Chapter 325: People are ruthless and don’t talk much
"How about it, what should I say now?"
In the Sky Sports studio, Carragher was teasing Gary Neville again.
After all, only a few minutes passed from the time Neville said "impossible, absolutely impossible" to Chelsea's equalizer.
Neville first held his forehead and sighed: "Rome is still not good."
But soon he glared at Carragher again: "What are you proud of? It's still a draw. Chelsea tied with Roma at home. What's there to be proud of?"
At this time, Reinker shook his head and said: "I feel Chelsea will still score goals."
Everyone looked at him because everyone knew he was about to start analysis.
Sure enough, Reinker continued:
"Chelsea now is really an iron-blooded blue team."
"If they were going as smoothly as they did at the beginning of the season, I wouldn't say that."
"But their performance in the last two games proves that even in adversity or even desperate situations, they can burst out with amazing energy and achieve a reversal."
"And this is exactly the necessary quality for a truly strong team. Just look at Manchester United in the Ferguson era, including Bayern and Real Madrid who won the Champions League after 2000. This is all the case."
"These teams all have one thing in common: they have a strong sense of integrity, a strong fighting spirit, and a strong desire to win."
"And the more critical the moment, the more difficult the moment, the more shocking their strength will be."
"Chelsea led by Pan Yi obviously has such characteristics. These two consecutive fierce battles failed to stump them. It seems that even if they are behind, even if the game reaches 80 minutes or 90 minutes, they are still confident of winning.
The victory of the game."
"This kind of confidence is also the temperament of a strong team! All of them believe that under Pan Yi's leadership and command, they can resolve crises time and time again!"
"This is very important for a team. Because in order to continue to win, it is not enough to rely on the absolute strength of the team's players. Otherwise, wouldn't the Real Madrid Galaxy fleet with Ronaldo, Beckham, and Zidane be all
Are all the champions within reach?"
"This requires the belief that everyone on the team must win from top to bottom! Including the head coach's desire to win. If the head coach doesn't want to win, how can the team win?"
"This is why I think Chelsea will still win today. Judging from the specific footage just broadcast, Pan Yi will not be satisfied with a draw at all."
"Even the fans at Stamford Bridge have such a desire to win. They are also using singing and shouting to encourage the players to continue working hard to score goals!"
"Ah... Look, Pan Yi stood up. He drove the celebrating players back to the court. This must be to let them continue to press and attack Roma."
"So, let us continue to watch the last ten minutes of the game patiently, there will definitely be goals!"
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Rudy Garcia paced back and forth in the coaching area, a bit like an ant on a hot pot.
He has also changed and the formation has been restored, but the situation on the field has not improved.
The goal just conceded was due to De Rossi being mobbed, and now that De Rossi has left the field, Chelsea's siege is not over.
The morale goes up and down, causing Chelsea's offensive to become stronger and stronger.
The Roma players, who had taken the lead but were equalized, were also a little impatient. For example, the hot-tempered Nainggolan got into a fight with Lukaku because of an excessive challenge, and finally received a yellow card.
If this continues, or Nainggolan receives another yellow card and ends the game with two yellows and one red, Roma will definitely not be able to withstand the last ten minutes.
After thinking for a while, Rudy Garcia suddenly turned his head and said, "Go, let Astori warm up and get ready to play."
"The last central defender?" Assistant coach Bumpal was stunned.
Astori is a central defender who once played for AC Milan. It's not that there is any problem in replacing him. The main reason is that the two central defenders in Rome are playing well, and there is no big problem.
"Let him replace Nainggolan and we will play five defenders."
Bumpal understood immediately.
Nainggolan is carrying a yellow card, which will definitely have an impact on his defensive actions.
Moreover, this guy sometimes loses control of his temper. If he stays on the court, he will definitely be a time bomb.
After Astori is replaced, the four defenders become five defenders, and the formation correspondingly becomes a 5-4-1. In theory, the defense will be more stable.
Bumpal nodded and was about to ask Astori to get up to warm up when a burst of exclamation suddenly came from the stadium.
Bumpal and Rudy Garcia both turned around and looked.
I saw a beautiful one-two match between Seat B and Azpilicueta on the right, and Seat B took the ball and went straight into the penalty area.
At this time, Nainggolan chased back from the midfield and made a flying tackle!
