Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

In the locker room, Li Lei rested his hands on the chair to adjust his breathing. The high intensity of the first half made the players look a little tired.

At this time, the head coach Mourinho stood in front of the tactical board and said to the team:"Gentlemen, I know everyone is very tired now, but the Paris team is also very exhausted."

"I hope you can score another away goal in the second half. Even if we don't win in the end, two away goals will still give us an advantage."

"We must take the initiative and strive for goals. There is still hope for victory tonight!" Captain Terry also spoke to encourage everyone.

Mourinho nodded and began to arrange the second version of the tactical deployment. The players listened very carefully.

In the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, the commentator Keane and the guest Jones used the halftime break to start commenting on the first half of the game.

Keane:"The first half of the game was really exciting. The two teams went back and forth and the strength was very close."

"Chelsea scored at the start, but Paris then successfully counterattacked and equalized the score."

Jones:"After Chelsea took the lead at the start, they were too conservative and passive in defense, which led to Paris taking the initiative. Lavezzi's goal was completely expected." Keane:"

You are right. Paris took advantage of the home advantage and the individual ability of the stars to equalize the score. The outcome of the second half is still unpredictable, but both teams have consumed a lot of physical energy. Whoever can score first will gain a crucial advantage."

Jones:"It was a very exciting first half! Let's wait and see the performance of the two teams in the second half. The result of this top-level PK is really unpredictable!"

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea once again stepped up their attack. Mourinho replaced Lampard with Schurrle, who was more physically fit.

This adjustment showed that Mourinho's intention was exactly the same as in the first half, which was to grab the second goal when the players were in poor condition.

Within 10 minutes after the opening, Chelsea had many opportunities to besiege the Paris goal, among which Li Lei's performance was still very eye-catching.

However, the players of Paris Saint-Germain already have experience in dealing with this set of tactics. Although the Paris defense line fluctuated greatly under Chelsea's wave-like attack, it managed to keep it. The goal was not lost.

The midfield duo Tiago Motta and Javier Pastore strengthened the midfield defense and played the role of stabilizer of the back defense.

Although Chelsea's wave of attacks caught Paris off guard, the experienced Paris defense was relatively solidly organized, and coupled with the containment of the midfield, Chelsea's attack became more difficult.

The two sides started a fierce battle for steals in the midfield.

The field was full of gunpowder.

No one was willing to back down, and everyone was waiting for a chance to score.

The originally planned raid became a war of attrition, which was extremely unfavorable to the Chelsea players on the field.

In the 65th minute, in Paris's defensive counterattack, Pastore made a long pass to Lavezzi from the wing, but Schurrle, who had just been substituted in, returned to defense in time and did not give the opponent a chance to quickly attack.

With Ramirez also quickly filled in, and Chelsea's defense closed again. Lavezzi was trapped on the wing, with no breakthrough.

In this defensive transition, Chelsea's midfielders cooperated very well, and nipped Paris' counterattack in the bud.

In Lavezzi's eyes, Chelsea's defense was very good, and he had no choice but to pass the ball back to Thiago Motta near the center circle.

At this time, David Luiz, who found an opportunity, noticed the pass and wanted to step forward to intercept it.

But at this moment, Pastore ran towards Lavezzi again.

But Luiz was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to mark the man or intercept the ball, and his body involuntarily moved closer to Lavezzi.

However, Pastore's running position was just a feint by Paris Saint-Germain. With one shot, their real attack was on Cavani's side.

Pastore's feint not only attracted Luis, but also made Chelsea's entire defense shift towards him, so Cavani's side was left open.

Cavani seized this opportunity and received a through pass from Motta without being marked.

So he was seen dribbling the ball quickly into the field, which made Chelsea's defenders unable to react in time.

Outside the penalty area, Cavani withstood Ivanovic's defense and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic in the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic stopped the ball, turned around, and a series of actions were as smooth as flowing water. With a beautiful feint, he shook off the last defender and shot decisively!

The ball went straight to the corner of the goal, and Cech, who flew to save the ball, was powerless to save the situation.

Paris Saint-Germain overtook Chelsea 2:1!

With the score overtaking, Chelsea began to fall into a dilemma.

Mourinho also faced a tactical dilemma: should he continue to defend and try to keep an away goal; or should he go all out and fight back?

If he continued to defend, he would eventually have to accept the result of the away defeat, but if he took the risk of attacking, if he lost the ball again, the away goal would also be lost.

There was not much time left in the game, and Mourinho had to make a quick decision to redeploy the team.

" Oh! This is not going to be a good match for Chelsea. I feel like Chelsea players are not in good shape.!" In the live broadcast room, commentator Gao Yi said with a sad face

" Indeed, Chelsea had already begun to run out of energy and attack in the first half."

" It was expected that Paris Saint-Germain seized the opportunity to overtake the score"

" Chelsea was too passive in this away game, and basically responded passively throughout the game."

" Mourinho's tactical arrangement is problematic, Chelsea obviously did not adjust to the best competitive state"

" Now we are behind in the score, it is very difficult to overtake"

" Unless Mourinho can come up with a surprise move at the last minute, Chelsea will probably be doomed to defeat."

"Alas, there is an unexpected suspense in the powerful dialogue!"

" Let's continue to watch whether there will be a shocking reversal!"

Faced with this unfavorable situation on the field, Li Lei was still running tirelessly on the field to pull the gap, and actively cooperated with his teammates to participate in the attack, but his teammates' performance was worrying.

Their pass quality was low, and their attention could not be highly concentrated, resulting in constant mistakes. Even if Li Lei tried his best, he could not lead the team to counterattack alone.

He kept calling on his teammates to pass the ball, but his teammates either missed the ball or passed it to the wrong side, and many offensives failed.

Li Lei's performance was almost exhausted, but other teammates obviously could not keep up with the energy, the team's offensive rhythm was weak, and the cooperation also lost tacit understanding.

Mourinho waved his arms anxiously on the sidelines, trying to mobilize the team's morale through command, but with little effect.

In the end, Chelsea lost to Paris with a score of 1:2, and unfortunately lost the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Other results of this round of Champions League matches:

Barcelona 1:1 Atletico Madrid

Manchester United 1:1 Bayern Munich

Real Madrid 3:0 Dortmund

In this round of matches, Chelsea was the only seeded team to lose away, while Barcelona and Manchester United drew with their opponents at home.

Real Madrid defeated its opponent with the advantage of home ground and became the favorite to advance to the semi-finals.