Chapter 242 Adaptation?

[Ibrahimovic is still strong despite his old age. Wow, this jump height is incredible. But Ibrahimovic is tall to begin with.]

[This is the kind of center forward Chelsea needs most now! ]

[I miss Costa on the 16th day, woooo, but Ibrahimovic is really nice too]

[Let me see who else says that buying Ibrahimovic for 1700 million euros is not worth it. Open your eyes and see if it is worth it.]

[Xiao Jiang adapted very quickly. He couldn't catch up with the rhythm in the first 20 minutes, but now he directly assists! ]

[Adaptation and eggs, Xiao Jiang is originally a Premier League player. He went to the U23 last week just for training, which is a part-time job.
[Working part-time as captain of the National Olympic Team during the winter transfer window, and winning a championship by the way, right?]

[Both the left and right sides are worth 7500 million euros. Chelsea is really going to be invincible. I just want to ask, does Chelsea still have any weaknesses now? ]

[Defensive midfielder, I feel like Fabregas can’t hold on any longer. Didn’t Chelsea try to buy Kante before but Leicester City refused to sell him? But I think this is a good thing. It’s really a loss to buy Kante for 3000 million.]

[It's already 7500 million euros, is it still far from Chelsea having both wings? 】

【Real Madrid has begun to tremble! 】

……

After Ibrahimovic scored, Watford coach Flores organized the players to counterattack in an orderly manner. However, when falling behind, the players' mentality would have some problems, and it would be very difficult to counterattack in an organized and disciplined manner.

Especially when facing a strong team like Chelsea, the 11 Watford players on the field and Flores off the field seemed to be unable to do their best.

Flores wanted Ighalo to rush into the penalty area to grab the ball, but the problem was that Ighalo was only 1 meters tall and was like a toy in front of Zouma. As long as Zouma stuck to Ighalo, the Watford striker had no chance to jump.

As for the other striker Deeney, he can compete for headers, but the problem is that his head is like a rock, and the ball he hits has only speed but no angle. In the first half, Deeney completed two headers in the penalty area, both of which were airplanes.

After 46 minutes of fierce battle, Mike Dean blew the halftime whistle, giving the home and visiting teams a chance to rest and adjust.

In the locker room, Mourinho focused on the two wingers of the team, Hazard and Jiang Yuan. Mourinho's view is that as long as they can maintain victory, they should save Hazard and Jiang Yuan's physical strength as much as possible to prepare for the match against Manchester City Devils at Stamford Bridge in 4 days.

"If you have a chance to score, then score. If you don't have a chance, then defend well. I will replace one of you at the right time."

This is what Mourinho said, and it was also Chelsea's top instruction in the second half.

"Come, let's do it together"

Ibrahimovic put his hand in the middle, thought about it and felt something was wrong, so he pulled his hand back.

Terry blew his nose and said, "No need for any special ceremony, let's go for it!"

"Get all three points!"

……

"At the start of the second half, the home team made a substitution, with Abdi replacing Jurado. To be honest, this substitution was a little unexpected."

"We all know that Flores likes to make consecutive substitutions after 70 minutes, but today he replaced Jurado, who was performing well, at the beginning of the second half. It seems that Flores is a little anxious now."

"The good news is that as a newly promoted team this season, Watford is currently doing pretty well, ranking 11th in the standings, tied with Everton in 10th place."

"..."

"Well, Chelsea is playing very aggressively. Jiang Yuan cooperated with William on the right, then cut to the middle. On the right, Ivanovic started to go down the bottom line."

"Jiang Yuan passed the ball to the bottom line and Ivanovic made a cross! Unfortunately, Ivanovic's cross was cleared by Holevas."

In the 55th minute, Chelsea got a corner kick and Matic took charge!

"Since I was young～"Pa pa!
"I have followed them~" Bang Bang!
"Watford FC~" Bang!
"The team for me～"Pa pa!
The home team's stands were closest to the goal, and the voices of Watford fans were getting louder and louder, almost completely drowning out the voices of the away team's fans.

There was no way. There were 2 seats in total, and Chelsea, as the visiting team, only had 1 tickets.

The ratio of people is nearly 1:10, and the sound is completely not on the same level.

"River!"

Ibrahimovic pulled Jiang Yuan to his side and said, "Wait for the opportunity. If it's at the front point, I will help you to open up the defense."

Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic clapped their hands to show that they understood.

