On the evening of April 14th, 19:30.

Stamford Bridge Stadium in the West End of London is brightly lit and bright as daytime.

After more than 38,000 fans flocked in, the huge stands were crowded, looking very spectacular.

This world-renowned focus battle is about to begin, and the atmosphere in the stadium is becoming more and more tense and more fanatical.

The home team fans are very enthusiastic, obviously looking forward to the team being able to beat Liverpool at home, changing the embarrassing record between the strong team this season. Although the number of fans of the away team is small, they are not to be outdone. The momentum created is no less than that of the home team. This is somewhat related to the lack of unity of the home team fans.

The atmosphere at Stamford Bridge Stadium is not good, which is a long-standing old problem.

Captain John Terry appeared in the chairman's stands in a suit. Because of the accumulation of yellow cards, he will miss this focus game tonight, but he still came to the stadium and was with the team.

He just came out of the locker room. He could see that his teammates were full of fighting spirit and determined to win. Head coach Hiddink also made sufficient preparations in an attempt to make Liverpool comeback in this game and avenge his previous shame.

Although Chelsea may be empty-handed this season, being able to eliminate the powerful Liverpool from the Champions League is also a proud deed.

"I hope everything goes well!" Terry looked straight at the stadium and prayed in his heart.

Just then, a sensation came from near the exit of the Chairman's stands.

Terry turned around and saw that, accompanied by the club's general manager Peter Kenyon, Chairman Buck and assistant Marina Granovskaya and others, club owner Abramovich walked out of the passage and headed towards the empty position, which was in the direction of Terry.

This is a position reserved by the club specifically for him, and is exclusively for Abramovich.

"Hey, John." Abramovich smiled and patted his shoulder when he saw Terry.

"I'm glad to see you, boss." Terry responded with a smile.

The Russian looked in a pretty good mood, pointing at his empty seat, "Come on, sit here with me, my captain!"

Of course Terry would not refuse and agreed immediately.

Suddenly, many people around also adjusted their positions with tactfulness.

At Chelsea and at Stamford Bridge, Abramovich is the veritable king!

After the group found their own positions to sit down, the Russian asked about the current situation of the team and the next game. He was obviously more concerned about whether the team could defeat Liverpool and advance to the semi-finals, followed by the semi-finals.

"I just came out of the locker room and I could feel that everyone was full of confidence." Terry said confidently.

"But we just scored three goals by Bolton," Abramovich reminded.

Obviously, he has been following the news about Chelsea.

"It was just an accident. The boss, Hiddink, is a top coach. He has adjusted and for the past few days, we have been preparing for how to deal with Liverpool's highs." Terry smiled.

When Abramovich heard this, he felt relieved.

"Yes, I have confidence in Hiddink, he is the best!"

After Scolari was dismissed, Abramovich also used his personal relationship, which finally convinced Hiddink that he could have both the head coach of the Russian national team and the head coach of the Chelsea.

If he had no confidence in Hiddink, he wouldn't have gone to do these things in a big way.

"And, Hiddink still hid a backhand in this game."

"Oh?" Abramovich became interested, "There is still a backup plan?"

“Anelka won’t go.”

"Ah?" Abramovich was a little confused.

Anelka was once a world-renowned talented striker. After Arsenal became famous, he transferred to Real Madrid at a sky-high price. However, due to his sexual quirks and his two brothers, his career development has always been very difficult.

After finally playing Bolton, Chelsea dug up to Stamford Bridge and joined the giants again.

Logically speaking, the player deserves his performance, but Hiddink kept him as a backup plan, obviously he was prepared.

Although Abramovich didn't understand, he felt that he had guessed something, as if he had seen the victory and waved his hand in front of him, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"If we can really defeat Liverpool, reach the semi-finals, or even defeat Manchester United to reach the finals, we will definitely be the favorite to win the championship!"

Everyone knows that Abramovich is obsessed with the Champions League championship, and even he replaced Mourinho because he felt that the Portuguese madman could not bring the Champions League to Chelsea.

The team reached the Champions League final last season, and if it reached the final this season, it would not be impossible to win the championship.

"We all fight for this, boss!" Terry's eyes were full of determination.

Although he, the captain, has objections to some of Abramovich's actions, no matter what, as long as it is something that is good for Chelsea, he will do his best to support Abramovich.

