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Chapter 235: Big defense crisis, will Chelsea suffer a serious blow? [Big guys please subscribe! 】

After being defeated by Liverpool, Arsenal fans still haven't recovered until the 25th round of the Premier League.

The main reason is that this defeat far exceeded the expectations of all Gunners fans.

Even many Liverpool fans still can't believe that they actually scored as many goals as Arsenal in one game!
In the second minute of the game, all Liverpool fans felt a surprise when Skrtel took advantage of a set piece and scored his first goal of the game.

But they definitely have no more luxury.

Arsenal fans had no idea that just 8 minutes after the first goal was conceded, they saw Skrtel score his second goal of the game from a corner kick!

Conceded two goals in a row within 10 minutes, all of which were mistakes in set-pieces, and also allowed the same central defender of the opponent to score twice in a short period of time!

While their brains are in chaos, Arsenal fans miss Mertesacker, who is missing due to injury in this round of the league, and defensive midfielder Tulalan who is resting.

Arsenal's interceptions in their own half would only have been more decisive if Mertesacker and Tulalan were on the pitch.

It is impossible for them to give Liverpool such a chance in terms of set kicks!
Wenger was a little bit out of proportion. He could only ask his players to think more on the offensive end when he was behind by two goals.

So after the forward press and aggressive attack, Arsenal's nightmare also came.

Liverpool's counterattack was crazy!
If it weren't for Sturridge and Suarez being relatively "happy" during the match, Liverpool might have directly scored 5 goals against Arsenal in the first half!
The final first half score between Liverpool and Arsenal was 4-0.

Six minutes into the second half, Sterling stabbed him again, changing the score to 6-5. After that, Liverpool stopped.

You know, this game is the morning opener of the 25th round of the Premier League, so almost all Premier League fans have watched this exciting Premier League game in its entirety.

Almost all Premier League players and coaches also learned the news that Arsenal was overturned by Liverpool with four goals in the half before the start of their respective games, at least in the locker room!
The Chelsea players learned the good news from assistant coach Holland when they finished their pre-match warm-up and returned to the locker room for final mobilization.

Arsenal, who should have been catching up, might have narrowed the points gap with Chelsea to 4 points in this round of the league, but fell sharply.

Chelsea players are certainly very happy.

So they also excitedly kicked Newcastle a neat 5-0 at home!

The strike was a bit heavy, but who allowed Newcastle to beat them in the first half of the league?
This is good, avenging the loss to the Magpies in the first half, and opening up a 7-point points gap with Arsenal after this round.

If it weren't for Manchester City also beating Norwich City and biting Chelsea's ass tightly, Chelsea's players would definitely have a good time celebrating.

But when I think about it, Manchester City has once again won two consecutive games, and in three days they themselves will face the challenge of Everton, the sixth strongest team in the Premier League.

The Chelsea players also gave up the idea of ​​having dinner together.

The next morning, while other Chelsea main players were still resting.

Li Ang has already called No. 20 Karas and Van Ginkel, who have not had a chance to play in the fifth round of the league, to go to the training base for normal training.

So they also learned the bad news from the coaches earlier than other Chelsea first-team players:

Terry went home to rest after undergoing physical therapy yesterday. As a result, he has been feeling discomfort in his ankle. This morning he underwent a detailed examination accompanied by the team doctor.

As a result, Chelsea's old captain was diagnosed with a slight ankle sprain, and he will not be able to play for at least the past 10 days.

Even whether you can participate in simple training can only depend on the further diagnosis and analysis of the team doctors.

Fortunately, Terry did not injure the ligament when he accidentally sprained on the court, otherwise the situation would have been worse.

In the afternoon, when other Chelsea first-team players reported back to the training base, they all learned about Terry's injury one after another.

Mourinho's face looked a little solemn, but he did not show his worries, and he did not want his players to bear undue psychological burdens.

Terry did not participate in the afternoon training, and Gary Cahill put on the main vest instead of Terry.

Terry is injured, so Gary Cahill naturally has to step in as his first substitute. He is also the most reliable deep-lying central defender in Chelsea's first team besides Terry.

However, before that, he either started with Terry or started with Karas in England's domestic cup competition.

Gary Cahill and David Luiz have had a rare partnership this season.

Of course Mourinho had his own intentions in making such an arrangement before.

To be honest, when Mourinho just returned to London to take over Chelsea, he was not very happy with David Luiz.

