Chapter 751: Lore Chance?
The home fans in the stands were so pleased with the decision of the referee Stark that they also gave the referee a practical round of applause.
Suddenly, the referee has become an ally in the hearts of the home team's fans.
Luka Modric's introduction gave Mourinho a sweet taste, and he made a second substitution in the 80th minute, replacing Mikel with Joe Cole with a yellow card, and continued to improve his possession of the ball in the middle.
The substitution had an immediate effect, with Joe Cole and Luka Modric's possession of the ball keeping Chelsea vulnerable to Barcelona's high pressing as they switched from defence to attack.
In the 82nd minute, Ballack fell to the ground to block the ball that Andres Iniesta passed to Messi's feet, and then stabbed the ball to Frank Lampard before Henry and Messi could grab it, Lampard did not dare to slack off, and directly used the outside of his right foot to pass the ball to Joe Cole on the left.
Seeing this, Xavi and Bojan rushed to Joe Cole, who was holding the ball, and tried to cut off the ball to organize a second attack, but Joe Cole did not give them this opportunity, the football did not stay at his feet for even one more minute, and he was lectured by Mourinho before going on the pitch, unless there is no passing angle to show off his skills at his feet, otherwise he must pass the ball.
Joe Cole cleverly smashed the ball with his left heel to the unmarked Modric not far behind, and he was kicked to the ground because Xavi didn't have time to close his foot.
Luka Modric took the ball and turned to face the Barcelona goal, while Drogba and Airo stepped forward at the same time.
Three to four!
But what people didn't expect was that the referee's whistle sounded, blowing Xavi's foul.
According to the rules of football, if the attack is favorable, the referee should let the attack unfold and occasionally make up a yellow card for Xavi when the ball is dead, but surprisingly, the referee just blows the whistle when the home team's attack is favorable.
Although he gave Xavi a yellow card, it was nothing compared to Chelsea's quick counter-attack.
It's easy to score goals in a three-on-four situation, especially since Chelsea have a counter-attacking master like Elloh, and the goal rate is much higher than other teams! However, even though the Chelsea players were angry, they did not complain too much, and the referee blew the whistle back and showed Xavi a yellow card, which is okay according to the relevant rules.
Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of the away team, angrily slammed the water bottle in his hand on the turf to vent his dissatisfaction!
Rather than a dog-fart yellow card, he would rather choose a quick counterattack!
However, with the controversial decision for most of the second half as a mental preparation, Mourinho was not too angry, but viciously pointed his index finger at his temple with both hands at the referee.
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With Chelsea's offensive coming up, Barcelona at home has shrunk again, Yaya Tourega, Xavi, Iniesta's midfield combination has been unable to defend the strong Chelsea attacking group, he decisively chose to replace Henry, who has a clear downward trend in physical fitness, with Hleb who can attack and defend well, to strengthen the team's defensive level in the middle, because Guardiola has seen the team's local disadvantage.
As much as he would love to eat Chelsea at home, he doesn't want to lose at home and a second leg at Stamford Bridge will be no problem.
Goals are always scored when they are built on solid defence to be effective.
With five minutes left in regulation time, Barcelona made a second personnel change, replacing the fitted Thierry Henry with Hleb and putting Messi in the central striker position, but his position was flexible and uncertain, and Iniesta moved up front to form a new four-three-three formation.
It didn't take long for Chelsea to take advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to replace Didier Drogba with Anelka to bolster the centre-forward's attack.
"Oh? Barcelona brought on defensive midfielder Hleb for Thierry, while Chelsea brought on Nicolas Anelka for the declining Drogba, ...... Are these two teams mistaken? Looking at this substitution adjustment, the neutral commentator was a little incomprehensible.
"Who will dare to say that Jose Mourinho is conservative? Look at Barcelona's substitutions and then look at Chelsea's substitutions, who is conceding at home? ”
Clive Walker clenched his fists and shouted.
Two minutes later, controversy resumed.
Anelka received a precise cross from Iello in the middle after breaking through the wing, and forced Barcelona captain Puyol to head the ball into the goal, and when the Chelsea players were about to celebrate, the referee's whistle sounded, and he made a left elbow from top to bottom at the doubtful Chelsea player, meaning that Anelka, who headed the ball, was fouled first.
