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249. Chapter 243 Before the battle with Chelsea (4000 words)(1/2)

Author: Bei Guoxia

On August 10, the new Premier League season officially kicked off.

The first game of the first round of the 2019-20 Premier League season is Liverpool VS Norwich.

Norwich is the champion team of the British Championship last season and is a newly promoted team. Liverpool's opponent in the first round is such a team, and I have to say that it is indeed a good opponent.

The interesting thing about this game is that the coaches of both teams are Germans, which is rare in the Premier League. Liverpool's coach is the famous Klopp, and Norwich's coach is Daniel Falke.

Interestingly enough, Falke coached Dortmund's second team in the 2016-17 season.

Therefore, he and Klopp still have a certain connection. In addition, both of them are Germans, so they can be regarded as fellow countrymen.

But Klopp, a fellow countryman, showed no mercy at all.

In this game, Liverpool defeated their opponent cleanly 4-1.

In the first 7 minutes of the game, Norwich's defense general Hanley scored an own goal, which directly changed the direction of the entire game.

Then in the 19th, 28th and 42nd minutes, Liverpool won three consecutive games and led 4-0 in the first half.

Although Norwich pulled one back in the 64th minute of the second half, the outcome of the game was already doomed.

The overall pace of this game was not fast, but Liverpool played with ease.

However, after the game, Klopp still questioned the referee on duty.

He questioned the referee, Michael Oliver, for being too relaxed in his enforcement standards because this game was the first game of the new Premier League season.

As a direct result, today's game with many fouls ended up with only two yellow cards, which made Klopp feel incredible.

Klopp quipped after the game: "Are we playing volleyball?"

The post-match turmoil of this game instantly gave all fans the feeling that "the new Premier League season has really begun."

The second game of the new Premier League season is played by Manchester City.

These were the top two from last season.

Manchester City came to London to play West Ham United in this game.

West Ham United spent a total of 71.7 million euros in this summer window, signed 4 players, and also had 2 visa-free deals.

This purchasing power actually exceeds that of many powerful teams in the league.

And because this game is played at the home court of West Ham United, many media speculate that West Ham United will have a certain fighting capacity in this game. Although many expert media are optimistic that Manchester City will win in the end, they generally feel that Manchester City will not win.

It was very easy, and the final score might be a small score like 1-0 or 2-1.

So when the game started, many people were a little shocked.

Because Manchester City had the feeling of an adult beating a child throughout the game, sending West Ham United around and around.

In the end, they beat West Ham United 5-0 away from home.

In this game, Sterling completed a hat trick, Jesus and Aguero each scored 1 goal.

In short, after the game, the British media made headlines one after another.

"Manchester City beat West Ham United in their first league game and are aiming for the Premier League title in the new season"

In short, most of them have titles like this.

After the game, Guardiola also said bluntly: "We have gone through a summer of repairs and are now moving towards our goal of three consecutive Premier League titles!"

The third Premier League match was between Burnley and Southampton, and they lost to Burnley 0-3.

This game didn't get much attention, so there's probably not much to say about it.

The fourth game is Crystal Palace against Everton.

The playing styles of both teams are extremely hot, but the game ended up 0-0. Although the game was still very hot, this game also saw the first red card of the new Premier League season.

Schneiderlin, a former Manchester United player who has had two yellows and one red.

But in this game, neither side was wearing shooting boots.

The fifth game is Watford vs. Brighton.

Brighton, ranked 17th last season, defeated Watford, ranked 11th last season, cleanly 3-0.

The sixth game was Bournemouth versus Sheffield United, and the two teams tied 1-1.

The seventh game is Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa.

Tottenham won the game 3-1 at home.

Harry Kane scored twice in this game.

The eighth match is Newcastle vs Arsenal.

Arsenal defeated the Magpies 1-0 away from home.

In this game, Arsenal's summer signing king, Mr. Pepe, who is worth 80 million, made his debut after joining Arsenal in the 73rd minute. However, his performance in this game was average, and his post-match rating was also ranked behind Arsenal.

Several.

The ninth game was Leicester City against Wolves, and the two teams also drew 0-0.

It is worth mentioning that this draw also became the 50th draw for Wolves in the history of the Premier League. How can I put it, it is not a record worth celebrating.

The tenth game is also the highlight of the first round of the Premier League in the new season, a strong dialogue game - Manchester United VS Chelsea is coming.

This match will be played on August 11th at 16:00.

This game will also be Lin Kedi's Premier League debut and Manchester United's first official match.

At the same time, this game is Manchester United's home game.

Therefore, the country attaches great importance to this game.

Many media platforms sent commentators to the scene to provide explanations and special reports.

At the same time, starting from 12 noon, many fans appeared outside the Old Trafford Stadium.

Most of them are Chinese fans and tourists.

Naturally, the locals knew that these people came to see Lin Kedi.

Because almost all Manchester United fans want to know how Lin Kedi, who performed perfectly in the pre-season, will perform in the Premier League.

Especially the first game was against a strong team like Chelsea.

For Manchester United, the pressure is very high.

And for Ten Hag.

The first game is against Chelsea, a strong team.

Mitchell suggested whether to use the 4231 double defensive midfielder formation, which is a safe point.

But it was directly rejected by Ten Hahe.

"I have been practicing 433 all summer to use offensive tactics. How can I back down just because the opponent is strong in the first game? I must use 433!"

Subsequently, in the pre-match coaching staff meeting, Ten Hag and the coaching staff began to discuss the starting lineup for the next day's game.

Most of Ten Hag's coaching staff came with him from Ajax, but two were hired by the club.

One is Carrick, a famous Manchester United player, but he cannot be asked to come in because after announcing his retirement at the end of the season in March 2018, the top management of the Manchester United club promised him to join the first-team coaching staff as an assistant coach.

In July of the same year, he officially joined the coaching staff of Manchester United's first team.

The position is assistant coach.

His current position is still assistant coach.

However, Ten Hag just arrived and did not put Carrick in charge of any specific matters.

The other is the team leader Model Semi who was sent by the top management of Manchester United.

This person is basically the mouthpiece of the club's top management. Although he is also a member of the coaching staff, he actually doesn't know much about football tactics.

After ten Hag held several meetings and asked Model several questions, he decided not to play with him in future coaching staff meetings.

Model was happy and relaxed, but the club's senior management was very dissatisfied with this, because for a coaching staff, the pre-game coaching staff meeting is very, very important, and a lot of information can be revealed in it.

Isn't it just to get information about the first team when you are assigned to the coaching staff? As a result, you are happy and relaxed?

Senior officials severely reprimanded Model for this behavior.

Model later also expressed to Ten Hag the idea of ​​​​entering the coaching staff meeting to learn tactics.

But Ten Hahe blocked him and dismissed him with "When can you answer my three questions? Come back."

There was no Model present at this meeting.

Therefore, this game is played on the basis that everyone understands the tactics.

The meeting begins.

Ten Hag looked directly at the video analyst on his coaching staff.

"Peterson, are you ready with the information I asked you to collect?"
To be continued...
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