Chapter 174: Magpies at St James' Park

St James' Park, Newcastle, England, where the seventh round of the Premier League this season kicked off.

Relegation team Newcastle United vs. top team Chelsea!
"Zhuang Mater Terrace!"

"Zhuang Mater Terrace!"

"Good evening, dear audience friends, here is the live broadcast of the 7th round of the Premier League this season, the match between Newcastle United and Chelsea!"

"The home team Newcastle is wearing black and white striped jerseys and attacking from the right side of the screen to the left side. The visiting team Chelsea is wearing blue jerseys and attacking from the left side of the screen to the right side. Now let's introduce the starting lineups of both teams, starting with the home team Newcastle!"

Newcastle United (4-2-3-1)

Defenders: Janmaat, Mbemba, Kolocini, Kevin Mbabu

Midfielders: Anita, Colback, Wijnaldum
Forwards: Moussa Sissoko, Ayoze Perez, Mitrovic
Goalkeeper: Krul
Head coach: McLaren

"Then it's Chelsea away!"

……

Three days before this game, Chelsea played away against Walsall in the League Cup, but Chelsea used a lineup almost entirely composed of substitute players when playing against Walsall, so in today's game against Newcastle, Chelsea's main players were very motivated.

"Hey, William!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity to defend the corner kick, Jiang Yuan called out to William: "Pass the ball to me more!"

Jiang Yuan now has a mission.

16 goals in 10 games, although it sounds a bit absurd, Jiang Yuan must make a try, because their opponent today, Newcastle United, is a veritable relegation team.

There is a way of playing against big teams, and there is also a way of playing against relegation teams!

"Ok, of course!"

William responded with a thumbs up. As the wingman of Jiang Yuan, Hazard and Costa, all he needed to do was to make the right pass at the right opportunity. The Brazilian boy's excellent ball protection and passing abilities came into play.

"Snapped!"

Anita took a corner kick and Mitrovic ran left and right in the penalty area, but Zouma followed him very closely and did not give Mitrovic any chance at all.

Jiang Yuan looked up and the ball flew over his head. It seemed that he was powerless to stop the ball. The tactics of the Premier League teams changed very quickly. Newcastle already knew that they had to shoot towards Hazard for the corner kick because that was Chelsea's weak side.

Hazard has no heading ability!
"shit!"

Mourinho screamed, but fortunately Ivanovic reacted quickly, jumped up before Sissoko and headed the ball out, successfully destroying Newcastle's dream of taking the lead at home.

"Go away!"

Fabregas used his body to push Wijnaldum away, then passed the ball to Hazard on the left.

As soon as the latter got the ball, he was pressed by two Newcastle players. Hazard had no choice but to kick the ball back to Ivanovic. The team's Sevilla full-back and Fabregas made a small cooperation in the backcourt and successfully broke the Newcastle players' pressure.

"The one holding the ball now is Fabregas! He passes the ball to the right, Jiang Yuan stops the ball with his chest, and the ball comes to William's feet. Very good, wonderful cooperation!"

"Korback is very aggressive, he rushed up to press! Hey, Korback is still too young. William is Brazilian, and his ball protection ability is one of the best in Chelsea... Turn around and get rid of him, and leave it to Jiang Yuan!"

"Stop and go, a familiar feeling! Jiang Yuan starts on the right!"

"In front is No. 43... Mbabu! Newcastle's full-back Mbabu has been waiting in position for a long time. The two formed a one-on-one situation on the wing. Colback chased back and wanted to participate in Jiang Yuan's defense, but William and Azpilicueta were also running. The numerical advantage when attacking is very important, and Chelsea currently has the advantage in numbers."

"After colliding with Azpilicueta, Jiang Yuan started to go down the bottom line... and cut inside. Jiang Yuan suddenly changed direction and started to cut inside. My God, Mbabu didn't react and fell to the ground!"

"It's Colback in front, wow, another wall-to-wall cooperation, but this time it's William and Jiang Yuan. After successfully getting rid of Colback, Jiang Yuan approaches the penalty area and raises his leg to shoot, it's the outside of his foot!"

Jiang Yuan cut inside and shot with the outside of his right foot in an irregular arc. After bypassing Koloczni, he suddenly changed direction and rushed into the goal. Goalkeeper Krul jumped up to save the ball, but couldn't touch it.