He kicked seat B's ankle hard with his foot, and then shoveled seat B to the ground with the ball!
The referee's whistle sounded almost at the same time.
Penalty kick! Red card!
It wasn’t even two yellows and one red, Nainggolan got a red card and left the field!
Nainggolan didn't argue at all, he just shook his head and walked towards the players' tunnel, cursing as he walked.
Azpilicueta rushed forward and grabbed Nainggolan's collar to ask for an explanation, but how could Nainggolan relent? He directly headbutted Azpilicueta.
At this time, both Chelsea players and Roma players gathered around, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The Chelsea team doctor also came on the field and went to check the injury in seat B, and then quickly waved his hand to the sidelines to indicate that seat B could not continue the game.
Soon, seat B was carried off on a stretcher, and the conflict there was calmed down by the referee with two or three yellow cards.
The main reason is that Nainggolan's hurtful move is too obvious. Even the Roma players can't stand it. The main reason for rushing forward is to fight.
On the contrary, Chelsea's players were very emotional, and players like Azpilicueta and Terry received yellow cards.
But there is nothing we can do, the game must continue.
And since Pan Yi has directly used up three substitutions at once, even if Roma is sent off one person, there will still be 10 people fighting against 10 people on the field.
Even so, it seems that Roma is still a good deal, but Rudy Garcia on the other side is still very depressed.
They were awarded a penalty kick, and it looked like they couldn't even achieve the goal of keeping the tie.
And this last adjustment of substitutions seems to be unnecessary.
Astori was originally going to trade for Nainggolan, but now that Nainggolan has directly applied for a Ruby God of War card, who else will he trade for?
Or change to a midfielder?
But if we replace the midfielder now, the formation will become 5-3-1. I feel that the midfielder is still too weak.
It may be more stable to maintain the current 4-4-1. There is not much change to the existing formation. It just allows Paredes and Thiago Motta to move closer to the middle to make up for the original three.
There is a vacancy after one waist is missing.
Rudy Garcia really hates it!
Wouldn't it have been perfect if he had substituted a minute earlier?
This Nainggolan is really ruthless and doesn't talk much. He can't stay on the court for even a minute!
On the current court, the players have already walked outside the penalty area and are preparing to take penalty kicks.
Chelsea's first penalty kicker is Hazard, and he naturally holds the ball and stands at the penalty spot.
Facing Roma goalkeeper Skorupski, Hazard took a run-up and swung his legs——
His fake move deceived Skorupski, and then he easily pushed the ball into the lower right corner, winning in one fell swoop!
"The ball is scored! The penalty kick couldn't be easier for Hazard!"
"Hazard has already scored twice in this game. His performance is really great!"
"This goal also allowed Chelsea to overtake Roma in score. Now they lead Roma 2:1 at home."
"What's interesting is that in the last few minutes of the game, the two sides will compete with 10 people against 10 people. So, will there be any change in the situation?"
After scoring, Hazard and his teammates simply celebrated, rushed into the goal, picked up the ball, and then ran back to the center line.
Chelsea wants to score again!
Perhaps it was the injury to Seat B just now that filled the hearts of Chelsea players with a fighting spirit for revenge!
Winning once is not enough, you must continue to win!
Under such momentum, the score fell behind, and the conflict itself was not dealt with by their own side, so the Roma players played even worse in the next game.
In the 89th minute, Paredes, who had just come on the field, got the ball within 30 meters of his own side.
Hazard came up to press, but Paredes was a little absent-minded and wanted to use a foot pull to get past Hazard.
But Hazard was very focused and took a sudden kick to intercept the ball.
Stamford Bridge immediately became excited again!
And Hazard quickly dribbled the ball forward amidst the cheers of the fans!
He looks eager to score another hat trick!
In the 25th round of last season, when Chelsea played Newcastle at home, Hazard completed the first hat trick of his Chelsea career, helping the team defeat the opponent 3:0.
In that game, Hazard became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Chelsea Premier League era.
Now, he has a chance to perform again!
"Damn, this guy is still too young!"
Rudy Garcia cursed on the sidelines.
Of course he was talking about Paredes.
This young Argentine player, who is only 20 years old this year, dares to play with someone within 30 meters of his own area. He is simply playing with fire!
Don’t you know that Chelsea’s forward line is like a mad dog when it comes to pressing?
And he just came on the scene not long ago, and he really couldn't adapt to Chelsea's rhythm quickly.
