Chapter 355 Guardiola's eyes are shining

[Don't do this, damn, I have a bad heart. Chelsea is not really going to be defeated by Manchester City, right? ]

[No one really thinks Chelsea can beat Manchester City, what are you thinking? Zouma and Willian still have a chance, otherwise there is no point]

[Guardiola is really awesome. He coached the team so well when he first came to Manchester City. The same goes for Klopp. Manchester City and Liverpool, the two teams that changed coaches, have both taken off this season. Should Chelsea also change their coaches? ]

[Mourinho: ???]

[Anyway, I feel that Chelsea can’t beat Manchester City. Manchester City this season is simply terrifying]

[If Chelsea had no injuries, wouldn't it be easy to beat Manchester City? ]

[Mainly because Chelsea’s schedule is too stupid. Who can handle this kind of play? If someone gets injured, it will be GG.]

【King Jiang, save me! 】

The match was played in the early morning China time, but because it was a focus match, a lot of people watched it.

The first team versus the third team is at least the level of the Premier League king, not to mention that both teams have many stars who bring their own traffic.

At this time, Mourinho had his hands in his suit pockets, his lips tightly closed and his expression serious. Chelsea fans generally believed that Mourinho was thinking about the tactics against Manchester City. In fact, this is not the case. Mourinho's brain is completely blank now, and he really doesn't know what to do.

If only Zouma is absent, it would be fine, because Alonso and Terry can also take on the defensive tasks in the backcourt.

But now William is gone, and Kennedy is on the bench. The gap between Kennedy and William can be completely described as a "chasm". Chelsea originally had some threat on the right, but now the little threat left is gone. What can they do?
On the field, Azpilicueta dribbled the ball towards the middle, trying to guide the opposing defensive players away from Chelsea's left, but Manchester City was very smart. No matter how Aguero and De Bruyne pressed, the defense in the backcourt just stared at Jiang Yuan, making Jiang Yuan really uncomfortable.

“Here!”

There was no other way. Although he was playing as a number 9, Hazard could only come back to support. Azpilicueta aimed at Hazard's position and made a long pass that flew past De Bruyne's side.

With a "snap", Hazard turned around while stopping the ball. Fernandinho on the side wanted to run over to grab the ball, but Hazard paused very smartly at this time, which directly caused Fernandinho to run too far.

Because of this, Hazard was able to advance without the defense of a defensive midfielder, Jiang Yuan was waiting for an opportunity on the left, and Ibrahimovic was desperately trying for the ball in front.

"Give it to me, give it to me!"

Ibrahimovic battled with Stones in the penalty area, but unfortunately Manchester City's defense in the penalty area was very cautious. The joint defense of Stones and Kolarov prevented Ibrahimovic from finding any opportunities, and Kennedy on the right was also watched by Sane who was returning to defense.

Faced with this situation, Hazard's choice is...

"Hazard, go into the penalty area!"

"There is a change in rhythm when cycling. Stones is under a lot of pressure because he has to mark both Hazard and Ibrahimovic at the same time. Fernandinho is rushing back, but because he is behind Hazard, Fernandinho can't actually do anything."

"Jiang Yuan's position is not very good either, so Hazard can only choose to come by himself!"

"Ibrahimovic uses his body to block the opponent, Hazard protects the ball and rushes inside!"

"Kolarov has his hands on it, but Hazard hasn't reached the bottom yet"

"Over! Hazard shook off Manchester City's backcourt defense and is now facing goalkeeper Bravo!"

"Azar!"

The fans in front of the TV were already getting nervous, facing the goalkeeper in the penalty area, this was undoubtedly Chelsea's best scoring opportunity since the start of the game. But some fans also found that Bravo had already started attacking when Hazard broke through just now, which resulted in the distance between Bravo and Hazard being very close, and there was basically no shooting angle.

This is the time to test Hazard's personal ability!
The fans at the scene held their breath. Hazard swung out his right leg, but the Belgian superstar of the Blues did not choose to shoot. Instead, he made a very strange move. He stepped on the ball with his right foot and pulled it to the side and back.

Behind him, Jiang Yuan, who had just entered the penalty area, rushed over and shot the ball with his instep.

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLLL!!!!”

