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Chapter 224 Quick Offensive and Defensive Battle (Subscribe)

In the 5th minute, Zaha counterattacked and made a direct pass.

The ball goes to Sakho's feet.

On the left side of the penalty area, Sacco kicked and shot.

The ball directly pierced Chelsea's defense and flew towards the lower left corner of the goal.

The speed of the ball is not slow, but Jose was prepared, leaped forward, and directly confiscated the opponent's shot.

Jose habitually glanced at the frontcourt, half of the players remained in the opponent's half.

This also means that there is no chance of a quick counterattack at all.

Jose throws the ball to Cahill.

Chelsea organized the attack again.

It's a pity that facing the densely defended Crystal Palace, Hazard and the others seem to have few options.

In a blink of an eye, half an hour had passed since the game.

Chelsea's possession rate once reached 70%, but the score was still 0-0.

In the 31st minute, Crystal Palace got a chance to counterattack.

Zaha made a cross in the melee, and the ball reached Cabaye's feet.

On the edge of the penalty area, the unguarded Cabaye made a half-volley low shot.

The ball flew towards the bottom left of the goal.

In fact, Jose has already noticed Cabaye. The reason why he didn't remind his teammates aloud is because he is still unable to command these Chelsea stars.

Speaking of Chelsea, the only players who are willing to obey Jose's command are probably the same young Zouma.

But Jose didn't have the idea of ​​commanding Zouma's defense, because that would cause him to be unresponsive, which would lead to defensive mistakes.

The defense line, only when it forms a whole can it play the best effect.

Therefore, Cabaye's shot was easily confiscated by Jose again.

Jose kicks the goal kick.

Chelsea finally got the right corner.

Pedro takes the corner.

Cahill headed the goal, but it missed a little bit.

Subsequently, Azpilicueta made a diagonal pass.

But Diego Costa volleyed in from the edge of the six-yard box and missed.

In the 42th minute, Hazard passed the ball.

Diego Costa shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and was saved.

Fabregas made another shot from 14 yards, but was saved by McCarthy.

McCarthy seemed to be competing with Jose.

The saved ball flew past Pedro, but he missed it.

Chelsea attack around Crystal Palace.

Pedro passed the ball, Matic flashed past 2 people and then pushed.

It's a pity that the angle was too straight, and it fell directly into McCarthy's arms.

In the first half, the two sides scored a goalless draw.

Due to weak offense, Mourinho made a lot of new arrangements during the intermission.

The absence of Oscar still has a great impact on the offensive routine of the frontcourt, especially the 4231 formation is extremely dependent on the scheduling of the midfielder.

I don't know what adjustments Mourinho will make.

In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues.

Chelsea took the lead in attacking.

On the right side of the Crystal Palace penalty area, Costa broke through with the ball.

Delaney shoveled it directly.

As a result, Costa fell in the penalty area.

Just when the Chelsea fans were full of expectations, the referee signaled the game to continue.

Paulson believes that Delaney tackled the ball first and then tackled Costa, so it should not be a penalty.

In the Premier League, this kind of penalty is not a big problem.

Although Mourinho was disappointed, he could only accept it.

Although Crystal Palace did not have much possession of the ball, they counterattacked vigorously.

In the 47th minute, Crystal Palace intercepted the ball in the backcourt.

Three or two long passes, the ball has reached outside the Chelsea penalty area.

Sakho has the ball and he sees the gap between Zouma and Cahill.

Direct kick low shot.

However, Sakho was not the only one who could see the gap between Zuma and Cahill, Jose also found it.

Since there are not many opportunities for Zuma and Cahill to partner, it is inevitable that there will be gaps in the cooperation between the two.

Jose did not remind them, but used this gap to lure the enemy.

So, just as the Crystal Palace fans were about to cheer, Jose arrived and directly confiscated Sakho's shot.

Jose hasn't been tested much so far.

Jose kicked the goal kick with a big foot and sent it directly to Hazard's feet.

Unfortunately, Hazard's cross was blocked by Delany.

After blocking Hazard's pass, Delany became even more brave.

Immediately afterwards, Ivan volleyed from the edge of the penalty area and was blocked by Delany again.

The most speechless thing is that Zouma's supplementary shot still hit Delany.

At this moment, Delany turned into a city wall and blocked the goal of the Crystal Palace like a god descending from the sky.

Crystal Palace's counterattack.

Sacco passes the ball.

On the right edge of the penalty area, Pang Qiong received a pass from his teammate and volleyed directly from the close corner.

Cahill blocked unsuccessfully, and the ball rolled towards the lower right corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Jose was prepared.

He stretched out his left foot and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

A corner kick was given to Crystal Palace.

Cabaye took a corner kick and drove directly into the penalty area.

How could the high-altitude ball in the penalty area threaten Jose?
Jose, who had already predicted it, directly confiscated the corner kick taken by the opponent.

After winning the corner kick, Jose quickly took the goal kick.

