Chapter 480: Roar after a long-range strike
Jamie Vardy's long-range strike that almost went close to the Chelsea goal left the Chelsea crowd to chance, as they discovered that United could still win even if Vardy alone could threaten the Chelsea goal.
For the rest of the game, Chelsea picked themselves up and defended more tightly against Jamie Vardy.
However, Jamie Vardy's retreat to midfield seemed to be like a fish in water, which made Chelsea's defence extremely embarrassing.
In the 55th minute of the second half, Vardy split the ball on the left side, and Giggs was able to successfully cross under Alan Smith with the cooperation of Alan Smith.
However, Carvalho, who defended him, kept interfering with Vardy with small movements behind him, and at the moment when Vardy tackled, he secretly grabbed Vardy's clothes, which directly caused Vardy to slow down by half a beat and did not tackle the ball.
Vardy got up and gave Carvalho a frustrated look, the top centre-back was really tough to deal with.
It's a small gesture that makes all the strikers very unhappy, but it's something that can't be avoided on the football field.
Glaring at Carvalho, Vardy really didn't have time to trouble him right now.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Jamie Vardy received the ball and pulled to the left to break through, and after a one-two with Ryan Giggs to get past Ferreira, he smashed into the heart of Chelsea from his favourite rib area, making all Chelsea people jump in horror.
Dribbling the ball into the penalty area, Vardy stepped on his bike in the face of Carvalho's one-man defence.
If it were someone else, Carvalho, who was experienced defensively, would have reached out and signaled to that person – start your show, please!
If I'm shaken by you, count me as losing!
But the problem is that he is now facing Vardy, a guy who can turn fake moves into real moves, and Carvalho has been shaken by Vardy more than once and almost fell.
No matter how preoccupied Carvalho was, he didn't avoid being shaken away by Vardy, who continued to dribble deep after deceiving Carvalho's centre of gravity.
Once again, Chelsea fans were reminded that the damage Vardy had done to Chelsea's defence was simply unbearable.
However, at this moment, Terry appeared in front of Vardy in time to block Vardy's intention to continue to slip the bottom line, and did not let Vardy face goalkeeper Cech.
However, Vardy did not pause either, smashing the ball back with his left foot from behind and back to the right.
But before Vardy could turn the gun, he was led by Terry's shovel and staggered around, but he still didn't keep his balance and fell in the box.
Stamford Bridge immediately booed, regardless of whether it was fouled or not, Vardy fell in the Chelsea penalty area, it was a fake fall!
Jamie Vardy was rolling over and sitting up, raising his hand in protest as the opponent fouled him in the box, which should have been a penalty.
Terry, on the other hand, stood up and looked at Vardy with an innocent and indignant expression, as both players began to press the referee at the same time.
The Champions League is not easy to blow, especially in a fierce and crucial battle like the semi-finals, and any ambiguous decision may cause endless controversy after the game.
Now the referee is a little hesitant whether this goal should be given a penalty.
He didn't really see it because of the obstruction of his view just now, and if he only looked at Vardy's staggering movements, then it was likely that Terry had committed a foul.
But don't forget, although Vardy rarely fakes in the penalty area, his performance ability is very strong, which has long been recognized by the refereeing community, and the possibility of Vardy faking in key battles is not ruled out.
After struggling for a long time, the referee finally made a penalty and the game continued.
Jamie Vardy almost fainted, and if it wasn't for Terry tripping him, as long as he swept the ball in front of goal, Alan Smith and Park Ji-sung were already in place, and they were likely to score directly.
Now that the referee doesn't say anything, don't you know how the football team always dies?
However, before Vardy could go crazy, the Chelsea players went crazy first.
Surrounded the referee, the Chelsea players kept protesting, Terry didn't foul, Vardy faked the fall, then Vardy should eat the card!
Terry, a guy with equally good acting skills, continued to pretend to be innocent, as if there was some great grievance.
Vardy was so angry that he just wanted to laugh.
Very good!
I should have thought a long time ago that Terry's character is unreliable!
Really!
Not everyone is Klose, and in the face of the referee's penalty, he can honestly explain that the opponent did not commit a foul.
But you can't frame it!
It seems that the Friendship Wife Gate is by no means an accident, and from the current point of view, Terry's character is not good, which is simply a fact that has been determined a long time ago.
Will you do anything to win?
Vardy looked at the referee coldly, and if the referee did give him a yellow card, he wouldn't mind using the warrior monk skill directly at the referee.
Anyway, after getting a yellow card, I will definitely not be able to play in the final, and Manchester United may be difficult to break into the final, so fuck it!
But fortunately, the referee did not mean to award a penalty, nor did he mean to give Vardy a yellow card, this thing is completely in harmony!
