Chapter 438 Maguire's long shot against the sky, Jiang Yuan comes on as a substituteThe headline of the China Football News: 2:1 victory over Qatar, four Asian qualifiers confirmed, the last one will be decided between China and Australia. Based on experience, the play-offs should be played in early to mid-October.
Domestic media: Because of the promotion to the play-offs, the Chinese national football team received a total bonus of 500 million yuan. The specific internal distribution method is not clear yet, but relevant information shows that 300 million of it belongs to Jiang Yuan alone.
AFC Asian Football Confederation: The fourth round (play-offs) of the Asian qualifiers will be held on October 10 (first leg) and October 5 (second leg) in Kuala Lumpur time. Because China's points in Group A are greater than Australia's points in Group B, China enjoys the preferential treatment of playing away first and then at home.
Pioneer: After completing the national team game, Jiang has returned to the club for training. If the recovery speed is fast enough, Jiang is expected to play in Chelsea's next away game against Leicester City.
The Sun's front page headline - Jiang's son's name confirmed as Changhan Jiang, Jiang Yuan's mother suggested the name. It is not clear what nationality Mini Jiang is.
Steven, a Scottish internet celebrity lawyer: Because Jiang has permanent residency in the UK, his son born in the UK will automatically obtain British citizenship. If Mini Jiang wants to give up British citizenship, he must wait until he is at least 18 years old. Before the age of 18, Mini Jiang may enjoy dual Chinese and British citizenship in a practical sense.
……
China, Li Laoba’s live broadcast room.
"These past few days, the internet has been full of debates about Mini Jiang's nationality. I actually feel that those who are arguing about this are not smart."
"Honey, cut me a cantaloupe, um, thank you!"
Taking the Hami melon handed over by Feng Xuejuan, Li Laoba ate the fruit while analyzing it with the fans in the live broadcast room.
"Because the father has permanent residency and the son was born in the UK, Mini Jiang is locked in as a British citizen. And I just did some research and found that Mini Jiang cannot give up his British citizenship before he turns 18, which is a bit stupid."
"Hiccup~"
"That is to say, Mini Jiang is most likely a dual citizen now, and because China does not recognize dual citizenship, Mini Jiang will have to make another choice after he becomes an adult. However, in fact, you can tell Jiang Yuan's attitude just by looking at the name Mini Jiang."
"Chang Han!"
Li Laoba narrowed his eyes and looked at the camera teasingly: "Han Dynasty, this is one of the ancient feudal dynasties in China. Do you understand what I mean? Jiang Yuan has already made a choice for Mini Jiang. His son must be a Chinese citizen."
"Hiccup~"
【《Broad Learning and Knowledge》】
[Li Laoba is still too comprehensive, but his analysis does make sense]
[No, does nationality have any impact on a football star who earns tens of millions of pounds a year?]
[To be honest, it depends on whether Jiang Changhan can play well. If he can't reach the level of the national team, whether he is Chinese or not will not have much impact on us.]
[Sons of soccer stars are generally not good enough]
【Mini Jiang should become a Chinese citizen! 】
[Father and son fighting together, huh? That's just overthinking. Sons of football stars are usually not good enough. The stronger the father, the weaker the son. The Jiang family's football genes have been used up in Jiang Yuan.]
"I feel Jiang Yuan should be able to answer this question directly in a few days."
Li Laoba spoke in a firm tone.
"You always say that Lao Ba doesn't understand basketball. Then you will know whether I really understand basketball or not."
……
After arriving in London, Jiang Yuan went back home first to rest and spend some time with his family.
Jiang Yuan was also overwhelmed by the debate on Twitter about Jiang Changhan's nationality. These fans could really start a quarrel over anything.
But it doesn’t matter. According to Jiang Yuan’s experience, the reporters will definitely ask him about his nationality, and Jiang Yuan will just have to respond then.
The next afternoon, Jiang Yuan returned to the club and began his two-hour recovery training.
This is the buffer process that Jiang Yuan must go through when returning to the club from the national team. During these two hours, Rozovic will not only guide Jiang Yuan in training, but also analyze Jiang Yuan's muscle condition.
Simply put, Rozovic doesn't trust any physical trainer other than himself, and any player returning from the national team needs to be checked by the Russian.
“Did you receive strength training with the national team?”
"Just a quick practice, what's wrong?"
Jiang Yuan is now standing on one leg, with elastic bands on his thighs and calves, which are held by Rozovic.
"You've lost muscle mass in your thighs"
Rozovic loosened the elastic band in his hand, then ran to the table next to him to take a pen to record: "You don't do enough strength training, and then, um... you don't eat enough."
