Chapter 465: Mourinho's troubles
Canizares expected to save the ball with a flying one-handed palm, which also made Flores on the sidelines break out in a cold sweat, and if Chelsea scored the first goal in less than ten minutes at home, the game would have become very suspenseful.
And from the very beginning of the attack, Chelsea were clearly prepared.
Aggressive!
Coupled with Baraja's cumulative yellow card suspension, it directly lowered the midfielder's interception ability to a notch, Albiol's frontal defensive ability is really good, but in terms of mobile interception ability, there is still a certain gap with Baraja.
Compared with Flores's exclamation, Mourinho was very annoyed that the goal was not scored, just looking at Joe Cole's curling ball from the inside of his right foot, he thought he had it, but he didn't expect it to be saved by the 38-year-old goalkeeper Canizares, that vigorous posture, the same as the damn Manchester United old demon Van der Sar!
Bah!
Mourinho spat on the turf in dissatisfaction.
Despite being more than 30 metres away from Joe Cole, Iello was able to see every step of his breakthrough inward, especially the scene where Joe Cole suddenly got rid of Miguel on his bike and then slammed a curling ball into the far corner of the goal with the inside of his right foot.
Immediately, surprise turned into surprise!
Then he patted his forehead, and it turned out that he had stepped into a misunderstanding!
Because his scores are basically concentrated in the penalty area except for free kicks, Joe Cole's just now woke him up, in fact, every time he doesn't need to go so much trouble to break into the penalty area to shoot, sometimes he needs to be flexible, and he can save a little effort.
In addition, the ball that suddenly changes in disguise and swings the angle and makes an arc with the inside of the foot is also very beautiful.
Thinking of this, Iroh became excited.
In the opening minutes, he was too depressed by the two fierce men Mikel and Essien, and every time they defended seemed to guess their breakthrough intentions, so in the opening minutes, it was only in the opening minutes that Chelsea was so presumptuous, because Valencia's strongest attack point was limited.
If Mikel and Essien, who assisted the defense, thought he was going to enter the penalty area, but turned a lateral dribble in the peak, used his excellent explosiveness, and then took a far corner with the inside of his right foot, there would definitely be an unexpected result!
It's just that what Iroh didn't expect was that his surprise just now had already made Mikel, who was watching him, label him as a psychopath......
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Even though long-range shots don't have the bonus of talent attributes, Iroh is still ready to give it a try, after all, after his breakthrough method has been thoroughly studied by his opponent, it is always a bad thing to have a new way to score.
So Iroh beckoned again on the left with a try-ready mentality.
Albelda glanced at Mikel, who was not far from Iro, and without a trace of hesitation, passed the ball directly.
Ferreira immediately became nervous and waited for it, if it weren't for Mikel's assistance and Essien's supplementary defense in the opening minutes, he would have been secretly wiped into the penalty area by the Chinese kid in front of him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Soon, Mikel ran over to help defend Iro, which also relaxed Ferreira's tense mood a little when defending Iro.
Iroh glanced at Mikel, who was as strong as a rhinoceros running over, and did not wait for him to defend closely, but stepped on the football in front of him with the sole of his right foot, making a move that was ready to break through, and his action also made Mikel, who was ready to defend closely, change his strategy, and waved Ferreira to jam Iro's baseline breakthrough route, while he himself stood on Iro's in-cut route.
Similar to Joe Cole's action just now, he moved the ball forward and then bounced his feet on the top of the soccer ball in quick succession, which is also known as 'cycling'.
Ferreira and Mikel didn't eat Iro's movements, and in the process of retreating in small steps, they blocked Iro's baseline breakthrough and inward cutting route respectively, at this moment, Iroh moved, and his right foot quickly crossed the top of the football, and then quickly retracted, and his upper body shook forward, and at the same time, he used the outside of his right foot to suddenly flick the ball between Ferreira and Mikel.
From the pre-game tactical explanation, Boas focused on explaining Iroh's breakthrough method, often using his excellent explosiveness to suddenly pass the ball between the two guards, so the two had already been on guard against Iro's time, with Iro's dial, the two tacitly approached, wanting to close the door.
But it was just a feint by Iro, who pulled the ball back with the outside of his right foot as Ferreira and Mikel got closer, and then flicked the ball to the right and dribbled horizontally.
This action was very obvious, so the two of them immediately knew Iroh's intentions.
It's just that because of the shift of the center of gravity, the two didn't twist their bodies for the first time, and Iroh used his excellent explosive power to follow with an arrow step, and Essien, who was at the front of the big penalty area to prevent Barak from inserting back, immediately noticed that something was wrong, turned around and ran to Iroh who was dribbling horizontally.
