Frank Lampard's stunning strike gave the Chelsea players a renewed hope of progression, as they only needed one more goal in the remaining 40 minutes to send the game to extra-time, and if they scored two goals in the remaining time, it would be Chelsea who would have progressed to the semi-finals!

Maybe you can even reach the final of the UEFA Champions League in Athens!

It's exciting to think about!

But Valencia are not Champions League rookies, with most of the players playing in last season's Champions League semi-finals, and the likes of Canizares, Albelda and Baraja all played in the Champions League final at the turn of the century.

Conceding a goal in the first five minutes of the second half did not make Valencia panic, but played quite well in the rest of the game.

The equalizer also gave Mourinho hope of equalizing the aggregate score, so he hurriedly signaled Boas to let Shepchenko go to the warm-up area to warm up.

Subconsciously looked at the bench again, Mourinho shook his head, there is still a lack of reliable players, Wright Phillips in the last round completely made him lose confidence, so in his mind, Wright Phillips is the object of purge after the end of the season.

Hey, the bench is still not deep enough!

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Five minutes later, in the 11th minute of the second half, Chelsea made a second substitution when he brought on Shepchenko for right-back Pacos Ferreira.

As a result, the positions of the personnel on the field have also changed a lot.

Essien dropped back to central defence, pulling Ashley Cole to the left midfield, Joe Cole to the right, Mikel and Makelele in the middle of the midfield, Frank Lampard remained the same in attacking midfield, and the forward line was replaced by Drogba and Shepchenko, with Drogba up front.

Mourinho's substitution adjustment has made many commentators shine.

With Chelsea's available personnel dwindling this season, Mourinho has been more conservative in his formation, also known as 1-0.

What I didn't expect was that in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, I would make a desperate posture so early, which was really surprising.

Even the owner of the VIP box, Ibramovic, was impressed by Mourinho's substitution.

Of course, what makes him happiest is that Shepchenko, who he has spent a lot of money to introduce, can play at this time.

Watching the team's counter-attack, the hardcore Chelsea fans in the stands sang again, but nothing could be done under the chanting of nearly 50,000 Valencia fans at home.

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Chelsea's change was indeed more subtle, but it gave Flores a glimpse of the possibility of another reversal, as Chelsea's three centre-backs essentially abandoned two wings in the mix.

Let Flores see an opportunity to use the speed of the wing to open the gap, so he immediately called Joaquín to do warm-up preparations, the Spanish international who has spent nearly 30 million euros this season, but rarely has a stunning performance, I hope he can grasp the hope of this game, otherwise...... Next season it will have to be cleaned.

After all, no manager can tolerate high-paid and low-performance players, and now Valencia has suffered an economic crisis, so it must be cleaned.

Mourinho knows what Flores can see, but he can't help it, he has to step up his attack and score as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to score again in the rest of the game.

It's Valencia's home stadium, not their home turf.

You have to score a goal when the opponent is not on a firm footing.

But soon, Aillo's side breakthrough sounded the alarm for Mourinho, and Joe Cole, who was pulled to the right side, was basically like a wooden pillar in defense, and Mikel, who was dedicated to keeping Aelo, had a yellow card on his body, and when Iroh forced him, he could only watch the breakthrough and did not dare to make more obvious defensive moves.

So when Iroh stepped directly on the left side of the middle line, he didn't care about 3721, and directly went to the ball more than 10 meters forward, and then fought for speed.

The speed of Joe Cole and Mikel is naturally incomparable to the speed of Iro, and it is unrealistic to rely on the central defender Terry who relies on supplemental defense, because the speed of Iroh is the best understanding, and it is better to wait for the support of teammates than to rush up impulsively.

Ailo then took the ball directly down the left, but unfortunately David Villa was interfered with by Essien and had a top to the ball, and the Football Cup goalkeeper Cech was firmly in his arms.

Elo's breakthrough cross didn't threaten Cech's goal, but it gave Mourinho a hint of threat, especially when Joaquin replaced David Silva.

Valencia's substitution was very targeted, which was to play the pace of the two wings.

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Mourinho originally hoped to use the two full-backs as wingers when attacking, and then become full-backs when defending, but when they were actually used, they found that the actual effect was not good.

Not to mention that Joe Cole's defensive ability is basically zero, Ashley Cole, who is very good in attack and defense, has played very hard, not because of the situation on the field, but because of the physical fatigue caused by the multi-front battle this season.