"duang!"

A crisp sound was heard, and the ball hit the left post and bounced into the right net.

"GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!"

"What a goal!"

"JIANG, Jiang!"

“Again, and again!”

The Sky Sports commentator shouted hysterically, and the whole St James' Park stadium was as lively as a boiling pot, with fans standing up and shouting one by one.

But this is Newcastle's home ground, and most of these fans are probably cursing Jiang Yuan.

"Ha ha!"

Jiang Yuan didn't care what the spectators said at all. He ran towards the corner flagpole on the left. He clamped his arms around his ribs and used the inertia of his running to slide to the ground and kneel. Finally, he spread his arms. Now Jiang Yuan was like a glider moving fast on the ground.

This happened to be the home team's stand. Fans wearing black and white striped jerseys pointed their index fingers at Jiang Yuan. The words they said were nothing but "fuck", "shit", "bitch" and the like, which were really nothing new.

Jiang Yuan felt embarrassed at first, but now he feels nothing at all.

You are not a Chelsea fan, why should I care about your feelings, fuck you!

[No, what's wrong with Xiao Jiang? He's strong at home, but he's even stronger away from home. If Xiao Jiang continues to play like this, his market value will skyrocket again, right?]

[Hahaha, those stupid British reporters said that Jiang Yuan's upper limit is a reduced version of Ronaldinho, but from now on, it seems that Jiang Yuan has no upper limit at all! ]

[17 million euros at the age of 2000 is already very exaggerated. I really can’t imagine what his value will be when it is updated! I can only say that Magic Bird is really lucky, and our country is also really lucky! ]

[Hazard: I don’t want to save face? ]

[7 goals in 5 games, look everyone, Jiang Yuan is now the second in the scorer list. Let me see who is the first... WTF, Aguero scored 9 goals? What kind of monster is this???]

[Don't panic, don't panic. Jiang Yuan has the same number of goals as Tottenham's Kane, both are 5, but Jiang Yuan's 5 goals do not include penalties, so Jiang Yuan is second and Kane is third]

[Harry Kane? How can a little Englishman be compared with my football king Jiang? My Jiang is the Portuguese Super League champion, what championship is Kane? ]

[The Jiang Yuan crystal powder upstairs? ]

[7 goals in 5 games, why doesn't Hazard give up the position of the first penalty taker? Hazard only scored two goals, it's better to give up the penalty kick right, maybe Jiang Yuan can compete for the Golden Boot. This is the Premier League Golden Boot! ]

[I can't give it to you, Hazard is Mourinho's own son. But it's really hard. If there is no penalty kick, Jiang Yuan can only be in the top three of the scorer list. It's a pity that he only has one bronze boot.]

[“Only” the Bronze Boot? Brothers, you probably don’t know what it means to be in the top three of the Premier League scorer list. If you bring back a Bronze Boot, Pudong Airport will be 200% paralyzed! ]

……

"Clap clap clap!"

"Chelsea, snap!"

Even though the home team fans pointed at Jiang Yuan's head and cursed him, Jiang Yuan still had his own fans after all, the Blues fans who traveled all the way from London to Newcastle, they were the Blues' solid backing!
The game continued, and with Jiang Yuan's first goal, the away Blues took the advantage for a time, making the Newcastle players breathless and the home fans becoming more and more angry.

Newcastle is now ranked third from the bottom, as you will know if you have watched any Premier League games.

The third-to-last team in the Premier League will be relegated next season!
"According to on-field statistics, Newcastle and Chelsea currently have a ball possession rate of 35:65. It can be seen that Newcastle, as a relegation team this season, still seems to be struggling when facing giants, especially Chelsea now, who have won three consecutive league games, won the Champions League group stage by 5 goals, and won the League Cup by 3 goals."

"I can only say that Newcastle's luck is very bad. They just happened to run into Chelsea who had won five games in a row. Now the Blues players are like they are full of energy!"

"Although Chelsea, playing away from home, took the lead with Jiang Yuan's goal after 15 minutes of the game, the players on the field did not relax at all. The team's Portuguese coach Mourinho frowned. Isn't this serious attitude exactly what the fans want to see?"

