20demayo Chapter 184
Chapter 184
In the 73rd minute of the game, seeing that the situation was not getting better, Mourinho finally made a lineup adjustment. Anyway, the ground pass could not reach the Leeds United penalty area, so he changed his mind.
Mourinho replaced Shevchenko, whose performance in the second half was not as good as in the first half, with Ballack, and wanted Ballack and Lampard to try to break through the Leeds United goal with long shots outside the penalty area.
It was really useful at the beginning. Since Ballack came on the court, Chelsea's style of play has changed to a style of play that directly kicks high balls into the penalty area.
With his strong body, Drogba can gain the upper hand in direct confrontations with Silva most of the time. If there is a chance, he will shoot directly, and if there is no chance, he will pass the ball to Ballack or Lampard who has been cruising at the front of the Leeds United penalty area.
The two tough guys didn't say much. As long as they received the ball, they would kick it hard for no reason. Even Essien would rush up and kick it sometimes, which made Schmeichel very tired.
"Drogba got the first point again, but Cannavaro and Silva were close to him, so it might be difficult for him to turn around!"
"Lampard has already rushed up to ask for the ball, but Mascherano is also with him. Even if Drogba passes it back to him, it should be difficult to kick it, right?"
"Beautiful! Lampard made the most correct judgment at the first time. After receiving Drogba's pass, he did not force the kick, but passed the ball horizontally to Makelele who was inserted. However, the Frenchman's foot seemed a little soft, and the football did not seem to hit the middle part. Schmeichel took the football steadily without much effort!"
In the last few minutes, Chelsea's offensive gradually increased, and Jon's commentary voice gradually became louder.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the broadcast screen shifted from Schmeichel, who was lying in the penalty area with the ball in his arms, to the sidelines.
"Oh? Leeds United is going to make a substitution! Lee replaced Torres with Xavi Garcia and De Bruyne with Alonso." Lineker continued, "It seems that Leeds United is going to defend to the end. Lee changed the formation again. De Bruyne became the front one among the four midfielders of Leeds United, and Toure retreated a little. It seems that Lee made Mascherano, Toure and Garcia form three defensive midfielders!"
Jon also agreed with Lineker's view: "Indeed, Lee should have seen Mourinho's intention. After Toure withdraws, Leeds United can increase the hardness of the defensive midfielder position. Moreover, De Bruyne, the young player, has a solid passing skill. Lee has found a good teacher for him. In recent months, under the guidance of Rivaldo, De Bruyne has made rapid progress! Lee must have had some intention to replace him at the last moment of the game..."
The analysis of the two commentators is indeed on point.
After Li Shiguang made adjustments, the three defensive midfielders of Leeds United all found their opponents.
Garcia entangled Lampard, Mascherano found Ballack, and Toure stuck close to Essien. As for Makelele, thinking of the previous shot, Li Shiguang chose to let him go, and Makelele did not dare to rush too far forward, after all, Ibrahimovic and De Bruyne near the center circle were not vegetarians.
This move was indeed effective immediately. Even if Drogba could still grab the first point, under the interference of Leeds United players, Chelsea's chances of shooting at the front of the penalty area immediately decreased a lot, and Schmeichel's pressure was also reduced a lot.
In this situation, the game time came to the 81st minute, and Chelsea was organizing an attack.
After receiving Terry's pass in the midfield, Essien looked up and observed the situation in the frontcourt. He found that Leeds United's defense in the middle was indeed very tight. In desperation, he had to pass the ball to Robben who had retreated to the left.
Leeds United's defense against Robben was very tight. When he saw him get the ball, Ribery immediately ran up to stop Robben from starting.
However, Robben did not plan to go down this time. He took advantage of the fact that Ribery had not completely blocked the angle, took two steps and directly kicked the ball to the back point on the right side of the Leeds United penalty area!
Silva, who was stuck in front of Drogba, jumped up first. He wanted to head the ball out of the penalty area first. But surprisingly, Silva, who has always been more stable in headers, did not head the ball!
"Silva headed it! A fatal mistake! This is a good opportunity for Chelsea!" Lineker's flat commentary suddenly rose in tone.
Behind Silva was Drogba, who was staring at him. In everyone's view, when the football passed over Silva's head, Drogba had already pulled up his posture and prepared to shoot.
"Fuck!" Schmeichel only had time to utter a curse word before running away from the goal.He came out, raised his hands above his head, lowered his center of gravity, and rushed towards Drogba with his body tilted.
Drogba saw Schmeichel rushing towards him with the corner of his eye, and also saw that Schmeichel had lowered his center of gravity. So he leaned sideways, let the football fly in front of him, and then raised his right foot and kicked the football hard without waiting for the football to land.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the football passed Schmeichel's body and went straight to the upper right corner of the Leeds United goal.
"Drogba! Volley~~~~" Jon screamed in a long voice!
This was the closest time Chelsea was to scoring in the whole game. At this time, there was no defensive player in front of the Leeds United goal. It was a huge empty goal!
The Leeds United fans behind the goal also swept away their previous happy mood and became depressed and desperate. If this goal goes in, it is highly likely that Leeds United's efforts throughout the game will go to waste, and the gap between them and Manchester United will grow.
In this tense atmosphere, the football is getting closer and closer to the goal.
But Li Shiguang on the sidelines noticed a figure. After a short 0.5 seconds, everyone in Elland Road, including all the viewers in front of the TV, noticed this figure!
Cannavaro, who ran towards the goal immediately after seeing Silva's header, suddenly broke into everyone's sight, and then he jumped up on the goal line towards the audience behind the goal, raised his right foot high, and used a move that forwards often use to hook the football out when it is about to cross the goal line! !
"WTF!?" Lineker grabbed his remaining hair tightly with both hands, and shouted at the TV in front of him with horror.
And at Elland Road, Eddie Gray's shouting volume was many times louder than Lineker's!
"Fabio!!! Fabio Cannavaro!!! Great overhead kick!!!"
"He is definitely the savior of Leeds United today!!!"