Chapter 373: China-Italy Football Friendship Match(2/3)
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"The match between the Dragon Country team and the Italian team is about to start."
"The head coach of the Dragon Country team is Pan Yi, and the head coach of the Italian team is Valentina."
"The Dragon Country team took the lead in attacking. This attack went very smoothly. They first broke through the Italian team's frontcourt defense, then the midfield defense, and finally a hole was directly ripped open in Italy's backline!"
"Ah, what happened to the Italian team? They took the initiative to remove all the defenders in front of the penalty area, and now the goal is completely exposed in front of the Dragon Country team! This is a bit suspected of match-fixing."
"Faced with such an opportunity, the forward of the Dragon Country team is a little excited, but also a little nervous."
"But he still broke in with the ball! He was ready to go in! Ready to enter the penalty area!"
"But, at this time, the Italian defender appeared again! He hugged the Dragon Kingdom forward! Isn't this a foul? The Dragon Kingdom forward was ready to shoot!"
"Obviously, Italy's defense is very fragile at this time, and even using hugging and foul tactics cannot stop the forward progress of the Dragon Kingdom!"
"The striker of the Dragon Kingdom is very tough and strong, and he has high morale and moves forward bravely! He broke away from the Italian defense with a sudden burst, went straight into the penalty area, and shot!"
"The goal was scored!!! The Dragons scored the first goal! This is the first time in the history of this Italian team that the goal has been scored. The whole team seems to be in a little pain!"
"But the Dragon Kingdom team was obviously very reasonable. They immediately slowed down their offensive and began to cooperate in small areas in every area of the stadium."
"The players of the Italian team were obviously paralyzed. They were no longer nervous, but catered to the offensive of the Dragon Country team and carried out weak and futile resistance."
"The Dragon Country team saw that the time had come and launched another fierce attack on the hinterland of Italy! Keep shooting!"
"It seems that the Italian team can no longer resist! They are even ready to give up resistance and propose giving up the game! What kind of surrender is this?"
"But the Dragon Country team decisively refused the Italian team's surrender! They are now on the verge of stopping and there is no way they can stop!"
"The Dragon Kingdom team continues to attack! And the offensive firepower is getting more and more intense!"
"The Italian team offers to surrender again!"
"The Dragon Country team once again cruelly rejected this inexplicable request. The people of the Dragon Country know that the Italian team is now saying it wants to surrender, but in fact it just wants to lose a few more goals! The Italians understand everything."
"The Dragon Country team shoots continuously and scores goals continuously!"
"Italy has been completely defeated and has no defense."
"In the end, the Italian team coach let out a scream, and the Dragon Country team also ended all attacks with a powerful world wave. This also represented the end of the 20-minute game."
"What, you ask, aren't all football matches 90 minutes? Today's friendly match has special rules. As long as both parties agree, the referee can terminate the match at any time."
"Of course, both sides can rest for a while and then start the next friendly match immediately, but this mainly depends on the physical recovery of the players of the Dragon Kingdom team."
"Congratulations to the Dragon Country team for winning this Sino-Italian football friendly match!"
"Ah, I don't know when it started to rain. Now there is water all over the ground in front of the Italian team's goal, flooding..."
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The two legs of the Champions League semi-finals will be played on May 6 and May 13 respectively. Before that, Chelsea will have several Premier League games.
On April 26, Chelsea challenged Queens Park Rangers away from home.
QPR has been hovering in the relegation zone this season. After 32 games, it is ranked second from bottom with only 25 points. There is a great risk of being relegated.
Therefore, even when they faced Premier League champion Chelsea, they were still full of fighting spirit and played very aggressive football.
However, Chelsea, who had relaxed their mentality, did not play so comfortably.
However, after all, there is still a certain gap in strength between the two sides, and QPR failed to knock on Chelsea's door despite their best efforts.
On the contrary, in the 75th minute of the game, Chelsea took advantage of a quick counterattack. Gnabry broke through and passed to the center. Bamford scored with a header, rewriting the score to 0:1.
And this score remained until the end, with Chelsea once again taking all three points!
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On April 30, in the 34th round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged Leicester City away at the King Power Stadium.
Pan Yi also played against his former disciple Vardy again.
However, Leicester City is currently in a bad situation and they are also a team in the relegation zone.
Their points are only 2 points more than Queens Park Rangers, ranking third from the bottom in the standings.
Chelsea's historical record against Leicester City is also superior. There have been 103 historical encounters between the two sides. Chelsea has the advantage with 50 wins, 29 draws and 24 losses.
Moreover, Chelsea has won all the past seven games against Leicester City. The last time Leicester City defeated Chelsea was in 2001.
However, today's game was also played in heavy rain, which also limited the performance of Chelsea's technical players.
