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Chapter 234 Tintin's First Show
Hazard played very well in the first two rounds of Chelsea's new season.

In the first league game, which was also his Premier League debut, Ivanovic scored a goal with an assist in less than 5 minutes. After the game ended, Hazard also scored the highest score of the game with 8.5 points. good player.

In the second game, in his debut at Stamford Bridge, Hazard even dedicated a passing performance.

The two games were 2-0, Chelsea won cleanly, Hazard even scored three goals, and immediately became a hot new star in the Premier League.

Although he has completed the transformation from a new star to a star in Ligue [-] before, he has obviously received more attention in the Premier League. Even if he can only be regarded as a new star in the Premier League, the people who discuss him are more than him in Ligue [-]. It is several times more often.

He is definitely a "dangerous person" that Sheffield United should be wary of against Chelsea, and he is also a player that Speed ​​will never forget.

Unlike De Bruyne, who Li Mo clamored to buy before, Hazard was hailed as one of the best players in the new generation of football when he was in Ligue [-].

Less than a month after Sheffield United was jointly acquired by several giants in Huaguo, Speed ​​asked the transfer department to contact Lille.

At that time, his first signing choice on the wing was Bell, and his second choice was Hazard, but in mid-June, Hazard had almost reached a personal agreement with Chelsea.

Faced with such a situation, Speed ​​just hesitated for a moment, and then chose to give up.

Because it's not about money.

The first one is that Chelsea only succeeded in winning the Champions League in the past summer, and their attraction to players must be greater than that of Sheffield United.

On the other hand, the friendship between the two clubs is good. If you make unhappy for one player, the loss outweighs the gain.

Without Hazard, Sheffield United can still choose other players, but if Chelsea is disgusting, let alone De Bruyne, who Li Mo clamored to buy, he wants to choose excellent players from the "taxi" army in the future There is no need to count on player buyouts.

Then Matic and Bertrand were both obtained from Chelsea. Although Bertrand has gone back now, didn’t Matic succeed in picking up the leak? How delicious!

So although he was very reluctant, Speed ​​could only choose to put out the idea of ​​​​introducing Hazard.

In front of a tree and a forest, he finally chose the forest planted by Chelsea, cough cough
But in this matter, although Sheffield United has made concessions to Chelsea, it is not completely useless.

After cultivating Bertrand, Sheffield United voluntarily withdrew from Hazard's transfer battle, which made the big brother Chelsea very satisfied, so in De Bruyne's loan transfer, although it was stuck One clause, but they still sent the players over readily.

Speed ​​didn't know much about De Bruyne before, because this was not a player on his attention list. He chose to introduce it purely because he believed in Li Mo's vision.

But in the final stage of summer training and subsequent friendly matches, De Bruyne's performance quickly attracted Speed's attention.

De Bruyne, who has been training in Genk for several years, has played as a winger, a full-back, and a midfielder, actually fits Speed's idea of ​​signing.

Versatility in the frontcourt, and very good pass selection.

Especially the oblique long pass transfer and the threatening through pass sent after pulling the side, immediately moved Speed.

Of course, De Bruyne has many shortcomings. Under the observation of the Sheffield United coaching team, De Bruyne is currently unable to get a starting position in Sheffield United.

After all, although his speed is not bad, and his shots and threatening passes from the side are not bad, but his style is too "rough".

The small skills are relatively rough, the passing and receiving rhythm is relatively slow, and the current physical confrontation ability also needs more practice.

And the absolute core position in Genk makes his current style of play very need the ball.

Whether it is organization and scheduling or offense with the ball, De Bruyne is a player who needs a lot of ball possession and needs to become an absolute core to fully display his characteristics.

And this season, Sheffield United is about to produce results. It will not, and it is impossible to let De Bruyne replace Drinkwater as the core of the organization, unless Speed ​​has a bubble in his head, so he will do such an incredible thing. things come.

But even though De Bruyne still has a lot of shortcomings, Speed ​​is also determined to keep this Belgian kid.

Because this is a piece of uncut jade, no matter how many impurities are wrapped around it, it still cannot cover up the luminous spots on his body.

