Chapter 350 The situation is not good
"Germain! Facing Terry one-on-one, Germain chooses to pass the ball to Carrillo!"

"Hey, with only one defender, Chelsea's defense is not up to par right now!"

"Carrillo has a one-on-one chance, Courtois comes out, Carrillo shoots directly!"

“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLL!!!!”

"Guido...Carrillo!!"

Bang bang bang bang!
shit...

Jiang Yuan spat on the grass, looking somewhat helpless.

Monaco scored a goal in less than 10 minutes, and the scorer Carrillo was not even a main player of Monaco. It can be said that Chelsea's recent game form is really very bad.

Carrillo was also very excited after scoring the goal. After all, this was his first goal in the Champions League this season, and it was an away game. It was hard not to be excited.

"N'Golo, why!?"

Terry rushed up to Kanter and spread his hands: "Why don't you just foul? Stealing the ball is just giving them a chance!"

There is nothing wrong with what Terry said. In that situation just now, Fabinho was not alone, and Kante only needed to get a yellow card for knocking him down. Kante did not do that, and Chelsea paid the price for losing the ball.

"My fault, my fault..."

Kante licked his lips with a rather interesting expression. To be honest, he also thought about a tactical foul, but in the end he chose the safer way in his mind. It can only be said that Kante suffered from a lack of experience today.

When he got the ball just now, any experienced midfielder would have knocked the player down directly, like Pogba did. It's a pity that the veteran midfielder of the Blues had just participated in a corner kick attack in the penalty area, so he was standing too forward.

“xuuuu——!!!”

"Fuck you, kiss my ass!!!"

The Blues fans in the stands were wildly mocking Carrillo who was celebrating the goal, while Mourinho took advantage of the opponent's celebration time to gather all the players outside the field.

"Use your brain! Use your brain to play football!"

Mourinho pressed his index finger hard on his temple: "You have to use your brain when you have the ball, and you also have to use your brain when you don't have the ball. Use your brain to think about how to help your teammates, especially the defensive players. You have to take the initiative to find cooperation with your teammates. What is the use of one person, and what can one kick out?"

"Dear 'respected' stars, please remember that we are a team, a damn team!"

Mourinho scolded the players, and the starting players around him remained silent. It was obvious that they had not yet recovered from the defeat in the previous game.

If it were Lopetegui at this time, he would choose to comfort the players and let them adjust their mentality, but Mourinho is different from Lopetegui. Mourinho is a coach who emphasizes absolute rationality, so his approach is also very extreme.

"Next!"

"If anyone performs poorly next time, I will replace him without hesitation. I'm sorry, but we have to win this game."

After saying that, Mourinho waved his hand and sat back in his seat. Brown, who stayed where he was, comforted everyone: "Don't be nervous, there is no need to be nervous, just play the way you should play, remember to cooperate more, we are better than our opponents, you have to remember this"

clap clap clap!
Brown pushed the players back to the field one by one: "Come on, come on, win this game!"

Azar put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder: "You don't look very well..."

“Everyone does this”

Jiang Yuan pouted and looked at Ibrahimovic in front of him. Judging from his expression, the Swede was about to burst into tears.

After two consecutive games of poor performance, the mentality of several Chelsea frontcourt players has become a big problem.

At this time, Hazard's Buddhist attribute came into play, otherwise there might be no normal person in Chelsea's frontcourt.

"Well, come on, come on!"

Hazard patted Jiang Yuan on the neck several times to increase Jiang Yuan's excitement by stimulating the brain stem. Now if Chelsea wants to win, they must restore the form of Jiang Yuan, Ibrahimovic, and Pogba, among which Jiang Yuan is the most critical.

Because Jiang Yuan is Chelsea's core attacking point. If Jiang Yuan is not in good shape, Chelsea will not be able to launch a deep attack.

The best way to solve the mentality problem is to score goals, but the biggest problem now is that because of the poor condition, it is very difficult to score goals.

Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic really want to win. This mentality is conducive to professional players, but there are always some special circumstances. In these special circumstances, being competitive is not a good thing.

In the 20th minute of the game, the effect of the goal was very obvious. In the first 5 minutes, Monaco's overall ball possession rate was less than 30%, but in the 20th minute, Monaco's ball possession rate had reached 40%, and it was still rising.

The camera turned to Mourinho outside the field. The Portuguese had his hands folded across his chest, looking a little uncomfortable.

However, this situation did not last long. New signing Kante was the first to recover. In the 37th minute, he accurately intercepted Germain. Monaco is now in a strong offensive momentum and certainly does not want to give up every offensive opportunity. Therefore, after regaining the ball, Kante was immediately pressed by Bakayoko. Under pressure, Kante chose to pass the ball back to Azpilicueta who caught up from behind.

