Chapter 42: Double Blue Extravaganza

After Shevchenko collapsed in the Blackburn Rovers penalty area, the entire Luzhniki stadium burst into boos. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Just in the stands behind Shevchenko's fall to the Earth Gate, countless Blackburn fans yelled at Shevchenko angrily, and stretched out their middle fingers to gesture at Shevchenko, scolding Shevchenko in their mouths.

Before the Slovak referee Mitchell, who was officiating the game, had not yet reached the scene of the incident, Blackburn and Chelsea players surrounded him, with Blackburn angrily denouncing Shevchenko for "diving", while the Chelsea players demanded a red card for Carvalho and then awarded a penalty to Chelsea.

Mitchell squeezed away all the players surrounding him, while warning them that if anyone was making an idea for him, he would unceremoniously show a yellow card, and then, after discreetly consulting with the linesman, he pointed to the penalty spot.

There were deafening boos at the Luzhniki Stadium, and all the Blackburn fans were not sparing their saliva and middle fingers, and humiliating Shevchenko and the referee with the foul language they knew, but these were automatically filtered by the ears of the Chelsea players and referees.

"Cunning fellow." Arthur didn't think it was a miscalculation, because Carvalho did touch Shevchenko's calf, but this kind of force may not be able to make the Ukrainian, who is as strong as a cow, fall, and the referee's decision is not too problematic.

Andriy Shevchenko stood in front of the penalty and this time it was up to him to take the spot, and once it was scored, Chelsea would have no doubt in the lead.

The Blackburn players were standing outside the box, constantly making noises to interfere with Shevchenko, while Cech was on the goal-line and doing all sorts of moves to deceive Shevchenko and try to interfere with him.

But after Shevchenko's shot, everything turned out to be meaningless.

Shevchenko's volley was so powerful that Cech couldn't stop the goal even if he was right.

Lippi stood on the sidelines with a very serious expression and a slight frown, but he did not make the slightest adjustment, because the 1-0 down to Chelsea was one of many pre-match predictions, and the players on the pitch were not wild.

With more than 10 minutes to go before the end of the first half, Lippi simply walked to the sideline and shouted to Duff, and when he ran to the sideline, Lippi reminded him to push the attack into front of the Chelsea penalty area as soon as possible and try to equalise before the end of the first half.

Duff left with the order, and Lippi didn't say anything to the other players, and it was not too late to wait until the dressing room to say something.

In the minutes following the goal, Blackburn Rovers kept their composure, but Chelsea did not back down after the goal, but continued uncharacteristically to attack.

This made Blackburn very passive, and the opposition's continued attack forced Blackburn to keep recovering.

It's not that the Chelsea players were too bold, but Blackburn's counter-attack was so sharp that many people were scared, so they wanted to build as much advantage as possible after Blackburn were beaten by the first goal.

Van Gaal was pleased with Blackburn's performance and was convinced that his tactics had worked.

The Chelsea players on the pitch were more involved in attacking, and during this period of time, they were like macho men who had taken aphrodisiacs, frantically breaking through the defense of Ballack and others, and flocking to the "beauty" of Cech.

Chelsea had twice as many shots as Blackburn Rovers in the first half for more than a dozen minutes, but Nicolas Anelka failed to capitalise on his chances, missing a few points in front of goal and allowing passes to slip past the goal.

It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half that the Chelsea players left the pitch in reluctance, but at this time the Blues players were all excited, and they were all talking and laughing, as it has been rare for Chelsea to beat Blackburn Rovers in recent seasons.

In stark contrast to the expressions on Blackburn's players, who were 1-0 down, it was a bad result for them.

It is ironic that they were debating with gusto, before the game, where they were going to celebrate tomorrow, only to be one goal behind.

At half-time, the Chelsea dressing room was jubilant as all the players were excitedly talking about the highlights of the first half, when they were almost bursting with confidence.

Van Gaal saw that the team was playing very well, so he didn't say much. However, he still reminded several defenders that they must strengthen the marking of Cristiano Ronaldo, Torres and other Blue Devils arrowheads in the second half, otherwise the opponent will seize a chance and risk burying all his efforts.

After all, a green superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo and a striker like Torres can be fatal with just one flash.

The Chelsea players said yes in unison, but soon they were back to discussing the first half and celebrating the title 45 minutes later.

