Chapter 247 Give them some color!

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai!"

"Here is the live broadcast of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea"

"Both teams won their respective league titles last season, so there is no doubt about the strength of the teams."

"The referee has blown the whistle! The game is about to begin. Let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams."

"First up is the home team Paris, wearing blue and red striped jerseys and shorts, attacking from the left side of the screen to the right side!"

Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Trapp
Defenders: Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Maxwell
Midfielders: Verratti, Motta, Matuidi

Forwards: Di Maria, Cavani, Lucas Moura
Head coach: Blanco

"Then the visiting team Chelsea, wearing pure white jerseys and shorts, attacked from the right side of the screen to the left side!"

"..."

"In the 25th round match against Manchester United, Mourinho's move of Hazard to the attacking midfielder position caused a lot of comments from fans. We can see that in Chelsea's formation today, Hazard returned to the left winger position. It seems that the game against Manchester United was just an experiment of Mourinho."

"Because of UEFA rules, Ibrahimovic, who just completed the transfer in the winter window, cannot play in this game"

"Wow! In the second minute of the game, David Luiz's pass from the backcourt found Di Maria on the right. The pass was so accurate that neither Hazard nor William could react!"

"Di Maria faced Fabregas' defense... Fabregas was put on the left by Mourinho today, probably because he wanted to focus on Di Maria's defense."

"It was a one-on-one defense from Fabregas. Di Maria couldn't get through. He passed the ball back to Verratti, who made a long pass."

"ohhhh——"

There were sounds of dissatisfaction from fans at the Parc des Princes. David Luiz's long pass from the backcourt was very beautiful, but the attack died halfway.

Di Maria is very good at dribbling past opponents, but for an experienced midfielder like Fabregas, there are still many ways to deal with Di Maria.

For players like Di Maria who like to dribble past opponents in fancy ways, the best defense is to avoid being dribbled. In a 1-on-1 situation, the defensive player has an advantage. As long as Fabregas can avoid being dribbled and keep up with Di Maria's speed, there will be no problem defending the left wing.

As for the passing problem, Mourinho put Fabregas on the left intentionally to target Di Maria's through passes. The Argentine winger of Paris has a super through pass ability that does not belong to a wingers, and Fabregas' ability to intercept through passes is much stronger than Mikel's.

"Go up, go up!"

At Mikel's urging, Jiang Yuan ran backwards and blocked Mora's position with one arm. Mora had no choice but to pass the ball to Motta behind him.

Motta takes the ball and moves forward!

"Snapped!"

A very decisive and accurate long pass was passed to Di Maria who suddenly made a run on the right.

"shit!"

Mourinho exclaimed on the sidelines. What he was most worried about happened. The long pass from the Paris midfield helped Di Maria bypass the Chelsea midfielder where Fabregas was. Di Maria, who unloaded the ball with his thigh, faced Azpilicueta directly.

"Keep an eye on him!"

Courtois pointed at Cavani, signaling Zouma to move forward to keep an eye on Paris' Uruguayan center forward, and Zouma rushed forward decisively. After all, Mourinho had specifically emphasized before the game that Cavani's offensive ability is very comprehensive and must be guarded more closely.

After Di Maria went down the bottom line, he passed the ball to the middle, and Chelsea's penalty area was suddenly in chaos. Fortunately, Terry was in good shape and jumped over Cavani to clear the ball.

Verratti is responsible for Paris' corner kick!

"From the first few minutes, Chelsea may not be optimistic today. Coach Zhan, if we just look at the lineup, who do you think is stronger, Chelsea or Paris?"

"Coach Huang's question... I think that on paper Chelsea is definitely slightly better, but we also have to look at their recent game performance. Chelsea hasn't faced any particularly strong teams since losing to Arsenal in the league. It's a bit sudden for the Blues players to play in a Champions League knockout match at this time."

"Just like Jiang Yuan's transition between national team games and club games, Chelsea also needs time to transition, but unfortunately, the schedule does not give them this opportunity..."

"Coach Zhan is right. Let's take a look at this corner kick. Verratti kicked it and Di Maria kicked it directly from the front point."

"Courtois! Wow! When Chelsea was in chaos, Courtois still stood up! Perfect save without losing his hands!"

Not only Huang Jianxiang, but even some very demanding fans in front of the screen applauded Courtois' save.

In slow motion, Di Maria received the low ball from Verratti, and then shot the ball into the blind spot through Zouma's crotch. It was really amazing that Courtois could react in such a short time.

"call……"

Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. If the ball had been scored, he would have to take the blame, after all, he was responsible for defending Di Maria.

Putting aside the shot, Di Maria's movement was really weird. Jiang Yuan thought he was going to go around to the back, but he didn't expect him to rush directly into the small penalty area.

