Chapter 62: For the next month, my rules are the rules

Chapter 62: For the next month, my rules are the rules

Chapter 62: For the next month, my rules are the rules

Li Chen will serve as England's interim head coach during the Qatar World Cup, which has quickly become a hot topic among fans around the world.

For England's fans, they feel more relieved than doubtful at this moment.

There were even quite a few English football fans who praised the efficiency of the English Football Association.

It is believed that the English Football Association has invited the most suitable head coach to take over the national team temporarily under such circumstances.

When it comes to the ability to temporarily form a team according to the situation, Ancelotti is definitely better than Li Chen, but he also has a lot of things to deal with with Real Madrid.

The same goes for Mourinho, who is suitable for leading the team in cup competitions.

Both of the two famous football head coaches are old and really don’t have the energy to be distracted by part-time jobs.

In comparison, Li Chen, who possesses the excellent qualities of both head coaches and is young and energetic enough, naturally becomes the more suitable one.

However, compared with the optimistic English fans at this time, many English players who had been firmly in the starting position under Southgate became nervous.

Foden and Bellingham are the most nervous, because Li Chen is most likely going to promote Madison to the core position of midfield.

Regardless of whether Madison plays as a central midfielder or a winger, first of all, he will replace a central midfielder in the starting lineup, and secondly, he will get more ball possession.

This forces Foden and Bellingham to think more.

But players like Maguire, Luke Shaw, Trippier, Rashford, who have played or are currently playing under Li Chen, naturally feel much more relaxed.

They are very familiar with Brother Chen's methods of employing people, and they are not worried at all about lacking playing time and opportunities.

And there are only a little over two weeks left until the World Cup starts.

In this situation, if Li Chen wants to lead the team to achieve results after taking office, even if he cannot absolutely appoint people based on personal connections, he must at least employ most of the players he is familiar with.

So for them, Li Chen's appointment will only further consolidate their position in the team. Of course, they also expect to have a good performance under Li Chen.

Madison has been in a very good mood recently.

Because after the English Football Association officially announced that he would temporarily serve as the head coach of the England national team, Li Chen called Madison as soon as possible.

There is nothing to be pretentious or cover up. Now all fans know that Madison is Li Chen's direct descendant.

No matter how he uses other midfielders, Madison will definitely occupy a starting position.

In this situation, Li Chen naturally chose to give Madison a reassurance first, so that this kid could perform steadily.

Secondly, Li Chen called each of his "old generals" to express his condolences.

Just like he did when he took over at Manchester United.

Kane, Luke Shaw, Rice, Maguire and others who had been promised his main position and tactical status all expressed that they would resolutely implement his new tactics.

Although they don't know what tactics Li Chen will implement in the England national team, these players all believe that Li Chen will give them room to play.

The main idea is to believe first, then believe.

Li Chen didn't care what some of the English players who he had not promised a starting position thought.

After winning over the core players of the England national team, he turned his attention to finishing the first half of the league.

On the afternoon of November 11th, Newcastle set off on an away trip to challenge Southampton, who is still struggling in the relegation zone.

After Southampton was forced to sell Ward-Prowse due to the club's financial crisis in the summer window, they did not make corresponding reinforcements.

This also caused their team's performance in the new season to struggle even more than the same period last season.

At this time last season they were still ranked 16th in the league, but now they are deep in the relegation zone and can't get out.

The record of only two wins in the last ten league games has made Southampton's players increasingly lacking in confidence.

However, to be on the safe side, Li Chen did not choose the tactic of launching a massive siege at the beginning of today's game.

As the saying goes, the army that mourns will win.

Even though Southampton doesn't seem to have the guts to rebel, who would dare to bet on the state of a relegation team in the Premier League?

Li Chen directly arranged a classic 4231 starting formation.

However, Madison did not play on the wing today. Instead, Li Chen put him in his old position as an attacking midfielder.

The reporters on the sidelines who saw Li Chen's deployment of the troops started talking about whether Li Chen should test Madison's condition as a central midfielder in advance.

