Chapter 342 Rhino Turns + Belgian Soup

"Come to the Shed and we'll welcome you~"

"Wear your blue and see us through~"

“Sing loud and clear till the game is won~”

"..."

"Chelsea!"

Boom!

"Zlatan!"

Boom!

Ibrahimovic opened his arms in response to the cheers from the crowd. At this moment, Ibrahimovic had a special feeling.

Zlatan is the protagonist of Stamford Bridge today!
"Pass the ball to me, pass the ball to me more!"

Ibrahimovic grabbed William and yelled at him. After that, he went to Jiang Yuan and Hazard and said, "Pass the ball to me. You must pass the ball to me."

Ibrahimovic is determined to be the protagonist today, so his teammates are of course willing to help him.

However, when it comes to passing the ball, we need to analyze the specific situation. We cannot just pass the ball to the middle desperately because Ibrahimovic wants it. In the end, we still have to look at the actual situation at that time.

Jiang Yuan stood on tiptoe and hugged Ibrahimovic's neck: "There will be a hat trick today!"

"Top man!"

Ibrahimovic grabbed Jiang Yuan's head tightly, as if he could already imagine the scene of Jiang Yuan passing the ball to him for a wonderful one-on-one shot.

Jiang Yuan is a really capable guy. Whenever Ibrahimovic has a request, he is always the first to step forward!

The cheers from the audience grew louder and louder. Ronald Koeman, one of the most experienced coaches in the top five leagues, immediately directed the players on the field to launch an orderly counterattack when the team fell behind.

What Everton excels at is using the width of the field to launch an offensive penetration from the flanks, but their opponent in this game is Chelsea, a team famous for their flank attacks. If Everton continues to attack from the flanks at this time, it would undoubtedly be a suicide mission.

Then there is only one way left for the Toffees, which is to create as many set pieces as possible and use the physical advantage of center forward Lukaku to create scoring opportunities.

The idea is good, but it is indeed difficult to execute, especially when facing a strong team like Chelsea. Everton players on the field generally feel pressure, and this constant pressure causes them to make frequent passing errors.

Then there is Lukaku. Although he is a center forward, this guy...

After Barry got the ball, he moved to the middle, and Lukaku ran to the side to ask for the ball. The team's offensive core wanted to get the ball himself, and Barry of course passed the ball to him without hesitation.

Lukaku's perspective.

Give me the ball, hey, it’s my strong point right from the start, advancing from the backcourt and counterattacking!

Look at me making soup!
At this speed, who can catch up with me? I'm only riding a bicycle!
Whoops!

On the court, Lukaku, who was dribbling the ball at high speed, was double-teamed by Kante and Azpilicueta.

Neither Kante nor Azpilicueta stretched his feet, but Lukaku still lost the ball.
Obviously, he made the mistake because he was too nervous!

"Here, here! Hurry up!"

Zouma spread his hands to ask for the ball, and Canterlot passed the ball back to Zouma. The latter looked up before receiving the ball, adjusted one step after receiving the ball, and then made a long pass accurately to Hazard who was waiting in front.

After being transformed by Mourinho, Hazard needs to take on the role of a No. 9 and a half on the field, which is simply a forward midfielder.

Relying on his personal ability to dribble past opponents in the middle is what Hazard likes to do most, and it is what he is doing now.

"Hazard! Hazard turned and pushed forward. His speed was not fast, but there was a sense of rhythm. It was difficult for Everton's defenders to judge the timing of his kick."

"Mori's choice was very cautious. He didn't rush to kick the ball, but followed Hazard back little by little."

"Hazard stepped forward with his left foot, trying to protect the ball with his calf, but Mori chose to retreat, even if he had to give up the back line rather than be shaken off by Hazard."

"It can be seen that Ronald Koeman must have done research on Chelsea before the game, and it was definitely an in-depth study, because Everton was the first team in the Premier League to make a tactical change to attacking midfielder Hazard."

"Hazard, there's nothing we can do. He's not fast enough. If Moss doesn't kick rashly, Hazard won't have any chance in this situation."

"Pass to the left, Jiang Yuan, Kante catches up from behind"

"Oh my God, Kante? Why is Kante in this position? Didn't he just intercept Lukaku in the backcourt?"

"Jiang Yuan! Play a one-two with Kante and rush straight to the end line!"

!!!

The moment Jiang Yuan got rid of Coleman on the left, all the players in Everton's backcourt perked up.

Because they encountered a familiar scene last season!
"stick it on!"

Stekelenburg shouted, and Ashley Williams reacted very quickly. Before Jiang Yuan had time to turn around, he immediately rushed over and prepared to form a close defense against Jiang Yuan.