"I won't feel like eating when I'm flying around in the sky"
Jiang Yuan stood on his two feet, removed the five elastic bands on his legs, and walked over to look at what Rozovich had written for him.
This was Jiang Yuan’s first training task of the day. Later, Rozovic also gave him core training using a yoga ball. After everything was done, Rozovic gave Jiang Yuan a physical examination.
This physical examination was very simple, with only three items in total.
Height, weight, and an inorganic salt.
【Height: 】
[Weight: ]
【Na+：144mmol/L】
【…】
Rozovic entered Jiang Yuan's data into the computer for a record, and Jiang Yuan also took a photo on the physical examination report.
"Why did my height change after I turned 19?"
Jiang Yuan looked at the data "" on the photo and asked Rozovic: "At 19 years old, he should be able to grow taller. I see that some players in their 20s are still growing taller."
Rozovic took Jiang Yuan's report and studied it for a while: "The coach at Porto should have helped you build muscle. Did you grow taller very quickly when you were at Porto?"
Jiang Yuan thought about it carefully: "Uh...it seems to be like this"
"That's right. I'm not saying their training is wrong, but they are a bit too anxious. I can even imagine how fast your physical fitness has improved that year. This is forcing growth."
"Well, but if I practice slowly in Porto, Mourinho may not be impressed."
"Hahaha, that's true. But it's a pity. You should have the chance to grow to 1 meters, but now, um... I estimate to be 9 or 1 meters. I used to be a coach at Leverkusen, and they had a player whose situation was very similar to yours. You can refer to him."
Rozovic put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder and said, "Relax, you are a winger, not a center forward. Just be careful not to be stopped so easily when you run."
……
After the training, Jiang Yuan went to the physiotherapy room, just as his teammates had also finished training for the day.
"Come on, Jiang, you missed it, you missed it!"
Jiang Yuan was stretching when Pogba suddenly ran to his face.
"What? What did you miss?"
Hazard dragged himself in, his posture giving people a feeling of dying: "We have endurance training in the afternoon, and you and Kurt are the only ones who didn't run away from the team."
"Hahaha, ok, this is my luck!"
It would be a lie to say I was unhappy about missing the endurance training: "I just got back, how can I run endurance? Oh, why didn't Kurt run?"
“My knees are not feeling well.”
Zouma followed Hazard and ran up laughing.
"Cold? No."
Jiang Yuan spread his hands to Zuma: "You are faking an injury, right?"
Jiang Yuan really understands Zouma. Like Hazard, he likes to use various excuses to escape endurance training.
Zouma had been "sick" many times when Mourinho was the coach, and now with a new coach, the same tricks can be used again.
"How is it possible? I really..."
"Thomas!"
"Nonono! Please, Jiang, please!"
Zuma hurried over and blocked Jiang Yuan's mouth with his hand: "No, please, we are brothers, right? Brothers can't do this to each other. I didn't run away today because I was not in a good condition. I will definitely run away next time."
"Hahahaha!"
Every Blues player passing by slapped Zouma on the butt: "Mate, you are really pretending. I should have spoken to Thomas directly at the time."
"No, I'm really not in good shape today. I would run at other times."
Zuma took a mat, sat on it and did yoga with Jiang Yuan, and the other players did the same.
"I heard from Thomas that you are going to leave later, and during the Champions League?"
Terry asked Zouma to give himself the position on Jiang Yuan's right and did some simple stretching.
Mourinho talked to Jiang Yuan about returning early for the play-offs, and Tuchel also told the Blues players that Jiang Yuan would leave the club early.
"Yes, these are the last two games. If we are eliminated, there will be no more national team games."
He raised his hands and pushed his hips forward. Suddenly, he felt a little pain in his waist, so Jiang Yuan gave up this action.
"Play-offs, well, we really need to play seriously"
Terry nodded, and Hazard on the side interjected: "Play-offs, then you should be a little short, if you can win 1 or 2 more games, can you not qualify?"
"But we can't win. Fuck, the referee in the last round, that referee was like a moron. The European region also has 10 rounds, right? In the second to last round, the referee directly tied us."
"Haha, AFC? I thought the FA and UEFA were disgusting enough."
After hearing what happened to Jiang Yuan during the game, the players in the physiotherapy room couldn't help themselves.
The defender used his body to block the opponent's position. This situation happens at least 7 or 8 times in a Premier League game. How could this be a penalty?
However, most of the players in Chelsea come from football powerhouses such as England, France, Belgium and Spain. For these guys who have never experienced the play-offs, it is still difficult to understand Jiang Yuan’s psychological state at that time.
