Chapter 295: Empiricism Kills People (1)
Stamford Bridge, Fulham area, London, England.
This Chelsea home match against Porto has been played in the 30th minute of the first half, and the score is still 1-0, with the home team in front and the away team behind.
Since the 20th minute of the game, Didier. Since Didier Drogba helped Chelsea open the scoring, the two teams have gone back and forth, and Porto has relied on a set of 433 tactics for defensive counterattacks, and in the past 10 minutes, they have played on a par with Chelsea.
However, the anchor Creed. Peswak read the stats in his hand, which clearly showed the situation for both teams in those 10 minutes: "Chelsea had 57 per cent possession, 141 passes, 16 turnovers, three shots on goal and two on the woodwork. ”
“…… Porto managed 43 per cent possession, 83 passes, 12 turnovers, 1 shot on goal and 0 goals on goal. ”
Obviously, from a scientific point of view, Chelsea still have an absolute advantage.
In fact, as the core of Chelsea's attack, Wang Li has been adapting to the style of play in the forward position in the past 10 minutes, which has made Chelsea's passing frequency rise sharply, and in 10 minutes, he created two shooting opportunities for his teammates, but unfortunately Gudjanssen and Robben's shots were saved by the opposing goalkeeper Baya, which also made both teams not score in 10 minutes.
And Porto's counter-attacking momentum was not at all, the front big man Alberto was stubbornly defended, he couldn't run at all, and Diego's performance was not satisfactory, and now because Chelsea have been attacking, he is even involved in defense at the back.
Porto's youngster Ricardo. Quaresma has been roaming the flanks, looking for a goal, but his eyes have been on Chelsea's No.21, who is Wang Li.
Quaresma entered the Sporting Lisbon Junior Football School at the age of 8 and debuted from Sporting Lisbon at the age of 18, he inherited the Portuguese style of foot skills, and was called the Lisbon double pride with C. Ronaldo at the time, but compared to C. Ronaldo, who was not consistent at the time, Quaresma was the absolute core of the Sporting Lisbon team.
Such a good and consistent performance also led Barcelona to buy Figo after his departure, but in Spain, the slightly immature Quaresma still fell into a sustained slump. In 22 league games for Barcelona, he scored just one goal, a far cry from expectations, and for a long time afterward, Quaresma could only watch with envy as his younger brother Cristiano Ronaldo in Lisbon went to the Premier League.
As a result of this up-and-down football journey, Quaresma worked extremely hard in training, and he always dreamed of becoming a man like Luis. A big star like Figo. Then, at the age of 21, he was sent to Porto by Barcelona in exchange for Deco.
In the midst of misfortune, Quaresma finally achieved the absolute main position in Porto with superior strength after returning to the Portuguese league.
And now, the Portuguese star knows that the strength of the opponent's No. 21 youngster is the strongest in Chelsea, even stronger than his friend C. Ronaldo in Lisbon.
In the first 30 minutes, Wang Li has broken through him 5 times in a row, but this not only did not discourage Quaresma, but anyway, it lifted his spirits, and he has been planning in his mind to use his gorgeous footwork to give Wang Li a round of rotation - if Quaresma finds a chance, he will definitely get the field back.
On the pitch, Chelsea were awarded a free-kick opportunity, but Wang Li kicked the ball on the left post of Porto, causing the game's on-site commentator Creed to exclaim: "The post blessed Porto today." ”
A counter-attack by Porto followed, but it did not pose much of a threat to Chelsea, and football was back at the feet of the Chelsea players.
The game Frank. Frank Lampard is the hub of Chelsea's entire backfield, and although he can do well in the midfield position, Mr Mourinho has given up on him, the most important reason being that he is not very good in terms of individual qualities, such as his dribbling ability. But, despite this, Frank Lampard has relied on team-mates to return well in various Chelsea competitions, arguably the most secure man in the squad, along with captain John Terry and midfielder Makelele – and perhaps now with a Douglas up front.
Frank Lampard received the ball and passed it directly to Wang Li, which he did almost every time in this game.
Although everyone in the stadium could see that with the passage of time, Porto's defense of Wang Li became more and more tight, but this tightness did not have much impact on Wang Li, after so many games, it can be said that Lampard's most trusted on the field is the brunette boy who just joined the team this summer, because he can do almost anything!
As soon as Wang Li got the ball, Quaresma pressed up.
Looking at the kid in front of him with a moxican and a somewhat stubborn face, Wang Li couldn't help but have some admiration psychologically, in this game, he clearly remembered that this kid had been shaken off at least 4 times by himself, and he didn't know how many times he was thrown away when he cooperated with his teammates, in this case, the Portuguese in front of him can still continue to participate in the defense seriously, at least psychologically, he fully meets the standard of a star's success.
