Chapter 968 It's all that damn Su Dong's fault!
Cech stood in front of the goal as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
He set up a human wall and stood near the midpoint, ready to save the ball from both sides at any time.
Taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and pushed the brim of the protective hat in front of him to prevent it from being too low and interfering with his vision and movements.
He didn't know when it started, but he had already gotten used to the existence of this protective hat.
Many people felt sorry for him because at such a young age, he was hailed by countless people as the goalkeeper most likely to become a god after Buffon. He even stood in the position that countless professional goalkeepers dreamed of. But all of this was completely taken away from him because of that foul.
Sometimes he asked God why he was so unlucky and why it was him. But God did not answer him.
Maybe it’s disdain, maybe it’s laziness, or maybe even God doesn’t have the answer.
His career has to continue, he has to overcome his psychological barriers, he has to continue to stand in front of the goal, and continue to charge towards the height he once reached, again and again.
Tonight, opposite him, the guy named Courtois is really similar to him, but also very different.
Courtois lacks some experience. Although he performed very steadily, he was still a little immature in some ball handling. This is unavoidable. After all, he is only 19 years old, 10 years younger than Cech.
Oh, by the way, both of them were born in May, Cech on May 20th and Courtois on May 21st.
When Cech saw Courtois, he felt as if he saw himself in the past.
At the age of 19, he joined the Czech giants Sparta Prague, and in the summer of his 20th year, he transferred from Sparta Prague to Rennes in Ligue 1. Since then, he has become familiar to the top European league teams.
Courtois is even luckier than him.
The Belgian goalkeeper joined Manchester City at the age of 18, and in the competition with Joe Hart, he grabbed the main position with his extraordinary talent and strength.
If nothing unexpected happens, Courtois will be the winner of the Premier League's Golden Glove Award this season, which will make him the youngest Golden Glove winner in history. Not only that, he has a good chance of breaking Cech's record of keeping opponents scoreless in 24 games in a single season set in the 2004-2005 season.
At such a young age, he has played for a strong team in the top league. Even this season, Manchester City has achieved outstanding results on four fronts. This makes it very likely that Courtois will reach the peak as soon as he debuts and win multiple championships directly.
He looked like the son of God, blessed with all the luck.
Cech is not convinced!
Cech performed exceptionally well tonight, blocking Manchester City's attacks time and time again.
Apart from that goal, Cech made almost no mistakes.
If the fact that the attacking players in front had no shots was a shame for Chelsea, then Cech in front of the goal line was Chelsea's mainstay. If it weren't for him, Chelsea would definitely have been slaughtered by Manchester City at home tonight.
But Cech steadied Chelsea's defense.
Now, he has to face Su Dong directly! The Czech goalkeeper's attention has always been on Su Dong. He knows how terrible Su Dong is and has also experienced the power of Su Dong's free kicks. He has been preparing and watching Su Dong's movements.
David Luiz? This central defender has certain skills, but that is only very good among central defenders. He is destined to be a tool man who provides cover, so Cech subconsciously ignored this guy who built a nest on his head.
As the referee blew the whistle, what happened next seemed to confirm Cech's judgment.
Su Dong was preparing, while tool man David Luiz quickly ran forward.
This guy should have just made a feint, ran over, and stepped directly in front of the ball to provide a cover for Su Dong who was following behind.
Cech thought so, so he was unmoved.
He was waiting for Su Dong! From beginning to end, his attention was only on Su Dong.
Even the human wall at the scene thought so, and even the commentator speculated so.
But what happened next made everyone drop their jaws in shock.
David Luiz took a run-up and when everyone thought he was going to run past, he suddenly stopped and kicked a shot with his right foot.
This guy's free kicks are very clean and direct, simple and rough, like a parabola, passing over the wall and flying directly towards the goal. His foot strength is very strong, and the angle is not tricky, but as long as he can control the momentum of the ball, the free kick is fast and powerful.
This is the free kick style that Carlos adopts.
David Luiz shot the ball directly. The wall of players reacted and jumped high, but the ball was faster and flew directly to the left side of the goal after passing the wall.
By the time Cech reacted, he had just taken a step towards the left side of the goal and was about to dive sideways when the ball had already flown into the net.
It’s not an absolute blind spot, but it’s very tricky!
Everyone in the audience was stunned.
Who would have thought that a central defender could kick such an accurate and direct free kick.
It’s not that there weren’t such central defenders in the past, such as Mihajlovic, but the problem is that there are too few such central defenders.