The 15 minutes of the break passed quickly, and the Blackburn fans at the Luzhniki Stadium were almost standing, and the team's poor performance in the first half also affected the mood of the fans.

In the second half, Chelsea kicked off first, perhaps because the first half was too sweet, and the Chelsea players came up with an attacking stance, as if they wanted to eat Blackburn Rovers in one bite.

Malouda got the ball on the wing, and finally waited for the opportunity to attack, and couldn't help but be a little excited, and a sharp acceleration did not rush, and the football rolled out of the sideline.

The Frenchman smiled embarrassedly at his team-mate, then ran to Duff to defend.

At that moment, Duff suddenly made a turnaround run, received Ashley Cole's touchline ball, lured Malouda with a false flick, and then shook off the opponent with a ball.

Duff may not be able to outpace Malouda with his speed, so Duff was smart not to continue to break through, but instead played a cross ball to Frank Lampard, who was in front of him. Frank Lampard turned and knocked back, and Alonso picked up the ball and continued to split the side.

Duff quickly stepped forward to get into the attack, while Essien was in hot pursuit.

Duff received Alonso's pass and suddenly turned to dribble the ball and landed a long-range cross ball directly at McConn's feet.

After McCone got the ball, there was no one around him to mark, Terry and Alex were pulled away by Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres respectively, and only Mikel in the middle was desperately rushing over, but it was too far away for him.

McCone easily broke into the Chelsea penalty area and it was only then that Mikel arrived. As a result, McCone faced Mikel, who was hurrying over, knocked on his heel, and suddenly changed to cut inside the middle, and passed Mikel.

McCone fired a long-range shot at goal, the ball fluttered in the air, and the last one fell so strongly that it grazed the far post and popped off the line.

The Chelsea players' hearts were beating out, and McCone's shot just had to go a little further inside and bounce into the box, and the outflanked Torres was a follow-up shot into the empty net.

It can be said that this time it was God who saved Chelsea.

"Wow! This cooperation is a typical Blackburn attack, after Chelsea will see the middle to death, Ronaldo and Torres became bait, Blackburn two wings began to exert force, this attack Lippi's tactical thinking is vividly embodied, worthy of Italy's silver fox! Seedorf, who is from Serie A, exclaimed.

'Blackburn have a clear tactical line of thought, with the middle going both ways. In fact, the attack was done, but McCone's shot was a little regrettable at the end, otherwise, Blackburn equalised at the beginning of the second half, which was the best start for them! Seedorf gushed like a chatterbox.

Three minutes later, Blackburn Rovers made a comeback, Cristiano Ronaldo pulled down the left and played with Duff, before the Portuguese accelerated beautifully and shook in succession to slod diagonally into the Chelsea box.

Under the help of Chelsea's multi-person defense, Ronaldo broke through all the way to the back point, and finally in the face of multiple people, Ronaldo's hanging shot flew directly out of the gap and hit the inside of Chelsea's back post.

As a result, Torres was too aggressive and missed the opportunity to make a follow-up shot, and the football was held directly in Van der Sar's arms.

"Two posts in a row, Blackburn's luck is bad enough." Seedorf expressed the feelings of many people.

Ronaldo's name was chanting from almost every corner of the Luzhniki Stadium, and although Ronaldo's shot failed to score this time, the Blackburn fans still gave him the most applause and cheers.

And Torres, who rushed over, did not complain that Ronaldo was too lonely this time, but just stretched out his thumb to Ronaldo in annoyance.

"Fight back! Step up the counterattack! It's still us leading the score, don't be afraid, it's time to show our attack! Van Gaal stood on the sidelines and loudly reminded his disciples that blindly defending would not work in front of Blackburn, who has many superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, and that the manager needed to step up and give the team a direction.

In the following games, Blackburn's attack began to gradually recover, and Chelsea's attacking momentum did not weaken, and the two sides fought more and more fiercely in the middle of the field.

In the subsequent attack, Ronaldo tasted the sweetness from the last exchange with Duff, began to play the role of left winger, frequently formed a change of position with Duff, and then used his speed on the wing to break through, creating two great chances in a row.

It's just that crosses from the left are not as accurate as Cristiano Ronaldo on the right side of the right, and Torres' header ability is only above the horizon, otherwise Blake would have equalised.

However, everyone can see that Blackburn Rovers are getting closer and closer to scoring. (To be continued.) )