Chapter 80: The 'Welcome' of Old Thunder in the Christmas Schedule

"Although it didn't have the exciting scene we expected, the intensity of the match still surprised us, and it reached the level we didn't expect." As soon as the commentator's words fell, on the TV screen, Robben was once again knocked down by Liverpool's right wing-back Finnan from his side and rolled off the touchline. The whole foul process was done in one go, very decisively, and there was no mercy at all. This time, Robben was knocked into it enough at once. However, such fouls by Cheng Dù have been frequent and common since the start of this game. At this time, the game time has just reached the 9th minute of the first half, but the viewer already has the illusion that the game has been played for 15 minutes, or even 20 minutes, which is why the game is often interrupted by fouls. The intermittent game gives people the illusion of time.

Webber was still adamant about the foul, even though he was surrounded by agitated Chelsea players. From the very beginning of the game, the shape on the field entered a white-hot hand-to-hand combat. The entire midfield has been built into a ground meat battlefield by Liverpool, and continuous fouls have become the norm here. Liverpool's mad dog-like pressing defence and decisive tactical fouls made Chelsea's attack extremely difficult. Although for this reason, the attacks of both sides are unable to make the trip, but from an objective point of view, Chelsea is naturally the more disadvantaged side. After all, they are the one with the superior strength, and this kind of chaotic battle will make them unable to reflect the advantage in strength.

However, Webb's whistle can't be blamed for being too loose in this situation, as the Liverpool players were very clever in their fouls. Apparently. They were well prepared for the game, and every foul was relentless. But in terms of scale, it is very good, and it is often on the edge of the boundary of taking cards. But it didn't touch the bottom line. If it were in the Champions League, it might have changed, but unfortunately this is the Premier League, which is a Premier League that celebrates physical contact and collision. Such physical contact cannot be said to be the norm, but it is not a new thing.

Of course, Chelsea's side will not be satisfied with this, and the shrill boos at Stamford Bridge at this time are the best proof of this. Even Jose Mourinho has once again rushed to the fourth official to complain angrily, and if there are statistics, it can be found that this is his fourth complaint in this game. Although there are reasons to put pressure on the referee team. But for the fierce physical confrontation of this game, Cheng Dù is also enough to get a glimpse of the leopard, which can be seen.

On the pitch, when Webber forcefully dispersed the Chelsea players, the boos at Stamford Bridge did not abate, but went up to the next level. Chelsea fans are telling Webber that this is Stamford Bridge, their home stadium, and they are putting pressure on him at the same time. But how effective is this. Lao Lei didn't dare to report too optimistic attitude. Because what appeared in his eyes at this time was still Weber's firm and strong posture that did not waver at all. "It seems that the law enforcement standard of this game is also like this." He said secretly in his heart. Such a standard of enforcement cannot be said to be biased, it can only be said that Chelsea are unlucky. But there is nothing wrong with that.

After all, no one can be a favorable party to the referee's law enforcement standards all his life, because referees are also people, not exactly the same products produced on the assembly line of the factory. There will always be people who have loose punishment standards, and there will always be people who have strict punishment standards. Sometimes. Even if it is the same referee, his penalty standards may be different in different games. So. Although Chelsea's teammates were very unhappy with Webb's decision, as far as Lao Lei was concerned, he was very open and did not pay too much attention to it.

In addition, such a penalty standard gave him the pleasure of showing his skills. After all, under the same standards of enforcement, there is no rule that says Chelsea cannot commit such fouls. The violent gene hidden in Lao Lei's bones was faintly excited at this moment. Thinking of this, Lao Lei quickly gave his teammates a tactical change gesture. It didn't take long for Chelsea's formation to retract and bring the three fronts closer together. This is to strengthen the control of football, and at the same time to guard against possible counter-attacks by Liverpool.

After this, the shape of the field quickly changed. While it is impossible to say who has the upper hand in the situation, at least when it comes to fouls, Chelsea are no longer the passive side. After conceding a goal, Chelsea could quickly form a grab-and-grab situation anywhere with a retracting formation, which caused Liverpool a lot of problems. It also comes with the added benefit that the Chelsea players can take advantage of the opportunity to let their breath shine.

Then came the way, in the 14th minute of the first half, Frank Lampard managed to receive a through ball from the old ray, but before he could turn around, he was caught by Alonso and Hamann in a combination. Frank Lampard is an unquestionably world-class midfielder, but his ability to get rid of his skills on a small scale is not his strong suit, and arguably a common problem for all England midfielders. Compared with the midfielders produced by Spain, Portugal and France, England's midfielders are generally inferior in skill at the feet.

This time it was the same, the combination of the two made Lampard have no choice but to pass the ball back. However, before he could make a successful return pass, Hamann behind him suddenly squeezed in front and firmly blocked Lampard's return pass with a vicious sliding tackle. At the same time, it was also for Frank Lampard to drop a dog to eat. At this time, although the boos at Stamford Bridge resumed, Webb still did not say anything, signaling the game to continue.

