Chapter 469: Su Dong is reliable, and a sow can climb a tree!
The first half ended with a score of 1-0, with Barcelona temporarily leading.
At halftime, Chelsea made a substitution, replacing Essien with Gudjohnson.
After the substitution, Chelsea adopted a 4-4-2 formation.
Robben and Duff are still on the two wings, Lampard and Makelele form a double defensive midfielder in the middle, and Gudjohnson and Drogba are in front. It is not difficult to see Mourinho's tactical intention.
He didn't want the game to drag on like this.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Chelsea took the initiative to launch a wave of attacks.
Lampard, Drogba, Robben, and even Ferreira, all created some threats and made three shots, but only Ferreira's long shot from 30 meters away was aimed at Barcelona's goal. The distance was too far and the ball had no power, so it was easily confiscated by Valdes. This is also the only time Chelsea has shot on target with Barcelona's goal so far.
Although Barcelona's defense is still unstable, the presence of Marcos Senna has made a qualitative improvement in the level of Barcelona's back line, and the overall performance is much better than last season.
After a series of consecutive attacks failed to produce results, Chelsea began to slow down the pace of their attack.
But Barcelona is very good at controlling the situation and the tempo while having possession of the ball. When they saw Chelsea's fierce attack failed and wanted to slow down the tempo and take a breath, Barcelona decisively sped up the tempo and created threats one after another.
First, Su Dong took the ball with his back outside the penalty area and passed it back to Messi. The young Argentine player took a direct left-footed arc shot, but it was caught by Cech.
Afterwards, Su Dong dribbled into the penalty area and almost had a shooting opportunity. The continuous cooperation between Ronaldinho and Deco on the periphery finally created a chance for Su Dong to kick near the penalty spot and hit a powerful volley.
Cech was very steady and made a side dive. The tall and long-legged Czech goalkeeper caught the ball.
Soon, Deco himself came up and took a long shot, but it failed to pose a threat.
Ronaldinho got the ball on the left and cut inside. With the help of Su Dong, he hit a curve ball with his right foot, which just hit the post and flew out of the bottom line.
The two teams exchanged blows, with Barcelona having the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, while Chelsea played solid defense and fought just as well.
In the 61st minute, Messi dribbled the ball and broke through from the right, shook off Gallas, rushed into the right side of the penalty area, and broke through Carvalho and passed the ball across the goal.
Su Dong quickly followed up at the front point and kicked the ball directly towards Messi's pass.
At the critical moment, Terry fell to the ground and slid, and even though his body had lost its balance, he used his hand to block Su Dong's shot.
Su Dong raised his hand immediately and signaled to the referee Hauge that it was a handball.
But the referee Hauge waved his hand towards Su Dong, thinking that this was just Terry's subconscious action and did not whistle to call a foul.
"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that it was indeed a handball, but Terry's sliding tackle was barely a subconscious action. All we can say is that Chelsea escaped a disaster."
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Barcelona attacked fiercely, while Chelsea focused on defending in their own half.
Ronaldinho did not fix his position on the left at the beginning, but actively retreated and frequently appeared in the middle.
When Ronaldinho retreated, Su Dong moved to the left side, trying to stretch Chelsea's defense.
He was not going far away from the penalty area, but wanted to break through the defense and then rush back.
When he was retreating, Ronaldinho was pressed by Lampard. He could only go back with his back to the goal, pass the ball to Marcos Senna, and run to the middle.
When Su Dong saw this, he immediately left the center and moved to the left to fill Ronaldinho's position.
When Ferreira saw him, there was obvious avoidance in his eyes.
Back then in the Portuguese Super League, he suffered a lot from Su Dong, and was even taken advantage of by Su Dong and Ronnie in turn. This left him with an extremely deep shadow, and he has not yet recovered from it.
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are much stronger today than they were back then, which makes Ferreira feel uneasy.
"Don't be afraid, I just came over to take a look." Su Dong said with a smile.
Ferreira looked ahead, and after listening, he turned around and looked at Su Dong, as if to say, I don't believe you at all.
It feels like a couple hugging each other in bed, and no matter how much the man swears, no one will believe him.
Are there still people like Liu Xiahui who can remain calm even when a woman sits on his lap these days?
Sure enough, just a few seconds after Su Dong finished speaking, he saw Ronaldinho cooperate with Iniesta in the middle, and the Brazilian superstar got the ball in front of Chelsea's 30-meter area.
When Su Dong saw this, he raised his hand immediately, shook off Ferreira at the fastest speed, and rushed directly towards the goal behind Terry.
