Chapter 207 Single Sword
“GOOOO—AAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!”

"22' Jiang!"

"In the 22nd minute of the game, Zouma assisted and Jiang scored from the edge of the small penalty area, 1:0, Chelsea, who played away, scored the first goal!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan did not run off the field to celebrate. Instead, he immediately ran over to help Zuma up from the ground: "Hey, man!"

Jiang Yuan grabbed Zouma's hand and pulled his French teammate up with a sudden force.

"Bro, thanks for the assist!"

Jiang Yuan hugged Zuma. To be honest, it was difficult to hug Zuma, who was over 1 meters tall. You know, Jiang Yuan's eyebrows barely reached the height of Zuma's lips!

"what I should do!"

Of course, Zouma was very happy to be able to help his teammates score goals.

Moreover, in addition to helping the team take the lead, Jiang Yuan's goal also brought his Champions League goal tally to 9 goals.

The worst thing is that Cristiano Ronaldo, who is now ranked second, has only scored 7 goals!
"Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!"

Hugging and singing with his teammates, Jiang Yuan felt that what he was experiencing was somewhat unreal.

Who would have thought that his goal efficiency in the Champions League is higher than that in the league. If nothing unexpected happens, after today, there will be a lot of English media hyping up the saying that the Premier League is better than the Champions League.

So far this season, La Liga's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored 7 goals in the Champions League, but the Premier League's top scorer has scored 9 goals!

The game continues!

To be honest, conceding a goal in 22 minutes against Chelsea is actually within the acceptable range for Maccabi Tel Aviv. However, unlike Dynamo Kyiv, Maccabi Tel Aviv has completely lost the chance to advance, because now the group stage has come to the fifth round, but the total points of the Israeli team are still 5!
Not only in the Champions League, Maccabi Tel Aviv's performance in the league this season is also somewhat bad, even worse than Chelsea. As the champion of the Israeli Premier League last season, Maccabi Tel Aviv ranked only third this season. The Israeli Premier League is not the Premier League, and the third place does not have a European competition.

"for you!"

William wanted to pass the ball to Hazard, but Hazard seemed to be a little distracted and the ball was snatched away by Ben Haim who suddenly rushed up.

"Fuck!"

Mourinho yelled angrily outside the field. The reason why Hazard's performance this season is not as good as last season is largely due to injuries and distractions during the game. This is not the first time that Hazard has been distracted during the game.

Get back on defense!

This was the first reaction of the Chelsea players. The record in the last round at home against Maccabi Tel Aviv was not very good. Chelsea will definitely not underestimate the enemy when playing away today.

"Ben Haim was watching and wanted to pass the ball, but Chelsea defended very well and all the attacking players on the left side of Maccabi were marked one-on-one."

"Ben Haim can only run with the ball first, Hazard can go back to grab it, huh? Not going back to grab it, well, maybe Mourinho has other arrangements and wants to save Hazard's energy."

"My teammate ran into an open space, Maccabi's chance, let's see if we can seize it"

"Long ball to Rican!"

"Rican heads the ball back to Perez!"

"It's a textbook long pass. Maccabi Tel Aviv is not as good as Chelsea in passing and controlling the ball, but for teams in top leagues like this, whether it's the Premier League or the Israeli Super League, the players' basic skills are very solid."

I have to say that Ben Haim's way of handling the ball was very clever. Knowing that he could not beat Chelsea with his passing, he began to look for opportunities for long passes. Although long passes are risky, if they are really passed, a lot of trouble can be avoided.

Take this attack for example, Maccabi Tel Aviv avoided the defense of Matic and William with Ben Haim's long pass.

The one who now has the ball is Perez. He pushes the ball with the instep and passes it straight to Rican in front of him.

Winger Rican immediately walked towards the baseline after receiving the pass in front.

Of course, Chelsea also has special defensive players for this. When Fabregas saw Rican was about to go down the field, he followed him directly, pointing to the middle while running, signaling Jiang Yuan to run back and help him set up defense.

Fabregas was ready to block the opponent's position, but Rican got the confidence from it and made a 45-degree cross while running.

Not to mention Chelsea's players, even Maccabi Tel Aviv's teammates didn't react.

"Hey!"

Begovic leapt high and held Rican’s cross in with both hands.

A cross is a cross, but the target is not a teammate.

Chelsea has encountered such situations quite a few times this season. Begovic's reaction was also quite quick. He ran forward immediately after landing with the ball. His teammates knew what they should do without him shouting.

"Chelsea were going to counterattack, Begovic was going to throw a hand-thrown ball, Zahavi was interfering in front, but the interference didn't seem to have any effect"

"Hand throw the ball to Fabregas, Fabregas directly passes it to Jiang Yuan"

"The speed of the counterattack was very fast. But there is a problem. Chelsea's excellent counterattack ability on the right side this season is well-known throughout the European football world. Maccabi coach Jokanovic has obviously emphasized this aspect. Ben Harush did not participate in the attack at all, but stayed behind waiting for Jiang Yuan."