There is pressure in partnering with Costa, and there is also pressure in partnering with Ibrahimovic, but these two kinds of pressure are completely different. In comparison, Jiang Yuan prefers this invisible pressure around him.

A natural leader, standing next to Ibrahimovic, the young Jiang Yuan could feel an inexplicable excitement.

"Beep!"

After a corner kick, Matic kicked the ball to the back post. Zouma stepped back and headed the ball out, and Ibrahimovic got the ball at the second spot.

"right!"

Ibrahimovic shook his head and shouted, Jiang Yuan broke into the small penalty area from the right and shot into the goal!
“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!”

"Number 7 Jiang!"

"Chelsea! Snap!"

"Chelsea! Snap!"

Jiang Yuan opened his arms and prepared to hug Ibrahimovic, but the referee Dean suddenly blew the whistle.

As for the reason for blowing the whistle, the linesman in charge of Watford's half gave the answer.

"offside! it's an offside!"

"The goal is disallowed!"

fuck!

Jiang Yuan didn't think he was offside, so he rushed up to argue with McDean: "Sir, that No. 5 is on my left, how could I be offside? Look carefully, this is not offside."

"It's an inside!"

Hazard agreed with Jiang Yuan's words, although from his perspective, Jiang Yuan was indeed offside, but there is a universal principle among athletes on the court: teammates are always right and opponents are always wrong.

“Please move aside”

Dean reached into his shirt pocket and ordered Jiang Yuan and Hazar to leave.

call……

Jiang Yuan spread his hands, extremely speechless, but there was nothing he could do. Offside was not a penalty kick, and there would basically be no offside misjudgment in professional matches.

After all, the offside rule is objective, unlike the penalty kick which is very subjective, and it cannot be circumvented under normal circumstances. Even Anthony Taylor cannot tamper with the offside rule.

Although he was very angry, there was nothing he could do. In the 62nd minute, Mourinho replaced Hazard with Kennedy to give the Belgian superstar some time to rest.

There are still two substitution spots left for now, let's see what happens next.

After all, a 1:0 lead is really mysterious.

"Give it to me, go over there!"

Jiang Yuan received the pass from Fabregas and turned around, forcing a breakthrough to the bottom line. Behrami reached out to grab Jiang Yuan, but unfortunately he failed. Mourinho smiled. A big part of the reason why Chelsea couldn't beat Arsenal in the last round was that they couldn't get through the wing.

Hazard on the left has a strong ability to break through, but Kennedy's ability to break through is too average. Because Chelsea only had one useful route at the time, Wenger directly let two players including Arteta stick to Hazard like chewing gum.

The self-destructive defense may seem a bit embarrassing, but it is really effective.

It is no longer possible now. Jiang Yuan returned to the team after finishing the national team game and directly activated Chelsea's vitality on the offensive end.

“Here!”

Fabregas ran behind Jiang Yuan to ask for the ball, but the latter decisively pushed the ball back. Fabregas then sent a diagonal pass to the middle.

The Spaniard's pass was actually intended for William, but it was passed neither left nor right, causing Jiang Yuan to mistakenly believe that the ball was for him.

Jiang Yuan will not give up the opportunity to attack.

"Go inside!"

Jiang Yuan asked William to run into the penalty area, and he ran to the position of the ball, and then passed the ball into the penalty area. His intention to find Ibrahimovic was very obvious.

William was also very smart. He immediately stood in front of Pledel to help Ibuka find a position.

Unfortunately, Chelsea's young Brazilian player was not good at confrontation and failed to keep an eye on Ploedel. In the end, Ploedel bypassed William and successfully interfered with Ibrahimovic who was about to jump.

"Snapped!"

Because he lost his balance before jumping, the Swedish striker's ball was soft and weak, and it was directly "passed" to Gomez.

"shit"

Jiang Yuan held his head with both hands, wishing he could slap himself.

He was such a fool just now. He should have let William pass the ball and then rushed into the penalty area himself.

pity.

What a pity!

"The fourth official raised the flag for substitutions. No. 6 Baba replaced No. 5 Zouma, No. 36 Chick replaced No. 7 Jiang Yuan. Mourinho's substitution should be for defensive play."

In the 71st minute, Mourinho used up his last two substitutions, and Jiang Yuan and Zouma slowly ran off the field.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Mourinho and Zouma, who was just leaving the field, high-fived each other and watched the two players return to their seats on the bench.

"Damn it!"

Jiang Yuan hit his thigh with his hand, apparently dissatisfied with his performance.

