Chapter 14 The Road to the Mad Gang
On August 21, the high-spirited Wimbledon welcomed the Toffees Everton at home.
As a traditional strong team in the Premier League, Ye Chuan knows that in this season in history, Everton's final ranking is fourth in the league.[]
Although Rooney has transferred to Manchester United, it is undeniable that this Everton team still has extremely strong strength.
In this game, the Mad Gang finally lost to Everton 1-3 at home.
In front of the wall of sighs cast by Li Tie and Gravesen, Wimbledon attacked for ninety minutes and finally lost the game in an "Arsenal-style" manner.
David Moyes's team clearly wanted to fight a defensive counterattack as soon as they came up. Their firepower was concentrated in the middle. Tim Cahill, the Australian, scored twice in the first half, and he also headed the ball to assist his teammates in the second half.
Ye Chuan was deeply impressed by Cahill's impact. This game taught Ye Chuan a good lesson, especially the almost insurmountable midfielder of Li Tie and Gravesen.
You should know that when Li Tie returned to the Chinese Super League, he was the physical fitness king of Liaoning team. Li Tie, who could not run to death, ran 13,000 meters in the whole game. He and Gravesen's nearly 27,000 meters of running to resolve countless attacks by the Mad Gang.
Mad Dog Gravesen is not the mad Dog who only knows defense in Real Madrid. He is quite talented in offense and the midfield of the entire team is managed in an orderly manner.
This wall of sighs has become a high wall that the attackers of the Crazy Gangs can never cross. The Crazy Gangs' only goal was in the second half. When Li Tie was replaced, Ye Chuan's team found a chance. Modric's straight pass allowed Villa to score his third goal this season.
But it is a pity that the Mad Gang ended up losing.
Ye Chuan felt that Moyes seemed to be the nemesis of his own, and he was defeated by the crazy gang's tactics. Li Tie, who could not run to death, may be the best physically intensive among Chinese players in history. Who was the useless person who studied in Brazil back then?
I have to say that the overall environment has changed everything. In 2002, there were many people with strength comparable to Li Tie, but now if you compare Li Tie and Sun Jihai with them, you will find the gap.
There are very different places abroad and at home.
This game also taught Ye Chuan a good lesson. The Mad Gang does not have the ability to attack with his opponent when he meets anyone.
Villa and Redondo are indeed world-class, but Ye Chuan is not.
After the game, when Ye Chuan shook hands with Moyes, Moyes said meaningfully: "Wimbledon is a good team."
Ye Chuan didn't know what Moyes meant.
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The media didn't feel anything unexpected about this defeat. Everton is a traditional powerhouse in England. Although Wimbledon is the team with the most lively home atmosphere, the gang has faded out of people's sight for a long time.
No one would regard the FA Cup as the gang's true strength has surpassed Liverpool. Most people think that the gang was upset at the time.
For Ye Chuan and his team, a loss is not considered falling to the bottom. Ye Chuan kept watching the video of the game against Everton.
The crazy gang offensive looked very strong throughout the game, with many personal breakthroughs, but there were very few attacks that really threatened Everton's goal.
Why is this?
Ye Chuan was looking for the reason, but unfortunately time was no longer waiting for him.
On August 24, the Mad Gang welcomed the aggressive Chelsea at home.
Mourinho explained at a press conference that the purpose of Chelsea's trip was only three-pointers, Drogba, Robben, Duff, Kezerman, Lampard, Terry, Cech...
This is a legion made of rubles. The Portuguese brought a kind of perseverance to this soft team of Ranieri era. Although many media criticized Mourinho's one-to-zeroism, Chelsea did start with two consecutive victories.
In this game, no one will be optimistic about Wimbledon. They just lost to Everton at home. Perhaps for Chelsea, the only thing to pay attention to is Villa, who has already scored three goals.
But maybe that's just a flash in the pan?
After losing to Everton, Ye Chuan felt that the team's morale had been hit to a certain extent.
But it was a little helpless. At this time, the Crazy Gang met Chelsea.
Mourinho took advantage of the situation.
Robben, Drogba, and Lampard, the score was already 0-3 at the end of the first half.
According to convention, the home team is in front and the away team is in back.
In the second half, Ye Chuan replaced Ribery and tried to change the situation. Ribery did play after he played. He assisted Villa to score a goal, but soon, Lampard scored twice to secure the victory for Chelsea.
1-4, the Mad Gang suffered the second defeat in the league. Ye Chuan also remembered the person who proudly walked towards him after the game - Jose Mourinho.
Under God is me, Jose Mourinho.
The Mad Gang was attacked by Mu Kuangren.
The defeat disappointed home fans, and the Wimbledon Post even described the game as a disaster.
The whole team is not in a high mood.
In the fourth round of the league, Wimbledon, who challenged Middlesbrough away, played one-to-one with his opponent, and David Villa was still the one who scored the team.
Four rounds have passed, Villa scored goals in every game, and he ranked first in the Premier League scorer list with five goals in four rounds.
For Ye Chuan, this is good news and bad news.
