Chapter 217: Wonderful Battle (1)

Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London, England.

“Beep…”

The referee Atkinson blew the whistle to start the game.

Tottenham Hotspur kicked off the game. Forward Frederic Kanoute passed the ball to his teammate and then quickly got in.

Frédéric Kanouté was originally a Frenchman, but because the French team had a lot of talented strikers, he finally chose Mali nationality and joined the Mali national team. At Tottenham Hotspur, Kanouté's performance has been very stable, and when the Frenchman Santini came to Tottenham, he still got many opportunities to play.

In the first few rounds of the Premier League, Kanoute also performed very well. He has now scored two goals and one assist for Tottenham.

After Kanoute ran to the Chelsea penalty area, Tottenham's massive attack followed.

………

Arsenal is the first team that comes to mind in the Premier League.

However, in the eyes of English fans, Tottenham is the team that truly takes offense as its tradition. No matter how Tottenham's performance is or how strong their opponents are, Tottenham never gives up their offensive spirit.

This season, after the famous coach Jacques Santini came to London, he did not forcefully change the style of play. Relying on Tottenham's original players, he used the club's transfer funds to strengthen the back line while also investing in the front line. It can be said that the current offensive ability of Tottenham's front line can break through the defense of any Premier League team.

The same was true on the field of play. In the first five minutes, in this rectangular stadium, a holy place in the hearts of Chelsea fans, Chelsea was actually caught off guard by Tottenham's attack. The opponent relied on the connection and cooperation between the middle and right, and short-distance passing, to constantly tear apart Chelsea's defense. The frequent passing made Chelsea's defensive players feel a little overwhelmed.

Although Tottenham's attack was not as gorgeous as Spain's, it made it difficult for Mourinho's semi-substitute lineup to deal with it. Just as Mourinho expected before the game, Chelsea's current lineup could not withstand Tottenham's attack.

At this time, Wang Li was also participating in the defense near the midline, making a steal whenever he had the chance, and directing the team's offense according to Mourinho's assignment. It would be better to say that he was dribbling the ball himself---

On the left, the Dutch rising star Arjen Robben performed very well, but he was too far away from Wang Li, while Mutu in the middle had no idea what he was doing. He seemed to be sleepwalking and had no cooperation with Wang Li at all.

Fortunately, on the right side there is Thiago Mendes, who just joined Chelsea. The strength of this 23-year-old Portuguese player is still certain. He does a very good job in defense. The occasional through balls in the offense always make Wang Li feel very comfortable when receiving the ball, and the offense naturally becomes faster and smoother.

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On the court.

Tottenham's attack continued. Forward Jermaine Colin Defoe bypassed Geremi's defense on the center line. At this time, Defoe suddenly felt a chill on the tip of his nose. He secretly cursed the damn weather in his heart.

"The grass is so slippery, you have to be careful," Defoe reminded himself.

The drizzling weather distracted Defoe a little. At this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly came from the stands. At the same time, he felt a huge force coming from his feet, which made his body a little unstable, and he fell directly on the grass.

The football was taken away

It was midfielder Claude Makelele, the cornerstone of Chelsea's backcourt defense, who kicked the ball decisively and accurately, intercepting Defoe's dribbling ball with one kick.

After Makelele intercepted the ball, he decisively passed it to Arkin Robben on the left. He knew that he was not good at attacking, and the reason why he was able to secure a main position in Chelsea was because of his fierce defensive ability.

After the Dutch star got the ball, he rushed forward without hesitation. The media commented that if you want to grab Robben's ball, you must be faster than him. Now on the court, Robben is using his dribbling speed to prove the correctness of this statement. Spurs midfielder Davis was left behind by Robben in a simple disguise as soon as he met him. He wanted to chase the ball again, but he couldn't catch up at all.

When Robben dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area, two Tottenham players were already chasing him closely. The fans all thought that at this time, the Dutch new star had to pass the ball. Surprisingly, Robben made a big change of direction and dribbled to the right.

If Robben had scored without passing the ball, this one-stop goal would undoubtedly have become the best goal of this round, and the Chelsea fans in the audience were also looking forward to the next scene.

Under everyone's gaze, Robben brought the ball to the middle of the penalty area. In normal training, this is also the position he is good at shooting. But now, his shooting route has been completely blocked. What should he do?

Robben was about to lose the ball, but this Dutch boy kicked the ball from under his feet to the right... where was Alan Wang.

