Chapter 252: The best Tai Chi team in the Premier League

The front page headline of "Manchester Evening News" - Manchester United lost 2:3 to Arsenal at home, Rashford and Rooney scored, the situation of Manchester Red Devils is not optimistic.

The front page headline of "Daily Sports" - Arsenal returned to the top of the league with 27 points in 61 rounds. Behind them are Chelsea and Leicester City, whose total points are 59 and 56 points respectively.

ESPN - Chelsea's £7500 million wonderkid scored twice, and now has 21 goals, firmly at the top of the Premier League scorer list. It is worth mentioning that this player is also currently the top scorer in the Champions League.

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After 27 rounds of matches, the Blues failed to hold on to the first place they had just obtained, but it doesn’t matter, as Zouma said before, they still have 10 games, oh no, 11 games.

The mentality of Chelsea players and coaches is still relatively good, because their next league opponents are not strong teams.

"Dong dong!"

Mourinho tapped the tactical board twice with his index and middle fingers: "Norwich, Stoke City, West Ham United, these are our opponents in the last three league games. I said at the press conference that these are three very strong opponents. Now I need you to forget what I said to the reporters at the press conference. Norwich, Stoke City, and West Ham United, these three teams are not our opponents."

Mourinho gestured with his hand to make a "7": "7 points! This is the minimum requirement for the next three games, Eden, Jiang, and William!"

Jiang Yuan, who was called, raised his head and prepared to listen to Mourinho's instructions: "Before the second round of the Champions League, we have two games against Norwich and Stoke City. In these two games, we will use the previous tactics."

"The previous tactics? That kind?"

Hazard raised his hand and looked at Mourinho seriously, who pointed his finger at Hazard's nose and said: "You kick the midfielder."

……

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai!"

"Here is the live broadcast of the 28th round of the Premier League, the Norwich VS Chelsea match!"

"The game has started. Let me introduce the starting lineup for this game. First up is the home team Norwich!"

Norwich (5-4-1)

Goalkeeper: Rudy

Defenders: Ivo Pinto, Ryan Bennett, Russell Martin, Tim Klose, Brady
Midfielders: Raymond, Tyson, Tetai, Hulahan
Striker: Jerome
Head coach: Alex Neil
'And then there was Chelsea'

"Forwards: Jiang Yuan, Ibrahimovic, William"

"..."

"Well, we can see that Chelsea's lineup today is the same as in the last game, with Hazard still appearing in the attacking midfielder position!"

"It was a game with a huge disparity in strength, but because of Mourinho's lineup, the game became much more enjoyable to watch."

"I believe everyone wants to know whether Hazard can really transform into a front midfielder..."

"..."

"Chelsea played very strongly. William dribbled the ball on the right and passed it to the middle after going down the bottom!"

"Ibrahimovic! Header, the ball goes in!!!"

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!”

Just 7 minutes into the game, William's cross combined with Ibrahimovic's header successfully helped Chelsea score the first goal.

"Roar--!!!"

Ibrahimovic roared, rushed to the right and lifted William up: "Good guy! Wow!!!"

"Norwich! Norwich!"

"Norwich!"

There were cheers from the fans at Carrow Road. Although Norwich was not a strong team, this did not hinder the fans' love for them at all.

Outside the field, Mourinho had his hands in his pockets, with Brown sitting on a chair behind him, his hands jumping quickly on the keyboard of his laptop.

Brown had a task in this game, which was to use software to find out the problems of Chelsea's new style of play in actual combat.

This matter is very urgent, because according to Mourinho, he wants Hazard to play as attacking midfielder in the second leg against Paris!

In the two league games against Norwich and Stoke City, we must both get points and train our players!

In the 20th minute of the game, Chelsea had 75% possession of the ball on the field, but because of Mourinho's tactical requirements, Chelsea did not find any suitable shooting opportunities.

On the other hand, the home team Norwich had 20 shot and 1 shots on target in 0 minutes, which was really embarrassing.

Seeing Hazard getting the ball in the middle, Jiang Yuan spread his hands and pointed in front of him. Hazard then did not hesitate and used his strong ability to change direction to get rid of Bennett and sent a pretty good through ball to Jiang Yuan.

"Clap clap clap!"

Mourinho clapped three times in a row and passed the ball after getting rid of the opponent. This is where Hazard is better than William in the attacking midfielder position. Once the Belgian superstar gets the ball in the frontcourt, the hearts of the opposing fans will be hanging!
coming!

