One to zero.

Grant was still quite happy to see the football fly into the goal, although it was only a warm-up game, but it was also a game that was broadcast live to the public, and the fans would see the game, and it was also his first game in charge of Chelsea.

As long as you can score goals and win, it's much better.

In fact, since becoming Chelsea manager, Grant has been under a lot of pressure, and it is known within the club that he became the manager of the team only because the team really couldn't find a good coach in the summer, so he sat in this position in order not to delay the preparation for the new season.

What specific abilities Grant has is something that few people expect.

Everyone thinks that the team is already very strong, if it is natural to play well, it is of course a matter of Grant's ability to play badly - is there anything to say about leading such a strong Chelsea and not having good results?

This situation was something that Grant did not expect.

But now he has to deal with it, and he knows that if he wants to be recognized by the club and the fans, he has to play better - better than Mourinho, and not only the league title, but also the Champions League.

The league title must be fought for, the Champions League final must be reached, otherwise next summer he will have to pack up his things and leave.

It sounds very demanding, but in fact, more second-rate coaches in the world would like to have such an opportunity, as long as they can succeed, then they can directly enter the ranks of world-class coaches.

Taking over as Chelsea manager is an opportunity for Grant.

With an opportunity like this, pressure is inevitable, so for the first warm-up game. Grant still attaches great importance to it, and he must give an account to the fans with good results.

At the beginning of the game, he was still a little worried, mainly because the team did not do much well in terms of cooperation, and it was obvious that Zhang Tiehan was not very suitable for the team, but it was understandable, after all, Zhang Tiehan was only playing with the team for the first time. But what he didn't expect was that in this case, there was only such an opportunity, and Zhang Tiehan put the ball into the goal.

Grant had to sigh in his heart - he was indeed a world-class striker shooter!

He had been thinking about how to arrange Chelsea's gorgeous frontcourt, but now that he saw this goal, he already knew that no matter how it was arranged, Zhang Tiehan would definitely occupy a main position, not just the main force of the rotating lineup. He had to start most games.

In Grant's mind, Zhang Tiehan has become the same position-based player as Frank Lampard.

Last season, Chelsea's most appearances were undoubtedly Frank Lampard, Lampard played all the leagues, and there were very few substitutes, plus cups, Champions League and other events, Lampard played too much, Grant put Zhang Tiehan's appearance on the same position as Lampard, that is. He has truly become a regular player in the team this season.

……

A goal may not quite mean anything, but the players of the Major League All-Star team are still very depressed.

Even if you are mentally prepared. But the Major League All-Star team still didn't expect the opponent's goal to come so quickly, although this is only a commercial warm-up game, but such a fast goal is a bit too shocking, especially the goal is scored by Zhang Tiehan, who provoked before the game.

In the face of Zhang Tiehan, they were a little powerless.

It's like how their captain Donovan felt at this time, he was constantly defending. And I feel that the opponent's cooperation is not very good, but simply a single opportunity, the opponent can grasp it, and directly score the ball, this kind of efficiency is really desperate.

Donovan somewhat understands the gap between American and European football.

Now they are the same team as the United States. It's not first-class but it's not bad, it's good enough to get into the round of 32 of the World Cup and get out of the group, but against Chelsea, you can score in just one chance in ten minutes, that's the quality of the world's top teams.

"Be serious and kick well!" Donovan shouted to remind his teammates.

He is still very appealing in the eyes of American players, after all, he is Captain America, even in the major leagues, Donovan is also a very famous player, he shouted like this, and the morale of the players of the major league All-Star team was boosted a lot.

The game has only just begun, and conceding a goal is nothing.

Soon under the auspices of the referee, the game restarted, at this time, the American fans who came to the scene to watch the game were in a lot of spirits, in fact, football is not very popular in the United States, most of the American fans here are not pure fans, many of them prefer rugby or basketball, football is mostly just to watch a lively, purely support the team of fans are pitiful.

They didn't come to the scene to 'support the Major League All-Star Team'.

If you want to talk about the mentality of American fans who come to watch the game, it may be described in three points, a small number of fans did come to the Major League All-Star Team this time, and they would also watch the games of the Major League on weekdays, so they rushed over to support their favorite stars.

The second point is to watch Chelsea.

