Chapter 181

The second half will soon start again.

After scoring a goal in the first half, Chelsea seemed to have calmed down after the frenzy, knowing that this was not the time to be happy and that they were still a goal behind.

If Deportivo don't score a single goal in the second half and Chelsea can score two more, then they will be on the safe side.

But is it possible?

Jose Mourinho turned his head in the direction of Deportivo La Coruna's dugout.

Juan was still inside for a long time, not knowing what he was doing, which made him can't help but squint his eyes.

So, what does Juan do in the players' tunnel?

Actually, it's nothing, he's urgently assigning homework.

'Everyone listened to the first half, we were on the defensive, but we were given an early start, and now we are back to our rhythm...... Chelsea want to press the whole court and not let us play their defence through midfield quickly, right? ”

Most of the people in front of them nodded, and in the first half, they did feel that way.

'They were playing with us in midfield, we missed the lead because we were trying to dodge, and in the next game, the midfield was the key and we had to regain control of the midfield...... Do you have confidence in this? ”

"Yes!!"

Listening to the passionate voices of most of the people in front of him, the expression on Juan's face loosened for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay, you all go out, hurry up and get ready to play." ”

As the players rushed out, Juan looked back and his coaching staff had been following him silently.

Juan sighed lightly.

"I'm betting on the Champions League because I want everyone here to realise the seriousness of the matter...... Finally, no matter what your choices are at the end of the season, at least for now, you're still a Deportivo and all of you have to be worthy of the flag on this outfit. ”

After saying this, Juan turned and walked out of the players' tunnel first.

The cheers of the audience poured into the eardrums almost instantly, and more than 30,000 people were working together to cheer for A Coruña, for the embrace of their hearts, for their faith.

Juan took a deep breath and smiled, "That's actually a pretty good feeling, isn't it?" ”

At the start of the second half, Deportivo La Coruna attacked with a preconceived attack.

Their control in midfield is well known, so the Chelsea players were already holding their breath when they saw the Deportivo players back and forth at the back.

Juan Sorin took the ball to observe for a while, and quickly passed the ball to the front, and Belleron, who received the ball, looked up and saw that Chelsea's defense was very tight, so he did not rush to break through, but passed the ball to Riquelme next to him.

Riquelme is a master of possession in midfield, so Chelsea naturally don't just watch him continue to hold the ball with the ball like this, and Joe Cole and Galla quickly surrounded him.

Riquelme, of course, was not going to be surrounded by the two of them like this, and he directly distributed the ball to Quaresma on the side.

Aimar's absence from the pitch today was actually a loss for Deportivo La Coruna.

You know, in the first round of the game, Chelsea were almost beaten by Aimar - the story tells us that rabbits can bite when they are in a hurry, let alone top players.

However, Juan also gave Aimar two options, one is to participate in this competition and the subsequent Copa del Rey and rest in the next league game against Real Madrid; Another option is to rest in this Champions League game and then play in the Copa del Rey and the next league game against Real Madrid.

The Copa del Rey game can't run away, it's just a little bit different from the Champions League and the league.

Aimar is not stupid either, and after a little weighing, he directly chose the latter.

- Nonsense! How can you not participate in the league against Real Madrid!

This is the first league title for their new LaCoruna rookies!

So in this game, he was at ease and just lay on his sofa and waited to see the performance of his teammates.

For the first twenty minutes, he kept rubbing his eyes, thinking that he had seen something wrong, was this really the Deportivo he was familiar with, and not someone else's prank?

As he watched the tired expressions of his teammates on the field, Aimar was so anxious that he almost jumped up.

What's going on? Why did something very strange happen to him as soon as he was away?!

However, after twenty minutes, the team gradually changed to what he was familiar with, and Aimar gradually breathed a sigh of relief and continued to watch the situation on the field.

"I don't know why, but there is always an inexplicable feeling ......"