After David Luiz scored the direct free kick, he turned around excitedly, rushed to Su Dong who was covering him behind him, picked him up by the waist, and rushed to the sidelines excitedly.
Everyone at Manchester City was delighted.
They were also very surprised and delighted.
David Luiz has always had excellent footwork, which was the main reason why Manchester City brought him in. Even Guardiola has said many times that the Brazilian central defender's recklessness is insignificant compared to his contribution.
Or it can be said that his style of play is prone to mistakes, high risk and high reward.
But from beginning to end, no one expected that he would actually run to take the free kick.
Oh my god, this guy is so surprising, isn't he?
In the end, everyone blocked David Luiz and Su Dong on the sidelines and gave their congratulations to the Brazilian central defender, while also reminding him: Remember to treat us!
David Luiz was in a good mood and kept nodding his head. With his messy hair, he looked like the Lion King.
All attention was on David Luiz and Manchester City, and no one noticed that in front of Chelsea's goal, Cech, who had performed bravely throughout the game, was confused and full of guilt.
He really ignored David Luiz!
This is totally wrong.
It’s all that damn Su Dong’s fault.
If you don't shoot free throws, what are you doing standing there? …………
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Manchester City eventually defeated Chelsea 2-0 with goals from Hazard and David Luiz.
David Luiz, who scored a wonderful direct free kick, was named the best player of the match.
This may seem a bit of an impressionistic score, but the Brazilian center back's performance was indeed outstanding, especially his many late runs on the field, which created considerable pressure on the opponent.
Sky Sports commented that David Luiz is the most attacking central defender in European football after Lucio. He also has outstanding personal abilities and this time he showed his attainments in free kicks. It is believed that his role in Manchester City will become more and more important.
With this victory, Manchester City successfully advanced to the sixth round of the FA Cup.
After the draw, the results of the sixth round of the quarter-finals were announced, with Manchester City facing Leicester City at home.
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Villas-Boas lost this crucial battle at home, leaving Chelsea with only one last battle line this season.
That's the Champions League.
After the game, British media broke out explosive news, focusing on two pieces of news.
One is whether Villas-Boas will be sacked.
After losing the League Cup and FA Cup successively, Chelsea has no hope of winning the Premier League title. The only chance is the Champions League.
"The round of 16 is crucial. If Villas-Boas loses the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 again, he will be fired."
Even the identity of the replacement was revealed by The Sun.
That is Chelsea's chief assistant coach, Italian Di Matteo.
At the same time, another piece of news was revealed. That is, during the half-time break of the game between Chelsea and Manchester City, after the Chelsea players walked out of the locker room, Drogba, Lampard and other players called their teammates to hold a small meeting in the player tunnel without the participation of Villas-Boas.
The Daily Mail reported that Chelsea's stars have reached an agreement that they will make demands to the management in the near future, hoping that Villas-Boas will be sacked. "The locker room has completely lost confidence in him."
The Daily Telegraph also confirmed the report of the Daily Mail, saying that Sky Sports actually captured these scenes but did not broadcast them in the live broadcast. This is why, according to convention, there will be a scene of the player tunnel before the players come on the field, but there was no such scene during the half-time break of this game.
It was cut by Sky Sports due to its sensitivity.
The Daily Telegraph also reported that in the game against Manchester City, Mourinho's shouts were heard in the stands of Stamford Bridge. Many fans were missing the days when Mourinho was the coach, which was the biggest irony and blow to Boas.
Everyone knows that what Villas-Boas hates most is being reminded of the time when he was Mourinho's assistant.
The Sun also revealed that many locker room bosses including Drogba, Lampard, Terry and Cech have reached a consensus, and not in the game against Manchester City, but before that, even before Drogba returned to his country to participate in the African Cup, they had already made a clear decision to give up Villas-Boas.
"The Portuguese has completely lost control of the dressing room and no one listens to what he says."
Previously, after Chelsea was tied 3-3 by Manchester United, Abramovich appeared in Chelsea's locker room for the first time and talked to the players for half an hour, but it was to no avail. The team still lost to Everton in the subsequent game.
So Abramovich walked into the locker room again, hoping to communicate with the players.
"During that meeting, many veteran players even had a heated argument with Villas-Boas in front of Abramovich, and the two sides showed a tendency to be incompatible."
This time, Chelsea lost 0-2 to Manchester City at home and lost the FA Cup. Abramovich did not enter the locker room again. It was obvious that he had completely lost confidence and patience in Villas-Boas.
Three times the limit!
Villas-Boas's repeated defeats have completely ended his coaching career at Stamford Bridge.
(End of this chapter)
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