Chapter 1260: Chapter 1260
Chapter 1260: Chapter 379: The Duke’s Ambition
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Terry nodded and said.
With this much time left in the game, starting to delay is indeed a bit excessive.
But it’s all within the rules.
And compared to the referee’s actions, Terry felt Mourinho’s choice wasn’t an issue.
The two men turned and walked toward the field.
Neither noticed Mourinho’s body trembling slightly.
This kind of breaking through unfairness, turning the situation around to win the championship.
It’s the victory of Mourinho’s dreams.
And against Barcelona, it’s almost a gift from the heavens for him.
He wished the game would end right away so he could go to the press conference and brag, despise Barça a little, and vent the depression and anger that’s been bottled up inside for years.
Sitting on the bench, Abramovich did notice Mourinho’s situation.
He also heard Mourinho’s instructions.
Setting aside their conflicts, Abramovich was still quite satisfied with Mourinho’s performance.
Of course, it would be even better if they could win more beautifully.
Desiring more is nothing new.
There wasn’t originally a Real Madrid in the world, or every successful club would become a Real Madrid.
After the two entered the field, they quickly conveyed Mourinho’s message.
All Chelsea players agreed with Mourinho’s tactics.
The current Chelsea is a team that fights hard for honor.
Barça makes a substitution, Pedro comes on for Henry.
Mourinho then called up all the substitutes.
At times , substitute players have no complaints, each one willing to warm up directly, ready to come on at any sudden situation.
Barça, restarting the play, almost pushed the tempo to a dangerous level.
Although it was still a back pass after kickoff, their organization speed was much faster than before.
Busquets had just received the ball and immediately tried a through pass to find the retreating Messi.
His intention to pass was too obvious, Ballack directly stretched his foot to block the ball.
Xavi reacted quickly, coming up to hook the ball back under his control.
Ballack rushed straight toward him.
This position was close to the wing, and Xavi didn’t have time to adjust, unable to shake off from the spot.
Xavi protected the ball near the sideline, Puyol wanted to come up to support, Huang Kaiwen directly rushed up to block Xavi’s passing route.
“Barça is also quite pitiful this time, now they need to strengthen the attack, normally they should bring on Alves. But Alves is suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, Abidal got a red card in the match against Manchester United.”
“Yes, Puyol is playing fullback targeting Huang Kaiwen, but now they have no good options for strengthening the attack.”
“Huang Kaiwen’s defensive attitude today remains impeccable, but his defensive level has somewhat dropped, maybe he’s tired from running too much.”
With Huang Kaiwen coming to assist, Ballack gave up a bit of space.
Xavi pulled the ball back with his foot, and when Huang Kaiwen extended his leg, Xavi twisted his ankle, causing Huang Kaiwen to kick his ankle, and Xavi fell to the ground.
Players from both teams rushed to that spot almost simultaneously.
The Barça players started pressuring crazily before Busacca even expressed anything.
Huang Kaiwen, already booked with a yellow card for a foul, would be sent off if he received another yellow card.
“That was intentional, it’s a retaliatory foul!”
Shouted Xavi lying on the ground.
“Referee sir, you should maintain fairness on the field. Send him off, send him off now!” Piqué urged from the side.
“Bastard, watch what you say!”
Ramos went up to push Piqué away, pointing at his nose.
Terry stood in front of Ramos, afraid that the kid would take action directly.
Busacca was quite troubled at the moment.
This foul wasn’t actually severe; Huang Kaiwen was going for the ball.
But strictly speaking, it could warrant a card for a warning.
The issue now was that Huang Kaiwen already had a yellow card.
Before officiating this match, someone reminded him, Chelsea is Chelsea, Kevin is Kevin, if he didn’t want his refereeing career to end early, it’s best not to wrong Huang Kaiwen.
Just this season, several Premier League referees have been penalized because of Huang Kaiwen.
But all the Barça players were crowding around, putting considerable pressure on him.
In the end, it was the angry scolding from Italy behind him that woke Busacca up.
He quickly pulled out a yellow card, showing it to Ramos, then turning to show a yellow card to Piqué, saying, “Be careful, referee matters aren’t for you to handle. Whoever teaches me how to whistle again will get a yellow card too.”
Guardiola urged the Barça players from the sidelines not to tangle with the referee any further, to get up and restart the play quickly.
Only then did Ramos realize he had missed an opportunity to delay time; he was only concerned about preventing Huang Kaiwen from getting booked.
Xavi got up and walked back.
This time, he deliberately let Huang Kaiwen kick him, and since it didn’t succeed, there’s nothing much to say; everyone is not a fool.
Puyol stepped up to restart, all Chelsea players were back in their half.
Barça passed the ball continuously near the midfield but couldn’t find any good opportunities.
Messi withdrew to just in front of the midfield line, and Piqué sent a direct pass.
Messi dribbled the ball down the right side.
Ballack and Ashley Cole rushed up almost simultaneously.
Messi quickly turned back and returned the pass, running toward the middle.
Xavi directly lobbed a pass over Ashley Cole to Messi, who had redirected toward the right to successfully retrieve the ball.
Ashley Cole was closely pursuing Messi from behind, as Chelsea’s defense concentrated on the right wing.
Messi didn’t want to waste the opportunity seeing so many players, so he immediately made another return pass.
Xavi took the ball and quickly shifted it to the left, Iniesta received the ball and pushed forward himself, successfully getting past Essien with a Maradona turn, Terry and Ramos rushed up almost simultaneously to defend.