Chapter 164: Away game against Everton, Lukaku
北京时间9月12日19点45分，时隔将近2周之后，切尔西迎来了他们本赛季第5轮的联赛，客场对战埃弗顿。

This game is not part of CCTV5's broadcast program and requires payment to watch, but this does not pose a problem for domestic fans at all.

"Dear brothers and friends, it's me again, Akun! Today I'm bringing you the fifth round of the Premier League this season, Chelsea's away game against Everton"

"Hey guys, long time no see. When Channel 5 was broadcasting before, my live streaming room didn't have much traffic. Today I finally got through it."

"This match will be held at Goodison Park, and the referee is Andre Marina. Let's start! Now let's introduce the starting lineup for this match!"

"First up is Everton, the Toffees wearing blue jerseys and playing at home!"

Everton (4-3-1-2)

Defenders: Coleman, Stones, Fegirka, Galloway
Midfielders: McCarthy, Barry, Besic, Barkley
Forwards: Aruna Kone, Lukaku
Goalkeeper: Howard
Head coach: Roberto Martinez
"And then there's Chelsea away in white!"

Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Terry, Zouma, Ivanovic
Midfielders: Matic, Fabregas, Willian

Forwards: Hazard, Diego Costa, Jiang Yuan

Goalkeeper: Begovic

"We can see that Chelsea seems to have determined the current 4231 formation. Jiang Yuan should have obtained a stable starting position, while the team's original starting right winger William has moved to the attacking midfielder position to build a bridge between Hazard and Jiang Yuan."

"The one holding the ball now is William, who does a wonderful turn and protects the ball. Beautiful! William passes the ball to Jiang Yuan, who starts to run diagonally into Everton's penalty area. Galloway is defending him 1-on-1."

"Pass back! Jiang Yuan did not take credit for the success. After compressing Everton's defense, he passed the ball back to William, who passed it straight to Costa."

"Direct shot! Oh my god, a great clearance from Stones, Everton successfully defended Chelsea's fierce attack at the beginning"

"The first corner kick of the game is taken by Matic!"

……

Matic hurried to the corner flagpole. At the same time, Terry ran to Jiang Yuan's side, covered his mouth and whispered: "I will cross positions with Kurt later, you and Costa should look for opportunities!"

"Ok!"

Jiang Yuan nodded. Mourinho had already mentioned these things once before the game, but Terry was obviously afraid that Jiang Yuan would forget, so he came up to emphasize it.

Everton's characteristics are very obvious. The heading ability of the two forwards is far stronger than that of the four defenders, so Everton will definitely arrange Lukaku and Kone to guard Terry and Zouma one-on-one. What Jiang Yuan and Costa need to do is to seize the opportunity.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and Matic raised his hands.

Later point!

Terry and Zouma crossed their positions in the penalty area as planned, taking away Lukaku and Kone, two header generals, respectively.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan slapped away Galloway's outstretched hand and ran back at the same time as Costa.

"Keep an eye on him!"

Everton goalkeeper Howard shouted, reminding Galloway and Besic to chase after him, but it was too late. Jiang Yuan ran to the lower side of where the ball landed.

Bend your knees, jump off one foot, steady your core, and press your left hand against Galloway's chest.

Header!

"The ball went in. Holy crap! In the 5th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan headed the ball and Howard couldn't react in time."

“0:1! The Blues are leading by one goal while playing away from home”

"As a 20-year Chelsea fan, Jiang Yuan's perfect shot reflects his ability on the right. If the ball was given to Willian or Hazard, they would not have been able to score."

"Awesome! Jiang Yuan's 4th touch of the ball in this game... What's his 4th touch of the ball? Jiang Yuan scored with his 5th touch of the ball in this game. In 3 games so far, Jiang Yuan has scored 1 goals, surpassing Hazard and Costa's goal each, and ranks first among Chelsea's top scorers!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan slid on his knees at the right corner flagpole. Because it was the home team's stadium, the right corner flagpole area was full of Everton fans.

