Chapter 202: Darkness Falls Over Stamford Bridge
“Let’s go!”

Kralovic blew the whistle to end the first half, and Chelsea entered the half with a score of 1:0. During the 15-minute break, CCTV5 first inserted a few advertisements, and then two commentators began to analyze the situation on the field. Of course, there were also speculations about the substitutions made by the two coaches in the second half.

"We can see that Chelsea's passing and controlling football in this game was quite successful, with a possession rate of nearly 7:3 in the first half. In the first 30 minutes, Chelsea controlled the ball in the opponent's half, and in the last 15 minutes, Fabregas and Oscar dominated and controlled the ball in their own half. Whether it was high-position or low-position possession, the performance of Chelsea players was quite eye-catching"

"You're right. I feel Mourinho was very cautious today. If it were in the past, when playing against a team like Dynamo Kyiv, he would have sent a few forwards to charge forward."

"There is no other way. We have to qualify as the first in the group. The opponents in the knockout stage are all ridiculously strong. With Chelsea's current form, it would be good enough to reach the quarterfinals."

"That's not the case. Although Chelsea's performance was a bit weird at the beginning of the new season, it was pretty good later on. At least Chelsea is now in the top four of the league and has a place in the Champions League next season."

"As a professional football commentator for 20 years, in my opinion, Chelsea's recent strength is actually an illusion. Because you can see that Chelsea has not won any strong teams in the past two months. One is Liverpool, but Liverpool has just changed its coach and its form was not very good. Another is Arsenal, which is full of injured players. They can only win against weak teams, which does not mean that the team's form has improved."

The two commentators on Channel 5 had completely different views on Chelsea's form this season, not to mention the fans in the live broadcast room.

Some people think that Chelsea is already very strong and fourth place in the league is not the end, but some people think that Chelsea is very weak this season. There is nothing we can do about it, after all, Chelsea beat Manchester City to win the championship last season!

At the beginning of the second half, Dynamo Kyiv, who were behind in the score, made the first substitution.

No. 19 Garmash replaced No. 16 Sidorchuk, an adjustment in the defensive midfielder position!
The second half of the game can be said to be an extended version of the last time of the first half, because Mourinho emphasized that Chelsea's players still controlled the ball in their own half. However, there was also some difference from the first half. In the second half, Dynamo Kyiv was more active in pressing in the frontcourt.

There is no other way. Only by entering the knockout stage can Dynamo Kyiv players get bonuses from the club!

In the 60th minute, the score was still 1:0. Chelsea's ball possession rate dropped slightly, from 70% to 60%. This was the positive impact of Dynamo Kyiv's pressing in the frontcourt.

But the negative impact is that because Dynamo Kyiv's front and midfield players are positioned forward, their two defensive midfielders need to bear a lot of pressure, and if they are not careful, they will make fatal mistakes and cause the team to lose the ball.

"Come up quickly!"

Fabregas shouted from behind, but in fact, there was no need for Fabregas to remind William, as he himself found the opportunity. He quickly moved forward without the ball and passed between Ribarca and Garmash.

Fabregas then made a straight pass to William who was making a forward run, and the precise straight pass tore through Dynamo Kyiv's midfield defense.

Now there are only four people in front of William's horizontal line, namely two central defenders and two full-backs of Dynamo Kyiv.

"Go, go!"

Mourinho reminded Hazard to move forward. Of course, Jiang Yuan on the right also needed to move forward. If William passed the ball back at this time, Chelsea's attack would be interrupted. As left and right wingers, Hazard and Jiang Yuan had to find a way to create a passing point for William in front, which would make Chelsea's attack smoother.

After seeing Hazard and Jiang Yuan advance, William seized the opportunity and prepared to enter the penalty area from the top of the arc in the middle, but was immediately met with Dragovic's interception.

The two central defenders of Dynamo Kyiv, Dragovic and Khacheridi, stood diagonally one in front of the other. If Dragovic was knocked down, Khacheridi could fill in Dragovic's position immediately. It can be said that these two central defenders have minimized the risk of mistakes.

However, William had no idea of ​​shooting directly from the top of the arc. After looking left and right, he chose to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan on the right. After Jiang Yuan got the ball, he faced Antonio one-on-one near the sideline.

Jiang Yuan was riding a bicycle in front of Antunes, with his left hand behind his back pointing forward, signaling Azpilicueta to move forward.