The league leader failed to create a chance in the first 15 minutes, but Leicester City's counterattack was quite threatening. Cambiasso made a direct pass, and Ulloa, who succeeded in countering offside, missed the opportunity by volleying the ball.
However, the slippery venue dealt a blow to Leicester City, with Andy King and Huth being injured one after another within 5 minutes.
However, despite losing two generals, Leicester City broke the deadlock in half-time stoppage time.
Matthew James made a direct pass in the counterattack, Vardy made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, Azpilicueta who was marking Ulloa slipped, and Albrighton pushed the ball home from 10 yards.
1:0, Leicester City led Chelsea at halftime.
However, Chelsea, who played more aggressively in the second half, equalized the score in the 48th minute.
Hazard passed the ball, Ivanovic cut into the right side of the penalty area and passed back, Lukaku swept the ball from 8 yards into the far corner, 1:1.
Chelsea took the lead in the 79th minute.
Hazard took a corner kick, Cahill shook his head from the edge of the penalty area and was barely saved by Schmeichel. Terry grabbed a close shot before Cambiasso and volleyed it into the net, making the score 1:2.
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The Chelsea captain also tied the Premier League scoring record for a defender held by Unsworth with 38 league goals!
Chelsea expanded the score in the 83rd minute. Hazard passed the ball back from the right side of the penalty area. Ramirez shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area into the upper left corner of the net, 1:3.
The visiting Chelsea fans even sang a song: "Boring, boring, Chelsea. It's so boring to win the championship so easily..."
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On May 3, Chelsea returned to Stamford Bridge to face Crystal Palace at home.
In the history of the confrontation between the two teams, Chelsea has the absolute advantage.
Chelsea has only lost 1 game in the past 14 league games against Crystal Palace, and has achieved 7 wins and 4 draws in the past 11 home games against Crystal Palace. The last time Crystal Palace beat Chelsea away in the league was in the second division in 1982. There have been 41 historical encounters between the two sides, and Chelsea has 18 wins and 15 draws.
8 losses prevail.
And this game is not as tense as the previous two games.
Crystal Palace is currently ranked 12th, with no hope of European competition and no worries about relegation;
Chelsea won the championship ahead of schedule and will go to the Bernabeu Stadium to play the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals in three days. Of course, they don't want any surprises.
And because this game was Chelsea's first home game after winning the championship ahead of schedule, there were a lot of championship merchandise for sale outside Stamford Bridge. Chelsea fans were holding trophy models and waving them. The game also started in a celebratory atmosphere.
The fight between the two sides was not intense after the opening, and neither side was able to create very good scoring opportunities.
In the 15th minute, Chelsea's tactical free kick combination lacked threat, and Mikel shot over from long range.
In the 19th minute, Chelsea used set pieces to put pressure. Cancelo's shot from a small angle was saved, and Cahill's header was picked off by Speroni.
In the 28th minute, Lingard's free kick from outside the edge of the penalty area on the left was saved by Speroni, and Zuma missed the chance to make a supplementary shot.
In the 31st minute, Crystal Palace's 12-yard shot was also blocked by Zuma. Crystal Palace players complained that Zuma had committed a handball foul, but the referee refused to impose a penalty.
In the 40th minute, Lingard and Bamford kicked the wall and fired a volley with his left foot from the arc of the penalty area. Azpilicueta followed up and missed the shot again.
Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 45th minute!
Lingard broke into the left side of the penalty area and was tripped by MacArthur. He personally took the penalty kick and was saved by Speroni. He then headed the ball into the net.
The score became 1:0 and Chelsea took the lead at halftime.
In the second half, Crystal Palace began to lose its rhythm and Chelsea took control of the game.
First, Ivanovic's long shot from 30 yards missed slightly, and then Mikel's low shot from the edge of the penalty area was confiscated after he and Bamford kicked the wall.
Crystal Palace also got a chance. Zaha sent a direct pass, but Sanogo, who was unguarded, missed the opportunity on the right side of the penalty area.
In the 67th minute, Cahill's shot was blocked by Ward during a free kick melee, and Ivanovic's left-footed volley from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area missed.
In the 74th minute, William made a pass from the right, and Bamford's shot from 14 yards missed the right post.
Subsequently, Zaha's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was also blocked by Courtois.
In the final stage of the game, Chelsea slowed down the pace, and Crystal Palace seemed to have no intention of playing. Crystal Palace fans sang the song again: "Boring, boring, Chelsea. They won the game slowly, so boring..."
Lingard was replaced in stoppage time, and all the fans stood up and applauded the hero of the goal.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Stamford Bridge burst into flames, and the audience sang "We are the champions"!
At the same time, they also ended the competition before the Champions League with a wave of three consecutive victories.
To be continued...