"Oh my god, this is a combination of Chelsea's attack in the frontcourt, from Hazard and Jiang Yuan"

"The goalkeeper thought Hazard was going to shoot directly, but Hazard didn't do that. Instead, he passed the ball to Jiang Yuan who was in a better position. At the same time, Jiang Yuan did not disappoint everyone and kicked the ball into the goal!"

“Excellent small-scale cooperation!”

The director's camera turned to Jiang Yuan. The moment he confirmed that he had scored, Jiang Yuan did not run directly out of the court as usual. Instead, he took a step forward, hugged Hazard's neck, and the two ran to the stands together.

"Oh, haha, when Jiang Yuan just transferred to Chelsea last season, he showed excellent cooperation with Hazard. Hehe, after a season of running-in, the cooperation between these two is indeed getting better and better."

"You see, if it was any other striker, he probably wouldn't have thought of running behind Hazard to receive the ball."

"Coach Zhang, I feel like what you said is not comprehensive enough. If it were any other striker, Hazard would most likely not choose to pass the ball back but would shoot directly himself."

"Haha, that's true, because we all know that Jiang Yuan's ability to seize shooting opportunities, or the so-called finishing ability, is top-notch in the top five leagues. The only players who are better than him may be Melo, Suarez, Aguero and other players."

top man!

Pogba ran up from behind and intercepted Jiang Yuan and Hazard halfway, and the three of them ran side by side.

"2"

"1"

"Let's go!"

Jiang Yuan in the middle counted twice, and the three of them slid down to their knees almost at the same time. Immediately, six dark and light black bars appeared on the grass.

“xuuuu——!!!”

"Fuck you!"

The Manchester City fans who were closest to the team immediately insulted the Chelsea players who scored the goal in all kinds of ways. English fans are generally more aggressive. Jiang Yuan and Hazard were okay, but Pogba couldn't stand it and started swearing at the fans in the stands.

“Easy, easy!”

Jiang Yuan and Kante hugged Pogba one from the front and one from the back to prevent further conflict.

The players are always the ones who suffer when arguing with the fans, so just calm down.

Although a goal was scored, Guardiola off the field was relatively calm. The Spaniard turned into a ninja, constantly making seals with his hands, and organizing the Manchester City players on the field to launch an orderly counterattack.

In the 40th minute of the game, Sane found an opportunity on the right and cooperated with Aguero and went directly into the penalty area.

Alonso was a little anxious and ran directly to the outside of the penalty area to prepare for a one-on-one challenge with Sane, but he was indeed deceived.

After attracting Alonso, Sane passed the ball back to De Bruyne, who then sent the ball to the middle. Center back Stones rushed up from behind and headed the ball, successfully bringing the score to 2:1.

damn it!

Terry complained to Alonso, and Alonso put the blame on Azpilicueta. No one knew what they were doing, and Jiang Yuan fell into silence.

Although he was far away from the defense line just now, he could see it clearly from the outside. The loss of the ball was not so much Alonso's mistake as it was the result of Manchester City's strong hard power.

Manchester City passed the ball quickly and several Chelsea defenders were led like dogs. Even if Alonso was not tricked out this time, he would be tricked out next time.

It must be admitted that Manchester City's hard passing and control is better than Chelsea!

The score is 2:1. Now the Chelsea players on the field and the Chelsea coaching staff off the field have roughly understood that Manchester City will definitely score a lot of goals in today's game. If Chelsea wants to beat Manchester City, it will be useless to rely on defense, because Chelsea cannot defend against Manchester City's attack.

If you can't rely on defense, then you can only rely on offense.

Snapped!
In the final minutes of the first half, with the left side completely blocked, the Blues players began to look for opportunities from the right side. Alonso's long pass from the backcourt was taken away by Ibrahimovic and successfully passed to Kennedy's feet.

Kennedy looked around and wanted to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan, but he found that there were three defensive players around Jiang Yuan. In the end, he could only dribble the ball to the baseline by himself.

If William and Falcao had not been injured, Kennedy would never have imagined that he would start in the game against Manchester City, and play as a right winger.

Top league + top club + starting lineup, Kennedy's treatment for the remaining half of the season can be described as luxurious. He also knows that the remaining time of this season is the best opportunity for him to increase his value.

