After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 330

Chapter 330

Chelsea have three games to play before facing Liverpool.

On October 10, the League Cup played away against York City.

On November 11, the 1th round of the Premier League, the home game against Queens Park Rangers.

On November 11th, the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, away to Rome.

Then came November 11, away to Liverpool.

The schedule of these games is also very close!

The fourth round of the League Cup against York City took place on the third day after Manchester United.

Therefore, Pan Yi rested all the players who played Manchester United and used a completely different lineup to play in the League Cup.

It also happened that Seat B and Gary Cahill returned from injury, and this game can be regarded as a recovery for them.

It's just that because of the "5-1-4 poke" used in the last game against Manchester United, the two center forwards were thrown up at once, so in this game Pan Yi used Oscar to play the middle shadow forward, which can be regarded as coming. A frontless array!

Forwards: Schurrle, Oscar, seat B.

Midfield: Cancelo, Ramirez, Chick, Azpilicueta.

Defenders: Ake, Christensen, Gary Cahill.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

And Chelsea's opponent York City today is a typical "big city team".

What is the Big City Squad?

That is, the city is famous, but the team is not famous.

As we all know, due to various reasons such as economy, population, and history, the strong teams of football clubs in a country are often concentrated in big cities.

In the five major European leagues, whether it is London, the capital of the United Kingdom, Paris, the capital of France, Rome and Milan in Italy, Munich in Germany, Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, there are a large number of powerful teams in these big cities.

If it is outside the five major leagues, this situation seems to be more obvious.

Like Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Lisbon in Portugal, Kiev in Ukraine, Zagreb in Croatia, Belgrade in Serbia...

It also includes as far away as South America, Buenos Aires in Argentina, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and so on.

In these cities, almost all the best teams in the country are gathered together.

There are exceptions to everything.

There are also some big cities, but there is no particularly awesome team.

Like Berlin, the capital of Germany.

Their main team, Hertha Berlin, has played in the Bundesliga all year round, but their name is really not big.

Union Berlin played in low-level leagues most of the time.

These two teams, not to mention the Bundesliga dominance like Bayern Munich, are not at the same level even compared to teams like Schalke 04 and Leku Watson.

In addition to Berlin, Germany includes big cities such as Frankfurt, Cologne, and Bremen, and there is no way to have a real wealthy team.

Of course, there is actually Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, but it is still the defending champion of the Champions League in this world line, which is temporarily excluded.

There are so many "big city teams" in Germany, which may be the reason for the 50+1 policy of the German League, which makes it impossible for even big cities to attract investors. Naturally, it is difficult to be directly proportional to the attractiveness of the city.

There are relatively few examples in other countries.

Venice, the famous water city in Italy, and its team is also an elevator of Serie A and Serie B. Except for the Uruguayan star Recoba who once played for it, it really seldom left any impression on the fans.

There are cities like this in the UK as well.

Birmingham is the second most cosmopolitan city in the UK.

But the Birmingham team, West Bromwich Albion team, Aston Villa team in this city... There are many teams, but none of them can be called a rich team.

Of course, compared with York City, Chelsea's opponent today, these are nothing!

York City is an out-and-out historical and cultural city in the United Kingdom. For nearly 2000 years, York has been the capital of northern England, and its status is equivalent to today's London.

In the city, there are also places of interest like York Minster, which attract tourists from all over the world to visit every year.

As well as being a tourist attraction, York is a transport hub, an educational and commercial centre, as it is a major railway junction and is the meeting point between the Pennines and the East Coast of England.

New York, USA is very hanging, right?Its name means "New York City" - although it can also be translated as "Xinxiang".

But as a major club in this famous city, York City's name is much more bleak.

In their nearly 15-year history, the most impressive result is the second level of England, which is equivalent to the [-]th place in the current British Championship.

And that was 40 years ago.

They spend more time in the third to fourth tier leagues, and since they were relegated from League Two in the 2003-2004 season, they have been in the fifth tier, which is the National League, for seven or eight years. mix.

That is already the scope of the amateur league.

Although York City has always maintained the composition of a professional club, they only returned to the second division in the 2011-2012 season.

After struggling to relegation in the following season, they won No.2013 in the 2014-7 season and qualified for the promotion play-offs.

But unfortunately, they lost to Fleetwood (Valdy's home team) in the semi-finals and failed to advance to League One.

This season, the League Two has played 15 rounds, and York City is only ranked 24nd among 22 teams, and is in danger of relegation.

But their performance in the League Cup was very good.

