Chapter 270 The Second Ascent

"Hazard! Run-up... shoot! The ball goes in!"

"Beautiful! Hazard scored a penalty kick and Chelsea leads 2:0 away!"

"It was an almost overwhelming advantage. Bournemouth had no power to fight back against Chelsea's passing and control system!"

The camera turned to Mourinho on the sidelines. The Chelsea coach was sitting in a chair with a relaxed look on his face, no longer showing the sadness of the previous few days.

It would certainly be nervous to play against Manchester City, but if it was against Bournemouth, Mourinho could not think of any reason to lose.

Even though Chelsea was beaten by Manchester City in the Champions League, Chelsea is now in its strongest form this season.

Of course, the strongest form is not much stronger than before. Costa's departure weakened Chelsea's central striker's pressure. This is not to say that Ibrahimovic is bad, but in Chelsea's current wing attack system, Costa can play a better role than Ibrahimovic.

But Mourinho will never regret selling Costa. For one thing, he must sell this unstable player for the sake of his position in Chelsea.

Secondly, Chelsea will change its offensive system next season, which can perfectly bring out Ibrahimovic's physical advantages.

Hazard's direct attacking midfielder style has been proven to be feasible, and what is needed next is time.

“Let’s go!”

At the end of the first half, Chelsea returned to the locker room with a 2-goal advantage, while home team Bournemouth had not yet scored a goal.

But strangely, head coach Eddie Howe did not seem very nervous.

This reflects a drawback of the Premier League system. The top six teams compete for the qualification for the European competition, so the top 6 or even the top 10 teams in the standings will be very active, because participating in the European competition can bring generous bonuses to the team.

Then at the end, there are three relegation spots, and the teams after 3th place will also play very fiercely.

At this time, the teams ranked between 12th and 15th are in an awkward position. If they play better, they cannot enter the European competition zone, and if they play worse, they will not be relegated. In this environment, the enthusiasm of players and coaches will decline.

This is the situation Bournemouth is facing now!

In the visiting team's locker room, Mourinho had a blank expression on his face, but Jiang Yuan could see that the old man was trying hard to suppress the smile on his lips.

"Guys, we played really well and controlled the entire first half. I think that's commendable, but I still have a few things to say..."

No team's tactics can be perfect. Mourinho synchronized with the players the problems he and Brown found. After solving the tactics, Mourinho still had some things to emphasize.

"Ahem, in the second half, if we can get a 3-goal lead... well, I'll just say it directly. If we can get a 3-goal lead, I hope you guys will give Jiang more chances. As you know, the season is coming to an end, and Jiang's goal tally is still the highest in the league, so his chances of winning the Golden Boot are very high."

!

Jiang Yuan raised his head suddenly. He didn't expect Mourinho to emphasize this matter at this time.

"I will handle it!"

Zuma stood up and demonstrated his standard long pass in front of everyone: "In the second half, I will pass the ball to Jiang Mengmeng from behind, and then you use your speed to run out alone!"

"No, no, no, forget about your passing skills."

William has something to say: "If we are ahead by three goals, I will try to pass the ball to the right, Eden, you should have no objection, right?"

“Why should I have an opinion?”

Hazard spread his hands and said: "The Golden Boot must stay with Chelsea and not be taken away by other teams"

Although Hazard is not very reliable at ordinary times, he always stands up firmly when the team needs him. Moreover, the Belgian is very smart. He has long seen that it is impossible for him to compete with Jiang Yuan on the left wing. In this case, he might as well help his good brother.

Chelsea's No. 10 is a strong breakthrough player with a strong ability to pass through and score goals, but Hazard's technical characteristics determine that he will never be a contender for the Golden Boot. The only possible awards are the best player and the best pass. Of course, Hazard has the ability to compete for the Golden Ball, but he is still a little far from Messi and Ronaldo.

"Well, thank you!"

Jiang Yuan had a lot to say in his heart, which finally came down to one word: "Thank you".

A few months ago they couldn't even pronounce Jiang Yuan's name, but now they can remember his birthday and the number of goals he scored.

Terry stood up and then pulled Jiang Yuan up beside him: "There's nothing much to say. If you hadn't scored those 20 goals, we would probably still be trying to get into the Champions League zone!"

"Hahaha! This is the truth!"

Mourinho finally couldn't suppress the smile.

If he had not had a keen eye at the beginning, Jiang Yuan might be training in Arsenal's base now.

