Chapter 682 - This Is the Goal?

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"Audience friends, welcome to the 13th round of the 2013-2013 Premier League, Chelsea hosts Southampton, and I am now at Stamford Bridge to give you live commentary!"

"The two teams we played against tonight are currently at the top of the league standings, Chelsea are currently in fourth place, this is the first season after the world coach Jose Mourinho returned to the Premier League, and it is indeed quite good to be able to lead this team that is not very good!"

'Chelsea's opponents tonight are Southampton, who are currently at the top of the Premier League table, and the Saints, who were also last season's Premier League champions, are quite good, and this season can be described as a soaring momentum!'

"You can see from the standings on the TV screen that the Saints have ten wins, one draw and one loss, and have scored 31 points, and in second place is Arsenal.

"Tottenham Hotspur is the third-placed team, and the north London side have also been quite impressive this season, with Villas-Boas's side having been bought by a consortium from Qatar this summer, and have invested heavily in the likes of Edinson Cavani, Willian, Moutinho, Gary Cahill, Reus, Adam Lallana and Christian Eriksen."

"But at the same time as the strength has increased greatly, Villas-Boas is also facing a lot of pressure, that is, how to blend this Tottenham Hotspur team into a stronger and more powerful whole, after all, with the current squad of Tottenham Hotspur, it should be better to hit the rankings."

"After that, it's Chelsea!"

"In fact, if you look at the squad alone, Chelsea's squad is not strong, although it has brought in strong stars such as Mandzukic and Schurrle, but at the same time, it has also taken out midfielders such as Oscar, Romeu and Adam Lallana, which has put Chelsea's midfield to the test."

"Especially in the midfield position, Mourinho has used a number of players this season, including Mikel, Lampard, David Luiz, etc., but the results have not been satisfactory, and it is reported that Mourinho intends to bring in William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon during the winter break to strengthen the team's central midfield."

'But Sporting Lisbon's £35 million price tag for the Portuguese midfielder and the need to face competition from Manchester United also makes Chelsea's prospects for the new season uncertain.

"Everyone knows that the first ten rounds of the league are lively, and after ten rounds, you can see the general trend."

'With 12 rounds of the league now on and a third of the way to go, there is no doubt that Southampton are the favourites for the title, while Arsenal in second place are just as strong, with the Gunners just three points behind the Saints.

"But Arsene Wenger's side have always had a sense of anticlimactic, and they tend to be quite eye-catching in the first half of the season, but they have always lacked follow-up in the second half of the season, and hopefully the Gunners won't have that problem again this season."

"As for Tottenham Hotspur, although Villas-Boas's team is currently only six points less than Southampton, I am afraid that no one will have high hopes for the north London team, and some media have even broken the news that unless Villas-Boas has an amazing performance this season, otherwise, after the season, he will leave the north London position!"

'Manchester City have been one of the most disappointing teams so far this season and Manuel Pellegrini has clearly underestimated the toughness of the Premier League's away games, picking up just four points from six away games, which is a feat that can only be achieved by a relegated team, and if it weren't for the good results at home, Manchester City would have been even lower in the rankings.

"Coincidentally, the other team in Manchester, Manchester United, has also had a miserable record."

"As the top contenders for the Premier League title last season and the team with the most experience in winning the Premier League, many believe that Manchester United still have a good chance of winning the league title in the new season, after all, David Moyes's managerial record at Everton is quite good."

"But who would have thought that Manchester United has become the most disappointing team in the Premier League this season, Moyes has the strength, but he can't control the giants of Manchester United, the introduction of unfavorable reinforcements, resulting in midfield force, and the heavy introduction of Fellaini has been criticized and questioned by fans, I believe that if Moyes can no longer find the key to Manchester United's rebound, I am afraid his Red Devils journey will also stop this season."

"After this analysis, I believe you must have seen in front of the TV that this season, except for the strong Southampton, almost all other teams have all kinds of problems and weaknesses."

"Therefore, how to snipe Southampton has become the biggest headache for all the strong teams in the Premier League!"

'So, there are a lot of people looking forward to this game because Jose Mourinho is widely regarded as the best manager in Europe today at the point of defending, and Chelsea are good defensively.

'For the Blues, using their unbreakable defence to snipe Southampton at home is not only a way to secure a top-four spot in the league, but also to hopefully go further?"

'Of course, Southampton's attacking prowess this season has also been terrifying, with strikers like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luis Suarez and Sturridge up front, as well as wide hitmen like Eden Hazard, Alexis Sanchez and Lavel Morrison, as well as a control midfield of James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric in midfield.

"Therefore, we can only say to Chelsea, it is not easy to deal with the Saints, good luck to you!"

