Chapter 311 If I don't win, I eat the ball!
As October falls, the weather in London is getting colder quickly, and there is a lot of rain this year, with at least two days of rainy weather, especially recently, it has been falling in one breath.
My mother Zhang Yuxiu is familiar with this kind of weather and said with a smile that it is a bit like a typhoon day in Xiamen, my hometown.
After my father came to London for a while, he went back. Huang Jinsong and his wife were traveling around Europe and would come to visit their daughter from time to time. They planned to stay in Europe, and there were many places here that were very attractive to them.
Ye Qiu is not in a good mood recently. After having breakfast, he stood in front of the balcony sliding door and looked at the hazy courtyard with rain like a curtain outside. Although his team had just defeated the visiting CSKA at home in the third round of the Champions League group stage and won three consecutive wins in the group, he still under tremendous pressure.
Their league points with Arsenal quickly expanded to 5 points, and they lost to opponents like Manchester City.
To be honest, Ye Qiu was a little worried that when he was playing against the CSKA Moscow, the team's performance was not ideal. In the past few days, the training base seemed to be full of a depressing atmosphere. The players seemed to be immersed in the shadow of losing the game and ending their unbeaten record. This is definitely not a good thing.
Next, the team will welcome Blackburn led by Mark Hughes, which is also a tough team. Although Blackburn is currently in a relegation zone, once this team goes crazy, it is still very tenacious.
Arsenal also ushered in a college entrance examination. They are going to Manchester to challenge Manchester United. Ferguson's team is now ranked 8th in the league, and it is indeed time to need a victory. But Ye Qiu doesn't know whether Ferguson's team has enough strength to defeat the unstoppable Arsenal.
The Gunners' form is a bit frighteningly prosperous this season, which is indeed surprising. Not only Henry, Pire, Reyes and other players, but also Vieira, the French midfielder soon walked out of the summer transfer storm and showed an amazing state.
On the other hand, Chelsea's performance has always been depressing since the season, and its condition is intermittent and has no continuity. After every national team game, the team will encounter some setbacks, either draw or lose.
Fortunately, October has passed and there is no national team game task to follow. It depends on how Ye Qiu and the coaching staff adjust the players' status and launch an impact on Arsenal around the winter break.
In fact, after having agreed to the national team coaches, Ye Qiu had already begun to adjust his player status. One of the important factors in losing against Manchester City is that most of the main players did not play.
Ye Qiu's strategy is also very clear now. The three consecutive wins in the Champions League group are not a big problem, and the rest is to strive for the league with all their might. In addition, if Chelsea does not make any efforts, this year's league championship will probably be out of reach.
Looking at the hazy day outside the house, Ye Qiu felt that Chelsea's situation is the same as the weather in London. If you hold on, it will be a sunny rainbow. If you can't hold on, it may be a heavy rain.
"Okay, I can leave." His wife Huang Chu also finished the nutritious breakfast specially prepared by her mother-in-law Zhang Yuxiu, packed up her things, changed her clothes, walked out of the room, and said to Ye Qiu.
In fact, she has only been pregnant for a while now, and she can't tell at all that she is pregnant. She is just a little fatter and she starts wearing looser clothes. She has a unique charm. However, Zhang Yuxiu is very stubborn about nutrition and always wants to stuff all the nutritious good things into her wife's belly.
Ye Qiu also joked about his mother, saying that if he could not lose weight in his wife, he would have worked hard for the rest of his life.
Of course, this is a joke. In fact, from the moment they got married, no matter whether Huang Chu was fat or thin, Ye Qiu would never leave him. This was not only a promise when he got married, but also because he really loved Huang Chu very much.
"Okay" Ye Qiu smiled slightly and nodded.
When he arrived at the living room, he took the key, and Ye Qiu walked to the entrance of the restaurant, "Mom, we're going to work."
"Yeah" Zhang Yuxiu was busy in the kitchen, "Hey, Ye Qiu, remember to bring a fish back at noon and make soup for Achu tonight."
"I know" Ye Qiu nodded, smiled at his wife, curled his lips, as if saying, "You are still drinking, you are already fat enough."
Huang Chu looked helpless and grieved. He held Ye Qiu's coat in his hand and handed it to him for him to put it on. It was cold outside, but his expression seemed to be saying, "You think I'm happy, it's not your mother."
"Don't be slow down there. You two must be talking about me again. Go to work quickly and drive slowly on the road."
Don’t listen to Zhang Yuxiu’s tone. In fact, she was out of concern, meaning that she could go to work early and go on the road longer. If it was late, she would definitely be very rushing on the road, but she spoke very quickly and straightforwardly, and sometimes she couldn’t express it clearly.
However, Ye Qiu and Huang Chu knew her and both went downstairs to the garage with a smile.
Originally, there was a Porsche Cayenne in the garage with only two Ferraris, and it was brand new. Ye Qiu only bought it not long ago.
