Cech stood in front of the goal as if he was facing an enemy.
He set up a human wall and stood near the midpoint, ready to pounce on balls on either side at any time.
Taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and pushed the brim of the protective hat directly in front of him to prevent it from leaning too far down and interfering with his vision and movements.
I don't know when he started to get used to the existence of this protective hat.
Many people feel sorry for him, because at such a young age, he was praised by countless people as the goalkeeper most likely to become a god after Buffon. He has even stood in the position that countless professional goalkeepers dream of.
But all of this was completely gone because of that foul.
Sometimes he also asks God, why is he so unlucky? Why him?
God did not answer him.
Maybe it’s disdain, maybe it’s laziness, maybe God doesn’t have the answer.
His career will continue, he must overcome his psychological barriers, he must continue to stand in front of the goal, and continue to launch charges again and again towards the height he has reached.
Tonight, opposite him, the boy named Courtois is really similar to him, but very different.
Courtois lacks some experience even more. Although he is very stable, he is still a little immature in handling the ball. There is no way to avoid this. After all, he is only nineteen years old, which is ten years younger than Cech.
Oh, by the way, both were born in May, Cech on May 20th and Courtois on May 21st.
Seeing Courtois, Cech seemed to see himself back then.
When he was 19 years old, he joined the Czech giant Sparta Prague. In the summer of the year he was 20, he moved from Sparta Prague to Rennes in Ligue 1. Since then, he has been familiar with the top teams in Europe's top leagues.
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Courtois is even luckier than him.
The Belgian goalkeeper joined Manchester City when he was eighteen years old, and in the competition with Joe Hart, relied on his extraordinary talent and strength to grab the main position.
If nothing unexpected happens, Courtois will be the winner of the Premier League Golden Glove Award this season, which will make him the youngest Golden Glove winner in history. Not only that, he has a great chance to break the 2004-2005 season.
He set a record of 24 clean sheets in a single season.
He has played for a strong team in the top league at a young age, and even Manchester City has achieved outstanding results on four fronts this season. This makes Courtois very likely to reach the top as soon as he debuts and win multiple championships directly.
He looked like the son of God, blessed with all the good fortune.
Cech is dissatisfied!
Cech performed extremely bravely tonight, stopping Manchester City's attacks time and time again.
Apart from that conceded goal, Cech made almost no mistakes.
If it is Chelsea's shame that the offensive players in front of them have zero shots, then Cech in front of the goal line is Chelsea's anchor. If it weren't for him, Chelsea would definitely be bloodbathed by Manchester City at home tonight.
But Cech stabilized Chelsea's defense.
Now, he has to face Su Dong directly!
The Czech goalkeeper's attention has always been on Su Dong. He knows how terrifying Su Dong is and has experienced the power of Su Dong's free kicks. He has been preparing and watching Su Dong's movements.
David Luiz?
This central defender has certain skills, but they are only very good among central defenders. He is destined to be a tool player who provides cover, so Cech subconsciously ignored this guy with a sparrow building a nest on his head.
As the referee blew his whistle, what happened next seemed to confirm Cech's judgment.
Su Dong was preparing, while toolman David Luiz quickly took a run forward.
This guy probably just feinted a shot, ran over, and stepped directly in front of the ball to provide a cover for Su Dong who followed.
Cech thought so, so he remained unmoved.
He is waiting for Su Dong!
From beginning to end, his attention was only on Su Dong.
Even the wall of people at the scene thought so, and even the commentator speculated like this.
But what happened next shocked everyone.
After David Luiz stepped forward, when everyone thought he would run over, he suddenly stopped and kicked out a furious shot with his right foot.
This guy's free kick was very clean and direct. It was very simple and crude. It was like a parabola. After crossing the wall, it flew directly to the goal. His foot power was very strong. The angle was not tricky, but as long as he suppressed the ball's momentum, he could kick it.
Free kicks are fast and furious.
Carlos takes this kind of free kick style.
David Luiz fired a fierce shot directly. The wall reacted and jumped high, but the ball was faster. After passing over the wall, it flew directly to the left side of the goal.
When Cech reacted, he just took a step to the left side of the goal. When he was about to dive out, the ball had already flown into the net.
Not an absolute blind spot, but very tricky!
Everyone in the audience was shocked.
Who would have thought that a central defender could take such an accurate direct free kick.
It's not that there were no such players before, such as Mihajlovic, but the problem is that there are too few such central defenders.
After David Luiz scored a direct free kick, he turned around excitedly, rushed towards Su Dong who was covering him behind him, picked him up directly from the waist, and rushed to the sideline excitedly.
