Chapter 56: Unfathomable
Chelsea's corner was taken by Eden Hazard, and captain John Terry and tall midfielder Nemanja Matic were already in the Blackburn Rovers box, with both players in the Chelsea and Blackburn boxes pushing and shoving, almost hugging each other. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Hazard drove the corner forward, and Diego Costa at the front post beat Stones to grab the first spot, and the header rubbed back, Trapp did not react, but fortunately the ball grazed the crossbar and flew off the bottom line! Blackburn escaped death again!
Chelsea had two dangerous shots on goal in less than two minutes, and if it weren't for the help of the goal frame, I'm afraid the score would have become 0:2!
Amid the screams of nearly 60,000 Blackburn fans, Blackburn head coach Jurgen Klopp was still standing calmly on the sidelines, not nervous about Arthur's hard time coming.
There is a reason why Klopp is not nervous, not to mention how Chelsea has been in the past, at least the fighting power shown by the Blues this season is not at the same level as Blackburn's, even if the change of manager is like a change of knife, Chelsea, who are accustomed to losing, still cannot create too many threats to Blackburn.
Jurgen Klopp's confidence proved to be justified as just 80 seconds after Blackburn's goal, Payet crossed from the left and Anthony Martial pressed John Terry for a header before Thibaut Courtois stepped out to save a high ball.
Anthony Martial then went straight up and down to get a curling shot from the back, but the Belgian reacted quickly and saved the ball with an arm's length over Martial.
In the seventh minute, former Blackburn Rovers Baines fouled Raheem Sterling on the wing of the back, but the latter's free-kick was cleared by Cahill in the near corner.
In the 11th minute, Willian burst into the left side of the box and crossed for the Blues player to complain that the ball had hit Bellerin, who was blocking at the front post, but the referee did not award a penalty.
In the 14th minute, Paul Pogba crossed from the left and Payet's volley from 15 yards was blocked by a Chelsea defender, but then Baba's weak header almost gave Griezmann a chance to face the goalkeeper alone, but Courtois was able to clear it in time.
In the 21st minute, the smell of gunpowder suddenly intensified on the field, and Varane directly put down the Spanish midfielder with a sliding tackle when Fabregas received the ball in the midfield, which was originally just a regular foul, and even the referee would definitely not play a card. However, Cesc Fabregas, who has been extremely poor this season, fell to the ground and Chelsea were forced to replace Fabregas with David Luiz, who was tackled by Raphael Varane.
In the 23rd minute, Baines threw a throw-in, Diego Costa swept a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Varane cleared it first on the edge of the small penalty area. In the 28th minute, Payet fired wide from 25 yards on the right. In the 34th minute, Raheem Sterling passed straight to the left side of the penalty area, Bellerin's cross was blocked by Luiz at the front point, and Matic cleared it first.
Chelsea had another chance to open the scoring in the 36th minute when Oscar's free-kick from the right flanked into the box and John Terry's header from 10 yards went wide of the left-hand post.
In the 40th minute, Blackburn had the best chance of the first half, Raheem Sterling broke through Baines again on the left and crossed, John Terry cleared the ball with a header, Griezmann headed it over, and it was Anthony Martial who got the ball at the edge of the box.
Anthony Martial found that the Chelsea players were still tightly huddled in their own penalty area, and did not mean to grab, and randomly looked up to observe the teammates around him, and found that there was really no good passing route, although his ability to shoot from outside the penalty area was still very scummy, but anyway, no one came up to stop it, just take a long shot!
So Anthony flicked the ball sideways and set up a cool pose to shoot, the ball was knocked out of a dent by a huge force, and then instantly burst out from Martial's feet, like a sharp sword towards the Chelsea door!
"Huh? Pregnant? 'It was Anthony Martial's first feeling after he had a shot!
Although Anthony Martial's long-range shooting ability is not as good as the likes of Frank Lampard and Gareth Bale in the team, that only shows that he can't guarantee that every long-range shot is of good quality, but he will also have a stroke of genius.
Anthony Martial's shot hung straight into the top left corner of the net, almost as the football commentator always mentioned that the theoretical dead end of the goal could be described as this shot!
Just as Martial was about to rejoice, Courtois's shot with good speed and angle was predicted in advance by Courtois, who incredibly poked the bottom line with his fingertips.
Anthony shook his hand hatefully, and couldn't help but burst out a French national curse Although France has always been the most romantic, Arthur thinks that the worst quality in Europe is the French, just by looking at the smell of urine on the roads of Paris at night.
