Chapter 250 The best partner! Defending the FA Cup! That ecstatic kick with the outside of the foot [Subscribe]

In the evening of September 5, Wembley Stadium in London.

In the 2011/12 FA Cup final, Bayswater Chinese played against Chelsea.

As the most influential traditional cup competition in the UK, the FA Cup has always been of great significance.

Especially this season’s FA Cup final, which featured a West London derby.

This not only caused a carnival in the whole of London, but also attracted special attention from the media and fans throughout the UK and even the world.

Although Chelsea’s performance has declined in recent seasons, its overall strength is still at the level of Premier League giants.

But whether it is the public opinion before the game, the predictions of professionals, or the media reports, they basically all agree that the Chinese talent from Bayswater is the real favorite.

After a period of rotation and adjustment, Bayswater Chinese fielded all their main players in this game.

Goalkeeper: Courtois;
Defense: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Piszczek;

Midfield: Matic drops back, with Toni Kroos and Modric in the middle;
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Walcott.

Yang Cheng arranged almost all of his players with the strongest offensive power to appear in the starting lineup of this game.

Chelsea also sent out all their main players.

Goalkeeper: Cech;
Defence: Ashley Cole, Terry, Ivanovic and Bosingwa;

Midfield: Lampard and Mikel form a double defensive midfielder, Sneijder plays as the No. 10 position;

Forwards: Ramires, Drogba and Eto’o.

After Di Matteo took over the team, the biggest difference between him and Villas-Boas was in the midfield.

Chelsea’s tactics were adjusted from the original 433 to a more balanced 4231 formation.

Several locker room bigwigs in the team also returned to the starting lineup.

The only difference is that Lampard began to retreat to play as a defensive midfielder, forming a double defensive midfielder with Mikel.

The purpose of doing this is obviously to make up for Mikel’s thinness and fragility when he plays as a single defensive midfielder.

After the tactical adjustment, Chelsea’s performance in the league has improved significantly, but the most important thing is still in the cup competition.

Whether it is the FA Cup or the Europa League, Chelsea has performed quite well.

It can be said that the only thing that can be criticized about Di Matteo after he took office is that he continued the previous tactical context and reused the veterans in the locker room, which made it difficult for players who were introduced with a lot of money, such as Van der Wiel and Alvaro Perreira, to get opportunities.

Benatia was rotated several times and performed well.

After adopting the 4231 formation, Chelsea’s overall tactical thinking also returned to its traditional route.

That is to focus on defense and deploy troops to launch a counterattack.

Sneijder played a vital role in this tactical system.

The Dutchman, who is good at both offense and defense, performed brilliantly under Di Matteo.

In this FA Cup final, Chelsea took the initiative to exert pressure after the kick-off and played very fiercely.

Of course, this kind of ferocity is not the kind of reckless fouling, but more of a game strategy.

But what really surprised Yang Cheng was Chelsea’s pressure on the midfield.

Chelsea players are very motivated and have a strong desire to win, which makes them show a very tenacious resilience in the game.

Even though the Chinese at Bayswater used their technical advantage to successfully control the ball after the start, the Blues still suppressed the Chinese at Bayswater through layered defense, active running of the players, and fierce pressing.

This made it difficult for Bayswater Chinese’s midfield to operate smoothly.

The offense and defense transitions were very fast, and the pace of the game was so fast that the fans and viewers in front of the TV could not keep up.

But under Chelsea’s pressing pressure, the Chinese players in Bayswater made more mistakes.

……

“Typical Italian coach style!”

When seeing Walcott hastily end an attack with a long shot, Yang Cheng walked back to the coaching seat and shook his head.

“Hold the middle and move to the sides!” Brian Kidd took over the conversation.

“That’s right, because Di Matteo also knows that his players are of such an age that they can’t cover such a large space.”

What Di Matteo means now is that Chelsea will concentrate its forces in the middle and let the Chinese players from Bayswater play on the wing, but if they want to move to the middle, they will have to face Chelsea’s iron wall.

When it comes to coaching defense, the Italian head coach is really good at it and it’s not simple at all.

Yang Cheng was mentally prepared for the difficulty of this game.

Italy’s head coaches are not easy to deal with, and Di Matteo is certainly not simple either.

What really surprised him was the fighting spirit shown by Chelsea players in this game.

