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《卫报》"Classy Crespo rises above Boro siege"
Monday October 6, 2003
The Guardian
Deeply unconvincing Chelsea may have been, buckling at times under a frenzy of home pressure,
but they still hover with menace at Arsenal's shoulder this morning, a point from the Premiership's
pinnacle thanks to Hernan Crespo's unlikely late winner. So that is what ??16.8m can buy.
The Argentinian emerged from the disjointed mishmash - not least of his own performance -
to break Boro two minutes from the end, peeling away from Danny Mills and nodding Damien
Duff's cross down and beyond Mark Schwarzer at his near post.
"I honestly don't think we deserved it," admitted the ??17m Irishman.
This was a ??33.8m sucker punch to broaden the permanent beam plastered across
the watching Roman Abramovich's face.
Given the Russian's open-chequebook approach, the last thing the rest of the Premiership
needed was Chelsea relying on good fortune to win games. Even the Londoners cannot buy
luck, after all. Yet, having barely broken into a sweat to control and glean a deserved lead in
the first half against strangely lethargic opponents, Claudio Ranieri's side creaked alarmingly
under Boro's breathless riposte thereafter.
The home side were level within 19 seconds of the second period, the ponderous Robert
Huth stumbling on George Boateng's pass and robbed of possession by Gaizka Mendieta.
The Spaniard reflected Boro's mood throughout - anonymous to the point of appearing
uninterested up to the break, purring after it - and tore forward into Chelsea territory,
slipping a thrill of a pass inside for Szilard Nemeth to finish emphatically beyond the exposed
Carlo Cudicini.
The sloppy concession was hardly the stuff of potential champions, even for a side whose
burgeoning squad permitted seven changes from the midweek humbling by Besiktas and
left ??45m worth of personnel watching from the bench.
"The table says we are a point behind them but we are not close to Arsenal or Manchester
United in reality," insisted Ranieri.
"We are working to close the gap between us and them but we still need time.
"If you watch Arsenal or United, they know how to slow the tempo down, they have a maturity
which we don't yet have. We are still learning. Sure, we have a good fighting spirit, but we still
have to improve our tactics. My players never thought it was too easy out there but we suffered
a lot after conceding that goal."
That much was true, with Mendieta so irrepressible that Boro threatened to maraud to a fourth
consecutive success. He once cost Lazio ??29m from Valencia and looked the twice European Cup
finalist he is, drifting away from the dithering Wayne Bridge to zip a low cross-shot agonisingly
beyond the far post, then clipping a marvellous free-kick for Malcolm Christie to chase into the
area only for the striker to lift a shot wastefully over the bar.
"You didn't just see quality, technique and ability, you saw attitude and work rate," said
Steve McClaren, who watched as Doriva, inspired by the Spaniard at his side, pummelled
a volley which Cudicini palmed away before Boateng drilled a shot wide with the Italian beaten.
"You always wonder if they'll adapt to the English game. He [Mendieta] won't have a problem.
It's players like that who can win you a football match in a matter of seconds."
That honour had been reserved for Crespo. The former Internazionale striker had been
introduced at the interval and, blinded by Boro's pressure, stumbled around the turf as
if a little boy lost. When he roused himself to rob Colin Cooper, overplaying on the edge
of his area, he could only batter a panicked shot straight into Schwarzer's face with the
goal gaping. "He is only playing at 60%," offered Ranieri. "We need to get to know him."
Chelsea will know and appreciate him all the more now, the victory his header earned
rekindling the dreamy memory of their first-half swagger. The visitors had been sumptuous
from the start, edging ahead when Frank Lampard dispossessed Boateng, Duff spun on to the
loose ball and slipped a smart pass inside Mills and Chris Riggott for the unmarked Eidur Gudjohnsen
to gather. The Icelandic striker, unnoticed on the edge of the area, feigned one way, shot the
other and ripped his first Premiership goal of the season inside Schwarzer's near post.
