Chapter 79: Chelsea Again (Part 3)
This goal destroyed Chelsea's morale. After everyone saw this goal, they even felt like: How could we lose the ball again?
In fact, when it comes down to it, Chelsea played really well in the first half and did everything they should do, but their tactics were really bad. In addition, the rhythm was led by Eggsy throughout the whole game, making Eggsy a veritable rhythm master, so it was not surprising that they lost to Leicester City in the first half.
Leicester City's goal did not boost Chelsea's offense. Instead, they felt more and more limp and exhausted. In the last few minutes of the first half, Chelsea's offense made frequent mistakes and was intercepted by Eggsy and Mahrez, which made them lose their temper.
The first half ended like this. When Leicester City left the field, the players were in a good mood because they had completed Mr. Ranieri's instructions perfectly.
Mr. Quancheng didn't say anything. He just nodded when he saw the players and walked towards the passage to go to the locker room. Everyone was laughing behind him, and then they packed up their things and went into the passage.
On the other hand, Chelsea was in a state of despair. Before leaving, Eggsy turned back to look at Fabregas, who was standing alone outside his teammates, drinking water silently. Eggsy suddenly thought that if he hadn't met these teammates, if he hadn't integrated with them, he would probably be like this now, right?
Even if Eggsy looked hard, he still couldn't see Fabregas when he turned the corner. When they arrived at their locker room, they found that Mr. Ranieri had his back to the door, but the rest of the coaching staff was standing at the door, which made the fans feel a little nervous.
This situation is not right. No way. After the first half, the game ended like this. Is the gentleman still angry?
All the players looked at each other, and few dared to enter the door. In the end, Vardy tricked Eggsy and pushed him in. Eggsy had no idea that his teammates would trick him like this. He was pushed in without being prepared, and stumbled and almost hit the chair next to him.
Mr. Ranieri turned around to look at him and kindly warned him: "Be careful, what if you get hurt?"
"Ah, yes sir."
Eggsy stood up with the help of a chair and looked back. His eyes made his teammates, who were a little nervous, laugh softly. Everyone saw Eggsy's angry look and knew that he probably didn't know who pushed him.
"Be careful, Eggsy."
"Don't get hurt, there's still a game to play."
Eggsy was almost mad at being tricked by these idiots, but after Mr. Ranieri knocked on the tactical board, he had to swallow his anger and sit down.
"The first half was a good one." Ranieri didn't waste time. After affirming everyone, he began a new explanation. "In the second half, we will definitely face Chelsea's crazy attack, Eggsy!"
Mr. Ranieri's sudden shout scared Eggsy so much that he almost jumped up from his seat. He was actually listening to Mr. Ranieri's tactical explanation, but he didn't expect to be suddenly shouted like that and was startled!
"In the second half," Mr. Ranieri probably knew that he had frightened him a little, so he slowed down his voice again: "Remember to conserve your energy. The tactics are still the ones we decided before. Eggsy, you can do whatever you want."
"Got it sir."
"Vardy, Mahrez, you two move forward," Ranieri told Vardy and Mahrez, while at the same time he did not forget to push the tactical board behind him forward to represent the positions of the two people. "Shinji Okazaki, remember to turn around, Eggsy is behind you."
"Yes, sir."
After hearing the players' answers, Mr. Ranieri finally turned his attention to Eggsy. Seeing that Eggsy was in good condition, he nodded and said, "Okay. Everyone, work hard in the second half."
"Yo——" All the players immediately became excited after cheering.
As for the outside, actually, if Chelsea lost last time, it could be said to be an accident, but this time Chelsea conceded a goal in the first half, which was really unbelievable. The entire Leicester City's configuration is not as good as Chelsea's, so why didn't Chelsea score?
Chelsea's weakness may come from its status as a top team, but the individual personalities of each player make them not very integrated. The most troublesome thing is that their head coach can't control them at all. Moreover, to some extent, even Chelsea's own players have doubts about their tactics, which is the most fatal.
And at this critical juncture, everyone in Chelsea's locker room was a little unhappy in this environment where they had conceded a goal.
The cause was that the forwards blamed the midfielders for being restricted. Although Fabregas was easy to talk to, Hazard was not. Pedro and Ramirez stood up on the spot. The forwards who started the fight also stood up. It seemed that both sides were about to quarrel. If the head coach hadn't shouted at them, they would have had a lot of trouble.
"What are you doing! What are you doing! Isn't it embarrassing enough?!" The head coach stood up and pushed back the players on both sides! He looked around and sneered, "You still want to lose the game and lose face in Leicester City?"
This was a heart-wrenching statement, and no player stood up to say anything. But the team already had problems, and with this commotion, there was really nothing to say.
