Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

160. The sudden change of the situation

What really boosted morale was when Benatia returned to the court with his head wrapped in a bandage, and Morgan punched him, "How are you?!"

"Fuck you!" was Benatia's reply.

When he played, Benatia's bandage covered his brow bone. Wen Sheng was worried that it would affect his vision, but Benatia said he was totally fine.

Manos dealt with it promptly, applying cold compresses while stopping the bleeding. Benatia's eyes were not swollen. If they were, he might not be able to play.

Benatia was obviously not a good person. The game restarted after he came on the field. Soon he had a confrontation with Drogba. When he took off, he hit Drogba's waist with his elbow. His movements were quite concealed.

Drogba almost lost his temper and fell to the ground injured.

Taylor did not notice Benatia's additional action, and Drogba suffered a hidden loss.

"Get up quickly, old guy! Don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead!" Benatia stretched out his hand to pull Drogba.

"Damn you!" Drogba wanted to hit someone, but he was hit on the waist and couldn't get up, so he had to slow down.

Think about how Drogba dominated the Premier League for so many years. Arsenal's Senderos was strong enough. He was directly bullied by Drogba and made him doubt his life. He was unable to recover. But today here at Benatia, hehe, he really didn't get anything.

good.

Benatia is now 23 years old and has only just appeared in the top league. He is eager to be appreciated by the coach and eager for opportunities. Whoever dares to stand in his way is the enemy. No matter who he is, he will have to fight. Before coming to Crystal Palace, he

I heard that the body is the one being attacked here. That’s okay, I’m not afraid of anything, I just want to be attacked!

The Benatia of Udinese in his previous life was far less powerful than the Benatia who has just entered English football now. The environment is different. The hard-luck Benatia knows what he should show to the head coach Wen Sheng.

Wen Sheng stood on the sidelines and was a little worried. Benatia went to Drogba with a revengeful mentality. If Taylor saw it, he would get two yellow cards and have to be dismissed. The team would not lose more than the gain.

But when I think about Wen Sheng, I want to slap myself, but what the team lacks is a bloody man like Benatia. The young man may be impulsive and easily stimulated, but the team needs such a bloody man, especially in the defense.

After McCarthy was injured, there has been a lack of such a leading figure!

"Good job! Damn it!" Wen Sheng silently praised in his heart.

The last few minutes of the first half were spent in a tepid manner. Taylor only gave one minute of stoppage time, which was a little too little, but Wen Sheng was eager for it. As a weak side, who the hell would complain?

Little extra time.

Of course, the score is indeed behind, so we should enter the halftime break early and make arrangements early.

"From the score point of view, we are behind now! But from the momentum point of view, we played a perfect first half! We can lose, but we cannot lose without momentum, lose as if we should lose!" Wen

Sheng said impassionedly in the locker room, "We are very impressive, but they actually don't have much chance! I guess Julian must be a little bored!"

Everyone laughed.

Speroni laughed and said: "Indeed, I calculated that I only received their shots about three times in the first half! It's a piece of cake for me!"

It’s not that Chelsea didn’t shoot, but Crystal Palace successfully limited their shooting percentage. Except for the one time they scored, Speroni received three shots from them. In total, Chelsea completed 10 shots in the first half and made three of them.

The rate is really not very high.

"I won't say any more words of praise! Now let's discuss the second half!"

"In the second half, we still have to be firm in our defensive counterattack routine. It is undeniable that the opponent we faced is also extremely stubborn in defense. In the first half, we failed to achieve what we wanted offensively, but in the second half, I believe we have a chance! Now!

The most important thing is to stay patient and don’t be impatient!”

"Do you know where this is?! This is Stamford Bridge! You know they can't be satisfied with just one goal. For them, scoring only one goal from us is a failure. They will definitely continue to put pressure on us in the second half.

We will definitely find an opportunity!"

"The offensive line will still be as it was in the first half. Dries, Jamie, you have to change positions frequently and pass the ball quickly. Don't have too much physical contact with them. That will make you passive.

, after luring them to move, immediately pass the ball!" Wen Sheng took a marker and drew on the tactical board.

His current forward tactics use the tactics of the Italian national team in the Conte era and the tactics implemented by Deschamps in the French team. The high center forwards of these two national teams, Pellet or Giroud, are tall and strong and serve as the fulcrum in the frontcourt.

Wandering left and right, playing ball for their teammates, scoring goals is not their main task, the main thing is to focus on being the fulcrum.

The effect is very significant and very good.

But Crystal Palace does not have a similar high center forward. Alan Lee is too slow, and his ability to compete for the top or make the ball cannot compare with Pellet and Giroud.

So Wen Sheng places the pass farther to the side, specifically on Ferreira's side. Vardy can lure the center forward, Boateng can quickly move forward in the middle, and Mertens can switch to the middle.

The three of them can just play counterattack, and De Bruyne is the one passing the ball.

The tactical drill against Chelsea started as early as a week ago, and the effect of the first half is not very good now, but Wen Sheng firmly believes that patience will always have a chance to qualify, because Chelsea will not stop, especially at their home court.

The fifteen-minute intermission ended and both sides returned to the court again.

As expected, Chelsea would not let go. Even if Ancelotti knew that Crystal Palace's counterattack was very powerful, he could not tell the players that we are done here and should pay more attention to defense. He could only remind Ferreira to be careful behind him.

The opponent tried to hit this side several times in the first half but failed, which does not mean that it will not succeed in the second half. Moreover, in the first half, Ivanovic had already received a yellow card for competing with Vardy for speed.

It was an obvious tactical foul. An Pang was lucky that Ivanovic was competing for half the ball at the time.

Ancelotti actually understands very well that Crystal Palace's counterattack speed is very fast. Last season, Crystal Palace's forward players were extremely fast, and this season's forward players are not slow either.

Bus, bus, still a bus!

Crystal Palace just changed the side of the bus in the second half. Chelsea fans were clamoring and Chelsea players were extremely anxious. They discussed it during the halftime break. They had to give Crystal Palace some color today and beat Crystal Palace.

Just like Wigan and West Brom, he suffered from a bruised nose and swollen face, and hemiplegia.

In the 50th minute, Malouda cooperated with Ashley Cole on the wing and prepared to cut inside. Delhi made a successful tackle and passed the ball to Kante. Kante stopped and dunked very flexibly and avoided it.

Ramirez pressed and then gave the ball to De Bruyne who requested it.

De Bruyne had already observed the situation on the court and rushed forward with the ball, attracting Mikel to defend. Then he suddenly took a long pass and hit Ferreira's side directly.

In the second half, Ferreira listened to Ancelotti's words and his position was not too high. However, De Bruyne's pass was too accurate and he fully anticipated the abilities of his teammates. Vardy ran to grab the ball.

Mertens took Ferreira to cut into the middle.

Alex followed Vardy closely. If Vardy caught the ball and stopped it, Alex would be sure to knock Vardy down. Who would have thought that Vardy, who has no outstanding technical ability, would actually do a trick?

.

He didn't stop the ball at all, but directly chased the ball and passed it with his heel, regardless of hitting the ball in the middle.

Alex obviously didn't expect Vardy to handle the ball like this, stretched out his foot to intercept, and the ball passed under his feet.

Mertens quickly caught the ball and went directly to the penalty area. He tried to shoot with his left foot, but it was a fake shot and a dunk. Ivanovic, who came to replace him, couldn't react in time and stretched out his legs to hit Mertens.

Stumbled inside the restricted area!

"Beep beep beep!" Anthony Taylor quickly ran towards the scene of the incident. Crystal Palace's counterattack was so fast that he couldn't keep up.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next