Chapter 152
As the halftime whistle sounded, the first half of the game officially ended. In the Sky Sports live broadcast room, Keane and Jones sat in the live broadcast room to comment on the two teams in the first half.
Keane:"It was a very exciting first half. The two teams went back and forth, and the confrontation was very fierce. Tottenham chose to attack actively at the beginning, but was quickly suppressed by Chelsea. Then the Blues took control of the situation and pressed the Tottenham goal many times."
Jones:"Chelsea did control the situation, but Tottenham did not give up the ball obediently. The counterattack was very strong. Lampard's tactical foul can be said to have saved the day, otherwise Tottenham might have scored a goal."
Keane:"Both sides played very hard, but neither scored a goal. The Blues' active attack was the highlight. We look forward to them taking the lead in the second half."
Jones:"Tottenham will never give up. I think the result of the second half is still hanging, but Chelsea has the advantage of home court and may win. Let's wait and see!"
The whistle sounded, and Li Lei followed his teammates to the locker room. Along the way, there were enthusiastic cheers from the home fans, and they also waved to the fans.
After entering the locker room, coach Mourinho immediately began to deploy tactics for the second half.
"Gentlemen, we played well in the first half and controlled the situation. Now we need to keep up the good work and win the game.!"
"Tottenham is difficult to deal with. We have to be patient. Opportunities will come. The key is to seize them."
"Li Lei, in the second half, you should coordinate and organize the attack in the front court"
"Willian and Ramires, please help the back line defend well. Hazard, please pull the ball to the side and attract all the Tottenham defenders."
"I need you to continue to maintain a positive offensive attitude. Sooner or later, you will find a chance to score, especially on both sides. You must break through more to create opportunities."
"Believe in yourself, believe in your teammates, we will definitely win!"
Chelsea launched an active attack at the beginning of the second half, using the same opening tactics as Tottenham in the first half.
After the kick-off, Li Lei passed the ball to Schurrle, but the latter did not find a chance to break through and passed the ball back to Li Lei.
After Li Lei got the ball, he did not hold the ball too much, and immediately passed it to Hazard on the left with one touch. After receiving the ball in the frontcourt, Hazard took a few steps forward, used a fake move to attract the defensive players to gather towards him, and then passed the ball back to Li Lei.
At this time, Eto'o was also attracting defenders in front, which made Li Lei pass the ball with ease.
Li Lei With his superb vision and passing skills, he thrived in this advantageous formation and passed the ball in a dazzling manner.
Tottenham's defenders were restrained by his unpredictable passes and could only follow passively.
When passing in the midfield, Li Lei successfully attracted the attention of the Tottenham defenders. When the opponent went to chase Li Lei, he immediately passed the ball to Ramirez behind him.
Seeing this, the Tottenham players went to besiege Ramirez again, which opened up a gap in the defense. At this moment, Li Lei seized the opportunity and began to quickly insert himself in the gap.
Ramirez saw Li Lei start to run and directly sent a long pass to him in the frontcourt.
Li Lei dribbled the ball into the Tottenham penalty area at high speed, Kyle Norton and Michael Dawson, two defenders, rushed over to clamp down on him.
His running successfully attracted two Tottenham defenders to pester him, which gave central striker Eto'o an opportunity.
Just when the two defenders were concentrating on dealing with Li Lei, Li Lei suddenly stopped the ball and shot a cross pass, sending the ball accurately to Eto'o's feet in the penalty area. Eto'o stopped sharply after receiving the ball, turned around and shot near the penalty spot!
The ball went into the net, and Chelsea led Tottenham 1-0.!
"Goooooooal!"
Keane shouted excitedly:"It's so beautiful! Li Lei's pass was superb, completely destroying Tottenham's defensive situation and accurately sending the ball to Eto'o."
"Eto'o also seized the opportunity and scored with a beautiful volley.!"
"This is Li Lei's first assist in this game. His performance is really outstanding."
"Through his skill and vision, he created a goal-scoring opportunity and Eto'o put the ball into the net."
"Chelsea finally broke the deadlock in the derby and led Tottenham 1-0. This will have a decisive impact on the rest of the game."
"Xiao Li's performance was outstanding. This assist showed his superb passing skills. He was one of the key figures in this victory.!"
""Boom!" Eto'o's goal made the home fans crazy, and the entire Stamford Bridge stadium was boiling instantly.
The home fans held up flags and scarves, shouting at the top of their lungs, celebrating the Blues' lead.
"Chelsea! Chelsea!" The fans shouted the team's name in unison, and the whole stadium was surrounded by a sea of blue people.
The sound waves of Stamford Bridge were higher and higher, and the warm atmosphere infected every Chelsea player.
Eto'o even slid on his knees to celebrate this hard-won goal.
The Blues' bench area also rioted, Mourinho and his assistants hugged each other tightly, and they felt that victory was just around the corner.
The Chelsea players on the field also celebrated and hugged each other, and Li Lei happily high-fived his teammates to celebrate.
Facing Chelsea's goal, this caught Tottenham off guard, so they immediately launched a crazy counterattack and pushed forward all the way to try to equalize the score.
However, only 4 minutes later, Chelsea made a comeback again!
Midfielder Li Lei made a precise long pass and perfectly found Hazard's running position. Hazard dribbled into the penalty area at high speed and faced Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris alone.
Just as Hazard adjusted the shooting angle, he was knocked down in the penalty area from behind by Tottenham defender Kaboul.
The referee whistled a penalty without hesitation and showed Kaboul a second yellow card, sending him off the field!
Kaboul has accumulated two yellow cards in this game Yellow card, unfortunately he was sent off, and Tottenham had to play with one less player.
On the field, Tottenham players were still protesting against the referee, but they only got a penalty kick.
When Hazard was about to kick off, the audience held their breath nervously.
Hazard started jogging and kicked the ball hard into the upper left corner of the goal.
The ball drew a beautiful parabola, and the goalkeeper couldn't save it in time, and it was nailed directly into the net!
As the referee signaled that the goal was valid, Stamford Bridge broke out in warm cheers again, 2:0, Chelsea led Tottenham by two goals!
Chelsea scored in a short Scoring two goals in just 5 minutes made the Tottenham players and spectators on the field somewhat confused and lost.
The two goals suppressed Tottenham's fighting spirit, which made their counterattack passion become sluggish and powerless.
In the following game, Chelsea firmly controlled the situation and kept the ball firmly under their feet.
Tottenham's counterattack also seemed to be without any threat, and their every attack was blocked by Chelsea's solid defense.
In the following time, Li Lei and Eto'o opened the Tottenham goal again.
In the end, Chelsea won the derby with a score of 4:0.
