Chapter 189: Confident (Medium)

Maribor's attack seemed to be going well, so the players inevitably forgot a little bit about getting carried away, and they also forgot that they were facing Chelsea for a while, and even if Chelsea didn't have any real workhorses right now, the value of these substitutes was definitely not vegetarian.

Chelsea's counter-attack came close to scoring in the 16th minute when Moses found a beautiful back-to-back lob down the left and then opted for a close-range push to blast high into the box from a quick pace.

In the 19th minute, Marin suddenly passed a long pass near the center circle into the heart of the Maribor penalty area, Stewart and Huntelaar penetrated Maribor's defense at the same time, Huntelaar got the ball into the penalty area, faced the opponent's goalkeeper he nudged the bottom right corner of the goal to score, the football rolled smoothly into the opponent's goal, Chelsea took the lead on the road.

In the 23rd minute, Chelsea again played a long-form attacking strategy, this time Stuttgart formed a one-on-one goal, but his shot was not powerful under Maribor's two-man attack.

In the 25th minute, Maribor took the ball on the left side, and Fajic, who rushed to the top of the ball, and ****, who flew to catch the ball, collided together, **** lay on the ground for a while and could not move, but fortunately, the two got up and fought again after rapid treatment, which also made Mourinho, who was a little nervous, sit leisurely in the coach's seat again.

In the 33rd minute, after a series of small combinations, Maribor suddenly fired a cold shot from outside the Tavares penalty area, and the ball went slightly out of bounds.

Although Chelsea took the lead on the pitch, they still fell behind on the pitch, which many people simply did not expect.

In the 40th minute, Bohal was about to attack after receiving a long pass, Cahill blocked the ball with his hand at the edge of the box, and the referee did not hesitate to show a yellow card and award a free kick. Tavares' free-kick hit the crowd, and in the scramble, Bohal hooked sideways, and Fajic dodged in front of goal, only to fly the ball straight into the far corner of the gate, but before everyone could celebrate, the referee had already blown the whistle. This time, the referee ruled that Fagic interfered with the goalkeeper and the goal was disallowed. Maribor's players surrounded the referee and protested loudly, but the referee was unmoved, and finally the players had to leave in a huff.

Maribor continued to dominate the pitch and in the 43rd minute their pass went straight to Tavares in the box, but the Brazilian's header was blocked by Lynbull.

Rui crept up to Mourinho's side: "Jose, do we need to make substitutions at the start of the second half? ”

Mourinho snorted, but didn't give any instructions. He doesn't understand in his heart that he has now fallen into passivity, but the problem is that he still needs to use this game to prove his conjecture, in the end, whether the current Chelsea can rely on the overall defense to prevent the opponent's attack, but now it seems that the back line is really full of holes, and the winter transfer after that will have to be carefully pondered.

Both sides returned to the lounge after the first half, but Mourinho made no changes, other than re-instructed some players.

But who knew that Chelsea would concede a goal just after the start of the second half. Maribor launched an attack from the right, the ball went to the left, Bohal volleyed into the six-yard box, Fajic jumped up and rushed to the top of the goal, and the ball flew over Bryant's head into the goal, and the score was equalised.

However, Chelsea's men did not feel any discomfort from the conceded goal, and instead attacked after conceding it. In the 50th minute, Moses made a long pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Huntelaar made a difficult take-off and barbed it out of bounds.

In the 57th minute, Moses went straight to the left, Huntelaar went directly into the penalty area, Maribor's goalkeeper attacked directly, but Huntelaar suddenly moved sideways with the ball, which made the opponent's goalkeeper too late to change his action and could only knock him to the ground, and the referee still did not hesitate to award a penalty.

This time Oscar took the penalty and he opted to shoot to the left, easily fooling the opposition goalkeeper and the ball flew straight into the back of the net to give Chelsea the lead again.

Maribor, who had fallen behind, made an immediate substitution, and with their substitution, their attack became more and more violent. In the 63rd minute, Bohal sent in a dangerous pass down the left, but Tavares couldn't get his hands on the ball under the three.

Chelsea took the lead and then began to counter-attack, with Oscar curling a shot into the far corner from the right side of the box in the 64th minute just wide.

In the 67th minute, Maribor played a small match in the penalty area, but Filippovic shot from a tight angle under the interference of Bosingwa, and was slapped by Reinbull. Maribor then scored from the left, but Bohal's shot went high again.

Chelsea's long counter-attack was effective, with a succinct long ball finding Huntelaar again in the 71st minute, but his striking shot was again saved by Maribor's goalkeeper.

However, Maribor's pressing style of play was also strong, and in the 72nd minute, Merritt sent the ball off the left, but Tavares grabbed the ball and was intercepted by the Chelsea players first. A minute later, Tavares slotted in again from the right, but his shot from a tight angle bounced off the post and was unavailable for Maribor to follow up and they missed another golden chance to equalise.

They have hit the post twice in a row in this game, which is why Chelsea's backline is so poor, and Romeu and Marin in the back have not done what they should have done, and the back line is still too worrying.

Maribor came back in the 74th minute and combined well from Chelsea on the edge of the box, only to be whipped high again by Tavares.

Chelsea made their first change in the 75th minute, with Juan Mata replacing the mediocre Stewart.

In the 77th minute, Maribor's continuous delicate combination finally saw the effect, and it was Bohal who volleyed on the left side, Luiz was out of position in the penalty area, and he had no choice but to push down the follow-up Tavares, a penalty and a yellow card.

Tavares took the penalty himself and the ball flew straight into the top left of the goal, and Maribor equalised again.

Mourinho's face had become extremely ugly at this time, and this time he didn't wait for Rui to come up again and directly shouted, "Ai Huan, it's time for you to play, kill this game." ”

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