Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 763 The dream is shattered
"How long has it been since the second half?" Mourinho turned around and asked Pei Wei after Stewart shot a long shot over the crossbar.

Pei Wei was looking at the court nervously, and he didn't even have time to answer, but Carver replied, "It's been 10 minutes...we still have less than half an hour."

"Larson, Walcott, Janus, go warm up!" Mourinho turned his head and called out the last three offensive players on the bench. Among the seven substitutes, except Stewart who came on and the three Outside of the offensive players, there are only two defenders Kufuor, Hart and goalkeeper Shay. Obviously, Mourinho intends to strengthen his offense.

But at this time, Benitez changed someone, using Gudjohnsen to replace Tony, whose physical fitness declined rapidly on such a field-this substitution was to strengthen the defense. In addition, he can also play as a defensive midfielder, and his defensive ability is quite good.

In Benitez's eyes, the "chess" game of the Champions League semi-finals has come to an end.

"25 minutes? It's enough for us to fight!"

Mourinho gritted his teeth and said something, and then changed two people in a row!
The young Walcott replaced Ibrahimovic, who also suffered a severe decline in physical fitness. This kind of venue limited his technical performance, and in this game, Ibrahimovic also fought fiercely, constantly forming a physical body with the opponent's defender. After the collision, his physical strength also dropped equally.

Another substitution is a bit strange, he did not replace Janus or Larson, but replaced Bernard with Hart!
At this time, switching guards for guards... isn't it a waste of a substitution spot?And after using up these two substitution places, Mourinho doesn't even have a spare substitution place in his hands!

Benitez saw Mourinho's thoughts.

"Want to take advantage of his free kick and cross ability?" Benitez murmured.

Indeed, although Hart is still a little worse than Bernard in terms of overall ability, his ability to direct free kicks and crosses from the wing ranks first in the Premier League. The ability in terms of aspect has also not declined!From this aspect, Hart can be regarded as the only "surprise soldier!" in the hands of Mourinho.

After Walcott came on the field, Newcastle's formation became three-four-three, Maicon topped the right midfielder position, Nie Fei organized the attack in the middle, Walcott and Stewart topped the winger position, Germany Robba became the only center forward.

Benitez called the German teenager Huth and said to him in a low voice: "Inform the others after playing, pay attention when defending, and don't give the opponent a direct free kick...Newcastle wants to play on the wing, let them play. Just keep an eye on Drogba in the middle...and let Deco take care of Nie Fei, don't give them a chance."

Hutt nodded and quickly ran to warm up, while Benitez returned to the coaching bench peacefully.

Now the initiative is in his hands. After replacing Huth, he still has the last substitution. Now Benitez has strong confidence in spending the last 20 minutes safely.

Huth replaced Gremi on the field. Although Huth's speed is slower than Gremi's, his height and header advantage are much higher. Benitez wants to block Newcastle's high-altitude ball tactics.

Now Benitez is not afraid of what kind of tricks Mourinho can play, because now the initiative is all in his hands, leading by one goal is due to the timing, familiarity with the venue, favorable location, and a substitution quota, It's for harmony - no matter how good Mourinho is, it's hard to get back the score in such a disadvantaged situation, not to mention that Mourinho is indeed inferior to himself in terms of on-the-spot command!

Besides, even if Newcastle is lucky and can score a goal, he still has room for adjustment. Unlike Mourinho who can only watch from the sidelines now, even the best tactics have to be adjusted through substitutions.

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After the formation was changed to three forwards, Newcastle did survive on the wing attack, but when Chelsea placed the defensive players densely in the middle, and all of them had excellent headers, Newcastle's crosses did not help much. Although Drogba has a good header, he can't play a role under the defense of Terry, Carvalho and Huth. Known for headers.

Faced with such a defense, Newcastle fell into a helpless situation. Originally relying on Nie Fei's personal breakthrough to create some opportunities, but such a field is really difficult to form an effective breakthrough, not to mention that Deco has been unmoving since just now. Standing by Nie Fei's side, his defensive ability and familiarity with Nie Fei are enough to seal Nie Fei's breakthrough.

