Chapter 150 Finally scored a goal!

"Ancelotti made the first substitution of the game."

When Malouda shook hands and patted shoulders with Torres on the TV screen, and quickly walked to the front line and appeared on the left side of the team's frontcourt, the TV commentator immediately began to analyze Chelsea's substitution.

"Obviously, Ancelotti has realised that the 4-4-2 tactical approach has lost its effectiveness, especially when Southampton also have four players in midfield, and must actively open up the wing channels."

"Taking off the sleepwalking Torres and replacing him with Malouda, returning to the familiar 4-3-3 formation we saw in the first half of the season, is undoubtedly a good choice. After all, Southampton has always had an advantage on the wing so far in the game."

"It seems that Chelsea still wants to give it a try and win this game!"

The TV screen changed again, and Bielsa appeared waving his hands on the sidelines and directing the players on the field.

Although we couldn't hear what he was shouting, and it was difficult to figure out what he was saying from his gestures, it was not difficult to see from his excited look that he was asking the team to make a strong attack.

After the formation change, Chelsea's wing attack came alive.

Malouda's first touch after coming on the pitch resulted in a dribble past the opposition, he stopped the ball, dribbled past Carvajal, broke through on the left and made a cross.

In the penalty area, Drogba was pinned down by Varane and Jose Fonte, but he still managed to get the first point and headed the ball back to the front of the penalty area. Lampard came in from behind, stopped the ball with his chest and shot directly.

The shot was powerful, but the angle was too straight, and Neuer steadily held the ball into his arms.

"Chelsea showed threat in the first attack after the substitution!"

The fans in the entire St. Mary's Stadium were also shocked.

Many people even wondered in their hearts, Ancelotti had made substitutions, why didn't Bielsa respond?

"Should we also make substitutions?" Terry Matthews was very nervous.

Chelsea tasted the sweetness and began to press forward, with Drogba as the spearhead, attacking Southampton's goal.

Yang Huan shook his head. "Whether you change it or not, there are risks!"

Substitution itself is a double-edged sword. Who can say it will definitely work?

But it can be clearly seen that after Chelsea made a threatening move, they pressed forward again and Southampton retreated a little.

Soon, Chelsea created another threat. Anelka made a cross from the right, Varane headed the ball out of the penalty area before Drogba, but Ashley Cole followed up with another long shot.

But Ashley Cole's long shot was too high, it couldn't be controlled, and it didn't pose a threat.

But two consecutive long shots from the edge of the penalty area made Southampton's goal look a little dangerous.

"After the substitution, Chelsea's offense became more active. Although both chances were long shots from outside the penalty area, once Chelsea seized an opportunity, Southampton would be in danger." The TV commentator analyzed.

Abramovich didn't care about Southampton's life or death. When he saw Chelsea's attack, he immediately grabbed the guardrail excitedly and laughed triumphantly over there, "Okay, that's how we play, attack with all our might and kill them!"

The Southampton fans around him were immediately dissatisfied when they heard this and started pointing at him and cursing.

"Damn Russians, stop acting like a jerk in front of us!"

"Get back, damn it, wait a minute!"

"Come on Southampton, don't be afraid of them, beat Chelsea!"

"Yes, aren't they just two long shots that are harmless? Don't be afraid, keep going!"

The stands where the die-hard Southampton fans were standing immediately sang the Southampton team song in unison.

Accompanied by the rumbling of drums, fans used team songs to boost the morale of the players.

Neuer took the ball from the ball boy behind the goal, placed it in the left corner of the small penalty area, and slowly backed away.

The goalkeeper has the widest field of vision on the field.

At first glance, Southampton's leading figure is Ibrahimovic, who is now outside the center circle of Chelsea's half, accompanied by Terry and David Luiz.

As if sensing that Neuer was about to kick the ball into the goal, Ibrahimovic nodded at him from a distance.

This is a signal that both parties have agreed and I am ready.

Neuer quickly moved forward and kicked the ball out with a big kick.

Ibrahimovic, who was originally moving slowly, raised his head, watched Neuer kick the goal kick, and judged the direction and landing point of the ball, and moved quickly.

Although Ibrahimovic is tall and strong, his hands and feet are very nimble and his speed is not slow.

It can be said that she is as quiet as a virgin and as swift as a rabbit.

Although Terry and David Luiz always focused their attention on him, they still failed to grab the best position.

Ibrahimovic used his body to hold Terry back, fought for the first point, and headed the ball to Stroman.

Defender Essien immediately rushed towards Stroman.

The Dutchman didn't stop the ball, but just touched it and passed it to Schneiderlin who rushed up to receive it.

Lampard, who was closest to Schneiderlin, shook off Vidal and rushed quickly towards Schneiderlin who was dribbling forward.

The Frenchman didn't wait for Lampard to get close and passed the ball to the unguarded Vidal.

The Chilean stopped the ball and moved forward, immediately speeding up.

At this moment, Chelsea's midfield shortcomings were revealed.

Before, we played in a diamond midfield, with four players each, one against one, each doing their own job.

But Ancelotti suddenly replaced Torres with Malouda, changing the original 4-4-2 to 4-3-3.

Malouda and Anelka were both pulled to the wing, and played as wingers, leaving Chelsea with only three players in the midfield.

Southampton's midfield created distance and a series of quick passes exposed the disadvantage of Chelsea having one less player in midfield.