Wimbledon was blooming at multiple points last season, not just relying on Villa, but this season, the five goals that the Madman has scored so far were scored by Villa.
For Ye Chuan, it is not a good thing for the team to have too concentrated attack firepower.
Sure enough, in the fifth round of the league, Wimbledon, who challenged Portsmouth from the Pompeii Army away, was kicked 2-0 by his opponent. Villa did not score a goal, and the crazy attack was very fierce in the away game, but he did not achieve satisfactory results.
The team, known as the next Arsenal team, has lost the third game in an Arsenal-style manner.
No matter what happened, Wimbledon won and tied with one draw, ranking seventeenth in the standings.
For a newly promoted team, this may also be a standard result.
But for Ye Chuan, this is an extremely failed result, and his goal this season is the Champions League!
Perhaps, it's time to adjust the tactics.
In the sixth round of the league, because there was a League Cup preliminaries in the middle of the week, Ye Chuan rotated personnel.
The forward line is paired by Bent and Villa, with midfielders Ribery and William Coburn appearing, midfielders Riocock and Modric, left-back Darlington, center-back combinations are Vidic and Boulwood, right-back Bosingwa, goalkeeper Banks.
With this lineup, Ye Chuan's goal is only one point against the Blue Moon Army Manchester City at home. He wants to strive for the greatest advantage before the arrival of the League Cup.
But an unexpected result happened.
The substitute lineup of Kuangbang defeated Manchester City at home 2-0! The Kuangbang played in this game, which was not very good compared to the previous games, but because Ye Chuan wanted to strengthen his defense, he tried to put William Coburn in the middle, and this time he gained miraculous results.
Both goals were scored by William Coburn after he stirred the opponent's defense into muddy waters in the middle. Ribery cut inside and passed the ball, and Bent and Villa each scored one goal.
This game gave Ye Chuan a great inspiration.
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"What do you think, Ernie, is our substitute really better than the first team?" Ye Chuan looked at the old English man curiously, hoping that Erniete could give him an answer.
After watching the video, Ernitipet analyzed carefully: "I don't think the substitute lineup is stronger than the first team, but the substitute lineup tactics are more reasonable."
"Reasonable?" Ye Chuan looked at the Englishman curiously.
"Yes, reasonable, Ye, we looked, our offense was loud and thunderous before, and it was rare to really threaten the opponent. But yesterday in this game, after Will's position moved to the middle, our offense was completely alive." Ernitipet pointed at the tactical board.
I didn't expect that a small personnel change could bring such a great effect.
Ye Chuan has been wondering why Wimbledon was not as good as before after he was promoted to the Premier League? Why did Wimbledon suffer from Arsenal-style losses again and again.
Obviously, he ignored a position, an attacking forward! The crazy gang lacked effective penetration in the middle. In the first league, because he played 433, Villa would pull him back and Tangning would also lean towards the middle.
However, after changing to 442 this season, although the offense and defense seem to be more balanced, this actually makes the Mad Gang do nothing in the middle.
The biggest threat on the football field is not the side road, but the middle road, which is a famous saying since ancient times.
Is it a gorgeous and smooth attack?
It's not impossible, Ye Chuan suddenly thought of Barcelona and AC Milan later. William Cobain is like Iniesta in Barcelona and Kaka in AC Milan, which is an indispensable part of tactics.
Although Will's pass and receiving balls are not considered a master now, he is at least very calm. If he is put in the middle, his breakthrough will be the greatest speed to disrupt the enemy's formation.
The right side can be handed over to Bosingwa alone. Ye Chuan is very clear about this guy's ability. When he was in Porto and Chelsea, he had a lot of assists in one-stop.
After William and Coben play the front and midfielder, the entire gang's tactics will be enriched. Villa has more people to cooperate with him, instead of relying solely on himself to move forward. Tangning will have more opportunities, and the gang's attack methods and attack points will increase.
And the most important thing is that the opportunities in the middle are much more threatening than those in the wing.
Does a chess piece have such a big effect if it changes a small piece of change?
"In fact, the front midfielder is no longer the same as before. Although a master like Zidane has once in a century, a front midfielder like Lampard, he scores with his shots and scores with his shots, and Kaka of AC Milan, who passes the ball and shoots long shots after breaking through in the middle, and makes a threat with his own breakthroughs. Iniesta of Barcelona, he is completely a libero in the front court..." Ye Chuan thought in his heart, he was conceiving a brand new tactic.
Tactics with William Coben as the core.
It's really unimaginable. The boy who was on the youth team a season ago has grown to this level now. His progress is amazing.
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully the young and poor.
When he thought of this kid's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers when he faced Liverpool, Ye Chuan felt that he had picked up a treasure.
Although this kid needs to improve his shooting, passing and physical fitness, his breakthrough in the middle will indeed cause great trouble to the opponent.
Ye Chuan plans to test it in the League Cup preliminaries. Their opponent is Hungarian team Bruns Warrens, an unknown team.
In the first game, Ye Chuan and the Crazy Gang will go to Hungary. With new tactics, Ye Chuan seems to have found a new path.
The road to crazy gangs!
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Chapter completed!