The Premier League has the most intensive schedule in Europe. The league is interspersed with the League Cup and the FA Cup. If the European war is added to the mix, the average team will collapse long ago. However, Chelsea is relatively easy for the time being. The European war has not started.
The General Cup and the League Cup were clearly abandoned early, so only the league had to be considered, which was extremely easy.
After a week of rest, the Chelsea team quietly came to Wigan.
This game is not particularly eye-catching. The two teams are clearly strong and weak. As long as there are no big surprises, it is difficult for Chelsea to fail. In other words, there is not much to watch when arguing about Premier League games.
No strong team encounters an evenly matched opponent. The only thing worthy of attention is that the team will capsize in the gutter.
The day of the game was the birthday of the newly-joined Portuguese player Bosingwa. In the locker room before the game, his teammates sang a happy birthday song to him at the call of captain Terry. Of course, the purpose was also to help him integrate into the team as soon as possible.
Bosingwa felt very moved. Looking at a good friend in front of him, tears rolled in his eyes for a long time. Finally, he could not escape the gravity of the earth and still flowed down. He was laughed at by his unscrupulous friends for a long time.
As the birthday boy, Bosingwa naturally got the chance to start, and the players who competed with him didn't have any objections. It's his birthday, and it should be special.
Bosingwa has integrated well into the Blues group in a short period of time. Several people, including the prince, have become very good friends with him. After winning the first round of the league, the whole team was even more excited during the dinner.
It creates great opportunities for everyone to interact.
Today, Joe Cole, the prince and others are also plotting how to give their new friend an unforgettable birthday. The best way to celebrate is for the Portuguese to score a goal. However, considering his position, although he often provides assists,
There are very few opportunities to shoot directly, so it seems that the only way to do it is from set kicks.
The prince finally decided to create a penalty kick opportunity for his new friend, so that he could easily score a goal and have a wonderful birthday. Several people also agreed with the prince's idea, let's work together.
Of course, the first priority is the game. Only when the team can ensure victory can they play more casually. Everyone also hopes that the game can enter garbage time as soon as possible.
Wigan Athletic's strength is indeed very average. There are basically no big-name stars in the team except Heskey. Although their strength can guarantee relegation in the Premier League, they cannot pose a threat to Chelsea at all.
Chelsea took the lead in the 4th minute. Cattermole's handball on the right side of the penalty area gave Chelsea an excellent free kick. Prince's right-footed curve ball went directly into the dead corner of the goal. Wigan goalkeeper Pauley
Special save failed. This was Prince's fourth goal in two consecutive rounds of Premier League games, and the game had just begun.
After scoring the goal, the prince was shocked. It seemed that scoring goals in this kind of game was a very common thing. And this indifferent attitude really embarrassed the opponent. The Wigan players unanimously complained that even if they were strong, they would not be able to do it.
So arrogant.
Soon, Wigan regrouped and began to counterattack.
In the 5th minute, Palacios broke through from the right and shot from a small angle, but Cech bravely saved the baseline. And when the corner kick was taken, Zaki's header was still confiscated by Cech. The Chelsea goalkeeper is in extremely good condition today.
, two consecutive saves made the fans at the scene almost climax.
In the 8th minute, Kumas went straight to Zaki in front of the penalty area. Zaki broke into the penalty area and shot, but Cech fell to the ground and blocked it with his legs. For a while, Wigan actually had the upper hand with their momentum.
Terry was also very embarrassed in this wave of defense. He couldn't help but blame the prince. What are you doing by provoking your opponent? Keeping your head down and developing is the right way.
A few minutes later, Cattermole and Deco had a friction in the midfield. The two pushed each other during the fight. Both believed that the other was responsible. Due to the entanglement between the two, teammates from both sides rushed to the scene of the incident.
Fearing that his teammates would suffer a loss, the referee was very experienced and quickly separated the two sides and gave a verbal warning to the two culprits, allowing the game to continue.
The two sides fought back and forth. Even though Wigan were not strong enough, they would not give up on their home court.
In the 15th minute, Palacios dribbled the ball in the middle and found that Cech's booth was a little forward, so he directly took a lob shot from 30 meters away. However, although Cech failed to return to the goal line in time, his shot was still
It failed to convert into a goal. The ball missed the goal post and missed an opportunity to equalize the score.
In the 17th minute, Carvalho received a corner kick from the right and headed over the goal.
In the 26th minute, Palacios passed the ball with his heel to Zaki in the penalty area. Zaki's shot was bravely saved by Cech again. Wigan missed an excellent opportunity to equalize.
In the 37th minute, Prince took a free kick from the right and Drogba headed the ball over the goal.
Neither side was able to score in the rest of the first half. At halftime, Chelsea temporarily led 1-0.
At the beginning of the second half, Wigan made a personnel adjustment in order to strengthen the attack and force Chelsea to make mistakes. In the first 20 minutes of the second half, the two sides started a hand-to-hand battle in the midfield, and the fight was very fierce, but neither team was able to score.
What big threat is there to create a threat in front of the door?
In the 67th minute, Essien received a pass from Prince and took a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area, but the force was inaccurate and the force was too small and was directly confiscated by Pollitt.
In the 77th minute, Cattermole received a pass from Valencia from the outside of the penalty area and volleyed high.
In the 81st minute, Zaki made a pass from the left, and DeRidder missed a shot from the back and lost a good offensive opportunity.
The prince looked at Bosingwa cowering in the backcourt and knew that he had a heavy defensive task today. Even his coquettish assists rarely appeared, let alone shooting.
Shaking his head, the prince finally decided that he needed a breakthrough to create opportunities for him, otherwise he might still be like this at the end of today's game.
After winking at Deco, the embarrassed-looking Portuguese nodded, with a clear look, and then began to direct his teammates to move, leaving the center free for the prince to play.
And the pass is directly to the prince, which is their best way to break the opponent's defense. Although the prince's breakthrough is not always successful, it is better than such a slow consumption that will come in the future.
After getting the ball, the prince started to use his speed and skills in the middle. Cattermole, who was defending him closely, was under sudden pressure. The prince who became active was really not something he could handle.