One minute later, Oscar's shot from 25 yards was again blocked by Stones. In the 45th minute, Diego Costa tackled Kante in front, David Luiz passed the ball, and Baba Rahman fired a long-range shot from the left wide of the near corner.
The first half was a draw, with Blackburn Rovers having a slight upper hand at home. In the second half, the battle was renewed.
In the 47th minute, Willian burst into the left side of the box and Oscar fired the ball high from 10 yards.
In the 48th minute, Eden Hazard passed the ball and Diego Costa fired the ball high from 25 yards on the left.
For a while, Chelsea's attack began to play with taste, which made Klopp on the sidelines very unhappy, and finally began to roar at the players on the field.
Klopp's roar soon paid off, as Blackburn Rovers came close to opening the scoring in the 59th minute when Paul Pogba's clever pass was found to N'Golo Kante on the right side of the box, and Payet's shot from eight yards was quickly denied by Courtois.
Raheem Sterling then whipped in a corner from the right and Anthony Martial headed in from 11 yards as the ball grazed the crossbar and Chelsea escaped.
Chelsea almost scored in the 62nd minute, Chelsea counter-attacked to form a 4-on-4 situation, David Luiz crossed to the left, Hazard crossed, Oscar's shot from 8 yards was blocked by Azpilicueta, Willian followed up from a distance and shot again past the attacking goalkeeper Trapp, but unfortunately the power was too light and was cleared by Kante from inside the small penalty area.
Blackburn had another chance in the 64th minute when Raheem Sterling's cross from the left was headed over by Griezmann from eight yards.
In the 66th minute, Cahill, who has not done much about Martial in this game, was yellow carded for a foul on Martial's tackle on the wing. In the 70th minute, Oscar crossed a free kick from the left, and David Luiz's header from the right edge of the six-yard box went wide of the near corner.
In the 76th minute, Klopp, who was quite dissatisfied with the team's constant scorelessness, finally made the first substitution of the game.
In the live broadcast room, Martin Taylor Jr. was shocked when he saw the Arabic numeral "9" on the substitution card: "Oh, God, Harry is finally on the field, you must know that he is now leading the scorer list by only 2 goals, I was worried that if he didn't play, he would be kicked off the top scorer list after this round, but now he has a chance to save himself." ”
"yes, we haven't seen our English name at the top of the scorer list for too many years, and now Harry is the pride of all of us in England!" Big Martin Taylor is also looking forward to it.
The reason why I say "big and small" Martin Taylor is because Big Martin Taylor was originally a Premier League commentator, and Martin Taylor Jr. is a former Blackburn defender, after his retirement, although he is currently the head coach of Blackburn Rovers U15, but also signed a commentary contract with the TV station, and the TV station has formed the most interesting "double Martin" combination this season.
Just when the two Martins were startled to set off the atmosphere, the game on the field had completed the substitutions and continued! And Harry Kane has finally stepped onto his beloved green field again.
The fourth official on the sidelines held up an electronic signboard for substitutions in the Rose Theater with nearly 60,000 pairs of expectant eyes at the time of the dead ball
21 Anthony Martial!
9 Harry Kane on!
Anthony Martial didn't work hard today, and his performance was remarkable, but unfortunately, the difference between goal and striker was probably a miss on the outcome of the game.
However, before Harry Kane could perform, the Blues gave him a dismissal first.
In the 78th minute, the fans of the Rose Theater ushered in a panickling cry.
Substitute Mikel managed to control the ball with his athletic body despite N'Golo Kante's interference, and then handed the ball to Oscar in front.
Oscar met Sterling's defence and sent the ball straight through the gap between Varane and Bellerin with an imaginative pass, and fell to the feet of Hazard, who was cutting in at high speed along the touchline!
Eden Hazard, who has always been very lonely, did not rush forward this time, and was very clever to get a left-footed cross from the first time, and the football crossed a perfect parabola and flew directly into the Blackburn penalty area!
In the box, John Stones and Willian were tangled together, and Varane was clearly too slow to turn and freeze like a stake, and there was no doubt that this was a good opportunity for Chelsea to open the scoring!
On the edge of the six-yard box, Chelsea centre-forward Diego Costa leaped high to head home almost without any interference from defenders.
"Bang!" The ball slammed into the crossbar of the goal like a cannonball, and the bounce flew off the baseline.
Diego Costa, who missed the opportunity, slapped his hands in regret, and while Diego Costa was frustrated, the reactions of the fans in the stands on both sides were diametrically opposed, and the Blackburn fans were ready to burst into a howl, but now they were laughing and cheering with surprise.
Football is so unpredictable and unpredictable. (To be continued.) )