Premier League: Chelsea vs. Liverpool, come to the Blue Bridge with a hangover, how lucky is Liverpool?

Premier League: Chelsea vs Liverpool

Start time: 05-04 23:30

Liverpool won the championship. They exposed many of Chelsea's flaws on the road to winning the championship.

This may be a lesson that all the rich people who spent money in history ignored.

Liverpool won the Premier League championship without introducing any top player in summer signings, which can be said to be a kind of continuation.

Meanwhile, Chelsea spent about £1.2 billion in the transfer market, but still hovered in fifth place. With four games still in the first six, Chelsea is likely to miss the Champions League in its third season.

Chelsea:

After Burleigh + Qinghu Capital took over, it spent more than 1.2 billion pounds to sign a crazy recruit (signed about 46 players!), and hoarded a large number of young talents. This pattern lacks continuity, experience and leadership (without the Van Deck-like stabilization needle), and over-reliance on Palmer's inspiration.

Many high-priced new players (such as Kesedo and Lavia) performed less than expected, and even had no clear tactical positioning and development plans (a large number of players were rented out or forgotten). This "lottery"-style team building strategy is extremely risky. Although it reduces the salary structure, it also brings huge sunk costs and instability in performance.

Liverpool:

Fenway Group and the return Edwards represent continuity and stability. They make fewer decisions but more precise, focus on renewal of core players (Salah, Van Dijk), signings emphasize "supplement" rather than "subversion", and find players who are suitable for the system and can bring immediate combat power (such as McCa, Sobo, and Herafenberg introduced in the summer window quickly integrate and help win the championship). They have locker room leaders and a mature winner mindset.

This game is also a direct collision between these two modes. Although Liverpool's model has achieved great success this season, when they have won the championship and may "become a gun", Chelsea's "youth storm" that is full of vitality and eager to prove itself may burst out with stronger energy with the cheers of home fans.

[Liverpool: "Sage Time" after the champion was crowned? 】

First of all, we must clarify the biggest background board of this game: Liverpool has won the championship!

defeated Tottenham 5-1 last weekend, allowing them to lock in the 20th top league championship in team history four rounds ahead of schedule. Head coach Slot also wrote a legend of winning the Premier League debut. After the carnival at Anfield, the next four league games are no pressure for the Reds.

1, Mental relaxation and motivation questions:

Psychological laws tell us that when a team exhausts huge energy to achieve the ultimate goal, its concentration and desire to win will inevitably go through a natural decline period. The remaining games are more like "victory parades", and it is difficult for players to maintain the ultimate intensity of being complacent for every point before.

Look at Atletico Madrid last night, I can't beat Alaves with my real skills? The reason is that there is no motivation: there is no hope of winning the championship, and the qualification for the Champions League is a foregone conclusion, and there is really no pursuit...

2, rotation and preparation for the future:

Although Slot said before the game that there would be no rotation, this does not mean that the main players will play the whole game or take high risks.

He also admitted that there is more time to discuss summer transfers with sports director Richard Hughes, indicating that the focus of work has partially shifted to the future. So there should be a large number of young players playing in this game, and the core players (such as Salah, Van Dijk) and others should be on standby on the bench.

In short, although Liverpool is still the champion, their mentality, lineup intensity and game investment in this game will almost certainly be discounted compared to the previous championship stage.

[Chelsea: state rebounds, European drive, home court struggle]

Unlike Liverpool's "retirement after success", Chelsea is in a critical stage of sprinting at the end of the season.

First of all, they have clear goals to grab points:

The Blues, currently ranked fifth in the league, are still fighting for the Champions League qualification. Every point is crucial, their desire to win and motivation to play far exceed that of Liverpool, which has already won the championship. As for the European Union, the third-level free cup game that even dogs don’t play, Chelsea is not favored by a giant club.

Secondly, the car's condition has improved significantly recently:

Participating in the European Union has not only not dragged down on Chelsea this season, but has played a positive role. The team's recent Premier League form is significantly better than the mid-season (the last 8 Premier League games have scored 17 points, far exceeding the previous 10 games, only 9 points). Europa League matches (such as the 4-1 away victory over Zogatons in the first leg of the semi-finals) not only improved the team's confidence, but more importantly, it helped some key players to regain their state:

For example, after experiencing a goal drought, forward Jackson scored twice in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals; Palmer, who had a slightly ups and downs in the previous form, also gave assists in that game; Sancho even scored a key goal in Europa League.

This mode of regaining its state through "leveling" in European games has also brought Chelsea's recent league performance to a rebound (after the Europa League knockout stage began, the league had 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in 7 games, and only lost to Arsenal). The team is currently in an upward trend overall.

【Tactical Game: Can Maresca seize the opportunity? 】

Maresca studied under Guardiola, and his transmission and control concepts and tactical details are commendable. Facing a Liverpool team that may be rotated significantly and has a relaxed mentality, Chelsea has the opportunity to control the rhythm of the game at home.

In the midfield, are Enzo and Kessetdo not as good as Endo and Elliot?

Liverpool after winning the championship ahead of schedule may decline in game concentration and defensive intensity. Chelsea needs to seize possible mistakes from their opponents and improve offensive efficiency.

Therefore, although Liverpool is the well-deserved Premier League champion this season, its strength is undoubtedly. However, when "time (the opponent has no desires), the right place (home game), the people (his own fighting spirit + state recovery)" are all inclined to Chelsea, Uncle Zha is optimistic that the Blues can seize this rare opportunity and defeat the new champion Liverpool, whose lineup may be rotated significantly and their mentality may be relaxed, all scored three points!

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