NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2226: Give it a try at the last moment!
In the Manchester United locker room, the players were a little silent.
As the captain, Ye Chen took the initiative to come to Ancelotti and said, "Boss, how is Luca?"
Ancelotti shook his head. “Guys, Luca is undergoing a checkup. We don’t know the exact extent of his injury, but the more it is at this time, the more we need to cheer up!”
"I've said it before, Chelsea is definitely not a weak team. Their defense is top-notch even in Europe!"
"It's just that Conte's offensive tactics are too monotonous, which is why they can't achieve good results!"
"We played very steadily today, but Luca's injury threw us off balance!"
"But we still have time to make up for our mistakes..."
"Let's do this for the second half..."
Fat An started knocking on the blackboard.
A sense of urgency also began to spread from him.
Of course, everyone became focused at this time.
Manchester United has not been doing well this season.
They seem to be undefeated in the league, but they suffer from various problems.
The main defenders were injured one after another some time ago, but they managed to get through it.
Now that Modric is also injured, they have to get through it!
"Guys, we need to win!"
"Use victory to encourage Luka to get rid of his injury as soon as possible!"
As the halftime cheer ended, players from both teams returned to the field.
After 15 minutes of relaxation and massage, the players became refreshed.
No one wants to lose this game.
Before the game started, the shouts of Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans intertwined, as if they were going to overturn the roof of Wembley Stadium.
On the court, the eyes of players on both sides were very determined.
"Beep!"
Oliver blew the whistle to start the second half of the decisive battle.
Manchester United took the lead in launching the offensive.
Ye Chen cut inside decisively, but his powerful shot was intercepted by Hummels and flew out of the baseline.
As a teammate of the German team and previous club, Hummels knows Ye Chen quite well!
De Bruyne takes the corner kick.
This time it was delivered directly to the middle.
Ronaldo once again demonstrated his amazing jumping ability and made a powerful header, but the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
“Manchester United’s attack was fierce at the start of the second half. If Chelsea had continued to retreat, the second half might have become an attack and defense drill like the first half of the first half.”
However, everyone soon discovered the difference.
Chelsea did not defend as they did in the first half, but pushed the defense line outwards!
The continuous attacks flattened Chelsea's formation.
But Chelsea did not submit, but fought back decisively.
But De Bruyne is still strong.
Faced with the rapid pressure from two players, he took the ball away first.
Rashford took the ball and accelerated into the penalty area.
But at the moment he passed the ball, Azpilicueta stretched out his legs and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
52 minutes 49 seconds.
Manchester United gets another corner kick opportunity!
Ye Chen, Ronaldo, Maguire and Pepe all came up from the backcourt.
"Beep!"
Accompanied by the referee's voice.
Ye Chen, who was originally in the middle, ran forward, while Ronaldo, who was originally in the middle, ran back.
At the same time, Maguire, who was originally in the chaotic area in the middle, squeezed towards the place with the most people.
This is Ancelotti’s set-piece tactic, which he calls “scattering flowers from the sky”!
"Oh!"
The ball was spun to the front by De Bruyne.
The one who was originally defending Ye Chen in the penalty area was Lukaku.
But he is really too fat.
He was directly blocked by Rashford who was protecting Ye Chen in the penalty area.
Ye Chen got rid of his defense in an instant!
The moment the football fell, Ye Chen accelerated directly towards the small penalty area line, then jumped high and dunked the ball with a header!
"Boom!"
The football flew straight to the far corner like a bullet.
At this time, Oblak was at the near post in front.
Other Blues players in the penalty area also stretched their legs quickly, trying to defuse this threatening header.
but!
"Uh-huh!!!"
"Goooooooooal!!!"
Oblak had no way to deal with it as the ball flew past him on the left side.
Instantly, the fans went wild.
Everyone cheered and the atmosphere in the stadium reached a climax in an instant!
The score changed from 2 to 2 to 2 to 3!
Chelsea drew the home team position, and of course, London is half of Chelsea's home ground.
However, seeing this scene, more Chelsea fans felt sad.
I still remember that Ye Chen also wore No. 16 before. At that time, he turned into a goal-scoring machine and brought Chelsea to a height that countless people could not reach.
You have to know that Chelsea has only won the Champions League once.
And that Champions League was led by Ye Chen.
It is because of this that Ye Chen has become a true legend of Chelsea.
It’s quite painful just watching my own pass go into the goal!
Ye Chen did not celebrate as usual.
If the opponent was not Chelsea and he had not scored such a crucial goal, he would have died long ago!
All kinds of spinning jumps are done.
But after all, the opponent is Chelsea...
He suppressed the urge to celebrate and turned around and walked back.
The Blues always have a place in his heart.
Every little detail of the past is still vivid in my mind.
Kante, who was not far away, witnessed the entire process of the goal from close range.
Everyone praised his defensive level.
But Kante knew that there was a man he had never been able to defend against!
That man was his best brother and the person he admired the most—Ye Chen!
Chelsea players remained calm.
They are too familiar with Ye Chen.
This guy can score from anywhere on the pitch.
Because of this, it was him who scored the goal, so everything seemed reasonable.
To deal with a top shooter like Ye Chen, what they have to do is simple - score another goal and equalize the score.
The continued high pressure on Manchester United players caused their physical energy to be quickly consumed.
The control ability also gradually declined.
Manchester United successively replaced Rashford, who could no longer run, with Grealish, and then replaced Rice with B. Ronaldo.
Rice's performance today was remarkable.
Of course, such a substitution means that Pepe has to play the full 90 minutes.
But Pepe has no problem, he feels he is in great shape today!
Time passed quickly, and after Manchester United scored, the pace slowed down.
They just want to continue to control the football.
But as 70 minutes passed, Chelsea gradually increased their pressing intensity.
They knew that if they didn't seize the opportunity, they would be in trouble!
The time went to 86 minutes in a blink of an eye.
Manchester United still leads.
Chelsea began to get a little anxious. Morata replaced William and Alonso replaced Luke Shaw, who was limping after the confrontation.
Luke Shaw has a very fatal flaw.
That's too brittle.
Frequent injuries!
This is a matter of personal constitution.
But even if Chelsea replaced two center forwards, they still couldn't break through Manchester United's goal.
In the 90th minute, Conte made another substitution.
Defender Hummels was replaced by right winger Pedro.
This really requires a fight.