Chapter 440 Pan Yi Hair Dryer

Author: Ant who loves watching football

Chapter 440 Pan Yi Hair Dryer

In fact, the day after the Champions League draw results came out, Chelsea's performance on the field was unsatisfactory.

They met the challenge of West Ham United at home.

Although West Ham United has performed well this season and was ranked sixth in the standings before this round, Chelsea still has a great advantage over it.

Chelsea have recorded 8 wins and 2 draws against West Ham in the past 10 home games. The last time West Ham beat Chelsea away was in 2002!

Moreover, Chelsea played at home, taking advantage of the right time and location, and there were more than 40,000 fans cheering for them.

However, the game was extremely difficult.

West Ham took the lead in the 17th minute!

Sakho headed the ball over, and Payette was tackled by Goretzka outside the top of the penalty area, but the unguarded Lanzini shot a curve ball from 20 yards into the upper right corner!

Chelsea equalized the score in half-time stoppage time. Mbappe was tripped when he broke through and won a free kick in front of the penalty area.

Hazard shot directly from 25 yards, and the ball went around the wall and into the upper left corner, 1:1.

However, in the 61st minute of the second half, West Ham went ahead again. Payet counterattacked and passed the ball through. Carroll, who had just come on as a substitute for only 1 minute, shot a rebound ball from 12 yards from the left rib of the penalty area into the near corner, 1:2.

After that, Pan Yi mobilized his troops to strengthen the attack, and Chelsea began to occupy an absolute advantage on the field.

In the 65th minute, Hazard passed a free kick from the left, and Goretzka headed the ball over from close range.

In the 67th minute, Hazard's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by Ogbonna. He continued to take a corner kick, and Lukaku's header from the edge of the penalty area went over again.

In the 70th minute, Hazard's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked, and Mbappe, who was unguarded, shot an overhead kick from 10 yards.

Captain Terry, who started today, continued to inspire his teammates in such adversity, but Chelsea continued to waste opportunities.

In the 75th minute, Hazard took a corner kick and Terry's header from the edge of the penalty area was slightly higher.

In the 80th minute, Matic's 15-yard curve shot was blocked by Payette and missed the right post. Lukaku overpowered Carroll in the corner kick and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Adrian.

In the 87th minute, West Ham United got a good opportunity. Carroll headered the goal in a corner kick. Courtois was helpless, but Terry made a key clearance in front of the goal line to avoid expanding the score!

Chelsea finally equalized the score in the 89th minute!

Hazard sent a through pass during the counterattack. Substitute Loftus-Cheek fell down at the edge of the penalty area under Antonio's defense. The referee sentenced him to death. Hazard calmly scored a penalty kick, 2:2!

Chelsea tried to resume the game quickly, but West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian kicked the ball away with his big foot in an attempt to delay the game, but was given a yellow card.

In the last minute of injury time, Chelsea got a free kick from 30 yards.

Hazard took the ball out, and David Luiz kicked an erratic leaf ball and broke the West Ham team's goal!

At the last moment, Chelsea overtook the score!

Chelsea defeated the Hammers 3:2 at home with difficulty, maintaining their record of undefeated home wins.

But Pan Yi was obviously not very satisfied with this competition process.

Just considering that the players never gave up when they fell behind, persisted until the last minute, and finally got three points with David Luiz's final kill, Pan Yi didn't say anything and still encouraged him.

Lord.

Moreover, after this round of football is over, there will be another two-week international match. The Premier League will be suspended for two weeks. It is not very meaningful to criticize and educate now, so forget it for now.

In this round, Leicester City still defeated Newcastle United with an affordable score of 1:0, and the gap with Chelsea remains at 17 points.

With 8 rounds left in the league, it can be said that it is only a matter of time before Chelsea win the championship.

At the end of this round of games, the national players all left for the national team.

Their task at this stage is mainly to prepare for the 2016 European Cup, warm up, and run in the lineup.

The qualifying stage of the 2016 European Cup has long ended. Since there are 24 teams participating in the finals of this cup, most of the traditional strong teams will attend.

For example, France, England, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal...

But there is still one strong team missing, and that is the Netherlands.

When they faced the Czech Republic, Iceland, and Turkey in the group stage, they didn't take any advantage at all, and actually lost five games in total!

In the end, they could only be ranked fourth in the group, not even qualifying for the play-offs, and were eliminated.