Since he was celebrating in front of Everton fans, Jiang Yuan was bound to be scolded.

"Fake Squid!"

"Kiss my ass!"

"asshole!"

"Masefak! (Say hello to your mother)"

After playing professional football for almost a year, Jiang Yuan has become numb to such insults. Instead of scolding back, he blew a kiss to Everton fans.

"..."

Well, now it’s Everton fans who are embarrassed!
[Fuck, 5 goals in 3 games, is that how you play it? Don’t the others have any face? What Hazard, what Costa, I only know Jiang Yuan! ]

[Heading the ball, Jiang Yuan's biggest advantage is his versatility. He can kick with both feet and can also head the ball. The host is right. No one at Chelsea can kick this ball in.]

[I declare that from today on I am a Chelsea fan! Glory to the Blues! ]

[The above, I looked at your previous speech record. Two months ago you said you were a die-hard fan of Porto. How come you are a Chelsea fan today? ]

[No, aren't the Blue Army and Blue Dragon both blue? What's wrong with me being a fan of both? Jiang Yuan is awesome! ]

[Kill, kill, kill, Jiang, the King of Soccer! The U23 Asian Cup will start in a few months. Will Xiao Jiang play? This is the qualifying competition for the Brazil Olympics next year! ]

[U23 Asian Cup? I almost forgot about this thing. How about letting Xiao Jiang go up and attack? I just don’t know if he is willing to play! ]

[Don't you think Fabregas is a bit dull in the defensive midfielder position? 】

[Haha, but if Fabregas plays as a front midfielder, Jiang Yuan and William will have to rotate. Mourinho has put a lot of thought into this so that everyone can see the Chinese Nanbo Seven in every game! ]

[What is the name of Everton's No. 10... Lukaku? Why does this guy look so stupid? Don't let Chelsea beat him! ]

[Xiao Jiang's header is still as accurate as ever. Look at the shot the director showed Mourinho just now. I can guarantee that Jiang Yuan's starting position in Chelsea is absolutely secure. I will not accept any rebuttal!]

Jiang Yuan's header goal made Everton coach Martinez completely panic. He had originally planned to bully Chelsea, who were in poor form this season, but the result was the opposite. He conceded a goal shortly after the start of the game.

"Hey, Lukaku, next time there's a header, switch tasks with Galloway. You'll be responsible for marking that Chinese guy!"

Martinez immediately made a change, letting Lukaku, who was taller and had better header defense ability, be responsible for Jiang Yuan's corner kick defense. The latter gave Martinez a thumbs up and said, "Robert, don't worry, leave it to me!"

Although he had just conceded a goal, Lukaku seemed to be in good mental state.

Soon, the second goal was scored by Lukaku!
The Toffees players showed their good competitive spirit and quickly launched a counterattack against Chelsea when they fell behind. Just 5 minutes after Jiang Yuan scored, Lukaku broke through Begovic's defense in front of the goal.

Fortunately, the linesman lifted it before Lukaku scored.

Obviously, this is offside!
"shit!"

Lukaku sat on the ground and pounded the grass with his right hand. The Belgian center vented his anger in the most direct way.

Begovic was also very cunning. Seeing Lukaku sitting on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet, he quickly threw the ball to the ground and then kicked it away with a big foot.

"Begovic's long kick gives Chelsea a chance to counterattack!"

"Costa was in a good position, he jumped up and headed the ball to the first point, Fabregas took the ball off, looked up...wait, Barry rushed up to grab the ball!"

"It's a mistake, Fabregas made a mistake, Barry's sudden interception made Fabregas lose the ball, Barry passed the ball back to McCarthy, Jiang Yuan pressed"

"Oh, Jiang Yuan's pressing level is still a little bit lacking. McCarthy dribbled and turned flexibly to shake Jiang Yuan off."

