Chapter 367 His kick was so smart!

"Goal!!! Lightning goal from Lin Quan!"

"Only seven minutes into the game, Lin Quan helped Manchester City take the lead with a long shot. Chelsea is in danger now."

"Lin Quan is worthy of being Chelsea's nemesis. In several games against Chelsea, he has scored goals, and each goal was extremely crucial!"

"Haha, I think Chelsea fans probably hate him to death. Every time the team is about to win, Lin Quan stands out and shatters their dreams."

In the CCTV studio, two commentators said with a smile.

Because of Lin Quan, the two of them will inevitably be more inclined towards Manchester City when commenting on Manchester City's games.

In fact, it's not just them. In the country, the number of Manchester City fans has increased rapidly in recent years.

Many Chinese fans regard Manchester City as their home team, which became obvious after Guardiola joined Manchester City.

By following Manchester City's games, they can not only appreciate Lin Quan's amazing performances on the court, but also appreciate Guardiola's various brilliant tactical plays.

These are things you don’t see in your own league!

Moreover, the schedule of the Chinese Super League does not conflict with that of the Premier League, so watching Premier League games does not affect their watching of the Chinese Super League.

Although before this, the Premier League had been promoting the country for many years and had spent a lot of effort.

However, the achievements they have made in the past few years are not as great as those achieved in the year and a half since Lin Quan joined Manchester City.

It’s a pity that Lin Quan does not have Chinese nationality, otherwise his popularity in the country would be even higher.

"Lin Huang's shot was too outrageous. It looked like it would definitely go over the crossbar, but it went in!"

"It was really outrageous, just a little bit off. If the ball had gone a few centimetres higher, Chelsea wouldn't have fallen behind."

"I've seen Lin Huang warming up before a game. He was able to hit the same spot on the goal frame several times in a row from 30 meters away. To be honest, I've never seen such accuracy in other players."

"Messi should be able to do it, too. I've seen him as a guest on a show called World Football, and his footwork is so accurate it's scary!"

"The distance for Messi's show shouldn't be that far. 30 meters is very far. The recording site of the show crew definitely doesn't have that much space."

"No matter what, Lin Huang's shooting accuracy is definitely outstanding. Goalkeepers must not take it lightly when facing him. If they are not careful, they may lose the goal."

"Speaking of which, what virtue did Courtois have to squeeze Chelsea's goalkeeper Cech to the bench? I really feel sorry for Cech!"

"Yes, Cech is in very good shape and his ability is not a problem. Mourinho shouldn't trust Courtois so much and should give Cech more playing opportunities!"

"If it doesn't work out, just leave Chelsea and go to other teams. Arsenal next door lacks a good goalkeeper. This season, Ospina and Szczesny's performances are not very good, especially the latter, whose save success rate is less than 70%."

Arsenal fans are almost dying of envy seeing Chelsea waste such a good goalkeeper.

Cech has only played four times in the Premier League this season, keeping three clean sheets and a 90% save success rate. With such statistics, there is no problem for him to start for Arsenal.

However, considering the relationship between Chelsea and Arsenal, Cech, who has played for Chelsea for a full ten years, may not do so.

But if Chelsea continues to not let him play, even the most loyal veteran will eventually feel disappointed.

Lampard can transfer to Manchester City, so it seems understandable that Cech goes to Arsenal.

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The game continued, and Chelsea, who were behind in the score, pounced on Manchester City like an enraged lion.

In the 11th minute, Oscar's long-range shot slipped past the goal.

Two minutes later, William made a cross after breaking through the wing, Diego Costa got rid of the defender and shot, but Navas hit the crossbar.

Chelsea had a small offensive climax, but Van Dijk, who was touched on the butt by Diego Costa, was very angry and wanted to teach this guy a lesson for his dirty actions.

Diego Costa plays football in a rather dirty way, and he often makes some subtle movements with his hands to interfere with the opponent's defensive players.

He did this once last time at the Etihad Stadium. That time, Manchester City was so angry that they went into a frenzy mode and defeated Chelsea 3:1, winning the first leg.

In the last game against Liverpool, Diego Costa was almost banned by the FA because of dirty moves.

I thought Diego Costa would be more restrained, but I didn't expect him to go back to his old tricks.

This guy really doesn't change his bad habits.

