Chapter 235 Best Start

After Ye Qiu's interview was published, it immediately attracted a lot of attention in the English football world, but more of it was Chelsea fans' curiosity about the head coach, while Manchester United and Arsenal fans focused their attention on the Community Shield at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

This event is called a warm-up for the Premier League, because the first round of the Premier League kicked off a week after the Community Shield.

Although the game has nothing to do with him, Manchester United and Arsenal are both Ye Qiu's top competitors in the Premier League this season, especially Arsenal. If Ye Qiu remembers correctly, the Gunners should have won the championship this season without losing.

His arrival did not change Arsenal much. Ye Qiu didn't know whether Wenger's team would be the same as in the previous life, but at least, the strength of this Gunners team was not affected too much. But what was unexpected was that both teams obviously didn't take this game too seriously and didn't send all their main players to play.

This disappointed Ye Qiu, who had come all the way from London to Cardiff to watch the game. What he saw was a dull game with a lot of fouls. Both sides obviously did not try their best. In the end, Manchester United defeated Arsenal to win the Community Shield, but this game can be said to have no gold content.

On the contrary, after the game, it was heard that Manchester United's poaching of Puyol had entered the substantive stage. Manchester United raised its offer from 20 million euros to 25 million euros, and Puyol of Barcelona also said that he would not rule out joining Manchester United.

Sometimes, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false in the transfer market. Whether Puyol really wants to join Manchester United or use Manchester United to put pressure on Barcelona, ​​no one knows. Perhaps, he stayed to put pressure, and chose to leave, which is true.

Professional players are like flowing soldiers. Whoever is serious will lose!

Perhaps affected by the Community Shield, Ye Qiu also did not send out all the main players in the away game against Slina.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar, Evra, Gallas, Terry and Sun Jihai in the back line, Makelele, Edgar Davis, Lampard in the midfield, Ronaldinho and Joe Cole are lurking behind Gudjohnsen.

Gudjohnsen has some things that Ye Qiu admires very much. He has a certain speed, a tall stature and a tough style of Nordic players, but he is also flexible and delicate. His style is a bit like Ibrahimovic, but he is not as good as Ibrahimovic in all aspects, except for diligence and fighting spirit, which is much better than the Swede.

Having said that, Gudjohnsen's attacking and scoring ability is relatively average, which made him miss a lot of opportunities in the first half of the game against Slina. He was okay in making the ball and assisting, but facing the stubborn Slina, he couldn't play his height advantage.

It was not until the 43rd minute that Gudjohnsen seized a great opportunity to break the deadlock on the field for Chelsea.

In the second half, Ye Qiu did not rush to make adjustments, but continued to observe. In the 60th minute, he replaced Joe Cole with Van Persie. The team changed to 433. Ronaldinho and Van Persie both pressed forward, but they moved more on the wings, and Lampard pressed forward.

In the 75th minute, Lampard received a pass from Ronaldinho and shot from the front of the penalty area, scoring another goal for Chelsea, but after that, Chelsea never scored again, and the score remained 2:0 until the end of the game.

For Chelsea's away victory over Slina, everyone felt that it was a matter of course, and it would be strange if they didn't win the opponent, so no special attention was paid.

After the team returned to London, they rested for two days and went to Liverpool to play away at Anfield.

The opening game of the first round of the 03/04 Premier League was Birmingham vs. Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur has lost its past gorgeous and sexy football style. Even in the minds of many Tottenham Hotspur fans, this team still represents elegance and romance, but reality has cruelly deprived them of their last belief, especially the strong rise of their arch-rival Arsenal, which has forced them to face their mediocrity.

At the beginning of this season, even though Hoddle's team tried hard, they still lost 0:1 away.

On the same night of the opening match between Birmingham and Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United won 4:0 at home against Bolton at Old Trafford with Giggs's double, Scholes and Van Nistelrooy's goals, and got off to a good start.

Arsenal defeated Everton 2:1 at home, with Henry and Pires scoring for Arsenal.

But neither of these two teams was the most prominent. The most surprising thing on the first day of the Premier League came from Souness's Blackburn.

The English coach, who was upset that Abramovich chose Ye Qiu instead of him, was determined to prove to everyone, especially Abramovich, that he was no worse than Ye Qiu in this game.

So, when he played against Wolves, he played offensive football and defeated Wolves 5:1 at home, directly reaching the top.

After the game, Souness said in an interview with the media that he was happy with Blackburn's strength and hoped to lead the team to attack European competitions.

"Everyone knows that we were not far away from the Champions League last season. I hope that this season can make up for the regrets of last season. We will definitely get a good ranking after the season."

As for the question raised by the media about who will be the strongest contender for the Premier League title this season, the head coach of Blackburn is not optimistic about Ye Qiu at all. He thinks that Wenger and Ferguson's teams are very promising, and even Houllier's Liverpool is more likely than Ye Qiu's Chelsea.