“This is what makes him better than Villas-Boas, or rather, the qualities that a successful fire-fighting head coach should possess!”

Brian Kidd apparently doesn’t think very highly of Di Matteo.

A successful fire-fighting head coach does not necessarily mean he is a successful head coach.

These are two different things!
Putting out a fire midway and coaching a full season are two different things!
Just like Di Matteo.

If both coaches for a full season, can he really be better than Villas-Boas?

Not necessarily?

But now, Di Matteo has taken over midway. As an assistant coach before, he was able to see the conflicts and problems between Villas-Boas and the Chelsea locker room.

Therefore, the bigwigs in the locker room were suppressed under Villas-Boas, but were highly valued under Di Matteo.

This cannot be said to be that Di Matteo is better than Villas-Boas.

Because the coaching environment they face is different.

If Chelsea had chosen Di Matteo at the beginning of the season, he might have done the same as Boas.

Many times, this is the case, but everyone judges a hero by his success or failure.

Of course, from a tactical point of view, Di Matteo is indeed better than the young Villas-Boas.

“We can’t continue playing on the wing like this, we need to make some adjustments,” Brian Kidd suggested.

There’s no point in continuing to play like this.

No matter how well you play football on the wing, you still have to return to the middle to score a goal.

This is the essence of Italian defense.

But now, in the middle, it is difficult for the Chinese players in Bayswater to control the ball and create opportunities.

Of course Yang Cheng knew the reason.

In fact, he already knew it after the show started.

Why not adjust?

Because Chelsea’s defense is not solid.

The double defensive midfielder formation of Lampard and Mikel is not solid.

Mikel is very fragile when playing as a single defensive midfielder and is prone to mistakes. It looks good to have Lampard assisting him.

But when it comes to the actual game, it is easy to find that Lampard often pushes forward.

He is not used to playing as a defensive midfielder, he is still used to playing as an attacker.

This is a shortcoming.

But the Chinese in Bayswater did not take advantage of this shortcoming.

Toni Kroos frequently stretched Chelsea’s defence with lateral transfers, forcing them to move back and forth.

But Modric was concerned about Lampard and Sneijder, and obviously did not dare to move forward too much.

That’s how football plays sometimes.

It doesn’t mean that the problems that the head coach sees can also be seen by the players on the court, or they can make good use of them.

Especially a strong dialogue like today’s.

Opportunities are fleeting.

But it is not important.

The head coach needs to make constant adjustments and keep trying so that the players on the field can gradually play the tactics he wants and achieve his desired goals.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng looked at the time again. 25 minutes had passed.

The game looked intense and fast-paced, but in reality, neither side was able to create a truly threatening attack.

Bayswater Chinese created more chances, but most of them were long shots.

Or after entering the restricted area, they were immediately stopped.

Chelsea only had one relatively threatening attack.

In the 21st minute, in a quick counterattack, Sneijder made a straight pass and Eto’o dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Thiago Silva chased closely all the way, sticking to the Cameroon striker, blocking Eto’o’s inside route and making it difficult for the African cheetah to get close to the goal.

Finally, Eto’o reluctantly kicked the ball from the right side of the penalty area, but it was caught by Courtois and fell into the right corner of the small penalty area.

After Yang Cheng considered it for a moment, he quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted, “Luka.”

Modric on the court heard Yang Cheng’s shout and looked over immediately.

Yang Cheng was bending over on the sidelines, constantly making forward motions towards him, signaling him to move forward a little further.

Make more forward runs!
Modric was breathing heavily, but still nodded to Yang Cheng to indicate that he had seen it.

At the same time, Yang Cheng called Matic again, signaling him to move forward a little and lock down Sneijder.

The Dutchman is not very fast and Matic is more than capable of dealing with him.

But Sneijder’s most troublesome thing is his passing.

This guy’s ability to pass the ball during counterattacks is really frightening.

In the counterattack just now, if Thiago Silva had not been fast enough to entangle Eto’o and was not able to be beaten by the African cheetah, the ball would basically have been won.

This is actually Yang Cheng’s greatest confidence now.

Bayswater Chinese are not only strong in the midfield, but also have strong individual abilities among their defensive players.

Thiago Silva, Pepe and Kompany are all the best central defenders in the world and their personal abilities are beyond doubt.

