Chapter 465: Intermission
Jones pouted as he looked at the Roma players celebrating their goal, and then he yelled at his teammates, who were a little frustrated by the conceded goal, "Hey, I said! It's not a big deal, isn't it just an equaliser, we won't give them another chance, and then let them know how good we are! ”
Cahill also clapped his hands at this time and said, "Jones is right, guys, cheer up!" When he said this, he was pleasantly surprised, because he may be retiring in a few years, and he has seen Jones' growth and progress, and Jones is definitely the best candidate for Chelsea's future captain.
The whole of Chelsea knows that Jones is now the team's flag star, and even in the future, Jones will become the youngest captain in Chelsea history! It's all very likely, and in the hearts of Chelsea fans, there is no one to replace Jones!
Chelsea were quick to hit back when the game resumed, not just because Jones's words made sense, but more importantly because the man who said them, Jones, had already earned the trust of his team-mates with a goal-scoring goal.
He said such things, he has weight, and he is qualified to say such things, and all his teammates have to recognize Jones' special status in this team after this one season, and they have begun to play around this young man as the core.
Di Francisco was a little surprised, he thought that Chelsea would panic after conceding the goal, and the team could take advantage of the victory to chase down and score another goal, but unexpectedly, Chelsea were not too affected by the conceded goal, they successfully stopped Roma's subsequent attack and began to counterattack.
Eden Hazard fell to the ground after a scramble with Stroman, and the referee awarded Stroman a free-kick in danger zone about 30 metres from goal.
This time Costa was at the penalty spot, and his performance in the first half of the day was relatively uneventful, but Costa did not make a beautiful curl at the end, and Becker did his best to save it, but he was unable to touch the football, which flew into the net against the underside of the crossbar.
A beautiful direct free kick scored, Costa looked extremely excited after the goal, he rushed to the side of the stands, yelling at the stands, his performance in the first half was average, Jones's name kept ringing in the stands, although he had a good relationship with Jones, but it still made Costa very unhappy.
The London radio commentator, who had been criticizing Costa's sluggish performance, immediately changed his attitude and gave Costa a meaty praise: "What a blow! It was a great shot! Costa scored a world goal and Costa scored in four consecutive games, his eighth goal in four games!
Chelsea overtake the scoreline! That's the stars, it doesn't matter if they're quiet at half-time, because they can change the game in just a few minutes!
Costa's direct free-kick was beautiful, both in terms of ornamental value and visual impact, although it was slightly inferior to Jones's long-range shot, but because of Costa's goal, the whole Stamford Bridge stadium reacted more fiercely than Jones's first goal.
"Well done! Well done, Costa, that's it, let them know this is Stamford Bridge!
'That's what we're capable of at Chelsea! Let them know that we are awesome! ”
The game restarted, and a few minutes later referee Markley blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and players from both sides made their way down the road.
Roma manager Di Francesco reluctantly walked back to the dressing room, the tactics he arranged to defend Chelsea, the players executed it well, but still could not freeze Chelsea's offensive line!
The three first-half goals were then replayed on television, with Jones' long-range shot, Roma's combined goal and Costa's direct free-kick all delighting their respective fans.
'The first half is over, Chelsea thanks to Costa's goal! With Roma ahead again, Chelsea once again took the initiative! ”
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At half-time, in the away dressing room at Stamford Bridge, Di Francesco looked at his disciples with a grim face.
Di Francesco didn't speak, just stared at them for a full minute, which seemed so long for a Roma player, and finally Di Francesco spoke.
'We took the initiative a couple of times in the first half and it was Chelsea who took the lead and a lot of you must be complaining about bad luck now.
There are some things that I don't need to say, the advantage on the pitch is nothing as long as it doesn't translate into goals, eight shots on goal and only one goal, Chelsea have five shots and two goals, which I can't think of anything other than the efficiency and quality of our attack. ”
Assistant coach Bombard stood on the sidelines, he looked at Di Francisco with some surprise, according to what he knew about his old partner, he was behind in the first half, let alone told the players that he was really angry.
Di Francesco said: "It's the quarter-finals now and you know better than me that if you want to keep competing for the Champions League, we have to play every game as a final. ”
Hearing the manager's words, the players nodded their heads.
Di Francisco continued: "But don't be too nervous, Chelsea are really strong, I'm not in a position to think too much about it until this game is over, now let's get a couple of away goals at Chelsea's home stadium!!!" ”
After the lecture, Di Francisco began to adjust his tactics for the second half, saying to Dzeko: "You were too relaxed in the first half, you have to be tough in the second half. ”
"I know what to do." Dzeko got up and said in a deep voice.
"De Rossi, are you old? Let them know you're good in the second half! ”
De Rossi also stood up and said loudly: "No, coach! I will! ”
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At this time, in the home team's dressing room, the Chelsea players were chatting in a relaxed manner.
Jones said to Costa: "Diego, you shouldn't have taken that yellow card!" Thank you, Diego, though! ”
"I'm here to help my friends get angry, and that's what a teammate should do." Costa said.
Fabregas looked at Costa, smiled and said: "This is indeed how it should be, but you should put your hot temper away, I almost didn't hold you, I'm really afraid that you will do it, let us have one less person to play." ”
Hazard also sighed, he came up and patted Costa on the shoulder, "We've always had a good relationship, why haven't I seen you before, you've helped me so much." ”
Jones put his hands on his chest and said, "yes, you can't have any intentions on me, do you?" ”
Everyone laughed as they watched Jones's movements.
"Hey, hey, what do you think I'm like?" Costa exclaimed unpleasantly.
Finally Costa stretched out his hands, "Okay, I'll admit that helping Jones out of his anger is only one aspect, I'm mainly angry with his defensive moves, but I'm measured and won't do anything with him because of this." ”
"That's good." Jones feigned relief.
The crowd burst into laughter again.