Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

Beep beep beep!

At this moment, with the referee's whistle, the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid officially kicked off, and the cheers of Atletico Madrid fans rang out around the stadium.

After Miranda kicked off, Atletico Madrid players immediately launched a fierce attack on Chelsea's half. When

Li Lei saw Thiago in front of him receiving the ball, he hurried forward to interfere, preparing to stick close to Thiago to put pressure on him.

But before he got close, Thiago kicked the ball out with a long pass.

When Li Lei looked back, he saw Suarez dribbling quickly on the right side of Chelsea.

Facing Atletico Madrid's crazy attack, Li Lei and his teammates immediately adjusted their status. Ramirez, who was in the back midfielder position, stepped forward to keep a distance and began to limit Suarez's breakthrough into the penalty area.

Seeing that the ball was about to be taken out of the baseline by him, Suarez had no choice but to kick a high ball to the middle.

However, Chelsea defender Luis followed up in time to block Suarez's passing route, making the cross ball of poor quality and easily picked up by goalkeeper Cech.

Atletico's sudden attack did bring a lot of pressure to Chelsea, but at this moment, the players on the field of the Blues were not ordinary people.

Chelsea's defense quickly adjusted and adopted a man-to-man approach to effectively limit Atletico's space.

Lampard constantly sorted out the Blues' offensive routes in the midfield, and the ball went in and out under his feet, trying to organize various different attacks in various ways.

Li Lei also tried to organize a counterattack in the frontcourt, but Atletico's defense was indeed very solid, and did not give Chelsea too many offensive opportunities in the opening stage.

The two sides kept switching offense and defense back and forth, testing their respective defense systems, and the game was in a stalemate for a while. In the 14th minute, an accident broke the deadlock on the field.

In this attack, Atletico's ball was cleared and kicked out of the baseline by Chelsea, thus obtaining a corner kick.

This was the first corner kick of the game. Thiago took the corner kick and the ball flew into the melee in the small penalty area.

In the chaos, goalkeeper Cech flew and punched the ball out.

But he paid a heavy price for this, colliding with the opponent's player and falling to the ground.

Seeing Cech fall to the ground, Li Lei immediately kicked the ball out of the sideline and ran over to check the situation.

Cech was lying on the ground with a painful face, and one hand was making a substitution gesture.

Many Chelsea players gathered around and asked about his specific injury with great concern.

However, since they did not know the specific part of Cech's injury, his teammates did not dare to rush forward to help him.

"Brother, how are you? Are you injured??"

"Captain, call the medical team! We need to see Cech's specific injury first."

"You guys keep an eye on Cech first, I'll contact the coaching staff to get some medical personnel in."

"Don't move! Don't worry, we will take good care of you. Don't move, the doctor will be here soon."

At this time, Captain Terry arrived with medical staff. Everyone immediately made way for them.

After a simple examination, the medical staff carefully moved Cech to a stretcher and sent him off the field for further treatment.

Looking at the anxious looks of his teammates, Cech forced a smile to cheer them up despite the pain:"Guys, I'm fine, the rest is up to you!"

At the moment Cech fell to the ground, Mourinho's heart was in his throat, and he worriedly instructed the assistant coach:" Go and see what's going on!"

Before the coaching staff could react, Captain Terry rushed to Mourinho to report:" Coach, Cech is injured and may not be able to continue the game"

" Call the medical team! Find out the severity of the injury!" Mourinho immediately ordered.

Following his instructions, Terry led the medical team and rushed to the Chelsea goal with a stretcher.

Mourinho frowned, the goalkeeper's injury was a huge blow to the team.

He needed to make a response plan as soon as possible to ensure that other players were not affected psychologically and maintained their competitive state.

"Schwarzer, go warm up!" Seeing the back of the medical staff, Mourinho instructed the bench

""Yes, coach!" Schwarzer, who was sitting on the bench, hurried to warm up after hearing the instructions.

He was very nervous at the moment. Facing such a big competition, he had no experience of playing. He was nervous and excited.

Mourinho's arrangement was also expected. Cech was injured and Schwarzer was the only substitute goalkeeper. This was undoubtedly a huge test for the Australian goalkeeper.

After communicating with the medical staff and confirming that Cech could not continue the game, Mourinho made adjustments and replaced the injured Cech with Schwarzer.

At the same time, the positions on the court also changed. The team formation changed from the original 4231 to the current 4321.

Li Lei, Mikel and Hazard all retreated to their own half, forming a tight midfield line, leaving only Torres in the frontcourt.

This is obviously Mourinho's response to the goalkeeper's injury. In order to ensure the stability of the defense line, compress the midfield, strengthen the team's defensive personnel and dense positions.

At the same time, this also tests the psychological quality and defensive ability of Chelsea players.

Cech's injury undoubtedly affected the mentality of Chelsea players. They were no longer as active as they were at the beginning, and became small. Be cautious.

On the contrary, Atletico played very fiercely during this period, like a tiger with fangs bared, and gradually controlled the rhythm of the game on the field.

The Blues made many mistakes in the midfield, which led to the opponent's counterattack opportunities. Atletico's offense also became more threatening, constantly attacking the goal guarded by Schwarzer.

This situation became extremely unfavorable to Chelsea. Mourinho on the sidelines was also constantly directing and trying to organize the team to launch a counterattack.

Seeing that the situation on the field was becoming more and more favorable for Atletico, Atletico's fans were undoubtedly more excited.

Whenever Atletico launched an attack or a steal Whenever Chelsea has the ball, deafening cheers will erupt from the stands. The shouts of"Atletico! Atletico!" are getting louder and louder, and the stadium is also reverberating with the songs and drums of Atletico fans.

They cheer the team with their enthusiastic emotions and inspire the players' fighting spirit.

In contrast, the away fans on the Chelsea side suddenly fell silent.

They are still worried about the impact of the goalkeeper's injury on the team, and are also anxious about the passive situation on the field.

But now is not the time to be pessimistic, the game is still long! They are eagerly looking forward to the team getting better.

"Cech's injury has undoubtedly brought a huge impact to Chelsea. This is a heavy blow to the Blues."

"Schwarzer, the backup goalkeeper, is under great pressure to prove himself and fill the gap left by Cech."Keane explained in the Sky Sports live studio

"The Blues lost their moat, and Atletico Madrid seized the opportunity decisively and stepped up their attack"

"Chelsea's rhythm is completely disrupted and their defense is unstable, but there is still a long time to go and everything is still possible."Commentator Jones continued

"Chelsea must regroup quickly"

"Under Mourinho's command, I believe they can overcome the difficulties and regain control of the situation"

"The outcome of this battle is still unknown, let us wait and see!"