Chapter 414: The Key Player in Defense

This season, Manchester City and Chelsea have already played against each other once. It was at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City won Chelsea 5:3 away. The goals at that time are still vivid in my mind.

Torres, Ivan Crewe, Maurice and the best Ozil, Manchester City's five goals, also let Chelsea's hopes of beating Manchester City again shattered.

In this game of special significance for Manchester City, Chelsea once again became the opponent.

Manchester City has never lacked confidence in the match between Manchester City and Chelsea. Even though the outside world has been talking about the "curse of reincarnation", Manchester City did not care because Manchester City has been unbeaten against Chelsea in the past two seasons.

Chelsea, on the other hand, would very much like to beat Manchester City.

In the season when Wan Sheng was in charge of Manchester City, their championship was won on Chelsea's head. Let's talk about the season when Wan Sheng was in charge of Derby County. The championship was also won on Chelsea's head. Wansheng was hostile because Wansheng 'stealed' both of their championships.

Last season, Chelsea's league performance was not as good as Manchester United's, so there is no hatred for Manchester City, but many people believe that the reason why Mourinho left Chelsea is not unrelated to the achievements Wansheng led Manchester City to achieve. There are many Chelsea players 'missing' Mourinho, the Portuguese impressed Chelsea.

Now it's Man City again and every Chelsea player wants to win.

Just like what the outside media called the "curse of reincarnation", Manchester City's unbeaten record in the league started with the defeat of Chelsea. What could be more worth looking forward to than ending the opponent's record with one's own hands?

Chelsea players' 'resentment' towards Wansheng and Manchester City is almost all focused on this game.

They want revenge, they want to shut up everyone who says 'Chelsea haven't beat Manchester City for two seasons', and they want to use a victory to declare that Chelsea is still a serious contender for the title.

Now that the two teams meet again, in line with media reports, Chelsea players couldn't help but take the lead in starting a war of words.

"Our recent results have been very good, and we are only 9 points away from Manchester United. We are capable of catching up." Chelsea midfielder Ballack said, "This is our direct contest with Manchester City, and it is the best chance to recover the score. My teammates and I are looking forward to winning!"

Mikel also followed up and said, "This is our chance, to win the game, we have to prove that the team is not weaker than Manchester City."

Striker Kalou said: "I hate hearing those damn voices, they all say Chelsea have never won against Manchester City, but the game is not certain, we just lacked a little luck before. Manchester City is not invincible, we will do our best. s hard work!"

Former Manchester City player Wright Phillips also said, "Manchester City has been in good shape recently, and their injury situation is much better than ours, but this is not a condition for winning. My teammates and I will do our best to win. victory."

Phillips has been in good form recently, and his words are convincing to a certain extent, and another player who is related to Manchester City, Nicola Anelka, said what made Manchester City fans a little sick," I know them well, they are my former teammates, but now I am a Chelsea player and I want to help Chelsea score goals. In this game, I will be able to prove that I chose Chelsea right."

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Chelsea players came forward one by one as if they were absolutely certain to win.

But in fact, Chelsea has been full of injuries recently. Lampard, Terry, Drogba, and goalkeeper Cech have all become sick and cannot play in the game at all. Although their other players are also very strong, they can cooperate with each other. Compared with the main lineup, it is always a little worse.

Perhaps the only thing Chelsea can be proud of is that they are active in the transfer market.

The recent turmoil in Spain's Valencia club, and the first vice-chairman Lucas announced his resignation, which also proves how unbearable the chaos within the club has been.

The Valencia club started the cleaning work. After they cleaned up the three captains of Albelda, Canizares and Angulo in a row, some Spanish media broke the news that Valencia will have a bigger picture during the winter break. Actions.

Of course, the players will not sit still. The club's ruthless approach has made many main players feel chilled. The chief scorer Villa expressed his dissatisfaction with the club through his agent a few days ago, "I don't want to continue to stay in a turbulent company. Club, I want to choose for myself a club that has the hope of winning the title and gives me a sense of success."

Villa has no shortage of invitations on hand. Real Madrid, Chelsea, Tottenham and other clubs are waiting for him.

According to British media reports, Chelsea has prepared a transfer fee of 20 million pounds (nearly 30 million euros) for Villa, just waiting for him to open a showdown to Valencia.

In addition, Tottenham Hotspur, coached by Spanish coach Juan de Ramos, is also willing to introduce Villa at a high price.

"Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for me to stay in Valencia." Villa complained.

Chelsea are also interested in another Valencia player, a move that could hopefully be completed ahead of Villa's move.