20 Premier League games, starting in every game. Even if he doesn't score a goal, as long as his performance is not too bad, Kennedy's value will definitely increase by at least 1% next season.

This is an opportunity!
In the camera, Kennedy and Kolarov were one-on-one. In the end, he guessed a few bicycles and was about to imitate Jiang Yuan's sudden acceleration to the bottom.

The mind wanted to do this, but the body just couldn't keep up. Kolarov stretched out his foot at the first moment when Kennedy accelerated and successfully destroyed the ball. The next second, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

"what?"

Hazard spread his hands like Kennedy: "I'm right behind you, did you hear me asking you for the ball? Why didn't you give it to me?"

"My problem, my problem"

Kennedy quickly raised his hand to apologize. Mourinho, who was outside the field, saw this scene and his expression became terribly serious. He was already ready to have a private chat with Kennedy later.

In the midfield and locker room, Mourinho and Brown made some summaries of the situation in the first half, followed by tactical issues in the second half.

Mourinho did not hide his point and frankly stated that it was difficult for Chelsea to defend against Manchester City's attack and all they could do was restrict their players.

De Bruyne and Aguero are the two most crucial players in Manchester City's offense. Mourinho asked Kante to target De Bruyne's passes.

The same goes for Pogba, of course, but in Mourinho's tactical arrangement, Pogba's position will be relatively forward, and he does not need to run back and forth between the front and back fields like Kante.

"Jiang, can you finish the second half?"

Mourinho looked at Jiang Yuan. Because William was not there, Jiang Yuan's offensive pressure would be much greater than before. At the end of the first half, Brown looked at Jiang Yuan's heart rate, which was 114bpm. The heart rate data was okay, but the data could not explain everything.

For example, the performance in the second half. Just looking at Jiang Yuan’s heart rate data in the first half, you have no idea how long he can last in the second half.

"no problem"

Jiang Yuan supported his left hand on his knee, holding a mineral water bottle in his hand, and raised his right hand to make a thumbs up.

In fact, sprinting and other things are fine, as long as he doesn't keep returning to defense like when he was in the national team, there should be no problem for him to be the offensive core for 90 minutes.

"That's good"

Mourinho sighed. It would be great if Jiang Yuan could play the whole game. If Jiang Yuan couldn't hold on, Mourinho would have to move Remy, who played as a center forward, to the wing.

After talking about tactics, Mourinho called the physiotherapy team into the locker room and gave Jiang Yuan and Hazard a thigh muscle massage. Then he looked at Kennedy and said, "Come out for a moment."

"..."

Kennedy looked left and right, and finally looked at Brown for help: "I didn't do anything wrong, did I?"

“It’s not a big deal”

Brown grabbed Kennedy's hand, pulled him over, and then pushed him out.

Outside the locker room, Mourinho pulled Kennedy aside. The latter looked a little embarrassed, but Mourinho said Kennedy had done nothing wrong and just needed some small adjustments.

This adjustment is also very simple.

"I know you want to perform, and I hope you can do well, but you have to know that this is a formal game, and your eager style of play is very disadvantageous to the team."

Mourinho looked Kennedy in the eyes and said earnestly: "I don't need you to play like Jiang. You just need to do your role well, cooperate with your teammates, and show your personal abilities appropriately. Is that okay?"

“I know”

Kennedy nodded repeatedly. As long as Mourinho didn't curse, it was within Kennedy's acceptable range and he just did as he was told.

As Mourinho said, Jiang Yuan's style of play is very risky. Once he fails to get to the bottom, the whole team must return to defense. Chelsea's defense needs to provide protection for Jiang Yuan's offense, but protecting Jiang Yuan alone is already the limit. It is impossible to let Kennedy play like that in the frontcourt.

Before William was injured, the Brazilian, who is good at dribbling, did not have many dribbling scenes. Mourinho had emphasized this to him. This is also the reason why Pogba plays as a right defensive midfielder and Kante plays as a left defensive midfielder.

Chelsea's right side should still be conservative!

The halftime break was over soon. The players of both teams gathered in the player tunnel, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle for the game to begin. Jiang Yuan stood behind Pogba, and De Bruyne beside him came over to hug Hazard. After the hug, Hazard pointed at Jiang Yuan in front of him and said, "Would you like to meet your favorite striker?"