This time, Wang Li didn't choose to break through, he just kicked the ball to his team-mates and ran towards the middle, leaving the position to Frank Lampard, who had just stepped forward.
And at the moment when Wang Li passed the ball, Quaresma silently and firmly said in his heart that he must snatch the ball back this time, and it is best to play 1v1 with this black-haired kid once, and use his skills on the court to find 'face'. However, just when his body started to run to keep up with Wang Li, Quaresma found that his idea was really wrong, he had just taken two steps, and the moment he looked up, he had already reacted, but he and the black-haired boy had already been 3 positions apart!
Then, Quaresma saw that the brunette was touching his teammate Jorge. After Costa, the running speed did not stop, but the body did a strange move at the same time, and flashed directly next to the latter!! Quaresma, on the other hand, did not react at all during the rapid run, and crashed directly into Costa's body - so Quaresma 'hugged' Jorge. Costa fell to the grass together.
The hilarious scene caused the Chelsea crowd to burst into laughter, as they all laughed at the inadequacy of the Porto players and their desire to follow in the footsteps of the dance master on the pitch.
Immediately, the eyes of the Blues fans turned away from the two Porto youngsters who had just gotten up from the grass and spat indistinctly, because the game was not over at all, and when Wang Li ran near the line of the penalty area, he received Damien. Duff's straight stopper.
"Chance!!"
All eyes were on the goal, and Blues fans knew that the position was already within range of Wang Li, and they were all looking forward to it as long as he found a good chance to lift his foot and hit the goal.
The Porto defender next to him had the opposite in mind.
In the first 30 minutes of the game, the black-haired kid's choice at this point was almost always to pass the ball to Frank Lampard, Gudjanssen or Drogba, so the moment Wang Li received the ball, the rest of Porto's backfield except Pepe rushed to step up the defense against the rest of the Chelsea players.
Indeed, this approach made Wang Li even stunned for a moment, of course he was not at a loss, but he couldn't understand why these Porto players didn't come to stop him from shooting!?
Whatever the reason, though, at least now he has a chance!
The corners of Wang Li's mouth twitched, his right foot took the ball to the left, his body followed while protecting the ball, while adjusting his posture, and after two steps, he directly turned around and waved his leg to volley!! Pepe, who was next to him, didn't react at all, and until this time, he was still observing the other Chelsea players, thinking about who Wang Li would pass the ball to!?
I have to say, empiricism kills people!!
Under the gaze of the fans of the whole stadium and the chagrin eyes of the Porto players next to him, the football almost crossed a straight line in the air and flew directly into the corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Baya was dumbfounded, obviously helpless, he could only symbolically jump to the left, but nothing was blocked.
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!” Seeing that the black-haired boy on the field finally scored, Creed couldn't help but roar, and even shouted to the end, his voice was a little hoarse, and after reacting, he hurriedly picked up a flat of mineral water on the table and drank it-"...... goal!! goal!! Master of Dance, Allen. King's goal!! A precise long-range shot, straight to the corner of the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper has nothing to do!! This is Allen, our master dancer, and his long-range shot is truly a stunt!! ”
“…… Let's take a look at the slow-motion replays on the big screen, oh my God, it's such a precise shot, I don't know how Allen managed to get such a precise long-range shot, and his ability to score goals for Chelsea is always possible. ”
“…… In the 35th minute of the first half, Allen. Wang's long-range shot was a goal for Chelsea, and now the score is 2-0, and from here, I even know that today's game will definitely be a big win, even if the great Mr. Mourinho has announced the line-up before the game, but it seems that these Portuguese are still helpless, this is the difference in strength......"
Having just scored a goal by Chelsea, there was a sarcastic voice from Creed, which made Mr. Fernandes extremely unhappy, for the first time in his life, he regretted why he wanted to learn English, if he couldn't understand these words, maybe it was just a fly in his ear, but now he can only cover his ears with his hands and endure this torment.
After scoring the goal, Wang Li didn't wait for his teammates to come to celebrate, he ran directly to a camera near the corner flagpole and made a kiss gesture with a smile on his face, which made the reporters next to him all excited.
Obviously, combined with what Wang Li said before the game, the meaning of his gesture is coming out.
It is said that the French are romantic, but the English are not much different, many media reporters have been thinking about writing a romantic story of the prince and the princess tomorrow to attract the attention of fans, there is no doubt that now this brunette boy has become the prince charming in the minds of many English girls, young, handsome, golden, bright and romantic, many male surnames attract attention The halo is added to him, so that many single reporters are a little jealous of the princess Angela of the royal family at this time.
Chelsea 2:0 Porto.
