Chapter 163: Take the Wolves lightly
Chelsea face Wolves from the Championship in the Carabao Cup in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
Chelsea also have a dispensable attitude towards the Carabao Cup, but in this tight schedule, Mourinho naturally has to rotate, and the outside world has also put forward some opinions on this game.
Chelsea's die-hard Allen wrote an article pointing out that if it wasn't for Ai Huan's appearance in the last game, Chelsea's attack would have been a complete failure, and what would have been the result of this game if Ai Huan had been rotated?
With Chelsea taking on tough rivals Arsenal this weekend and a Carabao Cup opponent coming from the Championship, Jose Mourinho has said early on that he will rotate his starting line-up, with a number of players who rarely or never appear to start the line-up, including Marin, Moses and Cesar Azpilicueta, as well as Brazilian youngster Piazon.
Everyone speculates that in the backline, although Terry did not play in the last game, but considering that he has just announced his withdrawal from the England team, and the strength of Wolves is not strong, Mourinho may continue to rest the captain, Luiz and Cahill will still form a central defensive partnership, Azpilicueta will replace Ivanovic, and the youngster Bertrand will start in place of Ashley Cole, and in the goalkeeper position, the substitute goalkeeper **** is expected to get the chance to start.
But there are still problems in midfield. Chelsea have won the Carabao Cup four times in their history, most recently in 2006/07 when Drogba scored twice in the final to help them beat Arsenal and in the final when Chelsea won the Carabao Cup in 04/05. Now that Didier Drogba has gone to the Chinese Super League, and Chelsea have also encountered goalscoring problems, Torres is in a slump, Sturridge is injured, and Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar, who are worth a combined value of 80 million pounds, have also been completely curbed in the last round of the league.
Of course, Ai Huan is still a person who can take on the responsibility at any time, but if a team like Chelsea suffers from a dependency on one person, the outcome must not be what everyone wants.
Despite being among the biggest European clubs, Chelsea have regularly been knocked out of the League Cup by lower-tier teams despite winning trophies. Since being promoted to the English top flight 23 years ago, Chelsea have been knocked out of the competition eight times by lower-tier teams, most recently in November 2008 when Chelsea drew 1-1 at home to Burnley before being eliminated on penalties.
There have been 104 meetings between the two teams in their history, with 39 wins, 26 draws and 38 defeats essentially level with Wolves, with the Blues last losing to Wolves in January 2011 when a Ursingwa own goal sealed a 1-0 defeat away from home, although the last time Wolves beat Chelsea on the road was back in March 1979 and this was the first meeting between the two teams in the Carabao Cup.
In the end, it was much the same, with Chelsea still in a 4-2-3-1 formation, but most of the main players were rested. Goalkeeper ****, the back line is composed of Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry and Bertrand, midfielders Romeu and Ramirez form the midfield barrier, the front trident is Matapiazon and Moses, Mourinho still put Mata in the midfield, and the forward line is replaced by Huntelaar.
Wolves set up a 4-5-1 formation, with goalkeeper Fries, Stillman, Margretel, Bass and Zuball at the back, and Sko, Edwards, Davies, Hunt and Bockarie in midfield, with only one Dason Nishigu up front.
The most surprising of the two line-ups was John Terry, who had just announced his retirement from the national team, returning to the starting line-up, with Chelsea fans chanting "There's only one England captain here" in support of him.
And just when the world was worried about who could take it for Chelsea, Chelsea got off to a dream start in the fourth minute.
Juan Mata crossed in midfield was headed home by Gary Cahill to make it 1-0.
Chelsea doubled their lead again in the eighth minute when it was Mata's pass to Bertrand, who was unguarded in the box, and he fired home to make it 2-0.
Chelsea sealed the win in the 17th minute, this time it was Juan Mata himself, who got on the ball from Moses and fired home from inside the box to make it 3-0, and then there was nothing else to say about the first half, Chelsea relaxed the press, but Wolves didn't take their chances and didn't play any dangerous chances.
There were no substitutions in the second half, but Chelsea quickly gained the upper hand and in the 53rd minute De Vries fouled Moses in the box, resulting in a penalty that Romeu converted for Chelsea to make it 4-0.
In the 58th minute, Juan Mata took a corner from the right and Huntelaar nodded home to make it 5-0.
In the 71st minute, Oscar, who had just come on the pitch, again made a precise cross, and new signing Moses scored his first goal since joining Chelsea, and finally Chelsea won 6-0 to advance.
Ai Huan didn't enter the squad at all in this game, so he was at home all the time and didn't know the final result, but he is most concerned about Taylor now, Taylor's vacation is over, and he is going back to the United States.
"Seriously, why can't we be together every day like a normal couple? Actually, we're kind of rich, right? Why do we have to keep running around for work?" Seeing Taylor packing up, Ai Huan said helplessly as he lay on the bed.
Taylor stopped what she was doing, her big beautiful eyes were full of smiles, she enjoyed her lover's reluctance to show her from time to time, which made her feel very good, "I have to deal with these things every day and I feel tired, but this is what I like, if I ask you to give up football and go to the United States now, will you be willing?"
Ai Huan thought about it very seriously, then sighed and shook his head, "Okay, you have a point, but in another ten years, when I retire, I will follow you all day long, and there is nothing you can do if you bother me." Of course, I can raise you now, as long as you want. ”
Taylor laughed, walked over to Ai Huan's side and gently hugged his neck, and put his head on his lap, "Are you really mentally prepared for this?"
"It's always been there. ”