Chapter 684 Victory belongs to Leeds United
Chapter 684 Victory belongs to Leeds United
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL2:0 In the second minute of game No. 30, Leeds United scored the second goal of the game."
"The goal after ten and six minutes, Leeds United's first goal occurred in the No.6 minute, and the second goal was ten and six minutes later."
"This is not the Chelsea we are familiar with. The arrival of Scolari did not bring the football that Abramovich wanted. On the contrary, it also changed Chelsea beyond recognition. Perhaps the Russians need to make a decision not to let Scolari continue to stay at Chelsea." In normal games, Chelsea did not play much offensively, and their defense was quite chaotic.
"Scolari must make a change, or they will definitely follow in the footsteps of Real Madrid." Leeds United's second goal can't help but remind people of Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
If Chelsea concentrates on defense, they will actually do a very good job. This can be seen from the next performance. In the case of 0:2 behind, Scolari can only signal to stabilize the situation first.
Although Scolari's tactics made Chelsea lose their defense, if they switch to the one Chelsea is familiar with, then Chelsea can go back. Now Scolari relies on this to continue his life.
Although Scolari is not reconciled, he is also a famous head coach in today's football. He has won the World Cup champion, an honor that no one else can touch in his lifetime.
"We need to be careful in the second half?" The Leeds United players obviously knew about Li Yi's instructions.
When the 15-minute break ended, Chelsea's changes did not exceed Li Yi's expectations. Anelka was replaced and Drogba came on as a substitute.
It has become almost a routine for Chelsea, with Anelka in the starting line-up and Drogba in the back-up, and Drogba is brought in when Chelsea struggle.
Although this substitution is nothing new, it is very useful. Who doesn't know Drogba, who doesn't know, but what's the use? Ivory Coast Warcraft is the kind of player that you know his ability but you can't stop him.
Drogba's strongest point is not his scoring ability, but the fulcrum he plays in the front line. Drogba's appearance seems to tell Chelsea players to pass the ball to him, and then hand it over to Drogba to decide whether to pass or shoot himself.
Drogba's appearance completely changed Chelsea's offensive style. Fortunately, Leeds United was well prepared, and Kompany's physical fitness was also good. Although Drogba could not be completely blocked, it would be fine as long as Drogba was not allowed to hold the ball comfortably.
And in order to defend Drogba as much as possible, Li Yi also used one on Kompany. Not to mention, Leeds United's tactics in the second half also became mainly defensive, so it can be said that they were fully prepared.
But even so Drogba still threatened Leeds United's goal. In the 6th minute of the second half and 1 minute into the game, Drogba Malouda's pass beat Kompany's header and hit the crossbar.
Five minutes later, Chelsea once again attacked Leeds United's hinterland, Ballack passed the ball over the top, Drogba headed back to Lampard who was in the middle, and the latter blasted a very good long-range shot.
Fortunately, Adler was focused enough to block the ball with a world-class save. Ballack then threatened Leeds United's goal again with a corner kick, but was still blocked by Adler.
With Adler's outstanding performance in Leeds United, he has secured his position as the main goalkeeper of the German national team, and is even known as the No.85 goalkeeper of the 1 generation.
With Drogba coming off the bench, Chelsea's offense became sharper, and Leeds United did not have a chance to counterattack. In 3 minutes, Leeds United made a good counterattack.
Beckham found Owen with a long pass. Although Chelsea had been prepared, Owen still completed the shot. If it weren't for Petr Cech's wonderful save, Leeds United might have led 3:0.
No.609 minutes, Leeds United still had a chance to score, it was Beckham's pass, but this time the England heartthrob sent a direct pass.
Owen is not afraid of confrontation, and his header ability is also good, but his congenital flaws are there. Although the combination of Terry and Alex turns slowly, his head-on confrontation ability and header are really nothing to say.
Throughout the game, Leeds United did not really take advantage of corner kicks. Of course, it is not easy for Chelsea to break Leeds United's goal through corner kicks. Although Drogba's substitute appearance broke the balance, so far neither side has been able to rely on corner kicks to complete the goal.
No. 706 minutes, Chelsea once again threatened Leeds United's goal, or Drogba, Ivory Coast Warcraft did revitalize Chelsea's offense, but Leeds United's defense really did not give any chance.
Drogba played for his teammates again, this time it was Ballack. Speaking of which, Lampard and Ballack behind Drogba are both good long-range shooters, and both of them are good at hitting heavy shots.
Ballack's long-range shot was so powerful that Adler didn't even dare to pick it up and chose to hold the ball out of the baseline. In the subsequent corner kick, Adler directly attacked and took the ball off Terry's head.
Counterattack, Leeds United counterattacked decisively, Adler passed the ball to Baines, the latter kicked forward to find Bell, the Welshman played his speed to the limit, and rushed into Chelsea's half along the wing.
In the bottom pass, Bell failed to cut into the penalty area, because Chelsea's defensive response was very good. Ivanovic and Terry completely blocked Bell's inward cut route.
"Pass back, Bell passed the ball to Baines who followed from behind." Baines immediately followed up after passing the ball to Bell.
"Cross, a diagonal pass" Baines also knew very well that Irving couldn't beat Alex with the header, but in terms of speed, Owen beat Alex by a block.
"PassedMichael OwenHe used his speed to eat his opponent raw and passed Alex." While Owen passed Alex, Baines' pass was also delivered.
"ChanceThis is Owen's chanceNoCechChelsea goalkeeper rushed out."
"WhoWho will touch the ball first?" Cech fell to the ground with a shovel in order to block Owen's shot. At the same time, Owen also made the same action.
"OhNoFoulAlexGodAles reached out, and he grabbed Owen." However, when Owen also fell to the ground and shoveled the shot, Alex behind Owen suddenly reached out and grabbed Owen's clothes.
"PenaltyPenaltyThe referee pointed to the penalty spot without any hesitation." In fact, sometimes some actions of the players are subconscious behaviors, just like Alex at this moment, but the foul is already a fact, and the penalty kick is inevitable.
"If Leeds United scored this goal, then Chelsea will follow in the footsteps of Real Madrid in this round of the series." The difference between 0:2 and 0:3 is very big.
(End of this chapter)