chsdbacks Chapter 284 Harry Kane
Chapter 284 Harry Kane
Chapter 284 Harry Kane
Chelsea's ability to achieve such results during the Christmas period with the most intensive schedule is beyond many people's expectations.
Before coming to the UK, Shi Hao also knew that the Premier League's Christmas devil schedule was criticized, but he only knew the pain when he experienced it himself.
After the 18th round of the Premier League, he had physical problems. In the 12th round of the Premier League on December 28, Chelsea challenged Saints Southampton away, Shi Hao could only watch from the sidelines.
Mourinho once again deployed a 3 midfielder formation, but still failed to prevent Southampton from scoring.
In the 17th minute, Tadic sent an overhead ball, and Mane single-handedly faced Courtois and scored.After this goal, Southampton took advantage of the home court to extinguish the sparks of Chelsea's counterattack time and time again.During the intermission, Mourinho couldn't sit still, replaced Schurrle with Shi Hao, and soon replaced Mikel with Drogba, trying to reverse the situation.
But it wasn't until injury time that Southampton's physical strength declined badly, and after Schneiderlin accumulated two yellow cards and went off, Chelsea equalized the score.After receiving the pass from Cesc Fabregas, Shi Hao got rid of Yoshida Maya and Wundt one after another, and shot through Foster's ten fingers with a low shot, helping Chelsea bring back a point from the away game.
In the press conference after the game, Mourinho fired again, thinking that the referee always used double standards against Chelsea, and Chelsea was always the victim of some unfavorable judgments.In the 54th minute of the game, Fabregas fell in Southampton's penalty area, but was considered a fake by the referee; in the 81st minute, a goal by Shi Hao was called offside.
Despite not being able to win away from home, Chelsea still won the half-time championship.Chelsea currently has 48 points and is far ahead in the standings.In his 17 league appearances, Shi Hao scored a total of 18 goals and 14 assists, leading the scorer list and tied for first place with Cesc Fabregas in the assist list.
Due to not getting enough rest, Shi Hao's physical fitness did not improve.Three days after this game, on New Year's Day, Chelsea once again ushered in a fierce away game. They went to White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham.
With Chelsea's 4-0 win last month, Mourinho believes the game should be an easy one, and the course of the opening stages seemed to suggest that.
Although Shi Hao was exhausted and consciously reduced his dribbling, his final pass was still sharp.In the 18th minute, Courtois launched a counterattack with a big kick. After receiving the ball, Hazard broke through and rushed into the penalty area. A low shot hit the far post and popped out.After receiving the ball, Shi Hao swayed away from Chadley, and kicked the ball to the goal. All Diego Costa needed to do was raise his leg and hit the ball into the net.
Chelsea, which led 1:0, began to become a little careless, while Tottenham were as red-eyed and seemed desperate on the court. Two minutes later, Tottenham's midfielder Mason was injured and Dembele came off the bench.
In Tottenham's offensive frenzy, Chelsea seemed to be able to counterattack more easily. In the 24th minute, Shi Hao took the ball and waded through Dembele, passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and ran resolutely towards the middle of the penalty area.Diego Costa rushed to the goal. He took a step and made a gesture to shoot, but passed the ball to the center.Shi Hao shot directly without stopping the ball, the football passed Lloris' fingertips, hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net.
2:0!Mourinho smiled easily, and the team seemed to be about to replicate the last victory.
Leading by two goals, let the Chelsea players relax.They began to reduce physical confrontation intentionally or unintentionally to prevent injuries, and the frontcourt pressing was no longer active.
On the other hand, Tottenham are playing higher and higher, as if this is a game that determines the title of the champion.And their efforts have paid off.In the 30th minute, Tottenham left-back Danny Rose passed the ball. Harry Kane, who has risen suddenly this season, cut inside and got rid of Shi Hao who was back on defense. Courtois's reaction was not unpleasant when the corner entered the net, but the angle of the ball was so tricky that he could only sigh "I can't catch it".
Chelsea, which maintained a one-goal lead, still played unhurriedly, and Mourinho did not issue any adjustment instructions.They think that the game is in their own rhythm, and Tottenham is like a fish in the net, no matter how hard they struggle, they can't escape.
However, in the 44th minute, their good feeling was broken.Tottenham took advantage of Chelsea's empty backcourt to counterattack. Eriksson's precise direct pass found Chadley on the right side of the penalty area. The mid-range goalpost bounced back, and Danny Rose followed up with 10 supplementary shots into the net.
Mourinho frowned, but still did not give instructions, intending to wait until halftime to make adjustments.
However, in the last minute of stoppage time, Chelsea made a lateral pass in front of the penalty area. Matic passed the ball to Cahill with a slightly lighter force. Harry Kane quickly inserted the ball into the penalty area.Cahill raised his leg subconsciously to block and gave Tottenham a penalty.
Townsend lived up to the expectations of Tottenham fans. His penalty angle was chosen very carefully. Although Courtois judged the right direction, the football still firmly drilled into the net.
Chelsea's players were still confused when they walked into the dressing room.Aren't we leading 2:0?Why did it suddenly become 2:3 behind?
Mourinho's expression was stern, throwing away all contempt.He admitted that he underestimated the enemy and made the team underprepared, but he still remained optimistic and believed that the players could get back the score.
However, when he was behind, instead of strengthening the offense, he made a decision to strengthen the midfield defense, replacing Oscar with Ramirez, and the team returned to the 4321 formation.
If you only consider it from a tactical point of view, this substitution is undoubtedly the correct decision, after all, Tottenham's offensive momentum is too fierce.And the attack does not necessarily require a large number of people. With Shi Hao, Hazard, and Costa, Mourinho believes that any iron wall will be pierced.
In the last Ramirez, he was able to grab the ball more in the midfield and provide shells to offensive players.
But Tottenham are in fantastic form.In the 52nd minute, Chadley broke through Shi Hao's defense from the left and passed the ball to Harry Kane. Harry Kane pulled the ball almost perfectly and turned around to pass Matic. Foot shot, the football went into the far corner.
This is Harry Kane's 17th goal in all competitions this season and the fifth goal in the last 5 games. This shows how hot he is. Before the game, Mourinho But he didn't give special instructions to mark him, so he was able to score twice and create a penalty, almost beating Chelsea into a mess by himself.
(End of this chapter)