The strongest winger

Chapter 868 Locking the Victory
The behavior of not celebrating the goal of the former club is easy to win the favor of the fans. Whether it is the Chelsea fans at home, the "bat guards" who came to the scene with the visiting team Valencia, or the fans sitting in front of the TV, they all applaud and applaud subconsciously.

Because this has a vital connection with the character of the player himself, obviously, Ai Luo's character is excellent.

Hearing the applause coming from all directions in the stands, Ai Luo was also quite moved. He really did not expect that he scored a goal at Stamford Bridge as an enemy and would receive warm applause from the fans. He raised his arms above his head and patted his palms in response to the fans.

Andy Gray said: "This scene can't help but remind me of last season's English League Cup semi-final. At that time, the Argentine Tevez celebrated wildly after scoring a goal against his old club Manchester United, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among the fans at Old Trafford. The overwhelming boos are far from the treatment of Ai today. Perhaps this is the difference between the two people..."

His guest commentator also nodded and said: "Yes, Ai's character has always been very good. I remember that in Chelsea's away game against Valencia in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Ai helped the visiting team open the scoring. Facing the silent Mestalla fans, he also chose to apologize to the fans. I have to say that we are very lucky to have such a unique star in world football."

During the resumption of the game, the commentators in the on-site commentary booth were still talking about the wonderful goal just now. Let alone the super-standard treatment that Ai Luo enjoyed after scoring the goal, the whole process of scoring is worth recalling. The continuous cooperation of the frontcourt players is really pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, the on-site director will also repeat the whole process of scoring goals when there is a dead ball in the stadium.

In Lineker's later words: "This goal can definitely compete for the top ten goals in the Champions League this season. Perhaps... the top three are also possible."

Chelsea, who fell behind, naturally wanted to equalize the score quickly, but it was still quite difficult for Torres to face the central defenders of Godin and Albiol, and he has also fallen into a serious scoring shortage recently. He obviously chose to forcefully accelerate and shoot at Liverpool before, but under great pressure, he would only choose to pass the ball.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost the No. 40 minute of the first half in the blink of an eye.

The Spanish national TV commentator who was in charge of the on-site commentary shook his head and said: "Since Fernando transferred to Chelsea for 500 million euros, his state has plummeted. It completely prevents us from finding the super T9 who is making waves at Anfield. If this continues, the 26-year-old Fernando Torres will lose the confidence he should have as a shooter at Stamford Bridge..."

However, before the words were finished, Chelsea's offensive developed from the center to the right. Lampard, who was in control of the team's forward attack direction with the ball, saw Zhang Linpeng advancing along the right sideline at high speed, and at the same time, he decisively sent a penetrating through ball from the arch of his right foot. The football rolled towards the vacuum between Albelda, Mathieu and Albiol at high speed.

Mathieu's height of more than 1.9 meters seriously hinders his speed of turning around and chasing back. Coupled with the fact that Zhang Linpeng is already running at high speed, the gap between the two is even more obvious.

The Chelsea fans in the stands shouted subconsciously, and they saw a glimmer of hope that they could equalize the score.

Albiol knew that it was impossible to rely on Mathieu's pursuit and defense, so he turned around and explained to Godin before pulling out to defend.

Zhang Linpeng slowed down while running at high speed, glanced at the penalty area and directly raised his right foot, making a cross. Albiol did not dare to neglect, and subconsciously extended his right leg to block the cross.

Successfully tricking Albiol into making a defensive move, Zhang Linpeng quickly retracted his right foot and used the outside of his foot to move the ball forward. It was too late for the tall and long-legged Albiol to react. He passed back to the small penalty area line when Godin went around to defend.

The power of the shot was so great that Wang Xiaolei, who was standing on the goal line, didn't make any saves.

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"Fernando Torres!!" The voice of the Spanish national TV commentator changed, and the voice was an octave higher: "Goooooooooooooal, wonderful running and beautiful goals, he helped Chelsea equalize the score on the field!!"

At the same time, Torres, who scored the goal, was very excited. He pushed away his national teammate Albiol who was standing in front of him, and then ran towards the corner flag with his arms outstretched, his center of gravity lowered, his knees pressed against the wet turf, his upper body leaned back, and his body used inertia to glide forward for four or five meters before stopping, while roaring upwards.

