Chapter 169: More than just a double, Mr. Champions League hat trick

"Beep——"

At the end of the first half, Chelsea entered the halftime break with a 3:0 advantage.

When Jiang Yuan walked off the field, Mourinho rushed over and hugged his shoulders: "Well done!"

The Portuguese is a very demanding coach, and the fact that he gave such an evaluation is enough to show how well Jiang Yuan performed in this game.

According to the evaluation given by foreign football newspapers, Jiang Yuan, who scored twice in the first half, obtained an average score of 8.8, surpassing William's 8.1 points and ranking first.

Jiang Yuan was in a good mood. He gulped down a few sips of sports drink and then joked, "It's good to know how powerful you are!"

Mourinho helped Jiang Yuan put on his coat, then shook his shoulders and said, "We are clearly ahead now, so I will replace you and Eden in the second half."

There is a reason why Mourinho said this. Today is September 9th, London time, and three days later, on September 16th, they will play the sixth round of the Premier League this season at Stamford Bridge against North London Arsenal, which is also one of the BIG3.

Now the score is 3:0. With the strength of the Blues' substitutes, there will be no problem in beating Maccabi Tel Aviv, so Mourinho wants to reduce the physical exertion of the starting players as much as possible to prepare for the London derby with Arsenal the day after tomorrow.

"Jose, do I look like I need a break?"

Jiang Yuan pulled up his shorts in front of Mourinho, showing his strong thigh muscles to the Portuguese.

As he was talking, Jiang Yuan was ready to take off his shirt to let Mourinho see how powerful he was, but Mourinho stopped him: "Alright, alright, no need to take off your clothes. Do you really want to continue playing? If you play the whole game today, I won't let you start in the match against Arsenal the day after tomorrow!"

"What?"

Jiang Yuan glared, there was nothing more painful than not being able to start. If there was one thing, it would be not being able to start in the London derby!
Mourinho motioned Jiang Yuan to sit down and let Jiang Yuan listen to him while receiving Sean's massage: "Are you kidding me? How could I let a player start twice in four days? If I did that, my Twitter account would explode that night. I can imagine what the fans would say... Damn it, you are a capitalist head coach, a 4-year-old player played two games in four days!"

Hearing Mourinho imitating the fans' words, all the players in the locker room laughed.

"Haha, for Jose's sake, Jiang, you should come down and take a rest!"

In response, Jiang Yuan insisted on his own idea and looked up at Mourinho: "Jose, just let me continue to play. It's just two games in four days. It's easy!"

"It's you who's relaxed, not me!"

Mourinho retorted, then he looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes, and finally softened his heart: "Hiss - tell me, why do you still want to play?"

"Because I want to score a goal!"

Jiang Yuan answered without hesitation that scoring goals is addictive, especially scoring in the Champions League!

"come on!"

Zuma joked: "Jiang, you don't want to win the Champions League Golden Boot, do you? Hahaha!"

Mourinho looked at Jiang Yuan expressionlessly: "So, this is what you really think? Jiang, the Champions League is cruel. Winning the Champions League Golden Boot at the age of 17? I hope you can achieve it, but as your coach I must tell you that this idea is unrealistic. Don't think that it's great if you score 2 goals in a game, but you have to know that you can't score 2 goals in every game."

Jiang Yuan turned his head away: "Okay, but we agreed on 70 minutes. You can't let me off the field before 70 minutes. I haven't played enough today."

“Deal!”

……

"Feike shaver, all-round floating shaving..."

"Thump, thump, thump, thump—"

"Welcome back, dear audience friends. Now it is the second half of the Champions League group match between Chelsea and Maccabi Tel Aviv. There are some changes in the personnel of both sides."

"Chelsea changed the center forward, No. 19 Diego Costa replaced Remy who scored a goal in the first half... Then it was the visiting team Maccabi Tel Aviv, No. 1 Radonic replaced No. 99 Rican, No. 22 Miha replaced No. 15 Tal Ben Haim, two substitutions in the midfield position"

"..."

Compared to the first half where goals were scored from time to time, the two teams were much quieter in the second half. Firstly, Chelsea knew they had already won, so they didn't play too hastily. Secondly, the visiting team also knew they couldn't win, so they decided to keep the current score.

