Chapter 197 Jiang's first Premier League hat trick?

The camera turned to Klopp. Liverpool's new German coach was drinking water tactically with an embarrassed expression.

Visiting Stamford Bridge, they conceded two goals in less than 20 minutes. From the situation on the field, Chelsea's attack was well-structured and rhythmic; on the other hand, Liverpool's players seemed to not know each other, and made serious mistakes in several substitutions.

Especially when Chelsea regained the ball just now, Firmino and Milner did not return to defense at the first time, which directly led to the liberation of William and Falcao, and they completed the advancement with almost no pressure.

"Hey, Philip, here!"

Klopp called Coutinho, who was closest to him, to come over, and the latter hurried over: "Jurgen!"

"If Chelsea's No. 7 dribbles the ball at the baseline, you must rush over to stop him immediately. If you fail to do so, Adam will run to the sideline, leaving the middle empty, which will be very bad!"

Klopp spoke quickly and his meaning was very clear. He wanted Coutinho to participate in the left-side defense as much as possible, so that Lallana could closely guard William.

As long as William is kept under control, Chelsea's two flanks will lose connection!

On Klopp's left, two pairs of bright eyes were staring at him.

Brown curled his lips: "The Germans are going to play tactics"

"Humph"

Mourinho shrugged: "It depends. These guys are in good shape today. I don't think Liverpool will have many chances."

"Feel?"

Brown caught the key words in Mourinho's words: "This doesn't sound like words coming from your mouth"

When Brown spoke, his expression was a little lost. The team's locker room problems seemed to have affected Mourinho. The originally arrogant Portuguese has now become somewhat humble and restrained.

"You are wrong!"

Mourinho said ruthlessly: "I will solve it, it's a matter of time!"

"..."

"We're all together, and winning is our aim~"

"So cheer us on through the sun and rain~"

Leading 20:2 in less than 0 minutes, and their opponent was Liverpool, one of the BIG6 in the Premier League, the fans at Stamford Bridge were more or less excited.

This can be regarded as Chelsea's best record in the Premier League since the start of the season!

The first half of the game was just over when Liverpool players, inspired by Stocker, began their counterattack against Chelsea.

Liverpool's style of play is somewhat different from Chelsea's. They like their wingers to cut inside, so much so that so far, left-back Moreira has made more crosses than left midfielder Coutinho.

Unfortunately, Liverpool's players' attributes conflicted with their tactical style. Moreira and Klein were not good at passing the ball, so the ball they passed was always a little off. In addition, Terry and Cahill were both high-altitude players, so Firmino could not get the ball in the penalty area at all.

The full-back can't go down the flank, so what about the midfielder cutting inside?
It doesn't work even more!
It is true that Chelsea's tactical formation is 4231, but this formation is not static. When the team needs to defend, William will be pushed to the position of defensive midfielder. Coupled with Jiang Yuan and Falcao's return to defense, Chelsea can maintain a 451 formation for a short time. The middle is full of people, and Coutinho and Milner have no place to cut inside.

The result was that at 40 minutes in, the score was still 2:0. At this time, the official ball possession data popped up on the live broadcast screen.

"Well... in the past 10 minutes, Chelsea and Liverpool have had the ball possession rate of 55:45. There is basically no difference between the two teams in terms of ball possession rate. But in terms of shooting, Chelsea has had 7 shots so far, 3 shots on target and 2 goals, while Liverpool has had 3 shots, 1 shot on target and no goals."

"Tsk, although the ball possession rate is not much different, if we look at the shooting data, Chelsea's advantage on the field is still quite obvious, especially on the right side where Jiang Yuan is. Two of the three shots on target came from Jiang Yuan, and all of them went in for goals!"

"Wow! Liverpool counterattacked right after it was said that they were not in an advantageous position. In the backcourt, Lucas made a steal and Costa fell to the ground. The referee did not make any comment! William rushed forward to press and looked at Lucas. Lucas knocked the ball back to Moreira! There was no problem with the choice. Keeping the ball was the most important thing at this time."

"Moreira makes a long pass! The target is the right side, Milner and Emre Can are looking for the landing point, and Falcao also runs over"

"Milner chested the ball and passed it to Emre Can, who then passed it directly to Milner. Beautiful! Liverpool's right side got rid of Falcao's pressing with a simple wall pass. This simple combination is often efficient and deadly on the court!"

Because Liverpool broke through on the right, Chelsea players moved to the left at the same time, and Mikel went directly to Milner, wanting to play a one-on-one on the wing.

Mikel wanted to play one-on-one, but Milner was no fool. Falcao had just been dribbled past, so Mikel had no one to help him defend now.

Mikel dribbled the ball with the outside of his foot and walked towards the middle little by little, while putting his left hand behind his back and pointing to the sideline.