The body is not good, practice!There is a problem with the rhythm of playing football, change it!If you need the ball, then set up specific tactics and let him play a fixed role in the team first. If you want to organize, you don't need him to do it. Just do the first pass or threaten the pass.

Anyway, he is only 21 years old, and it is enough to correct his shortcomings slowly. At least in De Bruyne's wonderful threatening passes, Speed ​​has seen the infinite possibilities in him.

Sheffield United's coaching staff is busy again.

However, the previous experience of training Vardy, Drinkwater and Matic made them get started quickly with De Bruyne.

In the two games of the new season, De Bruyne didn't even make the 18-man roster, but the team made by the coaching team made him have no complaints in his heart.

This degree of importance is already visible to the naked eye.

After all, which club will use several coaches for a player who doesn't pay much attention to it, supervise the muscle gain, and start a small problem every day to correct the wrong rhythm of the training video over and over again?
Speed ​​also asked Joaquin to take De Bruyne more often every day, which is equivalent to finding a master to teach young talents the experience of the court.

Under the full and strict training, De Bruyne's confrontation ability has been improved. The most important thing is that he is smart enough. Within the given tactical framework, he adapted quickly.

So before the game against Chelsea, Speed ​​and the coaching team made a bold decision after several days of research.

They are going to send De Bruyne to start!

Such a decision made De Bruyne feel dizzy in the last two days of training before the game.

Although it is said that the coaching staff finalized the final style of play in order to curb Chelsea's dual-core offensive tactics, and he played only because of his characteristics, but De Bruyne still felt that all this was too dreamy.

Before that, he didn't even make the squad, and he was suddenly expected to start the important game against Chelsea, which really made him feel pleasantly surprised and nervous.

However, in the final tactical exercise, De Bruyne's mood gradually calmed down.

He knew that this was an opportunity for him, and he wanted to seize it. Although he was still a long way from being the main force, Speed ​​dared to give him the stage, and he would not be frightened.

He wants to let Premier League fans know that De Bruyne is a natural big-time player.

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"De Bruyne? The Belgian player who came on loan from us?"

Di Matteo looked at the 18-man roster announced before the Sheffield League, and suddenly saw an unexpected name.

In his opinion, although De Bruyne has some strength, he still needs a lot of time to hone.

At least in Chelsea, he can't give De Bruyne much playing time, but now it seems that Speed ​​is planning to train this Belgian kid?

"Could it be that this kid was transformed by Speed ​​to play another position?"

Fo Shuai was a little surprised.

This is not to blame for his wild thinking, it is really that Speed's transformation of Matic last year is really beautiful.

Coupled with the fact that Drinkwater was changed to play a back-and-forth organization before, Matt Ridge was allowed to return from the wing back to the full-back, and Matthew Lorton was pulled from the right back to the position of the center back. Speed's These adjustments have always been talked about by fans from all walks of life.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem unimaginable for Speed ​​to make a transformation after introducing De Bruyne.

"Maybe just to give De Bruyne a taste of the atmosphere in the Premier League in advance."

The assistant coach's ridicule did not dispel Di Matteo's suspicion.

But now Sheffield United is clutching the starting list and has not released it for a long time, and the game is about to start. Di Matteo has no extra time to make adjustments, so he can only take one step at a time.

When the game was approaching, DiMatteo stood on the sidelines, always feeling a little drummed in his heart.

After seeing Sheffield United's starters appearing one after another, Di Matteo suddenly felt his brain went blank.

De Bruyne, that Belgian teenager actually started the game? !

How dare Speed!

Four four two?Four three three?Three four three?What formation does Sheffield United want to play in this game?

Fo Shuai was stunned, which position did De Bruyne play in?
At the same time, the commentators from various countries were also confused by Speed.

The young general in the key game, is this planning to train?

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu looked at each other in the studio, but they didn't know how to start.

However, in the case of new faces, Zhan Jun quickly introduced De Bruyne's situation to the majority of Huaguo fans.

Zhang Lu quickly drew a few formations with a pen and paper.

When De Bruyne comes up, he is paired with other starting players, who can play four-four-two, four-three-three, pull De Bruyne to the wing back, and Matt Ridge on the left and right, Playing a three-back formation is no problem.