Especially after Ashley Cole was chased back by Joaquin several consecutive sprints, it was even more prominent.

In the case that the full-backs can't catch up, the double back will naturally share the task of chasing back.

It was true that this method allowed Chelsea to prevent Valencia's counter-attack during the period when Joaquin was introduced, but over time, it also left the two midfielders with no time to juggle the central defence.

We were expecting Chelsea to take the lead quickly, but seeing the current situation, it would be a very good result to be able to hold on to the scoreline.

Time passed quickly, halfway through the second half.

The two sides of the game are still fighting, but there is no obvious difference.

But Joe Cole was out of fitness at this time.

So although Wright Phillips has been blacklisted by Jose Mourinho, he is the only attacking player left at his disposal.

It's still a matter of injuries.

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In the blink of an eye, the time of the game reached the full 80 minutes of the game, which means that there are only 10 minutes left in the game, which is for both sides of the game, they cannot concede goals during this time.

For Chelsea, there is no choice but to attack.

Again, frequent passes, that's a waste of time.

So for the rest of the day, Chelsea played more directly, that is, directly from the two flanks, and frequently played the ball, allowing the two central forwards Drogba and Shepchenko to look for opportunities.

But how effective can a wide cross be under pressure?

Instead, Valencia played two quick counterattacks, allowing Makelele and Ashley Cole to receive a yellow card respectively, which alleviated the two defensive crises, otherwise the score did not overtake, and they were the first to be breached.

As the days went on, the cheers of the home fans in the stands grew louder and louder, and they knew that if nothing else, it would have to be Valencia who had advanced to the semi-finals!

"With stoppage time, there are ten minutes left at most! If it ends with this scoreline, then it will be Valencia who will advance to the semi-finals! And if Chelsea are to keep their hopes of progressing to the semi-finals alive, then they will need to score at least one goal in the next few minutes!! ”

Huang Jianxiang glanced at the time on the big screen, and his tone was a little hurried.

"But in terms of their running, it's a bit of a strong crossbow feeling, their physical strength no longer allows for a wide range of running, the Premier League is too intensive! Coupled with the fact that Chelsea have had a bad season and have had too many injuries, it's a pity that ......"

The three substitutions were used up, so the rest had to be left to the players on the field, or in other words, the final result could only be left to God.

Mourinho looked at the players on the pitch who lacked change and thought like this.

Perhaps, ending the season in the Champions League with a draw is also a good result.

At least not a home and away double, right?

It was then that Frank Lampard looked for a chance to link up the middle, but he looked at his team-mates who were standing there waiting for the ball, so he opted to flick the ball straight forward before suddenly firing from 35 yards out.

This time, however, there was a foot stuck in the path of the soccer flight.

Bang –

Edu, who had just come on to the pitch, fell to the ground and slid before Frank Lampard's long-range shot, and his cadence was very timely, just to block the direction of the shot, and the football took a disguise, and then flew to the right side of Chelsea's defence, which is Valencia's attacking left.

No one thought of this change.

Of course, Iroh had already prepared it.

At the same moment, David Villa and Joaquín on the right were equally ready.

With facing his own goal, Iello slammed the ball behind him with the outside of his left foot, while he himself made a 180-degree turn to the right and went around the left touchline to chase the ball.

Mikel hadn't figured it out at this time, what about people? What about balls?

By the time he could react, Iroh had circled the sideline and accelerated.

Makelle went diagonally to chase back and Terry got stuck in a straight line on Eloneche's route.

When Iello made his second trip, just 35 metres from Chelsea's baseline, he made eye contact with David Villa and suddenly slid the ball into the ribs with the outside of his right foot against John Terry's defence.

David Villa faced Carvalho's close-quarters defence and, like the first goal, slid forward towards the ball and then slammed the ball behind him with his left heel.

Terry, who was chasing back, and Carvalho, who was defending, were both shaken by this one.

It wasn't until he saw Iroh with the football at twenty-five yards that it dawned on him.

"Nice heel knock!!"

Iello didn't break through with the ball on his own, but passed the ball to the right, Joaquin on the right side cut in at high speed, went directly into the penalty area, and then swept sideways, David Villa fell to the ground and shoveled the ball into the goal.

Jose Mourinho closed his eyes as he watched the ball bouncing in the net.

It seems that ending the Champions League with a draw is still a luxury, damn injuries!

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