Chapter 208: The Problem of Ignorance
Chelsea's away game against West Brom on 17 November is underway, and Chelsea general manager Emenalo is talking to CEO Gully in the VIP box at the Hawthorn Stadium.
"Ai Huan has now proposed a salary increase, which we simply refuse to agree, if we agree to this this time, then we will lose control of this team in the future. Gully was adamant.
Emenalo didn't say anything, he just stood at the window with his glass in his hand, watching the game outside through the floor-to-ceiling glass window: "We can control the situation for the time being, but if our team continues to fall like this, then the result is that we will lose a large number of fans." Now we're down from top of the league and that's not what our fans are asking for. ”
"Fans, they don't know what to say, these people always watch football with their own ideas, and we are not them, don't be controlled by what those people say, don't forget that the right to speak is always on our side. Gully also said indifferently.
While they were talking, the game on the field was in full swing. Chelsea still set up a 4-3-2-1 formation today, with Petr Cech in goal, but there were some changes at the back, with Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, Luiz and Bertrand forming a new defence, Romeu and Mikel occupying the midfield midfield position, while the front trident once again put on a combination of Moses, Eden Hazard and Sturridge, but this time Hazard was put up front and Torres was still up front.
Although this squad is not Chelsea's toughest squad, it is clear that this squad can still have an advantage against West Bromwich Albion, and there is no way to rest a large number of personnel, because Chelsea will face the devil's schedule next, of which Manchester City is the biggest opponent, and they will face Manchester United again in the Carabao Cup, so these games cannot be lost, which is why this formation will be used to participate in this away game.
But even so, Chelsea took the initiative and in the third minute Hazard passed the ball and Sturridge shot wide in front of the box. In the seventh minute, Moses burst into the left side of the box and returned the ball, Bertrand's powerless shot from 10 yards was cleared by Ridgewell in front of the line, and then Hazard's shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Olsen. Chelsea's attack on West Brom was still very aggressive.
However, it was surprising that West Brom took the lead first, and in the 10th minute, Morrison's cross from the left side of the box was headed into the net by Longue, who quickly broke away from Luiz, from the edge of the six-yard box.
In the midst of the jubilation, Gully's face became gloomy, and he slowly turned his head to look at Emenaro, but now Emenaro still had an indifferent expression, and all his energy seemed to be focused on the wine glass in his hand.
As the game continued, Chelsea continued to attack frantically, with Sturridge passing the ball in the fifteenth minute and Mikel's long-range shot from 30 yards deflected wide of the left-hand post. Two minutes later, Moses fired wide from 25 yards on the left.
In the 32nd minute, Eden Hazard passed the ball and Sturridge's volley from the left side of the box was confiscated by Mehill.
It was only a minute later that West Brom finally launched a counter-attack when Billy Jones' cross from the right was denied by Petr Longer's tight pressure from Cahill in front of the six-yard box.
In the 35th minute, after Romeu's long-range shot was blocked, West Brom counter-attacked quickly, Longe got rid of Cahill on the left and cut inside from the edge of the box to shoot wide of the far corner.
Chelsea equalised in the 39th minute, this time when Cesar Azpilicueta cut into the box and crossed from the right, but Hazard headed in from close range and deflected off Billy Jones and into the near corner.
Gulley's face is a little better, anyway, now that the score is equalized, the next game should be able to be won, it has been several rounds of winless and now Chelsea are under huge pressure from top to bottom, otherwise Abou would not have personally ordered Gully to sit on the scene.
In the 40th minute, Torres returned the ball and Sturridge fired a right-footed shot wide of the near corner from 20 yards on the left. Chelsea then won three corners in quick succession before half-time, with Jacob fouling Sturridge in front of the box in the 44th minute and Luiz's free-kick from the left went straight through the wall and deflected into the near corner. West Brom then cleared a corner and Romeu's volley from outside the area was blocked. Fernando Torres and Cahill played back-to-back passes, but Moses fired wide from fifteen yards out on the right side of the box, before Luiz headed wide from a corner in the final minute to end the first half.
'The first half was good, but they lacked the ability to take chances. Gully was a bit heavy, but he didn't want to say more, and he's been watching the games lately, and he certainly knows that Chelsea are in a bad attacking situation right now.
Chelsea stepped up their attack in the second half, but there were no substitutions. In the 48th minute, Stewart's cross from the left was disrupted by a defender, Chelsea won a corner, Romeu's corner was driven into the middle of the box, Torres jumped high and fired a powerful header, but the West Brom goalkeeper turned the ball away.
In the 50th minute, Moses broke through on the right and crossed in front of goal, Sturridge turned and volleyed from the penalty spot, but the ball was blocked by Myhill.
In the 51st minute, West Brom opened the scoring again at home, this time Sean Longe crossed from the right and Oldumwingie headed home before Bertrand to make it 2-1 and give West Brom the lead again at home.
"What's going on, why are our backlines so bad?" Gully asked.
However, Emenalo still looked like an old god, he just smiled slightly: "What's so strange about that? ”
"But why didn't we see it at all? This season we didn't have any problems at the back, why are there any problems now?"
"You never watch the game?" Emenaro almost said the sentence, but he swallowed it back the moment he blurted it out, "That's because of the presence of Ai Huan, he keeps scoring goals in the front court, every time we can seal the win in a short time, and then the goal conceded in the back is like a small flaw, a lot of it will be ignored." ”