Chapter 55: Overtake!
"Derby County are going to make a substitution!"
The wonderful game on the field made people ignore the actions on the sidelines, but when the fourth official raised the substitution card, the camera still pointed over for the first time.
"Wansheng replaced Rishi Ferdinnan with Kluivert. Replacing the midfielder with a striker, is Derby County going to step up the attack? But I don't think it's a smart choice, and now Derby County should strengthen their defense a bit and hold on to a draw is the best option."
Said the London TV commentator.
It's not just him who says it, many people think it too, such as the fans in the audience and the reporters in the media seat.
Derby County fans are quite satisfied with the current score of 1:1, in fact, even before the game, not many Derby County fans think that the team will be able to win against Chelsea, in their opinion, against the strong Chelsea, a draw is completely acceptable, not to mention, this game the team was also blown off a penalty, in this case, to draw with Chelsea, Derby County has played quite well, if they were given the choice, they would rather not risk to keep the draw than to risk the victory.
The same goes for journalists.
Journalists who support both sides, from the side of Derby, agree that 1:1 is perfectly acceptable.
Those reporters who supported Chelsea, when they saw this substitution, their faces were not good, and they kept cursing in their hearts that Wan 8∴ win, 1:1 was not satisfied?
What is he going to do?
Is it hard to be satisfied if you have to beat Chelsea? I'm not afraid that my heart will be too big and my body will burst!
However, there are still some people who are looking forward to Derby County.
Everyone knows that Derby County is very good at attacking, even if they defend the whole game, but in the second half Derby County attacked and defended well, and now there are often wonderful tables on the field, so if you change to a striker, will the attack be more gorgeous and threatening?
However, with Kluivert, it has no effect. It's hard to say.
After replacing Kluivert, Derby County has become three forwards - Ian Taylor, Kluivert and Van der Vaart, so that the formation becomes 433, similar to Chelsea's formation, as the core of Morris stands in the middle of the team, the position of the two full-backs Ribery and Ivan Crewe is just right to support Ian Taylor and Van der Vaart in front, this 433 formation looks good, the offensive ability of the six players in the front and midfield is good, but will Derby County play 433? That's the big problem.
At this time, it is better for Derby County to be conservative, and what to do in case they are beaten by Chelsea in the final stage, and the media and fans who support Derby County are still very worried. While they expect the team to have a good performance, they will also be very worried about the team.
At the last moment, it is naturally good to take a fight, but there is also a risk. It's good to bet on winning a game, and it's good to bet on losing a game
Everyone can see that Wansheng's substitution is about to fight.
Chelsea could see it and it made them angry.
Originally, 1:1 should be unacceptable to them now, but before the game they came with a big winning mentality, but the game was like this, and they couldn't take advantage of it on the field. The results seem. The opponent is still not satisfied, and wants to score again, and wants to beat them for victory.
But they are still not satisfied with the draw, so the next thing is to attack. See if they can score or if the opponent can score!
It's the last stand!
When the game resumed, Chelsea's attack on Derby County was noticeably much more intense, with Arjen Robben, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff. The left, right and centre three took turns to charge towards the Derby half.
In this case, the Derby County defence also had to shrink a little, and the result was two minutes in a row. Derby County were unable to produce a wave of attack.
"Wansheng's substitution did not have any effect at all," one commentator gloated.
Replacing Kluivert was obviously a signal to strengthen the attack and give it a last shot, but as a result, Derby County was attacked by Chelsea in a hurry, and this substitution naturally lost its effect.
Many people also gloated in their hearts.
But soon as Chelsea's attack was interrupted, Derby County organised a steady wave of attacks, led by Morris.
Morris still looked very calm in the face of Chelsea, Chelsea pressed very strongly, but Morris was more calm after receiving the pass at the back, and when Robben wanted to counter-attack, he dodged Robben with a small change of direction, and did not mean to pass the ball to his teammates at all.
