Chapter 118

As Torres scored a free kick, Keane's classic goal roar suddenly sounded in the Sky Sports live studio

"Torres! A beautiful free kick went straight into the goal of Manchester City!"

"Chelsea scored the first goal! Now Manchester City will have a headache. They must organize an effective counterattack as soon as possible.!"

"The moment Torres stepped onto the ball, I knew there was a high probability that he would score."

"His free kick skills are indeed first-rate, and Chelsea's morale is high at this time, so they will definitely hit the goal with all their strength."

"Torres did not disappoint, executing the ball perfectly and scoring it into the upper left corner of the goal."

"It was a really great free kick, the goalkeeper was totally unable to intercept it"

"Manchester City must be careful now, and not let mistakes happen because of anxiety. Guys, adjust your state quickly!"

After Torres scored a free kick, the game returned to a stalemate. Manchester City began to stabilize their defense, and Chelsea was not in a hurry to expand their goal advantage. Both sides were actively adjusting and regaining balance. The score of 1-0 was maintained until the halftime break.

���In the Manchester City dressing room, the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

Head coach Pellegrini stood in front of the tactical board, his hands on both sides of the board, and his eyes scanned the players.

" Gentlemen, we are 0-1 behind in the first half, the score is not optimistic"

"But I believe that we, the Manchester City players, will never give up! At the beginning of the second half, we must fight back with all our strength and quickly find a good chance to score."

Pellegrini's right hand slammed heavily on the tactical board, emphasizing his tone.

" We need to play fast break and use our physical advantage to quickly open up the situation"

"Samir Nasri and David Silva, you two use the wing to break through and cut in, then pass the ball hard. Aguero, you look for an opportunity to shoot, and you must shoot at the first opportunity.!"

" On defense, Fernandinho and Zabaleta should pay attention to marking the opponent's left forward's breakthrough. We need to block him in the midfield and limit his performance."

He still has a good understanding of Chelsea's head coach Mourinho, after all, both of them have coached Real Madrid.

It is based on his understanding of Mourinho that he has made the current arrangement.

Compared with the tension in Manchester City, the atmosphere in Chelsea's locker room is relatively relaxed.

Head coach Mourinho sat on the bench, slowly drinking sports drinks with a calm smile on his face.

The players were standing or sitting, talking and laughing, and there was not much tension.

" Gentlemen, we are leading 1-0 in the first half and have the upper hand. In the second half, keep the pace, save your energy, and don't rush to score." Mourinho calmly guided

"As the leading side, we need to be more conservative and defend and counterattack."

"Ivanovic and Lampard, pay attention to the opponent's left wing, don't let them break through easily, Terry, you will command the backcourt defense, everyone else keep your position, don't run around"

" Believe in you, just be stable, the other side can't score two goals at once anyway, haha" Mourinho made a joke and everyone laughed

" OK, gentlemen, get ready to go!" Mourinho clapped his hands and said in a relaxed manner.

Who would have thought that Manchester City would give Chelsea a head start at the start of the second half.

The ball was at the feet of Javi Garcia, and Chelsea thought he was going to pass it to Nasri on the right.

But after the halftime break, Manchester City made an unexpected tactical change. Fernandinho stretched out his hand high on the left to ask for the ball, and the entire Chelsea defense was shocked. Fernandinho stopped the ball and kicked a long high ball with his left foot. The ball was as fast as lightning and fell accurately at the feet of David Silva.

He quickly broke into the penalty area while running. At this time, Chelsea midfielder Ramirez had no time to return to defense, and the defense was completely torn apart by this sudden long pass.

Facing the defense of defender Zabaleta, a short pass was directly given to Aguero who was inserted from behind.

In the 49th minute, Aguero received the ball and made a fake move to get past the last defender. He volleyed the ball in front of the goal and the ball went into the net!

On the field, all the Chelsea players looked unhappy. They didn't expect that Manchester City's goal came too suddenly and the defense was completely torn apart.

Coach Mourinho was furious on the sidelines and loudly scolded the players on the field.:" Wake up! Who told you to relax? The reason we took the lead in the first half was to be more cautious in the second half, not to give ourselves a head.!"

The head coach had lost his composure during the halftime break. Several defenders lowered their heads and dared not reply. Indeed, they were too lax.

" Cheer up! Losing a goal won't defeat you, the game is still long.!"

Mourinho continued to roar," Ramirez, keep an eye on Fernandinho, don't let him pass such a fatal long ball again! Others should also be alert, no mistakes are allowed to happen again!"

"Hey! Brothers, we're going to give these Manchester City guys a taste of their strength." Lampard gathered Chelsea's midfielders and forwards while the other team was still celebrating and said

"Brother, let me do it! I will blast them from the right!" Li Lei continued

"I can do this on the left too!" Schürrle said afterwards.

With Manchester City's goal, the score on the field became 1:1, and then the two sides began to fight in the midfield.

The game on the field made the head coach Mourinho frown on the sidelines.

So in the 66th minute, he took the lead in making substitutions, replacing two defenders in succession to strengthen the defense.

Mourinho paced back and forth on the sidelines, reminding the players on the team to keep their positions and guard carefully from time to time.

At this moment, he thought in his heart,"Defense is the top priority at the moment, and we cannot expose the gap in the back because of the attack."

The game time passed by every second, and the tactical competition was constantly taking place.

Seeing that the time came to the 75th minute, Li Lei was active on the right side, watching the Manchester City players constantly moving in the frontcourt, and then feeling his own physical strength, he thought to himself:"I can't wait any longer!"

So after many fake moves to shake off the opponent's defender and pull out a gap, he shouted loudly:"Give me the ball!"

Lampard keenly caught Li Lei's voice and immediately passed the ball to his feet.

Then Li Lei used his remaining physical strength, dribbled past two defenders to control the ball, and quickly broke into the opponent's penalty area!

The Manchester City defender was out of breath, Li Lei made an abrupt stop and changed direction, and the Manchester City defender stumbled and fell to the ground.

At this time, Li Lei started to sprint facing the empty goal, and the goalkeeper had also attacked, and the situation seemed to have formed a one-on-one situation!

Li Lei saw that the goalkeeper was about to tackle, so he decisively lifted the ball over the goalkeeper's head, and he also fell heavily to the ground due to exhaustion of physical strength.

Even so, he did not forget to look up to see the final result. This wonderful lob shot made all the Chelsea fans crazy.!

"Gooooooooal!!!!"

The commentator was so excited that his voice became hoarse, but he was still shouting with all his might.

In the 84th minute, Li Lei's wonderful goal changed the score to 2-1, and Chelsea took the lead again!

This was also his first goal after landing in the Premier League.