Chapter 373 A pile of shit
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"Then the away team Arsenal, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left side"

Arsenal (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech

Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Mustafi, Bellerin
Midfielders: Coquelin, Chamberlain, Ozil
Forwards: Iwobi, Sanchez, Walcott

Head coach: Boulder

At this time, Arsenal's head coach is still Arsene Wenger, but the Frenchman was absent today due to illness. He was replaced by Arsenal's assistant coach, Bould.

Wenger's absence due to illness is a good opportunity for Chelsea, but Mourinho emphasized before the game that they should never underestimate their opponents because of some factors that are favorable to them.

Although Bould is only an assistant coach at Arsenal, he is also one of Wenger's most proud disciples, and his coaching ability is definitely unquestionable.

Bould has experience coaching Arsenal's U-series team, so he is very good at communicating with players.

It seems that because of Bould's influence, Arsenal played more aggressively today than ever before.

"Cokran, pass the ball to the wing, move forward and try to cooperate with Ozil!"

"Like Chelsea, Arsenal also uses a 4231 formation, but I personally think that playing against Chelsea on the wing is not a good choice"

Huang Jianxiang expressed his opinion that in the 23rd round of the league, Liverpool and Chelsea played against each other on the flanks. Even with Mane and Coutinho in charge, Liverpool still lost in the end.

Luck is part of the reason, but this also objectively illustrates a problem, that is, Chelsea's wing attack and defense conversion system is very mature.

With a "pop" sound, Ozil received the pass from Iwobi on the wing, and then completed the work of going down the bottom instead of Iwobi. This is the style of play that Jiang Yuan and Hazard like to play very much. Today, Boulder will use Chelsea's magic to defeat Chelsea!
"I'll come, I'll come!"

Taking advantage of Ozil's opportunity to handle the ball, Falcao rushed back from the frontcourt to help Ake with defense. He was surrounded by two defensive players, but Ozil was not in a hurry and stood there waiting for support from his teammates.

His teammates didn't stand there stupidly either. Monreal ran over from behind, took Ozil's heel pass, and made an unexpected sprint to bypass Ake and finish at the bottom.

"Follow!"

Terry reminded him from behind, and Ake quickly chased after him. Although the defense was more passive in one-on-one situations, Ake's advantage was that he was young, and his reaction and change of direction speed were relatively fast.

Monreal came to Chelsea's right baseline, followed closely by Ake. Monreal raised his foot and pretended to make a triangle pass, but actually passed the ball directly.

Snapped!
Ake raised his right leg and Monreal's cross hit his knee and bounced out of the baseline.

"Good!"

Mourinho gave Akbi a thumbs up. Although Akbi lacks defensive experience compared to Ivanovic, this guy is still very motivated.

Corner kick for Arsenal!

Cochran dribbled the ball towards the corner flag, while Jiang Yuan hurried into the penalty area and stood with Pogba. At this time, Pogba asked Jiang Yuan a very strange question: "Who am I defending?"

???

Jiang Yuan stuck his head out: "How do I know who you are guarding against? Don't you know?"

Pogba touched his nose, looking embarrassed: "I wasn't listening when Jose was talking..."

"My day!"

Jiang Yuan held his forehead and smiled bitterly. Fortunately, Terry in the small penalty area reacted quickly, ran over and grabbed Pogba's wrist, then gave Walcott a look, meaning to tell Pogba that this was his defensive target today.

okk!

Pogba patted Terry's hand to show that he understood.

The corner kick was taken and Remy headed the ball out at the first point, but Remy did not observe in advance when he headed the ball, causing the ball to go directly to Koscielny.

What the hell!

The situation was urgent, Jiang Yuan simply gave up marking Chamberlain and did a split to block Koscielny and the goal.

Snapped!
Another corner kick!
"What are you fucking doing!?"

Courtois spread his hands towards Remy. He was almost scared to death just now.

"My My"

Remy hurriedly high-fived Courtois to apologize. Before the corner kick was taken, that was the position where Kante was standing. Remy took it for granted.

Everyone's position must change after a corner kick is taken!

"It's okay, I'll watch the next one."

Jiang Yuan shouted twice, signaling Courtois and Remy to stop arguing.

"Arsenal's second corner, it comes out very deep, Courtois runs out!"

"Hit the ball with your fist, beautiful!"

Coquelin's second corner kick was indeed a bit sloppy. It was originally an opportunity for Arsenal, but after Courtois cleared the ball, the ball went directly to Kante's feet.

"Give it to me, give it to me"

Pogba raised his right hand and pointed forward. Kante ran left and right, shook off Otchel and then sent a straight pass to Pogba.

