Chapter 161: Balance, Chelsea's New Blue
[Fuck, this is so cool! King Jiang is awesome! ]

[I told you to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan, pass the ball to Jiang Yuan. Damn, you didn’t listen to me before. You had to lose three times in a row before you noticed Jiang Yuan on the right. Mourinho, what are you doing?]

[Zhaqiuwang? No! Jiangqiuwang, yes! ]

[Scoring from 0 angle, Xiao Jiang is still as strong as ever. The most terrifying thing is that Xiao Jiang can hit from both sides, he is simply invincible! ]

[Brothers, have you noticed that Jiang Yuan has more and more chances to touch the ball? In the last round against West Bromwich Albion, Jiang Yuan only had one shot in more than 30 minutes, but today he had one shot in 1 minutes, and it went in. So has Jiang Yuan's tactical position improved? ]

[This is inevitable. Hazard is not in good shape. Since he can't play on the left, he might as well try on the right. In terms of dribbling and shooting, who has Jiang Yuan ever lost to? ]

[This physical confrontation, my god, Suo Yalei tried to catch Jiang Yuan but he almost fell down. It made me laugh to death, hahaha! ]

[If this continues, William will probably have to play as a front midfielder. Even a fool can see that Jiang Yuan is a level higher than William in both dribbling and shooting. Although William has ball protection and long passes, compared to a passing machine, Chelsea's right side now needs a threatening striker! ]

[I declare that Jiang Yuan is Chelsea's answer on the right, and I will not accept any rebuttal! ]

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On the sidelines, Mourinho stood there blankly. The team's Portuguese coach was completely confused.

Obviously, the trend of the game was beyond his expectations!
Brown jumped up from the bench and walked to Mourinho: "Jose, we scored a goal, why don't you seem happy?"

Mourinho shook his head: "No, of course I'm happy. But we are only leading by one goal now, we can't be too happy too early!"

Brown and Mourinho have known each other for decades, so how could he not see Mourinho's current problem: "Jose, is there something on your mind that you can't tell me?"

"No, no! Let's cheer for the players. Jiang's performance is really good! Come on, Chelsea!"

In response to Mourinho's denial, Brown just smiled and did not ask any further questions.

"Dear audience friends, with Jiang Yuan's first goal, the home team has taken the advantage on the field. You can see that the fans at Stamford Bridge are very excited. The Blues, who have lost three games in a row, are in urgent need of a win to recover!"

"But Crystal Palace is not a weak opponent. Zaha took the ball on the left and turned around, and cooperated with Sakho and Wickham in a small pass. Crystal Palace got rid of Jiang Yuan and Fabregas's pressure on the left, and Sakho got the ball in the frontcourt."

"Ivanovich reacted quickly and rushed forward!"

"Look at Sakho, it's time to cross the ball! Oh... choose to pass it back to Zaha, Zaha cuts inside, Matic reaches out to hold Zaha but fails, Zaha cuts inside and shoots!"

"Wow! It was a close call, Zouma successfully cleared the ball out of the baseline, Crystal Palace's first corner kick!"

The visiting team, which was one goal behind, showed a very fierce offensive. Head coach Alan Paddu was yelling on the sidelines and seemed extremely anxious.

You know, in the first three rounds of the league, the Blues had 2 wins and 1 loss, and ranked in the top 10 of the Premier League. In Paddu's eyes, the Blues, who had lost three games in a row and were in poor form, were just a soft persimmon. Before the game, Paddu told the players that they must win this game no matter what.

As a result, for some unknown reason, Chelsea, the soft persimmon, suddenly came to their senses and scored a goal in less than 10 minutes after the start of the game, which made Paddu very nervous.

Looking at the visiting team's bench, Bolasie and Ledley put on vests and started warming up.

"Snapped!"

Cabaye takes a corner kick.

"Later point!"

Azpilicueta shouted, signaling Cahill at the back post to get ready.

As a result, an unexpected scene occurred. Zouma jumped high at the front point. The 1-meter-tall guy headed the ball before Wickham.

"Pretty!"

"Zuma's header cleared the ball, and the second point was caught by William. Hazard asked for the ball, and William passed it to the left!"