"Hey!"

Seeing Kante pass the ball back, Jiang Yuan smelled an opportunity and rushed forward immediately, trying to get rid of Bernardo Silva while trying to find a passing route for Azpilicueta.

"Azpilicueta, adjust, long pass, pass it to the front!"

"Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan is very fast. He collided with Sidibe and successfully stopped the long pass from the backcourt. It was very beautiful!"

"Wow! Jiang Yuan, just pass the ball to Ibrahimovic!"

"The handling was very decisive, Ibrahimovic didn't even seem to react!"

He Wei was right. Due to his mentality, Ibrahimovic was not focused enough and did not run forward at the first time, which led to him missing the best header opportunity.

Because of the close defense of the defender, Ibrahimovic had no choice but to pass the ball back to William on his right. William handled the ball very cleanly, going slightly to the bottom, creating space and then passing it back to Hazard with a triangle.

It was a pretty good combination, and Chelsea successfully transferred the ball to the top of the arc, which is the Blues players' favorite position.

With a "pop" sound, Hazard pretended to rush into the penalty area from the middle, but in fact he shook Lemar off with his right foot and prepared to take a long shot, but an unexpected result occurred.

fuck!

Hazard fell to the ground after cursing, but he didn't move far enough away, causing Lemar to be shaken off and use his super long arms to pull Hazard.

The force wasn't great, but it was enough to break Hazard's center of gravity.

"Beep!"

Referee Kapoor hurried over and decisively awarded Chelsea a free kick in the frontcourt.

"wowoww!!!"

"Chelsea!!!"

"Jiang!!!"

The Blues fans in the stands screamed, Ibrahimovic knocked the ball with his heel and then walked towards Jiang Yuan.

Ibrahimovic did not pass the ball to Jiang Yuan directly, but whispered a few words to Jiang Yuan before shooting, and the latter gave him a thumbs up.

Except Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic, no one knew what they were communicating about.

"Chelsea has a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt, so let Jiang Yuan take the penalty. This position is already within Jiang Yuan's shooting range, so the position is not bad."

"But we also know that Jiang Yuan's performance in the last two games has been average, so the free kick from this position... is hard to say!"

"The camera focuses on Jiang Yuan. We can see that Jiang Yuan is sweating profusely. The pressure is visible to the naked eye."

Stamford Bridge was extremely lively at that time. Jiang Yuan placed the ball behind the arc, touched his gluteus maximus with both hands, and looked directly at goalkeeper Subasic, who was also looking at him.

However, the staring at each other did not last too long. Jiang Yuan immediately avoided his sight and began to analyze the human wall in front of him. The Monaco players and Chelsea teammates stood together in twos and threes, which looked a bit messy, but in fact, all the positions that should be blocked were blocked. If Jiang Yuan wanted to shoot directly, bypassing the human wall was the only way.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, but Jiang Yuan didn't get anxious. Instead, he let out a sigh of relief. He hadn't scored a single free kick this month, so he couldn't guarantee his form.

But my teammates have given me the power to take free kicks, so if I don’t shoot, I might as well leave the opportunity to others.

"Jiang Yuan, run up... and shoot!"

He Wei shouted. In the picture, the ball hit by Jiang Yuan passed through Bakayoko's body with almost no rotation in the air.

Bakayoko gritted his teeth and stretched out his head, ready to head the ball out with his head, but unfortunately, the ball was just a little bit off and Bakayoko did not touch it.

After bypassing the human wall, the ball began to fall rapidly.

"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Oh my god!"

"What a sensational goal!"

"What a sensational goal for Jiang!"

"Tell me, what is this!"

Bang bang bang bang!
Amid the noise, Jiang Yuan excitedly rushed out of the stadium.

came back.

That’s the feeling, the feeling of scoring a goal!

“Wow!!!!!”

shhhhh--

Jiang Yuan and Hazard slid to their knees almost at the same time, with a total of four black bars between them, and rushed directly to the corner flagpole. After standing up, Jiang Yuan roared and kicked the corner flagpole in half.

great!
"Beautiful, nice boy!"

"Woohooo!"

The Chelsea players on the field ran to the left corner flagpole and surrounded Jiang Yuan in a circle. Mourinho was also excited and kept waving his arms, looking like he was going to throw his arms out.

Jiang Yuan's free kick helped the team equalize the score, which was one reason, and this goal also restored the momentum of Chelsea's frontcourt players, which was another reason. No matter from which aspect, Jiang Yuan's goal was very precious.

Referee Kapur hurried over and showed a yellow card to Jiang Yuan who damaged the corner flagpole. Jiang Yuan did not resist and celebrated with his teammates.