While the on-site commentator was talking, the players of the two teams walked into the stadium one after another.

"Okay, we've seen that both teams have started to play, and I've got their starting line-ups."

'Chelsea started with Petr Cech in goal, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Benatia and Branislav Ivanovic at the back, a combination of Frank Lampard, David Luiz, Mikel Mikel and Ramirez in midfield, and Mandzukic and Schurrle up front.

'Looking at Chelsea's starting line-up, Jose Mourinho is still looking to maintain a strategy at Stamford Bridge, Juan Mata is still on the bench, and midfielder Belgian teenager Kevin De Bruyne continues to be left out of the squad in favor of Van Ginkel.

"Southampton have also made some changes to the squad, presumably considering that there is still a Champions League group stage in midweek."

'The goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer, the backline is David Alaba, Nastasic, Raphael Varane and Danilo, and after the injury to Xavi Martinez, the centre-back combination of Nastasic and Varane is reassuring enough.

'The midfield three has changed, with Bielsa starting Nemanja Matic playing in central midfield, Kaka and Oscar partnering, while the front three is still a combination of Eden Hazard, Suarez and Sturridge.

'It's also worth mentioning that Didier Drogba was in the squad and was on the bench, and the Ivory Coast centre-forward has been able to score almost every time he returns to Stamford Bridge since moving from Chelsea to Southampton, and I wonder if Bielsa will feature him again in this game.

With a crisp whistle from the referee, this high-profile battle finally kicked off.

'At the start of the game, Southampton took the lead and Bielsa's side continued to play their trademark opening and started attacking from the moment the whistle blew.

'But Chelsea also seem to have been prepared, Mourinho was constantly directing the team to defend on the sidelines, Chelsea's three lines were very compact, although embarrassed, but they couldn't keep it through, and Southampton failed to create chances on several occasions.

'Southampton started to slow down the tempo and focus on possession, which is what Southampton have always been in the game.

'But if the opponent feels like they can let their guard down, that's dangerous, because if Southampton take a chance, it's deadly.'

Just as the commentator had finished speaking, Southampton tried to get the ball into the Chelsea penalty area, but it was intercepted by the Blues and the ball found its way to Ashley Cole.

The England left-back was a little big, but he didn't expect that Sturridge suddenly turned around and rushed over to counter-attack, and the speed was very fast.

In a hurry, Ashley Cole immediately knocked the ball back into the middle, but Suarez and Sturridge worked together to get ahead of Benatia and snatch the ball.

Benatia, who is very experienced, got stuck in position as soon as he lost the ball, and Suarez had to take it back and pass it back to Oscar, who in turn passed it to Kaka.

The Brazilian midfielder looked up and saw that Hazard on the left side ran to the middle, and after taking away Ivanovic, the entire left side was empty, so he rubbed a curling ball with his right foot, and turned around and rushed to the left side of the penalty area.

David Alaba cut in quickly, got on the end of Kaka's ball, stopped and crossed.

The ball fell down the middle of the goal, but it was a little far away and goalkeeper Petr Cech didn't dare to take it lightly.

David Luiz, who played as a midfielder, returned to the back of goal and faced the incoming ball, got ahead of Suarez and headed it out.

But the ball wasn't far away and landed near the penalty spot, right in front of Kaka, who rushed up from outside the box.

Everyone was stunned!

You know, at this time, Kaka's surroundings are unguarded!

It wasn't just the Chelsea players who were surprised, but even Kaka himself was stupid in the face of this sudden opportunity.

But the Brazilian reacted very quickly, met the incoming ball, held his chest up, stopped steadily, and before the ball hit the ground, he chased it with his right foot and fired a volley.

The ball went almost in a straight line between David Luiz and Petr Cech and into the Chelsea goal!

“goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!”

There was a long sound of a goal from the TV station commentator!

As a backdrop, there was the exclamation of the crowd of Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge.

The moment Kaka realized that he had scored, he was stunned, and then turned around and ran out.

It was his first goal since joining Southampton, and it was such a lucky and fluke!

He really couldn't imagine that he would score in such a game, at such a time, and it was only less than six minutes into the game!

That's the goal?

Anyway, the ball went in anyway, so celebrate first!

It's been a long time since the Brazilians have celebrated a goal!

In front of the home team's coach's box on the side of the pitch, Mourinho roared angrily after seeing Kaka's goal, and even the green tendons were exposed, as if he was going to skin and cramp the group of bastards on the field.

But on the opposite side of the Stamford Bridge chairman's stand, in the area where Southampton fans gathered, Yang Huan, who was sitting in the crowd, was so excited that he stood up and kept shouting, while not forgetting to shout at the person sitting next to him.

"Hurry, hurry, shoot it, shoot it!"

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