Chapter 153: Jonker's counterattack to win the championship
The time came to 17:15 local time on April 30, the 7th game of the 36th round of the English Premier League began, and the moment that decided the fate of Chelsea.
Chelsea still have a make-up game against Manchester United in the penultimate round of the league, but a win away to Bordeaux today would seal the league title early.
Whether it is Arsenal or the Red Devils, Manchester United are destined to miss out on the title this season, and the Chelsea man is only facing himself to cross the last hurdle of Bolton.
Chelsea are in complete control of their own destiny, with fans who were unable to witness the trophy at Stamford Bridge in London waiting for the title to be handed down.
If Chelsea win, Stamford Bridge will immediately turn into a sea of joy.
In fact, Chelsea fans are ready to celebrate the league title at the time of this game.
"We want to be champions, and today we are champions!"
"We've waited too long!"
"Champions belong to blue! The title belongs to Chelsea! Wow"
Before the game even started, the Chelsea fans in the stands of Reebok Stadium were already chanting slogans at the top of their voices, creating a very strong and enthusiastic home atmosphere.
That's right, they're more fighting than the Bolton fans at home, they've been going on for 50 years, and the desire for the title, the long-cherished wish of two generations of Chelsea fans, is now in front of them, how can they not go crazy.
'Listen to the shouts from the stands, I bet the Chelsea lads will give their best to play in such an atmosphere!'
The narrator, Lineker, started his work early. This game is in the spotlight, and he can't be slack off as a commentator.
Meanwhile, in the dressing room of visiting Chelsea at Reebok Stadium.
"It's a very important game. Lads. "Mourinho is doing the most pre-war mobilization for everyone." You know better than I do what a league title means to Chelsea as a team and what it means to Stamford Bridge, who haven't won a title for 50 years. ”
'Chelsea retained their place in League C at the end of the 1983 season with a 1-0 win at Bolton Wanderers, but time has changed and Chelsea are now one of the top teams in Europe. Winning this game would take Chelsea their first top-flight title in 50 years. ”
"Just win this game. We don't have to think about what our opponents are like, we don't need to be half-hearted and distracted. As long as we win, we are league champions! ”
"Brothers! What did we work hard for all season?! Terry shouted first.
"Champion!"
"Champion! Champions, of course! ”
"We're going to win the league!!"
The team responded to him with a rousing roar. Quite a few even got up from their seats. The teammates who looked around in the locker room, clenching their fists, looked particularly excited.
"Master wants to be a champion too!!" Jonk also shouted out his heart in the warm atmosphere.
Who knows that the championship means that for two seasons, Chelsea has been crowned with many titles, nouveau riche, local tycoon? Shut up, you have the ability to smash a championship trophy, and the last trophy is for those noisy crow's beaks. It's undoubtedly a real gag.
You don't need to look at other people's faces, and the initiative is all in your own hands. If you want to win the title, Chelsea have only one opponent, and that is themselves.
Jose Mourinho had predicted that his players might be a little nervous on the pitch, but the reality of the pitch was much more than he expected.
It doesn't matter if a ball can be stopped directly to the opponent, it doesn't matter if it's a substitute player, to be able to gain a foothold in a team like Chelsea, even if it's a substitute player, such a simple foot skill is not outstanding, but it is also skilled among the players.
Nervousness can't be like this, right?
The championship is true, but you also have to defeat your opponent!
Everyone's mind is at the moment - if we win this game, we will be the champion of the league!
As a result, this is the only thought in my head, and everything else is gone.
How to play the game, they don't even know how to send the football to the opponent's goal.
Jose Mourinho stood up from the dugout shortly after the start and frowned.
That's what he's most afraid of - this team is a team with no championship experience, and it's the first time they're so close to the league title, and these people don't seem to know how to deal with such a situation......
I raised their fighting spirit before the game, but it seems that I forgot to pour cold water.
Besides, pouring cold water may not work, look at the crazy fans, why aren't the players crazy at the moment!
Hell experience! It's not something that can be obtained by saying it, the players have to experience it for themselves to really get it, and many teams have paid a lot of tuition fees for this, so should Chelsea have to pay it too?
No, never, good enough for Chelsea to have three games left, but the success or failure of the first hurdle has the biggest impact on the players.
"Calm down, hold on!" Jose Mourinho rushed to the sidelines, pressing his hands down and shouting.
Dude also wants to calm down, Jonke's blood is boiling, he doesn't have time to listen to your nagging, rush to the champion!
Almost all of them are using their bodies to resist hard, what techniques, what martial arts pace, I can't think of them at the moment.
Jonker was always at the front, and even though his team-mate's cross wasn't a good chance for him, he jumped up and battled with the opposition defender.
"Bang!"
collided with Bolton centre-back Ben Haim, but no one got the ball.
Of course, because the quality of the passes of his teammates is not high.
