18 minutes, a fifth of a football game.

When Joe Cole was standing on the sidelines waiting to play, Ye Qiudu kept explaining some things beside him, he listened very carefully, but his attention was obviously already on the court, and he just kept nodding to the head coach, letting him know that he heard it.

But in reality, all his mind is on the court, and he can't wait.

He is eager to compete and he is also eager to prove himself

"When you're old you can tell your grandchildren that when Joe Cole signed his first professional contract with West Ham, you were at Upton Park."

Joe Cole still remembers that this is the evaluation of the 1998 Premier League West Ham United on-site commentator on him, and in the blink of an eye, 7 years have passed, he has changed from the young boy who was back then, to a young man with rich game experience, time has retained a lot of things, but also changed a lot of things.

He is still considered the most talented player in English football since Gascoigne, but now, the English are no longer looking at him with the same hopeful eyes as they did back then, and they are now asking more questions, what happened to Joe Cole? Or, hopefully, Rooney won't be like Joe Cole.

Many times he himself doesn't understand why this is happening, perhaps because after becoming famous as a teenager, he began to become a little proud after becoming the hope and leader of West Ham United early, even if this pride is only hidden in the depths of his heart, but it has become the biggest obstacle to his progress.

Ye Qiu said that he wanted to play as a substitute, and he didn't understand what to do.

"As a manager, I have to watch a lot of games every year, collect a lot of information, and make sure that I can get all kinds of information at the first time, so that I can keep up with the pace of this era and keep my team at the top of the trend."

"It's not just the head coach who has to keep up with the times, the professional players also have to do this, when you're 17 years old, you're a genius, that's because others use the standard of 17 years old to measure you, but when you reach the age of 17, you still use the standard of 17 years old to measure yourself, and you feel like a genius, then you are a fool in the eyes of others."

"Perhaps, in your mind, you think that Frank Lampard is nothing special, isn't it just a little hardworking? You think that this team-mate who was pressed down by you at West Ham came to Chelsea because he was lucky, it was my tactical needs, and he worked hard and hardworking, so he succeeded. ”

"Then you are wrong, his success is not because he just meets me, he changes the manager, he changes the requirements, he will also work very hard to make himself meet and fit the tactical requirements of the new manager, he will still work hard and diligently, which is the cornerstone of a professional player's success."

'You've got talent, you've got talent, but what you're lacking is Lampard's stoicism'

In the process of recalling, Joe Cole was allowed to enter and he was replaced by Frank Lampard, who had a poor performance in the game.

Everyone has their moments of inform, even if it was Frank Lampard, who missed at least two shots that should have scored, but it was clear that Frank Lampard, who wore the long armband of the Blues due to John Terry's rotation, didn't show much form.

Originally, he should have rested for this game, but before the game, Frank Lampard took the initiative to call in, hoping to do his best to help the team through the devil's schedule during the winter break, and he hoped to have the opportunity to help the team win another Premier League title.

Although Joe Cole has always been not very convinced of Lampard, it was more on the football field, in private, they had a good relationship, so, when the two passed by, Lampard hugged Joe Cole tightly, took off the captain's armband on his arm, and put it on Joe Cole's arm.

"Come on, Joe, you can change it," Lampard encouraged, patting Joe Cole the shoulder.

From his eyes, the sensitive Joe Cole can feel a kind of helplessness, believing that if he can, he will not hesitate to choose to go up by himself, even if he tries his best to help the team win, but the problem is that now he can't bring any help to the team at all.

Ribery and Robin van Persie gave him plenty of opportunities on the wings, but his toes were clearly off the mark.

It's no surprise that in less than 7 days, this is already the 3rd game, and even the Iron Man can't stand it.

Walking onto the pitch with the captain's armband that didn't belong to him, Joe Cole had the same feeling he had when he was back at West Ham and he really had the feeling of going back to the old days, because he could clearly feel that all his team-mates and, hopefully all the Chelsea fans in front of the TV, were looking forward to the change he was making.

Even if such an expectation comes more from a trust in Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command and substitution.

But at this moment, it seems to have fallen on Joe Cole.

This led him to step up to Frank Lampard's midfield position and with a big wave of his hand, signaling Ribery and Robin van Persie on both wings to press as hard as they could, as Chelsea now have the upper hand, all that is left is to be able to break down Liverpool's walls.

Ye Qiu had an arrangement, and the ball came to about 30 meters and was directly handed over to Joe Cole's feet.

Hamann wanted to get close, and everyone knew that Joe Cole couldn't fight physically, and the German midfielder obviously wanted to take advantage of this, but before he could get close, Joe Cole had already deftly stuffed the ball to the left bottom line.