"Long pass forward, what's going on, McCarthy's pass is a dangerous ball! Besic has a hard time handling it... Shit! Besic and Mikel collided. Hiss - this collision must be pretty serious."

"The referee blew the whistle, the team doctor needs to come up. Let's take a look at the replay given by the director. Ouch, two heads hit each other. Mikel looks fine, but Besic is different. Wait for the team doctor to deal with it... Naismith is changing clothes on the sidelines, Everton is going to make a substitution!"

An unexpected incident occurred on the field. In the 15th minute of the first half, Everton was forced to make a substitution because Besic was injured and could not continue the game.

No. 14 Naismith replaces No. 17 Besic, and the position of the defensive midfielder is adjusted!
"Hey, Jiang, come here!"

Taking advantage of the substitution time, Mourinho called Jiang Yuan, who was closest to him, over. The Portuguese coach of the team put one hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder and covered his mouth with the other hand: "Tell William and Cesc that the number 14 who just came on the field has a strong passing ability. Pay attention to the key defense!"

As Chelsea's head coach, Mourinho's notebook is filled with the technical characteristics of players from all Premier League teams and even some Champions League teams.

As soon as the opponent makes a substitution, he can come up with a targeted plan in the fastest time!
……

After watching the replay, the referee confirmed that neither side had committed a foul, and finally chose to start the game with a drop ball.

The one holding the ball now is Everton's left-back Galloway. Although this guy is from Zimbabwe, his value does not show any inflation. On the contrary, Galloway played in today's game at a level far higher than his 150 million euro value!
"Galloway quickly sent a free kick to Barry, who quickly passed the ball to Naismith who had just come on the court on the left. Naismith knew that his body was not fully active yet, so he passed the ball as soon as possible."

"Right! McCarthy got the ball. Damn, isn't this the war criminal just now? Let's see how the war criminal performs." "Matic blocked it and made a two-on-one pass! A beautiful two-on-one cooperation. McCarthy successfully entered Chelsea's bottom line through cooperation with Coleman. McCarthy and Azpilicueta formed a one-on-one."

"Bicycle riding! McCarthy wanted to take on Azpilicueta 1v1, but he took it for granted. Azpilicueta would not have it so easy. Sure enough! McCarthy saw that it didn't work, so he went down the bottom to compress Chelsea's defense and then passed the ball back to Coleman."

"Pass the ball without stopping! To the front! Kone, look at Kone! Damn, beautiful! Terry jumped up before Kone and headed the ball out! Corner kick opportunity for Everton!"

Hearing the referee's whistle, players from both sides ran into the penalty area one after another.

"Beep!"

Barkley raised his left hand and started to run. Chelsea players didn't know whether he was going to play at the front or the back, so they had to defend both sides.

The ball drew an arc in the air. Lukaku stood sideways holding Terry's shoulders with both hands. He suddenly took a step back, and when Terry caught up, he suddenly accelerated into the small penalty area.

"Snapped!"

A header from Belgian center forward Romelu Lukaku!
The little beast transferred the impact force accumulated during his run-up to his head, and without considering the angle at all, he directly made a powerful header!

“Goooooaaaaalllllll!!!!”

"Romelu...Lukakuuuuuu!"

This game is played at Everton's home ground, so the commentary will definitely be louder after Everton players score.

On the other hand, in the live broadcast room of a domestic Happy Beans platform, a certain anchor has been breached.

"Bang, bang, bang! (typing keyboard)"

"Fuck it, this John Terry is such a wimp. Lukaku ran past him and he didn't even react. I'm so impressed."

"It's not going well on the field right now, but don't panic, brothers in the live broadcast room. Chelsea will win this game. Even though Everton is tied now, it's just Lukaku's good luck."

"As a professional, I will analyze this for you. Forget it, brothers. Go with Chelsea handicap 0.5. Full water! Listen to me, the score of this game will be either 1:2 or 1:3. Follow the anchor. There will be young models in the club every day!"