Chelsea's quick counter-attack chance.

Hazard and Costa advanced together in the frontcourt.

Unfortunately, in the end Hazard's shot was blocked from the bottom line.

Chelsea's corner chance.

In the chaos, it was Cahill who hit the ball, but it was a pity that Sacco made a clearance in front of the goal line.

In this game, so far, Sakho is one of the best players in the Crystal Palace team, except Delany.

Missed the chance to score, Mourinho sighed on the sidelines.

The offensive and defensive transition was fast. Although there was no goal, the fans who watched the game shouted and excited.

In the 55th minute, Alan Pardew took the lead in making substitutions and adjustments.

Bolasier came on as a substitute, replacing Zaha.

In the 65th minute, Crystal Palace almost broke the deadlock.

Soyare made a straight pass from the wing, and the ball reached Boracier's feet.

On the left side of the penalty area, Bolasier made a cross.

Azpilicueta blocked the shovel, but unfortunately failed to make a clearance.

10 yards in front of the goal, Sako shot the upper right corner.

If there is no accident, Sacco will open the scoring first.

However, just as the ball was about to reach the goal line, Jose arrived with incredible speed.

I saw him jumping up to the top right of the goal with all his strength, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to block Sacco's shot directly.

"How is it possible?" Crystal Palace fans looked at Jose in disbelief.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for Jose to catch up with Sakho's shot unless Jose is prepared.

This is indeed the case. When Bolasier passed the ball, Jose's god-level prediction responded.

Jose immediately moved quickly to the center of the goal. When Sakho kicked the shot, Jose just reached the center of the goal.

If Jose had started from the center of the goal, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to catch up.

In fact, Jose has already completed the start by moving from the left side of the goal to the center, so with the starting speed already there, Jose just rushed to the right side of the goal.

This save is very critical.

After being shot by Crystal Palace one after another, Mourinho began to make substitutions and adjustments.

Falcao and Baba came off the bench successively, William and Azpilicueta were replaced successively.

Chelsea continued their attack on Crystal Palace.

Fabregas returns from the right side of the penalty area.

Hazard's first shot from the edge of the box was just over.

Subsequently, Crystal Palace's offense led to Cahill getting the first yellow card of the game.

Direct free kick chance from Crystal Palace.

Sacco chose to hit the goal directly.

Jose directly confiscated it.

The game continued and the score was still 0-0.

In the 73th minute, Mourinho used up the last substitution.

Youth player Zeke came off the bench and Matic was replaced.

Before I knew it, there were only about 10 minutes left in the game, and the score on the field was still 0-0.

Mourinho anxiously stood on the sidelines to direct.

Under Mourinho's supervision, Chelsea set off a wave of offense.

Pedro takes the ball and advances directly to the right side of the penalty area.

Soarey intercepts it.

However, Pedro easily got rid of Soare and kicked in a cross.

In front of the edge of the penalty area, Falcao dived ahead of Delany.

The ball was pushed into the lower right corner.

1:0.

Chelsea finally broke the deadlock.

Falcao's goal, in addition to opening the scoring for Chelsea, is also his first goal since joining Chelsea.

Difficult to break the deadlock, Mourinho finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the game is not over yet, and the players on the field still cannot relax.

With the score behind, Crystal Palace began to give it a go.

In the 81st minute, Bolasier made a cross from the left.

The ball flew over the penalty area and fell to the other side.

At this moment, a strong sense of uneasiness surged in Jose's heart.

Looking around, Jose found that Sacco was unmarked at the far point, and in the penalty area, Ward, Pang Qiong and others had already killed.

Where does the crisis come from?

Just as Jose was thinking, at a distance, the unguarded Sakho received a pass from Bolasier and returned it.

Jose instantly understood where the threat came from.

Sacco's pass is flying along the edge of the small penalty area.

According to the flying speed and height of the ball, Jose judged that Ward was most likely to attack the goal.

It was too late to attack, Jose could only prepare for the save.

Sure enough, as expected, on the right side of the small penalty area, Ward hit the ball.

I saw him jumping high and smashing his head at the ball heavily.

The ball immediately turned and flew towards the bottom right of the goal.

Ward's header this time is very similar to Falcao's header.

If Jose hadn't been vigilant in advance, Ward's header would have brought a goal.

Too bad Jose already has the equipment.

I saw Jose pounced with all his strength and confiscated Ward's header firmly and directly.

Chelsea fans were shocked into a cold sweat.

Mourinho yelled towards the goal, obviously he was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the defense.

There are less than 10 minutes left in the game.

Mourinho started his good tactics.

Everyone retreated, leaving Costa alone in front.

The situation changed instantly, and Crystal Palace had more ball possession opportunities, but they lost the previous shooting opportunities.

On the contrary, Chelsea, when all members retreated to the defense, quickly counterattacked and played impressively.

At the last moment, during Chelsea's counterattack, Ivan broke into the penalty area with the ball.

(End of this chapter)