Chapter 373 Reaching the Summit
The penalty kick scored by Wang Li changed the score to 1:2. All Chelsea supporters in the stadium were excited, and the morale of the players who were out of breath due to Manchester United's fierce attack in the second half was also boosted.
Head coach Mourinho sat more calmly on the sidelines. He chewed a piece of gum with great interest and talked with the assistant coach next to him about the performance of the players on the field. He also laughed occasionally. Seeing his performance, everyone's first feeling was that Chelsea had grasped the victory.
In contrast, Manchester United coach Ferguson had a gloomy face and stood on the sidelines, shouting and reminding the players to continue attacking.
There was a stark contrast in the physical demeanor of the two head coaches, which was also an outward manifestation of the two teams' form.
However, there was a piece of news that made Ferguson feel much better. In another game, Arsenal was already leading 2:1 at the start of the second half thanks to goals from Henry and Bergkamp. That is to say, as long as Manchester United scored a goal and the two teams tied, Chelsea would not win the championship.
In this situation, the Jazz needed a goal even more urgently.
On the field, Manchester United had to continue to attack for the sake of their dignity. The players looked at the old Sir who was shouting on the sidelines, and they felt a little sad. In fact, Ferguson's authority in Manchester United was unquestionable, and all the players were a little afraid of this old man.
However, such a fierce attack just now failed to break Chelsea's goal. Is there really any hope if they continue to attack now?
This question made all Manchester United players ponder, causing the team's morale to drop a lot. After the game resumed, Manchester United originally planned to use offense to equalize the score, but Chelsea used a more fierce attack, which directly hit back the momentum they had just slightly raised, forcing them to defend.
Chelsea also opened up their attack
This made the Manchester United players a little uncomfortable. Although they knew that Chelsea, who had just scored a goal, would be very motivated, they did not expect that they would choose to attack.
On the field, Giggs broke through the wing, cut into the penalty area and passed the ball to Rooney at a small angle. Rooney forced a shot against two defenders, but the ball was firmly held in the arms of goalkeeper Thomas.
While Rooney was still upset about the missed shot, Thomas had already kicked the ball out.
"Oh, Shit, what are you doing?"
At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson's angry shout on the sidelines made Rooney wake up immediately. He ran back to his own half to participate in the defense with a sympathetic heart.
Frank Lampard received the pass and kicked it to Joe Cole, who dribbled past Fletcher and passed it to Wang Li. Wang Li took the ball through the middle, spotted the gap, and passed it to the Manchester United penalty area.
There was Damien Duff who had just run over. After the Irishman received the pass, he made a surprising small turn and shot directly at the angle. The football hit the left goal post and flew out of the bottom line, making the Manchester United fans in the audience break out in a cold sweat. Goalkeeper Howard was even more scared. He did not stand in the right position just now. If the ball had gone in, he would have been at least half responsible.
"Chelsea's attack is very fierce and their counterattack is very fast. Now the situation on the field is a little tilted. We can see that both teams are trying hard to launch attacks. I believe the scores will be even more exciting later..." At this time, even the commentator of the court TV station realized the situation of the game.
The attack just now lasted only about 15 seconds and it threatened Manchester United's goal. In the Premier League, this is a typical Chelsea-style counterattack. Without a fast central connector and accurate passer, it would be difficult to play such a smooth combination. This is the shortcoming of English-style football. Players often pay more attention to physical rather than technical skills.
As for the team itself, after such a long period of running-in, Chelsea's offensive thinking has become very clear. As the core, Wang Li can dribble and pass. As long as he is on the court, the movement of other players must revolve around Wang Li. This is the offensive routine formulated by Mourinho, and when Wang Li showed his terrifying offensive efficiency in a single game, his teammates were also convinced by this routine.
In fact, it is unrealistic for players in the same position to not have some jealousy. Competition within the team can easily turn into personal grudges. As a striker, many people are jealous of Wang Li's achievements.
However, this kind of jealousy often occurs between players of similar level. For example, the relationship between Rooney and Saha of Manchester United has always been bad. This is because of the competition between the two. When Saha is in good form, Rooney often has no chance. At Chelsea, the competition between many offensive players and Wang Li is of another form.
