Chapter 278: Hazard is in a favorable situation, Zouma is in a disadvantageous situation, and Jiang Yuan is in a desperate situation!
"Roar--!!!"

Drinkwater's face turned red and he ran to the outside of the court, roaring like crazy.

The 3-plus home team fans either had gloomy faces or were pointing at and cursing at Leicester City players. Looking at the away team fans' stands, which had less than 4500 people in total, there was already cheering in the stands.

"Well done!"

Vardy grabbed Drinkwater's hair fiercely, gritting his teeth, wishing he could pull Drinkwater's hair off. Mahrez next to him was not much better, he had his forehead to forehead with Drinkwater and kept talking.

"Drinkwater scored a world goal and the score became 0:1"

"If we analyze this ball from a bird's eye view, we can't say it's a problem with a Chelsea player, because we can see that Leicester City used their quick cooperation on the right and the middle to almost catch Chelsea off guard."

"Whether it was Jiang Yuan, Fabregas, Mikel or Azpilicueta, they had no idea that Leicester City would play like this next."

"Hey, in the lower left corner of the screen, the background shows a real-time Premier League standings."

"Chelsea currently has 3 more points than Leicester City. If they win this game, the two teams will have the same points. If the situation is the same, we can compare the goal difference..."

Zhan Jun's eyes widened.

Suddenly, I found that although Leicester City was leading by one goal, the two teams had the same goal difference. According to the rules of the Premier League, when the goal difference is the same, the ranking will be based on the total number of goals.

The bad news is that Leicester City has 3 more goals than Chelsea, so as long as Leicester City maintains this score until the end, they will win the Premier League championship with the same points and goal difference based on the total number of goals.

Wow, even the goal difference is exactly the same, the show effect is really maximized.

The calculation is a bit difficult, but Chinese fans are good at calculating things like points and goal difference. After Zhan Jun's explanation, the fans in the live broadcast room also roughly understood the current situation.

If the score remains the same until the end, or the away team expands the score, Leicester City will be the champions.

But if Chelsea can equalize the score, they will be able to defend their Premier League title with their points advantage.

[Well, it's a bit complicated. Anyway, Chelsea just needs to draw, right? ]

[It's complicated. You can't even figure out the goal difference and points. Are you sure you're a Chinese fan? And what do you mean by "as long as" it's a draw? In the current situation, with Hazard off and Willian slacking off, Leicester City already gave Chelsea face by not scoring another goal.]

[May Guanyin Bodhisattva bless you, may the Jade Emperor bless you, may Nuwa bless you...]

“Let’s go!”

At the end of the first half, players from both teams began to return to the locker room one after another.

"Come on! Chelsea, come on!"

"Jiang, come on!"

"Come on, Zlatan and Jiang, it's up to you two now!"

"..."

The Chelsea fans in the stands were very crazy. After working hard for a whole season, no one wanted their home team to lose the game at this time.

Missing out on the league title because of 2 fewer goals is ridiculous!

On the Leicester City side, the Foxes' players did not rush back to the locker room, but instead made a detour to the visiting team's stands.

"Guys, come on!"

Vardy, who was standing at the front, waved his hand and together with Morgan, mobilized the Leicester City fans in the away stands.

"LEI City!"

Boom!

"LEI City!"

Bang bang bang!
"LEI City, the champion!"

Bang bang bang!
"wowwww!!!"

……

"Everyone be quiet!"

The first thing Mourinho did when he entered the locker room was to tell all the Chelsea players in the locker room not to talk, even though no one was talking in the locker room.

Mourinho looked at Hazard with a hint of regret in his expression, but his eyes immediately moved away from Hazard: "We have injuries, yes, that's right, our star player is injured and we have lost our biggest advantage"

"And then? Are we going to lose the game because of the lack of a star player? Wrong, in my opinion, you are all thinking wrongly!"

Mourinho walked back and forth in front of the tactical board, and the players sat on the benches, not daring to do anything other than drink water.

