Football giants

Chapter 680 Is this a goal?
"Friends from the audience, welcome to the 13-[-] season, the No.[-] round of the Premier League, the focus match between Chelsea and Southampton at home, I am now at the Stamford Bridge Stadium to give you a live commentary!"

"The two teams against tonight are currently relatively high in the league rankings. Chelsea is currently ranked fourth. This is the first season after the world-renowned coach Mourinho returned to the Premier League. It is indeed quite good to be able to lead Chelsea, which is not a good lineup, to get such a ranking!"

"Chelsea's opponent tonight is Southampton, who currently ranks first in the Premier League standings. The Saints are also the Premier League champions of last season. Their strength is quite outstanding. This season can be described as triumphant and unstoppable!"

"Everyone can see from the standings on the TV screen that the Saints have 31 wins, [-] draw and [-] loss, and scored [-] points. Arsenal is second. After the Gunners signed a lot of money this season, their strength has also improved considerably, especially the joining of center Higuain, which has become a guarantee for the Gunners to score."

"The team ranked third is Tottenham Hotspur. The performance of the North London team this season is quite impressive. After Villas-Boas' team was acquired by a consortium from Qatar this summer, it invested heavily in powerful stars including Cavani, William, Moutinho, Gary Cahill, Royce, Adam Lallana, Eriksson and so on."

"But at the same time that his strength has greatly increased, Villas-Boas is also facing a lot of pressure, that is how to integrate this Tottenham Hotspur team into a stronger and more powerful whole. After all, with Tottenham Hotspur's current lineup, it should definitely hit a better ranking."

"After that, it's Chelsea!"

"In fact, if you look at the lineup purely, Chelsea's lineup is not strong. Although they have invested a lot of money to introduce powerful stars such as Mandzukic and Schurrle, they have also left midfielders such as Oscar, Romeu and Adam Lallana. This has put Chelsea's midfielder to the test."

"Especially in the defensive midfielder position. Mourinho has used many players including Mikel, Lampard, David Luiz, etc. this season, but the results are not satisfactory. It is reported that Mourinho intends to introduce William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon during the winter break to strengthen the team's midfield."

"But Sporting Lisbon has priced the Portuguese midfielder up to 500 million pounds, and must face competition from Manchester United, which also makes Chelsea's prospects for the new season full of suspense."

"Everyone knows that the first ten rounds of the league are full of excitement, and the general trend can only be seen after ten rounds."

"At present, there are twelve rounds in the league, and one-third of the schedule has already been played. There is no doubt that Southampton is the most powerful contender for the championship, and Arsenal, which is ranked second, is equally strong. The Gunners are only three points behind the Saints."

"However, Wenger's team has always given people a sense of anticlimactic performance. The first half of the season is often quite eye-catching, but the second half of the season is always weak. I hope that the Gunners will not have such a problem this season."

"As for Tottenham Hotspur, although Villas-Boas's team is only six points behind Southampton, I am afraid that no one will have high hopes for the North London team, and some media even broke the news. Unless Villas-Boas has an amazing performance this season, otherwise, after the end of the season, he will leave the North London coaching position!"

"Manchester City is one of the most disappointing teams so far this season. Manuel Pellegrini obviously underestimated the difficulty of away games in the Premier League. He only scored four points in six away games. This is simply the result of a relegated team. If it weren't for the good results at home, Manchester City's current ranking may be even lower."

"Coincidentally, another team in Manchester, Manchester United's results are also terrible."

"As the most powerful contender for the Premier League title last season, and also the team with the most experience in winning the Premier League title, many people believe that Manchester United is still very hopeful to hit the league title in the new season. After all, Moyes' coaching performance in Everton is quite good."

"But who would have thought that Manchester United has become the most disappointing team in the Premier League this season. Moyes has strength, but he can't control Manchester United, a giant. The signings are not good, which leads to the midfielder's strength. Fellaini, who was introduced with a lot of money, has been criticized and questioned by fans. I believe that if Moyes can't find the key to Manchester United's touchdown rebound, I'm afraid his journey to the Red Devils will stop this season."

"After this analysis, I believe that you in front of the TV must have seen that, except for Southampton, which is strong and strong, almost every other team has various problems and weaknesses this season."

"Therefore, how to attack Southampton has become the biggest headache for all the strong teams in the Premier League!"

"So, many people are full of expectations for this game, because Mourinho is recognized as the best coach in Europe today who is good at targeted defense, and Chelsea's defensive ability is also good."

"For the Blues, using their unbreakable defense to attack Southampton at home, not only can they stabilize their position in the top four of the league, maybe they can go one step further, and the team still hopes to go further?"

"Of course, Southampton's offensive power this season is also frightening. There are not only sharp strikers like Ibrahimovic, Suarez and Sturridge in front of them, but also wing killers like Hazard, Sanchez and Ravel Morrison. The controlling midfielder composed of James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and Modric in the midfield is also quite terrifying."

