Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 255 Limit World Wave (2)

David James, the current No. 34 goal of the England team, is [-] years old this year, nicknamed Nervous Knife and Calamity James.

James has excellent reaction ability, strong rescue ability, and often makes wonderful saves in the game, so last year, he was favored by coach Eriksson and replaced Paul Robinson as England's main goalkeeper.

However, the reason why James is called the "nervous knife" must have its omissions.When he was playing for Liverpool, he was a little afraid of catching the high ball, and in Manchester City and England, he occasionally had the experience of making rash shots or missing the ball strangely. In short, you can't predict when James will be scary.

The goalkeeper is the most stable position in the football lineup. As a goalkeeper, James' shortcoming is definitely a fatal injury. This also makes the current national team coach Eriksson more and more disappointed with him.

And now, at Manchester City Stadium, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the auditorium, James has once again shown this neurotic play.

Wang Li's hanging goal on the center line is very powerful. After the football rises to the highest point in the air, it falls directly towards the goal.Although this shot is very good, but no matter what, the shooting position is more than 50 meters away from the goal, the buffer distance is too big, besides, the purpose of this shot is purely for deterrence, the shooting position is too far away from the goal Now, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Li to shoot from a dead angle, so the angle at which the football flies is not tricky.

But this time, goalkeeper David James missed the ball! !
Unforgivable mistake! !

Seeing the football fall towards the goal, James jumped up suddenly, but saw the football pass between his hands! !
At this moment, the uproar of the audience suddenly stopped. At this moment, James' expression was extremely embarrassing! !
"Beep..." After the kick-off whistle sounded, the referee responded with another whistle, indicating that the goal was valid...

At this time, most of the fans in the auditorium opened their mouths wide, watching the football still rolling in the goal, the hanging goal 50 away, actually scored a goal, no matter what the reason, this is too unbelievable !

The Blues fans reacted quickly. The team equalized within 2 minutes of being hit by the opponent's goal. Happiness came too soon! !
There was a sudden burst of cheers from the west stand of the stadium, and even many neutral fans cheered. This ultra-long-distance world wave is definitely worth the ticket price! !The next moment, the Manchester City fans also reacted. They responded with neat 'boo' sounds, but they didn't know whether they were 'booing' the opponent or 'booing' the team's goalkeeper! ?

At this time, the on-site commentator who was still high-spirited just now also languished, and he said sourly: "Chelsea's luck is really good, maybe they should thank our David for this ball, this ball is completely a gift from friendship, but I wish James would stop being so generous..."

Yes, this goal was really unexpected. Even Wang Li, who scored the goal, stood in the middle circle and watched for a long time in disbelief before confirming that the goal was scored. At this time, his teammates from the national team James felt a little sympathetic. Obviously, half of the ball should be attributed to him, which also made Wang Li feel emotional——
Deliberately planting flowers will not bloom, but unintentionally planting willows to make shade!

However, the Chelsea players don't care what the reason for the goal is. They only know that Wang Li scored again. After Manchester City scored a goal, the team equalized the score within 2 minutes, which made their mental state a little bit. The sub becomes full value, and the morale of the team directly soars.

"Prefact!! Alan, you are awesome!!" Bridget, who ran over from the backcourt, excitedly gave Wang Li a hug, and then directly pressed him under him. Then, the excited Chelsea players followed suit on the pitch. Arhats are stacked in the middle, of course, this kind of stacked Arhats is 'horizontal'.

The initiator this time was Wayne Bridger again. From this point of view, he really lacked brains and lack of memory. Every time Bridger was only on top of Wang Li, he became the most painful person in the team.

In this kind of hearty celebration, Keegan, the Manchester City coach on the bench, was full of helplessness. Just now he was thinking that the team could win a victory at home, but after only 2 minutes, the opponent came It was an equalizer, which is really disappointing.

Although most people counted the goal as an own goal, it was purely a 'free gift' from Manchester City goalkeeper James, but as a head coach, Keegan was not so paranoid. Obviously, the most credit for the goal just now was The opponent's No. 21 black-haired boy.

It is difficult to draw the ball to the goal frame in the middle circle, not to mention the strength, but this kick seems to be no different from a free kick near 30 meters. This, on the other hand, explains foot strength and accuracy.

Thinking of this, Mr. Keegan looked at the black-haired boy who was laughing and laughing under the pressure of the crowd, and felt a sense of helplessness in his heart. If Manchester City also had such outstanding players, why would they not be able to perform well? ! ?