Looking at the teams he coached in the past and the central defender combinations he chose, it can actually be easily seen:

In the central defender combination selected by Mourinho, the attacking central defenders have the characteristics of relatively flexible body, strong confrontation ability, bravery and determination, and at the same time, they must have a flexible mind.

Whether it was Carvalho, the direct defender he brought with him when he first coached Chelsea, or Lucio, whom he later selected at Inter Milan, or Ramos, whom he reused at Real Madrid.

These defenders all have the above characteristics.

Even though Ramos always gave people a relatively frizzy feeling after being trained by Mourinho and played as a central defender, Ramos is actually very smart.

Moreover, his explosive ability is very strong, and his pursuit is timely enough. Sometimes he makes a slight mistake, but he can basically make up for the defensive mistakes he made.

So after getting used to these brave but smart enough central defenders, and looking at David Luiz, Mourinho's inner dissatisfaction can be understood.

At the beginning of the season, Mourinho had a private conversation with David Luiz.

He clearly asked David Luiz to restrain his frequent desire to advance forward and his over-active enthusiasm to confront his opponents.

Because the central defender is no better than other pitch positions, the Premier League is no better than other leagues.

First, the central defender should not make too many mistakes. The more top-notch and powerful teams, the more they value this.

Second, the offensive players in the Premier League generally have strong impact capabilities.

David Luiz is in the Portuguese Super League, or if he is in Serie A.If he makes the mistake of attacking 10 times, he may have time to catch up and make up for his mistake six or seven times.

But if you make 10 attacking mistakes in the Premier League, seven or eight of them may bring devastating disaster results to the team!

Mourinho has watched the video of David Luiz's Chelsea game last season, and he made too many attacking mistakes.

As a result, Mourinho only dared to arrange for Luiz and Terry to start together this season, allowing Terry to suppress David Luiz's restless heart that wanted to shine.

Terry has enough prestige and strength, plus he is the captain of the team, so David Luiz can only listen to what he says.

Therefore, on the premise that Terry was pressing David Luiz before, Mourinho was quite relieved about this Brazilian central defender who played a duality of gods and ghosts.

But now that Terry is injured, Mourinho is completely worried about David Luiz's next performance.

Gary Cahill is a relatively stable central defender, and Mourinho also likes him very much. Generally speaking, there is no problem in using Gary Cahill to replace Terry occasionally.

But if he and Luis are paired up to play in a strong team, Mourinho can only remind the Brazilian central defender in training that he must listen to Gary Cahill's command.Of course Li Ang is very aware of David Luiz’s strengths and his old problems?
However, at this moment he is relatively confident in the central defender partnership of David Luiz and Cahill.

After all, their opponents in the next round are not the top four teams in the Premier League, so it is not too difficult to beat Everton.

As long as Matic does not have any problems with his performance, David Luiz will not have too many direct attacks against the opponent's forwards. Compared to Mourinho's caution, Li Ang is still relatively relaxed.

After two days of training together, Mourinho finally felt relieved after seeing that David Luiz was still relatively obedient.

The news of Terry's suspected injury has long been known to the media, so at the pre-match press conference on February 2, Mourinho was frequently asked about this by reporters.

Faced with the curious eyes of these reporters, Mourinho said nothing and directly announced Chelsea's 18-man roster for this round of games.

Terry's name does not appear in this list, which has confirmed the authenticity of the external rumors.

Mourinho did not put any tactical smoke bombs this time, and openly admitted that Terry needed to rest for about two weeks to recuperate.

If you are lucky, then Terry can still catch up with the 2th round of the Premier League on February 22.

But in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Paris Saint-Germain on February 2, Terry was basically unable to start.

This was a huge loss for Chelsea, and the news quickly spread throughout Europe after the pre-match press conference.

The British media don't know what the coaches and fans in Paris think.

But the British media soon discovered that Everton fans were already excited.

Chelsea's overall strength is very strong, but without Terry, Chelsea's defense is missing a anchor.

This has a huge impact on Chelsea's defense. In any case, this is a good opportunity for Everton to take advantage of!
Many Everton fans have even given advice to their head coach Robert Martinez on the Internet.

In this atmosphere of being hit in the head by an unexpected surprise, the Everton team arrived at Stamford Bridge Stadium on the evening of February 2th to make final preparations for the game.

Before the players from the two teams warmed up, Everton's current starting center Cheetah Eto'o came over to hug Mourinho and say hello.

