Chapter 283 - Single Yellow Card Record
At half-time, Mourinho readjusted his tactics, mainly to reduce the entanglement with Tottenham in midfield.
The second half continued.
Eden Hazard came off the bench and was replaced by Pedro.
Under Tottenham's black-footed foul tactics, Pedro looked extremely struggling.
He has not adapted to the physical rhythm of the Premier League, and now against a team like Tottenham, his performance is even more miserable.
As a winger, he lost possession a game-high four times in the first half due to individual errors.
In the centre circle, Tottenham kicked off and took the initiative to attack.
Chelsea are fighting for the final title, while Tottenham are fighting for a European spot.
According to the standings, if Tottenham Hotspur does not win in this round, then they will completely lose the qualification for the Champions League, and the Europa League places will depend on the faces of Manchester United and Liverpool.
In the 47th minute, Tottenham got the first corner of the second half.
In the scuffle, Harry Kane headed in the goal.
Jose was prepared, but with a slight movement, he easily confiscated the ball.
Without any pause, Jose quickly took the goal kick.
It's a pity that Chelsea's counter-attack was slow.
Inevitably, the two sides got tangled up again in midfield.
In the 48th minute, Harry Kane fired a low shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area.
Not to mention Ivan's failure to block, he almost made Jose misjudge.
Thankfully, Jose's quick reflexes and timely remediation allowed Harry Kane's shot to be denied with his feet.
In the 58th minute, Willian took a corner kick from the right.
Straight to the middle of the penalty area.
In the confusion, no one even touched the ball.
The ball fell in front of Dale.
Dale cleared the siege with a big foot, and it turned out to be empty.
The ball bounced to the feet of Kerhill.
With no distractions and Lloris out of position, Khill got his chance to open the net.
I don't know if he was too excited, Cahill got up and volleyed into the empty goal at the first time.
However, in the expectant eyes of Chelsea fans, Cahill played crookedly.
The ball grazed the post from the left side of the goal.
Chelsea missed the best chance of the game.
"Alas~" The audience resounded with a sigh, followed by warm applause.
Of course, the fans don't blame Cahill, and in that case, it's inevitable that they can't control their emotions.
Then Diego Costa passes.
Willian shoots from 12 yards on the right side of the box.
It's a pity that it was still confiscated by Lori.
In the 65th minute, Pochettino also began to make substitutions.
Son Heung-min, who had a good performance, was replaced and brought on Ryan Mason.
In terms of individual ability, Son Xingmin is undoubtedly better, but Mason has a super long shot, and Pochettino naturally saw that he couldn't attack Chelsea's penalty area, so he thought about using Mason's long shot to attack the goal.
As soon as Mason came on the pitch, he had a shot on goal.
Kyle Walker crosses from the right.
In the penalty area, Mason and Kane have been outflanked.
The ball fell in front of Mason and he volleyed in the first place.
Mason's shot was not a small threat, but unfortunately he met Jose.
I saw Jose make a side pit and confiscate the opponent's shot without danger.
Lloris was outstanding, but Jose was desperate.
In the 78th minute, Mourinho made another substitution.
Oscar replaces Nemanja Matic.
The intention of this substitution was very clear, which was to use Oscar's playmaking skills up front and look for opportunities to break down Tottenham's defence.
It's just that practice has proved that Oscar's thin body, under the pressure of Tottenham, cannot play his role at all.
In fact, over the years, the Oscars have lost their bravery.
Three years ago, Oscar, who was in perfect form, pushed Uncle Mata off the flank, and pressed De Bruyne to the bench and had to seek a transfer to leave.
Now, Mourinho would rather play Willian in midfield than use him.
Rumours have it that the Chelsea hierarchy are planning to sell Oscar for cash, but there are not many Premier League teams interested in Oscar.
In the 83rd minute, substitute Eden Hazard ushered in his personal highlight.
On the left side of the opposing half, Eden Hazard picked up the ball and Kyle Walker and Dier blocked him.
However, Hazard was bold enough to pass the ball between the two.
The ball reached the feet of Diego Costa.
Taking advantage of the time for the Tottenham players to chase Costa, Hazard quickly ran towards the left side of the Tottenham penalty area.
Costa, pulled by Alderweireld, burst into the arc with the ball.
In the crowd, Costa passes the ball.
The ball returned to Hazard.
In the middle of the penalty area, Hazard directly volleyed with his right foot, and the ball flew straight to the top right corner of the goal.
The entire process of organizing the offensive is like a cloud of peers, which can be called a textbook.
However, with all his might, Lowry touched the ball lightly with the tips of his left fingers, and it was this slight touch that caused the ball to rise slightly.
