Chapter 476: The Second Round Match

Jones was completely unaware of the news released by the media, because since Stella left, Jones had spent a longer time training, and when he got home, he just went straight to sleep, and he didn't have time to watch the news.

The next day, Jones was on the plane, Jones had fallen asleep, I don't know how long later, Jones was woken up by his teammates, Jones took his luggage, stepped off the plane, and got on the bus arranged by the team.

Coming to the hotel arranged by the club, after a day of rest, Chelsea ushered in the second leg of the match with Roma, Jones did not enter the starting lineup this time, this round Kodic is ready to play defensive counterattack, after all, at home 3 goals ahead of Roma, now there is no reason to play at Roma home.

In his pre-match press conference, Kodic's first question was: 'Will Jones leave Chelsea at the end of the season?!' ”

Kodic reluctantly explained: "Everything is fine here with Jones, he won't leave, I don't know why the outside world is trying to create news of Jones' departure, Jones is still very young, he won't leave here so soon." ”

It's a pity that the reporters didn't want to believe it, it didn't do them any good, so the reporter continued to ask: "Then Jones, as the current core of the team, his liquidated damages are only 100 million pounds, which obviously can't stop other teams from chasing Jones!" ”

Knowing that someone would ask this, Kodic replied directly: "There is no doubt that Jones will stay at Chelsea, there is no doubt about it, at least he will not leave for a few years. ”

Immediately, a reporter said: "But I have heard that many wealthy families have made private offers." ”

'Jones is the future of Chelsea, we won't sell him and Jones himself doesn't want to leave!' Kodic replied calmly.

The reporters were quiet, and although they said so, no one really thought that Jones would really not stay at Chelsea, after all, he is very young now, and the road ahead is still very long, and it is impossible to change clubs so quickly, but then it will not be topical.

Although Kodic's statement reassured Chelsea fans a lot, they were still faintly worried, but they didn't have time to worry about it, because the second leg of the Champions League match between Chelsea and Roma was about to start.

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Roma currently sit fourth in Serie A, just one point ahead of Inter Milan behind them, and the top four in Serie A is fiercely contested.

Roma have been in poor form of late, losing 2-0 at home to Fiorentina in their last league game and suffering a three-game winless run in all competitions.

At the same time, the defeat in the last home game also came to an end, and Roma's morale was hit by two consecutive home wins in all competitions.

Losing 4-2 to Chelsea in the first leg would make it almost impossible to turn the tables around, and with a top-four finish in the league yet to be secured, the team will inevitably be distracted by the league and have no chance.

A new round of five major leagues has come to an end, Bayern won the championship five rounds in advance to achieve six consecutive titles, and also became the first team to win the five major leagues this season.

Roma coach Di Francesco expressed his opinion on the game: In the second leg of this home match, the Red Wolves will definitely go all out against the Roma fans.

Although this battle will be difficult for Rome, we will definitely try hard, and maybe a miracle will happen.

In response to media questions about the squad, Di Francisco said that Werder, who was injured on the national break, did not make it to the first leg of the Camp Nou, but he will definitely be selected for the second leg.

Nainggolan, who was previously injured, played in the league against Fiorentina, and Di Francisco said at the press conference that he will also be named in the squad for the Champions League against Chelsea, and Schick may also be given the opportunity to play.

Chelsea are now leaders of the Premier League, as many as 11 points ahead of second-placed Manchester City, with little doubt on the defence of the league title.

Chelsea are in red-hot form, unbeaten in the Champions League and the league, and are the only team in the top five leagues to have achieved such a feat.

Chelsea beat West Ham United 4-2 at home in their last league fixture, making it 25 wins in a row in all competitions.

Chelsea are much better than Roma in terms of strength and form, and fans have no suspense about Chelsea's victory and promotion, the only suspense is the result of this game.

Chelsea challenged Roma away, Kodic in order to meet the league game three days later, Kodic once again rotated the lineup, put a 541 formation, the front of only Costa one main player, the back line, Kodic put five defenders, Rudiger, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, and Emerson, and four midfielders, Courtois as the starting goalkeeper.

This arrangement also shows Kodic's intentions, and the purpose of this game is to remain unbeaten and qualify for the semi-finals.

After the players entered, Jones walked to the bench, there was a neat boo behind him, and then the whole stadium also sounded boos, Jones looked back and couldn't help laughing, his back was also the stands of the home team fans, and the fans of Rome saw Jones looking back at them, and many fans booed even more.

After the start of the game, Roma launched a frantic attack on Chelsea at the beginning, passing the ball to Chelsea's penalty area again and again, but with the Chelsea players concentrating on defense, although Roma looked offensive, there were not many chances.

Thibaut Courtois kicked the ball wide and Schick dropped back to head it back to De Rossi, who opted to dribble himself and was close to Chelsea before passing the ball to Dzeko.

Dzeko received the pass and moved forward with the ball, and the Roma fans began to cheer, but soon the cheers of the Roma fans turned into sighs, because Dzeko was too sticky to the ball, and after breaking through Emerson, Dzeko did not get up and cross.

In the box, Schick and he were already in position, but Dzeko wanted to dribble into the box himself, and was picked up by Cahill and Azpilicueta.

Chelsea took advantage of the situation and launched a quick counter-attack, with Cahill firing through to Costa, who sprinted quickly into the heart of Roma with the ball before being brought down by Manolas.

Yellow card and free kick, there must be a price to pay for stopping the counterattack with a foul, and then Cesc Fabregas stepped forward to kick this free kick, and Juan fought for the first place in the penalty area to clear the ball.

However, the ball that cleared the ball was still at the feet of Chelsea, and Moses did not make any adjustments after winning the ball, and fired a long-range shot straight towards the Roma goal.

The ball hit the post and then bounced off Facio's body, and Chelsea's corner was confiscated by Becker's attack, and Chelsea's counter-attack finally came to an end.

'Roma have to take it seriously, Chelsea's counter-attack made them almost scored, counter-attacking is what Chelsea are best at attacking, but Roma gave Chelsea a chance to counter-attack after the opening.

Roma's players are naturally aware of this problem, so in the next wave of attack, Roma's players played quite patiently, after passing for a long time in the midfield, De Rossi suddenly found Schick with a long pass, Schick's header was slashed to Dzeko, and Dzeko immediately squeezed away the defenders and rushed to the Chelsea penalty area after Dzeko landed.