Chapter 280 Three-Legged Long-Range Shot

Before the Manchester City-Chelsea showdown, a lot of media supported Chelsea to win.

Not only the Chelsea media, but the media in all parts of England, almost all expressed their support for Chelsea. In various reports, they all expressed their hope for Chelsea to win in a direct or implicit way.

This is the atmosphere of public opinion outside.

The reason is that Manchester City's performance is actually too strong. The defending league champions and the unbeaten season are such eye-catching results. It's a bit too gorgeous. When a team's performance is too gorgeous, always There will be many enemies, just like Manchester United who won the 'Triple Crown' in 1999. For a few years after that, the whole of England was very resistant to Manchester United. Except for the media that really supported Manchester United, other media hoped Manchester United lost, and when other fans watched Manchester United's game, they also hoped that Manchester United would be the loser.

Manchester City have not yet reached that level, but their achievements have begun to make people jealous.

So when Manchester City and Chelsea were going to have an FA Cup decisive battle, many media sided with Chelsea.

The outside world is optimistic about Manchester City. They are the league champions. They have a complete lineup. Among the injured players, including Tangning, have resumed training. However, the mass media still hopes that Chelsea will win.

It is rare that the 'Ruble Legion', which has been ostracized by the English media, has gained more support.

Mourinho rarely received this much support, and he also firmly expressed his confidence before the game, "This is the most important game for us, at the new Wembley Stadium, we will definitely become the final winner! "

Wan Sheng said nothing about it.

The whole Manchester City has been preparing for the game. Wan Sheng told the players not to care about what the outside world said. His original words were like this, "They say it because they are afraid! They are afraid of us. So I hope someone can stop us, this game Our goal is to tell everyone how strong we are! Make them more afraid, make them feel helpless to fail. Then. We succeed!"

In this atmosphere, the game between the two teams began.

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Wembley Stadium is a football stadium located in London, England. It is the home ground of the English national team and also hosts the finals of various domestic competitions in England.

In previous years, Wembley Stadium has been under reconstruction due to the aging of the facilities, this March. All reconstruction work has been completed. Stadiums also remain open.

In English domestic competitions, the League Cup finals and FA Cup finals are played here.

The decisive battle between Manchester City and Chelsea has attracted much attention. More than half a month before the game, 90,000 tickets have been sold out. In addition to the fans who support the two teams, more than half of them are neutral fans.

With the atmosphere of the stadium hot, the game has started.

Chelsea have done a lot to prepare for the game last time they lost to Manchester City in the league. But that game is irrelevant to Chelsea, with the experience of the last time. This time they were better prepared.

Perhaps this is what gives Mourinho confidence.

In the comments of the media and professionals on various teams, Chelsea's comprehensive strength has always been higher than that of Manchester City. In fact, both sides are very clear about this, but the failure to win Manchester City in two seasons is not just a matter of on-the-spot performance. Now, this seems to show that Mourinho's coaching ability is completely inferior to Wansheng.

The Portuguese were very upset.

He also knows that this will be his last game in charge of Chelsea, and the game is also related to the ownership of an FA Cup championship, so Chelsea has been preparing for the game for half a month.

In terms of tactics, Mourinho adopted the most reasonable tactics against Manchester City--using tough pressing, competing with Manchester City for midfield control, and constantly running and stealing to disrupt Manchester City's offensive rhythm.

In short, it is very important that the rhythm of the game cannot be controlled by Manchester City.

In addition, in terms of offense, Mourinho has also made adequate preparations. All the main players in the team that can be sent to the court will start. He hopes that such a lineup, coupled with sufficient preparations, can give the team an advantage.

But the way Manchester City played today is somewhat incomprehensible.

The impression of Manchester City is that of controlled offensive football. The two obvious characteristics are that they have a lot of control and a fast attacking speed. However, today's Manchester City feels a little different, but it is difficult to say what the difference is.

Just like the two attacks just now, Manchester City hit the Chelsea penalty area line.

Then they got two shots on goal.

Yes, it's not a goal, it's a shot, the first time Darren Bent stepped forward with an anti-aircraft gun, and the second time it was Morris, who seemed to have no way to be pressed, and was 20 meters away from the goal. In addition, he directly chose to shoot, but the distance was too far, and the temporary kicker was difficult to exert force. The football was easily confiscated by Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini.

Both shots were like this, and Manchester City was a little bit incomprehensible.

