Chapter 607: Like Divine Help
Milito's goal almost sent Chelsea to the abyss!
With just over 70 minutes remaining, Chelsea need to score at least two more goals to qualify for extra-time against Inter Milan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There's enough time, enough quality for Chelsea, and now they have to turn that quality on paper into goals.
After kick-off again, Chelsea picked up the tempo of the attack.
There was no way back, they had to attack, and two of Chelsea's full-backs came up boldly and pressed all the way to the centre circle.
In the 24th minute, Anelka held the ball and attacked Zanetti, Zanetti decisively put the tackle and shoveled the ball out of the sideline, right-back Ivankovic vigorously threw the sideline ball, Anelka shook his head in front of the penalty area, Malouda didn't know when to swim to the middle of the penalty area, he jumped in advance and pressed Lucio's header back to the middle.
This is not Chelsea's usual routine, Inter Milan's defense was a little chaotic in an instant, Lucio went to grab the point, Samuel changed the defense Drogba was half a step slow, Drogba did not wait for the ball to land, and volleyed with the outside of his right foot from the penalty spot.
When Malouda grabbed the point in the middle, goalkeeper Cesar also came to the middle to block Malouda's possible header, Cesar did not move when Malouda's header was ferried, and when Drogba shot Cesar's vision was blocked, and it was too late for him to make a save.
Malouda cut from the flank to the middle to create a chance for Drogba, but Malouda also brought right-back McCone into the box, and when he saw that the goalkeeper was too late to save, McCone fell to the ground at the right post to block the ball.
The Chelsea fans were ready to cheer, but they were blocked by McCone.
"Ahh
"What a pity!"
"Damn McConn!"
"What bad luck!"
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Chelsea fans were frustrated and kept cursing their luck and blocking McCone.
However, Chelsea's attack was uninterrupted, and after McCone blocked the ball with his body, Cambiaso hurriedly cleared the ball but kicked it right at the feet of Frank Lampard, and the Chelsea magic lamp followed with a furious shot, but the ball flew straight into the stands.
Although they came close to an equaliser from Chelsea, Inter were undaunted and continued to attack after the opener.
The tactics given by Mourinho today are not defensive counterattacks, but active attacks, against a team like Chelsea, which is wide open and hard, it is difficult to defend, and it is necessary to use the attack to suppress Chelsea's attack, until the victory is completely locked.
After the two sides fought in the midfield, the ball returned to Cambiaso's feet, Cambiasso passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong from mid-distance, Gao Xiaodong flew to pass under Mikel's close pressing, and transferred the ball to McConn, who inserted the assist.
McConn's pinpoint cross found Samuel Eto'o at the back post over the heads of John Terry and Milito, who slotted into the six-yard box at high speed to head home goalkeeper Malcolm Turnbull.
Eto'o headed a bounce from the goalkeeper but Eto'o's header was a concern, and the ball bounced over the crossbar in a few minutes.
Eto'o crouched on the ground with his head in frustration.
However, the morale of the Inter fans in the stands was boosted, and at Stamford Bridge, facing Chelsea, who are second in odds to win the title, Inter Milan led the score and did not fall behind in the slightest, which made the hearts of Inter Milan fans full of infinite pride, although they were few in number, but they kept singing the team song to cheer for their idols.
With the score down and unable to even dominate the field, the Chelsea players became angry and the attack became more ferocious.
In the 30th minute of the game, Ivanovic passed into the penalty area from the left, Drogba flew out of the bottom line in the competition with Lucio, and the referee awarded a corner kick.
Frank Lampard's corner from the left was another scene of chaos in the Inter penalty area, with Ivanovic falling to the ground under Muntari's close defence and the ball being pushed off the line by Samuel, before the Chelsea players again took a penalty to referee Starkso, but Stark ignored it.
Frank Lampard took another corner and saw that Inter were defending and almost everyone was back in the box, and Lampard suddenly crossed to the edge of the box to find Malouda.
It was a thoughtful pass that caught Inter off guard and Cambiaso rushed over to press Malouda, but Malouda was well prepared, he picked up the ball and turned, beautifully brushed Cambiaso, rushed into the box and volleyed a powerful left-footed volley from 13 yards in front of goal.
