Chapter Seventy-Two: The Second Crown
At the beginning of the second half, Conte made a rare substitution of two people in a row, Matic was replaced by Fabregas, Cahill was replaced by the newly introduced Fabinho, especially the back line can almost be said to be perfect, the red European Fabinho is theoretically the strongest help in the Chelsea backline, Li Haolong doesn't know what considerations Conte did not let him start, otherwise the first half would not have been this result, and the second half of the game also verified this, although Fabinho wants to completely limit Amawi It is also difficult, But in fact, he really couldn't do what he wanted on the left side like he did in the first half. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
With the arrival of technical maestro Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea's midfield is also in motion, and this Spanish man who has worked hard in the Premier League for many years knows the door of the Premier League, has experience in the Spanish league, and is also very knowledgeable about the technical team. Under the dispatch of Xiaofa, Chelsea has gradually been able to form a large-scale cooperation in the midfield, and it is no longer a passive scramble.
Under Conte's targeted adjustments, the focus of the Villa team could not continue to continue to the two wings, in order to grab the ball, the two teams formed a strangulation in the midfield, almost 55 open situation, but Chelsea did not dare to press too much, after all, to fight back, not to mention the black lightning Dembele, Griezmann is also a good player, not to mention the meat grinder Alario in the front, after a few years, everyone can realize the significance of this most low-key striker for the Villa team.
Because of Dembele's perverted play in the first half, Azpilicueta, a top defender, strengthened his marking, and the speeding Chelsea back line withstood Dembele's whirlwind speed, making him look a little mediocre, and Dembele, who was more and more impatient the more he played, appeared to pull people behind and was warned by a strict Atkinson yellow card. Petrov discussed with the coaching staff, and quickly replaced Dembele with Tielemans, playing a back three, Weigel dragged the back to dispatch, just like the position of Master Pirlo, Nzonzi and Tielemans in the middle, Griezmann withdrew to the right, so that there is more Tielemans, a tireless running point of possession, and the intention of the Villa team is obvious, which is to regain the midfield. At this time, there were also three Belgians gathered on the field, and now no Belgian on any team is embarrassed to come out and mix.
It was Tielemans' first official game in England and he was excited, and his wide range of runs involved a catfish effect, which not only made the team's passing more three-dimensional, but also messed up Chelsea's midfield, especially Cesc Fabregas, who was very uncomfortable with the rhythm of the small man and was forced to be embarrassed on several occasions.
Villa, who had regained possession, seemed to have regained their confidence and the crowd was worried about Chelsea, with the young side looking to have cornered the defending champions. But that's the way it is, when you don't score and don't extend your advantage to kill the game, you get a backbite, especially when you're facing Antonio Conte's side. In the 67th minute, Cesc Fabregas made an inadvertent long pass, and Costa, nicknamed "Prosperous Beauty", who had been fighting all over the field, stopped the ball at the feet of Hazard in an unconventional way of stopping the ball with his back, and the players who were attracted by Costa ignored him, leaving him a step of space, this time he did not dribble the ball again, the ball was sideways, a full moon scimitar, Pickford reacted very quickly, flew and knocked the ball away with a single fist, and just landed at the foot of the Sabre that came out of nowhere, and the space was still very small, He swept the ball into the net from the only corner between Virgil van Dijk and Jordan Pickford, and at 1-2, Chelsea managed to pull a goal back, which fully showed the characteristics of these three people, and also exposed the lack of urgency and distraction of the Villa team, such a top player, you can create chances even if you give him a little space.
The same as the plot of the first half, the momentum of one and the other, Chelsea got more and more courageous, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Villa team, and scored from a distance by Cesc Fabregas, which had some luck and hit Amavi's leg with a broken line. 2-2, Chelsea, which was once suppressed on the scene, stubbornly equalized the score, seeing that the scene was out of control, Amavi and Henrich pressed frequently, almost playing as a winger, Li Haolong and Petrov discussed, and simply replaced Isco, who had some physical decline, with Benkovic, and played three central defenders, let the two fullbacks press, and became a 361 formation, three central defenders Ryballejo was responsible for marking the defense, clinging to Hazard, two wingbacks were responsible for grabbing, and three defenders were responsible for wiping their butts to fill the position, Li Haolong wants to completely exert the energy of the two wings, attacking and retreating, and defending the five defenders at least to keep the draw as a last resort, but this is certainly not Li Haolong's original intention, he hopes to reopen the situation from the side and strive to win the game in the 90th minute.
