During this time, Cancelo felt that the pressure on his side was increasing. From the 15th minute onwards, Sevilla continued to increase their offensive intensity on their right, which was Chelsea's left where Cancelo was guarding.
Spanish winger Reyes began to get opportunities to get the ball, and every time he got the ball, Cancelo dealt with it carefully as if he was facing a powerful enemy.
This Spanish international, who has left his footprints in Arsenal, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and other giants, is still making breakthroughs very quickly even though he is 32 years old this year.
Moreover, his passing skills, vision and imagination are outstanding. It seems that he can see through Chelsea's defense every time he moves; and every time he receives the ball, no matter whether the opponent passes it well or badly, he can always pass the ball. Stop firmly.
The summary is that he is a typical Spanish technical player. If he has any shortcomings, it is his lack of shooting ability.
Throughout Reyes' career, he has never been known as a prolific shooter.
What he does more in the game is break through and pass instead of cutting in and shooting directly. Cancelo had already received Reyes' technical report from assistant coaches such as Pan Yi and Arteta before the game, and of course he knew this characteristic of his opponent.
Therefore, he will also deliberately guard Reyes' forward movement in defense and force him to use his weak foot-that is, his right foot to shoot.
If a winger who is not good at shooting uses his weak foot to shoot, the effect can be imagined. However, after Reyes missed two consecutive shots, he seemed to have changed.
After 30 minutes, when Sevilla was attacking, Reyes did not move forward along the wing, but frequently moved closer to the center.
Cancelo could only follow him to the center, standing on the line at the front of the penalty area, always ready to step forward and close up to defend.
At this time, the ball passed through Banega's dribbling from the left and passed to the right side of the top of the arc in the penalty area, at the feet of Reyes.
As soon as the Spaniard received the ball, Cancelo immediately leaned forward. But he is fast, Reyes is faster than him.
This agile winger, who is only 175cm tall, dunked the ball and turned into the penalty area.
Cancelo was surprised. He didn't expect Reyes to turn around so quickly, but he immediately reacted and got stuck on the inside of Reyes, preventing him from facing the goal directly.
Because Reyes is taking the ball with his left foot at this time, it will be very dangerous if he shoots!
But Reyes wasn't ready to shoot either. He suddenly accelerated and sprinted forward with the ball. Cancelo followed suit immediately, but what he didn't expect was that after Reyes caught up with the ball, he kicked the ball forward again. Accelerate, become faster.
This frightened Cancelo and he chased after him desperately. But even if Cancelo caught up at the fastest speed, he was still thrown away by Reyes. Then, just as he got out of a small space, he passed the ball with his right foot in front of the small penalty area. With one sweep, he passed the ball into the penalty area.
French striker Gameiro in the middle was like a whirlwind, rushing in from behind with lightning speed.
Before Courtois could strike, he stabbed the ball hard into Chelsea's goal.
1:0, Sevilla takes the lead! And the whole process of scoring a goal happened in the blink of an eye.
Cancelo doubted his eyes. He couldn't even imagine that Reyes could pick up speed again in the middle of the sprint. In other words, he still had some energy left when he started.
Oh my God, is this a 32-year-old veteran? ? ? Cancelo couldn't accept it. He was eaten by Reyes in a one-on-one confrontation. He felt that he was being played by Reyes.
What made him even more uncomfortable was that before the game, Pan Yi repeatedly told him to guard Reyes, but he still made a fatal mistake - maybe it was not a fatal mistake in the strict sense, but he was definitely responsible for losing the ball. He will carry it.
At this time, there was a burst of crazy cheers from the entire stadium. All the Sevilla fans who came to the scene were exclaiming Gameiro's goal and Reyes' breakthrough.
Sevilla's players celebrated loudly, and coach Emery raised his arms high on the sidelines and clapped vigorously.
This is definitely a wonderful manifestation of Reyes' personal strength, and it is also the effect of Emery's changes on the field.
It was precisely because he quickly changed his strategy to attack Chelsea's relatively weak left defense that he scored this goal!
Emery walked to the sidelines with a smile, high-fived the players who ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and congratulated Gameiro, the hero of the goal, and Reyes, who provided a beautiful assist.
