Chapter 306 Sealing a classic kick-off against the foot(2/3)
After an international match day, the Premier League will usher in a somewhat strange "Battle of Heavenly Kings Mountain".
That is Chelsea, ranked first, facing second-ranked Swansea at home!
These are also the only two teams in the Premier League that can maintain a complete victory so far.
But after this game, at most one team can win completely!
So, who will this team be?——
Two days before the start of the fourth round, the Premier League officially announced August's Premier League Manager of the Month and Player of the Month.
This is also a major tradition of the Premier League, which selects the best head coach and best players every month.
Even before the announcement, the media was already discussing it.
Judging from the standings, Swansea and Chelsea, who have also won three consecutive victories, and their coaches Garry Monk and Pan Yi are undoubtedly the favorites.
Both head coaches also have their own advantages.
The team led by Garry Monk is weaker and it will be more difficult to win consecutive games;
Pan Yi, on the other hand, led Chelsea to score 12 goals in three games, with a net victory of 10 goals. The victory was even more convincing.
In the end, Pan Yi successfully won the title of Coach of the Month for the first time this season!
The official interpretation given by the Premier League is that in the three games in August, Chelsea had the best and most stable performance among all the Premier League teams, and was also the team that played the most beautiful football on the field.
"Pan Yi has fulfilled what he promised when he coached Chelsea, leading this team to play aggressive and beautiful offensive football. This makes Chelsea's football style unique and eye-catching in the Premier League."
The Premier League official also said that although he had only played three games, Pan Yi had already proven his coaching ability with solid results and the team's outstanding performance.
The competition for August's Player of the Month is also fierce.
Swansea's Sigurdsson, Aston Villa's Agbonlahor, and Manchester City's Aguero all performed very well, and they all have the qualifications and abilities to compete for the best of the month.
But in the end it was Hazard from Chelsea who won the Player of the Month title!
In the past three rounds, although Hazard only scored one goal, he had four assists!
His presence completely revitalized Chelsea's left attack.
"In Pan Yi's tactical system, Hazard plays a decisive role. He is also the best player in the Premier League this season."
"This also shows that Pan Yi can not only use the players he bought and promoted, but also can bring out the best in the talented stars already in the team!"
"This also makes us look forward to Hazard's future even more. Maybe he will grow into a truly world-class star under Pan Yi's command!"
(PS: The premise is not to go to Real Madrid)——
On the evening of September 13th, Stamford Bridge Stadium.
In the fourth round of the Premier League, Chelsea faced Swansea at home.
After this game, Chelsea will face a very harsh schedule.
On September 18, Chelsea will face Dortmund in the first round of the Champions League group stage;
On September 21st, the fifth round of the Premier League will challenge Manchester City away from home!
September 25, English League Cup, home game against Bolton;
On September 27, the sixth round of the Premier League played against Aston Villa, currently ranked third, at home;
October 1, the second round of the Champions League group stage, an away game against Sporting CP;
October 5th, the seventh round of the Premier League, vs. Arsenal at home!
Look at the time between each game, there are even two games in three days!
England's man-eating schedule is indeed well-deserved.
And Chelsea will play six games in just over two weeks!!!
You know, under normal circumstances, three or four games within two or three weeks is enough...
Therefore, Pan Yi and the coaching staff also need to make adjustments to the players' training and rest based on this schedule in order to make a more scientific and reasonable rotation.
However, the time between the next game and the game against Swansea was quite reasonable, so Pan Yi still sent out all his main players to play.
After all, this is still a key battle for the top spot in the Premier League!
It also happens to be a head-to-head confrontation with Garry Monk. Doesn’t the result of the game just prove that his title of Coach of the Month is not in vain?
However, Chelsea, who went all out to attack, allowed Swansea, the "dark horse", to show its true colors in the shortest possible time.
As soon as the whistle signaled the start of the game, Lukaku started today's performance with a classic reverse-foot kick.
The ball reached Kante's feet, and Lukaku, Hazard, and Seat B all sprinted towards Swansea's hinterland almost at the same time.
Then Kanter didn't hesitate at all, and directly kicked the ball to the center where Lukaku was.