No matter when, whether in the penalty area or outside the penalty area, as long as it is 1v1 defense, close combat is definitely the most useful. This is the choice Everton's backcourt made against Jiang Yuan.

Unfortunately, they still underestimated Jiang Yuan's speed of changing direction.

When Ashley Williams was less than 150cm away from him, Jiang Yuan looked at the near post of the goal and pretended to go to the bottom line, but in fact he hooked the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot and made an unexpected cut inside.

"Fuck!"

Ashley thought to himself that something was wrong, so he turned around and reached out his hand. However, when he saw Jiang Yuan with his foot in the penalty area, Ashley retracted his hand.

We are already behind, we can’t give the opponent a damn penalty kick at this time!
Completely getting rid of Ashley, Jiang Yuan quickly approached the small penalty area. Ibrahimovic reached out in the middle, but the Swede was already stuck by another central defender Jagielka. If Jiang Yuan passed the ball, it would be a waste of the opportunity.

"Hey, here!"

Jiang Yuan pointed at the penalty spot and raised his right leg to prepare for a tactical move for Ibrahimovic. The action was very realistic. Ibrahimovic immediately pushed Jagielka away and ran towards the penalty spot.

Jiang Yuan looked at Ibrahimovic running towards him and swung out his right leg quickly.

boom!
The ball went into the net.

The camera in the live broadcast room first moved in the direction of Ibrahimovic, and then quickly turned to the goal.

"Wow, Jiang Yuan's fake move was real, haha, he fooled the photographers at the scene"

"Indeed, from our perspectives, have Director Xu and I guessed Jiang Yuan's intentions?"

"But this is normal. Jiang Yuan is leaning towards Ibrahimovic. It doesn't look like he is going to shoot directly."

"Everton's goalkeeper, hiss... a bit embarrassing, haha!"

As the CCTV commentator said, Stekelenburg is in a bit of an awkward situation now. Less than 15 minutes into the first half, he had already conceded two goals, and he had little chance to save either of them.

Can the goalkeeper be blamed for this?

No wonder, right?

It's obvious that the defense line was broken!

"Wowww!!!!"

"Jiang!"

"Jiang!!!!"

There were cheers from the stands and Jiang Yuan slowly ran out of the field. The reason he ran so slowly was because he was waiting for Ibrahimovic.

"Zlatan"

Before running to the corner flag, Jiang Yuan turned around and took the initiative to hug Ibrahimovic: "The position of the pass just now was not very suitable, don't worry, I will pass the ball to you!"

"I can understand!" Ibrahimovic laughed heartily. Although he was treated as a wingman by Jiang Yuan, scoring a goal was a good thing and he didn't care about anything else.

fuck!

fuck!

fuck!

Everton coach Koeman was going crazy outside the field. He had made a series of tactical adjustments against Chelsea, but it seemed that they were completely ineffective.

So is it that Everton's players are not good enough, or is it Ronald Koeman himself?

There is no doubt that these players are not good enough!
"Fuck, Ashley, don't rush over, be careful to keep the distance between you and Jiang!"

"I see!"

Ashley, who was called out, angrily waved his hands. Reason told him to keep a distance from a speed forward like Jiang Yuan, but Stekelenburg shouted at him when they were defending just now, which made Ashley a little nervous, so he rushed forward.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with rushing forward. After all, in this kind of side defense, it is safest to stick to the offensive players. However, Jiang Yuan is best at changing direction. By the time Ashley ran to the position and braked, Jiang Yuan had already completed the turn!
"So what are you in a hurry for?"

Ashley was a little annoyed and could only vent his anger on goalkeeper Stekelenburg. Stekelenburg was also a poor man. His defense line was penetrated and the defender wanted to put the blame on himself. This situation was really unbearable.

"Fuck you! Ashley, you can't take care of Jiang and you want to blame me?"

"You just let him into the restricted area?"

In response to Stekelenburg's questioning, Ashley responded:
"How about you come up and defend him, and I'll guard the goal?"

"..."

Stekelenburg touched his nose and said nothing in the end.

Let him, a goalkeeper, single-handedly defend last season's English dribbling king?
Ok?
……

The game is still going on, and Everton's offensive core is still center forward Lukaku.

Although Lukaku is only 1 meters tall and weighs over 9 pounds, his speed in dribbling the ball is really fast.

In the 31st minute, Lukaku took the initiative to run to the wing. The center forward going to the wing is a very team approach, because only a small number of center forwards will go to the wing to support teammates in the game. For the center forward, going to the wing to support is very physically demanding.

But Lukaku is different.

At this time, Lukaku is 191cm tall and weighs 100kg, while Bolt is 194cm tall and weighs 94kg.

The comprehensive data is not much different, so Lukaku ≈ Bolt.