Wang Li scored too many goals and performed so well.
This made many players feel like they were looking up to a mountain.
When you have 10,000 yuan, you may envy someone who has 20,000 yuan, but you will never envy Bill Gates, because there is no comparison between the two of you.
Now, although the gap between Wang Li and his teammates is not that big, no one is jealous of him because they know that they can't have such high skills or such a stable and terrifying goal efficiency. Therefore, with Wang Li as the offensive core and leader of the team, not only is no one jealous, but everyone feels that the team's efficiency is higher.
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Back on the field, Chelsea's counterattack was indeed sharp, which made Manchester United coach Ferguson start to worry about defense.
The old Sir knew very well that it was not a wise choice to fight against Chelsea, and the best choice for Manchester United was to defend and counterattack.
But now that C. Ronaldo is injured, it is really unrealistic to expect veterans like Giggs, Fletcher and others to launch a quick counterattack and score a goal. In fact, even if C. Ronaldo is on the court, Manchester United's offensive speed is not very fast, and it is impossible to achieve the same counterattack speed as Chelsea.
Fortunately, Van Nistelrooy, who recently returned from injury, performed very strongly, which made Ferguson feel a little relieved. In this case, he really had to strengthen the defense.
Therefore, under the command of the old Sir, the game on the field has changed again. Manchester United's attack has slowed down greatly, and they have strengthened their backcourt defense. This defensive counterattack is more of a hope that Chelsea's back line will make mistakes in the continuous attack to give Manchester United a chance, but it is putting the pressure on the opponent.
This choice is unwise, but Ferguson has no other choice. The team's offense has lost its sharpness. Although they can choose to fight hard, the probability of winning is too low.
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Just as Ferguson was anxiously directing the team to fight, Manchester United's first scout Gill had received desperate news - in another game, Middlesbrough broke Arsenal's goal with a free kick, and the score became 2:2.
At the same time, Chelsea assistant coach Clark also received the news.
"Arsenal tied, haha, 2:2" Clark said to Mourinho excitedly in the Chelsea coaching booth.
"That Englishman is quite capable." Mourinho smiled nonchalantly, then asked thoughtfully, "I heard that he has been trying to gain support from the media recently?"
"Yeah, in England, he has a positive image wherever he goes. He's almost becoming England's coach ambassador." Clark laughed as he said this.
In fact, in the past month, McLaren has frequently appeared in the public eye. He constantly publicizes his tactical ideas and personnel ideas. He criticizes the mistakes of the Swede Eriksson whenever he has time, especially making a fuss about England's loss to Poland, and also talking about Wang Li's failure to enter the national team. In short, McLaren almost said directly to the English Football Association---
"Sack that Swede and let me be the head coach of the national team. Under my leadership, England will definitely achieve good results."
Speaking of this, Mourinho raised his head and looked at the black-haired figure on the court, and said silently: "It's not bad to change a coach. If Alan can participate in the World Cup in Germany next year, I think he may really become the most famous star."
"My God, Portugal's chances are even smaller then. Don't you care about that?"
Mourinho was slightly stunned and said: "Maybe, but even if Allen doesn't play, Portugal has no chance."
"You still care, right, Jose?" Clark asked, looking at the young man in front of him with a somewhat lost expression. Recently, many Portuguese media have labeled Mourinho as a "traitor". Although Mourinho acted as if he didn't care, Clark knew he definitely cared.
"Hahaha..., I think what I care about most right now is the Premier League championship trophy." When he said this, Mourinho's smile returned to his face.
Clark pursed his lips, silently watched the game on the court, and sighed: "Yes, the champion..."
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As the game progressed, the singing of Chelsea fans in the audience became louder and louder. At first, due to the noise in the stadium, it was difficult to hear what they were singing, but as the game time passed, the neat sound became clearer and clearer:
"Hi, hi, hi, blue is our dream.
With the color blue, we are united and victory is always the goal.
Please keep cheering for us, hope is everywhere,
Our name is Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea,
The championship belongs only to Chelsea
Chelsea is great"
At this moment, even Mr. Abramovich in the VIP box excitedly sang along with the fans. Many people said that he invested more in Chelsea for fame, but after being in contact with the team for so long, he had already fallen in love with Chelsea.