"Hey!"

Klein started and Mikel passed the ball at the same time. It was a standard through pass. The ball passed from Mikel's left side and rolled straight in front of Klein.

"ta!"

Klein's shoe hit the ball, making a crisp sound, and then he started his breakthrough on the wing.

"Go inside! Go inside!"

Klopp was shouting, he was a little far away from the right, but Milner seemed to have heard what Klopp said, and ran around Mikel to the top of the penalty area.

Mikel's intention was very clear, he wanted to create an opportunity for Klein to pass the ball in reverse.

"Klein breaks through from the bottom, Azpilicueta follows closely. Look at the middle, William returns to defend Mikel's original position. Now William is defending Milner, so Chelsea's arc top is still safe for the time being."

"Wait! No, Lallana and Lucas are going to the middle at the same time. Liverpool is determined to attack Chelsea's middle today. Fabregas is having a headache now. He needs to defend two players alone!"

"Can Jiang Yuan help Fabregas? Jiang Yuan has to mark Coutinho and can't help."

"When Klein broke through, it was like Liverpool had one more player. This is what we said before, the full-back's penetration is a killer on the offensive end. The defender's forward insertion can give the frontcourt players more opportunities to run. There is a problem with this style of play, which is that it will be very uncomfortable if they are counterattacked."

"But Chelsea doesn't have to think about counterattacks for now. The most important thing is how to stop the ball."

"Milner stops suddenly and passes the ball! No, it's a reverse triangle pass! Lucas holds off William and helps Lallana grab the pass from Milner"

"Just shoot!"

"Snapped!"

Begovic's glove hit the ball, and the crisp sound was amplified by the on-site equipment and transmitted to the ears of the audience in the live broadcast room.

Lallana was playing in the middle, trying to hit the ball against the crossbar, but this position was too easy for Begovic, who was nearly 2 meters tall. The Bosnian goalkeeper only needed to raise his hands to push the ball out.

In the 42nd minute, Liverpool had a corner kick opportunity, which was taken by Emre Can.

With a "bang!", the corner kick was taken, not at the front point, nor at the back point, but...

Top of the arc!

I have to say that this season Liverpool really likes to go through the middle. Not only do the full-backs go down the flank to form an inverted triangle, but even the corner kicks have to be taken to the top of the arc!

Seeing the ball fly towards the middle, the already chaotic Chelsea penalty area became even more chaotic. Everyone knew that if Lallana got the first point, it would definitely be a shot!

"William ran out and stuck to Lallana! Alas, William is still a little thin. Lallana jumped up against William and caught Emre Can's corner kick with his head."

"Give it to Moreira! Moreira steps on the ball, adjusts one step, and then shoots!"

"Wow! The ball hit Jiang Yuan's leg, Jiang Yuan kicked it to clear it... Oh my God, Coutinho grabbed the ball in front of the goal and easily pushed it into the goal"

"The distance was too close, Begovic had no time to react. Congratulations to Liverpool for scoring a goal!"

Chelsea were going smoothly for almost the entire first half, but unexpectedly, Liverpool scored a goal just before halftime.

"Pooh!"

Jiang Yuan spitted on the grass, a little regretful. Jiang Yuan was too greedy, he wanted to kick the ball out of his own half with his big foot, so he didn't kick the ball out of the baseline at the first time, but instead gave Coutinho a chance to score in front of the goal.

Really speechless!

After scoring the goal, Coutinho slid on his knees to celebrate amid the abuse from Chelsea fans. At the same time, Jiang Yuan was called to the sidelines by Mourinho again.

"Jiang, I remember I told you to emphasize clearing the ball, not beautifully clearing it. In a chaotic situation in the penalty area, you are not sure you can protect the ball, so you must kick the ball out, even if it gives the opponent a corner kick."

Mourinho was a little angry. He was right. Clearing the ball, like scoring a goal, does not require you to complete it brilliantly. As long as you kick the ball out or hit it into the goal frame, it is considered a success.

"..."

Jiang Yuan looked at the Red Army players who were celebrating and licked his lips: "Jose, it's my problem, but don't worry, we are still leading now..."

“Leading?”

Mourinho held Jiang Yuan's shoulder with one hand and pointed to the scoreboard in the fourth official's hand with the other hand: "This is 2:1. The most dangerous score in the Premier League is 2:1. Have you ever been overturned? 2:1 is very easy to be overturned!"

If it weren't for the fact that Spain and Portugal were once the same country in history, Mourinho would have said the same thing as Lopetegui.

However, Jiang Yuan didn't know that Lopetegui had said such a thing.

“Jose, trust us!”

Having said this, Mourinho had nothing more to say. He simply gave Jiang Yuan a few words of encouragement and let him go back.

