Lord of Greenery

Chapter 558 The Role of the Core

Unable to play Sarri's tactics, Chelsea's tactics returned to the original tactics of "hand the ball to Hazard".

Defense depends on the bus, and offense depends on the wings. This is also Chelsea's housekeeping skill back then.

It's just that Chelsea doesn't have an excellent center forward like Drogbana now, and there is no good way to face the opponent's defense.

Of course, the current Chelsea is not easy to deal with.

Excellent results bring high morale. Even if you can't play tactics now, but with Chelsea's foundation, such a high morale is still strong even if you play randomly.

The red and blue sides fell into a stalemate for a while.

The more it is at this time, the more it is necessary for players to stand up.

The accident happened in the 42nd minute. Liverpool's formation was fully pressed forward. Kovacic, who had been focusing on defense, suddenly made a through ball and penetrated the defense of Liverpool's midfielder.

The ball came to Hazard, the Belgian ran from his own half to the front of the penalty area, and finally shot 12 meters from the Liverpool goal. Alisson failed to save the ball.

0: 1!

Before the end of the first half, Chelsea led by 1 goal!

In the stands, Chelsea fans shouted in surprise and shouted Hazard's name.

So far this season, Hazard has started 7 times and has a total of 8 shots. This is his sixth goal!
Hazard's current scoring efficiency far exceeds his previous scoring efficiency!

Chelsea's performance at the beginning of this season is inseparable from Hazard's outstanding performance.

Originally, Chelsea had been suppressed by Liverpool in this game. Although Chelsea fans are used to seeing such scenes, they also know that Chelsea this season is different from before.

In the past, being suppressed was deliberate, but now it is hard to say.

But now, the scene has been suppressed all the time, but now it is Chelsea who scored first, and the fans have no reason not to be surprised.

In contrast, Liverpool fans were hit hard.

So far in this game, Liverpool has almost completely taken the initiative on the scene. Although Chelsea's ball possession rate is not low, most of them are just hypnotic backcourt.

Seeing that the offense was getting deeper and deeper, it seemed that a goal was about to be scored soon, but it turned out that Chelsea advanced by one goal.

The first half is coming to an end, and being scored at this time will deal a great blow to Liverpool fans.

For the Liverpool players, this conceded goal also hit them hard.

So far this season, including this game, the league has conceded a total of 2 goals.

It happened to be 2 of these 1 goals, which is likely to force them to give up their top position.

If such a thing really happened, would their previous efforts be meaningful?

While his teammates doubted their lives, Li Ze was secretly observing.

The first half is not over, and the rest of the time is not without opportunities.

The Chelsea players are still celebrating now. This goal is really hard-won, which relieves them a lot of pressure.

Seeing them like that, the excitement couldn't pass for a while.

However, not all players are like this.

Most of Chelsea's defensive players simply celebrated.

As defensive players, they are sometimes more sensitive than offensive players.

They knew that in the remaining time of the first half, it was very possible to concede the ball.

Especially Kanter, the Frenchman returned to his position immediately after celebrating.

Now he even gave up the position of the front midfielder and concentrated on running to the position of the back midfielder.

Judging from the posture of the above half of the game, it may be impossible for Chelsea to score another goal in this game.

In the next half of the game, it is more reliable to stick to it.

Even if Sarri advocates offensive football, when his own tactics can't be played, he probably won't give up three points for the sake of face.

In all fairness, most of Chelsea's defensive players are excellent, at least this awareness is to be appreciated.

However, Li Ze only needs to find the most slack among them.

As long as there is a little loophole in the opponent's defense, the possibility of scoring a goal with his ability is not small.

After scanning around, Li Ze fixed his eyes on a person.

David Lewis!
This central defender whose offensive ability is far stronger than his defensive ability is one of the representatives of the fluffy team in football.

After being reminded by his teammates, David Luiz also ran back to his position.

But Li Ze has already targeted him and has no intention of changing.

In the 45th+1 minute, that is, stoppage time in the first half, after Li Ze reached out to get the ball, he suddenly started to sprint quickly and forced Jorginho.

Kovacic missed the defense, but he wasn't particularly worried.

After leading by one goal, Chelsea's overall formation shrank very tightly.

Even if it is Li Ze, he has no good solution.

Li Ze didn't care about it, he saw the direction of David Louis and broke through.

And the Brazilian did not disappoint him. Seeing Li Ze running, David Luiz chose to grab.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Off the court, Sarri's face was twitching.

He couldn't understand why David Louis suddenly went up for grabs at this moment?
Isn't he afraid that Li Ze will pass him directly?
The last thing Sarri wanted to see happened. Li Ze passed the ball under his feet and successfully got rid of David Luiz who was rushing forward.

If it weren't for the need to keep the goal in the future, Kepa would want to curse at this time.

Because of the unexpected change in David Luiz, this moment almost turned into a one-on-one match between Li Ze and Kepa.

Previously, Chelsea had 5 wins and 1 draw in the league. Hazard contributed the most to offense, and Kepa contributed the most to defense.

In this position among goalkeepers, he is certainly not as good as Cech at the peak, not even Courtois who just defected.

However, his performance at the goalkeeper position is still at the level of a wealthy family.

Chelsea had conceded 6 goals in 4 league games before, and Kepa had 3 zero-block opponents. The only time he conceded [-] goals was when he played against Arsenal.

Heartbroken Chelsea fans can only pin their hopes on Kepa at this moment, hoping that he can save the team.

At the same moment, Liverpool fans were also praying that Li Ze could save the team.

In many cases, God will not bless mortals. When the Black Death was rampant, missionary priests could not escape death.

God only exists in people's hearts. If you really want to fulfill your wishes, the only way is to go all out and rely on your own efforts to achieve it!
At this moment, Li Ze didn't pray to anyone, but just watched Kepa's every move quietly.

At a certain moment, after seeing Kepa's body shifted significantly again, Li Ze immediately kicked up.

On the other side, Kepa was preparing to attack and was ready to take the first step when he saw Li Ze's sudden kick.

Kepa quickly changed his focus, but it was too late.

As if he had been frozen by Li Ze, he stood there blankly, watching the ball hit the net.

1: 1!

(End of this chapter)