Chapter 234 Tintin’s debut

Hazard has performed very well in Chelsea's first two games of the new season.

In the first league game, which was also his debut in the Premier League, Ivanovic scored with an assist within five minutes of the opening. After the game, Hazard also scored the highest score in the game with a score of 8.5 points.

Best player.

In the second game, his debut at Stamford Bridge, Hazard even gave a passing and shooting performance.

Chelsea won the two games 2-0 cleanly, and Hazard scored three goals, immediately becoming a hot new star in the Premier League.

Although he has completed the transformation from a new star to a star in Ligue 1, in the Premier League, he has obviously received more attention. Even though he can only be regarded as a new star in the Premier League now, there are more people discussing him than he did in Ligue 1.

It will take several times more time.

He is definitely a "dangerous person" that Sheffield United should be wary of when they play against Chelsea, and he is also a player that Speed ​​will never forget.

Unlike De Bruyne, who Li Mo clamored to buy, Hazard was hailed as one of the best players in the new generation of football when he was in Ligue 1.

Less than a month after Sheffield United was acquired by several Chinese giants, Speed ​​asked the transfer department to contact Lille.

At that time, his first choice for signing on the wing was Bale, and his second choice was Hazard. However, by mid-June, Hazard had almost reached a personal agreement with Chelsea.

Faced with this situation, Speed ​​just hesitated for a moment, and then chose to give up.

Because this is not a matter of money.

The first is that Chelsea only succeeded in winning the Champions League in the past summer, so its appeal to players is definitely greater than that of Sheffield United.

On the other hand, the two clubs have a good relationship. If it makes someone unhappy because of a player, it is really not worth the gain.

Without Hazard, Sheffield United can still choose other players, but if Chelsea is disgusted, let alone De Bruyne, who Li Mo clamored to buy, will want to choose outstanding players from the "taxi" army in the future.

There is no need to count on players being bought out.

Then Matic and Bertrand were both acquired from Chelsea. Although Bertrand is back now, didn't Matic succeed in picking up the leaks? How delicious!

So although he was very reluctant to part with it, Speed ​​still had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​introducing Hazard.

Faced with a tree and a forest, he finally chose the forest planted by Chelsea, ahem

However, in this matter, although Sheffield United gave in to Chelsea, it was not completely without benefits.

After cultivating Bertrand, Sheffield United took the initiative to withdraw from the Hazard transfer war, which made the big brother Chelsea very satisfied. Therefore, although De Bruyne's loan transfer was said to be stuck,

There was a clause, but the players were still sent over readily.

Speed ​​didn't know much about De Bruyne before, because this was not a player on his list of concerns. He chose to introduce him purely because he believed in Li Mo's vision.

But in the final stage of summer training and subsequent friendly matches, De Bruyne's performance quickly attracted Speed's attention.

De Bruyne, who has been training at Genk in Belgium for several years and has played as a winger, full midfielder and attacking midfielder, is actually in line with Speed's recruitment ideas.

Versatility in the frontcourt and excellent passing options.

In particular, Speed ​​was immediately impressed by the diagonal long pass he sent after pulling wide and the threatening through pass.

Of course, De Bruyne has many shortcomings. Under the observation of the Sheffield United coaching team, De Bruyne is currently unable to get a starting position at Sheffield United.

After all, although his speed is not bad, and his shooting and threatening passes from the wing are not bad, his style is too "rough".

The minor skills are rough, the rhythm of passing and receiving is relatively slow, and the current physical confrontation ability also needs more practice.

Moreover, his absolute core position in Genk makes his current style of play very much in need of the ball.

Whether it is organization and scheduling, or attacking with the ball, De Bruyne is a player who needs a lot of ball rights and needs to be the absolute core to fully display his characteristics.

Sheffield United is about to produce results this season. It will not and cannot be possible for De Bruyne to replace Drinkwater as the core of the organization. Unless Speed ​​has a brain, he will do such an incredible thing.

Things come up.

But even though De Bruyne still has a lot of shortcomings, Speed ​​is determined to keep the Belgian boy.

Because this is a piece of rough jade, no matter how many impurities are wrapped around it, it still cannot cover up the luminous points on its body.

If your health is not good, practice! There is a problem with the rhythm of playing, change it! If you need the ball, then set up specific tactics and let him play a fixed role in the team first. If it is organized, he will not be needed. He can be the first pass or a threat.

Just pass the ball.

Anyway, he is only 21 years old, so he can correct his shortcomings slowly. At least in De Bruyne's wonderful threatening passes, Speed ​​has seen the infinite possibilities in him.