When he returned to the coaching area, he did not forget to turn his head and glance at Pan Yi. Pan Yi, on the other hand, had his arms crossed and no expression of frustration on his face.
Pan Yi was actually a little surprised at this conceding goal. I didn’t expect that at his age, Reyes still has plenty of gas in the tank!
This reminded him of another famous Spanish winger, Joaquin. This guy who performed well in the 2002 World Cup is older this year, already 34 years old, and is now playing for Real Betis.
What is unexpected is that Joaquin can continue to play like this until the age of 42 without retiring... You know, the position of winger is still not as good as goalkeeper, defender, or even center.
Wingers need breakthroughs, speed, and physical fitness, so the average winger's career will not be too long, or he will have to change his position or play style in the later stages.
But Joaquin has played for so long and even helped Real Betis win the Copa del Rey. Perhaps, Spaniards have a tradition of longevity when they play wingers?
Well, this may not be considered a general example. After all, Vincent, another Spanish wing who flew with Joaquin, retired in 2011 due to too many injuries.
In short, Reyes is still very strong, and Sevilla cannot be underestimated! At this time, Pan Yi seemed to feel Emery's eyes and looked towards the coaching bench on the other side.
The two looked at each other, and Emery smiled slightly, obviously a little proud. And Pan Yi also smiled back, it was only one goal, no big deal.
Are there too many games where I am behind someone and then catch up later? And his smile actually made Emery a little nervous.
Because Emery also thought of Pan Yi's previous reversal games! So, he quickly walked to the court again, clapped his hands vigorously to signal the players not to get too excited and pay attention to Chelsea's counterattack.
The main reason is that the period after a goal is often the most vulnerable moment for the defense. Players can easily become slack due to the surprise brought by the goal, so it must be paid attention to.
Especially... when your opponent is Chelsea. -----------------really.
Just 5 minutes after the goal, Sevilla made a mistake. After Banega got the ball, he was immediately entangled by Goretzka, and he wanted to pass the ball to Reyes on the side, but when he passed the ball, he accidentally passed it with a little less force.
Although Reyes also grabbed the ball before Matic and directly passed the ball back to Banega, Lukaku suddenly returned from the frontcourt, jumped out from behind, and gave the ball to Kanter with a sliding tackle.
Kanter didn't wait for the ball to stop and directly passed the ball to the left. Harry Kane, who crossed over from the other side, struggled to catch up and finally caught up with the ball on the left side of the penalty area.
But Cork returned to defense very quickly and got directly behind Harry Kane, forcing the British star to the sideline.
Sevilla center back Rami immediately stepped forward to attack from both sides, while Corychowiak stood in the penalty area, ready to rush to help at any time.
After Harry Kane protected the ball with his back to the penalty area, before Lamy and Koke could form a double attack, he suddenly made a fake move, deceived Lamy, and took the ball to the baseline.
Cork and Lamy caught up behind him at the same time, Lamy even rushed to the bottom line, and Corychowiak also intercepted immediately.
The intentions of the three defensive players are obvious. I'll block your passage into the penalty area. You can just take me out of the baseline yourself.
But this time Harry Kane's ability to protect and dribble the ball is reflected. He first made a sudden stop, fooling Lamy into thinking he was about to make a pass. He was so frightened that he quickly stopped and turned around to block it.
At this moment, Korychowiak and Koke were still waiting for Lamy to seal it, but Kane had already caught the gap between Lamy and the baseline, poked the ball into the penalty area, and turned the ball by himself. Get out of the baseline and catch up quickly.
Three Sevilla defensive players surrounded Harry Kane at the same time, but even so, Kane still took advantage of a little hesitation in the cooperation of the three and just took the ball from the three-man double-team. come out.
At this time, Beto could only block Harry Kane's shooting angle by blocking the left post. Tremolinas and Koke could no longer care about anyone else and pounced directly on him.
But as soon as Harry Kane caught up with the ball, he passed it back from the baseline. Goretzka, who quickly followed up in the middle, directly faced the ball and made a natural push, sending the ball into Sevilla's goal.