Is it just a temporary play of the players, or is this the case with Manchester City's tactics? A lot of people watching the game were a little confused.

Normally, Darren Bent was in a good position just now. He has every opportunity to pass the ball to the left or right, and then look for better opportunities. The same is true for Morris, although Lampard is following, But he has already flowed out of the passing space and can fully cooperate with his teammates.

They seem to be in a hurry to shoot?

can't read.

Mourinho didn't understand either. He saw two Manchester City attacks, and then he was a little puzzled, but soon he felt a little overthinking. After all, the two times Manchester City players didn't take the initiative Chances, maybe they have a problem with their mentality, but it's a good thing for Chelsea.

Taking advantage of the opening time, Chelsea also found an opportunity. It was Drogba's volley in the penalty area. If it wasn't for the quick response of goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, Chelsea would have scored.

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On the field of play, Chelsea players are working hard according to the tactics they have formulated before the game.

Manchester City have the ball.

When the football arrived at the feet of Ivan Crewe, Lampard immediately posted it. At the same time, Balacla was a little behind, ready to support Lampard at any time, and Makelele also pegged Morris.

Chelsea's three midfielders all moved, which drove the entire Chelsea defensive rhythm.

Mourinho is very pleased to see this scene on the field. This is a defensive training specially for Manchester City. It is necessary to use tough and uninterrupted defense to compete with Manchester City for control of the midfield, so that it is not easy for them to take control of the midfield. The ball is passed to the front, so unless Manchester City is pressing very high, it is not easy to use the cooperation to pass the ball into the penalty area.

As long as they can stop Manchester City's attack, they are equal to success.

Chelsea's offensive ability is still very strong, but when it comes to offense, Chelsea is not necessarily worse than Manchester City. What's more, Manchester City's defense is not solid. After all, they are a team that is good at attacking, and they don't put much energy on defense.

This season, Manchester City is the team that conceded the fewest goals, but this is not to say that their defense is the best, but their tactics are to control. When the possession rate exceeds a certain limit, the opponent will not attack at all. Chance.

"Offense is the best defense", which is vividly shown in Manchester City.

When it comes to defense, Manchester City is definitely not as good as Chelsea or Manchester United. Mourinho is still very confident about this.

Therefore, the key to this game is whether it can limit Manchester City's possession of the ball, and compete with them for midfield control, the number of possessions and the percentage of possession, so that Manchester City's advantage cannot be played, and Chelsea has a chance to win. Much more.

On the field, Ivan Crewe felt the pressure brought by Lampard, he glanced around, and finally passed the ball back to Dunn.

Dunn's position was in the backcourt, so Chelsea couldn't press for the first time, but they didn't care, because they didn't want to press Manchester City's half, and football couldn't always be at the feet of the central defender. Sure enough, Dunn took over. After the ball, the ball was immediately transferred to the wing Leto Ziegler.

Ziegler took the ball and took a few steps forward quickly, and then transferred it to Morris. Morris was defended by Makelele and ran two steps to get the ball, but Makelele was already behind him and had to. He still had to pass the ball back to Koppelle Ferreira.

After several passes from Manchester City, the football returned to the backcourt.

Mourinho was even more gratified to see this scene. This is what he asked the players to do - Manchester City could not easily pass the ball in the midfield. As for the backcourt, that position could not pose a threat to Chelsea's goal at all, so just Don't worry too much.

Koppelle Ferreira received the pass, Shevchenko also forced it over, Ferreira passed the ball again to Ziegler, who then passed to Morris, this time Morris has When empty, he transfers the ball laterally to David Silva.

Kalou ran towards Silva, but his defense was a bit slow, giving Silva space, and Silva passed the ball to David Beckham on the right.

Beckham received the ball and hung straight to the front of the penalty area.

Darren Bent flew over to unload the ball. Facing Terry's interception, he threw the ball to the right and kicked the goal directly!

This long-range shot was quite powerful and the ball was very fast. Terry subconsciously tried to block it with his body but did not block it, and the football went straight to the goal.

Darren Bent's shot is still too far, and goalkeeper Cudicini has enough reaction time.

He took two steps to the left, hitting the ball over the baseline with both hands.

"It's the same again! Manchester City's third shot, all three from long range, Darren Bent, but it was a powerful shot, Cudicini had to hit the ball over the baseline, Manchester City won a left The corner kick from the side." (To be continued~^~)