"Just go!"

"Jiang Yuan's choice was very bold, and Ben Haroush couldn't keep up."

"Oh my god, he's using acceleration to force his way past the opponent again. Jiang Yuan's breakthrough ability is still as strong as ever."

"Wait, this is a one-on-one shot, this is a one-on-one shot!"

Huang Jianxiang began to get excited. Just now, the full-back Ben Haroush was the last line of defense for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Jiang Yuan used his speed to pass Ben Harush, which also meant that from a horizontal perspective, there was only goalkeeper Rajkovic in front of Jiang Yuan.

"Go inside, go inside!"

William pointed to the middle and signaled Jiang Yuan to cut inside. At the same time, he and Costa were also trying to move to the middle.

Although the Blues players were running forward desperately, they all knew in their hearts that a one-on-one opportunity had already been created and their teammates could no longer play any role at this time.

In this situation, no player will choose to pass back!

"Snapped!"

Jiang Yuan stepped on his right foot and walked towards the middle under Ben Harush's gaze. The path William pointed out was correct. In this situation, Jiang Yuan could completely rely on his absolute speed advantage to run diagonally from the right to the left.

"Woowwwww!!!"

The fans at the scene screamed in surprise as Jiang Yuan passed Alberman, Garcia and Nosa in turn and headed straight for the opponent's goal.

Prepare to cut diagonally to the top of the arc!

However, something Jiang Yuan had not expected happened. He ran diagonally, which was a long distance, giving Tal Ben Haim a chance to catch up.

Fortunately, there was still a short distance between the two of them. Jiang Yuan took advantage of the distance difference to enter the semicircle at the top of the arc, and goalkeeper Dujkovic attacked.

Jiang Yuan was about to shoot after entering the penalty area, when Ben Haim suddenly fell to the ground behind him, stretching his left leg in front of Jiang Yuan's body. He was not heading for the ball, but for Jiang Yuan's feet.

"what!"

The severe pain reacted in the cerebral cortex, Jiang Yuan lost his balance and fell directly to the top of the arc.

"What!!!"

"Referee, referee!"

Top athletes have quick reactions. Seeing Jiang Yuan being tackled to the ground, several Blues players on the field all started sprinting and ran directly to the referee.

William, who was closest, first found the referee Undiano and said, "He kicked someone's foot. He was going for the person. I saw it. He kicked our player's foot!"

It was an obvious foul, and Undiano did not hesitate, running up to Ben Haim and pulling out a red card.

A malicious foul + ruining a one-on-one opportunity, an undisputed red card!

"My God..."

Ben Haim's face was bitter. As the person who made the tackle, he knew he was going to be sent off the moment he kicked Jiang Yuan's ankle.

tmd!

Ben Haim left the field with regret. The next shot showed Jiang Yuan lying on the ground. It was really painful when he was tackled, but he was fine after a while.

Undiano ran over, bent down and asked, "Do you need treatment?"

"no, I'm fine!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head repeatedly, stood up and kicked the ground twice with his left foot.

call--

According to Jiang Yuan's experience, it was probably that a few tiny blood vessels were broken on the outside of the left ankle. It was not a big deal and the pain would go away after a while.

"Jiang Yuan stood up and seemed to be fine. Ben Haim was sent off with a red card. At the same time, Chelsea got a free kick in a good position."

"Because Jiang Yuan still needs some time to recover, this free kick will be given to William."

"Will he shoot? He didn't. William kicked a high ball. Chelsea's height advantage was not obvious. Zouma got the ball and headed it into the goal!"

"The ball went in, a header from center back Zouma, Chelsea extended the lead in the 34th minute!"

!!!

Zouma's mind went blank after scoring the goal. He stood there for half a second before rushing towards the penalty area.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Zuma spread his arms and roared, with a barely perceptible blush on his dark face. He was even more excited than Jiang Yuan who had completed a hat trick before.

"Першийголукар'рвЛзчемпонв"

"Kuet...Zouma!!!"

Live commentator Liefichy at the Sammy Ofer Stadium explained to the audience why Zouma was so excited.

This is his first Champions League goal in his career!
"Ha ha!"

The joy among teammates is contagious. Zuma's excited roar directly drowned out the pain in Jiang Yuan's ankle.

"Little Kurt!"

Jiang Yuan took a run-up on the field and then jumped onto Zuma.

