Chapter 265: If Heaven Has Love, It Will Grow Old, Meeting Hart...

"At the start of the second half, neither team made any substitutions. Those warming up outside the field were Kennedy, Traore, Sagna, Delph, and our much-watched David Silva."

"Looking at what Pellegrini means, it seems that he wants David Silva, who has just returned from injury, to play."

Normally, the head coach would choose to let the players who have just returned from injury play some low-intensity games to regain their feeling. Who would have thought that Pellagrini would directly let David Silva, who had been injured for nearly 4 weeks, play as a substitute in the Champions League game.

It seems that Pellegrini also knows that he needs a little courage to win this game.

However, before Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu could analyze Pellegrini's approach, the situation on the field made them confused.

"Hey! Chelsea's formation is 550. What's going on? Mourinho started to park the bus in the second half?"

"This... But if this continues, Manchester City will advance with the advantage of away goals!"

At this time, there were boos from the stands of the Etihad Stadium. Parking the bus is a very unpopular practice among football fans. This style of play is very stable, but it will also greatly reduce the viewing experience of the game.

But Mourinho has no choice. Their biggest chance of winning now is penalty shootout, and scoring goals in open play can only rely on luck.

Chelsea's wing attack is indeed very sharp, but Manchester City's defense is also solid. The two central defenders, Mangala and Otamendi, are both at the peak of their careers. They have the physical strength and experience, which makes Hazard and Jiang Yuan very uncomfortable.

In the 60th minute of the game, due to the change in Chelsea's playing style, Manchester City's ball possession rate was reduced to 80%, which means that Chelsea almost gave up control of the ball in the frontcourt.

Ibrahimovic played a bit frustrated, but there was nothing he could do. The same went for Hazard and Jiang Yuan. They didn't touch the ball for several minutes, as if they were not participating players in this game.

It was not until the 71st minute of the second half that both teams made their first substitutions at the same time.

For Manchester City, David Silva replaced Nasri and Sagna replaced Zabaleta. Then for Chelsea, Matic replaced Mikel.

Kennedy had been warming up in front of the Blues bench for more than half an hour. He was used to replace Hazard, but Mourinho saw that Hazard was in good shape, so he planned to let him hold on for a while.

After all, this is a knockout round, and if you lose it’s really over!

"He turned with the ball and shook off Matic! Wow, Silva is in really good shape after recovering from injury. No wonder Pellegrini substituted him in such an important game."

"Silva, pass to the left, Sterling!"

"Sterling went straight to the baseline, and Ivanovic followed him to see if Sterling could get through... It looked like he couldn't get through, and Kolarov was behind to support him. Jiang Yuan rushed forward to steal the ball, but his intention was too obvious for Kolarov to notice."

"Kolarov, kick the ball into the penalty area!"

"There are six defenders in Chelsea's penalty area. Can Aguero find a chance?"

“The pass was deep, Courtois chose to do it himself and hit the ball out!”

"It wasn't handled very well, the ball fell into the hands of a Manchester City player after the clearance, and now it's De Bruyne who has the ball."

! !
Having learned the lesson in the first half, Fabregas did not dare to delay and rushed directly towards De Bruyne, ready to limit the Belgian midfielder's touches of the ball. Matic on the side had the same idea. The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, clamped De Bruyne tightly.

But Fabregas forgot one thing, his position in the bus formation was very critical and he absolutely could not run away easily.

"go!"

De Bruyne took a step on the spot, turned around and passed the ball to Fernandinho, who then passed it to Sterling.

Sterling's situation now is the same as De Bruyne's just now. The ball is at his feet, but there is no defensive player around.

"nonono"

Mourinho shouted "no" three times in a row. His more than ten years of experience in parking the bus told him that something might really go wrong!
It was too late to remind him now, Sterling tightened his core, hit the ball with the arch of his right foot, and sent a very standard straight pass.

Because Sterling had a fake move before passing the ball, Zouma and Terry did not react at first.

In this way, Aguero passed between Zouma and Terry, took the ball and completed the shot.

"GOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL"

"Sergio Agüero"

“the first goal of the match!!!”

"Oh my God, the first goal of this game comes from Manchester City's center forward Aguero!"

"The two coaches met, and in the end Pellegrini won by using De Bruyne to attract the defense in the middle, successfully opening up space for Sterling, and finally the English winger completed a very brilliant through ball."

"The goal was scored by Sergio...Aguero!"

"wowwww!!!"

The Etihad Stadium was already in chaos at this time. After scoring the goal, Aguero slid on his knees smoothly and rushed to the left penalty area, followed by an uppercut that ignited the whole stadium.

"City!"

Boom!