"MacArthur chased after him, and Hazard started to accelerate, but Hazard's speed was not an advantage..."

"The ball was passed to the right. Hazard was very smart in handling the ball. He knew he couldn't run fast, so he passed the ball to Jiang Yuan who had excellent acceleration ability."

"The curve of the pass wasn't very good, but Jiang Yuan ran very fast and stopped the ball before Soares. The two faced off again!"

Jiang Yuan was seen trying to break through with a series of bicycle kicks on the right, but Soare stared at Jiang Yuan's knees and did not give Jiang Yuan any chance.

There was no other way. Jiang Yuan couldn’t use his skills and could only use his body to pass the opponent.

"goodbye!"

Jiang Yuan smiled and suddenly accelerated towards the baseline. Suoare reacted and chased after him.

What’s strange is that Jiang Yuan, whose starting speed and absolute speed were faster than Suoare’s, was actually caught up by Suoare.

"Stop it!"

Suoare was about to block Jiang Yuan's position, but at this moment Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped.

!

Suo Yalei was worried that Jiang Yuan would suddenly go to the middle, so he quickly stopped and stood with his feet one in front of the other.

Seeing Soare slowing down, Jiang Yuan hit the ball hard with the arch of his left foot and restarted.

As the attacker, Jiang Yuan has absolute initiative in a 1-on-1 situation!

"shit!"

Suoare shouted and watched Jiang Yuan rush out from his right.

"Hey!"

Jiang Yuan looked up and saw Costa had already run into the penalty area. Seeing his center forward in position, Jiang Yuan kicked a long pass to Costa.

Costa did not pursue the goal. He first used his back to hold Delaney's body and headed the ball back to William, who kicked the ball from long range, but it missed by a hair's breadth!

"The wonderful cooperation between the midfield and frontcourt, Chelsea's strengthening of the right-wing attack not only activated Jiang Yuan's dribbling ability, but also liberated William, who is good at long-range shooting, in the front midfielder position"

"You can see that the two full-backs of Crystal Palace are under great pressure now. On the left is Hazard, and on the right is Jiang Yuan. These two are super wingers with the ability to cut inside and explode. This forward combination is very tricky for any Premier League team!"

"Chelsea coach learned from the lessons of the first three games and forced the opponent to reduce the defense on Hazard by strengthening the right attack. I have to say that this choice is very clever!"

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Crystal Palace's goal kick, goalkeeper McCarthy signaled his teammates to press forward, and Pardew on the sidelines took the opportunity to direct: "Soare, you bastard, you better keep an eye on that Asian kid. And Hazard, don't let the Belgians get the ball in our penalty area!"

Facing the coach's scolding, Soare spread his hands and said: "You want me to defend him, how can I do that? That No. 7 runs faster than my wolfhound. If you want to defend him, do it yourself!"

Soare had a bad temper to begin with. He had just been teased by Jiang Yuan twice and hadn't recovered yet when he was scolded by the coach again. The Senegalese man could no longer tolerate it.

Pardew's face flushed red: "Can't you just open your mouth and shout to let Wilfred help you defend!"

Soare shrugged and simply ignored Padu.

"Snapped!"

Goalkeeper McCarthy kicked the ball out with a long kick. Jiang Yuan jumped up to grab the first point and hit the ball out, but it landed on a Crystal Palace player.

Kabaye made a quick move, lightly flicking the ball with his right foot to MacArthur on the right, who passed the ball to the right and Pang Qiong started to go down the bottom.

"Crystal Palace quickly counterattacked after getting the ball. Pang Qiong's passing ability is very good. Chelsea's goal is now in danger."

"Shake off Azpilicueta, Ponjong crosses with his right foot, or it's a penalty kick"

"Zuma jumped a little too early and failed to stop the ball. Wait, who's behind Zuma?"

"Oh, Wickham's header went in!"

"What you fear will come true. The visiting team tied the score with Pang Qiong's cross and Wickham's header!"

"Captain Terry missed the game due to muscle discomfort. Chelsea paid a heavy price for this!"

After tying the score, Wickham did not celebrate, but ran to the goal and fished the ball out of the net in front of Courtois.

