Chapter 80: Locking the Victory
Chapter 80: Locking the Victory
"Oscar ignored Hiddink when he came off the pitch, and it seems that he is very unhappy with replacing him early!"
The turmoil on the sidelines was quickly captured by the camera footage, and the commentators and fans watching on TV naturally noticed it.
Chelsea fans are anxious, and if there is infighting in the team at this moment, then the game is really hanging in the air.
Manchester United fans began to gloat, and there was even a heckling in the stands, making Hiddink's face even more difficult to look at.
Just as Hiddink was grim, Chelsea's ball was cut off and United played a quick counter-attack after the break.
Between the three passes and two downs, the football fell to Li Qingshan's feet.
At this time, Li Qingshan was already facing the Chelsea goal, and he was only two or three meters away from the penalty area, and he had already entered the area at the top of the penalty arc.
Kurt Zouma, who had just come off the bench, was in front of him, lowering his centre of gravity to prevent him from breaking through.
Kurt Zouma didn't even warm up and came on in a hurry, but he didn't expect Chelsea to lose the ball so quickly, leaving him to face Li Qingshan head-on less than a minute after he came on the pitch.
It would be a lie to say that the young Zouma is not nervous, he is a well-known figure in front of him, and he is considered the number one big man in the whole of European football.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated European football for nearly seven or eight years, and now the war between the two who are at the peak of their form continues, but who on earth can intervene in the war between these two god-like football rulers?
Some say it will be Neymar, others say it will be Bale. Kurt Zouma's team-mate Eden Hazard is also thought to be a possible close player in this area.
And Li Qingshan turned out to be almost predictable, and he will definitely be the strongest challenger in this position.
Zuma's eyes were firmly fixed on Li Qingshan's movements, and he didn't dare to grab it easily. But fortunately, his dark skin well concealed the panic in his heart, so on the surface, he was quite calm.
However, Li Qingshan didn't want to get past him at all, and he didn't do any fancy feints. When the ball came, he led the ball with his left foot over his right foot, picked up his right foot directly on the run, and shot from distance.
Zouma didn't expect Li Qingshan to shoot so resolutely and decisively, without any adjustment, and shot directly with the ball. Before he could block it with his body, the ball flew past him.
This time, Zuma's swarthy face finally exposed his panicked heart. He hurriedly looked back, and his complexion could no longer cover the panic on his face - don't score this ball!
If he hadn't touched the ball just after he came on the field, Li Qingshan scored a goal from his point, and it is estimated that the head coach will not trust him again in the future. As a young centre-back, you don't get many chances. Ten successes at centre-back are not as impressive as one mistake for the manager..............
Fortunately, after Zouma turned around, he saw Courtois rising in the air, he was ready to save after the football was passed to Li Qingshan, he did not have much confidence in whether Zouma could prevent Li Qingshan, and he saved Li Qingshan's shot with one palm.
"It's dangerous!!!!!!!!!"
There was a loud sigh from the stands.
Zuma's heart also fell.
It was really too dangerous just now, Zouma had just come on the field, and he didn't even touch the skin, and Li Qingshan came to a shot in front of him that made his scalp tingle.
"Hey, boy, you come to my side, I'll go to defend Li Qingshan, you help me fill the position!"
Gary Cahill saw Zouma's panic. Having a young centre-back face Li Qingshan is a bit difficult for Kurt Zouma. Therefore, Gary Cahill decided to take charge of Li Qingshan's defense himself.
Zuma couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, he did what Big Brother told him to do.
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Cahill actually struggled to defend Li Qingshan, but he was much more experienced than Zouma.
Di Maria's cross from the side, Li Qingshan was pulled by Gary Cahill when he grabbed the point, but the result was a little bit worse and he didn't touch the football.
The ball slid over his head and was picked off by Courtois.
Gary Kehill did not pull Li Qingshan without relaxing, but was very experienced when Li Qingshan pushed his legs, reached out and pulled it, just like that, so that Li Qingshan, who just wanted to exert his strength, did not fully exert his strength, this foul action was not big, and the referee did not see it at all.
In the first half, Terry's defense had already impressed Li Qingshan, and this time Gary Cahill was back, and he was also very experienced in defense.
It's not for nothing that Chelsea are known as the blue bus, at least they have a centre-back that's no worse than any other team in the world.
Li Qingshan failed to break through the Chelsea defence in several attempts.
Chelsea, who have played one man less, are now defending on all fronts, relying only on sporadic counter-attacks to threaten Manchester United's goal.
And the older Manchester United is not too pressed, they are still ahead, and Ancelotti is of course worried about being equalized by a counterattack by the opponent.
In the 73rd minute, United began to make substitutions.
After returning from injury, Marouane Fellaini warmed up and came off the bench to replace Carrick.
After a wave of injuries, the three main midfielders at the beginning of the season have finally come together once again.
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Until the 80th minute, United still had a one-goal lead over Chelsea.
Their delay in scoring goals was certainly inseparable from the excellent performance of the Chelsea defence.
The long-term inability to attack also gradually increased the confidence of Chelsea's defence, and Chelsea even had a few dangerous counter-attacks, but fortunately David De Gea made a wonderful save to keep Hazard's shot out, causing the United fans in the stands to exclaim.
Chelsea couldn't score, but the momentum came on.
This was followed by a series of attacks by Manchester United.
Manchester United's attack finally has to pass through Li Qingshan, and in the front court, football always has to be passed to Li Qingshan's feet.
Wayne Rooney's cross from the flank was not well controlled and the ball slid high in front of the penalty area and landed at the feet of Di Maria on the other side.
Di Maria took one look at the situation in the box and then made a cross that deceived Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic into making a move before slotting the ball himself to the bottom line.
After passing Ivanovic, Di Maria crossed directly!
Ivanovic actively returned from the defense, stretched his leg to block, the ball hit his shin guard, bounced up and continued to fly into the penalty area.
Li Qingshan originally inserted the ball forward when Di Maria passed, because after Di Maria's foot, he judged that the ball would land at the front point. But Ivanovic's block, the football did not bounce higher, but hit the shin guard and the parabola became a little short, and when the ball reached Li Qingshan, the height of the football was here at his waist.
Li Qingshan had to give up the preparation for the header, but he didn't want to give up this opportunity.
Cahill clung to Li Qingshan, and if the ball was in the air, Li Qingshan was not too worried, because Li Qingshan would not lose to anyone in the competition for high-altitude balls.
But it was an awkward half-high ball, and I wanted to lean over and head it a little lower, and I wanted to use my feet, and I ran a little bit.
Cahill breathed a sigh of relief, and it looked like the defense would be successful this time around.
At this moment, he saw Li Qingshan stretch out a kick backwards!
"Scorpion Tail Swing !!"
Li Qingshan's heel knocked on the football!!
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!”