Chelsea got a corner kick opportunity, William took the corner kick and looked for his own high point in the penalty area.

Blues captain Terry jumped high and headed the ball, which was slightly above the crossbar. Chelsea missed the chance to equalize the score.

On the sidelines, Mourinho applauded the players for their performance during this period.

They have been playing well on offense during this period. If they continue like this, they will be able to equalize the score sooner or later.

However, things did not go as he expected after he realized Chelsea's offensive threat.

At Guardiola's signal, Manchester City began to control the tempo of the game.

They used the width of the field, patiently passed the ball back and forth to look for opportunities, and would never attack unless there was an excellent opportunity.

This made Chelsea a little uncomfortable, as once they pressed forward, the opponent would pass the ball back to the defender.

Their forwards tried to press the opponent's defenders, but because they were outnumbered, they were played around by the opponent.

Seeing Diego Costa running around in the frontcourt in a panic, Van Dijk and several Manchester City defenders felt angry and wished they could run a few more laps around him and run this guy to death.

Seeing Manchester City using back-passes to waste time, Chelsea fans at the scene booed.

They really hated the opponent's passing and controlling football. The opponent did not attack and kept wasting time, which made them very anxious and worried that the game time would run out.

Mourinho glanced at Guardiola next to him. The opponent's tactics were quite different from when he was at Barcelona.

At that time, Guardiola and his Barcelona did not play in such a utilitarian way.

Facing Mourinho's gaze, Guardiola responded calmly.

In fact, using ball possession to waste time is not a tactic formulated by Guardiola.

Kroos was not on the court in this game, and the person who controlled the pace of the game was the team's core player Lin Quan.

Was it his decision?

Guardiola couldn't help thinking in his heart.

This kid is so smart in his kicking, isn’t he?

If they continue to play like this, Chelsea players will be anxious!

As the game time passed, 20 minutes had passed and the opponent was still in control of the ball, Chelsea's players became angry.

In the past ten minutes, Manchester City had been passing the ball around, completing only one attack during that period. After losing the ball, they immediately counterattacked, and continued to pass the ball around after getting it back.

This style of play is really shameless. If Chelsea players don't press forward with heavy troops and press Manchester City in the backcourt, they suspect that these guys will keep passing the ball until the end of the game.

So, Chelsea's formation began to press forward, and the two wingers almost rushed into Manchester City's penalty area to grab the ball.

Lin Quan and his teammates retreated slowly, always maintaining their offensive formation, and did not lose their composure because of the opponent's massive pressure.

On the surface, Chelsea had the advantage, suppressing Manchester City's players in their own half and launching an attack on Manchester City's goal.

In fact, because Manchester City's defensive formation was maintained very well, when defending in a low position, they took advantage of their numerical advantage and greatly restricted the opponent's offense.

Chelsea's attack was like hitting a wall. It looked powerful but posed no threat at all.

On the contrary, on Manchester City's side, after the opponent pressed forward on all fronts, the huge gap exposed in Chelsea's backcourt allowed Manchester City to seize the opportunity!

In the 24th minute, Ivan made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by Fernandinho.

After the interception, the football was quickly passed to Lin Quan's feet. After taking a look at the position in the frontcourt, Lin Quan made a straight pass and sent the ball to Aguero's feet.

The ball penetrated Chelsea's defense, but unfortunately Aguero, who had just returned from injury, had not yet recovered to his best form, and Courtois attacked very timely and blocked Aguero's shot on the penalty area line.

Manchester City's counterattack made Chelsea nervous, and in the following minutes, they did not dare to press so forward.

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However, they did not dare to press forward in a big way, so Manchester City immediately repeated their old trick and continued to pass the ball back in the backcourt.

There were boos again at the scene, and Chelsea fans were almost losing their temper at the shameless behavior of their opponents.

Mourinho's expression was very serious. He called Matic over, gave him a few words of instruction, then waved his hand, signaling the players to attack boldly.

With the endorsement of the head coach, Chelsea's players became much bolder.

Mourinho's eyes were as sharp as lightning, staring straight at Manchester City's half.

The advantage of Manchester City shrinking their defense is that they gain a lot of space for counterattacks, but the disadvantage is that this position is too close to their own goal.

