Chapter 119: The First Half

“GOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!! The ball went in!! Valencia's goal !! ”

"Whoa!! Brilliant goal!! Volley!! It's so beautiful!! It's so beautiful!! ”

'Unbelievable goals, such power, such angles, such ways of scoring! I can't remember exactly when Valencia last scored, but there is no doubt that this one will have a chance to compete for the best goal of his career!! I can even declare now that the best goal of the round was born!! ”

Valencia looked very excited after the goal, although Valencia used to play as a winger, but his goals at Manchester United have never been many, and it is difficult to score a few in a season, and even once he had the nickname of "Wa does not shoot", a goal for him, is something worth celebrating.

After the goal, Valencia rushed to the sidelines and raised their arms and chanted towards the area where Manchester United fans gathered. Then he was thrown to the ground by Li Qingshan behind him, followed by the other Manchester United players who followed him, who jumped up one by one and stacked Arhats.

Ancelotti burst to the sideline with open arms and then hugged his assistants.

He has actually accepted that Manchester United have won a draw away from home, and even if this game is lost, he is mentally prepared, after all, Manchester United is now playing one less player on the field.

But unexpectedly, Manchester United actually scored a goal in a counterattack, Li Qingshan used his advantage in the air to grab the first point and pass the ball to Valencia.

Valencia's handling was brilliant, he volleyed straight into the net and the ball crashed into the net like a cannonball!! To be honest, this way of scoring goals, in fact, the luck component is quite big, after all, it is such a difficult goal, if Valencia is allowed to shoot a few more shots in that position, it is estimated that it will also replicate such an angle and power. But sometimes, luck is part of football.

Manchester United were obviously unlucky in this game, otherwise they would not have been sent off. But this time, Lady Luck is clearly on the side of Manchester United.

Terry and Cahill landed and looked at each other before pointing to Valencia's location and looking at Azpilicueta.

What the two of them mean is why Azpilicueta should receive it inside and not control the periphery.

Azpilicueta actually felt quite aggrieved. Li Qingshan's strength in headers is well known, even if Gary Cahill and Terry are sandwiched, what if they are hit by the opponent's header?

And it was Valencia who ran to this position to shoot, Valencia hasn't scored for a long time, at least Azpilicueta is not too impressed with when Valencia scores, who would have thought that Valencia would suddenly come to this position with such a kick, and on this kick also hit a world-class shot, this goal Courtois has done his best, but still can't stop the ball from going into the net.

Boos erupted at Stamford Bridge as Manchester United's players celebrated unbridled in front of the noses of Chelsea fans as they took the lead away from home.

Hiddink listened to the boos around him, his eyes a little confused.

How difficult is it for his team to create a chance to shoot on goal, and the opponent just fights back and penetrates the Chelsea goal so easily?

Is the gap between Chelsea and Manchester United really that big?

Of course not! Judging from the value of the players on the field on both sides, Manchester United's side is worth 360 million, while Chelsea's side is 290 million, and the two sides are not much different, at least in terms of value.

If there is not much difference in squad quality between the two sides, then why is Chelsea still suffering so much from 11 to 10?

Hiddink blamed the problem on his bad luck.

It's not bad luck, at least in terms of possession, Chelsea have an absolute advantage. Ever since United had one man down, Chelsea have dominated most of the ball on the pitch, even at one point with more than 70 per cent possession.

However, it is Manchester United who are leading again now.

Then again, how much of a difference possession really makes a difference for many teams.

Ever since Barcelona won the unprecedented Six Crowns, the Barcelona style of football has had a profound impact on modern football.

Control the ball, advance layer by layer through the cooperation of the feet, and make full use of the space on the court to play the game of ball control.

There is no doubt that such football represents a genre of football to some extent.

But there are also a number of teams that do the opposite, giving up possession, compressing space and creating a threat with quick and direct counter-attacks.

Therefore, whether a high possession rate is dominant or not depends on the tactical style of both sides.

Now that United are clearly on the counter-attacking and conceding possession, it makes sense that Chelsea will have more possession.

But getting more possession doesn't mean Chelsea can pose more of a threat, and Hiddink understands that, but he needs a reason to console himself.

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Live TV footage found Abu in the stands. The Russians are now pale-faced, and in their home turf, they are still eleven and ten, if they can't take it, where should the Russian oligarch's face go!

Guus Hiddink's football clearly doesn't please the Chelsea owner.

Regardless of the final result of this game, Abu has already made up his mind to find a famous coach with enough weight next season!

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Manchester United were celebrating a bit long and Oliver had to intervene.

It was only after the referee's intervention that the Manchester United players reluctantly walked back to their own half. If possible, they would even like to celebrate until the end of the game. After all, now that you have one less player, the more you get to the back of the game, the greater the consumption of physical energy. Therefore, it is the right way to take advantage of the time to rest and rest.

Immediately after the restart, Chelsea launched a furious attack.

However, United had just taken the lead and it was when morale was high that Chelsea's attack was like a tidal wave that had rushed to a solid embankment and was crushed.

Manchester United's defence has been almost watertight, with a solid backline protected by three midfielders, and Li Qingshan and Di Maria also involved in the defensive pressing of the front, making Chelsea seem helpless for a while.

Guus Hiddink turned and returned to the dressing room just before the end of the first half with two minutes left. The first half was obviously very unhappy for him, so the adjustment in the second half was even more important.

He wasn't worried about whether there would be a goal or anything in those two minutes.

There really were no goals in those two minutes.

As soon as a minute of stoppage time had passed, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.