Essien goes to watch Strootman, Lampard goes to watch Schneiderlin, who will defend Vidal?

Mikel could only rush towards Vidal.

But in this case, there would be no one to defend Chamberlain.

Vidal had just taken two steps when Mikel came up and he immediately passed the ball forward.

Chamberlain came out from the diagonal and received the ball from Vidal about ten meters away from the penalty area.

This is already within range.

Chelsea's entire defense was in shock.

David Luiz, who was closest to him, rushed over immediately without hesitation. As soon as he hesitated, Chamberlain attacked.

Chamberlain was also very smart and had been prepared. As soon as he saw David Luiz coming up, he kicked the ball to the right with his left foot.

His right side was just facing David Luiz's weak left foot, so there was no way to block it.

This dunk created a gap, and Chamberlain pushed forward with his right foot.

The ball passed by David Luiz and reached the top of the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic rushed up from behind and blocked Terry on the left side of his body. The two had constant physical contact. Terry tried every means to push Ibrahimovic down, but he couldn't.

Ibrahimovic got the through ball from Chamberlain first, stopped to the right, and then took a step forward.

The whole step was connected perfectly, leaving Terry with almost no chance.

After catching up, just kick and hit!

Goalkeeper Cech had been paying attention to the rivalry between Ibramovic and Terry. When he saw Chamberlain pass the ball and the Swede rushing up, he secretly cried out that it was not good and immediately abandoned the goal to attack.

But who could have thought that Ibrahimovic would just kick the ball.

It’s a long shot from outside the penalty area!

But this time it was Ibrahimovic who shot!

The ball was like a precision-guided missile. After being launched from the ground, it drew an arc, passed over Cech's head, fell straight behind Cech, almost brushed the crossbar, and went into the goal!

All this happened in an instant, and the entire St. Mary's Stadium became deathly silent.

It was a full two or three seconds later that a deafening cheer was heard.

At this moment, the anger of all the fans burst out like a volcano erupting!

"Goal from Ibrahimovic!"

"In the 67th minute of the second half, Southampton took advantage of a goal kick at a critical moment, launched a counterattack and penetrated Chelsea's goal, one to zero!"

The whole St. Mary's Stadium was in an uproar!

All the fans were cheering, shouting, and venting wildly!

After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic excitedly rushed out of the stadium, with his arms outstretched, to greet the cheers from tens of thousands of fans in the stands.

Southampton players rushed out of the field one by one, rushed to Ibrahimovic and surrounded him.

One to zero!

Finally a goal!

The moment Ibrahimovic scored a goal, Yang Huan jumped up from his seat excitedly and cheered.

So beautiful! So wonderful!

The player's continuous pass was beautiful, Chamberlain's straight pass was also beautiful, and Ibrahimovic's powerful shot was even more beautiful!

"We win! We win! We win!!!"

Terry Matthews next to him was so excited that he completely lost his usual gentlemanly manners and stood there dancing with joy.

Although this is a bit unlike the image of a serious politician, it surprisingly won Yang Huan's favor.

Southampton is like Yang Huan’s child. Whoever likes Southampton can win Yang Huan’s favor.

After seeing Ibrahimovic score a goal, Abramovich was so angry that he kicked the iron guardrail hard.

As a result, the iron guardrail of the stands at St. Mary's Stadium was fine, but he hurt his foot instead.

He was grimacing in pain.

But he was cursing loudly: "How could they even throw a ball like this! All these bastards need to get out!"

In his rage, his aura made Ron Gourlay and Pini Zahavi beside him afraid to speak.

Ancelotti has been very nervous and he really has a bad feeling.

Because with the decline in physical fitness, the midfield composed of Essien, Lampard and Mikel is actually not solid.

To be safe, he should have brought on Ramirez to strengthen the midfield.

But in this case, the game is likely to turn into a draw.

Abramovich asked him to win, so he had no choice but to give it a try.

People are like this sometimes. The more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen.

"What should we do now?" Demichelis was at a loss.

We are one goal behind and the players are so exhausted. How can we play the game?

Ancelotti gritted his teeth and said, "Go, let Kalou warm up!"

Demichelis was dumbfounded.

Kalou?

Still playing winger?

"Do you think there is a difference between losing one goal and losing two goals at this time?" Ancelotti was surprisingly calm.

Demichelis nodded. Yes, is there a difference?

If the league performance is not ideal and if they lose another FA Cup game, it is not uncommon for Abramovich to sack Ancelotti in anger.

If you want to keep your position as coach, you can only gamble.

“But I’m afraid the midfield can’t handle it!”

Ancelotti's eyes were red, "No matter what, let's try to score a goal first!"

This is the only thing he can do now.

Four minutes later, he replaced Mikel with Kalou.

The latter had a yellow card and was hesitant during the game, not daring to make any moves.

But less than six minutes after Kalou came on, Southampton scored again.

This time it was Chamberlain who pulled to the left, facing the double team of Bosingwa and Essien, but he managed to dribble the ball out and passed it to Adam Lallana who came on as a substitute in the middle.

After getting the ball at the front of the penalty area, the Southampton captain pushed it forward and made a through pass.

Chamberlain broke into the penalty area from the left and kicked the ball with his right foot.

The ball drew an arc and hit the upper right corner, two to zero!

This goal completely sentenced Chelsea to death!

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