1:1!
“goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!”
"God, this is Harry Kane, this is England's hope! Although he is definitely not fast, he still uses the change of rhythm at his feet to pass three Sevilla defensive players in one breath, and then passes back to Goretzka came in from behind and scored a fantastic goal."
"At the same time, this is also a direct connection between Chelsea's two new signings in the summer window. Goretzka performed very well from his defense of Reyes from the beginning to his timely shot! At least judging from this goal , Pan Yi’s operation this summer will definitely receive high marks!”
"One to one, both sides are back on the same starting line."
"The first half is about to end. This goal is undoubtedly a great morale booster for Chelsea."
"This goal was very valuable, it allowed Chelsea to tie the score and made the second half more difficult for Sevilla."
"After all, when facing the powerful Chelsea, it is really important to take the lead, so that maybe we can firmly implement Emery's defensive counterattack tactics."
"But now it's a draw, what decision will Emery make?" After the one-to-one equalizer, all the Chelsea fans sitting in the stadium were in a panic.
At that moment, Pan Yi on the sidelines jumped up from the ground, clenched his fists, and shouted.
The whole audience cheered, but Pan Yi turned his head, glanced at Emery, and smiled provocatively.
right? It's really nothing to let you score the first goal... ------------------The half-time whistle blew soon.
In the Sevilla dressing room, Emery's mind is a bit messed up. Everyone knows that Pan Yi is best at striking from behind, otherwise there would be no
"Pan Yi time" is the saying. Therefore Emery also knows that after failing to lead in the first half, the second half will be more difficult than the first.
How will Pan Yi prepare to play the second half? Emery isn't sure. Because Pan Yi can be said to be the most elusive head coach in the world, and he often makes strange moves.
Apart from anything else, Chelsea won the Premier League and Champions League championships so easily with 3-4-3 last season, but this season in order for Kane and Lukaku to coexist, he just waved his hand and changed the main formation to Got 3-5-2.
Is this something that an average coach can do? You know, the more winning the formation and lineup are, the less willing the team's head coach is to modify it.
Well, from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-3 to 3-5-2, Pan Yi will promote a new formation almost every season, but it does not seem to have much impact. Until he wins...is this a true tactical genius?
However, although Emery cannot be sure how Pan Yi will play, he can be sure of one thing, that is, Pan Yi will definitely attack and strive for goals.
Defending for a draw or something has never been Pan Yi's football philosophy. In this case, Sevilla still needs to defend well first, especially the defense in the midfield, and then wait until Pan Yi's plan is clear.
After all, Chelsea still has a relatively large advantage in the midfield. If Chelsea continues to suppress the midfield like this, it will be difficult for Sevilla's offense to be effective, and it will even be easier for opponents to seize the opportunity to counterattack.
"Reyes, I need you to retreat more in the second half and support the midfield." Emery looked at Reyes.
Reyes nodded: "I understand." Looking at the Sevilla team, there are two offensive players with the best ability to advance the ball, namely Banega and Reyes.
But in this game, Banega was taken care of by many Chelsea players in turn, and his performance was somewhat unsatisfactory. The performance of the attacking four in the midfield and frontcourt was also not as good as before. Therefore, the strategy given by Emery was Reye Si retracement.
With Reyes' strength, he believes that he will be able to solve the problem of disconnection between the team's midfield and frontcourt.
"I hope everyone can keep in mind that what we are facing is Chelsea, the Premier League giant, and Pan Yi's team." Emery emphasized the latter title.
Obviously, in his mind, the latter has more weight than the former.
"We have to recover from the goal we conceded at the end of the first half and focus on the second half."
"I believe that at this moment, in their locker room, Pan Yi must be actively planning strategies and tactics for the second half, racking his brains to score our goal again."
"I don't have too many demands on you. I just hope that you can stick to your own ideas, stay calm and patient, focus on stability, and don't make mistakes easily. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" the players responded in unison. ------------------
"Sevilla is indeed a difficult team to deal with." In the Chelsea locker room, Pan Yi was also mobilizing the players for the last time before playing in the second half.
