The balance of power between the two sides was finally broken in the 27th minute of the first half.
Chelsea attack.
In this game, four central players were deployed in the midfield, which seemed to give up the wing attack. In fact, in the previous 20 minutes of the game, Chelsea, who had never played from the wing almost once, in this time
During the attack, he seemed to have an idea and chose to go to the side.
After receiving the pass from his teammate, Shevchenko successfully made the pass. Unfortunately, Chelsea, who chose the general direction correctly this time, made some small mistakes in the choice of small direction.
Well, the mistake was that they shouldn't have hit the left side where Bell was!
Take Sheva's breakthrough as an example. If it were placed on the right and Sheva dealt with Richardson, what Sheva just did would definitely be enough to break through Richardson's defense and complete the attack.
Unfortunately, Sheva, who had already passed the peak of his career, encountered Bale this time!
One push and one push, simple and practical, and relying on his precious first step, Shevchenko once thought that he had succeeded in breaking through. However, Bell later caught up, and a kick stretched out on the flight path of the ball,
But it completely broke Shevchenko's fantasy.
Seeing that the player he should have passed blocked his cross from the baseline, Shevchenko gestured to Drogba in the middle of the penalty area, indicating that the ball was his fault.
However, there is actually no need for Shevchenko to do this. Because, after all, he at least won Chelsea the first corner kick of the game, right?
This corner kick fell to Joe Cole without hesitation.
Walking to the corner flag, he took the ball from the ball boy and placed it firmly in the penalty area. Joe Cole stretched out three fingers to his teammates in the penalty area from a distance!
Tactic No. 3! What is Chelsea’s Tactic No. 3?
Seeing Chelsea's players inserting themselves into their own penalty area, they all followed Joe Cole's gesture and started running, closely following Drogba, whom he was responsible for marking. Pique was thinking about it and looking at the details.
, I missed it!
"Bump!" As Joe Cole's corner kick was taken, he didn't see anything special about the opponent's corner kick. The movement of the Chelsea players was also obviously better than those of the players Pique had faced before! That's right.
I couldn't figure it out. Suddenly, I felt like I had hit a wall of flesh, and finally brought Pikey back to reality!
I watched the monster that I should have been clinging to move away from me after using my teammates as a wall cover. Before I had time to express the sigh of "It's over" in my heart, I saw the monster that had shaken away from me leaping high, just in time.
After grabbing the first weak point of the ball and heading the ball toward his own door, Pique used his mouth to express the unfinished thoughts in his heart and shouted "It's over!"
At the same time, there are many people who watched Drogba complete the header without defense and had the same idea as Pique. Among them, Li Yi!
When he discovered that Drogba's header flew past his teammates in the penalty area and towards the empty far corner, Li Yi couldn't bear to look at it. In his opinion, the team should be falling behind.
.
However, it seemed that God was deliberately playing a joke on Drogba today. Drogba's powerful, heavy, and almost unsolvable header was so ruthless at the last moment before it entered the net. It was defeated by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at home.
That damn door frame is blocking it!
"When" he saw the ball contacting the goal frame and bouncing hard into the penalty area, the players on both sides of the Crystal Palace penalty area all started to move towards the spot where they expected the ball to land.
During Chelsea's corner kick, there were as many as 15 players crowded into the penalty area from both sides. Then, when the ball hit the crossbar and bounced high into the penalty area, a chaotic situation was inevitable.
Something happened.
Immediately afterwards, I saw players from both sides on the field, all huddled together like making snowmen.
Finally watching the ball fall from the sky and into the crowd of players from both sides below, Li Yi could no longer tell where the ball went.
It took about 3 or 4 seconds! It can be said that even if you ask the person with the best eyesight in the world, it will be absolutely impossible to tell who touched the ball last. In short, it was someone who was picked up from the crowd.
Kicked out.
What's more important is that the ball suddenly flew out from the crowd. What a coincidence! It just happened to fly towards the gate of the Crystal Palace!
"Ah!" Accompanied by a loud shout, just when Chelsea thought the ball was destined to go in for the second time in a short period of time! This time, without bothering the goal frame, Lopez took another shot. Lopez turned into the hero of Crystal Palace and tried to keep the goal!
Xuanzhiyouxuan made a side dive, and seconds before the ball hit the net, Lopez made a world-class save.
"Oh!" The team missed two good scoring opportunities in succession. All the home team fans present today sighed!
Holding the ball in his arms, he got up from the ground. When the crowd that had been huddled together completely dispersed, Lopez seemed to be settling an old score and yelled "Brad" to Pique, who had been huddled in the back of the crowd.
! Keep an eye on him! Keep an eye on him! What were you doing just now? Have you forgotten what the coach told you before the game? Let him header the ball comfortably outside the small penalty area. If it hadn't been for luck just now, we would have been 0-0
1 is behind! You have an unshirkable responsibility!!"
Well, Pique actually wanted to reply, saying that this matter actually has nothing to do with him. Who would have thought that Drogba, who is obviously stronger than him, would use this kind of coordination to get rid of him?
What about defense?
However, after all, co-writer Drogba is indeed the player he is responsible for defending. Regardless of what happened in the middle, it is an indisputable fact that he failed to mark people.
In addition, since Pique was only a loaned player, his status in the team was not comparable to that of Lopez, who was gradually becoming famous. Therefore, in the end, Pique could only hold his head in silence and apologize in a low voice, "I'm sorry."
,I will pay attention next time!”
It is said that those who survive a disaster must be blessed! This season, the Crystal Palace has received similar gifts many times! In today’s game, no one expected that the Crystal Palace, which was almost scored by its opponent just now, would really be able to win in this game.
One minute later, they were one step closer than Chelsea and directly penetrated the opponent's door.
When it comes to this goal, I can’t say it. It goes back to when Lopez scolded Pique.
By the way, after the goal was in danger, Lopez deservedly scolded the team's defense, especially Pique, who had missed the ball before.
After Pique humbly apologized, Lopez finally gave his personal focus back to the game itself.
Then, things get interesting!
The conversation between Lopez and Pique ended in just 2 or 3 seconds. It was another Chelsea corner kick just now. Chelsea's two central defenders, including Terry, all inserted themselves into the Crystal Palace penalty area and fought for the spot.
At this moment, we are still on our way back to defense.
And maybe they saw or heard Lopez's reprimand. Belletti and Aris, who were usually just small substitutes, instinctively slowed down their return to defense. Together, now they
I didn't see a few Crystal Palace players running towards the frontcourt.
However, there are not many who do not carry a watch. Sometimes, one person is enough for a successful defensive counterattack. Not to mention, there are far more than one person participating in the fast break this time!
I saw that after Bell made a successful save, he tried his best to run forward along the sideline. At this time, he had thrown away all the defenders and was in a deserted area on the sideline. He made a little calculation.
Looking at his own corner, Lopez did not think about handing the ball to Modric and letting the latter stop it like before. Instead, he threw the ball with his own hands and launched a quick counterattack.
Pretending to continue chatting with Pique, he once again confused Chelsea. Just when Pique thought he was about to fight back, he saw Lopez slowly walking to his side, suddenly accelerating.
He rushed past him.
Three steps turned into two and he ran to the penalty area line. Using all his strength, Lopez threw the ball towards Bell who was about to run to midfield!
So, can Lopez, who has rarely practiced hand-tossing, really be able to contact Bell so accurately?
