Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

Compared to Liverpool's tactical mobilization, the atmosphere in Chelsea's locker room was obviously much more relaxed and cheerful.

Head coach Mourinho seemed very satisfied with the players' performance in the first half. He did not emphasize tactics too much, but first praised the players for their excellent performance.

"Guys, your performance in the first half was really great!" Mourinho praised at the beginning of the game.

"Although the game started unexpectedly and conceded a goal, everyone did not feel upset or panicked at all and quickly regained their focus."

"Through decisive cooperation, we quickly scored a goal and turned the situation around."

"This is the Blues spirit I have always advocated! You make me very proud"

"Keep calm and keep fighting spirit, we will definitely win the victory at home"

"Keep it up, guys! I still believe in you in the second half!"

During the halftime break, Mourinho made a rotation and replaced Lampard with William, which was also a kind of protection and care for the veteran.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool launched a crazy attack as Mourinho expected. The

Red Army players were in high spirits and bombarded Chelsea's penalty area in turns. In the 47th minute of the game, the opponent's forward had formed a single-handed situation with goalkeeper Cech, and it seemed that he would definitely score, but Terry inserted from the side with a decisive flying tackle and kicked the ball out of the shooting range.

He also received a yellow card warning for this, but Terry didn't care and continued to stick to the key position and fought with the opponent. Then in the 55th minute, Liverpool threatened Chelsea's goal again, and Cahill had to receive a yellow card again.

Although Liverpool pressed forward step by step, Chelsea's defense was still solid. Terry and Luiz teamed up to defuse all of Liverpool's shots. Occasionally, there were corner kick opportunities, and Cech was not afraid of danger and steadily caught the high ball.

Although Liverpool launched a crazy attack in the second half, Chelsea's defense stood firm. Terry, as both the captain and the core of the defense, shouldered an extremely important defensive task.

Facing the repeated attacks of the opponent's players, he defuses one threat after another. Several times, Liverpool's wingers broke through the defense at lightning speed, and Terry desperately rushed to clear the ball and cleared it out in time.

Entering the 70th minute of the game, in order to maintain the victory, Mourinho adopted a timed substitution tactic, replacing two defenders in a row to strengthen the defense.

Chelsea's defense dealt with the opponent with all its strength and successfully scored. The game dragged on until the final whistle. In order to ensure victory, Chelsea's defenders did not hesitate to accumulate a large number of yellow cards.

At the end of the game, Liverpool launched a desperate final sprint. Chelsea's defenders did not hesitate to get injured in order to pull down their opponents and steal the ball.

Just before the end of the 90th minute, Chelsea's defenders received a yellow card, but they had successfully completed the task and kept the precious victory.

In this game, Chelsea received a total of 4 yellow cards, all of which were for interrupting the opponent's attack. Although the play was aggressive and rough, the performance of Chelsea's defenders ensured the final victory.

Chelsea finally defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home, giving their fans the best start of the new year.

The entire Stamford Bridge was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. The players hugged each other excitedly to celebrate, and the cheers of the home fans The voices kept coming one after another.

After the game, this New Year's Eve battle between Chelsea and Liverpool not only attracted widespread attention and coverage from the British local media, but also attracted great attention from the media in other European countries for its intensity and dramatic reversal.

Sky Sports in the UK: Chelsea is rising! New coach Mourinho leads the Blues to a perfect end.

The report said that this was a typical"Mourinho-style" victory. Chelsea significantly improved their fighting spirit under his training and staged a great reversal.

Lampard, Li Lei and Hazard and other core players played stably and were regarded as the favorites to win the championship.

Marca in Spain: Blue is back! Chelsea regrouped to hit the championship of various events.

The report emphasized that this victory marked Chelsea's return to the top, Mourinho rekindled the team's determination, and the Blues had the strength to influence the direction of the championship and runner-up.

Bull in Italy: Blue Tide! Chelsea beat the Reds at home.

The report used"blue tide" to describe Chelsea's climax counterattack. The stable core stars and iron barrel defense allowed the Blues to win at home.

Two days later, on January 1, the first day of the new year, Chelsea ushered in the 20th round of the new season.

They will play away against Southampton, which will be Chelsea's first game after the New Year, and is crucial for the team's start of the new season.

Considering the red and blue duel with Liverpool two days ago, a lot of physical strength of the main players was consumed.

Mourinho used a lot of rotations in this game to give the main players a full rest.

It can be said that this game against Southampton was drowsy for Chelsea fans.

Throughout the game, Southampton was completely suppressed in their own penalty area.

They adopted a team-wide defensive style of play, retreating the entire team to the penalty area, and Chelsea controlled the ball for more than 70% of the time.

Southampton huddled in their own penalty area and defended desperately throughout the game.

The only three offensive opportunities in the whole game did not really threaten Chelsea's goal, which made goalkeeper Cech look bored.

Chelsea was playing around the opponent's penalty area throughout the game, and finally did not disappoint the fans' expectations, winning the first game of the year with a score of 3:0.

After the game started, Southampton was still thinking about attacking Chelsea, and their idea was that the previous game had consumed a lot of Chelsea players' physical strength.

Ideals are full, but reality slaps them in the face. Chelsea quickly opened the game through continuous passes and Lampard scored a goal, opening the scoring for the Blues.

At this time, Chelsea's attack was as turbulent as a tidal wave, and Southampton could not resist it at all.

In the first half stoppage time, defender Terry scored a header to expand the score to 2:0.

Although Chelsea replaced a large number of young players in the second half, they still attacked fiercely. Eto'o finally scored the winning goal and finally secured a 3:0 victory. At the beginning of the new year, Chelsea defeated Southampton with a big score of 3:0, returning the support of the fans with a hearty victory.

At this point, the year-end Christmas battle came to an end. The next league game will be the away game against Hull City on January 11.

Li Lei followed his teammates and left the locker room in twos and threes. The just-concluded Christmas battle made everyone exhausted.