The team's Spanish full-back understood and rushed out from Jiang Yuan's left side. Realizing that something was wrong, Ribarca prepared to follow Azpilicueta. Just when everyone's attention was attracted by Azpilicueta's forward advance, Jiang Yuan stepped on the ball with his left foot and started to explode. Without any fancy skills, he just used his incredibly fast speed to get rid of Antunes.

"Jiang Yuan is approaching the baseline, and Antunes is behind him. However, since Antunes didn't hold Jiang Yuan back when Jiang Yuan started, he basically has no chance later."

"Looking at the middle, Costa has already run into the penalty area and is standing on the same level as Hachelidi. There is also Hazard, who is waiting for an opportunity on the left. The visiting team is in a very dangerous situation now!"

"Look up and pass the ball!"

"The ball was passed to the middle, but it flew a little low and was still some distance from the goalkeeper. Shovkovsky didn't dare to take the risk. Costa jumped and got the first point, but Costa didn't choose to shoot and passed it back to Hazard."

"Azar!"

"The shot went in!!!"

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLLL!!!”

In the 63rd minute, Costa assisted and Hazard scored his second goal of the game!

"Ha ha"

Seeing Hazard score a goal, his teammates rushed over immediately and hugged the Belgian superstar.

Mourinho is worthy of being Mourinho. While Jiang Yuan was receiving treatment in the first half, he informed the players of the team's new tactics, which was defense + counterattack at the right time. Unexpectedly, Chelsea really scored the ball with a counterattack in the second half.

On the sidelines, Mourinho paced back and forth in front of the home team's bench. He was a little happy, but also a little unhappy. He was happy that the team scored a goal, and Hazard scored twice, which was certainly worth celebrating.

But what made him unhappy was that the scene of him instructing the players while the team doctor was on the field in the first half was not captured by the photographer at the stadium.

Damn it, damn it!

Jiang Yuan and Hazard high-fived each other near the corner flagpole: "Eden, beautiful!"

Hazard waved his hand: "It's mainly because of your brilliant pass!"

"no no no"

Jiang Yuan took a step back: "Anyone can kick this cross, but only you can score the goal!"

Hazard laughed out loud: "No, your pass was so accurate that it found Costa in the middle right away. Otherwise, there would be no chance of scoring. Wonderful!"

"Don't say anything, it mainly depends on you"

“Damn you!”

“Damn you!”

The two were arguing, and Zouma walked between Hazard and Jiang Yuan, put one arm around Jiang Yuan and the other around Hazard: "Stop talking, this goal is my credit!"

……

The game continues!

After leading 2:0, Mourinho could finally breathe a sigh of relief. With a 2:0 victory at home and Hazard's improved form, Chelsea had no reason to lose today.

In the 70th minute, seven minutes after Hazard scored his second goal, Mourinho made the first substitution of the game.

Falcao replaced Hazard and Matic replaced Fabregas.

According to what Mourinho said in the locker room, if the team is leading by 2 goals, he will try his best to preserve the physical strength of the main players to ensure that the team can perform well in the league in the next few days.

Of course, Jiang Yuan also had to be replaced, but the situation on the field had not yet stabilized, so Mourinho chose to keep Jiang Yuan on the field temporarily to deal with Dynamo Kyiv's sudden counterattack.

From now on, it is only a matter of time before Jiang Yuan is replaced!
In the 74th minute, Dynamo Kyiv launched an attack on the right!
"The ball came to Garmash's feet. This player had just been substituted in the second half. He didn't seem to have any outstanding performance in the past few minutes. I don't know if he can play a role in this attack." "Leave it to Yarmolenko! Yarmolenko started to break through, Vida was also running forward, his position was very forward, and he played a wall pass with Yarmolenko, beautiful! Yarmolenko successfully broke through Falcao's defense"

"It was Matic behind him. Matic and Willian leaned to the left at the same time, blocking their positions. There was some movement with their hands, but the referee didn't blow the whistle... Beautiful! Matic's kick successfully destroyed the ball, and the ball came to Falcao's feet."

"Falcao, look at Falcao's choice, a long pass to Diego Costa who was in the front. However, because Dynamo Kyiv's attack was not particularly deep, their defense line was not too forward. Although Falcao's pass found Costa, it could not form an effective attack."

"Costa took the ball a few steps and passed it to the right. Now it's Jiang Yuan who has the ball."

