novelhk Chapter 418
Chapter 418
This is indeed the truth.
Pizarro has never been a traditional fulcrum center forward since his debut, but a nine-and-a-half-year style of play similar to Roberto Baggio. If Grant really replaces Arnneka with him, Chelsea will really have no chance in today's game.
And there is one thing that Li Shiguang is clear about.
When he was under Mourinho, Pizarro still had many outstanding performances.
But since Grant took over Stamford Bridge and bought Anelka, Pizarro has not played for even a minute in several games...
Obviously, replacing a defender in the position will not help Chelsea's offense at all.
From the moment Clattenburg blew the whistle to start the second half of the game, Leeds United's players, under the guidance of Li Shiguang's "take advantage of your illness to kill you", launched their own offensive, madly pressing towards Chelsea's penalty area, bombarding non-stop.
Under Leeds United's crazy attack, Chelsea could only shrink its defense, and for a while it looked a little embarrassed.
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In the studio of Sky Sports.
As a Chelsea fan, Jon was naturally worried when he saw his home team being bombarded by Leeds United in their own half.
But as a professional commentator, his focus is not only on this.
After seeing Ben Haim on the TV screen being blasted by Torres, and then the Spaniard's violent volley hit the outside of the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line, Jon finally couldn't help it: "I really don't understand Grant's substitution. What is the purpose of replacing Carvalho with Ben Haim!? In the first half, at least Carvalho could keep an eye on Torres. Now that Ben Haim is on the court, Torres' side has also become active!"
"Uh..." Lineker smiled and covered his mouth, comforting his partner, "Jon, let's just say, is there a possibility... Look, including the FA Cup, Chelsea is now fighting on four fronts... Is it possible that Grant is making a choice?"
"Fighting on four fronts?" Jon With his eyes wide open, "It's obvious that the league is over. We have already reached the final of the League Cup, and the final will be held at the end of next month! Our opponent in the Champions League, Olympiacos, is not a traditional strong team. It doesn't take much effort to win! Tell me, in this situation, which normal head coach would make a choice!?"
"Then..." Lineker saw that Jon was getting more and more angry, and wanted to persuade his old partner, but the picture on the TV screen made him give up this idea, and instead explained at a fast speed, "Leeds United is here again! Kaka took the ball in the middle and pushed forward. Facing the double-teaming of Makelele and Ballack, he actually took the ball out! Reus received Kaka's pass!"
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At Elland Road.
Leeds United has maintained the intensity of attack since the start of the second half, without weakening.
Just when Jon was complaining about Grant's substitution, Silva once again took the ball from Anelka's feet, who had finally got the ball, and then passed it to Kaka's feet in the frontcourt. Leeds United instantly switched from defense to offense.
Before Ballack and Makelele completed the encirclement of him, Kaka seized the opportunity to pass the ball to Reus who ran from the left to meet him.
Facing Leeds United's offensive.
Chelsea's defense speed was also very fast. Reus had just turned around after receiving the ball, and the players on Chelsea's back line were already waiting near the penalty area.
The two veterans Ballack and Makelele did not make the same mistakes as in the first half.
After leaving Ballack alone to defend Kaka.
Makelele ran back to the top of the penalty area to help Alex defend Adriano, who was the most threatening on Leeds United's front line.
Seeing that Chelsea's defense had been arranged, Reus could only slow down and pass the ball back to Modric who ran up to join the attack, and then continued to move into Chelsea's penalty area.
Modric organized his teammates to pass the ball several times in a row, but he didn't find any good opportunities to pass the ball into the penalty area.
After the lesson of the first half.
Chelsea arranged a relatively stable defense line in front of the penalty area, consisting of four defenders and Makelele lined up in a row.
And Ballack, who had been transformed from a midfielder to a defensive midfielder, also entangled with Kaka.
In fact, it looks like this.
At least in the middle, Chelsea's defense is quite tight.
Facing this defense line, Leeds United patiently used the width of the field to pass the ball back and forth twice, but there was no space to pass forward.
But just when Chelsea's players thought that Leeds United's attack could only end with a long shot that was higher than the crossbar.
The football was passed horizontally by Alonso to Modric's feet.Modric did not pass the ball to Kolarov who came up from the left to assist as he did just now. Instead, he raised his right foot, turned his back to the ball and kicked it into the penalty area!
The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew to the back point.
The three forwards, Reus, Adriano and Torres, who had been slowly wandering around the Chelsea defense line, seemed to know that Modric would pass the ball. The moment Modric touched the ball, they suddenly jumped up and accelerated into the penalty area!
This scared the Chelsea defense!
But they reacted quickly and turned around to chase after him!
Modric was looking for Torres with this ball.
There was no problem with the height and speed, but there was only one thing missing, which was that the pass was a little deeper, very close to the baseline, which prevented Torres, who got the first point, from heading the ball directly.
In desperation, Torres, who jumped up to stop the ball, could only glance at Adriano in the middle with his peripheral vision, and with a headbutt, he headed the ball back to the middle.
Adriano in the middle also received Torres' aerial relay pass, and the big bald head shook it hard, and it was a powerful header.
The ball was headed with great force, but it was a little straight. Fortunately, the distance between the ball and the goal was very close, which increased the difficulty of Cech's save.
Cech, who had no time to react, could only make a fist with one hand, and his right hand subconsciously blasted forward, just like punching, and hit the ball out of Chelsea's penalty area again!
Seeing this scene.
The Chelsea players in the penalty area breathed a sigh of relief.
But just as they turned around and prepared to run to the landing point of the ball, a white figure who had already raised his left foot to shoot appeared in their field of vision!
Eddie Gray's voice came out from the speakers at the scene: "Kolarov!"
The next second.
Under the gaze of more than 50,000 fans.
The Serbian full-back who had just joined Leeds United showed off his golden left foot for the first time at Elland Road.
Bang!!!
A sound that was loud enough to drown out the noisy cheers of the fans exploded in front of Chelsea's penalty area!
Then.
The football flew through the gaps in the penalty area like a supersonic cannonball, and plunged into the upper left corner of Chelsea's goal at lightning speed!
Fifty-fourth minute!
2:0! Leeds United scored another goal!
Chelsea's players were right.
Leeds United's attack this time.
It did end with a long shot, but the result was not over the crossbar, but became the second knife stabbing in their hearts...