Kante's through ball was very delicate, giving Koscielny the feeling that he could touch it, but actually couldn't.

Feeling that he had a chance to get the ball before Pogba, Koscielny gave up on returning to defense at full speed and instead ran straight forward.

! !
Pogba's eyes lit up, he swung his legs and began to accelerate, moved his long legs forward, and poked the ball forward with his toes.

shit!

Koscielny sensed something was wrong and ran back quickly, but there was a lack of time for him and Pogba to turn around, so in the end Pogba was definitely faster.

There was no other way. As the director's camera focused, Koscielny grabbed Pogba's jersey and pulled the French midfielder, who was trying to move forward, to the ground.

"What the fuck! fuck you shit!"

Pogba rolled twice and stood up from the ground, cursing at Koscielny. At this time, Zouma sneaked up from behind, touched the ball with one hand and took a quick free kick.

Jiang Yuan's movement is very unique, which is to use speed to eat up all the opponents, so Zouma doesn't even need to look, he can just make a long pass to the left bottom line.

"Hmm! Zouma quickly sends a free kick from the backcourt, a long pass close to the ground, straight to the baseline, with a lot of lead time. Should Cech attack?"

"Hazard has already run ahead, Cech doesn't dare to run out now!"

"Monreal and Jiang Yuan are racing on the wing. Monreal is making a lot of movements with his hands, which constitutes a foul. Jiang Yuan, forcefully hold back Monreal and run to the baseline!"

"He's passed. Jiang Yuan has passed Monreal and reached the end line. Because Koscielny participated in the corner attack, Arsenal now has only one central defender. Jiang Yuan... starts to cut inside!"

Jiang Yuan's impact was still as strong as ever. The fans in the CCTV live broadcast room witnessed the whole process of Jiang Yuan's transition from falling behind to overtaking. The fans at the scene, especially those in the east stand, felt like they were watching a track and field competition.

This is what a Taiwanese football commentator said before, in the Premier League, you may not be able to start if you have good football skills, but you will definitely be able to start if you are fast.

When they reached the edge of the penalty area, Jiang Yuan made an inverted triangle pass to Hazard, who took a step back and pretended to shoot, but in fact he suddenly accelerated and rushed into the penalty area, and his second shot was the real shot.

"GGGG——OOOOOO——AAAAAA——LLLLLL"

"The ball goes in, Hazard's goal comes from Jiang Yuan's assist!"

21' Harzard(assisted by Jiang)
Bravo!

At the first moment of the goal, Hazard ran to the left track, and the first song of February, "Scent of Pear Blossom", was played at Stamford Bridge.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Eden!"

"Hazard, oh my god, Hazard this season is very different from last season"

"That's right. We can see that this season Hazard has done a better job of coordinating his shots and dribbling past opponents."

As Huang Jianxiang and Dong Lu said, Hazard this season is stronger than any previous season. To be honest, if Hazard last season could play at the same level as this season, then it would not be Manchester City but Chelsea that would meet Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.

Bould's expression was serious. He was under a lot of pressure now. Arsenal was not like Chelsea. The Gunners had only 41 points so far this season. It was difficult to maintain a stable top four in the Premier League with this number of points. It could be said that as long as Arsenal lost two more games, they would be pushed down by Manchester United, who were eyeing them from behind.

Under pressure, Bould called Koscielny to the sidelines and gave him some instructions on defense.

The key is to return to defense. Chelsea's midfielders and frontcourt players run relatively fast. Koscielny is sometimes too confident. In the previous counterattack, if Koscielny had not fouled Pogba, Chelsea's attack would have been difficult to succeed.

But Koscielny committed a foul.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Chelsea, who had been leading by one goal, began to lose momentum. It was obvious that the absence of Ibrahimovic and William had a serious impact on Chelsea.

Remi is aggressive in attack and will take the initiative to cooperate with Jiang Yuan, but his awareness is not even close to that of Ibrahimovic.

In the 40th minute, Chelsea, who was leading by one goal, lost control of the game. Ozil was wandering in the middle and was pushed to the ground by Pogba.

"Oh my god, what's this?"

During the first half of the league match, Ozil committed consecutive fouls on Jiang Yuan on the wing, which directly led to a large-scale conflict between the players of the two teams. Pogba and Terry are both vengeful, and these two guys want to punch Ozil when they see him now.

"Beep!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the referee hurried over to separate Pogba and Ozil, and then showed Pogba a yellow card.

"Fuck, are you crazy?"

Ozil got up and spread his hands to Pogba, who wanted to rush up and kick Ozil again, but was stopped by Cantara.

