What ball king, call me ball god

On August 8, the new season of the Premier League officially kicked off.

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

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

What's interesting about this game is that the coaches of both teams are German, which is rare in the Premier League. Liverpool's coach is the famous Klopp, and Norwich's head coach is Daniel Farke.

It is interesting to say that Farke coached Dortmund's second team in the 2016-17 season.

So he and Klopp still have a certain relationship, and both of them are German, so they can be regarded as fellow villagers.

But Klopp, a fellow countryman, is merciless.

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

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

随后第19分钟、第28分钟和第42分钟，利物浦连下三城，上半场比赛就已经4比0领先了。

Although Norwich also pulled back a goal in the 64th minute of the second half, the result of the game was already doomed.

The overall pace of the game was not fast, and Liverpool played with ease.

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

He questioned the referee Michael Oliver because this game is the first game of the Premier League in the new season, so the law enforcement scale is too relaxed.

As a direct result of today's game with many fouls, there were only two yellow cards in the end, which made Klopp feel incredible.

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

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

The second game of the Premier League in the new season is Manchester City's appearance.

That was the top two last season.

Manchester City's game is coming to London to play West Ham United.

West Ham United spent a total of 7170 million euros in this summer window, signed 4 players, and there are 2 free visas.

The intensity of this purchase actually exceeds that of many strong teams in the league.

And because this game is played at West Ham United’s home court, many media speculate that West Ham United will have a certain combat effectiveness in this game. Although many experts and media are optimistic that Manchester City will win in the end, they generally feel that Manchester City will not win. It's very easy, and the final score may be a small score like 1-0 or 2-1.

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

Because Manchester City felt like an adult beating a child throughout the game, turning West Ham United around.

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

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

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

"Manchester City beat West Ham United in their first league game, aiming at the Premier League title in the new season"

In short, most of the titles are like this.

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

The third Premier League game was Burnley against Southampton. The fellow lost to Burnley 0-3.

The attention of this game is not high, and there is nothing to say.

The fourth game is Crystal Palace's game against Everton.

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

Schneiderlin, who turned two yellows into one red, is a former Manchester United player.

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

The fifth game is Watford against Brighton.

Brighton, who finished 17th last season, beat 3th-ranked Watford 0-11 cleanly.

The sixth game was Bournemouth against Sheffield United, and the two teams fought 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.

In the eighth game Newcastle played against Arsenal.

Arsenal defeated the Magpies 1-0 away.

In this game, Arsenal's summer window mark king 8000 million, Mr. Pepe, completed his debut after joining Arsenal in the 73rd minute, but 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 ended in a 0-0 draw.

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

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

The game will be played at 8:11 on August 16.

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

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

Therefore, the country attaches great importance to this game.

A number of media platforms sent commentators to the scene for explanations and special reports.

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

Most of them are Chinese fans and tourists.

The locals naturally knew that these people came to see Lin Kedi.

Because almost every Manchester United fan wants to know what Lin Kedi, who was perfect 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 a 4231 double midfielder formation, just to be safe.

But it was directly vetoed by Ten Hag.

"After practicing 433 for a summer, I want to play offensive tactics. How can I back down just because the opponent is strong in the first game! I must use 433!"

Subsequently, in the coaching staff meeting before the game, Ten Hag and the members of the coaching staff began to discuss the starting list for the next day's game.

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

One is Carrick, a well-known Manchester United player, but he can't be called in, because after announcing his retirement at the end of the season in March 2018, the senior management of the Manchester United club promised him to enter 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 an assistant coach.

However, Ten Hag had just arrived and did not ask Carrick to be responsible for any specific affairs.

The other is Model Sami, the team leader sent by the top management of the Manchester United club.

This 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 a few times, he decided not to bring him to play in future coaching staff meetings.

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

Isn't the purpose of arranging you to be on the coaching staff to get information about the first team?Did you feel relaxed in the end?
The top management severely reprimanded Model for this behavior.

Model then also expressed to Ten Hag the idea of ​​wanting to enter the coaching staff meeting to learn tactics.

But Ten Hag directly blocked him back, and dismissed him with "When will you be able to answer my three questions, come back again".

And this meeting did not show Model.

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

The meeting begins.

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

"Peterson, let you collect the information, okay?"

"The collection has been completed. Chelsea played a total of 6 games in the pre-season, 5 of which used 4231, and one used 343, and the game using 343 was the first warm-up match. The 5 formation was used in the 4231 warm-up games, so based on the starting and substitute situations in the 6 games, my prediction for Chelsea's first game is as follows—”

Peterson pushed back his glasses, which revealed dark circles under his eyes.

But Peterson continued energetically.

Carrick on the side thought such a tactical meeting was very interesting and listened carefully.

"The goalkeeper position must be Kepa. He played 6 games in the 4 warm-up games in the preseason, and the other two games were played by the substitute goalkeeper Caballero. However, Caballero is old and his saving ability has indeed declined. It's quite powerful, in fact, strictly speaking, I don't think he can be Chelsea's second goal."

"The left back is No. 33 Emerson, and Lampard likes to use this player very much. The left center back is Zouma, and the right center back is Christensen. And Chelsea captain Azpilicueta."

