The Middlesbrough fans celebrated the goal wildly, and for them, it came so suddenly, and because it was so beautiful, it was as if they were in a miracle, and the cheers filled the entire riverside stadium.

Chelsea were a bit depressed.

They dominated the pitch but it didn't translate into goals, and as a result, they took advantage of a counter-attack and scored a goal for the first time in the game to threaten the Chelsea goal, so Chelsea's ability to catch chances was relatively poor.

So many fans looked at Zhang Tiehan.

When it comes to the ability to seize opportunities, they immediately think of Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan's individual ability is quite strong, if he finds opportunities in front of the goal, it is almost equivalent to a goal, in comparison, Shepchenko and Drogba are much worse.

It's just that Zhang Tiehan is now on the field, more of a full-back, with him on the right side, he can always create a threatening pass, if he goes to grab points, then Chelsea's attack can only be taught to others, so it is definitely impossible to have such a suppressive scene now.

At this time, many Blues fans are wondering why there are no two Zhang Tiehan in the team?

One to create chances, one to score, that's really perfect.

Zhang Tiehan didn't know what the fans thought, and even if he did, he couldn't have a doppelganger, and after the game restarted, he was still doing the work of the right midfielder, constantly breaking through to bring the ball to dangerous positions, and then coming to create opportunities for his teammates with a pass.

Such a table xiàn is quite eye-catching!

Even a goal from Middlesbrough would not stop the media cameras from focusing on Zhang Tiehan while the rest of the Chelsea players rushed forward in front of goal in search of an opportunity to score.

Obviously, Chelsea's players still have some ability, after all, there are so many big stars, compared to Middlesbrough. Individual and overall abilities have to be grabbed a lot.

After falling behind by one goal, Chelsea's attack was even more intense!

The on-site commentator didn't have time to talk about the game, he was only worried about the Middlesbrough goal, and the Middlesbrough goal was more dangerous than just now, and the football was almost always passing around the Middlesbrough penalty area, and the Middlesbrough fans watched the game. I don't even blink my eyes, as if I am afraid that if I blink my eyes, the football will fly directly into the goal.

At this time, Zhang Tiehan was also very tightly defended.

Middlesbrough could not let the right side be attacked like this, they sent an extra defender to make up for the defense, so that Zhang Tiehan thought of breaking into the right side of the penalty area with the ball, he had to face at least two players, and if he reached the bottom line, he would have to face even three players, so the defensive pressure was still very high. After all, the three of them are guarded, and the space alone occupies a lot, and it is impossible for Zhang Tiehan to pass the three people, even if they have the ability, there is no space.

However, Zhang Tiehan quickly found a way, that is, the position is slightly withdrawn, giving himself enough space to start and run, and many times, the passing position towards the penalty area is also slightly withdrawn, and more will choose to cooperate with teammates in the middle in a good position. Instead of going and dribbling the ball to the bottom line yourself, it turns out. In fact, the effect of passing is not good, he is not Beckham after all, and he can't control that far distance, his long pass can only be said to be good, but it is not very accurate, in comparison. Far from the goal, Zhang Tiehan's direct shot was far better than a long pass.

Despite this, Zhang Tiehan continued to storm attacks on the right flank.

His speed, his technique at his feet, his ferocity with his body on the ball. He provoked the helpless pictures of the Middlesbrough defenders again and again, all of which made him the focus of the whole game, and even when the rest of Chelsea went to shoot in the direction of the goal, it was a little boring compared to Zhang Tiehan's dribbling, although it was possible to rewrite the score, but Zhang Tiehan stopped the ball in the face of two or three people, and continued to dribble the ball forward, which was more eye-catching.

Speed, speed!

Feet, full of imagination!

This is the impression that Zhang Tiehan left on the fans, even the Middlesbrough fans who occupy the majority have to admit that although Zhang Tiehan is a Chelsea player and their enemy, his football is very good-looking, sometimes seeing Zhang Tiehan pass their own players, many Middlesbrough fans can't help but shout 'good'.

No one was upset with them, because that's what everyone in the room thought.

"It's hard to imagine a player who is 1.9 meters tall, his feet are so skilled, his feet are like they can embroider, so that the Middlesbrough defenders can't do much at all, so far in the game, they have only faced Zhang's successful defense twice, and the rest of the time, they are a group of people following Zhang and watching him pass."