After the opponent's kick-off, Swansea's players originally rushed towards Chelsea's half to prepare for the attack. However, they were shocked and quickly retreated.
But at this time Lukaku had already grabbed the first point and accurately knocked the ball to Hazard who was running in from the wing with his big black head.
Hazard rushed forward to receive the ball and then sprinted forward with the ball in long strides.
Swansea right back Langel was very afraid of Hazard's breakthrough ability, so he did not dare to step forward, but retreated again and again.
He understands a truth well, as long as I retreat quickly enough, you will never be able to get past me!
But he just retreated into the penalty area and couldn't retreat any further.
Therefore, Rangel could only take a step forward and try to push Hazard a little further outside.
But at this time, all I saw was that Hazard suddenly stopped and moved the ball from behind to his right. He was like a loach, wiping past Rangel!
Then, pull out your legs and cum!
The ball was too close, and Hazard exerted enough force to hit the goal near the top corner!
Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski was already very focused, but unfortunately the ball was too fast and he couldn't save it.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Hazard, Hazard again!!! The best player in the Premier League for August, Hazard!"
"Only ten seconds into the game, Chelsea took the lead in breaking through Swansea's goal with Hazard's goal."
"One to zero! This was a connection between the Belgian internationals, and it was Lukaku's header. Hazard broke through and shot into the near corner!"
"And this is obviously the kick-off coordination that Chelsea has practiced before the game. Every aspect is done perfectly!"
"Ah, by the way, let me check...the fastest goal record in the history of the Premier League was scored by Ledley King in Tottenham's game against Brentford on December 9, 2000.
Yes, it also took ten seconds!"
"Let's look at the replay of the game again and calculate the exact time. It's 9.5 seconds. This goal took only 9.5 seconds!"
"In other words, Hazard's goal set a new record for the fastest goal in the Premier League! Let us congratulate Chelsea and congratulate Hazard!"
"After such a fantastic start, Chelsea fans will be able to enjoy this game with peace of mind again..."
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As the commentator said, after Chelsea quickly took the lead, the game became much easier to play.
In fact, Swansea's lineup this season is not bad, especially in the midfield with Icelandic sniper Sigurdsson, Korean international Ki Sung-yung, and "thank God" Shelvey, they can compete with many strong teams.
After all, they are also a team that can beat Manchester United away from home!
But when facing Chelsea away from home, the first thing they have to do is defend.
Only after preventing Chelsea's attack can we consider how to use forward Gomi's ability to seize opportunities to counterattack and let Gomi celebrate with a classic "zombie crawl" at Stamford Bridge.
But now it comes with a debuff of being 0:1 behind at the start of the game, and many of Swansea coach Garry Monk's pre-match plans suddenly came to naught.
The game quickly entered a fast-paced fighting mode!
Obviously, under such circumstances, the advantages of Chelsea players in terms of personal ability, organization, and physical fitness are better reflected.
When the game entered the tenth minute, after Chelsea intercepted the ball in the midfield, Bernardo Silva distributed the ball to the left.
Marcos Alonso moved forward quickly, received the ball and walked into Swansea's half. After seeing Hazard in front of him pull to the left sideline, he decisively passed the ball over and cut diagonally in the middle.
Hazard understood the situation and stopped the ball, then moved it and passed it horizontally to Alonso's path.
Alonso first gestured to hit the goal with his left foot, but suddenly turned around and took a step laterally. After attracting Swansea's midfielder Qi Chengyong, he passed the ball to the unguarded right side of the top of the arc.
At this time, the entire audience saw Matic running forward quickly along the right rib, receiving Alonso's cross, stopping, directly raising his right foot and shooting furiously.
The football was like a fired cannonball, drawing a straight line and going straight into the Swansea goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Two to zero!"
"In the first ten minutes, Chelsea scored another victory!"
"This time it's an assist from Alonso and a long shot from Matic!"
"Chelsea scored two goals in a row, their attack was very fierce and looked unstoppable!"
"In the past three league rounds, Chelsea scored four goals in each game. And in just ten minutes today, they have already scored two goals!"
To be continued...