Chapter 266 Aguero!
The camera turned to Pellegrini. The Manchester City coach stroked his hair and turned away, unwilling to look at the situation on the field.

This free kick is really a bit outrageous, isn’t it?

“xuuuuuu——!!”

There were boos all around the Etihad Stadium. Of course, these were only boos from a few people. Most of the Blue Moon fans still applauded Jiang Yuan on the field.

Let’s not talk about the score for now, there is nothing wrong with this free kick!
"Well done!"

Ibrahimovic ran over, put his hands under Jiang Yuan's armpits, and lifted Jiang Yuan up: "wowww!!!"

"Ha ha!"

Jiang Yuan's face was filled with excitement and joy. He patted Ibrahimovic's wrist to signal him to put him down.

But the moment Jiang Yuan landed, he regretted it. Hazard, Zouma, Terry, and Fabregas, all of them, were rubbing his hair frantically, as if they wanted to lift his scalp.

The game reached the 85th minute, the last few minutes of regular time, and both Mourinho and Pellegrini chose to remain on the sidelines.

The score in the first round was 1:1, and the score in the second round is still 1:1. All conditions are the same. If nothing unexpected happens, we should go into overtime.

Looking at the Chelsea bench, Kennedy has been warming up since the beginning of the second half, but has not played yet. It can also be seen from here that Mourinho is very entangled now.

If Kennedy is substituted for Hazard in extra time, what will happen to the penalty shootout? But if he is not substituted, Hazard and Terry will almost run out of energy.

For Chelsea, insisting on a penalty shootout should be the best option, but the question now is, can Chelsea hold on in overtime?
“Beep, beep—!”

After the 3-minute stoppage time, both teams got a 5-minute break, and what awaits them next will be a 30-minute overtime.

Whoosh whoosh.

The Chelsea players on the field were breathing heavily. Jiang Yuan slowly walked out of the field. At this time, he could already feel the soreness and swelling coming from the front of his thigh.

Of course there are also the heart and lungs. The feeling of being out of breath is very uncomfortable.

"Hey, hurry up! Hurry up!"

Brown waved his hand and Chelsea's medical team and physiotherapy team all rushed out.

Before setting off at noon, Mourinho had already anticipated that today's game would be very tense, so he specially brought the Blues physiotherapy team led by Sean.

Why bring a physiotherapy team? Because they can "oil" the Blues' sports cars in preparation for extra time.

"Ok, Jiang, Eden, both of you lie on the ground, close your eyes, and empty your mind!"

Under Sean's guidance, Jiang Yuan and Hazard lay flat on the grass with their hands on their stomachs. They each had two physiotherapists. Looking at Jiang Yuan, Sean and another member of the team pulled Jiang Yuan's shorts up, applied essential oils on his thighs and began to rub them vigorously.

The quadriceps, hamstrings, tensor fasciae latae, etc. should all be relaxed.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Only 5 minutes left, use some strength!"

Mourinho patted Sean on the back, and the English uncle immediately became angry and started rubbing Jiang Yuan's thigh frantically.

"Add more oil, add more oil"

In order not to interrupt Sean, Mourinho took action himself, picked up a small brown bottle cap on the edge of the grass, and kept dripping oil on Jiang Yuan's thigh. After dripping, he turned around and dripped on Hazard.

Mourinho is also very clear that in overtime when the players are generally exhausted, it is useless to use any tactics. It is better to use the time to relax the players' muscles.

The effect of Italian secret essential oil + Cobham Palace therapist is very good.

The camera turned to Manchester City, and Sterling was also brushing the oil.

[Damn, not only the players' strength is compared, but also the medical team's strength, right? How professional! ]

[Haha, supercar changing tires]

[Hiss, brothers are getting nervous. Damn it, Chelsea must win. Come on, come on, come on! ]

[Win, I really don't believe Chelsea can beat Manchester City, unless Fabregas and Mikel explode, otherwise with Chelsea's midfielder configuration, won't they be beaten by Manchester City in minutes? ]

[Fuck, I also want to go up and give Jiang Yuan a hand. Are there any requirements for this position? ]

[Wake up, the above person. Half of the Chelsea medical team is from the medical school of QS100 universities. Look at the technicians who change the tires of F1 cars. They are not ordinary people.]

[It hurts my heart]

【Come on Manchester City! Come on Manchester City!!】

[It's 5 o'clock now. I got up at 8 o'clock to go to work. I thought I could sleep for 3 hours after watching the game, but now it seems that 1 hour of sleep is good.]

At 5 o'clock in the morning Beijing time, due to the existence of the Champions League knockout stage, all major football forums are still very lively.