Perhaps the most terrifying thing for Zhang's opponent is that Zhang is able to combine his technical and physical strengths. When technology works, he uses it; When the body can function, he uses the body, and most of the time, his technique is combined with the body, and his football is full of practicality! ”

With Zhang Tiehan's appearance, Chelsea's advantage is very large.

Middlesbrough seemed to be powerless to resist, and they had a couple of counter-attacks and a couple of push-on attacks, but the football couldn't get into the Chelsea penalty area, and it was very difficult to even think about half-time, and Chelsea were completely pressed on the pitch.

This pressure allowed the Chelsea players to keep getting chances, which could easily translate into goals.

In the 41st minute of the game, Zhang Tiehan broke through from the right side with the ball again, he and Lampard made two consecutive passes and catches, easily crossed two defenders and rushed to the right baseline, the opposing full-back Andre Taylor followed, he and central defender Riggott wrapped Zhang Tiehan one after the other, this time Zhang Tiehan did not continue to run forward.

In the face of the defense of the two, Zhang Tiehan suddenly turned to the left side and dribbled horizontally along the penalty area.

This one cut made neither of them react!

By the time they tried to catch up again, they were already a little unable to keep up, but they were not in a hurry, because there were so many players in the Middlesbrough penalty area at this time, and due to Chelsea's aggressive and pressing attack, Middlesbrough could hardly tell what a midfielder was. What are the players at the back, their three fronts are pressed very deep, and when Chelsea attack, the box is even more crowded.

In this way, even if the defense is not good, it is completely possible to deal with the offense with crowd tactics.

Zhang Tiehan dribbled the ball horizontally, and naturally knew the situation in the penalty area very well. Not only that, but he was followed by three players, all three of whom did not rush over to grab the ball, but ran sideways, simply blocking the space and not giving him a chance to shoot.

Panaby, Andre Davis, Pogetez

Zhang Tiehan couldn't name the three people, but he still felt a lot of pressure, and the three tall players were on the way to shoot, and it was really impossible for him to raise his foot to shoot.

Another person rushed behind him. It's Middlesbrough striker Yakub.

A talented Nigerian player who is now only 24 years old, Yakubu began to make a name for himself while playing for Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, and spent a season on loan at other clubs. On his return to Maccabi Haifa, he won two league titles and set an astonishing goal record, breaking the club's record for domestic and European competitions. In between, he also scored a hat-trick against Greek side Olympiagors in the UEFA Champions League.

January 2003. Yakubu left Maccabi Haifa to move to English club Portsmouth, where they won the English First Division (now known as the English Championship) that season and were promoted to the Premier League.

Yakubu left Portsmouth in 2005 and joined Middlesbrough for £7.5 million. He was most impressed by Middlesbrough's third goal at the Riverside Stadium and helped them thrash Chelsea 3-0. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season.

Yakubu also scored in Middlesbrough's 4-1 win over Manchester United and 2-1 win over Arsenal.

So when facing Chelsea, Yakubu actually has some psychological advantages. Middlesbrough have a lot of lessons to beat the big clubs, and their most important thing is to defend, as long as they can defend well. Even if you can't score, you can guarantee a draw.

The whole Middlesbrough team, even the only striker, Yakubu, has a good defensive ability.

Now, when he saw the three of the team's close defense of Zhang Tiehan, Yakubu didn't know when he retreated to defend together, and at this time he believed that he would be able to snatch the ball from the feet of the opponent's No. 9 superstar.

Four-man defense, steals

Even Zhang Tiehan rarely faces such a big pressure, there are opposing players in front and back, left and right, the only thing he can do is to try to protect one side with his body, and then use his foot skills to make the opponent dare not grab the ball lightly. In such a small space, it is not easy to be sandwiched by the opponent's four people before and after, but it is not easy to protect the ball, Zhang Tiehan was also a little anxious for a while, this position can not be stolen, not to mention the offensive opportunity or something, the opponent is likely to use this opportunity to play a wave of threatening counterattacks, not to mention, he doesn't want to waste such a good opportunity.

He gritted his teeth and kept controlling the ball.

At this time, almost everyone in the audience thought that Zhang Tiehan was definitely going to lose the ball this time, and even the head coach Grant in the coach's box couldn't help but cover his eyes, he couldn't imagine what Zhang Tiehan could do in this situation not to be robbed, he covered his face and seemed to be unbearable to look at it anymore, and Chelsea's teammates also stopped for a moment, and they also felt that Zhang Tiehan was going to be robbed this time.

"I should have passed the ball earlier." Quite a few people think so.