The huge noise in the stands made everyone unable to calm down, just like Jonke, knowing that Lu Dao should be kicked more skillfully, and the blood surged to his head, he would still jump up and fight for the top, anyway, he has good physical strength and is not afraid of confrontation, maybe there will be a chance?
Chelsea today don't have any tactics at all, nothing as a whole. Wood has!
The kicks were out of order, Mourinho's jumps off the pitch didn't help, the players were too hungry for the title. Make a name for yourself, for the team, for the fans who support them.
Jonker was originally physically outstanding, and his performance on the field was quite good, at least without the performance of the technical level, he could still take advantage of his body.
What about the others!
Fight with Bolton to fight for body and fighting spirit?
Oh, yes! A battle for the title. It has become a competition with no technical content, which is definitely what Boltonians are most willing to see, adding some blockage to the nouveau riche in London?
Why not!
Bolton went in a 4-5-1 formation today. After a tentative outcry at home, all the players may have a direct feeling and are cautious. Chelsea today don't play at all.
Okocha, the core of the team's midfield, immediately used his skills to revitalize the attacking end. Claude Makelele had an easy time, Frank Lampard's sliding tackle was a slick and it was all paper tigers!
Okocha unhurriedly observed the movement of the strikers, hell there was only one point, if there was another attacking point, it would have been scored early.
Opportunity! Okocha picked up a cross into the penalty area, and Terry rose to meet the ball, wanting to clear the ball with a header at the first time. But I don't know what's going on with Lu Dao, and I usually get nine out of ten stable headers. Today, I didn't reach the top, and I jumped to the top early.
Hell yes! Mourinho swears I've never seen such a stupid gift, you honestly look at Kevin Davies, rush out, and end up on the top.
Kevin Davis was also surprised that the ball could slip through, but he quickly realised that it was definitely a good opportunity and that if it was missed, it would be difficult to come back again, and the stop-and-shoot action was very consistent, showing the quality of a striker.
What can Petr Cech do to score one-on-one in the middle of the box?
1:0!
"In the 14th minute of the opening game, Bolton took the lead, Kevin Davies easily pushed the ball into the net, if it is still like this, Chelsea want to win the championship away from home, and they can't even play half of their usual strength, let alone the championship, and the opponent is not muddy! Will give the championship away! ”
Lineker said it very directly, and what is even more difficult to hear, he hasn't said yet, today's Chelsea is not worthy of the title of champion at all, of course, today's Chelsea.
Jonk hasn't reacted yet, why is he falling behind?
Hell, the opponent's goal made him a little unacceptable, a little blind, not much worse than a head-to-head shot.
After the replay of the backward Chelsea, there were many people who reacted the same way as Jonker, starting with excitement and now being enlightened, but they didn't know how to play.
"It's going to hang! The mentality of the players today is too unstable! "Mourinho has found the crux of the problem, but the problem is that he has no solution, he shouts and scolds, the problem is that the players can't listen at all, so they can't calm down.
What happens next, Mourinho can basically see it, impatient, impatient, impatient for the sake of scoring.
Sure enough, after the collective blindfold passed, Chelsea began to launch a frantic offensive, but the impatience caused them to be in vain.
The ball is in the area of real threat, and the long-range shot, if the anti-aircraft gun can also be considered a long-range shot, at least statistically, Chelsea are ahead.
Jonk couldn't get the ball at all, and before he could get to his feet, the offense was already over.
He was more anxious than anyone else, but he didn't want to stabilize anything, he also wanted to try it.
Finally waiting for the opportunity, he forced the ball by Benhaim, and Jonk followed with a long-range shot, "Boom! ”
The sound is still the same voice, very shocking, but the effect is 108,000 miles apart, fortunately, the Reebok Stadium stands are high enough, and if it is replaced by a small court for an amateur team, it may be directly raised off the field and a home run in a football field.
"Ha Lu Ha"
"I miss it, if this ball can go in, I'll eat the goal!"
Bolton's home fans finally have a chance to perform, loud ridicule, joyful sarcasm of the opponent, Londoners want the championship, there is no goal!
Jonk was also ridiculed by the fans and turned into a big red face, a big shame, and he was also a champion, he threw everyone to his grandmother's house, how long has it been since he kicked such an outrageous long-range shot?
"Hell Hell"
"Smack!"
"Oh God! What is Jonk doing, constantly slapping his head and getting sick? I guess not, annoyed? Want to calm yourself down? Maybe both. Chelsea really need to calm down today! ”
Lineker, though surprised to see Jonker's unexpected movements, was quite pertinent, at least in his opinion. is a good sign.
There are so many fans of the home team, "Ha Lu Ha crazy forgot to take his medicine!" ”
"Go back to the London Asylum!"
Their sarcasm is higher and higher, and Jonker, a player who is constantly gossiping about the lace off the field, is the easiest to attract the attention of fans, and the kid kicks out such a face-pleading girl!