In this situation, Yang Cheng has enough confidence to push the team’s defense line.

“Robert!”

After thinking about it, Yang Cheng covered his mouth with his hands again and shouted loudly.

Lewandowski on the field also heard the shouting and looked over immediately.

Yang Cheng stretched out the index and middle fingers of his right hand and made a retreat gesture towards Lewandowski.

After a few comparisons, Lewandowski understood what the coach meant.

Ask him to retreat a little.

Next are Gareth Bale and Walcott. They should push forward but also move to the flanks and center appropriately.

The flanks were given to Marcelo and Piszczek.

Yang Cheng made a series of on-the-spot adjustments on the sidelines, which caused quite a stir.

Yang Cheng did not hide his adjustments but was open and aboveboard.

Even if Di Matteo saw it, so what?
Now the initiative and the ball are in the hands of the Chinese in Bayswater.

This is the biggest advantage!

Yang Cheng can attack however he wants now.

The only difference lies in whether it can be broken!
This is actually why Yang Cheng would rather face Manchester City than Barcelona in the Champions League final.

When facing Barcelona, ​​the Chinese in Bayswater would be the equivalent of today’s Chelsea.

Kicking like this is too passive and awkward!

Of course, Yang Cheng also knows very well how to play against Barcelona.

All I can say is that between Barcelona and Manchester City, he will be more confident playing for Manchester City.

……

After Yang Cheng made adjustments, the situation on the court did not change immediately.

But everyone can clearly see that the players on the field of Bayswater Chinese are constantly adjusting their tactical play.

In the 34th minute, Marcelo advanced to the left side of the frontcourt, with his back to the direction of attack, and received a cross from Toni Kroos.

Since Eto’o in the frontcourt did not retreat to participate in the defense, it was Mikel who used his body to block Marcelo.

When Marcelo received the cross from Toni Kroos, he first pretended to get rid of the ball to the ribs, but in fact, after the ball came to him, the Brazilian suddenly dribbled the ball in circles.

The most troublesome thing about Marcelo, the left-back, is that he has excellent ball-stopping and dribbling abilities. At the same time, he can go to the flank and the outside, and can make a straight pass as well as a cross.

He is even capable of long-distance diagonal and horizontal passes.

The key is that he is not tall, has agile feet, and has all the typical Brazilian player’s skills.

This makes it easy for defensive players to be fooled by him.

The previous feint had deceived Mikel and induced him to lose his focus.

When Marcelo dribbled the ball and turned to get rid of it, Mikel was very close but was completely powerless to stop him.

He wanted to reach out and pull the ball, but Marcelo just turned around and rushed to the same position as Mikel. When he got the chance to pass the ball, he immediately sent a diagonal cross with his left foot and sent the ball directly into the penalty area.

Marcelo’s diagonal pass landed near the penalty spot in the penalty area. Lewandowski quickly moved forward and rushed over to compete for the header.

As a result, at the critical moment, Terry retreated to defend, jumped up quickly, headed the ball back, and cleared the penalty area.

But Modric followed closely behind and shot directly from the top of the arc.

This long shot was very quick, but because it was a volley, the quality was not very high.

Cech judged the path of the ball steadily. He first lifted the ball with both hands, then jumped up and held the ball steadily.

“The Bayswater Chinese attack was very sudden.”

“We were very impressed with Marcelo’s ability to get out of the game and cross from the left wing.”

“And Modric also started to move forward actively.”

“This also confirms what we just said.”

“In fact, Modric has very strong attacking ability. Whether it is through passes or the ability to hold the ball under intensive defense, he is the best performer in the Bayswater Chinese team.”

“In this case, Yang Cheng obviously hopes to unleash Modric’s ability in this area.”

“It seems that what we have done so far is still not enough.”

“Especially the entire frontcourt, which has not been fully activated yet!”

“Of course, the Chinese in Bayswater also need to be careful about Lampard and Sneijder’s ability to get in behind and pass the ball when Chelsea’s midfield counterattacks.”

“But an attack like the one just now is really very dangerous.”

“Chelsea still needs to pay attention to their defense.”

After launching a threatening attack, the Bayswater Chinese players also began to increase their efforts.

