Chapter 518 Passing through the crisis!
Chapter 518: Passing through the crisis!
The game entered the intermission, and Chelsea, who played at home, fell behind temporarily with a score of 0:1, but... it was far from the moment of despair!
When the players of both sides left the court one after another, the on-site commentator of Stamford Bridge Stadium also began to say: "The first half has ended, and we temporarily fell behind by 0:1, but looking at the 45-minute game in the first half, we were not at a disadvantage, and we even took the initiative in the game. However, the personal ability of Manchester United's 'king' China Yang is really too amazing. He actually kicked a shot with his outside instep while grabbing the spot. Faced with such a goal, we... can't do anything!"
"But no matter what, today's game is far from over. If our players can play like this in the second half and someone stands up to score at a critical moment, we may still win the game, and at least we are very sure to tie the score! Although China Yang is very strong, football is a team sports after all, and we performed better overall today."
"Okay, let's take a break, let's look forward to the second half together!"
The analysis of Chelsea commentator represents the views of most professionals on this game... Manchester United's "King" is indeed invincible. It can be said that China Yang's goal-scoring ability is the only one in the world football world today. Even the "Demon" Haaland is better than him.
However, the "Blue Army" showed better integrity in the first half of today, which is the main reason why they can gain a slight advantage in the field in the first half.
The outcome of this game...it's hard to say at the moment!
Especially Manchester United's direct contender, Manchester City, at this time, Guardiola and Manchester City stars are cheering for Chelsea players from afar. If they still want to have a chance to compete with Manchester United for the league championship this season, they must wait for other teams to beat Manchester United, otherwise they will never have any chance to catch up with Manchester United.
It is possible... Manchester City will win the runner-up in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive time this season!
Frustrated!
It's really atrocity!
For "Blue Moon", they invited the best coaches and spared no expense to build the most luxurious team in the world, but they never won the championship trophy again in the Premier League. No matter how good they performed, there is always the team next door who performed better than them!
One year, two years, three years... Will this year be the fourth year?
In the home team locker room of Stamford Bridge Stadium, Yaldim was also encouraging his players: "Young men, Manchester United has always been the best team in our Premier League. They have also completed three consecutive championships in the past three seasons. But in the first half of today's game, although we did concede a goal, what else is worse than Manchester United except that goal? We even had an advantage in the game, but we still lacked a goal now! As it turns out, our strength is not worse than Manchester United, and we are even stronger than them! In the second half, if we work harder, we may be able to tie the score soon!"
Yaldim's words still have some effect on Chelsea's stars. They can also see that their team is indeed not worse than Manchester United in the first half. They even do better than Manchester United in many places, but Manchester United's goal... At that angle and such shooting method, probably only "God Yang" can score?
But such a goal was definitely not scored by Manchester United by strength, it was just luck!
Since that's the case, we will definitely have a chance in the second half!
Although Chelsea players also want to defeat Manchester United, they actually do not have the determination to fight against Manchester United, and there is no need for this. After all, the "Blue Army" are now too many behind in the standings. Even if they win this game, they will not have the chance to compete for the league championship.
Since you don’t have the chance to win the championship, it is acceptable to have a ranking like now. The league rankings are second, third, and fourth, but it doesn’t matter. Anyway, you can get tickets to the Champions League next season.
As a player, his ideas are naturally different from the head coach. Yaldim's idea is that if the team can beat Manchester United at home, they will gain some psychological advantages. Even if Manchester United can break the monopoly of the Premier League, even if it is not the "Blue Army" to win the championship, but Guardiola's "Blue Moon" win, it doesn't matter!
As long as the situation in the league can become chaotic, all the powerful teams will actually have the opportunity to compete for the championship!
Chelsea players don’t think so much, but every professional player will have a thought after facing a formal game... he doesn’t want to lose!
After the second half of the game began, Manchester United began to try to control the rhythm of the game on the court. According to Solskjaer's instructions, they would use some time to increase the ball possession to compete with Chelsea, who was fighting at home, for the initiative on the court.