So, Pogba gave Ozil the middle finger, but Ozil had to figure out what that meant.

Coquelin and Chamberlain stood behind the ball and prepared to take a free kick. The director's camera turned to Pogba. The French midfielder of the Blues was not sad because of the yellow card. Instead, he was complacent because he had avenged Jiang Yuan.

Mourinho frowned as he saw Pogba's facial expression up close.

There is nothing wrong in seeking revenge for teammates, but the problem is that Pogba committed a foul in this position, which directly gave the opponent an opportunity!

"That's what he is!"

Mourinho rubbed his hair violently, sat back on the bench, and complained to Brown next to him: "His emotions are too easily affected."

"Are you talking about Paul? It's normal to be easily swayed by emotions during a game when there's a lot of pressure, right?"

Brown said a few nice words for Pogba, to which Mourinho simply shook his head in disdain: "It's useless. Football needs paranoia, like Ronaldo; but what I see in Paul is laziness!"

Ozil was helped off the field by the team doctor, and after confirming that everyone's position was correct, the referee blew the whistle.

The next second, Chamberlain ran towards the ball in front of him, pretending to cross it, but actually stepped over it. Chamberlain's move caused the players in the Chelsea penalty area to lose their positions for a short time, and this was the opportunity that Arsenal needed to seize.

Cochran, a true free-kick taker, follows.

Cross!

"Fuck off!"

Zouma had the advantage in the physical confrontation with Sanchez and jumped up to grab the first point. However, Zouma did not head the ball away directly. Instead, he used his body to protect the ball and signaled Courtois to come up and get the ball.

The coordination was OK, but Arsenal's free kick tactics basically didn't produce anything useful.

"Chelsea, counterattack..."

Beep, beep——!!!
At the end of the first half, Chelsea, playing at home, temporarily led the visiting team Arsenal with a score of 1:0, and the home team's stands were filled with cheers.

When fans analyzed the data, the most intuitive thing was the score. Chelsea was leading by one goal, so this was worth cheering.

But it is different for professional coaches. Although they were ahead in the score, Mourinho's face was dark from the 30th minute on. From a distance, he looked distant and distant.

However, only a few Chelsea fans noticed this situation, so there was no discussion on the football forum.

During the half-time break, Mourinho sent Pogba outside for a private chat, leaving Leon Brown in the locker room to discuss tactics.

In the view of the Blues coaching staff, Chelsea was very dangerous in the first half. If Arsenal had been luckier, the score might have been 1:2 or even 1:3.

"The full-backs move forward, which is a tactic that opponents often use"

Brown pointed to the magnetic buttons on the tactical board belonging to Monreal and Bellerin: "They often run forward when attacking, which will cause our opponents to have a brief numerical advantage when attacking. I think this is very critical."

Brown looked at Azpilicueta and Jiang Yuan, and finally his gaze stopped on Jiang Yuan: "If possible, when seeing Monreal advancing, the striker should also return to defense. This is my suggestion."

Unlike Mourinho, Brown speaks very tactfully.

It's a miracle that these two guys with completely different styles can work together for so many years.

“get it”

Jiang Yuan nodded. Compared to the sharp-tongued coach Mourinho, Brown gave Jiang Yuan the feeling of being more like an elder in the field of football.

Give suggestions and then change them. This is why Brown has a good relationship with most of the players on the team.

"And then there's Eden..."

Brown quickly moved the buttons on the tactical board and emphasized some things with Hazard. After about 3 or 5 minutes, Pogba, who had been called out for a private chat, finally came back.

"What did you say?"

Jiang Yuan asked with a smile. Pogba now felt like he was called away by the teacher when he was in school because of something he did.

"Talked a bunch of shit"

Pogba bent down and took a bottle of mineral water from the box, preparing to sit down next to Jiang Yuan.

He had actually controlled the volume of his voice, and his original plan was to let Hazard, Jiang Yuan and Zouma hear it.

Unexpectedly, Mourinho also heard it!
"What did you say?"

Mourinho walked around Brown and went straight to Pogba: "Tell me, what did you say just now?"

Jiang Yuan and Zouma looked at each other, and both were shocked by Mourinho's momentum.

Jesus, this doesn't feel good!

Pogba didn't expect Mourinho to hear what he said, so he didn't say anything and spread his hands to show his innocence.

"Don't do this to me, Paul. I want you to tell me what you just said. I need you to repeat what you just said to Jiang."

Mourinho took three steps forward, while Pogba put the bottle of mineral water in the cabinet and took three steps back: "well... I'm sorry, but that's not what I meant..."