The ratings of the World Cup are still very high in the United States, even if they are not pure fans, they will watch this world's top event, in fact, the ratings of the World Cup in the United States can catch up with most of Europe, and the United States is a fairly large market.

has just experienced the World Cup, many American fans have known Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan is definitely one of the most important topics in the World Cup, and Zhang Tiehan is in Chelsea, Chelsea has many other fans who participated in the World Cup, in the eyes of many fans, even if it is to see these stars of world football on the spot, it is enough to return the ticket price.

The last point is purely to see the excitement.

These are not fans, they just heard that the big European team Chelsea came to Chicago to play a game against the MLS All-Star team, Chelsea, they don't know the name, they don't know what stars are in it, but they know about the major league soccer, then the major league soccer team selects outstanding players to form a team, and then plays with the European teams that come.

As you can imagine, this European team must be strong.

So they came and came to see the excitement of the game. Kill the time......

Whatever the reason for the American fans who rushed here, they actually have one thing in common, that is, they want the game to be more lively and better-looking, and in the eyes of many American fans, the more intense the game, the better. What does the fierceness rely on? That's the goal!

If two of the world's biggest teams play a classic match, most American fans will definitely not like to watch it, because that kind of game often doesn't have one or two goals in the whole game.

What's the point of not scoring a goal?

As for tactics, adjustments, these professional things, ordinary people don't pay attention to them, and they can't see anything exciting at all, what they look at is goals!

So when Zhang Tiehan scored. After the World Cup, Zhang Tiehan's name has also spread a lot in the United States, and many American fans who came to watch the game still know him.

So there was a discussion in the audience.

"That's Zhang! A Chinese player! ”

"I know him, the top scorer in the World Cup!"

"He's a great goal!"

"He looks so strong!"

"Great! Scoring a goal so quickly, I think he was the best on the pitch! ”

"Let's cheer him on!"

"yes, the others don't have anything to look at......"

Soon, many American fans in the stands shouted Zhang Tiehan's name. This is something that many people did not expect, and perhaps the players of the Major League All-Star Team also hope that the American fans who come to the country will more or less support them. As a result, they found that the American fans supported each other, and they really wanted to cry without tears.

Zhang Tiehan didn't expect this to happen.

In the United States, where you have never been before, playing against the Major League All-Star Team, only to have the fans in the stands shouting your name?

This......

Zhang Tiehan's mind is a little cloudy, and he can't figure out the situation, but this can't affect his performance - since American fans like him so much. Then score a few more goals to reciprocate!

That's what he's thinking, and he's doing it.

In fact, since the start of the game, Zhang Tiehan knows very well that he and his teammates are not cooperating well, but poor cooperation does not mean that he cannot score. Especially the opponent doesn't know themselves very well, maybe in their opinion, they have a tight enough defense against themselves, but they can never imagine how much European teams value themselves, and they will even use two central defenders to limit themselves, so that the defense can have some effect.

And the current Major League All-Star team didn't do that.

They just sent a player to follow them, no, maybe one and a half, the captain of the opposing side often ran over to defend, but how much effect it really has, Zhang Tiehan was noncommittal.

Now all he's missing is chances to score.

In the next five minutes, Zhang Tiehan didn't have much to say, mainly because there were not many opportunities, most of his teammates didn't know him very well, Chelsea was not Liverpool after all, he was not taken special care of in the tactics, and the position was a left forward parallel to Drogba, and the number of times he got the ball was very limited.

However, Zhang Tiehan is not in a hurry, he believes that he can pose a threat to his opponent as long as he has the opportunity.

On the pitch all he needs to do is attack.

In fact, Grant didn't even give him a little defensive task, in fact, the main reason was that Grant didn't understand what role Zhang Tiehan could play in defense, and his understanding of Zhang Tiehan was more like the introduction of the media and the observation in weekday training, he didn't think about retreating Zhang Tiehan's position at all, and subconsciously felt that Zhang Tiehan was a shooter and a striker.

Zhang Tiehan didn't know what Grant thought, of course, it didn't matter, the main thing was that the game was still very easy for him, and this was not a heavy event, so he naturally didn't have much of the mood to retreat to do defense, which would not help the team much, and it was likely to disrupt the team's formation.

It's also good to be lazy and be a striker at the front of the formation.

In comparison, Drogba is a little busy, he has been at Chelsea for more than two seasons, even if there is no defensive task in the game, he will retreat appropriately in terms of positioning, etc., so that the two forwards are side by side, but in terms of formation, Zhang Tiehan is at the front, and Drogba is a little behind.

But no one said anything about it.