Eventually, the ball bounced between the crossbar and the post.
Lloris' save was enough to be counted as the best save of his career.
The game continues.
In the 86th minute, there was another controversial scene on the field.
Jr. was knocked to the ground by Lamela.
When Lamela's right foot landed, she stepped on Xiaofa's left hand intentionally or unintentionally.
Fabres screamed in pain.
However, the referee did not say anything.
Lamela deliberately stepped on people, but there was nothing wrong with it.
This left the Chelsea players in a state of frustration.
A minute later, Hazard broke through with the ball down the left.
Dier flew straight to the tackle and shoveled Hazard out of bounds.
Mikel was not far away, and he saw the whole process clearly, and Mikel immediately stepped forward to theorize.
José stood far away, but through God's perspective, he saw the whole process equally clearly.
Ignoring the goal, Jose rushed to the scene of the incident as soon as possible.
As more and more players rushed to the scene of the incident, a large-scale clash erupted.
"Time and space pause."
Jose knew that there was no point in reasoning at this point, so he used the plug-in for non-games for the first time.
In just one second, Jose slapped Lamela and Dale in succession.
When slapping the two, José didn't even think about the afterimage.
In fact, Jose also wanted to slap Clattenberg twice, but the thought of bullying a blind man was not good after all.
The clash lasted exactly two minutes, and Jose slapped several Tottenham players on several occasions.
Although this behavior is very unethical, Jose knows that if he does not do this, whenever he encounters Tottenham in the future, he will have a nameless anger and affect the judgment of the saves.
José had to keep his peace of mind.
In the end, Dale and Mikel were both yellow carded.
At this moment, Mikel is even more wronged than Dou E.
After the game, Mikel threatened in the tunnel that he wanted to break Clattenberg's leg.
With six minutes of stoppage time, the Tottenham players were getting more and more excessive.
Harry Kane, Dembele and Ryan Mason were given yellow cards one after another, counting the previous Dier, Eriksen, Lamela, Danny Rose, Verhengton, and Kyle Walker, Tottenham had a total of nine yellow cards, and only Son Heung-min, Lloris and Alderweireld did not receive yellow cards in the starting line-up.
As for Chelsea, a total of three yellow cards were shown, of which Mikel and Willian were tired by each other, and only Ivan's yellow card was due to tactical needs.
The match ended with a 0-0 draw.
Chelsea failed to shake Leicester City off for the top spot.
Tottenham also announced that they had lost the possibility of fighting for the top four.
In this game, although there was no goal, another record was born, the most yellow cards in a single game, whether it was 12 yellow cards in the whole game or 9 yellow cards for Tottenham Hotspur, it was a new record.
It was thought that the drama of the game would stop with the referee blowing the final whistle, but it was not that simple.
When the players of both sides left the field, at the entrance of the player tunnel, I don't know which Tottenham player actually pushed down Mourinho who was standing next to him.
Jose Mourinho exploded on the spot and the clash broke out again.
Jose replayed the scene of Mourinho being toppled through God's perspective, but it was too confusing to see who did it.
In the live chat room, the fans have already been arguing.
"Rexiang really stinks."
"Tottenham was still 11 men at the final whistle, and I can only say that Clattenburg is really blind."
"Tottenham garbage to death."
"Junk Tottenham, you actually shot at the opposing manager, what a failure, God will not allow your soul to enter heaven. Dembele, even Costa dares to plot, you are dead. ”
"As much as I hate the buses, I hate Tottenham even more at this moment."
The next day, the FA announced that Dembele had been fined and suspended, and that Tottenham Hotspur would be responsible for the entire incident.
Tottenham Hotspur collapsed in the final two rounds, losing 2-1 at home to Southampton and then 5-1 at Newcastle United.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Jose anymore.
As for Jose's use of the external fan against Tottenham players, it was handled cleanly by the system, leaving no trace, except for the hot pain in the cheeks of the few people who were fanned, nothing else.
The system is still very user-friendly.
In fact, Jose is not sure if he can use the plug-in to slap them, because before that, he used to be mischievous (what can you do in 1 second?). "Time and space pause" was used against Wang Churan, but it didn't work at all.
So José believes that cheats can only be used on the football field.
Three days later, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final arrived.
Jose travels with the team to Germany.
Unexpectedly, when Jose walked out of the airport, there were many female fans waiting for him, including the beautiful fan named Josephine Delden.
Seeing Josephine Delden, Jose couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Can you talk about it alone?" Josephine Delden said calmly, as a female fan, it is not normal to be so calm.
"Okay." Jose nodded.
Then the two found a place where no one was and chatted.
As for what they said, outsiders do not know.
(End of chapter)