Chapter 171: Fight for the Champions League Again
Now for all England fans, the hottest football newcomer this season is Jones, Jones only took more than 10 games to conquer countless fans, Jones's strength is better than his rookie players in the same period!
Jones was just a super newcomer to the development team last season, and now, Jones is a super striker! Now Jones has also completed the transformation! His steady performance has also made Jones the top scorer in both the Premier League and the Champions League! And Chelsea are also in the Champions League and league competitions!
"In the third round of the Champions League group stage, can Jones continue his magical journey!" The media in England made it very clear that Jones is not sick or injured now, and he only played half of the last game, and he will definitely continue to start this game, everyone is waiting for Jones to play in the game, waiting for Jones' wonderful performance!
On October 19th, the third round of the Champions League group stage finally arrived!
Chelsea and Roma have met four times in Europe, with the Blues holding the upper hand with two wins, one draw and one defeat, although the most recent clash dates back to the 2008-2009 Champions League group stage, when Chelsea won 1-0 at home and lost 3-1 away
"In the first two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Chelsea won Qarabag and Atletico Madrid in succession, leading the group, while Roma won 1 win and 1 draw, temporarily in second place."
'Obviously, before this game, Chelsea were two points ahead of Roma, and if Chelsea win, not only will they win three consecutive Champions League games, but they will also be five points ahead of Roma and at least four points ahead of Atletico, which is Chelsea's best situation, and if Roma win, they will overtake Chelsea to take the top spot, but Atletico will definitely want the two teams to draw."
Chelsea is also striving to win at home, although this season in the league is like a bamboo, in the Champions League Chelsea, the first two games of the group stage are also two wins, currently leading Group C with 6 points, closely behind is Roma with 4 points, for Chelsea, in order to advance as the group leader, the home game against Roma must be won. ”
As the reigning champions of the league, Chelsea's record this season has been outstanding, especially in the league, beating unbeaten Manchester City, and Chelsea's league performance and the Champions League have made Chelsea fans happy.
Kodic was interviewed: "Eden Hazard is very likely to start tomorrow's game, but Chelsea also have N'Golo Kante and Moses who have strained their thigh muscles, and they will have to watch from the stands for this game, while Jones will continue to play.
Luiz's position was moved forward by Kodic, who in his opinion was a big reason for Chelsea's defensive weakness, and the combination of Tiemoue Bearly Bakayoko and Cesc Fabregas at the back could not effectively form a barrier in midfield, and Kodic tried to improve the situation against Roma.
Kodic has moved David Luiz into a central midfield role, and Denmark international Andreas Christensen has been deployed in a central midfield position to enhance the midfield's interception and tackling capabilities.
The reporter interviewed Jones before the game: "For me, the current life is what I want, the most helpless thing in life is that there is no chance to fight at all, and now God has made me a professional player, I have to work hard and fight like a warrior!" I'm going to win all the games I want to win! Thank you all for supporting me! ”
Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso said: 'We are very much looking forward to this game against Roma, we are facing this game against Roma, everyone is very motivated, we will give it our all to get the three points, tomorrow this game is very important for us and for Roma, win us and we will be able to secure the top spot in the group, and then we can go all out against Watford at the weekend and we will win this game. ”
Costa said to Jones in the dressing room: "This is the first leg of our Champions League match with Roma this season, and the fourth round is the second leg of the away game against Roma. ”
"It's going to be okay to win this game! We're going to take them down! Isn't that the two of us here? Jones said, stretching.
Costa gave Jones a blank look, and then the two bragged for a while, and the head coach Kodic came in and simply told the players that the tactics of this game had already been said, and at this time Kodic just gave a little hint!
Chelsea's players are not under the slightest pressure at the moment, and in their opinion, they have dominated the game from start to finish, and it is natural that it will not be a problem to win Roma on their own home turf, and the English media have also quickly turned their attention to this game, and they are naturally very optimistic about Chelsea to win.
Kodic seriously watched his players joke together, they were not nervous at this time, and Kodic was naturally happy: "Ahem! Don't talk about it, let's get ready to play! Kodic said loudly.
Chelsea's formation 343: starting No. 13 Thibaut Courtois; No. 28 Azpilicueta, No. 27 Andreas Christensen, No. 24 Gary Cahill, No. 30 David Luiz, No. 14 Bakayoko, No. 3 Marcos Alonso, No. 4 Cesc Fabregas, No. 19 Costa, 10 Eden Hazard, No. 9 Jones.
The Roma formation is 433, starters: No. 1 Alisson, No. 25 Bruno Perez, No. 20 Facio, No. 5 Juan, No. 11 Kolarov; No. 4 Nainggolan, No. 21 Gonalong, No. 6 Stroman, No. 30 Gersen, No. 9 Dzeko, No. 8 Perotti.
When Jones walked down the pitch from the aisle, all the Chelsea fans stood up and applauded him!
At the start of the game, Chelsea kicked off first, Jones slowly ran to the left front, his main task today is not to score, but to contain the Roma defence, create opportunities for his teammates, of course, if there is a suitable opportunity, he will also be involved in the attack, he will always be the player who will score goals!
Juan was the defender who was closely guarding Jones in this game, and he kept chasing Jones, but he ran over again and stood next to Jones: "Hey! Hello Juan! "Jones was very casual and Jones was relaxed today.
Juan wondered how this guy was going to talk to him: "Hello, Jones. ”
"Your strength is indeed very powerful!" Juan then spoke.
"Hehe, thank you! It's no problem to deal with you! Jones was not at all polite.
"yes, be careful! Don't flash your tongue. Juan also had a fire in his heart after hearing this, and after speaking, he stopped paying attention to Jones, but turned his head to look at the player with the ball in the midfield and stopped talking.