Chapter 248: Both Strikers Are Dirty
A simple pre-match handshake ceremony.
Unexpectedly, the atmosphere at the home of Fox City turned out to be very enthusiastic.
Leicester City can not be the credit of any one person to achieve today's results, unlike when Villa relied on Jose alone.
Although Jose rarely pays attention to other teams, he also knows that Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante are definitely the three cornerstones of Leicester City.
N'Golo Kante, in particular, is definitely Leicester's midfield barrier.
As for Jose's former teammate Albrighton, after coming to Fox City, he has also improved a lot.
Claudio Ranieri is not much of a tactician, but he has a knack for tinkering with existing squads and motivating his players.
Under the tutelage of Ranieri, Leicester City instantly jumped from a relegation team to a championship-level team.
If it had been a year ago, Chelsea's win over Leicester would have been no problem, but this season there has been a lot of skepticism.
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Chelsea drew a fresh kick-off.
In the middle circle, Costa tee off and passed straight back to Ramirez.
Chelsea immediately set up the first wave of attack.
It's just a pity that when the Fox City took the initiative to shrink the defense, they failed to find a shooting opportunity, but instead allowed the Fox City to get a counterattack opportunity after breaking the ball.
Mahrez takes the ball and takes it to Hudao.
Against the Chelsea defence, Riyad Mahrez opted to shoot directly with his left foot.
The ball flew towards the bottom left of the goal.
Jose pounced on the side and easily denied the shot.
Jose wanted to take a quick goal kick and was ready to catch his opponent off guard.
However, when Oscar advanced with the ball, he was directly cut off by Kante.
N'Golo Kante isn't tall, but he's quick and aggressive when he tackles the ball with his feet.
The midfield entanglement was extremely intense.
It wasn't until the 14th minute that Chelsea had their first shot on goal.
Unfortunately, Oscar's shot from outside the box was completely off the target.
It can be seen that Chelsea's attack is really unsatisfactory.
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In the 18th minute, Riyad Mahrez forced a burst on the left side of the Chelsea penalty area.
In the face of Zouma's pressing, Mahrez hit the goal with his left foot.
The ball flies straight below the goal.
However, Jose was prepared and bent down to confiscate the opponent's shot directly.
Jose takes a goal kick.
It's a pity that Chelsea's attack still has no chance.
In the 30th minute, it was Eden Hazard who was tackled by the opponent when he advanced with the ball.
Jose Mourinho was forced to make a substitution.
Pedro replaces Eden Hazard.
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In the 31st minute, Albrighton won the ball on the left side of the penalty area.
Jose blocked it as soon as possible.
Albrighton didn't shoot greedily, but instead crossed the back triangle to N'Golo Kante on the left side of Hudao.
N'Golo Kante receives a pass from a team-mate and volleys straight away.
It's a pity that it missed.
The ball flew out of the top right corner of the goal.
Shooting has never been Kante's forte.
Jose took another goal kick.
It's a pity that Chelsea's attack still can't threaten the opponent's door.
One minute later, it was Leicester who got the chance to fight back quickly.
Riyad Mahrez drove forward down the right and shook off Azpilicueta's interception before sending in a low cross.
In the middle of the box, on the edge of the six-yard box, Vardy was already in place.
At this moment, Jose's god-level prediction responded.
From the prediction, it was known that Vardy received a pass from his teammate and hit the goal directly.
The ball flew into the goal from the bottom right of the goal.
It was too late to attack, and if Jose had blocked the bottom right of the goal now, Vardy would most likely have changed his mind and opted to play in a different direction.
Jose had no choice but to continue to leave the space on the bottom right while being ready to make a save.
Sure enough, as predicted, Vardy got the ball and volleyed directly into the lower right direction.
It's a pity that Jose has been prepared for a long time.
Jamie Vardy's must-have goal was blocked by Jose's hands.
The ball didn't go far and was picked up by Riyad Mahrez, who was then killed.
Riyad Mahrez shoots a left-footed volley.
Just as Jose was about to use the plug-in, he found that Mahrez's shot was completely off the target.
Leicester City, missed a chance to score.
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Two minutes later, Chelsea came close to breaking the deadlock.
Willian crosses from the right flank.
In the middle of the small penalty area, Nemanja Matic headed home.
The ball flies straight to the top left of the goal.
By this time, Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had already given up the save.
Just as the Chelsea fans were about to celebrate, the ball was blocked by the crossbar.
"Ahh
The game continues.
Before the end of the first half, Leicester had another good chance.
Albrighton advanced wide and in the blink of an eye they were already on the left side of the box.
This time, Jose did not attack to block the opponent, but silently watched the other opponents nearby.
With his eyes wide, Jose spotted N'Golo Kante in front of the left side of the box.
Sure enough, Albrighton made another inverted triangle pass to Kante.
N'Golo Kante received a pass from a team-mate, adjusted it and fired a right-footed volley.
The ball flies straight towards the near post.
As Jose was already prepared, Kante's shot was easily saved from the side.
In the end, the doubles ended in a 0-0 draw in the first half.
Chelsea had the best possession, but Leicester had the upper hand in both the number of shots and the quality of their shots.
Everyone understands that Leicester City's ability to reach the top of the table is definitely not as simple as luck.
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Intermission.
Jose Mourinho rearranged his tactics, but much of it was about the defensive end and few of the players were listening to it.
Jose Mourinho wants to completely suppress the opponent's shots, which is simply unrealistic.
Since this game is a paid live broadcast, there are not many fans talking in the chat room.
"I guess I paid to see Leicester City."
"Mu Niao no longer has the aura of Porto Inter, newcomers dare not use it, blindly seek stability, want to win and fear of losing, from Lukaku, Schurrle, De Bruyne to the current Remy, why do you have to use the dirty tower?"
"yes, both strikers are too dirty."
"Agree, to put it nicely, it's a fight, in fact, it's a dirty way of playing, small actions are constant, and I really want to send Costa and Vardy a red card each."
Unexpectedly, the most complained by fans turned out to be the main strikers of the two teams.
In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues.
I wonder if Karatenburg heard the fans' complaints, and he finally pulled out the first yellow card of the game to Vardy.
Jamie Vardy battled for possession with Kurt Zouma and he brought him down with his hands.
In the 48th minute, Leicester had another good chance.
Albrighton crossed diagonally from the left and sent the ball directly to the right side of the box.
In the box, a number of Leicester City players have been outflanked.
Jose immediately cheered up 12 points.
From 10 yards out, Mahrez received a pass from Albrighton and fired a left-footed volley.
The ball arced in the air and flew towards the top left corner of the goal.
At this time, in order to block the opponent's shot on the right side, Jose has reached the direction of the goal to the right.
(End of chapter)