Chapter 239: Half-time farce
Chelsea were the first to attack.
West Ham voluntarily tightened their defence and they gave up possession.
Unfortunately, Costa missed both times.
In order to avoid the opponent's back, Azpilicueta and Ramirez did not attack completely.
As a result, Chelsea can only rely more on the middle of the field, but Mourinho's team is not good at the middle of the field, so Chelsea can only suffer from various positional battles and cannot threaten the opponent's door.
In the 17th minute, West Ham United won a free kick in front.
The penalty spot was just 30 yards from goal.
Payet was in charge of handling the free-kick opportunity.
Jose immediately instructed his teammates to line up the human wall.
Somewhat unexpectedly, Payet's free-kick went straight through the wall and headed towards the near corner.
Jose leaped to his feet and single-handedly blocked his opponent's direct free-kick off the line.
West Ham were awarded the first corner of the tournament.
The corner kick was taken directly to the front post.
At this point, chaos was in the Chelsea penalty area.
Ramirez got to the top of the spot, but he didn't clear the ball out of the box.
The second drop was taken by Costa.
Unexpectedly, Costa was also incomplete and the ball fell to Satra.
Faced with the big gift sent to the door, Satra was not polite and volleyed directly into the bottom right corner.
Jose was still in the centre of the goal.
It can be said that Satra's shot is a 100% goal.
Jose instantly understood why the system would give him two chances to use the plug-in.
Satra's shot came from the incomplete end of Ramirez and Costa.
Without any hesitation, Jose decisively used the first "time-out" of the game.
A one-second timeout was just enough for Jose to reach the right side of the goal.
Under the stunned gaze of the fans, Jose flew to confiscate Satra's shot.
"Whoa." Chelsea fans burst into applause from the stands.
Jose has not made many good saves this season, and although the team has conceded the fewest goals, fans have believed that it is a credit to the backline and good luck.
Today, when the fans saw with their own eyes Jose with incredible explosiveness to save Satra's must-have goal, they realized that they knew too little about Jose in the past.
They didn't know that José's performance was because he wanted to go further.
Perfection-level talent, in this world, does not exist at all.
Jose wants to be the first man in the world.
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The game continues.
Chelsea narrowly escaped but the players didn't realise what was involved.
In the 35th minute, Chelsea fans erupted in boos from the stands.
It turned out that just now, there was a scene on the pitch that Chelsea fans could not accept.
Chelsea win a corner on the right.
Kurt Zouma takes a corner kick and shoots home.
Lanzini barely managed to block on the goalline.
The opposing goalkeeper Adrian made a missed save in a panic, and the ball bounced back and continued to fly towards the goal.
Lanzini was on the stroke again when he fished the ball out on the goal line.
And the live goal saw that the ball had completely crossed the goal line.
However, the referee said that Lanzini's interception worked.
Chelsea missed an important goal.
Jose was far away, but from God's point of view, he could clearly see the ball over the goal line.
It's a pity that at this time, there is no VAR yet.
As for the first door-to-door technology?
That's just to fool the ghost.
Jose Mourinho smiled wryly at the scene.
After so many years of hard work in the Premier League, he also knows that he can't argue with the referee.
…
The roof leak happened to rain overnight.
The first half of the game went to the final stage.
Suddenly, there was a thunderclap over the pitch, sending everyone at Chelsea pale.
Nemanja Matic used a blocking foul on Satra on the wing.
The West Ham players put pressure on the referee as soon as possible, knowing full well that the referee was a must-play against Jose Mourinho's side.
After communicating with the linesman, the referee on duty, Moss, decisively showed a second yellow card to Nemanja Matic.
Two yellows turned into one red, and Matic could go to the shower early.
Costa and Xiaofa immediately approached the referee to theorize that Matic's foul was not enough to constitute a yellow card warning.
However, the referee ignored it and instead showed Costa and Cesc Fabregas yellow cards for contempt for the referee.
"Beauty is asking for trouble, don't you know that the Premier League referees don't like you?"
"Originally, the referee was still a little guilty, but seeing Costa, a yellow card was not enough to vent his displeasure."
…
Jose can clearly see Matic's foul action through God's perspective, which is purely a blocking foul that can be judged or not.
If the referee has to show a yellow card, there is no way to do it.
Nemanja Matic was sent off and Mourinho smiled on the sidelines, as if he had understood the truth of not theorizing with the blind.
However, it didn't end there.
The fourth referee felt his authority was too low and complained to the referee that Chelsea goalkeeper coach Llorisson and first-team assistant coach Sylvie Loro harassed his job.