Unfortunately, there is no if, Jiang Yuan is Chelsea’s player, he is Chelsea’s number 7!
Mourinho clapped his hands: "Come on, everyone is exhausted, stand up, the second half is about to start, I have one last word here"

"We are a solid team. Think about your teammates, think about me, and think about the fans who support us. I need you to give your all to complete the remaining games of this season. The Premier League champion can only be Chelsea. Listen carefully."

“Only Chelsea!”

Mourinho's speech in the locker room was a bit intoxicating. Jiang Yuan now only felt his palms were burning and he had endless energy.

"Hey!"

Jogging out of the player tunnel, Zuma patted Jiang Yuan on the butt: "Focus, I'm going to pass the ball to you!"

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"Welcome back, dear audience friends, this is the second half of the match between Bournemouth and Chelsea"

"Both teams' benches are full of players, but there is no sign of any substitutions at the moment."

"..."

"Ivanovic clears the ball, Bournemouth corner, Surman takes it"

"The corner kick came out, Cook headed the ball into the first spot."

"Beautiful! Courtois successfully saved the ball, but it seems that he failed to clear it. Second spot kick, Elphick"

"He raised his leg and kicked the ball. Wow, the ball bounced on the ground and Courtois couldn't react!"

“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!”

"Number 5..."

"Tommy Elphick!!!"

The defender's goal had some influence, but it also indirectly reflected the problems that Chelsea had in the penalty area just now.

After scoring the goal, Elphick demonstrated his good professionalism by bypassing Courtois and fishing the ball out of the Chelsea goal.

"Hey, wake up!"

Terry used his applause to stimulate the brain nerves of the players on the field.

"Get ready, there are still 30 minutes left in the game!"

Elphick's rebound shot scared Mourinho on the bench and he stood up, but he sat back down immediately.

Brown looked at the energetic coach on the side and said, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Kulte's defensive experience is a little lacking"

"So you want to replace him?"

"Replace Kurt? No, no, no, why should we do that? Kurt is one of the top central defenders in the Premier League. Just emphasize this little problem later."

That's true, but this was the opponent's home ground after all, and Mourinho was still a little nervous when a goal was suddenly scored in the second half.

Bournemouth had already lost their fighting spirit, but Elphick's goal immediately ignited the players' passion.

In the 70th minute, Bournemouth made a substitution. Afobe and Wilson replaced Grabban and Joshua King. Coach Eddie Howe replaced two forwards with two forwards. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be to inject new vitality into the team's offense.

The new front attacker was very helpful for the home team to equalize the score.

In the 3rd minute after the substitution, Zouma performed an acrobatic trick in the backcourt. After receiving Fabregas's pass, he did not pass it out immediately, but dribbled the ball left and right. Wilson could not stand it, so he rushed towards Zouma with Afobe, scaring the Blues fans in the stands to their feet.

At this most critical moment, Zouma turned sideways and passed the ball to Ivanovic behind him.

Although Zouma always talks about who he wants to pass the ball to and who he wants to assist, his passing level is really not good. The Frenchman himself is very clear about this, so he is also very wise and chooses to pass the ball to Ivanovic behind him, who then completes the long pass.

Just now, Zouma's dribbling caused Bournemouth's entire defense line to press forward, and Ibrahimovic stepped directly on the offside line.

"Snapped!"

Ivanovic made a long pass accurately to Ibrahimovic in the front, who headed the ball on the offside line and the ball came to Jiang Yuan's feet.

Taking a look at the goal, Jiang Yuan raised his left leg and made a fake move, then actually transferred the ball to his right foot and used the arch of his foot to push the ball to the far end.

Goalkeeper Boruc made a save, but unfortunately, Jiang Yuan's ball went through the gap between his right thigh and right arm, hit the left post of the goal and bounced into the net.

"GOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL!!!"

"Oh my god, it's hard to imagine that this kind of scene would happen in a passing and controlling team like Chelsea. It started with Zouma, passed to Ivanovic and Ibrahimovic, and finally to Jiang Yuan, who shot after three passes."

"With a nearly perfect long pass, Chelsea widened the score difference to 2 goals again!"

good job!

Mourinho gave a thumbs up and looked very cool, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

Chelsea haven't played any long passes in recent weeks, and I didn't expect these guys to be able to perform like this in an official game.

"What did I say, what did I say!" After Jiang Yuan scored a goal, Zouma rushed over from the backcourt with his thighs spread out. It was estimated that this guy could not run at such a speed when he was returning to defense.

"Hey!"

Zouma jumped up and said like a monkey climbing a tree: "I said I would help you score a goal. I said so!"

"Ha ha!"

