Chapter 260: Use sparingly at 17, use freely at 18
"Remy has the ball, Hazard is on the left, well, I'd better pass it to the right"

"Jiang Yuan got the ball back, pedaled his bicycle, and sped down the floor!"

"Villa's defenders didn't expect Jiang Yuan to be so bold. Lescott was a little slow to react."

"Keep going in, Richards is ahead!"

"Jiang Yuan... choose to do it yourself!"

In the camera, Jiang Yuan hit the middle of the ball with his right foot and shot it into the far corner. The ball rolled in front of Guzan and the Villa goalkeeper fell to the ground due to gravity. However, because the angle of Jiang Yuan's shot was very tricky, the goalkeeper was unable to save the ball.

duang!

The ball hit the far post and ricocheted into the net.

"Oh shit!"

"GOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL!!!"

With Jiang Yuan scoring the goal, Chelsea extended their lead to 2 goals away from home.

After confirming that the ball entered the net, Jiang Yuan turned around decisively and ran towards the corner flagpole. After a run-up, he did a classic kneeling slide.

Swish swish!
Roar--! ! !
The grass and the calves are in close contact and friction, sliding on the grass with slight pain, and sliding on your knees are the most effective way of celebration for any football player, because the pain helps to express exciting emotions.

"Well done!"

Fabregas grabbed Jiang Yuan's head with both hands and put his mouth and nose close to Jiang Yuan's hair, looking like he wanted to taste Jiang Yuan's hair.

Mourinho clapped his hands to celebrate, then sat back in his chair with a calm expression, as if Jiang Yuan's goal was no big deal.

"Lyon"

Mourinho called out, took the notebook from Brown, and wrote "wing attack" on the notebook with a ballpoint pen in hand.

There is a very large five-pointed star next to several words.

From now on, Hazard playing as a front midfielder can only be a temporary emergency strategy, as Chelsea needs an attack from the flanks.

And, most importantly, once Hazard plays as a central midfielder, the Blues have no players who can cover the back line of defense. Chelsea has suffered from this more than once.

The idea of ​​transforming Hazard is good, but the fact is that Chelsea does not currently have the hardware facilities to achieve this goal.

The game is still going on, and with the director's camera switching and changing, the fans in the live broadcast room are watching very comfortably, especially Chelsea, because they have two wingers with super explosive abilities, Chelsea's games this season have been very exciting.

In the 36th minute of the game, Hazard broke through on the left and cut inside, and Hutton stepped directly on the instep of Hazard.

Beep!
Referee Swarbrick hurried over and showed a yellow card to Hutton for the foul. At the same time, Chelsea got a direct free kick in a good position. The team's two free kick masters, William and Jiang Yuan, came behind the ball.

"Jiang, this ball..."

"Let me do it"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up, making it clear that the ball would be left to him to handle. In that case, William didn't say anything.

The players from Villa and Chelsea were forming a human wall. Jiang Yuan stood behind the free kick spot and observed carefully.

The position is biased to the left, but not by much, and the players who are mainly involved in the human wall arrangement are not particularly tall.

In this case... Jiang Yuan also has his own way of dealing with it.

After Swarbrick blew the whistle, Jiang Yuan raised his thumb with the hand hanging by his thigh, raised his hand and started to run.

Shoot directly!
The Chelsea players in the penalty area received the signal and started to move. The human wall was standing alternately. Except for Zouma, Remy, and Fabregas who were standing together, the rest of the Chelsea players were all stared at by a Villa defender.

One second before Jiang Yuan touched the ball, the train formed by Zouma, Remy and Fabregas suddenly disintegrated. Zouma and Fabregas rushed to the left and right, directly pushing away Hutton and Lescott.

boom!
Jiang Yuan gave a free kick, and the ball itself had almost no rotation. It was a standard free kick.

From the camera position selected by the director, the fans in the live broadcast room could see very clearly that Jiang Yuan's elevator ball was aimed at the gap between Hutton and Lescott.

Perfect fit!
Zouma was very smart. He turned half a circle on the spot at this time and successfully blocked Guzan's vision. Villa goalkeeper 7 had no idea that the ball was flying towards him.

The elevator ball rises to its highest point and then suddenly falls.

"GOOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL!!!"

"oh my god!"

"a score from a direct free kick!"

There was a lot of cursing in the stadium. Although Villa fans had no hope before the game, it was still a very uncomfortable feeling to see the opponents beat their home team 0:3.

"Hey!"

Zuma predicted that Jiang Yuan was going to celebrate on the left, so he used his positional advantage to get outside the court ahead of Jiang Yuan, with his knees slightly bent.

