Chapter 137: A Warm Embrace

Just as Torres was sprinting all the way to the Villa penalty area and ready to shoot, the linesman raised his flag.

The linesman believes that Torres is offside.

However, post-match video replays showed that Torres was not offside, which was a pure miscalculation.

Jose Mourinho was furious.

The game continues.

In the 16th minute, Oscar combined with Willian.

Willian passes.

On the edge of the box on the left, Oscar curled a shot at goal.

It's a pity that the far corner is missed.

There was a sigh from the stands of the Chelsea fans.

In the 25th minute, the Villa team had a chance to counterattack.

Ahmadi wins the ball in midfield.

Suddenly, William flew to kill and took down Ahmadi on the spot.

The referee decisively showed Willian a yellow card.

In the 35th minute, Chelsea's attacking chance.

Hazard breaks through and passes the ball.

The ball was passed to Torres.

On the right side of the penalty area, Torres shoots from a tight angle.

It's a pity that it hit high.

In the 39th minute, Villa's attacking chance.

Abonlaho headed the ball straight to Benteke's feet.

From just outside the box, Benteke volleys sideways.

The ball raced towards the right side of the goal and Cech swooped wide.

It turned out that Benteke's shot was off target.

The ball grazed the right post and deflected off the line.

In the 41st minute, Chelsea were awarded a corner on the left.

Willian takes a corner kick and smashes it straight to the far post.

Inside the restricted area, there was chaos.

A metre in front of goal on the right side of the penalty area, the unmarked Nemanja Matic scored from close range in the confusion.

The ball went in.

However, the referee said the goal was invalid.

It turned out that Matic touched the ball with his arm when he stopped the ball.

Unfortunately, Chelsea missed the opportunity.

Before half-time, Ramirez broke through with the ball.

Just as he was about to pass the ball into the Villa penalty area, Bennett made a direct tackle on him.

The referee showed the third yellow card of the game.

Chelsea were awarded a free-kick in front.

The penalty spot is about 25 yards from the goal.

Oscar was in charge of the penalty.

He opted for a direct free-kick on goal.

It's a pity that he couldn't pass the ten fingers of Guzan.

Guzan took a quick kick and Villa had a chance to counter-attack.

From 10 yards out in the Chelsea penalty area, Benteke received a pass from a team-mate and headed straight at goal.

It's a pity that the forces are too small to threaten Cech at all.

In the first half, the two sides played 0-0.

Chelsea continued to press in the second half.

It's a pity that they were out of luck today.

Several attackers had shots on goal, all of which were out of par.

First Oscar's shot from the left side of the box was deflected wide of the far corner.

Torres then fired a shot from the left side of the box after receiving John Terry's header and it was missed.

In the 61st minute, Chelsea were awarded another corner.

A short corner is taken and the ball is at the feet of Eden Hazard.

At this point, there was chaos in the Villa penalty area.

Eden Hazard passes the ball to Oscar.

On the left side of the penalty area, Oscar shoots hard from a tight angle.

The strength is very sufficient, but unfortunately the angle is average, and it was directly taken into the arms of Gu Zan.

Chelsea missed chances in quick succession, much to the chauffeur of Jose Mourinho on the sidelines.

In the 66th minute, Villa finally found a good chance to score.

Abang Lajo counter-attacked quickly with the ball.

He formed a 3-on-4 chance with Benteke and Weimann up front.

The ball is at the feet of Benteke.

Benteke shook Terry and passed the ball to Weimann.

Weiman fell to the bottom with the ball, attracting Terry and others to come forward to block.

On the right side of the penalty area, unable to break through, Weiman knocked back behind him.

The ball reached the unmarked Benteke.

On the edge of the box, Benteke shoots hard with his feet.

The ball turned into a streamer and flew towards the left side of the goal.

Petr Cech leaped to his feet and swooped down to the left of the net at lightning speed.

Only, Cech pounced.

It turned out that Benteke's shot was deflected off the goal and eventually grazed the left post and missed the bottom line.

Villa also missed a great opportunity.

In the 67th minute, Mourinho began to make substitutions.

Schurrle and Demba Ba came off the bench and were replaced by Oscar and Torres.

Jose, who was watching the game from the sidelines, did not understand Mourinho's substitution intentions.

Torres, who left Liverpool, is indeed not as good as before.

Probably when Liverpool sold people, it didn't come with an instruction manual.

In this game, although Torres failed to make a contribution, his performance was not bad.

As for Demba Ba, Jose is really not very optimistic.

As for Schurrle and Oscar, Jose also feels that Oscar is more of a threat on the field.

Mourinho, who is known as the master conductor on the spot, why did he make such a substitution?

You know, on the bench at Chelsea, there are still Frank Lampard, Mikel and Salah at this time.

Of course, Salah during the Chelsea period was a little shy and had strong personal ability, but he always lacked a domineering spirit on the field.

Just as Jose was pondering Mourinho's intentions for the substitution, the referee blew two whistles.

It turned out that when Ramirez was advancing with the ball, Benteke was brought down.

Benteke thus got his fourth Topaz card of the game.

The game continues.

A minute later, Delph was running with the ball in the middle circle.

William followed.

During the run, William stretched out his right hand and gently put his arm around Delph.

Because of this warm hug from William.

Let Delph, who has a normal orientation, shatter his Dao heart on the spot.

Delph fell.

In the process of falling, it is estimated that Delph has been silently reciting his wife's name in his heart.

"Beep, beep~" The referee's whistle sounded.

"William, you come here, in front of the public, you can't do this." The referee said solemnly, as he pulled something into his pocket.

Is this going to give cards?

In the first half, Willian had already received a yellow card, and if he took the card again, he would have been sent off directly.

Terry saw that the situation was not right and immediately went forward to explain to the referee.

"Referee, William is just gently expressing his friendliness to Delph, they really don't have a super friendship relationship, there is no need to play cards." Terry said bitterly.

"Roll the calves, in public, their movements are so intimate, say it doesn't matter, when I'm blind?" The referee ignored Terry's persuasion.

In this way, William got the second Topaz card.

Two Topaz cards, and the referee redeemed an early break for William.

Presumably, fearing that Willian was too tired, the FA also let Willian continue to rest in the next game.

Mourinho was very unhappy with Willian's early break.

"Everyone is still working the field, how can you let Willian go off the game early?" Mourinho complained to the fourth official.

However, the other party ignored it at all.

"Actually, this yellow card is completely a give-and-don't-give." So said the live commentary.

"Uncle Bird, it's not the first time that the Premier League referee doesn't want to see you." A fan left a message.

There was no way, Chelsea could only play with 10 men.

With one more player, the Villa team finally got the situation under control.

In the 74th minute, Villa counter-attacked.

Westwood passes.

On the right side of the penalty area, Bacuna shoots.

It's a pity that it was blocked.

Paul Lambert starts making substitutions.

(End of chapter)