He has only received this yellow card in the Champions League so far this season, so he is still very safe.

【6666666】

[I almost thought it was going to explode, luckily Xiao Jiang saved my life]

[This rescue is not thorough enough. As long as Chelsea doesn't win alone, I will jump. Can Xiao Jiang continue to work hard? ]

[Awesome, Mr. Key, I almost thought Monaco was going to beat Chelsea]

[What do you know? The Ninja Turtles are right across the street. How can the apprentice beat the master? ]

[This free kick is amazing. I remember Xiao Jiang hasn’t scored a free kick in a long time. This ability to maintain his form is undoubtedly the best.]

[I feel like Hazard didn't need to fall to the ground, he could have just forced the shot, so Hazard was giving the ball to Jiang Yuan! ]

[I’ll let your mother know. Hazard lost his balance and still shot at the goal. Hit his balls.]

[Awesome! At this angle, Bakayoko almost blocked it. It was a close call.]

[The problem is that if you hit it a little further to the side, the ball won't go into the net. Jiang Yuan's shot is already in a blind spot and can't go any further. This is really awesome.]

It is said that direct free kicks are difficult to take, as you have to consider both the human wall and the goal. The free kicker needs to find an angle in the narrow space between the human wall and the goal, which is enough to penetrate the goal defended by a top goalkeeper.

This is also the reason why the chances of scoring from free kicks are low.

This thing is really difficult!

Mbappe, sitting on the visiting team's bench, seemed to be thinking about what he would like if one day he could also kick a free kick of this level like his master.

It’s a pity that the Ninja Turtles have heavy training tasks and cannot spare enough time to practice free kicks of this level.

Speaking of which, Mbappe was also very surprised. His master not only possessed exaggerated dribbling and shooting abilities, but also possessed extremely strong free kick techniques. He really couldn't figure out how Jiang Yuan was trained while falling to the ground.

There have always been reports saying that Jiang Yuan likes to practice alone. Maybe this is the reason for his master's success.

The harder you work, the more versatile you are!
Chelsea continued to expand their offensive and took the lead in ball possession in the last few minutes of the first half, but did not get any particularly good offensive opportunities. When Kapur blew the halftime whistle, the score was temporarily tied at 1:1.

The Monaco fans in the stadium were very excited. Although they had been declared eliminated before, they were still quite excited to be able to tie with Chelsea with this score.

The score was 1:1 at halftime, which rounded up to 2:2 at full time. Just think about it, playing against last season's Premier League champions, and having to deal with the pressure from the home fans, if the game could end in a draw, it would at least be enough to celebrate half a season.

Of course, there is still a way out of rounding off and the final actual situation. What Monaco needs to do now is to make targeted adjustments to its tactics during the halftime so as to cope with Chelsea's sudden intensification of the offensive in the second half.

To this end, coach Jardim gave an inspiring speech in the locker room.

"Our opponents are very strong. We lost to them by 4 goals in the last round. Their hard power is obviously stronger than ours, and much stronger. This is a truth that everyone knows."

Jardim looked at the players on the field, and his gaze lingered on Glick and Germersson for a little extra time.

Chelsea needs to compete for the first place in the group, so they will definitely not be satisfied with the score of 1:1. Chelsea will definitely strengthen their attack in the second half. Facing the two super forwards Jiang Yuan and Hazard, Monaco's defense will definitely be under great pressure.

Among them, the two central defenders Glik and Germersson are under even greater pressure.

"but!"

"The result in the first half proves one thing. Although we are not as strong as our opponents, football cannot be won by strength alone. We have a chance, and a big chance."

Jardim looked at Carrillo, the Argentine who scored the first goal of the game, a goal that helped Monaco establish their momentum for the game.

"I still want to say what I have said many times before. Since we can score one goal, we can score the second goal; since we can score the second goal, we have the ability to win the game."

Speaking of this, Jardim thought of someone, that is Mbappe who is sitting in the corner now. In the last game, Monaco was almost defeated by the opponent 4:0. It was this magical boy who saved the team's face with a stunning goal.

"Killian!"

Jardim shouted, and Mbappe, whose name was called, stood up immediately, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

Sure enough, Jardim announced the exciting news: "You can warm up in the next room. As soon as the second half starts, you will be on the court!"

Mbappe made his Champions League debut in the match against Chelsea in September and scored a goal in his first appearance. Jardim must consider letting this magical boy come on as a substitute. I just don’t know if this magical boy can continue to bring miracles to Monaco today.

On the home team's side, Mourinho made some emphasis in the locker room, which was simply to encourage the players to cheer up.

