Chapter 150 Finally a Goal!
"Ancelotti made the first substitution of the game."
When Malouda shook hands with Torres and patted his shoulders in the TV screen, he quickly walked to the front line and appeared on the left side of the team's frontcourt. The TV commentator immediately began to analyze Chelsea's substitution.
"Obviously, Carlo Ancelotti has realised that the four-four-two tactic has lost its effectiveness, especially when Southampton has four players in the midfield and must actively open up the flanks. "
"Take off Torres, who is like a sleepwalker, put on Malouda, and return to the familiar four-three-three play in the first half of the season. This is undoubtedly a good choice. After all, Southampton has always been on the wing since the game is underway. There is an advantage."
"It seems that Chelsea still wants to give it a go and win this game!"
The TV screen changed again, and there was a picture of Bielsa waving his hands on the sidelines and commanding the players on the court.
Although I couldn't hear what he was shouting, and it was difficult to figure out what he was saying from his gestures, it was not difficult to see from his excited look that he was asking the team to make a hard blow.
After the change, Chelsea's wing attack came alive.
Malouda's first touch of the ball after coming on the court formed a dribble. After stopping the ball, he dunked Carvajal and made a breakthrough on the left.
In the penalty area, Drogba, under the control of Varane and Jose Wundt, still managed to get the first spot. He headed the ball back to the front of the penalty area, and Lampard plugged in behind him. Immediately after stopping the ball, he shot straight out of his legs.
This shot was powerful, but the angle was too positive, and Neuer steadily took the ball into his arms.
"The first attack after the substitution, Chelsea made a threat!"
The entire St Mary's Stadium fans were also taken aback.
Many people even wondered in their hearts, Ancelotti has changed, why hasn't Bielsa responded?
"Should we also have to make substitutions?" Terry Matthews was very nervous.
Chelsea tasted the sweetness and began to press up, using Drogba as an arrow to attack Southampton's goal.
Yang Huan shook his head, "It is risky to change or not to change!"
Substitution itself is a double-edged sword.
Who can say it will work?
But it can be clearly seen that after Chelsea made a threat, they pressed up again, and Southampton retreated a little.
Soon, Chelsea made another threat. Anelka made a cross from the right. Varane headed out of the penalty area ahead of Drogba, but Ashley Cole, who followed behind, was directly A long shot.
But Ashley? Cole's long shot hit too high, did not hold down, no threat.
Two consecutive long shots from the front of the penalty area made Southampton's goal look a little dangerous.
"After the substitution, Chelsea's offense came alive. Although the two chances were long shots from the outside of the penalty area, once Chelsea seized an opportunity, Southampton would be in danger." The TV commentator analyzed.
Abramovich didn't care about Southampton's life or death. When he saw Chelsea's offensive, he immediately grabbed the guardrail and laughed proudly there, "Okay, that's it, let go of your hands and feet to attack, Fuck them!"
There were Southampton fans around, and they were immediately dissatisfied and pointed at him and scolded him.
"Damn Russians, stop being wild in front of us!"
"Go back, motherfucker, wait ********!"
"Come on Southampton, don't be afraid of them, kill Chelsea!"
"Yes, isn't it just a long shot with no danger? Don't be afraid, keep going!"
The stand where the die-hard Southampton fans were located immediately sounded a uniform Southampton anthem.
Along with rumbling drums, the fans used the team song to boost the morale of the players.
Neuer took the ball from the caddie behind the goal, placed it in the left corner of the small penalty area, and slowly stepped back.
The goalkeeper is the position with the widest view on the pitch.
At first glance, Southampton's front arrow figure is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He is now outside the center circle of Chelsea's half, followed by Terry and David Luiz.
Seemingly sensing that Neuer was about to take a goal kick, Ibrahimovic nodded at him from a distance.
This is a sign that the two parties have agreed and that I am ready.
Neuer moved forward quickly and sent the ball with a big foot.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was walking slowly, raised his head and watched Neuer deliver the goal kick. He judged the coming and landing of the ball, and moved quickly.
Don't look at Zlatan Ibrahimovic tall and big, but his hands and feet are very flexible and his speed is not slow.
It can be said to be as quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit.
Although Terry and David Lewis have been focusing on him, they still failed to grab the best position.
Ibrahimovic held Terry with his body, fought for the first spot, and gave the ball to Strowman.
Defensive player Essien immediately rushed towards Strowman.
The Dutchman kept the ball and directly touched the ball to Schneiderlin, who rushed up to meet him.
Lampard, who was closest to Schneiderlin, shook off Vidal and rushed towards Schneiderlin who was dribbling forward.
The French didn't wait for Lampard to get close, and the ball was given to Vidal who was unguarded.
The Chilean stopped the ball forward and immediately accelerated forward.
At this point, the shortcomings of Chelsea's midfield appeared.
We used to play diamond-shaped midfielders, and everyone had four people, one to one, each performing their duties.
But Ancelotti suddenly replaced Torres with Malouda, from 442 to 433.
Malouda and Anelka were both pulled to the flanks and played on the wing, leaving Chelsea with three midfielders left.
Southampton's midfielder distanced himself and delivered a quick succession of kicks, leaving Chelsea's midfielder with one less person.
Essien went to see Strowman, Lampard went to watch Schneiderlin, who would guard Vidal.
