After Liverpool's goal celebration, Chelsea was ready to restart the game, but their home court was led by their opponents. The Blues players held their breath, hoping to return a goal to their opponents immediately, so that they could regain the face they had just lost.
Come.
The prince dialed the ball, Ibisevic passed the ball back, and Chelsea entered the positional attack mode again. However, Liverpool's defense was very layered. Modric was closely guarded by the beast Mascherano, and his power was greatly reduced. His small body
Still unable to engage in close combat with others.
Modric was intercepted twice in the center circle and directly counterattacked. Fortunately, Mikel's timely defense prevented Robbie Keane's speed advantage from being used in the counterattack. However, he was late because of his excessive movements.
A yellow card.
The goal was conceded in the opening game, the main defensive midfielder received a card, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Chelsea.
The prince couldn't help but feel a little impatient. He ran into a lot of spaces with relative freedom in the frontcourt, but he didn't receive the pass, so he couldn't act as a deterrent at all.
In desperation, Lampard began to move closer to the center to help Modric organize the attack, and the situation gradually improved. However, Chelsea's right wing seemed a lot empty, which was a weakness in both offense and defense.
Halfway through the first half, Chelsea gradually began to take the initiative. Modric handed the ball to the left. Joe Cole received the ball and launched an offensive from the left. His cross was very difficult for the Liverpool players.
Dealing with it, the prince appeared on the track of football, followed by Alonso, and Carragher in front of him.
Although this opportunity was not bad for the prince, considering that there were teammates who were cutting in from the side, the prince still made a feint shot and let the ball pass under his crotch. Lampard, who was cutting in, understood it, paused for a moment, and handed over.
He missed his opponent and took a long shot near the corner of the penalty area.
The fans at the scene were excited for this wonderful cooperation, but it soon turned into sighs, because the goal that was almost certain to be scored had already passed through Reina's fingers, but it was missed by the opponent's Arbeloa.
A clearance on the goal line established the bottom line.
Lampard was so regretful that he couldn't even score a goal in such a rare opportunity. It was such a bad luck.
The prince went over to pat Lampard on the shoulder to comfort his teammates, but Lampard had experienced many more battles than the prince, so why did he need the prince's comfort.
Modric ran to take a corner kick. Although he has the ability to shoot long distances, he can grab the second shot from outside the penalty area and hit the goal. The prince also saw this scene in his previous life, but now in Chelsea's midfield.
There is no shortage of long-range shot masters. Both Lampard and Mikel have the ability to score goals from long range. Deco and Essien on the bench are even more masters in this area, and their space for display is limited.
The corner kick was placed very well, with Ibisevic in the front as a cover. Terry, who came forward from the back, was the main attacking point.
I saw Terry leaping high, overpowering Agger who was guarding him, and swinging his head fiercely to attack the goal.
Unfortunately, the crossbar ruthlessly rejected Terry's header and did not even bounce back into the field. It directly missed the top edge and went out of the baseline.
Terry was extremely annoyed, and even more annoyed was Scolari on the sidelines. This character coach was about to celebrate, but he got stuck in the middle and kicked the mineral water bottle on the sidelines.
I was venting my anger. Unexpectedly, the cap of the water bottle was not tight, and the water in the bottle sprayed into the air. Under the sunlight, a small rainbow appeared. It was so beautiful. The audience was amazed and burst into laughter. This coach is really
It's so cute. When the team falls behind, they are in a mood to create a rainbow to make everyone happy.
Scolari couldn't laugh or cry, but his unintentional move had such a result. He turned back and looked at the court again. Several players who looked at him immediately turned their heads and pretended to be focused on the game.
The old coach yelled loudly. At this time, he was still in the mood to care about things on the sidelines. How could he not be angry.
The players are worried and the coach is angry. This is not a good sign. If we can't equalize in the first half, no one will have a good time during the halftime break.
He immediately raised his morale and launched a fierce attack on Liverpool. The two central defenders took turns to provide assists, suppressing Liverpool in their own half for a while, and there was no chance to counterattack.
However, for such an intensive defense, although Chelsea can still control the ball, there is no good way to break it. Ibisevic is still inexperienced and was stared at by Carragher and did nothing.
It is basically impossible to get the ball in the formation, and it is difficult to have a chance to score.
At the critical moment, Modric shined.