To be honest, it used to be very enjoyable to drive a super sports car, but now he has to pick up his wife to go to get off work every day. Ye Qiu wants to be safer, and when Huang Chu becomes big in the future, it will definitely not be very convenient to ride a sports car, so he went to buy a Cayenne, which was specifically responsible for picking up and dropping off Huang Chu to get off work.
"You sit in the back." Ye Qiu pointed to the back row and got into the car himself.
Huang Chu made a face at him, and without saying much, he went directly to the back row because Ye Qiu said that it was safer to sit in the back row.
Ye Qiu drove alone very quickly, but now with Huang Chu, he became cautious. Even though the garage and courtyard at home are relatively large and it is very convenient to reverse, he is still cautious.
When I left the house, I drove easily all the way, and even when I got on the highway, I kept it at around 100.
"You guys are under a lot of pressure recently?" Huang Chu sat in the middle and looked at Ye Qiu from the middle of the two seats in the front row.
"It's okay," Ye Qiu looked ahead and replied, "Losing the ball may not be a bad thing. The mental pressure of staying unbeaten for a long time is very high. Now that I lose, I can't be the first to start over. It's nothing great, but it's easier."
This is indeed a difficult thing to say. The key is how your head coach guides it.
In recent times, Ye Qiu has asked the psychologists in the coaching team to provide psychological counseling to the players to relieve their pressure, hoping that they can try their best to avoid depression caused by conceding goals. On the contrary, he wants to turn the loss into the motivation for the team to rise again.
Staying unbeaten is like putting luggage on your body. The more unbeaten games, the heavier the luggage will be. Now that you lose and throw away these luggage, you can easily get on the road. Ye Qiu is also fully prepared for this.
It can be said that since the team's long-term unbeaten, Ye Qiu has been preparing for a pacification plan after losing. However, he won the championship unbeaten last season, and the team has never lost. The League Cup and the FA Cup are not highly valued by the team, so this plan has never been used. Now that he finally lost a game, it may not be a bad thing.
"Yes, I think you were under a lot of pressure in the past. Now that we have started over, Yu Qian let go and don't worry about what those people say. Just do what you want to do and think you should do." Huang Chu also heard some news.
Ye Qiu nodded to his wife gratefully. Although he did not need others to explain many things, after all, it is always a good thing for someone to explain them. At least let him know that no matter how big the difficulties he encounters, someone will accompany him to share them.
The couple talked and laughed along the way, and soon entered the city. After Ye Qiu sent Huang Chu to Wellington Hospital, he drove back to the Ringcheng Expressway, headed south all the way to Cobham, and soon arrived at the training base.
Cobham's security team is still very responsible. Even though it rains, they are still on duty in the duty post. When they see Ye Qiu coming, they still wave to Ye Qiu through the window and send him in.
After parking the car, he ran into the training building in the rain and headed straight to the second floor.
"It's really on time, at 8:30." Roland and the others had already arrived. Seeing Ye Qiu rushing over in the rain, they said with a smile.
According to Ye Qiu's plan, he sent Huang Chu to work and then to Cobham. It was about 8:30. Of course, sometimes he would drive faster on the highway and make up for it. Anyway, the time was almost the same.
"The morning training session is probably difficult to do outdoors," Tencart looked at the heavy rain outside and shook his head and sighed.
It has been raining these days, but it is basically relatively small, but it is very heavy today. Although it is not as good as a heavy rain, it is certain that heavy rain is. If you really need to train in such heavy rain, it will be more dangerous, such as injuries.
"You will have outdoor training in the afternoon. In the morning, you will have a meeting first and then go to the gym." Ye Qiu made arrangements immediately.
For Chelsea, the training during the league is more of a more effective way to adjust the player's condition. Therefore, it can be done on the court, in the gym, or even let the players rest easily, which is not a problem.
"By the way, how is the evaluation report of the psychologist?" Ye Qiu asked casually.
Roland nodded and said, "It's not bad, at least I didn't notice anyone crying."
After saying this, Ye Qiu, Teng Carter and others laughed because the media reported that many players cried after Chelsea lost, and the news channel was insiders, who seemed to want to use this to show Chelsea's weakness and fragility.
"However, we really need a victory now," Tencart said.
Ye Qiu nodded. He knew very well that the victory that Tengkat mentioned was not the kind of 0, but a victory with an absolute advantage, because only in this way can Chelsea's morale and fighting spirit be maximized.
"How is the player recovering?" Ye Qiu asked again.
"Ronaldinho has both rested two games, Manchester City and Moste CSKA, and Deco and Drogba have both rested two games. I tested Drogba yesterday, and he is as strong as an elephant now," Peter Brandt smiled, he is responsible for the team's medical and physical fitness.
Before each training class every day, the coaching team has to hold the same meeting. Everyone talks about their respective projects, their respective situations, and after the communication, the head coach makes decisions and coordination.
It can be said that after losing to Manchester City, Ye Qiu and everyone have been waiting for this game in the past week.