As the focus transaction before the summer transfer window closed, he only scored one goal in six games for 500 million euros, which put him under tremendous pressure, especially wearing the legendary Chelsea No. [-] jersey.

Torres, who released the pressure in his heart, was very happy. He turned around and hugged Zhang Linpeng who also glided over. He knew that no matter how beautiful his running position was, if he didn’t pass the ball properly, then everything would be in vain.

While all the commentators were praising the goal scorer Torres, the CCTV commentator praised Zhang Linpeng's pass: "Torres' goal is important, but without Zhang Linpeng's high-speed breakthrough and pass from the side, then everything would cease to exist, so 90.00% of the credit for this goal is attributed to Zhang Linpeng..."

Chelsea's celebratory goal didn't last long and a rematch soon followed.

With less and less time in the first half, the rhythm of both sides of the game has been significantly accelerated.

The home team took advantage of the home court to minimize the possession time in the middle, and played more directly according to Scolari's temporary adjustment. It is best to take advantage of Torres' fiery state to overtake the score in one fell swoop.

In fact, Torres is in good condition, but sometimes luck is also very important. Before the end of the first half, Chelsea’s attack went from the left to the right. The football quickly passed to Zhang Linpeng.

But at this moment, the post on the right side of the goal turned out, refusing the goal that Torres wanted to win.

An exclamation erupted at the scene.

After this dangerous situation, Valencia's goal has obviously strengthened its defense against Torres.

Similarly, Chelsea's defensive players also stepped up their defense against Aiello.

It also cut off the echo between Mata and David Silva.

As soon as the first half time is up, the referee blows the whistle for the end of the first half.

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The 15-minute intermission passed quickly, and the second half changed sides to fight again.

Chelsea coached by Scolari tasted the sweetness of the direct attack in the first half, so his game strategy in the second half was to turn the Champions League game into a Premier League game, increase the physical contact between players when defending, and the offense is a simple and rough British style of play, forming two extremes with Valencia's style of play.

Valencia still follow their traditional style of play, but they increase their counter-grabbing efforts as soon as the ball is lost, and the defense starts from the moment the ball is lost.

The change in tactics made Chelsea uncomfortable. In the 6th minute of the second half, Aiello was defended by Zhang Linpeng and Mikel when attacking.

After stealing the ball, Ivanovic naturally wanted to send the ball to the front quickly and play a wave of wonderful quick counterattacks. However, Valencia's reaction from offense to defense was quick and he stood still, which caused him not to know how to handle the ball.

Ai Luo lost the ball at his feet, and immediately turned around and rushed towards Ivanovic who was hesitating at his feet. The latter was caught off guard by Ai Luo.

Ivanovic, who was hesitant before, immediately realized that it was very dangerous to lose the ball for the second time in this position, and stretched out his feet to hook Ai Luo to the ground.

The referee Rocky's whistle sounded, and Ivanovic was also shown a yellow card.

"Oh my God, a free kick from this position..." Clive Walker frowned when the Chelsea TV commentator saw the place of the foul.

Also frowning were the Chelsea players and fans in the stands on the field, their success rate on Aiello's direct free kick from around 30 meters...

Moreover, in a friendly match a month and a half ago, he scored a direct free kick in a nearby position, and his memory is still fresh.

Sure enough, the ending did not differ from what they had expected. Petr Cech was beyond his reach, and the football went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

Aiello, who scored the goal, still did not celebrate, but turned and walked back to the half, but it did not affect other Valencia players and fans who came with the team to celebrate.

Valencia, who once again took the lead in the away game, was fully prepared to face Chelsea, who were eager to equalize the score. The defensive players obviously strengthened their defense on the two sides.

In order to strengthen the offense, Scolari replaced Malouda, who was weak in attack, with Modric, who had returned from injury.

But less than 3 minutes after Chelsea made a substitution, Aiello assisted David Villa to expand the score to 3:1.

The fans of the home team in the stands looked at each other in blank dismay. Halfway through the second half, they fell behind by two goals. This was definitely a fatal blow for Chelsea!
Indeed, Scolari replaced Modric to use his broad vision and super organizational skills to relieve Lampard's offensive pressure, but...he conceded the ball again.

Sitting on the coach's bench, Ancelotti gave his assistant Baraja a high-five to celebrate. This goal basically guaranteed that Valencia would take away three points in the away game.

(End of this chapter)