After taking a few more steps, Robben was reluctant to chase back, and it was only then that Morris made a solid pass to Ian Taylor in front of him.
Ian Taylor didn't stop the ball and kicked it back to Layton Baines on the wing, who then transferred it to Alfred, who passed forward and the ball was back at Morris's feet.
At this time, the Derby County formation pressed forward, and the football had reached near the halfway line.
Although it was only a constant match from the back, the cheers of the Derby County fans still rang out, and the continuous cooperation was still very pleasing to the eye, this kind of exquisite football is rare even in the Premier League.
After Morris received the pass, he seemed to want to bring himself forward, and Robben next to him wanted to grab the ball again, but Morris wiped it again and dodged Robben, this is the third time the two have met in this attack, and this action also made the on-site commentator Alfei gloat, "Robben is a sharp weapon for Chelsea's attack, but his defense is really average, and his interception has no effect on Morris at all." ”
I don't know what Robben thinks at this point, but that's what happened.
After dodging Robben, Morris calmly pushed the ball to Ribery on the wing.
In this game, Ribery started the game and did not have a very good performance so far, which is related to the fact that the team has been suppressed, and his left side has to face Damien Duff, who is stable in defense, and it is a little difficult to rely on individual ability to impact.
But this time, Ribery still rushed up, because he knew very well that if he wanted to help the team, he should not only cooperate with his team-mates, but also rely on his own ability to impact the opposition's defence, otherwise he would not be as good as Ivan Crewe on the left.
This is also a question that Wan Sheng reminded him more than once in private.
Although many times before, Wan Sheng was not very happy with him always being cut off. But Ribery has to judge when to dribble the ball himself and when to work with his team-mates, rather than just trying to keep the football on his side, if that's the case, it doesn't matter if Ribery doesn't play or not, because many players can guarantee this, but it is difficult to put pressure on the opposition's defence.
Ribery's biggest characteristic is speed and technique, so Wan Sheng allowed him to make some breakthroughs when he got the ball. As for when to make a breakthrough, it is up to him to make his personal judgment.
And now is the good time.
When Ribery got his hands on the ball, he rushed forward with the ball almost immediately
Ribery didn't watch many times in the whole game, so Chelsea didn't expect him to suddenly rush up, and Damion Duff, who was opposite him, was right next to Ribery, who was more of a pass before, and he didn't pay much attention to it, so he didn't react at all. It was directly broken through by Ribery.
Seeing this, Chelsea fans exclaimed.
They have some concerns about the team's defense.
Ribery continued to push forward, and when he did get the ball, it was a little too fast. Chelsea struggled a bit in the face of his onslaught, only to find Gallas and Frank Lampard running over to block when he was almost on the line with the ball. At this time, Ribery did not make another breakthrough, because he knew that neither of them was easy to deceive, let alone that. The two men came together to defend, so he immediately passed the ball back to Layton Baines behind him.
When the football got to the feet of Leiton Baines, Chelsea immediately got nervous.
In the second half, Layton Bynes scored the equaliser for Derby, and it was a long-range shot, so even if he is a full-back, no one dares to underestimate him, although he is not in a good position at the moment, and the angle of the diagonal angle towards the goal is small, but who knows if he will be in great form and have another long-range shot?
So Frank Lampard immediately turned around and dwelt on it.
But Layton Baines won't get tangled with Lampard, he's not the kind of player with very good technique at his feet, and he knows it's hard to pass the ball when he's entangled, so he takes the lead and pushes the ball to the right back.
There was Morris running over.
By this time, the Derby County formation was already quite forward, the two full-backs Baines had reached the vicinity of the penalty area, Ziegler's position was also past the halfway line, and even the central defenders Alfred and Marcus were slowly running towards the halfway line, which was completely a siege of the Chelsea goal.
But no one noticed this, instead staring in the direction of the Chelsea penalty area.
In the Chelsea penalty area, Kluivert's constant running from side to side gave Carvalho a headache to the side of him, but he could only keep up, and the running of the two made the box a little chaotic, and just as Kluivert was running to the right, Morris pushed the ball to the right side of the box.
