Chapter 286 The second away goal
Obasi's cross was pushed out by Terry. For a moment, the English commentator and Chelsea fans cheered.
However, their cheers did not last long and came to an abrupt end very briefly.
Because Chu Zhongtian appeared at the forefront of the penalty area!
He stopped the football with his chest. However, Chelsea's midfielder Essin immediately rushed up. Chu Zhongtian did not shoot by himself, but knocked the football to one side with his heel. Salihovic, who was inserted behind, dribbled into the penalty area, causing chaos in Chelsea's penalty area. In the end, Salihovic's shot was slightly off and ended the attack.
Although there was no goal, Hoffenheim's attack still made their fans very happy, and they shouted in the stands for a while.
As the game time passes, the remaining time is getting less and less. However, the score is still 2:1, with the home team Chelsea leading by one goal.
Chelsea's pressure was getting higher and higher during the offense, and almost both full-backs were stationed in the center and refused to go back.
Chelsea fans kept shouting in the stands: "Goal! Goal!"
During this period, Hoffenheim was squeezed into the backcourt by them. Because the space has become smaller, it is more difficult to catch the ball in the frontcourt. Lampard and Maluda have both tasted this. As soon as they received the ball, the opponent's defensive player rushed up from behind, and a collision made them unable to turn around.
Of course, it is impossible to organize the offense if this continues. In order to make the team's offense smoother, Lampard had to retreat and receive the ball. This is his way to get rid of Chu Zhongtian. He knew that Chu Zhongtian was a back midfielder. For the back midfielder, position is more important than snatching the upper level when defending, and backward is more important than forward. Therefore, as long as he returns to the backcourt, the opponent will definitely not dare to press up and press, because there will be huge space behind him and he can use it. He will definitely not be able to run away from football.
He did this a few times, and it was indeed the case. When he retreated, Chu Zhongtian did not come up, but just looked at him from a distance, choosing to stand in his position, and responding to changes in the same way.
No matter what he plans to do, he can just not come up to interfere with him. He can calmly catch the ball and turn around and then attack in the direction of the attack. He can seek cooperation and breakthroughs with his teammates in the middle, and pass the ball to the wing.
In the 72nd minute, Lampard retreated to receive the ball, then led forward, and then passed it straight to Drogba who was retreating to receive him. Drogba did not stop the ball, but directly used his outside instep to Lampard who continued to rush forward.
“Beautiful two-by-one!”
Lampard, who passed Sana, took a long shot outside the penalty area! Nyema made another wonderful save and blocked the football in the air. After landing, the second reaction was very fast. He reached out and took the football still in the air, and then pressed it firmly under his body.
"Chelsea's offense has begun to find a feeling and it has improved!"
"Lampard's retreat is a very exquisite move. It opened the distance so that Chu could not easily press himself on his body, so that he could catch the ball and turn around calmly, and he could attack no matter how he attacked."
"Will Hoffenheim be satisfied with losing only one away goal and scoring one away goal? If so, then they can just stick to it now. There are seventeen or eighteen minutes left in the game, and as long as they keep it, they will win..."
※※※ "I'm worried that Hoffenheim will be satisfied with a away goal and a score of 1:2. Now it seems that my worries may become a reality..." In the stands, Jackson was saying to his companions around him. His words were agreed by many people, and everyone felt the same. He felt that Hoffenheim would give up and continue the attack. This game is likely to be heading towards the end when Chelsea besieged Hoffenheim. If you are lucky, Hoffenheim can hold the score. If you are not lucky, Chelsea will score a goal in the last moment.
After all, Hoffenheim is playing here, not their Wimbledon Athletics. Their feelings are not that deep, not as devoted as they were when watching their team play.
Hoffenheim's performance during this period is relatively quiet, which naturally makes people feel bored.
"I don't think much." The person who spoke was the head of the group, the boss of John in the bar. "I think they must be unwilling to end the game like this. They are just waiting for the opportunity now. Besides, there is Chu, what are you worried about?"
Emily also turned around and said to them, "Uncle John is right, don't worry, be ready to cheer at all times!"
※※Lampard retreated again to receive the pass, and he was almost on the same line as Essin and Mikel. This would greatly increase his running distance, but Lampard didn't care. He was famous for his outstanding physical fitness.
Chu Zhongtian saw Lampard retreating to meet him from behind, then turned around with the ball, and Chelsea's two full-backs began to insert, and the two full-backs pulled in, freeing up space for the full-backs to sprint upwards.
Chelsea always attacked like this during this period. Because Lampard lost his guard, they had more freedom in attack.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian always wanted to push forward and press, but every time he planned to do this, his intuition told him that it was very dangerous to do this, and he would give his opponent a chance to open up the situation from the middle because of losing position.
Although his intuition always prevented Chu Zhongtian from doing this, Chu Zhongtian was always competing with his intuition. He was ready to move, ran up a few steps, and retreated.
How could Lampard not know about his opponent's performance?
Every time he turned around and passed the ball, he could see Chu Zhongtian retreating. He knew that he was trying to move forward while he was facing his back to him. This is why he had to keep the distance. With enough distance, the opponent would not easily rush up to intercept the ball.
