Chelsea lead Stoke City 2:0.
However, Ancelotti on the sidelines was still not satisfied. He quickly stopped the players who were still celebrating the goal and returned to their respective positions. There were still 60 minutes left in the game, and everything was not over yet. They still needed to continue to maintain excitement and hard work.
His disciples did not live up to his expectations. In the 33rd minute, after Stoke City had just completed an attack, Chelsea pressed forward again.
Ashley Cole received a diagonal pass from Xiao Yu on the left side of the small penalty area. Without stopping the ball, he turned and volleyed with a half-turn. Unfortunately, the ball passed Sorensen and hit the crossbar.
At that moment, Cole's shot seemed to tear the air apart. All the spectators held their breath and only heard the thud of the ball hitting the crossbar.
A fallen leaf fell gently, Sorensen's eyes instantly became disappointed, while Ashley Cole's face was full of annoyance.
Immediately afterwards, the pace of the game seemed to slow down, like the calm after a heavy rain.
Both teams were looking for opportunities cautiously, but neither team created any good opportunities.
At the end of the first half, Chelsea temporarily led Stoke City 2:0 with Xiao Yu's goal. But the outcome of the game seems to be hanging in the air, and no one can be sure.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
In the 46th minute, Stoke City's Delap threw the ball into Chelsea's penalty area. The football flew quickly towards the goal. Jones, their arrow figure in the penalty area, beat Alex to complete a header. Attack the goal.
However, the top position of the football was not good and it flew far away from the goal.
It also made Cech breathe a sigh of relief in front of the goal.
The few Stoke City fans in the stands also let out a cry of regret, but the Stoke City players on the field were not discouraged and instead became more actively involved in the game.
In the 47th minute, Ashley Cole, who advanced easily, received Xiao Yu's pass again. Adhering to the principle of fast, accurate and ruthless, he quickly passed the ball to Essien in the middle without any delay.
Essien sprinted forward with the ball and arrived in front of Stoke City's penalty area in a few steps. Facing Wilkinson who had already rushed up, he calmly adjusted his steps and then fired a powerful volley.
The football drew a wonderful arc and was about to fly into the goal, but was blocked again by goalkeeper Sorensen. Faye, who followed, also quickly cleared the football out of the dangerous area. He didn't want to let it come again. A follow-up shot like Xiao Yu's.
This time, the Chelsea fans in the stands once again let out a sigh of disappointment.
In the 50th minute, Xiao Yu received a pass from Essien, followed by a Marseille spin and an unsolvable inward cut. He got rid of two or three positions of Huth and Whitehead, came to the middle and found the right side of the penalty area with a through ball. Anelka on the side.
Anelka broke into the penalty area and took the ball to shoot, but it was a fake move and then he chose to cross.
However, Sorensen in front of the goal was not fooled by Anelka's actions. He moved quickly, always ready to defend against threats from other Chelsea players.
Seeing the football coming, Drogba jumped high in front of the goal and hit the goal with a high-altitude shot. Unfortunately, the angle was too direct and Sorensen caught him.
At this moment, the stadium seemed to fall into silence, and all eyes were focused on Sorensen.
The experienced goalkeeper, with an extremely calm attitude, caught the ball firmly and defused this dangerous attack.
In the 51st minute, Stoke City made substitution adjustments and Whelan replaced Wilkinson.
This substitution adjustment did not seem to change the situation on the field, and Chelsea still took the initiative on the field.
Stoke City's left corner kick was pushed out of the penalty area in front of the goal. Etherington volleyed vigorously near the penalty area line. Essien blocked the inevitable goal in front of the goal line.
In the 60th minute, Anelka fired a powerful volley from 24 meters away from the goal. The football flew high, but unfortunately it did not touch any turf.
In the 66th minute, Stoke City intercepted the ball in the backcourt and counterattacked. Whelan volleyed vigorously from outside the penalty area. The football streaked across the sky like a meteor and hit the goal hard.
The football hit the crossbar and the post and popped out of the triangle, and Stoke City missed an excellent counterattack opportunity.
Whelan's eyes were full of regret. He clenched his fist and smashed it on the grass.
But before Whelan could finish venting, Ashley Cole, who had received the football, had already dribbled the ball through half-court. At the same moment, Xiao Yu, Drogba, and Anelka, the three "killers" of the Blues, all Startup has been completed.
In Stoke City's backcourt, Chelsea were four against three.
Ashley Cole did not hesitate too much and quickly passed the football to Xiao Yu on the left.
Xiao Yu stopped the ball and passed the ball in one go.
Hu Te could only quickly turn around and chase after him.
But Xiao Yu was like a supercar, and when he hit the accelerator, all he left behind for his opponent was the shadow of a taillight.
Because there are threats from Drogba and Anelka, Shawcross and Faye are temporarily unable to escape.
He could only watch helplessly as Xiao Yu entered his restricted area again.
Sorensen struck, the safest and riskiest response he could have done.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Xiao Yu kept his feet up and deceived Sorensen's center of gravity with a fake spike.
Although Sorensen was about to fall to the ground, he still stretched out his long legs in an attempt to prevent Xiao Yu from scoring.
But that was of no avail, Xiao Yu just took one more step, and then hit the football into the empty goal with a powerful shot.
"Wow! The ball went in! Hat trick!"
"Xiao Yu! In the 67th minute of the second half, Xiao Yu received a pass from Ashley Cole and made a beautiful stop to get rid of Huth's personal marking. Then he entered the penalty area at high speed and passed by Goalkeeper Sorensen then blasted into an empty net.”
"Sorensen did his best and didn't give up on defense even after he fell to the ground."
"But Xiao Yu was more proactive. Sorensen's tenacity had no effect. Xiao Yu still scored an empty goal."
"3:0, Chelsea is stable again."
"Xiao Yu also scored two consecutive hat tricks in the Premier League."
After completing his hat trick, Xiao Yu ran excitedly to the sidelines and gave Ding Ding a bear hug as he rushed out of the bench excitedly.
Ancelotti also arranged for De Bruyne, Toni Kroos, Malouda and Kalu to warm up. In the remaining games, they can try new tactics.
Although Stoke City has not yet broken through the door guarded by Cech, their style of play is also very threatening and can also allow Ancelotti to try some new ideas.
In the 68th minute, Stoke City made substitution adjustments and Fowler replaced Jones, hoping to change the situation on the field.
In the next few minutes, Lampard and Mikel also attempted several penetrations.
