Tong Yi was sitting in the tactical conference room of the Beckenham training base, looking at the information in his hands.
There is information about Chelsea.
Schwartz's magnetic voice said: "Chelsea has actually undergone tremendous changes this season. It can even be said to be a replacement of old and new players. The group of veterans who helped Chelsea win the Champions League last season have gradually withdrawn. The historical stage, such as Didier Drogba and others."
Tong Yi looked at the information and nodded slightly.
Campbell and others listened while flipping through the materials in their hands.
Schwartz continued: "In the new season, Chelsea's results under the leadership of Di Matteo are not ideal, but they are actually very good. After all, their club is changing, but Chelsea Chairman Abramovich Qi was obviously dissatisfied with the team's on-field performance, so after the 16th round of the Premier League, he fired the meritorious coach who led the team to the UEFA Champions League title."
hiss!
Campbell Vieri and others took a breath when they heard this.
Isn't this drama of flying birds and good bows going on too fast?
To be honest, Campbell feels unworthy of Di Matteo. After all, Di Matteo is a meritorious coach who led the team to win the first Champions League championship in the club's history, and his performance during the team's renewal period was not particularly bad. At this time, you should fire him. , isn’t it too impersonal?
Schmitz continued: "When Di Matteo was sacked, Chelsea were third in the Premier League with 29 points, 10 points behind Manchester United at the top of the league."
This gap is indeed quite large.
Although this does not declare that Chelsea will miss the Premier League championship this season, it is too difficult for Chelsea to win the championship.
Maybe Abramovich thinks it's ridiculous that the new Champions League champion can't even win a league title.
So he felt that Di Matteo was not capable enough, so he fired him directly.
Tong Yi said nothing and just continued to look at the information in question.
Schwartz looked at Tong Yi, and then continued: "A few days after firing Di Matteo, Chelsea officially announced their new head coach, and the Spaniard Benitez took over Chelsea."
Benitez is a guy who is called a master tactician!
He is also a meritorious head coach in England. He became a world-famous football godfather in Liverpool.
He led the team to win the Champions League, FA Cup, European Super Cup and Community Shield in Liverpool, but he never won the Premier League championship. Therefore, he is also called the King of Cups.
After he went to Italy, he never won the league championship.
But it is obvious that at this time, Abramovich is full of confidence in him.
Schwartz continued: "However, the results led by Benitez after taking office are not very ideal. His results in the Premier League are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and he has achieved 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the FA Cup and League Cup. With 1 victory and 1 win and 1 loss in the Club World Cup, Chelsea missed out on the Club World Cup championship.”
After hearing these words, Tong Yi knew that Benitez was not having a good time at Chelsea.
Now that Benitez has taken over Chelsea, he has led the team to play a total of 9 games and achieved 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, which seems to be a pretty good result. In fact, they lost in key games, especially the Club World Cup championship.
Although the Club World Cup seems like a piece of cake, it is very important to Chelsea and Chelsea fans.
Schwartz continued: "The loss of the Club World Cup made Chelsea fans very dissatisfied with Benitez. Many fans criticized him crazily, and even the London media also criticized him crazily. Benitez. Even every time they play at Stamford Bridge, the home Chelsea fans will hold up banners saying "Benitez go away for your Di Matteo". Even every 16 minutes of the game, they will Standing ovation in memory of Di Matteo."
hiss!
Campbell and the others thought that Benitez's life would be miserable, but they didn't expect it to be so miserable.
It seems that these Chelsea fans really don't like Benitez.
Tong Yi also raised an eyebrow, not expecting Benitez to be treated like this.
Schwartz continued: "In the 21st round of the Premier League that just ended, Chelsea lost 0-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers. This completely angered the Chelsea fans. The fans of the fans have begun to Publicly calling for Benitez to be fired!"
Campbell immediately said: "Doesn't that mean that Chelsea's recent situation is not very good, and it should be very chaotic internally, right? Could this be our opportunity?"
Vieri thought so too.
Since Benitez's situation is so bad, Chelsea players should also be dissatisfied with Benitez, right? Especially since Benitez also usurped the position of meritorious coach Di Matteo!
Benitez should be facing internal and external troubles at this time.
This should be a good opportunity for our Crystal Palace, right?
Tong Yi also looked up at Schwartz, who immediately said; "However, in the just-concluded third round of the FA Cup, Chelsea defeated Southampton 5-1 in an away game, and it still showed Showed some strength!"
Tong Yi understood what Schwartz meant.