After seeing Wang Li score the second goal, Mourinho on the bench on the sidelines now breathed a long sigh of relief, although he vowed that Chelsea would definitely win, and also declared that this game would be an absolute victory, but in fact he was still a little afraid of losing the game, but now that the team is leading 2:0, he can already put down a heart.
……………… If the Porto players were calm when they were down by one goal, but now they are two goals down, everyone is in a hurry, they flew from Portugal to London with the hope of victory, and the current score seems to tell them that the team is going to lose.
This is certainly unacceptable to the Porto players.
Even if the coach on the sidelines did not make any big changes on the spot, but ** Ertu under the command of the captain on the field, still launched several big attacks, seeing this situation, Mr. Fernantes did not say much, in fact, in this situation, Porto can only attack, if you can pull back a goal in the attack, then it will definitely be very helpful for the second half of the game, one goal behind and two goals behind, in the heart is by no means a concept.
At this time, the Spaniard is still a little glad in his heart, this set of 433 formation is the formation used by Mourinho in Porto last season, when the Spaniards came to Porto, only slightly changed it, and the results in the league also proved that it is indeed very suitable for Porto, this change of formation is very diverse, both can be a regional defensive counterattack formation, and can be pulled forward in the midfield to form a diamond-shaped position to change to an offensive formation, so that the offensive and defensive are only a small transfer.
Of course, this lineup also has a disadvantage, that is, it requires a high level of ability from the players, and if it is an ordinary small team, it is impossible to use this formation even if the coach's level is high.
As soon as Porto started attacking, Chelsea began to defend tightly. John Terry's on-the-spot command was absolutely impressive, and he hurriedly called for a few midfielders to drop back and stabilize his formation.
In the 39th minute, Ricardo on the wing. Quaresma ran in the air, the backfield Sitaridis made a long pass, and the football flew directly over Wang Li's head in the air and fell directly in front of Quaresma, I have to say that this long pass is indeed very accurate, and even Wang Li couldn't help but give a thumbs up when he saw this scene.
After Quaresma won the ball, one turned back to protect the ball and put next to William. Garras was left behind and faced Wayne. Brigitte's bag intercepted, and he hurriedly stabbed the ball with his backheel to Leal, who was inserted, and then turned and dodged to the left, just in time for Leal's pass.
The action was taken together to show Quaresma's outstanding individual ability, which excited the Porto fans, who were almost silent in the stadium.
That wasn't the end of the story, though, as Quaresma glanced up at the box after receiving the pass, followed by a pinpoint through ball that the Chelsea defenders in the box didn't react to, sending the ball flying straight past Carvalho and Terry.
At this time, Postiga and Diego happened to be on the other side of the penalty area, but unfortunately the two who followed up did not react and leaked the ball over the bottom line.
Mr. Fernandez on the sidelines rubbed his head regretfully when he saw this scene, this opportunity was really the best opportunity in the first half, if this goal could be scored, the next game would be much better.
If only it were Alberto. The Spaniard couldn't help but think, and then he turned his head to look at the bench, and a young man with brown skin and short lean hair came into his eyes. Mr. Fernántes held his chin in one hand and thought, 'Should I give him a chance?' ’
……… Chelsea's counter-attack failed to bring the goal to the back of the net. Arjen Robben was tackled directly by an opposing defender on the wing.
Arreas won the ball in the middle and, after a few links with Diego, passed the ball to Maniche on the wing, who was the hero of last season's Porto treble, his quality was unquestionable, and his footwork was very precise, and in the face of the incoming ball, he directly lobed into the penalty area, and the ball fell right towards Alberto's point.
More than a dozen games in Porto this season have proven that only Alberto is the most trustworthy striker.
However, Alberto was unable to 'fight' this time, he was stuck in the penalty area by Chelsea captain Moonmark Terry, and there was nothing he could do about the ball, and in the end, the football was kicked off the sideline by Bridget, which resolved the Chelsea defensive crisis.
In the last few minutes of the game, two goal crises have left the hearts of Blues fans hanging, but thankfully the score has not changed now, and Chelsea are still two goals ahead, and everyone knows that as long as Chelsea enter the second half with a two-goal advantage, then Porto will have little hope of winning.
Bruno Fernandes is well aware that Porto want to equalise in the second half when they are two goals down is almost impossible task, given that this is Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's turf.
So, the Spaniard stood anxiously on the sidelines, shouting to direct the team's attack, and under this command, the morale of the Porto players also seemed to be somewhat uplifted, and they reorganized the attack every time they failed.
But one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion.
The same could be said of Porto's attack, when they attacked again, the ball was cut off by Chelsea just past the halfway line, and Chelsea counter-attacked.
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(To be continued)