Everyone in Manchester City was delighted.
They were also very surprised and pleasantly surprised.
David Luiz has always had excellent footwork, which was the main reason why Manchester City introduced him in the first place. Even Guardiola has stated many times that the Brazilian central defender's recklessness is insignificant compared to his contribution.
In other words, his style of play itself is error-prone, high-risk and high-reward.
But from beginning to end, no one expected that he would actually run to take the free kick.
God, this guy is so surprising, isn't he?
In the end, everyone blocked David Luiz and Su Dong on the sidelines, and sent their congratulations to the Brazilian central defender, while not forgetting to remind him: Remember to treat!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! David Luiz was in a good mood, nodding his head constantly, and his messy hair looked like a golden lion king.
All the attention fell on David Luiz and Manchester City, but they failed to notice that in front of Chelsea's goal, Cech, who performed brilliantly throughout the game, was full of confusion and guilt.
He really ignored David Luiz!
This is very inappropriate.
It's all that damn Su Dong's fault.
If you don't take free throws, why are you standing there?
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Manchester City finally defeated Chelsea 2-0 with goals from Hazard and David Luiz.
David Luiz, who scored a wonderful direct free kick, was voted the best player of the match.
This feels a bit like an impression point, but the performance of the Brazilian central defender is indeed very good, especially the many late penetrations on the court, which created considerable pressure on the opponent.
Sky Sports commented that David Luiz is the most offensive central defender in European football after Lucio. He also has outstanding personal abilities. This time he has shown his free kick skills. I believe his role in Manchester City will be great.
getting bigger.
Manchester City relied on this victory to successfully advance to the sixth round of the FA Cup.
After the draw, the draw results for the sixth round of the quarter-finals were announced. Manchester City faced Leicester City at home.
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Villas-Boas lost this focus battle at home, leaving Chelsea with only the last front this season.
That's the Champions League.
After the game, the British media broke out explosive news one after another, focusing on two pieces of news.
One is whether Villas-Boas will be dismissed from get out of class.
After Chelsea lost the League Cup and FA Cup, they have no hope of winning the Premier League. The only place that has a chance is the Champions League.
"The knockout round of the top 16 is very important. As long as Villas-Boas loses the first leg of the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, he will be fired."
Even who the replacement was was revealed by The Sun.
That is Chelsea's chief assistant coach, Italian Di Matteo.
At the same time, there was another news that was revealed, that is, during halftime of the match between Chelsea and Manchester City, the Chelsea players walked out of the dressing room without the participation of Villas-Boas, led by Drogba and Lampard.
Wait for the players and call your teammates to have a small meeting in the player tunnel.
The Daily Mail broke the news that Chelsea's stars have reached an agreement that they will make demands on the management in the near future and hope that Villas-Boas will be dismissed. "The dressing room has completely lost confidence in him."
The Daily Telegraph also confirmed the Daily Mail report, saying that Sky Sports actually captured these scenes, but they were not broadcast during the live broadcast. This is why, according to convention, there will be a scene of the player tunnel before players appear.
But not at halftime of this game.
Because of sensitivity, it was cut by Sky Sports.
The Daily Telegraph also reported that during the loss to Manchester City, Mourinho's shouts rang out from the stands at Stamford Bridge. Many fans were remembering the years when Mourinho was coaching. This was a tribute to Villas-Boas.
The biggest irony and blow.
Everyone knows that Villas-Boas doesn't like to be mentioned about the time when he was Mourinho's assistant.
The Sun also revealed that many locker room bosses, including Drogba, Lampard, Terry and Cech, have reached a consensus, and it was not during the game against Manchester City, but before that.
, even before Drogba returned to China to participate in the African Cup of Nations, they had made a clear decision to abandon Villas-Boas.
"The Portuguese has completely lost control of the dressing room. No one even listened to what he said."
Previously, after Chelsea was held to a 3-3 draw by Manchester United, Abramovich appeared in Chelsea's dressing room for the first time and talked with the players for half an hour. The result was to no avail, and the team was still in trouble in the subsequent games.
Lost to Everton.
So Abramovich walked into the locker room again, hoping to communicate with the players.
"During that meeting, many old players even had heated arguments with Villas-Boas in front of Abramovich. The two sides showed a tendency to be incompatible."
This time, Chelsea lost 0-2 at home to Manchester City and the FA Cup. Abramovich did not enter the locker room again. It was obvious that he had completely lost confidence and patience with Villas-Boas.
There are only three things to do!
Villas-Boas's defeat after defeat has completely ended his coaching career at Stamford Bridge.
