"Schalke! Schalke! Schalke! We are going to Schalke! We are going to Schalke!"
Four thousand Chelsea fans went crazy.
The semi-finals of the Champions League are already history for Chelsea. Although the media are saying that Chelsea is the most powerful team to win the Champions League, Chelsea fans dare not cheer in advance.
Therefore, this season's Champions League is too weird.
Many strong teams have suffered huge upsets one after another, as if they were under a curse.
During the quarter-finals, the media also said that Milan, Arsenal, and Real Madrid were the most powerful teams. They were also the top three teams in the Champions League odds list this season. Among them, Real Madrid was the Galacticos.
Milan was the Champions League champion last season. Arsenal is currently the best team in European football.
But what is the result?
Milan was beaten 4-0 by Deportivo La Coruna in the away game and was eliminated from the tournament with a 4-1 lead in the first round. All European media were shocked.
Even the European football media were dumbfounded after the game.
Real Madrid is even more shameful.
In the first round at their home court, they were swept by Chelsea 5-0, creating the most humiliating history for Real Madrid in the Champions League.
The same goes for Arsenal.
As the most prosperous team in European football, they led Monaco 3-1 in the first round and made a comeback 2-0.
There are frequent upsets in this Champions League.
The favorite teams are dead.
Chelsea fans don't dare to take it lightly.
But Lampard's goal made them completely crazy. This was not a simple goal, it was an away goal. In the Champions League knockout rounds, away goals are very important.
So they cheered.
"Schalke! We are going to Schalke!"
This Champions League final was held at Schalke's home stadium, the Austrian Schalke Stadium. Therefore, Chelsea fans kept shouting "Go to Schalke!".
Monaco fans booed Chelsea.
Very loud boos.
However, this kind of booing was of no use to Chelsea players. After Lampard scored, he ran to the stands of Chelsea fans with his hands in the sky.
"Frank! Frank Lampard! Lampard!"
"Hooray! Frank!"
"Long live Lampard!"
Listening to the cheers of the fans, Lampard is getting more and more energetic. Lampard is not young now. This season is his most explosive season.
He has scored consecutive goals in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Lokomotiv Moscow, Real Madrid and now Monaco, Lampard have all scored.
Seeing Eto'o coming over, Lampard actually imitated Eto'o and twitched his butt, dancing the dance that Eto'o is best at.
Deshang stamped his feet.
Deschamps knows that he is not as good as Su Yun in terms of preparation before the game. Deschamps also has some understanding and preparation for Chelsea, but it is far less than Su Yun's understanding of Monaco.
Look at Giuly and Roten. The characteristics of these two people are completely mastered by Chelsea.
Chelsea's defense gave them no chance at all.
The game is difficult to play now.
One goal behind.
Still at home.
After spending one season with Su Yun, Deschamps knew Su Yun's thoughts very well. Su Yun is a head coach who only values results. Although he didn't say it in public, Deschamps knew it.
Su Yun will do whatever it takes to win.
Now leading by one goal, Deschamps can figure out what Su Yun will do with his feet.
Deschamps was right.
Su Yun is like that.
Now leading Monaco 1-0 in the away game. Su Yun has a smile on his face. It's easy to take the lead. Su Yun starts to let Chelsea recover. It's not the kind of defense that returns to its own 30-meter area.
Although it wasn't that ugly, most of the players returned to their own half.
When Deschamps saw Chelsea's recovery, he kicked the mineral water bottle out of his feet angrily. Chelsea's defense was already very strong, but now they started to play this kind of defensive counterattack. It was too difficult to beat.
Deschamps had no other option.
And he is a very decisive player. Only twenty-three minutes into the game, Deschamps made his first substitution.
"Monaco substitution?"
Deschamps' decisiveness surprised many people.
The commentators were all confused. It was only about 20 minutes into the first half, and Deschamps started to make substitutions.
"Prsau replaces Roten."
Soon Monaco's playing style changed to a 4-3-1-2 lineup.
Pulsaud and Morientes became a double forward, Giuly returned to the attacking midfielder position. Zicos, Bernardi, and Cisse became a three-back midfielder.
Monaco's style of play has also changed.
Su Yun smiled bitterly.
Deschamps is so brave. He has to fight against himself even before the second half.
Deschamps' changes were very effective.
Deschamps no longer played with Su Yun's side attack style, and handed the ball directly to Morientes and Pulsho in front. Both of them are centers. Both are excellent center forwards with headers.
And Jiuli is a free person in front.
He catches the ball, passes the ball, and sometimes passes people. Of course, he also cuts in behind.
Monaco's style of play actually has no technical content.
All the mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League play this way. Chelsea are also used to it. The only difference is that none of the mid-tier and lower-tier teams have players like Giuly.