When the excellent John Terry headed Lampard's free-kick on to the crossbar with Boro still
lulled, it seemed this was to be a victory reminiscent of Arsenal's 4-0 stroll here in August.
"But we are not playing our best football yet," added Duff. "The gaffer has been chopping
and changing and we haven't generated any momentum yet, but we still got through this one.
" That, more than anything, will have Arsène Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson fretting. |
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Crespo scores the second!! [
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Hernan Crespo's late winner kept Chelsea on the heels of the Premiership pace-setters
with a hard-fought victory at Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough looked set to earn a deserved point after Szilard Nemeth equalised
Eidur Gudjohnsen's early strike for Chelsea.
But a moment of magic from Damien Duff set up the 17m pound Argentine for a towering
far post header to claim three points and keep the pressure on Arsenal and Manchester United.
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拉涅利曾说他手里有四把枪，无论掏出哪把都能开火射击。面对米德尔斯堡的顽强和坚韧，拉涅利将这四把枪轮番掏了一遍，最终，克雷斯波的最后一颗子弹给他带来了好运，拉涅利锋线上的轮换制颇有点“东方不亮西方亮”的味道。
踢飞最简单的，顶进最难的
克雷斯波下半时出场后显得非常积极，人们甚至多次看到他回到禁区内协助防守。这就是轮换制利弊各半中的有利一面，不论谁出场后都会珍惜这有限的时间。不过，也许是由于磨合不够的原因，克雷斯波和队友间的配合多少显得有些生涩。古德杨森能够聪明的回撤到中场接应，但克雷斯波拉回来后却并没有多少人给他传球。
第77分钟，克雷斯波迎来了全场最好的一次机会，在从对方后卫脚下断球后，他单刀直入闯入禁区，可惜射门时却将球踢在了门将的脸上。一边的古德杨森在郁闷之余甚至显得有点惊讶，如此好的机会被克雷斯波这样的世界级射手踢飞似乎显得有些不可思议。
不过射手最终还是迎来了闪光的机会，第89分钟，达夫的传中飞向后点，克雷斯波在对方几名后卫之间起跳，低头将球砸向了球门。本来这个球角度已经较小，且有后卫在身边干扰，加上门将封住了近门柱，看上去似乎进球的可能并不大。谁知对方门将面对来球突然沉下了重心，在身体和门柱间露出了一道缝隙，皮球不偏不倚，居然就从这道缝中撞入了网窝。
克雷斯波顶住哈塞的腰眼
本轮赛前，哈塞尔巴因克在9场比赛里攻入6球，扮演着球队主力得分手的角色。不过即便如此，他也很难保证拉涅利对他的耐心能维持90分钟。在米德尔斯堡的防守面前，哈塞尔巴因克表现的依旧积极，尽管没有获得有威胁的射门，但其不遗余力的跑位和接应仍在给对手的防线制造着麻烦。
不过拉涅利对于这位前7轮的功勋射手却显得有些不够耐心，在半场时就有点“出人意料”的作出了锋线调整。赛后拉涅利可以用哈塞尔巴因克的那张黄牌作为借口，称担心这位脾气火爆的荷兰人可能继续鲁莽带来不必要的减员，但实际上这次换人的潜台词却是，当还有比你名头更响、身价更高的角色坐在板凳上时，你的地位永远都不会是稳固的，无论你此前进过多少球。
人们没有看到哈塞尔巴因克在半场时被换下的表情，但可想而知他的心情不会好到哪里去。弗格森曾说切尔西最为致命的不利因素就是不可能让队内的每个人都高兴，这话现在看来颇有些道理。无论是对半场就被换下的哈塞还是只能替补打下半场的克雷斯波来说，这种有能力却没时间的滋味确实不会好受。不知道长久下去，这会不会成为影响球队氛围的某种隐患。(丁林)
转自：竞技风暴