He is ready!
Sure enough, after running out of the field, Jiang Yuan performed half a set of very standard Tai Chi. The 10 Chelsea outfield players on the field turned into morning exercise uncles, each performing better than the other. The most amazing one among them was Zouma, who performed Tai Chi very skillfully.

After the celebration, William walked back to the half court and walked to Zouma's side: "Damn, have you practiced secretly? Why is your Tai Chi so similar to Jiang's?"

William's speculation is not without reason. Among Chelsea's 10 starting players in the outfield, there are 9 in total excluding Jiang Yuan. Among these 9 players, Zouma's Tai Chi is completely unique.

"Practice secretly? No no no, that's impossible."

Zuma touched his nose and then shook his head: "This is a talent. I have a talent for dancing."

"This doesn't seem to be a dance, otherwise I should be able to learn it quickly."

William denied Zuma's words. As a Brazilian, he did not think he would lose to Zuma in dancing talent.

Hearing what William said, Zuma raised his head slightly and showed a very disdainful look: "Man, you still need to practice."

Trailing 0:3, Villa coach Blake saw no hope at all. Fortunately, the Scotsman was only a temporary head coach, so the pressure was not too great.

After 32 rounds, they didn't even have 18 points. This result can be said to be half buried in the ground. Winning a game gets 3 points, but William couldn't even play 6 games. It can only be said that the promotion and relegation system of the football league is indeed necessary. This season's Villa has nothing to do with the Premier League.

The director deliberately gave a close-up of Villa players on the bench, including the facial expressions of Grealish, Bacuna and others.

Professional players should have light in their eyes, but they don't.

In the final moments of the first half, it was Chelsea's attack again.

Mikel took the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Hazard. Because the score advantage was relatively large, the Belgian superstar of the Blues did not break forward immediately after taking the ball, but gave Villa players a chance to press.

In this short period of time, Jiang Yuan and William completed the position swap in the frontcourt. William helped Jiang Yuan take away Ayew's defense. At the same time, Remy, who was at the front, also came back and used his body to resist Guy, successfully helping Jiang Yuan get a one-on-one opportunity with Westwood in the middle.

"right!"

Hazard shouted first, then turned around and kicked his right foot sideways, making a very accurate short pass. Jiang Yuan stepped on the ball with the front of his foot, pulled the ball and turned in one go.

"wowww!"

Desperate shouts from the home team's fans were heard at Villa Park. After turning around, Jiang Yuan immediately signaled Remi to go into the penalty area, and then began his breakthrough in the middle.

During the advancement, Westwood pulled Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan supported himself with his body and did not fall to the ground.

The referee pointed to Aston Villa's goal, indicating that Chelsea's attack was in an advantageous position!

"Get up quickly!"

Guzan shouted anxiously, he was really impressed by the defenders on his side.

"Go to the left!"

Hazard ran past Jiang Yuan from behind and signaled Jiang Yuan to go to the left, while he coordinated in the middle. Hearing Hazard's call, Jiang Yuan knocked the ball to the left with his right foot and successfully came to the left.

In less than half a minute, Chelsea's forward line completely changed.

Returning to his most familiar position, Jiang Yuan decisively advanced to the bottom line. The one responsible for defending him was Hutton. The Scotsman's style of play was very tough, and the physical confrontation of the Scottish strongman was never a joke.

A forced attack would most likely not work, so Jiang Yuan chose to make a fake move and successfully fooled Hutton.

As a result, just as Jiang Yuan was about to bypass Hutton and enter the penalty area from the left, the Scottish defender kicked Jiang Yuan in the ankle.

Hiss, it hurts!

Jiang Yuan’s first thought was to hold back. After all, he was almost in the penalty area. If he made a cross at this time, Remi would have a high chance of scoring.

But after thinking about it, Jiang Yuan found something wrong.

Villa's No. 21 has a yellow card!
As a result, Jiang Yuan paused with his left leg, lost his balance and fell face down on the ground.

Cover your eyes with your hands and secretly watch how the referee operates.

"Beep!"

This was a very obvious foul, and many fans at the scene could see it, not to mention the professionally trained Premier League referees. As soon as Jiang Yuan fell to the ground, Swarbrick ran over from the middle.

"nonono!"

Swarbrick hadn't made any move yet, but Hutton had already realized something was wrong and rushed over to explain to the referee: "Please, I didn't touch him, I really didn't touch him!"

Several Villa players in the backcourt also wanted to speak up for Swarbrick, but were stopped by Chelsea players.

If explanations are useful, what is the point of having referees?

Swarbrick reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a yellow card, followed by... a red card!
"Oh my god! Hutton was sent off after 2 yellow cards turned into 1 red card, hiss——"

"This is terrible news for Villa. They are already trailing 0:3 and now they have one less player."

"Hutton, this ball shouldn't have been scored!"