While Aimar was muttering at home, the TV was likewise overlooked, "Dean, do you have any strange feelings?" ”

Aimar, who was drinking water, almost squirted out a mouthful of water, choking and staring at the TV screen.

Those two commentaries of Sky Sports always give people this from time to time!!

Little did Frank know that at this time, one of the Deportivo players was thinking about him with some resentment in front of the screen, and he was still pulling Dean next to him with some concern.

'Deportivo La Coruna was almost two mentals in the first half and the second half and I always felt like something was going on between them.

"Is there one?" Dean glanced at him in surprise. "I don't think there's anything going on, if you really want to know, like you said, let's ask our frontline reporters after the game."

"Alas, the main reason is that the atmosphere in the Deportivo dugout seems to be too gloomy, so I just asked......"

"Don't think too much about Frank, look at the look on Juan's face, does that look like something is wrong?"

"......" Frank looked at the small screen.

Juan was still standing on the edge of the court, with a very cold expression on his face, looking as calm as if he was fighting on the battlefield, which meant that he had already put all his energy on the court and had no time to care about anything else.

The young man standing there so quietly was like a pictorial, and at this time, the cameraman seemed to be blessed and pushed the camera directly.

His close-up appeared directly on the TV like this, and even a few light-colored eyelashes could be seen clearly, it was obviously a fierce game, but the head coach of one of the sides was still in a trance.

Juan didn't feel like someone was filming him, but he still tried his best to ignore the uncomfortable feeling.

…… Although I was often stared at by the camera when I was modeling, it was my job. What is this now?

Juan frowned, deciding to ignore such a shot, unaware that his frown had already been filmed.

"My God......" One female fan couldn't help but cover her chest and sighed, "His eyes ......"

Quaresma didn't do much after getting the ball, with Chelsea's defensive line in front of him.

He knew that he had a few pounds and a few taels, and once he ran into the Chelsea defence, he had no room to resist at all, so after hesitating for a while, he passed the ball directly back to Morientes.

Morientes wasn't very far up front today, even a little closer to midfield, and after receiving the ball, he went straight to the Chelsea defence.

Morientes is unlike anyone else, arguably Deportivo LaCorunari's sharpest knife at the moment, and against Lampard's defence, Morientes created a direct chance with his unreasonable breakthrough.

- Since arriving in Deportivo La Coruna, even a kind person like Morientes has brought some impact and attacking sharpness on the pitch, which is a good thing for Deportivo La Coruna.

However, after breaking through Frank Lampard, he didn't get the ball into the box...... Mainly because there was only Portillo in the box at this time, and the two of them were almost a full half apart.

In order to avoid another chance wasted this time, Morientes took the risk of passing the ball to the edge of the box.

Quaresma had followed up by this time, while Terry was still on the other side and didn't have time to follow, taking the opportunity to shoot straight at the goalkeeper, but the ball went over the crossbar.

"A great opportunity! It's a pity that the ball missed...... Chelsea's goal kicks, will they take the opportunity to launch a counter-attack? ”

Chelsea do want to fight back, but Deportivo aren't going to give them that chance.

When Deportivo La Coruna runs up to speed in midfield, they are like a meat grinder that starts up, and all the attacks are crushed when they get in front of them.

With such interference, Chelsea's attack has been in a lot of trouble.

Originally, they only had one Frank Lampard and one Drogba in attack, but now they have been directly cut off from midfield and attack, and Chelsea's midfield is lacking players who can control the tempo.

It's something they discovered in the last round, but it's a problem that Chelsea haven't solved – and certainly can't solve it.

It may not be until the summer transfer window that Chelsea are once again buying talent that there may be a solution.

After the start of the second half, Deportivo attacked Chelsea's right side according to Juan's key points, and Galla, who was standing on the right side, felt very difficult to defend, and even after being closely charged by Deportivo players, his performance began to decline, and Mourinho couldn't help frowning when he realized this.