"Ha ha"

De Bruyne is a little shy, but he can't be said to be introverted. The Belgian is still very willing to communicate with others.

Hazard put one hand on Hazard's body and looked at Jiang Yuan at the same time: "Jiang, this guy has said many times in text messages that he wants to be your teammate"

"So when are you coming to Chelsea?"

Hazard nudged his fellow countryman in the ribs with his elbow and said jokingly.

“I can’t go to Chelsea”

De Bruyne shook his head and said seriously: "With you at Chelsea, I can only be a substitute if I go there"

I can only say that De Bruyne's emotional intelligence is still high!

At the beginning of the second half, both teams made some adjustments in tactics, but the home team was still better. Before the 55th minute, Sane's powerful long-range shot from the outside almost penetrated Courtois's defense. Fortunately, the Blues goalkeeper was focused, otherwise the score would have been 3:1. "Don't worry, don't worry!"

Mourinho shouted off the field: "Use your brain to think clearly before passing the ball!"

It is undeniable that Manchester City is a very strong opponent. If Chelsea wants to beat Manchester City, they must give 100% of their strength.

You know, Chelsea lost to Manchester City in the Champions League last season!
Manchester City gradually took the initiative, but under this high-intensity passing and controlling movement, the physical strength of Manchester City players was soon exhausted. In the 62nd minute of the game, Kante seized Fernandinho's mistake and suddenly snatched the ball from Manchester City. Kante was also very smart afterwards. He did not pass the ball to Pogba who was running to receive the ball, but made a long pass himself, directly behind Manchester City.

coming!

Seeing the ball flying towards the frontcourt, Jiang Yuan on the wing ran diagonally, looking like he was going down the rim or cutting inside, but no matter whether he was going down the rim or cutting inside, the pressure on Manchester City players was very great.

Because Jiang Yuan's speed has already formed a quasi-single-handed attack!
"It was very fast, going past Stones, it could have been a one-on-one shot!"

"Look at the trajectory of Kante's long pass... Hey, this is a one-on-one shot!"

"Jiang Yuan, can you seize this opportunity!"

"Stones reached out to pull the ball from behind, but he didn't dare to use too much strength, because if Jiang Yuan fell to the ground at this time, Stones would be sent off for disrupting the attack."

"Stop the ball, perfect!"

"Adjust it and shoot!"

"The ball is in!"

"In the 64th minute of the game, Chelsea's front and back players formed a linkage, and Jiang Yuan's single shot successfully helped Chelsea equalize the score!"

nice!

Mourinho raised his arms and shouted, extremely excited.

As expected, the more adverse the situation is, the more we need to strengthen our offense. There is some truth to this statement. Manchester City relies on their leading advantage and positions themselves very forward in the backcourt, which is nothing more than giving Chelsea a chance!
"Wow!"

After confirming that the goal was valid, Jiang Yuan came outside the field and performed Tai Chi with Ibrahimovic under the stands.

A big watermelon, half on the left, half on the right, and cut in the middle.

Breathe in...

Exhale...

perfect!

"Good job!"

Ibrahimovic put one hand on Jiang Yuan's hair and rubbed it vigorously a few times. Because the hair was wet with sweat, it was not prickly at all, but a little slippery.

The live broadcast room showed the replay of the ball just now. Jiang Yuan used his calf to move the ball to his feet, ran forward two steps and then made a direct shot.

Bravo made a save, but in this one-on-one situation, the goalkeeper is always the weaker party. Unsure where Jiang Yuan would hit the ball, Bravo could only spread his legs and arms to expand his defensive area as much as possible.

But unfortunately it was not successful.

"Oh, Chelsea's counterattack was indeed very successful. Mourinho continued the team's aggressive offensive style from last season. Hehe, when facing an opponent like Manchester City who does delicate work, a quick counterattack is indeed more effective than a head-on attack."

"Coach Zhang is right. So what do you think Chelsea needs to do if they want to beat Manchester City away from home?"

"First of all, from the experience of the previous few minutes, Chelsea must not go against Manchester City in an offensive game, because if you look at Manchester City's team, Sane, Fernandinho, and De Bruyne are all good at passing and controlling the ball, Chelsea will definitely suffer in the end if they go against them in an offensive game."

