Chapter 613: Scraps of paper over Stamford Bridge
Premier League second round, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea vs Coventry.
There are 30 minutes left in the game.
Speaking on the commentary table, the big-mouthed Dunphy said: "Chelsea owner Abou has spent a huge sum of money in the transfer window in an attempt to revive the legacy of the Blue Dynasty. Up front, they spent Β£80 million to buy Anthony Martial from Bayern. β
Fat Bob said: "Anthony Martial was a promising young player at Manchester United four years ago. However, in the light of United's powerful 3L combination at the time, he could not come out on top. So he chose to move to Bayern. β
The big-mouthed Dunphy said: "In the past two years, Anthony Martial has shown his value at Bayern. Switching to striker, he scored 21 goals in the Bundesliga last season, ranking third in the Bundesliga's scorer list. With a transfer fee of Β£80 million to welcome the 27-year-old top goalscorer, Chelsea have spent their money well. β
Fat Bob continued: 'In the midfield position, Chelsea have also been big swingers, buying 26-year-old Sane from Manchester City for Β£50 million. Sane has developed into one of the Premier League's top midfielders at Manchester City in recent seasons. β
The big-mouthed Dunphy said approvingly: "That's right. Sane's style of play is becoming more and more mature right now. He is now firmly in the main position of the German national team, and the Β£50 million is also worth the money. β
Fat Bob added: "Chelsea also bought back Ross Barkley from Everton. Bought central defender Luke Shaw from Atletico Madrid. Bought Stones from Paris Saint-Germain. Chelsea now have a luxurious squad and are second only to Manchester United in the Premier League. Coventry's game is a win as long as it can guarantee fewer goals conceded! β
Coventry dressing room.
A lot of young players are nervous. After all, this is Stamford Bridge β the Blues' mecca.
Liu Yun looked at the clock in the locker room and said loudly: "Okay, it's time, let's go to the players' tunnel!" Let's go on the field! Let the arrogant Londoners see the power of the Coventry countrymen! β
Liu Yun has been in the UK for five years and has fully integrated into the local culture. Londoners are synonymous with arrogance in Britain. Coventry is seen by Londoners as a small town in the countryside.
In the Chelsea dressing room, manager Ranieri clapped his hands, okay, let's go on the field, it's still the same sentence, winning Coventry by more than 3 goals is called a victory!
On the commentary table, the big-mouthed Dunphy said: "We have got the starting lists of both sides. On Manchester United's side, goalkeeper Billy. Four defenders: Papa, Zhao, Lee, Huntle. Four midfielders Garrincha, Bebeto, White, Hess. On the front line is the old lieutenant's partner Tamanla. β
Fat Bob said: 'On the Chelsea side, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, the back four Luke Shaw, John Stones, Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger. Three midfielders N'Golo Kante, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Leroy Sane. Three strikers Eden Hazard, Willian and Anthony Martial. β
Dunphy, the big-mouthed, said: "There are two interesting things here. In Chelsea's starting line-up, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial were former Manchester United team-mates of the old captain. If you exclude the old lieutenants, the combined value of Chelsea's starting lineup is 80 times that of Coventry! That's right, 80 times! In terms of value alone, Coventry will definitely lose this game! β
After the players of both sides finished picking the side, the referee blew the whistle, and the game began.
As no one expected, Chelsea took the initiative from the start.
In the first 20 minutes of the game, Coventry was held back in their own half.
In the 8th minute, Anthony Martial hit the goal with a header in the penalty area and slid out!
In the 12th minute, Hazard fired a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area and flew off the crossbar.
In the 19th minute, Willian's shot after cutting inside the goal bounced off the post into the penalty area and was cleared by Zhao Kaixuan.
After the ball was cleared, goalkeeper Billy kissed his most reliable assistant - the goalpost!
While Coventry were the underdogs on the pitch, Edda was firmly in the dugout.
He had expected Coventry to open the game to a passive one. If you don't fall into passivity, Coventry is not Coventry and Chelsea is not Chelsea!
The disadvantages are not terrible. As long as the lads hold their ground, there is still hope of winning.
Everyone didn't expect that it was not the mighty Chelsea who scored first, but the weak Coventry!
In the 22nd minute, Coventry launched the first threatening counterattack of the game!
Papa's ferocious pressing on the right flank led to a misguided pass by Willian. Zhao Kaixuan broke the ball successfully, and launched a counterattack with a long pass!
Bebeto picked up the ball in midfield and distributed it directly to the towers running wide of the flank.
