Chapter 870: Lock in the win

It is easy to win the hearts of the fans when they don't celebrate when they score a goal against their former club, whether it is the Chelsea fans at home, the 'bat guards' who came to the scene with the away team Valencia, or the fans sitting in front of the TV, they all subconsciously cheer and applaud him.

Because this has a crucial connection with the character of the player himself, it is clear that Iello has a very good character.

Listening to the applause coming from all sides of the stands, Iello was also quite moved, he really did not expect that he would receive warm applause from the fans at Stamford Bridge for scoring as an enemy, and he raised his arms above his head and clapped his palms in response.

Andy Gray said: "This scene reminds me of last season's English League Cup semi-final, when Argentine Carlos Tevez celebrated wildly after scoring against his old club Manchester United, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among the Old Trafford fans, and the overwhelming boos were far from the treatment of Ai today, maybe this is the problem of the character gap between the two......

His commentator also nodded and said: "That's right, Ai's character has always been very good, I remember Chelsea's away 2007-2008 Champions League quarter-final with Valencia Ai helped the away team open the scoring, facing the silent Mestalla fans, he also chose to apologize to the fans, I have to say, it is really our blessing to have such a unique star in world football." ”

During the restart of the game, the commentator of the on-site commentary seat was still talking about the wonderful goal just now, not to mention the over-spec treatment that Ailo enjoyed after the goal, the whole process of scoring the goal is worth recalling, and the continuous cooperation of the frontcourt players is really pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, the live broadcaster will also repeat the entire goal when there is a dead ball in the stadium.

In Lineker's later words: "This goal can definitely compete for the top 10 goals in the Champions League this season, maybe ...... The top three are also possible. ”

Chelsea were looking for a quick equaliser, but Torres struggled to face Godin and Albiol's centre-back duo, and he has recently been hit into a serious goal drought.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was almost the fortieth minute of the first half.

The commentator on Spanish national television, who was in charge of the commentary on the scene, shook his head and said: "Since Fernando's transfer to Chelsea for 55 million euros, his form has plummeted, and we can't find the super T9 who is making a splash at Anfield, and if this continues, the 26-year-old Fernando Torres will lose the confidence that a goalscorer should have at Stamford Bridge......

However, Chelsea's attack developed from the centre to the right, and Frank Lampard, who controlled the direction of the team's forward attack with the ball, saw Zhang Linpeng along the right sideline at high speed, and at the same time, the arch of his right foot decisively sent a penetrating through ball, and the ball rolled at high speed towards the vacuum between Albelda, Mathieu and Albiol.

Mathieu's height of more than 1.9 meters seriously hinders his turning and chasing speed, and Zhang Linpeng is already in a state of high-speed running, the gap between the two is even more obvious.

The Chelsea fans in the stands chanted subconsciously as they saw a glimmer of hope that they could equalise.

Albiol knew that it was impossible to count on Mathieu's follow-up defense, so he turned to Godin and pulled out to defend.

Zhang Linpeng lowered his speed in the high-speed running, looked at the penalty area and directly picked up his right foot, making a foot cross posture, Albiol did not dare to slack off, and subconsciously stretched his right leg to block the cross.

Successfully deceived Albiol to make defensive moves, Zhang Linpeng's right foot quickly retracted, and used the outside instep to move the ball forward, and by the time Albiol with long legs reacted, it was too late, he passed back to the small penalty line when Godin went around the front to make up the defense, Torres's ghostly run appeared at the landing point, and he did not hesitate to choose a violent volley.

The power of the shot was so great that Wang Xiaolei, who was standing on the goal line, did not make any save.

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"Fernando Torres!!" The Spanish national TV commentator's voice changed and his voice was an octave higher: "Goooooooooooooal, great running and beautiful goals, he helped Chelsea equalise!!" ”

At the same time, Torres, who scored the goal, was quite excited, he pushed his national team teammate Albiol who was blocking in front of him, and then rushed to the corner flag with open arms in the run, his center of gravity lowered, his knees against the wet turf, leaned back, and his body used inertia to glide forward for four or five meters before stopping, while roaring in the sky.

As a key deal before the summer transfer window closes, the fact that it took only one goal in six games for 55 million euros put him under a lot of pressure, especially in the Chelsea legend nine shirt, which is completely unacceptable, so the goal made him feel a lot less pressure.