In the first three rounds, they defeated Blackpool, Leicester City, and Norwich respectively, and were able to reach today's fourth round, which is the round of 16, where they can have a head-to-head confrontation with Chelsea! ——

York City's home stadium is Busham Crescent Stadium, with a capacity of more than 9000 spectators.

This is already a very good stadium in the lower leagues.

But the problem is that this is already a stadium built in the 40s and [-]s. The stadium even suffered air raids in World War II and was destroyed by bombs.

Even after several renovations later, its infrastructure is still relatively dilapidated.

On the day of the game, it happened to be raining heavily, and then there was a large area of ​​water on the court.

After checking by the referee team, they felt that the venue was still acceptable, so they decided to continue the game as usual.

But as the game progressed, the rain became heavier and the water accumulated more and more.

When a player is playing football on the field, every kick will cause a wave of waves, and every kick will be filled with water, just like a water fight.

In this case, Chelsea players with more delicate feet will obviously be more affected.

As for York City, their head coach Wilcox is obviously more familiar with the weather and venues of York City, and he formed a lineup with high center Jack Hyde as the core of the attack early on, focusing on defensive counterattacks and long passes. hanging.

This is obviously a very correct strategy.

With the strength of a League Two team, how can it be possible to fight hard against a Premier League powerhouse like Chelsea?

And when it comes to physical fitness, they are not afraid of Chelsea.

In fact, York City relied on their trick to kill Premier League teams like Leicester City.

It happened to be a rainy day again today, and the field was muddy. It was considered the right time, place and people, and York City played with more confidence.

It was a bit difficult for Chelsea to play.

The frontless formation itself is relatively seldom used today, and the players will have some problems in some coordination.

Furthermore, because the pitch was covered with water, the ball became very slippery and heavy, and it was more difficult to control than usual. Chelsea's passing and receiving errors soared many times higher than usual.

And their lineup is not easy to imitate York City to play high ball.

After all, the two center forwards are not there, and there is not even an authentic center forward on the field. Could it be that Oscar is fighting for the header in front?

All these factors made the first half of the game extremely uncomfortable. It has been difficult for Chelsea to get any decent shooting opportunities.

Another funny thing happened in the 35th minute.

Cheek drove the ball into the frontcourt with a big kick, but York City's central defender Keith Lowe made a big kick to clear the siege but missed, and the ball leaked to the back.

Oscar caught up quickly and got rid of the tall and bulky defender with a hard stroke of the ball.

At this time, York City's goalkeeper Olenik attacked, and the moment he fell to the ground, Oscar swiped to the right again, shaking him too.

At this time, although Oscar's shooting angle was relatively small, the opposite side was already empty.

So Oscar pushed lightly towards the goal, and then turned around to celebrate the goal.

But the ball was rolling towards the goal, and it was about to roll into the goal, but it stopped!

A puddle of mud in front of the goal "parked" the ball on the goal line!

The ball didn't go in!

And the York City defender who came back from the defense rushed to clear the ball from the goal line, which resolved the crisis.

God help York City!

This kind of scene, which is difficult to see in the Premier League, also makes Chelsea players feel a little uncomfortable.

On the contrary, York City became more and more courageous. In the 43rd minute of the game, Coulson took a ball from the wing, and center Jack Hyde smashed the ball into Chelsea's goal!

1:0, York City unexpectedly leads!

That's the score at the end of the first half.

But Pan Yi is not prepared to make any adjustments to the lineup.

After all, this is just a League Cup match.

In this kind of competition that is relatively tasteless in English football, many teams send substitutes or even youth teams to play. This is actually one of the reasons why some low-level league teams can always be upset.

Therefore, Pan Yi didn't take it very seriously.

Chelsea is not Tottenham!

They are not the kind of team that lacks a championship, especially the lowest-level champions like the League Cup.

For the sake of a League Cup, let the player who just fought against Manchester United two days ago go up and fight hard?

Or in such a bad weather and field environment, fighting against a League Two team that is good at physical collisions?

After the game, I will go to the Premier League to face QPR and Liverpool again.

just forget it.

Just don't hurt your players.

And there is another point, the League Cup competition system is actually a bit weird.

That is, in the first few rounds of the competition, there was a single-elimination system, but in the semi-finals, two rounds were played, and then the final became a single-match decision.

When it comes to the semi-finals, it is often the end of January when the Premier League plays more critically.

At this time, it is really thankless to be distracted to play the League Cup.

The "Christmas devil's schedule" that Ferguson said, in fact, is to add the League Cup game to be really devil.