Zhang Lu also covered his forehead and didn't know how to answer Zhan Jun's words.

De Bruyne only played twice in Sheffield United's pre-season friendly matches, once playing as a winger and once as a winger. There are not many game samples, and their commentators can only watch and wait for Sheffield United. The player's position is used to speculate on Speed's tactical intentions.

With Li Mo and Terry guessing the sides and exchanging team flags, the game is about to begin, and amidst countless fans' questions and curious guesses, De Bruyne walked to the top of the arc in the middle circle, which immediately made many fans They all dropped their jaws.

"Playing in the middle? Then Sheffield United and Chelsea collided today, playing four two three one?"

Zhang Lu clapped his hands, and then drew a new formation map.

"Li Mo is a single center forward, Bell and Joaquin are separated on both sides, De Bruyne is the midfielder, Drinkwater and Matic are the double midfielders, eh, interesting, Sheffield United and Chelsea are on the same page, Both sides are four two three one, Speed ​​guessed Di Matteo's tactical intention."

At this moment, De Bruyne on the court also took a deep breath. Seeing this, Li Mo patted him on the shoulder and said cheers.

Di Matteo's formation was similar to Speed's guess. The tactics they had practiced these days naturally came in handy. As long as they were not nervous and played step by step, there was great hope of breaking the game.

It's just that Oscar still didn't start. Di Matteo sent Ramirez to play as a left midfielder. It seemed that he wanted to attack Joaquin's side.

With Sheffield United's two big victories, other Premier League teams have also begun to deepen their research on Sheffield United's existing players and styles of play.

Joaquin's injury history and his La Liga experience were obviously regarded as a breakthrough by Di Matteo.

Fo Shuai also seems to want to fight against Sheffield United on the right side of the game.

But when the players from both sides stood on time, both Di Matteo and Ramirez felt a little trembling.

Because the player standing on the right back of Sheffield United at this moment is not Trippier, but Medel!
The Chilean bull looked at Ramirez and showed a serious smile, as if telling him:
I'll be waiting for you on the right side, come quickly~
"Good trick! Speed ​​let Medel play the right back in this game, just to liberate Joaquin. If you want to go to the right, you can go. Even if Joaquin doesn't return to defense, with the assistance of Drinkwater, Medel can also play. It can kill Chelsea's left-hand drive, and Ramirez is probably also playing drums in his heart, asking him and Medel to fight against the drive, wouldn't that embarrass him."

In the voice of Zhan Jun's commentary, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the focus of the third round of the Premier League has officially started!

The sun at three o'clock in the afternoon is quite comfortable on the body, but Di Matteo feels a little cold at the moment.

Speed's formation and players had already anticipated his formation for this game.

And as Chelsea started to attack, seeing Sheffield United's defensive positions, Di Matteo felt that his underpants had been seen through by the opponent!

Bell's defensive position was very deep, and he seemed to be almost a wing back, staring at Hazard. In terms of speed and physical confrontation, Hazard and Bell are still far behind.

Mata, another Chelsea midfielder, was given "personal care" by De Bruyne.

Coupled with Medel who is eyeing the tiger on the right side, almost all of Chelsea's third-line offenses have received the key attention of Sheffield United.

De Bruyne seems to be playing the front midfielder, but in terms of defensive positioning, he is almost staring at Mata running one-on-one. After Sheffield United grabbed the ball, De Bruyne quickly advanced again. Ask for the ball.

Of course, after Sheffield United gets the ball, it will naturally be handed over to Drinkwater first, so that Brother Drinkwater can organize the offense. De Bruyne hasn't got any good opportunities to get the ball yet.

But thinking of Speed's explanation and tactical arrangements before the game, De Bruyne was not discouraged.

This will not be the time for him to play. In addition to trying his best to limit Mata on the defensive end, today he only needs to find the best one or two opportunities in the counterattack.

And his ability to find passing opportunities is also the most important reason why Speed ​​sent him to start today.

When Li Mo is in front of you and Bell is on the side, the choice to be made is actually very simple.

De Bruyne knows what he is good at, and now he just needs to be patient, and when Chelsea face Sheffield United's counter-attack and the defense is wide open, his pass will be able to pass.
A sword seals the throat!
(End of this chapter)