Chapter 508: Pilgrimage
A hope.
Hope of victory.
Hope for the players to perform.
When Mourinho stood on the sidelines, not only Chelsea fans were excited, but Chelsea's players on the field were even more affected. Perhaps just now, they had lost their fighting spirit. The three-goal gap was really a heavy blow to the players' psychology. But now the head coach is standing on the sidelines, urging them to work hard. Will they still be at a loss?
No!!
Of course not!!
Even though they are three goals behind, the team still has to fight to the end. Only a quarter of the game has passed. If they give up now, not only will the Blues fans, but even they themselves will not be able to get over it.
However, Chelsea has the fighting spirit, and of course Real Madrid does too.
Pablo Garcia's goal just now boosted the team's morale. The depressed mood at the beginning of the game disappeared immediately. Now the team's morale is high, and the players seem to have returned to the state of the last game against Barcelona - everyone wants to step forward and score a goal! !
On the field, the ball was passed back and forth between Chelsea defenders, and Wang Li quietly stepped forward to find an opportunity to steal the ball. However, Chelsea defenders obviously knew Wang Li very well, and the ball would be passed directly in the direction Wang Li ran, and they did not give Wang Li any chance to steal the ball.
The ball was passed to John Terry again, and Wang Li stepped forward to grab the ball again. Terry reacted quickly and kicked the ball to Carvalho. At this time, Wang Li ran diagonally, trying to block Carvalho's passing route.
But after receiving the ball, Carvalho did not pass it to other backcourt players, but kicked it towards the midfield.
The ball was passed to Lampard.
As the offensive core of Chelsea, when the ball is under the feet of Lampard, the nerves of Real Madrid players become tense, because Lampard is the initiator of Chelsea's attack. When the ball is at Lampard's feet, the rhythm of Chelsea's attack may suddenly become faster.
This is the role of the organizational core and offensive core. After Wang Li left Chelsea, Lampard's role became increasingly important.
Just as the Real Madrid players thought, as soon as Lampard got the ball, Chelsea's formation began to move forward significantly, especially Robben and Duff on the two wingers, who crossed the center line and rushed forward.
Lampard passed the ball to the right.
Compared to the young Arkin Robben, Duff seemed more stable. After receiving the ball, he did not use his skills to break through, but made a two-pass combination with Makelele.
This kind of cooperation is simple, but it has a good effect.
Two consecutive passes from the two allowed Duff to easily pass Gravesen, then dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, and kicked the ball to the middle before Robert Carlos caught up.
Owen followed up at the edge of the penalty area. After shaking off Minambres beside him, he met the ball with a dunk to the left, followed the rhythm and swung his leg directly to the goal! !
This is a powerful shot from the penalty area line!
The power is very strong!!
Unfortunately, Casillas kept a calm mind. After jumping up, he pushed the ball out of the court with both hands.
"It's a pity that Owen's long shot was a bit too straight, but we still have a chance, Chelsea got a corner kick."
Corner for Chelsea.
Duff walked to the corner flagpole. In the current Chelsea team, Duff's footwork is outstanding. In this regard, except for Lampard who is a little better than him, Robben is also ashamed of himself.
This was indeed the case. Duff's pass was quite accurate. The ball drew an arc in the air and went straight to the back of the penalty area, where Geremi was looking for an opportunity.
At this time, Geremi and Ruben were competing for position. There were several Real Madrid defenders in front of him. As the football was falling, Owen failed to get the ball, but he attracted the attention of Real Madrid players, so Geremi got the chance.
He fixed his eyes on the falling football, jumped up and headed the ball.
In such a chaotic situation in the penalty area, as long as the football flies towards the goal, it is almost equivalent to a goal, because the goalkeeper is at the front point.
"Gremmy!!!"
As Geremi jumped up, Pesvak roared, but unfortunately, the football hit the goal post and bounced out of bounds.
This caused a cry of loss from the Blues fans in the audience.
Now, Chelsea is three goals behind. If they want to win, they must score one goal in the first half. If the game continues like this, it will be almost impossible for Chelsea to score three goals in a row in the second half.
Because the rookie coach of Real Madrid is definitely not a fool!!!
Although Real Madrid is not a team that is good at defense, but with a three-goal advantage, Real Madrid will definitely choose to defend, so that they can win the victory steadily.
Even ordinary fans understand this truth, and of course Chelsea players are the same. So, when Robben saw Geremi failed to head the ball in, he kicked the goal post hard in frustration, as if everything was the goal post's fault.
The fans' idea was correct. At this time, head coach Carlo on the sidelines was analyzing the tactics for the second half with the assistant coach. These were things they had not considered before the game. After all, the situation on the field changed rapidly, and no one had expected this situation before the game. Now that they have the advantage, defense is essential.