Jiang Yuan put his arm around Zuma's shoulders and slowly walked to the front of the visiting team's stand.

"Chelsea!"

"wowwwowwoww!!!"

……

[Yes, that’s the feeling. Chelsea, go ahead and beat Bournemouth]

[If they continue playing like this, they still have a good chance of winning the Premier League title. The main reason is that Chelsea has the same points as Leicester City with one game less, which is really amazing.]

[In the early part of the season, Chelsea had a winning streak and could get 3 points in almost every game. However, they were a bit weak after the winter transfer window. On the one hand, Costa left, and on the other hand, Jiang Yuan had just returned from playing for the national team. Chelsea did not adjust well, otherwise Leicester City would not be at the top of the table now.]

[Please stop bragging, go watch Leicester City's game, their offense is really smooth, much smoother than Chelsea's. If Chelsea had that smooth offense, they would not have lost to Manchester City in the Champions League.]

[Ranieri is really awesome. He uses mediocre players to play like a top team. I kneel down to him and only hope that Leicester City can give Chelsea some slack in the last round.]

[It's OK if Leicester City is in good form. Chelsea has a clear advantage now. The real-time odds of winning the championship are only 1.5. Most fans are more optimistic about Chelsea. I am also optimistic about Chelsea. You can see for yourself that Chelsea has the same points as Leicester City with one game less. Even if Chelsea loses to Leicester City in the last round, Chelsea still has a chance to win the championship. As long as they play better in the next games, it will be fine.]

[Well, Jiang Yuan found a really good angle for this shot. I thought he was going to pass it to Hazard on the left, but he ended up shooting it himself. Really damn accurate!]

[Ibrahimovic is getting more and more weird. This pass made Daniels confused]

[I buy 3000 million, Chelsea champions! ]

When the game came to the final time, Mourinho replaced Ibrahimovic with Cahill. The Portuguese also has some artistic cells. After Cahill came on the court, he played as a central defender for Zouma, and Zouma went to the right back. The original right back Ivanovic appeared in the position of defensive midfielder. The whole formation changed from 4231 to 433. Jiang Yuan and Hazard in the frontcourt also changed from wingers to genuine wingers.

As for William... he is definitely not a center forward in the 433 formation, so he can only be a false nine. The false nine needs a strong ability to retreat and respond, but the requirements for the front point of the penalty area are not so high. This position is still very suitable for the small William.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Chelsea were passing the ball boredly in the backcourt. Fabregas suddenly attacked after receiving a cross from Zouma, quickly advanced forward, and then passed the ball to the retreating William.

"William came back to get the ball, Surman was following, but William's positioning was very good, he touched the ball with his heel, stopped and passed it, beautiful!"

"Hazard and Jiang Yuan are both in front, Hazard is closer, William passes the ball to Hazard, hiss, the pass is a bit too far back"

"Hazard can only stop to get the ball. After this pause, he should have no chance to go down the bottom line, but he can... Hazard shakes off Francis and starts to cut inside."

"Just give it to the restricted area!"

"Beautiful! Hazard passed the ball between two Bournemouth defenders and gave it to Jiang Yuan in the penalty area."

"Jiang Yuan kicked the ball and prepared to shoot!"

"Jiang Yuan was knocked down!"

fuck!

Cook's thigh was stuck and Jiang Yuan fell to the ground and rolled half a circle.

To be honest, it was a bit painful, but when Jiang Yuan saw the referee pointing his finger at the penalty spot, he suddenly didn't feel the pain anymore.

"Well done!"

William walked over and helped Jiang Yuan up from the ground. The main contributor to this penalty kick was Hazard who made a through ball, but Jiang Yuan's running position also contributed a lot.

Gosling knocked the ball off the ground with his heel and threw it to Hazard. The Belgian superstar held the ball and did not step onto the penalty spot at the first time.

After hesitating for about 5 or 6 seconds, Hazard walked towards Jiang Yuan and said, "Is this ball for you?"

"No, no, no!"

Jiang Yuan pushed Hazard away directly: "You still have two balls, don't forget!"

After saying that, Jiang Yuan ran to the back. Hazard really treated him as a brother and gave in even when he was about to score a hat trick.

It was no surprise that Jiang Yuan would not take this penalty. It was true that he had to rely on his teammates to win the Golden Boot at the last minute of the league, but Jiang Yuan absolutely could not sacrifice his teammates to fulfill his own wish.

This is not a question of who has a higher penalty success rate between him and Hazard, but a pure character issue.