The once stunned Villa team, with this substitution, got a respite, the two wings began to be active again, divided most of Chelsea's defensive firepower, the midfield regained the initiative, although lost the possession of the ball of the little fast Isco, but the ball did not decline, Griezmann's agility, Leetmans's interspersed, Weigel's dispatch is more comfortable, especially Leetimans and Griezmann have a long shot, Leetmans is now a bit like Barcelona Rakitic position, This is also a new role that Li Haolong has given him on the field when playing in a back three, although he can also be qualified for Weigel's position.
Villa attacked, Chelsea defended, and played a defensive counterattack at the right time, the goal did not come in a long time, the time passed minute by minute, and only 5 minutes ended in a blink of an eye, Petrov whispered to several coaches in the coach's box, Li Haolong decided to change to Lincoln, who had excellent footwork, to prepare for the penalty shootout after the draw.
When the game was about to enter the penalty shootout, Lincoln, under the leadership of the fourth official, was ready to wait for the dead ball opportunity to play, the situation on the field changed abruptly, a seemingly casual cross by Amavi, Fabinho's header cleared, but the ball bounced back into the penalty area on Kante, Arario stepped forward smartly, Fabinho hastily cleared, Alario gave up his life to block the gun's eye, the ball hit his back and rebounded to the arc of the middle circle, Laetimance happened to be unaround, followed by a furious shot, and shot to the gate with great force, this kind of head-on ball is difficult to master, Although the power is great, but some of the shots are too positive, but because of the sudden and great power, Courtois did not dare to catch it with his hands, subconsciously punched out, Griezmann correctly judged the landing point, did not wait for the ball to land, directly met the ball, and actually pushed out an arc, just past Courtois, who was the second attack, and the Belgian with a long height and hand was also out of reach, so he could only turn around and watch the ball into the net in despair, and Griezmann suffered a heartwarming kick from Luis for this goal, and he was staring at the ball in the air. Luis tried to reach the ball with his foot, but Griezmann took the lead in the header, this kick was real, Griezmann suddenly rolled on the ground in pain, where is there enough to celebrate, Luis also knew that he had a bye, no argument, friendly stepped forward and patted Griezmann, the fact can not be changed, there is no need to eat a card.
When the team doctors rushed into the field, Griezmann already had a blood mark on his chest, after a brief inquiry and touch, it should be just a traumatic injury, for the sake of caution, it is better to change the field, like a chest suffocation, it will take some time to breathe. There were only 4 minutes left on the clock, and Lincoln couldn't play for the sudden lead, but fortunately the other players had been warming up and preparing, Petrov waved his hand, Jedinak replaced Griezmann, and the two wing-backs went back and became a formation of 5 defenders and 4 midfielders, which was to hold on for the remaining minutes.
The goal in the chaos disrupted Chelsea's strategy, Conte replaced Alonso, replaced Willian, desperate to launch the final attack, Villa's nine-man defensive position set up a bus formation that had never been seen in the Li Haolong period, blocking the penalty area, even if it was 5 minutes of extra time, it was completely useless, and finally Villa successfully defended the result of 3-2 to the end, continuing the law of the FA Cup winner winning the Premier League.
After Walfaat's sideline diagnosis, Griezmann only suffered a skin injury, and it was relieved not long after the game, and Griezmann, who scored twice today, made a good start to his Premier League career. When the special octagonal disc-shaped trophy of the Community Shield passed through the hands of the players, Li Haolong couldn't contain the ecstasy in his heart, this was the first victory of his journey to England, and there may be more such opportunities waiting for him and his Villa team in the future......