After Jiang Yuan got the ball, he faced Ivo Pinto 1v1 on the wing, but this situation did not last long. After Jiang Yuan touched the ball for the fourth time, Hausen ran over from the middle and used his body to block Jiang Yuan's cut-in route.

In desperation, Jiang Yuan could only hold the ball where he was and wait for his teammates to pick it up.

"Here here!"

Azpilicueta came up from near the baseline, but because his intention was too obvious, he was immediately blocked by Raymond after reaching the baseline.

However, because of Azpilicueta's attraction to Hausen, Jiang Yuan found the opportunity to pass the ball at that moment.

Snapped!
Jiang Yuan made a low inverted triangle pass and accurately found Fabregas who was waiting behind the top of the arc. Fabregas pretended to pass the ball, but actually passed it to Hazard.

Hazard takes the ball and suddenly moves forward!

When Russell Martin saw Jiang Yuan get the ball, he rushed forward immediately, and Klose filled the space behind him.

Hazard dribbled the ball inside on his own, his center of gravity rising and falling, looking extremely deceptive.

“Here!”

Jiang Yuan played a psychological game with Pinto on the left, and after running out of space, he reached out for the ball at the left baseline.

Hazard looked up at Jiang Yuan, and just when everyone thought he would pass the ball, the Belgian superstar leaned forward with his upper body and stepped his right foot diagonally in front of the ball.

Because Hazard suddenly stretched out his foot, Martin, who was responsible for defending him, retracted his foot.

Now a foul means a penalty!

Seeing Hazard breaking into the penalty area, Ibrahimovic reacted very quickly. He took a step in front of Klose and helped Hazard break through the defense in the middle. Hazard raised his leg to shoot, but was pulled down by Martin behind him.

"Hey!"

Terry pushed Tetai away and ran over to the referee and said, "Referee, look, our player has been knocked down!"

The fall didn't hurt much, but Hazard knew he couldn't stand up right now, so he hugged his calves with both hands and pretended that his calves were in pain.

No matter it hurts or not, you must not stand up at this time!

"The referee for this game is Mason...he blew the whistle!"

"38th minute, Chelsea's penalty. The one responsible for taking the penalty is Hazard!"

All kinds of noises were heard on the court, and without exception they were all scolding the referee.

Ibrahimovic picked up the ball and handed it to Hazard, then whispered in his ear: "Come on, buddy!"

call……

Hazard exhaled, put the ball on the penalty spot, and then took a run-up...

Shoot! "Goal!"

"In the 39th minute of the game, Hazard scored a penalty kick and Chelsea led Norwich by 2 goals!"

"Well, that's what we said before. In this situation, scoring a goal is an inevitable result. Because we can see that the visiting team almost completely controls the ball in the opponent's half."

"The gap in strength between the home and away teams is still huge!"

The director's camera turned to Neil outside the field. Norwich's Scottish coach had a livid face and looked very angry.

There is nothing we can do about it. Norwich now has 24 points and ranks third from the bottom in the league. It's not that being third from the bottom is shameful, but this ranking will lead to relegation at the end of the season!
"Beep!"

Referee Mason blew the whistle and it's halftime.

"call……"

Neil's eyes swept over the Norwich players: "We were suppressed by the opponent throughout the game. Of course, I don't mean to blame you."

Neil's temper is not good, but he has a kind of rigor as a team coach. Today's opponent is not other teams, but Chelsea, one of the top six Premier League giants. Norwich played 6:0 against Chelsea in the first half at home, which is acceptable to be honest.

but……

“I think we have a chance!”

Neil's words are shocking, which also reflects how bad the situation of Norwich is this season.

"I didn't have high expectations for this game, but you can see that Chelsea was training their tactics in this game. They didn't play many offensive opportunities. This is a disregard for us, but also an opportunity for us!"

What Neil said was right. If Norwich had faced Chelsea head-on, they would have had basically no chance. But Chelsea was very brave and even trained new game tactics during the main match.

For Norwich, isn't this an opportunity to score points?
"Hey, come on, guys!"

Bennett, wearing the captain's armband, was the first to respond to Neil's speech: "Our opponents are very strong, but like Mr. Alex said, we must get points, even if it's just 1 point!"

"Come!"

clap clap clap!
Applause suddenly broke out in Norwich's locker room, and the applause became louder and louder, arousing the passion of all the players.

……

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Mason blew the whistle to start the second half.

For Chelsea, Mourinho replaced Terry with Cahill to prepare for the next league game, and then against the home team Norwich, No. 28 O'Neill replaced No. 27 Tetai, a substitution in the midfield.