"What do you mean by 'that's not what I meant'?"

Mourinho kept pressing forward, and Pogba wanted to retreat, but found himself almost in the corner with no way out.

"You said it, shit, that's right, right?"

Mourinho first looked at Pogba, and when Pogba didn't respond, he looked at Jiang Yuan: "Jiang, how did Paul answer your question just now? Could you please repeat it again?"

"..."

Jiang Yuan froze in his tracks, and it was only when Zuma pinched his butt that he came to his senses: "Uh... ahem, the locker room was a bit noisy just now, I didn't hear clearly"

"arrow"

Mourinho nodded, then took another step forward. At this time, the distance between him and Pogba was less than 30cm: "Paul, I told you many times to pay attention to defense. You said you knew it, but the fact is that you didn't defend all the time."

"At first I thought it was your bad habits, but later I realized it was your bad professional attitude."

"Today, at Stamford Bridge, in this dressing room, I finally understand why you can't listen to what I say. It turns out that what I say is shit."

“Just shit!”

The voices were getting louder and louder. Based on Jiang Yuan's understanding of Mourinho, the Portuguese must be very angry.

Although Pogba spoke in a very low voice and did not intend for Mourinho to hear it, Mourinho heard it. This is equivalent to Pogba saying in front of Mourinho that your tactical arrangement is shit.

Damn, how could Mourinho tolerate this?

“It’s a joke”

“It was just a joke among teammates.”

Pogba began to defend himself.

If there had been no conflict between the two, Mourinho would have believed what Pogba said. The problem is that Pogba has expressed his dissatisfaction with the coach more than once before.

Can it be a joke to say "coach shit" at this time?
"It's a joke?"

Mourinho smiled and said: "This is a joke, so I'm also making a joke, Paul, you don't have to play in the second half"

!!!

The two men quarreled more and more fiercely. Jiang Yuan gave Hazard a wink, indicating that Hazard should go up and say a few words; Hazard gave Terry a wink, indicating that Terry should go up and say a few words.

Terry sneaked up to Jiang Yuan and said, "Jiang, can you help me say a few words?"

"I?"

Jiang Yuan pointed at his nose and said, "I'm going to be scolded to death if I say that."

The locker room was very quiet. In order to avoid Mourinho from hearing their conversation, several people put their mouths close to their ears when they spoke.

“Are you serious?”

When Pogba heard that Mourinho was going to substitute him directly, he looked stunned.

His performance in this game can't be described as miraculous, but it can also be described as brilliant.

Did Mourinho really want to replace a defensive midfielder who was in full form right at the start of the second half?
Mourinho did not answer Pogba's question, but asked a new one: "Then tell me, are you serious?"

"Nonono, I'm definitely not serious, I'm just kidding"

Pogba kept spreading his hands, but Mourinho didn't listen and turned around to ask Fabregas to warm up.

"Hey come on come on!"

Pogba walked towards Mourinho, and this time it was Mourinho's turn to step back.

"This is the final decision, back off"

"Come on Jose!"

"Go back and sit down!"

Mourinho spoke harshly. Pogba didn't sit down either. He just stood there stupidly, not knowing what to do. Finally, Kante pulled him to his position.

"Lyon has stressed the tactical issues to you. Let's make some temporary adjustments. In the second half, Cesc will replace Paul and we will give up on attacking and focus on defensive counterattacks."

Mourinho made a final emphasis based on the players' characteristics and then left the locker room.

"Fuck!"

The moment Mourinho closed the door, Pogba stood up from the bench and kicked the empty water bottle on the ground: "Is this guy mentally retarded to replace me during a counterattack?"

"Hey hey!"

Hazard shouted twice and reached out to pull Pogba back: "Calm down, calm down. Jose asked you to be on the bench to give you time to calm down."

"I'm calm now!"

Pogba's shout scared Brown a lot, because without Mourinho in charge, Brown would definitely not be able to control the locker room.

Since you can't suppress it, you might as well just slip away.

Just like that, the locker room door was opened again and Brown ran out.

The room was horrible!

"Paul!"

Jiang Yuan sat on the other side of Pogba, and he and Hazard each controlled one of Pogba's hands to prevent this guy from suddenly losing control of his emotions.

"Jesus, fuck!"

Pogba pulled his hand out and threw it into the air, then sat back on the bench angrily.

"So this is my problem, it's all my problem?"

Pogba looked up at Terry, hoping to get recognition from him.

But what can Terry say? He has a good relationship with his teammates and coaches. If he really expresses his support for Pogba, what will he do if this guy brings him up to Mourinho?

"You better calm down."

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(End of this chapter)