Manla drove 15 metres with the ball and Cesar Azpilicueta appeared in front of him.
Manla didn't stick the ball and decisively passed the ball across to the old lieutenant Liu Yun at the front of the penalty area!
The old lieutenant takes the ball! The show begins!
At this time, Liu Yun stood in front of Luke Shaw, John Stones, Rudiger and N'Golo Kante.
Liu Yun used an Iniesta croquette past his former teammate Luke Shaw!
Pass Stones with a crotch ball!
The old lieutenant has been killed in the restricted area! There are only two obstacles left in front of him: Rudiger and N'Golo Kante!
At the critical moment, Liu Yun made an amazing move with his accurate sixth sense. He slammed the ball on the back foot!
The daytime wind, the daytime wind of one meter sixty-nine, the white day wind with a thin body shape of "never becoming a professional player" is fast to kill! He had already run behind Liu Yun!
At the moment when Zhao Kaixuan's long pass launched a counterattack, Bai Ri was in his own half.
His speed was average, but he didn't hesitate to run towards the Chelsea penalty area!
Chances are, by the time he runs into the Chelsea box, the ball has already gone into the net or been cleared by a Chelsea defender.
However, he kept in mind what the old lieutenant had said to him: even if there is only one percent chance, try with one hundred percent effort!
This young man of Chinese descent from the Apennine Peninsula caught up with the opportunity!
Liu Yun knocked the ball backwards with his hidden foot, and the ball rolled backwards against the white wind.
The wind of the day shoots furiously! With this shot, he seemed to want to smash all the discrimination he had suffered over the years, those words like "you can't become a professional player at all"!
The ball flew like a cannonball into the top right corner of the Chelsea goal!
Liu Yun raised his head and stared at the ball.
Daywind raised his head and stared at the ball.
Edda, in the dugout, stood up and craned her neck to stare at the ball!
Time seems to freeze in this moment.
The ball flew straight into the top right corner of the Chelsea goal.
Courtois leaped high and reached out, trying to keep the ball out.
However, the power of this shot was too great. The ball is extremely fast and angled. Courtois can't make a save!
"Poof", the ball flew into the net!
The ball is in! Recognized as the No. 1 underdog in the Premier League, Coventry, which is worth less than 80/80 of Chelsea, has taken the lead!
That skinny Chinese kid like a piece of paper flying in the air has scored!
There was a terrible silence at Stamford Bridge. Blues fans can't believe it's true!
Coventry? The bottom team in the Premier League! Even if they had an old lieutenant, butβthe rest of them were a bunch of kids! How could Chelsea be one goal down a group of kids at home stadium, Stamford Bridge, the Blues' holy land?
After Bai Rifeng scored, he couldn't believe that all this was true!
Just three months ago, he couldn't even keep his place as a substitute for Fiorentina's youth team! Fiorentina youth team even want to sweep him away!
Since he was 12 years old, his parents sent him to football school, and in the past 7 years, no coach has been optimistic about him. They always say, "Oh, this kid is so thin!" You can't be a professional player at all!
But now, I scored a goal? Scored the first Premier League goal?! Breaking down the door for the Blues at Chelsea?!
Bai Rifeng was stunned.
The assister Liu Yun ran in front of Bai Rifeng and hugged Bai Rifeng's head: "Silly boy, you have scored!" Let's start celebrating! β
Only then did the white wind react. He sprang to the camera on the sidelines and let out an earth-shattering roar at the camera.
This roar seems to vent all the discrimination that has been encountered on the court for so many years.
Zhao Kaixuan, Li Fanghua, Garrincha, Bebeto... One by one, the young people pounced on the white wind, crushing him to the ground and stacking up the arhats!
The big-mouthed Dunphy shouted loudly: "Ball ~ in~!" Coventry take the lead at Stamford Bridge! Assist from the old lieutenant, goal from White! Hah, Coventry's only threatening counter-attack so far turned into a one-goal lead! Magical Coventry! Amazing old lieutenant! Magical Mr. Paper! β
The big-mouthed Dunphy likes to nickname his players. Now, Bai Rifeng has his new nickname "Mr. Paper".
Fat Bob praised Coventry and said: "A group of kids underdogs, ahead of a group of superstars? Ha, that's a big surprise! I don't think Chelsea boss Ranieri in the dugout will be happy! Blue captain Eden Hazard won't be happy either! We were still predicting before the game, how many goals will Chelsea win against Coventry, three or four? Who would have thought that it would be Coventry who scored first! β
SKY TV began replaying the goal in slow motion.