Chelsea fans in the stands and those from Valencia booed loudly at the referee, but the only cheers were heard over the Camp Nou under the influence of the home fans.
In their visual perception, it must have been the Chelsea players who fouled first.
Messi stood in the arc of his own side and frowned, in addition to assisting Iniesta's scoring table in the entire second half, it can be said that the table was sluggish, and it was obviously dissatisfied with his table during this time, so he clenched his fists and made up his mind that he must overtake the score before the end of the game, otherwise the second leg to Stamford Bridge will be more than lucky!
Of course, the most unacceptable thing for him is to lose to Iello again at the club level, which is unacceptable to Messi with a heart higher than the sky.
With the slow-motion replay, the narrator in the live studio also gave his own opinion.
"The referee's decision is really incomprehensible to me, I have been commenting on football games for so many years, and only now do I know that such a jumping ball turned out to be a foul!" Sky TV ace commentator Andy Gray quipped.
"The first half was so fair, but in the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and many penalties were unfair, is it really good for the referee to do this?"
Lineker shook his head.
He Wei also frowned again and said: "The referee on duty Stark's decision is really disappointing, Anelka completely relied on his physical advantage in the air to beat Puyol to put the ball into the goal, how did it become a pressing foul in the referee's field of vision?" What made me even more incomprehensible was that the referee was standing in front of him, and there was no visual obstruction......"
At this time, a netizen named Ghoul posted "Barcelona opens godfather mode? The post appeared in Tieba, and countless Chinese netizens also quoted this special term.
Suddenly, there were endless posts in Barcelona opening the godfather mode, which can be said to be dazzling.
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While the commentators in the studio were still giving their opinions on the previous decision, Barcelona had already organized a wave of attacks, but with the departure of Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry, Valdés did not blindly open his feet, but took advantage of the Chelsea players' inattention, starting from the back and falling all the way to the front.
The Chelsea players were very focused, with Messi receiving Xavi's pass and facing the entire Chelsea backline.
Messi's individual ability is really strong, and the combination of man and ball when breaking through with the ball at high speed is very good, but as the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, plus which of Chelsea's defenders has not suffered from Iello's breakthrough training? In the face of a weakened version of Iello still has a little experience, Ashley Cole took advantage of Messi's physical strength to quickly find a physical contact, and then Terry understood a reasonable position to step forward and cut the ball off.
In the final minutes of the game, many of Barcelona's squad were in poor fitness and with Real Madrid taking on Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu this weekend, none of them wanted to waste their energy in a game that looked like they had no chance of winning.
Therefore, no one pressed high, but slowly shrank the formation back and waited for the next attack.
As a result, Chelsea were quick to move through midfield and were led by Luka Modric to set up an attack, but Anelka's last-time shot was limp by Puyol's interference and was easily held in the arms of Valdés, but he was very active and ran in front of Valdés after finishing the shot to prevent Barcelona from playing a quick counter-attack.
Valdés, who was about to kick the ball forward, had to stop the forward momentum and slapped the ball on the ground.
Anelka did not leave the box quickly after the interference, but shook in front of Valdés twice before leaving.
Messi, who raised his right arm to ask for the ball, waved his arm down angrily, obviously very dissatisfied that Valdés did not drive the ball out!
But the depressed Valdés naturally won't pay attention to Messi's complaints, just now Anelka suddenly appeared in front of him, if he insists on kicking the ball off, the football will most likely fly to the goal behind him, as the guardian of the goal, he doesn't dare to joke about losing the ball!
After the shot, he watched his team-mate's movement and threw the ball at Abidal on the left wing, but he regretted it when he did it, so he went on to shout: "Erik, be careful!" ”
However, it was obviously a little late, and Abidal received the ball and turned to see the energetic Joe Cole rushing over, so frightened that he reflexively turned to the left and cleared the ball.
It's just that the effect of this conditioned reflex of big feet doesn't seem to be good, and you can't see it far away.
The scene also erupted in an exclamation because of this.
Anelka and Puyol watched as the ball began to fall in mid-air and kept squeezing for position, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the taller and more outstanding former had the advantage.
Really!
Even Puyol had already choked Anelka's shirt and couldn't get him to get the ball to land, and the ball was rubbed behind Anelka.
Max ran over to help, but was half a beat too slow.
As the camera was broadcast, Lineker in the live studio became excited and shouted: "Is this a chance to kill?" ”