Defense is the most basic requirement for a team. Facing a strong opponent like Paris, Chelsea must do a good job in defense!
“Allez Paris Saint-Germain!”

“Allez Paris Saint-Germain!”

“Chantez Paris Saint-Germain!”

"All the Parisians!"

"..."

The song playing in the Parc des Princes is Paris Saint-Germain's team anthem, "Allez Paris Saint-Germain". Unlike other teams in the top five leagues, Paris' team anthem does not have a 5 or 60-year history. This French song was released in 2013, which is less than 3 years ago. It can be regarded as a baby that has not grown up yet.

Like the history of the song, Paris's team song gives people a feeling of youth and vitality.

"Chelsea!"

"Rubbish!"

"Chelsea!"

"Rubbish!"

Judging from the atmosphere on the scene, the aggressiveness of French fans is not much less than that of British fans.

In the 21st minute of the game, Chelsea created a free kick on the left side by Hazard. The free kick was taken by Jiang Yuan, but unfortunately, Jiang Yuan's free kick feel has been average recently and this ball did not go in.

"Go forward! Quick, quick, quick!"

Seeing Trapp holding the ball, Silva immediately organized his teammates in the backcourt to counterattack.

Although Paris has the advantage in the situation, the home and away teams are basically in a 55- situation in terms of ball possession. This counterattack opportunity is very important for Paris.

"Chelsea defended, Paris players were running forward, Trapp threw the ball to Thiago Silva, and Silva made a long pass."

"The long pass was to the left, but Silva's long pass was a bit too far back, so Mora had to stop the ball. Well, Mora continued to move forward, and Paris chose to let Matuidi deal with Silva's long pass."

"Matuidi stopped the ball and was about to pass it to... wow, Jiang Yuan suddenly made a tackle and Paris' counterattack was interrupted"

“This is beautiful!”

The camera turned to Mourinho, and the Chelsea coach had already started applauding. Although Jiang Yuan's tackle did not help Chelsea regain the ball, it also pressed the brakes on Paris' attack.

Mora has good speed. If he really runs on the right, it will be hard to say whether Paris can counterattack!
"here"

Maxwell put the ball behind his head, Mola and Matuidi were wandering around, and Maxwell chose to pass the ball to Mola.

"I come!"

Mikel rushed over, raised his foot and kicked Maxwell's hand-thrown ball out in the air.

!!!

Run! This was Jiang Yuan's first reaction. He could not hesitate at this time. Jiang Yuan exchanged his strength with his left and right feet, and passed through Matuidi's side with two or three big steps. After getting close to the ball, Jiang Yuan did not choose to stop the ball, but poked the ball forward with his toes.

"Wow!"

The familiar explosive run on the wing is the scene that Chelsea fans most want to see, and it is also the most nervous moment for Paris fans.

Huff, huff, huff!
Jiang Yuan was panting, and deliberately moved towards the middle while running with the ball. Obviously, compared to going down the wing, he was more interested in cutting in from the right.

Maxwell, realizing all this, asked Matuidi to keep an eye on Ivanovic, and then he ran towards Jiang Yuan.

In fact, Jiang Yuan originally wanted to shoot directly with the outside of his foot after approaching the penalty area, but now that Maxwell came up, Jiang Yuan no longer had the chance to approach the penalty area, and he had no choice but to use the outside of his foot to make a cross from the far end.

In the penalty area, Remy and David Luiz were in physical confrontation.

"boom!"

Knowing that he had little chance of scoring, Remy jumped up and headed the ball, then passed it to William behind him, who decisively passed it to Hazard on the left.

"Hazard got the ball on the left and was ready to break into the penalty area"

"Marquinhos, Hazard really likes this kind of 1v1 opportunity. He pretends to go down the bottom line and walks back. Hey! He fell to the ground! Although it was outside the penalty area, Hazard fell to the ground!"

After falling to the ground, Hazard spread his hands. Referee Velasco hurried over. He did not show a yellow card to Marquinhos who committed the foul, but still awarded Chelsea a direct free kick on the left.

It’s Hazard who creates a free kick again, a familiar taste!

Trapp passed the ball to William, who took the ball and went to the back of the set piece spot with Jiang Yuan.

"Do you still want this ball?"

William looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes, covered his mouth and asked. He could see that Jiang Yuan didn't have much of a feel for free kicks today.

"……Let me do it"

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Yuan finally decided to handle the free kick himself.

The human wall has been set up, Velasco blows the whistle!

"William, raise your hand and run! He missed it. Jiang Yuan is behind him with his right foot."

"Pull it straight into the door!"

"marquer un but! (goal)"

"Jiang a marquéun but!"

"un but de superbe!" (A super goal)

perfect!

Mourinho raised his arms and shouted, turning to face the home fans at the Parc des Princes, with a hand behind his ear, responding to the previous provocation from the Paris fans.

"xuuu!!!"