"City!"

Boom!

"and the goaler is ..."

“Sergio Agüeroooooo—!!!!”

dong dong dong dong!
Manchester City fans are still very supportive. Under the guidance of the live commentator, they quickly raised the atmosphere in the stadium.

Aguero turned and embraced his teammates, with several City players shouting "Vamos!"

[Damn, isn't Chelsea GG? ]

[I can’t kick it. I can’t kick it at all]

[Fabregas shouldn't have run out just now. There's nothing he can do. He's old and his mind can't keep up.]

[Damn, Sterling’s through ball is so accurate? ]

[Don't be so mean, Sterling is pretty strong except for his shooting, and his through ball is just average, any Premier League player can do it, it's mainly because of the shake before passing the ball, which fooled the photographer]

【RNM, give me your money back! 】

[No, I just don’t understand why Mourinho is so obsessed with the bus. I think the first half was okay. There was no need to play defensively.]

[It’s okay, didn’t you see that Manchester City had more chances than Chelsea in the first half? Neither team scored a goal, but the situation was not 55-. Manchester City was stronger.]

[Damn, I still want to see Xiao Jiang play against Ronaldo. Chelsea are such a loser, one game is great and the next is terrible]

[Chelsea is not bad anymore, the stronger one is Manchester City. Look at Manchester City's league record, 5 wins and 4 draw in 1 games. No one can handle this.]

[Damn, sell Fabregas quickly in the summer transfer window. He is really old. He is 5 years younger than Ibrahimovic. Why is Ibrahimovic in such good form? Has he trained well over the years? ]

[Stop spraying, stop spraying, hurry up and cheer for Chelsea. I am not a gambler, I am a 100% Jiang fan! ]

The director at the scene was very clever, deliberately giving Mourinho a shot when Aguero was celebrating. The Portuguese coach of the Blues folded his hands over his chest, his whole face drooped, and he looked as uncomfortable as he could be.

The team had a sophisticated tactical design and was as solid as a rock, but Manchester City seized on their mistakes and dealt them a heavy blow.

unspeakable trouble!

……

“for You heard me saying a prayer for~” “Someone I really could care for~”

"..."

Bang bang bang!
The fans at the Etihad Stadium started to exert their strength and after a long period of unsuccessful attack, they finally took the lead 1:0. For Manchester City fans, today is a great day.

Pellegrini was chewing gum. Although he was leading 1:0, he still did not slack off. On the contrary, Mourinho and Brown, the two coaches of Chelsea, were shouting at each other on the sidelines.

You can park the bus when the score is 0:0, but you absolutely cannot park the bus when you are trailing 0:1.

Originally, you could win the game by scoring one goal on a counterattack, but now you have to score two goals. It is undoubtedly a fantasy to pin your hopes of scoring two goals on a defensive counterattack.

Now Chelsea must switch back to their original offensive formation!

Just as Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu guessed, Chelsea, which was behind, picked up the 4231 formation in the first half and launched an active attack on the home team Manchester City.

Although it consumes a lot of physical energy, Chelsea intends to speed up the game. In response, Pellegrini's measure is to keep an eye on Chelsea's wing. As long as Hazard and Jiang Yuan are locked, Chelsea will not be able to speed up the game.

As for Ibrahimovic in the middle, under Otamendi's hospitality, the Swedish center didn't even have a chance to touch the ball!
In the 75th minute, Manchester City still had a chance. It was true that the home team was ahead, but Manchester City under Pellegrini would not give up any offensive opportunity.

After Yaya Toure intercepted the ball in the backcourt, he slowly walked forward with the ball. Ibrahimovic pressed him, so Yaya Toure could only pass the ball to Sagna who was on the right. Sagna came to the midfield, stopped the ball very naturally, and then passed it straight to David Silva in front with his instep.

"It's Silva again! We can see that although this player has just returned to the field, he still has a lot of shots in this game... Silva changed direction and shook off Hazard!"

"Silva is not very tall, Hazard can consider improving his physical condition"

"What a pity, we couldn't stop it!"

"Hill continued to walk to the baseline, Mikel came up and didn't give Silva a chance to move forward"

"Pass it to the middle, I want to give it to Aguero"

"Wow! Zuma rushed over and tackled the ball directly!"

"Oh my God, why is Zouma in this position? His sudden interception destroyed the ball that originally belonged to Aguero!"

wowww!!!

There were exclamations on the field. No one expected Zouma's steal. For a central defender who was not good at sprinting, Zouma really went all out.

You know, if Zouma missed the ball, Aguero could have kicked it directly from the edge of the penalty area!

"Get up quickly!"

