Chapter 157: The Contest (I)
Rome's Olympiacos Stadium, nearly 80,000 people have filled the entire stadium, the light blue jersey has become the main tone here, countless blue battle flags fluttering in the wind, the autumn wind blows the battle flags loudly, everyone seems extremely excited.
Lazio's team song reverberated incessantly, and in the song, someone released the war eagle, which symbolized Lazio, and watched the eagle spread its wings into the sky, and the fans were even more excited.
This is the first time Ai Huan has returned to play here since leaving Italy, but it was also a difficult fortress to break down when he was in Milan, but since talking to Dongfang Zhuoshen for most of the night, he also felt that he really had a goal.
Although he was always talking about this before, he really didn't dare to think about it in his heart, after all, it was the world footballer, and the people who won those honors were all thunderous names, and it was still too far away to put his name on it, but now he has become less and less of that feeling of gaining and losing, and that goal is waiting for him there, how can he stop?
Now that you have figured out everything, it is better to put on a neat and tidy fight for a while, even if it is the final halberd and sinking into the sand, it will not be in vain.
As the former Serie A Golden Boot scorer Ai Fan is still very influential in Italy, and even after he has been away for two years, there will still be his legend circulating here, so even Lazio's generals did not dare to attack him before the game, but deliberately downplayed his influence, the most comment is that he is very powerful, but this is Lazio, here is different from other places. But what was different, none of them could say.
Lazio's recent economic situation is very average, there have always been rumors that they will be liquidated or something, but there has been no action, but this club is still continuing their footsteps, as one of the seven sisters of Serie A, they still have their own persistence and pride.
Today, in order to meet the first round of the Europa League, they also sent their strongest lineup, goalkeeper Marchetti, the back line from left to right, Kavanda, Biawa, Dias and Luric, midfielders Ledesma, Onaki appeared as a midfielder, Hernanes, Mauri and Gonzalez formed the front trident, and the front line only German striker Klose. This formation is the same as Chelsea's, it is completely attacking, and it looks as if they want to stop Chelsea by attacking.
Chelsea still made a me-oriented attitude, and still attached great importance to Mourinho in the first European game, but that's just the way it looks, after all, their strength is there, and there is a terrifying Ai Phantom existence, who dares to say that there is a way to deal with the surprise attack of Ai Phantom?
The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, one of the most played players so far, he has played all of Chelsea's games this season, and although his form has been average at times, the problem is that others are not as good as him.
There has been a lot of change in the back line, and John Terry, who was injured in the last game, didn't come to Lazio at all in this game, which is also a situation where there is no way, but fortunately their substitutes are still very sufficient. The wing-backs continue to start with Branislav Ivanovic and Kerr, both of whom are also the top players in the game, and their performances have been very good so far. The centre-back duo is made up of Luiz and Cahill, both of whom have a similar style and are of the type of iron-blooded warriors, which Mourinho thinks is the right combination to deal with Lazio's attacking pairing.
Midfielder Frank Lampard is still suspended, so he didn't come here, Mikel and Ramires as midfielders, Mata who was rested in the last game appeared in the middle, Hazard and Ai Huan were on the left and right, and the forward line was still Torres, although the performance of the Spanish golden boy has always been unsatisfactory recently, but Mourinho still gave him another chance, but many people can feel a problem, that is, Mourinho's patience is also limited, at least he will not give Torres too much time.
As if he knew about this, Torres has been training very the field recently, and Huntelaar has been injured for too long after all, and he is still in the recovery period, so although he is also working the field, it still feels like Torres has the same energy.
Chelsea continued to play fast after the start of the game, but Lazio were also using the counter-attack to create opportunities for themselves, and in the eighth minute, Lazio quickly counter-attacked, Mauri broke down the right and his cross was blocked, but the subsequent corner was sent directly off the line.
Chelsea's succession of crosses from the right was so easy that it was almost as if there were no defenders, but his pass didn't result in a goal, the first time Eden Hazard didn't follow up in time, and the second time Torres fired a barbed shot from inside the box, but the ball flew straight out of the door.
In the 11th minute, Hazard received a pass from Ramirez and forced a breakthrough on the left flank, creating a corner, and after the tactical corner, Hazard crossed from the left, and Marchetti, who had been prepared for a long time, flew to the ball.
A minute later, Lazio launched a quick counter-attack to the cheers of the crowd, Luric broke down the left and crossed, but Klose in the middle was a little slower to follow up and the ball slid past goal.
Since then, Chelsea have largely taken the initiative in midfield, keeping Lazio at bay in the half. In the thirteenth minute, Ai Huan cut inside from the right and did not shoot, but knocked back his heel to Mata, who shot from 25 meters out, but was picked up by the opposing goalkeeper because he did not play the angle.
In the first ten minutes, Lazio's defense played very well, and the tactics of echelon defense did make Ai Huan not have many chances even after breaking through on the wing.
But just a minute after that shot, Chelsea's attack was back in the thick of the game.
In the 14th minute, Ai Huan followed his players back to his own half, and immediately ran with the ball after Mikel cut off the football, he got the ball from his own half, quickly passed through the midfield, dribbled the ball in front of the field to get rid of Ledesma's defense, and then wiped into the penalty area, and then shook off the defense of Biava and Dias, and in the face of the goalkeeper Marchetti who pounced, he calmly picked the football into the net, and the score became 1-0.
This goal came very suddenly, and Ai Huan kept changing his speed during the assault to make all the players who defended with him pass him, which was also very exciting.