In the 39th minute, Modric made a straight pass, and Lewandowski retreated to the position between Chelsea’s midfield and defense line to receive the ball. After turning around, he suddenly made a long shot about 25 meters away from the goal.

The shot was powerful, but the angle was slightly off and went directly out of the goal.

In the 43rd minute, Piszczek made a cross from the right and Lewandowski headed the ball to the front post.

At the back post, Gareth Bale headed the ball, trying to head a rebound off the ground and hit the right side of the goal in the opposite direction.

As a result, Cech was prepared, landed quickly and blocked the ball with one hand.

But in the last ten minutes of the first half, Chelsea paid the price of two yellow cards.

These were also the only two yellow cards in the first half.

They were given to Mikel and Ivanovic respectively.

Among them, Ivanovic was fouled by the Serbian central defender when Lewandowski retreated to receive the ball before the end of the first half.

……

Snapped!
In the home team’s locker room at Wembley Stadium, Yang Cheng slapped the tactical board hard.

This immediately drew everyone’s attention to himself.

The players played for 45 minutes in the first half and were very physically exhausted.

But at this moment, everyone raised their heads and looked intently at Yang Cheng and the tactical blackboard behind him.

Listed above are the lineups of the two teams for this game, as well as the players’ positions.

“see it?”

“Our tactics in the last ten minutes of the first half worked!”

“We made several threatening attacks in a row, which proved that our thinking was correct.”

“Chelsea wanted to defend but they didn’t just retreat, they pressed from midfield.”

“They were very afraid of our midfield.”

“But in this way, their defense line cannot be dragged too far back.”

“Lampard, pay attention, Lampard, he often heads forward, give him the ball, and he often heads straight forward.”

“This has been his playing habit throughout his career!”

“At this time, Mikel was a single defensive midfielder and it was difficult for him to cover such a large area.”

As Yang Cheng spoke, he kept drawing circles on the tactical board so that everyone could see clearly what he wanted to express.

“So I said in the first half, Robert, you retreat first, Luca, you have to press forward.”

“You two need to form a pincer on Mikel’s area and plan our attack from here!”

“Think about it, isn’t it?”

The players had just come off the field and the situation in the first half was still fresh in their memory.

If you think about it carefully, it is actually true.

“Gareth, Theo!”

Yang Cheng mentioned the names of Gareth Bale and Walcott.

“When Robert retreats, you must push forward in time, right in the rib area between the full-back and the center back, hold on tightly and be ready to attack behind at any time.”

“If Chelsea’s defence falls back, that’s good, Robert and Luca will be alive.”

“If they don’t retreat, that’s even better. Pass the ball behind you. You have enough speed advantage.”

In Yang Cheng’s opinion, Bayswater Chinese actually did quite well throughout the first half.

After all, it is the FA Cup final. The players are eager to win the championship and are trying their best.

The only problem was Chelsea’s defense.

Yang Cheng is now taking advantage of Chelsea’s weakness and soft spot, and hitting them hard and continuously until cracks appear in the opponent’s defense and the defense line collapses.

This seemingly stupid method is actually the only way.

It is also the most effective way!
“guys.”

It’s almost time.

Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously, calling everyone to gather around him.

“You all played for 45 minutes, the score was 0-0, I believe you must have felt Chelsea’s fighting spirit in this game, and their desire to win the game and the championship!”

“This is a Chelsea team that has been forced into a desperate situation with no way out!”

“Do you understand?”

“They have no way out!”

“This is the most powerful strength they unleashed when they were in desperate situations!”

“This is an opponent worthy of our respect!”

“But I want to ask you, are you willing to lose this final?”

“We have the Premier League, the FA Cup final is just around the corner, we have come this far with so much hardship, and you are willing to give up?”

Yang Cheng left some time for everyone to think.

The locker room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Yang Cheng continued, “Anyway, I’m unwilling to accept this!”

“I hope you can go on the field and prove that even against a Chelsea team like this, we can still beat our opponents!”

“Because we are the strongest!”

“That’s right, we are the strongest!” Modric shouted loudly following Yang Cheng’s words.

“Yes, that’s right!”

“We did it!”

“all together!”

Everyone gathered closer, heads touching heads, shoulders touching shoulders, and hands holding hands.

“Bayswater Chinese, come on!”

“Go to hell, Chelsea!”

“Fuck! Fuck!! Fuck!!!”