However, in the 10th minute, which was the 55th minute of the game, the Blues, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly attacked. Fabregas made a precise long pass from the backcourt, and Costa headed the ball back to William, who pressed forward with the ball.

“Here!”

Hazard on the left reached for the ball. He was also eager to score a goal today.

After hearing Hazard's call, William moved two steps with the ball and then kicked the ball out. The Brazilian boy never refuses the requests of his teammates.

"Wow~"

I have to say that Hazard is really popular. Every time he touches the ball, the fans at Stamford Bridge will scream.

"Hazard dribbled the ball on the left. We can find that Chelsea likes this kind of bottom-pass style recently. The left side is down and the right side is cut inside. In this way, if the winger goes to the bottom line, there will be at least two Chelsea players in the middle position."

"Moreover, if William has no intention of receiving the ball, he can also run to the middle and form a triangle with the other two teammates. In this way, the threat of the winger's cross will be very high, which is the charm of Chelsea's 4-2-3-1 formation!"

"Hazard cuts inside! Albert and Spkin rush to the ball at the same time. Change of rhythm! Another change of rhythm! Hazard touches the ball with both feet and gets rid of it without any fancy moves."

"He shot directly at the goal! He shot very fiercely, but the goalkeeper saved it. It was hard to describe Rajkovic in the first half, but the Iraqi goalkeeper was still very powerful in the second half, and repeatedly rejected the powerful shots from Chelsea's midfielders and frontcourt players."

"Chelsea's corner kick opportunity! We can see that Falcao and Kennedy are already warming up on the sidelines. Considering Chelsea's next schedule, Mourinho is likely to replace Hazard and Jiang Yuan. So there are not many scoring opportunities left for the two!"

……

This time the corner kick was taken by Fabregas, who raised his left hand behind the corner flag.

Later point!

Jiang Yuan understood and made eye contact with Costa.

"Snapped!"

The corner kick was taken. At the same time, Jiang Yuan on the right and Costa on the left crossed and entered the small penalty area respectively. As for Hazard, he did not have the ability to head the ball and was looking for opportunities on the periphery.

"what!"

Jiang Yuan jumped, but failed to get the ball. Next was Costa at the back post. Just as Costa was about to jump against Tibi's resistance, a black figure jumped out from the middle.

Zuma!

Zouma, a 1-meter tall man, jumped up to block the ball and completed the shot at the same time.

"Snapped!"

The ball hit Mitrovic and went out of bounds. Then the 10 Chelsea players on the field raised their right hands almost at the same time, and then kept slapping their right hands with their left hands: "Handball, handball!"

The players of Maccabi Tel Aviv panicked and rushed to the referee to argue. However, the Chelsea players were not pushovers. Jiang Yuan ran to the referee before anyone else and said, "Penalty, this is a penalt, absolutely!"

"nonono!"

Mitrovic kept shaking his hands, but Cahill stepped out and stood in front of Mitrovic, giving the referee no chance to see him.

"Beep!"

Zwaye motioned for everyone to step back, then extended a hand, and he pointed at...

Penalty kick!
"Chelsea's penalty! Oh my God, I didn't see it clearly just now, let's see what happens in the replay." "Ouch, Zouma's header bounced on the ground, and then hit Mitrovic's hand. There was no controversy. Although it didn't look obvious, it was indeed a penalty!"

"Chelsea's first penalty taker Hazard, look at his penalty performance. Oh, wait, I remember Jiang Yuan already has 2 goals... Wait! Oh my God, is Hazard willing to give this penalty to Jiang Yuan?"

Although Hazard is a Buddhist, he is really good to his teammates. William picked up the ball and prepared to pass it to Hazard, but Hazard didn't even take it and pointed directly at Jiang Yuan: "Give it to him, let him take the penalty!"

Jiang Yuan was also aware that he had two goals on his record, and it would be inhumane to refuse at this time, so Jiang Yuan took the ball from William and then put it on the penalty spot.

"Wow!"

"Beep beep beep!"

"Wow!"

At Stamford Bridge, the fans' whistles and cheers rang out one after another. Jiang Yuan stood right behind the ball, his heart pounding.

There is no doubt that if he scores this penalty, he will complete his first hat trick in the Champions League!
The first hat-trick of the season, the first hat-trick of his career in the Champions League!
Will he come?
……

At this moment in the live broadcast room, fans across the country, from Chelsea fans to Jiang Yuan fans, and from Jiang Yuan fans to national team fans, all of them were on edge.

