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Chapter 282 Establishing the Core Position
In the 75th minute, Shi Hao made a through pass after stealing the ball. William and Drogba, who came on as a substitute, succeeded in anti-offside at the same time. In the end, William knocked across and Drogba scored an empty goal.

Although it wasn't Shi Hao's assist, his ecstasy through thrust was the key to the success of this attack.

What Mourinho values ​​more is another point. Shi Hao was famously lazy when he played in Paris Saint-Germain, and his defense was loose.

But this season, under his own training, Shi Hao's defensive attitude has become much more positive, and his defensive ability has also improved rapidly. Although his stealing skills still need to be improved, his defensive position selection is already very good.

In modern football, if you want to play beautiful football, of course you have to attack; but if you want to win the championship, you have to rely on defense.

Mourinho was originally worried that after paying a lot of money to buy Shi Hao, he would not get used to it for a while, but this kid is also a person who is hungry for victory. As long as it is beneficial to win the championship, he will learn to do it seriously.

Thinking of this, Mourinho made a decision.After a few more matches, if Shi Hao can perform like this, his core position will be formally established.

As for Hazard, although he is also talented, but after all, he is a little short, so he can only serve as Shi Hao's wingman.

The dazzling score of 4:0 appeared on the electronic scoreboard above the stadium, which made Schalke fans heartbroken.Yet this is not the end.

In the 79th minute, Chelsea organized an attack.After Shi Hao made continuous passes in the midfield, he suddenly distributed the ball to the right, and then advanced forward at his own speed.

William is not as sticky to the ball as Hazard, and he quickly passed a long pass to Drogba.Drogba took off in front of the penalty area and headed the ball back. Shi Hao came forward and stopped the ball very comfortably, without giving Schalke 04's defenders any chance to take advantage of it.

When Mayer came up to press, he suddenly started. Although this start was not as fast as Messi, it also made Mayer unable to get off.After passing Meyer, he didn't get greedy for credit, and suddenly made a half-high pass into the left side of the penalty area.

Schalke 04's defenders focused on Drogba. Hazard suddenly entered the penalty area, but was unmarked. He got the ball and shot a low shot into the far corner of the goal.

Poor Felman picked up the ball from the goal for the fifth time, and his back was bleak.

Hazard still hugged Shi Hao politely after scoring the goal, thanking him for his assist, but soon he let Shi Hao go, it seemed that this hug made him very awkward.

In the stands, the flag hangs weakly, just like the emotions of the Schalke fans, they have been numb with grief.

How long has it been since such a big loss?

No one has the heart to cheer for the team anymore.No matter how loyal the fans were, they could only watch with desolate eyes as their team was wantonly humiliated on the field.

Although there were still 10 minutes left in the game, many fans could not bear the atmosphere and left the field early.

The only active place in the stands is the visiting team's fan seating area, where more than 1000 Blues fans who traveled with the team sang and danced to celebrate the team's hearty victory.To Shi Hao's regret, Liu Xiyu was on duty at the hospital today and could not come with the team to watch the game.

After Schalke 04 kicked off again, Chelsea's players did not go up to press. 5:0 is enough, and they don't want to humiliate their opponent too much.

If Schalke 04 can have the fighting spirit to organize an attack at this time, it doesn't matter if the Chelsea players put some water and let them score one.

It is a pity that Schalke 04 failed to seize the opportunity, but made frequent mistakes in the defense.In the 86th minute, Chelsea, who had no intention of attacking, slowly passed to the front of Schalke 04's penalty area.

Shi Hao controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and the two stepped forward to double-team.Shi Hao shot a kick casually, originally he didn't intend to score again, he was just killing the little time.

Unexpectedly, the football he shot obviously missed the goal and hit the leg of Uchida Atsuto, who was returning to the defense, and was reflected in the opposite direction.Fellman couldn't make a save, and the football rolled into the goal...

Such a ridiculous goal made Shi Hao speechless.And whether the goal was scored by himself or Atsuto Uchida's own goal depends on what the referee says.

When 90 minutes were up, the referee did not give 1 minute of added time.The home team players are obviously very grateful to the referee, otherwise they might have to concede the ball.

The score of 6:0 also silenced the entire European media collectively.

An 8:0 victory over Maribor is nothing, the Slovenian league is not popular after all.But Schalke 04 was the runner-up of the Bundesliga last season. There are many German internationals and talented youngsters in the team. How can they be beaten so hard?

Is Chelsea that strong?

The German media uttered a mournful cry.Two seasons ago, the two German teams met in the Champions League final, which once made them ecstatic, thinking that this was a sign of the rise of the Bundesliga.

Just two years later, the Bundesliga team was so humiliated in the Champions League... Is the Bundesliga already in decline?Or is the Premier League already too strong?Or, are Chelsea simply too strong?
Shi Hao, who scored 2 goals (the last goal was counted as Uchida Atsuto's own goal) and assisted 1 goal, deservedly named the best player in this game.His perfect offensive performance made the British media, which has always been more critical of foreign players, have nothing to say.

Keen commentators are aware of the changes in Mourinho's tactics in this game. He even dared to give Shi Hao the core of the attack.

It's not that Shi Hao can't be the core of the offense, but it's surprising that Mourinho's approach is to let Shi Hao be the core of the offense when Chelsea already has Hazard and Diego Costa.Isn't he afraid of causing discord in the locker room?

Generally speaking, when there are several offensive players of similar strength, it is more reasonable not to set up an offensive core and let the offensive players have equal possession of the ball.

However, the tactics with Shi Hao as the core of the attack allowed Mourinho to win a 6-0 rout. jump out.

Chelsea, who returned to the domestic arena, failed to maintain this crazy state. On November 11, they challenged the black cats Sunderland away.In this game, Mourinho hid the main players including Hazard, Shi Hao, Cesc Fabregas, etc., and saved his strength for the home game against Tottenham 29 days later.

In the first half, the two sides still fought to a draw, and Mourinho did not want to lose three points, so Hazard, Shi Hao and others were gradually replaced after 60 minutes.In the 81st minute of the game, the deadlock was finally broken. William passed the ball from the side. Shi Hao directly picked the ball into the penalty area without stopping. Diego Costa got the point and ferried the ball to the goal with a header.Hazard volleyed through the crowd to take all three points for Chelsea in a tough away game.

(End of this chapter)