……

“Referee Phil Dodd blew the whistle for the second half.”

“Both teams changed sides and continued the game.” “Neither team made any substitutions during the halftime break.”

“Chelsea kick off now.”

“The Bayswater Chinese took the initiative.”

“It seems that after the halftime break, Yang Cheng should have been in the locker room, making some tactical adjustments.”

“Chelsea started the game very cautiously.”

“That’s as it should be.”

“The Bayswater Chinese have always been very good at attacking at the start of the game, so the opening phase of the two halves is often the most troublesome and fearful time for the opponents.”

“Chelsea’s handling of the situation is still very cautious.”

“But the Chinese in Bayswater are very aggressive in grabbing the goods.”

“Bosingwa was pressed by Gareth Bale and he just kicked the ball.”

“The ball went out of bounds. It’s out of bounds.”

“Just 12 seconds into the second half, the ball changed hands.”

……

“We saw that the Chinese in Bayswater passed the ball to the right.”

“Theo Walcott stopped well, dribbled forward and faced Ashley Cole.”

“The ball passed!”

“Exceptionally beautiful!”

“Walcott passed the ball, rushed to the baseline, and made a cross into the penalty area.”

“Lewandowski heads the ball.”

“Terry’s solid header cleared the ball.”

“Bayswater Chinese had a fierce attack in the second half, and the two flanks were still very active.”

“But it has been proven in the first half that Lewandowski does not have much advantage over Terry when it comes to crosses from the wing, so the Bayswater Chinese still need to consider other offensive tactics.”

……

“The Bayswater Chinese intercepted the ball in their own half.”

“Leave it to Modric, quickly launch a counterattack.”

“Modric dribbled the ball across the halfway line and passed it to the right.”

“It still fell to Walcott.”

“Let’s see how the Bayswater Chinese attack will go this time.”

“We saw that Walcott didn’t stop the ball well on his first try.”

“Ashley Cole’s speed in getting back on defense is very fast.”

“Walcott was forced to turn around and dribble the ball back to Piszczek.”

As Piszczek ran across the halfway line and faced the return pass from Walcott, he glanced halfway.

Modric was waving him to pass the ball to the left.

After Chelsea quickly returned to defense, Ashley Cole’s side returned to defense very quickly.

Piszczek understood what he meant. Without waiting for the ball to be passed to him, he took a step forward and kicked the ball to the left with a big kick.

After hearing the shouting from his teammates, Gareth Bale turned his head, took a look at the passing line, and immediately ran back.

On the left side of Chelsea’s 30-meter area, Gareth Bale headed the ball to Toni Kroos without any defense.

Toni Kroos raised his hand, signaling his teammates to stay calm.

But at the same time, the German player stopped the ball steadily.

Chelsea retreated too quickly just now, and at this moment no one came up to put close pressure on Toni Kroos.

This allowed the German midfielder to take a step sideways towards the center when he got the ball.

But just when everyone thought that Toni Kroos wanted to slow down the pace of the game, they saw Modric suddenly speed up from behind Lampard and others and rush towards the top of the arc.

Almost at the same time, Lewandowski ran horizontally to the left inside the penalty area.

Toni Kroos, who had just been signaling his teammates to stay steady and slow down the pace, suddenly made a straight pass without waiting for Mikel to rush over.

The ball was accurately passed to the left side of the arc top area, along Modric’s running route.

The Croatian midfielder stopped the ball with the outside of his left foot, then quickly turned around with his back to the direction of attack. When he saw Lampard rushing over to grab the ball, he kicked the ball first.

The ball hit Lampard’s feet and bounced back.

At this moment, Modric has Terry behind him, Lampard and Sneijder in front of him, and Mikel who is quickly returning to defense on the left.

Chelsea had seven defensive players retreat back to defend inside and outside the penalty area.

Bayswater Chinese only have two players.

There were four defensive players surrounding Modric.

But the Croatian seemed to have eyes at the back of his head. When he saw the ball being touched by Lampard and bounced up, he thought quickly and suddenly stepped forward, with his back to the direction of attack, and kicked the ball with the outside of his right foot.

It’s more like sweeping than picking.

But no matter what, the ball was picked up by Modric and sent to the left side of the penalty area.

Lewandowski was originally running sideways, but when he saw Modric had his back to the direction of attack, he chose to move forward.