Torres, who released the pressure in his heart, was very happy, turned around and hugged Zhang Linpeng, who also glided over, he knew that no matter how beautiful his running position was, if there was no just right pass, then everything would be in vain, and the goal finisher would be remembered by the fans forever, and what these finishers remember deeply is the unknown assister.

While all the commentators were praising the goalscorer Torres, the CCTV commentator praised Zhang Linpeng's pass: "Torres's goal is important, but if there is no breakthrough and pass by Zhang Linpeng at high speed on the side, then everything will cease to exist, so 90% of the credit for this goal is counted on Zhang Linpeng......

Chelsea's celebratory goals didn't last long and were soon back in action.

With the clock running out in the first half, the tempo of both sides of the game picked up significantly.

The home side used home advantage to minimise time in possession in the middle, playing a more direct approach to Scolari's impromptu adjustments, and preferably taking advantage of Torres' hot form to overtake the scores.

In fact, Torres is in good shape, but sometimes luck is also very important, Chelsea before the end of the first half a wave of attacks from the left to the right, the football quickly passed to the feet of Zhang Linpeng, he crossed directly on the right side at 45 degrees, Torres suddenly accelerated to grab the ball before Albiol pushed the ball towards the goal, Wang Xiaolei reflexively made a save, but helpless to the tricky angle of the football.

But just then, the right-hand post came out of the corner to deny Torres the goal he was aiming for.

An exclamation erupted from the scene.

After this dangerous situation, the Valencia goal has clearly strengthened its defense against Torres.

Similarly, Chelsea's defensive players have stepped up their defence against Elo.

It also cut off the echo between Mata and David Silva.

As soon as the time of the first half arrived, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

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Fifteen minutes passed quickly after the break, and the second half changed sides again.

Scolari's Chelsea tasted the sweetness of direct attack in the first half, so his strategy in the second half was to turn the Champions League game into a Premier League game, increasing physical contact between players when defending, and attacking in a simple and rough English style of play, which was at the opposite end of Valencia's style of play.

Valencia still play according to their traditional style of play, but they increase the intensity of counter-attacking when they concede a goal, and the defense starts from the moment they lose a goal.

The tactical change made Chelsea uncomfortable, and in the sixth minute of the second half, Iello was caught in close defense by Zhang Linpeng and Mikel during the attack, and the football was accidentally cut off by Branislavic who was making up the defense.

After Ivanovic broke the ball, he naturally wanted to quickly send the ball to the front and play a wonderful wave of quick counterattacks, but Valencia's reaction from attack to defense was quick and he stood in a position, which caused him to not know how to handle the ball.

Ilo lost the ball at his feet, and immediately turned and rushed to Ivanovic who hesitated at his feet, who was caught off guard by Ilo.

Ivanovic, who had previously hesitated, immediately realized that the second conceded ball in this position was very dangerous, and reached out to hook Ailo to the ground.

Referee Roki's whistle followed and Ivanovic was shown a yellow card.

'Oh my God, ...... free-kick in this position,' said Clive Walker, frowning at the spot of the foul as the Chelsea TV commentator saw the foul.

Also frowning were the Chelsea players and fans in the stands who had a success rate for Elloh's direct free-kick at around 30 yards......

And a month and a half ago in a friendly match that scored a direct free-kick from a nearby position, and now I remember it vividly.

Sure enough, the outcome was nothing different from what they expected, with Cech out of reach and the ball hanging into the top left corner of the goal.

Instead of celebrating, Ailo turned and walked back to half-time, but it didn't affect the celebrations of the other Valencia players and the fans who came with the team.

Valencia, who led again away, were well prepared against Chelsea, who were eager to equalise, and the defenders significantly strengthened their defense on both flanks, Zhang Linpeng did not dare to step forward to assist because of Elo, while Ashley Cole on the left was obviously under pressure from Cesar Azpilicueta and Albelda, and the quality of his crosses never improved.

In order to strengthen the attack, Scolari replaced the lackluster Malouda with Luka Modric, who had returned from injury.

However, less than three minutes after Chelsea's substitution, Arlo set up David Villa to make it 3-1.

The home fans in the stands looked at each other and were two goals down halfway through the second half, which was an absolute blow to Chelsea!

Indeed, Scolari brought on Modric to use his wide vision and superb playmaking ability to ease the attacking pressure on Frank Lampard, but ...... but conceded again.

Ancelotti, who was sitting in the dugout, high-fived his assistant Baraja in celebration, and this goal basically guaranteed Valencia to take away three points away from home.