But Zhang Tiehan can't pass the ball now, he has been constantly controlling the ball, 'control' helps him know the movements of his teammates and opponents around him, 'seeing through' allows him to see the movements of Yakubu in front of him, his only hope is that Yakubu can't help but stretch out his foot to grab the ball, if the opponent doesn't do this, it is almost impossible for him to continue to rush forward.

This is a psychological warfare.

Yakubu didn't know what Zhang Tiehan thought, in fact, it was only two or three seconds since he came to defend now, but one player on the other side, facing four players from the team, including himself, was still controlling the ball at the edge of the penalty area, which was really intolerable!

Two or three seconds, it's a short time to say, but Yakubu can't tolerate it, it's an insult to Middlesbrough, an insult to him and his teammates' defensive ability! Now he felt that there was nothing the other party could do, so he calmly stretched his feet over. Just want to make a clean steal.

At this moment, Yakubu saw the corners of Zhang Tiehan's mouth.

He felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't think of anything wrong, but he had already put his feet down, and he couldn't stop moving, and then. Then he saw Zhang Tiehan's right foot in control of the ball, suddenly changed the action, gently pulled the ball to the left, and then pushed it coherently, the action was gorgeous and abnormal, on weekdays, Yakubu saw this kind of action, and he would definitely say disdainfully, "Flower fist embroidered legs". Even if it's not these words, the meaning is not much worse.

But now he doesn't think so.

These two actions were coherent, so that he found that he could no longer defend against the other party, the opponent pushed the ball forward, and the football went directly over him, and then he watched as the opponent's waist almost twisted out of a ninety degree, shook past him, and directly rushed out of the encirclement of four.

"How is this possible" is not seen with one's own eyes. Knowing for himself, Yakub will not believe it.

I was actually shaken over?

Yakubu's eyes widened and he subconsciously turned his head. Then he saw that after the other party passed him, he suddenly stepped on the ball with his foot and fixed it in place, the action was really rough, he couldn't believe that this was the same person as the guy with gorgeous and abnormal skills under his feet just now, but he couldn't do anything now, he could only watch his body, and his body couldn't even control it and almost fell to the ground.

The other party made another move.

That's after stopping the body. A direct pick!

The football flew high and fluttered over the heads of several people into the penalty area. Yakubu didn't know what the outcome would be, because he couldn't control it and fell to the ground.

In the Middlesbrough penalty area.

Zhang Tiehan has attracted the attention of almost all Middlesbrough players before, plus four people to defend Zhang Tiehan, especially just now they thought that Zhang Tiehan would definitely concede the goal. Middlesbrough defended a bit loosely against other Chelsea players.

Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard were both unguarded.

But seeing the football hanging into the penalty area, the Middlesbrough players reacted and hurried to defend again, but it was too late, Drogba had already run to the point first, and kicked directly on the falling football.

There was a muffled thud as the ball flew towards the Middlesbrough goal.

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to pass the ball out before, and the pass was so beautiful, when Drogba shot, he was a little flustered, although the angle of the shot was not tricky, but the distance was very close, the speed was quite fast, he didn't react at all, he could only watch the football fly into the goal

When the referee signaled that the goal was valid and pointed to the middle circle, everyone in the stadium reacted, and they all had to sigh that the football game was really ever-changing, Zhang Tiehan had to lose the ball one moment ago, and many Middlesbrough fans were still looking forward to the team's next wave of counterattacks, but the next moment the football flew into the Middlesbrough goal.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！” Sky Sports TV commentator Alfi finally reacted and let out a loud and long roar

"The ball is in! Chelsea equalised! Drogba! He received Zhang's pass and scored the ball! ”

The acceptance of Drogba's goal is limited to this, and everyone is even more surprised that Zhang Tiehan shook the wonderful table of Yakubu passing the ball under the siege of four people.

Sure enough, Alfi talked about Zhang Tiehan again, "Let's watch the big screen replay, Zhang, he faced the wall of four people and calmly controlled the ball at his feet, and shook Yakubu, turned around and picked the ball into the penalty area!" ”

"Unthinkable!"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that this was a big man of more than 1.9 meters, his feet were too flexible, Yakubu was also deceived by him to look at his waist, twisted it out of shape, I think many fans are worried that he will be injured now"

The camera on the big screen switched to Zhang Tiehan at the right time, and I saw that he was talking to Drogba, who scored the goal, and then Frank Lampard and Drogba, who rushed over, hugged him.