"Jose was blocking the referee in the parking lot. I saw it on the news."
“I was there at the time, I was watching from behind.”
Jiang Yuan answered Azpilicueta's question.
Zuma made a fist-pumping gesture: "You should go up and help, pull the referee out of the car window and beat him up, you know, that's how American TV shows are shot."
"Come on, I will go to jail. I don't want to be the second person in our national team to go to jail."
“Luckily I wasn’t there”
Ibrahimovic used a foam roller to press his arm. He didn't warm up well when running today, which caused him to feel some strain in his upper arm. "If I encounter this situation, I might not be able to bear it."
Jiang Yuan pointed at Ibrahimovic and said, "Don't worry, Zlatan, I will stop you. It won't be that easy for you to go to jail."
…”CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends, this is the 2017th round of the 18-4 Premier League, Leicester City plays against Chelsea at home”
"The referee is looking at the watch"
"The game has begun! Now let me introduce the starting lineups for both teams!"
"First up is the home team Leicester City! They used the 442 formation from the second half of last season, and the coach is still Shakespeare!"
Leicester City (4-4-2)
Goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel
Defenders: Danny Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs
Midfielders: Mahrez, Ndidi, Matthew James, Albrighton
Forwards: Slimani, Vardy
"The visiting team Chelsea used a 3331 formation. Because Jiang Yuan just came back from the national team, Tuchel did not let him start today. Hazard and William partnered up on both sides. Chelsea once again returned to the 14-15 season!"
Although Jiang Yuan did not appear in the starting lineup, Chinese fans were still quite excited because Tuchel asked Jiang Yuan to start warming up in the 10th minute of the game.
"Albrighton is looking for an opportunity on the wing, Pogba!"
"Pogba goes up and presses!"
"Albrighton, cross pass to the middle, the pass is not very good, James runs up and adjusts it slightly!"
"Give it to Ndidi!"
"Ndidi! Take the ball forward!"
Although Leicester City is not as good as last season, it is still one of the strong teams in the Premier League.
Most importantly, Leicester City's new coach Shakespeare has done special research on the three-back formation.
For Shakespeare, Chelsea with three defenders would be easier to deal with than Chelsea with a regular four.
Snapped!
Ndidi seized the gap between Zouma and Christensen and passed the ball straight to Vardy who was running in front.
!!!
Courtois was a little nervous, but Chelsea's defenders were really strong today. Zouma knew it was too late if he ran over, so he just fell to the ground and used the advantage of his long legs to successfully disrupt the trajectory of Ndidi's through ball.
Unfortunately, due to the long clearance time, Zouma did not have time to adjust the changed trajectory of the ball, and the cleared ball fell to the feet of Leicester City players again.
The one in control of the ball now is Mahrez, and Christensen is competing for the ball with Mahrez.
Christensen cleared the ball successfully!
But it was not over yet. Christensen thought he could control the ball, so he kicked the ball out of the sideline at the first opportunity. Little did he know that this action directly gave Mahrez the opportunity.
A counter-attack from Mahrez!
"Come back quickly!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Courtois quickly called Azpilicueta and Zouma back.
Something bad was happening. After getting the ball, Mahrez launched an attack towards Chelsea's left bottom line.
The defense of the three-back formation requires a wide midfielder to return to defend and fill the position, but the problem is that Mahrez got the ball by counter-attacking, and neither Kante nor Walker had a chance to react.
Mahrez, a one-on-one duel with Azpilicueta on the wing!
Because Mahrez was almost approaching the penalty area, Azpilicueta did not dare to make any big moves and could only let Mahrez press Chelsea's defense little by little.
Just before entering the penalty area, Mahrez flicked the ball to the baseline. After Azpilicueta caught up, Mahrez suddenly made a reverse triangle pass and passed the ball directly to Morgan.
"I come!"
Ibrahimovic ran towards Morgan, who, under pressure, pulled the ball and turned it, then quickly passed it to Maguire on his left.
coming!
After Maguire got the ball, he did not pass it in a hurry. England's central defender suddenly ran forward with the ball.
In order to avoid Hazard's pressing, Maguire even ran in an arc to the left.
The central defender dribbled the ball forward, and it can only be said that Maguire was really brave.
Tuchel outside the field has already started laughing.
What ball does a 1-meter-tall defender carry...
Ok?
Maguire suddenly dribbled the ball inside when he reached the parallel line of the top of the arc. With the help of his top physical fitness, Hazard's pulling had no effect on Maguire.
"here!"
Mahrez reached for the ball at the right bottom line, Maguire looked up and then kicked the ball directly.
The ball hit the dead center!
