"Ah! Howard knocked down Anelka! This should be a penalty!" Zhan Jun shouted excitedly.
"Oh! The referee showed Howard a yellow card." Zhang Lu described it.
"The referee's finger pointed at the 12-yard point for a penalty kick. In the 41st minute of the first half, Chelsea got a penalty kick opportunity due to an error in Phil Neville's return pass."
"It seems Chelsea made a similar mistake against Newcastle."
"Yes, it was Alex that time, but that time it was more serious and gave Carroll an empty-net chance."
"We see that Drogba is standing in front of the 12-yard point, and he will take the penalty kick."
Drogba laid out the football, took a deep breath, glanced at the goal, adjusted his rhythm, and shot a powerful shot.
The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball.
Although Howard judged the right direction, there was still no way to stop the football from entering the goal.
"Drogba! Penalty kick! This is his 8th goal this season! Great! Chelsea finally broke the deadlock!" Zhan Jun stood up excitedly at this moment, his voice full of passion.
The entire stadium was erupting as Chelsea fans cheered as their team finally took the lead.
Drogba also rushed to the sidelines and made his signature sliding kneeling move-the three stripes. He was the only "Warcraft".
Xiao Yu on the bench also stood up excitedly and celebrated Drogba's goal with his teammates.
The first half finally ended with Chelsea leading 1:0.
At halftime, there was no smile on Ancelotti's face. On the contrary, his expression was very serious.
He looked at the players, clearly disappointed with the first half's performance.
Although Chelsea took a 1:0 lead with a penalty kick, this performance did not make him confident in the team's victory.
"The performance in the first half was a mess!" Ancelotti said sternly: "You all know your responsibilities, but you are like headless chickens on the court. Toni Kroos is the only one who makes me satisfied. He performed as well as ever. But what about the others? Did you hold anything back in the game? We can’t hold anything back in this game!”
"In the second half, I want to see you give your all. If you can't do that, then I will consider replacing you with someone who is willing to fight on the pitch. This is Chelsea, we are a blue team, we are not a casual team. A team that copes with the competition. Remember, every game is about our honor and victory! Answer me, do you want to win!"
Seeing no one responded, Ancelotti spoke sternly again.
"want!"
Captain Terry took the lead in shouting out the response.
"want!"
"I want!"
"We all want it!"
The entire locker room was soon filled with shouts from the players in response.
Ancelotti nodded with satisfaction. He waved his hand to signal the players to sit down and continued: "In the second half, we mainly attacked their right wing. Although Phil Neville is one of Manchester United's previous legendary players, , but his age has made him powerless many times."
"Tony! Just hit him from behind more often, Salomon. Your mission is to consume his physical energy as quickly as possible."
Ancelotti arranged the tactical tasks for the second half. He looked at Van Dijk again: "Virgil, Louis Saha will be left to you. In the second half, I want you to restrict him to death."
"Huh?" Van Dijk was in a daze. He made a mistake at the beginning of the first half and almost allowed Louis Saha to score. Xiao Yu quickly touched him with his elbow, and he replied belatedly: "Received, guaranteed to complete the task!"
However, no one expected that Van Dyke's completion rate of this task exceeded 100%.
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In the second half, the sides changed sides to fight again, but neither side made any adjustments to the lineup.
Although Chelsea took the lead in the first half thanks to Drogba's penalty kick, Chelsea did not have much of an advantage on the field. Everton even had two more shots than Chelsea.
When Chelsea kicked off in the second half, Drogba rushed towards the Everton penalty area. However, Mikel's pass was seen through by Rodwell and his early movement was interrupted.
Everton launched its first attack of the second half.
In the 52nd minute, Everton took a corner kick and Drogba retreated into the penalty area to clear the ball.
Rodwell from the top of the penalty area followed up with a volley. Unfortunately, the football he shot seemed to have a navigation problem and flew out of the goal.
In the 57th minute, Cahill passed the ball into the penalty area with a through ball, and Saha quickly started.
In the other direction, Van Dijk also started quickly.
In the end, Van Dijk, who is tall and has long legs, had a slight advantage. He was almost half a step faster, and Van Dijk touched the football first.
Then Saha seemed to be unable to stop the car, and hit Van Dyke's leg directly. His whole body flipped forward, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The young Van Dijk was not sure whether Saha really hit the ball hard. He first cleared the ball with a kick and then went to check on Saha who fell to the ground.
Then Van Dijk immediately motioned to the sidelines for the team doctor to come in. It seemed that Saha's condition was not going to be very good.
The referee also immediately stopped the game and ran to the two of them to check.
After the examination, the team doctor also made a substitution gesture to Moyes. Saha had a hard collision with Van Dijk and could no longer complete the game.
In the 58th minute, Moyes had to replace the injured Saha with Beckford.
And because the two had a reasonable collision while grabbing the ball, and Van Dyke did not commit a foul, the referee only verbally told him to be careful not to move too much.
Van Dijk did not expect that the coach just asked him to restrain Saha, but he sent him off.
Xiao Yu off the court also gave Van Dyke a thumbs up with a smile on his face.
An Shuai also suppressed a smile and nodded in approval.
2 minutes later, Mikel made a mistake in a cross pass from midfield, and Beckford missed a long-range shot.
Ivanovic passed from the right, Drogba turned around and shot lacked power, Howard got it easily.
Everton almost equalized the score in the 61st minute. Baines made a pass from the left, and the unguarded Rodwell headed the ball from 10 yards. The ball hit the inside sliding door of the right post and bounced out.
Then there was another pass from Baines, and Coleman's header from the right side of the penalty area was confiscated by Cech at the near corner.
In the 64th minute, Baines took a corner kick, and Jagielka missed the goal with a header.
In the 65th minute, Ancelotti called Ivanovic to the sidelines to explain the tactics, hoping that he could limit the threat of Baynes on the left.