"The one with the double midfielder on the left is Kanter, and the one on the right is Jorginho. But the double midfielder needs to be explained. Kanter was injured in the pre-season, although Chelsea officially announced that he was injured as early as a week ago. He has returned from injury. But to be cautious, during the time Kanter was injured, Kovacic played Kanter's position."

"Mount is Mount. The left winger is Pulisic, the right winger is Pedro. The center is a bit of a problem. Because Abraham and Giroud played basically the same amount of time in pre-season, 3 games against 3 games. "

Ten Hag glanced at Petersen.

Nodding his head, it's okay.

Then Ten Hag spoke for himself.

"In fact, looking at the lineup, Chelsea's lineup is actually incomparable to ours, especially on the offensive line. They lack scoring ability. Neither Abraham nor Giroud are efficient shooters! And their defense, I think According to their pre-season video, their defense still has problems. Zouma is a bit frizzy as a central defender. He needs a stable and experienced central defender as his partner. But it is clear that Christensen is not this type. And Emerson, the speed is average, the offense is not good, and the defense is better. Therefore, Chelsea's wing attack will be very problematic. Therefore, I think that in the position of center forward, they are likely to play Abraham, who is more mobile. Instead of going to Giroud, to be honest Giroud may not be able to please us when he meets our defense."

"After talking so much about Chelsea, let's talk about our own. In the first game, the 433-[-]-[-] formation is certain, and we need to play offensive tactics. There is nothing to say about this."

"First of all, there is the question of starting. The goalkeeper position?"

After Ten Hag said this, he looked at the goalkeeper coach Limbert.

Limbert did not open any information and said directly: "Whether it is Romero or Grant, the state is far inferior to De Gea. Also, Eric, according to your request, I have already practiced for De Gea. It’s almost a month of ball training, but De Gea is 29 years old after all, at his age, it is very difficult to get rid of some of his habits, at present, he can only be forced to use his feet to play the ball as much as possible.”

"This problem is indeed a very serious problem, because our tactics are high pressure, and the goalkeeper must improve his passing ability. De Gea's goal line skills are good, but his foot skills are really average. This summer window has already There is no budget, but there is a budget of 7000 million in the winter window, and it happens that the strength of the second door and the third door is not enough. Wait and see, after half of the season, if there is no need to make up for other positions, the goalkeeper can consider signing a foot Goalkeeper with good skills. Well, the goalkeeper is De Gea. Next left back, there is no suspense in this position, just two people, but, Shadley, I want to hear your opinion."

Defensive coach Shadley looked at Ten Hag, who opened his notebook.

"Ashley Young is in good condition. His physical fitness can support the game for about 60 minutes. As for Luke Shaw, his physical fitness can guarantee the game of 90 minutes. In terms of physical fitness, I got the data from the team doctor. His physical fatigue is relatively light. , so it is not a problem for the starter to play the whole game. I recommend Luke Shaw to start at the left back. However, Eric, I still think that if it is possible, the full-back position needs to be supplemented as soon as possible, because according to the past few seasons For example, since Luke Shaw joined Manchester United in 14, until last season, he has never played more than 20 league games in a season, and Ashley Young's physical fitness is only 60 minutes, so the next transfer window Flowers, the left-back bench really needs one."

"Well, the left-back substitute can be added to the signing sequence of the winter window. Well, Luke Shaw has been confirmed as the starter for the left-back, and you don't need to say anything about the right-back. Dalot is not enough to start now, he hasn't adapted. My tactics, this is obvious from the preseason, so I choose Feltman as the right back. For the left center back, Dericht is also the main candidate for iron fighting. And the next right center back is the candidate , Bailly, Lindelof, Smalling, Shadley, tell me about the state of these people in training."

"Among the three, Bailey has returned from injury, but according to the data obtained from the team doctor, Bailey can only play 45 minutes in a game at most, so I don't recommend considering him. Among the remaining two, Smalling worked harder in training, and Lindelof was a little worse than him, but the difference was not too big. Both of them are in very good physical condition, so Eric, it depends on your choice next. "

"If the two are in the same state, Lindelof is better. Try it. Smalling played in the last warm-up match. Okay, then the next position, the midfielder, this position is very important, single midfielder For Fred, I don’t think he is competent. De Jong needs a premise. Guimaraes is too young, so Matic is still the one to play. The central midfielder is on the right. De Jong is on the left. At first, I thought It's Bentancur, but it looks like McTominay has worked hard in pre-season. Do you think he should be given a chance?"

Ten Hag looked at Mitchell.

Mitchell looked at Ten Hag and shook his head.

"McTominay is working very hard. He can barely play as a defensive midfielder. If he plays as a central midfielder, he will only presuppose the location of the foul!"

"Hey Mitchell, you have no confidence in our players?"

"No, Bentancur and McTominay? I still choose Bentancur."

"What about you? Vote."

Ten Hag looked at the other players.

So 8 members of the coaching staff, except Ten Hag, 7 chose Bentancur, and only Carrick chose McTominay.

"In this case, Bentancur is the central midfielder on the left. The rest is the frontcourt. In fact, there is no suspense in the three positions in the frontcourt. The left winger Rashford has been in good form recently. The physical fitness is also very good. The right winger is Perisic. Not to mention the center, Lin!" (End of this chapter)