"boom!"

Mourinho punched the tactical board, and the brittle tactical board fell down instantly: "Let me tell you! What I need is not stars, but a group of men, a group of real men! Our opponents have proved that even if there are no top stars in the team, good results can still be achieved. Why? Because they are a group of men! Men who want to win!"

call--

Mourinho let out a long breath: "If you need a little pressure to play better, then I can give you some. If we don't score another goal, everything will be over."

"Get lost, you know that?"

"Our ambition for the season is gone just because the main players left the field and the opponent scored a beautiful world wave. Just because of these two things, our ambition for the season is all gone. Look what you did 30 minutes later. If you play the game with the feeling of eating shit, the result will only be shit."

Gurgling.

Jiang Yuan drank water with his forearms resting on his thighs.

Mourinho was right. After Hazard left the field, the rhythm of the entire team was disrupted, and the most fundamental reason for these problems was fighting spirit.

Chelsea's players lost their fighting spirit.

"Our biggest problem right now is that we are always hesitant when passing the ball and attacking"

Mourinho has a lot of things to say to his players: "Stick to the ball when you should pass it, and pass it back when you should attack."

"I do not understand"

Mourinho spread his hands: "I don't understand why you are doing this. Tell me, are you worse than your opponents? If not, why are you so timid? Do you think that if we end the game at 0:0, we will be the champions, right?"

"What a fart!"

Mourinho pointed to the scoreboard hanging at the door of the locker room: "It's 0:1 now. If we keep delaying like this, we're done!"

"..."

During the entire 11 minutes in the locker room, Mourinho talked about tactics for 3 minutes, and the rest of the time was spent on psychological preparation for the players.

Because in the Portuguese's view, it is the last round of the season and it is meaningless to discuss tactics at this time.

Mourinho knows best what Chelsea lacks now.

clap clap clap!
"Hey, cheer up!"

Amid Mourinho's applause, Ibrahimovic was the first to stand up, walked to the center and stood in front of Mourinho: "Walking back to the locker room with regret, this is the result of our first half of the game, we must not be like this in the second half, because if so, it means we have lost the championship trophy, we are Chelsea, we can lose anything but the championship trophy!"

"In the second half, we will press forward!"

"Just give me the damn pressure and beat me!"

"Roar--!!"

Zuma roared and jumped up from the stool.

"Fuck Leicester City!"

boom!
Ibrahimovic kicked open the door of the locker room and walked out with the players.

In the locker room, only Mourinho, Brown, and a support staff member who was sweeping the floor were left.

Brown looked at the wooden door of the locker room that was kicked to pieces by the players and asked: "Can't you talk more about tactics?"

"I can still emphasize tactics outside the court in the second half. What they need most now is not tactics, but adrenaline. Lyon, you know, if we don't participate in the game with a winning mentality, we might as well not participate in the game."

"Hey"

After Mourinho finished speaking, Brown sighed: "We have a lot of problems this season, from the players' condition to the locker room and tactical changes. It is hard to imagine that these three things will happen at the same time in a season. To be honest, it is unexpected that we can get to this point. If Jiang had not been brought over from Porto in the summer window, I don’t know what Chelsea’s offense would look like now."

"We have come this far, so we might as well go one step further. What is Leicester City? Are they as good as us?"

"No!"

……

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea did not make any substitutions. On the Leicester City side, Raniere replaced Gray, who had performed mediocrely in the first half, with Shinji Okazaki. Both of them are forwards, but Shinji Okazaki has better backcourt defensive ability than Gray.

Ranieri should have guessed that Chelsea would focus on the left side in the second half and use Jiang Yuan to break through and look for opportunities, so he substituted Shinji Okazaki with the purpose of helping Simpson and Drinkwater defend Jiang Yuan.

No matter how strong a striker is, he is afraid of the opponent defending one with two men!
Amid the singing of the home team fans, the game entered the 55th minute and Leicester City had an offensive opportunity!

