Chapter 47 Awakening
Dimateo walked back to the locker room with a thoughtful expression on his face. If he was a person who was interested, he would definitely find that most of his eyes seemed to float towards Qin Tian and Lampard who were talking not far away in front.
"Would you like to change people? Adjust it?" said the conscientious assistant coach whispering beside Dimatio.
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"Substitution? No, we must not replace people, let alone who do you want to replace? Lampard? or Qin Tian?" Di Matteo looked serious, "No one is suitable to replace anyone. The passive situation in the first half does not mean that the two are not in the state and are not united, but the fact is that both of them are very united. They are united and they care too much about the opinions of the outside world and cooperate too deliberately. This is the key to the problem."
"Then do you want to remind them later?"
"Haha, this is not OK. With the football IQs of these two people, do you think you still need my reminder? I believe they have found the root of the problem, so I will not only not talk about this, but I also need to praise the team's performance in the first half." Di Matteo's face showed a fox-like expression.
"Ah?" The assistant coach stood there, his face from doubt and confusion to relief. Obviously, he has also made progress in coaching experience.
The door of the locker room was gently pushed open, and Di Matteo walked in with a smile, "Haha, gentlemen, why are you dejected? This is not like our Chelsea style. The game is not over yet, isn't it? Even if it's over and we lose the game, so what? What do you think is the so-called record, it is important to create miracles, or to win the final championship?"
Everyone's eyes gathered, looking at head coach Di Matteo, obviously his words attracted everyone's attention.
"All the people here can say that they are all main players in any team, so everyone usually pays more attention to the impact of their words and deeds on the team. Similarly, the quality of the team also affects everyone's daily actions. Since this season, we have created too many miracles, which has almost numb me, but is our strength invincible in the world? No, we are actually lucky in many games.
How important is the winning streak record? In my opinion, nothing is wrong. Why do you say that? Such a foolish thing is the thing that people who don’t understand the ball and do statistics are most interested in. It will be of any help to the team. It will not help. Look at Arsenal. The records used to be kept by them, but looking at their performance this season, their performance during this period is unsatisfactory.
Therefore, recording this thing will only make you lose your direction and will only make you lose your original rationality through constant comparisons. Gentlemen, our goal is to champions, not these so-called records, so there is no need to pay too much attention to the opinions of the outside world, because they do not use their feet to eat, but rely on their pens and mouths.
Are you playing football for them? No, for yourself and for the fans, so put down some unnecessary burdens and go lightly, and you will find that everything is different." Speaking of this, although there is no point in this passage to Qin Tian and Lampard, the two still looked at each other and understood in their hearts that the boss was just talking about it for themselves, although it was talking about another thing.
"So gentlemen, I won't make any tactical arrangements for you in the second half. Everyone knows whether Everton is strong or not, but whether we are strong or not is more identifiable. Compared with the two, it goes without saying that the final winner is self-evident. What I want to tell you is that sometimes the winner is not important, the key is long-term interests. Come on, boys, you are the pride of Chelsea, you are the heroes in the hearts of Blues fans, do what you should do."
"Yes, boss", a uniform sound rang in the locker room.
"Dear fans and spectators, now we are back at Stamford Bridge Stadium and continue to pay attention to this round's focus battle. Chelsea's home game against Everton, the two sides played 0:1 in the first half, and the Toffees temporarily led the Blues. For such a result, Larence, did you think of it before the game?" Abby was about to finish it himself, but seeing Larence on the side was with a blonde not far away, which made Abby very upset. The job was not my own.
"Ah...uh...oh...haha, Abby, this result is obviously beyond everyone's expectations before the game. Of course, as we said in the first half, this is not that Chelsea players did not work hard or underestimated Everton. Judging from the formation, Chelsea was very prepared for this game. It can only be said that some small situations occurred temporarily in the game." After a little panic, Larence glared at Abby, and then started to speak out.
"Then what changes do you think will happen to Chelsea in the second half? Will there be personnel adjustments?"
"Of course not. If Dimatteo dares to do this, then there is no need to play in this game, because Everton will definitely win. Why? I won't say what everyone knows, cohesion!"
"Well, it's true, okay, let's focus on the game, the players on both sides are ready." When catching "attention", Abby emphasized these three words.
"Damn it," Larence glared at Abby fiercely.