"You know, it is difficult for people who are not familiar with the Premier League to gain a foothold here!" This remark was implicitly directed at Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu did not refute it because he encountered Liverpool's tenacious sniping at Anfield.

Houllier's team is not as strong as before. Facts have proved that the high-speed striker combination insisted by the Frenchman is no longer effective. In this game, Ye Qiu specifically attacked Liverpool's style and even directly pressed the defense line to Liverpool's half.

Owen's counterattack?

Let alone Owen's current speed is no longer at his peak. If the midfield cannot pass the ball, Owen can do nothing no matter how powerful he is.

2:0, Lampard scored Chelsea's first goal of the season in the 26th minute of the first half, and then Drogba's goal in the 78th minute locked the score. Chelsea completely controlled the game and defeated Liverpool at Anfield.

Ye Qiu praised the team's performance after the game, "The first round of the new season is always difficult, we need to slowly find the state of the game, but I am very happy that my players finally defeated the opponent."

Houllier was disappointed with his team's performance in the game, "We were completely controlled by the opponent, and the game was always dominated by Chelsea. We are very sorry for this. We lost, but the league has just begun!"

After defeating Liverpool in the first round, the media focused on Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian performed very well in this game, with one direct assist and one indirect assist. He contributed to both goals, and he also became the most threatening one among Chelsea's frontcourt offensive players, which also made many people who thought Ronaldinho had difficulty adapting to the Premier League dumbfounded.

Many people are analyzing Chelsea's first league match. Ye Qiu arranged a 4321 lineup for this match. The goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the back line is Evra, Cannavaro, Terry and Maicon, the three midfielders are Edgar Davis, Makelele and Deco, the front players are Ronaldinho and Lampard, and the lone striker is Drogba.

Chelsea's lineup seems to be very tough, but the ability to create opportunities in the game is not weak. In the first league match against Liverpool, the Red Army, who played at home, only got 7 shooting opportunities, but Chelsea had 16 shots, more than twice as many as the opponent. Although only 2 goals were scored in the end, the pressure and control style of play shown by Chelsea was impressive, especially the suppression of Liverpool in the midfield and frontcourt.

A week later, back at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea ushered in the first home game of the season. This was also the first time the team appeared in front of Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge.

The starting lineup was still the same as the one against Liverpool a week ago, which made everyone understand that Ye Qiu didn't take the second round against Slina three days later seriously. He was trying to ensure the stability of the league start.

A typical Ye Qiu-style start, a typical fast-paced attacking tactic, and a typical offensive football!

Just 3 minutes into the game, Ronaldinho got the ball quickly from 30 meters away from the opponent after a Chelsea midfielder intercepted the ball. After dribbling past two players of the opponent, he suddenly kicked the ball at the top of the arc in front of the penalty area, facing the opponent's goalkeeper, and the ball hit the crossbar and went into the goal.

All Chelsea fans in the entire Stamford Bridge rushed out of their seats. At this moment, they were all shocked by the Brazilian's magical footwork. The long shot after passing two people went into the net. The whole process happened in the blink of an eye. Many people may not even see how the goal came, but this did not hinder their appreciation of Ronaldinho's goal.

1:0, Chelsea led Leicester City at the beginning of the game.

But just when everyone thought Chelsea would take a break after scoring the lead, Ye Qiu waved his hand on the sidelines and everyone pressed forward.

As a newly promoted team this season, Leicester City is not very strong. Their goal is to stay in the league. They should not have too much ambition in the away game at Stamford Bridge, but they tied Southampton in the first group match and almost reversed the game. This made Leicester City's ambition soar, and they even wanted to swallow Chelsea and become famous in one fell swoop.

This is also the practice of all dark horse teams. Through an inspiring victory, all the team members are completely united, from top to bottom, and then the dark horse's combat effectiveness is brought into play.

But Mickey Adams obviously overlooked one point. Ye Qiu was born as a dark horse. How could he let his opponent have the opportunity to become a dark horse from himself?

The lesson learned at the beginning was not enough to suppress Leicester City, so Chelsea pressed forward.

Mickey Adams and his team soon found out sadly that they could not get rid of Chelsea's control at all.

When the Blues pushed the entire defense across the midline and suppressed Leicester City in the half, they had no way to resist because they had to face the gap in strength and tactical mistakes.

On the contrary, Chelsea, because Leicester City wanted to have a dark horse feeling after the start, the defense was not very tight, allowing Chelsea to constantly create opportunities and threats.

In the 11th minute, Dutch wild boar Davis came all by himself. After intercepting the ball in the midfield, he made a two-on-one cooperation with Deco. The Portuguese international passed the ball diagonally in front of Davis. Although the Dutchman wore glasses, he rushed on the court with the posture of a wild boar sprinting, and broke through the midfield of Leicester City.

It was the front of the penalty area again, and another long shot, and once again penetrated Ian Walker's goal, 2:0!