Without Terry's reminder, Fabregas immediately went up and protected the ball before De Bruyne. After getting the ball, he decisively moved to the right. Ivanovic, who rushed up from the bottom line, naturally controlled the ball with his right foot.

"left!"

Ivanovic pointed to the middle, William ran over to respond, but was immediately spotted by Sterling.

Of course, William was not Ivanovic's choice for passing the ball. Originally, Sterling was staring at Jiang Yuan, but because of William's retreat, Sterling gave up marking Jiang Yuan, which gave Ivanovic the opportunity to pass the ball to the right sideline.

Snapped!
A long pass was made, and the ball passed by his side under Sterling's gaze, almost brushing the sideline to the front. Jiang Yuan rushed over, and when he was about to get close to the ball, he slowly slowed down. By the way, he looked back to make sure that there was no threat on his side. He decisively kicked the ball with his right foot and ran to the bottom line desperately.

When falling behind, every offensive opportunity is extremely precious for Chelsea!
huff, huff, huff… huff

Jiang Yuan ran very fast, and his running speed saved him a lot of trouble. Sterling and De Bruyne behind him had no chance to catch up with him.

However, what Jiang Yuan did not expect was that the threat actually came from Fernandinho on the left side.

Pellegrini has specifically emphasized that Jiang Yuan should not be given the opportunity to run around with the ball, otherwise even outside the penalty area, Jiang Yuan's long-range shooting ability would still pose a threat to Manchester City fans. So when Fernandinho saw Jiang Yuan taking the ball and walking towards the middle, his first reaction was to rush forward in advance and prevent Jiang Yuan from approaching the penalty area.

Look up.

There should be a chance!
Jiang Yuan took a step with his right foot, pretending to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic who was retreating to the middle, but he actually suddenly accelerated and carried Fernandinho's body inside.

Because he is taller than Fernandinho, Jiang Yuan is confident that he can gain the upper hand in the physical confrontation with the Brazilian midfielder.

But Fernandinho had no moral principles at all. When Jiang Yuan bypassed him and was about to approach the penalty area, he grabbed Jiang Yuan's clothes and said, "Come back!"

fuck!

Jiang Yuan cursed loudly. He could fall to the ground, but after thinking about it, he decided to pull Fernandinho forward. But the most exciting thing happened. Fernandinho not only did not defend, but grabbed Jiang Yuan's jersey with both hands and pushed his feet to walk backwards.

The quality of the Chelsea player version jersey, which was worth £75, was very good. It showed no sign of breaking when it was pulled, and Jiang Yuan was able to walk in mid-air.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, and Fernandinho put his hands down. Jiang Yuan rolled on the ground twice and spread his hands: "Dude, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Yuan was really impressed. After playing football for so many years, this was the first time he was treated like this.

You may not be able to imagine how much strength Fernandinho used, but you can tell from the distance Jiang Yuan moved. Just now, Jiang Yuan accelerated with all his strength and ran for almost 3 seconds, moving a distance of no more than 20cm, with his feet frantically stepping on the air.

"Feel sorry"

Fernandinho walked over, stretched out his hand to pull Jiang Yuan up from the ground, and then did not forget to pat Jiang Yuan on the back.

Mike Dean showed Fernandinho a yellow card and gave Chelsea a direct free kick.

The position was relatively straight. Generally, Chelsea prefers free kicks from this position because Jiang Yuan can kick it. But today, Mourinho outside the field was not happy.

The location is correct, but it is really far from the goal!

This kind of ball can only be kicked as a corner kick!

William hurried over and whispered to Jiang Yuan: "Give me the ball, I'll pass it and you go in and grab it."

William's consideration was quite thoughtful, because Jiang Yuan was able to head the ball, and together with Zouma, Terry, Ibrahimovic, and Fabregas, Chelsea had many header experts, so it might be possible to create an opportunity with this ball.

However, Jiang Yuan looked up at Joe Hart who was jumping on the goal line and rejected William's suggestion: "Give it to me."

Since Jiang Yuan said so, William had no choice but to stand aside.

The human wall was set up and the referee blew the whistle.

William stood still, and Jiang Yuan started running...

Just give it a kick!
The ball passed over Manchester City's wall with almost no rotation, swayed left and right, and finally hit the dead corner on the left side of the goal.

"GOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLL!!!"

"OH MY GOD!"

"what's this!???"

The camera focused on Jiang Yuan. The Chelsea No. 7 rushed out suddenly, fell to the ground, slid on his knees quickly and smoothly, and roared, declaring his anger.

75 minutes, a world wave of curved free kick.

Manchester City 1:1 Chelsea!
……

PS: I would like to ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month, thank you bosses!

(End of this chapter)