But Ivanovich stayed close to him.

When Modric’s lob fell to the left side of the penalty area, Lewandowski took the initiative to rush over, blocking Ivanovic at close range and also engaging in a physical confrontation.

Ivanovic was originally heading towards the baseline, but Lewandowski suddenly ran over like this and confronted him when he stopped and turned around, which made Ivanovic completely lose his balance.

As the ball fell, Lewandowski turned sideways and stopped the ball with his chest, and then turned around.

Without waiting for the ball to land, the Polish center forward kicked the ball directly.

During the whole process, Ivanovic watched coldly behind Lewandowski.

The Chelsea center back, who had lost his balance, was unable to make any defensive response to the shot that was so close.

Cech reacted quickly and made a side dive.

But the shot was from a relatively close distance and at a very tricky angle.

The football went straight into the left side of the goal not far away!

Cech was still a little slow after all.

“The ball went in!!!”

“In the 54th minute, in the 54th minute of the second half, the Bayswater Chinese played a very wonderful offensive combination!”

“Modric made an imaginative pass, Lewandowski suppressed Ivanovic in the penalty area, volleyed from close range and broke Chelsea’s goal!”

“1 to 0!”

“This was a tacit offensive coordination.”

“From the counterattack on the right, to Piszczek’s move to the left, Toni Kroos’s smoke bomb…”

“But the most exciting part was the cooperation between Modric and Lewandowski!”

“We can be sure that something must have happened to the Bayswater Chinese during the half-time break.”

“After the second half, we saw that Modric was completely activated!”

“The Croatian midfielder used an imaginative pass to assist Lewandowski and score the first goal for the Bayswater Chinese!”

……

After seeing Lewandowski score, Yang Cheng was so excited that he rushed to the edge of the coaching area, clenched his fists and cheered loudly.

Less than 10 minutes into the second half, the team took the lead!

This is a really good start!
More importantly, Modric’s forward run created this goal.

And it’s at the top of the arc.

This proves that the judgment and decision made by Yang Cheng during the halftime break were correct!
And the right decision can bring more confidence to the players on the court.

“Modric’s lob pass just now was brilliant!” Brian Kidd couldn’t help but praise.

Yang Cheng smiled with some pride.

The better Modric performs, the more accurate Yang Cheng’s vision becomes.

Everyone knows that he was promoted by Yang Cheng.

In fact, with the in-depth digging of media reporters, Modric’s miserable situation in Dinamo Zagreb youth team has long been known to media and fans around the world.

A skinny boy who seemed to have no talent for playing football was trained by Yang Cheng to become a world-class midfielder.

Is there anything more legendary than this?
“I’ve said before that his most important tactical role is his ability to get the ball and get rid of it in high-intensity pressing situations.”

“His presence allows us to inject more control into our fast-paced offense and defense.”

This is a bit like what Yang Cheng said about Mourinho’s Chelsea back then.

What is missing is a holding midfielder.

If Deco had joined that year, coupled with the white wizard Veron, Chelsea’s midfield would have become extremely powerful.

Toni Kroos brings stability to the team, while Modric brings change.

The most amazing thing is that these two players cooperated perfectly.

This is the best partner, the effect of one plus one is greater than two!

And with the Chinese player from Bayswater scoring, Chelsea could no longer defend.

This is a final!
We are already behind in the score, is there any point in defending at this time?
In the 55th minute, Di Matteo made the first substitution.

Malouda replaced Ramires.

Chelsea also made some adjustments in midfield.

Mikel played as a single defensive midfielder and Lampard started to push forward.

The lineup immediately changed to a 433 formation.

But Yang Cheng also immediately adjusted the team’s tactics. He did not let the players retreat to defend, but continued to increase the intensity of the attack.

If they retreat at this time, Chelsea will take advantage of the situation and launch an attack.

Yang Cheng doesn’t like this!
He even hoped that Chelsea would emerge.

In the 64th minute, after a steal in the backcourt defense, Thiago Silva made a long pass, trying to find Lewandowski in the frontcourt.

When the ball reached the front of Chelsea’s 30-meter area, Terry once again grabbed the first point, headed the ball away, and headed it back.

It was a high ball.

After being hit, the ball appears high but not far.