Canizares is one of the three captains who were isolated from the team by Koeman. It was originally thought that the 38-year-old goalkeeper would be difficult to find a new owner, but the olive branch extended by Chelsea gave him hope.

However, the above are all media reports. The transfer news is uncertain, and Chelsea has so far finalized a transfer, which is to sign Branislav with a record transfer fee of 9.7 million pounds in the Russian Football Super League. - Ivanovic.

The transfer was wildly reported by the British and Russian media a week ago.

The activity in transfers has also kept Chelsea's performance stable. Although the team is full of injuries, their league performance has not been affected. Instead, they have moved away from Arsenal and Liverpool, and have been promoted to the third place in the Premier League standings. .

Wan Sheng dismissed the Chelsea players' remarks, he said with a smile, "I dare say that the team has the most confidence in playing Chelsea, because they have never defeated us."

"It is true that past victories cannot affect the next game, but it is undeniable that we have an advantage in our hearts, so our players will not be under pressure."

"Chelsea have been doing well lately, but that doesn't mean they can beat us. Whether they have the confidence or the fighting spirit, at Manchester Stadium, I can't think of a reason for them to win!"

"As for the 'Reincarnation Curse'...hehe..."

Wan Sheng ended his speech with a disdainful smile.

There are two aspects to the media's interpretation of Wansheng's words. One is that Wansheng has a guilty conscience. He doesn't want to anger Chelsea, who is united, and he doesn't want to leave a story in the media.

Another view is that Wan Sheng's smile is disdainful, that is to say, he looks down on Chelsea.

"His attitude is the biggest insult to Chelsea!" Chelsea Grant stood up at the right time, using Wansheng's attitude to boost the team's fighting spirit, "He didn't take us seriously at all, but I'm glad to see him Do this, then we'll have a better chance!"

Looking at the attitudes and rhetoric of the two teams before the game, the media knew that the game was destined to not be dull.

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Although in the media, Wan Sheng was dismissive of the Chelsea players' speech, but he still attached great importance to the game, and even Wan Sheng thought that this game was even more difficult than the Manchester derby.

Manchester City is first in the league, Manchester United is second and Chelsea is third. It seems that Chelsea's results are not as good as the previous two seasons, but Grant's Chelsea is no longer the same as Mourinho's Chelsea.

Mourinho's Chelsea always showed 'steady', just like the '1:0' utilitarian football he was criticized by the media. Grant's Chelsea was different. Instead of 'steady', they showed some The characteristics of the youth team - when this Chelsea team is high-spirited and play smooth games, they can easily win by big scores, on the contrary, when they encounter setbacks in the game, they may easily lose to small clubs.

This is the state of Chelsea at the moment.

From the recent performance of Chelsea, it is obvious that they are full of fighting spirit and are in good form. If Chelsea can play well at Manchester Stadium, it will not be easy for Manchester City to win.

The same is true for the last match between Manchester City and Chelsea. The score between the two teams ended up being 5:3. Manchester City scored two more goals than Chelsea, but it must be admitted that if Manchester City did not perform a little, or lacked some luck, it would be worth it. Likely to fail.

Such a Chelsea must be taken seriously.

Wansheng considered the game, and finally decided to let Darren Bent start. Compared with Torres, Darren Bent's performance was more stable, and Torres stayed on the bench just in case.

In terms of midfield, Wansheng continued to send a five-man combination - Ivan Crewe, Martin Petrov, Elano Blumer, David Silva and Ozil.

In the middle of this midfield combination, Ozil is mainly on offense, Elano Blumer is responsible for defense, and Silva also has to shoulder some defensive tasks. The defense in the middle of the field is prone to problems.

With Koppelle Ferreira and Lescott in the backcourt, the defense in front of the goal is still guaranteed. Glen Johnson and Robert Carlos start and can also provide support for the offense.

The main purpose of this starting lineup is to allow the team to 'three-way progress'. There are Ozil and Silva in the middle, two full-backs and full-backs, and they also have a certain offensive ability, so Chelsea can't defend the goal. easy.

The offense is guaranteed, and the defense must also pay attention.

Wan Sheng finds Elano Blumer.

"Lampard is not there, Ballack is the core of Chelsea's midfield. I hope you can limit Ballack as much as possible in this game. As long as he passes the midfield, you can keep an eye on him at all times."

"The most important thing is, don't let him easily get the ball in front of the penalty area, or even kick up, don't give him this opportunity, can you do it?" (To be continued ~^~)