Ferreira was shocked and cursed in his heart: Damn it, just now you were so affectionate and loving, but in the blink of an eye you turned your face and were so ruthless, these days, men... no, if a man like Su Dong is reliable, even a sow can climb a tree! Cursing in his heart, Ferreira still entangled Su Dong as soon as possible.
Terry's reaction was a little slow, but he turned around immediately.
Ronaldinho made a long pass over the top and accurately sent the ball behind Terry.
Su Dong cut into the penalty area from the left rib, rushed behind Terry, determined the landing point of Ronaldinho's pass, jumped high, and headed the ball into the far corner.
Cech was originally standing in the middle. When he saw Ronaldinho's long pass to the left side of the goal, he immediately moved to the left. However, Su Dong deliberately headed the ball to the far corner, which made the Czech goalkeeper feel very painful while moving.
His reaction was quick, but his inertia and center of gravity made it difficult for him to make the save.
The ball went from the bottom of the crossbar into the upper right corner of Chelsea's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"In the 66th minute, Barcelona scored another goal!"
"Another goal from Su Dong, 2-0!"
"Score twice!"
"My God, Sudong is in amazing form. He has scored in every game until the end of this season. Tonight he seized two key opportunities and scored two goals for Barcelona."
After Su Dong scored a goal, he rushed out of the stadium at full speed, ran all the way to the corner area, waving his arms constantly, and all the Barcelona fans in the stadium rushed out of their seats in an instant, shouting Su Dong's name frantically.
2-0! This is almost a desperate score! Especially in the whole game, Barcelona controlled 70% of the ball, and it was almost difficult for Chelsea to turn the tide.
The Barcelona players were also well aware of this, so after Su Dong scored the goal, they all followed him, rushed out of the stadium, and celebrated the goal with Su Dong on the sidelines, congratulating him on scoring a crucial goal for Barcelona.
“This is really the key goal that sealed the victory!”
"From the current data, Barcelona's ball possession rate is as high as 71%, while Chelsea's is only 29%. There is a huge gap in the time of possession between the two teams. More importantly, in terms of creating threats, Chelsea only had one shot on target, and that was a long shot from Ferreira 30 meters away."
"It can be said that Barcelona has completely controlled the situation on the field so far. Chelsea has been on passive defense for most of the time except for two quick attacks at the beginning of the game."
"Now, Mourinho is trailing 0-2 and he doesn't know if there is any good solution."
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On the sidelines, after a burst of excited celebration, Su Dong quickly gathered together with his teammates.
"Now is not the time to celebrate. There is still about half an hour left. We have to keep up the good work and keep up the pressure. Don't give them a chance to breathe. Especially don't forget how we won the Champions League last season!" Su Dong reminded his teammates seriously with a very serious expression.
Last season's Champions League was won by a miraculous comeback, and Barcelona knows this better than anyone.
Because of this, Barcelona players know better than anyone what they should do at this moment.
"Su is right, we must continue to maintain pressure, continue to control the ball, and continue to attack!" Captain Puyol also shouted.
The Barcelona players around also spoke up.
For them, they are now only one step away from defending the Champions League title, and they must not give Chelsea a chance to counterattack at any cost.
"Come on!" Puyol stretched out his hand first.
The other players also stretched out their hands and joined hands.
No matter what their relationship is like on a daily basis, no matter what impressions they have of each other, or whether there are any conflicts, at this moment, they are teammates fighting side by side and must work together.
"Come on!" Puyol shouted.
"Come on!" others responded.
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Rijkaard watched silently on the sidelines. He originally wanted to remind his players loudly, but now it seems that there is no need.
He found that at this moment, Barcelona players were more sober than anyone else.
This is not surprising, because they just reversed AC Milan in the Champions League final last season. So how could they easily give Chelsea a chance to reverse themselves now? …
Mourinho's face was gloomy.
He was sending Joe Cole and Wright-Phillips to warm up.
Tonight, Duff, who played on the right side, was not very active, while Robben on the left was very good. This made Mourinho not very satisfied with Duff and wanted to replace him with Wright-Phillips.
The winger from Manchester City is very fast but his position at Chelsea has never been very secure.
Mourinho was a little hesitant because Joe Cole was also a good candidate.
If Wright-Phillips is good at breaking through the wing and has a very obvious speed advantage, then Joe Cole's creativity is also what Chelsea's offense needs now.
The combination of Lampard and Makelele makes the midfield lack creativity and over-rely on Robben on the wing.
But when Robben was contained, Chelsea's offensive threat was greatly reduced.
In other words, it is possible to replace Wright-Phillips and Joe Cole, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
This makes Mourinho very troubled.
Who should be replaced? On the court, Barcelona will not give Mourinho enough time.
After the game resumed, Barcelona continued to maintain offensive pressure on Chelsea.
(End of this chapter)
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