Therefore, in this European Cup, it seems that Van Dijk can only accompany Pan Yi to watch the game...

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However, when the players of the national team dragged their tired bodies back to England and regrouped to challenge Aston Villa away from home, they once again performed poorly.

Although both sides have been affected by the national team competition, Aston Villa has been significantly less affected. After all, they have only a few international players, and most of them are not the main players.

Due to Chelsea's excellent performance in the past two seasons, coupled with Pan Yi's insistence on rotation strategy, most of the first-team players have the opportunity to perform, resulting in almost all of them being international players!

This gives Aston Villa an advantage in both physical fitness and condition.

In this "head-to-tail battle" between the top and bottom of the Premier League, they even suppressed Chelsea on the scene!

In the middle of the game, for a long time, Chelsea was beaten by Aston Villa and had to retreat in front of the goal!

It can be said that Chelsea played the most embarrassing game this season.

However, the shooting skills of Aston Villa players are also poor - the lowest number of goals in the Premier League is the main reason why they rank at the bottom.

Although Grealish's breakthrough created many opportunities, they were all shot away by his teammates' shots one by one.

In the end, the two sides ended in a goalless draw at Villa Park, each scoring one point.

This is also Chelsea's sixth draw this season.

Although he still didn't lose, and although he still continued his astonishing record of 69 league unbeaten games, Pan Yi still got angry.

He turned on the hairdryer in the locker room after the game and decided to wake up these players:

"This is definitely the worst and most disappointing game of the season!"

"You have to thank Aston Villa's forwards. Let's put it this way, if they take even one tenth of the chance, we will be defeated here."

"Did you hear the noise outside? The Aston Villa fans were celebrating. Why? Why should we celebrate after a draw? Because we are Chelsea, Chelsea number one."

"The draw with Chelsea is something worth celebrating for them. What makes them even more happy is that they were just a little bit close to beating us. After all, they are just the bottom team!"

"Yes, you have just returned from the national team, so you will be a little tired, but that is not a reason. We are not going through an intensive schedule after the national team competition once or twice!"

"Before the game, I also got your physical data from the team doctor and fitness coach, so the players sent on the field must be players with no problems in physical condition."

"The reason why you failed to win is that your hearts are a little wandering. Do you think that the league championship is already in your hands, and even the FA Cup and Champions League championships are within your grasp?"

"What I want to tell you is that if you continue to play like this, you will probably get nothing! At the end of the season, there is only one League Cup. Are you happy?"

Pan Yi asked questions continuously, and the players all lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

They themselves understand why their performance is so poor.

With everything going smoothly on all fronts, everyone is indeed a little slack.

So when facing a team like Aston Villa that is fighting for relegation, it's really hard to cheer up.

As a result, I almost got bitten back.

Another point is that if the team's performance in the first half was unsatisfactory, as they had just returned from the national team and were still a bit unadjusted, and there were extenuating circumstances, then the second half was obviously very inappropriate.

Pan Yi reminded the players to pay attention to their mentality during the halftime break and adjusted the team's tactics.

Unexpectedly, in the second half, everyone continued to play as usual, with no sign of turning the situation around.

This is hard to accept.

After all, what Pan Yi dislikes the most is when players fail to strictly implement the coach's tactical instructions!

Otherwise, we wouldn't have played like this against a team that is at the bottom of the Premier League and has only won three games so far.

"In three days, we will play in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. If you still play Benfica in this state, do you think you can win?"

"Are you a little overconfident? Or do you think the team ranked first in the Portuguese Super League is easier to deal with than the team ranked last in the Premier League?"

"If this is really the case, then you don't have to kick us. Let's just admit defeat. I can't afford to be embarrassed!"

Pan Yi cursed so fiercely, which made everyone in the players feel in danger.

The main reason is that the team has been going really well recently. Pan Yi mainly encourages and praises everyone and rarely scolds the players.

In fact, the head coach has always been like brothers to them, very polite, and can joke with them, so the atmosphere in the locker room is so harmonious.

After all, we are all of the same age, so there is no generation gap at all.

But now, Pan Yi seems really angry.

This made the players a little uncomfortable and a little scared at the same time.

But they all knew in their hearts that the head coach was right to scold him.

They must cheer up, otherwise if they really end up with nothing, it will not be good for the team or their own career development!

They will only feel more uncomfortable by then!
To be continued...