swansea.

The performance of "Swan Army" Swansea this season is indeed a bit impressive.

After overthrowing Manchester United in the first round, they defeated Burnley 1:0 in the second round.

Such results also allow this civilian team to rank behind Tottenham and Manchester City, temporarily ranking third in the standings.

Of course, after all the games in this round are played, whether they can continue to be ranked third depends on the results of other games.

Especially the finale game: Chelsea vs. Leicester City at home!

Chelsea beat Burnley with 4 goals in the first game. If they can continue to win this game, they will still jump to the top of the standings!

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On the evening of August 23, London, Stamford Bridge Stadium.

“Blue is the colour, football is the game.

We're all together, and winning is our aim.

So cheer us on through the sun and rain.

B'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name!”

With the catchy team song, Chelsea’s first home game of the new season is about to kick off!

Of course, because this team song is so catchy, it is also nicknamed a "children's song" by many people.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as the team song is good to sing and listen to!

Tonight is also Pan Yi's first home game in the Premier League.

Therefore, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Pan Yi.

In the stands, a huge portrait of Pan Yi appeared, as well as a huge slogan "Pan Yi, welcome to Stamford Bridge Stadium".
To be continued...