As for the reason for the substitution, Mourinho was not sure, but he could make a rough guess.

Tetai was stepped on by Fabregas in the first half. Neil replacing him should be a kind of protection for the player. Of course, it is not ruled out that Neil has some new arrangements.

No matter what, now that they are leading by two goals, Mourinho will definitely train his players to the end.

"Although there were substitutions in the midfield, Norwich was still suppressed by Chelsea. We can see that Norwich's possession rate has dropped to 22%, which is definitely a very bad situation for the home team."

"On the other hand, Chelsea's new tactics are becoming more and more smooth."

"The corner kick was taken, and a Chelsea player got the ball in the penalty area and it went in!"

"Hey, who scored this goal?"

"Zuma! Wow, haha, the goal was scored by Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma, who used his body to push Klose away and then shot!"

nice!

Zuma headed the ball and fell to the ground. When he saw the ball go into the net, he jumped up again: "My ball! My ball!"

A black figure rushed out of Norwich's penalty area, and Zouma ran out of the field, showing his nearly 2-meter arm span to the fans in the live broadcast room.

"Well done!"

Jiang Yuan followed Zuma out of the penalty area. Just as they were about to hug each other, Zuma suddenly reached out and stopped Jiang Yuan who was about to jump. "Wait wait!"

"what happened?"

When Jiang Yuan heard Zuma say wait, he thought he was injured somewhere, but Zuma turned around and squatted, making circles with his hands in front of him.

This is... Tai Chi! ?

[Zuma is awesome. I haven't seen him score a goal in a long time. It turns out that Chelsea can shoot from every position]

[Fuck, professional athletes have a strong learning ability. Zuma's Tai Chi is very standard! ]

[No, everyone scores a goal. When will King Jiang score one? As long as Xiao Jiang can score one, my staying up late today will not be in vain.]

[Come on, come on, who can score in every game? Are you not satisfied with 28 goals in 21 games? ]

[Norwich’s stadium is so small…]

[Kill Norwich, keep pressing, just keep pressing! ]

[Brothers, 3:0, the one who just said Norwich can score a goal? Where is the goal? A relegation team can still expect to score a goal against a giant? Norwich is only at the level of the English Championship, right? ]

[Oh my god, the whole Chelsea team knows how to practice Tai Chi, right? But after looking at them all, Jiang Yuan's is the most authentic]

[Don’t say that. In a few months, Chelsea’s players should be able to compete with the old man in our neighborhood in Tai Chi. The learning ability of professional players is really amazing.]

[Those who don’t understand football are still watching Chelsea’s game, while those who do understand football have already started praying. As long as Swansea can beat Arsenal, Chelsea will be first! ]

[The probability of Swansea winning Arsenal is lower than Norwich winning Chelsea. Those who really understand football are already studying the 29th round of games]

"Fuck!"

“xuuuuu——!!!”

The Carrow Road Stadium is no longer as lively as it was at the beginning of the first half. The reason is simple. The home team was beaten 0:3 and the fans have lost the passion to cheer.

On the contrary, in the away team's stands, the Chelsea fans, who had less than 3000 seats, were very enthusiastic.

"My God!"

Neil held the back of his head with both hands. Zouma's header became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Norwich.

The only good news is that Neil led Norwich from the Championship to the Premier League last season, so the fans are relatively tolerant of the Scottish coach.

There were some curses, but not many!

"Hey! Jiang Yuan didn't brake in time and stepped directly on Jerome's ankle. It was clearly a yellow card action and Jiang Yuan didn't explain."

"Norwich's direct free kick opportunity in the frontcourt is given to Hawson"

"Wow, the quality of this free kick is indeed good, but it is still within Courtois's handling range"

"Chelsea, launch a counterattack!"

"Two minutes of added time, but we can see in the upper left corner that the game has reached the 2nd minute. As long as there is a dead ball, the game will be over."

"Chelsea still have one more chance to attack"

"Courtois, kick the ball forward to find Remy who just came on as a substitute. Remy, hey! The Chelsea center forward stretched out his foot but couldn't reach Courtois' pass."

"The game is over, so we congratulate Chelsea for beating Norwich 3-0 away from home and successfully reaching the top of the table. However, because Arsenal has one game less, Chelsea's league ranking is still uncertain."

"Here is a preview of the live broadcast of CCTV 5. Three days later, Chelsea will face Stoke City at home at Stamford Bridge. This is the Blues' last game before the Champions League match against Paris, and it is also a key game for them to win the Premier League title this season!"

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(End of this chapter)