If Franck Ribery was still on the field, Nie Fei would not be the only one to complete Newcastle's breakthrough, but now he is injured and Ibrahimovic has also been replaced. Only Nie is left with the ability to form a breakthrough in the middle. Fly alone.

Under such circumstances, Newcastle could only strengthen the long-range shots outside the penalty area, so for a while Newcastle began to fire frequently on the periphery. Unfortunately, most of them failed to hit within the range of the goal frame, and a few of them hit within the range of the goal frame. It's hard not to get blocked by defenders and goalkeepers.

As time passed by, Newcastle's hope of winning became increasingly slim, but whether it was the players on the field or the fans off the field, they still did not give up hope and looked forward to a miracle.

After all, they only need to score one goal to eliminate their opponents with more away goals and enter the final!
It is this faint fire of hope that supports them to continue the game.

But as the end of the game draws near, the flame of hope begins to become more and more dim, and it may be extinguished at any time.

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No.803 minutes, Newcastle finally got a chance to tie the score!
Nie Fei used a very difficult pick ball to turn around and get rid of Deco, but Deco immediately pulled him down with a decisive foul. The referee Mitchell showed him a yellow card and awarded Newcastle an away goal. Direct free kick from 27 meters away.

The distance is a bit far, but it is still within Hart's range, and a free kick closer to the center like this is suitable for a left-footed player like him.

Hart picked up the ball carefully, wiped the ball with his own jersey, wiped off the muddy water on it, and then stepped on and stepped on the ball near the penalty spot, stepping on a relatively dry space.

Chelsea's defensive players were also on the verge of a formidable enemy. Under Reina's command, they formed a tight wall to block the left side tightly.

Hart straightened his waist and looked at the opponent's human wall layout.

He just stood there quietly until the opponent's human wall was set up and the referee blew the whistle for free throws, then he suddenly raised his foot and kicked the ball without a run-up!
The wall of people jumped up one after another, but the ball passed over their heads and flew towards the goal quickly!

Reina made a side attack, but everyone could see that he was a bit late. At least, he couldn't touch the ball when it was close to the goal!
Everyone held their breath...

"Dangdang!"

The ball hit the goal post hard, and then bounced back to the penalty area!Drogba subconsciously stretched out his foot to block, but the ball hit Terry's body, and then the captain of Chelsea kicked the ball out of the sideline with an extremely awkward big foot!

Chelsea survived!
"Damn it, luck is really on their side!" Pei Wei shouted dully, then sat back on the chair and covered his face.

Mourinho had no time to care about him, stood up and shouted at the field: "Attack! Continue to attack! We still have a chance!"

Benitez watched him yelling on the sidelines from a distance, and it was rare to see Mourinho behave like this, but he didn't care to appreciate it—although there was no expression on his face, but just now Benitez A heart almost jumped out of his cavity. If such a free kick breaks the goal, then all his preparations for this game will be in vain!
Thank goodness the ball didn't go in...

In the next game, Newcastle's players continued to attack, but obviously, the missed goal just now severely hit their morale, and their physical energy has been exhausted so far in the game.

When the game approached stoppage time, Benitez finally used up the third substitution place, replacing the exhausted Robben with Joe Cole, killing a little time again.

As the fourth official on the sidelines played the electronic display for 3 minutes of stoppage time, all Chelsea fans immediately counted down from 180, intending to use this method to disturb the minds of Newcastle players.

Mourinho sat on the coach's bench blankly, while Benitez and Chelsea's other assistant coaches and substitute players all stood up, waiting for the moment when the game ended.

at last……

"Beep—" The referee Mitchell blew the whistle for the end of the game!At the same time as the whistle sounded, huge cheers sounded from the stands, and everyone on the Chelsea bench rushed out!
"The game is over! Chelsea has won! They eliminated Newcastle with a score of [-]-[-] in two rounds and entered the Champions League final in a historic way! Newcastle's dream of entering the Champions League final for two consecutive years was shattered!"

In the noisy environment, Mourinho closed his eyes.

Everything... is over. After all, he still hasn't made history, and Benitez, who has made sufficient preparations, stepped on himself and entered the final venue of the highest honor in European football in a season.

PS: Merry Christmas guys!
Well, there are still six days before the end of the book...

(End of this chapter)