Everyone was in a good mood. They started watching the game at 2:45, went to bed after watching it at 5 o'clock, and got up at 8 or 9 o'clock to go to work. As a result, Manchester City and Chelsea played a big game with their brothers and went straight to overtime.

Regardless of who will win this game, it will probably all depend on the willpower of the fans to go to work during the day.

"Beep!!!"

At the urging of Mike Dean, players from both sides returned to the field one after another. Hazard's relaxation was not over yet. Two Chelsea physios were giving the Belgian superstar a gastrocnemius massage.

McDean ran over quickly: "Break time is over!"

There is no other way, so I have to do this for now. Although the tire is not completely replaced, it is still a simple refurbishment.

"How about it?"

As they left the field, Mourinho asked Sean: "Can Eden and John still hold on?"

"30 minutes, most likely," Sean replied. Hazard and Terry are not the kind of players who are good at endurance, but even if their endurance is poor, it is still worse than the Premier League level. After the fascia release, it is not a problem for them to play for another 30 minutes.

After today's game, Chelsea's starting lineup will probably have to rest for at least four or five days before it can be used again. But that's all for the future, leaving the league aside for now, Mourinho just wants to win this Champions League game.

The overtime begins, and the time displayed in the upper left corner of the screen is now 90 minutes and 21 seconds.

"Hiss, neither side made any substitutions in the overtime... But we can see that the players of both teams have recovered a lot after the 5-minute break. I believe they can bring us a wonderful overtime game."

"Chelsea are in control of the ball now. Terry makes a long pass from the backcourt to Hazard in front!"

"Hazard, hehe, look how brave he is, this little technique, hehe"

"It's over, this is a crotch pass, pass to the middle, Ibrahimovic, back to Hazard, Hazard turns around and passes to the middle"

"Hazard still has a big problem with his weak foot. He wasted a lot of time turning around when passing the ball. Even if Ibrahimovic ran to the position, it was useless because Otamendi had already reacted and blocked the way to the small penalty area."

"It's time for Mourinho to make adjustments!"

Time passed by minute by minute, and the pace of the overtime game was obviously slower than that of regular time. The players' physical strength was one aspect, but the main reason was that in overtime, the players and coaches of both teams became more timid.

In order to reduce mistakes, Pellegrini and Mourinho both chose a safer style of play. Both of them calmed down, but in the end, neither of them had a decent shot.

Hazard and Jiang Yuan’s tires were changed in vain!

The game reached the 111th minute, the extra time score was 0:0, and the total score was still 2:2. In front of the Chelsea bench, Cahill was ready. Mourinho was ready to replace Zouma with him to increase the team's strength in the penalty shootout.

Manchester City has more options. In the 119th minute, Pellegrini will replace Mangala and Zabaleta with Bony and Iheanacho. There is no need for defenders in the penalty shootout!
The scene was lively, and the live broadcast room was also lively. The Hey Ha duo of Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were frantically analyzing the situation on the field.

"Chelsea's pass success rate is as high as 91%!"

"Hey, it's useless."

……

Both teams played very steadily. In the 115th minute, Jiang Yuan knocked the ball to William in the middle with his right foot. With his strength exhausted, William inevitably made a mistake in stopping the ball. De Bruyne seized the opportunity and the Belgian midfielder rushed forward and kicked the ball to Zabaleta on the right, who made a long pass to David Silva.

"woww!"

Under the singing of Etihad fans, Silva stopped the ball with his chest. Since he came on as a substitute in the second half, he still had plenty of physical strength.

Hazard was following, but it was of no use. Silva tore through Azpilicueta's defense through cooperation with Sterling and successfully reached the baseline.

Pass an inverted triangle!
In the middle, Fernandinho got the ball.

"go!"

After a loud shout, Fernandinho used the arch of his foot to pass a very accurate straight pass to Aguero. The ball passed through the side of Terry's ankle and rolled in front of Aguero.

nonononononono!

Chelsea players were completely worried, as long as Aguero touched the ball, it was almost certain that the ball would go in. Helplessly, Zouma fell sideways, ready to take a risk, but unfortunately Aguero was more skilled and stretched his foot forward in advance, and Zouma's tackle landed right on his calf.

McDean reacted quickly and ran over before Aguero lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Penalty kick!"

"Penalty for Manchester City!"

"Oh my God, what did I see? In the 117th minute of the game, Manchester City got a penalty kick opportunity, and the one who created the penalty was center forward Aguero!"

"This... does Chelsea still have a chance?"

Chelsea's midfield defense was useless, and Zouma and Terry became the scapegoats. In any case, let's see how Manchester City handles this penalty.

There is no doubt that Aguero, who created the penalty and was also the first penalty taker in Manchester City, held the ball and came to the back of the penalty spot under the gaze of more than 5 fans in the stadium. In front of him was the Chelsea goal guarded by Courtois.

