Chapter 193 1m Winger

[What the hell, Jiang Yuan seems to be restricted? Stoke City's No. 10 is something, so tall, playing as a winger? ]

[This Arnautovic is a shitty winger, he is just a winger! ]

[Hey, why does it feel like Chelsea is losing to the opponent? Stoke City's tactics are completely crushed. What is Mourinho doing? 】

[I think it's William's problem. He should have had a good chance in the attack just now, but he didn't follow the ball. I have nothing to say. I watched almost every game of Chelsea last season. Is William a front midfielder or a winger now? Which position does Mourinho let him play? ]

[He's a front midfielder. William is just a little more flexible. He doesn't have the impact of Xiao Jiang on the wing. If Mourinho is not a fool, he should give the starting right winger position to Jiang Yuan.]

[Damn it, can Arnautovic be sent off? It's really disgusting]

[It would be great if Fabregas was here. Without Fabregas, Chelsea's progress seems to have slowed down. The advantages of Jiang Yuan and Hazard cannot be reflected.]

[I feel that William's dribbling skills are not as good as mine. Mourinho, would you consider signing me? I only need a weekly salary of 1000 pounds! ]

[It would be better to choose me. I am a national first-class athlete. As long as I can play for Chelsea, I don’t need a salary! ]

[No involution]

[Chelsea, help me, and Mourinho, why do you say that if this doesn't work, why don't you consider substitutions? There are no players warming up in front of your bench. Although it's the EFL Cup, we've already reached the knockout stage. Isn't it a loss to let them go now? ]

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Afterwards, Mourinho seemed to have seen the comments of domestic fans on the forum, and in the 17th minute of the game, he asked the three forwards Remy, Kennedy and Traore, and defender Azpilicueta to warm up outside the court.

Less than 20 minutes into the first half, four substitutes were standing outside the field warming up, which was enough to show how bad Chelsea's current situation was.

"The official match statistics show that in the past 10 minutes, Stoke City had only 35% of the ball possession, while Chelsea had almost twice that amount. However, we cannot just look at ball possession, as the shooting statistics for both sides are similar, with Chelsea having 3 shots and 1 on target, and Stoke having 1 shot and 1 on target."

"Baba used his body to block Diouf who was about to break through, and Mikel assisted in the defense! Beautifully, Chelsea used the numerical advantage in the backcourt to regain the ball, and the ball came to Mikel's feet"

"Stoke City quickly returned to defense. Their players are at an average height of 1.5 meters, and they all have long legs. They run really fast. But Chelsea did not give up the opportunity to counterattack."

"Mikel passed the ball to Oscar, Oscar passed the ball to Jiang Yuan, and Arnautovic, who was returning to defense, was putting pressure on Jiang Yuan. However, in this situation, his height became a burden."

"Wow! Nice change of direction, Jiang Yuan used his acceleration to shake off Arnautovic, and then... a long pass! Jiang Yuan may have felt that he needed a break, so he did not dribble forward when the frontcourt was open. Instead, he passed the ball to the left with a long pass. Costa headed the ball back and Hazard controlled the ball."

Although Hazard has not performed well this season, as the best player last season, the pressure is still there. As long as Hazard gets the ball in the frontcourt, Whelan and Bardsley will go up immediately.

There is also central defender Shawcross, who will run slightly outside the penalty area and play the roles of both central defender and full-back at the same time.

Under multiple blockades, a direct breakthrough is definitely not possible. Hazard passed the ball to William, allowing William, who has a wider field of vision, to choose how to handle the ball.

"go with!"

William pointed Hazard in a direction, and the latter passed between Bardsley and Shawcross.

At the same time, William hooked the bottom of the ball with his right foot and sent a lob pass to the left side of the penalty area. The ball flew over Badsley's head and landed directly in front of Hazard's body.

Seeing the opportunity, Hazard turned his body sideways and raised his right leg.

Slash in mid-air!
"Snapped!"

The ball brushed past Hazard's instep, changed direction and rushed towards the goal like a bullet.

"duang!"

"Hmm, Hazard's volley hit the post. Oh my God, Baba and Whelan were fighting for the second spot, but Baba didn't get it!"

"It's a pity, Hazard's shot had speed and angle, but he lacked luck and the ball hit the post and bounced out..."

"The camera turned to Mourinho. Haha, Mourinho smashed the half-drunk water bottle on the ground. He was really angry. But to be honest, Hazard can't be blamed for this goal. He has done well in all aspects."