Referee Moss decisively walked to the sidelines and sent two of Chelsea's assistant coaches off the pitch.
And just like that, the first half of the game ended in a farce.
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Intermission.
In the live chat room, the message board rolls quickly.
"Even God doesn't favor Mu Shuai anymore?"
"Let your mouth stink, and now you will be punished."
"Mu Bird get out of the Premier League."
Surprisingly, there are as many people who support Mourinho as there are those who oppose him.
Of course, there were a few who spoke in support of José, but they were quickly drowned out.
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In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues.
Jose Mourinho was in the VIP box at West Ham United.
At half-time, Jose Mourinho had been told that he could not be on the sidelines in the second half due to his failure to manage the words and actions of his assistant coach.
Could it be that the curse of "Mu three years" has begun to take effect?
People can't help but think so.
Players from both sides took to the pitch.
Chelsea made the first substitution, with Mikel coming on in place of Junior French.
José knew that the real test had only begun at this time.
There must be a reason why the system gave him two opportunities to use the plug-in.
Judging from the first half of the game, Jose believes that West Ham must have another chance to score in the second half.
Jose Mourinho is not in command from the sidelines, and the players on the pitch can only play according to the usual training cooperation.
West Ham started to pick up possession and had more shots on goal.
It's just that their shots can't threaten Jose at all.
Either Jose's 'unbeaten field' led to high or wide play, or the Chelsea defenders played bravely and blocked shots on goal.
At this moment, Jose deeply appreciated the benefits of the "undefeated field".
Jose only then learned that the most important factor affecting the effect of the "unbeaten field" was the fit of the defenders with Jose.
The more defenders think of going with Jose, the more obvious the effect of the "unbeaten field" becomes.
The offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides is not too fast, but the hearts of fans on both sides are tormented.
West Ham played at home and deserved to win with one more man.
As the defending champions, Chelsea's players are far better than each other, and even if they play one less, they should not lose.
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In the 87th minute, West Ham United organized an attack on the left flank.
Jose faces the direction of the opponent's attack and is ready to attack and block at any time.
Cresswell takes the ball and crosses away from Kurt Zouma.
A number of West Ham players in the box have been outflanked.
A bad feeling welled up in José's mind.
"No one was missed." Jose immediately glanced at the positions of everyone in the penalty area.
But Jose moved quickly towards the centre of the goal.
The ball flew over the box and landed towards the right side of the penalty area.
In the confusion, Carroll, who came on as a substitute, beat Azpilicueta to get the ball first.
Under Carroll's header, the ball flew straight towards the top right corner of the goal.
Jose knew that if it weren't for the use of the plug-in, Carroll would have scored a goal.
Since the system allows you to use the cheating twice in this game, there's nothing to worry about.
The "time-lapse pause" was used, and Jose had an extra second of reaction time.
Thanks to Jose's agility, if he is an average goalkeeper, even if he has an extra second, he may not be able to make a save.
"Whoa." The Chelsea fans burst into applause again.
As if in a demonstration, the Chelsea fans sang the 'José Song' to the referee and the home fans.
Although he blocked Carroll's must-have goal, Jose did not show a happy look, just because the task released by the system was to win.
This means that even if Jose keeps a clean sheet and the team fails to win, he will still be a failure.
It took a lot of time to accumulate 128 times, and if it was reduced to zero, Jose would be very unhappy.
However, Chelsea's attack had no effect at all.
In Jose's anxious mood, the 4th referee announced that there would be 7 minutes of stoppage time.
It's definitely an out-of-the-ordinary stoppage time.
At this time, purely from the perspective of the field, West Ham United is obviously more threatening, but they also know that in the face of Jose, there is a high probability that there is no chance to score.
As stoppage time entered the final minute, the West Ham players began to flex their defence, having come to terms with a draw at home to Chelsea.
In the last 30 seconds, Hazard cut inside with the ball and forced a breakthrough.
It's a pity that it couldn't get past the opponent's multi-person defense.
Chelsea were awarded a free-kick in front of goal, and the penalty spot was just 22 yards away.
Willian stood at the penalty spot.
Regardless of the outcome, this will be the final blow of the game.
Jose stepped out of his penalty area and headed for the penalty spot.
"Let me do it." José looked determined and whispered to William.
Hearing Jose's words, Willian was obviously stunned for a moment, he couldn't figure out why Jose would compete with him for this free kick opportunity.
"I'm 100% sure it's going in, what about you?" José continued to speak.
(End of chapter)