Azpilicueta spat on the grass, put his hands on his hips, and his face was full of unwillingness.

He almost watched Pang Qiong complete the cross. He thought it was a small mistake, but he didn't expect the team to pay a heavy price for it.

Azpilicueta glanced at the bench. After taking the lead, a mistake led to the loss of the ball. Logically, Mourinho should have started cursing by now, but for some reason, Mourinho seemed particularly calm today.

He didn't celebrate when he scored a goal, and he didn't curse like usual when he lost the ball. I don't know what's wrong with him.

"Don't think about this anymore!"

Azpilicueta shook his head and gave himself a psychological hint.

We must win this game because Chelsea really can't lose again!

"Beep!"

Referee Bosen blew the whistle and in the 36th minute of the game, Costa scored the third goal of the first half.

The sudden tie in the score caused Chelsea players to become a little anxious on the field, and Fabregas was not quite used to his current defensive midfielder position, which caused Chelsea's goal to be in danger many times. Fortunately, Belgian goalkeeper Courtois performed well, making three consecutive saves. In the rest of the first half, the Blues were almost on full defense, struggling to hold on to a 1:1 score and entering the halftime break.

In the home team's locker room at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho stood in the middle of the players with a calm expression: "Our performance in the first half was OK. Let's keep it up in the second half and stick to this tactic. Come on!"

The players looked at each other, and finally Azpilicueta stood up and asked: "And then..."

What Azpilicueta asked is exactly the question that all players want to know now. Shouldn’t there be some tactical emphasis and adjustments during the half-time break? What the hell is “keep going”?

After listening to Azpilicueta's question, Mourinho just shook his head indifferently: "There's nothing to say, this tactic is good, just execute it like this"

There was nothing we could do. Since the head coach had said so, we could only accept our fate. After cheering each other on for a few words, we prepared to go on the court.

Brown behind Mourinho frowned and wanted to say something but didn't say it in the end.

"Well, welcome back, dear audience friends. Next is the second half of the match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace. In the first half, Chelsea and Crystal Palace tied 1:1. In the last minute of the first half, the visiting team Crystal Palace almost completely suppressed the home team. Will the highly anticipated Blues finally end their losing streak or continue to sink? Let's see what kind of performances both sides will bring us in the second half!"

"Crystal Palace launched an attack from the left. Zaha is very fast and Fabregas is a bit uncomfortable. Wait, Jiang Yuan is already returning to defense."

"Ouch, that was a beautiful tackle. It hurts to watch, but there is really nothing wrong with it. Jiang Yuan's tackle was not a foul. Chelsea regained the ball!"

"Matic got the ball, Hazard started forward at the same time, and Matic made a through ball!"

"Hazard used his speed to eat Pang Qiong alive, a beautiful pass, Costa and Jiang Yuan are rushing forward, they want to create a ball spot for Hazard"

Ward pulled and tugged at Hazard, but was eventually shaken off by the Belgian superstar, who began to cut inside.

Now Hazard has entered the penalty area. Crystal Palace's right center back Dann knows that he must not let Hazard enter the penalty area, so he hurried up to fill Ward's defensive gap.

But a winger worth 7000 million euros is not so easy to defend. Hazard was seen stepping his right foot in front of the ball, which is a special dribbling skill of the Belgian superstar.

If Dann kicked at this time, he could fall to the ground and commit a foul, but if Dann didn't kick...

Sure enough, Dann was afraid of committing a foul and did not kick rashly. Hazard seized the opportunity and stepped into the penalty area.

There was really no other way. Dann stretched out his foot to block Hazard's direction almost as a conditioned reflex. As luck would have it, Dann stepped on Hazard's left foot.

"shit!"

The ball was still rolling forward little by little, but Hazard had already fallen to the ground.

"Referee! Referee!"

Jiang Yuan ran directly from the right to the middle and shouted to the referee: "Penalty! Penalty!"

"Beep!"

Referee Bosen saw it clearly and pointed to the penalty spot with his right hand without hesitation.

Hearing the whistle, Hazard, who was lying on the ground in pain, jumped up with a happy smile on his face.

"Dan stepped on someone in the penalty area and Chelsea got a penalty!"