Therefore, Pan Yi's attitude towards the League Cup is to win if he can win, and to lose if he can't win. He also regards it as a place for the team to test new styles of play and for players to recover.

Of course, during the halftime break, Pan Yi still gave a lecture to the players.

After all, the game still has to be played. It is impossible to just tell the players, "Forget this loss, don't take it too seriously", right?

This will undoubtedly greatly damage the confidence of the players.

Players always want to win when they play.

Not to mention these professional players, maybe even linked to bonuses or something;

Even if it is ordinary amateur football, playing wild football with strangers, everyone still wants to win in their hearts!

Therefore, Pan Yi still encouraged:

"Today's game is indeed difficult, but it is also a test for you."

"The harsher the environment, the more difficult the challenge, the more you must show your courage and determination!"

"Go, let's fight. Now, it's time to show your fighting spirit! - But be careful not to get hurt, the body is the capital of the revolution!"

-

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Chelsea continued to launch a fierce attack on York City despite the overwhelming boos of York City fans at the scene.

But the rain did not stop in the second half, and there was more and more water in the venue.

After the kick, even the ball floated a little bit, and it was impossible to perform normal passing and cutting cooperation.

So Chelsea also had no choice but to choose various high balls, but they failed again and again.

Playing until the 90th minute, Schurrle dribbled the ball on the left side of the penalty area and made a forced inside cut. As a result, he was fouled by the defender and won a free kick for Chelsea.

Oscar stood on the penalty spot without hesitation.

On the current field, he is the player with the best free kicks and the number one free kicker.

Moreover, this is the edge of the penalty area near the left corner, and Oscar himself is good at free throws in this area.

And this is likely to be Chelsea's last chance in this game.

In the case that it is difficult to open the situation in sports warfare, free kicks are also one of the most likely ways to break through the opponent's goal!

Oscar held the ball and wiped it with his jersey, but it had no effect.

The jersey is soaked, the ball is soaked, and it won't dry no matter how much you wipe it.

But he still wiped it very carefully, and when he put it back, the grass was full of water.

Seat B and Chick also leaned over, discussing with Oscar what tactics to use.

But Oscar waved his hand, and the two walked away again.

In this kind of ghost weather and ghost venue, what tactics do you need?

Any tactics are in vain, and it's over!

After seeing Oscar put the ball in place, he slowly backed away, measured his steps, and stood in a good position.

After the referee blew his whistle, Oscar rushed forward quickly, stepped on the left side of the ball with his left foot, and even stepped on a mud puddle. Fortunately, the ball was not affected.

Then, he kicked a quick curveball with his right foot.

This shot was powerful enough to cause a large wave of water, but the football flew out at an extremely fast speed, and after crossing the top of the wall, it fell quickly.

I don't know if it's because of the water on the ball, but the ball's fall is even bigger than usual!

This caused Oscar's ball to be kicked toward the dead corner, but it turned into a half-high ball, but it was still within the goal range.

In other words, the banana ball was kicked into an elevator ball!

York City goalkeeper Olenik flew sideways, but failed to save the ball.

The ball crashed into the net!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Oscar! With a free kick, he broke through York City's goal! Evened the score at 1:1! This is an absolutely equal goal!"

"Until the 90th minute, Chelsea had to attack for a full hour and a half before breaking the goal of York City! This goal is really not easy!"

"Although York City is only a League Two team, it has caused huge troubles for Chelsea. Such a situation, even strong teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, and Arsenal have not allowed Chelsea to experience it!"

"In other words, this is the hardest game Chelsea have played so far this season!"

"Of course, there are objective factors. Today's venue conditions are indeed too bad."

"Look at the slow-motion replay of Oscar's free throw just now... This ball is like a water polo, wrapped in a lot of water stains and flying towards the goal. Maybe the York City goalkeeper was killed by the oncoming water mist. Lost my eyes..."

"Ah, not long after the York City players kicked off again, the referee blew the final whistle."

"The game ended in a draw in 90 minutes!"

"Although this is only a League Cup game, it is indeed Chelsea's first draw of the season!"

"In a sense, their unbeaten record is over!"

Pan Yi stood on the sidelines, but there was no expression on his face.

This goal...how should I put it, is beautiful, but...

The League Cup is a decisive game before the semi-finals. If there is a tie within 90 minutes, there will be 30 minutes of overtime.

This is another kind of physical torture for the players on the Chelsea field...

So for a while, Pan Yi didn't know whether he wanted the goal to be scored or not.