"William! William dribbled the ball and Newcastle's defensive midfielder Colback took the initiative to steal the ball. William relied on his excellent ball control ability and did not rush to kick the ball out, but stopped where he was. Let's look at the side, Jiang Yuan and Hazard's two paths are blocked."

"It's Fabregas behind him, and now William can only pass the ball back, but he chooses not to do that. Left foot hits right foot, wait, no, it's a fried meatball! A wonderful fried meatball pass, William bypassed Colback"

"Hey! William fell to the ground. What happened? From my perspective, there should be no physical confrontation between the two... Hmm? The referee showed Colback a yellow card. Don't worry, let's check the replay!"

William had just successfully passed Colback with his fried meatballs, but he immediately fell to the ground, and referee Atkinson decisively pulled out a card. The whole process was fleeting, and even the professional commentator of CCTV5 could not see it clearly. Soon, the director played a slow-motion replay.

In the picture, William dribbles the ball with the arch of his right foot, and his whole body suddenly moves horizontally to the left, and then the ball comes to William's left foot, and William's body moves to the right. This is the fried meatball, and the Brazilian teenager successfully passed Colback with this trick.

What happened next was crucial. Knowing that he was being shaken off, Colback turned around and stretched out his foot, and his left foot just happened to kick William's heel.

The movement is very small, but if it hits you, it hits you!

"Very good, it was indeed a foul by Newcastle, Chelsea got a free kick opportunity! The chance to expand the score has come!"

Commentator Zhu Xiaoyu was a little excited. Logically speaking, as the official commentator of Channel 5, he needed to be as objective and fair as possible.

But the leader has a new instruction: in any Chelsea game where Jiang Yuan plays, Chelsea will be favored without thinking.

The fans of the other team won’t be angry, but the home team fans or neutral fans will be very happy.

Blow! You have to blow hard!
On the field, after William stood up, Hazard threw the ball to Jiang Yuan, but after thinking about it, Jiang Yuan kicked the ball to Fabregas.

The position of this free kick is average, and the success rate of a direct shot is definitely not as good as a pass. In this case, Jiang Yuan cannot waste his heading ability!
"Ah? Weird, Jiang Yuan didn't take the free kick, but went to build a human wall with his teammates."

"Chelsea seems to have a new tactic. William and Fabregas are standing behind the ball, with William in front and Fabregas behind, leaving Cahill behind. Zouma, who is 1 meters tall, is also ready to compete for the header outside the penalty area!"

"William took a run-up and crossed the ball! Hey, it was a fake pass, William ran directly over the ball, and Fabregas, who was following closely behind, kicked the ball out with his right foot."

"It was a penalty kick, Zouma and Mbemba in the middle jumped together, but neither of them touched the ball"

“It can only be at the back post. Someone came out from between Coloccini and Mbabu, jumped up and shot, and the ball went in!”

"Who is it? It's Jiang Yuan! Oh my God, haha, why is it Jiang Yuan again? Is he really a goal-scoring machine?"

"wowwww!"

Jiang Yuan couldn't quite believe it. He didn't expect that his goal tally would reach 6 so quickly.

"Well done!"

Zuma jumped up and hugged Jiang Yuan's shoulders, and just as the two were about to run off the court to celebrate, the referee Atkinson blew the whistle.

Jiang Yuan looked towards the corner flagpole.

The linesman raised the flag!
"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan, who was originally planning to run to the corner flagpole, quickly changed direction, and his movements looked very funny.

"Referee? What's going on?"

"Please believe me, I am definitely not offside! I promise! Kevin was in front of me when I started, I was not the last one!"

Jiang Yuan is extremely anxious now. He finally scored a header. If it was blown off, Jiang Yuan would cry to death.

As for whether he was offside or not, Jiang Yuan himself certainly didn't know, but he had to appear very confident in front of the referee.

"Beep--"

The home fans at St. James' Stadium began to whistle. They were not sure whether Jiang Yuan was offside, but like Jiang Yuan, they were very confident.

"Please get out of the way!"

Atkinson put his hand in front of his chest: "Pass by!"

"Hey, listen to me!"

