Chapter 680: Difficult Moment, Call Captain!
After a brief treatment, Yang Fan saw De Jong's foul as soon as he returned to the court. ☆ Tomato ○△ Novel Network -.
He saw that the referee had a posture of pulling out a card, so he hurriedly came over and tried to communicate with the referee and intercede for De Jong, but before he could speak in front of him, the referee had already taken out a yellow card from his pocket, flashed it towards De Jong, and then quickly took out a red card, lit it again, and then pointed to the sidelines!
"Oh oh red card! The referee showed De Jong a second yellow card, then pulled out the red card, and he sent De Jong off with a red card! Will this be the turning point of the game?"
"Yang Fan and other Manchester City players are pleading with the referee, but, obviously, the referee is impossible to change the decision! De Jong has committed many fouls today, and now, he has finally suffered the bitter fruit!"
Sixty-nine minutes into the game, Manchester City midfielder Frenkie de Jong received the second yellow card of today's game and was sent off by the referee.
Mancini's face was gloomy, he hadn't made adjustments yet, and there was such a big accident on the field.
Now it's a bad situation for Manchester City.
Although De Jong was sent off with a red card, it only made Chelsea and Manchester City equal in numbers, not at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and considering that Chelsea were sent off in the first half, Chelsea are now in a slightly less physical condition than Manchester City.
However, the crux of the matter is that now Chelsea are on the offensive and they have scored two goals in a row, and their morale has been fully up, and one thing, most importantly, De Jong is Manchester City's biggest defensive barrier in the midfield, and now, De Jong has been sent off with a red card, and the defensive hardness and defensive area of Manchester City's midfield will drop a lot, and it will be an extremely serious situation in the face of a crazy Chelsea. ▽ Tomato ''-.'
The camera caught movement on the Manchester City bench as veteran Vieira got up to warm up.
'Roberto Mancini looks to be bringing on Patrick Vieira to bolster his midfield. Lineker said.
"It's right to strengthen the defense and make up for the void that De Jong was sent off, but can the substitution of Patrick Vieira really act as a defensive barrier?" Mortensen expressed doubts about whether Vieira, who has been absent for a long time, will be able to perform better after coming on.
City made a substitution, with David Silva coming on and Patrick Vieira coming on as a substitute.
Roberto Mancini brought on Patrick Vieira to strengthen the defence and curb Chelsea's attack, but it didn't look like it had much effect.
Frank Lampard's sudden long-range effort from outside the box forced City goalkeeper Joe Hart to make a hard-fought save before Drogba leaped high to head home from a corner.
"Oooo
"Manchester City are completely overwhelmed by Chelsea's attack!"
In the opinion of gold medal commentator Mortensen, Mancini's replacement of Silva was a complete failure. Tomato - '-.- if you want to strengthen your defense, replace Patrick Vieira with an attacking player, and in a practical sense, it would be more appropriate to replace Balotelli. Because Manchester City's midfield needs David Silva to be involved in the attack. And on the front line, it is enough to leave only one Yang Fan to counterattack.
Now, with Silva replaced, City's midfield has been significantly reduced in organisational behaviour, with the end result being that City have struggled to organise an effective counter-attack.
Yang Fan also had two breakaway shots with the ball, while Balotelli is now walking on the pitch and has contributed little to the team's attacking side, while on the defensive end, Balotelli is not an active player to return to the defense.
Didier Drogba's header hit the crossbar and although it didn't go in, Chelsea's attack was on the rise and it looked like City could concede at any moment.
Mancini glanced nervously at his watch, 75 minutes on, with less than 20 minutes left to go including injury time, and now Chelsea's attack is getting more ferocious. Manchester City defended almost completely, and even if there were occasional counter-attacks, they were quickly destroyed by Chelsea players, and more importantly, the attacking playmaking of Manchester City's midfield was greatly weakened.
In addition, after De Jong was sent off, in order to cope with Chelsea's attack, Manchester City's players had to run and press more at the defensive end, which also caused the players on the field to lose their physical strength quickly.
Of course, Chelsea's fitness is not much better than that of Manchester City, you must know that their defender Branislav Ivanovic was sent off in the first half, and they have been playing for a little longer, but Chelsea's morale and mental excitement now make up for the physical consumption to a certain extent. □ Tomato □○△ □ ''-.-f-q'x's--.-c'om
At this time, Manchester City's full-back Zabaleta was cramping, today's game, Zabaleta assisted frequently in the first half, and focused on defense in the second half, both offensive and defensive ends were more active, and the physical consumption was great.
