As the saying goes, the objective world is not changed by human will, on the contrary, the subjective world can be changed by human will!
Crystal Palace, as the leading side, was naturally happy to see the scene like that in the first half and did not want to make any changes! But on the contrary, Chelsea, as the lagging side and playing at home in this game, obviously did not want to see it.
have witnessed!
Therefore, it is necessary to come back for changes in the second half!
Change is necessary, but where should we change it? Obviously, when an individual thinks of changing the team's offense, the first thing that comes to mind is to change the attacking players!
So, let’s look back at Chelsea! In the first half of the game, to be precise, the performance of Chelsea’s midfielders was very reliable! Especially Lampard and Joe Cole, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of offensive organization today, did their best.
He conscientiously did everything he could on the court and disrupted the Crystal Palace defense. It was so busy!
The most critical part of the reason why Chelsea was dominant and did not score in the first half was Anelka on the striker!
As a French national, Anelka's personal ability at this moment is absolutely without any problems, otherwise, he would not be able to play the main role in Chelsea where all the stars are gathered!
It's a pity that when I went out today, I don't know if I forgot to wear shooting boots. In the first half of the game, Anelka, who was fighting for his life on the court, could never find the feeling of finishing!
According to incomplete statistics, in the 45 minutes of the first half alone, Anelka missed at least three must-goal opportunities! [
In this situation, would you say that when the Chelsea coach wants to make a substitution, the first thing that comes to mind is Anelka?
Especially when Chelsea has a luxurious striker, unlike Crystal Palace, even if Friedman wants to change, he doesn't know who to replace!
With a wave of his hand, Shevchenko, the Ukrainian core leader who was later regarded as one of Abramovich's most failed transactions, appeared on the court to replace Anelka who was lost in the first half!
And it can't be said that Li Yi was also filled with emotion when he saw the old Shevchenko at close range!
As a fan with many years of playing experience, to be honest, Li Yi "watched" how Shevchenko rose and aged!
Like many people, Li Yi once didn't understand why the indestructible Ukrainian leader who regarded goals as trivial suddenly acted like he couldn't play football when he arrived at Chelsea!
Of course, as the opponent at this moment, in the game, this kind of imagination is what Li Yi is happy to see!
After all, if it were the 100% normal Shevchenko, one person alone would be enough to overturn the current Crystal Palace's scummy defense line!
Okay, no more gossiping, the second half of the game continued soon after Chelsea made substitutions!
And I can’t say, I don’t know if it was Li Yi’s regret for Shevchenko that made the former suddenly enlightened. At the beginning of the second half of this game, Shevchenko’s state really made people vaguely see that he was still there before.
The shadow of his days playing for the Rossoneri only took less than 5 minutes to mess up the Crystal Palace defense!
More importantly, unlike Anelka's "showing off tricks" in the first half, which was enjoyable to watch but didn't score, Shevchenko's mixing had an immediate effect. He used his rich experience to score in the second half.
In the 4th minute, Sheva, who touched the ball for the third time, succeeded and won a penalty kick for Chelsea!
Moreover, this ball is definitely a reflection of Sheva's personal ability. At the beginning, this ball was not even a chance. Let's start from the beginning!
At that time, Ballack got the ball near the midfield and attracted the attention of two Crystal Palace defenders. Ballack was not in a hurry and passed the ball back to his teammates behind him!
And the man behind Ballack, who is not afraid of other people's jokes when he speaks out, is Essien who made everyone laugh when he saw it in 2003! [
Well, as a representative of the Brutalists, Essien, who suffered a serious injury a few years later and caused a sharp decline in competitive status, is not a good person! But, unfortunately, in terms of offense, Essien
Apart from occasionally being able to deceive the world, he is not very good at it!
Therefore, in the face of Ballack's return pass, it goes without saying that Essien's kick is absolutely and necessary!
Facing Ballack's return pass, Essien didn't bother to think about how to deal with it. At this moment, Crystal Palace recovered the entire line, and there were no offensive players in the frontcourt to press it. He passed the ball across again and the ball came to Joe smoothly.
Cole's feet!
As mentioned earlier, it is difficult for others to say that Joe Cole was in very good shape today in this game! He even planned many threatening offensives in the first half! Therefore, this meeting
After Joe Cole gets the ball, he uses his characteristics of being good at controlling the ball and likes to control the ball, which is understandable!
Using a very concealed fake move, Modric, whose defense is not a strong point, was easily wiped out by Joe Cole without much thought!
And just after witnessing Joe Cole's passing, he thought that the former would definitely continue to rush forward with the ball, but Joe Cole, who took an unusual path, suddenly exerted his strength on the spot and sent a through ball!
Well, the reason why Joe Cole is allowed to dribble the ball so comfortably and get rid of it is obviously that Joe Cole cannot be in the hinterland of Crystal Palace! Because, if the defense is really so unbearable, no matter how brave Diego Lopez is
, the Crystal Palace was also blown up a long time ago!
He is just past the center circle and sends a through ball. Unless it is a defensive counterattack, Joe Cole's choice is usually like seeking death. On his passing route, as long as there is a
The defensive players were a little smarter, and waiting for Joe Cole, there was no other option except making a mistake!
Even this time, Joe Cole took advantage of suddenness in passing the ball. The Crystal Palace defense did not have any predictions. His passing was heading towards the path of no return, and gradually became a mistake.
Go further and further!
No, Granville, who was slow to react on the field, but at least knew which positions he should guard as a central defender, happened to be in the passing path of Joe Cole's stupid pass.
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The next second, no, it doesn’t even take a second, just half a second, and the ball will enter Granville’s control! At that time, whether to directly make a big kick to clear the siege, or to control it later, is just a matter of Granville’s thoughts!
It is a pity that Granville, who is still slowly confident at this moment, made the same mistake as Terry and Carvalho when Chelsea lost the ball 20 seconds into the first half, that is, not paying attention to the opponent's forward.
, and he is a little too confident in himself! At the same time, Granville also has a bad habit of waiting for the ball in place!
Of course, to put it bluntly, these are just minor problems, not even faults. After all, Granville's position selection this time was really good! Although he didn't pay attention to the side, the defense inside the goal was 10%. Even at this moment,
There is a forward who suddenly appears like Li Yi, and the only option is to throw the ball to the wing! And on the wing, not to mention that there is Richardson, one of the most reliable players in the Crystal Palace defense at present, guarding him.
, just say that Granville also has a lot of time to complete the pursuit!
However, Granville, who had just made a big mistake, made more mistakes this time than just ignoring people and waiting for the ball. More importantly, after hesitating for a long time, out of caution,
, he was not very confident in his own footwork, so he chose to use his big feet to make a save!
So, without Granville noticing, someone rushes out of the diagonal stab and snatches the ball away before Granville. What will happen if Granville does not make any changes?
It's no surprise.
Looking at Shevchenko and Glanville who rushed out from the side, snatched the ball away before him, and then unfortunately kicked him one step inside the penalty area, Shevchenko and Granville didn't know what to say.