"Fuck..."

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and stepped on the line outside the penalty area, but was warned by the referee McDean and had no choice but to take another step back.

Ibrahimovic saw that Jiang Yuan was very nervous, so he put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Pray to God, God will bless us."

Beep!
Dean blew the whistle and Aguero took a run and shot into the goal.

“GOOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLLL!!!”

“the final hit!”

"Oh shit!"

Aguero scored twice, completely killing the Blues' hopes.

"Huh" Jiang Yuan covered his face with his hands, his eyes were a little red, and he turned to look at Ibrahimovic beside him in disappointment.

"Zlatan, God... he doesn't seem to be responding to us"

……

"Manchester City's penalty came at the perfect time, Aguero easily scored against Chelsea"

"High-level games are like this, a small mistake can be fatal to the team. Although Chelsea is ranked second only to Leicester City in the league, the problems within the team are still very obvious."

"This is not Zouma's fault alone, it is the mistake of all Chelsea players, a huge mistake"

"In short, the time left for Chelsea...is running out!"

The singing at the Etihad Stadium became louder and louder. In the 121st minute, Chelsea launched their last attack. Jiang Yuan passed the ball to Ibrahimovic from the right. The Swedish center's header was pushed out of the goal frame by Joe Hart with both hands, and then cleared by Mangala with a long foot.

“Beep, beep—!”

"Okay, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. In the end, Manchester City, playing at home, defeated Chelsea 2:1 in the second leg and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 3:2."

"In the semi-finals, Manchester City will face Real Madrid from La Liga"

"Let's congratulate Manchester City!"

Manchester City's players celebrated by stacking up on top of each other outside the field. The commentator in the live broadcast room was saying congratulations according to the procedure, but the director liked to add excitement and gave close-up shots of several Chelsea stars in turn.

Hazard and Jiang Yuan stood there stupidly with their hands on their hips, and Ibrahimovic looked a little horrified. As for Mourinho...

The Portuguese coach was shaking hands with Pellegrini, both of them had smiles on their faces. The only difference was that Pellegrini's smile was real, while Mourinho's was fake.

locker room.

"Fuck you shit!"

boom!
Terry kicked open the door of the locker room, and Chelsea's players floated into the room like ghosts who had lost their souls.

After fighting for 120 minutes, they still lost in the end. Any normal professional player would be angry.

Sure enough, Zouma and Fabregas had started arguing.

"Ceske, what are you doing? Can you please focus? Oh my God!"

Fabregas was also very dissatisfied with Zouma: "Curter, Aguero, why did you have to look at the ball, you should look at the person, look at the person!"

"Fuck you!"

boom!
Zouma threw the half-empty bottle of mineral water to the ground, and the French defender was furious.

Hazard pushed Terry's waist and said, "John, you should go up and persuade them, these two guys are going crazy."

"What can I say?"

Terry spread his hands and said, "What else can I say? I think we played very well. This was our best game this season, but we still lost in the end. Why? Because the opponent played better than us!"

Well!
Hazard spoke and sat back in his chair.

It seems that it's not just Zouma and Fabregas who have gone crazy. Captain Terry is already a little out of form.

So, Hazard turned to look at Jiang Yuan. The Chinese guy had his elbows on his thighs, his chin supported by his hands, and his eyes were a little wandering.

Ok, you can’t count on this either.

In that case, Hazard didn't intend to care anymore and prepared to walk out of the locker room to relax, but he met Mourinho who came in from outside.

"Don't rush out, I still have a few words to say."

Compared to the players in the locker room, Mourinho is very calm.

"call……"

Mourinho slowly exhaled and said, "Well, I haven't asked for your opinion, but I have already rejected all the interviews with reporters for you. The reason is very simple. You are not suitable for interviews now."

No one spoke in the locker room. Zouma and Fabregas sat together, staring at each other, and Ibrahimovic simply walked over.

"excuse me"

Ibrahimovic pushed Zouma and Fabregas apart and sat down between them.

Mourinho looked around and found that the situation in the locker room was similar to what he had expected. Most of the players were stunned.

"First of all, seeing you like this, I feel a little comforted. You are sad now, which means you really want to win this game."

“But we didn’t win!”

Terry suddenly shouted, almost scaring Cahill next to him.

“I know we didn’t win!”

Terry spoke loudly, and Mourinho unconsciously raised his voice: "We lost the chance to compete for the Champions League, but I want you to think from another perspective, how did we play today?"

"To be honest, although we lost the game, our performance today was very good. Eden's dribbling, Kurt's defense, Jiang's super world wave. You made mistakes, but you performed very well. This is our best game this season."

