Chapter 170 Champions League: Chelsea (Part 3)
Hazard was alerted immediately after hearing Vardy's words. Of course, he did not doubt the truth of Vardy's words, because Hazard knew that Vardy knew Eggsy very well and might be very clear about some of Eggsy's habits.
"But we still have to attack," Hazard looked back at the scoreboard. There were only five minutes left and the first half was about to end. "Even if it's the last few minutes, we have to try to shoot, otherwise we will have to fight hard in the second half."
What Hazard said was right. In the first half, they were controlled by Real Madrid's midfielder's possession of the ball, but the coaching staff did not change their substitution strategy. It was obvious that they gave up the first half and planned to decide the outcome in the second half.
Of course, Chelsea's idea was obvious, and it was not difficult to guess just by looking at their crazy attack, and it certainly could not be hidden from Real Madrid. Especially when Chelsea suddenly chose to attack on two fronts, it was intended to break through, or bypass the midfield control area created by Eggsy, and try to break through on two fronts, so that Real Madrid's defense would not be timely, and they would try to find loopholes.
Seeing the time passing by, Chelsea's attack made Costa and Vardy run once each. Real Madrid's defense also changed at this time. Modric and Eggsy looked at each other and stood on the left and right lines respectively, while Kroos exchanged positions with Eggsy and organized defense behind the center axis.
Modric and Eggsy started to defend Costa and Vardy from the left and right. Especially Vardy and Eggsy were almost face to face 1 to 1.
"This is the first time Vardy and Eggsy have played against each other for their new clubs and friends since they parted ways!" The host certainly didn't miss the opportunity to grab the attention, and immediately stirred up a storm in his words. "Vardy is attacking with the ball, and he is using his body to pressure Eggsy's defensive area!"
I have to say that Vardy's body is indeed very strong. The previous Eggsy would definitely not be his opponent. A collision with Eggsy would definitely cause him to lose his balance, leading to his failure in defense.
But now, when Vardy tried to hit Eggsy with his body, he immediately felt that Eggsy actually blocked it. Then the little guy's ability to steal the ball improved as much as his physical fitness.
Vardy had just failed to force Eggsy to retreat, and he was about to bypass Eggsy with the ball, or find an opportunity to pass the ball, because he didn't have enough time, so he didn't waste it. But Eggsy seemed to aim at the ball at Vardy's feet. After Vardy and himself had opened up a distance for a moment, Eggsy suddenly accelerated and crossed Vardy's body.
Then, as everyone stared in wide-eyed horror, Eggsy's legs suddenly sped up while running, and then, to no one's surprise, he actually used the side of his foot to push Vardy's ball behind Vardy's own feet!
"Beautiful!! Eggsy successfully stole the ball from behind Vardy!"
Because Vardy takes more time to turn around than Eggsy, Eggsy deliberately pushed the ball between Vardy's feet to behind him, and then with the acceleration he just used, when Vardy couldn't even turn around, he had already rushed to the midfield from the right side in front of the Real Madrid penalty area with the ball!
Now the rest of Real Madrid rushed forward, knowing that following Eggsy would definitely launch all the moments! Real Madrid's full-line pressure brought unparalleled pressure to Chelsea.
Chelsea's head coach couldn't help but shout at the defenders on the sidelines to tighten the defense. Eggsy ran with the ball, and Bale and Benzema also tried to position themselves very smartly.
However, the organizers of Chelsea's defense were Ivanovic and Kante. The defenders on the left and right lines immediately saw the opportunity and blocked Bale and Benzema. Kante knew that Eggsy was only good at scoring in the penalty area and was not good at long shots.
They not only tightened their defense, but also blocked the two forwards' routes to the penalty area diagonally.
Eggsy's running pace didn't seem fast at this time, but his legs were really long enough, so although the frequency seemed slow, his speed was really great. The three Chelsea players behind him were chasing him closely, especially Vardy who was very good at sprinting, but he was left behind by them.
Eggsy was breaking through the Chelsea defense, and after a sudden stop, he found Vardy behind him, and it seemed that he was about to stretch his foot forward to steal the ball. So Eggsy switched his feet left and right, turned 36 degrees on the spot with the ball, and shook off Vardy who was rushing towards him from behind.
"Beautiful! That's a perfect bicycle kick from Eggsy!"
The person that Eggsy faced in the end was the former Captain Kante. When Eggsy saw Captain Kante, the first thing that came to his mind was the past. Captain Kante would stuff himself with a chocolate bar after every game. His private nickname for Kante was Chocolate.