At this time, Mr. Mourinho, who was sitting on the sidelines, was also very surprised. He couldn't help turning his head to look at the assistant coach Clark, and said with a smile: "This kid is really surprising!"

"I just realized now that it was so easy to score a goal. The opponent had been playing steadily for so long, and finally scored a goal and was tied so easily..." Clark didn't finish his sentence, but his expression was gloating mostly.

Mourinho looked at the players celebrating their goals on the field, with a smile on his face, and said: "Perhaps, from now on, the situation will change, and the next game will be much easier... "

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Back on the court, under the signal of the referee, the players of the two teams returned to the court to take their positions, and a whistle was issued, announcing the resumption of the game.

In the past few minutes, the mentality of the players can be said to be ups and downs. From Manchester City's goal to Chelsea's equalizer, this process makes people go from worry to joy or from joy to worry. The drastic change in mentality has also created two An instant change in team morale.

The excitement of the Manchester City players is no longer there. Just trying their best to seize a chance to lead by a goal, but within 2 minutes, they were equalized by a simple shot by the opponent. This kind of blow came too fast, and almost no psychological preparation No, it's really depressing.

But now, they all looked timidly at the black-haired boy No. 21 in the Chelsea formation. A vigorous volley on someone's body must not be uncomfortable.

If looking back at the previous 10 minutes of the game, it seems that Manchester City and Chelsea are playing in a normal way, but in fact, Chelsea got many more shots. Will the team be able to score again and take the lead again?Or can Manchester City hold on to Chelsea's attack?
At this time, they remembered what the head coach Mr. Keegan said before the game: "This game is free to play, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose, we just need to play the momentum of Manchester City."

At that time, many players were still a little unconvinced, but now they understand that the head coach knew that it was difficult for the team to win, so he let us play freely and try not to embarrass ourselves at home! !

All these thoughts have caused the morale of the Manchester City players to plummet. Even if this is at the Manchester City Stadium, they are somewhat unable to cheer up and continue to work as hard as they did at the beginning.

But the Chelsea team was just the opposite. In the first few 10 minutes, their performance was not bad, but even so, they were tied with their opponents, and even let the opponent lead by one goal first. The players were a little depressed.But now, they realize they still have Alan, Chelsea's master dancer and prince of goals!
Undoubtedly, the most trustworthy offensive player in Chelsea now is Wang Li. This is the deterrent brought by past game results!For the Chelsea players, Wang Li is the god of the sea. As long as he is on the field, the team will win. This is already what most people think!

Under this kind of state of mind and morale one after another, the situation on the court changed greatly in a short period of time. At the Manchester City Stadium, the visiting team Chelsea became the team in control of the situation!

At the end of the first half, Chelsea threatened Manchester City's goal again and again——
In the 37th minute, Wang Li was at the front of the penalty area on the right, and Lampard followed up with a volley and flew out of the goal frame...

In the 39th minute, Damien Duff made a high lob, Drogba overwhelmed the two Manchester City defenders, one file rushed to the top, and the ball had been picked up by David James...

In the 43rd minute, Wang Li's dribble from the right was intercepted by the opponent's defender. Mills followed up with a tackle and gave Chelsea a free kick. Lampard lobbed a pass into the penalty area. Captain John Terry's shot hit the plane... …

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At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines indicated 2 minutes of extra time.

On the pitch, it was Chelsea's attack again. Lampard, Joe Cole, and Gallas passed the ball several times in a row near the center and directly penetrated Manchester City's defensive formation. Wang Li took the ball from the right side of the penalty area. The ball was double-teamed by the front and back, and before the opponent had formed a chance to encircle him, he saw an opportunity and directly passed it directly to the penalty area.

Drogba again, this is Wang Li's 4th through pass to him in the first half of the game, but this monster from Côte d'Ivoire is still wasting the opportunity, maybe because of nervousness, he kicked the ball at the goalkeeper again On James' arm—
But at this time, the left forward Damien Duff who had just entered the penalty area made a contribution! !
The Irish international and Chelsea's champion in 02 reacted very quickly. Facing the football bouncing in his direction, in the rhythm, swinging his left foot was a follow-up shot, even though Duff was not a left-footed player. The ball didn't hit hard, but James, who was on the other side of the goal, could only look at the ball and sigh!
This shot also marked a perfect end to Chelsea's first half! !
Under the referee's whistle, the first half ended, Manchester City 1:2 Chelsea.

(End of this chapter)