阿隆索的切尔西两连胜仍有隐忧,科莫客胜那不勒斯显黑马成色

阿隆索的切尔西两连胜仍有隐忧,科莫客胜那不勒斯显黑马成色

又一个欧洲足球周末就此落幕,五大联赛好戏连台,各路豪强有喜有忧,正是复盘盘点的绝佳时机。首先把目光投向斯坦福桥:在新任主帅哈维·阿隆索的带领下,切尔西在新赛季英超前两轮全部取胜,开局成绩单相当漂亮。不过必须泼一盆冷水的是,这场4比2击败布莱顿的胜利,多少带有些许运气成分。要知道,海鸥军团此役做客伦敦丝毫没有保守求稳的意思,从开场哨响便敢于压上进攻,与蓝军大打对攻,一度给主队防线制造了相当大的麻烦。切尔西最终能笑到最后,更多是靠门前把握机会的效率,而非场面上的全面压制。换句话说,这支球队距离真正意义上的“阿隆索式足球”还有不小的距离,两连胜的背后仍有隐忧待解,新帅的执教理念要真正落地生根,显然还需要更多时间来打磨与磨合。

与此同时,北伦敦的热刺日子就要难过得多了——他们新赛季开局便吞下两连败,外界的压力可想而知。不过也不必急着唱衰:从比赛内容来看,罗伯托·德泽尔比麾下这支经过大换血的球队,还是展现出了一些令人欣慰的积极迹象,传控打法的雏形隐约可见,球员的执行意愿也在逐步提升。至少就现阶段而言,还远没到拉响警报、陷入恐慌的地步,不妨给新帅和这套全新阵容多一点时间与耐心,毕竟赛季漫长,一切皆有可能。

再把视线转向亚平宁半岛:科莫在主帅法布雷加斯的率领下,客场2比1力克那不勒斯,拿下了一场含金量十足的胜利,用表现向整个意甲宣告——我们是来真的,绝非陪跑角色。法布雷加斯的战术理念正在这支年轻球队身上生根发芽,比赛气质肉眼可见地提升。当然,就争冠格局而言,国际米兰依然是本赛季意甲当之无愧的最强队、最需要被击败的那支球队——尽管蓝黑军团客场1比0小胜卡利亚里的过程并不令人信服,赢得颇为挣扎,但深厚的阵容底蕴与冠军经验依旧摆在那里。

除此之外,这个周末的足坛还贡献了海量谈资:多特蒙德的又一批青年军重建初见成效,年轻才俊的表现让人眼前一亮,黄黑军团引以为傲的造血能力依旧令人称羡;曼联这边,布鲁诺·费尔南德斯再度挺身而出扛起球队前行,堪称不折不扣的中流砥柱,值得送上所有掌声;梅西则上演了职业生涯第九次单场独中四元的好戏,球王宝刀未老,传奇仍在续写;利物浦又一次上演后来居上的戏码,在落后的情况下2比2逼平诺丁汉森林,结果虽难言满意,但球队的韧性依旧在线。类似的看点还有很多很多,实在不胜枚举。

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周一的清晨,最适合一边喝着咖啡,一边闲话足球、复盘周末的种种战局。废话不多说,下面就让我们一样一样展开,细聊这些焦点话题。

Chelsea make it two wins from two in 4-3 win over Brighton, but they won't look like this the rest of the season

Or rather, if they do, they won't be very good. This is just not how teams aspiring to win the Champions League -- or those hoping to return to the Champions League, like Chelsea -- should play, especially at home. There's the conceding three goals part, sure, though you worry a little bit less about that because one came literally with the last kick (or header, in this case) of the game, another was an own goal and the other came after a craven error. More telling, I think, is the fact that Brighton (who were missing a bunch of regulars) failed to take advantage of a number of chances, partly through profligacy, partly because new Chelsea keeper Emiliano Martínez came up huge.

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Chelsea, of course, also missed some huge opportunities, but that tells you only that this game could have easily ended 7-5.

切尔西...两连胜...

阿隆索的切尔西两连胜仍有隐忧,科莫客胜那不勒斯显黑马成色
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阿隆索的切尔西两连胜仍有隐忧,科莫客胜那不勒斯显黑马成色
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Sometimes you end up spending big because you've let players go and are desperate. But Spurs seem to have done the opposite. Richarlison, Kevin Danso, Pape Matar Sarr and possibly Lucas Bergvall are all being linked with moves elsewhere as we count down toward the deadline. That doesn't seem clever. You also wonder where Mohammed Kudus and Dominic Solanke, both just back from injury, fit in, much like James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, both pegged for a September return. Not to mention Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert, who are back in January.

De Zerbi has to balance short-term and medium-term success, like all managers. I get it: It's not easy. But it feels as if this instability could haunt them all season long. As for Jaissle, weirdly, his lack of resources seems to have made his job at Newcastle a lot simpler.

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Quick hits

10. Jose Mourinho is right not to get carried away with Real Madrid: He pumped the brakes after Sunday's 4-0 demolition of Malaga, saying "the tough times will come, the criticism will come, the negative moments will come ... right now we're just preparing ourselves for that."

2. Luciano Spalletti finds a way as Juventus wait for deadline day help: I guess that's why he makes the big bucks. Spalletti has figured out how to make lemons with his lemonade. Against a Parma side who park the bus as well as anyone, Spalletti took the pitch without three bona fide starters (Khephren Thuram, Weston McKennie and Kenan Yildiz) and while still waiting for reinforcements in the transfer market. He gave starts to Douglas Luiz and Jonathan David (in the No.10 role, no less), two guys you'd imagine he wished weren't there, and he kept faith with Randal Kolo Muani up front, despite his harsh words for him the previous week.

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