Chapter 31
"Okay, I didn't realize you're so fast."
Lukaku didn't receive the pass. He half turned around and looked for a position to receive the ball while chatting with Chen Huan who was following him.
Chen Huan glanced at the dark and strong center forward, and secretly sighed at his outstanding explosiveness and speed.
Although Lukaku now plays for a mid-to-lower-level Premier League team, Chen Huan knows that this tall and incredibly fast center forward was worth over 100 million euros at his peak.
In the one-on-one attack and defense between the two just now, although Chen Huan predicted in advance that the opponent would start to retreat to support, he almost failed to defend.
This shows how intense the Premier League games are.
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In the Everton half, Everton's midfielder made a mistake in passing the ball, and Van
Persie took the ball back on the spot. After the Dutch superstar protected the ball on the spot, he looked up and found that at this moment, there were only Wilson at the front and Di Maria cruising on the other side of the field.
Van Persie could not move forward and noticed Chen Huan running forward while reaching for the ball.
The football flew out from under the feet of the Dutch superstar, and it was a low pass back.
Lukaku, who was behind Chen Huan, noticed that the Dragon player was about to stretch his body to catch the ball, and without any hesitation, he immediately moved his body over.
""Watch out behind you!"
Central defender Rojo reminded Chen Huan loudly.
Chen Huan opened his arms, lowered his center of gravity, and stretched out his foot to hook the ball before Lukaku could run into him.
"Bang!"
At this moment, even though Chen Huan had made sufficient preparations, he was still knocked back two steps by Lukaku.
The next moment, a figure came around and prepared to grab the ball.
"Don't even think about it!"
Chen Huan didn't pass the ball directly, but rushed towards Lukaku who was pressing him.
According to the information before the game, although Lukaku is tall and strong, he is not very keen on physical confrontation with strong players.
Chen Huan can't avoid confrontation now.
He must be tougher than Lukaku to make the opponent behave.
What's more, there is no good passing route around now.
"Bang!
The two bodies collided again.
This time, Lukaku and Chen Huan both stumbled, but the next moment, Lukaku suddenly fell to the ground.
Chen Huan was originally keeping his balance, but seeing this, he immediately fell to the ground, and before falling to the ground, he passed the ball back to Rojo behind him.
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts!"
After Chen Huan fell to the ground, he immediately covered his face with his hands and began to wail.
If you ask why you have to cover your face after falling to the ground in a physical confrontation, you can only say that this is the basic quality of a professional football player.
Lukaku fell to the ground and wanted to"cheat" a yellow card, but at this moment, seeing Chen Huan lying on the ground with his face covered and wailing loudly, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Mata, the team's big brother wearing the No. 8 jersey, rushed towards Chen Huan and Lukaku angrily.
At the same time, the players of the two teams also began to gather around Chen Huan and Lukaku.
"beep——"
The referee on duty blew the whistle and ran over.
The referee was experienced, and he looked at Chen Huan who was covering his face and asked,"Are you okay?"
"It hurts, referee, he fouled me.
Chen Huan wailed.
"without……"Lukaku was a little confused. He looked at Chen Huan, who was lying on the ground, covering his face and wailing, and explained in a pale tone:"This is a normal physical confrontation."
"Shut up!"
Rojo, who had just kicked the ball out of the sideline, yelled at Lukaku:"We all saw that you took the initiative to hit me from the side!"
The referee communicated with the linesmen through the headset and showed Lukaku a yellow card.
The Everton captain was very dissatisfied and rushed over to ask the referee for an explanation.
"He bumped into player No. 30 from the side, that's a yellow card, do you want me to show you another one?"The referee pushed back firmly.
At this time, Chen Huan also stood up with the help of his teammates, looking weak.
"I'm fine, I can continue."Chen Huan said to the referee.
The referee nodded slightly, made a gesture to restart the game and blew the whistle.
Everton's teammates served the ball on the sideline. Because Rojo took the initiative to kick the ball off the field, Everton players waited until their teammates retreated to their positions and then threw the ball to De Gea.
After this physical confrontation and receiving a yellow card, Lukaku was obviously much more honest.
"Chen, are you okay?"
Lukaku was even a little worried that he might have hurt Chen Huan.
"No, I'm fine."
Chen Huan said with a smile.
Just kidding, he has"alloy leg guards" and will not get injured in a natural season.
"Oh, right……"
Chen Huan keenly noticed that Rojo, who was holding the ball, made eye contact with him, and he suddenly said something to Lukaku beside him.
""What?"
Lukaku asked.
But the next moment, the Belgian center forward realized that he had been fooled.
Just when he asked Chen Huan what he had just said, Chen Huan had already retreated a step and received the pass from the center back.
Damn, the other party actually distracted him by talking.
Lukaku hurried forward to press.
After Chen Huan turned around with the ball, he did not pass the ball immediately. Facing Lukaku who was rushing to grab the ball, Chen Huan used a bicycle kick to shake Lukaku's center of gravity, and then dribbled the ball in the opposite direction.
Chen Huan looked up and looked forward. Outside the penalty area, Wilson, who had just come on as a substitute, was fighting with Everton's center back.
At the same time, Mata, who was playing as a front midfielder, retreated towards Chen Huan. On the left and right, Di Maria and Van Percy was being guarded.
Chen Huan passed the ball to Mata who was retreating.
After Mata received the ball, the Everton midfielder had already headed over to him. The Manchester United midfielder was unable to complete the turn and passed the ball to Chen Huan again.
Before Chen Huan received the ball, he looked up again to observe the situation in the frontcourt. There were a large number of players concentrated in Everton's half, and every Manchester United receiving point was being closely guarded. He could only move forward by himself.
Chen Huan took the ball and started, crossing the Everton half.
At this time, the defensive player who was marking Mata directly abandoned Mata and rushed over.
Chen Huan feinted, and then a precise pass went through the defensive player's small door and landed at Mata's feet.
Chen Huan did not pause and continued to move forward.
Mata received the ball in an open space and turned around
""Watch him!"
Everton defensive midfielder No. 18 Barry raised his finger and pointed at Chen Huan.
Another defensive midfielder Besic immediately pushed out of the defense area and rushed towards Chen Huan who was running without the ball.
He had to block Mata's possible pass to Chen Huan.
Mata looked up and immediately noticed that after Chen Huan's running position attracted Besic, a small gap appeared in the ribs in front of Everton's penalty area.
At the same time, Dutch striker Van Persie also noticed this keenly, and he immediately rushed to the gap from the wing.