"The Crystal Palace players were arguing with the referee. In fact, the foul was very obvious, and the referee had already blown the whistle. It wouldn't have made much difference if the Crystal Palace players went up to argue."

"Okay, let's get ready. Chelsea's first penalty taker Hazard will take the penalty he created. As the best player of FWP last season, Hazard currently has 0 goals in the league. I hope this penalty can break his goal drought."

"Run up...shoot! The ball goes in!"

"In the 49th minute of the game, Hazard scored a penalty kick and Chelsea took the lead by one goal!"

After scoring the goal, Hazard slid on his knees on the left side, doing the familiar pear-peeling movements, but it always felt like something was missing.

No matter what, the goal has been scored and what we need to do now is celebrate!

Fabregas ran over, hugged Hazard's head and kissed him hard. Jiang Yuan, with his excellent jumping ability, jumped directly onto Hazard.

The excitement of the players on the field and Mourinho's calmness off the field formed a sharp contrast. Mourinho felt like he was holding his breath and couldn't let it out, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Hazard's celebration did not last long, as Chelsea players immediately returned to their positions on the field to prepare for the next goal.

Both the audience at the scene and the media could clearly feel that the Chelsea players on the field became more confident after regaining the lead 2:1.

In the 68th minute of the game, the first substitution was made.

Chelsea No. 36 Loftus-Cheek replaced No. 22 William, and then Crystal Palace used two substitutions directly, Pardew replaced Zaha and Cabaye with Bolasie and Ledley respectively. Both teams made positional substitutions, and the formation on the field remained unchanged at 4231.

"Hey, Jiang, take it!"

Chie, who had just been substituted on, handed Jiang a small note. Jiang Yuan opened it and saw that Mourinho wanted him to participate in defensive work as much as possible while conserving his energy. It seemed that Mourinho wanted to keep this hard-earned 2:1 until the end.

Jiang Yuan gave Mourinho a thumbs up to show that he understood, then crumpled up the note and threw it on the ground.

After replacing the energetic substitutes, the situation on the field became more tense. The home team wanted to maintain the score, but the away team did not agree at all. In the 70th minute, Sakho's long-range shot almost broke Chelsea's goal, but in the end Courtois played bravely and held the ball firmly in his arms.

After completing the save, Courtois stood up from the ground and ran to the edge of the penalty area with the ball.

"Hey!"

Courtois threw the ball with great force and accurately found Jiang Yuan on the right.

As a teammate, Courtois knows very well who is the fastest runner in the team!
"Have the opportunity!"

Jiang Yuan's subconscious mind told him that this would be a great chance to score a goal, so he took the ball with his back and immediately passed it back to Fabregas.

At the same time as passing the ball, Jiang Yuan pointed behind his butt with his right hand. Fabregas understood and sent a straight pass with the arch of his foot.

"Here they come! Chelsea launched an attack on the right. It's already been more than 70 minutes, but Jiang Yuan's running speed is still very fast, even not slower than Ledley who just came on the field."

"Ledley is chasing back, but the Welsh midfielder's speed is not an advantage. Even with plenty of energy, he can't do anything to Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan continues to dribble the ball."

"There are two central defenders lagging behind in the Crystal Palace defense line. Jiang Yuan must pass the ball now. Hazard is coming from the left and Costa is right behind him. They are both good choices for passing the ball. From our God's perspective, passing the ball back to Costa should be the best option, but in this situation, Jiang Yuan may not be able to pass the ball enough to Costa behind him."

"Wait? Hey! Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball and wanted to continue to break through with the ball. Delaney couldn't stand it anymore and rushed to steal the ball with Dann. Now Jiang Yuan had to pass the ball away when facing a double team..."

Under the gaze of more than 4 spectators at Stamford Bridge, Jiang Yuan placed his left hand across his chest to hold up Dane on the left, then did a half bicycle move with his right foot to prevent Delaney from stretching his foot to steal the ball.

At this critical moment, Jiang Yuan paused, and suddenly kicked the ball with his left foot, and the ball passed between Dane and Delaney.

Of course, it wasn’t just the ball that went over there, but also... Jiang Yuan’s body!

"Single Blade! This is a single blade!"

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(End of this chapter)