Chapter 473: Advance to the Knockout Round, on the eve of the Red-Blue Battle
Jiang Yuan temporarily went off the field to make adjustments, and the direct free kick was given to Kante to handle."Kante!"
"approach……"
"Hit the door!"
boom!
Kante's long shot hit the wall, but bounced back into Kante's feet.
Hurry up and take another shot!
boom!
"The ball is in!"
"The ball is in!"
"Beautiful! Kante scored with a world-class shot from outside the penalty area!"
3: 0!
Chelsea extended the lead again!
"Clap clap clap!"
He ran back to the court while clapping.
I originally thought that I would still have a chance to participate in the attack after I came back, but now it seems that my nervousness just now was completely unnecessary.
Kante scored directly!
Tuchel raised his hands and immediately asked the players on the bench to stand up and warm up.
Leading by 3 goals in the first half, Chelsea can be said to have no pressure at all in today's game!
We can prepare for the game against Liverpool in a few days!
“Beep!!!!”
Half-time report from the Football Emperor: The Blues lead Qarabag 3:0 away from home, and Jiang Yuan broke into the penalty area and scored.
"Eden, I'm going to replace you right away."
Tuchel told the players the specific substitutions before explaining the tactics for the second half.
Hazard will be substituted directly at the beginning of the second half.
As for Jiang Yuan and Kante, Tuchel believes that Qarabag will launch a counterattack against Chelsea in the second half, so he will keep them on the field for a while.
“55 minutes or 60 minutes, I think this time is appropriate”
Jiang Yuan said he was very ok with Tuchel's plan. Leaving the field early after 60 minutes would not consume too much energy. He would have enough recovery time to prepare for the match against Liverpool.
"come on!"
Before walking out of the player tunnel, Hazard and Jiang Yuan high-fived each other, then hurried out.
“We could have scored in the second half”
Ibrahimovic put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and then rubbed his hands.
The Swedish center forward’s desire to score goals is still so strong!
……
"Okay, the second half of the game begins. Let's take a look at the substitutions of both teams. Midfielder Madatov of the home team Qarabagh has been replaced..."
"On the Chelsea side, Tuchel directly substituted Hazard!"
"Yes, if that's the case, I feel Chelsea should play more conservatively in the second half, but Jiang Yuan and William, the two impact points, are still on the field, which is worth thinking about."
Because the team was leading by a large margin, Jiang Yuan played conservatively in the second half. Unless there was a particularly good opportunity, he basically would not make large-scale runs.
The game reached the 52nd minute of the second half.
As expected, Qarabag launched two powerful attacks on Chelsea, and striker Ndlovu almost broke through Courtois' defense.
Chelsea soon launched a counterattack. Courtois ran from the goal line to the edge of the penalty area with the ball. During this period, Ndlovu wanted to run up to stop Courtois' quick counterattack, but was directly pushed away by Zouma.
Snapped!
Courtois made a long pass in the air. The height of the pass was average, but the speed and curve of the ball were perfect. William stretched out his foot and easily caught the ball.
"Oh!"
A long pass directly sent the ball from the penalty area to the right side near the bottom line. As expected, the home team fans started to get nervous!
"Just go, just go!"
Walker urged, William took the ball to the bottom, and Walker followed behind William. He would serve as a conservative passing point for William. If William's breakthrough was unsuccessful, the ball could be given to Walker, who would then make a 45-degree cross.
Of course, this mainly depends on how William operates.
"William, he's very fast, but he's starting to slow down soon. His movements are very confusing. I think Agoli will have a hard time defending against him."
“It’s a quick change of pace!”
"Cut inside yourself!"
boom!
Agoli seized the opportunity and kicked the ball out!
Ah!
William threw his hands up, feeling very regretful for his previous dribbling move.
He made a mistake!
But the good news is that the ball was not caught by any Qarabag player, and Walker rushed up and caught the ball.
He didn't look at the position on the left, because William's current position was very good!
William accelerated and cut into the penalty area!
Walker!
Pass the ball straight!
William shoots directly!
"boom!"
With a push shot, the ball rolled past the goalkeeper and hit the dead corner at the lower left end of the goal.
He went in by brushing against the pillar!
“GOOOO—AAAAAAA—LLLLLL!!”