"Beep beep beep!!!"

“xuuuu————!!!”

There were false whistles and boos everywhere on the field, and the fans expressed their dissatisfaction with Jiang Yuan's goal in their own ways.

Of course, Jiang Yuan can ignore the attitude of the opponent's fans.

"Roar!!!!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan roared on the grass near the corner flagpole, and the fans in the stands were cursing him.

The fans were very realistic. They would only curse "bastard", "damn", "fuck you", but no one said that Jiang Yuan's free kick was not good. As for whether the free kick was good or not, Paris goalkeeper Trapp was the one who knew it best. Now he was sighing with his hands on his hips!
[Brothers, I feel the familiar taste. King Jiang leads the Champions League scorer list. What is strength? This is strength! ]

[Those who bought Jiang Yuan's Golden Boot before the game really made a lot of money. It's too late to buy now. The odds are only 1 to 1.4. There's nothing we can do. He's really ahead by too much. This is the first time I've seen Ronaldo rank second in the Champions League scorer list.]

[Damn, I was shocked. I thought Chelsea conceded a goal, but it turned out to be Chelsea's goal. Didn't Paris play very hard in the first half? Why didn't they score a single goal?]

[That's all thanks to Niku, who made 30 saves in 6 minutes]

[Zuma was also crucial. If it weren't for Zuma's good defense, Cavani's header would have definitely gone in! ]

[Stop talking, the real cool one is Xiao Jiang]

[Okay, Chelsea has already won the Champions League in my mind, so Real Madrid and Barcelona are out of the question!]

[Don't brag, the first half isn't even over yet, and there's still a second round after this one, so don't pop the champagne at halftime]

[C Ronaldo just scored twice. Can Xiao Jiang help and score another one in the second half?]

[Fabregas plays as a left defensive midfielder, no, it turns out Mourinho is really a scientist? ]

[Haha, I want to see Hazard play as a front midfielder again. I think he almost scored a goal in the last game against Manchester United. Hazard playing as a front midfielder is really something]

[The coach is happy with this, but the British fans are not. You use a 7500 million winger to play as a front midfielder. When William was transferred to the front midfielder position, do you know how many people scolded Mourinho? ]

[It’s enough to have results. As long as we can achieve results, the fans will not mind even if Hazard plays as goalkeeper]

【666】

……

"merde! (Shit!)"

Blanc was so angry that he sat back on the bench. The biggest problem with this goal was that he couldn't find anyone to blame, because no one in the Paris team could be blamed for this goal.

Chunchun is just Jiang Yuan’s elevator ball is outrageous!

The game goes on!

"Di Maria takes the ball and passes it to Motta who is waiting behind him. Motta passes it directly to Cavani!"

"Cavani is very fast, Moura, Matuidi... long passes to the middle!"

"Cavani!"

"Header, missed!"

"Zuma's defensive handling was very good, Cavani ran to the position, but the height after jumping was not enough"

“xuuuu——!!!”

There was a thunderous booing at the Parc des Princes, and Mourinho and Blanco both sat back in their chairs.

Brown took a notebook and analyzed with Mourinho while recording: "Edinson (Cavani)'s confrontation was a bit poor. If it was Zlatan, the ball might have gone in."

"Of course!"

Mourinho's mouth corners raised involuntarily: "Do you think I was crazy to bring Zlatan here in the winter transfer window?"

"hiss……"

After listening to Mourinho's explanation, Brown frowned.

The purchase of Ibrahimovic for 1700 million euros filled the vacancy at the center position after Costa left, while also weakening the opponent in the knockout stage.

According to the prize distribution of the Champions League knockout stage, if Chelsea defeats Paris and enters the quarterfinals, the club will receive far more than 8 million euros in prize money.

So much money!
"In this case, why did Paris sell Zlatan to us? This doesn't make sense."

Brown raised his doubts. Mourinho looked disdainful when he heard this: "Blanco thinks they can beat us without Zlatan, but obviously not. He is too naive. Cavani is strong in the header, but he doesn't have enough body to fight against our two central defenders."

"Although Kurt sometimes gives away points, he is very reliable in defense."

……

During the half-time break, Paris coach Blanc walked around in the locker room.

"Lucas, listen carefully. If possible, you'd better not force a breakthrough on the left. Jiang's 1-on-1 defensive ability is very strong. It doesn't matter. You can choose to cooperate with Matuidi behind you. Jiang has 1-on-1 defense, but he can't defend 1 people at once."

Blanc is worthy of being the head coach of a French Ligue 1 giant. He saw Chelsea's defensive problems in the first half.

Chelsea's defense on the right looks very strong, because Jiang Yuan's speed combined with his tackling ability brings a very amazing visual impact.