"Okay guys, Costa is standing in the center circle to kick off, the time for Everton's villain to triumph is over"

A Kun shouted very excitedly, but he didn't know that he had been infected with a contagious virus that was very popular in football forums recently. He would break down when he saw Jiang Yuan's team conceded a goal.

Patients are prone to mania and anxiety, and in severe cases may experience incoherent speech.

This virus is simply called... Jiang Du!
“Fuck, fuck!”

Mourinho waved his hands in front of the bench, his eyes were frightening. As a head coach, this is the situation he is most worried about. He scored a goal and then was tied. Even though the score was 1:1 at this time, Everton's players definitely had the advantage in momentum.

So, Mourinho thought about it and asked Fabregas on the right to move closer to the middle, with the aim of limiting Naismith's ability to pass dangerous balls into Chelsea's penalty area.

It has to be said that the effect of Mourinho's adjustment was very significant. Naismith and McCarthy were restricted by Fabregas and Matic respectively. As long as these two attacking midfielders of Everton got the ball, Chelsea would respond immediately.

The game reached the 30th minute of the first half, and Chelsea had a corner kick opportunity!
Lukaku kept coach Martinez's instructions in mind and pressed his entire body against Jiang Yuan. Lukaku is 1 meters tall, while Jiang Yuan is only over 91 meters tall. In terms of physical confrontation, the two are not on the same level at all.

The most disgusting thing was that when Matic ran to the corner flagpole to kick off, Lukaku kept rubbing his head against Jiang Yuan's ribs. His intention was obvious, to break Jiang Yuan's mentality before the corner kick was taken.

"Hey, referee!"

Jiang Yuan knew that he was no match for Lukaku in physical confrontation, so he chose to appeal. The referee Marina rushed over and warned Lukaku: "Please note that you cannot grab his arm!"

Lukaku spread his hands: "Hey, I didn't touch his arm!"

After saying that, Lukaku rubbed his head against Jiang Yuan's ribs, and then leaned against Jiang Yuan's shoulder.

You know what, these defensive moves by Lukaku are not fouls!

The referee observed for a while and then left, leaving Jiang Yuan speechless: "Dude, is this necessary?"

Before Lukaku could respond, Matic took a corner kick.

Later point!

"The opportunity has come!"

Jiang Yuan said to himself, and ran left and right with his body sideways, trying to judge where the ball would land while trying to get rid of Lukaku's one-on-one defense.

Matic's pass was very accurate, almost going straight to Terry and Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan jumped immediately, but Lukaku was one step faster. Jiang Yuan hit Lukaku's chest directly after jumping. The latter cleared the ball out of the baseline with almost no pressure.

"Fuck!"

The Belgian striker's chest muscles are very elastic, so Jiang Yuan's head doesn't hurt, but on the football field, you don't have to fall down only when you're in pain!
“Ouch, s ...

Jiang Yuan fell to the ground and rolled over twice, wailing non-stop.

Chelsea players reacted immediately. Terry and William ran to Jiang Yuan and separated him from Lukaku. Fabregas rushed to the referee Marina and said, "Penalty! Penalty!"

"Brothers! Lukaku fouled and Jiang Yuan fell to the ground. His head hit his chest directly. It looks painful. I wonder if Jiang Yuan is injured this time!"

"The finger points to the penalty spot, it's a penalty, Chelsea's chance to take the lead again has come!"

"Damn... Jiang Yuan got up directly from the ground after the referee blew the whistle?"

"A medical miracle! The referee Marina is like the reincarnation of Hua Tuo. With just one whistle, he cured Jiang Yuan's migraine! Ok, the director gave us a replay. Let's see what happened. Is this a penalty?"

"Matic passed the ball... Hey! Jiang Yuan and Lukaku jumped at the same time, Lukaku exerted more strength, so he reached a higher point faster than Jiang Yuan, but Lukaku's upper body was too forward, and his chest directly pressed down Jiang Yuan who was jumping, and the shot was interfered in the penalty area. It was indeed a penalty kick. Chelsea's chance has come!"