In the 48th minute, Manchester United midfielders Adam Myers and B Fei and Aliyu passed the ball continuously, and B Fei scored the ball to the left with one kick. He wanted to find Ronaldo who retreated, but Ronaldo was lazy in the process of retreating!
Before the ball flew over, he slowed down his running speed, but he didn't receive the ball!
Instead, Chelsea's defensive player Christensen rushed up and blocked the ball. The ball fell to Artur. The Brazilian midfielder turned around and kicked the ball to Lewandowski in the middle circle... Chelsea began to counterattack!
Lewandowski is a real center forward. He is very threatening in the penalty area, but in the middle circle, he does not have the ability to drive the ball for dozens of meters, and after passing several people in a row, he will send the ball into the opponent's goal.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because of this, Lewandowski received the ball and just controlled it for a little while and gave the ball horizontally to Lemar on the right.
The French star Lemar is not tall and not fast, but his skills are not only comprehensive, but also very outstanding. After receiving Lewand's pass, Lemar dribbled the ball and rushed forward. He was not the kind of reckless man who kept rushing forward. While driving the ball forward, he was also looking for the figure of his teammates.
When Lemar dribbled the ball outside the top of Manchester United's arc, three Manchester United players had already come to defend in front of him. At this moment... Lemar suddenly picked the ball lightly towards the front left while running.
The ball flew over from Tuanzebe's right and fell into Manchester United's penalty area on the left!
The Polish shooter appeared at this time. When Lemar dribbled the ball, he was always running and even deliberately controlled his speed to avoid arousing the vigilance of Manchester United defensive players. It was not until the time was almost over that he suddenly rushed towards the space on the left rib. Sure enough... Lemar's pass also came at this time!
While running, Lewandowski pushed the ball forward with his toes. When he caught up with the ball, he had already reached outside the small penalty area on the left side of Manchester United. Then he shot with his left foot without any fancy kick, and sent the ball to the ground into the lower right corner of the Manchester United goal in the far end... 1:1 tie!
"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The entire Stamford Bridge Stadium was in full swing. The supporters of the "Blue Army" seemed extremely excited after seeing Lewandowski's goal. Even Chelsea coach Yaldim rushed to the sidelines excitedly, yelling with both fists!
"The ball is in! The ball is in! This is Lewandowski's goal! Just four minutes into the second half, Lewandowski equalized the score for the team. Now there are still 40 minutes left in this game. We still have the chance to continue scoring, and we can beat Manchester United!"
The crazy roar of the Stamford Bridge Stadium commentator infected the fans in the stadium. The Chelsea fans are so excited that they are crazy. They even feel that this game... they have already won!
Playing at home, and always taking some initiative in the game, and even tied the score when one goal behind. In such a game... According to the normal script, Chelsea will reverse at home and win the final victory!
Off the court, Manchester United assistant coach Rui Faria said to Solskjaer with a serious look: "Ole, I think Ronaldo's physical fitness can no longer hold on. Although he is not exhausted yet, his current condition is obviously not enough to deal with such a high-level game."
After hearing this, Solskjaer couldn't speak for a long time. He had to admit that Rui Faria's words were still very reasonable, but in his opinion, the young Ronaldo was also a guy who didn't like defense. He could do his best in the offense, but when it came to defense, he seemed a little lazy.
This time, the 35-year-old Ronaldo returned to Manchester United, and his condition was pretty good. But compared to the wind-chasing boy who was constantly riding bicycles on the side, his legs were really filled with lead. Just like this kind of retreat to receive the opponent's pass, Ronaldo would never make such mistakes when he was young.
The ball was not received!
The opponent seized the opportunity to fight back and was scored in a few seconds. This... was really a major mistake!
After thinking about it, Solskjaer sighed, waved his hand, and said to Rui Faria: "Ruy, let Anthony come on the court to replace Cristiano!"
At this moment, Solskjaer was in a low mood because he had to admit that his generation had really been eliminated. Even Ronaldo, who was talented and strictly demanding on him, could not escape the power of time!