His players did have some imperfections on the pitch, but he covered them up perfectly with formations, and what he didn't expect was that Juan and his Deportivo La Coruna would find out so quickly.

Seeing Galla's disgraced face broken by Morientes and Quaresma, Mourinho couldn't stand it anymore, and he directly used up the first substitution.

Babayaro replaces Gala.

Although Barbayaro and Galla are not very aggressive, but at least he does a little better than Galla defensively, Mourinho does not know why there is a sense of crisis, and Deportivo on the opposite side seems to be brewing something.

Gago was running tirelessly around Riquelme.

In this match, Juan gave him only one task, and that was to protect Riquelme.

Although Riquelme already has a strong enough breakthrough ability and dribbling ability, however, he can't stand the opponent as soon as he comes up, so Juan gave Gago a task to protect Riquelme and the ball at his feet, so that he will not be easily surrounded.

– and at the same time, he has to do a thing, once the football is snatched away, he has to take it back immediately.

And he needs to do everything possible to give Li Kai the time and opportunity to get the ball without interference, so that he can organize the attack without interference.

Originally, generally speaking, he should have protected Belleron at this time, but Belleron's position today was a little retreating, and Juan directly let Riquelme go to the forefront to organize the attack alone, so in order to protect the football, Gago can only play the role of a knight.

'We can feel it completely because in this game, the middle of the midfield is the key, no matter which side, as long as the midfield is alive, then their wings can fly. Frank was really itching, he was going to be the ball man again, "Dean, you see in the first half twenty minutes they scored a goal, but the Deportivo players didn't seem to be affected at all. ”

"It's impossible to say that you haven't been affected." Dean frowned, "But it's clear that there is someone who has given them the confidence and hope that they can get back on their feet...... Moreover, with seventy minutes left in the game at that time, how could they not have confidence in their home stadium? ”

Deportivo La Coruna's players seem to have some bonuses at home and run exceptionally hard, and it is the efforts of all of them that Deportivo La Coruna's home stadium, the Riazor Stadium, can maintain their title as the "graveyard of giants".

"Seriously, if you continue like this, you will lose a lot of big teams in the sand if you continue to play with the stadium, and then this stadium may not be called a graveyard...... It's more appropriate to call it a cemetery. ”

When it comes to cemeteries, people will think of mass graves and people who died tragically, but when it comes to cemeteries, the neat arrangement of tombstones carries the irreparable desolation of birth, old age, sickness and death, which is almost completely two meanings.

Frank didn't react at first, and after reading it twice, he suddenly smiled: "You are still educated!" ”

Dean nodded implicitly, raised his eyebrows and smiled for a while before remembering something to frown: "Speaking of which, Chelsea's full-court pressing tactics are very effective, and their crazy pressing in the front court makes Deportivo very uncomfortable, so the goal conceded in the first half is actually not surprising at all, although Deportivo also has a certain component, but most of what we see is Chelsea's toughness...... At least in the second half, Juan made some adjustments so he didn't concede any more goals. ”

Just when the two of them were talking about each other and ridiculing the situation on the field, Deportivo La Coruna had already found a breakthrough.

Under Gago's escort, Riquelme's organization was a little more smooth.

Now he doesn't have to worry about the ball being snatched from his feet, because there is already someone behind him to protect him.

After breaking through Chelsea's first line of defence, he flew directly to the back post with a cross, Bridge wanted to try to clear the ball, successfully kicked the ball to the front, Jocker received the ball, did not stick the ball directly back to Lampard in the middle, Lampard wanted to pass straight to Drogba in front, but was intercepted by Redondo halfway.

Redondo, after receiving the ball, made a direct cross.

The soccer ball made a stunning arc through the air.

"Nice pass! After all these years, Redondo still lives up to his name as a prince, and his style of play is still so elegant...... In terms of passing, he is not as demonic as Guti and not as fast as Riquelme, but that precision and that amazing are unmatched! ”

Morientes wasn't sure he could get the ball to Portillo's feet, Redondo could.

