Chapter 869: The Terminator (Three Watches)
In fact, not only Ailo was surprised with the ball, but even most of the fans in the stands who had just erupted in huge cheers were surprised, but they planned before the game to let Ailo know how powerful they were after the game started, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, and the surrounding fans erupted in cheers, so that their conditioned choice was cooperative......
No one noticed the complication in the eyes of the Spanish international who moved from Liverpool before the summer transfer window closed, joining Chelsea for 55 million euros and wearing the number nine shirt worn by Ello, who led Chelsea to the pinnacle of history, suddenly ...... He felt a lot of pressure on his back.
Because he only scored one goal in six games from the low-pressure whistle in August, compared to the 81 goals in 132 games during the Liverpool period, only one goal in six games is obviously not enough to see, coupled with the goal ratio of the former owner of Chelsea's No. 9 shirt averaged more than one goal per game, many media have questioned that Chelsea's huge investment will be very likely to be wasted.
The camera returns to the right touchline of the Chelsea defence and full-back Zhang Linpeng throws the ball to the touchline.
A small mistake in the early stages of the match did not affect his performance for the rest of the game.
Compared with the technical and tactical play style of Chelsea period, Elo's position in Valencia's tactical system is more flexible, of course, it is not that Mourinho's coaching ability is not as good as Ancelotti, but the coaching style of the two coaches is different, Mourinho is very concerned about his control of the players on the field, and the players must strictly follow his game scale, Ancelotti is different, he is more cheerful and supports the improvisation of the players on the field.
Valencia's tactical style of play adheres to the traditional style of play of the Spanish team, with controlling the football at their feet as the tactical core, and is not in a hurry to send the ball forward frequently, nor is it like Mourinho's coaching time to rely on Elo's personal ability to create chances in the front court and score goals as soon as possible.
Carlo Ancelotti follows the technical characteristics of his midfielders and demands more movement and frequent cross-changes, thus muddying Chelsea's fixed defensive system.
Therefore, ten minutes into the game, the score was still 0:0
Standing on the sidelines, Chelsea manager Scolari began to frown, Valencia's attack looked lacking in variety, but he knew that this was not the case, because in the first ten minutes of the game, their strongest attack point, Elo, had not yet made a force, he had been cooperating with his team-mates and making the ball, and he had not forced a breakthrough at all.
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray saw the clue and said suspiciously: "What is Ancelotti's brain? In the last ten minutes of the game, Valencia dominated the game, but apart from the absolute dominance of possession and the number of passes, the rest of the statistics were quite mediocre, and only four shots were taken, of which only Ai hit the goal with a sudden cold arrow from the edge of the box......"
Guest Kyle smiled: "Actually, it's nothing, the tradition of the Spanish team is to keep the ball, plus Ancelotti's unique coaching philosophy...... I think these superficial attacking routines are just to confuse Chelsea's defensive system, and I believe that at some point, Valencia will definitely speed up the tempo and strike a fatal blow! ”
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Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the twentieth minute of the first half.
Valencia's attacking tempo picked up without warning, and Cazorla, the metronome who had been in charge of controlling the team's attacking and defensive tempo for the first 20 minutes, turned on the slow passing characteristics of the previous one, and passed Javi Martinez over and over the front facing goal, except for David Villa in the front, Elo, Mata and David Silva all increased the speed of their feet.
Ramirez and Mikel, who are responsible for defending in the middle, don't know who to be good with.
Cazorla suddenly passed the ball to the feet of Eello who seemed to receive the ball about 40 meters from the bottom line of Chelsea, and Ramirez, who was very explosive, did not hesitate to stick to it, but Aillo seemed to catch the ball with his right foot in the process of running back, but it turned into a heel to knock the ball back, Mata received the football, Ramirez stopped and turned and rushed to Mata, who had the ball.
At the same time, Mathieu also pulled into the winger position, and it looked like he could participate in the attack at any time, so that Zhang Linpeng did not dare to go too far forward to make up for the defense, and could only watch Mata take the ball forward.
Mikel hesitated slightly, and rushed sideways towards Mata, who was holding the ball, only to have Mata cross the ball sideways with the arch of his left foot, and Iroh cut in at high speed.
It was like taking the ball straight forward, with Mikel sliding over the turf from two metres away, and if Iello insisted on going forward, he would be confident he could make a nice side tackle.
But the problem is that Iroh has no intention of taking the ball forward, and as soon as he gives up his legs in the accelerated forward run, the ball continues to roll sideways, yes...... David Silva!