It seems that Chelsea is not as chaotic as outside reports. It seems that the game between Crystal Palace and Chelsea will still be difficult. After all, they are Chelsea.
No matter how bad things are, they are also the Champions League champions and are currently ranked third in the Premier League.
Not to be underestimated.
Campbell took a breath and said: "Is this why a skinny camel is bigger than a horse? It seems that this game is still quite difficult for our Crystal Palace!"
Vieri didn't speak, just nodded.
Schwartz continued: "Now Chelsea fans are very dissatisfied with Benitez. They all think Abramovich will fire Benitez soon. After all, Abramovich really has It is common practice to fire famous coaches. In the past 9 years, Abramovich has fired 7 famous coaches!"
Campbell and Vieri nodded, they knew this.
This is indeed the case.
It is not possible that Abramovich directly fired Benitez.
After all, judging from the current situation, it is unrealistic for Benitez to lead Chelsea to the Premier League championship. Firstly, their own results cannot be guaranteed, and secondly, Manchester United is too strong this season, and almost no team can compete with it.
As long as Manchester United does not make particularly serious mistakes in the later games of this season, the Premier League championship this season will definitely belong to Manchester United.
Tong Yi shook his head slightly and said: "I think it is unlikely that Abramovich will be able to fire Benitez at this time. After all, this is the coach he introduced with a lot of money. And from recent media reports in London, we can It can be seen that Abramovich still has great trust in Benitez."
Campbell also nodded immediately, indicating that this was the case.
Recently, some media in London really reported the news that Abramovich supported Benitez. In the report, Abramovich not only supported Benitez, but also called on Chelsea fans to give Benitez more time.
It can be seen that Abramovich still values Benitez very much.
Tong Yi looked at Schwartz and immediately asked: "How is the situation inside Chelsea? What I deserve is the players!"
Schwartz immediately played the video data he collected, and everyone at the scene immediately turned to look at the projection screen and started watching seriously.
Schwartz immediately said: "From the information I collected and what was reflected in the Chelsea game, the Chelsea players did not have much resistance to Benitez. On the contrary, they were very supportive. Look..."
Tong Yi and others watched the video carefully.
Sure enough, as Schwartz said, Chelsea players still support Benitez very much, they are all very cooperative, and they are also very active in their efforts.
Campbell raised his eyebrows and said: "It seems that I really have two skills to win the Champions League!"
Vieri also nodded slightly in agreement.
He said: "It seems that Benitez has integrated Chelsea very well!"
Schwartz immediately shook his head and said: "Not necessarily! In fact, some Chelsea players are still very resistant to Benitez's employment, especially when he reuses his former favorite Torres!"
Everyone looked at Schwartz, then turned to look at the video.
Schwartz said: "After Torres moved from Liverpool to Chelsea, his injuries often recurred. Moreover, after his return, his physical fitness declined very sharply, and his condition was not as good as before. It can be said that his performance at Stamford Bridge was simply outstanding. It was a disaster, but after Benitez came to Chelsea, Torres was the unstoppable main force and wasted opportunities crazily on the court, but Benitez still supported Torres."
Campbell immediately said: "You mean this caused dissatisfaction among the other Chelsea players, especially the forward players?"
Schwartz said: "Not just the forward players, but also the players in the midfield who deliver ammunition to Torres!"
Campbell and Vieri nodded immediately, indicating that they understood.
It seems that Benitez's current situation at Chelsea is really embarrassing!
Campbell immediately turned to look at Tong Yi and said: "Boss, if that's the case, I think we have a chance at Crystal Palace in this game."
Vieri thinks so too.
Tong Yi also nodded, then looked at Schwartz and asked: "Through your comprehensive analysis of data, what do you think Chelsea's starting lineup will be like in this game?"
Schwartz immediately handed the prepared information to Tong Yi, who looked at it and distributed it to the members of the coaching staff. Tong Yi immediately said: "Carefully study this starting lineup, then comprehensively analyze the information submitted by Schwartz, study the weaknesses of this lineup, and make some targeted tactics, do you understand?"
Campbell and the others immediately shouted: "Got it!"
Then, Tong Yi's coaching staff began to get busy, making final preparations for the game against Chelsea.
To be honest, Tong Yi also knows very well that Chelsea is very strong, but he also believes that Crystal Palace may not have no chance of winning. The best thing is to prevent Chelsea from getting away goals in this game. In this case, when the two sides go to Stamford Bridge in the second round, the initiative will be in the hands of Crystal Palace!
