Chapter 425 Wait, something seems a little wrong?
"Fuck!"Hazard shouted, and Jiang Yuan, who had completed the steal, passed the ball to Deng Hanwen in front of him.
Hazard saw that Deng Hanwen intended to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan again, so his job at this time was to stop Jiang Yuan.
But Hazard didn't do that, he ran directly towards Deng Hanwen along the wing.
boom!
This was a chance from the other side, Deng Hanwen hit the ball with his foot, and the ball returned to Jiang Yuan's feet again. What was different from before was that Jiang Yuan now turned around and faced the Chelsea goal.
"Let's go, let's go!"
Seeing Wu Lei and Zhang Xizhe playing conservatively, Jiang Yuan loudly signaled his teammates to press forward. Hazard's move just now was already obvious. Chelsea would give China some opportunities from time to time. If they continued to play conservatively at this time, it would be pure joke.
Jiang Yuan made a long pass with the arch of his foot and passed the ball to Hao Junmin in front, who then made a pass from the middle.
"In front! In front! Gogogo!"
Seeing Hao Junmin stop and look for a chance to pass the ball, Mourinho started shouting.
Now there is only Kante next to Hao Junmin, and Kante doesn't even have the intention to come up to grab the ball. It would be a bit funny if you are still standing there waiting for an opportunity at this time.
After hearing Mourinho's call, Hao Junmin started to operate. He first walked forward with the ball, waited for Liao Lisheng and Zhang Xizhe to come over, and then passed the ball to Liao Lisheng.
At the same time, when the Chinese team's midfielders were dribbling forward, Jiang Yuan and Wu Lei went directly to the sidelines, one on the left and one on the right.
"Jiang Yuan, duel with Ake. Ake is already in a one-man defense position. Hold Jiang Yuan close."
"This is a very good choice. Although Jiang Yuan is not in control of the ball now, as long as Jiang Yuan is kept under control after the Chinese team attacks, the Chinese team's offensive capability will be reduced by at least half."
"Liao Lisheng kicks him to the side! Gao Zhunyi!"
"Pass it directly to Jiang Yuan!"
"Huh? Hey! Jiang Yuan bypassed Ake. Jiang Yuan got rid of Ake by running on the wing! Now he is almost unguarded!"
"wowww!"
Jiang Yuan got the ball on the left side and the fans in the stands immediately stood up and shouted.
The camera on the scene focused on Jiang Yuan, who cut inwards diagonally and came to the edge of the penalty area, challenging Zouma alone.
At this time Jiang Yuan was already very close to the penalty area. According to the field, facing a player with such a strong impact like Jiang Yuan, Zouma and Terry had to come up at the same time, each blocking a route, but in the end Chelsea chose not to let Terry come up.
The old England captain's attention was still on Hao Junmin who cut into the penalty area from the middle.
Jiang Yuan is very familiar with Zouma's opponent. Almost in every training match, Murray...Tuchel will arrange Zouma to play opposite him.
To deal with a central defender like Zouma, you just need to be careful not to get too close to him.
He pushed the ball a little bit inwards with the outside of his foot, and when he was 40cm away from Zouma, he suddenly stretched out his foot to pass the ball. When Zouma was about to stretch his foot forward, Jiang Yuan suddenly pulled the ball back.
This is not the end yet. Jiang Yuan exerted a little force with his ankle and successfully completed the movement to the right front.
He targeted the space between Zouma and Terry.
One kick!
“The ball goes in—!!!!”
"Jiang Yuan, a breakthrough from Jiang Yuan!"
"This was an offensive attempt by the Chinese team on the wing. We saw that although the final cut-in and shot were completed by Jiang Yuan alone, without the help of his teammates, Jiang Yuan would not have been able to get the ball after shaking off the defender."
“This is a pretty good team effort!”
After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan did not rush to celebrate. Instead, he turned around and touched Zuma's head: "How dare you stretch your foot? Hahaha!"
"Fuck, no, what is this, a new fake move you learned?"
Just now Jiang Yuan almost pushed the ball in front of Zouma.
