Chapter 1269: The Man in Red and Black Sword Striped Shirt No. 22
When the ball flew into the Chelsea goal and lifted the net, everyone, whether it was Chelsea or Manchester City, had a "hell" expression.
Their eyes widened, their mouths opened, and they stared at the goal in amazement.
I can't believe football is going on......
It's only been two minutes since the start of the game!
It was City's first shot on goal!
But none of this matters, the most important thing is ...... Glory: This goal turned out to be passed by Cech!
Should this goal count as an assist for Cech?
Cech fell to the ground during the save, looked back at the ball in the goal, grabbed his head with his hands in pain, and lay motionless on the turf – a mistake that was too amateurish for him to make.
But he just made a mistake and he didn't even know how he was going to face his teammates and the rest of the game.
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After the goal, Glory turned and ran to his team-mate with open arms, and his team-mates rushed to him in surprise, and the two sides met near the center circle and hugged each other to celebrate the goal.
The Manchester City fans in the stands, after the initial stunned, also jumped to their feet and cheered.
The Manchester City fans in front of the TV were even more excited, cheering and laughing.
It was a dramatic goal......
Commentator John Mortenson was stunned for a moment before saying, "The ball is in!" Oh! The ball is in! It's unbelievable! It's unbelievable! No one could have imagined that Chelsea would concede such a goal! ”
"I think Villas-Boas should breathe a sigh of relief. If he loses like this, he will have a new excuse - 'This time it wasn't because I was not playing the wrong game, but because we had conceded such an inexplicable goal in the opening game!' Alan Hansen said in imitation of Boas's tone, and he began to complain again.
When facing the media, Villas-Boas did always find various reasons to explain why he lost the game, and these reasons fully showed that the inconsistent results were not his problem anyway, nor was it a tactical problem.
After complaining about the "hapless ...... Cech", Alan Hansen sympathized with Cech.
The goal will affect him for a long time and will be talked about a lot after the game, and every time people talk about the glorious goal, it is a disservice for Cech.
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Cech was lying on the turf, reluctant to get up, until someone tapped him on the shoulder, and he looked up to see that it was Terry, the captain.
"Don't take this ball to heart, Peter. It's not a big deal, what storms haven't you seen? Terry said.
"I don't even know what happened to me...... 'Cech said bitterly.
'It's my fault, I shouldn't have rushed the pass back, I shouldn't have stood there when I got it......,' Terry continued to comfort Cech. Don't think about it so much, there are still 88 minutes left in the game, and you still have to defend the Chelsea goal. ”
He held out his hand to Cech.
Cech took his hand and was pulled up by Terry.
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The television broadcast quickly cut to a close-up of Boas on the sidelines.
Boas's face in the camera was very ugly, and he didn't expect his team to concede a goal in such a way.
Behind him, Frank Lampard also held his head in his hands and regretted the goal he had conceded. It doesn't look like he wants his team to lose.
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After the restart, Petr Cech was still affected by the goal.
Ten minutes later, Manchester City counterattacked, the football was passed directly from the back to Rongguang, Rongguang broke through with the ball, but the front has been followed by Chelsea's defenders, so he did not continue to break through to the penalty area, but suddenly shot a cold arrow about 20 meters away from the goal, although the shot was very sudden, but not rushed, full of power, just a slightly correct angle.
It stands to reason that Cech could have played even if he couldn't hold the ball.
But Cech got out of his hands when he pounced on the ball, and the ball hit his right upper arm and bounced off!
"Cech...... Sell!! ”
In the exclamation of John Mortson, Ibrahimovic, who rushed forward with the glorious counterattack, finally reached the goal, he rushed to the football, and stabbed the football with his long legs!
The football was stabbed into the empty net by him......
“2:0! Manchester City have a two-goal lead! Thirteen minutes into the first half, Manchester City scored two goals, which was an incredible start! Villas-Boas says he has a trick up his sleeve against Manchester City, so now is the time to use it, right? Chelsea are two goals ahead! ”
"What's his trick against City? His trick was 'Ah, I have another mental excuse!' Alan Hansen began to imitate Boas again.
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The telecast was again given to Villas-Boas, who was standing on the sidelines, looking anxious, waving his arms and shouting something into the pitch.
But no one could hear clearly, and no one knew what he meant.
Maybe he thinks the players didn't come back quickly after conceding a goal?
Maybe he thinks the backline should press forward again and then create an offside position?
Who knows......
Looking at the Chelsea players on the pitch, they were also at a loss, and they didn't know whether they were stunned by the two goals they had conceded in just 12 minutes, or by Boas's tactical arrangement.
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Chelsea's players were a bit confused by Villas-Boas's tactical set-up.
After conceding two goals, Villas-Boas finally made a change when he moved from the wing to the centre to organise the attack.
But Juan Mata played as a winger at Valencia and started this game as a winger.
Well, that's nothing, and it's not like Mata can't organise an attack anyway.
However, he made changes to Juan Mata but did not arrange the task of the defender Mereles. Before the game, he gave Meireles the task of strategizing and organising the attack in the midfield position. Now that Mata is back and ready to organize an attack, Mereles doesn't know what to do.
Continue to organize the attack according to the original tactics? That would clash with Mata.