"Yes, we lost, but!"

"What I want to tell you is that we still have a chance, and we still have a chance to prove ourselves."

clap clap!

Mourinho clapped his hands twice: "Premier League champion!!!"

"Did you hear me?"

Mourinho's speech was moving, but the Blues players still looked dejected.

"Come on, raise your heads! We lost the game, not our dignity."

At Mourinho's request, the players stood up one after another and formed a circle.

"Guys, we have made great progress in this year's Champions League compared to last season. So we hope you won't be too frustrated because the season is not over yet."

"Kurt, shut up. I know what you want to say. Leicester City is strong, but are we weak?"

UEFA Championship TOP Scorer List
1. Jiang-16 goals, Chelsea (out)

2. C.Ronaldo-13 goals, Real Madrid
3. R. Lewandowski-8 goals, Bayern Munich
4. L. Suárez-7 goals, Barcelona (out)

5. A.Griezmann-5 goals, Atlético de Madrid
……

Jiang Yuan's number of goals is somewhat embarrassing, a total of 16 goals, 13 of which came from the group stage, and only 4 goals in the 3 knockout games combined.

The worst thing was that their opponents in the group stage, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dynamo Kyiv, were considered to be the weakest third and fourth tier teams, so Jiang Yuan was forced to be labeled a loser.

The Sun has something to say about this.

The second headline on the front page of The Sun – Failed again, the top scorer of the Champions League with 16 goals scored 13 goals in the group stage, and all the goals were scored by bullying the weak?

Jiang Yuan couldn't control what the media said. His attitude was that no matter what, he had to get the Golden Boot. If nothing unexpected happened, Manchester City would not be able to beat Real Madrid. Ronaldo would still have three games left, two double-leg semi-finals and one single-leg final. Now he just hoped that the Portuguese star would score fewer penalties. Otherwise, if he couldn't complete the template task, Jiang Yuan would really curse.

Chelsea was eliminated from the Champions League, and the focus returned to the league. It was sad when they lost, but the players recovered from the sadness very quickly. After a one-day holiday, the Blues players officially resumed training.

boom!
Zuma got off his G-Class: "Good morning, Jiang!"

"Oh, you came so early today?"

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised. Usually, he and Ibrahimovic were the first two to arrive at training, but he didn't expect Zouma to come today.

In the parking lot, there is a 918 Spyder, an AMG G, and an AMG GTS. It seems that what Hazard said is right. Jiang Yuan's car is still relatively low-key.

"Where's Zlatan?"

Zuma came over and high-fived Jiang Yuan, who shook his head and said, "I just got here too, but from what I know about him, he should already be getting ready in the locker room. The loss in the knockout round was a big blow to him."

Jiang Yuan was right. Players who are strict with themselves in training and games have one characteristic, which is that they are generally very competitive. For Ibrahimovic, losing such a crucial game is unacceptable to him, so he naturally needs more time to adjust than other players.

"Wow, maybe I should introduce my psychiatrist to him. Adjust yourself quickly, we need to get a lot of points in the league!"

Zuma acted like a veteran, and the speed at which the French guy adjusted his condition was truly amazing.

The two walked side by side towards the base hall. Jiang Yuan agreed with Zuma's words: "That's true. It will be much better if there is a psychologist... But, little Kurt, do you know that our opponent in the next round of the league is still Manchester City?"

"What!?"

Zuma coughed twice: "Are you kidding me?"

Jiang Yuan put his hand on Zouma's shoulder: "Come on, man, you are a Chelsea player, why don't you even know the schedule?"

"No, no, I only heard Eden say there was a game on the 17th, so I didn't care. Just tell me, besides Leicester City, who can beat us now?"

Jiang Yuan counted on his fingers: "Manchester City, Arsenal, um, and Liverpool. Liverpool is the same as Manchester City. Their injured players have also returned to the game. They won the first two rounds."

"Oh my god, our luck!"

Zouma held his head in his hands, once again immersed in the sadness after losing the game.

Manchester City suffered a large number of injuries in the middle of the season, but the match arrangement between Chelsea and Manchester City was: 1 game at the beginning of the season and 2 games at the end of the season. Both times they played against Manchester City who were in the best condition. This luck is really great.

If there is any failure, we can only blame the English Football Association and UEFA. The schedule allocation has completely confused Chelsea.

"OK OK!"

The automatic door of the hall opened, and Jiang Yuan patted Zouma on the back: "We are relatively lucky. Manchester City and Liverpool have too many injured players and have only a few points so far. They have no chance of winning the championship."

Jiang Yuan was right. At first glance, Manchester City and Liverpool seemed extremely strong, but at second glance at the standings, the rankings were more touching than the other.

……

(End of this chapter)