Perhaps, Ronaldo can still contribute to the team in future games, but when he fights some "hard battles", he is obviously no longer suitable!
Whether Solskjaer wants to admit this or not, but...this is the truth!
Martial took the field to replace Ronaldo, which made the Portuguese superstar very unhappy. Even after hugging Solskjaer, he was still chattering: "Ole, I still have physical fitness and I can still run. Why do I change it to you at this time?"
Solskjaer patted Ronaldo on the back: "Cristiano, have a good rest. We are tied now, and we need to make some changes in the offense!"
Solskjaer can feel the strong fighting spirit of Ronaldo and his willpower to admit defeat, but... you really can't play a decisive role in a game like Chelsea!
After Martial appeared, Manchester United's offensive and defensive rhythm could be seen almost immediately... It's almost!
Even Manchester United's fast-paced offensive and defensive transformation, as well as a quick counterattack with clear ideas, made Chelsea, who had just tied the score and was in full swing, suddenly fell into a quagmire. They just felt that... they could not attack anymore. On the contrary, if they were a little slower when returning to defense, the goal would be in danger.
As a last resort, Chelsea also accelerated its pace when retreating, but even so, they still had problems after just 61 minutes...
The "Red Devils" are really too young now. Their overall physical fitness is unimaginable for their opponents. But this group of young people have very rich game experience and are used to many big scenes, especially with the "King" leading them, they really know what they should do when attacking.
In the 60th minute, while defending Lewandowski, Aliyu used his long legs to stab the ball out of Lewandowski's feet, and the ball flew to Martial on the left!
Bang!
Martial received the ball and turned around and took two steps forward. Before the person could cross the center line, he sent a 50-meter long pass, and the ball was directly transferred horizontally to the right.
Andreas Pereira appeared and ran into the penalty area on the right side of Chelsea. She passed the ball horizontally to the middle. Yang Xiaozhuang, who followed, just gently pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal with a arch... 1:2!
"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Manchester United players ran wildly on the court, all gathered in the red stands where 3,000 away team fans were located to celebrate the goal...
"1:2, we are behind again, and the goal is still... Yang."
The on-site commentator at Stamford Bridge Stadium didn't know what to say. When Yang Xiaozhuang scored the first goal before, he could still say that it was just Manchester United's luck, and Yang's luck in China, otherwise such a difficult shot from the outside instep... how could he get in casually?
However, although the goal in front of him was scored by Manchester United's "king", it is no longer a reflection of his personal ability, but a reflection of the overall strength of Manchester United team, from Aliyu's steal from the backcourt to Martial's super long pass to Pereira who found the right side to instigate a counterattack, and then to Pereira's cross, and Chinese Yang pushed and shot.
This goal fully reflects Manchester United's clear thinking in the counterattack and truly reflects the team's strong cooperation ability!
Such a team that has found its state, rhythm, and has an advantage in scores. Even if Chelsea is fighting at its home court, what can we do to defeat them?
The commentator couldn't think of it, and Yardim off the court couldn't think of it either!
The situation in front of Chelsea is really too difficult. If they press on, they must be wary of Manchester United's counterattack at all times. Once Manchester United gets the opportunity to counterattack, they will likely score again... Young and Martial are very fast. Although Pereira's speed is not that fast, his consciousness and skills are enough to make up for these. He will even appear in the most critical position and give his teammates a deadly pass.
What if... Chelsea plays a defensive counterattack?
There is no such condition!
When they were fighting at home, they were still one goal behind, and there were only 30 minutes left in the game. In this case, even if Chelsea attacked with all their might, they would not be able to break through Manchester United's goal, not to mention that they still dare not attack with all their strength.
Then... this game may really end!
Yaldim made some substitution adjustments in the remaining games, but the result was...no result!
After all, the outcome of this game is crucial to third-party Manchester City, but for Chelsea today, it really has no impact.
Then in this situation, the "Blue Army" has no reason to fight Manchester United to the end!
Chapter completed!