He had always played the role of a passer before and did not have much personal performance. When he got the ball this time, Liela, who was guarding him, thought Modric would still pass the ball out as before, but who would have thought that,
The Croatian star suddenly stepped forward decisively and caught him off guard.
Accelerating the ball and taking two steps, he was already not far away from his shooting range. Agger hurried up and prepared to press and block. With his movement, a gap immediately appeared in the originally dense penalty area.
The prince was very smart in the penalty area and quickly found the most threatening position. Modric also understood it and immediately penetrated the defense and hit the prince's feet with a through ball.
The prince was between offside and not offside. The linesman did not raise the ball. The prince turned around and faced the goalkeeper.
The fans at the scene were extremely nervous. Although Prince is basically a guarantee of scoring, as long as the football does not appear in the opponent's goal for one second, then the next second will be unpredictable. Only the moment when Prince really scores a goal
, their hearts would be relieved, and then there would be crazy celebrations.
But just when they were imagining what would happen after the prince scored a goal, they were horrified to find that the prince fell to the ground.
It turned out that the prince could hit the goal directly after turning around, and how could Liverpool's defensive players, especially Carragher, who had just lost the prince, let the prince shoot so easily.
He took a sudden step forward and pushed the prince's back with his shoulder, which was very powerful. However, the prince had just completed the turning movement, and his center of gravity was still unstable. He was pushed forward by the sudden force and fell to the ground.
There was no doubt that a penalty kick was a penalty kick, and everyone was relieved. Although they couldn't score a single goal, getting a penalty kick with a high probability of scoring a goal can't be considered a loss.
But just when the prince was thinking about whether to take the penalty kick himself, the referee's whistle came belatedly.
I saw the referee of this game going straight to the scene of the incident. Seeing this scene, everyone thought that Carragher should be given a card. Although the action was not big and not dangerous, it was ambiguous and he could be given a card.
You don't have to give it. Maybe today the referee gave a yellow card considering that Chelsea's home field is home.
But when the referee arrived at the scene of the incident, everyone was surprised to find that the referee actually showed a yellow card to the prince who had just gotten up. Without even thinking about it, he was calling the prince for diving.
"Sir, how could I have dived? He knocked me down with force!" the prince excitedly explained to the referee.
The referee's penalty aroused public outrage. Not only the prince, but other players also excitedly stepped forward to argue with the referee loudly.
"I can see clearly that he did not commit a foul. I hope you can control your emotions, otherwise, I will let you off the field." The referee replied expressionlessly.
Heck, what the prince is most afraid of now is to leave the field, but he is unwilling to do so. Looking at the calm referee, he hates it so much that he starts to feel itchy, but after thinking about it, he turns around and leaves.
The teammates continued to stay beside the referee reluctantly, as if they would not leave if they should not be punished.
The referee had no choice but to suppress the controversy by showing Carvalho a yellow card to Carvalho who was about to spit on his face.
Forget it, misjudgments can happen everywhere, so you don’t have to worry about it so much. There is still a chance. Everyone dispersed and prepared to continue the game.
But at this moment, something even more magical happened.
The linesman, who was in the best position just now and could see the whole action very clearly, suddenly left his post and ran towards the referee. After muttering a few words in a low voice, the two people started their work again, but when the referee turned around
When he turned around and stared at the prince, what was revealed in his eyes was very intriguing.
Scolari protested loudly to the fourth official, but he did not dare to be disobedient. He was really afraid of being directly sent to the stands with a red card.
"Sir, it's obvious that the linesman saw the foul process. He must have different ideas from the referee. This is really a foul. What an obvious penalty. You know, you are killing a game.
"Scolari's voice was full of anger.
"I will submit the report to the FA after the game, and there will be explanations from the referee and linesman, but the game comes first now. I hope you stay calm and don't affect my work." The FA's criteria for selecting referees
It was really scary, everyone looked expressionless, and they really didn’t recognize their relatives.
"Damn guys, curse you to never lift!" Scolari turned around and cursed, as if this could allow him to vent.
Troubled by misjudgments, Chelsea's morale plummeted, and Liverpool took the opportunity to press forward. Contrary to the situation just now, Liverpool began to press Chelsea and attack furiously.
Fortunately, there was not much time left, and the first half was about to end. Under the desperate defense of the whole team, although Liverpool's offensive was strong and threatened the Blues goal guarded by Cech, they always missed the goal.
A long shot hit the goalpost.
With a score of 1:0, the two teams returned to the locker room, and different treatments awaited them.