Seeing that the referee could not change the decision, Vardy looked at the referee deeply and got up and ran to the midfield.
Time wasted!
This account will be calculated slowly in the future!
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Jose Mourinho on the sidelines could not be calm, even if Vardy was only one man, he was still able to stir up a bloody storm in the Chelsea defence, and if it wasn't for luck, Chelsea would have been equalised.
The Magic Bird, who couldn't sit still, took the lead in making personnel changes, with Joe Cole coming off and replacing Claude Makelele, with Chelsea changing to 442, leaving Arjen Robben and Drogba to play counter-attacks up front.
As a result, Vardy will be the first to face the stalwart of Chelsea's midfield wherever he moves in midfield.
Vardy did feel a lot of pressure, especially when there was no one to help him with the burden, and Chelsea would never have dared to be so presumptuous in the presence of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.
At this moment, Vardy missed his two good friends very much, and then thought of his commitment to them, Vardy's eyes once again became firm and fierce.
Breakthrough?
The opponent's layered defense is quite characteristic of Italian chain defense, and it is impossible for him to score after practicing four or five people in a very small range;
Break through the ball?
Alan Smith has never been a prolific goalscorer, and it is difficult to pose a direct threat to the Chelsea goal under the pressure of his opponents, and Park Ji-sung and Ryan Giggs are even more suppressed in direct conversations with opponents, and they have no one to pass the ball if they want to;
Long shot like just now?
Vardy thinks it's just a matter of chance!
Although he has the characteristics of a heavy artillery volley in his hand and a long-range shot is quite threatening, if he is too far from the goal, Cech, who is already a helmet warrior today, will not be able to make a low-level mistake, and he has the ability to keep his own shot away.
What to do?
If Chelsea are on the offensive at this point, then he still has plenty of room to counter-attack, but Mourinho will never give himself a chance to counter-attack at this time.
It seems that he can only hit Petr Cech's surprise!
Within minutes, Jamie Vardy didn't take the ball and kept watching Cech's position, hoping to find a pattern.
Sure enough, Vardy noticed that Cech always adjusted his position slightly depending on where the ball was and would lean forward when the ball was far away from the danger zone.
Probably most goalkeepers have a habit of doing this, but Cech is a little higher up.
Vardy had an idea in mind and decided to give it a try!
Secretly making covert gestures to Alan Smith and other teammates, Vardy knows, they must know.
Vardy then moved more into his locked area, which was the best position to face the Chelsea goal.
Although Essien and Frank Lampard flanked him back and forth, even if he didn't have the ball at his feet, Vardy didn't care at all.
In the 69th minute of the second half, Alan Smith won the ball on the right to face Ballack, Vardy suddenly ran backwards, and Essien and Lampard were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed Vardy.
But at this moment, Vardy suddenly turned back, put his right foot on the ground, and rushed forward.
Frank Lampard and Essien screamed badly and hurried back as well, but after all, they were passive defenders, and they couldn't keep up with Vardy and were left behind.
At the same time, Alan Smith, who was in possession of the ball, suddenly sent the ball in front of Vardy, and instead of passing the ball close to the ground, it was a bounce ball with a difference.
Dangerous!
Vardy is about to get the ball!
Jamie Vardy rushed to the ball in three steps, and the ball was knee-high.
Everyone thought Alan Smith had mistaken the pass because Vardy stopped the ball and then made a move, which was enough time for Frank Lampard and Essien to catch up with Vardy, and Vardy lost the lead.
But no one thought that Vardy had no intention of stopping the ball at all.
The left foot is used as a support foot, the right foot is pulled back violently, and then the ball is slammed into the ball, which is extremely accurate, this is a volley!
The Chelsea players were stunned and no one expected Jamie Vardy to shoot from 40 yards out.
The Blues fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge were also dumbfounded, and the horror in their eyes could not be concealed.
They were afraid of Vardy, even if they didn't want to admit it, but Vardy's invincible figure had left a heavy blow to their hearts more than once, which they couldn't avoid.
The blast was so powerful that it flew over the entire Chelsea penalty area, and the Chelsea players couldn't stop it when they jumped.
Everyone's eyes followed the trajectory of the ball.
The moment Cech saw Vardy's shot, there was no nervousness in his heart, and he reacted most correctly and quickly stepped back.
But the ball flew too fast and Cech was only pushed two steps in front of goal, and the ball was already falling quickly and into the net from under the crossbar, but Cech's outstretched hand as he retreated was unable to stop the ball in the slightest.
In an instant, the whole Stamford Bridge was like hell, full of desperate wails!
At that moment, Vardy became the focus of the whole world, standing proudly, raising his fists and roaring at the sky!
Growl!