"The ball is in! The ball is in!"
"The cooperation between William and Walker, these two players on the left side of the Blues played a very good cooperation!"
After scoring the goal, William immediately turned to the right corner flagpole to celebrate, with Walker following him.
Except for the fans in the stands who were cursing at the visiting players, most other fans were silent.
I'm so annoyed!
"VAMOS!"
On-field captain Azpilicueta brought the Spanish voice here.
Jiang Yuan slowly ran over to celebrate with his teammates.
Soon, Tuchel made a substitution, with Chelsea captain John Terry replacing Jiang Yuan.
Snapped!
Jiang Yuan and Terry high-fived and left the stadium, and fans from the visiting team's stands shouted his name.
"Jiang!"
Boom!
"Jiang"
Boom!
"Ha ha!"
Hazard and Jiang Yuan bumped fists, and the latter sat down on the side.
"You were walking the whole time in the second half"
Hazard complained.
Just as he said, Jiang Yuan played very negatively in the second half.
Jiang Yuan, who was good at creating opportunities on the wing, actually gave up using his strongest ability!
“There are still games to come.”
Jiang Yuan gulped down the mineral water and then screwed the cap back on: "Kick Liverpool"
"I know, but you could have used those minutes, I mean, the Champions League Golden Boot"
Hazard reminded.
The Belgian certainly had imagined winning the Champions League Golden Boot, but his goal scoring stats were mediocre to begin with, and after being transformed into an attacking midfielder by Mourinho, he completely lost the chance of winning the Golden Boot.
If the Blues want to keep this season's Champions League Golden Boot and Premier League Golden Boot in the team, they can only rely on Jiang Yuan. "Come on, Eden"
Jiang Yuan shook his head: "We were eliminated in the quarterfinals last season. I think I scored 8 goals, but it was useless in the end. I feel that... the key to winning the Golden Boot is to play in more rounds in the knockout stage."
"Ha ha"
Hazard put his feet on the chair in front of him: "So how many knockout rounds do you think we can go this season?"
Jiang Yuan picked up the mineral water bottle and took another big sip: "Let's finish it."
"So who is the champion or the runner-up?"
Hazard smiled and looked at Jiang Yuan, who answered without even thinking: "We've finished the journey, so we can't be runner-up, we have to be champion"
"Ha ha!"
The two chatted about the Golden Boot and the Champions League while watching the game on the field.
After Jiang Yuan was substituted, Chelsea began to focus on defense, but even so, the Blues still had an advantage in ball possession.
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The reason is that the French brothers Pogba and Kante played too ferociously. The two of them pushed forward together. Kante's strong pushing ability and Pogba's excellent passing creativity combined together gave the coach of Karabakh a real headache.
"Hey, come back!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Kante ran to the side of the bench, Tuchel reminded him a few words: "Slow down!"
Of course Kante knew what Tuchel meant. The coach wanted them to save some energy!
After Tuchel emphasized several times, the offensive rhythm on the field finally slowed down.
Jiang Yuan leaned back in his chair, not knowing what he was thinking. At this moment, the fans in the stands behind him suddenly shouted his name.
"Jiang!"
Ok?
Jiang Yuan turned his head and saw several fans of the home team gathered together. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be Jiang Yuan's fans.
"Jiang, will you win the Golden Globe?"
“Jiang, can you beat Ronaldo and Messi?”
"River!"
Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, but just spread his hands towards the fans in the stands.
Please don't make it difficult for me. I don't know the answer to this question even if you ask me to do so!
"You still have fans in Karabakh?"
Hazard turned to look at Jiang Yuan, who sat up straight: "This is a good thing, but I really can't answer their questions. Shit, whether I can win the Golden Globe Award, how do I know? I have no way of knowing this."
Unless his performance crushes any other player participating in this award, there is no way to be sure of this kind of thing.
Neymar and Messi are indeed a little worse this year, and Hazard and Griezmann are unlikely to rank higher than Jiang Yuan.
But even though Ronaldo's league statistics are slightly worse than Jiang Yuan's, he has the blessing of the Champions League results!
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yuan decided not to think about these things for the time being.
At the end of the game, Chelsea, playing away, completely defeated Qarabag with a score of 5:0 and successfully won the game.
After winning this game, Chelsea's total points in Group C have reached 13 points.