After being poached to the Premier League by Everton in the winter window with a generous annual salary of 700 million pounds, the Cheetah used three goals in six games to save Everton's predicament of weak forwards.

Mourinho was also very happy to see the veteran who won the Champions League with Inter Milan in the past and returned to the mainstream league, rejuvenated for a second time.

But while he was happy, he also teased Eto'o, telling him not to perform too well today.

The photo of the two hugging and chatting on the sidelines undoubtedly once again brought back fond memories of many Inter Milan fans.

But when the game actually started, it was obviously impossible for Eto'o to let go just because of the friendship between his old mentor.

Everton, who mainly played 4231 today, seems to be betting on Eto'o.

They constantly used the two wings to attract the defensive attention of Chelsea midfielder Matic, and then sent Eto'o a pass directly behind the Chelsea defense.

Everton's tactics are so direct and not difficult, so Everton's players get into the state quickly.

With an experienced and reliable veteran center who can finish steadily, Everton's offensive cluster instantly has a clear goal.

Anyway, they just want to make a fuss around Eto'o and continue to attack Chelsea's defense today.

Originally, Mourinho could still sit still at first, because David Luiz was keeping an eye on Eto'o?
The previous few defenses were also relatively successful, and did not give the old African cheetah too many opportunities to start.

Chelsea's offensive development was relatively smooth. Today, Li Ang and Oscar suppressed the performance of Barry and McCarthy.

Chelsea, who played 433, quickly created many threatening opportunities on the offensive end.

Everything is going smoothly according to Mourinho's pre-match plan. Mourinho also believes that Chelsea is only a matter of time away from breaking the deadlock in the game.

But the game happens to have some small accidents just when you think it is least likely to cause trouble.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Everton, who was gradually suppressed by Chelsea, defended Hazard's solo breakthrough, and veteran midfielder Barry promptly sent a long diagonal counterattack pass!

Everton's tactical play is very clear, that is, to speed up in the counterattack!
Barry's long pass accurately found Everton's right winger Miralas.

Hazard's teammate of the Belgian national team has now taken the ball on the right and headed straight for Chelsea's penalty area!

Li Ang is chasing back quickly, so Matic is relatively confident to intercept Miralas first and compress his dribbling space.

Miralas saw this and quickly knocked the ball to Barkley.

Barkley has a good long-range shot.

But at the moment when Li Ang will soon chase back to his own defensive third area, David Luiz only needs to cooperate with Gary Cahill to tightly hold the defense line of the penalty area.

Even if Barkley is allowed to hit a long shot, it doesn't matter. From this distance, Barkley can barely test Cech.

But David Luiz didn't know what kind of wind he was playing. At this time, he attacked decisively and ran for the ball at Barkley's feet!

Li Ang's scalp was numb when he saw this scene!

Even if Barkley is not a particularly good organizer, in this situation, no matter how stupid he is, there will be at least two routes in front of him!

Pass left to Pienaar, right to Miralas!

Not surprisingly, Barkley directly hit the ball horizontally again and passed it to the winger Pienaar on the left beside him.

David Luiz missed the opportunity. At this moment, he may have regained his consciousness, and quickly turned around to chase after him.

But how could Pienaar, who finally got this opportunity to attack, indulge him?
A fast and hard cross was sent from Pienaar's left foot!

At this moment, there are only Gary Cahill and Ivanovic in Chelsea's penalty area!

Bertrand, who had previously pressed forward with Hazard and took turns attacking Everton's right wing, had just chased back to the penalty area line.

Facing the exquisite movement of Eto'o, Bertrand didn't even have time to commit a tactical foul!
And in the back of Chelsea's penalty area, Eto'o, who was almost half a foot behind Pienaar who was passing the ball, also burst out with super fast speed in an instant!

He completed the shovel shot before Cech came down to make the save!
Without any suspense, the football rubbed against the inside of the far corner post of Chelsea's goal and rolled into the net!
Eto'o, who scored the goal, rushed towards the corner flag area of ​​Chelsea's half in great excitement.

At this moment, David Louis was also dumbfounded.

He touched his long fluffy hair and looked very guilty.

Mourinho has rarely lost his temper in public this season, but now, it was rare for him to stand on the sidelines and get angry and curse!
Li Ang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

No matter how confident he is, he won't be able to trust David Luiz 100% now!
Chelsea's defense today won't really suffer, right? !

(End of this chapter)