The diagonal pass passed quickly between Finnan and Carragher, and Ribery was desperately trying to speed the ball, the ball was fast, because it was not fast enough, there was not enough time to pass between Finnan and Carragher, an old pair, and Ribery had to be faster than the ball speed, otherwise the ball would go off the line.

The French Scarface finally saved the ball in front of the baseline and then crossed directly to Drogba like a heavy tank into the box, but Hyypia stalked him to the death, and Dudek quickly punched the ball out to neutralize a wave of dangerous attacks from Chelsea.

There was a roar of cheers and cheers throughout the Anfield stadium, but it was clearly not for Chelsea, but for Liverpool, because in the eyes of Reds fans, Rafael Benitez's newly restructured side would have been a good result if they had drawn against Chelsea in the Christmas Devils' fixture.

But Chelsea were not, and Joe Cole soon got another chance.

This time he was smarter, running between Xavi Alonso and Hamann and, as the two reacted, quickly dribbled diagonally to the right and crossed diagonally to Robin van Persie on the right.

This pass was very comfortable, Van Persie got the ball and directly wiped Traore, no need to make any adjustments, and after the breakthrough, Van Persie entered the penalty area, was chased back by Hyypia, and then crossed to Drogba, Carragher grabbed the clearance, once again defused Chelsea's attack, and once again won the applause of Anfield fans.

Two attacks, two threats, but neither goal, and the morale of the Chelsea players is slipping by bit.

Benitez's ability to adjust the defense is indeed extraordinary, especially his defense is full of pertinence, he knows the strength of Chelsea very well, and he also knows the sharpness of Chelsea's quick one-foot passing and receiving of the ball, so he did not dare to be careless, tightened the three lines, and left Pongele and Luis Garcia in front to counterattack, and others, including Gerrard, came back to participate in the defense, and this set of tactics almost penetrated Chelsea's goal.

If that goal had gone in, Chelsea wouldn't have been able to hold on to where they are now

Soon, Ye Qiu made the second substitution of the game, with Cesc Fabregas replacing Deco, who was partnered with Makelle.

Deco's performance in this game was not very good, it can only be regarded as decent, but under Gerrard's restrictions, Deco's passing accuracy is also slightly worse than usual, and the ball is more divided to the sides, looking for full-backs Heinze and McConn.

After Fabregas went up, Ye Qiu immediately conveyed the adjustment, letting Joe Cole move forward, more in front of the Liverpool penalty area, and directly start by himself when he has the opportunity, Fabregas's position is also a little higher, responsible for midfield organization and scheduling, McCondo responds on the right side, and Heinze is stationed in the defensive line.

"Don't always think about passing the ball to the penalty area, you can get up decisively when you have the chance" This is the instruction that Ye Qiu asked Fabregas to convey.

Liverpool has almost made the penalty area an impregnable wall, and it is very difficult for the ball to enter the 30-meter area, and it is even more difficult to enter the penalty area again, so Ye Qiu's adjustment is not only for Joe Cole, but also for Ribery and Van Persie, as well as Drogba on the front line.

Joe Cole didn't react much to this adjustment, because he himself is not good at long-range shots from outside the box, and his chances of scoring from outside the box are very small, and he doesn't even remember whether he has it or not, so he thinks that his chances of getting up should be very small.

But sometimes things are so strange in the world that you think it's unlikely, and Liverpool's players also seem to think that Joe Cole's hardly long-range shooters are unlikely to get up outside the box, and they don't seem to pay attention to him, but Van Persie, Ribery and Drogba are closely watched.

As if this time, Didier Drogba received Cesc Fabregas's overhead ball over the top and smashed Hyypia's header to Robin van Persie, which was the Ivorian's biggest contribution in the face of a dense defence, which was to secure an effective spot up front for Chelsea.

Van Persie's ability to stop the ball is very good, and no matter how troublesome the ball passes to him, he can stop just right, so in the face of Drogba's knockback, he turned sideways and stopped with his chest, just to block Traore, and at this time Hamann obviously had lingering feelings about him, leaning in at the first time to break his ball.

Van Persie poked the ball at his feet, and the ball passed past Hamann, who was approaching quickly, and the ball was gentle, as if it was slow, but it landed in front of Joe Cole, and at this time, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, who were closest to him, were obviously too late to get close

This is an opportunity

This is undoubtedly a very good opportunity to kick, just near the top of the arc of the penalty area, even if there is no Ye Qiu said, if you have the opportunity to start decisively, this is definitely a chance to kick

Joe Cole didn't hesitate, picked up his right foot and swung it towards the incoming ball

The ball quickly passed through Carragher's legs, and because Carragher blocked, Dudek's vision was affected to a certain extent, and by the time the Polish goalkeeper reacted, the ball was already in front of him, and Joe Cole played the ball smartly, landing and rebounding in front of the goal, Dudek made a save, but still could not prevent the ball from going into the net

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

With a shout from the on-site commentator, Joe Cole and the Chelsea players rushed out of the Liverpool penalty area, one by one as if they were desperate for their lives, shouting non-stop along the way.

