greenery is king

Chapter 1198 Ignored Problems

On November [-]th, Chelsea's away game against West Brom was underway. In the VIP box at the Hawthorn Stadium, Chelsea's general manager Emenalo was talking with CEO Gurley.

"Ai Huan now proposes a salary increase, which we are absolutely unwilling to agree to. If we agree this time, then we will lose control of this team in the future." Gurley said very firm.

Emenalo didn't say anything, he just stood at the window with a glass of wine indifferently, watching the game outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows, "We can temporarily control the situation now, but if our team still If we fall like this, the result is that we will lose a large number of fans. Now that we have fallen from the top of the league, this is not what our fans want."

"Fans? They don't always know what to say. These people always look at football with their own ideas, and we are not them. Don't be controlled by what those people say. Don't forget that the right to speak is always with us. This side." Gurley also said indifferently.

While they were talking, the game on the court was in full swing.Chelsea still set up a 4-3-2-1 formation today, the goalkeeper is Cech, but some adjustments have been made to the back line, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luis and Bertrand formed a new formation Defensively, Romeu and Mikel occupy the position of the midfielder, and the trident in the frontcourt once again formed the combination of Moses, Hazard and Sturridge, but this time Hazard was placed In the forward position, the striker is still Torres.

Although this lineup is not Chelsea's strongest lineup, it is obvious that this lineup can still have an advantage against West Brom, and there is no way to take a large number of personnel rotations, because Chelsea will face the devil's schedule next, among which Manchester City It is the biggest opponent, and they will face Manchester United again in the League Cup, so these games must not be lost, so they will use this formation to participate in this away game.

But even so, Chelsea took the initiative, Hazard passed the ball in the 3rd minute, and Sturridge shot wide in front of the penalty area.In the 7th minute, Moses broke into the penalty area and passed back from the left. Bertrand's weak shot from ten yards was cleared by Ridgwell in front of the goal line, and then Hazard's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Olsen.Chelsea's offensive against West Brom is still very fierce.

But what is surprising is that West Brom went ahead first. In the 10th minute, Morrison made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and quickly got rid of Luis Long's header from the edge of the penalty area and headed into the net.

Amidst the jubilant sound at the scene, Gurley's face became gloomy, and he slowly turned his head to look at Emenalo, but now Emenalo still has an expression of indifference, and all his energy seems to be indifferent. Focused on the wine glass in his hand.

After the game continued, Chelsea was still attacking frantically. No.15 minutes, Sturridge passed the ball, and Mikel's long-range shot from 2 yards missed the left post and missed. After 25 minutes, Moses shot wide from [-] yards from the left.

No.30 Hazard passed the ball in the second minute, and Sturridge volleyed from the left side of the penalty area and was confiscated by Myhill.

After 1 minute, West Brom finally made a counterattack. Billy Jones made a cross from the right. Longo's shot under Cahill's tight pressure in front of the small penalty area was confiscated by Petr Cech.

No.305 minutes Romeu's long-range shot was blocked and West Brom quickly counterattacked. Long got rid of Cahill on the left and cut in from the edge of the penalty area. The arc shot went wide.

Fortunately, Chelsea equalized the score in the No.309 minute. This time, Azpilicueta cut into the right side of the penalty area and made a cross. Hazard hit the goal with a header from far and close range and deflected into Billy Jones. near corner.

Gurley's face looked a little better now. Anyway, now that the score has been tied, the game should be able to be won next. It has been several rounds and now Chelsea are under tremendous pressure from top to bottom. Otherwise, Abramovich would not personally order Gurli to sit on the scene.

No. 40 minutes Torres back, Sturridge left 404 yards right foot shot wide of the near corner.Then Chelsea won three corner kicks in a row before halftime. No. [-] minutes, Jacob fouled Sturridge in front of the penalty area. Lewis shot directly from the left free kick through the wall and deflected out of the near corner.Then West Brom cleared the corner kick, and Romeu's outside volley was blocked again.Torres and Cahill passed the ball consecutively, but Moses shot high from fifteen yards on the right side of the penalty area. At the last moment, Luis took a corner kick and headed it wide again, and then the first half ended.

"They played well in the first half, but their ability to seize opportunities is still lacking." Gurley said a bit heavy, but he is unwilling to say more, and he has been in recent games. While watching, he certainly knew that Chelsea had fallen into a vicious cycle of unfavorable offense.

In the second half, Chelsea stepped up their offensive, but did not make substitutions. No. 408 minutes, Stewart made a cross from the left and was destroyed by the opponent's defender. Chelsea got a corner kick. Romeu took a corner kick and kicked the football into the middle of the penalty area. The West Brom goalkeeper confiscated the ball sideways.

In the minute Moses broke through from the right and crossed the goal, Sturridge turned around and volleyed from the penalty spot, and the ball was blocked by Myhill.

At 1 minute, West Brom scored again at home. This time, Sean Long made a cross from the right. Odum Wenji scored a header before Bertrand and broke the net. It was [-]-[-]. West Brom was at home. lead again.

"What's going on? Why is our defense so poor?" Gurley couldn't help but make a questioning voice.

But Emenalo still looked like an old god, he just smiled slightly, "What's so strange? Our defense line was always poor last season, and we didn't supplement it this year. You should understand that. "

"But why didn't we see it at all before? We didn't have any problems with the defense this season. Why are there all problems now?"

"Did you never watch football?" Emenalo almost said this sentence, but swallowed it back the moment he blurted it out, "That's because of the existence of Ai Huan, he is not in the frontcourt. Every time we stop the goal, we can seal the victory in a short time, and then the goal conceded later is like a small flaw, many of which will be ignored and not paid attention to."

(End of this chapter)