This is Chelsea’s current situation. Before it was just a conflict in the locker room, but now it is a conflict within the team.
Think about it, if there is no communication on the court, it is no different from playing blindly. Now the people are not united, the team is hard to lead, and coupled with the current mood and conflicts, everyone has already had an idea of how this game will turn out.
This is what it means to be weak before the battle even starts. Now the momentum is so low, can Chelsea win in the second half?
Fabregas was sitting nearby and saw it all, feeling extremely bitter. But he still had to finish the game seriously, because this was what he and Eggsy had agreed to.
At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea made the first adjustment. They removed one midfielder and replaced him with a winger, which seemed to be a complete fight. But when the fight really started, Leicester City seemed to be in a different situation.
At the beginning of the game, Fabregas was staring at Eggsy, and the two of them were blocking and breaking through in various ways. It was like this from the beginning, which really stunned the fans.
"Aren't they friends?"
"Hiss - did they have a falling out? The two of them are unwilling to give in to each other. Why do they feel so tense?"
The fans don’t understand, but the players all know that Eggsy and Fabregas are giving their all because they are friends.
The core of Chelsea's midfield is Fabregas. He knows that if his team wants to win, they must take control of the ball in the midfield.
Similarly, Eggsy also knew that Leicester City was able to maintain its lead now because of its control of the ball in the midfield, so he certainly couldn't give in.
As long as the ball is passed to these two people, no matter who it is, it will be a technical show.
Fabregas used his feet alternately and Eggsy dribbled the ball in a figure 8 pattern. The host of the show was at a loss for words and the audience was stunned.
In the second half, the midfield battle between the two players quickly drew players from both sides in. Because midfield control depends not only on skills but also on numbers.
Once a combination of ball-controlling players is formed, they can dominate the midfield. But the key is that if you can do it, Chelsea can do it too, so it depends on your ability to see who is better.
Eggsy moved back in the second half, and it can be said that his main task was defense, because Mr. Ranieri had calculated that Chelsea was going to counterattack and even prepared several plans, but now it seems that none of them can be used.
Because Leicester City and Chelsea are completely trapped in the midfield vortex, once both sides reach the midfield, they will be trapped in a swamp-like golden land and cannot extricate themselves at all.
Fabregas and other Chelsea players also tried to use roundabout tactics, or even retreat to break away and tear apart Leicester City's midfield control, but they failed to do so after 20 minutes of efforts in the second half.
"Chelsea launched another attack, Fabregas and Hazard dribbled the ball on both lines," the host was still commenting passionately as he watched the new round of attack launched by Chelsea, but the fans were more or less feeling a little uncomfortable.
After all, we have watched for more than 20 minutes, and everyone can see that although Chelsea has strengthened its offensive power, it is no different from before. The main problem is not the players, but the coach and tactics. From being dragged down by Leicester City's Eggsy at the beginning to wasting energy in the first half, it is not a big deal.
After all, the battle for the ball in the midfield was really exciting. The fans cheered at the beginning of the second half, but suddenly calmed down. Everyone was wondering why Chelsea spent all their time in the midfield in the second half, except for attacking. Although the battle for the ball was really exciting, why didn't they score a goal? ?
Leicester City had already seen that Chelsea had no other tricks, so they didn't launch any offensive attack in the second half and just held on to the last point, controlling the ball until the end of the game.
Leicester City had already beaten Chelsea once, so there was really no need to go too far. But the game was over, and Eggsy walked straight up to Fabregas and gave him a big hug.
Xiaofa didn't even react, but in the next second he responded to Eggsy's hug with a smile. He not only hugged Eggsy, but also patted Eggsy's shoulder. After a while, the two separated.
Eggsy said something to Fabregas, who nodded, and the two took off their jerseys and exchanged them. This made many fans tear up, but at the same time they were confused, because the two men's fierce fighting just now really didn't show that they had such a deep friendship.
Then Eggsy walked across the entire half court with his upper body naked, holding Fabregas' jersey in his hand, as if taking a stroll, making the surrounding fans stare in amazement!
Wow, these muscles are so beautiful... (Slurp!)
Eggsy had just returned to his teammates, and one by one they began to reach out and ruffle Eggsy's hair.
“What! What are you doing!!”
All the teammates smiled but said nothing, except Vardy, who came up and ruffled Eggsy's hair, saying as he ruffled it: "You're going to be 17 soon, if you don't touch it, you won't be able to touch it anymore!"
Eggsy was stunned for a while after hearing these words, and when Mr. Ranieri saw that Eggsy hadn't reacted yet, he coughed and silently made a spoken word with his lips: "Birthday!"
Eggsy suddenly realized, but...
How could he tell these smiling teammates that he had chosen this birthday randomly because he didn't know what month he was born!
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