"Come and watch the game, we welcome you,
Put on your blue suit and watch our game.
Sing loud, sing clear, until we win,
Everybody sings: Chelsea
"Champions, we are the champions"
At this moment, all the fans who support Chelsea around the world can't help but be infected by this atmosphere. In Old Trafford, the voices of Manchester United fans have been drowned out by the momentum of the Blues.
As long as the team performs well, the fans will be motivated.
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Chelsea's attack continued amid the singing of Hoffenheim fans.
Now for the players on the field, it is not time to celebrate yet. They need to keep working hard to make the fans' celebration continue.
On the field, Chelsea launched wave after wave of attacks against Manchester United. The situation on the field was now almost completely reversed from the beginning of the second half. However, Manchester United's counterattack in passive defense was not smooth. The football was always intercepted by Chelsea before it passed the center line.
This seems incredible to many people. You know, there are 11 against 10 on the field, and Manchester United has one more player than Chelsea.
However, this situation is actually happening.
Now, people who really watch the game can notice a bright spot, that is the black-haired boy running almost all over the field. He is almost omnipresent and omnipotent.
At this time, Wang Li has tried his best. Not only did he perform outstandingly in offense, but when Manchester United got the ball, he would also take the initiative to retreat and participate in defense. Now that Makelele has left the field, Chelsea has lost a defensive general. In this case, Manchester United's counterattack is likely to go directly through Chelsea's blockade, which would be dangerous.
In order to win this game, Wang Li has tried his best to play.
He hasn't been this serious for a long time, and after this game, he will get his first league title. He is very motivated for the title.
At this time, all the Blues fans were singing to celebrate Chelsea's league championship, but the Manchester City fans were cheering for Wang Li crazily. Whenever he got the ball, more than 1,000 Manchester City fans cheered for him loudly.
If these Manchester City fans were somewhat dismissive of Wang Li before, now Wang Li has conquered the more than 1,000 fans here with his performance. His performance is so outstanding that even if they have no feelings for Chelsea, they are really convinced of Wang Li from the bottom of their hearts.
In the 73rd minute of the game, Joe Cole received a pass from Wang Li and passed it directly into the penalty area. Drogba received the ball, turned around and shot, but the shot was tipped over the crossbar by goalkeeper Howard.
This shot made head coach Ferguson very dissatisfied. The old Jazz kept shouting on the sidelines to remind the players to play seriously. His scolding even became another beautiful landscape of the whole game.
Obviously, the current situation of the game has made Manchester United players somewhat frustrated.
As the top club in England, they let a "pound team" that has only risen this season be so arrogant in their home stadium. This situation would make everyone feel uncomfortable, but those who are involved in the game know that the strength of this "pound team" is indeed stronger than Manchester United. The black-haired boy No. 21 on the other side is simply a perpetual motion machine. Superman
Repeated unfavorable defense and offense made the Manchester United players want to give up. If it weren't for the angry curses from the sidelines, they would have surrendered long ago. As professional players, the honor of Manchester United alone is difficult to impress them.
Just three minutes later, Wang Li successfully counterattacked on the edge of the penalty area and shot a low shot that hit Heinze's leg and bounced out of the baseline. The latter held his knee pads with a grin and waited for a long time before recovering.
This scene made the Manchester United players feel even more empathetic, especially Van Nistelrooy who had had this kind of experience. He almost wanted to walk up to Ferguson and ask him to replace him.
In the 79th minute of the game, Manchester United finally got a counterattack opportunity. Rooney broke through Chelsea's defense with his speed. Facing the attacking Thomas, he kicked the ball into the goal on the penalty area line, which made many Manchester United fans cheer.
But Thomas reacted quickly and jumped up to grab the ball from the air.
"Manchester United broke through Chelsea's entire defense, but couldn't break through Thomas's fingers. The performance of this 19-year-old young player is really amazing. Perhaps he will become England's number one goalkeeper in the next ten or even twenty years," the BBC TV anchor asserted.
Mourinho couldn't be more satisfied with Thomas' performance in this game. It can be said that Thomas contributed a lot to Chelsea's victory in this game. At this time, in the Portuguese's heart, Thomas's side on the scale has sunk a lot.