"Whelan took the ball and turned around, Stoke City prepared to counterattack. Stoke City's possession rate was not as good as Chelsea's. Counterattacks and corner kicks were very important scoring opportunities for them. The game came to the 21st minute to see if the home team could make good use of this opportunity. Baba counterattacked on the spot, but it was useless. Whelan dribbled the ball forward, and Chelsea's defense was in position very quickly. In this situation, Whelan could observe slowly and did not need to rush."

"Stoke City can wait, but Chelsea can't sit still. William turned around and held Whelan's back. He wanted to help the team get the ball back!"

William was seen grabbing Whelan's pectoralis major with both hands. Seeing Whelan being oppressed, Afellay ran back to receive the ball, but was stared at by Mikel.

Just when everyone thought that Huilan couldn't find the passing point and was about to lose the ball, Arnautovic appeared in the defensive midfielder position again. With no one guarding him, he easily caught Huilan's pass.

nonono!

Jiang Yuan felt something was wrong and ran back. His speed was much faster than Arnautovic and he caught up with Arnautovic in no time.

Unfortunately, Arnautovic seemed to have anticipated that he would be caught up by Jiang Yuan. He looked back while running. When Jiang Yuan was less than 1 meter away from him, Arnautovic transferred the ball to the middle. Afellay, who had been waiting in the center circle for a long time, received the ball and passed it back to Afellay, then quickly ran forward.

"Afellay now has the ball. Afellay moves the ball to the right. Diouf gets the ball. Hazard chases back but does not have much impact on Diouf."

"Mikel! Mikel comes up to defend and signal Hazard to help defend. If two people defend one on the wing, the success rate should be quite high... Wait! Diouf found the gap between Mikel and Hazard and passed the ball to Whelan in the middle. Chelsea seems to have fallen into Stoke City's trap!"

"Whelan made a decisive pass to Afellay. Hiss, the situation is not good, because Mikel just went to defend Diouf, and now Chelsea's left side is in a half-empty state. Afellay carried the ball forward and stood in Mikel's original position."

"To Walters, Walters to Diouf, Diouf to Afellay, Afellay passes the ball directly to Diouf. Oh my god, this is a continuous wall-to-wall cooperation between three people. Diouf successfully gets rid of Mikel and starts to go down the bottom line."

"One on one with Baba's wing!"

Whenever one team enters the other team's baseline or penalty area, there will always be shouts on the court. This time was no exception. Diouf used the outside of his foot to push the ball diagonally into the penalty area. Fortunately, Baba's single-man defense prevented Diouf from finding a suitable attacking opportunity in the first place.

On the left, Arnautovic tried to advance on the right. In order to prevent the 1-meter-tall winger from entering the penalty area to grab the ball, Jiang Yuan followed him directly.

At this moment, Diouf's ankle trembled, and the striker's sense of smell told Jiang Yuan that something bad was going to happen.

"Be careful in the middle!"

Jiang Yuan shouted loudly. Terry heard what Jiang Yuan said, but it was too late. Diouf pretended to pass the ball, but in fact he successfully passed the ball from Baba's crotch with a bull tail.

Inside the penalty area, Walters rushed over!
There was no way. Jiang Yuan and Walters were too far apart. All he could do was block Arnautovic, but Arnautovic was not the only passing point in the penalty area.

Walters pulled the ball with his front foot and the ball came to Afellay's feet, who shot directly.

"Bang!" "GOOO-AAAAAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Holy shit!"

“Ibrahim Afellayyyyyyy——!!!”

Hearing the shouts from the commentator, Jiang Yuan's first reaction was to look at the linesman.

Not offside!

“Ah, HOOO!!!”

After scoring the goal, Afellay ran to the edge of the field under the gaze of all the fans and expressed his excitement with a roar.

You know, this is the Dutchman's first goal of the season!
"Have a drink!"

Begovic half-knelt on the ground, and when he stood up he spat: "Terry, why did you let him get in so easily?"

The goalkeeper and the defender quarreled, which was a scene that could be seen almost every time Chelsea lost the ball. As for the "he" Begovic mentioned, it was naturally Walters.

In the defense just now, Terry and Cahill were marking Walters and Afellay respectively, but they failed to mark either of them!

As a veteran in the team, Terry was very unhappy to be scolded like this. Seeing that the two were about to fight, Jiang Yuan accelerated and rushed between Begovic and Terry.