Kante, Drinkwater, and Andy King formed a triangular advancement line in the midfield, almost "locking" Ibrahimovic and William inside the triangle. The two men messed around for a long time but couldn't hold the ball.

While fighting against Chelsea's high press, Leicester City moved the ball towards Chelsea's half little by little, with the team's goal scorer Drinkwater being responsible for leading this task.

Snapped!
Drinkwater made a long pass in the middle and the ball was passed to the left, in the direction of Mahrez. The Algerian striker stopped the ball with his thigh while running, and then started his breakthrough mission on the wing.

Of course, for Mahrez, who is not known for his speed, it is very difficult to shake off Ivanovic one-on-one at the baseline.

So Mahrez did not choose to do it himself, but waited for Fuchs to arrive and passed the ball back to his teammates, and finally Fuchs passed the ball to Kante in the middle.

Kante dribbled the ball and ran all the way to the top of the arc. He wanted to pass the ball to Vardy in the penalty area, but the defense of Zouma and Terry was almost airtight. Kante looked up and observed, but couldn't find a good point to pass the ball. In the end, his casual pass was kicked away by Zouma.

By the 60th minute, the on-site director gave the data of the two teams.

The home team had a possession rate of 42%. It was very rare for Chelsea to be at a disadvantage in terms of ball possession. I remember that the last time Chelsea had a low ball possession rate was when they faced Manchester City when all players had recovered.

It can be seen from the ball possession data that Leicester City is in very good shape this season. This good shape is not due to the good shape of a certain player, but the shape of 11 players and the head coach are all very good, which directly produces the effect of 11+1>12.

And because of the tacit cooperation, it was difficult for Chelsea players on the field to predict what the opponent would do next. They could only guess, and it was very uncomfortable if they couldn't guess it. Drinkwater had the opportunity to shoot from a distance in the first half because Jiang Yuan and Fabregas were deflected. He never thought that Simpson was actually a cover.

In the second half, the two teams played more and more fiercely. The Chelsea side felt that time was passing too quickly, but the Leicester City side felt that time was passing too slowly. Wouldn't it be better to end the game early so that they could hold the trophy?

Winning the Premier League championship as a relegation team, Foxes fans believe that their team can make history this season, a great history!

150 kilometers away in Leicester, in the afternoon, tens of thousands of Leicester residents came out of their apartments. The streets were full of Leicester City fox flags, and from time to time a group of motorcycles would rush over. One person was responsible for driving, and the other stepped on the seat, holding high the blue fox flag. This was the will-o'-the-wisp boy that belonged to the English people!

The police in Leicester are going crazy because in half an hour, the number of calls they received exceeded the number of local police officers in Leicester.

How to play this?
The game was still 65:0 at the 1th minute. In the eyes of Leicester City fans, they had already won the championship!

It is true that football is a team sport, but Chelsea's teamwork is really no match for Leicester City.

Chelsea needs a hero now!
When it comes to heroes, Chelsea fans think of two people.

Hazard, and Jiang Yuan!

But now there is only one person left on the field, that is the Chinese kid who was bought at a bargain price of 1300 million euros before the start of this season!
The director also understood this and gave Jiang Yuan some special shots. At this time, the Chelsea golden boy was breathing heavily. To be honest, Jiang Yuan was in a state of having the will but not the ability. Because Hazard was off the field, he had to take on almost all the wing breakthrough tasks for Chelsea.

The reason is simple. If Jiang Yuan can't get through, then Chelsea can't get through.

The game is in the 75st minute!

"Wow, Ivanovic, a beautiful header clearance, head it out! Most of Chelsea's offensive opportunities are gained through defense"

"Fabregas dribbled the ball forward, but his speed was a bit slow. There is definitely no point in advancing like this."

"Sure enough, Fabregas made a long pass directly to Jiang Yuan on the left, but this choice seemed a bit impulsive. Jiang Yuan was now double-teamed by Shinji Okazaki and Drinkwater."