Everton kicked off, and the forward passed the ball to Fellaini behind him. Fellaini continued to pass it to Fellneville, also adjusting the formation to start. After the formation was set, Everton's offensive axle moved, and then led the lead. Obviously, Moyes' arrangement during the break was to strengthen the attack, taking advantage of the opponent's condition, and he made a concerted effort.
Philneville's passing distance was very long, and it passed from the backcourt to Cahill on the left side in front. Cahill started the ball at the moment of passing, and the ball landed about a meter beside him and continued to roll forward. Cahill ran a small arc and controlled the ball at his feet. The success of the attack in the first half made Cahill play more confidently. Now even a player blocking Chelsea in front, he dared to break through bravely.
Cahill observed the situation on the court. Facing Ivanovic who was rushing to defend him, Cahill gently pulled the ball to him, and suddenly accelerated and rushed over, retreating and moving forward. He was very skillful in keeping the fire and threw Ivanovic behind him.
After all, he did not completely throw the opponent away. Feeling Ivanovic's heavy pace behind him, Cahill suddenly stopped and knocked the ball back to the defender Baynes who was inserted at high speed. Baynes assisted, dribbled the ball along the sideline, ran past Ivanovic, and continued to lead forward. He did not choose to cross at the first time, because the Everton midfielder has not yet been surrounded and there is no commanding height in the penalty area. Blind crossing will only give the opponent a chance to launch a counterattack.
If Artata had already run to the outside of the penalty area, it was at this time that Baynes passed the ball and handed the ball to Arteta's feet. Arteta's fierce shot after meeting the ball, and the ball was higher than the crossbar. Although the ball did not score, Everton's attack was still very beautiful, with clear lines, decisive passing, and tacit cooperation.
This made the Chelsea fans at the scene applaud. The players on the court were completely unhappy with the opponent's repeated provocations. In the next 10 minutes, Everton was completely suppressed by Chelsea players in his half-court, except for the attack just now.
Fortunately, Everton's players were very strong and defended desperately. Chelsea did not get too many good shots for a while, but they were just higher than the opponent in terms of momentum. The cross from the left and right wings was made, and Drogba's header was either high or lacked power. Qin Tian, Lampard and Essin's several powerful shots at the top of the penalty area were either blocked by the defender, the goalkeeper blocked it, or deviated from the goal.
In the 61st minute, Ozil, who was still active on the right, broke through the opponent's defensive player, was knocked down on the lawn by Baynes, who was filled up. Chelsea got a free kick opportunity close to the penalty area line, with a shooting distance of about 20 meters.
Qin Tian and Lampard stood at the ball at the same time, and the two of them whispered something. Such a distance requires very high skills for technical free kick masters, and they also need to look at luck. Therefore, Everton's defensive player and goalkeeper Howard subconsciously determined that this free kick should be completed by Lampard. He made a strong shot, and he would create chaos if he couldn't score.
Goalkeeper Howard immediately set up the team's defensive formation, mainly focusing on several Chelsea's headers in the penalty area, and also paying attention to the opponent's second attack. Everton's human wall was also playing tricks with the referee, secretly moving his position. After being discovered, he had already taken two steps forward, but he only moved back one step, and then started again.
After a few twists and turns, the referee's whistle finally rang. Qin Tian and Lampard looked towards the goal at the same time, started, assisted, and approached. Who shot? Qin Tian quickly ran over the ball. It was indeed Lampard. Everton's defensive line was relieved and guessed correctly.
Lampard shook his legs, a seemingly powerful right leg hit the goal, but when the ball flew up from the lawn, Everton's players obviously felt that the power was not great. The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew over the head of the human wall. At this speed, it should have flew directly out of the bottom line. Could it be a mistake?
But just as the goal was about to get close to the goal, the ball turned around and fell rapidly to be precise. Howard was shocked and jumped up quickly. But after a little time, the ball rubbed the distance behind Howard and got into the goal.
"goooooooooooooooooooo...beautiful free kick, Lampard's free kick, actually played the technical skills that only C Ronaldo, Pirlo and other groups of free kick masters like to play. Is this still the Lampard I remember?" Abby was very excited and stood up excitedly.
"That's right, Lampard has changed a lot this season. For this club and for the championship, Lampard has paid a lot." God knows where Larence saw it, and he is talking about running the train.
The score finally equalized, and the Chelsea fans at the scene also exclaimed thunderous applause, "Lampard, Lampard, Lampard", tens of thousands of people shouted Lampard's name together, which is the highest praise for the players.
Chapter completed!