The whole Stamford Bridge stadium went crazy again. From Ronaldinho to Edgar Davis, the two consecutive goals were very exciting, and both made the Blues fans see the team's desire to attack.

But before their excitement ended, Chelsea launched a wave of attacks on Leicester City. In the 17th minute, Maicon on the right quickly got the ball and passed it to the front of the penalty area. Drogba headed the ball, and Lampard rushed up quickly, stopped the ball with his chest, and went directly into the penalty area. Without waiting for the ball to land, he shot directly.

Ian Walker reacted, but failed to prevent Lampard's goal from going under his armpit and into the goal behind him!

The Blues' vice-captain excitedly rushed out of Leicester City's penalty area, raising his hands high along the way, like a big Y, accepting the cheers and applause from Chelsea fans in the stands.

3:0, Chelsea led their opponents by 3 goals in just 17 minutes after the start, and it can almost be said that they won the game in advance. This not only boosted the morale of the team, but also made all Chelsea fans who came to the scene excited.

But it was obvious that Ye Qiu seemed not satisfied with this score, and still gave the team instructions to continue attacking and keep the pressure, while Chelsea kept attacking Leicester City's goal, but unfortunately missed several opportunities.

With victory in hand, Ye Qiu gradually slowed down his offensive. It was not until the second half that Chelsea got the ball from Ronaldinho on the left and dribbled past the opponent's defender and cut inside. After Drogba pulled out the opponent's central defender, he passed the ball diagonally to the back post. Lampard inserted again and headed Ronaldinho's diagonal pass into the Leicester City goal, 4:0!

After that, Ye Qiu began to make substitutions. In his opinion, Leicester City had been suppressed by Chelsea for more than an hour and could no longer fight back. In the end, the game ended with 4:0, and Chelsea won two consecutive victories.

In the same round, Manchester United challenged Newcastle United away. Alan Shearer took the lead for Newcastle in the first half, and Manchester United did not equalize the score and reverse the opponent until the second half when Van Nistelrooy and Scholes equalized the score.

Although Manchester United introduced Cristiano Ronaldo this summer, with the departure of Beckham and Veron, Manchester United's entire midfield has completely lost its balance. Without Beckham's long pass dispatch, the team's offense will be curbed, and this game is the best example.

As Newcastle coach Bobby Robson said, Manchester United was able to reverse the score by luck.

But no matter what, Manchester United won the game and also won two consecutive games.

Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough away from home, also two consecutive wins. This is also the only three teams that have won two consecutive games since the start of the new Premier League season, while Chelsea climbed to the top of the league standings with 6 goals and zero goals conceded in two games.

Blackburn, which was extremely successful in the last round, was tied by Bolton away this round. Souness felt that the reason for the team's poor performance was lack of luck, but soon the media mocked that Souness not only lacked luck, but also lacked the ability to be the head coach of a strong team, because his team lost 2:3 to Manchester City at home in the third round.

Ye Qiu's Chelsea adjusted the schedule to participate in the second round of the Champions League qualifiers, so they started earlier than other teams, and finally defeated Birmingham 1:0 away, with Ronaldinho scoring the only goal.

This also made the Brazilian the darling of the Blues fans. Looking at his start of this season, his performance was very eye-catching. With sufficient physical strength, he had a large range of activities and was very active. No matter which side he went to, Lampard and Drogba would support him. Chelsea's frontcourt attack combination became the opponent's nightmare.

But Arsenal and Manchester United were also unambiguous and defeated their opponents. All three teams won three consecutive games, and no one wanted to fall behind.

In the second round of the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, Chelsea played at home and defeated Slina 4:0 with a semi-substitute lineup without suspense, and finally entered the group stage with a total score of 6:0.

Back in the Premier League, Chelsea ushered in Souness's Blackburn in the fourth round.

The English coach, who once had high expectations and coveted Abramovich's Chelsea coaching position, used an iron bucket-like tactic in the game, hoping to maintain his dignity at Stamford Bridge.

Yes, he no longer dared to hope to defeat Chelsea, and only wanted to retain his dignity.

But Ye Qiu always hated his previous attack on him, and he had to win this game for both public and private reasons.

As a result, the iron bucket formation that Souness was most proud of was broken by Chelsea in less than 1 minute after the start of the game, no, strictly speaking, only 51 seconds. Deco took the ball in the midfield and passed it directly, Ronaldinho dribbled the ball on the left and made a cross, and Lampard headed the ball in front of the goal, 1:0!

After that, Blackburn defended to the end, and Chelsea was not in a hurry, always maintaining offensive pressure on this team.

It was not until the second half that Van Persie, who replaced Drogba in the starting lineup, scored another goal for Chelsea in the opening attack.

In the 58th and 63rd minutes, Lampard and Deco respectively expanded the score for the team, and finally defeated Blackburn 4:0, winning four consecutive league victories and ushering in the best start in Chelsea's 100-year history!