"Alan"

"Score one more and let them know how great you are"

“This is Stamford Bridge”

The Blues fans in the audience were boiling with excitement. Now most of the opponent's defenders were attracted by Arjen Robben's dribbling. At this time, Wang Li, who was on the right side of the penalty area, was only defended by one defender and had been thrown away.

After Wang Li got the ball, he turned diagonally to the left at a large angle and shook off the defensive player beside him. But at this moment, he was secretly anxious. Now on the court, the team's center forward Mutu was still near the center line, and Robben was closely watched by the opponent's players. If he wanted to score, he could only rely on himself.

Although not many people noticed Wang Li in the Tottenham team's backcourt just now, the position where Wang Li was was not suitable for shooting. When he got the ball, the player who was defending Robben had already dodged and blocked his attack route. Seeing this situation, Wang Li, who was dribbling the ball, could only rush forward anxiously.

On this slippery grass, Wang Li didn't dare to do any difficult dribbling moves, as it would be easy for him to be tackled by the opponent and lose the ball. This time, facing the double-teaming of two players, Wang Li was quick-witted and imitated Rooney's dribbling moves, using the back and forth swing of his body while running to collide with the defensive player who was trying to grab the ball next to him.

Now, the two Tottenham defenders who followed Wang Li and wanted to steal the ball were Ifill and Edman. Looking at Wang Li's actions, the 26-year-old Swedish player Edman secretly despised him in his heart, "With such a small body, you still want to knock me, Edman, away. You really don't know what you are talking about."

If it was his teammate, England defender Ledley King, he would pay close attention to every move of Wang Li, because King knew that this black-haired boy would always surprise others and never do anything without confidence. But now it was Edman who was trying to grab the ball. When he saw the black-haired boy next to him bumping into him with his shoulder while running, Edman grinned and bumped into him with his shoulder. But the next second, he immediately opened his mouth in astonishment---

Edelman felt a huge force coming and his body was knocked off balance.

In front of all the fans, Edman and Ifill were knocked crooked by the black-haired boy, and their speed naturally slowed down. Soon after, the latter easily dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Danger

"Don't let him kick the ball..." Before goalkeeper Paul Robinson finished his words, he saw the football flying directly to the left corner of the goal. He tried his best to control his body and pounce to the left, but---

It's too late

The football flew almost in a straight line in the air and hit the net. The referee Atkinson's whistle also told everyone in the stadium that the ball had gone in.

At this time, Wang Li's teammate in the England team, Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson, who was still lying on the ground, stood up, cleaned the wet grass debris on his body, and gave Wang Li a bitter smile, "Sure enough, being this kid's opponent is a very painful thing, especially as a goalkeeper..."

However, Creed Pesvak in the broadcasting room didn't care what Paul thought at this time. He directly used those arrogant words to start the extremely leaky commentary for Chelsea fans: "gl The ball goes in. This time it's Alan Wang again. Our dance master has taught the Spurs players a good lesson. You must be careful when facing Alan's attack. Even if there are more defenders defending, Alan can still shake them off and send the ball into the net. This is our Alan, our 'dance master'"

"...The playing field was a little slippery today, but even so, Alan still performed very well. Oh, by the way, we can't forget the Dutch kid who dribbled the ball from the midfield to the penalty area. He also performed very well..."

As Creed Pesvak continued to praise his players, the Chelsea players took turns clapping with Wang Li to celebrate the goal. In such bad weather, they would not be so excited as to play human pyramid, as the result would never be good.

At this time, sitting on the bench, the 'upright' Mr. Lampard was imagining the situation in his mind - Wang Li, who was pressed down by his teammates, slowly stood up, his whole body covered with grass clippings and mud...

I have to say, Lampard is definitely a black-bellied man...?

………

After the players of both teams took their positions, the referee blew a whistle and announced that the game had resumed.

At Stamford Bridge, the cheers of the Blues fans in the stands became even louder. They kept shouting to cheer for Chelsea. The shouts became one in the crowd, overwhelming the entire stadium.

At this time, the raindrops dripping from the sky seemed to become the embellishment of the stadium. These enthusiastic Blues fans really interpreted the scene of "rain or shine" with their actions.

1:0

Chelsea has the initiative in the game, and fans have reason to believe that there will be more goals in this game, just like in the previous rounds of the league.