Then the football was controlled by Risser, and then handed the football to Garcia, who retreated to the midfield, and then he stepped forward, and the intention of playing a one-two with Garcia was very obvious. The moment Garcia received the football, Old Ray was behind him in a few arrow steps. Unlike Steven Gerrard, who was played against by Ray last time, Garcia is a Spanish midfielder with excellent skills at his feet.

Keeping Lao Ray firmly behind him, Garcia did a pretty good job of protecting the ball. Lao Lei was not given any chance to stretch out his foot to break the ball. However, at this moment, Lao Lei suddenly exerted force behind him. His whole body was a stumbling, which disrupted the rhythm of his passing. It can only be stopped. Try to continue to control the football, and at the same time the center of gravity is leaning back more, trying to withstand the next continuous impact of Lao Lei. If it is in La Liga, Lao Lei's collision may have been whistled for a foul, because in addition to the range of movements, his hand movements are not very clean. His elbow was a faint blow to Garcia's waist, and I have to say that this blow was the root cause of Garcia's inability to pass the ball directly. The instantaneous pain made him unable to control his technical movements, and he was deformed from this.

But that's it. Garcia didn't say he did a good job, but at least he didn't go wrong. But then the problem came, at the moment when his body leaned back, he didn't touch Lao Lei's body as expected. At the same time, he could feel his shoulder, which was exerted a backward force in a split second. At this moment, Garcia's heart chuckled and felt uneasy.

It was at this moment, when he needed to immediately adjust his focus. The short old Lei came around from behind him, although he didn't completely bypass it, but at least his long legs had already bypassed. Just now. Lao Lei used a trick of "withdrawing the stool to defend" against him, using the opponent's center of gravity to rely on, and instantly broke away from physical contact with the opponent. Then take advantage of the gap that the opponent has to adjust and take the opportunity to break the ball. And in order to guarantee the effect. Old Ray also used his left hand to add a little material to Garcia's shoulder.

The effect of this whole set of defensive moves is that Old Ray successfully hooked the football at Garcia's feet. Although Garcia fell to the ground. But on the surface, there is no doubt that it was a clean and successful defence. "Reima! Nice defense!! The Spaniards were completely toyed with by Reima this time! Successfully broke the ball!! Oh no!! With the words of the on-site commentary, Lao Lei fell on the court again.

When he wanted to get up and control the football, Gerrard arrived in time from behind the side of Ray's body and brought down Ray with an undoubted foul tackle and successfully cut off Chelsea's counter-attack. Coupled with the fact that there is no need to receive a yellow card, this has naturally become what the Liverpool commentator called a "smart tactical foul". Despite the shouting of boos at Stamford Bridge, such a physical contact would not have been shown a yellow card by Webb's standards for enforcement today.

This time, it was Lao Lei who was caught off guard to use his face to have a fierce intimate contact with the grass. By the time he stood up with a frown, he could only see Gerald's back. However, to some surprises from the outside world, although his face was wrinkled, he still looked very calm, which was quite different from the old Lei in their "impression".

Isn't Lao Lei happy and angry?! Of course he wasn't happy, he wasn't angry. But compared to these, the happiness in his heart is even higher. Not to mention, Lao Lei has a perverted tendency to be abused. It's just that he has a natural preference for this kind of competition similar to boxing in the boxing ring, where you fight for each other and don't give in to each other. For this, he was also slandered by Mourinho. Because Mourinho knows his disciple, a man who is paranoid about the pursuit of victory, but even more paranoid about the pursuit of victory that is extremely difficult. In other words, Lao Lei likes difficult games and likes to win difficult games, which is the joy that he wants most from football. And this match is undoubtedly very much to his taste, and his blood is already reaching the boiling point.

His riposte also came quickly.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Gerrard fell to the grass with Webb's whistle.

Beside him, Lao Lei was leaning over with a chilling smile and whispering something to him.

When the excited Baros rushed up and pushed Lao Lei away, Lao Lei raised his hands with a happy smile that made the Liverpool players hateful, expressing his "innocence" and "peace-loving".

And because of Barosh's pushing, the smell of gunpowder on the field finally ushered in the first outbreak, and the players on both sides on the field suddenly gathered together.

Boos in the stands, invective, and throwing debris.

Pushing, scolding and bull pushing in the stadium.

This qiē made the whole Stamford Bridge hot and attracted everyone's attention.

However, at this time, for Gerald, his attention was completely focused on his ears at this time, and Old Ray's words were still ringing there.

"Welcome to Stamford Bridge, Mr Gerrard!"

"You'll be happier in the future! Certain!! ”

"I promise !!" (To be continued......)