Mourinho was right, the score of 2:1 was very dangerous, but as a player on the field, Jiang Yuan was confident that he could maintain the team's lead!
“Let’s go!”

"Dear audience friends, the first half of the game is over. Chelsea, playing at home, is currently leading by one goal. Liverpool was at a disadvantage at the beginning of the game, but the team's offense improved slightly in the last minute of the first half. Let's see what kind of performance the two teams will bring us in the second half!"

"We all say that the second half of a football game is the most exciting. Coach Zhan, what do you think?"

"Haha, from my perspective now, including the perspective of the audience in the live broadcast room, everyone must hope that Chelsea will win. After all, everyone is paying attention to Jiang Yuan. But you may not be so willing to listen to what I say next..." "Coach Zhan, don't keep us in suspense, our friends in front of the screen are waiting"

"It's like this... Liverpool's two full-backs are obviously not good at crossing, but Klopp still let the full-backs cross. Why? Because they don't pass to the front or back points, and don't need Firmino to compete for the header. And you see Firmino is only a little over 1 meters tall, which is the shortest among the Premier League center forwards. Can he compete for the header? No, because he simply doesn't have the ability. So we see that, whether it was passing to the front point or the back point, it was not Liverpool's real intention. They wanted to hit the top of the arc, which is the area of ​​Lallana and Lucas!"

As a professional sports commentator, Zhan Jun has his own unique insights into football, which is why sports matches need commentary.

There are many people who can play football and many people who can watch football, but there are really few people who can read the game!

Stamford Bridge, home team dressing room.

dong dong dong
Jiang Yuan sat on the bench, picked up a bottle of water and poured it into his mouth, then spit it all out with a "puff".

I drank almost half of the bottle, but I couldn't finish a single sip.

Zuma came over, took the water bottle from Jiang Yuan's hand, poured it on his arm and rushed twice: "Two goals in the first half, amazing!"

"Hey, Kurt, don't get the floor wet. What if you slip?"

Jiang Yuan raised his big foot with a look of disgust.

"What's the big deal?"

Zuma spread his hands and said, "Didn't you just vomit a lot?"

"I vomited in the trash can, okay!"

Jiang Yuan pointed to the trash can next to him. The green trash bag was filled with the mineral water he vomited out.

What is quality? This is quality!

“I won’t tell you this anymore.”

Zuma threw the empty bottle to the ground, pushed Falcao away from Jiang Yuan, and sat down on Falcao's original position: "We two are really strong!"

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

"We scored two goals, isn't that impressive? We beat Liverpool!"

Zouma rubbed his hands, with a bit of excitement on his face. At the last minute of last season, Chelsea played against Liverpool at home, and it was Zouma's mistake that caused the team to lose the ball!
"Fuck you!"

Jiang Yuan raised his middle finger. He thought that only Zuma could say such a thing.

On the other side, Terry and Mourinho were having a passionate discussion.

"Jose, we have to defend in the second half. Didn't you see that Liverpool's offense is getting smoother and smoother? If we don't strengthen our defense, we might lose these three points!"

Terry's words were so loud that the entire locker room fell silent the moment he opened his mouth.

Zuma leaned his butt towards Jiang Yuan and whispered, "Jiang, I'm so scared, what's going on?"

"You ask me how I know?"

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes at Zuma.

Although I don’t know what happened exactly, the situation is not good at all.

Mourinho had a stern face and a firm attitude: "Defense is not the focus of this game. What we need is offense, offense! Liverpool's tactics are very special, so we must take the initiative in our hands!"

"..."

Terry was silenced by Mourinho. The Blues captain glanced to both sides and saw that his teammates in the locker room were all looking at him.

"Phew--Jose, I'm sorry, but let's just attack."

Terry also realized that he was too impulsive. Regardless of whether offense or defense was the best solution, it was wrong for him to contradict the head coach.

"The same lineup will be used in the second half. I will make substitutions based on the situation..."

These were Mourinho's last words during the 15-minute halftime break.

……

"Welcome back, dear audience friends, this is the second half of the 11th round of the Premier League, Chelsea vs. Liverpool!"

"The game started, Liverpool kicked off, Firmino passed the ball back to Lucas, Lucas didn't stop the ball, and kicked it to Milner. Wow, Liverpool played so aggressively right from the start. Chelsea players must get into the game immediately, otherwise it will be very dangerous."

"Milner dribbled the ball and Azpilicueta followed closely. Hmm? Milner still didn't choose to go to the bottom line, but adjusted his direction and suddenly cut inside. Azpilicueta had no choice now, he couldn't follow Milner, otherwise the left bottom line would be empty."

"But fortunately, Mikel was responsible for marking Milner. In the first half, there was some verbal conflict between the two and both were shown yellow cards by the referee. It was obviously better in the second half."

