Chapter 189 Fabregas's two yellow cards turn into a red card

"gogogo!"

Terry urged, but there was no time for Zouma to stand up, and Chelsea started a corner kick counterattack under the command of Fabregas.

“Here!”

Fabregas ran to the open space on the left and asked Begovic for the ball, who threw it to him without hesitation.

"careful!"

Jiang Yuan shouted, telling Fabregas that there was someone in his blind spot. Fabregas, sensing the danger, reacted by passing the ball to Begovic again and signaled the team's goalkeeper to send a long pass.

Begovic had no intention of stopping the ball at all, he just kicked the ball as it rolled towards him.

"Begovic's long pass, Chelsea wants to take this opportunity to launch a counterattack. Costa and Payet are fighting for the ball in front, these two are the most likely to get the first point"

"Costa took off, what a pity! Costa didn't grasp the accurate landing point, and Payet headed it in first!"

“Huh? But Payet seemed not to be paying attention, and the ball from his head went directly to William’s feet. Payet really made things worse. William accepted this gift from his opponent with a smile, and then sent a straight pass to the right!”

"Kuyate is still chasing behind. Jiang Yuan is one-on-one with Cresswell on the right. The defensive ability of West Ham United's full-back is not very strong. Jiang Yuan can try to shake his left foot and make a feint! Do you want to pass him?"

"Stop, Jiang Yuan seems to be cutting inside, so we see William preparing to move to the right. He may want to exchange positions with Jiang Yuan in a wall pass."

"Suddenly he went down to the bottom line, stopped, and restarted! Oh my God, let alone Cresswell, even I, who was looking at him from a God's perspective, was confused. Jiang Yuan's acceleration after two consecutive emergency stops helped him get rid of Cresswell. We all know that if Jiang Yuan was not stopped at the start, there would be no chance later. Sure enough, Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball with the outside of his foot and came to the bottom line without any pressure. Tomkins wanted to come out, but gave up after thinking about it. As a central defender, it would be too dangerous for him to come out to fill the position of full-back."

Coming to the right side of the penalty area, Jiang Yuan walked in little by little, trying to cut into the penalty area with his personal ability. But under the double defense of Tomkins and Kouyate, Jiang Yuan found that cutting in was not a good choice.

So he began to observe and see if there was a suitable route to pass the ball to Hazard and Costa on the left.

still none!

"Hoo, hoo-hoo!"

Jiang Yuan kept panting. Thinking during high-intensity exercise was not an easy task. Just when Jiang Yuan was in a dilemma, Zuma rushed over from the right and said, "Give it to me!"

Without any hesitation, Jiang Yuan pulled the ball with his front foot and threw it to Zouma behind him, who ran back with the ball.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan also began to retreat. Once the full-back and the winger move forward, they must go back, because one of the two must take on the defensive work.

Now Zuma is Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yuan is Zuma.

"William!"

Zouma knocked the ball to William, who dribbled the ball down the middle, moving left and right, but could not find a suitable position to pass the ball.

Bilic seemed to have designed a tactic specifically to deal with Chelsea. Neuer had basically never been to the wing since the start of the game. He went wherever William went.

The result is that two midfielders with excellent dribbling ability restrict each other. William cannot pass threatening balls, and Neuer cannot defend against anyone other than William.

At the same time on the right, Jiang Yuan and Zuma officially completed the position change. Zuma took Cresswell away, and the two ran to the right bottom line together. As for Jiang Yuan, he replaced Zuma's right back.

Watching Jiang Yuan running past him on his right side, William suddenly had an idea and passed the ball to Jiang Yuan.

"coming!"

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up and he ran straight to the middle after getting the ball on the right.

"Damn it, what the hell!"

Mourinho clapped his hands and complained. When the full-back was advancing, the winger had to cut inside. Wasn't this leaving the wing to the opponent?

As the head coach of a Premier League team, Mourinho sees it very clearly. Now as long as Jiang Yuan loses the ball, West Ham United will definitely attack Chelsea's right side, because there is no one on Chelsea's right side!

William on the field was also a little confused. He meant for Jiang Yuan to make a long pass to the left, but he didn't expect Jiang Yuan to take the ball directly to the middle. Looking at the big gap on his own right, William had no choice but to pretend to be a full-back temporarily.