Forget it, we've reached this point, let's keep going!

-

About four or five ten minutes later.

At the moment, at the Bussham Crescent Stadium, the audience watched the stadium with bated breath.

In this round of 16 of the League Cup, York City played against Chelsea at home, and the penalty shootout has reached the fifth round.

Yes, they went goalless in 30 minutes of extra time and could only go to penalties.

In the first four rounds of penalty shootouts, York City and Chelsea each missed a penalty.

York City made a free throw first. After scoring a penalty in the first round, Schurrle, who was the first to play on Chelsea's side, missed the penalty.

But in the fourth round, Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech saved Coulson's penalty, saving the Blues and dragging the penalty shootout into the fifth round.

In the fifth round, York City center Jack Hyde hit the upper corner vigorously and took the lead.

Cheek, who played fifth on Chelsea's side, became the key.

If he can score, the penalty shootout will enter a one-on-one death match.

And if he fails to score, the game will be over and York City will qualify for the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Cheek played against Olenik, this penalty kick will determine the winner.

All the eyes of the audience fell on the narrow restricted area.

With the whistle of the referee, everyone in the audience held their breath, but there were also many York fans who booed to disturb Cheek.

A trace of nervousness appeared on the young Cheek's face, but he still gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and rushed forward quickly.

During this process, he fixed his eyes on the opponent's goalkeeper Olenik, trying to see the opponent's figure, and then kicked the opposite corner.

But Olenik is also an often rich old goalkeeper, very calm.

He didn't move early and wasn't swayed by Cheek's feint.

This, on the contrary, disrupted Chick's original plan.

He was still a young player after all, he was a little flustered for a while, and decided to push the ball to the lower right corner on the spur of the moment.

But obviously, the strength of his shot was too small, and Olenik also guessed Chick's intention.

Therefore, Olenik made a sideways pounce, and actually pressed the ball firmly under his body!

At this moment, the entire Busham Crescent Stadium erupted like a volcanic eruption.

All the York City fans rushed out of their seats, cheering and screaming wildly.

Head coach Wilcox even raised his arms high and kept shouting, venting his inner excitement.

York City beat Chelsea on penalties!

Although this is not Chelsea's strongest lineup, and perhaps it is not a particularly important game for them, it still makes York City excited!

For a low-level league team like York City, there is nothing more exciting than being able to beat a strong team in the cup!

Not to mention that Chelsea is still an invincible team this season!

Not only did York draw with Chelsea in regular time, but they also knocked them out into the quarter-finals!

While everyone in York City was celebrating wildly, Pan Yi came to Cheek who had missed a penalty kick, put his arms around him and said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's okay. Congratulations, you have also completed the main mission that you must go on the road to superstardom..."

is not that right?

What Baggio, Messi, Ronaldo, including the team's old captain Terry, which one has not kicked a penalty in an important game?

As long as you can get out of it and make yourself more resilient, this kind of loss is nothing.

Hearing what Pan Yi said, the expression on Chick's face that was about to cry was forced back, and Xu Erle, who was also a little bit uncomfortable because of the loss, couldn't help laughing.

At this time, a middle-aged man in his 50s and [-]s walked up to Pan Yi and held out his hand to him: "Hi, I'm Jason McGill. Can we chat?"

This is a decent man in a suit and trousers, with a red scarf that represents York City around his neck.

Although the rain hadn't stopped, he didn't hold an umbrella, and his hair was soaked.

"Jason McGill..." Pan Yi followed him to a place with a roof to protect him from the rain, but repeated the name with a puzzled expression, "Sorry, you are..."

"I'm the owner of York City."

"Oh..." Pan Yi finally realized it.

It turns out that this is the "old man" that the FM anchor often said!

Shit, that's too much, this guy is quite young, why is he an old man?

"What's the matter with you?" Pan Yi asked curiously.

What does the owner of York City want from him?

Generally speaking, when the owner of a football club finds a football coach, it is nothing more than talking about joining the team to coach.

But York City?

After all, it's just a League Two team.

And he, Pan Yi, is now a world-class coach who is famous all over the world, and the coach with the highest annual salary in the world!

Even in the five major leagues, if it wasn't for the wealthy teams, they wouldn't dare to move his mind, let alone a mere League Two team?

What does this old man want?

Oh, not the old man.What the hell is the owner of York City trying to do?

At this time, Jason McGill smiled and said: "I want to ask you, are you interested in becoming a shareholder or buying our team?"

(End of this chapter)