Ye Qiu also waved his arms on the sidelines, it was too much to beat Liverpool, he now felt as if his whole body had been drained of strength, Benitez This guy is too much to start, as long as you are good at it, he will block it for you.

Not to mention anything else, just for targeted tactics, this guy can be called the first in the world

'In the 85th minute, Chelsea finally knocked on Liverpool's first goal of the game, and possibly the only one, from Joe Cole, who came on as substitute for Frank Lampard'

"After Joe Cole transferred to Chelsea, he has always appeared as a substitute, and he has also made great contributions to the team after coming on many times, and in fact, Joe Cole's appearance is definitely a wonderful stroke, after he came on, Chelsea's situation has obviously opened up, and the attack has improved, and when Cesc Fabregas came on, Joe Cole's position was more forward, and he got this opportunity to kick the goal.

"A very wonderful shot, a light cushion shot from outside the box, and a very helpless touch bounce before the goal, which fully reflects the spirituality of Joe Cole in that moment."

'Oh, Liverpool are going to make a substitution'

Maybe it was because Liverpool were caught off guard by Chelsea all of a sudden and conceded a goal, Benitez reacted immediately and made adjustments, but he was not as upfront as others, because he knew very well that strengthening the attack was often not useful if there were more strikers, he was adjusting the midfield.

Two people were made in one go, with Smitchell replacing Hamann and Morientes replacing Luis Garcia.

Morientes made his debut from Real Madrid to Liverpool during the winter break, and his form is still unclear, with everyone hoping he can perform well in the Champions League at Monaco and his technical traits are there, with Benitez clearly trying to use Morientes to break down Chelsea's defence.

Sure enough, after the substitution, Liverpool decisively pressed the attack, Xavi Alonso and Smitchell organized behind them, Morientes opened the way in front, Pongele, Reese and Gerrard looked for opportunities behind him, and Liverpool attacked desperately.

For Liverpool at this moment, conceding a goal is a loss, and conceding a goal is also a loss, it is better to fight with the bottom line, maybe there is still a chance to turn the situation around.

When a person does not want to die, he is invincible in the world

Ye Qiu didn't dare to move now, and directly asked the players to shrink their defense, temporarily avoid the edge, and then adopt the tactics of defensive counterattack.

But it wasn't until the 89th minute that Chelsea had their first counter-attack, Franck Franck Ribery's counter-attack on the left, but the other players were clearly unable to keep up, so the counter-attack was ultimately ineffective.

However, after this counter-attack, Liverpool were clearly a little frustrated.

In the end, Chelsea beat the Reds at Anfield with a hard-fought goal from substitute Joe Cole

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Ye Qiu really had a feeling of the aftermath of the disaster.

As Chelsea has become better and stronger in the past two years, there are fewer and fewer teams that can give him this feeling, and even when playing some teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, Ye Qiu usually only needs to tell the players how to play, and then he can watch the game with his legs cocked in the coach's seat, relaxed and freehand.

But in this game against Liverpool, he was nervous from start to finish, and he had a hunch that Benitez was more difficult than the last time, and his targeted tactics were more in place than before.

If Ye Qiu's tactics last season were to form the team's overall pressure through the advantages of players such as Davies, Makelele, Lampard, and Drogba, and then suffocate the opponent, then Benitez's Liverpool is the opposite, and he does it through tactics.

It's hard to say which of these two ways is better, after all, there are advantages and disadvantages, but it is certain that this Liverpool team has passed the run-in period and has formed its own fighting power, but there is also a problem, that is, they can't play like this every game.

Playing such a tightly targeted tactic like Liverpool usually requires a period of practice, and if every opponent plays like this in every game, it is simply impossible, and many teams adopt a strategy of shrinking defense when facing Liverpool, and Liverpool's set of tactics does not work at all.

When he thought of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but feel a little helpless, because he didn't want a draw, so he could only win.

Sometimes winning the championship is like this, fighting for one point at a time, and accumulating to the bottom of the championship, it is the championship

And the facts have also proved that Ye Qiu is really not good, because when Chelsea defeated Liverpool in a difficult 0, Arsenal defeated Charlton Athletic 3:l away, Manchester United defeated Middlesbrough 0, and Everton, which was originally in third place, completely collapsed because of the shortcomings of the bench thickness, and lost to Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane Stadium in 5 away and fell to fourth.

Now, the Premier League's champions are back in contention for the top three, with defending champions Chelsea, Gunners Arsenal and the Red Devils Manchester United, the only three teams in contention for the title, and of the three, United are too far behind, Chelsea's biggest rival is Arsenal.

As for Rafael Benitez's Liverpool, there is no hope for the league