Chapter 483: Start December strongly, falling behind Rome?
In the camera, Tuchel shook his hands.
He thought Newcastle would most likely shoot directly at the goal, but he didn't expect Merino to be able to take such a high-quality free kick.
Damn!
"xuuuu!!"
Merino's direct free kick made the visiting fans suddenly become arrogant.
"Newcastle fans now think they have a chance to equalise but I don't think they are right"
"Chelsea is still the side with absolute dominance now, their ball possession rate is close to 75%!"
During the halftime, Tuchel and the players analyzed Newcastle's tactics in detail.
"They also play 4231, but their 4231 is very different from ours. Their attacking midfielder will go back very deep to defend, which is an opportunity we need to seize."
Pointing to his temple, Tuchel's tone became increasingly excited: "Don't forget, what else can we do besides attacking from the wing and defenders jumping over the wing?"
"We will also defend and counterattack!"
"We needed to trick them into going deep and then take advantage of the counterattack to defeat them. That's what we needed to do in the second half."
Sitting in his seat, Clarkson helped Jiang Yuan re-bandage his ankle.
Jiang Yuan did not like the feeling of having bandages on his feet, but Tuchel asked him to do so in today's game. The reason was that several Newcastle defensive players played in a tough style.
Chelsea’s schedule in December is very exaggerated. If the main players of the team are injured, the Blues coach will definitely collapse!
"Okok, remember what I just said to you. The opponent is not strong, but they want to take the three points from us, so we must teach them a lesson!"
The second half of the game begins!
Because Tuchel changed the team's tactics, Chelsea's offensive and defensive lines showed obvious signs of retreat after the start of the second half.
Newcastle players did not give up this opportunity. The two wingers Murphy and Ritchie kept pressuring Chelsea's defenders.
"I'll come, I'll come!"
Jiang Yuan was defending Richie alone, when Pogba ran over from behind.
Two defending one, Jiang Yuancheng takes on the main defensive task!
This was Jiang Yuan's first time participating in backcourt defense in this game!
In front are Jiang Yuan and Pogba. These two guys are very good at competing against each other.
Richie made a very smart choice. He pretended to pass the ball to Manquillo who was waiting behind him, but when Jiang Yuan was not paying attention he accelerated and rushed directly to the baseline!
!
"never mind!"
Tuchel signaled Jiang Yuan to give up temporarily because he wanted to conserve Jiang Yuan's physical strength.
But when Tuchel was shouting, the distance between him and Jiang Yuan was quite far, so Jiang Yuan did not hear Tuchel's shout at first.
Just follow!
"Rich!"
“Rich is really fast!”
"Wow, Jiang Yuan is faster!"
The strength of starting half a second earlier gave him an advantage, but after Jiang Yuan completed the start, Richie lost his advantage directly.
As a winger for a Premier League team, it is true that Ritchie is very fast.
But the problem is, he is facing Jiang Yuan!
This guy's starting speed is absolutely T0 level among the players in the five major leagues!
Stretch out your left hand to lock the position.
Jiang Yuan is waiting for a suitable opportunity!
Well, now is that chance!
Fall directly to the ground!
boom!
Jiang Yuan directly tackled the ball away from Richie's feet!
"Wow, beautiful!"
Tuchel applauded.
Since the middle of last season, Jiang Yuan has not participated much in defensive work, and this is even more so after Tuchel joined Chelsea.
I almost forgot to refuel, but he still has the ability to make tackles!
Although I don’t know why the youth training team that trained Jiang Yuan gave Jiang Yuan this skill point.
But now it seems that the approach of this youth training team is quite far-sighted!
Jiang Yuan's starting speed combined with his tackling ability can often give the opponent's offensive players a fatal blow at an unexpected moment!
The game entered the 72nd minute of the second half!
Newcastle United, who have been attacking all the time, have not found a suitable opportunity so far.
Head coach Benítez is in a big trouble now!
Although Chelsea's pressure on Newcastle is already very strong, judging from the expressions and body postures of the Blues players.
They don't seem to have come up with all the levels yet?
"Let's go!"
Pogba got the ball in the backcourt, and Hazard immediately urged the Blues strikers to press forward.
Pogba took a closer look at his current position.
Look up!
Swing the outside of your right foot forward!
The players on both sides of the field were very close to the center, and Pogba passed the ball with the outside of his foot to the unmanned area on the left sideline.
After suddenly turning right, it came directly to Jiang Yuan's feet!