How could Zouma, a 1m tall Premier League defender, resist such temptation!
Terry slapped Zouma on the buttocks: "Joker! I f*cking told me to go to the right and you didn't believe me"
"Come on, uncle, you are old, you can't keep up with Jiang's movements, just trust me."
"Fuck you, at least I won't get scammed"
Terry held his forehead with one hand. If Zouma could think a little clearer, Chelsea's defense would be more than twice as strong.
It's such an obvious trap that even a 12-year-old defender from Cobham Academy wouldn't be fooled!
"What are you kicking!?"
[I woke up and the Chinese national football team beat Chelsea 1-0. Something didn’t feel right. Brothers, what’s going on? ]
[To be honest, this game was played in the Bird's Nest in a parallel world. The Chinese national football team here is not quite the same as we imagined.]
[Don’t mention it, the cooperation is pretty good, Mourinho’s defense and counterattack are really amazing]
[What the hell is this Zuma? Is he trying to make me laugh to death? Is this a script? ]
[The script is back, Zouma was scolded by Terry. It's so funny, the Chinese team scored first, Chelsea won't have to live next season]
[Tuchel: I wanted them to let the ball go, but I didn’t expect them to do it directly]
[Yes, Mourinho personally conducted Tuchel's dismissal ceremony. Chelsea lost 0:1 to the Chinese men's football team. Tuchel became the first coach in Chelsea's history to be shut out by the Chinese men's football team during his coaching career. He was dismissed gloriously! ]
[King Jiang is still ruthless, his teammates are still killing, but I feel Chelsea did let them go, Cahill was just on the sidelines, Terry didn't need to look at Hao Junmin]
[Chelsea is the only team in the Premier League that has never felt Jiang Yuan's impact during the game. As Jiang Yuan's home team, Chelsea does not know that it actually takes two people to defend Jiang Yuan in the penalty area.]
【Wenger: I understand this! 】
[Fuck, time flies by so fast, it's already been 21 minutes. I remember the contract was for 30 minutes, right? Then there won't be anything to watch after these 30 minutes are up.]
[What do you mean there is nothing to watch? Isn’t the China National Football Team’s match against Chelsea enough for you to watch? Even if Jiang Yuan and Hazard both leave, the ratings of this game will still not be low.]
"What are you doing!?"
Tuchel shouted at the players on the grass in English, which he had just learned.
Assholes, I told you to be more sensible, you just need to be a little sensible, what do you want to do by being so sensible?
Don’t let yourself get defeated by then!
In the camera, Tuchel stepped on the plastic track of the Bird's Nest Stadium and kept swinging his right hand: "Attack, attack!"
Click, click, click!
The reporter took a picture of this scene and gave it a title.
"Chelsea conceded a goal in the 18th minute, and was brutally beaten by the Chinese national team. New coach Tuchel is in danger!"
Thomas, in order to keep your position as coach, you must work hard to defeat the powerful Chinese men's football team!
The game continued, and the players on the field were scolded by Tuchel and immediately began to adjust their state.
Looking at the scoreboard in the fourth official's hand, there were still 20 minutes left in the first half.
There is not much time left for Chelsea!
After scoring a goal, China's mission in today's game was almost over, but Mourinho did not relax. He called his translator over, gave a few brief instructions, and then the translator made a speech.
"Defend towards the middle, pay attention to the formation, be compact when defending, pay attention to your target, and don't leave an open crotch to the opponent."
After the translator finished speaking, Mourinho felt that he had not said enough, so he emphasized it a few more times.
Tuchel went from Germany to the UK, and he was able to learn enough English to support some simple communication in one and a half months.
Mourinho came to China from the UK, and in the one and a half months he could only speak the simplest words.
For this UEFA Champions League coach, FIFA Pro-level coach, and the second coach of the 15-16 Premier League season...
Chinese is indeed too difficult!
Under the nervous gaze of the fans, the timer on the big screen at the scene and in the upper left corner of the CCTV live broadcast room changed little by little.
29:58
29:59
30:00
!!!
The fans are very, very nervous now. 30 minutes is the time stipulated in Jiang Yuan’s contract.