Carvalho subconsciously felt that the ball was passed to Kluivert!
Many fans in the stands also exclaimed at the same time!
But Mourinho, who sat in the Chelsea dugout, was in the water, and he saw more, and it was not only Kluivert who stepped into the right-hand box, but also the opposing striker Van der Vaart.
Van der Vaart!
That's a lot more threatening than Kluivert.
Not to mention the individual ability and state of the two, at this time Kluivert still has Carvalho defending by his side, but the team's defense is a little chaotic, and Van der Vaart has no one to defend at all!
Sure enough, Kluivert didn't run in the direction of the football at all, he just took two steps to that side and turned his head directly to look at the goal, and at the same time Van der Vaart was already close to the football.
"Van der Vaart—" Alfi only then reacted, and immediately exclaimed!
The audience's outcry was also raised by one section!
But under everyone's gaze, Van der Vaart jumped over in the football, and didn't raise his foot to shoot at all, and the next moment everyone noticed that there was a Derby County player behind Van der Vaart rushing over, it was the right forward Ivan Crewe!
Ivan Crewe rushes to the ball!
He picked up his right foot!
It was already a desperate gamble on the whole line of Derby, and all hopes of victory were on his feet, Ivan Crewe gritted his teeth, suppressed the excitement in his heart, stared at the goal, and slammed his right foot directly at the ball
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, clenching his fists tightly.
Seeing Van der Vaart's movements, he was not surprised, this is a small area of cooperation that Derby County often practice in training, if Van der Vaart shoots directly, there is no suddenness, he dangles, Ivan Crewe goes to shoot, it will definitely have a better effect, and the goalkeeper will save in a hurry.
But the specific thing is that you can't score, and it depends on the temporary play!
The tactics are done, the cooperation is done, the desperate offense has a chance, and everything depends on this kick!
Under everyone's attention, Ivan Crewe's right foot pumped the ball, and the football flew towards the Chelsea goal, Ivan Crewe was unstable and rushed forward two steps after the shot, and during the whole process, his eyes were fixed on the football, wanting to see the result of the shot as soon as possible.
The ball was shot into the near corner, the angle was there, and the power was big enough, and Cudicini in front of the goal almost subconsciously stretched out his arms, and his body jumped up and pounced in the direction of the football.
Then he touched the ball!
"Ivan Crewe's shot!! g Cudicini! Cudicini! He made world-class saves! ”
The London narrator immediately yelled, and his tone relaxed.
But he rejoiced a little too soon.
The ball was touched by Cudicini, bounced into the air and flew forward, hitting the post with everyone's attention, and then bounced straight back into the box.
Suddenly, Kluivert's eyes lit up when he was standing in front of the door!
He didn't do anything just now, just kept running in the penalty area, which was what Wan Sheng told him to do, the purpose was to disrupt Chelsea's defense in the penalty area, and the effect was not bad, at least Carvalho just followed him, and attracted enough attention to give his teammates a chance, but the goal had nothing to do with him.
But now football is just around the corner!
Even if Kluivert hasn't regained his former form, his nerves at the top of his game play a role when football is in front of him, and he runs forward faster than Carvalho, and no one reacts faster than Kluivert.
Cudicini, who was lying on the ground, was still excited about his miraculous save when he felt a dark shadow appear in front of him.
He didn't know why.
Looking up, a Derby County player had rushed into the air.
Kluivert rushed straight over and slammed his head on the oncoming ball without hesitation.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the football instantly turned in a different direction and rushed directly into the unguarded gate.
"Kluivert! Kluivert! The ball is in! The ball is in! goooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!! ”
"Kluivert's stoppage!"
The on-site commentator Alfi shouted, "In the 86th minute of the game, Kluivert's header helped Derby County overtake the score!" ”
“2:1! 2:1! Derby County leads! (To be continued......)