greenery is king

Chapter 1534 Simple Things
The next Chelsea game still has no intention of stopping. Manchester United is just a game. Beating them is not the end, but we still need to continue playing. This is professional football. Unless you retire, you can only continue.

Since Chelsea beat Liverpool in the League Cup semi-finals, Mourinho did not show an aggressive posture in the second confrontation. Instead, he set up a bus in front of the goal. The reversed Liverpool has nothing to do, they can only accept the final result of zero to zero, and this result also allows Liverpool to accept the fate of being eliminated.

After playing this game, Chelsea ushered in the next league game. They faced Swansea, which had fallen into the relegation zone, but Mourinho was not careless. There are two reasons for this. First, It is that Chelsea can never accept the fate of sailing in the gutter, and the second point is because they are about to usher in the top battle with Manchester City. Before such a game, the players must maintain their condition.

In this game, Chelsea continued to use active control as the game style of play, while Swansea placed heavy troops in the midfield to strengthen the pressing force. However, facing Chelsea's possession of the ball, they also seemed a bit meaningless. The idea of ​​a quick hit.

In the 3rd minute, Chelsea formed a smooth pass from the left wing to the center through many people, and finally Diego Costa shot high.In the 8th minute, Moses, who replaced Ai Huan, made a sharp breakthrough from the right and was brought down by his opponent. Chelsea quickly sent a free kick and Oscar made a forward pass, while Diego Costa headed high.

In the 10th minute, Chelsea hit the ball behind Swansea's defense with a long pass from the right. De Bruyne smashed the ball in the penalty area to get rid of the opponent's defense, but was blocked by the opponent when facing the goalkeeper. The ball hit the crossbar when it fell. On the upper edge, the referee also judged that Lampard, who was in front of the goal, violated the goalkeeper.

No. Moses, who was active in the 15th minute, suddenly took a long shot, and the opponent's goalkeeper who was very focused confiscated the ball. No. In the 17th minute, Moses quickly sent a free kick in the front court, Oscar instigated a penetration in the middle, Lampard's attack was blocked by Swansea's defense, and Diego Costa shot the ball again in the penalty area.

After that, the chances of both sides were mediocre. Although Chelsea's offensive was still very fierce, it was difficult to convert the chances into goals. This was also very frustrating, but the game still had to continue.

In the 309th minute, Moses sent a diagonal pass from the right again, and Diego Costa rushed to the top and missed in the penalty area. One minute later, Chelsea won a free kick in front of the restricted area by De Bruyne. Lampard's attack was quite threatening, and the opponent's goalkeeper flew to save the ball.

In stoppage time in the first half, Swansea got a good chance to score. Donati made a wonderful pass to Chelsea's defense.

At the beginning of the second half, Mourinho, who couldn't wait for it, replaced Ai Huan. He didn't expect that Ai Huan would still be needed in this game, but since this time has come, he can't wait any longer.

And Chelsea, whose morale was boosted by Ai Huan, immediately showed his offensive ability. De Bruyne made a fast forward pass from the left. Diego Costa quickly passed the ball back from the right after missing the outflanking point in front of the goal. Moses shook his head and attacked the goal at a very tricky angle, and the ball hit the post.

And the first goal didn't take long. Ai Huan played in place of Oscar in the second minute and distributed the ball to the left space in the middle. De Bruyne kicked the goal. Hitting the inside of the post into the net.

And this goal made Chelsea finally relieved, and their attack became smoother. De Bruyne sent a high-level cross from the left, the ball went beyond the goalkeeper's control, and Diego Costa, who was in place, easily scored with a header. .

After 3 minutes, Moses seemed to pass and shoot from the right side of the penalty area. Ai Huan broke into the small penalty area and made a relay in the small penalty area. He used a header relay to send the football into the opponent's net, and the score followed. It became three to zero.

After the score was quickly opened, Chelsea, with a relaxed mind, continued to form fast breaks, and Mourinho also replaced De Bruyne, a model worker who had been insisting on the game recently, and Drogba was replaced, and Chelsea Also turned into a 4-4-2 formation.

Chelsea's relentless pressure also saw Swansea's defense continue to make mistakes, their goalkeeper mistaking the kick, and then the opponent's defender tried to head the ball back to the goalkeeper and was almost tackled by Didier Drogba.

And at the No.80 minute, Drogba finally ushered in his first goal back to the Premier League. The goalkeeper calmly pushed and scored, and Chelsea also turned the score into four to zero.

Afterwards, Drogba, who was extremely smooth, volleyed a threatening shot from the outside, and the opponent's goalkeeper flew to save the ball before barely holding the ball out.Then Lampard passed a corner kick from the right to the goal, Swansea's defense was not tight, Diego Costa easily scored with a header, and the score was locked at [-]-[-].

After that, Mourinho also replaced Mata, who had recovered from injury, to let him feel the rhythm of the game. After Mata came on the field, the two sides basically stopped attacking, so the two sides did not continue to extend the score gap. If it gets bigger, the game will end under this rhythm.

"William was injured and couldn't play. I thought De Bruyne would take a break in this game, but I didn't expect Mata to come back. It seems that God is really standing behind them. It is really true to want to beat them. Some new methods are needed." At this time, Guardiola, who had no game today, turned off the TV directly, shaking his head and sighing while talking.

"Actually, it's nothing. The last game between them and Manchester United has given us some new ideas. I think we can try them out now." The assistant looked very confident.

Guardiola sighed, the winter transfer door has been closed, and Manchester City has not brought in any players. This is not because they think they have enough personnel, but Guardiola really can't buy the players he needs most. .There are so many good players, and each of them plays the most suitable position in their own club. It is generally very difficult to transfer them in the winter, so even a team like Manchester City, which is waving money, still cannot introduce them. Any player they value.

It's not that Guardiola doesn't want to adopt tactics like Manchester United, but the problem is that their players have gradually got rid of the habit of playing alone and started Guardiola's favorite team style of play, but now it is not a problem for them to come out simple things.

(End of this chapter)