"Milner protected the ball with his back to Mikel and passed it to Emre Can. Emre Can stopped the ball, adjusted one step and passed it directly. Coutinho on the left caught the ball. This is really going to the bottom!"

Seeing Coutinho going down the wing, Zouma immediately followed him, as did Cahill. Because of Firmino, Cahill did not run outside the penalty area to help Zouma defend, but stood between Coutinho and Firmino, ready to steal the ball at any time.

To be on the safe side, Jiang Yuan blocked Moreira's forward route and did not give Coutinho a chance to pass back.

In desperation, Coutinho kicked the ball directly to the middle.

"I come!"

Begovic shouted, signaling Terry and Cahill not to touch the ball. The Bosnian goalkeeper jumped up and hugged the ball with both hands.

"Fight back!"

As Terry shouted loudly, Chelsea players began to run long distances. Firmino stood in front of Begovic to prevent Begovic from passing the ball quickly, with the aim of giving his teammates the opportunity to run back.

Firmino's interference was effective, and Begovic threw the ball much later than expected.

Fabregas gets the ball!
Because of the previous red card suspension, many Blues players blamed Fabregas for the loss to Stoke City. Even his Twitter account was blasted by extreme fans, which put the team's Spanish midfielder under great pressure.

This game is Fabregas' best chance to prove himself!
After getting the ball, Fabregas shook his head left and right, and made a straight pass that bypassed Lallana and accurately found Jiang Yuan who was making a forward run.

coming!

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. As a speed-type player, he knew this was his chance to score, so he faced Lucas and slowly moved the ball with his left foot.

Liverpool's two defensive midfielders are both good at stealing the ball. Jiang Yuan observed them slowly but was unable to find a way to break through.

At this time, Mourinho on the other side was anxious and shouted: "Pass it, Kurt is behind you!"

However, Jiang Yuan's hearing was not as good as Mourinho imagined. Now his ears were filled with the screams of the surrounding fans, and he had no idea that Mourinho was talking to him.

"Whoosh whoosh"

Jiang Yuan opened his mouth to inhale, raised his right leg and pretended to pass the ball back, but in fact he stepped on the left end of the ball. Then he twisted his ankle, hit the ball with the outside of his foot, and kicked the ball directly forward.

Start breaking through!
"shit!"

Mourinho cursed and called Brown: "Leon, write down what I said. Strengthen your grasp of Jiang's breakthrough opportunities during training."

As the team coach, Mourinho saw Jiang Yuan's problems at a glance.

If Jiang Yuan had passed the ball back to Zouma, Zouma could have immediately passed the ball back to Fabregas, who would then have moved the ball to the left. However, Jiang Yuan chose to break through on his own, and while he succeeded, it took nearly 10 seconds to get there and back.

What does 10 seconds mean? It means that Liverpool's defensive players have all been in position, and there is no chance even if they go to the bottom line!
"Time is a bit slow, but Chelsea's counterattack is still going on. Jiang Yuan is about to reach the baseline, and waiting for him is Liverpool's full-back Alberto Moreira. Okay, Jiang Yuan is starting to slow down. Let's see what Jiang Yuan chooses."

"Wait! Sakho came out of the penalty area. I have to say that Sakho's move was very bold. It seems that he believes that Skrtel can keep an eye on Costa alone."

"Tsk, if it's just one person, Jiang Yuan still has a chance, but if Sarko comes too, there's no way around it."

"It's a bit difficult, but I still want to give it a try. Jiang Yuan changed to dribbling with his left foot and walked into the Liverpool penalty area. Is this a good choice? From the perspective of the team as a whole, Jiang Yuan's behavior may be criticized by the head coach after the game, because as a winger, you shouldn't force a breakthrough when you know you can't break through. This will only bring trouble to the team."

"Huh? Oh my god, Jiang Yuan twisted his hips and cooperated with the defense, passing directly between Sakho and Moreira, breaking through the defense 1v2 and entering the penalty area!"

"wowwww!!!"

Logically speaking, the fans at the scene should stand up at this time, but British fans have never had the habit of sitting and watching football, so now they are standing.

Seeing Jiang Yuan forcibly pass the opponent in a 1v2 situation, Costa reacted very quickly, taking two big steps forward to block Scottel.

Originally, Skrtel was marking Costa in the penalty area, but now Costa is defending Skrtel, with the aim of not giving Skrtel the chance to contact Jiang Yuan.

"!"

Now in front of Jiang Yuan is Liverpool's goalkeeper Mignolet, and behind Mignolet is the goal that Jiang Yuan has been thinking about.

Jiang Yuan raised his left leg to prepare for a shot, but at the critical moment, a force from behind pulled him back.

"shit!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yuan fell to the ground.

……

(End of this chapter)