Chapter 853 The Terrible Portuguese
After conceding a goal first, Chelsea immediately organized a counterattack.
Just one minute later, Ashley Cole penetrated to the left side of the penalty area, and under the interference of Milner, he directly made a cross.
In the penalty area, Falcao grabbed the first landing point and headed the ball.
But this shot was not comfortable, and it was a little far away from the goal, and it had no strength. It landed lightly in Cech's arms, which was directly equivalent to giving the ball to Manchester City.
After getting the ball, Manchester City began to consciously control the ball in its own half, slowing down the pace of the game.
Xavi Alonso assumed the responsibility of the team's head coach and kept calling out to his teammates. He knew the strategy of coach Gao Han better than anyone else. He was also a professional player, and he also knew the mood of Chelsea at this moment.
Chelsea had confidence in the first five consecutive wins of the league. The remarks of head coaches Scolari, Gao Han and Ferguson were more or less disturbed, and their expectations for the game began to rise.
If it was a good draw in the past, then now it will at least have a draw.
During the game, they suddenly realized that their opponents seemed to be afraid of them and put them away. How could they not take the initiative to attack? They had the idea of scoring goals?
But suddenly they were hit and lost the ball. How could they not be in a hurry?
If the three midfielders Essin, Ramirez and Lampard are indeed very outstanding in terms of strangling ability, but if they are talking about organization, sorting and controlling, they are not good enough, and they do not have the ability to dispatch midfield like Xavi Alonso.
So, when his mind was hot, Chelsea counterattacked wildly.
Xavi Alonso knew this very well, so he played pass control and slowed down the pace of the game. On the one hand, he consumed Chelsea's physical fitness, and on the other hand, he wiped out their sharpness, making them anxious because they couldn't grab the ball, and showed their flaws again.
The changes in Manchester City made Chelsea feel very depressed.
Ramirez performed very calmly in this game, but at this time he began to become a little uneasy.
After clearing a long pass from Xavi Martinez, he flew towards David Silva, which was directly a threatening flying tackle that tackled David Silva, and was criticized by all Manchester City players.
The referee also gave Ramirez a yellow card under the pressure of captain Xavi Alonso.
In less than twenty minutes, both yellow cards were given to Chelsea.
But four minutes later, Lampard returned to defense on the left and tripped Sanchez again, received a yellow card again, and gave Manchester City a good free kick opportunity. Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty himself and hit the wall, and was cleared by Alex.
Three minutes later, Manchester City made a cross from the right, and Terry beat Benzema to head the ball to clear the ball. In the penalty area, Mikel had an obvious handball action under Kaka's interference, but escaped the referee's eye and missed a penalty.
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Scolari was simply untenable on the sidelines.
Big Phil went back and forth on the sidelines, shouting to the field. He kept calling on the players to stay calm and not be anxious, but the players on the field seemed to have never heard of them.
On this side, they nodded at him, but after turning around and entering the game, everything was the same.
On the other hand, Manchester City, under the control of players such as Xavi Alonso, not only has the game organized and the idea is very clear, but also has a very strong rhythm control ability, can be fast or slow, and always plays under a very awkward rhythm of Chelsea.
"We are anxious after conceding the ball now. The more we are anxious, the harder it is to grab the ball. The more we can't grab the ball, the more anxious we are..."
The assistant coach next to him shook his head and sighed, "This is so fucking depressing."
If it is in a basketball game, you should call a timeout at this time.
At least let both sides calm down, and the head coach can quickly pour cold water on the players to make them sober and not fall into the trap of their opponents. However, this is a football game, and there is no such thing as a timeout at all.
Unless Scolari will make a substitution now.
But I have only been playing for half an hour now. Is it meaningful to replace people at this time?
What's more, no matter who is replaced at this time, it will anger the players.
This is basically the default unspoken rule in football games. Unless the player performs very badly, the head coach will not substitute in the first half unless he has to.
"We need a player like Harvey Alonso," Scolari said enviously.
But in fact, he knew that Chelsea would not give him the chance to buy someone now.
The important thing about him being able to stay in office last season is that Abramovich just learned from the Rijkald incident, so he showed mercy to his men, but if he still failed to perform this season, he would definitely be dismissed.
Thinking of this, Scolari gently covered his chest with his left hand, feeling the heartbeat that became violent due to pressure and stimulation. He seemed to be able to feel the blood rushing through his body.
This is the top European league!
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When the game reached the 37th minute, Chelsea made another mistake.
Chelsea intercepted the ball in the first half and launched a counterattack. Anelka quickly dribbled forward after receiving the ball, but he almost collided with Falcao, which obviously had overlapping running routes.
This immediately forced Anelka to slow down immediately, avoid Falcao, and let the Colombia center rush forward quickly.
But at this pause, Milner chased after him from behind. When Anelka stopped the ball, he poked it and kicked the ball to Kaka in front. The two movements were completed almost instantly. When Anelka reacted to counterattack, the ball had already flown to Kaka's feet.