Seeing his former captain, Eggsy just smiled. Captain Kant also lowered his body. He knew that Eggsy was very flexible, so he immediately lowered his center of gravity in an attempt to intercept.
But the next second, Eggsy attacked the outside line on his right, and Captain Kant immediately stretched out his feet to expand his defensive range. But Eggsy suddenly swung his tail in front of him like a highly flexible willow branch!
Eggsy's body moved to the right, but the ball under his feet quickly switched from the right to the left. The next second, in the incredulous eyes of Captain Kante, Eggsy had quickly cut in from his left and ran with the ball!
"Eggsy!" Captain Kant was so badly fooled by Eggsy's trick that if he hadn't supported himself on the ground with his hands, he would have fallen down!
The entire Chelsea stadium was now filled with earth-shaking cheers, and Eggsy had already made an oblique run into the outer edge of the penalty area!
The follow-up players of Real Madrid have not caught up yet. Modric is trying hard to block Costa. This guy has a lot of small moves. Modric does not want to get hurt, so he has to be extra careful when dealing with this guy.
At the same time, Bale and Benzema were still trying to find a way to break through. There were people in front and behind each of them. Even if the ball was passed, the risk factor was too high!
But Eggsy couldn't let the ball go. He had brought the ball here with great effort and he absolutely couldn't give up at this time. So with no forward in front and no way to retreat behind, Eggsy directly broke into the penalty area alone!
When he was facing the goal, Eggsy knew that his shot would definitely be estimated by the goalkeeper based on the direction of his foot and touch, so he kept changing the frequency of his feet while making the run, making it impossible for the Chelsea goalkeeper to predict the direction of his ball.
Chelsea's defenders are not idle either, but they have already assigned two people, one to keep an eye on Bale and the other to keep an eye on Benzema, so they can only spare two people to face Eggsy's sudden attack. Add to that the three midfielders chasing behind, Eggsy is now a standard 1V5!
Zidane and Guti were also watching this side, neither of them said anything, but they knew that if Eggsy was thinking of a strategy now, Zidane still felt that Eggsy did not let go, because in his opinion, he had found several ways not to waste the ball, but Eggsy was still trying to get closer to the outside of the penalty area, which showed that he was inexperienced and not confident enough.
Guti obviously noticed it too. He also looked at the Real Madrid players who were pressing forward on the field. He was even wondering if they would not be able to return to defense in time if the ball failed and Chelsea counterattacked.
At this time, everyone on the court was shocked by Eggsy's single-handed performance and began to cheer vigorously. Not only for Eggsy, but Chelsea fans were also cheering for Chelsea players!
"Stop him! Stop him now!"
Everyone saw how dangerous Eggsy and his ball were. Chelsea's defense had done its best. Hazard and Fabregas, who caught up later, were trying to catch up with Eggsy.
Eggsy knew that his advantage was about to disappear in an instant. Shoot or pass the ball! ?
At this time, everyone on the court was looking at Eggsy, and they found that Eggsy had quickly cut into the expected position, and then kicked out directly!
"Eggsy shoots!"
Zidane and Guti couldn't help but clench their fists. On the other side, Bale and Benzema felt a shock in their hearts when they saw the arc of the ball and rushed out to prepare for the follow-up shot.
Because the kicking point is required to be on the right side of the goal, but the direction of the kick is also to the right, which will most likely make the ball fly directly out of the goal frame, and Benzema on the right side is trying hard to run towards the direction of the ball.
But as I was running, I felt something was not right...
Why is the ball getting farther and farther away from me?
Benzema hadn't figured out what was going on yet, as everyone stared at him with wide eyes, the ball strangely went inwards. The goalkeeper had originally moved to the right to defend, but as the ball got closer, it suddenly turned to the left...
Huh? Turning a corner?!
The goalkeeper's reaction could be said to be the fastest of all. He immediately stepped back quickly, staring at the ball, quickly adjusted to the left, and finally pounced!
At this time, not only everyone in the audience was stunned, even Eggsy who had just shot the ball was stunned.
The whole audience was quiet for less than half a second, and suddenly broke into deafening cheers!
In the last 2 minutes of the first half, in the 43rd minute, Eggsy went alone and shot a very strange rubber ball from a long distance outside the penalty area!
On the field, Real Madrid leads 1:0!
Chelsea's Hazard looked at the last 2 minutes of the first half, and after receiving the ball from the goalkeeper, he quickly kicked the ball -
Long pass!
broken!
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