"Forget it, forget it! Stop arguing, why don't we just equalize the score?"

Although they were angry, both of them still retained the most basic rationality and successfully reconciled with the help of Jiang Yuan and Cahill.

After conceding the first goal, the Chelsea players were undoubtedly in a bad mood. It is undeniable that the tactics used by Mark Hughes in this game were very good, so that Chelsea, who had stronger players, did not gain any benefits.

On the sidelines, Chelsea's coaching staff was a little anxious. Even though Chelsea now had a higher ball possession rate, Stoke City had one more shot than Chelsea!

"William! To the left, to the left!"

Mourinho gave orders loudly. The right road, which was originally responsible for the breakthrough, was restricted, so they could only go to the left road where Hazard was!
The game continues!

40th minute of the first half!

"Oscar passed the ball back to Cahill, who successfully avoided Walters' frontcourt pressure. Let's continue watching. Cahill passed the ball to Terry, who made a long pass!"

"Hazard on the left! Hazard chests the ball and passes it to Baba, who then passes it to Hazard. Beautiful!"

"Diouf wanted to steal the ball from Hazard's feet, and he lowered his shoulders and changed direction! Very good, Hazard used his personal ability to break through the opponent's defense. Sure enough, as we said before, the personal ability of Chelsea players is much better than that of Stoke City. If Chelsea wants to equalize the score, the personal ability of the players may be the key"

"Whelan and Afellay are rushing to the back. Now their positions are relatively close. Hazard doesn't need to force his way past them at this time. Willian is in the middle to provide support. Wow! Hazard and Willian made a simple wall-to-wall cooperation and easily broke through the double-team of Afellay and Whelan."

"Hazard is walking towards the baseline. Bardsley, who is near the baseline, is ready and quickly rushes to Hazard. In this position, Hazard is both a threat from the bottom and from cutting inside. Bardsley must not let his guard down."

At the same time as the breakthrough on the left, Costa in the middle kept running, trying to create a suitable passing point for Hazard.

Of course there is also Jiang Yuan. In order to avoid Arnautovic, he chose to come to the right bottom line to face Muniesa.

I have to say that Jiang Yuan's handling of the situation was really great. As the attacker, Jiang Yuan took the initiative to stick to Muniesa's face, thus preventing Arnautovic from hitting him.

Because Stoke City is now in a defensive state, under the terrifying threat of Hazard on the left, it is impossible for them to use two people to guard Jiang Yuan, so now Arnautovic passively looks for William.

"later!"

William pointed behind Hazard, so Hazard pretended to go down the field, but actually passed the ball to Mikel behind him.

Mikel stopped the ball with the arch of his foot and turned his body to the right.

"Snapped!"

A long pass was made and the ball was transferred by Mikel to the right, where Oscar was.

In order to protect the ball, Zouma, who was near the boundary line, moved to the middle and signaled Oscar to move forward.

Zouma used his tall stature to get the first point after jumping, and then passed the ball to Oscar, who took the ball, turned around, looked up and made a straight pass to Jiang Yuan.

!!!

Jiang Yuan, sensing an opportunity, kicked with his left and right feet in succession, cleverly avoiding Muniesa and stopping the ball before the Spaniard.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball into the penalty area on the right side. Volscheid immediately stood in front of Jiang Yuan, with Muniesa helping to defend.

Jiang Yuan was full of confidence at this time. He half-straddled his bicycle and knocked his left foot to the right. When Volscheid's center of gravity moved to the right, Jiang Yuan lightly tapped with his right foot and went around him.

Seeing his teammates get the chance, Costa used his body to hold Shawcross back. The two players were of similar size and were stuck in a stalemate in the small penalty area.

Jiang Yuan looked left and right, stopped the ball with his left foot, and swung out his right leg!

Fake shot!

The right foot knocks to the left foot, and then kicks again!
At the critical moment, Bartram sat down on the ground and fell to the ground under the force of gravity. This was the fastest way to get down to the ground, and Bartram thought it was the best option at the moment.

"ta!"

The ball hit the inside of Bartram's calf, bounced out, and was cleared away by Shawcross with a big kick.

"oh my god!"

Mourinho held his head with both hands, his pupils dilated violently.

Today, Stoke City not only had perfect tactics, but the players were also in very good shape. Now things are really bad!

"Beep--"

The referee blew the whistle at the bet365 stadium, and the first half of the game ended. Stoke City, playing at home, temporarily took the lead with Afellay's volley!
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(End of this chapter)