In the Portuguese's view, Chelsea's hard power is stronger than Monaco, so they should win this game.

After emphasizing the mentality problem, Mourinho explained his chances in the second half. First of all, Ibrahimovic must not continue to play in the second half. The Swede's mentality has serious problems. Continuing to stay on the court will only have side effects on Chelsea's offense.

"what?"

Upon hearing the news that he was going to be substituted, Ibrahimovic was shocked and directly expressed his confusion to Mourinho: "Why? Why are you substituting me?"

Mourinho did not say much to Ibrahimovic, saying that this was a tactical need and Ibrahimovic only needed to execute the tactics.

Even though Ibrahimovic often has outstanding performances in the league and cup competitions, it is an indisputable fact that he is weak when it comes to major competitions. With so many players in Chelsea, the only ones who can be the core in major competitions are Hazard and Jiang Yuan. To be honest, the others are still a long way behind.

"Remember to pass the ball to Jiang more often"

Mourinho emphasized to Pogba that as the team coach, Mourinho can clearly feel that Jiang's condition is getting better. At present, the only two people Mourinho can trust are Jiang Yuan and Hazard.

"Welcome back, dear audience friends, this is the second half of Chelsea's match against Monaco, both sides have a substitution"

"For Chelsea, Mourinho replaced Ibrahimovic, who performed poorly in the first half, with the team's substitute center forward Remy. In fact, Remy was originally on Chelsea's summer transfer list, but because of the departure of Spanish center forward Diego Costa, Chelsea finally retained Remy as Ibrahimovic's substitute."

"Then it's the visiting team Monaco. Oh, this is Mbappe. Haha, this player is nicknamed 'Ninja Turtle' by many fans because of his appearance."

"That's right. And, Coach He, did you know that Mbappe and Jiang Yuan have a master-disciple relationship?"

"Of course I know this. This is something that all Premier League and Ligue 1 fans know. Mbappe imitated Jiang Yuan's dribbling style to score in his Champions League debut."

"Come on, Mbappe created a miracle in the last game, let's see if this young French player can also bring us a miracle in today's game!"

People say that Mbappe looks like a Ninja Turtle. This is not just a random remark. When the camera was given to Mbappe who was preparing to play, the comment section of the football app was full of the words "Ninja Turtles". Those who don't know this are because this is a movie APP, not a football APP.

"Kylian!"

"Allez!"

The Monaco fans in the stands applauded Mbappe. It can be seen that everyone has high expectations for this young player. The visiting fans hope that Mbappe can replicate the previous goal and complete the defeat of Chelsea.

Of course Mbappe wanted to defeat his opponent, but Chelsea is not a mountain that can be easily conquered. Just as the second half of the game began, Jiang Yuan and Pogba formed a linkage on the wing, and an extremely fast two-pass directly broke through Monaco's wing blockade.

Jiang Yuan got the ball again and went down to the bottom line decisively. Hazard and William started almost at the same time, ready to cooperate with Jiang Yuan tacitly.

After reaching the baseline, Jiang Yuan faced Sidibe again. Jiang Yuan, who was in a hot state, unexpectedly did not choose to dribble past him, but passed the ball to Azpilicueta who came to receive the ball. After Azpilicueta stopped the ball, he adjusted two steps and then passed the ball to Pogba who was waiting in front.

"Here here! fast fast!"

Hazard moved and asked Pogba for the ball, but Pogba did not choose to pass the ball to Hazard. Instead, he looked up and chose to shoot himself.

boom!
Snapped!
There was the sound of the ball hitting the goal, followed by the sound of the goalkeeper saving the ball. Pogba's shot was very fast, but the angle was still a little off and was saved by Subasic.

"Give it to me!"

Hazard turned and spread his hands to Pogba, who could only raise his hands to apologize, but Pogba was apologizing for not scoring a goal, not for not passing the ball to Hazard.

Because in the eyes of the French, he and Hazard have the same chances to score, so there is no need to pass the ball to Hazard.

"Fuck!"

Mourinho stomped his foot on the ground to express his dissatisfaction with Pogba's just now behavior, but now it was a corner kick, and Monaco's goal was far away from Chelsea's bench, so Pogba could not hear what Mourinho said.

This corner kick was taken by Ivanovic and was very average, so Chelsea didn't get any chances.

"Move move!"

Terry signaled the players to return to defense, but at this moment, the referee suddenly blew the whistle, and everyone noticed William lying on the ground.

wdf?

Jiang Yuan had no idea what had just happened. He rushed forward with his teammates, pushed away the Monaco player next to William, and then asked Pogba, "What happened?"

Pogba stared at William who was committing fouls back and forth on the ground with his eyes wandering.

"knee"

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(End of this chapter)