"I think it's very good to play behind like we did just now, because Manchester City plays a three-back system, and there are definitely fewer players in the last line of defense. Of course, when you talk about Guardiola, when he sees the team conceding a goal, he will definitely find a way to make adjustments."

Zhang Lu is the one who understands football. Just after he said that Guardiola would make adjustments, Chelsea made substitutions. David Silva and Navas, who performed well, were replaced by Sterling and Clichy.

Silva's effect in the offensive line is actually quite good, but Guardiola wants to try using Sterling, who has better ball control skills, to see if he can create new opportunities.

As for Klich, that was a choice made against Jiang Yuan.

Although Navas is fast, he is too short to be a full-back. Sometimes Jiang Yuan doesn't even need to do anything. He can just flick the ball forward and then actively bump into Navas to complete the pass.

In this case, Guardiola will definitely not let Jiang Yuan play so easily.

Outside the boundary line, Guardiola grabbed Sterling's arm and pointed at the playing field: "Stand closer to Kevin when attacking, and actively stick to the opponent's defender, get it?"

“Get it!”

……

“you heard me saying a prayer for~”

"somebody i really could care for~"

"and then there suddenly appeared before me~"

After the score was tied, the chorus became louder and louder until it could be heard clearly in the CCTV live broadcast room.

"Hey, the home team fans know this game is not going to be easy, so they started putting pressure on the opponent."

"Etihad Stadium says 'Welcome' to Chelsea players and fans!"

The score was 2:2, with less than 20 minutes left. The players of both teams were under great pressure. The crazy singing of the fans made the originally weak Manchester City suddenly become fierce. De Bruyne made a nearly perfect pass to the frontcourt in the 77th minute. The ball flew over Ivanovic's right ankle and went directly to Sterling's feet.

Sterling, who just joined the team last season, showed his excellent ball sense. He stepped on the ball with his right foot and passed it to his left foot, then cut inside with his left foot. The perfect way of handling the ball helped Sterling to stop the ball and get rid of Ivanovic and Terry in succession, and then face Courtois directly.

"Fuck no!"

The visiting fans behind the goal were scared to death, but Sterling, facing this one-on-one opportunity, directly "passed" the ball to Courtois.

"Ouch, Sterling made a mistake. This was a very serious mistake. Manchester City missed the opportunity to expand the score again."

"This is really, really wrong. I did a very good job stopping the ball just now, but I didn't handle the shot well. This is really a pity, a pity..."

Zhang Lu's two consecutive exclamations of "what a pity" were enough to show how incredible Sterling's goal was.

It is understandable if a one-on-one shot is saved or hit away, you can just kick it and pass it to the opponent's goalkeeper.

This……

"wdf"

Guardiola exclaimed "Oh" and then held his head with both hands, feeling extremely regretful.

It’s right in front of your mouth, but you can’t get it in?
Now Guardiola suddenly feels a little regretful. Substituting Sterling can be said to be the most failed decision he made today. Sterling had just returned from injury, and it was indeed unreasonable to let him come on as a substitute against Chelsea.

"what are you doing bro?"

"Fuck you!"

Even the home team fans couldn't help it. Now Manchester City fans really feel like they can do it too.

Sterling stuck out his big butt with an embarrassed expression.

As time passed, Chelsea used two substitutions, with substitute center back Gary Cahill and substitute center forward Remy coming on the field. However, it is worth mentioning that Remy did not replace Ibrahimovic, but Kennedy, who was on the right wing.

Mourinho is really bold. He wants Remy to pretend to be a right winger and verify the possibility of this behavior through this high-intensity game.

If we can play against Manchester City, then there will be no problem playing against other teams.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the last few minutes went by very quickly for the fans of both teams. It was not because time passed faster, but because the game pace was very fast. Both sides did not want the game to end with a score of 2:2. After all, a draw only means 1 point, so it is better to take a risk and go for victory.

As Kante's long shot hit the post, the fourth official raised the sign for extra time.

Injury time: 3'00''
The classic three minutes of stoppage time was also the last chance for both teams. In the 91st minute, Manchester City launched a quick attack in the frontcourt and Guardiola outside the field was making crazy moves.

Opportunity, this is a chance to win the game!