According to the replay provided by the director, there was nothing wrong with referee Marina's decision this time. It is worth mentioning that the program effect of the Premier League is awesome. The director provided continuous replays of the moment when the two people came into contact. The clip of Lukaku "bounced" Jiang Yuan away with his chest was played over and over on the TV screens of fans around the world.

After Jiang Yuan stood up, he walked outside the penalty area. The Blues' first penalty taker stood on the penalty spot and was ready.

The score now is 1:1. Even if Hazard is a very calm person, he must be very nervous now. Kone and Barkley ran to Hazard's side and tried to interfere before the referee blew the whistle. Jiang Yuan and Terry rushed up and pushed the two out of the penalty area.

Although Jiang Yuan has never participated in youth training, he knows that European teams' youth training has a lesson, that is, when the opponent tries to interfere with their penalty shooter, teammates must pull all the opponents away at the first time and try to create a good penalty environment for their penalty shooter.

Because in this situation, appropriate verbal interference is allowed by the rules, and the referee will basically not care as long as it is not swearing, so the players need to do it themselves.

Seeing that everyone was ready outside the penalty area, Marina glanced at Howard standing on the goal line and Hazard standing in front of the penalty spot.

"Beep!"

"Hazard's arcing run-up...gate!"

"fuckfuckfuck! Howard guessed the direction and fell to the ground to hug Hazard's shot!"

"Damn it! Ouch! I'm really impressed. Chelsea has such bad luck!"

"Howard stood up immediately, holding the ball and running to the edge of the penalty area. He wanted to launch a quick counterattack against Chelsea!"

Chelsea players reacted quickly. When they saw Hazard's penalty was blocked, they immediately ran to their own half. Captain Terry, in particular, kept waving back: "Back! Movemove!"

Howard stood at the edge of the penalty area, looking left and right. Costa immediately rushed forward, trying to block Howard's sight with his body. The latter was also very smart. He passed the ball to Stones who was standing on the same level, and defender Stones kicked the ball out.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of the ball hitting the ball was collected and amplified by the on-site equipment and transmitted to the ears of the audience in the live broadcast room. Stones on the right made a long pass to Chelsea's right, which is where Ivanovic is now. The bad thing is that Lukaku was running in the front. The purpose of Stones' long pass was very clear, which was to find Lukaku in front. The latter stopped the ball perfectly with his chest and then started to dribble.

"Wow!"

Don't be fooled by Lukaku's 1m tall forward appearance. He is really good at dribbling the ball and even wanted to use his speed to eat Ivanovic. Fortunately, Ivanovic is a strong right-back in the Blues and sticks to Lukaku, not giving the Belgian any chance to go down the rim or cut inside.

"Lukaku encountered some difficulties, Naismith ran to the back to support him, Jiang Yuan stretched out his foot to intercept Lukaku's return pass to Naismith, but failed!"

"Naismith and Barkley's wall pass, Naismith successfully cut into Chelsea's bottom line"

"He moved the ball into the penalty area little by little... Naismith's dribbling ability is not good, so he might choose to pass the ball directly. Damn, Naismith chose to pass back, gave the ball to Barkley behind him and quickly retreated to the back."

"Barkley dribbled the ball down the field. Oh my god, in just 3 seconds, Naismith and Barkley exchanged attacking positions on the left. Ivanovic was a little slow to react!"

"Barkley left-foot cross!"

"what!"

Ivanovic stretched out his right leg and tried to intercept Barkley's cross in mid-air, but he misjudged and Barkley kicked the ball flat on the ground!

The ball passed through Ivanovic's hips and passed in front of Zouma.

Just when everyone thought that Barkley's cross was meant for the back post, an unexpected figure in a blue jersey came from behind between Terry and Zouma.

Lukaku!
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(End of this chapter)