Chapter 31
Because of the previous experience of Sidwell, the No. 12 player John who came on as his substitute played more steadily. He passed the ball when he should, without any ambiguity.
Finally, in the 40th minute of the second half, John, who came on as a substitute, received the ball and had an idea. He passed the ball through the gap between two players from the opposite Mexico America team. No. 10 forward Joe Cole quickly stepped forward and chased the ball for a few meters before successfully stepping on the ball and then shot on the spot.
The football flew high and hit the dead corner of the goal. Mexico's America team's goalkeeper Crann jumped up immediately and tried to save the football from the goal, but he jumped a little too early. When he began to fall under the influence of the earth's gravity, the football continued to fly under the influence of the force of the earth and did not reach the falling point.
So even though Cran had stretched his arms as straight as he could, he still couldn't touch the football and change the direction of its force. When his feet stepped on the grass of Stamford Bridge, the football hit the net.
"GOALLLL!!!"
"What a wonderful pass! John's pass was a stroke of genius. The players of the Mexico America team had no time to react at all!"
"Mourinho's substitution was very decisive, and John did not disappoint their head coach's expectations!"
"There are less than three minutes left in the game. Can America score two goals in these three minutes to tie the score?"
"To be honest, it's very difficult. Judging from the saves of the goalkeepers of both teams, our Chelsea goalkeeper Endrit is obviously better. Facing the same shot directly into the blind spot, Endrit easily caught the ball in his arms, and he caught it in his arms instead of saving it! This undoubtedly proves how powerful Endrit is!"
"And it's worth mentioning that Endrit hit the crossbar when he made the save just now, but my God, he looked fine! Maybe he's not just some iron-faced Superman, his head is also made of iron!"
"Mourinho values Endrit very much. With his excellent performance, Cech's starting position in the new season is probably in jeopardy."
The post-goal celebration time passed as the commentators chatted away, and America launched one last fast break in the final minutes.
"Anderson again! He's very fast!"
"A deep-fried meatball! It broke through Michael directly!"
"Anderson rushed out of the penalty area! Ashley made a sliding tackle! The ball was intercepted directly! The ball flew directly to the bottom line!"
“Beep, beep, beep…”
"The referee blew the whistle to end the game! Let us congratulate Chelsea for defeating Mexico's America 2-0!"
Ashley, who successfully tackled the opponent's last ball at the last moment, was pulled up by Glenn who was standing next to him. Ashley lowered his head and patted the grass debris on his body, then couldn't help but look back at Zhou Liran who was standing in front of the goal and taking off his gloves.
Zhou Liran originally planned to go back to the locker room to take off his gloves, but he really wanted to rub his head so he did it now. But why did he feel like someone was staring at him?
Zhou Liran looked up and found that the No. 3 guard Ashley was staring at him. When he saw him looking at him, he smiled at him. Zhou Liran raised his eyebrows, then walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Well done! I thought the football was going to hit me in the face again, luckily you were there."
Ashley's smile instantly brightened, and he immediately extended his hand to Zhou Liran, "Ashley Cole, welcome to Chelsea."
Zhou Liran smiled and shook hands with him, "It's my honor. Leave the goal to me from now on."
Zhou Liran was not surprised at all that it was Ashley who first extended the hand of friendship to him. Well, the year before last, in June 2005, when Ashley was still a member of Arsenal Football Club, he met with Mourinho without the club's permission. Afterwards, the English Football Association fined Ashley 100,000 pounds.
Then on September 9 last year, Ashley transferred from Arsenal to Chelsea for 6.29 million pounds - this kid came out of Arsenal's youth training camp.
Zhou Liran didn't know what the reasons and motivations were behind his support for the transfer, but there was no doubt that he recognized Mourinho's coaching philosophy and Mourinho also trusted Ashley.
After moving to Chelsea last year, Ashley started as a defender in the Champions League group stage. Unfortunately, in the Premier League match against Blackburn in January this year, Ashley suffered a serious knee injury and subsequently missed nine league games. After he recovered from his injury, he continued to start in the FA Cup victory over Manchester United.
Shevchenko is crying with envy (bushi)
However, after this game, Zhou Liran understood why Mourinho preferred Ashley - he was really serious during the game, and even though his knees were often injured, he still tackled and hit when he needed to, without any ambiguity. The reason why Zhou Liran was very familiar with him was that Ashley was running most of the time throughout the game and often appeared in Zhou Liran's sight.
The two chatted casually as they returned to the locker room together. Ashley enthusiastically said that he would treat Zhou Liran to a meal after Mourinho announced the disbandment. Zhou Liran agreed, but Mourinho did not agree - of course, the latter did not know about this. He just asked Zhou Liran to stay after the announcement of the disbandment.
"Why haven't you changed this bad habit of yours? Do you really think you have a head made of iron? Why didn't you take the initiative to save the ball just now? Couldn't you have just walked forward a few steps and jumped to save the ball? The defenders in front of you were there at the time. You could have safely kicked the ball out, they would have caught it! The home team's defenders are not your teammates from the youth team, they will not let the other side make a successful shot!"
Zhou Liran lowered his head and pretended to be a quail, not daring to say a word: Mourinho was right, he could indeed take the initiative to hit the ball out, and he wouldn't have to let his head come into close contact with the crossbar - but the problem was that if he didn't choose to save the ball in this way, then in his first game for Chelsea, he would use iron-clad facts to prove that he was indeed an iron-faced superman.
However, the biggest reason for this situation is that he is not strong enough. If it was enough, he would be able to react and wouldn't have his head buzzing trying to save the shot.
"I'll practice with you," Mourinho said coldly, "You are not allowed to hold the ball. You have to throw away the ball I kick at you!"
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