Sheffield United's coaching team is busy again.

However, their previous experience in coaching Vardy, Drinkwater and Matic allowed them to get started with De Bruyne quickly.

In the two games of the new season, De Bruyne didn't even make the 18-man roster, but the battles put in by the coaching team left him with no complaints at all.

This level of attention is already visible to the naked eye.

After all, which club would use several coaches to supervise a player who doesn't take it seriously, and watch training videos over and over again every day to correct rhythm errors?

Speed ​​also asked Joaquin to take time out to teach De Bruyne more every day. This is equivalent to finding a master to impart court experience to young talents.

With substantial and rigorous training, De Bruyne's confrontational ability has improved quite well. The most important thing is that he is smart enough. Although some of his current playing habits cannot be changed, after Speed ​​​​sets him up

Within the set tactical framework, he adapted quickly.

So before the game against Chelsea, Speed ​​and the coaching team made a bold decision after studying it for several days.

They want to send De Bruyne to start!

This decision made De Bruyne feel a little dizzy during the last two days of training before the game.

Although it is said that the coaching staff finalized the final style of play in order to curb Chelsea's dual-core offensive tactics, and he played only because his characteristics are suitable, De Bruyne still feels that all this is too dreamy.

Before this, he had not even made the squad. Suddenly he was asked to start in an important game against Chelsea, which really made him feel surprised and nervous.

However, in the final tactical drill, De Bruyne's mood gradually calmed down.

He knows that this is an opportunity that belongs to him, and he wants to seize it. Although he is still some distance away from the main position, Speed ​​dares to give him a stage, and he will not have stage fright.

He wants Premier League fans to know that De Bruyne is a natural player for big scenes.

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"De Bruyne? That Belgian player who was on loan from us?"

Di Matteo looked at the 18-man squad announced before the Sheffield League and suddenly saw an unexpected name.

In his opinion, although De Bruyne has some strength, he still needs a lot of time to hone.

At least at Chelsea, he won't be able to give De Bruyne much playing time, but now it seems that Speed ​​is planning to train this Belgian kid?

"Could it be that this kid has been modified by Speed ​​to play other positions?"

Fo Shuai was a little surprised and confused.

This is not to blame for his wild thoughts. In fact, Speed's transformation of Matic last year was so beautiful.

In addition, Drinkwater was previously asked to switch to a deep-lying organization, Matt Ritchie was returned from wing-back to full-back, and Matthew Lowton was moved from right-back back to the center-back position. Speed's

These adjustments have always been talked about by fans from all walks of life.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem unimaginable that Speed ​​would bring in De Bruyne and transform it.

"Maybe it just lets De Bruyne experience the atmosphere of the Premier League in advance."

The assistant coach's teasing did not dispel Di Matteo's suspicion.

However, now Sheffield United is holding back on releasing the starting lineup, and the game is about to start. Di Matteo has no extra time to make adjustments, so he can only take it one step at a time.

As the game approached, Di Matteo stood on the sidelines, feeling a little nervous.

After seeing Sheffield United's starting players come on one after another, Di Matteo suddenly felt that his mind went blank.

De Bruyne, that Belgian youngster is actually starting the starting lineup?!

How dare Speed!

Four-four-two? Four-three-three? Three-four-three? What formation does Sheffield United want to play in this game?

Foshuai was confused. Which position did De Bruyne play?

At the same time, commentators from various countries were also confused by Speed.

A young general is playing in a key match. Is he planning to train?

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu looked at each other in the studio and didn't know how to start.

However, in the presence of new faces, Zhan Jun quickly introduced De Bruyne's situation to the Chinese fans.

Zhang Lu quickly drew several formations with a pen and paper.

When De Bruyne comes on, he is matched with other starting players, who can play 4, 4, 2, and 4, 3, and 3. De Bruyne is moved to the wing-back, and Matt Ritchie is on the left and right.

There is no problem in playing a three-centre-back formation.

Zhang Lu also covered his head and didn't know how to answer Zhan Jun's words.

De Bruyne has only played twice in Sheffield United's pre-season friendly matches, once as a winger and once as a winger. There are not many game samples, and their commentators can only watch and wait for Sheffield United.

The player's position is used to guess Speed's tactical intentions.

As Li Mo and Terry exchanged team flags, the game was about to begin. Amid countless fans' questions and curious speculations, De Bruyne walked to the top of the center circle, which immediately made all fans
To be continued...