Jiuly is small, but he is definitely a very powerful offensive player.
He acts as the lone man in front and is a great threat to Chelsea. He is a player who can make sudden moves and pass the ball.
However, Su Yun did not adjust.
Su Yun believes that Williams can deal with Giuly. And with Chelsea retreating, Rosicky will help in that position.
Take a look first.
If there is a problem, adjust it again.
"Cisse, long pass... Porsao, header."
That's the trick.
After Cisse got the ball, under the interference of Lampard, he made a long pass to Pulsho in front.
It's not easy for Pursuo either. Under Lucio's pressure, he can't perform well. Although Pursuo is 1.90 meters tall, Lucio is not much shorter than him. In terms of physical strength and jumping ability, Lucio
Ao is no less generous.
Therefore, he could only point the ball behind him. Because of Lucio's impact, the ball was a bit big.
Giuly got the ball. Although the ball was not passed very well, Giuly controlled the ball easily.
Williams reacted faster.
Suddenly, Jiuli's path was blocked.
Williams is one of the most outstanding defensive midfielders in European football. Giuly has also heard of Williams' name, so he did not dare to be careless at all.
Of course Giuly was not afraid of Williams either.
Facing Williams, he first swayed to the left, then to the right. Finally, he broke through to the left.
A series of actions done quickly.
Of course, this is due to Jiuli's height. Because Jiuli is short, his body is very flexible. His movements with his feet are even faster.
And it's very realistic.
He thought it was enough to break through Williams.
"Jiuli. He has already broken through to the left. Williams, tackle!"
"This tackle is awesome."
"Williams tackled the ball very accurately. Giuly, what a pity the previous action was."
It's a pity indeed.
Just when Giuly thought he was going to pass, Williams' tackle followed. And it was very accurate.
Jiuli's movements were indeed too fast.
The foot frequency is also fast.
It was really difficult for Williams to handle. But Williams still judged the direction of Giuly's breakthrough and then made a tackle.
Although UEFA started to crack down on tackles.
Especially the tackle from behind. But there was no problem with Williams' tackle. He didn't tackle Giuli at all, but directly tackled the ball.
"Williams is really the best defensive player in the world. Although coach Su Yun wasted Williams' offensive ability, when Williams was fixed in the midfielder position, Chelsea's defensive ability really increased many times.
"
Mortensen couldn't stop praising Williams.
Although many people in the British football world criticized Su Yun for wasting Williams' all-around ability, Su Yun has always been stubborn in putting Williams in the midfielder position.
And the effect is pretty good.
Chelsea's defense is extremely strong. This has a lot to do with Williams' position.
"Williams. Hey...Williams didn't start a fast break, but kicked the ball out of the sideline."
"What happened."
Mortensen was confused.
Because this was a great opportunity to counterattack. Unexpectedly, Williams did not pass the ball, but kicked the ball directly out of the sideline.
The camera also quickly captured what happened on the field. It turned out that just after Williams made the tackle, Giuly, who was tackled by Williams, did not get up, but continued to lie there.
Not only that.
He was holding his calf. It looked very painful.
"Oh, Jiuli looks injured."
Jiuli was injured.
Really hurt.
He never stood up after lying down.
After Williams kicked the ball out, he stood next to Giuly. Williams is a tough guy on the court, but he is not a thug on the court. He is completely different from Bowyer.
He just wants to defeat his opponent.
I never thought about hurting my opponent on the court.
So when he saw that Jiuli didn't stand up, he stood by and didn't know what to say. He was an emotionally dull person, and he didn't lean down to ask how Jiuli was doing.
Soon the Monaco team doctor came in.
After a simple inspection, Deschamps on the sidelines said that Giuly could not persist in the game.
Deschamps didn't know what to say.
Jiuli.
This is the most important part of Monaco's offense. Half of Monaco's offense comes from Giuly. It is precisely because of his belief in Giuly that Deschamps replaced Roten and replaced him with Pulsaud.
Unexpectedly, Jiuli was injured.
This was such a huge blow.
What to do with Monaco now? This is the biggest question facing Deschamps.
Jiuli was soon carried out on a stretcher.
Deschamps could only replace Giuly with Roundup.
It can be said that Giuly's accidental injury was a huge blow to Monaco. Williams looked at Giuly on the stretcher and was very embarrassed. In such an important game, Giuly was injured and left the field.
Williams shook his head.
Although he felt sorry for Jiuli in his heart, he just felt sorry.
Because he didn't mean it. Giuly's injury was just an accident. Williams accidentally knocked down Giuly when he was making a tackle.
It was just because Jiuli's footsteps were too fast that it hurt his ankle.