Lampard admitted that Chu Zhongtian was indeed a very difficult opponent. He might not be able to get benefits when facing him head-on. For this reason, he had to avoid him and retreat.
Now it seems that my choice is correct and safe.
Chu Zhongtian had no choice but to do anything to him. The two of them were twenty or thirty meters apart. He would definitely not be able to get up, and he would not dare to get up. His previous performance proved this.
※※※After Lampard retreating, Chelsea regained the initiative. Chelsea fans saw the hope of winning the big score and sang in the stands with great enthusiasm.
Hoffenheim fans were a little quiet.
In the 80th minute of the game, the score was still 2:1, and the home team Chelsea led.
Chelsea attacked again, Hoffenheim set up his defensive formation and waited for the opponent to come up. Chelsea found that there was no obvious loophole in Chelsea's defense line, so they did not rush to hit it in, but passed it back and fell several times between the central defenders.
Lampard saw this situation in the frontcourt and knew that he was going to retreat again to respond, otherwise the football would not be passed in front.
So he ran back, and just started, he looked back and confirmed that Chu Zhongtian did not follow, so he felt relieved. Just like before, Chu Zhongtian did not dare to force him up. The space behind him was too big... Lampard thought so, and the fans in the stands might not think so.
Chu Zhongtian watched Lampard run back and knew what he was going to do. Intuition told him that it was dangerous to follow. But this time, Chu Zhongtian decided not to listen to his intuition, although his intuition has not been missed yet. But if he dared not take risks, would this game end like this? He did not accept it, and he would never accept it. A away goal was not enough and he had to score more goals. The next round was to play at his home court, which meant that Hoffenheim had no chance to score away goals, and Chelsea did this for ninety minutes. Just like they played against Tottenham.
After Lampard turned around and confirmed his safety, Chu Zhongtian attacked decisively and quickly followed.
He didn't follow him very closely, like a wolf trying to prey, at a very suitable distance, not far away, not near or near.
"Look! It's Chu, he's going to attack!" Boss John in the stands shouted.
At the same time, everyone was excited.
When Alles saw Lampard running back, he knew he was going to catch the ball, just like so many times before, he passed the ball over.
Almost at the same time, it can even be said that it was a little earlier than Alex. Chu Zhongtian suddenly pushed the ground and rushed out!
He came with the football. Lampard's foot just touched the ball, and the other foot also touched the football.
Lampard originally planned to stop the ball and turn around, but as soon as he turned around, he bumped into Chu Zhongtian. He was a little surprised, but he didn't expect the other party to really appear behind him!
Not only was he surprised, but everyone else was surprised.
The defensive principle of the back midfielder is to keep an eye on people and not the ball, pay attention to position rather than forward, and would rather go backward than forward. As long as you are in front of the central defender, the central defenders will feel at ease, and the opponent will not dare to easily break through the middle and attack. This is the case with many details before this game. Lampard, Essin, Mikel and others who saw Chu Zhongtian and Sana crossing the line between them and the central defender, they chose to divide the sides.
It is very dangerous to rush to the back midfielder for 20 or 30 meters to pounce on the opponent's foot ball. If the opponent had expected it or had a faster movement, he might lose it and leave a huge space behind him to be used by the opponent.
The two people collided, and Lampard lost his possession, lost his center of gravity, and fell to the ground. He shouted, hoping to attract the attention of the referee. In fact, he thought Chu Zhongtian had violated the rules, and this was a kick from behind.
In fact, Chu Zhongtian played football!
Chu Zhongtian and Lampard hit the football almost at the same time. Lampard stopped the ball, and Chu Zhongtian did stab the football forward gently, so that the football escaped from Lampard's control. Then he raised his hands high, making Lampard's attempt to stick to him failed. At the same time, he was telling the referee that there was no movement in his hand, which was not a foul!
Lampard, who was lying on the ground, did not wait for the referee's whistle, but saw Chu Zhongtian throw him away and rushed towards the football.
Because there is still about fifteen meters away between Alex and Lampard, the football did not fall directly into the control range between Alex. Instead, Chu Zhongtian asked to get the football in advance!
"Chu! Beautiful counter-robbery! This sudden forward insertion made everyone unexpected!"
In fact, it is not true that this is true. Chelsea players did not expect it, but some people in Hoffenheim still expected it.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian hanging behind Lampard's butt like a wolf, Ibisevic knew what he was going to do, so he did not retreat to defend. Instead, he pushed forward and prepared to counterattack at any time.
Now that he saw Chu Zhongtian successfully intercept the ball, he immediately accelerated and rushed forward.
※※※ "Oh...oh!! It's Chu!" The Wimbledon Athletics fans in the stands were excited. When they saw Chu Zhongtian breaking Lampard's ball beautifully from behind, they cheered loudly.
The cheers that suddenly remembered made Andrew Morakhan also excited. He used the intercom to tell the photographers in all directions: "Phone 1, 2, and 3 aimed at our stands! Phone 4 aimed at the stands of Chelsea fans! Quick!"
