Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 517 Why don't you flop?
"drop!"

Over Old Trafford, the opening whistle finally sounded.

Most of the time, the stands were filled with the singing of Manchester United fans.And when Chelsea took control of the ball, boos immediately rang out.

The [-] fans at the scene encouraged their own players with singing and disturbed the opponent's players with boos. This is the most direct manifestation of home court advantage.

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

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

Then, the left wingback Alonso sent an arc cross, Smalling missed the header, the blue figure directly headed the ball, and the football flew into the net against the crossbar!

1: 0!

Jones' cheek muscles twitched faintly:
"That's it?"

Romero slapped his hand on his thigh:
"Smolin's judgment on the trajectory of the cross is still a bit worse than that of Li Polo..."

Jones shook his head slowly:

"Is it just a little bit worse?"

"That guy...in terms of prediction, he exists like a machine!"
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"Fu*K!"

"Eat my big eagle!"

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

Li Polo was not affected at all, instead he trotted all the way to the sidelines, and shrugged at Mourinho to express his inner disdain:

[This is your defense? 】

[Negative sentiment from Jose Mourinho, +205! 】

Mourinho's face was very ugly. For this game, he prepared for two whole weeks. Even the preparations for the Champions League were made with Chelsea as the imaginary enemy. However, he did not expect that the defensive line he had carefully trained was less than 10 minutes into the game. There was such a major mistake!

Smolin, who is known for his air defense capabilities... unexpectedly has a leaky roof!

Mourinho had a gloomy face, but finally shook his head:

"It's not a fall, nor a misjudgment, it's a player's ability."

His assistant, Rui Faria, agreed:

"Smolin...he just couldn't keep up with Li Polo's forward speed, so he could only jump off hastily."

Mourinho bit his lip, reluctantly making a decision:

"Let's defend!"

Faria hesitated a bit:

"We're already behind!"

The magic bird looked at the blue number 1 that was close at hand:
"He won't be satisfied with just one goal!"

"As long as they don't give up their attack, we have a chance to fight back!"
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Facts have proved that the Portuguese's understanding of Li Polo is very accurate.

When the game resumed, Li Polo was the first to rush to Carrick who was holding the ball, looking like he wanted to tackle him with the ball...

Looking at Li Boluo's eager look, it seems that the game is about to end, and he is the one behind!
Carrick, who was close to retirement, didn't dare to fight Lee Polo one-on-one, and passed the ball to the team's biggest star, Sanchez, without saying a word.

Sanchez is unambiguous, even in the face of Kanter's pressing, he can continue to dribble forward.

But Kanter is Kanter after all. Sanchez took nearly 15 meters, but still failed to get rid of it. He could only flick his right foot and hoist a curved ball directly behind Chelsea's defense!

Lukaku has started at full speed!
As long as he can grab the landing point, he can use the speed advantage to form a single-handedly!

Rudiger pursued closely behind him, and the two of them crossed the halfway line almost side by side, and then... Lukaku stretched out his left foot to stop the ball, and the football hit his shinplate with precision, and it bounced ten meters away in an instant Alonso's feet...

"..."

Lukaku was obviously taken aback for a moment, then stopped, turned around and gave Sanchez a thumbs up:
"Good pass! I'll definitely stop next time!"

Sanchez turned and spat.

[Made, a teammate of this new team, always reminds me of Arsenal's Welbeck! 】

[No, in fact, Hei Bei's dribbling level is still a little bit! 】
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Lukaku may regret squandering this opportunity.

Because after the 10th minute, throughout the first half, he never got another chance like this.

According to the arrangement of the head coach, the entire Manchester United team has adopted a resolute defensive posture. Except for Lukaku, everyone has shrunk to within the 25-meter area. Even Sanchez has become a full-back, frequently fighting with Aron Suo or Hazard confront each other.

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

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

Today, Chelsea have also obtained a crushing ball possession rate at Old Trafford. Not to mention the formation of a threatening offensive by Manchester United, they can't even cross the halftime!
It's just... in front of the impenetrable iron barrel formation, Li Polo could only fight hand-to-hand with Smalling and Lindelof time and time again, unable to expand the score advantage.

Of course, in order to achieve such an effect, Manchester United's two central defenders Smalling, Lindelof, and young midfielder McTominay, these three defensive generals, have already received a yellow card. Lee Polo gets a chance, someone at Manchester United may be sent off with a red card every minute!
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"The first half ended with Chelsea leading by one goal. Except for Li Polo's sneak attack in the 8th minute, Manchester United defended well as a whole..."

England's commentator Lineker first made a scene, but he glanced at Carragher sitting opposite him, and couldn't help laughing:
"Well, let's be honest, Manchester United's defense looked very dangerous. With the players' fitness declining in the second half, these guys will definitely not be able to trap Li Polo for a full 90 minutes!"

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

Carragher fully agrees with his analysis:

"In fact, Li Polo also had a chance to kill the game in the first half. For example, he was kicked off balance by the opponent's defender twice, but he continued to play. To be honest, if it was replaced by Ronaldo or Neymar, they It's already rolling all over the floor!"

Lee Polo, who had just walked back to the locker room, answered their questions:
"I also want to fall, but I am afraid that the referee will judge me to fall!"

His caution has the backing of Conte and his teammates.

After all, the line between diving and getting fouled is not so clear.

What's more, Manchester United's penalty area has long been overcrowded, and the referee may not be able to see who is responsible for it!

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

Moreover, this is not the final of the League Cup, there is no Var video referee at all!
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With the thought of "be careful sailing for thousands of years", Lee Polo, who took a 15-minute break, stepped onto the field again.

After the kick-off, Manchester United only pressed for 3 minutes, and then all retreated to their own half again, not wasting too much energy in the frontcourt.

There are not many ways to crack the iron barrel formation, nothing more than forced breakthroughs, crosses from the side, and long shots from the outside.

For Chelsea, although there are breakthrough masters like Hazard and William, and crossers like Alonso and Azpilicueta, there was only one excellent opportunity in the entire 45 minutes of the first half.

After playing for about 10 minutes in the second half, the situation still hasn't changed much. Hazard, William and others are somewhat anxious.

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

And then...he dropped the ball.

In the 57th minute, Golovin tried to pass through 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 middle circle, suddenly threw off his two long legs, like an angry rhinoceros, and ran away on the turf of Old Trafford!

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

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

In the next 5 seconds, Lukaku will catch up with the football, and then... Rudiger, who was chased back, easily squeezed out of his position!

Manchester United's counterattack this time ended in vain!

(End of this chapter)