Makelele lunged at Kaká as he received the ball and turned, but just as Lineker said, Kaká, at his peak, used a simple change of direction and acceleration to leave the French midfielder behind once again.
However, Makelele was not discouraged after being beaten by Kaka. He turned around and chased after Kaka relentlessly. Alex had already come up in front of him and blocked Kaka's path. Makelele refused to believe that he and Alex could not stop Kaka by attacking from the front and back.
Kaka also saw Alex, but he didn't give Alex a chance to get close and kick him.
Kaka, who had already picked up the speed completely, was like a whirlwind. Instead of slowing down or making any unnecessary movements, he used his right foot to push the ball to the left front and then accelerated again, directly bypassing Alex's save!
After getting past Alex, Kaka will have a huge gap in front of him. If he catches up with the ball and takes one more step forward, he will be able to face Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech directly!
Chelsea's players are frantically tracking back on defense.
Alex continued to chase Kaká, while Makelele ran towards the penalty area, hoping to catch up when Kaká took a shot, and perhaps even block part of the angle of Kaká's shot with his body.
Seeing this situation.
At this moment, Chelsea's right-back Belletti, who was closest to the ball, finally gave up on Bale, who was eyeing the ball, and turned to run towards it.
He had it all figured out: regardless of whether it would be a foul or not, Kaka hadn't even entered the penalty area yet, so he would just run up close and make a sliding tackle!
That is indeed the case.
In order to successfully get past Alex, Kaka's touch on the ball was a little too heavy.
So when Belletti made the sliding tackle, Kaká's speed meant he had just caught up with the ball.
Kaká quickly made a decision in his mind. He knew that if he continued to dribble, the ball would most likely pass him, but he would be left outside the penalty area by Belletti. Just as the Brazilian was still hesitating, a white figure suddenly appeared from his left in the corner of his eye.
Without hesitation, Kaka flicked the ball over Belletti's body and into the penalty area with his toe. Then, using the last bit of strength in his leg, he jumped up and dodged Belletti's tackle.
When Kaka lifted his head from the ground and looked ahead again...
All we could see was Bale, who had stormed into the penalty area, receiving his pass and swinging his powerful left leg!
Cech reacted, but his arm, waving in mid-air, did not touch the ball.
The football flew past Cech like lightning and slammed into the net behind him!
"Goooooooooooool! Beautiful!! Beautiful!! Beautiful!! Gareth Bale!! 2:1!! In the 64th minute, Leeds United took the lead!!"
"Unstoppable, absolutely unstoppable! Kaka got past Makelele and Alex with just two changes of direction! Although it's impolite, I still have to say that Mourinho's substitution was absolutely disastrous!"
Amidst Rheinkel's back-and-forth commentary.
Leeds United's players ran to the corner flag for the second time to celebrate the goal with the almost frenzied fans in the stands!
Li Shiguang was not one to be outdone.
After celebrating his goal with Simeone, Li Shiguang turned back to face the fans in the stands and performed his signature "three punches." Unlike his previous goal, this time the fans did not respond to Li Shiguang's actions with cheers.
Every punch Li Shiguang throws!
The stadium at Elland Road would erupt in a chorus of over 50,000 fans chanting in unison: "Lee!!! Lee!!! Lee!!!"
It's no wonder Li Shiguang was so excited.
He could tell that Chelsea had been overwhelmed by Leeds United's recent offensive onslaught.
Although there are still more than 20 minutes left in the game, the score is only 2:1!
But Mourinho had no other choice.
Li Shiguang had a clear view of Chelsea's bench.
At this point, if Mourinho wanted to strengthen the attack, he could only replace Wright-Phillips with Shevchenko. However, such a substitution would be completely ineffective against Leeds United, who were now in full swing.
During Li Shiguang's celebration.
Mourinho wasn't idle either. After having Shevchenko warm up, he sat on the bench, calmly watching Li Shiguang, who was laughing wildly. His eyes were filled with memories of himself leading Chelsea to the Premier League title three years ago...
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Li Shiguang was right.
After Atkinson blew the whistle to restart the game, Chelsea launched an attack, but Shevchenko, who had just come on, fired a wild shot that went out of bounds, and Leeds United regained possession.
The match is in its 79th minute.
Sneijder received the ball near the halfway line and orchestrated an attack. He dribbled the ball all the way to an area about 30 meters from the Chelsea goal before Essien came up to defend.
After slowing down his dribbling speed, Sneijder spotted Adriano running out of the penalty area to receive him. He glanced at Carvalho behind Adriano, thought for a moment, and then passed the ball to him.
Carvalho had a yellow card on his back.
Although he was closely marking Adriano with the ball, he dared not rashly make a tackle. He knew the character of Brazilian players. If he stretched out his foot and failed to reach the ball, and Adriano fell to the ground, there was a high probability that he would receive two yellow cards and be sent off.
Therefore, under these circumstances...
Adriano easily held off Carvalho, then passed the ball across to Sneijder, who had bypassed Essien.
Two past one!
By the time Sneijder received the ball, he was already on the edge of Chelsea's penalty area.
In front of him.
It was Adriano who ran back into the penalty area, and Kaká, De Bruyne, and Bale who made rapid forward runs from different directions!
Of course, each of them was accompanied by a Chelsea defender.
Sneijder swung his right leg.
Every Chelsea player on the field was watching him closely, trying to determine the landing point of Sneijder's cross as soon as possible.
Surprisingly...
Instead of lobbing the ball into the penalty area, Sneijder made a cross and tapped it back to the edge of Chelsea's penalty area.
Carvalho, who was originally there, has followed Adriano back into the penalty area.
The next second!
A white figure appeared in that position, and there wasn't a single Chelsea defender beside him!
"Xabi Alonso!!!"
A powerful shot without any adjustment.
Alonso's right foot slammed into the ball, sending it flying towards Chelsea's goal like lightning without any spin!
Cech, who leaped into the air, did not touch the ball.
One second later.
A third, deafening cheer resounded throughout Eland Road!
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