Blackburn has lost three games, and Hughes's team has obviously dropped to the bottom of the morale, which is undoubtedly very consistent with what Chelsea wants now, which is to make a big victory, preferably a refreshing victory and rebuild morale
In the first two years when Sones coached Blackburn, due to the club's investment and Sones' tough management, Blackburn's performance has been rising year by year after the upgrade, and even won the League Cup championship at one time. This is also the only championship that Sones won in Blackburn. Following closely behind, Blackburn's performance has deteriorated.
Last season, Blackburn almost fell into the relegation zone and was only ranked 15th in the end. Blackburn did not strengthen the team's strength this season, because Sones suddenly switched from Blackburn to Newcastle, which caught Blackburn off guard. Although Mark Hughes took office in a hurry in the end, many things were delayed.
Speaking of which, Sonnes's transfer to Newcastle is also a unsolved case, because Sonnes' performance in Blackburn last season was absolutely impossible to be considered excellent, and he couldn't even get a passing score. Many people think that whether it is Steve Bruce, Venables, or even Hiller, they are more suitable for taking over the Magpies than Sonnes, but in the end it is Sonnes.
Ye Qiu couldn't understand this phenomenon. He believed that even many local footballers in England could not understand such a choice. They actually put a better head coach and chose Sones.
Who is Sones?
Anyone who is familiar with English football will never forget how he brought Liverpool in the heyday to a slump. If the Heyther tragedy and the Hillsborough tragedy were external causes, then Sones in the UU era was the number one sinner for Liverpool to decline from prosperity. Even now, he is still the most unpopular former Liverpool player in the eyes of Liverpool fans.
You know, he is a famous person who once brought supreme honor to Liverpool. Without overwhelming anger, would he be like this?
Ye Qiu was not bored to the point of being involved in Newcastle and Blackburn. He just wanted to manage his home, and he was targeting Mark Hughes's Blackburn, which was just slaughtered by Middlesbrough 04 at home. His morale plummeted and showed signs of being in a slump.
After choosing the opponent and strategy, Ye Qiu then started to have a good talk with his assistants about the game in the office. As time went by, the players arrived at the Cobham training base one after another.
It was raining heavily, and the coaching staff's notice was quickly transferred to the locker room. Everyone knew that they would not train in the morning and turned to the tactical preparation room for a meeting. It was obvious that they wanted to study the game against Blackburn on weekends. Maybe there were targeted tactics to be arranged.
But just as the players sat in the tactical preparation room and waited for head coach Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu was empty-handed and had nothing to bring.
"Yu looked at me like this?" Ye Qiu walked up to the main podium with a smile, took out the seat and sat on it.
"Oh, I understand a little. You must think it's strange. I don't take a lot of materials and some analytical data like I usually do, right?" Ye Qiu still looked calm and confident, with a confident smile.
He knew very well that the more critical the moment, the less he could show any panic. This skill that could show a confident smile at any time was something he had learned in the past few years, and he really had enough confidence.
Without confidence, what's the fight with Blackburn?
"I'm very surprised. Do you all need to face a big enemy when you fight a Blackburn? Isn't it just a Blackburn? As for it? When will you, a group of powerful Chelsea players, meet a Blackburn who may be relegated, have to be so careful?" Ye Qiu asked the players with a funny look.
If Ye Qiu always reminds players to be careful and cautious on weekdays, then now, his words are undoubtedly beyond the players' expectations, but he just wants to do this.
What is there to say to the head coach who is always cautious in daily life that we will tell you in person that we will be able to easily defeat our opponents, which will be more convincing and boost the morale of the team?
And if Ye Qiu just talks, it's nonsense, because if you lose, you'll be done, but Ye Qiu said that he was constantly studying Blackburn's tactics behind his back. He was analyzing with the coaches all morning how to fight Blackburn.
This means to Chairman Mao’s statement that it is strategically despised the enemy and tactically valued the enemy.
"I tell you, when we fight Blackburn, we don't need any targeted tactics. It was at Stamford Bridge Stadium, on our territory, even if Blackburn is a Raptor crossing the river, he had to lie down like a dog."
"You don't care how they fight or how they do it. In short, you just go up and attack me."
"What are we afraid of? In our territory, we are still afraid of them? Do you think we can't break Blackburn's goal?"
"Oh, Maiga, don't make me laugh. Even Middlesbrough can score 4 goals. If you don't score 4 goals, it will be embarrassing to me. At least 5, or even U, that's right."
Ye Qiu's words are a bit bragging, because no one dares to say that he can score U goals on the opponent, but he pulled Middlesbrough to compare, and this guy is often competing. Even Middlesbrough can score 4 goals. Why can't we do it? How could it not be?
"Head, we are really fighting for this game?" Captain Terry stood up and asked with concern.
"Yes, don't doubt it. I know better than you. The gap between us and Blackburn is better than you. So, I want you to attack me from the beginning of the game. You don't need to worry about the slightest bit of worry, because we will definitely win."
When he said this last sentence, Ye Qiu gritted his teeth and was indescribable as confidence, and he believed that this could also infect the players.
Chapter completed!