Chapter 237: The Battle for the Top of the List (6)

"These two guys are so tough to deal with!" Ibrahimovic thought to himself after another attempt at a breakthrough was stopped by Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King - this is the first time the Swedes have come up in the Premier League against a backline that can't be leveled by their own ability!

You know, even Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand and Arsenal's Campbell, Ibrahimovic has not fallen behind when playing against them, creating a lot of scoring opportunities for Chelsea in the game. www.biquge.info This time, in the face of the combined defense of Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King, Ibrahimovic rarely posed a substantial threat to Cech's goal, but was repeatedly tackled by the two, giving Tottenham a lot of opportunities for quick counter-attacks.

Actually, it is not surprising that this situation will occur. You know, Manchester United and Arsenal have only one Rio Ferdinand and Campbell at the top of the centre-back position. Their partners, whether Wes Brown, Silvestre or Chloe Toure, struggled to put Ibrahimovic under pressure defensively and instead became a hole for the Swedes to exploit.

Nemanja Vidic and Ridley King are different. In terms of individual ability, no matter which of the two who are both first-class central defenders, they are enough to keep up with Ibrahimovic when they are one-on-one without being directly beaten by the Swedes. In addition, both of them have good defensive ability, and there is also an extremely fast Mascherano in the back position, which makes it extremely difficult for Ibrahimovic to get enough space to play.

Despite being one of Europe's hottest supernovas thanks to his performances at Ajax and the European Championships in Portugal, Ibrahimovic is still just a young striker at the age of 23 who likes to show off his skills at his feet. Young Swedes still have a lot to learn when it comes to reading the game and dealing with football.

In this regard, it can be seen from the fact that when Ibrahimovic played at Ajax, he repeatedly relied on his superb foot skills to get past several people and then complete the shot, rather than choosing to cooperate with his team-mates, and the Swedes in this period still had a considerable lack of attacking options.

In George's previous life, Ibrahimovic, who had chosen to join Juventus at the time, had a similar problem when he first arrived at the Alp Stadium. However, under the tutelage of Bianconeri coach and gold-medal coach Fabio Capello, the Swede has undergone a transformation in a very short period of time, learning how to use his strengths to help his team attack more efficiently, rather than slowing down the team's attacking tempo by showing off his skills.

Incidentally, even if Ibrahimovic hasn't grown into the Swedish tower that could single-handedly support the team's entire attacking system, he has already caused considerable problems for Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King. It's just that Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King aren't the kind of players who are moody, so Ibrahimovic himself doesn't realise it.

It's no wonder that anyone who is defending a striker like Ibrahimovic who has both the physicality of a top-class powerful centre-forward and the skill of his feet can find it tricky.

Although Ibrahimovic in his previous life was disliked because of his endless high salary and constant transfer relationships between major giants, it is undeniable that no matter which team he plays for, Ibrahimovic's attitude in the game is extremely correct and he is definitely worthy of the high salary paid to him by the club. In this regard, the Swedes are much more dedicated than players who start with big contracts, or who can't wait to demand a salary beyond their true level as soon as they make a name for themselves.

With Ibrahimovic's perseverance, Nemanja Vidic and Ledley King finally cracked in the central defence - in the 75th minute, Duff broke through Patrice Evra's defence and crossed in a decisive cross. Ibrahimovic showed a skill that was very inconsistent with his size under the attack of Vidic and Ledley King, first unloading the flying ball with his left foot, then using a feint to break through Vidic's defense and turn the ball, and before Ledley King could make a move on the other side, he fired a powerful shot at goal!

With Ibrahimovic's shot so sudden, and a small bounce on the turf as the ball flew in flight, Cech's save was unable to prevent the ball from finding the net. One to two!

Although Ibrahimovic pulled one back for Chelsea with a world wave, the goal did not have much negative impact on the Tottenham players, but only allowed them to regain their spirits, withstanding the ensuing wave of Chelsea's morale-boosting comeback, and almost seized the opportunity to extend the lead to two goals again!

'It's a shame that Didier Drogba almost sealed the win for Tottenham. Andy Gray, who was sitting in the live broadcast room, said with regret, his tone full of regret, "But then again, Drogba's shooting skills still need to be improved." At the very least, there must be no more situations in the game where you can kick a single ball away from the goal less than 10 meters away. ”

"Charlie, go back and let Didier practice shooting for an hour every day!" Seeing Drogba's near-close one-shot miss, George said to the old Charlie on the side with a dark face, "I don't want Tottenham to become a laughing stock in the mouths of fans and the media because of his relationship alone!"

However, although Didier Drogba was unable to score the winning goal for Tottenham, there was not much time left for the Chelsea players to equalise. Tottenham's defence, on the other hand, remained the same as at the beginning of the game, keeping Chelsea's attack out of the net and giving the opponent no chance!

Just when everyone thought that the battle for the top spot would end with a victory for Tottenham, Ibrahimovic, who had previously recovered a goal for Manchester United, stepped up again!

In the second minute of stoppage time, a little over a minute to go, Ibrahimovic latched on to Joe Cole's pass and turned his back to Vidic, who tried to interfere with him, and then drew Mascherano to the front of his left and kicked the ball in front of his left to pass!

Ibrahimovic's pass was well controlled in terms of force and speed. When Frank Lampard, who had cut in from midfield, arrived in position, the Chelsea vice-president didn't even need to make any adjustments and fired straight from 25 yards out!

Seeing this, Ledley King hurriedly fell to the ground and stretched his leg to intercept, but the speed of the ball was too fast, and the Tottenham captain's eye-catching move did not come in handy at all; although Cech was strong, but in the face of Lampard's thunderous volley, the Czech goalkeeper was helpless at this time, and only had time to make a useless save, and then heard the sound of the ball rubbing against the net behind him, and the cheers of thousands of Chelsea fans at the scene!

Moments before the end of the game, Chelsea miraculously levelled the score to 2-2!

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