But it’s useless to say anything now.
On the court, Roma had no retreat, and Hazard began to dribble the ball into shooting range!
Roma defender Mbiwa made a prompt decision and decisively stopped his body from attacking.
Judging from his posture, he must be ready to commit a foul at any time, or even receive a red card, but he must keep Hazard out of the penalty area.
After all, the game time is about to end. If another goal is scored, Roma really has no chance at all.
The other defenders did the same and rushed towards Hazard.
Because they all know that now that Hazard has scored two goals, he will definitely want to score a third.
There is no player who doesn’t want to score a hat trick on the court!
So as long as you guard him now, you can guard against this attack!
But before all the Roma defenders could get in front of him, Hazard pushed the ball outwards. After getting out of a tiny space, he swept the ball with his left foot and passed it to the goal!
At this time, all the Roma players, including goalkeeper Skorupski, were focused on Hazard.
So when Hazard made a cross, they noticed that on the other side, there was a black tornado Lukaku who had quickly inserted himself!
With no one marking him, Lu easily swept the ball into the nearly unguarded goal.
Skorupski, who was standing near the post on the other side at this time, was completely powerless against the shot.
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllll!
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"Chelsea scores another goal and the game is over!"
"No one thought that Hazard actually gave up the chance of a hat trick and passed the ball to Lukaku. Lukaku lived up to his expectations and scored the ball!"
"It's so unbelievable! After Chelsea made the substitution, they actually scored three goals in a row and killed the game!"
"This is really an amazing reversal!"
"You can see from this goal process that Chelsea's offense was very fast and concise. The ball passed through the feet of two people and sent the ball into the gate of Rome."
"Of course, Paredes should take full responsibility for conceding the goal. It was really not very smart for him to try a dribble in his own half."
"Perhaps he is more accustomed to playing in the upper midfield position, but one thing he forgot is that Rudy Garcia asked him to play as a midfielder today."
"If the attacking midfielder or central midfielder loses the ball, there may be full-time defensive players behind him who can get it back. But once the defensive midfielder loses the ball, there is a defense line behind him, which means that the opponent directly faces his own goal. This is very fatal.
Of!"
"Of course, this goal conceded is also the epitome of Roma losing their fighting spirit in the final stages of the game. Maybe even if Paredes did not make a mistake, Chelsea would still find other loopholes in the Roma team and attack them."
"After the reversal of the score, this Chelsea team has become more and more courageous and unstoppable, and Rome has been captured!"
"Rome was not built in a day, nor could it be destroyed in a day. But we have witnessed how Pan Yi used miraculous substitutions and exquisite arrangements to completely destroy Rome's defense line!"
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"We knew before the game even started that Roma was a very good team with many stars. And the style of play adopted by Rudi Garcia today was also very smart, which caused us a lot of trouble.
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At the post-match press conference, when a reporter asked Pan Yi about this difficult game, Chelsea's head coach replied with a smile.
Pan Yi praised the Roma team and then changed the subject:
"But our players finally withstood the pressure, tried their best in the game, and won a victory at Stamford Bridge."
"Yes, there is no doubt that the game was very difficult, but I am very happy that we won in the end."
"But I am also a little unhappy, that is, my player Bernardo Silva received an unsportsmanlike foul during the game and left the field injured."
"I don't know yet how long he will be off the court, but I still hope Nainggolan can apologize for this."
"Although we are opponents on the football field, we are also peers. If you don't respect your peers, then your peers will also disrespect you."
In response to Pan Yi's words, the reporters at the scene gave a burst of warm applause.
Another reporter asked: "Mr. Pan Yi, this is the second consecutive game where you have made a substitution after 70 minutes to achieve a reversal."
"Now everyone praises your on-the-spot command as miraculous. It feels like you can predict the direction of the game after the substitute players come on."
"Can you tell us what's the secret here?"
Pan Yi smiled and said: "What's the secret to this? If you ask a student who is admitted to Cambridge or Oxford University what the secret is, what else can he answer?"
"It's just that I have a deeper understanding of tactics and a clearer understanding of my players."
"Of course, this is first of all because I have a group of very good players, and my tactical arrangements can always be reflected on the court without compromise."
"My coaching team has also helped me a lot. They always give me enough data analysis and good suggestions."
"So, every victory I win is a victory for the team."