"Jiang Yuan dribbling the ball inside is not a wise choice in my opinion, but Jiang Yuan should have his own ideas."

"Noble is right in front of Jiang Yuan. He finally stopped sticking to William. Look at Jiang Yuan... He is now in his shooting range, and he just happens to get the ball with his right foot."

"Hit... hit the ball with the outside of the foot in an arc. Wow, I thought Jiang Yuan was going to shoot. The ball flew past Noble, went over Collins' head and came to the left."

"Costa! Costa is in position, facing the goalkeeper! Jiang Yuan sent a perfect arc ball"

"Costa heads the ball!"

"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLL"

"Holy shit!"

"Brilliant goal, brilliant pass!"

Costa jogged along the way and gave Jiang Yuan a big hug: "Good job! (Good job!)"

Good job, it sounds like a polite remark, but if it comes from Costa's mouth it is already a very high compliment.

To be honest, Costa had never received such a comfortable pass in his life. Jiang Yuan's ball, shot in an arc with the outside of his foot, flew directly over Collins' head, and after falling, it was right in front of Costa.

At that time, the distance between Costa and the post was no more than 40 centimeters, and goalkeeper Adrian had no time to react.

If I have to describe this pass in one word, it would be just three words: scalpel.

Fast, accurate, and even... deadly!
Mourinho was speechless when he saw Costa head the ball in.

Jiang Yuan moved towards the middle and gave up defending the right side. It seemed like a problem, but in fact, there was no problem at all.

Damn it, why bother about defense when a goal has already been scored, as long as the empty defense on the right doesn’t affect the celebration!

The Hammers were already stunned. From the perspective of the two central defenders Collins and Tomkins, Jiang Yuan just kicked the ball with the outside of his foot in front of them, and then the fans in the stands became excited.

Fortunately, the fans are still very supportive. The loyal fans of the Hammers are united, and the team songs are getting louder and louder, gradually drowning out the boos of the home team's fans.

"I'm forever blowing bubbles",
“Pretty bubbles in the air”

“They fly so high, nearly reach the sky”

"..."

West Ham United's team song is "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles". The title and lyrics are the same, just "Blowing Bubbles".

If you hear this song for the first time, you might think that the owner of West Ham United is stupid and what does blowing bubbles have to do with football. But blowing bubbles is actually a culture of West Ham United.

As early as the last century, blowing bubbles has become the symbol of the Hammers. Before every home game, fans will sing this song and blow bubbles on the spot, creating a very romantic atmosphere.

The melody of the song was so beautiful that Zuma hummed it unconsciously: "I'm forever blowing bubbles~" "fuck you!"

Terry kicked Zouma on the butt: "Little Kurt, West Ham United is our enemy, enemy!"

"Sorry sorry"

Zouma, realizing he had done something wrong, apologized profusely. Terry looked around and said seriously: "If The Sun knew you sang the West Ham United anthem during the game, you would be finished!"

"hiss--"

Zouma was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe. The Sun is the newspaper that all Premier League players are terrified of!

There is a saying circulating among Premier League players: If you forget how many sheets of toilet paper you used yesterday, you can look up the latest issue of The Sun and it will tell you the answer.

It's a bit outrageous, but not as outrageous as the reporter from The Sun.

……

At Moss's urging, Chelsea players returned to their positions one after another.

"Beep!"

"The game continues. Chelsea, playing away, is temporarily leading by one goal. However, judging from the situation on the field, the level gap between the two teams is not that big. West Ham United still has a chance to equalize the score."

"Fabregas! Great steal from Fabregas! Look to the left, can Oscar get it? No"

"..."

"Hiss - Costa stepped on Kouyate's foot. It's a yellow card, no problem. The ball is awarded to West Ham United. Tomkins kicks off. No, Adrian comes out."

"The goalkeeper signaled the outfield players to move forward. Adrian wanted to use this free kick to avoid passing the ball in the midfield. This was a smart choice, but Chelsea's players were not afraid at all."

"The ball flew towards Chelsea's left wing with a long kick. Hazard and Lanzini arrived at the landing point at the same time, but Hazard has no heading ability. As expected, Hazard did not jump and directly gave up the fight for the ball, but he affected Lanzini's header through physical confrontation."

"The pass was a bit crooked, but fortunately there was no Chelsea player at the landing point. Payet got the ball in no-man's land. William was walking towards Payet, with Noble in front of him."