The CCTV commentator gave his opinion as a professional.

"As a professional player, if you know you have a yellow card, you should be very cautious in any physical movement. Besides, Hutton is a veteran, so this foul shouldn't have happened..." "We can see that Villa coach Blake is already very worried outside the stadium."

Not only a red card, the referee also gave Chelsea a free kick. Jiang Yuan's left foot had just been hit and he hasn't recovered yet, so the free kick was given to William.

Good news for Villa, Chelsea's attack from the free kick did not bring them a fourth goal, and the time of the first half was up.

"Stupid!"

"Fuck you!"

"Screw you!"

"..."

The players were inevitably scolded on their way into the player tunnel. Not only the players of the visiting team Chelsea, but even the players of the home team were chased and scolded by the fans.

The most outrageous thing is, judging from the footage just shown by the director, almost hundreds of Villa fans left the stadium early, probably because they were too embarrassed to watch.

In the stands, there was only a player tunnel between Chelsea and Villa fans.

“xuuuu——!!!”

"Stupid thing!"

The fans on both sides were arguing excitedly, when a white man wearing a Drogba jersey stood on the wall with his feet over the railing.

Then, he stripped naked, raised his middle fingers and pointed at the home team fans: "You son of a bitch, lick my ass!"

"wowwww!"

Villa fans were instantly furious and wanted to rush over and beat up this white man.

"Goodbye!"

The uncle smiled, put on his clothes and disappeared into the crowd of away fans.

After all, we are at someone else's home ground, so we should be low-key!

The second half of the game started quickly and both teams made substitutions.

On the Chelsea side, Mourinho used up the remaining two substitutions in the 45th minute: Kennedy for Jiang Yuan and Oscar for Hazard.

Because of this substitution, Chelsea's formation changed from 4231 to 442.

Although Villa played with one less player, Mourinho still chose this most secure way. After all, Chelsea's goal difference is still relatively high. If they have the same points as Arsenal, Arsenal will not be able to beat Chelsea.

What Chelsea needs now is not goal difference, but more points!

The game was still going on. Jiang Yuan, who had scored twice early on and left the field, sat on the bench. Ibrahimovic handed him a sports water bottle.

The bottle contains Gatorade, but because Gatorade does not sponsor the Premier League, the players can only do this when drinking.

"Thanks a lot, man!"

Jiang Yuan patted Ibrahimovic on the shoulder and then sat down next to him: "Zlatan, how is your foot?"

"Well, now that you've said this, it feels much better."

Ibrahimovic shook his body and looked as if nothing had happened.

"Wow, awesome!"

Jiang Yuan put the kettle on the ground. He watched Ibrahimovic get injured in the first half. Richards' studs stepped on Ibrahimovic's left ankle. It looked painful!

"Haha, actually I shouldn't have left the field in the first half."

Because he left the field too early, Ibrahimovic was not in a particularly good mood today. If he had chosen to endure the pain in the first half, he might have scored a goal by now.

Jiang Yuan comforted her: "No need, you should consider your career."

"Too"

Ibrahimovic nodded, agreeing with Jiang Yuan's words, and then changed the subject: "Hiss, you know, before I came to Chelsea, the two names I heard the most were Eden Hazard and Jiang! Do you know what I was thinking at that time?"

"what?"

“Unworthy of the name”

amount……

Jiang Yuan smiled awkwardly. He never expected Ibrahimovic to be so direct. However, the Swede hadn't finished his words yet: "It wasn't until I came to Chelsea, trained with you, and played with you, that I realized how terrifying you and Eden were."

Ibrahimovic glanced at Hazard in front of him. At this time, the Belgian superstar was sitting on the bench in a daze.

"It turns out that you two are much better than I thought! Your birthday wish should be to win the league title, right? Believe me, Chelsea can win the league title this season!"

Ibrahimovic's expression was serious, but it was Jiang Yuan who was indeed embarrassed.

"Um, sorry, my wish is not to win the league championship..."

"That's the Champions League title? Oh my god, kid, God won't respond to exaggerated wishes!"

When Ibrahimovic heard Jiang Yuan say that his birthday wish was not to win the league championship, he leaned back in his chair, looking like an experienced person, as if to say: Young people should not be too ambitious.

In the end, Jiang Yuan still shook his head.

"Wow, so you chose the Golden Boot? You don't need to make a wish for it, you are the Golden Boot now. But I think that as a player of the club, you should have a sense of teamwork."

"Uh, not really..."

"what is that?"

Jiang Yuan licked his lips and changed the subject: "Zlatan, I don't think we need to make a wish to God. Like you said, we will win the league championship."