On the wing, Sterling, who missed a one-on-one opportunity, dribbled forward, ready to make up for it with his outstanding dribbling ability. Although his shot was a bit poor, Sterling has Jamaican ancestry and in a sense can be said to be Bolt's fellow countryman.

Sterling was seen facing Kante one-on-one on the wing. He stuck out his butt and rushed out like a duck. The duck's flexible movement and slippery body left Kante with no choice but to let it run past.

"Front, go find Sergio, and Kevin, back, run to the back"

Guardiola made hand gestures to direct the team, and Sterling dribbled the ball to Chelsea's baseline. From this position, the players on the field could not hear Guardiola's words, so the Manchester City coach could only rub his hands and hope for a miracle for Manchester City: "come on come on..."

The cooperation was still smooth. Kolarov made a high ball into the penalty area from behind, and Aguero jumped over Cahill and completed a header.

Snapped!
Courtois was like a living goalkeeper. He jumped up quickly on the spot, punched the ball to the ground with both fists, then quickly fell to the ground and hugged the ball in his arms.

"Gosh..."

Guardiola showed a helpless expression and looked at the big screen hanging above the stadium.

92'NUMX ''
ended……

With a frustrated mood, Guardiola turned around and slowly walked towards the bench: "Don't rush to leave after the game, we need to hold a tactical meeting in the locker room"

"We should have gotten three points in the game, but we only got one point. Everyone needs to reflect on this, including myself."

Guardiola said this to the players on the bench, but despite Guardiola's deep and powerful voice, no player on the bench was looking at him.

At this time, David Silva, who was substituted, suddenly stood up, and Yaya Toure also stood up immediately: "nononono..."

Then there were screams from the stands.

"what?"

Guardiola turned his head, and at the same time, the Etihad Stadium fell into chaos.

"GOOOOOO-AAAAAAAAA-LLLLLLLLLL!!!"

The first moment he heard the commentary, Guardiola was very excited, thinking that Manchester City had scored the winning goal.

But after thinking about it, I found something wrong.

Damn, before I turned around, it was Chelsea’s goalkeeper who was in control of the ball!

"what--!!!!"

Jiang Yuan opened his arms and rushed to the bottom of the podium. Countless blood rushed to his head under the beating of his heart, turning Jiang Yuan's head completely red.

【Grass, grass, grass, grass, grass!!!】

[Awesome, 92 minutes and 50 seconds, this is a real buzzer beater]

[It's over, Manchester City will become a background board, 3 minutes of stoppage time, 2 minutes and 50 seconds to kill, the drama is at its maximum]

【Hat trick! Which idiot said that Xiao Jiang couldn't score a hat trick against a strong team? Is Manchester City not a strong team, or does scoring 3 goals not count as a hat trick?】

[The viewing experience is so amazing, Courtois, Pogba and Jiang Yuan are connected, the counterattack speed is really exaggerated. Everyone says Manchester United counterattacks are awesome, but I think Chelsea has the best counterattack in the Premier League, after all, Chelsea has the fastest winger]

[Pogba's long pass is so damn good that it can be added to the highlights, it's really accurate]

[Fuck, I bet on Manchester City 3:2 Chelsea, I did it the wrong way]

[It's over, Manchester City is GG. Losing to Chelsea is equivalent to losing 6 points...]

[Jiang Yuan is awesome, awesome!!!]

[6. Manchester City was defeated by a last-gasp goal. Does Xiao Jiang have the ability to turn the game around?]

[Hahaha, I had already plugged in the charger and was ready to go to bed, but one of them went in directly. Those who bet on a tie today won’t be able to sleep.]

Less than a minute after Dongqiudi posted the animated picture, the number of comments below exceeded 1, some of which had already closed their live broadcast rooms in advance.

But it doesn’t matter. When those people wake up the next day, they will regret going to bed early.

At 92 minutes and 50 seconds, he scored a hat trick to defeat Manchester City. This is the No. 7 of the Chinese team!
"Well done, well done, well done!"

Mourinho rushed over excitedly and collided chest to chest with Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan was now in the open space in front of the player tunnel, where the fourth official was located. This place was no more than 5 meters away from the Manchester City bench.

The camera turned to Guardiola, and the Spaniard was staring at Jiang Yuan intently.

His eyes seemed to be glowing!
……

(End of this chapter)