Chapter 220: Lewd Costa

The game at Old Trafford was intense, and Jones and Costa did not deter United, and they immediately launched a counter-attack, not only in the backline to complement each other, but also in midfield to attack aggressively, as if attacking Chelsea.

At 13:30 local time on November 6, the 11th round of the 2017-18 English Premier League kicked off at Old Trafford, and the Red Devils Manchester United hosted the Blues Chelsea.

Manchester United wore their red home kit, while Chelsea wore the blue shirt and a classic red-blue clash was about to begin

'We saw a change in the squad for Manchester United today, Jose Mourinho made a big rotation of the line-up, and the previous injuries were not played, they were all on the bench today!

Rashford also said hello to Jones when the player entered the field, since both of them left the national team, the two have a good relationship, and occasionally have some off-field contacts, and the relationship is much more familiar than that, which is also the first official confrontation between the two.

Of course, the pre-game media was also crazy about hyping this, and now it was Rashford who had the ball, and he was not in a hurry to step forward, he and his teammates first passed the ball to each other for a few rounds, and tentatively played an outside attack, and the home team Manchester United was not in a hurry

Lukaku took the ball and flicked it past his opponent and played wide after the ball was passed near the centre circle, but the Chelsea defenders were not careless and quickly stopped the ball and passed it.

The two sides are now beginning to test each other, and the rhythm is not fast, so that the temporary stalemate stage allows the commentators from all walks of life to read and flip through the information to interpret all aspects of the two teams.

'This is the 158th meeting between the two sides in the league, with Manchester United and Chelsea winning 67, drawing 47 and losing 43 in the first 157 games in the history of Manchester United and Chelsea, and 43 meetings between the two sides since the inception of the Premier League, with Chelsea holding the upper hand with 13 wins, 19 draws and 11 defeats, including 7 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats at home.

"In the 68 games played at Stamford Bridge, including 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats at home, Manchester United have a clear advantage in the United Union, and the Red Devils attack, the temporary trident of Lukaku, Rashford and Mkhitaryan is still good, but they are not very efficient in scoring goals?"

"Haha, in terms of goal efficiency, their total goals are not as good as Jones alone, Jones's goal rate can kill a lot of strikers!"

The chat between the two away commentators made many Red Devils fans black-faced, what do these two mean, are they mocking us, Chelsea fans are listening and laughing, and the two fans opposite each other are blocked by the strong bodies of the guards.

The on-site director immediately pulled the camera open with a rocker arm and gave a panoramic shot of the fans falling in love and killing each other.

On the pitch, Manchester United won the first corner of the game as the game entered the ninth minute, and Marcus Rashford ran over to take it.

He sent the ball to the goalkeeper and Lukaku was fouled by the referee in the scramble.

The ball was converted and it was Chelsea's turn to attack, Hazard, who received a pass from a team-mate, observed Jones, what Jones was doing before running, but Hazard still raised his foot to pass the ball, Jones received the ball, but Jones was still pulled down by a defender.

Chelsea were awarded a free-kick near the centre circle touchline, this time it was Eden Hazard who walked past him, and the Chelsea players consciously stepped away, both sides watched Hazard's movements, and Hazard made a tactical gesture.

Because there is no way to hit the goal directly in this position, he can only do set-pieces with tactics, Hazard took a small step back, dialed his leg is a volley, the ball was passed horizontally to Jones, Jones took the ball and crossed directly, but unfortunately his cross was seen through by Smalling in the Manchester United back line and cleared successfully.

Manchester United defender Smalling took a look around and handed the ball to Marcus Rashford, who attacked again, Rashford passed the ball again, and Lukaku slotted into the left side of the Chelsea box to shoot straight at goal, which was blocked by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

Courtois sent a powerful long ball and the ball flew over the heads of both players towards the centre circle, and Jones turned back to chase the ball to the spot, and hooked the ball at his feet.

Jones controlled the ball, Rashford blocked it, and he was a teammate for a while, so he was familiar with Jones's habits and other aspects.

Rashford did not step forward to break the ball at will, but kept moving with Jones's movements, Jones was not in a hurry, the football slowly swinged between his feet, and he stuck to the side of his inside foot every inch, after all, Jones is not afraid of him, Rashford is not a professional defensive player after all.

Jones managed to break through Marcus Rashford's cross, and Costa in the middle of the pitch played the ball to the other side, Hazard rushed forward, and Hazard was tackled directly from the side by Manchester United defender Jones.

Chelsea were awarded another free-kick, but it was still in a bad position and there was basically no way to hit the goal, and Jones took a breath.

Manchester United even did a very good job of fouling, so that even if they got a set-piece, they couldn't hit the goal directly, and even the well-known free kick masters in football probably couldn't score directly.

Of course, if you can send out the fairy ball, it is estimated that there will be some hope, but if the fairy ball is so easy to kick out, it will not be called a fairy ball.

Jones silently walked over and stood behind the football, Jones made a tactical gesture to his teammates, and since Jones took the position of the team's first penalty taker, Kodic arranged a lot of set-piece tactical drills for everyone.

Although this position is not good, but the Manchester United players did not dare to relax, no way, Mourinho specifically emphasized Jones in the opposing camp in the pre-match tactical meeting, his breakthrough long-range shot and free kicks are all to pay attention to, not afraid of 10,000 in case, in the case of a set-piece, he was closely targeted.

Jones took a few steps back, looking at Jones who wanted to make a big shot, the Manchester United players were slightly nervous for two points, especially the few in the row, three here and two on that side blocked the angle only a large piece in the middle, but this vacant place Unless Jones can kick the S-bend arc, that direction does not need to be considered.

Well, watching the Manchester United players cover the bottom three, although every game in this kind of set-piece line wall will be seen players this kind of action, Jones looked at them suspiciously, and then glanced at his own teammates a few times.

Costa, who was watching from the sidelines, also took two steps back and walked to Jones, Jones looked up and saw that it was Costa and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Costa smiled: "Anyway, you can't hit the door in this position, so it's better to 、、、、! He smirked and aimed at the opposing players' bottom three.

Costa's expression was so obscene that Jones had to complain a few words, but Jones thought about it again, in fact, that would be quite something, if it really hit!