Riding on the back of Zuma, or simply riding a horse!
[Central defenders can score goals, Chelsea is getting better and better]

[Nimma, Zuma jumps really high]

[Actually Zouma only looks tall because he has long calves. If we only compare jumping ability, Jiang Yuan and Ivanovic should be the best in Chelsea.] [When Jiang Yuan was tackled, I thought Chelsea was going to be smeared again, but it turned out to be a red card + free kick, which was so cool, hahahaha!]

[The home team can rest assured if they win. Maccabi Tel Aviv was not good to begin with, and they were penalized. What a waste of time. Just surrender.]

[It has to be my Jiang Qiu Wang, who can not only score goals, but also ban opponents, awesome! ]

[This referee is quite pleasing to the eye, unlike the previous Kralovic, who was pure Sima]

[Favoring one's own team: a good referee; not favoring one's own team: Sima referee]

【66666】

【Come on, Chelsea, go, go, go!!! I’m waving the flag for Xiao Jiang! 】

"Beep"

The game entered halftime and Chelsea entered the locker room with a 2-0 lead.

"Clap clap clap clap!"

“Nice start!”

Mourinho applauded the 11 starting players and then began to arrange tactics for the second half.

According to Mourinho, the final match against Porto will determine their group ranking, so they just need to win today's game.

In addition, Maccabi Tel Aviv only has 10 players left, so Chelsea's victory is now almost a foregone conclusion.

"Leon, give me the notebook!"

Mourinho took the thick folder from Brown, mainly to check Chelsea's upcoming schedule.

Five days later, that is, at 5:11 on November 29, Chelsea will play a league game against Tottenham away. Considering that Premier League teams generally play a game every four days, five days of rest time is quite a lot, so Mourinho is not in a hurry to replace the main players.

"I will replace Kurt in around 60 minutes, and I will make a decision on the rest after seeing the specific situation in the second half."

"Tap your muscles, drink some water, take a break and then you can go out for the competition!"

After saying that, Mourinho took a notebook, his buttocks leaning against the edge of the therapy bed, a ballpoint pen in his right hand, his brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned, and it was unknown what he was writing.

"Forehead……"

Terry took a sip of water, spit it out and asked, "Jose, do we need to change any tactics in the second half, or emphasize anything in terms of man-marking?"

Mourinho looked up at Terry and said: "There's nothing much to say, just keep pressing and it'll be over."

Then Mourinho started to busy himself with his own things. He walked to the tactical board and moved the magnetic button representing the left winger to the middle. Terry shook his head and didn't know what he was doing.

Jiang Yuan shrugged. It seemed that Mourinho probably believed that he would win this game and had already started preparing for the next game against Tottenham.

But what does it mean to let the left winger run to the middle, to assist in defense?
……

The second half begins!
Because central defender Tal Ben Haim was sent off, Maccabi Tel Aviv's possession rate further decreased. The Israeli team, which originally had a possession rate of only 40%, now has a possession rate of 30%.

The ball possession rate of 3:7, as people who often watch football know, means that the ball is in the home team's half most of the time.

In the 64th minute of the game, Mourinho replaced Zouma, the goal scorer, with Cahill, and Chelsea then started their seventh left-wing attack in the second half.

"boom!"

Matic headed the ball back, and Azpilicueta behind him made a volley pass, and the ball flew from top to bottom directly to Hazard.

With a "ta" sound, Hazard took the ball and turned around. He stopped the ball and got rid of Nosa, then started to go down.

At the same time, Costa in the middle started running into the penalty area.

"Going down the bottom, Hazard was going down the bottom, and suddenly stopped! Well, he went down the bottom and cut inside, which is Hazard's usual favorite way of attack. However, this time his intention to cut inside was too obvious, and was stopped by Eli Dasa."

"Let's continue watching. There is still a long distance to the baseline. Hazard can choose to continue the run he has not completed."

“Hmm! Pass the ball back to Azpilicueta, this is also a good choice. Azpilicueta decisively passes it to William, who passes it straight!”

"Beautiful! Costa held the ball despite the pressure from Garcia and then shot it in like a surgical through ball."

"The ball is in!"

The camera turned to Mourinho, and the team's Portuguese coach just gave a thumbs up and showed no other excitement.

The reason is simple. Chelsea had 20 shots on target in the 8 minutes of the second half. Enough quantitative changes will naturally lead to qualitative changes. With the support of so many shots on target, a goal can be said to be inevitable.

On the other hand, Jokanovic and Sevilla looked like a deathly poor team. Not only did they fail miserably in the league, but they finally got a chance to play in the Champions League but ended up at the bottom of the table with 5 points after 0 rounds.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will probably lose his position as coach!
In the 75th minute, Mourinho replaced Costa with Remy, and then replaced Hazard with Falcao, using up the last two substitutions.

It is worth mentioning that after coming on the court, the first thing Falcao did was to shake hands with Jiang Yuan. The Colombian made a prayer gesture: "God, bless me!"