Iroh jumped over Mikel on tiptoe, landed on the ground, and continued to run forward.
David Silva flicked the outside of his right foot and passed the ball to Elo's forward path, Frank Lampard, who wanted to foul, was half a beat slower, and central defender Branislavic had to go up without his teammates to defend it, otherwise Ilo would have threatened Cech's goal as long as he got the football, whether he shot or passed.
But...... What Ivanovic never expected was that Iroh would choose to cooperate in this situation.
He knocked the ball directly to David Villa on the edge of the penalty area with the arch of his left foot in front of the arc of the penalty area, and Terry has been teammates with Iroh for three years. It's all about letting David Villa do the wall and then use his forward speed to play a great two-on-two.
Terry couldn't keep himself on the penalty line, pushing his hands to David Villa's back.
However, David Villa was prepared, and as he fell forward, he slammed his left heel into the box with his left heel.
Referee Rocky took the whistle in his mouth and did not blow it immediately according to the offensive advantage.
Ivanovic, who rushed forward decisively, was a little reckless, and he wanted to foul at the moment when Ielo passed the ball, but when he saw captain Terry pushing David Villa, he thought that his foul was no longer necessary, and he didn't expect David Villa to stubbornly complete the backheel pass.
While Terry's foul interfered with David Villa's accuracy, the actual trajectory of the ball did not deviate from Elo's forward line, which is why referee Rocky did not choose to blow the whistle.
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Whew-w
Suddenly, a suffocating exclamation erupted from the stands.
Especially for the Blues fans behind the Chelsea goal, the high-speed Ailo spised like an orange lightning bolt across the pitch and sprinted between John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic.
Cech did not hesitate to attack, he trained with Iroh for two and a half seasons, and he was very clear about Iro's one-shot shooting rate, rather than staying in front of the goal and dying sadly, it was better to be brave and take the initiative to try luck, maybe God did not abandon him!
Just as Iroh was about to catch up with the football, he suddenly slowed down.
Cech thought this was a precursor to Iro's adjustment of his steps to hit the goal, so he staggered forward and squatted slightly with his legs, holding his breath and ready to pounce at any moment.
At the same time, Iroh picked up the speed and flicked the ball forward to the right with the outside of his right foot.
Worst.
By the time Cech realised that it was too late for Iroh to get past him, his body was just reflexively rushing to the left, but it was too much slower than Iro's forward speed......
The rest was too simple for a player of Elo's calibre, two steps to catch up with the football, a gentle push of the arch of his right foot, and the ball slowly rolled across the goal line in the despair of nearly 40,000 home fans on the scene, crashing into the snow-white net, stirring up a wave of netting.
The exclamations of the fans came to an abrupt end as the football entered the net, and the live director quickly locked the camera on Iroh.
Fans watching the live TV could clearly see that the goalscorer, Ielloh, did not celebrate, but instead gestured apologetically to the fans behind the goal.
The fans in the stands reacted immediately, and the abrupt silence resounded throughout the Stamford Bridge stadium once again.
But there was more cheers and applause.
Aylo didn't celebrate, but that didn't mean the other Valencia players weren't celebrating, and David Villa, David Silva and Juan Mata, who had a series of fancy and spectacular touches up front, ran past with a smile on their faces.
Carlo Ancelotti, who had been sitting calmly in the dugout, was very pleased with the goal, a typical Spanish goal, with a quick run in midfield and a precise touch of the ball, and then Ailo scored the goal.
And Scolari in the command area of the home team looked quite angry, and it was unforgivable that the defense line that had been holding on for more than 20 minutes was broken by the opponent so easily!
It's just that...... Having said that, the score is still down and you have to find a way, after all, this is a home game, and if he loses the game, then he will definitely be questioned by the media and pressure from the top after the game.
With the slow-motion replay, the whole process of Valencia's goal just now was shown in front of the TV again, and BBC commentator Lineker shook his head and said: "Chelsea's defensive performance in the first 20 minutes can be said to be top-notch, of course, this can't blame Chelsea's poor defense, it can only be said that Valencia's attack is wonderful, and Ai can't help but remind us of the terrifying finisher in this game......"
He said: "I have to say that Valencia's attack is very exciting, the frontcourt players have passed the ball quickly and accurately, and they are also very particular about each other's movements, and they cooperate tacitly, and I believe that the promises that Iello said when he returned to Mestalla will be fulfilled this season!" ”