"Hey, Jiang, there's no need to do this."

Zuma put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder: "We had chances, we just didn't score more goals"

There is nothing wrong with what little Kurt said. Although Jiang Yuan did not score a goal, if Zouma were to rate his performance in this game, it would be at least 5.5 points, which is not bad.

Begovic, who was sitting in the back, put his hands on the back of Jiang Yuan's chair and said, "You are very strong, but there is a big difference between national team games and club games. No one can score goals all the time. You still need time to adjust. Anyway, we are leading on the field, so there is no need for you to rush."

“Yes, this is the experience of someone who has been there.”

"Um……"

Jiang Yuan nodded. He scored hat tricks in five consecutive games for the national team, but he failed to score a goal in his first start in the league. The gap between the two is quite large.

But as Begovic said, no one can score goals all the time.

"Beep beep beep——"

Mike Dean blew the whistle to end the game, and Chelsea finally kept the score 1:0 until the end.

It’s been a long time since we lost to Arsenal away from home and got 3 points!

……

“Jose, I’m Krent, a reporter from The Independent. During the winter transfer window, you sold Costa and bought Ibrahimovic despite media doubts. Today, Ibrahimovic made his Chelsea debut and scored a goal. Obviously, this is a strong response to public opinion. So we…”

"Stop, please"

Mourinho raised his hand and suddenly interrupted Krent: "Mr. from the Independent, first of all, I need to point out the mistakes in your remarks. External public opinion will not affect my decision-making. I don't need to prove anything to the media. I buy my people, you write your newspapers, and we don't have any conflicts."

"terribly sorry"

Krent nodded slightly and took this opportunity to change the question: "As far as we know, you were blocked by the club before you pushed for Zlatan's transfer, but now you still brought him to London. Does this mean that you have the trust of Mr. Roman?"

"Mr. Roman?"

Mourinho raised his eyebrows: "It is a very good thing to have his trust. You should know that he is a very successful team chairman and has done a good job in all aspects. In the winter window of this season, he provided me with incredible support, and I feel very lucky for this. Thank you, Mr. Roman"

Mourinho stood up and bowed slightly towards the camera. He just bowed. He didn't need to worry about whether Abramovich would see the interview in the end. The reporter would do his best.

Krent held the microphone tightly: "So, the winter transfer window was a common opinion between you and Abramovich?"

"Of course!"

"I have another..."

"Sir, please sit down. I have spent a lot of time on you. This press conference will not take too long. We should give other friends some opportunities. Do you think I am right?"

Mourinho smiled and stared at Klent in the front row. The latter expressed helplessness and finally sat back in his chair.

Then, Mourinho called up a white woman, who said she was a reporter from Sky Sports. She looked kind, but the questions she asked were not so kind.

"As we have seen today, national team matches have a great impact on Jiang's condition. However, the national team matches Jiang participated in were not FIFA's A-level national team matches. From now on, do you think it is right to let Jiang go back to play?"

After hearing what the female reporter said, Mourinho's expression suddenly darkened: "...I will not regret what I have done. Jiang is adjusting his condition and you will see it soon."

"How long is this soon? Chelsea will play against Manchester United in 4 days. This..."

"Please sit down! Ma'am, I'm sorry for my rudeness, but I will be unhappy if you continue to ask me questions. So please sit down, it will be good for both of us"

"..."

《泰晤士报》头版头条——联赛第24轮，切尔西客场1：0战胜升班马沃特福德，目前总积分50分，距离第一莱斯特城和第二阿森纳分别有3分、2分的差距。

The front page headline of The Sun - a well-known commentator said that Chelsea's 7500 million new king has fallen again. He is currently only 2 goals ahead of Kane, who is second in the scorer list. He may be affected by the national team competition.

The post-match ratings from the football expert were: Ibrahimovic scored 8 points, Hazard and Willian scored 7 points, Jiang Yuan scored 6.0 points, and Zouma scored the lowest with 5.5 points.

"Portugal A BOLA" Mid-season Special Edition - Porto's champion coach Lopetegui answered reporters' questions directly in the post-match interview. Lopetegui believes that any player needs time to adjust between national team games and club games. Jiang is still young, so we can't be too strict with him.

Sky Sports - In response to a reporter's question, Mourinho believes that any player needs time to adjust between national team games and club games. But Jiang is special, and for this kind of player, we need more strictness.

……

PS: If I don't take leave this month, can you give me the monthly pass?
(End of this chapter)