Throughout the game, Noble stuck to William like a piece of chewing gum. William wanted to go up to defend Payet, but was blocked by Noble.

"Fuck off!"

William has a good temper, but Noble really annoys him!
Payet, who was protected while dribbling, passed the ball to the left after observation. Jiang Yuan stretched his legs to try to stop the ball but failed.

Just a little bit closer!
"What a pity, but it doesn't matter. There are Fabregas and Zouma behind him. Sarath continues to dribble the ball. Sarath is in very good form today. Chelsea must keep a close eye on him."

"Cresswell is on the sidelines. He wants to play a two-on-one with Sarath in the frontcourt! Jiang Yuan blocked Cresswell. The two had a happy chat in the player tunnel before the game, but they had to fight on the field."

"Zarat didn't pass the ball in a hurry, Fabregas followed closely, Cresswell didn't run out of position, West Ham United's attack seemed to stagnate"

"Pass the ball to the middle... Hey! Sakho made a mistake, Oscar took the ball and passed it directly to William"

"William is watching, William lost the ball! His attention was all on Noble, and he didn't notice that Kouyate had gone around behind him. My God, the ball possession changed several times in just a few seconds. Now it's Kouyate of West Ham United who has the ball, and Kouyate made a straight pass!"

"Almost a perfect through ball, Kouyate passes it to Sakho, who passes it back to Payet. Chelsea are very dangerous now. Fabregas goes after it, eh?"

"Red card! Red card!"

“ohhhhhh!!!”

The live broadcast room and the Boleyn Stadium exploded at the same time. The referee blew the whistle and ran towards Fabregas. He took out a yellow card from his shirt pocket, and then took out a red card.

Because Fabregas already had a yellow card, this foul directly led to him being sent off with a red card!
As for why it was a foul, from the slow-motion footage provided by the director, Fabregas stepped directly on Payet's ankle. There is no need to discuss whether it was intentional or unintentional, it was definitely a foul.

"nonono..."

Mourinho's face was livid, and he kept muttering. It was already the 42nd minute of the first half, and they could have led by one goal in three minutes, but Fabregas, who had held out for 3 minutes, suddenly made a big mistake.

The red card means that Chelsea will have one less player for nearly 50 minutes!
"Sir, please think about this carefully."

Terry rushed over, pushed Lanzini away and confronted the referee: "Are you sure this is a foul? Tell me, are you sure this is a foul?"

Knowing that he was wrong, Terry could only use a tough tone to make the referee Moss feel that he was right.

Of course, the West Ham United players would not sit idly by and watch Terry explain to the referee. Sakho and Sarath pushed Terry aside, and then stood between Moss and Terry like two walls, not giving Terry and the referee a chance to explain.

"Sir, no, please!"

Fabregas didn't know what to say. He was sent off before the end of the first half. He could bear a red card, but the team couldn't!
Kouyate, Collins, and Tomkins came running from behind one after another, and the players from the two teams pushed and shoved each other.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle again, then walked up to Fabregas and made a "please" gesture: "Mr. Cesc, please leave"

"Wow!"

The Boleyn Ground suddenly became lively, and Chelsea really became 10 people!
Fabregas lowered his head and walked off the field, passing by Jiang Yuan along the way.

"Man..."

Jiang Yuan patted Fabregas on the shoulder. There was nothing he could say now. The word "buddy" was the best comfort.

"Thanks for your hard work"

Mourinho greeted Fabregas and then watched him return to the locker room.

Although he was very unhappy with Fabregas, things like red cards should be discussed after the game. Chelsea needs to focus on the game now.

Because of Fabregas' foul, West Ham United got a direct free kick near the top of the arc, which is Jiang Yuan's favorite position, but he is now on the defensive side.

"Cheer up!"

When arranging the human wall, Terry gave Jiang Yuan a thumbs up. As Chelsea's old captain, Terry knew that players needed some encouragement in this situation, especially young players.

"Of course!"

Jiang Yuan also responded to Terry with a thumbs up, ready to find his place in the human wall. Terry treated him like a child, but Jiang Yuan himself never treated himself like a child.

"Beep!"

West Ham United's direct free kick, standing behind the penalty spot are Payet and Noble!
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(End of this chapter)