The smart Madison naturally thought of this and played very actively in the game.

Just in the sixth minute of the first half, he made a penetrating pass in a quick offensive, helping Joelinton, who played as a right midfielder today, get a half-solo opportunity!

Joelinton was not greedy for credit, and decisively passed the ball to the back of Southampton's penalty area, where Ronaldo followed up and easily shot into the goal.

Thanks to Maddison's outstanding performance, Newcastle broke the stalemate of the game very early, forcing Southampton to spread out their formation and try more attacks.

Ronaldo was in hot form today and after scoring the first goal, he took the ball several times and shot directly from new angles.

In the first twenty minutes of the first half, Ronaldo had completed five shots, four of which were on target, and two of his powerful shots caused Southampton goalkeeper Bazunu to miss the saves.

Havertz smelled an opportunity and successfully "picked up the leak" through diligent running in the 31st minute of the first half!
His follow-up shot also helped Ronaldo add a Premier League assist record.

It was not until the 73rd minute of the second half that Madison assisted Guimarães and scored.

At the end of the game, Madison, who returned to the attacking midfielder position, only had one assist.

But his outstanding performance on the court cannot be measured by superficial data.

With the all-round protection of Palinha and Guimaraes, Maddison almost perfectly supported Newcastle's frontcourt rotation offensive system.

He was also officially selected as the best player of the game after the game and received high recognition from various sports media.

However, Li Chen's test of Madison did not continue.

In the League Cup match on November 11, he rotated a lot of main players, including Madison who got a chance to rest.

Facing Crystal Palace, which played 343, Li Chen also deployed a corresponding 343 starting formation at home.

However, unlike the previous game where the main purpose was to break down Tottenham's wing defense by playing 352, this time Li Chen played 343 in order to suppress Crystal Palace's midfield first.

Wilson, Chris Wood and Willock formed Newcastle's forward trio today.

The central midfield is occupied by Longstaff and Ward-Prowse, with Dan Burn on the left and Elanga on the right.

The three central defenders are Van der Ven, Gvardiol and Ramos. The starting goalkeeper is Rudy.

The double defensive midfielder combination of Longstaff and Ward-Prowse is less famous, but their actual performance is just as good.

The two players' coverage of the middle was very effective, and Longstaff's lateral movement and Ward-Prowse's long pass smoothly promoted Newcastle's overall attack.

Chris Wood relied on his stronger static confrontation ability to defeat Crystal Palace center back Tomkinson.

In the 26th minute of the first half, it was he who received Ward-Prowse's counterattack long pass and successfully transferred the ball to the right, allowing Elanga to quickly pass Mitchell and enter the Crystal Palace defense!

Facing the attacking Crystal Palace left center back Guei, Elanga chose to calmly dribble the ball vertically to the bottom!

After leaving Guy half a body length away, he chose to pass the ball back with an inverted triangle.

Wilson nimbly inserted himself into the space in the middle of the penalty area left by Collingwood's forward run, and a smooth shot helped Newcastle score the first goal!

Crystal Palace then chose to shrink its formation and did not give Newcastle the opportunity to quickly expand their lead.

But as time went on, Crystal Palace, which was one goal behind, gradually lost its composure and began to try to press.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Gvardiol's bold dribbling forward helped Newcastle get a free kick opportunity in a very good position in the frontcourt.

Ward-Prowse stood firmly in front of the free kick, and more than ten seconds later, he used a wonderful crescent-shaped scimitar to help the team secure the victory!
Crystal Palace tried to fight back after that, but they didn't have much time left in the game.

In the end, Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home and advanced to the fourth round of this season's League Cup.

Three days later, Newcastle faced the challenge of Chelsea at home.

This should have been a focus match that attracted much attention from fans.

But as the honeymoon period after Potter took over from Tuchel has passed, Chelsea has now fallen into a vortex of poor performance.

In the past four league games, they have only achieved two draws and two losses, and in the just-concluded League Cup, they were eliminated by Manchester City.

