The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 517 Why don’t you dive?

"drop!"

The opening whistle finally sounded in the sky above Old Trafford.

Most of the time, the stands were filled with the singing of Manchester United fans. When Chelsea took possession of the ball, boos immediately broke out.

The 70,000 fans at the scene encouraged their own players with songs and disturbed the opponent's players with boos. This is the most direct manifestation of the home field advantage.

Phil Jones, who strained his hamstring two weeks ago, is now sitting among the home team fans together with second goalkeeper Romero, who was also injured, silently cheering on his teammates.

His eyes followed a blue figure from the top of Chelsea's penalty area to Manchester United's penalty area...

Then, the left wing-back Alonso sent an arcing cross. Smalling missed the top. The blue figure directly headed the ball, and the football flew into the net against the crossbar!

1:0!

Jones's cheek muscles twitched faintly:

"Come in now?"

Romero slapped his thigh:

"Smolin's judgment on the trajectory of the cross is still a little worse than that of Lee Polo..."

Jones shook his head slowly:

"Is it just a little off?"

"That guy...is like a machine in terms of prediction!"

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"Fu*K!"

"Eat my big eagle!"

A burst of fierce abuse broke out in the sky above the Dream Theater.

However, Lee Polo was not affected at all. Instead, he jogged all the way to the sidelines and shrugged at Mourinho to express his inner disdain:

【Is this all your defense?】

[Negative sentiment from Jose Mourinho, +205!]

Mourinho's face was very ugly. He had prepared for this game for two whole weeks. Even the preparations for the Champions League were based on Chelsea as the imaginary enemy. However, he did not expect that less than 10 minutes into the game, his carefully trained defense line

There was such a huge mistake!

Smalling, who is good at anti-aircraft capabilities... actually had a leak!

Mourinho looked gloomy, but finally shook his head:

"It's not a mistake or a misjudgment, it's a question of the player's ability."

His assistant Rui Faria agreed:

"Smolin...he just couldn't keep up with Lee Polo's forward speed and could only take off hastily."

Mourinho bit his lip and reluctantly made a decision:

"Let's defend!"

Faria was a little hesitant:

"We are already behind!"

The magic bird looked at the blue No. 1 close at hand:

"He won't be satisfied with just one goal!"

"As long as they don't give up the attack, we have a chance to counterattack!"

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Facts have proved that the Portuguese's understanding of Lipolo was very accurate.

When the game restarted, Lee Polo was the first to rush towards Carrick, who was holding the ball. He looked like he wanted to kick him away with the ball...

Looking at Li Polo's eager look, it seemed as if the game was almost over and he was the one lagging behind!

Carrick, who was approaching retirement, did not dare to challenge Lee Polo one-on-one and passed the ball to the team's biggest star, Sanchez, without saying a word.

Sanchez was also unambiguous. Even in the face of Kante's pressing, he could continue to advance with the ball.

But Kante is Kante after all. Sanchez carried him nearly 15 meters, but still couldn't get rid of it. He could only flick his right foot and hit a curved ball directly behind Chelsea's defense!

Lukaku is firing on all cylinders!

As long as he can grab the landing point, he can use his speed advantage to form a single sword!

Rudiger chased him closely, and the two almost crossed the center line side by side, and then... Lukaku stretched out his left foot to stop the ball, and the football accurately hit his shin guard, and instantly bounced ten meters away.

At the feet of Alonso...

"..."

Lukaku was obviously stunned for a moment, then stopped, turned around and gave Sanchez a thumbs up:

"Good pass! I'll definitely stop it next time!"

Sanchez turned around and spat.

[Mader, a teammate in this new team, always reminds me of Arsenal’s Welbeck!]

[No, actually Heibei’s dribbling skills are quite good!]

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Lukaku may regret wasting this opportunity.

Because after the 10th minute and throughout the first half, he never got such an opportunity again.

According to the arrangement of the head coach, the entire Manchester United team adopted a resolute defensive stance. Except for Lukaku, everyone shrank to within the 25-meter area. Even Sanchez became a full-back, frequently fighting with Aaron.

Suo or Hazard clash.

This scene is somewhat similar to the match between Barcelona and Chelsea a few days ago.

Barcelona once occupied 75% of the ball possession at Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea's players could only cope with it.

Nowadays, Chelsea also has a crushing ball possession rate at Old Trafford. Not to mention Manchester United's threatening offensive, they can't even get past half-court!

It's just that... in front of the airtight iron barrel formation, Lee Polo could only fight hand-to-hand with Smalling and Lindelof again and again, unable to expand the score advantage.

Of course, in order to achieve such an effect, Manchester United's two central defenders Smalling and Lindelof, as well as the young midfielder McTominay, these three defensive generals have already received a yellow card.

Lee Polo gets a chance, and someone from Manchester United may be sent off with a red card in minutes!

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"The first half ended with Chelsea leading by one goal. Except for Lee Polo's sneak attack in the 8th minute, Manchester United defended well overall..."

England's commentator Lineker first said something about the scene, but he glanced at Carragher sitting opposite him and couldn't help laughing:

"Well, let's be honest. Manchester United's defense looks very dangerous. With the players' physical fitness declining in the second half, these people will never be able to trap Lee Poirot for a full 90 minutes!"

"And as long as someone gets another yellow card, Manchester United's defensive system will fall apart!"

Carragher fully agreed with his analysis:

"In fact, Li Polo also had the opportunity to kill the game in the first half. For example, he was kicked off balance twice by the opponent's defender, but he still continued to play. To be honest, if it were replaced by Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar, they would

It’s already rolling on the ground!”

Li Polo, who had just walked back to the locker room, answered their questions from a distance:

"I also wanted to fall down, but I was afraid that the referee would judge me for diving!"

His caution was backed by Conte and his teammates.

After all, the line between flopping and being fouled is not that clear.

What's more, Manchester United's penalty area is already overcrowded, and the referee may not be able to see clearly who is responsible!

With Atkinson's level of blindness, misjudgment is nothing new...

Moreover, this is not the League Cup final, there is no Var video referee at all!

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With the idea of ​​"be careful before sailing forever", Lee Polo, who took a 15-minute rest, set foot on the field again.

After the kick-off, Manchester United only pressed for 3 minutes before retreating to their own half again, so as not to waste too much energy in the frontcourt.

There are not many ways to break the iron barrel formation, other than forcing a breakthrough, making crosses from the wing, and shooting from the outside.

Chelsea, although they have breakthrough masters like Hazard and Willian, as well as crossers like Alonso and Azpilicueta, there was only one great opportunity in the entire 45 minutes of the first half.

After about 10 minutes of playing in the second half, the situation still did not change much. Hazard, William and others were somewhat anxious.

Golovin, who finally got the chance to start, was even more impetuous.

Then...he lost the ball.

In the 57th minute, Golovin tried a through ball at the edge of the penalty area, but was kicked out by Matic. Manchester United took the opportunity to launch a counterattack!

Lukaku, who had been waiting for an opportunity near the center circle, suddenly threw off his two long legs and ran wildly on the Old Trafford turf like an angry rhinoceros!

Lee Polo, who was far in front of De Gea, even if he wanted to return to defense, it was already too late.

So he had no choice but to activate [Eagle Eye] to predict the outcome of this counterattack.

Within the next 5 seconds, Lukaku will catch up with the football, and then... Rudiger, who is chasing back, easily squeezes out of the way!

Manchester United's counterattack was ultimately in vain!

(End of chapter)