Mikel could only rush to Vidal.
But in this way, Chamberlain has no one to defend.
Vidal just took two steps, and as soon as Mikel came up, he immediately passed forward.
Chamberlain came out diagonally and received Vidal's ball about ten meters away from the penalty area.
This is already in range.
Chelsea's entire defence was stunned.
David Lewis, who was closest to him, rushed forward at the first time. He didn't have to hesitate, and as soon as he hesitated, Chamberlain hit him.
Chamberlain was also very smart, and he was well prepared. As soon as he saw David Lewis coming up, he dunked the ball to the right with his left foot.
His right side happened to be facing David Lewis' weak left foot, and he didn't have to block it.
This button opened a gap, and Chamberlain stabbed with his right foot.
The ball passed by David Lewis and came to the top of the arc in the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic rushed up from behind and blocked Terry on the left side of the body. The two kept making some physical contact. Terry did everything possible to squeeze Ibrahimovic down, But there is no way.
Ibrahimovic got Chamberlain's through ball first, stopped to the right, and then caught up.
The whole pace was just right, giving Terry little chance.
After catching up with one step, just kick up and hit!
Goalkeeper Cech has been paying attention to the rivalry between Ibramovich and Terry. As soon as he saw Chamberlain go straight and the Swede rushed up, he secretly screamed and immediately abandoned the goal.
But who would have thought that Zlatan Ibrahimovic would shoot directly.
Or a long shot from the outside of the penalty area!
But this time it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
The ball was just like a precision-guided missile. After it was launched from the ground, it crossed an arc, passed over Cech's head, fell straight behind Cech, almost rubbed the crossbar, and got into the goal!
It all happened in an instant, and the entire St. Mary's Stadium became deadly silent.
After a full two or three seconds, there was a deafening cheer.
The passion of all fans is like a volcanic eruption at this moment.
"!!!!!!"
"Goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic!"
"In the 67th minute of the second half, Southampton used a goal kick at a crucial moment to launch a counterattack and pierced Chelsea's goal, 1-0!"
The whole St. Mary's Stadium is fried!
All the fans cheered wildly, shouted wildly, and vented wildly!
After scoring, Zlatan Ibrahimovic rushed off the pitch excitedly, with his long arms outstretched, to the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in the stands.
Southampton players rushed off the pitch one by one, all rushed to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's side and surrounded him.
One to zero!
Finally a goal!
At the moment Ibrahimovic scored, Yang Huan jumped up from his seat excitedly and raised his arms.
beautiful! So wonderful!
The player's continuous pass is very beautiful, Chamberlain's through ball is also very beautiful, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's vigorous volley is even more beautiful!
"Win! Win! We win!!!"
Terry Matthews, who was beside him, was so excited that he did not have the usual gentlemanly demeanor, standing there dancing.
Although this does not seem like the image of a serious politician, it surprisingly won the favor of Yang Huan.
Southampton seems to be Yang Huan's child. Whoever likes Southampton can win Yang Huan's favor.
After seeing Zlatan Ibrahimovic score, Abramovich kicked the iron fence hard.
As a result, the iron guardrail in the stands of St. Mary's Stadium was fine, but instead he hurt his foot.
It hurt so much that he grinned there.
In his mouth, he was scolding loudly: "******, ******, this kind of ball can be thrown! All these bastards have to get out!"
In the rage, the momentum made Ron Gurley and Pini Zahavi who were beside him dare not speak.
Ancelotti has been on the verge of fear, he really has an ominous foreboding.
Because with the decline of physical fitness, the midfield composed of Essien, Lampard and Mikel is actually not solid.
If it's safe, he should replace Ramirez and strengthen the midfield.
But in this way, the game is likely to turn into a draw.
Abramovich asked him to win, so he had to give it a shot.
That's how people are sometimes, and the more you worry about it, the more likely it will happen.
"What are we going to do now?" Demicellis was at a loss.
One goal behind, the player's physical energy is so exhausted, how can we play this game?
Ancelotti gritted his teeth, "Go, let Kalou go to warm up!"
Demicellis was dumbfounded.
Kalou?
Still on the wing?
"Do you think there is a difference between losing one goal and losing two goals at this time?" Ancelotti was surprisingly calm.
Demicellis nodded, yeah, does it make a difference?
The league is not playing well. If Abramovich loses another FA Cup, it is nothing new for Abramovich to sack Ancelotti in a fit of rage.
If you want to keep your handsome position, you can only gamble.
"But I'm afraid the midfield can't hold it!"
Ancelotti was also red-eyed, "No matter, try to score first!"
That's the only thing he can do now.
Four minutes later, he replaced Mikel with Kalou.
The latter had a yellow card in his possession, and he was shy in the game, not daring to make any moves.
Can Kalou played less than six minutes, Southampton scored again.
This time, Chamberlain pulled to the left, facing the double-team of Bosingwa and Essien, he just took the ball out and knocked it horizontally to Adam Lallana, who was on the bench in the middle.
The Southampton captain got the ball at the front of the penalty area and pushed forward to form a through ball.
Chamberlain entered the penalty area from the left and rubbed his right foot in the face of the incoming ball.
After the ball crossed an arc, it hit the upper right corner, 2-0!
This goal completely pronounced Chelsea's death sentence! ()