The ball cut through the Chelsea half diagonally and fell directly to the feet of Portillo, who took a step across the ball and then shot with his feet, but I don't know if it was because of the grass or his own reasons, he slid a little, the ball did not use its power, it just rolled in the box and fell to the feet of Quaresma, who was in front of him.

Quaresma was now running near the penalty spot, and as soon as he saw the opportunity, he quickly got up and shot straight at goal, Cech fell to the ground and tried to stretch out his hands to block the ball, but the ball did not fly far, Cech was completely on the ground and had no chance, he could only watch as Morientes burst into the box to stop the ball before Terry cleared it - he even had time to stop the ball - and then volleyed with his right foot.

Football flew into Chelsea's door like a meteor!

“gooooooooooal！！ Fernando Morientes!! In the 52nd minute of the game, Deportivo equalised!! ”

Morientes was still a little excited, after all, the first twenty minutes of the first half were still a little too depressed, and now he finally let out a bad breath, he staggered to the corner spot, clenched his fists and shouted at everyone, and his own teammates also pounced, Juan smiled and applauded.

This goal, at least at this time, is very important!

"Hell, they've all scored this goal...... Mourinho clapped his hands, the look on his face full of annoyance. He's a manager who can easily give his full attention to the game, especially at a time when everything off the pitch is cloudy.

Here, he's the madman.

'All Chelsea, don't hesitate to keep attacking!'

Re-kick-off, Chelsea's possession.

The referee blew the whistle for the kick-off, Robben gently kicked the ball out and Claude Makelele followed up to pass it back to Frank Lampard in the back.

Frank Lampard made a gesture with both wings forward and then stepped forward to catch the ball himself, and instead of passing it out immediately, he took possession of it and began to observe the situation on the pitch.

On the one hand, he was looking for a good line on the field, and on the other hand, he was waiting for his teammates to finish running.

In the space of time, he broke through many times in a row and created a number of chances, but he couldn't find the back of the net, which also made Lampard a little angry.

However, he also knows that scoring goals cannot be forced at all, and rushing to force a breakthrough will not bring any benefit to the team......

However, just as he dribbled the ball around the centre circle, he was caught by Gago and Capdevilla and had to stop to protect the ball.

Barbaillaro tried to run for it and Deportivo immediately set their eyes on him, but instead of playing the ball down the middle, Lampard pulled it back and slid it straight to the wing.

Plugging in on the flanks was Joe Cole.

In this game, because of the marking of Deportivo La Coruna's midfield, Joe Cole's forward attack was not very much, after all, in the last round, he did not pose a lot of threat to Deportivo La Coruna on the field, so he was marked at the beginning.

But now, it's time to use his offensive prowess!

Joe Cole raised his foot to stop Lampard's pass, and at the same time he did not stop his pace, but took the ball forward, at this moment Gago and Redondo's attention was drawn to Lampard, in front of him, there was a smooth road!

Joe Cole was guarding the ball and moving forward very carefully, he was not very fast, but he won on the ground, the speed of the ball was very even, and as he advanced, the whole Chelsea line was following up, and Deportivo La Coruna was also reacting calmly, they were cautiously shrinking the defence, ready to respond to the thunderous blow from Chelsea.

Joe Cole dribbled close to 30 metres before he was stopped by Capdevilla's fill-in, but he wasn't at a loss.

The beast Drogba had already rushed up.

Joe Cole immediately crossed the ball and met the flying ball, Drogba picked up his right foot on the run and was about to shoot directly at the edge of the box, Juan Sorin pounced and stopped directly in front of him.

By chance, the feet of the two people collided together through the football!

Drogba is called a monster for many reasons.

Some people say that he looks like a monster, and his own style is very fierce, just like a monster; Some say that his goals are brilliant and eye-catching, and that he saves the team at crucial moments every time; Others say that he has good physical fitness and explosiveness......