Don't organize an offensive yourself? So what? The manager doesn't have any latest instructions.
Chelsea's midfield was in chaos......
Until the end of the first half, they couldn't get back the score, and they didn't even score a goal.
Had it not been for the fact that Cech had been woken up after conceding two goals, returning to his normal form, blocking high and low to block many of City's shots, Chelsea would have conceded more goals in the first half.
However, the team's appearance did not please Boas, who returned to the dressing room with a gloomy face.
No one knows what he will say to his players at half-time, whether he will be yelling at him or being emotional?
What's going on in the locker room is often a secret to the outside world.
Legend has it that a lot of things happen there, but very few actually come out.
Anyway, after the restart of the second half, Boas didn't make any adjustments, the tactics were still like that, and there were no substitutions.
Chelsea were supposed to play 433 in midfield, with Merreles, Ramirez and Romeu in midfield, and Torres, Drogba and Juan Mata up front.
Just looking at this forward combination, everyone will think that Drogba is a central striker, with Torres and Juan Mata on either side, playing as a winger.
But that's not the case, with Torres and Drogba both centre-forwards......
After Juan Mata moved to midfield, Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba were also centre-forwards.
And Torres is still playing as a center forward, but Drogba is more flexible than him, and will pull to the side from time to time.
What about Torres?
It's like being nailed in the middle.
On top of that, as a centre-forward, Torres is also called upon to defend a lot, so it's not uncommon to see him running back from the front court to get involved in the defense.
That led Alan Hansen to complain from the first half to the second, and Villas-Boas didn't make any adjustments after the break.
Alan Hansen then declared: "I think Villas-Boas has given up on this game. ”
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In the 68th minute, taking advantage of Chelsea's heavy pressure on the attack, Manchester City backfielders Matuidi and Vincent Kompany teamed up to cut the ball off Drogba's feet and handed it to Sneijder.
Sneijder turned and shoved the ball straight to the front
However, he did not pass the ball to Glory, who was accompanied by Chelsea players.
He chose to pass the football to Kaka this time!
Kaka catches Sneijder's ball near the center circle and turns to speed up the ball!
Manchester City's counterattack is here again!
When Kaka brought the ball, many people seemed to return to the season when Kaka helped AC Milan all the way to the Champions League final, he was fast with the ball, running faster with the ball than without the ball, no one could catch up with him, even the wind could only blow his shirt behind him.
Even the jersey...... Even the jerseys are so similar.
Manchester City wore their away shirt in this game, and the top of this away shirt happened to be the red and black sword stripe!
So when people saw Kaka turn around and run wild with the ball, they almost thought that Kaka was still at AC Milan.
Moreover, Kaka's shirt number at Manchester City is the same as when he was at AC Milan, the number 22!
In fact, City did have a few red and black shirts throughout their long history, but the earliest one dates back to the one they wore when they won the FA Cup in 1969, and they went on to win the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season. It was the hallmark of Manchester City's most glorious era before the glorious arrival. So the new season's away jersey pays tribute to the classics, and even the collar style imitates the black-rimmed crewneck of the year.
Kaka ran all the way in the red and black sword striped shirt, and in the face of Ivanovic, who came up to defend him, he didn't make any fancy moves, just pushed the football forward from the outside, and then accelerated!
In two steps he threw Ivanovic away. Branislav Ivanovic's pace is not slow for Chelsea's centre-backs, but he is still far from being able to rejuvenate Kaka.
"Kaka-!!" John Mortenson shouted in a long voice.
At his roar, Kaka burst into the box and faced the onrushing Cech, leaned to the side, then picked up his right foot and curled the ball in an arc, which went around Cech's 10-finger pass and flew far towards the far post, then grazed the post...... Flew into the goal!
3:0!
"This game is indeed over! Manchester City lead Chelsea 3-0 on the road! The Trident scored a goal alone! Kaka's goal was even more spectacular! ”
Kaka looked happy after the goal, he raised his hands up, looked up at the sky, and muttered prayers in his mouth, thanking God.
If AC Milan fans happen to be watching this game, they will be blurred with tears when they see this scene.
Because of such a scene, which has happened in front of them countless times, in the stadium of the San Siro, in the Serie A team, the image of the teenager who prayed to God after scoring a goal is fixed in the hearts of all AC Milan fans.
Kaka resolutely said goodbye to AC Milan and transferred to Real Madrid, but at first there were still many people who were incomprehensible and angrily reprimanded Kaka. But later, time diluted the hatred, and what remained was still that love and hope.
Seeing that Kaka was not happy at Real Madrid, his form was declining and his body was injured, many AC Milan fans were also heartbroken, and they hoped that Kaka would come back. However, AC Milan's financial situation is difficult to support Kaka's high annual salary. In fact, Kaka's salary is the same as when he was at AC Milan, 10 million euros.
AC Milan could afford it back then, but AC Milan can't afford it today. Only then did they realize that today's AC Milan is no longer the giant that spent a lot of money in the past......
After their favorite team and their favorite players have experienced the most beautiful scenery together, they are inevitably going downhill.
But now, they see Kaka shine again in Manchester City!
AC Milan are still in a bad mood, but it's gratifying to see Kaka running like the wind again......
At the very least, the good memories we share in our hearts are still there.