Chapter 33: Substitute Goal Again

Mourinho said so, what else can Jonk and others say, they can only agree!

It's just that everyone is also strange, no matter how you look at it, Mourinho is not like someone who will easily compromise and come up with such a solution.

It's already like this, so let's win the game! Three wins in a row, no room for anything!

After Jonk came out, he felt a little incredible, and he thought he would have to go to the reserve team or something, but this time it's good!

Others are also relieved, there is no easier to accept than such a punishment, what are they, professional players!

If you can solve something on the field, it's not a thing, it's a big deal.

Chelsea internationals were playing for their national team ahead of the second round of the league and three days after they returned, Birmingham were Chelsea's rivals.

Chelsea travel to Birmingham. Against a tough Birmingham side, Chelsea didn't bargain last season as the two teams drew a clean sheet in both games. There is a saying that a change of manager is like a change of knife, and Mourinho could do what Ranieri failed to do and lead Chelsea to a win over Birmingham City on the road.

In Chelsea's squad for this game, Romanian striker Mutu was dropped due to injury, while recovered Irish winger Duff was named in the squad for the game. Chelsea looked weak in midfield against Manchester United in the last round, and Duff's return will improve the attacking organisation. While the likes of Duff, John Terry, Judge Gudjohnsen, Kezman, Druba, Petr Cech and Hus were involved in their respective midweek games for their respective countries, the season has just begun, the fitness reserves are relatively abundant, and Chelsea have plenty of players to deal with the double game in a week.

There are certain doubts about whether Jonk can make the 16-man squad this time.

However, after all, Jonk is the best player in the first round, and Mourinho should also give him another chance, everyone thinks so, and in fact it is, Jonk is a substitute.

A 2-0, 1-0 away, this is Mourinho's answer to the "just the best" Abramovich, victorious but unattractive.

The €24 million Drogba is hectic and ineffective on the pitch; Frank Lampard, the Premier League's best homegrown player, struggles to move at the back; Smerkin is gone for this match after desperately finishing the last qualifying match; Robben, the glass man, had already fallen before the Premier League even began.

This is what Roman Abramovich saw in Birmingham, the Motor City is not far from London, but Abramovich's "flying fleet" experienced here what it was difficult to move on.

Abramovich's agitation has not yet risen to the level of anxiety as his Chelsea win was due to the absence of Birmingham's top scorer, Forssell on loan at Birmingham.

If the Finns were there, Birmingham's four or five chances would never have been missed. Two other stars who played for Chelsea last year, Mégiot and Glenschal, also joined Birmingham City, but it only proved that Mourinho was wise enough to abandon Maggioat.

In the 13th minute, a mistake by the Dutchman gave Drogba the chance to face the goalkeeper alone, and the Ivorian generously squandered the opportunity. On the other hand, Heskey and Gray's shots caused a stir in the Chelsea penalty area. At the end of the first half, Chelsea's star of the day was Brits, with both back-passes leaving Cech scrambling.

Jose Mourinho replaced Galla and John Terry with Calvalho, a long-planned plan for the Portuguese, with reports suggesting that the Frenchman, who managed to keep track of Thierry Henry in five meetings with Arsenal last year, has been favoured by Newcastle to fill the vacancy at centre-back following Woodgate's departure.

On the left, Jose Mourinho was ready to give Duff more time to recover and find confidence, Robben's ankle had not yet recovered, and the Portuguese gave the chance to his boss's compatriot Smerkin. It's still the 442 formation, or the four midfielders who played against Manchester United in the last game, and they're all at the back. Even Goodionson was further back, with Didier Drogba alone running up front. This is true for Manchester United, and it is still true for Birmingham, the Portuguese has fulfilled his promise: continue the ugliness! Will the victory continue!

Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers and drew twice with Birmingham City last season, and the Englishman summed it up: Chelsea are most afraid of 451. Because Chelsea's midfield does not have an absolute skill player, and the opponent took advantage of the numerical advantage in midfield to easily push Chelsea through the half.

While Jose Mourinho can talk about the 45 consecutive passes in the warm-up game against Celtic, he is well aware that the warm-up game is not the same as the league, and his players are no longer as comfortable under the weight of Birmingham, and the Birmingham's high play in midfield has also made Chelsea's diminutive midfielders complain.

Jose Mourinho was clearly unhappy with his team's performance in the first half and at the start of the second half, he replaced Gudionsen and Smerkin with Jonker and Diego. Chelsea's midfield is more centred in the middle, but that obviously doesn't work.

Geremi's only threatening shot for Chelsea could not save him from being substituted, with Joe Cole coming on.

Once all the big stars are sleepwalking, the prodigy of the past who insists on staying behind will make an appearance, and this time, he didn't disappoint. His skill set was effective in tearing apart Birmingham's midfield defence. Six minutes into the game, he cut through the Megio Ott defence on the left and cut into the box to cross the middle, where Jonker scored with a cushion in front of goal.

In two games, the No.25 Blues kid is playing the role of savior, and if the last round was the icing on the cake, against Birmingham, Jonker did save his team.

Many media are not familiar with the No. 25, just looking at the number of the home team fans still think that it is a temporary Chelsea recruitment of reserve players, but all this is no longer important, fans and the media should from this moment, carefully re-acquainted with the young player wearing Chelsea's No. 25 shirt, Jonker!

With two goals in a row, Mourinho will have to take a fresh look at the first-team fringe man who was supposed to go on loan.

Is it lucky? Perhaps! But there's no denying that if a person's luck can bring three points to the team, no manager would abandon such a player.

Actually, can Jonker's goal be summed up by luck?

Of course not, the first goal had little force that no one could replicate, and the second goal would not have materialized without Jonker's active movement.

If you're lucky enough to meet someone who is prepared, that's the perfect combination.