Chapter 117: Victory
In the 30th minute of the game, Fletcher made a return pass mistake on the chest of the backfield, and Pedro broke the ball and fired a right-footed volley on the edge of the penalty area, and the ball went straight to the left side of the goal, 2-0! Chelsea led by two goals in the first half, his first league goal of the season.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Bakayoko was whistled for a foul, Stoke City won a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, Shaqiri took the free kick and shot directly at the goal, and the ball hit the wall and bounced off the bottom line.
In the 43rd minute, Stoke City continued to put pressure on Chelsea's goal, and finally Joe Allen crossed from the right side of the box before Diouf fired a curling shot just wide of the crossbar.
At half-time, Chelsea led Stoke City by two goals, and Cordic in the dressing room praised Jones and Pedro in a good mood, saying that Stoke City had been broken up in the second half.
Chelsea continued to attack at the start of the second half, and in the 54th minute, Shaqiri sent a free-kick from the right side into the box, Bakayoko's header was not far away, and Joe Allen's right-footed volley followed up was just wide.
In the 60th minute, Stoke City's attack, Shaqiri cut inside on the right side of the field and fired a left-footed volley straight towards the goal, but the ball was safely collected by Courtois.
In the 74th minute, Shaqiri crossed a free kick from the left side of the field into the penalty area, Choupo-Moting shook his head in the middle of the penalty area, Courtois jumped high to confiscate the ball.
In the 78th minute, Glen Johnson's pass in midfield was cut off by Tiemoue Bakayoko, Jones received the ball and dribbled all the way down the left side of the pitch to the left side of the box, and then Jones sent the ball into the net with a right-footed shot from a tight angle to give Chelsea a 3-0 lead.
Cordic replaced Pedro, who had a poor second-half performance, for Cesc Fabregas and Senderos for Cahill.
The game continued, and in the 82nd minute, Cesc Fabregas's midfield picked up a cross, Azpilicueta chested it on the left side of the box, Jones received the ball and scored an empty goal, Jones scored another hat-trick to give Chelsea a 4-0 win over Stoke City.
Post-match analysis: 'Despite Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of the opposition, the Blues had just seven shots on goal at full-time, six fewer than Stoke City, although Kordic's side had four shots on target and Stoke City had one goal on target with two. ”
An expert's analysis of Chelsea's next game: 'Chelsea had 56 per cent possession and 139 more passes than Stoke City in 544, so it looks likely that Kodic will continue to use the Azpilicueta-Luiz-Cahill trio for his next Champions League fixture. ”
Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann's technical characteristics will completely eat Cahill's weaknesses, Saul in front and Carrasco after switching to the right are enough to make a fuss in Chelsea's left ribs, and the structure of Chelsea's game against Atletico Madrid is likely to depend on Kodic's use of personnel at the back.
In this game, Stoke faced Chelsea, Mark Hughes's attacking system had no advantage at all, Choupo-Moting fell into the combined strangulation of Chelsea's 4+2 combination at the back, and Stoke City could only rely on the cooperation of Shaqiri and Diouf on the right side to hit Alonso's back.
However, Chelsea's physical advantage over Antonio Rudiger and Tiemoue Bakayoko has often kept them closer to the flanks and unable to cut inside, and while Diouf has had a couple of successful debut and has threatened the Chelsea goal to some extent, he lacks the attacking advantage.
Jesse on the left also had no advantage against Cesar Azpilicueta, and Joe Allen's focus was more on keeping Jones on the line, which made Stoke City lack the same flexibility in the middle as they had against Arsenal and Manchester United.
Mark Hughes wanted his players to put more effort into pressing Chelsea's two midfielders, with Fletcher and Joe Allen forced back and forth, with a number of rounds inevitably out of position.
Stoke City tend to have a lot of distance between the three lines, with only the right side of the pitch able to make a difference, and the disadvantage in other positions leads to a lack of efficiency in the front line as a whole and is prone to changing possession.
Jones was the key to Chelsea's disruption of the opposition formation, using his body and technique to constantly impact opponents and break up the opposition backfield on several occasions, which was the key to Jones' hat-trick in the last game.
At the same time, N'Golo Kante's touches and advances could have had a certain effect, and although Chelsea conceded possession on a number of occasions, the defence forced Joe Allen to drop back sharply and start to draw the edge to mark Jones.
This often leaves Stoke City relying on long passes from the back to find teammates on the side to complete the attack, but this does not hit Chelsea's sore spot at all.
With Chelsea's multiple rounds of impact and attrition, Stoke City's backfield was thrown into chaos and concentration, and Jones' early goal in the opening two minutes of Chelsea's opening two minutes made it clear that Stoke City were pinned down by Chelsea throughout the first half.
Stoke City's more dispersed 3-4-3 position against Chelsea's strong individual ability Jones, Costa, and Pedro was completely overwhelmed, and Chelsea had a better sense of hierarchy and formation to restrain them, which can be said to be a point-to-point restraint.
Moreover, Indy's lack of skills as a trailing central defender and Pieters' slow turning problems have been exploited by Kodic's tactics one by one.
Mark Hughes made a change at half-time, with Choupo-Moting and Jesse switching positions and moving closer together, with Shaqiri pulling on wide and Diouf diagonally down the middle, leaving Stoke City often with at least four men in the Chelsea box.
Alonso was a bit frizzy at this stage after being fouled by his opponents, and while the players on both sides were angry with each other, Stoke City also took advantage of the situation to press the formation into the heart of Chelsea.
and created a couple of good set-piece opportunities, with Fletcher and Joe Allen pressing forward sharply and using aggressive moves to stop Chelsea from counter-attacking, Bakayoko was targeted several times in this game, stopping the ball too much or struggling too much to be cut off, and was quickly counter-attacked by the opponent on the spot.
Kodic first replaced the flaming Senderos with Cahill as a right centre-back, with Cesar Azpilicueta moving on to a left wing-back.
Mark Hughes followed suit and immediately removed Jesse for Crouch, and although Chelsea had increased their height at the back, Cahill had twice marked Crouch directly.
At this stage, we can see that Chelsea's backfield system is very different from when Luiz came on, with the distance between the back three shrinking significantly, with Andreas Christensen taking on the task of filling in the back, but still commanding the defence with Cahill.
When the opposition got to the top of the arc, it was Cahill or Rudiger who tackled the ball to block the ball, while Andreas Christensen cleared the ball at the back, and Christensen rarely had a direct one-on-one situation for the whole game.
Kodic replaced Cesc Fabregas in order to change the disadvantage of the game, replacing Pedro, who was relatively quiet in the second half, in order to continue to control the ball when the opponent was in momentum, and the team's counterattack mainly relied on Jones's breakthrough attack, but under the opponent's back defense, Jones sometimes could not contact his teammates.