But once facing multiple offensive players, Jiang Yuan’s tackling ability is useless!
Blanco asked Verratti and the assistant coach to lift the tactical blackboard in front of him, and then picked up the two magnetic buttons on the blackboard: "The two opposing wingers have strong breakthrough capabilities. I said before the game that when defending, the defense line must be dense, and we can't give Eden and Jiang one-on-one opportunities."

Blanco spread his hands and said, "But, obviously your defense in the first half was not good."

"Come on, guys"

After finishing his speech, Blanco put his arm around Verratti's shoulders and asked the players to form a big circle: "We are the champions of Ligue 1, the sharpest sword of France. We have no reason to lose to our opponents. Now, I need you to shout with me..."

"Chelsea Out!"

……

“PSG!”

Boom!

"Saint-Germain!"

Boom!

As soon as they came out of the player tunnel, the fans of Parc des Princes gave Chelsea a warning.

Zuma ran behind Jiang Yuan: "Our opponents are very arrogant"

“Give them some colour!”

"What did you say?"

Jiang Yuan was speaking English, but Zuma just couldn't understand him. He wanted Jiang Yuan to explain clearly, but the latter had already run away.

Second half!
Because it was a Champions League knockout match, both teams fielded their full main lineups, which was also what the coaches of both teams believed was the most suitable lineup for this game, so at the beginning of the second half, neither side made any substitutions.

Although there were no substitutions, Paris made some adjustments to its technical and tactical methods in the second half. The most obvious adjustment was in Paris' forward line. Mora, who is good at dribbling, did not choose to sprint after getting the ball on the left, but passed it to Cavani who was running to the middle to receive the ball.

"Cavani made a straight pass, wow! Cavani's pass helped Paris break through Chelsea's defense. Jiang Yuan and Mikel seemed to be struggling in defense."

"Ivanovic is pressing forward, Mora, change direction to get rid of him!"

"Ivanovic is following, can Mora keep some distance?"

"Ugh! Crotch pass!"

"The Paris left winger dribbled past the defense. Although there was no performance in the first half, Mora's ability to dribble past the defense is unquestionable."

"Pass the ball to the middle!"

"Di Maria, at the back post, just shoot!"

"The ball goes in! But is it offside?"

Azpilicueta was distracted at the back post and didn't keep an eye on Di Maria who suddenly made a run, but it's hard to say whether this goal counts or not.

"beep"

Velasco whistled.

Offside!
"Nice!"

Jiang Yuan secretly clenched his fists. He was so nervous when he saw the ball touch the net just now.

Fortunately, I didn’t get in in the end!

"Hey! Cheer up!"

The Chelsea captain is encouraging the players on the field. Since the second half, Chelsea's defense seems to be a little powerless!

In the 67th minute of the game, Chelsea made the first substitution, with Matic replacing Mikel. Two minutes after Mourinho made the substitution, the visiting team Chelsea won the ball through the 2-on-2 defense of Matic and Willian.

"Hey!"

Matic's long pass rolled past Matuidi. At this time, a white figure appeared from Matuidi's right side, which is the sideline of the court.

Number 7, Jiang Yuan!

"nonono"

Blanc has three consecutive no's. As the head coach of one of the top five leagues, how could he not know the explosive ability of Chelsea's golden boy on the wing?

Jiang Yuan was seen striding near the sideline, while Chelsea players pressed forward in an attempt to create more passing options for Jiang Yuan.

Because Blanco had specifically instructed not to give Jiang Yuan a one-on-one opportunity, when Jiang Yuan broke through the bottom line, Motta in the middle moved to the left, ready to help Maxwell defend.

Matuidi no longer has the opportunity to chase back to defend, and his best option now is to fill the space left by Motta in the middle.

Incredibly fast defensive backup, this is the coordination ability of the top teams in the five major leagues!

"Jiang Yuan slowed down and came to the right baseline. Maxwell was standing in front of him. Jiang Yuan used bicycle kicks, two bicycle kicks, and walked to the baseline!"

"Maxwell was knocked down by Jiang Yuan's bicycle!"

"Cross to the middle"

"Remi!!"

"Oh, it was almost there, Paris's defense in the backcourt was very good, and David Luiz cleared the ball."

oh my god!

Jiang Yuan stuck out his tongue. It was really a pity that this ball was lost.

He did a good job of bicycle kicking, but his passing was a little bit lacking.

"nice shot!"

Remi came over and high-fived Jiang Yuan: "Come on!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head, put aside his regret, and returned to defense with Remi.

The score on the field was still 0:1, and Chelsea took the lead over the home team Paris Saint-Germain thanks to Jiang Yuan's free kick in the first half.

Although Chelsea is leading now, there is also bad news.

In the first half, the two teams had an almost 55-60 possession rate, but after 75 minutes in the second half, the home team Paris' possession rate steadily increased. Until now, in the 15th minute, Paris' possession rate in the past 65 minutes was as high as %!

……

(End of this chapter)