Although annoyed, although impulsive, but after the impulse, he still has to continue playing, Ranieri sighed lightly, and couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.

Leaving two infighting players on the pitch, regardless of the fighting power, the impact on morale alone is huge, so he has to make personnel changes, even if it's only in the first half.

So two minutes later, at the time of the dead ball, the fourth official held up the substitution sign.

Duff down, Geremi up.

The two players were infighting, but Ranieri only replaced one player, and even Meireles was the player who directly provoked the infighting, but it was Duff who was replaced, which really stunned countless people.

Duff's eyes widened in disbelief, and he confirmed it repeatedly, and finally angrily realized that it was himself who had been replaced.

With endless anger in his expression, Duff walked off the field, ignoring Ranieri who was standing on the sidelines, and walked straight into the dressing room, which was also watched by countless fans.

Ranieri was also full of anger at this time, these arrogant generals are really too difficult to control, and they really dare to ignore themselves, then, Duff, don't think about being able to play in the future.

Ranieri had already sentenced Duff to death.

In fact, it is not without reason that he withdrew Duff alone, although the infighting is two people, but Meireles is a very hard player on the field, and Duff's attitude itself is problematic, and it is clear who is on and who is next.

And more importantly, Meireles is a player handpicked by Abu, and he doesn't dare to take him down casually.

Gremi, who came on as a substitute, took the task assigned by Ranieri to focus on defense, and definitely to protect the wing of Iniesta's side, Glen Johnson's defensive ability is really worrying.

Notts County were ready to take a free-kick, but with Alonso not on the pitch, Deco, a midfielder with good free-kick footwork, was a natural choice, but his curling free-kick went just wide of the post and Notts County missed another good chance to score.

Chelsea naturally don't want Notts County to be the best in front, and in attack, they can still create some threats, especially long balls from the back, midfielders can grab the first point most of the time, and once Chelsea control the ball, then it only takes a little bit forward to get into the danger zone of Notts County.

At this time, Di Natale's foot skills can play a role, as the strongest breakthrough player of the Italian national team later, although Di Natale does not need to break through in the front of the penalty area many times in Notts County to create goals, but at Chelsea, without much midfield support, he can only choose this way to threaten the door of his old club.

However, because the Notts County backline players are very familiar with Di Natale, Di Natale's breakthrough success rate is not particularly high, but once the breakthrough is successful, then the goal will immediately face a threat.

Shaking off Carvalho, Di Natale shot from close range, the ball was saved by Diego López, the Italian striker looked regretful, and Crespo, who was not far away, spread his hands, meaning why don't you pass it.

It's just a microcosm of Chelsea's attacking output, with little tacit understanding to speak of, with Di Natale still able to get shots on goal through his individual skills, Frank Lampard occasionally pulling in to shoot from distance, and the rest of the players doing little to do anything.

Notts County's attack has been able to threaten Kudinic almost every time, but in this game, under the mark of Terry's top defender, Klose's role has been reduced to a minimum, and more often he can only play a fulcrum role in the penalty area, playing the ball for his teammates rather than scoring goals himself.

In the 32nd minute, Notts County took the lead.

Robben cut inside with the ball and made a shot on goal, but suddenly passed to Klose who was leaning on Terry's back to the goal, and then the German center forward knocked back and sent a comfortable pass, Robben came over and formed a one-on-one situation, picked past Cudicini, and scored.

The Magpie Stadium immediately fell into a carnival atmosphere, occupying such a half-day advantage, and finally the score was ahead, which is naturally worth celebrating.

This is Robben's first official goal in an official game since joining Notts County, because of his strong wing attack ability, and gradually integrated into Notts County's tactical system, he has successfully counterattacked in the last two games, pressing the old courtier Kuyt on the bench, but the first goal has not appeared for a long time, and today's important game finally got his wish.

Teammates rushed over to congratulate Robben and celebrate the brilliant goal together, and the pressure on the players who had been missing the goal for a long time was much more relaxed.

The Chelsea players on the opposite side were full of confusion, and some players even showed indifferent expressions, which showed the cohesion of the team.

Di Natale and Mereles are arguably the most emotionally complicated players on the pitch at this moment, and they are happy with their old clubs, but it doesn't feel good if they win against their own team on the pitch.

Seeing the scene of the goal, Abu's face in the box of the stands was already very ugly, and the idea of changing the coach was once again moved in his heart, and he looked at David sitting next to him, and his jealousy became more and more serious.

Notts County's goal is more because Bridge can't restrain Robben on the wing, giving him too much room to move, although Bridge is not the top full-back, but the defensive ability is definitely good, and he is currently the strongest left wing-back in the Chelsea team, if even he can't defend Robben, others will be even more useless.

John Terry was tempted to reprimand Bridge, but conceding goals wasn't his problem alone, the whole team was at a disadvantage, and conceding goals was a no-brainer.

Taking advantage of the Notts County celebration, Terry called Bridge to his side, and the three of Desailly studied their countermeasures, and Robben could not be allowed to continue to be arrogant on the wing.

In the end, it was concluded that Terry would continue to drag on to the back, and once Robben continued to make waves on the wing, then Desailly would have to pay attention to the help and make up the defense, not leaving Robben room to go down the middle, Robben's crosses were not very good, as long as he was not given the opportunity to cut inside, his threat would plummet.

Bridge also knew that this was the best thing to do, he really couldn't restrain the Dutchman kid on his own, although this may sound a bit humiliating, but the truth is that there is no modest courtesy on the court.

Hopefully, Desailly will be able to resist Robben's attack with him. (To be continued.) )