host must win

Chapter 792 Shevchenko Two Combos

For the top three in the Premier League, each has its own distinctive characteristics.

After nearly ten years of Wenger's training, Arsenal has become a representative of the Premier League's technical flow.Even in the entire European football world, Arsenal's skills are considered top-notch, and they have always been known for their gorgeous offense.

Chelsea and Arsenal are just the opposite. They were good at defense, but after Mourinho ushered in, they pushed their defense to the extreme.

However, Chelsea, who are very good at defending, are not very good at attacking.Even if Abramovich introduced offensive players at almost no cost, Chelsea's offense is still unspeakably good.

Since Mourinho entered Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's league goals in the past three seasons were 67 goals, 72 goals and 72 goals, and no season has reached an average of 2 goals per game.

As for Manchester United, as I said earlier, they can be regarded as a representative of the balance of offense and defense among Premier League teams. Their offense is strong, but they are not gorgeous; their defense is solid, but they cannot be compared with a team that specializes in defense like Chelsea.

However, in the current game, when a team that is good at defense meets a team that also shrinks defense, it is a bit at a loss.

This is ironic, but not surprising.

After all, if Chelsea defend well and attack well, then they will not only be ranked second in the league, and they will not fail to win the championship last season.

It is said that the defense in the league determines the title of the champion, but Chelsea is too biased. The offense pulls the hips, and no matter how good the defense is, it can't win.

Of course, Chelsea have been making many improvements to their attack, including spending £500 million to bring in Andriy Shevchenko.

For coach Mourinho, this season is also his last chance.There have been rumors from the outside world that if he can't bring the league championship to the team, even if he still has a two-year contract with the club, he will still be fired by the end of this season.

After Mourinho came to Chelsea, he really injected his stuff into this team and helped the team to a higher level defensively.But he still failed to solve the team's offensive problems, and the team's performance in the past two seasons has a downward trend-the league championship last season, the runner-up in the league last season, this season may have to fall to Went to the third place in the league.

This obviously does not match the expectations of the Chelsea club.

Russian tycoons have invested more than [-] million pounds in recent seasons, with the aim of turning Chelsea into a new giant, but Mourinho only brought the team a Premier League title. As for the Champions League, which Abramovich misses the most, Chelsea's best performance is nothing but the semi-finals!

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After Manchester United shrunk their defense, Chelsea stepped up to attack.During this period, they also got some chances, but until the end of the first half, they failed to equalize the score.

The referee blew the half-time whistle, and Manchester United entered the intermission with a score of 1:0.

However, Chelsea coach Mourinho didn't look very anxious when he left the field, and he didn't seem to think it was a big deal to fall behind by one goal.

Back in the dressing room, he said to his players: "A goal lead in the first half may be a good result for other teams, but it is definitely not the case for Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. I bet on the second half Manchester United will continue to attack and hope to score more goals. So as long as we are patient, we will be able to seize the opportunity of their massive pressure and use our good defensive counterattack to defeat them!"

Mourinho has also studied his opponents in this game-in fact, it does not need to be studied very carefully. This conclusion can be easily drawn through media reports and Manchester United's past game performance.

弗格森虽然也算是一个实用主义者，但是在曼联的大部分比赛里，红魔都不会在一球领先后便放弃进攻，所以曼联很少跟对手踢成1:0或者是1:1。这跟1:0主义者穆里尼奥形成了鲜明的对比。

Mourinho judged from this that Manchester United will definitely attack at the beginning of the second half, hoping to use their offensive to score goals, and this is Chelsea's opportunity.

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Mourinho's expectations were not bad. After the start of the second half, Manchester United did rush forward like they did at the beginning of the first half.

Seeing that Mourinho didn't even go to the sidelines to direct the game, he just sat firmly on the coach's bench and raised his legs. It seemed that he used this method to increase the confidence of the players on the field and tell them: everything is under control, nothing is wrong. I'm so worried, kick it according to the original plan!

Finally, in the 69th minute, Chelsea launched a quick counterattack after a successful steal in the backcourt, and the football was handed over to Shevchenko.

After receiving the ball, the Ukrainian striker ran all the way, brought the speed to the extreme, easily threw off Fletcher who was chasing him, and dribbled the ball straight at Manchester United's central defender.Then with a dexterous change of direction, he passed the Manchester United defender Vidic who was rushing up, and reached the penalty area!
The commentator of the Ukrainian TV station is already shouting to a climax: "Shevchenko!!! Shevchenko! Shevchenko——!!"

In his hoarse roar, Shevchenko faced the attacking Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar and kicked the goal!
He shoots the football into the far corner!
Van der Sar judged the opposite direction, quickly fell to the ground and threw himself sideways, sealing the football out of the bottom line with his fingers.

"Ah!" The Ukrainian commentator almost uttered all the swear words.

He is so angry!
Shevchenko's performance before this shot was perfect, but it turned out that such a shot was touched by the opponent's goalkeeper!

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Chelsea got a corner kick, which made Manchester United feel like a big enemy.There are many tall players in the Chelsea team. Terry, Drogba, and Shevchenko's headers are all very strong.Coupled with a heavy gunner like Lampard, Chelsea's corner kick is a huge threat to any opponent!

In the 70th minute to equalize the score, Lampard took a right corner kick and the football flew straight into the Manchester United penalty area.

In the crowd, Shevchenko leaped high and grabbed the header before the two Manchester United central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand.

Van der Sar made a mistake in his judgment this time. He chose to jump to the near corner, but Shevchenko headed the ball to the far corner.

"Shevchenko!"

Just when the Ukrainian commentator and Chelsea fans were about to celebrate the goal, a red figure appeared on the goal line and pushed the ball out just before it flew into the goal!

It's Yin Jun!
When Chelsea took the corner kick, Yin Jun chose to stand on the side of the far post, which allowed him to appear in front of the goal in time when Van der Sar lost the possibility of saving, and completed a very critical goal line clearance!

(End of this chapter)