In most people's eyes, Zhang Tiehan and Drogba are actually duplicated, both are tall players and very strong. Zhang Tiehan's ability is more comprehensive, but thinking about his height and figure, I subconsciously feel that he is the most suitable to play as a high school striker, and he is good at heading, and it is not unusual to be at the front.

This time, Zhang Tiehan got a chance at the front.

The Major League All-Star team isn't bad, and in fact they're no small offensive threat. This time they did a great job of attacking together, with a quick run down the flanks to find a chance for a cross for the players who came in behind, and captain Vanno in the box headed straight at Terry.

The football flew out.

Joe Cole was near the penalty area and cleared straight into the front.

This kick is very powerful and the kick is very positive, and it will be sent directly to the big league penalty area, as if waiting for the opposing goalkeeper to attack and get the ball. But when many people didn't expect it, Zhang Tiehan, who had been 'idle' in the front court, rushed forward directly after Joe Cole kicked off.

When the football landed, Zhang Tiehan was only more than one meter away from the football.

But he still didn't catch up, seeing that the football was bounced high and was about to fly into the penalty area, Zhang Tiehan was still running fast behind to chase the ball, and the speed really caught up with the speed of the football. However, football still rushed fast, and the goalkeeper of the Major League All-Star team also attacked.

This time it's a clash between the two!

The goalkeeper of the Major League All-Star team is still a little panicked. Because the football was high and took off, he wanted to find a place to hold the ball, but by the time he was optimistic about running forward, Zhang Tiehan had already rushed to the ball.

The two rushed to the football almost at the same time.

Zhang Tiehan jumped high and seemed to be about to head the ball, while the goalkeeper of the Major League All-Star team was holding the ball with both hands. Everyone in the stadium looked over and watched the confrontation between the two carefully, but often in this case, it is difficult for the attacking players to have any chances, mainly because the goalkeeper can use his hands. The offensive player can only use his head, which is too big, and it is too cheap to raise his hands high and then jump up, and if the offensive player has physical contact with the goalkeeper, it is easy to cause a foul against the goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper of the Major League All-Star Team thinks the same way.

He stood steadily, and when he was about to jump up to catch the ball, but at this moment, he suddenly found that the guy in front of him was a little faster.

Just one point! But enough!

He almost watched as the opponent pushed the ball to the side, but at this time his legs had jumped up hard, and as a result, he didn't receive anything, while Zhang Tiehan passed by him, rushed headlong into the goal, and stood up after the goal line.

The audience was stunned.

Both of them reacted quickly, the football rolled to the side, the goalkeeper of the Major League All-Star team hurried over to hold the ball, Zhang Tiehan also turned around and rushed over, but Zhang Tiehan touched the ball first, and the goalkeeper was about to save on his heel, just when everyone was thinking about how Zhang Tiehan was going to respond, they found that he shot with his backheel almost secretly in an instant.

A back-heel kick!

The ball rolls past the goalkeeper's foot and directly into the goal.

Two to zero!

There was an uproar in the whole stadium, mainly because the goal process was too ups and downs, and many major league All-Star players regretted not chasing back, they didn't expect the goalkeeper to not grab the ball, you must know that the goalkeeper can use both hands...... And American fans don't think so much, they just think that the one-on-one between the goalkeeper and Zhang Tiehan just now is very interesting, and the ball grabbing is very intense, it seems to have become a rugby, not football.

Very interesting.

After the uproar, many fans immediately burst into cheers.

They feel that their support has not been done in vain, look! Now this guy has scored again, two goals in the whole game, both of them are from this guy, he did such a beautiful job!

So the scene 'Zhang! Sheet! The shouts intensified.

In fact, for many local Chicago fans, the Chicago accent 'Zhang' is still difficult to pronounce accurately, and 'Zhang' has even been pronounced as 'zang' or even 'ang', or just a 'ah', but this does not affect everyone to know whose name they are shouting.

There are so many players on the scene, and there is only one player with a single pronunciation, Zhang Tiehan!

And he just scored again!

So the scene seems to be completed and turned into Zhang Tiehan's home field...... That's right, it's Zhang Tiehan's home stadium, not Chelsea's home stadium, not the home of the Major League All-Star team, or Zhang Tiehan's home stadium.

This is a very interesting thing, which makes many players very jealous of Zhang Tiehan.

Even Chelsea team-mates ......

