Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 236 Be the goalkeeper and become the protagonist of the audience

St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

In the opening stage, Newcastle's legendary striker Alan Shearer took advantage of a Chelsea defender's error to give his team the lead. In the situation, Newcastle had been in an advantageous position, but as the game slowly progressed, Chelsea players also slowed down. Slowly recovered the state.

In order to show their strength in front of the head coach, almost everyone on the court ran tirelessly, and with this effort, the situation gradually began to lean towards Chelsea.

But this tendency is compared to the disadvantage just now. When the game progressed to the 20th minute of the first half, the two teams played evenly on the scene. It can be seen that Chelsea did not have any anxiety because they were behind by one goal. .

At this time, on the green field, the home team Newcastle United and Chelsea are engaged in a fierce battle.

Mourinho doesn't care about the outcome of this game. In fact, in his heart, it is good to win, but it doesn't matter if he loses. This game is irrelevant. The League Cup is not the goal he has set for Chelsea in his heart.

He really doesn't like this cup match.

Therefore, in this game, Mourinho did not bother too much, and just formed a 442 offensive and defensive balance formation. There are not many tactics at all, and more depends on the players' own performance.

In fact, in recent times, the Portuguese has been worrying about the match against Liverpool the day after tomorrow. How can he have time to pay attention to this indifferent confrontation! ?
Yes, the day after tomorrow, September 9th, Chelsea will face Liverpool at home. This game is the most important of all recent games! !
But in this case, what this 'madman' didn't expect was that Chelsea's bench lineup played well.

The offenses of the two wingers, Erivera and Scott, are very threatening. The offensive capabilities of strikers Gud Jansen and Joe Cole are beyond doubt. This makes Newcastle United lose their goals frequently. Both attacks almost equalized the score for Chelsea.

On the other hand, Newcastle United's offense is still sharp. The teenager Milner is very good. He hid behind Alan Shearer and found an opportunity to shoot a cold shot at Chelsea's goal. Shearer is obviously under the care of the Chelsea defender. But this can't hide his brilliance. Only when he finds an opportunity, he will always find a shooting space in the dense crowd to pose a threat to the Chelsea players.

In addition, Newcastle United's midfield players have outstanding offensive ability. Overall, Newcastle United's offensive ability is better, because their offense is very stable, while Chelsea's offense seems a bit immature and weak. monotonous.

In the 26th minute of the game, Newcastle United found another very good chance to score. Right midfielder Lauren Robert quickly dribbled the ball from the wing. A very precise through pass and delivered the ball to Milner near the penalty area line.

After Milner got the ball, he kept the ball on the spot and knocked his feet continuously. After finding the opportunity, he kicked high and dropped the ball into the penalty area. Alan Shearer, who was guarded by two people, received the pass. He was very experienced Going forward at the moment of stopping the ball, before the defensive player has reacted, he catches up with the ball and turns around to aim at the goal, directly volleying.

At the moment of shooting, Alan Shearer knew in his heart that the ball would definitely score! !
Obviously, the opponent's goalkeeper was still on the left side of the player when he shot the goal, but he shot the ball to the right side of the goal, and he hit it with great force. In his career impression, this kind of The ball is basically a must-goal.

And even the Newcastle United fans in the audience collectively uttered "Goal!", but most of them got stuck in their throats as soon as they opened their mouths. Look what they saw——
The tall goalkeeper of the opponent turned sideways and saved the ball out of the baseline with one hand in a lightning-fast manner! !
God, look, who is that! ! ?
"Beautiful!! My~~Gad!! The second goalkeeper, Thomas Clarke!! He made a contribution for Chelsea. This time, he saved the ball out of the baseline with one hand. Let's take a look at the video playback,... oh , the moment Shearer shot the goal, the tall man made the movement of catching the ball, what a genius reaction speed!"

"When this young player first came to the Chelsea team, many fans were not optimistic about him. Everyone felt that a striker in the League One League had a limit to what he could do. I have to admit that I think so too. But now, this performance shows that since Mr. Mourinho appointed him to join the team, he must have something special, and now, we have seen his flash!!"

Seeing Thomas' performance this time, Mourinho on the sidelines also laughed happily. Before, he always thought that only a stable star was the best choice, but Wang Li's performance made him feel that his own There is a crack in his thinking, and the performance of the No. [-] goalkeeper in the team now also makes him have more expectations for the young stars.

Yes, although the performance of these new stars is not stable (Wang Li has been excluded by him), but I have to admit that when they perform well again, they are always unexpected.