"Therefore, we can only say one thing to Chelsea. It is not easy to deal with the Saints. Good luck!"

While the on-site commentator was speaking, players from the two teams entered the stadium one after another.

"Okay, we see that the two teams have started to enter the field, and I have also got their starting lineup list here."

"Chelsea's starting goalkeeper is Petr Cech, the defense is Ashley Cole, Terry, Benatia and Ivanovic, the midfield is a combination of Lampard, David Luiz, Mikel and Ramirez, and the double striker is Mandzukic and Schurrle."

"Judging from Chelsea's starting lineup, although Mourinho sits at Stamford Bridge, he still wants to adopt a steady defense strategy. Juan Mata is still sitting on the bench, while midfielder De Bruyne continues to be excluded from the squad and replaced by Van Ginkel."

"Southampton has also made some adjustments to the lineup, probably because there is still a Champions League group match in the middle of the week."

"The goalkeeper is Neuer, and the defense is David Alaba, Nastasic, Varane and Danilo. After Harvey Martinez was injured, the combination of Nastasic and Varane's central defenders is also enough to be reassuring."

"The three players in the midfield have changed. Bielsa uses Matic to start the midfielder, Kaka and Oscar partner, and the front trident is still a combination of Hazard, Suarez and Sturridge."

"It is also worth mentioning that Drogba appeared in the squad and sat on the bench. After the Ivorian center moved from Chelsea to Southampton, he was able to score goals almost every time he returned to Stamford Bridge. I don't know if Bielsa will arrange him to play again in this game."

With the clear whistle of the referee, the focus of this much-watched battle finally kicked off.

"At the start of the game, Southampton took the lead and Bielsa's team still adopted the iconic start, starting the attack from the moment the whistle sounded."

"But Chelsea seems to have been prepared for a long time. Mourinho kept directing the team's defense from the sidelines. Chelsea's three lines shrunk very tightly. Although they were in a mess, they defended tightly. Southampton failed to create opportunities in several attacks."

"Southampton began to slow down the pace of the game and focused on possession of the ball. This is also Southampton's consistent game strategy."

"But if that means the opponents feel they can let their guard down, that's dangerous, because once Southampton takes a chance, it's deadly."

As soon as the commentator's voice fell, Southampton tried to pass the ball into Chelsea's penalty area, but was intercepted by the Blues, and the ball came to Ashley Cole's feet.

England's left-back was a bit overwhelmed, but he didn't expect that Sturridge suddenly turned around and rushed to fight back, very fast.

In a hurry, Ashley Cole immediately knocked the ball back to the center, but Suarez and Sturridge cooperated tacitly and grabbed the ball before Benatia.

Benatia was experienced and got stuck in the first place after losing the ball. Suarez had to bring it back and pass the ball back to Oscar, who then passed it to Kaka.

The Brazilian midfielder raised his head and saw Hazard cut from the left and ran to the center. After taking Ivanovic away, the entire left was vacant, so he kicked a curve ball with his right foot, landed on the left side of the penalty area, turned around and rushed towards the penalty area.

David Alaba made a quick jump in. After receiving Kaka's ball, he stopped and made a cross.

The ball fell to the middle of the goal, but the position was a little outside, and the goalkeeper Petr Cech did not dare to attack easily.

David Luiz, who served as a midfielder, returned to the front of the goal, faced the incoming ball, grabbed the ball before Suarez, and shook his head to push the ball out.

But the ball did not go far, and landed near the penalty spot, just in front of Kaka who rushed up from outside the penalty area.

Everyone was stunned!

You know, there are no guards around Kaka at this time!

Not only the Chelsea players were surprised, but even Kaka himself was dumbfounded by this sudden opportunity.

But the Brazilian reacted very quickly. He straightened his chest in response to the ball, and stopped steadily. Before the ball hit the ground, he caught up with his right foot and shot a volley.

The ball almost entered Chelsea's goal from the middle of David Luiz and Cech in a straight line!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

There was a long sound of goals from the TV commentator on the spot!
As a background, there is also the exclamation of a group of Chelsea fans at the Stamford Bridge Stadium.

The moment Kaka realized that he had scored a goal, he was stunned, and then turned around and rushed out.

This is his first goal after joining Southampton, so lucky, so lucky!

He really couldn't imagine that he would score a goal at such a time in such a game, and it was only less than 6 minutes into the game!
This is a goal?
Anyway, the goal is scored anyway, let's celebrate first!
The Brazilian has not tasted the taste of celebrating a goal for a long time!

In front of the home team coach's bench by the side of the court, after seeing Kaka's goal, Mourinho roared angrily, and even his veins were exposed, as if he wanted to peel and cramp all the bastards on the court.

But on the opposite side of the Stamford Bridge chairman's stand, in the area where Southampton fans gathered, Yang Huan, who was sitting in the crowd, was so excited that he stood up and kept shouting, and at the same time he didn't forget to shout at the person sitting beside him.

"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, take a picture, take a picture!"

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