As he was talking, the players from the players' passageway, led by Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantaleo, led by players from the two teams lined up and walked out one after another.

For a moment, the audience burst into applause and cheers.

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"Because I commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy tomorrow, all Liverpool players wore black armbands on their right arm tonight at Stamford Bridge Stadium, and everyone's face was full of solemnity."

"This is somewhat of a sad feeling, and it also reflects Liverpool's determination to fight back."

"Let's take a look at Chelsea's lineup tonight."

"The goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Alles and Ivanovic, the midfield is Lampard, Barack and Essin, and the front trident is Maluda, Drogba and Karau."

"We noticed that Anelka, the Chelsea top scorer who performed well this season, was put on the bench by Hiddink tonight, which is indeed surprising because Anelka is Chelsea's best scorer this season."

"Perhaps Hiddink wants to focus on defense at the beginning, after all, they are already leading three to one."

"Everyone thinks that Liverpool wants to reverse this away game unless another miracle happens."

"Let's look at Liverpool again."

"The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Aurerio, Scotter, Carragher and Aveloa, the midfield is Mascherano and Xavi Alonso to form double midfielder, Gerald breaks forward, and the front court trident is Yang Yang, Kuyt and Benayon."

"The English tall man Crouch, who many people were looking forward to before the game, also did not appear in the lineup, which shows that the two world's top coaches were tit-for-tat before the game, and they both hid their backs and waited for their opponents to take action."

"From the score of the first leg, Liverpool is now behind one-to-three. In the second leg of the away game, you must score more than three goals before you have the chance to advance. This will be a great test for the Reds' offensive ability, because Chelsea's defensive ability has been obvious to all since the Ranieri period."

"Maybe it can be said that in the past few years, which team has been able to score more than three goals at Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which is why everyone is not optimistic about Liverpool before the game."

"And Liverpool must note that Chelsea's top spots performed very well in the first leg, Ivanovic, Drogba, Barack, Alles... All this game is still the case, which is a huge test for Liverpool's defense, especially high ball defense."

"There is also Renner. This Spanish goalkeeper is a major hidden danger for Liverpool this season. He often makes some mistakes that should not be made in the game, and pushes Liverpool into difficulties from time to time. This is obviously a problem."

"Okay, the game is about to begin."

"The one wearing the red jersey is Liverpool. They attack from left to right, while Chelsea attacks from right to left."

"Yang Yang and Kuyt stood in the middle circle and were ready to serve."

"The competition is about to break out!"

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Yang Yang stood in the middle circle, jumped twice in place, and took a deep breath.

His body had already started to move when he was warming up just now, and he felt that he was in good condition now.

When he played against Blackburn, he only played halftime and then adjusted for three more days. Now is the best time.

Good luck, and the weather and temperatures tonight were pretty good.

"It's ready." Kuyt reminded.

Yang Yang smiled and nodded heavily.

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With the referee's whistle, Kuyt quickly kicked the ball to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang kept kicking the ball back to Gerald, and rushed forward quickly.

Gerald passed back to the defense line. After Scotter stopped the ball, he passed it with a long pass, but instead of going to the middle, he moved to the right. Kuyt competed for the landing point with Ashley Cole here.

But Kuyt failed to get the point this time, and the ball flew directly out of bounds, Chelsea's out-of-bounds ball.

"From the opening, we can clearly see that Liverpool's deployment of troops is a bit surprising."

"Originally we all thought that Kuyt would appear in the middle, but unexpectedly, Yang Yang appeared in this position, while Kuyt appeared on the left, and Benayon was active in Yang Yang's left-side position."

"From the long pass just now, Benitez's strategy is also very clear, avoiding Alex and Barack in the middle, playing against Chelsea's low point Ashley Cole on the left, and playing with Kuyt's advantage in fighting for the top of the ball."

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Liverpool showed his fangs at the beginning, and Chelsea were obviously unwilling to be stolen.

Hiddink did not adopt an overly conservative strategy, but chose to fight head-on and directly fight.

So after the opening, Liverpool made a big push and took a high-level defense. Chelsea also laid heavy troops from the 30-meter zone to the center line.

The two teams seemed risky at the beginning, but they were relatively safe and did not show the other party a chance.

Until the thirteenth minute...
Chapter completed!