Chapter 199: A Matter of Time

Tulum is probably more than a hundred kilometers away from Cancun, a tourist destination in Mexico, so Taylor and Ai Huan and their party flew directly to Cancun and drove directly to this place.

Once here, people like Ai Huan, who are not very willing to travel, can't help but feel amazed, it is located on the cliffs of the Caribbean Sea, it is the only Mayan castle built by the sea, and it is the port of the Mayan city-state of Coba in the post-classic period.

It is said that in the early 16th century, the Spaniards came to the green coast of the Maya on a sailboat, saw the stone castle on the cliffs, and first met the Mayans rowing in a canoe.

Tulum, which means besieged city in the Mayan language, is a seaside castle with ancient walls that are 2,000 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 15 feet high. It was inhabited from 1200 AD until the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century. There are many altars and temples in the castle, which are places to worship and worship the gods, and the people who live in the city are mainly the upper class people related to theocracy, religious ceremonies, and observation of celestial phenomena.

But no stone could withstand firearms, and with the arrival of Spanish colonists, the most beautiful Mayan port was abandoned in the 17th century. Gradually, only stones remained, and they remained there to be worshipped by people.

However, at this time, the blue sea, silver sky, golden beach, coconut grove and shadow beauty bay, all the good things about the Caribbean can be found here, which also makes Ai Huan and Taylor very happy.

They also lived in this super quirky place, where the house looked like thatched on the outside, but in fact it was not so unstable, and the house had all the facilities it should have, except that there was nothing modern in it, not even electricity, and the waiter would bring candlesticks in the evening, which filled the small room with a warm feeling.

But it's not really like there's nothing in the world, just outside the house there are sockets, there is the Internet, everything you can think of, but inside the house there is nothing.

However, Ai Huan and Taylor did not get bored because of this, they swam and dive together, watched the sunset and sunrise, bathed together, warmed up, watched the stars shine and watched the sea and sky, the days seemed to come to a standstill, and even their hearts were dyed blue.

And the Premier League game continues just as Evan and Taylor leave their lives behind and this time face Swansea City.

Swansea is located in Wales and has always belonged to the role of the Premier League's soy sauce, before no one thought that this team would be a stumbling block on Chelsea's road ahead, but now no one dares to say that, because Chelsea is really problematic now, and now even Mourinho seems to have disappeared, which makes the outside world very unoptimistic about Chelsea, but even so, the outside world thinks that Chelsea should not have any problems in this game.

Swansea didn't see it that way, as they set up a surprising 4-3-3 formation at their home stadium at White Rock to play against Chelsea, which also caused many pundits to stumble their glasses.

Goalkeeper Tremel, defenders Ben Davies, Monk, Williams and Ranger, South Korean stars Ji Sung-yong, De Guzman and Britton in midfield, and Paboro, Michu and Routledge in forwards. This game was originally promoted according to the East Asian derby before the game, but as a result, Ai Huan did not appear, and only Ji Chengyong was singing a one-man show, so no one brought up this topic anymore.

And because Chelsea were beaten in succession in their last game, they simply put on a quirky line-up for this game, with Rui also being the interim manager, and he also set up a 4-3-3 formation to attack against each other.

The goalkeeper is still Cech, the defenders Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luiz and Ashley Cole, the midfield is composed of Romeu, Mikel and Moses, the strikers Hazard, Oscar and Huntelaar are the first three to shoot together, and Mata, who performed well in the last game, did not go to Wales, Lampard and Terry continue to be punished within the club, but no one dares to mention this matter among the players, they have now become cautious.

Swansea have been resilient in previous games, but they have also been on the defensive against a strong Chelsea. Chelsea, on the other hand, were clearly a bit absent-minded, and their attacking play was not as ferocious as one had predicted, with both sides feeling out of shape on the pitch.

In the opening six minutes, Oscar took a free-kick in front of the goal, which was also taken by himself, but his free-kick hit the wall and did not pose a threat.

In the twelfth minute, Chelsea's corner from the left was flicked in front of goal, and Luiz narrowly missed the lead when Huntelaar flanked the ball in front of goal, but the defender kicked it straight into the sky.

In the 18th minute, Eden Hazard, who had been entrusted with a heavy task recently, volleyed a powerful volley from outside the box that went just over the crossbar.

In the 26th minute, Huntelaar received a long pass from Mikel in front of the field, Moses went down the right side and crossed in front of the goal, and Huntelaar outflanked the header at the back point, but the power was not much for Tremel.

In the face of Chelsea's attack, Swansea played very hard, they even gave up the midfield directly, put heavy troops in their own half, and kept fouling to block the opponent's progress, Britten Midfielder brought down Eden Hazard in the 37th minute and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Eden Hazard fell in the box two minutes later, but the referee signalled for play to continue. Cesar Azpilicueta was then shown a yellow card for a foul on a stampede up front.

At the end of the first half, the two sides fought for 45 minutes and ended 0-0 for the time being, with the attacking tempo of both teams being slower and only one shot on target.

In the second half, Chelsea made the first substitution, with Ramires coming on for the barely performing Romeu, and Rui hoped to strengthen the attacking force up front with such a substitution.

In the 50th minute, the Chelsea midfielder broke the ball and quickly counter-attacked, Hazard dribbled sideways from the left and then volleyed into the near corner, but the ball was brought down by Tremmel. A minute later, Huntelaar crossed from the left side of the box and Moses headed over the crossbar at the back post.

In the 58th minute, Routledge crossed in front of the goal on the right side of the penalty area, Michu stopped and got rid of it, but fortunately Cech attacked in time to hold the ball firmly, which is also Swansea's most threatening attack since the start of the game, but unfortunately there is no shot on goal, so far Swansea have not even had a shot on goal, which also makes many people feel that although Chelsea's performance in this game is very average, it is only a matter of time before they beat their opponents.