Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

On the way back to the locker room, Li Lei was warmly congratulated by his teammates.

Goalkeeper Schwarzer came over and patted Li Lei on the shoulder, smiling and saying:" Well done! This goal is so important!"

"You made a great steal. This goal means a lot to the whole game. Keep it up in the second half.!" Captain Terry said with a smile.

Other teammates praised and encouraged Li Lei, and the atmosphere in the team instantly became high.

This goal not only brought Chelsea the lead, but more importantly, it rekindled the team's fighting spirit.

Li Lei showed a confident smile on his face, and he was very happy at this time.

After a 15-minute break in the midfield, the two teams changed sides and fought again.

Obviously, Liverpool received instructions to strengthen the attack in the midfield.

At the beginning of the second half, they attacked like crazy. Li Lei and his teammates in Cherhai were exhausted and barely resisted the opponent's offensive.

In the 58th minute, after more than ten minutes of fierce attack without results, Liverpool's head coach decided to make substitutions.

Simon Sturridge replaced Lucas Leiva on the field.

This substitution showed that Liverpool's patience was running out and they urgently needed new attack points.

Chelsea was still holding on. Li Lei and other teammates on the defense line gritted their teeth and fought hard to ensure that every attack of Liverpool was fruitless.

The situation was very unfavorable for Chelsea, but as long as the defense line continued, they still had a chance.

Mourinho on the bench frowned. He needed to seize the opportunity to counterattack accurately, otherwise Chelsea would find it difficult to hold on to the end.

After Liverpool replaced Sturridge, Mourinho also made two substitutions to deal with the challenge from the opposite side.

He first replaced Schurrle with William to strengthen the defensive strength of the midfield.

Then he replaced Nemanja Matic with Gary Cahill to further strengthen the defense.

From these two substitutions, it can be seen that Mourinho realized that he must strengthen the defense to deal with Liverpool's fierce attack.

He gave up the offensive power and tried his best to ensure the safety of the defense line.

This shows that the situation is very unfavorable for Chelsea. Only by firmly holding the 1-0 lead can they have a chance to win the final victory.

Li Lei and his teammates must withstand the pressure and fight for their lives on the field.

In the second half, Liverpool has been controlling the rhythm of the game and launched a crazy counterattack against Chelsea's goal. In the

60th minute, Suarez and Sterling cooperated in a small range in the penalty area and directly opened Chelsea's defense line. An empty goal appeared in front of Suarez!

At this time, Schwarzer yelled,"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"!",He rushed to the ball decisively.

Coutinho was offside and could not attack the goal. Before Suarez could shoot, Schwarzer made a save and held the ball in his arms!

All Chelsea fans on the sidelines held their breath.

Schwarzer's save undoubtedly saved Chelsea's life! If they lost the ball, Liverpool would equalize the score.

Schwarzer fell to the ground with the ball, buying precious time for Chelsea.

Although Liverpool missed a single shot this time, they continued to strengthen their attack.

When the time entered the 80th minute, the score was still Chelsea leading 1:0.

Liverpool's head coach made another substitution, replacing defender Flanagan with forward Aspas.

This substitution showed the anxiety of Liverpool's head coach - he ignored the weakening of the back line and only wanted to strengthen the offensive power.

This was a desperate decision, because once the ball was lost, Liverpool's defense would be even more empty.

However, Chelsea also had no chance to relax. Li Lei and his teammates had to continue to hold on and hold on for more than 10 minutes to win.

Mourinho kept directing and encouraging on the sidelines, trying to keep the team stable.

When the game reached a critical moment in the 84th minute, Mourinho made an unexpected substitution: replacing the goal scorer Demba Ba with Torres!

This move was very difficult to understand.

Demba Ba was in good form, and Torres had just experienced a fierce battle against Atletico Madrid a few days ago.

It seemed to be a risky decision to replace Demba Ba with a striker who had returned to form in this melee.

But Mourinho must have his considerations for doing so, but no one can guess what they are.

Maybe he hopes to use Torres' speed to counterattack and give the opponent a fatal blow to end the game directly.

Or maybe he thinks Demba Ba is exhausted and needs a new striker to come on the field to strengthen the offense.

Whatever the reason, this substitution was really shocking, and the commentators outside the field could not figure out Mourinho's intention for this substitution.

Chelsea's lead was in jeopardy, and Mourinho gambled on Torres at this last moment.

Li Lei and his teammates could only trust the coach's decision and fight to the death!

Facing Liverpool's bombardment, Schwarzer's performance in this game was quite brave, saving the goal with high and low saves. He saved all the shots of Liverpool players in several dangerous situations.

In the last two minutes, Eto'o and Cole were also yellow cards, and the game became more tense.

Before the final whistle, the staff indicated that 4 minutes of extra time would be given.

The whole Liverpool team was in a state of panic, and all the players gathered in Chelsea's half, and even pressed directly into the penalty area.

When competing for the corner kick, even the goalkeeper joined the penalty area and prepared to compete for the header.

The whole Chelsea retreated to their own penalty area and fought the final life-and-death battle with the opponent.

Everyone tried their best to keep the precious lead of 1 goal.

The camera was given to Mourinho, who was frowning and pacing in the technical area.

At the last stage of extra time, an accident occurred.

Schwarzer punched the ball out of the penalty area with a punch, and Li Lei and Torres immediately launched a counterattack and went straight to the opponent's empty goal.

The Liverpool defenders who had given up no longer chased the two players back, their hearts were already dead.

The two players formed a two-on-zero situation in front of the goal! They crossed the entire field and finally came to the Liverpool penalty area.

At the last moment, Li Lei decided to give this opportunity to the big brother - Torres pushed the ball decisively and hit the empty goal!