Not only Jiang Yuan, the time has come for Hazard and Pogba as well.
The camera turned to the benches of both teams, and some people had already started warming up more than 20 minutes in.
Sure enough, the thing that both sides were most worried about happened. The fourth official raised the sign, indicating that Chelsea was making a substitution.
Substitute Marcos Alonso.
The one who was replaced was... John Terry!
Terry jogged off the field, high-fived Alonso and walked onto the track, responding to the support of the fans in the stands with applause as he walked towards the bench.
Looking at the bench again, the nine warm-up players from both teams were wearing vests, which means they would not play for the time being.
Awesome!
Some fans at the scene were already secretly happy. The contract stipulated that Jiang Yuan, Hazard and others had 30 minutes of playing time, so the premium on the tickets was also based on this time.
But we can only say that the ticket selling platform is not smart. Anyone who is familiar with Jiang Yuan knows that he will definitely not leave the field after playing for only 30 minutes.
Based on Jiang Yuan's personality, there is a high probability that he will have no problem finishing the first half.
If you think about it carefully, the people in Chelsea also have to give Jiang Yuan face, so they will definitely exceed the 30 minutes of playing time in the contract.
Those fans who hesitated when buying tickets obviously did not think about it seriously, because if they thought about it seriously, they would know.
It looks like a 30-minute contract, but in fact there are 45 minutes of playing time!
"Wow!"
"come on!"
The fans at the scene just shouted happily twice, and Chelsea's attack immediately started.
I have to say that Mourinho's counterattack is still quite useful when facing strong teams. Despite the exaggerated strength gap, the Chinese team managed to withstand the breakthroughs from Hazard and William on the flanks, and the 550-meter bus was as solid as a rock.
550 Portuguese bus, this is a way to use tactics to reduce the gap in player strength, and it is also the tactic that can best narrow the gap in team strength (no other).
It is stable, but of course not invincible. Hazard and Azpilicueta fiddled with the left side for a while, seizing the coordination errors between Hao Junmin and Jiang Zhipeng. Finally, Azpilicueta suddenly rushed up and successfully grabbed the empty space in front of him.
"Fuck! Go back quickly!"
The formation was broken up and the Chinese players were a little nervous. Finally, Liao Lisheng felt that the situation was not good and reached out to pull down Hazard who was making a forward run.
"Jesus!"
Mourinho put his head in his hands.
The second 550 of 5 was dispersed, but there is still the first 5 for protection. There is actually no need for Liao Lisheng to be so anxious!
"This is a direct free kick opportunity for Chelsea. The position is quite good. Let's see how Chelsea makes this choice..."
"Ok?"
The camera turned to Ake, who picked up the ball with his toes, bounced it twice and held it in his hand. He then walked towards Jiang Yuan and handed the ball to him.
Jiang Yuan took the ball and turned it around in his hands twice as usual. Then he realized something was wrong and looked at Ake: "What are you doing?"
"Hmm? You're not going to kick?"
Ake touched his head and then suddenly laughed: "Fuck! Sorry, sorry, it's my problem, my problem"
"genius!"
Jiang Yuan threw the ball, Ake passed the ball to Azpilicueta, who then passed it to Kante.
Chelsea's direct free kick was originally scheduled to be taken by Jiang Yuan as agreed, but unfortunately Jiang Yuan was not wearing blue clothes today.
"Go and kick it!" "Go and kick it!"
The fans in the stands started to make a noise, and Jiang Yuan raised his hand to apologize.
I really don’t know who came up with the idea of the Chinese men’s football team playing against Chelsea. Jiang Yuan trained with Chelsea the week before.
Who the hell can react to this?
"Fuck, haha!"
Pogba pushed Jiang Yuan towards the free kick position: "Come on, Jiang, you go!"
"Fuck, do I look stupid?"
Jiang Yuan gave Pogba a middle finger, then ran back to join the human wall defense.
Kante and Pogba, two French fellows, stood together and whispered, and finally Pogba left the free kick spot and entered the penalty area.