Because they know that they might be witnessing history next!

【All rise!!!】

[May the Tathagata Buddha bless you, may the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara bless you, may the Taishang Laojun bless you, may the Hongjun Patriarch bless you, may the Nuwa Lady bless you, may the Tongtian Sect Master bless you, Jiang Yuan’s hat trick! ]

[Oh my god, I didn't know there were so many gods in our country until the critical moment. Now it's stable! ]

[I can’t sleep, I can’t sleep at all! Forget it, if Xiao Jiang can do a hat trick today, I will just stay at the foot massage parlor all night]

[Brothers, 10 player-edition jerseys with Jiang Yuan's number. I will place an order immediately if this goal is scored. Chinese people don't cheat Chinese people.]

[Although I am not a god, I have knelt down, so it should be of some use. Please, please do a hat trick! ]

[No, last week on the forum, people were still discussing whether Jiang Yuan could score 2 or 3 goals in the Champions League this season. In the end, he only scored 2-3 goals in one game. I am really impressed.]

[Jiang Yuan: So life... is as easy as pie]

[Is this talent? Damn... a 17-year-old Champions League hat trick, although outrageous, it seems to be happening now]

……

"hiss--"

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath, looked left and right, and finally his eyes fixed on the direction of the goal.

Off the field, Mourinho stared at the goal of Maccabi Tel Aviv, with wrinkles on his face clearly visible.

A brace or a hat trick?

"Beep——!"

The referee blew the whistle, Jiang Yuan exhaled the air in his chest, and then started to run.

"Da da da"

"boom!"

"GOOOAAAALLLLLLLL!!!"

"Hat trick, hat trick!"

"Holy shit, how wonderful it is! (Wonderful!)"

As the ball went into the net, Stamford Bridge was set on fire by Jiang Yuan. The fans in blue jerseys in the stands jumped up and down, and from a distance they looked like layer upon layer of waves.

Jiang Yuan looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines with some disbelief.

Hat trick... Is this me?

This is me!
"it's me!"

Jiang Yuan rushed out of the stadium, covered his lips with his hands, then spread his arms and blew a kiss to the fans in the stands.

Afterwards, before Jiang Yuan had the chance to share the joy of the goal with the fans, Zouma suddenly rushed up from behind him, took a run-up and jumped directly onto Jiang Yuan's back.

Following behind is Hazard, then Willian, Fabregas...

Just like that, in less than half a minute, a large group of Chelsea's 10 outfield players was formed, and Jiang Yuan was the one at the bottom.

However, 10 players did not seem to be Chelsea's limit. Goalkeeper Begovic hurried forward, and then to the sidelines, Mourinho also ran over, took off his suit jacket that was in the way, and climbed to the top of the human wall by pulling up Terry's pants.

The players of Maccabi Tel Aviv lowered their heads, and head coach Jokanovic sat down on the bench, covering his face with the hood of his Adidas jacket.

Shameless!
"Okay, the game continues! It's the 73rd minute now, and Maccabi Tel Aviv still has less than 20 minutes left, but it's undoubtedly a fantasy to catch up with the score with this chance."

"..."

"In the 75th minute, Chelsea made substitutions. No. 14 Traore replaced No. 7 Jiang Yuan, and No. 21 Matic replaced No. 10 Hazard."

Seeing the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the green 7 representing themselves, Jiang Yuan and Hazard slowly ran off the field.

At the same time, thunderous applause broke out at Stamford Bridge.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Jiang Yuan nodded to the fans in all directions, then pounded his chest with his hands.

"Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine~"

"We can shine all the time~"

“Home or away come and see us play～”

"You're welcome anyday, hey!"

Sitting on the bench, Jiang Yuan heard the familiar song "Blue is the colour". He couldn't remember how many times he had heard the fans singing the team song.

But Jiang Yuan especially remembers his first time. The first time he heard "Blue is the colour" at Stamford Bridge, he was still a supporting player in the team. But today, Jiang Yuan is indeed the brightest star in the entire Stamford Bridge stadium.

Jiang Yuan had seen the blue ocean in Porto, but the ocean there was calm and gentle. On the contrary, the blue waves of Stamford Bridge came one after another, which was active and passionate!

……

(End of this chapter)