"Ledley King, Adam Johnson, you two go warm up. Mancini said to the two men on the bench.
The media noticed the movement on the side of the Manchester City bench, they were puzzled by Mancini's possible substitution strategy, Zabaleta cramped, replaced Zabaleta, given that there were no other fullbacks available on the Manchester City bench, using Lescott to play as a right wing-back, this is not a solution, but what does it mean to let Adam Johnson warm up? If you want to replace Adam Johnson, this is to strengthen the attack? So what is the point of replacing Silva before? Besides, with Balotelli on the field, what else do you want Johnson to do?
The English media once evaluated Johnson as a weakened version of Robben, his technique is very good, he has the ability to do moves in a small range to get rid of, and the left foot cut has the shadow of Robben, but there is no Robben's degree and a one-foot cut inside the goal. It can also be seen from here that on the offensive end, Johnson is not as dangerous as Balotelli. So, the commentator was a little puzzled by Mancini's decision to get Adam Johnson up to warm up.
There was a huge cheer from the stands, and it was a good opportunity for Kolarov to try to link up with David Silva up front, but his pass was tackled by Essien, and Chelsea were quick to counter-attack.
'Essien, beautiful break, Chelsea counter-attack!'
'The Man City were cut off as soon as they had a chance to attack and now they are being counter-attacked by Chelsea. ”
Patrick Vieira rushed up and he pounced on the ball, but Vieira pounced so hard that Essien just flicked the ball to the left and slammed it over from the other side.
"Vieira! He's so reckless!"
"Vieira was easily gone, maybe he should really consider retiring!" said the commentator, not without sarcasm.
"Bastard!" On the sidelines, Mancini scolded, for a midfielder, Vieira's defense just now was really amateurish, the best defender in football, now he is old, and he has not escaped the fate of being humiliated by his opponent after a long time of absence.
'Essien got past Vieira! ”
"Vieira, he didn't react at all, he was passed over like a stake. ”
Essien didn't continue to dribble past Patrick Vieira and got on the ball in time to pass it to Frank Lampard.
Frank Lampard received the ball and he looked at Colo Toure, who had come up to intercept him, and pretended to continue dribbling the ball, but instead played the ball wide of the wing. Because of Zabaleta's cramp and treatment, the Manchester City team's backline is crippled at this time, and Kolo Toure comes to fill the position that originally belonged to Zabaleta, so there must be space on the other side.
Ashley Cole got on the ball and he went straight to the ball and played to his advantage.
Almost at the same time, players such as Torres, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard were desperately pushing into the box.
"Watch your guys!" yelled Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, commanding the defence, who was a little nervous right now, and Chelsea's attack gave him a sense of fear.
Ashley Cole passes, it's a boccia.
At the front post, Torres picked up his right foot to shoot!
"Torres, oh my God!
Before the Manchester City fans had time to express their surprise, they saw that in the middle, Drogba was well stuck, he successfully squeezed Yaya Toure behind him, and he faced the rolling football, and it was a direct shot!
Torres at the front missed the chance to shoot, and Drogba in the middle naturally won't miss it!
With such a close-range burst, goalkeeper Joe Hart is completely powerless!
The ball is in!!
“goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1!!”
'Essien's break, Chelsea's counter-attack, their attacking prominence was fast, Ashley Cole's beautiful passes, Torres wasted his chance in front and Drogba in the middle didn't miss it! he took his chance! Nice shot and the ball flew in! Chelsea equalised with 79 minutes played!
"It's incredible! It's crazy! Listen, the whole stadium is going crazy!" the narrator shouted, he had to shout so that his words could be heard by the fans in front of the TV, because the whole stadium was going to explode.
'At half-time, Chelsea were four down and they were sent off, but in the second half, Chelsea shocked everyone, they scored two goals in a row, and when Frenkie de Jong was sent off, City's defence was even more unbearable, and now, Didier Drogba's goal, the Ivorians scored twice!
'Four to four!' It's unbelievable, the Chelsea guys scored three goals in a row!
The commentators were all excited by Drogba's goal and Chelsea's crazy performance.
Obviously, at this moment, the Chelsea people are inexplicably excited, while Manchester City are the lonely side.
The camera also found Yang Fan at this time, and now, for Manchester City, it is an extremely difficult moment, at such a moment, the captain of Manchester City, the number one star in football today, he must stand up: this is what the camera is aimed at Yang Fan, and the lens language wants to express!
Manchester City is in a critical situation and needs you to step up!
Difficult moments, call to the captain!