Jiang Yuan was about to step forward and continue arguing with the referee, but Mitrovic and Anita stood in front of Atkinson together, leaving Jiang Yuan and Atkinson no chance to continue communicating.

"My God!"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and could only accept the penalty result helplessly.

"Oh, what a pity! I thought Jiang Yuan scored twice, but it turned out to be an offside goal."

"Let's see what happened when they returned to defense...hiss - it was offside for sure. Jiang Yuan's foot had already stepped out when Fabregas hit the ball. But we can see that Jiang Yuan's position was not offside at the beginning. But at the moment Fabregas hit the ball, Mbemba moved a little to the outside, resulting in Jiang Yuan becoming the last person."

"Hey, Jiang Yuan's skills and physique are very good, but he still has a lot of room for improvement in terms of game experience!"

Mourinho's mood went through a roller coaster, first he was cheering and then he was complaining.

Putting aside the offside, Jiang Yuan's header was still very exciting!
Chelsea did not lose their morale because of the goal being blown off. On the contrary, Chelsea played more and more aggressively in the rest of the first half, and ended the first half with a ball possession rate of 70:30.

As for the score...

12脚打门4脚射正，4脚射正3脚被扑，所以比分还是0：1。

In the away team's locker room, 18 players sat in two rows. Mourinho and Brown stood in the middle and started talking nonstop: "We played well in the first half. We had a goal blown off, but believe me, the referee is blind. That ball was not offside at all!"

Jiang Yuan touched his nose, his face flushed, and he said seriously: "That's right! I think Jose is right, I am not offside, the referee is a damn dirty guy!"

"Pah, pah, pah! Very good!"

Mourinho applauded, then suddenly changed his expression and changed the subject: "We are currently leading by one goal, which is good news."

"But the bad news is, I hope you can continue the next game with the mentality of being one goal behind. Listen, our opponents are very weak, far less powerful than us. In this case, leading by one goal is nothing, we have to lead by two, three, or even four goals."

"Of course, I know that no matter how many goals we lead, it's still 3 points, but what I mean is that you can play with confidence. Our next opponent is Porto. Today we will use Newcastle to train our players and show our momentum!"

"Come on, everyone stand up!"

Mourinho waved his hands and asked all the players to gather around.

“WE GOT THIS! (We believe we can do it!)”

……

Halftime is over.

The game continues!

In the second half, Chelsea slightly reduced their control over the ball due to physical problems. The possession rate of both sides returned from 3:7 to 4:6. Chelsea still had the advantage, but it was no longer an overwhelming advantage.

In the 54th minute, Newcastle made the first substitution of the game. Colback, who kicked William's heel in the first half, was substituted. The new player was No. 14 striker Obertan. The French guy transferred to Newcastle from the giants Manchester United for 4 million euros four years ago, but his performance got worse and worse, and his current market value is only 340 million euros.

Although his price is not high, the French striker has good heading ability.

McClaren and all Newcastle fans had the same idea, which was to increase the number of forwards and equalize the score by increasing the intensity of the attack!

Mourinho was unmoved by this, and his main focus was confidence!
69th minute!

"Begovic kicked the ball, Costa got the first point and passed it back to Jiang Yuan who came in from the right, and Jiang Yuan then passed the ball to William."

"William didn't rush to deal with the ball after getting it. What's going on? Why don't you pass it now? If you don't pass it now, Newcastle's defensive players will be in place!"

"But it's true that there are no good passing points near William. Newcastle suffered from Chelsea's flanks in the first half. Now we can see that Wijnaldum and Anita are staring at Jiang Yuan and Hazard respectively, and they are staring at them very closely!"

"William glanced back and chose to pass the ball to Fabregas. It seems that Chelsea's attack will slow down. Newcastle must press now. The Magpies can't waste time with the Blues when they are one goal behind!"

"Fabregas glanced to the left and right, ready to start passing the ball back to the backcourt? Wait, pass it directly without stopping, an unexpected ground pass from Fabregas!"

When everyone was marveling at Fabregas's boldness, a figure in a blue jersey passed diagonally from behind Wijnaldum on the right and successfully caught Fabregas's ground pass with his right foot.

This is... Jiang Yuan!
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　Brothers, I recommend a book called "Will I Hurt You If I Fight Like This?" Go!
　　

(End of this chapter)