"woww!!!"
Pogba's outside foot pass went straight to Jiang Yuan!
And Jiang Yuan just started from the offside line!
"Ha ha!"
After completing the pass, Pogba raised both hands at the same time.
Jiang Yuan started on the offside line.
The goalkeeper is still on the goal line.
He reached out to grab Jiang Yuan's defender but missed.
Complete elements.
As Jiang Yuan’s teammate, Pogba knows how strong the impact of this guy is when he runs.
The ball is already stable!
"come on! Come on!"
“Go, go!”
"Hit the door, hit the door!"
The fans in the stands were very excited. Lejeune seemed to be trying to block Jiang Yuan's position. At this time, Jiang Yuan suddenly took a step to the right and stood directly in front of Lejeune.
This is already a one-on-one opportunity!
Lejeune reached out from behind and grabbed Jiang Yuan.
Ok?
Jiang Yuan glanced to the left and right. Now it was a one-on-one situation. If he fell to the ground, Lejeune would get a red card.
Jiang Yuan thought about it carefully.
In the end, he chose to seize this scoring opportunity.
The goalkeeper rushed out!
Jiang Yuan adjusted his breathing and shot the ball.
The ball rolled between the goalkeeper's legs and finally rolled into the goal as expected.
"G——OOOO——LLLLLLLL!!!"
Jiang Yuan's two goals helped the team expand its lead.
"Roar--!!!"
He ran out roaring, and his teammates on the field followed him immediately.
Standing on the sidelines, Jiang Yuan performed his signature Tai Chi celebration.
"call……"
After a long breath, Benítez sat back in his seat.
After Merino scored from a free kick, the Newcastle manager thought they really had a chance to tie Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
But now it seems that Chunchun is just dreaming!
Even Liverpool, who were in top form, couldn't draw with Chelsea, so how could Newcastle have any chance!
“Beep, beep, beep—!!!”
The whole game is over.
The score was 3:1, and the miracle that Newcastle fans were hoping for did not really happen.
The camera turned to the visiting team's bench, and the expressions of Benítez and the assistant coach were full of helplessness and bitterness.
Chelsea... is it really impossible to beat them?
……
"Why did you just run forward after passing the ball? Why did you just stand there?"
In the corridor at the door of the locker room, Tuchel shouted to Pogba in front of him. It was not an absolute scoring opportunity, but Pogba chose to celebrate in advance, which is why Tuchel is angry now.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuan really scored the goal in the end, otherwise Tuchel would probably be even more angry.
“There’s no chance of error.”
Pogba's feet were shaking.
Originally, Tuchel was going to say a few words and then end it, because after all, Pogba was the hero of this goal, but the attitude shown by the French midfielder made Tuchel very dissatisfied.
"So, I said that it wasn't an absolute opportunity. What if Jiang chose to pass the ball to Eden, and then we played pass control? Would we have one less person on offense?"
"After passing the ball, you should run forward immediately instead of waiting to celebrate."
Tuchel squeezed Pogba's shoulder hard, then went to the press room for an interview.
Tuchel was thinking as he left.
Mourinho suddenly chose to leave when Chelsea's lineup strength reached its peak.
Why is that?
Does this matter have anything to do with Pogba?
……
"You criticised Pogba after the game? Is that true?"
"Well, I know we scored, but what Paul did was wrong."
Tuchel explained his point of view to the reporters, just as he had just done to them.
"But it was Jiang who had the ball, and we didn't think he would make a mistake in this situation."
"I am the coach of the team. I need to make sure everything goes well. If Jiang makes a mistake, we will be one man less in the frontcourt, which is something we are unwilling to accept."
Click, click, click!
"Manchester Evening News" - Tuchel is keeping an eye on Arsenal striker Giroud. He sees Giroud as a replacement for Ibrahimovic and Arsenal are asking for no less than 2000 million euros.
Arsenal reporter: Giroud told the club clearly that he wanted to leave in the winter transfer window. "Chelsea is in hot form right now, which is very attractive to the Frenchman."
The news of Chelsea's new center forward caused a small stir in the football news circle, but was soon overshadowed by other news.
December is the Golden Globe Awards month, and countless news breaks out every time this time.
"They said I was going to Juventus in the winter transfer window"
In the cafeteria, Jiang Yuan showed Hazard the news he had just read.
"They said? Who are they?"
"I don't know, I didn't say that."