Although Juan Sorin is also strong, but after all, he is on the defensive side, and during the game, Drogba's strength is always amazing, as if it can never be used up, such a pair of feet, Sorin suddenly suffered a little, but he is not stupid, and the words that Juan said to him in the middle still worked.

So when the foot was on the right, although the two of them collided directly, Thorin played a careful eye, and when he was on the foot, he went down a little, and the football on the foot bounced directly into the sky.

…… In fact, it's just a low altitude.

Warcraft is Warcraft after all, when the football flew into the air, he had stabilized his center of gravity, and jumped up directly against the falling football, shaking his head violently!

The football was pushed directly into the penalty area by him, and Robben quietly appeared in the penalty area of Deportivo La Coruna, and quickly accelerated to the football landing point!

Facing Diego López, who attacked, and Andrade, who desperately pounced on the side to fill in the position, Robben looked extremely calm.

The Dutch shooter has a keen sense of the ball at his feet, he directly raised his right foot and clicked the football, the mischievous elf jumped upward, and at this time Robben picked up his right foot again.

When the Dutch shooter shoots, half of his body is turned sideways as a whip, and he pulls the ball out with all his might, and the football suddenly falls into the grass like a meteorite, past Diego López's ten fingers, and plunges into the door of Deportivo La Coruna!

“gooooooal！！ Robben!! His recent form has been surprisingly good, and he has scored in seven consecutive rounds!! ”

"The Netherlands has a group of top goalscorers, but they don't know why they always fail in international competitions, and the orange tulip has always been the uncrowned king...... But it's understandable, it's not the top strikers who can save a team, and it's good to have a peerless striker in a team, but it's not a good thing to have a group......"

"Robben, Van Persie, Sneijder, Huntelaar...... With such a group of people, I am really looking forward to Euro 08, I heard that before the start of the season, Juan had wanted to recruit Robben, but he refused, and it is clear that Juan also agrees with Robben's ability...... It's just a pity that in the end, Robben didn't choose Deportivo La Coruna and went to Chelsea. ”

"Now the score of the two teams is 1:2, according to the convention, home and away...... Deportivo are now 5-4 on aggregate with Chelsea, and only need one more goal to move Deportivo out of the Champions League. ”

As soon as this goal was generated, Mourinho immediately roared loudly and jumped up from the coach's seat, hugged the people around him, and then jumped up and waved his fists, he is such a coach who is so enthusiastic when celebrating, Juan thought it was funny, looked at it twice, but he could still have the mind to look, and Alan next to him had no mind at all.

"Juan, what should I do now?" Alan was anxious to live or die, but he couldn't do anything, and now he was even more anxious and remorseful.

If he hadn't been so stubborn, Deportivo would not have been so passive at this time!!

What did they do!!

But now he had no choice but to anxiously pursue Juan's opinion, and Juan sighed lightly and patted his arm.

"In the last round, our superstar had a flash of inspiration and went above and beyond to win...... Now, it's their turn to go above and beyond. ”

"That's, that's ...... now"

"It's okay, don't worry." Juan smiled back, took two steps forward, took a deep breath, and shouted into the arena.

"Deportivo La Coruna, go on the offensive! We're going to win this game! ”

After calling out these words, Juan assigned their positions and tasks to a few more people, and moved the position on the pitch slightly, now is the time when Deportivo La Coruna needs to compete with perseverance and form the most!

Kick-off on the centre circle, Deportivo La Coruna's possession.

Bellerón gently kicked the football to Riquelme on the side, and Riquelme didn't lift his head and passed it back to Redondo.

"Redondo get the ball! Deportivo La Coruna is going to do this, looking at their position, Riquelme went to the right to face Joe Cole and on the left was the confrontation between Quaresma and Ferreira......

Ferreira is most afraid of Quaresma's type of striker, if Riquelme's speed, he can still rely on the card position and experience to resist a little, then Quaresma is really unbearable.