When all the praise faded, Porter had to face his current dire situation.

It is obvious that Chelsea's new boss is not a very patient person.

They can be more patient with their players' trial and error, but their attitude towards the head coach is the same as Abramovich's: their patience is very limited.

Chelsea, who was forced to take the initiative to attack due to public opinion, now has only a rusty dagger in their hands.

Injuries to Chilwell and Reece James have made it difficult for Chelsea's wings to take off.

The abandonment of Aubameyang and Ziyech has downgraded Chelsea's front trident to "Broja + Mount + Gallagher".

It was simply a trio with constipated offense. The most prominent feature was that none of the guys could score a goal, forcing the team to go backwards in the backcourt.

Unfortunately, the absence of Kante and Thiago Silva made it difficult for Chelsea to reverse.

The double defensive midfielder partnership of Kovacic and Jorginho could not stop the successive attacks of Joelinton and Guimaraes, and the Chelsea defense line left behind by Chalobah made frequent mistakes.

Compared with Southampton and Crystal Palace, Chelsea's resistance and will were stronger, but they could not escape the result of being penetrated by Newcastle before halftime.

Li Chen commanded his team to attack Chelsea's center.

No matter how well Koulibaly performed on the defensive line today, he couldn't stop Newcastle's frequent head-on attacks!

Newcastle finally scored with a follow-up shot by Joelinton in the chaos.

With the tactics working, Li Chen also chose to launch a strong attack in the second half of the game, but Newcastle's luck in scoring goals today was not as good as in previous games.

Ronaldo's header hitting the post and Maddison's shot were barely close enough to prevent Newcastle from widening the gap with Chelsea in the game.

However, Chelsea, whose offense was constipated today, also failed to seize the opportunity to get a draw. They eventually lost 0-1 away from home.

Newcastle finally ended the first half of this special season with an unbeaten record of 14 wins, 1 draw and 43 points (with a bye in the seventh round).

They also successfully consolidated their position at the top of the league.

Currently ranked second is Arsenal with 2 wins, 13 losses and 2 points.

第3名的则是12胜2平1负积38分的曼城。

Tottenham, Brighton and Liverpool are currently ranked 4th to 6th in the league, with 30, 28 and 27 points respectively.

It is not difficult to see from here that many strong teams in the Premier League have fallen into turbulent performance this season.

Manchester City seems to have lost the fierce start of previous seasons and has become somewhat "unstable".

As a result, the battle for the league title this season seems to be between the unbeaten Newcastle and Arsenal, who are currently narrowly closing in on the points gap.

Such a situation was indeed not anticipated by fans before the start of the season.

It can only be said that Arteta gave the media a big surprise, and Li Chen once again refreshed the fans' perception of the abilities of an excellent young coach.

However, compared with other Premier League head coaches, Li Chen can no longer enjoy a wonderful vacation lasting more than a month.

After temporarily ending the league journey, Li Chen and some of his assistants moved into the St. George's Park training base.

He only had three days to lead the England national team in preparation for the match in England.

During these three days, Li Chen was not in a hurry to rectify discipline or reshape the tactical structure.

In addition to physical training, he kept talking to the British national team players one by one.

After temporarily suspending Southgate's assistant coach Holland, Li Chen successfully recruited Ben White, who had a conflict with him, into the England national team.

On the evening of November 11, all members of the England national team arrived in Qatar and checked into their hotel near Doha.

They will also prepare for the first game in a training camp rented in Doha in advance.

The next morning, the English players, who had successfully completed the first day of collective rest, gathered in the training camp on time.

After Li Chen asked Carrick to reiterate the disciplinary clauses that every member of the England national team must follow during this World Cup, he walked in front of more than 20 players with his hands behind his back.

“We will spend the next month together and I will give you a fair chance to compete. Whoever can meet my tactical requirements on the training ground will be the starter.

Today, in addition to remembering the disciplinary rules, you only need to remember one sentence.

In the next month, my rules are the biggest rules!"

(End of this chapter)