At this time, he fixed his eyes on the No. 16 young player James Milner again, and couldn't help thinking: "This kid is very good, and buying him as a substitute for Allen is also a good supplement." '

After getting along for a period of time, the assistant coach Clark already knew a little about the Portuguese. Seeing Mourinho's expression, he knew very well that this 'madman' might be paying attention again, and he couldn't help feeling sorry for Newcastle United. The team is sad.

'In the game against Chelsea, don't let a single player perform too well, otherwise, maybe this player will disappear from the team lineup next season...' This is Clark's conclusion now.

Perhaps, after a few years, this can also be counted as a football theorem! ?

Great scientific imagination! !

Back on the field, Newcastle United took a corner kick, and the team's midfielder Jamie Janus ran to the corner flagpole to take the kick. At this time, there was chaos in Chelsea's penalty area, and many Newcastle United players Competing to squeeze in the penalty area, looking for a good opportunity to score.

This time, in the face of the football falling to the middle, Thomas Clark once again showed everyone another theorem --- on the football field, physical advantage is very important!
The tall Thomas squeezed directly into the crowd, jumped up and took the football from the air with both hands.

After receiving the ball, Thomas reacted quickly. Before the opponent had time to react, he glanced at the situation in the frontcourt. With a big hand, the ball flew to the feet of Joe Cole, who was a little behind the center line.

Chance for Chelsea to fight back! !

Joe Cole didn't waste the opportunity. He didn't choose to break through at all. Instead, he made a through ball and passed the ball diagonally to Edul Goodjansen, and then rushed towards the frontcourt.

"Opportunity!" Seeing the excellent performance of the two friends, Wang Li couldn't help standing up and shouting.

At this time, there were only three defensive players in the opponent's half. Mourinho couldn't help but glance at Wang Li, thinking that if this black-haired kid was on the field, the success rate of this attack would at least be increased by half. Bar.

However, Gud Jansen and Joe Cole, who started the game this time, did not disappoint the Portuguese.

Joe Cole is very fast. When Gud Jansen dodged a defensive player's interception, he had already run to the left corner of the penalty area. The latter also performed very well. Creating an offside chance, he passed the ball to Joe Cole with one kick.

The opponent's defender couldn't keep up with Joe Cole's speed. When he got the ball, he faced the goalkeeper directly! !

A volley without waves, brought a net flower, a very simple shot, created a goal to tie the score.

Newcastle United 1:1 Chelsea!
Newcastle United was obviously not reconciled to being equalized by Chelsea. Before the game, the head coach Robson demanded that the game must be won, and now Chelsea on the field is completely a substitute lineup. In this case , if Newcastle United, which has a home court advantage, can't win, then what face is there to face so many fans who support the team without complaint or regret! ?
Therefore, Newcastle United's offense is even more ferocious!
In this case, Chelsea's defensive players were a little flustered, which made the team's defense even more unstable, and the frequent loopholes became Newcastle United's shooting opportunities.

At the moment when Chelsea's goals were frequently in crisis, the goalkeeper who had a flash of inspiration just now, the unknown No. [-] goalkeeper Thomas Clark, whom Newcastle United did not know at all, stepped forward. Outside the goal, there is quite an aura of 'one man should be the gatekeeper, ten thousand men should not open'! !
If it is said that stopping Alan Shearer's shot just now was a kind of extreme performance, but during this period of time, it was Thomas' display of his basic goalkeeping skills, although Newcastle United's shot was not too threatening. It is not easy to make a single goal without making a mistake for a few 10 minutes.

At this time, on the bench on the sidelines, the smile on Mourinho's face also showed his satisfaction with Thomas' performance. Yes, with this tall man, Chelsea will be there for at least a few years. No need to worry about goalkeeper candidates anymore.

At this time, it was obvious that Thomas was the only protagonist in the stadium. The fans of Newcastle United hoped that the tall unknown goalkeeper would make a "mistake" and let their team take the lead, while the fans of the Blues looked at Thomas with great interest. performance, and then discussed with each other how much they knew about the goalkeeper.

It can be expected that after this game, Thomas Clark's name will be deeply remembered by the Blues fans present. His road to fame has already taken the first step.

.........

With the performance of Thomas and the stability of Chelsea's defense, although Newcastle United tried their best to attack, they still failed to break through Chelsea's gate. In this case, Chelsea's counterattack was not smooth. anxious state.

In the 41st minute, Robson replaced Padrik Kluivert and scored Alan Shearer, causing a burst of dissatisfaction among the fans...

At the beginning of the second half, Mourinho replaced Thiago Mendes, who had no performance, with YM Macalambi...

In the 73rd minute, Robson replaced a defender with striker Craig Bellamy...

Time passed slowly.

In the 81st minute of the game, the fourth official once again raised the substitution card for Chelsea——
Exit No. 19 Scott Parker, enter No. 21 Alan Wang.

(End of this chapter)