novelhk Chapter 182
Chapter 182
"Gareth Bale! Gareth Bale! He crushed Chelsea with his speed!! He helped Leeds United take the lead!!!" When the ball rolled into the net, in addition to the thunderous cheers at Elland Road, there was also the roar of Eddie Gray on the speakers, "Ladies and gentlemen, cheer for Gareth! I thought I just saw a white lightning, and everyone can only follow him and eat dust!!!!"
"Is this what you mean by it's hard to have a chance to perform?" Jon looked at Bale who had already run to the sidelines to celebrate wildly with Li Shiguang on the TV screen, and asked Lineker, who was already smiling, with a strange look on his face.
"Hahaha, I admit that I have made mistakes sometimes." Lineker could not hide the smile in his eyes, looking at Jon who looked a little regretful, "But we have to be reasonable. 70% of the credit for Leeds United's goal should be attributed to Lahm. Without his steals and long passes, Bale would not have been able to get the ball so easily past Ferreira."
Jon nodded and glanced at the TV that switched the camera to the dejected Chelsea players: "Indeed! And I feel that Shevchenko has a problem with his thinking. He could have passed the ball to Drogba who was in a better position in this attack just now. The key point is that I saw Drogba waving to him for the ball."
Indeed!
At this moment, the atmosphere on the bench of the two teams can be said to be worlds apart.
Mourinho, who was furious, was pointing at the penalty area of Leeds United and yelling in the direction of Shevchenko: "Andre, can't you see Didier's position! There is such a big gap in the middle of the penalty area! I asked my grandmother to come up and play, and she knew to pass the ball! Tell me, what were you thinking just now!?"
Shevchenko naturally saw his head coach yelling at this side on the sidelines. Although he couldn't hear what Mourinho was saying from the distance, Shevchenko knew from his expression that it was not a good thing...
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After a while, at the urging of the referee, the Leeds United players ended their celebration and ran back one after another. When they returned to their own half, Drogba and Shevchenko had been waiting in the center circle for a long time.
After both sides were in place, the referee blew the whistle to restart the game. Drogba passed the ball back to Essien behind him, and the game started again.
Including the extra time, there are only about 5 or 6 minutes left before the end of the first half. It is still very difficult for Chelsea to equalize the score in such a short time.
However, to be on the safe side, Li Shiguang reminded the Leeds United players one by one when celebrating with everyone just now that they must not be careless after the game resumes. Don't let Chelsea seize the opportunity to equalize the score in the remaining time of the first half!
Indeed! After Essien received the pass, the entire Chelsea team also moved quickly, as if they wanted to equalize the score before the end of the first half.
But their attack this time did not repeatedly pass the ball in the middle to find opportunities like before.
In order to save time, Chelsea played quite simply and roughly. Essien made a long pass directly to the left side, and then Robben ate Mills alive with his speed, and forced a cross after half a body distance at the bottom.
However, with Li Shiguang's reminder, the Leeds United players were still very focused after returning to the field.
Although Silva was slightly thinner than Drogba who was trying to score in the middle, after suffering several losses, he did not choose to fight the Ivorian this time, but went around Drogba from the side, jumped high, and headed the ball out of his own penalty area.
Mascherano, who had retreated to the top of the penalty area, got the first point.
After stopping the ball, Mascherano turned around and saw Lampard and Essien rushing up, which scared Mascherano and quickly passed the ball to Alonso who was waving on the left.
Then Alonso looked up and kicked the ball to the center circle decisively. Ibrahimovic also had a little advantage in the confrontation with Carvalho, and immediately used his head to pass the ball to Torres.
Seeing this, Lineker's commentary voice became a little louder: "Here it comes again! Leeds United does not seem to be satisfied with only a one-goal lead entering the halftime break, they launched a quick counterattack again!"
However, Chelsea was well prepared for defense this time. Torres had just brought the ball within 25 meters of the goal when he encountered Ashley Cole and Terry's pressing. He failed to break through by force, and Terry poked the ball out of the sideline from under his feet.
At this time, the first half of the game also came to an end. It seemed that Leeds United did not want to let the game lose suspense early.Just as the sideline ball was thrown, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
"Okay! The first half is over. Leeds United temporarily leads Chelsea at home with one goal thanks to Bale's goal in the 42nd minute! The two teams gave us a relatively exciting 45 minutes! The tactics formulated by the two coaches Li Shiguang and Mourinho today are also quite targeted. In the first half, they each carried out targeted blasting on the opponent's weak points, but in the end, Leeds United took the lead in blasting! Mourinho will have 15 minutes to adjust next. I am looking forward to seeing Chelsea's changes in the second half!"
In Lineker's long summary, the players of both sides in the picture also walked into the player tunnel one after another.
The only thing that seemed a little different was that Mourinho turned and walked into the player tunnel as soon as the referee blew the whistle. Li Shiguang stood on the sidelines and patted the shoulders of every player who passed by him. When Schmeichel, who was walking at the back, came over, he turned around and walked towards the player tunnel with him....
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In the Chelsea locker room, the atmosphere was a little solemn. Mourinho was the first person to walk back to the locker room. When the players came in, he was drawing the team's formation on the whiteboard and drawing a long arrow on the two sides.
After all the Chelsea players entered the locker room, Mourinho first walked over and closed the door of the locker room himself, then returned to the middle of the locker room, pointed at the whiteboard next to him, stared at Shevchenko who was sitting behind him, and said in a cold tone.
"Andre, did you not hear the tactical arrangements I made in the locker room before the game? Do you need me to repeat it to you again?"