Jiang Yuan shook his shoulders.
This group of reporters can really make up a lot of different stories for the sake of traffic.
He has no communication with Juventus at all!
"Reporters are like this. Someone once spread rumors about me, saying that I ate a lot of hamburgers the night before the game against Bayern, so I didn't perform well."
"Ha ha"
Jiang Yuan and Terry looked at each other, and then they both looked at Hazard at the same time: "So you didn't eat?"
"Hey, come on!"
"Jiang, even you don't believe me?"
Reporters don't make up news randomly. What they make up is what fans are willing to believe, so the news is very popular.
Whether the fans believed Jiang Yuan or not was unknown, but Jiang Yuan and Terry believed it absolutely.
"Eden, don't eat hamburgers before playing against Roma. They are in great form and this game will be very difficult."
"Very difficult?"
“Yes, it’s very difficult.”
Although he is a substitute in the team, captain Terry is definitely the one who pays the most attention to the team.
He looked at Roma's league data this season and then took into account the experience of the last match between Chelsea and Roma.
That will definitely be a tough opponent!
……
"Dzeko!"
"Received a pass from Fazio in the penalty area!"
"Just hit him!"
"GGGG-OOOOO-LLLLLL!!!"
"The ball goes in! Oh my God!"
The defender made a 45-degree cross to the center forward in the penalty area.
It was a tactical combination that couldn’t be simpler, but Roma was able to use it to score against Chelsea.
Dzeko came to the edge of the field and roared at the fans in the stands.
It turns out that Chelsea is not invincible!
Dongqiudi real-time battle report: Dzeko scored directly with a header, and Roma led Chelsea 1:0.
[Can't even save this ball? Courtois is not in good shape today]
[Zuma was sleepwalking. He probably didn’t expect Fazio to pass the ball directly into the penalty area]
[Roma is really strong, but it doesn’t matter, Chelsea has already secured first place in the group]
Roma is very strong, but they have a record of one draw and one loss against Bayern, and they lost once to Chelsea.
As the only team in Group C that has not lost a game, Chelsea has already secured the top spot in the group.
This is also the reason why the Blues players played very relaxed in this game!
"Depend on!"
Tuchel was obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the field, and kept shaking his head while standing on the sidelines.
"It's okay, it's okay, we can turn things around, we can turn things around"
Captain Azpilicueta encouraged his teammates on the field.
Roma was clearly well prepared today. They seized on Chelsea's characteristics of defending the ball from behind and made long passes when they saw opportunities in the frontcourt, making it very difficult for Zouma and Walker.
Especially Walker, now the first half of the game is not over yet, his running distance has reached nearly 6km.
Tuchel was forced to make tactical adjustments. Walker, who originally played as a defensive midfielder on the right, was moved to the defender position, while Christensen's position remained unchanged.
This is the compromise Tuchel made.
In order to deal with Roma's offensive tactics, Chelsea needs to play 433 temporarily.
"Jiang Yuan!"
"Giving up the chance to go to the bottom, Jiang Yuan chose to move"
"Give it to William!"
William easily took the ball flying from the left under his feet, shook it a few times in front of Stroman, and then rushed directly to the middle.
Jiang Yuan was originally planning to go to the top of the arc, but he didn't expect William to take the initiative to go to the top of the arc.
Then Jiang Yuan’s only choice was to rush to the baseline!
After quickly observing the position of his teammates, Jiang Yuan rushed directly into the penalty area in front of Florenzi.
There are now two Chelsea offensive players in Roma's penalty area, Jiang Yuan and Ibrahimovic.
Both of these guys have very good shooting ability.
Roma defenders are under a lot of pressure now!
William is looking for an opportunity at the top of the arc!
De Rossi wants to grab it!
The moment De Rossi stretched out his foot, William picked up the ball from the ground.
Header to Hazard!
boom!
Through pass from Hazard!
Penetrate a Roman defender.
Directly into the penalty area!
Seeing Ibrahimovic stop the ball, Jiang Yuan quickly ran to a position away from the goalkeeper.
Now he is facing an empty goal!
"here!"
Ibrahimovic didn't have time to look up and observe. He passed the ball directly when he heard Jiang Yuan's voice.
With the arch of his right foot horizontal, Jiang Yuan shot decisively!
Dongqiudi real-time battle report: Chelsea cooperated in a small area in the penalty area, and Jiang Yuan pushed the ball to equalize the score.
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(End of this chapter)