"Ibrahimovic came to help, headed the ball, and played a wall pass with Jiang Yuan, beautiful!"

"Although there were two people defending, Jiang Yuan still broke through Leicester City's reinforced defense line"

"Pass it to William, Jiang Yuan goes straight to the middle!"

"William came out!"

"Inside cut from Jiang Yuan!"

A familiar scene appeared, this position, this angle...

The director's camera focused on Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan did a half bicycle kick with his right foot and successfully entered the penalty area after flicking the ball with the outside of his foot.

Now there are three defensive players in front of Jiang Yuan, Morgan, Vasilevskiy and Kante. The one closest to him is Kante. The French midfielder is relatively short, so Jiang Yuan took the initiative to lean towards Kante and knocked him away with his shoulder.

After completing the confrontation, Jiang Yuan looked at the far corner on the right side of the goal, swung out his right leg, and shot at the near corner!

"Snapped!"

The old captain Morgan stretched out his foot and successfully changed the flight path of the ball, and the refracted ball flew out of the baseline.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan rolled up his jersey and bit his clothes, his expression full of unwillingness.

Bang!
In the VIP box facing the stadium, Abramovich smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground. The glass shards mixed with the remaining Romanee, and it felt like glass cutting the skin and bleeding.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"That damn number 5, why is he so lucky!"

The personal bodyguard handed Abu a handkerchief, and two staff members came over to the box immediately. One staff member poured new red wine for Abu, and the other staff member cleaned the glass shards on the floor.

Abu held the handkerchief tightly with both hands: "Jiang, score one, you must score one!"

Outside the box, it was as noisy as usual, and the home team fans were getting a little impatient.

Now fans only pay attention to two things, one is Chelsea's real-time offensive situation on the field, and the other is the time displayed on the overhead screen.

77th minute, Chelsea's corner kick!
Chelsea changed to a more extreme corner kick tactic. Fabregas, who has heading ability, ran into the penalty area and William was responsible for the corner kick.

A corner kick was taken, and Jiang Yuan jumped up and passed the ball to Zouma in the front position.

Will Zouma be Chelsea's hero?
"No!"

Zouma's header was too straight and was caught by Schmeichel.

Jiang Yuan now has a very strange feeling, as if there are bugs crawling around on the soles of his feet. This feeling has only occurred to Jiang Yuan when he was in class at school.

This feeling means that Jiang Yuan is anxious and in a bad mood.

"Hey, cheer up and keep attacking! Stop worrying!"

"Let's go, keep an eye on number 7, don't give him a chance to break through!"

Both Ranieri and Mourinho were directing the game frantically off the field. From the 30th minute of the first half, the Italians and Portuguese players had no chance to rest on their butts.

Everyone is very nervous!
"Chelsea!"

Boom!

"Chelsea!"

Boom!

The game reached the 84th minute and the director's camera turned to Greg Dyke in the VIP stands. Regardless of the result, this season's Premier League champion will be born in this game. As the chairman of the English Football Association, Greg Dyke arrived at the beginning of the game. His purpose here was to present the award to the league champion after the game.

Judging from the situation at the scene, Dyke should be handing the championship trophy to Leicester City!

Taking advantage of the opportunity to run forward, Jiang Yuan glanced outside the field.

85'49"

There really isn’t much time left for Chelsea!

"Hey, move forward!"

William ran to Jiang Yuan's right side and pointed at Jiang Yuan. Under the guidance of his teammates, Jiang Yuan rushed forward without hesitation. Okazaki Shinji committed a tactical foul and directly pulled Jiang Yuan to the ground.

"Leicester City is very smart. Shinji Okazaki was unwilling to let Jiang Yuan start even if he got a yellow card. After all, we have said before that as long as they win this game, Leicester City can win the league championship with the advantage of total goals. Now the whole Leicester City team is focused on defense!"

