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Chapter 1553 Steps Forward

Chelsea showed a sweeping momentum in the country, knocking down all powerful opponents one after another, and the Champions League also launched a promotion battle at the end of February, and this time their opponents in the [-]-to-[-] match were also veteran Champions League teams Galatasaray.

We all know that Galatasaray is a super team in Turkey, but when they swept the world in Turkey, they could only play a soy sauce role in the Champions League at the same time, but they can be regarded as the second-rate team. Because they often appear in the knockout rounds, but that's all. After all, compared with them, other teams in Europe are too scary.

This year's Galatasaray has also made a strong addition to the lineup. A number of world-class stars such as Sneijder and Melo have joined in one after another. This team has made great progress, but they are still relatively unlucky Yes, because they met the terrible Chelsea.

Speaking of which, Sneijder almost became the World Player of the Year in Inter Milan, and he quickly became the backbone of the team after moving to Galatasaray. However, his peak period has passed, and he is second to none in Turkey. But in front of Chelsea, it's just an ordinary team that can't be in an ordinary team, because this group of veterans who have mostly passed their peak period has absolutely no problem with their experience, but everything is in vain when they really play games. Because the current Chelsea is really scary, and they like to play this kind of team the most, and after a few back and forth, the opponents will be scattered.

The same is true of the fact that Chelsea entered the high-speed mode directly after the start of the game and easily took the lead in the 4th minute.

De Bruyne made a direct pass from Mata to a diagonal pass from the right, and Ai Huan, who had rotated positions with Mata just now, shot directly from the right side of the penalty area. The football roared away, and Galatasaray's goalkeeper Muslera barely rushed Blocked but failed to prevent the ball from entering the net. The score on the field has become one to zero.

But then Galatasaray strengthened the midfield fight, and Chelsea also relaxed the pace of attack, but they are still threatening the opponent's goal at all times.

No.15 minutes Galatasaray's Curturus made a cross from the right, and French striker Varo barbed a shot from the edge of the penalty area over the goal.

No.20 In the second minute, Mata passed through the left side of the penalty area. De Bruyne deliberately missed the football, and Lampard shot wide from twelve yards.

But in a blink of an eye, Chelsea immediately fought back. No.204 minutes Ai Huan sent a wonderful through ball. Unfortunately, Mata missed the chance of a single shot when he stopped the ball poorly. However, he still stabbed the ball when he could not control the ball. The football flew to the left, De Bruyne volleyed the ball, and the ball was in Muslera's arms.

Afterwards, Galatasaray's offensive increased. In No. 208 minutes, Melo kicked the wall with Sneijder and then shot low from the edge of the restricted area.

However, Chelsea almost expanded the score in the No. 303 minute. Lampard made a corner pass from the left, and Diego Costa shot the football slightly higher with his left foot in the first half.

No.306 minutes, Sneijder won a free kick at [-] yards, but he personally took the free kick and shot it directly.

No. In 308 minutes, De Bruyne made a pass from the left, Costa tapped to the left, and De Bruyne's shot was easily obtained by Muslera.

In the No.40 second minute of the first half, Chelsea won another corner kick. This time it was Lampard who took the corner kick. After entering the net, the score became two to zero, and the first half of the game also ended.

Recently, Chelsea have played a lot of games, which made the overall state a bit sluggish, which also made the first half of the game a bit dull, but after all, they still took the lead, which also made Mourinho's command in the second half even stronger. It's easy.

In midfield, Mourinho still replaced Ai Fan, replaced the Brazilian William, and then asked De Bruyne and Mata to switch positions. This is the style of play that Mourinho has always insisted on.

However, this time the substitution did not cause Chelsea to fall into chaos. On the contrary, Galatasaray's players suffered from lack of physical strength, which also caused them to be in trouble after the opening of the second half.

No. In 409 minutes, De Bruyne made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Diego Costa hit back with a header. Mata shot hard but was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper. 2 minutes later, Lampard cut off Muslera's barely cleared, but William's shot from the edge of the penalty area was easily obtained by Muslera.

In 7 minutes, Mata cut into the left side of the penalty area and shot from a small angle and missed the near corner.

No. 606 minutes Mata came to the left pass, and Lampard's header from twelve yards was confiscated by Muslera.

No. In 70 minutes, Lampard missed a free kick from the left.After that, the two sides began to change players. Mourinho Fabregas replaced De Bruyne. His position was also mentioned in the front midfielder organization, while Mata was pulled to the right, and William also returned to his familiar left. Road, after that, both sides had some problems with their offense. Chelsea also failed to play a smooth and smooth offense in the first place, so the game seemed a bit dull.

Until the No. 801 minute Fabregas' pass was saved by Muslera, Lampard volleyed from the outside but still missed.Then Mourinho made the last substitution. He replaced Mata with Luiz who had returned from injury. This was also Luiz's first appearance after a serious injury.

However, in the last 10 minutes of the game, Galatasaray still did not show the determination to win the game, which also made Chelsea more like besieging them in the end.

No.804 minutes Lampard passed the ball, Fabregas shot from fifteen yards on the left side of the penalty area and was saved by Muslera. No. In the 808th minute, William made a wonderful pass from his heel, and Diego Costa directly formed a single-handed shot, but his push was a bit weak and was saved by Muslera again.

In the last minute, Diego Costa shot again from a long distance, but the football was blocked out of the penalty area by the concentrated Muslera, and Cesc Fabregas, who followed the shot, lobbed the goal and the football hit the upper left corner of the goal. The two sides also ended the battle with a score of 1-[-]. Chelsea also won the opponent in the away game, and this result allowed them to almost enter the next round with one foot. After all, even the home team Fans felt like they had no chance.

After the game, Mourinho was also high-spirited, but he didn't stimulate his opponent too much, but just said lightly that Chelsea's goal is the final championship, and they will not be blocked in such a place.

(End of this chapter)