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Chapter 306 The Counterattack of the Old Ministry

The two sides have been entangled in the midfield since the beginning of the game.

Southampton's midfielder can run very well, and Chelsea's midfielder can also run. If Chelsea had problems with the game state last season due to the problem of the midfielder, they will not be bothered by this problem now.

The joining of Matuidi has indeed hardened Chelsea's waist.

This point is very important. Without Matuidi, Mourinho may only be able to use Essien, who has begun to become brittle on the bench, as a midfielder. In this case, in Southampton's midfield attack, they How far it can be supported is hard to say.

Now that Matuidi is here, their defense is much more stable.

However, Matic's performance in this game was also very brave-because Matic was also a Chelsea player before, he joined Chelsea early, but was not reused, and later went as part of David Luiz's transfer Benfica, who then performed well in the Portuguese Super League, was introduced by Ji Ya.

In this way, in this game, three of Southampton's starters are former Chelsea players, Matic, De Bruyne, Lukaku...

Under such circumstances, they tend to appear more fighting spirit.

As soon as Oscar took the ball, he was pressed by Matic. He was forced to turn around to protect the ball. De Bruyne came over from the side, stretched out his foot quietly, and broke the ball.

After stealing the ball, De Bruyne did not hesitate, but lifted his foot and sent a wonderful through ball!

The ball flew past Matuidi, and then passed the two central defenders. Suarez's lateral running attracted a lot of attention, while Lukaku accelerated from the right, throwing off Ah, who hastily returned to defense. Spilicueta, striding towards the ball!

"Back to defense!"

Cech commanded the defenders loudly, but Terry and Cahill turned around a little slowly. Although they reacted, De Bruyne's finely crafted direct pass and Lukaku In front of the high-speed forward speed, it still seems so slow!

Like a black rhinoceros, Lukaku rumbled into Chelsea's penalty area. De Bruyne's through pass flew right in front of him. He adjusted slightly, facing the attacking goalkeeper, calmly pushed Shoot the far corner!

The ball quickly flew into the dead corner of the goal, one to zero!

In just 3 minutes of the opening, three former Chelsea players teamed up to complete a wonderful goal!

After the goal, Lukaku did not celebrate, but ran back. After all, Chelsea brought him from Belgium to the Premier League. Without his performance in the Premier League, he would not come to Southampton...

He just shook hands with his teammates on the way back.

Mourinho shook his head, Southampton's counterattack was too sharp this time, but recently Southampton's defense is not as good as it was when the league started, which is normal, because they have started to score more goals recently stand up.

Next, Chelsea will launch a counterattack well.

They quickly attacked.

Under Southampton's frenzied pressing, they are still constantly attacking. William's possession of the ball on the wing has become the source of their offense. William is already a very good wing attacker. When he can get the ball , can often pose a threat.

Coupled with the fact that Hazard on the other side also has this ability, Chelsea's offense began to gain an advantage on both wings.

Luke Shaw could still entangle William relying on his physical and speed advantages. After all, William's absolute speed is not very fast, but on the other side, Klein couldn't withstand Hazard's attack. Tiqi kept going to make up for the position, and then he stabilized the defense on that side.

Chelsea relied on running, passing and wing attack to slowly regain the disadvantage, but it is still a bit difficult to score goals relying on this alone.

After all, the attack on the side is always a bit circuitous, and the attack on the center is the kingly way.

Although Chelsea have an advantage on the wing, it is still difficult for them to directly threaten the gate, so in many cases they can only rely on long-range shots to create opportunities, and they are blocked by Navas one by one.

"What is this guy thinking? You don't think that this kind of attack can cause trouble for our defense." Ji Ya thought in his heart.

But now Southampton is defending very steadily, and Chelsea's offense does not look like it can score goals. If Mourinho doesn't change, he certainly can't change.

Anyway, Southampton's counterattack is also very sharp. Compared with last season, Southampton's counterattack this season is much faster and easier.

But with the passage of time, Ji Ya also noticed that Chelsea did a good job in defense, especially in resisting Southampton's counterattack. Lukaku's ball before was more a brainstorm of several people. Now Under the opponent's defense, Southampton's defense was repeatedly intercepted in midfield.

"Let's spend it as long as it lasts, anyway, we are ahead." Ji Ya thought silently in his heart.

He was still a little uncertain about what Mourinho was thinking, but until the end of the first half, there was no change in the game. After the final score was [-]-[-], Ji Ya felt that Mourinho really didn't want to change anything?

Or does he think it's okay to play like this?

"If Chelsea really play like this, then they will wait to die. Facing our pressure, they can't score goals with this soft offensive method!" Ji Ya said to the players in the locker room.

The players waved their fists one after another. Even if it was an away game, they didn't feel that there was anything to worry about. They were the defending champions, so they didn't have to be afraid of any opponents.

This is a mentality of a strong player, which was established by winning the league championship last season. Although many players have left, the core has not changed.

The core is Ji Ya, Ji Ya will not change, they will not change.

But what Ji Ya didn't expect was that Mourinho did not arrange specific tactics to deal with Southampton, but he used a relatively flattering way to deal with Southampton.

After the start of the second half, their tactics remained unchanged, and they seemed to be scratching the surface. However, the number of set kicks they got started to increase.

Corner kicks, free kicks...

Southampton's overall air defense ability is not bad, especially the height of their two central defenders and midfielders is not low. Otamendi is a little shorter, but he is also 1.8 meters three.

However, in set pieces, Chelsea's tall players can play to their advantage, especially their two centre-backs.

When Ji Ya began to notice that something was wrong, Chelsea scored two goals through two set kicks, overtaking the score!

"Damn, can it still be like this?" Looking at the cheering and embracing Chelsea players in the field, Ji Ya couldn't help but cursed.