He keenly realized that this was the explosive, exciting shot that he had been waiting for for a long time, or that kind of shot was coming soon... "Roar! Chu!!"
Boss John, Old Bente, Jackson and others roared at the top of their voices. At this moment, they seemed to have returned to Stamford Bridge six years ago. At this position, they watched Chu Zhongtian pass through three opponents in a row, and then kicked the ball into Chelsea's goal.
Emily and Wu Qingyu also shouted, Wu Qingyu was completely involved in the atmosphere of the game at this time. Why did Wimbledon recall six years ago? On that cold night six years ago, he was only twelve years old and was still learning to play football in a professional team. In front of the TV, he was nervously staring at Chu Zhongtian's every move, watching him pass one world-class stars who could only look up to before, and he looked both excited and nervous with his fists, exactly the same as today.
※※※In the stands, Wimbledon Athletics and Hoffenheim fans were shouting Chu Zhongtian's name, while the Chelsea were very nervous. They made even more crazy booing, suppressing the shouts of the opponent's fans.
In such a noisy environment, Chu Zhongtian received the football, and did not dribble the ball to the side or the middle, but directly passed the football horizontally to the central area!
Originally, when Chelsea defenders saw Chu Zhongtian intercept the ball, they all regarded him as a threatening figure. They subconsciously regarded him as a target and leaned towards him one after another. As for Ibisevic who was in the middle, they were temporarily forgotten.
Ibisevic was forgotten by his opponent, but Chu Zhongtian did not forget him. He passed by unexpectedly as soon as he received the ball.
Chelsea's defensive focus quickly turned to Ibisevic.
There was only one exception. Lampard did not hear the referee's whistle on the ground, so he jumped up and went with Chu Zhongtian's back. He knew how dangerous this was. After passing the ball, he did not pull the side or approach the response, nor did he stop, but continued to rush forward along the ribs. Lampard knew what he was going to do, and he wanted to play two and one with Ibisek!
When his teammates were all dizzy by Chu Zhongtian's transmission, he had to stay awake, so the only thing to pursue Chu Zhongtian was left to him.
Everything was as Lampard expected, the football was passed to Ibisevic, but the Bosnian scorer did not stop the ball or dribble the ball. Before he received the ball, he saw Chu Zhongtian intervening in front, which gave his teammates who had been with him for many years. He knew very well. Now it depends on whether he can pass the football accurately.
He pushed his feet across and pushed them straight!
Football rushed past two centre-backs John Terry and Alice.
At the same time, Chu Zhongtian just crossed the line formed by the two central defenders and was not offside!
"Beautiful direct pass! Beautiful two-pass one! Beautiful anti-offside!" CCTV commentator He Pinglian said three beautiful things.
Chu Zhongtian was running in a straight line. After seeing Ibisevic push, he adjusted his direction a little and chased the ball in a diagonal line.
Chelsea fans saw Chu Zhongtian break through his defense and booed even louder.
Lampard chased after him desperately.
"Chu Zhongtian got the ball! He got the ball!" He Ping shouted again. As a commentator who commented on countless games, he knew very well what it meant to receive the ball behind Chelsea's entire defense line - a one-on-one strike!
Cech abandoned the goal and attacked, and Lampard was chasing him desperately.
This made Lampard play the scene six years ago. He tried to compete with Chu Zhongtian in a dignified manner, but his own collision did not knock the opponent down, but instead allowed the opponent to escape from the defense.
Thinking about it now, I was so naive at that time.
Now he won't allow himself to make such a mistake again. This time he will stop him even if he uses a foul!
Lampard is already very close to Chu Zhongtian. He can reach out to hold Chu Zhongtian's clothes after running a step forward, but this may be too late. Cech is attacking, and he may shoot at any time.
Lampard threw out all the center of gravity and flew into the flying shovel!
Just as he was about to tackle the football, the football disappeared!
Cech, who was attacking, saw Chu Zhongtian swing his legs while running. He reflexively rushed out, but the football did not fly in the direction he judged, nor did it fly to the side that was completely opposite to his save. It jumped high and flew over the top of its head... "Spoon!!"
Chu Zhongtian, who completed the shot, was thrown to the ground by Lampard, but his head was raised and his eyes were following the football in the air.
He saw the football pass over Cech's head, and Cech looked up on the ground, helpless.
※※Andrew Morahan felt the stands under his feet shaking, and every Wimbledon fan in front of him raised his hands and jumped from his seat. At the same time, they shouted: "Chu--"
“—gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!”
Chelsea's goal was just below the stand where the fans were. They saw it clearly that the football crossed Cech, then drew a downward arc, fell into the empty goal, landed on the ground and ran forward, wrapped in the net.
"The second goal! The second goal! The second away goal! Hoffenheim did it! They scored two goals at Stamford Bridge, 2:2!"
"Long live! Hoffenheim!" Hoffenheim fans finally gave a shout that could suppress the booing of Chelsea fans.
"Long live! Chu!!" The fans of Wimbledon Athletics were shouting the hero's name.
Chapter completed!