Chapter 15: The Champion
On the field, in the applause of thousands of Chelsea fans, Liu Neng and they entered the lounge, and Coach Kodic was arranging tactics and said: "We led by one goal in the first half, and the second half was mainly defensive, and you will counterattack when you have the opportunity, Jones, you maintain your strength in the second half and be ready for the counterattack." "Got it," Liu Neng replied with a nod.
At the start of the second half, there was a huge boo from the Chelsea fans for Manchester United, who were in no hurry to press forward after the start of the second half because they were leading in the first half. They also did not deliberately pursue a fast pace, and even with the leadership of the leader on the pitch, Platti, their attacking formation was systematically cut when facing the Chelsea players who began to concentrate on defence, and the United coach commanded the team to attack on several occasions, but to no avail.
Manchester United's attack relies on individual combat ability, three strikers in the midfield, two forward midfielders take turns to insert, because the individual ability of Manchester United players, are one-on-one Chelsea players, Manchester United in the first 10 minutes of the second half had a lot of chances, but they were not very lucky, a few shots on goal did not score.
Kodic stood in front of the coach's box, turned back to communicate with the assistant coach, he was thinking about whether to let the players play long passes, find Luke to bomb Manchester United in the air, counterattack Manchester United, a goal is really not safe, especially the opponent is Manchester United, but in the end there is no decision, because it is easy to be counterattacked, after all, now he is ahead and see. Just as he hesitated, United scored. United began to press heavily after a few attacks, it was from the United midfielder who broke through with the ball from the middle, Praty attracted the attention of Senderos, and the United midfielder drove straight in, until the front of the penalty area passed the ball to the striker, and with a burst of shots, the ball drew an arc into the corner, and the ball went in. Manchester United equalised.
Kodic smiled wryly at the assistant coach after seeing the goal, there is no need to discuss it now, now the score is equalized. It's impossible for me to reach the final, if I don't fight for the championship, Conte will be gone next season, I led the team to win the preliminary championship undefeated, I have great hopes of taking charge of the Premier League team, I have worked hard for more than ten years, graduated from football university, and worked as an assistant coach in the League One team for a few years, and then the coach of the youth team, the coach of the youth team, the coach of the reserve team, and now my dream is about to come true, why not fight. After Kodic figured it out, he took advantage of a dead ball to call Liu Neng over and said, "You will start to organize the attack in a while." Liu Neng was also excited after hearing this, he wanted to attack, but the coach's orders were to defend, he was just a player, and the coach on the court was the one who controlled the game.
Sice commented: "It was a wonderful game, Manchester United equalised in the 14th minute of the second half, this goal is the ninth goal conceded by Chelsea this season, they have a lot of quality, in the Premier League development team, they are the first in the Premier League for goals, but the number of goals conceded is the bottom of the Premier League, their defense is already the best, but their opponent is Manchester United, they will have a good matchup." ”
Chelsea tried to start attacking after conceding the goal, Manchester United's defense was also leaky, Liu Neng's attack was interrupted several times, all Chelsea players at this moment, their hearts became more and more frizzy, their dream start advantage no longer exists, how did it draw? What to do? Goals, goals, we need to score,
In the 67th minute, after Sendoros stealed, in his mind, there was only a goal, a goal, at this moment, Sendros seemed to be the only one on the field, he did not choose to cooperate with his teammates, he needed to score, Sendros ran all the way for more than 30 meters, and finally let Praty chase back and rob the ball.
Kodic's face is ugly, this is not a team he is familiar with, and sure enough, the pressure of the championship is too great, Sendros is not the leader of this team, the leader will not work alone like this, this team is too young, young people are inexperienced, resulting in pressure and the stimulation of the championship to go it alone, and they all want to score goals with their own strength. Football is always a game of 11 players, especially when you have a player standing opposite you who is just as good as you, how can you possibly win by picking a team alone?
When Manchester United made a substitution, Kodic called Liu Neng to the sidelines: "Jones, this kind of championship battle makes everyone too nervous, I need you to show the sense of responsibility of the leader on the field, I am very optimistic about you, after you play, treat yourself as the captain of this team, Senderos did not do it, you go and complete We need a captain who can fight with Prati, like a warrior, fight for Chelsea"
After that, Kodic hugged Liu Neng and said, "Child, don't let me down."
Liu Neng nodded heavily, for this coach who has always had high hopes for him, he respects it from the bottom of his heart, looking at his coach who already has a lot of gray hair, looking at his teammates who have always taken good care of him on the field, he is willing to fulfill his wishes for his mentor, and he is willing to fight for his team.
"Coach, don't worry, I won't let you down, never, I will do my best to fight until the last moment"
Kodic patted Liu Neng on the shoulder, he believed in this person, this person never let him down, he worked so hard in training, and there was always an amazing performance in the game, Liu Neng always did better than he expected.
I'm not going to let you down, I won't, I'm going to calm down and go to the game, it's our fight, we're going to win, we're going to win the championship."
Sith commented: "In the 76th minute, Manchester United made personnel changes, Manchester United took the lead in substitutions, and Chelsea also replaced a defender and replaced the midfielder, it seems that the two sides are going to play against each other. ”
After the start, Liu Neng's began to run on the field, began to encourage his teammates, let them calm down, at this time the commander's skills are of great use, teammates calm down one by one, began to stabilize, Kodic watched from the sidelines, this kid has the temperament of a leader, the atmosphere is too hot, the voices of fans on both sides are hoarse, the two sides began to attack, and there is nothing they can do with each other.
In the 83rd minute, Liu Neng, who had run out of the space on the left side of the front field, just started the sprint and received a pass from Peel, the ball passed too well, directly to the feet of Liu Neng in front, Manchester United's defenders were impatient to grab the ball at Liu Neng's feet, just caught up, Liu Neng knocked his back heel to Senderos who caught up behind him without looking back, Sendros did not stop the ball, and knocked Segura.
Segura took a few steps, and then made a long diagonal pass to the left side, Liu Neng sprinted from the side to the middle, and the moment he received the ball, he brought the ball to the middle, which stopped in one go, and also soared up to speed, Liu Neng started to accelerate, few could catch him, and after killing in front of the penalty area, he came to shoot from a distance, bang! The ball bounced off the crossbar and the United fans exclaimed, then turned to look at the ball that had popped up, where Luca happened to be there, and before the ball could hit the ground, he jumped up and made a leap to the top.
The ball slid through an inconspicuous arc and into the United goal, leaving the goalkeeper too late to react.
"Brilliant goal! It was Luka who scored the goal, he has not scored many goals this season and has been the team's third scorer, but he has been putting pressure in front of goal, it was Jones who hit the crossbar with a long-range shot, Luca headed in the rebound, this is the goal for Chelsea, remember his name, Cristiano. Jones! Most of the credit for that goal goes to Jones, who needs him for the first team, the Premier League and England."
Kodic had been staring at the game from the sidelines, and Liu Neng's long-range shot hit the crossbar just now, and his heart tightened. But in the next second, Luka's stunning follow-up shot detonated his emotions, he was only 10 minutes away from the championship he waved wildly in celebration, Liu Neng also ran to the sidelines to hug the coach, his teammates pounced one by one to celebrate the goal, the coaching staff also ran out to celebrate, and then everyone talked about how wonderful the goal just now, Chelsea fans cheered loudly, calling their players' names.
With Chelsea's hopes of victory in the first 80 minutes of the game dashed, Platty struggled for the final 10 minutes but could not find an equaliser, and in the end, the score was fixed at 2-1 as Chelsea won the Premier League Preliminary Finals unbeaten under Kodic.