"Jiang Yuan rolled on the ground, and William touched the ball and quickly passed it to Fabregas!"

"Fabregas passes to Kennedy on the right..."

Although he was a substitute player, Kennedy's performance in this game was indeed not very satisfactory. He failed in several attempts to break through. On the contrary, Kante, the French midfielder of Leicester City, made many wonderful steals on Kennedy.

Ibrahimovic retreated from the frontcourt to meet Kennedy, and Kennedy passed the ball without hesitation.

wheeeeeeeeeeeee...

Ibrahimovic dribbled forward. At this point in the game, he was a little tired. At the age of 34, it was all his willpower that kept him going.

At this time, Zouma came all the way up from the backcourt and reached out for Ibrahimovic's pass.

"woww!"

The fans in the stands screamed. Zouma's choice was bold, but the fact was that Zouma's sudden move gave Chelsea a temporary numerical advantage. The Blues used this opportunity to successfully tear open a defense in Leicester City's midfield, and finally Ibrahimovic passed the ball to Jiang Yuan.

"come on!"

"Jiang, charge! Charge!"

"come on!"

At this time, Jiang Yuan only felt sore thigh muscles, but this feeling was immediately replaced by a dizzy feeling. Because of the continuous sprint breakthrough, Jiang Yuan's brain was now a little lacking in oxygen.

Although it was a bit uncomfortable, the lack of oxygen to the brain helped Jiang Yuan alleviate the physical pain, and now he can move more smoothly!

“Here!”

William waved to Jiang Yuan, and a two-pass cooperation helped Jiang Yuan get rid of Drinkwater's defense. There was Simpson standing in front of Jiang Yuan. Ibrahimovic was also very smart. He ran directly from the middle to the left bottom line, signaling Jiang Yuan to cooperate with him.

However, Jiang Yuan did not do so. Instead, he suddenly knocked the ball with the arch of his foot and rushed to the top of the arc by himself.

A very bold choice!

"Fuck!"

Simpson thought to himself that it was not good. Jiang Yuan's acceleration when he started was so exaggerated that after he reacted and chased after him, he couldn't catch up. He could only watch Jiang Yuan pass by him.

Simpson reached out and grabbed Jiang Yuan's clothes, but unfortunately he didn't hold on tightly and Jiang Yuan broke free.

"wowwwwwww!"

Jiang Yuan took a big step forward and touched the ball with his right big toe, successfully stopping the ball. While completing the action, he looked up and saw Morgan and Vasilevsky standing in a diagonal line.

Ranieri had obviously studied Jiang Yuan specifically. The diagonal position of Morgan and Vasilevskiy was to prevent Jiang Yuan from suddenly accelerating and passing between Morgan and Vasilevskiy. Jiang Yuan did want to do this before, but gave up.

It would undoubtedly be a waste of opportunity to walk between the two central defenders at this time, so Jiang Yuan passed the ball to his left foot, lifted it up and pretended to shoot, and after tricking Morgan, he passed the ball to his right foot.

Raise your right leg and fake a shot!

The two central defenders of Leicester City fell to the ground one after another. It was true that each of them was fooled once and blocked Jiang Yuan's fake shot, but there was a time difference between them getting up from the ground.

This time difference is Jiang Yuan’s opportunity to break through.

"Jiang Yuan, go inside, pass it in! Um, Jiang Yuan goes to Morgan's right hand side."

"Vasilevsky, what to do, stretch your legs!"

"Jiang Yuan fell to the ground! It was Vasilevsky who tripped, and the camera saw it very clearly."

"Vasilevsky made a huge mistake. Let's see what the referee said..."

"Penalty, it's a penalty!"

"In the 87th minute of the game, Chelsea got a penalty kick thanks to Jiang Yuan's breakthrough in the penalty area!"

"The team's first penalty taker Hazard was injured in the first half, so the penalty kick was taken by..."

"Number 7, Jiang Yuan!"

……

(End of this chapter)