"Direct free kick to Kante"
"Just give it a kick!"
"boom!"
There are many free kick experts in Chelsea, and each has his own characteristics. Compared to Jiang Yuan's highly spectacular elevator ball, Kante's free kick is much more straightforward. He finds a suitable gap and then shoots directly.
The ball went in!
In the 35th minute of the game, Chelsea successfully equalized the score with a direct free kick from Kante.
"Depend on!"
Jiang Yuan scratched the grass with the studs on his shoes. If he had known that Kante's shot could go in, he would have gone up and taken the free kick.
Before everyone can react, just kick the ball away!
"wowwww!"
Chelsea scored a goal and the stands still applauded.
There is no point in playing with complete concede. Compared to watching the Chinese national team beat the particularly sensible Chelsea 10:0, fans prefer to watch the Chinese national team lose to the slightly sensible Chelsea by a small score.
The first half of the game was about to end, and the Chinese national team made two substitutions, but some main players were not replaced.
Mourinho meant to treat this game as a formal match. After all, there are not many opportunities to play against top clubs.
As for Chelsea...
At the end of the first half, Chelsea players returned to their away team locker room. Tuchel stood in the middle with a serious expression: "Hurry up and sit down, don't stand anymore, Paul, and N'Golo, you two too, sit down quickly"
In the first half, the tie with the Chinese national team was 1:1. It’s not that the score was bad, but the way Chelsea players played made Tuchel a little anxious.
"I mean, let it go a little bit, you know what let it go a little bit means?"
"Yes, I know!"
Pogba gave a thumbs up. He had a chance for a long shot in the first half, but he failed to seize it.
Although this was a mistake, considering that the game was going to be easy today, missing the long-range shot opportunity can be said to be a brilliant performance by Pogba.
"No! You don't know!"
Tuchel suddenly shouted, almost scaring Pogba: "I mean to let the game go, just let it go a little bit, if you play like that we will lose badly today"
"John Kurt"
The team had a problem, and Tuchel immediately found the two defenders Zouma and Terry: "There is only one person defending Jiang, come on, who gave you the confidence?"
Terry pointed at Zouma, who was sitting two seats away from him: "It's mainly because he was deceived, otherwise it wouldn't be a big problem."
Tuchel looked at Zouma, who chuckled, easing the embarrassment at the moment.
"Verdammt! (German for damn)"
Tuchel helplessly threw his hands and said: "Forget it, listen to me, at the beginning of the second half you play normally, and then start playing when the score reaches 2:1 or 3:1"
"Of course, remember, we can't be as exaggerated as we were in the first half. When defending, it's 1v1, but we still need 2 people to defend Jiang, otherwise our score will be caught up."
When saying this, Tuchel was looking specifically at Zouma and Alonso.
“Then there’s the substitution.”
Tuchel paused and took out a notebook, on which was written the time when Pogba, Hazard and other main players were replaced. Except for Ibrahimovic who was replaced in the 65th minute, other players were replaced at the 55th minute.
At the top of the substitution plan, Zesotlov wrote 2:0, which was Chelsea's plan before the game.
Leading the opponent 2:0 in the first half!
But now it seems that Chelsea's plan has not been successful!
On the other side, the Chinese team’s locker room.
Click!
Click, click, click!
Dozens of reporters crowded at the door of the locker room, all wanting to ask whether Jiang Yuan would play in the second half. Mourinho, who passed by, did not answer the reporters' questions. These reporters were finally dispersed by the security guards.
"We still have to play seriously in the second half"
These were the first words Mourinho said in the locker room.
"You should be able to feel that our opponents are letting us go. I know they may be a little disrespectful to us, but the fact is that if they don't let us go, we will have a very hard time. Do you know why I say this? Because the 550 we played in the first half had big problems."
Mourinho turned to look at Wu Lei and said a lot of things. The translator simply sorted out what he said and told the striker roughly what Mourinho meant.
"If you want to play counter-attack, play it well. Don't always think about pressing in front. If a striker stands too far forward, our formation will be scattered. Pure defensive tactics test the players' ability to execute tactics. I didn't fully implement my tactics at Chelsea due to some problems, but now in the Chinese men's football team, I hope you can listen to my advice."