But at this moment, Ballack, who was standing nearly 25 meters away from the Chelsea goal, suddenly stepped forward, this change made Essien, who wanted to defend Elo, hesitate a little, and in the flash of light, he still decided to follow Ballack, you must know that the captain of the German national team is not a vegetarian, and his ability to insert back is very strong, not to mention his scoring ability.
The sandwiched Essien was taken away by Ballack, and Iroh used his excellent explosiveness to flick horizontally into the corner of the left penalty area, shake off the angle, and then glanced up slightly at goalkeeper Cech's position, and then picked up his right foot without hesitation.
The football flew between Terry and Carvalho, and then made a big arc, flying to the far corner, goalkeeper Cech kept his eyes on the football in the air, and the height and legs of the foot were not slow to move, when he felt the same, the left foot kicked, and the whole person flew out, but the arc of Elo's foot was very large, and it went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
With the exclamations of the stands behind the Chelsea goal, the ball grazed the far corner of the goal and flew off the line.
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This time it was Mourinho's turn to breathe a sigh of cold air, just now from his point of view, the football was indeed going to the far corner of the goal, fortunately!
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Iroh held his head in his hands, looked at the football that was off the far post, frowned, and looked up and sighed, the feeling of that kick just now was very good, but I didn't expect it to be a little bit worse.
Although the goal was not scored, the fans at the scene gave Ailo a thunderous applause, and the long-range shot that dribbled directly into the far corner just now was very exciting.
"It's a pity, judging from the slow-motion replay, the football just grazed the outside post at the far end and missed the bottom line, half a goal away, this goal didn't go in, it's a pity." Huang Jianxiang exclaimed, "But this shot made my eyes shine, because Iroh left us the impression that in addition to breaking through to the penalty area to shoot, it was to use set-pieces to score, but this time it was to use the advantage of the right-footed player to dribble horizontally, and use the inside of the right foot to arc a curve ball straight into the far corner of the goal, just like Chelsea's Joe Cole just now, if the control is done properly, this will become another important scoring weapon for him!" β
There are a lot of ways to score in Ayroh now, in addition to accurate set-pieces and powerful headers, it is his own individual combat ability, and he can often put on a good show, if he now adds a long-range shot after a horizontal dribble, it will be more comprehensive, that is, it will make it more difficult for defenders to defend.
It's like just now that Ferreira and Mikel defended Ailo together, one defended his baseline breakthrough cross, and the other defended his inward route, which was not wrong, but now there is an extra long-range shot after a lateral dribble, and the defense of the two is obviously not enough, so it will attract the attention of the third defender, so ...... His other teammates will have more opportunities!
Just now seeing Elo's beautiful horizontal dribbling and then a long-range shot, the cautious Mourinho yelled at the defender Essien on the field, asking him to pay more attention to Ailo's long-range shot after the horizontal dribble.
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Chelsea's three midfielders are very strong, so they get a lot of chances, in addition to the frequent running of the defenders, goalkeeper Canizares is the most tired player on the field, because Chelsea's wingers play misalignment, he must always be nervous, if Chelsea's attacking players sneak a goal in such an early time, it must be a very big blow to the team's morale, you must concentrate!
Both teams were very aggressive in organising the attack, so it was a very exciting game, and often after Chelsea had organised a wave of attacks, the home side Valencia would quickly move the ball into the midfield, and the front three would work together to threaten the goal of the Cech.
I don't know if it was Aelo's previous long-range shot in the far corner that stimulated Cech, now if he has divine help, Aelo has had a direct free kick opportunity before, the angle and power are very good, but it was saved by Cech without a solution.
He is the patron saint of Chelsea's goal.
Therefore, the offensive rhythm of the two teams is very fast, you come and go, which makes the fans in the stands look very happy, but this joy is based on the offensive situation of their own team, and when the opponent attacks, it becomes frightened.
In the blink of an eye, the time has reached more than 20 minutes, and the two sides have been fast-paced for nearly ten minutes, and the physical fitness is also a little unbearable, after all, a game is 90 minutes, and the physical energy must be reasonably distributed.
So the pace slowed down again.
In those 10 minutes, Iroh, David Silva and Joe Cole all contributed a brilliant in-cut goal, and the scoreboard would have been quietly changed if it weren't for the excellent goalkeepers of both sides.
As the tempo slowed down, Valencia's players played more and more like a fish in water, because La Liga teams have always been good at passing and controlling, but the continued fast pace will increase their mistakes, and now it can be said that they are in the right place.
Now it's Mourinho's turn to worry again......