As long as Chelsea completes the steal, they can immediately pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

So, now we have to see whether Chelsea will seize the opportunity to beat Manchester City, or Manchester City will grit their teeth and hold on, and then rely on counterattacks to defeat the Blues! In such a stalemate, both sides have many offensive opportunities.

In the 29th minute, Ramirez intercepted De Bruyne and Oscar's long shot was saved by Navas.

In the 32nd minute, Manchester City made a long pass from the backcourt, Terry made a mistake in defense, and Aguero received the ball and had a one-on-one opportunity.

However, his low shot after a long run slipped out of the goal. At the same time, Lin Quan, who was in position, saw his teammates wasting a good opportunity and couldn't help but sigh.

If he had taken the shot, it would almost certainly have been a goal.

But Aguero was so eager to shoot that he didn't pay attention to his position.

"I'm sorry, Lin, my mistake!"

After completing the shot, Aguero noticed that Lin Quan had already surrounded the wing. As long as he passed the ball, it would be an empty goal.

After realizing that he did not play calmly enough and was even a little selfish, Aguero immediately apologized to Lin Quan.

"It's okay. You just came back from injury and your condition hasn't fully recovered yet. Don't blame yourself too much!"

The ball had already been missed, and there was no point in blaming teammates. Moreover, the opponent had already realized his mistake and took the initiative to admit it, so Lin Quan naturally couldn't continue to blame him.

Manchester City's counterattack this time was more threatening than the last time, and they were just millimeters away from scoring.

All the Blues fans were scared and felt that Mourinho's style of play was a bit too risky.

Chelsea is good at defensive counterattacks, not this kind of pressing attack.

However, Mourinho remained calm and was not affected by the ball at all.

He waved his hand and signaled the players to keep attacking! Seeing the coach's instructions, Chelsea's players had no choice but to continue attacking Manchester City.

Neither side played in the style they were good at. Chelsea, which should have played a defensive counterattack, played a pressing attack, while Manchester City, which should have played a pressing attack, played a defensive counterattack.

If the team names are covered, fans may even feel that Manchester City is Chelsea and Chelsea is Manchester City.

When both sides are using unfamiliar styles of play, various problems are bound to arise.

In the 41st minute, Ivanovic found Hazard with a long pass.

The Belgians, who had been sluggish throughout the first half, finally had a highlight performance this time.

Hazard made a series of breakthroughs and broke into the penalty area and knocked the ball in front of the goal. Diego Costa scored in front of the goal and changed the score to 1:1!

Chelsea finally tied the score and both sides are back on the same starting line!

After seeing Diego Costa score, Mourinho excitedly celebrated with a slide! Although it was just an equalizer, this goal was of great significance to Mourinho!

In the football world, the enemy he cares most about is Guardiola.

The two have similar honors and their achievements as leaders are also different.

In addition, they are both the most promising coaches in the outside world, and the two have accumulated a lot of grievances in the past.

Therefore, every time they fight, it will cause huge discussion and attention.

Mourinho can accept losing to others, but he cannot accept losing to Guardiola.

Especially losing at home!

This is absolutely unacceptable! Guardiola next door did not react much to the ball. Although the timing of the goal was not good, there was still half time, so there was no need to rush.

Moreover, a 1:1 draw is not unacceptable for Manchester City, and it is far from the end of the world.

He did not see Mourinho's exaggerated celebration. It has always been like this for the opponent. The more attention he paid to the opponent, the more proud he became.

Compared to appreciating Mourinho's performance art, Guardiola is more concerned about what tactics should be used in the second half.

The goal we just conceded proved that it is very risky to continue playing like this.

Chelsea's offensive capabilities have become much stronger this season, especially with the addition of Diego Costa, which has helped them get rid of the chronic problem of weak forward line.

Coupled with a large number of talented players such as Hazard and Oscar, it is very dangerous for Chelsea to suppress Manchester City.

Manchester City should still use the tactics they are more familiar with.

However, the use of passing and controlling tactics against Mourinho's team did not work very well in Guardiola's last season as coach of Barcelona.

So, how about using that trick? Guardiola came up with a good idea, but he had never executed this tactic before and it was quite risky.

So he planned to make a decision in the second half based on the situation on the field. If it really didn't work, he would use this trump card at the last moment to try his luck! (End of this chapter)