The three of them laughed, and they looked very relaxed.

In fact, it is also the case, for his own table just now, Zhang Tiehan doesn't have any feelings, what is calmly faced with the defense of the four, the ball accurately hoisted into the penalty area, a perfect assist, etc., Zhang Tiehan doesn't care at all, after all, he has too many defenses against several people. It was just one of his best performances on the pitch.

He's more concerned with scoring goals.

When a goal is scored, the team equalizes the score, and the game is better played.

Even Zhang Tiehan must admit that Middlesbrough's defense is really good, the team's fierce attack has only scored a goal until now, and he cuts inside to the middle on the wing. The opponent did not give him even the slightest chance to shoot directly on goal.

He can only rely on passing the ball to his teammates to find opportunities.

Now that the score is tied and the advantage is back in the hands of the team, that's all that matters. The overall strength of the team is strong, but the football game looks at the result rather than the strength, as long as the goal is the most important thing.

Drogba was quite grateful for Zhang Tiehan's assist, which was his first goal of the season, "Your pass is so beautiful! After hugging and celebrating with his teammates, Drogba thanked Zhang Tiehan.

Actually, after Zhang Tiehan came to the team. The pressure on Drogba is great.

He knows that his strength is not as good as Zhang Tiehan, just look at the goal figures, if Zhang Tiehan also plays as a center forward, he can almost only act as a substitute, even if he has a good table in the first two seasons, only the table is better in football games, and the players with better tables can naturally become the main force.

For Zhang Tiehan, who has competed, Drogba is really not confident.

A player worth more than 100 million is definitely the first in history. Even if you are not convinced, it is the same, the other party's appearance is indeed too good. It's so good that he doesn't have the heart to compete.

Because of this, he even considered leaving Chelsea, after all, Mourinho has left, he will leave with him, and he can still be the main player in other teams, and the opportunity to play is often more important than the giants. What's more, apart from Zhang Tiehan, Drogba is not afraid to compete with others, even the world's top scorers, at least their table is normal. And Zhang Tiehan can definitely not be described as normal.

But now he wasn't so worried.

The whole team knows that Zhang Tiehan intends to retreat, and he was not a pure center forward in Liverpool before, and there is no reason for the club to arrange a player worth more than 100 million yuan in the center forward position, which is definitely a waste.

Then Drogba's competition is really only Shepchenko.

Even if the opponent is one of the top scorers in the world, but this is the Premier League, Drogba and Shepchenko still have some confidence in the competition, and he believes that no matter how good the opponent is, he will not be able to completely squeeze out his position.

After the resumption of the game, Chelsea continued to maintain the intensity of their attack!

The Middlesbrough players saw Chelsea score and the clock would have been like that when the first half had passed, they didn't expect Chelsea to keep the pressure on when the game resumed, making it difficult to keep the back of the net for a few minutes.

At the same time, they had to get back into the game and defend seriously, and they didn't want to let Chelsea score again, and it would be too bad for the team to go into half-time from behind.

But it's difficult for them to keep the goal.

Chelsea's attack was so fierce and wave after wave that they looked precarious as they watched the ball fly in front of the penalty area.

At this time, Middlesbrough coach Southgate was standing on the sidelines, the big screen pointed over, only to see an anxious look on his face, that feeling is really like a year, I think that the current Southgate most hope is that time passes quickly, because every minute the Middlesbrough goal is experiencing a crisis.

Five minutes.

Four minutes.

Three minutes.

Soon it was stoppage time, Southgate's expression was much more relaxed, and as the clock passed, he felt that the goal was safe for the time being, and after the half-time adjustment, the team still had a chance.

It's a pity that Middlesbrough's goal didn't survive stoppage time in the end.

It was in the second minute of stoppage time when Frank Lampard dribbled through the middle and Schupchenko to complete the pass before moving the ball to the right.

Zhang Tiehan took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and rushed forward directly, Middlesbrough hurriedly ran over to defend, but just 20 meters in front of the penalty area, Zhang Tiehan suddenly shot with his feet.

A cold shot!

Most people didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to choose to shoot directly, this shot was so sudden that the Middlesbrough defenders didn't react, they could only turn their heads and watch the football fly towards the goal, hoping that goalkeeper Schwarzer could save the ball.

It's a pity

Schwarzer was powerless to judge the direction in the face of a cold shot that almost plunged into the corner, and he once again disappointed his Middlesbrough team-mates. (To be continued......)