When the reporters in the press conference room had a look on their faces, "I didn't expect Pan Yi to say such a dramatic thing", Pan Yi suddenly smiled slyly:
"Of course, the helmsman of this team is also very good. I won't mention his name to avoid making him proud."
The media reporters at the scene immediately burst into laughter and made the family members laugh.
"Mr. Pan Yi, how do you evaluate Hazard's performance in this game?" Another reporter asked.
Pan Yi nodded at him and said: "Hazard's performance in just 20 minutes after coming on as a substitute tonight was absolutely phenomenal. He made the game completely different."
"He is still very young and still has huge potential that can be tapped. But there is no doubt that after tonight, he will become more confident and stronger."
"Maybe one day, he can become a player who can compete with Messi and Ronaldo for the Ballon d'Or."
"But I still want to say that if there was only one Hazard, Chelsea would not be what it is now."
"Whether it's Lukaku, B-seat, Azpilicueta, Terry, etc., they all give their all for Chelsea. They are all fighting for this team."
"You have also seen that Hazard clearly had a chance to score a hat trick. When he was leading 2:1, he could really try to beat several people again. But when he saw Lukaku in a better position, he passed the ball
Come here."
"This is team spirit. In order for the team to win, they can sacrifice their personal data."
"I'm very happy. It's my honor to be able to coach so many outstanding players."
"It is precisely because of this that Chelsea can move forward and be invincible! I am confident that I can win more honors with them!"
The scene once again burst into warm applause.
Everyone knows that what Pan Yi said was not false.
Chelsea are so strong now!
They have won all the Premier League games and are 8 points ahead of the second place.
And they also won the Champions League, leading the second place by 7 points!
You know, the Champions League has only played three games.
In another group match of this group today, Dortmund still drew with Sporting CP.
Therefore, after three rounds, Chelsea won all three games with 9 points, while Dortmund, Sporting CP, and Roma all scored 2 points...
After three games, Chelsea almost qualified first in the group ahead of schedule, which is extremely rare in the history of the Champions League!
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The next day, the Times published a front-page headline in its sports section, titled:
Incredible reversal, incredible goal!
The article pointed out that Pan Yi's on-the-spot command once again worked wonders, and Hazard directed this great reversal with an amazing performance.
Especially Hazard's first goal, "The Times" even praised it as a Maradona-style goal!
"Pan Yi and Hazard completely defeated Roma and brought down an outstanding representative of Italian football!"
"Corriere dello Sport" believes that although Chelsea's performance is excellent, such a reversal is still a bit unexpected.
"If it weren't for Nainggolan's hot-headedness, if it weren't for the red dot package, it's still unknown whether Chelsea could score the key goal to overtake the score."
"In fact, it also includes the equalizing goal scored by Hazard. This kind of magical stroke is rare. Maybe if Hazard plays ten more times, he will not be able to replicate such a goal."
"In the third ball, he passed the ball to Lukaku, which may also illustrate this point."
"In short, Chelsea is very strong, but it is not as strong as the British media boasted. At least both Roma and Crystal Palace can lead them in the first 70 minutes!"
This is actually a microcosm of the mutual dissatisfaction between the British media and the Italian media.
From the mini-World Cup back then, Serie A now has fewer and fewer stars, and its performance in European competitions is getting worse and worse. Naturally, they are hostile to the rising Premier League.
The British media feels that Italians always cling to their past glory, are always harsh on their own failures, and of course they often can't help but make sarcastic remarks.
But no matter what, it is a fact that Chelsea’s results are good.
After the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage are all over, only Chelsea in Group G and Real Madrid in Group B have maintained a complete victory.
Real Madrid defeated Basel 5:1, Ludogordes 2:1, and Liverpool 3:0. The momentum is indeed not much worse than Chelsea.
But the overall strength of their opponents is still a bit behind Group G.
Among these three opponents, only Liverpool is still a strong opponent, but the Red Army is also in the process of recovery and reconstruction. This year is also the first time they have returned to the Champions League in many years.
Therefore, Chelsea almost qualified early after playing three games in the Group of Death, which made the world even more conspicuous!
This also makes their next game even more interesting.
Because Chelsea will soon go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United away from home!
Gary Neville also let out the news early:
"If Chelsea can beat Manchester United again, then I will..."
"Let's see if they can beat Liverpool in the 11th round!"