But at this time, Real Madrid had already launched a counterattack.
Chelsea's attack ended and the ball was in the hands of Real Madrid players. Led by the excited Pablo Garcia, several midfielders of the team played a smooth cooperation together.
Real Madrid's offense is obviously different from Chelsea's. Chelsea's offense is concise, practical and fast, while Real Madrid's offense is complicated, smooth and technical. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but from an ornamental point of view, of course Real Madrid's offensive style looks better.
In this attack, the ball was passed thirteen times before it reached the right side of the penalty area, where it was received by Robinho.
The running positions of Real Madrid players are not fixed. Although Robinho is a striker of Real Madrid, his range of activities is from the midfield to the front court, the penalty area and the right side of the penalty area. This also shows the difference between Real Madrid and Chelsea. In Chelsea's attack, the team's single striker is always at the front of the team, but Real Madrid will not, their attack is more diversified.
Perhaps, this diversity will bring a lot of impracticality, but it is undeniable that this kind of attack is often difficult to defend against.
After receiving the ball, Robinho saw the opportunity and kicked the ball into the penalty area.
Normally, Real Madrid rarely lobs the ball, but this time Robinho suddenly made a long lob, which made Chelsea's defenders a little confused. They followed the trajectory of the ball in the air and looked towards the team's penalty area, and then they understood the reason - the black-haired boy was in the penalty area! !
Chelsea used this tactic a lot last season, by lofting the ball high into the penalty area and using Wang Li's physical fitness and jumping ability to score with a header. Most players certainly understand Wang Li's threat in the penalty area.
So, they subconsciously wanted to defend.
But it was too late. The football had already started to fall and went straight to Wang Li's point.
"Alan, shoot! Danger!!" Seeing this situation, Creed Pesvak subconsciously wanted to shout 'Alan shoot', but he remembered that the black-haired boy on the field already belonged to Real Madrid.
Then his shot is a threat to Chelsea!!
But in fact, after Wang Li squeezed away the defensive player, he did not choose to head the ball. Instead, he jumped up and shook, stopped the ball with his chest, and then touched the ball, letting it pass under Terry's feet. Then he took "Lingbo Weibu" and chased after the ball directly.
In this way, when he catches up with the ball, although the shooting angle will not be very good, it is much better than directly heading the ball, because Wang Li knows Thomas's strength, and he has no confidence in scoring with a header from the previous position.
Obviously, Wang Li's approach is correct.
When he fell, many Chelsea players had not reacted yet. Some even looked towards the goal, but found nothing. At this critical moment, Wang Li shot from the other side.
If he hadn't been staring at Wang Li, he would have been surprised at when he appeared in that position, because just the last moment, he was sandwiched between several Chelsea players.
Of course, it didn't matter anymore because the ball had already flown into Chelsea's goal.
Facing Wang Li's close-range shot, Thomas was really helpless. He reached out with both hands symbolically, but he was still a step too slow, and the football had already brushed past him.
At this moment, as a loyal fan of Wang Li, Creed Pesvak no longer cared whether it was a goal for Real Madrid, because Wang Li's figure as he dodged the double-team of Chelsea players was too dazzling, and he was deeply fascinated by it. Moreover, this was a goal scored by this black-haired boy at Stamford Bridge - "Alan Wang!!! He scored again. After ten months, I saw him score at Stamford Bridge again!!!"
"I'm sorry, I'm very excited. I'm a loyal fan of Alan. The goal he just scored was very beautiful. Perhaps the only pity is that it was a goal for Real Madrid."
"I wish Alan had returned to Chelsea, but he's gone now"
As he spoke, Pesvak's voice became a little choked up. Perhaps this was a deep longing and attachment to Wang Li's departure.
At the same time, seeing Wang Li's goal, the Blues fans' expressions were struggling. In the 5 seconds after the goal, there were only cheers from a few thousand Real Madrid fans in the stadium. But 5 seconds later, sparse applause gradually sounded from the Blues fans in the stands.
The applause soon became continuous.
As a Real Madrid player, Wang Li scored a goal at Stamford Bridge, but both Real Madrid fans and Chelsea fans were cheering for him. The applause from Chelsea fans almost represented the voice of these lovely fans.
Miss
remember
They are still thinking about the goals Wang Li scored at Stamford Bridge when he played for Chelsea last season. They have reason to applaud Wang Li.
Seeing this scene on the court, Wang Li no longer had the heart to celebrate the goal. He felt a little depressed and a little sad. At this time, all he could do was raise his hands high to greet the fans in the stands around him.
At this moment, Wang Li was like a king, accepting the worship of all the fans in the stadium - perhaps his idea was right.
Only hard work can repay these lovely fans - whether they are Real Madrid fans or Chelsea fans
(To be continued)