Jiang Yuan: ???
God bless you, why do you hold my hand?
……

82th minute!

Maccabi Tel Aviv found an opportunity in a corner attack, and center forward Zahavi completed a header, but Begovic was in such good form this season that he slapped Zahavi's header away.

What followed was the picturesque running and passing of the ball by the 10 Chelsea outfield players on the field. The ball was kicked from the backcourt to the frontcourt and landed at Remy's feet.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan and Falcao completed cross-running in the frontcourt, Remy decisively passed the ball back, and William took the ball.

"River!"

William shouted and passed the ball under the pressure of Albertmann.

With a "ta" sound, Jiang Yuan caught the ball and walked into the penalty area with the outside of his foot.

There are three defensive players in front of him now.

He moved his knee to the left, but actually ran to the right. After shaking off Eli Dasa who was closest to him, Jiang Yuan stared at the far corner of the goal.

In fact, it’s a near corner!
“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLLL!!!”

"Again, aiming far and hitting close. A magical aiming far and hitting close! Jiang Yuan scored twice!"

At the Sammy Ofer Stadium, Jiang Yuan spread his arms and listened to the insults from the home team's fans.

Anyway, these guys in yellow clothes are speaking Hebrew, which Jiang Yuan can't understand, so just curse them!

Finally, in the 91st minute, Remy also scored a goal. Chelsea scored two goals in one game, which directly stunned Maccabi Tel Aviv.

At the same time, Jokanovic's time as coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv is probably coming to an end. Sevilla's original plan was to draw with Chelsea in this game to prove his worth to the team's management and fans.

But now it seems that Jokanovic's idea is no different from a daydream.

Force Chelsea?
Check out the score displayed on the big screen in the stadium.

0:5 Ah!
“Beep, beep—”

"The game is over now. The fans who stayed up late today definitely won't lose out. It was a feast of goals, but it was just a one-sided feast for Chelsea."

"The two teams met once two months ago, and Maccabi Tel Aviv was still at the same level as before, but Chelsea has changed a lot in the past two months. If the two teams were originally 2-2, now the two teams are almost 64-82."

"Jokanovic must reflect on this when he returns. If this situation is not changed, it will be difficult for him to coach the entire season safely."

"Looking back at Chelsea, Mourinho's spring seems to have arrived. Jiang Yuan is now the only player in the entire Champions League with double-digit goals, and only five rounds have passed in the Champions League!"

"..."

"Okay, everyone, what we're going to show you next is a replay of the highlights of the game, and then we'll replay the entire game. Fans who missed the highlights can take this opportunity to take a closer look."

……

CCTV5 began broadcasting the goal footage of the game, but Chelsea players remained on the field far away in Israel.

"Come, come with me!"

Terry ran and waved as he led his players to the away team's fans' stand. Maccabi Tel Aviv only gave Chelsea 1800 tickets for this game, which meant there was only half a stand in the corner.

Although there weren't many people, everyone was sitting together and from a distance it looked like a beautiful blue.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The players and fans applauded each other, and then everyone sang Chelsea's team song.

"Home or away come and see us play"

"You're welcome anyday, hey!"

"..."

"Clap clap clap!"

"Thank you! Thank you for your support!"

Being on the side of Chelsea players, Jiang Yuan felt that everything was wonderful.

Teammates who fight side by side, coaches who like to curse but are also concerned about their players, and of course the fans who always stand behind and support.

Football is beautiful, and Jiang Yuan is now in this beautiful world!

……

ESPN——With 5 goals in 10 games, Chelsea's Jiang is firmly at the top of the Champions League scorer list, and the best signing of the summer window has been determined!
The front page headline of "World Sports" - Chelsea swept Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-0 away, ranking first in Group G of the Champions League with 5 points in 13 games!

The front page headline of AS: Barcelona swept Roma 6:1, Suarez and Messi scored twice, and Pique scored. Messi was in hot form in his first game after his comeback, and Japanese medical skills are worthy of praise!

The front page headline of "Marca" - Real Madrid 4:3 Shakhtar Donetsk, Ronaldo scored twice and assisted twice, the number of goals in the group stage reached 9, there is still 1 goal difference from the top of the list Jiang.

"The Guardian" - The veteran never dies, Paris beat Malmö 5:0, Ibrahimovic's overall score of 9.3 points ranked first in the game!

RAC1 Special Issue - Florentino Perez is interested in Hazard, but Real Madrid has not yet made an offer to Chelsea. According to reports, Chelsea is not very enthusiastic about Hazard's transfer, and the player is likely to stay with the Blues.

Italian Sport - Sampdoria is interested in Udinese midfielder Bruno Fernandes, and the transfer may be carried out on loan. The Portuguese is 21 years old and is worth 650 million euros.

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(End of this chapter)