"that line"

Originally Hazard was in a state of hesitation. After Jiang Yuan refused, he didn't say anything. He threw the ball on his feet, bounced it twice, and slowly walked to the penalty spot.

"Beep!"

"Azar..."

"The ball is in!"

"hat trick!"

"It's a hat trick!"

The home team fans were cursing at the scene, and Hazard started his pear-peeling celebration on the wing.

The scent of pear blossoms filled the Vitality Stadium, and Hazard scored a hat trick!
1:4, this is the final result of the game. Because the games between Leicester City and Arsenal have not started yet, Chelsea, who took the lead in getting 3 points, topped the standings. This is the second time that the Blues have topped the Premier League standings.

Returning to the top of the table is good news, but according to Mourinho, we must not slack off at this time, because the points of the top three teams in the league are almost the same, and Chelsea may miss the league championship if they make a mistake in one game.

On the other hand, the results of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals also came out. Manchester City, with a full team, was really ruthless. They drew 0:0 with Real Madrid at Etihad. Both sides had chances to score, but neither of them seized them.

After entering the semi-finals, the four teams became extra cautious. Atletico Madrid beat Bayern 1-0. Alonso kicked a world-class goal from outside the penalty area, and it was thought to be an equalizer, but it was blown off because Lewandowski committed a foul first.

As can be seen from the scores, the strength gap between these four teams is not that big, and it is not easy to defeat their opponents and advance.

“Are you still watching this?”

In the cafeteria, Ibrahimovic came over with a plate of food: "The strong should not get lost in past failures. If you lose, don't look back."

"Zlatan"

Jiang Yuan smiled and motioned Ibrahimovic to sit opposite him. That position originally belonged to Zouma, but the French central defender eats quickly and is now resting in the room.

“I think you might need a little guidance.”

Ibrahimovic put his hands on the dining table. Jiang Yuan noticed that the Swede had finished everything on his plate. It seemed that this guy came specifically for him.

"Oh, you must have misunderstood me. I just think the Champions League is exciting. Eden, what do you think?"

Jiang Yuan waved his hands repeatedly. It seemed that Ibrahimovic was still immersed in the previous failure and had not yet come to terms with it. In fact, Jiang Yuan just thought that the Champions League game was exciting.

Of course, it would be a lie to say that Jiang Yuan doesn’t pay any attention to the Champions League at all. His template task is related to the Champions League.

Judging from the current number of goals, the only one who has a chance to beat Jiang Yuan is Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese star has only two goals less than Jiang Yuan.

"I support it. Playing football is not as comfortable as watching football."

Azar fiddled with the tartar sauce in the bowl and agreed with what Jiang Yuan said.

If it weren't for the salary, who would be willing to do this kind of physical work that puts them under pressure every day?
"Come to think of it, Jiang, your goal scoring number is still the first, which is incredible."

Ibrahimovic looked at Jiang Yuan who was eating macaroni and exclaimed sincerely: "At the age of 18, he is already the top scorer in the Champions League. Oh my God!"

“The final result is not out yet.”

Jiang Yuan corrected him, saying that what Ronaldo is best at is reversal. What Jiang Yuan is most worried about now is that Ronaldo will reverse the situation in a few days. Then Jiang Yuan will really have no place to complain.

On the one hand, Jiang Yuan wanted to unlock a new template, after all, he hadn't gotten a new template fragment for a long time. On the other hand, the four words "Champions League Golden Boot" were too important for a professional player.

Not to mention the actual benefits that the Champions League Golden Boot can bring to Jiang Yuan, this honor alone is worth Jiang Yuan's efforts.

It’s just a pity that because he was out, Jiang Yuan couldn’t take the initiative into his own hands.

“You’ll get it.”

Ibrahimovic said firmly: "At the age of 18, if you win the Champions League Golden Boot, it will be a miracle in world football. You know, God likes miracles, and he will bless you behind your back."

amount……

Jiang Yuan touched his head and said, "Well, I am very grateful, but I still want to say that I am not a religious person..."

Jiang Yuan was a little embarrassed. This was not the first time that Ibrahimovic mentioned the word "God" in front of him. As a staunch materialist fighter, he did not like words like "God's blessing". Because Jiang Yuan felt that his achievements were achieved by himself and had nothing to do with God's blessing. If he used the words "God's blessing", Jiang Yuan would feel that his achievements were taken away by others for no reason.

His muscles were built by himself, not given by God.

“No, you misunderstood me, this has nothing to do with religion”

Ibrahimovic shook his head with a smile on his face and a deep look in his eyes: "In fact, God is right in front of you"

I wipe?

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(End of this chapter)