Eighty-three minutes into the game, Chelsea's continued attack finally paid off.
Wang Li continued to dribble the ball in the middle, causing Manchester United's defensive general Ferdinand to knock him to the ground again. The referee Riley did not show a yellow card, but only gave Chelsea a free kick, which caused serious dissatisfaction among Chelsea players and made Mourinho go to the fourth official to complain again.
If Ferdinand could be sent off, Chelsea's attack would be much easier. Although there is not much suspense in this game, who would refuse a few more opportunities?
There is no dispute at all about who will take the free kick at Chelsea. The team has only two free kick takers, Lampard and Wang Li. Now it will be Lampard's turn only if Wang Li does not take the initiative to take the free kick. This is the fact within the Chelsea team, a fact recognized by everyone.
Wang Li took the football kicked by his teammate and walked directly to the penalty spot. The ball was about 24 meters away from the fans, which was a very close distance for him, but in fact, Wang Li did not like this kind of ball because the position was too close to the human wall.
With the added power of internal strength, 20 meters and 30 meters are the same for him, but the arc of a 30-meter free kick is smaller, so it is easier to score.
However, Wang Li still kept his composure. Standing on the penalty spot, he stretched twice on the spot, trying to find the condition for taking a free kick.
After the referee blew the whistle, he didn't even run up, he just took a look at the goal and kicked the ball directly.
Due to the suddenness of Wang Li's shot, goalkeeper Howard was unable to judge the defense line of the football. The ball was moving too fast, and the ball was already flying towards the goal as soon as the human wall left the ground. When Howard reacted, he only had time to stretch out his right hand to block it, but the ball had already spun into a blind corner.
"1:3, Chelsea extended their lead. Alan scored this free kick, which was his second goal of the game. In the 84th minute, Chelsea led by two goals."
"We can already tell that Chelsea will win the league title in a few minutes. They set a record by winning the Premier League trophy seven rounds in advance with 30 wins and one draw. Think about it, this is an incredible result."
After scoring the goal, Chelsea players celebrated wildly, not only to celebrate the championship, but also to deliberately delay time... until the referee stopped them, the two teams regained their positions and kicked off.
However, Manchester United no longer had much morale at this time.
At this time, many Blues fans no longer cared about the game on the field. Seeing Chelsea's first league championship was within reach, they had already started celebrating.
The celebration props prepared before the game came in handy. After the second goal was scored, the Blues fans' stands were instantly filled with flowers and confetti. The fans cheered and shouted: "Champions Chelsea, Chelsea, champions, we are the champions!"
Now, Chelsea had two goals in hand and with less than 5 minutes left in the game, everyone felt that the championship already belonged to Chelsea.
At this time, many TV anchors have begun to introduce Chelsea's history and their crazy performance this season.
The commentator of BBC TV station is like this. The TV screen is still showing the game, but the commentator starts to introduce the lineup of Chelsea's championship team. As the names of Lampard, Terry, Joe Cole, Makelele, Wang Li and others and their experiences come out of the commentator's mouth, many fans who don't know Chelsea have a better understanding of the Blues.
Some other media also began to introduce several classic matches of Chelsea in the league, and the matches against Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool were mentioned especially. These talks were always inseparable from Wang Li's performance, making people feel that Wang Li played an indelible role in Chelsea's journey to win the championship.
During this process, time passed quickly and the game was about to reach the 90th minute. At this time, the game was about to end. Chelsea players were also counting their feet, excitedly waiting for the whistle at the end of the game.
The fourth official held up the extra time card, indicating two minutes of extra time. It was obvious that the referee was also very rational and wanted to end the game as soon as possible.
Just as everyone was nervously waiting for the end, Rooney in the frontcourt completed a steal
Carvalho made a mistake when passing the ball to Terry. Rooney found an opportunity to steal the ball and went straight to the goalkeeper. Facing the attacking Thomas, he still chose to lob the ball, but this time he was much more stable and the football flew into the net without any suspense.
The score became 2:3.
However, this is no longer important. With the whistle for the goal, the whistle for the end of the game also came.
The game was over, and Chelsea players hugged each other excitedly---
"Congratulations, the new Premier League champions are born, they are --- Chelsea"
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