In the second half, Chelsea used a 442 formation to control the tempo of the game again. In the 74th minute, Zouma grabbed the first point of the corner kick in the penalty area and passed the second point to Ivanovic, who scored.

The score was 0:4, and Villa Park finally quieted down. The camera turned to the home team fans in the stands, with their hands in their pockets and a speechless expression on their faces. So far, Villa has lost 5 consecutive league games!

“Beep, beep—!”

After 3 minutes of extra time, referee Swarbrick blew the whistle to end the game. The Blues maintained the score of 0:4 until the end and won the game.

The 4 goal difference is secondary. The main thing is these 3 points. The current championship situation in the Premier League is becoming more and more severe. Chelsea must get as many league points as possible to avoid being passive in the championship battle with Arsenal and Leicester City at the last minute.

After the game, Mourinho and Terry attended a press conference together.

"Clent from The Independent! Mr. Jose, I would like to ask if you have a new captain after Ibrahimovic moved to Chelsea?"

After standing up and asking the question, Klent glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Terry, who was sitting on Mourinho's right. The latter glared at him but did not speak.

"it's out of the question"

Mourinho put one hand on the table and held the microphone with the other hand. His whole body posture showed that he was very calm: "Zlatan has experience as a captain, but his qualifications at Chelsea are not enough for him to wear the captain's armband. Our first captain is John and the second captain is Cesar (Azpilicueta). It will be like this until the end of this season."

Terry originally had his fingers crossed on the table. After Mourinho finished speaking, Terry's upper body fell back and he leaned back on the chair with a relaxed look on his face.

"Um"

Krent must have interviewed Mourinho frequently. After asking a question, he was about to sit down, but Mourinho called him up again: "Mr. Krent, you can continue to ask questions."

"what?"

The reporters in the audience expressed dissatisfaction, and Krent asked somewhat embarrassedly: "Sir, according to what you said, others should also have a chance."

Mourinho took out a piece of gum and put it in his mouth: "I made the rules. I am happier today, so you can ask more questions."

Mourinho is the one who always plays casually. In this case, Krent no longer shirked his responsibility. He organized his words and asked slowly, "After the game against West Ham United last week, Tottenham legend Gary Mabbutt accused you of overusing underage players. He thought Jiang was only 17 years old. As a head coach, you shouldn't let a 17-year-old play every game. You substituted Jiang in the second half today. Was it because of the pressure from Gary?"

“Well, that’s a good question.”

Mourinho sat up straight, holding the microphone tightly with his left hand: "There is no doubt that Gary Mabbutt envies us for having such a player, so he likes to comment. The fact is that I don't need to listen to his opinions at all. Before today's press conference, I didn't even know that Tottenham had such a famous player."

“However, in addition to Gary Mabbutt, many well-known commentators also think that you let Jiang appear too frequently. At the age of 17, he is not yet an adult!”

Mourinho smiled and said: "This suggestion is invalid. Let me remind you that today is Jiang's birthday. He is already 18 years old."

"You can't use a 17-year-old talented player too often. I support this statement very much, but unfortunately, there are no 17-year-old players in Chelsea at the moment."

"You know, 18 is different from 17. 18-year-old players can be used at will."

Reporter: ???

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L'Equipe's front page second article: After 32 rounds, the Premier League title race is even more intense, with Leicester City in first place with 68 points, followed by Arsenal with 67 points and Chelsea with 66 points. However, it should be noted that among these three teams, Chelsea has one less round.

The front page headline of The Independent - Mourinho confirms Terry's status as the team's leader, and Ibrahimovic will not have an impact on Chelsea's locker room ecology.

The Sun's front page headline: Devil Satan? Mourinho made it clear that Jiang would not appear on the bench. Will frequent high-intensity matches lead to the death of the Blues' talent?

"GOAL"-Chelsea once again leads the scorer list with 23 goals in the Premier League, and Harry Kane is hot on his heels with 22 goals.

Italian famous reporter Romano: Chelsea has asked Everton for an offer for Lukaku, but Everton has not yet responded.

UEFA Twitter: The first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Manchester City is about to kick off at 4:6 p.m. local time on April 7. Due to accumulated yellow cards, the home team's No. 45 striker Jiang Yuan will not be able to play in this game. If Chelsea successfully enters the semi-finals, the number of yellow cards on this player will be reset to zero.

The Sun's mid-season special edition - 2015-16 season jersey sales data. So far, Manchester United in the Premier League has surpassed Real Madrid and Barcelona with 232 million jerseys, and Chelsea is fourth with 102 million jerseys, of which 27 jerseys are from Hazard and 22 jerseys are from Jiang.

"Metro" - Roma is interested in buying out Chelsea's loaned striker Salah, and Chelsea's offer is no less than 1500 million euros.

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(End of this chapter)