"With 5 wins and 4 draw in 1 games, you have a total of 13 points. Thomas, after today's game, you have already qualified for the group stage. And Bayern currently has 3 points less than you. If you can ensure an unbeaten performance in the next game against Roma, you will advance as the first in Group C."
"Do you think Chelsea will qualify as top of Group C?"
What the reporter meant by this was to ask Tuchel whether he had the confidence to defeat Roma.
Given Tuchel's personality, he generally wouldn't say harsh words before the game starts, but Chelsea's performance in the group stage was really too good.
If they have defeated Bayern, will Roma still be a problem?
"Well, I think we are more confident now because being first in the group will give us a better draw position in the knockout stage, which is very important."
Click, click, click!
The reporter nodded: "At present, Chelsea has shown very good form in the Champions League. I hope you can get a good draw in the knockout stage."
"You will be going to Anfield to play against Liverpool in the next game. What preparations have you made for this game?"
"This is not an easy game, I can guarantee that, we will try our best, but it is hard to say what the specific result will be."
……
The front page headline of The Times: Chelsea defeated Qarabag twice to win 3 points and secured qualification for the Champions League knockout stage in advance.
ESPN: After the fifth round, the teams confirmed to advance to the Champions League knockout stage are: Paris, Manchester City and Chelsea.
Unexpectedly, La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona failed to qualify for the knockout stage in advance.
This is closely related to their grouping. Real Madrid and Liverpool formed a death group, and two consecutive draws against Liverpool prevented Real Madrid from qualifying early.
Barcelona was blocked by Sporting CP and is currently ranked behind Juventus in the group.
[Good boy, Real Madrid will qualify directly as the second in the group, and then Chelsea will directly take revenge! ]
[That would be really awesome, but I still think Chelsea shouldn’t meet Real Madrid before the semi-finals, metaphysics is hard to explain]
[Don’t mention it, it seems like Chelsea is not inferior to any team this season, right? ]
[It is true, but Chelsea is going to compete for the league title this season. Given the Premier League schedule, if the Champions League knockout rounds are too tiring, Chelsea will probably lose a lot of points in the league.]
[Indeed, Manchester City and Manchester United are really strong this season]
【Waiting for Chelsea to beat Liverpool】
The fans had a passionate discussion about the Champions League and the Premier League. As for Chelsea, the Blues players immediately returned to London after the game with Qarabag.
On the day off, Jiang Yuan, Zouma, Pogba, and Hazard played tennis at Terry's house.
"Hey, Jiang!"
Pogba walked towards Jiang Yuan holding an iPhone 7: "Your phone!"
"Wait!"
Jiang Yuan made a volley at the net to eliminate Zouma and Terry, then passed the racket to Pogba.
This was a call from his agent John Biko, who said France Football was going to make a video for him about the Ballon d’Or.
"what?"
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment: "I don't think I will get the award this year?"
"No, no."
Biko briefly explained to Jiang Yuan that this was a new rule recently set by the organizer. The top 1 players with the highest number of votes would need to shoot a video with the organizer.
By then, someone will come from Paris, and Jiang Yuan only needs to make some simple preparations.
This……
Jiang Yuan nodded and agreed.
"What's wrong, Jiang!"
Azar and Jiang Yuan greeted each other.
"it's okay no problem"
Jiang Yuan ran to the side and put his phone back into his bag, then sat down on a chair and watched his teammates' doubles tennis match.
"Kurt, do you know how to play?"
"I will, I will, I'm just not in the right state right now!"
Just as he finished speaking, Zouma hit the ball towards him, and Hazard, who was near the baseline, stretched out his foot and kicked the ball back.
"Ha ha!"
……
Football Emperor event preview: The red and blue battle in the 13th round of the Premier League, Jiang Yuan PK Salah.
Salah was sold to Roma by Mourinho for 16 million euros in the summer of 1500. Just one year later, the Egyptian's value directly rose to 4000 million euros.
And it is definitely not just 4000 million euros.
After the Transfermarkt price is updated in January, Salah's minimum value will reach 1 million euros!
This is Mourinho's mistake. Salah, who originally belonged to Chelsea, will stand on the opposite side of the Blues in a few days!
Red and Blue Battle!
……
(End of this chapter)