When he saw the ball passed to Malouda, goalkeeper Cesar began to move, but there were too many people in the penalty area, and Cesar was blocked in the middle and couldn't move.
Seeing that Malouda's shot was about to fly into the lower left corner of the goal, Gao Xiaodong didn't know where to come out of nowhere, and a sliding tackle shoveled the ball out of the bottom line.
This is already the second time that Inter Milan have saved on the goal line, otherwise Chelsea would have changed the score to 2:1.
The Chelsea fans were furious and threw their anger on Gao Xiaodong.
"Damn the Chinese!"
"This bastard! Why is it so coincidental!"
"In the last game, he ruined our victory!"
"Why does he keep legs!"
"Gao is a demon! Let him die!"
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Chelsea fans cursed Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong couldn't hear it at all, the situation was so tense, he was busy organizing his teammates to defend with Cesar, where to care about what the fans in the stands were shouting.
Chelsea continued to take a corner and Frank Lampard drove the ball into the box and Mikel cut in from behind, leaping high and heading the ball into the top left corner of the net.
The header was fast and angled, but Cesar was in good form after a series of shots, and he leapt and poked the ball over the crossbar with his fingertips.
In the space of a few minutes, Chelsea were awarded three corners, and even Jose Mourinho was in constant danger in front of goal, shouting at his players to keep their eyes on them.
Chelsea were in full swing for a variety of corners today, with Frank Lampard playing another tactical corner that was passed to Malouda, who dribbled sideways to draw Inter Milan's defence and suddenly slotted the ball into the ribs of the box.
Anelka chested the ball and volleyed in with his instep from 8 yards out.
The shot left the Inter fans in the stands screaming, and almost everyone thought it was a sure goal, but Cesar was like a god and flew to block the ball again, and Samuel followed up with a kick to destroy the ball off the line!
Chelsea's players are really frustrated if they don't score such goals, two empty goals were blocked by Gao Xiaodong and McCann, and two shots in the small penalty area were blocked by the goalkeeper Chaoshen, how can they score?
Ancelotti looked helpless, he was helpless in the face of this situation, in other words, no one could do anything.
The on-site commentator couldn't stop sighing: "Inter Milan's defense is too tenacious, Chelsea's luck is too bad! It looks like God wants Mourinho to hit Abou in the face!"
Chelsea were more aggressive in the final five minutes of the first half, but they were a little impertuous, creating fewer chances to score than they had before.
In stoppage time in the first half, Chelsea played more urgently, Terry launched an attack with a long pass, the ball flew to the top of the penalty area, Drogba chested the ball and turned to Lampard, Lampard burst into the box to tackle, and the ball was kicked out of the box by Samuel in advance.
Gao Xiaodong was already with the back at the moment, he grabbed the landing point, stopped the ball on his chest, and without waiting for the ball to land, he pumped it behind the Chelsea defender.
When Gao Xiaodong grabbed the landing spot, Milito and Eto'o began to run.
The pair swooped in like arrows into the back of the Chelsea defender.
Chelsea's defenders were almost pressed into the centre circle, and when they saw Gao Xiaodong's long pass, John Terry and Alex desperately ran back to get ahead of Samuel Eto'o and Milito.
Chelsea's goalkeeper Malcolm Turnbull also ran quickly to the ball to clear the ball, but he didn't take two steps and found that he couldn't get the spot, so he hurried back.
At this point all the tricks don't work, it's just a matter of who is faster.
Samuel Eto'o was an African cheetah, and even if he was injured, his short sprint was unmatched, and he shook off team-mate Milito, shook off Terry and Alex, and single-handedly entered the penalty area, facing goalkeeper Turnbull, Eto'o pushed a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner in front of the penalty spot to make it 2-0!
The entire stadium fell silent at Stamford Bridge in an instant, and the Chelsea fans, who were eagerly awaiting an equaliser, fell into despair.
Ancelotti covered his face and sighed, this is fate!
In the VIP box, Abu angrily slapped the case, turned to leave the box, and walked towards the locker room, he had to give the players and coaches a warning, he offered them the highest salary in the world, not for them to humiliate themselves.