As soon as the Brazilian stopped the ball, he turned around and immediately led forward, launching a counterattack from Chelsea.
Four against four!
The entire city stadium was in full swing, and all Manchester City fans were shouting Kaka's name.
Benzema is in the center and right, Sanchez firmly occupies the right, and Kaka dribbles the ball from the middle to the left, and the entire attack is very wide. Although Chelsea's defense line returns to the right in time, it is directly pulled open.
Everyone knows that this is easier to form a one-on-one and play the personal abilities of Manchester City superstars.
Sure enough, Kaka continued to drive the ball forward, getting closer and closer to the penalty area, and Alex finally couldn't help but snatch it.
As soon as Alex got on the robbery, right back Ivanovic had to lean into the middle and was ready to make up for Alex at any time.
What's so bad is that Kaka seemed to be ready for this again, and scored his right foot and passed the ball diagonally to the left.
Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball in the left corner of the penalty area and entered the penalty area. Facing Ivanovic who was chasing back, the Portuguese seemed extremely calm and calm, constantly changing fake moves when shifting the ball.
Suddenly, he made a move to go down the bottom, then switched to cut inward, and after starting and pulling out the distance, he directly shot a arc ball with his right foot.
Only seeing Terry and Ashley Cole in Chelsea's penalty area both looked up and watched the ball crossing an arc, almost hitting the upper right corner of the goal and hitting the goal. Hillaryo was powerless to do anything about this.
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"In the 37th minute, Manchester City once again broke through Chelsea's goal!"
"This is the consequence of a mistake from Chelsea itself."
"Cristiano Ronaldo once again continued his amazing goal-scoring form this season, and once again scored twice. God, Ivanovic seemed to be like a wooden stake that could not move in his eyes."
"It's so easy. No one can defend against this terrifying Portuguese when it's one-on-one!"
"This is a very high-quality arc shot, and we can see that Hillaryo is simply out of reach."
"Two to zero, Chelsea swallowed bitter fruit for their mistakes in counterattack."
"Now Scolari should reconsider the team's technical and tactical style. If this continues, it may lead to another crushing defeat."
"Now, we have to admit that Gao Han and Ferguson's suspicion of Chelsea before the game became a fact."
"Five consecutive victories are too dazzling, covering up many Chelsea's offensive and defensive problems, especially when facing a team like Manchester City with excellent midfield suppression ability, it is difficult for Chelsea to organize an effective offense."
"Falcao, Robinho and Anelka were cut by Manchester City's defensive defense in this game, and they were more fighting each other, while Chelsea's midfielder was unable to support the frontcourt strongly. This made the Blues' offense seem to have an advantage after the start, but in fact there was no much threat."
"Perhaps, at this time, Chelsea fans will miss Drogba very much."
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It turns out that not only fans miss Drogba, but also Scolari.
The first half ended with Manchester City's 2-0 lead. Cristiano Ronaldo continued his amazing goal state in recent times and once again scored twice, making everyone convinced.
After the half-time break, the second half started again, and Chelsea obviously restrained a lot, no longer took the initiative and acted as in the first half, and played more conservatively, and basically retreated to the half of the three lines.
Falcao should be the most depressing player on the front line. He has won all the Colombian center this season. He has no threatening shot opportunities when facing Manchester City in this game, but this obviously cannot be blamed.
The main reason is that Chelsea's arrangement of troops was suppressed by Manchester City, especially in the midfield, which was suppressed very strongly and it was difficult to pass a threatening ball to the frontcourt. Falcao had very few opportunities to get the ball in the threatening area, let alone create a threat.
The turning point of the game was in the 70th minute. Chelsea finally couldn't hold back and replaced Falcao and Drogba. At the same time, Maluda was the one who left the game, replacing Robinho with a sluggish performance in this game.
Scolari's strategy began to become clear, and he fought around Drogba.
After the Ivorian Warcraft came on the court, Chelsea's offense became more threatening, especially in the first five minutes he just took the court, he completed two wonderful performances.
Once, Maluda made a cross from the wing. After he withstood the ball with his body, he headed the ball directly.
This was Chelsea's most threatening attack in this game, but Cech saved very steadily at the critical moment, not allowing Drogba to score, keeping Manchester City's goal.
Another time, he retreated and received the big-footed pass from the backcourt and made a ball for Anelka, but the Frenchman failed to handle it after getting the ball and was unable to form a single shot, and was cleared by Kompany out of bounds.
It can be said that both performances were quite exciting.
But soon, Gao Han also readjusted his defense, and Manchester City once again stabilized his position. In addition, Chelsea defended the entire second half, and Manchester City had to play in the Champions League again in the middle of the week, so they did not do their best.
In the end, the game ended 2-0, and Manchester City defeated Chelsea at home.
Chapter completed!