Compared in this way, Lukaku's behavior seems very reasonable.

"Hey, I'm on the edge, give it to me, give it to me!"

"Beautiful! Isn't this a counterattack?"

"Hiss, I'm fine with stopping. I give myself a thumbs up in my heart."

"Come on, let's fight. I'm over 200 pounds, but I'm stronger than you. I'm a soup maker, but I'm faster than you!"

"I made a cross with my left foot!"

“I didn’t pass it on well”

"Hey, Courtois made a mistake and didn't hold the ball. Isn't the chance here? Barkley, Barkley has it!"

"Nangu, is it so difficult to get an assist?"

Barkley wasted Lukaku's brilliant pass, but as a good teammate, Lukaku still gave Barkley a big thumbs up.

It looked like Barkley wasted the opportunity, but that was not the case. Lukaku used his 200-pound body to create opportunities for Everton. Originally, Everton was being beaten unilaterally by Chelsea, but after Lukaku's several sprints, Everton fans saw hope.

Who says a center can only compete for headers?

Momentum = velocity × mass!

“Nice, good shot!”

Koeman applauded Lukaku on the field, and Lukaku became even more courageous at that time. Just 5 minutes later, Pogba lost the ball in the backcourt, and Cleverley rushed to grab it. Lukaku, who had already smelled the opportunity, was already waiting in front.

After Cleverley, Lukaku immediately reached his hand under his feet, and when the ball was in place, Lukaku made a rhino turn and shook off Kante.

It’s not over yet. After shaking off Kante, Lukaku suddenly did a Belgian soup. Zouma wanted to block him, but Zouma, who weighed only 90 kilograms, was finally knocked away by Lukaku, the Belgian truck.

Speed ​​+ quality, perfect momentum combination helped Lukaku seize a quasi-single opportunity. Chelsea's two central defenders Zouma and Terry were not good at returning to defense. After only 2 seconds, Lukaku turned this quasi-single opportunity into a one-on-one opportunity.

"Lukaku, take a big step forward, left foot to right foot, right foot to left foot!"

"Very fast, Courtois strikes!"

"Very dangerous, Lukaku shoots!"

"Hmm! Lukaku was a little flustered at the end and passed the ball to his own left foot. It was a pity...

The camera turned to Lukaku, and the Belgian center forward smiled and could only give his second like of the day.

However, just as Lukaku was giving his praise, Courtois stood up and threw the ball accurately to Jiang Yuan who was in the front.

Although Jiang Yuan's momentum is not as good as Lukaku, if we only look at the speed, Jiang Yuan is still slightly better.

Snapped!
There was a crisp sound of touching the ball, and Jiang Yuan used the time of stopping the ball to kick the ball forward, forcing Coleman to increase his speed, and then overtook from the outside in front of more than 4 fans at Stamford Bridge.

"!!!"

Ibrahimovic's eyes lit up. If he ran to the middle at this time, he could create an excellent passing opportunity for Jiang Yuan, and at the same time he could also score his second goal in this game.

So Ibrahimovic took big strides forward, but in the end he found that he could not keep up with the young people in the team at all. Not only did he not outrun William, he even failed to outrun Hazard.

"here!"

William stretched out his hand at the far end, but Jiang Yuan did not take credit for it. After approaching the penalty area, he passed the ball to William with his left foot. Chelsea's Brazilian winger met the ball and shot it in the penalty area.

Snapped!
"Stekelenburg saved the ball! Beautiful, almost perfect reaction speed! Stekelenburg protected Everton's goal"

"Hey, wait!"

In the camera, the ball saved by Stekelenburg came in front of Jiang Yuan, who ran over and headed the ball, and the flying ball successfully went into the net.

Stekelenburg: ?

“GOOOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!!”

"3:0! Jiang Yuan's counterattack goal helped the Blues expand the lead again!"

"Oh my God, this was an Everton attacking opportunity, but Lukaku's mistake was seized by Courtois, and it turned out to be Chelsea's success"

"There's nothing we can do. High-level competitions are like this. One careless mistake could ruin the entire game..."

After scoring his second goal, Jiang Yuan slid to his knees outside the penalty area, and after standing up, he performed a Tai Chi combo with Hazard. At the same time, Jiang Yuan did not forget Ibrahimovic's instructions, so he turned around and raised his hand to signal: "Zlatan, there is no chance to pass this ball, what a pity!"

"What a shame, it's okay!"

Ibrahimovic waved his hands. It was still early and there were plenty of opportunities for a hat trick, so there was no need to rush.

"Just pass the ball to me later!"

Ibrahimovic put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder. Jiang Yuan said with a serious expression, "Zlatan, I must help you get that damn hat trick today!"

……

(End of this chapter)