It's not that Quaresma's ability is already above Riquelme's, it's just that he's not very good at dealing with speedy strikers, especially if Quaresma has a little skill at his feet, which is a big problem for him.

Redondo obviously thought so, so he quickly distributed the ball to Quaresma's position, and sure enough, in the opposite position of the two men, Quaresma made Ferreira anxious, and in this case, Mourinho could only direct Bridge to fill in the position.

However, Frank Lampard, who is alone in the middle, looks a bit thin......

One of the main reasons why Chelsea are called upstarts is because their bench thickness is really not good, especially when facing strong opponents like this, Mourinho looks back and sees that he has no one to replace -

There are a lot of attacking players on his bench now, and his boss seems to be learning from the president of Real Madrid, buying a lot of attacking players, as if to turn Chelsea into a second striker collection factory.

…… But what he needs is a player who can strengthen his defence!

If Makelele hadn't been restrained by Redondo at this time, Chelsea would certainly not have been where they are now!

In this game, the two men were almost invisible, Redondo and Makelele - or rather, the two men restrained each other and did not let either of them get close to the football.

In the interval between the games, Redondo glanced in the direction of the Chelsea dugout, and found that the manager on the other side was really frowning, as if he was thinking about something, and he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

Juan is also a great one.

"What are you looking at?" Makelle asked suddenly, and Redondo withdrew his gaze and pursed his lips, "It's nothing." ”

The two of them didn't have anything to do with each other, and in the season when Makelle transferred, he packed his bags and went to Italy, but at this time, they both had the same name -

Real Madrid veteran.

Of course, there are many people who also have this title on the field, but most of them left on their own initiative, only him, Morientes, and Redondo in front of him were dumped by the team.

So for a while, he even felt that the people in front of him were all fallen people at the end of the world.

But when he was in the right position, he found that the person in front of him didn't seem to be shaken at all, his eyes were very clear and firm, and Makelele naturally mentioned Real Madrid intentionally or unintentionally when he said some trash talk on the field, but the person in front of him didn't seem to care about it at all, and only glanced at him when he was impatient.

"You seem to be too attached to that place."

Makelle was dumbfounded.

Of course he is obsessed, he is obsessed with that place, or rather, he has an inexplicable affection for it.

But Redondo and Morientes, both of whom seem to be able to afford to put it down, have the same expression when they talk about Real Madrid as they do about Chelsea – for them, it's just a club, no different from any other football club.

Makelle was very puzzled, but the person in front of him obviously had no intention of solving his doubts, and quietly opposed his position.

In the ensuing period, both sides had the strength to beat each other's midfielders, and after a fierce attack, Deportivo La Coruna scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute!

Riquelme forced his way through with the ball, and he single-handedly pressed almost the entire Chelsea defence back, but just when everyone thought he was going to press into the box like this, he pulled the ball back and passed it straight to Portillo who came to pick up.

Portillo kicked straight into the ball, and the ball was inserted directly. Entering the penalty area, Quaresma, who was inserted, did not stop the ball, but turned sideways, and when the football flew in front of him, he directly turned sideways to let the football slide over, while he adjusted the angle and kicked on the football!

The ball arced past Cech's outstretched hand before hitting the inside of the far post and bounced into the back of the net!

2-to-2!!

Mourinho frowned, made two substitutions in succession, and directly replaced two attackers, trying to break the boat, but such a counterattack did not have any effect.

When the final whistle blew, everyone looked up at the score on the big screen.

The match was a 2-2 draw.

Deportivo La Coruna, meanwhile, eliminated Chelsea on aggregate and advanced.

Mourinho looked at the field and wanted to sigh, but quickly cheered up.

It's his first season at Chelsea and there's still a long way to go.

He stood up as usual, straightened his clothes, and walked over to Juan.

"Wonderful game." Mourinho extended his hand to Juan.

"Thank you." Juan took his hand, looked him in the eye and said sincerely: "Your midfield is good. ”

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