Just as the ball was falling, Modric got in position first.

The Croatian kicked the ball away with ease.

The football obediently changed from a high ball to a ground ball, obeying Modric’s will and moving forward.

Such a wonderful ball-stopping skill made everyone’s eyes light up.

But at the same time, it also shocked Chelsea’s defenders.

After Modric dribbled the ball, Lewandowski quickly retreated and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

This prevented Terry, who had just cleared the ball with a header, from returning to the back line immediately.

Ivanovic’s position is also closer to the center.

After Modric dribbled the ball, he looked at Lewandowski on the surface, but in fact he was making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. He suddenly sent a soul-stirring outside-foot diagonal pass and passed the ball to Walcott on the right side of the penalty area.

There was a large gap between Ashley Cole and Ivanovic. The little tiger received the ball sideways between two defensive players and dribbled into the right side of the penalty area.

Ivanovic reacted very quickly, turning around and chasing back, blocking Walcott’s inside all the way.

But the little tiger started faster and immediately left Ivanovic half a body length away, then kicked a low ball in front of the goal with his right foot.

The ball was passed from outside the right side of the small penalty area to the left side of the front of the small penalty area.

Gareth Bale quickly caught up and pushed the ball with his left foot to the lower right corner of the goal in the opposite direction.

This is the area where the Welsh are best at scoring goals!
The football obediently hit the lower inside end of the right post and bounced into Chelsea’s goal.

2 is better than 0!

“The ball went in!!!”

“Bayswater Chinese win again!”

“Goal from Gareth Bale!”

“In the 64th minute, the Chinese from Bayswater once again broke through Chelsea’s goal!”

“This was another great offensive combination.”

“Modric’s through ball was very timely, and Walcott’s stop and subsequent cross pass were also crucial!”

“This is the offensive threat from the Chinese in Bayswater!”

“The trident in the front court is always running and interweaving.”

“And they all have very outstanding individual abilities, which makes it difficult for defensive players to defend against them!”

“2 to 0!”

“The current situation is quite unfavorable for Chelsea!”

……

After the Chinese in Bayswater scored two goals in a row, anyone could see that the game was over.

After replaying the second goal, the live TV camera specifically turned to the stands.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was caught on camera during the live broadcast.

The Russians look like they are in a very bad mood!
“He certainly had every reason to be disappointed with Chelsea’s performance tonight.”

“But we also have to see that the Blues played tenaciously for most of the time and the players were full of fighting spirit.”

“But they are definitely not as strong as the Bayswater Chinese.”

“If the first half was barely evenly matched, in the second half, after Yang Cheng adjusted the team’s offensive tactics, Chelsea’s defense was broken down again and again.”

“In the final analysis, it’s still the gap in strength.”

“Especially in the midfield.”

……

When the game reached the 70th minute, Chelsea’s crazy counterattack also paid off.

Even after taking a 2-goal lead, Yang Cheng did not choose to retreat, but continued to confront Chelsea head-on.

But this time, Bayswater Chinese made mistakes in defense.

Drogba headed the ball from the front of the penalty area, overpowering Thiago Silva’s header and heading it back to the top of the arc.

Sneijder came from behind and sent the ball into the right side of the Bayswater Chinese goal with a long shot from the top of the arc.

Courtois flew to save the ball as quickly as possible, but still failed to prevent the ball from entering the net.

1 is better than 2!

This goal ignited hope for everyone in Chelsea.

Di Matteo did not make any more substitutions, but instead signaled the team to continue to strengthen the attack.

Yang Cheng still did not make any substitutions, but continued to intensify his offensive.

Just six minutes after conceding the goal, Chelsea intercepted the ball outside their own penalty area and quickly passed it to Lampard, trying to launch another attack.

The England midfielder stopped the ball, turned around and rushed forward with the ball. When he just reached the bottom of the center circle, Matic quickly caught up, stretched out his hand to grab Lampard’s shoulder, and kicked the ball down.

After the ball was intercepted, Lampard staggered back two steps before “suddenly” falling to the ground.

Referee Phil Dowd did not blow his whistle.

Apparently, he thought Lampard was diving.

But this time it was the Bayswater Chinese who were attacking.

For the sake of offensive advantage, he did not blow the whistle.

After Matic intercepted the ball, he quickly passed it to Gareth Bale in front.