"Defense is defense. You can't defend and attack at the same time. We must not be impatient. And Jiang Yuan..."
The translator was a little embarrassed. Mourinho had just pointed out Jiang Yuan's mistake, but the translator didn't know whether he should translate those words in person.
Mourinho was talking to Jiang Yuan, who also knew Portuguese, so he didn't need an interpreter. But according to the rules, the interpreter needed to tell every player exactly what the head coach said.
Jiang Yuan saw the difficulty of translation, so he gave a thumbs up and said, "It's okay, just say it directly."
"Ahem, Jiang Yuan, my suggestion is not to go too far forward. Make sure your teammates can control the ball before you rush forward. Otherwise, you should still prioritize your position. Losing your position is a very serious defensive mistake."
Cough!
Jiang Yuan coughed dryly twice. This translator really gave him face. Mourinho used at least three swear words when talking to him just now, but they were all swallowed up by this translator.
But as long as the general meaning is conveyed, it's fine.
……
"CCTV, dear audience friends, welcome back. This is the second half of the warm-up match between FAW Toyota China Men's Football Team and Chelsea. We can see that the players on both sides are ready."
"According to the information given by the backstage before the game, Chelsea will make a substitution at the beginning of the second half."
The fans in the live broadcast room held their breath.
Should we replace Hazard or Pogba?
Or should both of them be replaced together?
"Moses replaces Ake, it looks like Chelsea is going to strengthen their attack"
In the player tunnel, Pogba put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and then repeated to Jiang Yuan what Kennedy had said to him.
“This guy doesn’t think he did anything wrong.”
Pogba said, staring at Jiang Yuan while speaking.
As expected, Jiang Yuan's expression was not very good.
"Hey!"
Mourinho, who was standing at the back of the team chatting with Tuchel, noticed Jiang Yuan's situation and shouted: "Don't be affected by other things"
Jiang Yuan raised his hand to apologize: "I know, I know, it's my problem, sorry!"
Mourinho gave a thumbs up, then looked at Tuchel on the side. The two had a conflict when they played in the Champions League before, so Mourinho did not give Tuchel a good look: "My friend, Kennedy needs to be dealt with properly."
"Of course I know, you don't need to tell me."
"Besides, you're not my friend!"
Tuchel glanced at Mourinho and then followed the team out.
"Whatever"
Mourinho shook his shoulders and followed.
Why are all Germans like this?
……
At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea stepped up their attack according to Tuchel's plan. Hazard and Ibrahimovic scored respectively, easily expanding the score to 3:1.
The fans in the live broadcast room were amazed at Chelsea's precise coordination while also being amazed at the playing time of Hazard and Pogba.
These two guys have been playing for 52 minutes and haven’t left the field yet!
It was the 56th minute and Tuchel, as planned, asked the young players of the second team who were warming up to get ready to play.
Whenever there is a suitable substitution opportunity, Mourinho will take Hazard and Pogba off to rest.
"Jiang Yuan, you chose to score this goal yourself. Hiss! Jiang Yuan's dribbling skills are still as exaggerated as ever."
"Moshi wanted to defend, but he is not a professional full-back after all, so it was very difficult to deal with. Chelsea only regretted not completing the deal for Kyle Walker earlier. Now facing their own striker in the warm-up match, it is very uncomfortable to play."
"Jiang Yuan!"
Tuchel said that if Jiang Yuan was attacking with the ball, there was no need to let him go, so Pogba ran back very obediently, ready to occupy the top of the arc, which was Jiang Yuan's preferred position.
Just as Pogba guessed, Jiang Yuan ran to the top of the arc after reaching the baseline, so Pogba rushed up to defend.
Hazard ran up from behind, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he made a cross pass with his left foot, setting up a cannon for Hazard.
opportunity!
Hazard rushed forward and seized the opportunity, volleying the ball straight into the blind corner of the goal.
"The ball is in!"
but……
and many more!
Something seems not quite right!
……
(End of this chapter)