"It's just that in the first half, although they didn't fall behind, they didn't play well."
"I have studied Emery's usual tactics. When he finds that he has poor control in the midfield, he will find ways to straighten out this link."
"And he often makes two choices, either letting Cork go up or letting Reyes withdraw."
"And because he is very afraid of our attacking power, he should not let the full-back come forward again. Then Reyes will retreat." Then Pan Yi looked at Cancelo and comforted him first: " You performed very well in the first half. The goal you conceded had nothing to do with you. All of us understand you." When he saw that Cancelo's expression was not so frustrated, Pan Yi warned again: "But you must remember Stay, if Reyes withdraws, you follow up, but if Cork advances, you abandon Reyes and follow Cork." Cancelo nodded heavily, and the fists in his palms clenched involuntarily.
Pan Yi smiled. He knew that Cancelo had already held his breath and wanted to show off! In fact, Cancelo is a very emotional player.
When he is in high spirits, he can get whatever he wants on the court, and he can be said to be possessed by the world's best player. But if he is hit by something, he may wither and wilt again, even if he takes the little blue pill.
This is why Pan Yi has always trusted Marcos Alonso more and is more willing to give him the main position of left midfielder.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Cancelo is still young. Maybe it will be better after he plays more games.
Because of this, Pan Yi encouraged Cancelo more. On the one hand, this will prevent his negative emotions from affecting other people, and on the other hand, it can also stimulate Cancelo's fighting spirit and help him cheer up again!
Then Pan Yi looked at Goretzka again: "You were very successful in guarding Banega in the first half. You have to continue to work hard in the second half to see if you can make him make another mistake." This is where Goretzka comes in handy. He can run and defend without hesitation, and he can be a ball-grabbing machine faithfully.
At this point, whether it is Hazard, Gnabry, Lingard and others, they are all worse.
"Because we want to get a head start in the second half! While they adjust their tactics and have not yet gained a solid footing, we directly press them into the half and start pressing with the highest intensity, forcing them to make mistakes!"
"This early start may last 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or it may be over after you score in five minutes. Anyway, it depends on the situation."
"But you are not allowed to stop until I call it stop! Do you understand?" When he said the last sentence, Pan Yi looked around, that is, at all the players.
Everyone also responded loudly: "Understood!" ------------------The game restarted in the second half.
Sevilla took the lead but Chelsea pressed heavily from the start. Whether it was two forwards, five midfielders, or even Van Dijk among the three central defenders, they all pressed directly behind the center line to press and attack.
Emery expected that Chelsea would become more proactive, but what they did not expect was that Chelsea's counterattack would come so early and come so fiercely.
He suddenly felt something was wrong. It's not that he understood Chelsea's tricks, but he knew... Pan Yi must have a trick!
This doesn't smell right! But before Emery could think of a good way to deal with it, something went wrong on the field.
Since Chelsea accelerated the pace of the game and fought fiercely, it was difficult for most of Sevilla's players to control the ball, so they could only hand it over to core Banega.
But as soon as Banega gets the ball, Goretzka will pounce on him immediately, and Matic and Kanter will also assist, ready to steal the ball at any time.
This prevented Sevilla's offense from reaching the halfway line of the half, and at the same time, it also made Sevilla full of dangers inside and outside the penalty area.
Especially the left winger Cancelo, who was very active at the beginning of the second half and frequently took the ball to create threats.
Just in the 47th minute of the second half, he took advantage of a cooperation between the left wing and Matic in the center and suddenly went down to the baseline to cross.
It's just that this pass was blocked by Lamy, who was very focused in the penalty area, and turned into a corner kick.
When the corner kick was taken, chaos broke out in the penalty area. Under the cover of his teammates, Van Dijk once again stepped in and grabbed the spot, which was almost the same as the one at the beginning of the first half.
Only this time, Van Dijk finally corrected his position! The ball also entered Sevilla's goal without any bias.
The ball went in again! ! Chelsea overtook the score! Pan Yi on the sidelines glanced in Emery's direction again.
But this time Emery just stared blankly at the field without turning his head. Perhaps he could guess that Pan Yi was looking at him now?