Bosingwa returned to defense in time and blocked Gareth Bale.

The Welshman passed the ball back to Toni Kroos.

After the German midfielder stopped the ball and turned around, he quickly sent a diagonal pass to Modric in the front right, and then he quickly ran forward.

Modric understood what he meant, turned his back to the direction of attack and passed the ball back.

The two midfielders’ wall pass was a one-kick pass at a very fast speed.

When Toni Kroos rushed to the outside of the penalty area, the German looked forward and found that there was no chance to shoot at all.

Because there is a black goalkeeper like Mikel in front of him.

So, Toni Kroos decisively changed his tactics and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot.

At this time, Toni Kroos’ advantage of being able to deliver accurate passes with both feet was revealed.

Despite facing the attacking direction, Mikel felt that he had taken it seriously enough.

But because he did not closely mark Toni Kroos at the first time, the German midfielder made a low left-foot pass to the right corner of the penalty area.

After Piszczek quickly caught up, facing Ashley Cole who ran out to intercept, the Polish right back did not pass the ball to Lewandowski.

Because he saw that Chelsea’s defenders were already freezing this line.

Just look at Terry’s movement.

So, instead of crossing the ball, he dribbled the ball back and made a horizontal pass.

Modric quickly made a run and, on the right side of the penalty area with no one guarding him, he stopped the ball with his left foot and then made a curved pass with his right foot.

The ball was passed directly from the right side of the penalty area to the left post of the goal.

Because Chelsea’s defensive players, especially Terry and Ivanovic, were all attracted by Lewandowski and Walcott and all ran to the front point.

As a result, there was no one left in Chelsea’s entire back defense.

More importantly, they all thought that Piszczek would cross the ball to Lewandowski, so they had no way to deal with Modric’s diagonal pass.

Everyone could only turn around and watch as the red figure quickly rushed to the outside of the left post, jumped high, headed the ball from close range, and slammed the ball into the left side of Chelsea’s goal.

“The ball went in!!!”

“In the 76th minute, Gareth Bale’s header again!”

“Bayswater Chinese win again!”

“3 to 1!”

“This offensive coordination was quite beautiful!”

“This is the kind of passing and cutting that the Chinese at Bayswater are best at, with both local passing and cutting by the players and sudden transfers by Toni Kroos.”

“After the defense was stretched, Modric passed the ball diagonally back to the side with weak defense, and finally Gareth Bale made the final move!”

“I have to say, this is a typical Bayswater Chinese goal!”

“There are still more than ten minutes left in the game, but for Chelsea, it can be said that they are already doomed!”

“If it weren’t for Gareth Bale’s goal, perhaps the game would still be suspenseful.”

“but now……”

“This goal will be a huge blow to Chelsea’s morale.”

“They had worked so hard to score a goal, but within six minutes, Bayswater Chinese widened the gap again.”

“Time is running out. At this moment, the Blue Army’s enemy is not only the Bayswater Chinese, but also time!”

……

When even time becomes an opponent, Chelsea actually has little chance of winning.

What’s more, they didn’t create many chances throughout the game.

On the contrary, it is the Chinese in Bayswater.

Although they were contained in defense, they held the initiative throughout the game.

After the game entered the 80th minute, Yang Cheng began to make substitutions after seeing Chelsea’s physical exhaustion and the team’s morale decline, and the intensity of their pressing pressure had declined.

Pogba, Harry Kane and Kyle Walker successively got the chance to play.

They all performed well in previous FA Cup games, but due to various reasons this season, Yang Cheng did not arrange them to start in the semi-finals and finals.

The substitute playing time is also relatively limited.

But Yang Cheng had promised them before that he would make up for it by appearing in the remaining few league games.

Because after this game, Yang Cheng’s team will begin to concentrate all their energy on preparing for the Champions League final in two weeks.

The league championship has already been won ahead of schedule, and the remaining few games are basically just formalities, focusing on training and adjusting the players’ condition.

Therefore, Yang Cheng will arrange for young players in the team to play as much as possible.

When the game time jumped into the 93rd minute, Phil Dodd blew the whistle to end the game.

Bayswater Chinese finally defeated Chelsea 3-1 with Gareth Bale’s double and Lewandowski’s goal, successfully defending the FA Cup title!

(End of this chapter)