"GOOOOO-AAAAAA-LLLLLL!!!"
"What is this! Maguire's long shot!"
"Leicester City opened the scoring with a long shot from the center back when the striker couldn't find a chance."
"The goal was scored by..."
"Harry Maguire!"
I rely on...
Everyone on the Chelsea bench was confused, and Jiang Yuan held the back of his head with his hands.
This was a powerful shot from the center back. Although the speed of the ball was not as fast as expected, Maguire's grasp of the shooting angle was really excellent.
There was a bit of luck in this shot, but it is undeniable that Maguire's long-range shooting skills are indeed among the best among central defenders.
Maguire slid out on his knees to celebrate with his teammates, and the director's camera turned to Tuchel on the sidelines.
Tuchel is feeling some pressure now.
It can be seen that Leicester City's hard power is very average.
But they were really lucky today!
This luck is not only reflected in Maguire's long-range shot, but also in the ball at the beginning of the game that reflects Leicester City's luck.
Ibrahimovic was half a foot offside, otherwise Chelsea should be leading by one goal now!
"When you're smiling～"
"When you're smiling～"
"The whole world smiles with you~"
"..."
The home fans at the King Power Stadium sang the team song for Maguire's world-class goal, and Tuchel felt a little uncomfortable.
Of course, this situation is not completely without a solution.
Because of the gentleman's agreement with Mourinho, Jiang Yuan did not play for a single minute in the last national team match.
Chelsea's top striker is still in full form.
"Maguire's long shot was really amazing"
"Yes, and the players' fighting spirit will definitely be higher after taking the lead. Leicester City can take advantage of the opportunities in the first half to do more pressure and try to expand the score. If the score can be expanded to 2 goals in the first half, Leicester City can play defense in the second half."
"Leicester City is now in an overall advantage! A very big advantage!"
"Yes, Chelsea made a direct substitution. In the 25th minute of the game, Tuchel replaced Azpilicueta with Jiang Yuan without any player being injured."
"Leicester City may have to play defense in advance. Is there any chance to maintain this one-goal advantage?"
"Leicester City is now at a disadvantage, and a very big disadvantage!"
Snapped!
After high-fiving Azpilicueta, Jiang Yuan temporarily moved to the position of attacking midfielder.
There is no need to be in a hurry now, he needs to find a safe opportunity to exchange positions with Hazard.
“Come on, go there!”
Walker threw the ball out of bounds, and Pogba passed the ball to Kante with his back turned.
Jiang Yuan took a quick look and confirmed that there were no defensive players around Kante who could threaten him. Then he suddenly accelerated and ran directly to the offside line to wait.
Leicester City was cautious. When they saw Jiang Yuan coming to the offside line, they directly let Mahrez in front come back to help Morgan carry out targeted defense against Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan was trapped, but it didn’t matter, Kanter was holding the ball and making a move!
"Go back, go back!"
Vardy shouted frantically, his intuition telling him that Leicester City's goal might be in danger.
Snapped!
Kante found the position and made a long pass to the right baseline. William raised his leg and stopped the ball almost without any pressure.
Stand still and wait for your teammates to arrive!
Pass the ball!
At the back of the penalty area, Jiang Yuan, who was waiting for an opportunity, shook off Mahrez almost effortlessly and then bumped Morgan with his shoulder.
Successfully entered the restricted area!
Seeing that Ibrahimovic was about to jump up and head the ball, Jiang Yuan quickly shouted, "I'll do it," and pinned Ibrahimovic to the grass.
The ball flew over and Jiang Yuan raised his right leg.
With a "pop", the ball was swung into the air and went straight into the goal.
"The ball is in! The ball is in!"
"Jiang Yuan scored in the air! Jiang Yuan scored and Chelsea equalized the score!"
"1:1!"
Chelsea also had good luck today. Tuchel asked Jiang Yuan to warm up outside the field, and then suddenly put him on when the team was one goal behind.
The Leicester City players were originally quite motivated, but when they saw the number 7 coming up, they suddenly lost their ideas.
In this game, Jiang Yuan's deterrent effect as a substitute in the first half was even greater than that of a direct starter!
"Snapped!"
Tuchel high-fived fiercely.
The situation immediately tilted towards Chelsea, and Tuchel is now a little relieved.
Fortunately, I made that deal with Mourinho privately. The game 4 days ago + 8 hours of flight + 7 hours of time difference. If Jiang Yuan had not played in the last game, there is a high probability that Jiang Yuan would not be able to play today.
Tuchel made money, and more than a little!
They have the chance to get their fourth consecutive win at the start of this league season!
Just today!
……
(End of this chapter)