Together, they came to the United States to participate in the business warm-up competition. As a result, American fans supported Zhang Tiehan alone...... It's, well, hard to accept, but the reality is that no amount of jealousy they can stop the American fans from being enthusiastic about Zhang Tiehan, as for the rest of the Chelsea players. were ignored by many fans.

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Soon the game was restarted.

The frustration of the players of the Major League All-Star Team can be imagined, conceding two goals, it was supposed to be a home game, but the fans went to support the opposing players, and the game was really sad.

They just hope that the team can recoup some of the disadvantages.

At least catch up with a ball, right?

I have to say that American players are very sportsmanlike, which may have something to do with their educational environment, no matter how passive the game is, in fact, they participate in the game. Enjoyment is much more important than the real battle of victory and defeat, and they will not give up the game even if they are passive.

So when they attacked again, they still kicked fiercely.

But at this time, Chelsea led by two goals, and without pressure, everyone played very openly, so the Major League All-Star team could not play any advantage.

Compared to Chelsea, in terms of physicality, the two teams are about the same. The American players are strong, but the Chelsea players are just as strong. They are not weak Spanish, Portuguese or South American players, they are all players who have mixed up in the Premier League, and their bodies are a big advantage.

In terms of technique, Chelsea have some advantages.

Every Chelsea player has a good technique, and the English players have a relatively rough technique, but compared to the American players. They still have some advantages, especially many frontcourt players, such as Zhang Tiehan, Joe Cole and others, whose skills are much better than those of American players.

Chelsea's biggest strength is still in terms of technique and tactics.

As a top team 'tuned' by Mourinho, Chelsea has played very well technically and tactically. Even if there are a number of players in the summer and there are many newcomers in the squad, the core of Frank Lampard and John Terry is still there, and their skills and tactics are a notch higher than the opposition.

The strength is stronger than the opponent, and the table is not weaker than the opponent, Chelsea naturally occupy the advantage of the situation.

In this case, it is not unusual for Chelsea to score again, but what many people did not expect was that the next goal still belonged to Zhang Tiehan.

It was a set-piece.

Frank Lampard dribbled in front of the box and was denied by a foul and Chelsea were awarded a free-kick. Chelsea have a number of penalty takers, with Joe Cole, Frank Lampard and Wright Phillips all available in this position, but Zhang Tiehan took his chance.

"I'll give it a try." Zhang Tiehan said directly.

Joe Cole and Lampard naturally won't grab him, Wright Phillips is not confident that he can score, and it is only a free kick opportunity in front, so it naturally doesn't matter, so Zhang Tiehan got the opportunity.

If it weren't for the on-site viewing, few people realized that Zhang Tiehan could also play a very technical curveball, and most of the fans' impressions of Zhang Tiehan were straight, power-based, strong, fierce, etc., in short, no matter what the impression was, it had nothing to do with the curveball.

The same goes for Major League All-Star players.

They expelled the human wall, more to prevent Zhang Tiehan from making a direct and powerful shot, and they didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to kick a free kick with a large arc to hang the goal.

As a result, they watched as the football slashed over the wall and hoisted directly into the corner of the goal.

There is no suspense in entering!

Zhang Tiehan once again showed his free kick footwork in front of people, in fact, the reason why he wants to grab the free kick in this position, is also because he is very good at this position, in the weekday training, he did a lot of arc kicks in this position, and Beckham learned free kicks, Zhang Tiehan only learned a third - he will only have a few positions of the curve ball, remember that feeling, and can play very accurately, other positions are not very sure, after all, he can not remember the feeling of each position.

But the goal was still surprising.

When the football re-entry flew into the goal, the cheers of the American fans at the scene rose to a new level!

"The ball is in! GOAL！ Third goal! Hat-trick! The on-site commentator exclaimed and said excitedly, "This is Zhang!" Zhang from Chelsea! He was the top scorer in the World Cup, and now he is showing that he is better than the average player! Half! Three goals! It's really hard for our players to stop him......"

That's how the MLS All-Star players feel, too.

Three goals in the half, they don't know what to say, disappointment and depression are certain, even if this is a commercial warm-up game, but in the game at home, you can't be kicked so badly by the other side, right?

It's not a close game at all, it's like you're being abused by the other side!

They're the MLS All-Star team...... Even if the opponent is a strong European team, the gap can't be so big, right? Now what they hope most is that the opposing head coach will replace this No. 9 as soon as possible, otherwise they will not have the fighting spirit to continue the game. (To be continued......)