Dunphy said, "Look, the old lieutenant's two extraordinary graces are extremely elegant! His back-footed pass was even more brilliant. Bai, the nineteen-year-old child, began to rush towards the Chelsea penalty area from the moment Zhao Changchuan launched a counterattack! Shiro ran at all costs to win himself the chance to shoot! Perfect goal! Perfect counterattack! β
In the coach's box, a thought flashed in Ranieri's heart: Coventry in front of him, like Leicester City six years ago - is recognized as a relegation weak, which surprised everyone!
It was Ranieri who led Leicester City to a championship miracle six years ago.
At the beginning of the season six years ago, William Hill offered Leicester City 5,000 to 1 to win the title.
That's a sky-high odds.
Reddy Gaga is priced at 250 to 1 to win the presidency of the United States in 2016. The odds of Barcelona slaughtering Yuedong Hou 10:0 in the Club World Cup are 451 to 1. Ferguson is priced at 1,000 to win the national title of the British dance talent show Dancing Miracles. The odds of a UFO attack at the London Olympics are 1,000 to 1. The odds of the Chinese men's football team winning the Rakshasa World Cup championship are 3501 to 1. The odds of a Martian ruling the Earth in 10 years are 4000 to 1!
In other words, Leicester City won the championship at that time, and in the eyes of the bookmakers, the probability of Martian domination of the Earth was even lower.
But Leicester City, under Claudio Ranieri, finally made the impossible possible!
Because of this, today's Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri knows better than anyone that the weak have the same right to win!
Claudio Ranieri stood up and motioned for his players to concentrate and watch out for Coventry's counter-attack!
Midfield kicks off again.
Chelsea's superstars seemed to be stunned by Coventry's goal. The quality of their attack is getting worse and worse. Mistakes that shouldn't be made are frequent.
Coventry, on the other hand, were airtight defensively. The youngsters' desperate push has made it difficult for Chelsea's superstars to attack.
In the 29th minute, Anthony Martial picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area. He could stuff the ball into Eden Hazard, who ran out of space in the box. But he didn't do that - he opted for a reckless long-range shot, and the ball was put into the anti-aircraft gun.
In the 34th minute, Hazard burst into the penalty area, sent the ball out under Zhao Kaixuan's close press, and crossed to Willian, who was inserted. However, the unguarded Willian actually kicked the ball. The ball rolled limply towards the goal and was confiscated by goalkeeper Billy.
In the 39th minute, Sane's close shot in the small penalty area was lifted out of the bottom line by the brave Billy.
The clock had already reached stoppage time in the first half.
The big-mouthed Dunphy said: "Three minutes in the first half. I can't believe Coventry could go into the second half with a one-goal lead! It's incredible! I think Claudio Ranieri will be furious at the superstars at half-time. β
Fat Bob said: 'In terms of possession, Coventry City is 35 per cent and Chelsea are 65 per cent. 1 shot, Coventry! Chelsea 9 times! Football is like that, even if you have 100 shots, as long as you don't score, those 100 shots are useless. Even if you only have 1 shot on goal and score a goal, that 1 shot is much better than 100 shots! β
The big-mouthed Dunphy said, "That's right! Throughout the first half, Coventry's dangerous attack seemed to be just that! They jumped at the chance! Oh, I have to admit that it was a huge mistake for me to say before the game that Coventry would lose the game! β
With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game is over!
Coventry City lead Chelsea by 1 goal away!
During the break, there was a relaxed atmosphere in the Coventry dressing room.
Liu Yun said to the players: "Let me say, Chelsea's superstars are also people!" It's not a monster with two heads on one shoulder, a fire-breathing butt, and smoke in its eyes! If we can take the lead in the first half, we can keep the lead until the final whistle! β
Head coach Edda praised Bai Rifeng: "That goal of yours is beautiful! Running at any cost of physical strength has won you a chance, good boy! β
In Chelsea's dressing room, the superstars are in mourning.
There is no shame in losing to Manchester United, losing to the group of children in Coventry - the face is lost to grandma's house!
Chelsea boss Abou in the stands said disappointedly to the team's female president, Granovskaia: "The money we spent in the transfer window seems to have been wasted! β
Granovskaya is nominally an employee of Abu, but in fact Abu's mistress.
She sighed: "Abu, it's better to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to buy more stars - buy an old lieutenant." It's a pity that the old lieutenant is not for sale. His loyalty to Coventry is not something that money can shake. β