Jiang Yuan stretched out his right foot and with a "ta!", he stopped the ball flying from the middle, and then he and Antunes were in a 1v1 situation again.

Dynamo Kyiv is a team that pays great attention to single defense on the wing. So far, in the nearly 80 minutes, Jiang Yuan and Antunes have had at least 10 direct confrontations on the wing. It can only be said that Antunes's 1-on-1 defensive ability is not even weaker than some of the main defenders in the Premier League!
However, Antunes's strong one-on-one defense ability actually has little to do with Jiang Yuan, because Jiang Yuan originally took a fast route. As long as Antunes has no speed, his fast change of direction reaction will be useless.

A familiar scene appeared. Jiang Yuan pretended to cut inside, but actually suddenly accelerated towards the baseline.

"Wow!"

The nearest fan shouted out directly. Antonio reacted quickly and turned around to chase Jiang Yuan the moment he started. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped at this time, kicked with his right foot, and went directly to the inside.

"Outside, outside!"

Jiang Yuan cut inside and gestured to William, indicating that William should move a little outside the top of the arc. If Jiang Yuan was pressed, he could pass the ball to William behind him.

Dribble the ball with the outside of the foot!
Jiang Yuan quickly cut to the middle from the right. Because of the danger posed by Azpilicueta on the wing, Antunes gave up his close marking on Jiang Yuan.

After Jiang Yuan entered the top of the arc, Costa began to run into the small penalty area. He wanted to pull away Dragovic and Hachelidi and create a chance for Jiang Yuan to take a long shot from the top of the arc.

After all, Jiang Yuan's long-range shooting ability is absolutely top-notch in Chelsea!

However, the two central defenders of Dynamo Kyiv are not fools. Dragovic stood in front of Hacheridi to prevent Jiang Yuan from taking long shots when no one was guarding him.

When everyone thought Jiang Yuan would pass the ball back, he did a bicycle kick at the top of the arc, used his body to push Dragovic and successfully entered the penalty area.

Dragovic was no pushover either. After being knocked away by Jiang Yuan, he immediately returned to his original position and blocked Jiang Yuan's path with his chest. Using his hands and feet, his body was suddenly intercepted. With the ball still rolling on the ground, Jiang Yuan, who lost control of his body, fell to the ground.

"wow!!!"

“Let’s go!”

"Hey, referee!"

The fans in the stands were whistling, and the Blues players on the field, including those on the bench, were reaching out.

It is an indisputable fact that Dragovich's thigh tripped Jiang Yuan!

"Beep!"

Kralovic finally blew the whistle, but what he awarded was not a penalty, but a direct free kick!

"why!"

Jiang Yuan jumped up from the ground and pointed at the white line of the penalty area with both hands: "I have already entered the penalty area, the ball and the players are in the penalty area, this is a penalty kick, this is definitely a penalty kick!"

"Direct free kick, please get out of the way!"

Kralovic made a "please" gesture, but Jiang Yuan still didn't leave, and even other Chelsea players on the field rushed over.

"Sir, I'm 100% sure he fell inside the penalty area!"

"In the penalty area, that No. 6, that No. 6 used his thigh to trip our player!"

Terry imitated Dragovic's actions just now. As the captain, he was trying to get the team's penalty back.

But for some reason, Kralovic refused to give a penalty and even put his hand on his chest as if to pull out a card.

Seeing this, the Blues players had no choice but to give up.

If he continued to argue with Kralovic, he would have the right to show the player a yellow card.

Others could receive another yellow card, but Jiang Yuan had already received two yellow cards, so if he received another one, he would be suspended.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan shook his hands violently, venting his unwillingness.

It was a black whistle, and it happened at their own home court!

Even though it was a shitty situation, Jiang Yuan had no other choice now. All he could do was kick this direct free kick well.

This is the most important!
Jiang Yuan took the ball from Falcao and stood near the top of the arc.

"call……"

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Fuck!"

"Referee, idiot!"

"Kralovitch, you are blind, blind!"

"..."

The Blues fans vented their anger in the stands. Like the players, they were dissatisfied with Kralovic's decision.

calm down!
Jiang Yuan gave himself psychological hints, telling himself not to let the noise outside the venue disturb him.

He put the ball behind the white line drawn by the referee and then started to back away.

One step, two steps, three steps.

coming!

……

(End of this chapter)