Sure enough, I don't know who started the road, and the Bolton fans said the last thing they should have shouted, "Go back and find an aunt for comfort!" Don't think about beauties. Kicking like this and having a face to pick up a girl! ”
Teng, a wave of blood instantly hit the door of the brain, this is a bit too much!
Jonk was a little calmer. All of a sudden, he turned into an unusually angry one, but strangely, despite his anger, he calmed down. I'm overdone. He wants to fight back immediately, if he wants to take revenge, the most direct way is to score.
If you want to score, you have to be calm, and a burst of laughter accidentally activates Jonker, Chelsea's top scorer in the league.
Come on, the goal slap back action begins.
With a murderous look on one's face. The movements were extremely agile, as if a murderous general rushed into the enemy's array. Full of murderous mind, but extremely sharp, he observes the situation around him and delivers a fatal blow to his opponent.
The reckless man has always become a general, and he can never command an army with a hot head, but when a general rushes into the enemy camp, he must definitely have a reason to enter.
All Jonker has to do now is score goals, pull the team back as a whole, and wake up his teammates with goals, so he has to rush, he has to be alone.
Seeing Jonker's move, Mourinho was even more worried, did he not play messily enough?
In the 34th minute, Chelsea's goal was long overdue.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Jonker! Chelsea's number 25, scored!! ”
Lineker stood up excitedly, the goal was so beautiful, how did he do it, the iconic Hercules-like bang, too violent, too unreasonable.
Excited, Jonk ran wildly and then plunged headlong into the bench and hugged his teammates.
This goal has stabilized everyone's hearts, a goal in hand, I have it in the world!
See, you've all seen it! Jonk ran out of the celebrating Chelsea players, pointing to his feet excitedly and saying something like, "Did you see it, it's my long-range shot!" ”
That's right, he's responding to the Bolton fans, mocking? Hit it straight back, hit it back with a goal!
The Chelsea fans, who had been silent for a long time, finally ushered in the opportunity to break out, they were echoing Jonker, calling loudly, celebrating wildly, such a big and up-and-down drama is really crazy, "Good Jonk! ”
"One more!"
Jonk also heard the shouts of the fans, and gestured two fingers, and soon a third.
"Crazy, just crazy! He's going to tell the fans that there's going to be a second goal and there's going to be a third, and I have to say this kid is crazy and he's going to score a hat-trick! ”
Lineker read the code words in the interaction, a title race was a matter of Chelsea, and someone at Chelsea stepped up, gave tactics to the opponent and gave the fans a guarantee.
Jonk was greeted by a frenzied boo from the active fans.
"Ha Lu Ha, come on!"
Jonker loves moments like this, shhh
Mourinho finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, fortunately, there are such words in my head, I have to admit that Jonk did a good job, and the goal came in time, look at the reaction of the players, and finally a bit of a normal game, the game really began!
That's right, the Chelsea crowd was activated by Jonker's goal and finally found the feeling of the game at the end of the first half, and there was no longer any tension.
Bolton's five-man midfielder can finally come in handy at this moment, resist, crazy to resist, can't fall behind in the first half, Bolton doesn't have much desire to win this game, if it weren't for Chelsea's own opening is not strong, the goal will not appear, look at the formation of the discerning people will know that Bolton is based on defense in this game, and now it is just in handy.
However, at this time and that time, Chelsea is not easy to deal with today, especially on the front line, Jonker is completely crazy, like a tank, as long as he takes the ball and ignores the rampage, professional players are also people, who dares to face such a steel monster, only the part of being crushed, who will be sent to death.
There is no way to go to death, guarding the most rearly defensive line, not going to have to go, Bolton's four defenders followed one after another, finishing the old defense, which only held the last 10 minutes of the first half, and waited until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Benhaim couldn't hold on anymore, slumped on the grass and breathed heavily, he was so tired, that kid was simply not human.
Oh, yes! Can people be so crazy! It's a pity that he couldn't rewrite the score, when he got off the field, Jonk was a little annoyed, when he heard the whistle, he jumped straight to his feet, the time passed too fast, and it would be good if he had a little more time, he could feel that the opponent couldn't hold on anymore.
The goal was coming, but time was running out and the first half was over.
"Well done!" Mourinho stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, met Jonker and patted him on the shoulder.
"BOSS, our champion today will definitely be in hand, I promise!" Jonker's face is murderous at the moment, he must score in the second half, or he will not forgive himself.
"Then I'll see yours!" Mourinho smiled and put the towel on Jonker's shoulder, signaling him to hurry back to the dressing room so that he didn't catch a cold.
When Jonker returned to the dressing room, John Terry and Lampard stood up, 'The championship is so close to us, but we almost didn't ruin this great moment!' ”
Frank Lampard took John Terry's words: 'We won the title in the second half!' (To be continued......)